in the work; in No. 2 there is a high hill to cross; in No. 

 3 it will be necessary to cross two hills. 



By all means No. i is first choice. This would give 

 ample grazing ranges for a large herd, with an abundance 

 of water, and plenty of shelter from the storms of winter. 

 The range should accommodate from 1,500 to 2,000 Buf- 

 faloes, including, as it will, about 18,000 acres. It will 

 make an excellent range for antelope, deer and elk; and 

 even mountain sheep should do well upon it. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



I will now give a description of the range, assuming 

 that the entire range indicated as No. i is finally chosen 

 by the Bison Society. If either of the other ranges are 

 taken, a portion of this description in inapplicable. 



It is said on good authority that this is the range which 

 Mr. Pablo wanted on which to keep his herd of Buffalo. 

 Colonel Rankin, the government allotting agent of the 

 reservation, is emphatic in his opinion that it is the place 

 of all places on the reservation for the proposed national 

 buffalo herd. Joseph Allard, the son of Charles Allard, 

 originally part owner of the AUard-Pablo herd, believes 

 that this range is ideal. Duncan McDonald, one of the 

 most intelligent men on the reservation, and who rode over 

 the range with me during my study of it, says that no better 

 place could be selected. Every one who knows the coun- 

 try, and whose opinion has been asked, says the same thing. 



Tourists or visitors may step off the train at Ravalli, 

 and in five minutes be in the range. They may look into 

 the range for nine miles as they ride from Ravalli to 

 Jocko! Animals may be shipped in and out with very 

 little effort. 



The range is strictly non-agricultural, but the greater 

 portion of it affords excellent grazing. By non-agricul- 

 tural is meant that it cannot be irrigated, owing to the fact 

 that it is high above water, and irregular. For dry-farm- 

 ing, the hills are too steep. The highest point is on the 

 quarter section between sections 13 and 24, elevation by 

 aneroid 4,800 feet. The quarter section stone is on the 

 narrow summit. This is about 2,000 feet above the rail- 

 road, and a little over two miles from Ravalli. From this 



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