Enemies to Buffalo or Other Wild Animals. — 

 Coyotes are not infrequent. Last May, while the 

 Buffalo were being shipped from the reservation to 

 Canada, I perched on some rocks at what is the corner 

 of the range, with camera placed ready to photograph 

 the herd as it was driven down the hill along the road. 

 Not knowing when the herd would come, I waited several 

 hours on this rocky eminence. While waiting, all un- 

 known to me, a coyote came up to within a few feet, 

 peering over the brow of the ridge at me, and leisurely 

 trotted off. I was unaware of his presence until advised 

 by those who were watching his performances. Almost 

 any evening they may be heard in the hills about Ravalli. 

 While coyotes are not uncommon, I have heard little or 

 no complaint about wolves in this locality. The puma is 

 to be found throughout the wooded portion of Montana, 

 but it is not giving trouble in this section. There are 

 occasional rattlesnakes reported, but during the several 

 days that I walked and rode over the range I did not see 

 any. It is safe to say the enemies would be no more numer- 

 ous here than in other localities, and I believe they would 

 be fewer than in the eastern ranges. They will no doubt 

 become still scarcer as the country settles up. The Pablo 

 herd, in their range on this reservation, has increased 

 rapidly. 



Sentiment of the People. — Duncan McDonald 

 rode with me over the proposed range, and talked freely. 

 I told him exactly what was proposed. He was bitterly 

 disappointed that the Government of the United States 

 had permitted the Pablo Buffalo herd to go to Canada. 



''What is the use of hunting for a buffalo range if the 

 Buffalo are all gone?" was his laconic query, as he turned 

 fiercely toward me while bemoaning the loss of the herd. 



"Duncan, the Buffalo of America are not all dead yet, 

 nor are the men who are trying to save them," I replied. 



Then I told him of the animals yet living, of which he 

 had read something, and of the plans of the American 

 Bison Society, the men back of the effort to save the noble 

 animal, and the great value to the community if such a 

 herd were located in its midst. 



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