them kept in America, but saw no opportunity to sell to 

 the Government, and they could not be sold to private 

 parties. 



The Pablo herd should not have been permitted to 

 leave the country. The range outlined in this report will 

 hold a herd twice the size of the original Pablo herd of 

 600, and still have food for as many more animals of other 

 species. The cost of the range will not be as great as the 

 loss to the nation of the herd that has been sold. If the 

 money that should have been put into the herd is now in 

 part put into this range, and in part into animals, in a few 

 years the increment will be such as to make a herd of 

 which the nation may be proud. 



OTHER ANIMALS THAT MAY BE PUT INTO 

 THE RANGE. 



Elk.- — Several men in the Flathead Valley, 60 or 70 

 miles north of the present range, have elk parks in the 

 valley country, where many of these noble animals are 

 raised. One man has more than 50, some with very fine 

 heads of horns. The present range is admirably adapted 

 to elk. The .timber on the hills and along the streams is 

 suited to their habits, and the range outside of the tim- 

 bered section will give them miles of running country. A 

 start may be had from animals in the country. 



Antelope. — The range is admirably suited to the 

 prong-horned antelope, which is fast disappearing, and 

 needs greater protection. In a few places in Montana 

 there are still herds to be found, but a range like the one 

 proposed will give the natural conditions for a home. 



Deer. — Western Montana has both white-tailed and 

 black-tailed, (mule) deer in numbers. The Indians have 

 had free range in killing on the reservation, and here they 

 are scarce. It is quite likely that licks could be established 

 on the range before fencing, and animals thus enticed into 

 the limits of the range before it is fenced. 



A drive might bring in both species of deer. The 

 Columbian black-tail would also thrive here, without 

 doubt. By planning ahead, animals could in all proba- 

 bility be secured from the wild animals of the vicinity. 



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