In Buffalo Days 



away from the mountains, while in the au- 

 tumn they worked back again, seeking shelter 

 in the rough, broken country of the foot-hills 

 from the cold west winds of the winter. 



The buffalo is easily tamed when caught 

 as a calf, and in all its ways of life resembles 

 the domestic cattle. It at once learns to 

 respect a fence, and, even if at large, mani- 

 fests no disposition to wander. 



Three years ago there were in this country 

 about two hundred and fifty domesticated 

 buffalo, in the possession of about a dozen 

 individuals. Of these the most important herd 

 was that of Hon. C. J. Jones, of Garden City, 

 Kansas, which, besides about fifty animals 

 captured and reared by himself, included also 

 the Bedson herd of over eighty, purchased in 

 Manitoba. The Jones herd at one time con- 

 sisted of about one hundred and fifty head. 

 Next came that of Charles Allard and Michel 

 Pablo, of the Flathead Agency in Montana, 

 which in 1888 numbered thirty-five, and has 

 now increased to about ninety. Mr. Jones's 

 herd has been broken up, and he now retains 

 only about forty-five head, of which fifteen 

 are breeding cows. He tells me that within 



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