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located well to the southwest corner of Modoc Couuty. These three have never 

 been seen since by any person in the vicinity of Egge Lake. During the winter of 

 1898 I saw just one antelope in township 43 north, range 7 east. M. D. M. near 

 Timber Mountain. 1 was told this antelope was killed the following day by EtI. 

 Comins of Straw, California. 



During the winter of 1894 I made a trip to Pecord, Siskiyou Couuty, which was 

 then located a few miles west of the town of Dorris. In conversation over antelope 

 the cowboys would tell of racing the large herds of antelope a few years back. On 

 this trip I personally chserved a small herd of antelope near Blount Dome, Siskiyou 

 County, having approached within a few rods of the anteloix' before they detected 

 my presence. I became very much impressed. I counted twenty-tiiree head. I made; 

 many inquiries relative to the number then existing in that vicinity. The cowboys 

 informed me that this small herd was ai that time the total of the n'maiiiiug ante- 

 lope in that section. 



During the spring and summer of 1901, I, in company with my grandfather, K. 1*. 

 Courtright, spent considerable time in the vicinity of Medicine Lake, whicii is 

 located in township 43 north, range 3 east, M. D. M. Here I had the pleasure of see- 

 ing a small herd of antelope at the Bray Wells, a few miles north and west of Plumas 

 Lake, which is located approximately 7 miles west of Medicine Lake, Siskiyou 

 County. I also saw small herds near the lower sheep camp wells, approximately S 

 miles south of Mount Dome, and at the headwaters of ^Yillow Creek, near Mount 

 Dome. 



It appeared that the animals were on a slight increase between 1894 up to 1910 

 or 1911 and 1912. Since 1913 I have taken great interest and have made numi-rous 

 countings during winter months, which gave me a fine oppportunity to see all the 

 remaining animals. While the residents of the near vicinity of Mount Dome esti- 

 mate there were from I.jO to 300 antelope. I was only able to locate approximately 

 76 during the years 1913 to 192i>. During these winters I often saw the young ani- 

 mals in a poor, weak and sickly conditicn following the herd with their ears dropiied 

 down, without apparent vitality or strength to follow. 



G. W. Courtright, Deputy. 



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Fig. 32. Walter H Hray of liurnbruok, with lii.s iindatmy aiiiiiiil il'i.^'s 

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