THE famous Scotty Phillip herd of buffalo, kept in a 3,000 

 acre pasture near Fort Pierre, South Dakota, has been 

 placed on the market by the administrators of the 

 estate of the late owner, Scotty Phillip. This herd of buffalo, 

 the largest in the United States, now includes 70 head of 

 yearlings, 55 head of two-year olds, and 275 head three years 

 old and older. These are full bloods, most of them born in 

 captivity. There are, in addition, a number of breeds, crossed 

 with the domestic cow. 



The sale of the herd is being arranged by Mr. John Sloat 

 of Gettysburg, South Dakota, and Mr. Carson Williams of 

 Sioux City, Iowa. Mr. Sloat is in communication with the 

 Canadian government, with a view to selling the entire herd 

 to be sent to the reserves in Alberta, where the Pueblo bunch 

 of buffalo was sent a few years ago. 'Fifteen head have 

 already been sold to the United States government, to be 

 shipped to the Wind Cave National Park near Hot Springs, 

 South Dakota. 



The disintegrating of this famous herd is keenly regretted 

 by those who know something of its history, and in view of 

 the fact that the buffalo is extinct in its native state, it is 

 hoped that in some way arrangements may be made to keep 

 the herd in this country and in one bunch. 



Prior to 1876, buffalo were plentiful in South Dakota, particu- 

 larly in that portion of the state which lies between the Mis- 

 souri river and the Black Hills. The same region was also 

 the home of the Sioux Indians. After being for some years 

 in apparent subjection, in 1876, the Sioux, under Sitting Bull, 

 went on the war path. There followed the massacre of Cus- 

 ter at the Little Big Horn and other war-like excursions of 

 similar nature, after which the Sioux became outlaws and 

 wandered north through North Dakota and Montana, driving 

 buffalo before them as they went. Freighters and others who 

 travelled the trail from Pierre to the Black Hills and from 



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