CHAPTER SECOND. 



FURTHER INFORMATION FOR THE SPORTSMAN. 



HUNTING THE BUFFALO. 



ri^HE first matter to be determined, in planning any sport- 

 -*- ing trip, is the best point at which to seek for game. 

 If the object of pursuit be buffalo, I should say. Deposit your- 

 self as soon as possible on the plains of Western Kansas.* 

 Take the A. T. & Santa Fe E,. R., from Atchison or Topeka, 

 and you can readily find out from the conductors at what 

 point the buffalo chance then to be most numerous. There 

 are a dozen stations after passing Great Bend equally good. 

 One month, the bison may be numerous along the eastern 

 portion of the plains ; a month laier, the herds will be found 

 perhaps sixty or eighty miles further west. As one has at 

 Jeast a day's ride, after entering Kansas, before penetrating 

 into the solitude of Buffalo Land, there is ample time to de- 

 cide upon a stopping place. The Bend as an eastern, and Ft. 

 Dodge Station as a western point, will be found good bases 

 for operations. In the former, some hotel accommodations 

 exist ; in the latter, there are several professional hunters 

 who can be obtained for guides. ^ 



Those who can spend a week or more on the grounds, and 

 wish to enjoy the sport in its only legitimate way, namely, 



*■ During the present year, the A. T. & Santa Fe R. R. -will probably be 

 finished beyond the western State line, which will place the sportsman in one 

 of the finest game regions of the continent. 



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