CHAPTER SECOJN'D. 



FURTHER INFORMATION FOR THE SPORTSMAN. 



HUNTING THE BUFFALO. 



rilHE first matter to be doterrainocl, in planning any sport- 

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

 ]f the object of pursuit be buffalo, I should say, Deposit your- 

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

 Take the Kansas Pacific Railway at the State line, and you can 

 readily find out from the conductoi's at what point the buffalo 

 chance then to be most numerous. There are a dozen stations 

 after passing Ellsworth equally good. One month, the bison 

 may be numerous along the eastern portion of the plains; a 

 month later, the herds will be found perhaps sixty or eighty 

 miles further west. As one has at least a day's ride, after en- 

 tering Kansas, before penetrating into the solitude of Buffalo 

 Land, there is ample time to decide upon a stopping place. 

 Russell as an eastern, and Buffalo Station as a western point, 

 will be found good basis for operations. In the former, some 

 hotel accommodations exist; in the latter, there are several 

 dug-outs, and 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 to the big bend of the Arkansas, which will place the sportsman in 



one of the finest game regions of the continent. 



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