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4. In the settled and civilized regions of North 

 America there is no real necessity for the consumption of 

 wild game as human food ; nor is there any good excuse 

 for the sale of game for food purposes. The maintenance 

 of hired laborers on wild game should be prohibited 

 everywhere, under severe penalties. 



5. An Indian has no more right to kill wild game, 

 or to subsist upon it all the year round, than any white 

 man in the same locality. The Indian has no inherent or 

 God-given ownership of the game of North America, 

 any more than of its mineral resources; and he should be 

 governed by the same game laws as white men. 



6. No man can be a good citizen and also be a 

 slaughterer of game or fishes beyond the narrow limits 

 compatible with high-class sportsmanship. 



7. A game-butcher or a market-hunter is an unde- 

 sirable citizen, and should be treated as such. 



8. The highest purpose which the killing of wild 

 game and game fishes can hereafter be made to serve is 

 in furnishing objects to overworked men for tramping 

 and .camping trips in the wilds; and the value of wild 

 game as human food should no longer be regarded as an 

 important factor in \'.j pursuit. 



9. If rightly conserved, wild game constitutes a valu- 

 able asset to any country which possesses it; and it is good 

 statesmanship to protect it. 



10. An ideal hunting trip consists of a good com- 

 rade, fine country, and a very few trophies per hunter. 



11. In an ideal hunting trip, the death of the game is 

 only an incident; and by no means is it really necessary 

 to a successful outing. 



12. The best hunter is the man who finds the most 

 game, kills the least, and leaves behind him no wounded 

 animals. 



