APPENDIX B 

 BUFFALO SUMMARY 



THE following is a summary of my observations on the Buffalo. 



At Smith Landing, Thomas Kelly, purser of the Grahame, 

 gave me an item from the southmost point of the range, as 

 follows: 



In October, 1903, he was camped at Rapid au Boyer on 

 Peace River, with John Gullion and the crew of the steamer. 

 During the night we heard the noise and trampling of a herd of 

 Buffalo, coming to the water. It was too dark to see them, but 

 next morning the men examined the track, and judged the herd 

 to be about 50. 



On our first Buffalo hunt we touched the extreme east point 

 of their range, and saw 33. 



On the Nyarling River we were at the north-west point of 

 their range, and saw no Buffalo, and no fresh tracks, but plenty 

 of signs a month old, representing, in the 3 localities, 2 Buffalo, 

 20, and perhaps 50, the last seen only by Bezkya. 



The estimates of their numbers range from 50, by those who 

 wish to underrate their importance, to 500, by those of the 

 other mind. 



In view of the extensive territory (100 miles by 100) on which 

 they are scattered, and the number we saw on barely entering 

 the range, I think 300 a safe estimate of the present number 

 (1907). 



The question is: "Why do they not increase, but rather 

 dwindle?" 



The answer, reiterated with questionable similarity, was: 

 "The Wolves now kill all the calves, and occasionally take 

 grownups," as though it were an entirely new habit of the 

 Wolves to attack Buffalo. 



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