A Sportsman 173 



IN the summer of the following year, 1866, I again 

 * returned to Colorado, having acquired some inter- 

 ests there, and gave attention to the further collection 

 of ores, of which I already had secured an extensive 

 cabinet. An agitation was occurring on the subject 

 of having an exhibition of Colorado ores at the great 

 World's Exposition to be held at Paris, in 1867, and 

 three commissioners had been appointed by the Ter- 

 ritorial Legislature to take charge of the ores and 

 represent them there. The funds in the Territory 

 were scant, and, no appropriation being made, it was 

 necessary that the amount required should be raised 

 by public subscription. This lagged, and it seemed 

 hopeless to expect the amount could be raised. 



The intention was to take advantage of my collec- 

 tion, as I notified the Governor that the collection was 

 at his disposal, though I did not care to be added to 

 the number of commissioners already appointed, but 

 in case the amount to be subscribed should not be 

 obtained, I was willing if appointed as sole com- 

 missioner to go forward and make the exhibition at 

 my personal expense. To this I received no answer 

 but shortly after returning to Boston, and to my sur- 

 prise, a few weeks after my return, I received a letter 

 from the Governor, enclosing a commission from 

 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, 

 appointing me as sole commissioner to represent 

 Colorado at the Paris Exposition. I had all my collec- 

 tion immediately forwarded to New York, across the 

 plains, including all the maps extant, many of which I 

 especially prepared, as well as a large number of photo- 

 graphs. These were shipped by one of the French 

 steamers directly to Havre and Paris in the following 



