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Charles Jesse Jones. 

 ("Buffalo" Joxes.) 



On ()ctol)er 1. 1919, at the ripe ag^e of seventy-nine years, 

 one of the last of tlie plainsmen crossed the summit of the 

 Great Divide, and entered the A^dley of Rest. After a life 

 filled with pii'Uires(|iu' activities, and wild adventures in 

 many lands, a true son of the Wild West went to his last 

 sleep, on the breast of Al other Karth. 



Full of years and hcmors, clean of heart and hand, desti- 

 tute of eneunes hut rich in friends, "Buffalo" Jones has 

 left behind him a name forever linked with the ]n-eservation of 

 the American bison, the capture of dangerous wild animals, 

 and the instruction of the American ])en]d(' in the wavs of 

 wild hi'asts. 



Charming in personal ac(|uaintance, loyal in his friend- 

 shi])s, and modest in the statement of facts, he played his 

 part, told his stories, and ([uietly went his way in cpiest 

 of new adventures. 



The American Bison Socit'ty takes this op|)()rtunitv to 

 pay sorrowing trilnite to the memory of its well-beloved 

 Honorary ]\Iend)er, Charles Jesse Jones, one of the most con- 

 spicuous of the pioneers in the capture, and breeding in 

 captivity, of tlie American bison. It is impossible now to 

 calculate the full extent of his influence on the final saving 

 of the Inson s])ecies from extermination. 



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