when Governor of Montana, showing the great destruction of game 
by pot hunters and others in the Yellowstone Park and adjacent 
country. My report was read in the U. S. Senate, by Senator Vest, 
of Missouri, and by an overwhelming vote the Park, its game and 
natural curiosities were saved to the people, though during that 
winter when the matter was before the Senate, some 4,000 elk and 
thousands of buffaloes and other game were slaughtered in the 
Park. 
In 1883, I wrote to the Governors of Idaho, Utah, Dakota and 
Wyoming asking them to meet me at Helena for the purpose of 
talking over and taking steps for the preservation of the large game 
of the Northwest. This meeting resulted in our agreeing to send a 
special message to our respective legislatures asking for the passage 
of such stringent laws as would protect the large game and punish 
all offenders. 
This was done, resulting in the arrest of many pot hunters 
and so-called “sportsmen.” It was due to this concert of action 
that any large game was left in the Northwest. 
Yours truly, 
JOHN SCHUYLER CROSBY. 
