LATEST NEWS FROM THE WIND CAVE 
HERD 
WinpD Cave NATIONAL PARK, 
Hor Sprines, Sourd Dakota, May 30, 1914. 
The American Bison Society, 
Groton, Mass., 
Wn. P. WuHarton, Secretary. 
My Dear Sir: In response to your inquiry as to the welfare 
of the bison, which were donated to the Government by your 
Society for this Reserve, and which were brought here last Novem- 
ber, I would state that the winter was very much in their favor, 
there has been no loss and they are in the best of health. 
It was a new experience to them to be at liberty in an enclosure 
of this size and to experience some natural grazing, but they ac- 
cepted the new conditions like “old timers” and rarely a day 
passed but what they indulged in a good stampede. There are three 
little calves in the herd, up to the present time, which I believe will 
be the extent of the increase for this year. 
We have the making of a very good Reserve and the people of this 
section are taking a great deal of ‘interest in the project. The fence is 
now under construction and it will not be long before the animals 
can be turned into an enclosure of several thousand acres. They are 
now sniffing the pine odors from the hills to the west and showing 
impatience to roam the prospect. 
Respectfully yours, 
FRIED M. DILLE, 
Supervising Warden. 
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