MONTANA NATIONAL HERD 
WARDEN HODGES (AT LEFT) AND SOME OF HIS CHARGES 
of the large herds of bison that formerly ranged to the 
north and northeast in the summer season. 
It will be incumbent on the Society to provide a 
herd of 15 or more bison for this preserve in 1913 or 
early in 1914. 
On April 21 the following letter was received: 
New York ZooLocicaL Park, 
New York, April 20, 1912. 
Pror. FRANKLIN W. HOOPER, 
President of The American Bison Society, 
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 
Brooklyn, New York. 
Dear Mr. President: The New York Zoological Society, through 
its Executive Committee, authorizes me to offer The American 
Bison Society a herd of ten buffalos, consisting of males and females 
of various ages, for the nucleus herd with which to stock the Wind 
Cave National Bison Range, whenever it is established by Congress. 
We would wish the cost of transportation to be met by the Bison 
Society; but the crating will be at the expense of the Zoological 
Society. 
I need hardly assure you that these will be animals of absolutely 
pure blood. aa 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) W. T. HORNADAY, 
> Director 
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