Nee OR bso N Cik TAIN LANDS IN 
SOUm Ha DAKOTA SUITABLE FOR A 
BUEBPALO AND GAME PRESERVE 
By J. Alden Loring 
Leaving Owego, N. Y., June 30, 1911, I proceeded 
direct to Rosebud on the Sioux Indian Reservation in 
Southern South Dakota, slightly east of the center of the 
State. 
For the past twenty-two months, central and west- 
ern South Dakota and the adjoining country had been 
suffering from lack of rain, the equal of which has not 
been experienced in thirty-five years. 
In consequence, the country was in very bad con- 
dition, which was the best time for making such a 
survey, since a country in its worst condition that would 
meet the requirements of a game preserve would nat- 
urally be perfect in normal seasons. 
ROSEBUD 
Remaining at Rosebud three days, conferring with 
land office officials, the superintendent of the reserva- 
tion, and old-time settlers, I discovered that for the fol- 
lowing seasons a game reserve could not be chosen in 
this locality: 
(1) The distance from a railroad is too great. 
(2) There is no area of sufficient size meeting all re- 
quirements. 
(3) The expense of purchasing the land from the 
Government and the Indians would be great. 
(4) The only timber available for fence posts is a 
reserve set aside for the exclusive use of the Indians, and 
the expense of securing posts elsewhere would be great. 
BLACK HILLS 
From the Rosebud agency I went direct to Dead- 
wood in the Black Hills. After looking over maps of 
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