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  STATISTICS 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  DESTRUCTION 
  OF 
  BUFFALO. 
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  present 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  road, 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  available 
  shape, 
  and 
  to 
  

   obtain 
  it 
  would 
  involve 
  considerable 
  expense. 
  There 
  has, 
  however, 
  

   been 
  a 
  great 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  amounts 
  shipped 
  since 
  that 
  date, 
  

   in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  decrease 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   region 
  which 
  this 
  road 
  passes. 
  

  

  Eespecting 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  shipped 
  over 
  

   the 
  Atchison, 
  Topeka, 
  and 
  Santa 
  Fe 
  Kailroad 
  during 
  the 
  years 
  1872, 
  

   1873, 
  and 
  1874, 
  1 
  have 
  been 
  favored 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  by 
  the 
  

   General 
  Superintendent, 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  F. 
  Morse 
  : 
  

  

  statement 
  of 
  Buffalo 
  Products 
  shipped 
  over 
  the 
  Atchison^ 
  Topeka, 
  and 
  Santa 
  

   Fe 
  Railroad 
  during 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  three 
  years, 
  from 
  1872 
  to 
  1875, 
  

  

  Hides, 
  in 
  1872 
  165,721 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1873 
  251,443 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1874 
  a 
  42,289- 
  

  

  Robes, 
  in 
  1872 
  No 
  account. 
  

  

  " 
  inl873 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1874 
  18,489 
  

  

  Meat, 
  in 
  1872 
  No 
  acconnt. 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1873 
  1, 
  617, 
  600 
  lbs. 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1874 
  632,800 
  " 
  

  

  Bones, 
  in 
  1872..... 
  1, 
  135, 
  300 
  lbs. 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1873 
  2,743,100 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  1874 
  6,914,900 
  " 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  above 
  statement 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  hides 
  shipped 
  

   over 
  this 
  road 
  during 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  three 
  years 
  was 
  nearly 
  half 
  a 
  million, 
  

   while 
  the 
  robes, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  number 
  shipped 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  year 
  only 
  is 
  

   given, 
  would 
  make 
  the 
  number 
  exceed 
  this 
  sum. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this 
  

   number 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  add, 
  for 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  buffaloes 
  utilized 
  or 
  sold 
  as 
  

   meat, 
  only 
  the 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  from 
  three 
  to 
  eight 
  thousand 
  a 
  year 
  

   more! 
  

  

  In 
  answer 
  to 
  inquiries 
  respecting 
  the 
  shipment 
  of 
  buffalo 
  products 
  

   over 
  the 
  Union 
  Pacific 
  Eailroad, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  kindly 
  informed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   E. 
  P. 
  Vining, 
  General 
  Freight 
  Agent, 
  that 
  no 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  buffalo 
  

   products 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  by 
  this 
  road, 
  and 
  that 
  consequently 
  no 
  sta- 
  

   tistics 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  have 
  been 
  kept, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  branches 
  of 
  their 
  business. 
  These 
  statistics 
  respecting 
  the 
  ship- 
  

   ments 
  over 
  the 
  railroads 
  relate 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  Kansas 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo, 
  

   and 
  hence 
  refer 
  merely 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  district, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  slaughter 
  by 
  

   white 
  hunters 
  alone. 
  

  

  In 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  recent 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Taylor, 
  United 
  States 
  Consul 
  at 
  Winnipeg, 
  B. 
  JS". 
  A., 
  

   whose 
  valuable 
  communication 
  on 
  the 
  buffalo 
  has 
  been 
  previously 
  quoted, 
  

   informs 
  me 
  that 
  about 
  eighteen 
  thousand 
  robes 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Min- 
  

   nesota 
  market 
  from 
  the 
  Saskatchewan 
  district 
  alone 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1872, 
  while 
  as 
  many 
  more 
  were 
  either 
  consumed 
  

   in 
  the 
  country 
  or 
  sent 
  to 
  Europe 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  York 
  Factory, 
  or 
  about 
  

   forty 
  thousand 
  in 
  all. 
  By 
  far 
  the 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  buffaloes 
  killed 
  in 
  

   the 
  Saskatchewan 
  district, 
  however, 
  are 
  converted 
  into 
  pemmican 
  and 
  

   dried 
  meat, 
  and 
  being 
  killed 
  in 
  summer, 
  do 
  not 
  enter 
  at 
  all 
  into 
  the 
  

   above 
  statement 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Taylor. 
  From 
  these 
  data 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  

   that 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  in 
  the 
  Saskatchewan 
  region 
  in 
  1872 
  

   must 
  have 
  amounted 
  to 
  considerably 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  million, 
  and 
  these 
  

   mainly 
  cows. 
  

  

  