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the Southern Pacific Railroad, the troopers of the Tenth Cavalry 

 fired upon a herd of antelope; and as late as November 3, 1892, I 

 saw five antelope from the railroad at Bowie Station, southeastern 



Arizona. 



From the Mexican border I have a few records. I never saw ante- 

 lope in Texas, but transcribe a letter from Dr. Paul Clendennin, who 

 rode with the Third U. S. Cavalry from Fort Verde, Arizona, to Fort 

 Davis, Texas, accompanied by the author as far as Deming, New 



Mexico : 



Fort Davis, Texas, May 27, 1885. 



Coming down from El Paso I did not see many birds, but I rode off over the 

 foothills and looked for antelope. We saw from 1 to .30 each day, but they were 

 very shy and we could not get within 300 yards of any. 



Doctor Clendennin also found antelope on Targot Creek, 30 miles 

 from Fort Davis, Texas, in August, 1885 ; and they are well known to 

 have been abundant in former times in western Texas. Along the 

 Boundary Line it was seen at every camp between the Eio Grande and 

 the Animas Valley west of the San Luis Mountains (Monuments 

 Nos. 1 to 68.) In the vicinity of Dog Spring (Monument No. 55), 

 New Mexico, 30 were shot for food between May 21 and June 13, 

 1892." 



Large herds watered at Lake Palomas, San Francisco Water, and 

 the Corralitos River in Chihuahua, Mexico. On our return to this 

 region in 1893, antelope were abundant on the West Playas; some 

 were seen on East Playas; and at Dog Spring, September 15 to 23 

 one herd of 30 and several small " bunches " of them were noted. 

 About 20 were seen on a trip from Lang's Ranch to Cajon Bonito 

 Creek, September 8, 1893. A few were seen in the San Bernardino 

 Valley near Monument No. 77 in 1892 and 1893. On the San Luis 

 Mountains they were found up to 1,650 meters (5,412 feet). Some 

 were seen in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, north of Monument 

 No. 92 in 1892; and a mounted specimen from near Tombstone, 

 Arizona, was seen in the collection of R. F. Hafford. 



When we were encamped at La Osa, Pima Countj^, Arizona, ante- 

 lope were found on the plains on either side of the Pozo Verde Moun- 

 tains. One herd of 12 antelope visited the camp of the party en- 

 gaged in building Monument No. 143, on the Moreno Flat. They 

 were plentiful on the plains around Pozo de Luis, Sonora, Mexico, 

 in December, 1893, and January following. Small herds were seen 

 in January, 1894, on the Great Plain between the Cobota and Nariz 



"Lieut. D. D. Galllard infonns me that he kept an accurate account of the 

 game obtained between El Paso and the San Bernardino River (Monuments Nos. 

 1 to 77), and that it amounted to 244 antelope and deer killed from March 15 to 

 September 10, 1892. 



