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tions, said with a twinkle in his eye: "From where I now sit I 

 see a big house where they had Buffalo tongues on the table all 

 last winter." 



Finally, when Jarvis and myself were discussing means of 

 stopping the poaching, the chief of the tribe came out very 

 frankly and said: "When our people made this treaty, there 

 was nothing said about reserving the Buffalo. If you are going 

 to take that hunting from us, we want a better treaty, more 

 compensation, for that is part of our living." 



These, then, are the conclusions I reach: There were about 

 300 Buffalo left in 1907; they are not increasing, partly because 

 the Wolves kill a few calves every winter, and chiefly because the 

 Indians pursue them regularly for food. 



There are, I think, two things needed to enforce the existing 

 law and save the remnants of Buffalo. 



1st. Admit the justice of the Indians' plea and compensate 

 them to let the Buffalo alone. On their own evidence, the value 

 of the hunting is small. 



2d. Have a Police Station on or near the Buffalo range. A 

 Policeman 100 miles away cannot protect the Buffalo from 

 poachers on the spot, especially when those poachers have in 

 their favour the sentiment of the whole community. 



P. S. — Since this was written (1907) I learn that the Mounted 

 Police have demonstrated the existence of a much greater 

 number of Buffalo than I supposed. They are chiefly about 

 Caribou Moimtain. 



