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WHO KILLED THE BUFFALO? 



Jackson, Wyo. 



Editor Recreation: B. V. K. wrote that 

 in 1891 the hide of a buffalo was brought 

 into Jackson's Hole, which was killed on 

 Crawford creek. The facts about that buf- 

 falo hide are these: 



In the fall of 1891, Captain Anderson 

 caused notices to be posted on trees, along 

 the trail near Sargeant's ranch, at the head 

 of Jackson's lake, stating the Park rules 

 would be enforced in the timber reserva- 

 tion. That same fall 5 men built a cabin 

 on the South side of Warm Spring creek, a 

 few hundred yards below the trail, and win- 

 tered there; or at least while they were not 

 camping in the Park. This cabin is about 

 8 miles inside the timber reserve, and about 

 Yz of a mile from the Government station 

 on Snake river. Is it possible Captain An-" 

 derson did not know they were there? 



None of these men were residents of 

 Jackson's Hole. The truth is the men 

 killed 3 buffalo on Crawford creek, or 

 near it. One of them was brought to the 

 Hole and finally sold to a man in Rexburg, 

 Idaho. The other 2 I suppose were taken 

 out through the Park; one shipped to 

 Prouty, in New York; the other sold in 

 Montana. 



The buffalo in the Park are practically 

 gone. The real cause is that the syndicate 

 and the soldiers have cut the winter feed 

 of the buffalo and put it up for hay. The 

 people of Jackson's Hole are unanimous in 

 wishing the game protected, in the Park 

 and in the timber reservation, as well as in 

 Wyoming. 



We estimate 28,000 elk wintered in Jack- 

 son's Hole; an increase of 5,000, due to 

 partly restraining the Indians for 2 years. 

 It cost us nearly a whole season's time, and 

 got the army officers and a lot of Eastern 

 people down on us. They ought to get the 

 truth of both sides of the question before 

 judging. S. N. Leek. 



