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sures for the purchase and perpetual 

 care of this band of buffaloes. 



Mr. A. Whitehead offered the following: 



All friends of game protection know that 

 the buffalo in the Yellowstone National 

 Park, which a few years ago numbered 

 more than 400, have been killed off by- 

 poachers living near the borders of the 

 Park, aided, abetted and inspired by un- 

 principled taxidermists, until now less 

 than 30 of these noble animals remain in 

 the Park; that this destruction has been 

 wrought by these poachers because Con- 

 gress has failed to appropriate a sufficient 

 fund each year to employ an adequate 

 number of scouts and game keepers to 

 properly patrol the Park and keep the 

 poachers out; therefore, 



Resolved, by the League of American 

 Sportsmen, in annual meeting assembled, 

 that we deeply deplore this neglect of duty 

 on the part of our Senators and Represen- 

 tatives in Congress, and we request and 

 urge that body to appropriate hereafter at 

 least $20,000 each year for the employ- 

 ment of scouts and game keepers in the 

 Park, in order that the few remaining 

 buffalo and the other game in the Park, 

 may, if possible, be saved from the ravages 

 of these skin hunters. 



We also request and urge the Secretary 

 of the Interior to adopt such measures as 

 may be necessary to secure the detail of at 

 least twice the number of troops hereto- 

 fore kept in the Park to guard the roads 

 and trails leading to and from same, in 

 order to keep the poachers out of that 

 great national game preserve. 



Dr. T. S. Palmer offered this resolution: 



Whereas, the prong horn antelope, one 

 of the most interesting of America's wild 

 animals, is threatened with speedy exter- 

 mination, and* 



Whereas, several of the States having 

 antelope left within their borders, have 

 enacted laws prohibiting the killing of an- 

 telope at any time within long periods of 

 years; therefore, 



The League of American Sportsmen, 

 in annual meeting assembled, represent- 

 ing all the States and Territories of the 

 Union, hereby petitions and prays the 

 Legislatures and the Governors of the 

 States of Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Tex- 

 as, Washington and Wyoming to enact, at 

 the earliest possible moment, laws to pro- 

 hibit the hunting or killing of antelope at 

 any time before 19 13. 



And we especially urge all members of 

 the League living in these States last 

 named? to exert all possible personal influ- 

 ence to secure the enactment of such laws. 



Mr. J. W. Connor, of Kalispell, Mont., 

 offered this : 



Whereas, The Cree Indians of British 



Columbia each year cross the Interna- 

 tional line into Montana and kill thousands 

 of deer, elk and antelope, and 



Whereas, the State officers of Montana 

 have repeatedly urged the Indian depart- 

 ment at Washington to take steps to pro- 

 hibit these renegade Indians from coming 

 across our borders and slaughtering our 

 game as aforesaid, therefore, 



Resolved, That the League of American 

 Sportsmen urgently requests and prays 

 that the Congress of the United States 

 take such action as will meet the case, and 

 as will forever prevent the yearly raids 

 of these Indians on our game. 



This resolution was offered by Mr. A. 

 Whitehead of Colorado: 



Whereas, it is the practice of certain 

 Indians in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colo- 

 rado and other Western States and Terri- 

 tories, to leave their reservations and 

 make periodical incursions into the adja- 

 cent country in pursuit of deer, elk and 

 other game animals, and 



Whereas, such hunting incursions result 

 in great and unlawful destruction and 

 waste of game in the places so visited, and 



Whereas, it has been found difficult for 

 the local authorities, and the Indian agents 

 on the respective reservations, to prevent 

 such hunting incursions, or to properly 

 control the Indians when off their reserva- 

 tions on such hunting expeditions; there- 

 fore, 



Resolved, by the League of American 

 Sportsmen, in annual meeting assembled, 

 that a rule should be adopted by the In- 

 dian Bureau, and rigidly enforced, abso- 

 lutely prohibiting and preventing any and 

 all Indians in any State or Territory West 

 of the 87th meridian of longitude, from 

 carrying firearms of any and every de- 

 scription, or having the same in possession 

 when off the reservations to which such 

 Indian or Indians belong; and the Honor- 

 able Commissioner of Indian Affairs is re- 

 spectfully requested to see that a regula- 

 tion embodying this plan be adopted and 

 rigidly enforced. 



Whereas, Virginia, Kentucky, Missis- 

 sippi, Louisiana and Montana are the only 

 States in the Union that have no laws pro- 

 hibiting the export of game, Therefore: 



The League of American Sportsmen, 

 in annual meeting assembled, respect- 

 fully urges upon the legislatures and the 

 Governors of such States, the necessity of 

 enacting such laws at the earliest date pos- 

 sible; and League members in these States 

 are hereby urged to use their influence to 

 have such laws passed at the next session 

 of their respective Legislatures. 



The next resolution was offered by Mr. 

 H. A. Morgan of Minnesota: 



Whereas, the forests of this country 



