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Everywhere common. Large numbers are attracted to the Agency 

 corral, where the offal is left after the Indians receive the weekly 

 allowance of beeves — usually one hundred head . Many hundred 

 skins are annually brought to the trader's, where they receive a 

 worthless trinket in return for each. Occasional specimens have 

 been shot from the windows of the out-buildings. Various attempts 

 at domestication have failed. 



5. Vulpes fulvus Rich. Red Fox. Shun'-ka-dan. 



Not found near the settlement. Sometimes found by the Indians 

 near the headwaters of Grand River and Oak Creek. Few skins are 

 sold, as the Indian women retain them to make pouches and bags. 



6. Vulpes fulvus var. argentatus Aud. and Bach. Silver 

 Fox. Shu//-ka-dan'-ska. 



Extremely rare. Have seen no skins among the tribes, but I was 

 told that this animal was of frequent occurrence before any of the 

 Agencies had been established. 



7. Vulpes velox Aud. and Bach. Kit Fox; Swift. 



Not found nearer than the Big Horn Mountains or the Black Hills, 

 although they formerly existed here. Visiting " hostiles " sometimes 

 have skins for sale or barter. 



MUSTELIDiE. 



8. Mustela americana Turton. American Sable. Pine Mar- 

 tin. Nak'-pa-gi'-tcha. 



Apparently not numerous. I saw several specimens eight miles 

 west of the Post, but they are more frequently met with further in- 

 land along the streams. 



9. Putorius longicaudus Rich. Weasel. Hi-ta//-ka-san. 

 Rare near the Agency, but found both above and below, on the 



Missouri bottom-lands. 



10. Putorius vison Gapper. Common Mink. Dok-sm'-tcha. 

 More frequently found than the last, but by no means common. 



11. Putorius nigrescens Aud. and Bach. Little Black Mink. 

 Have not seen any specimens or skins. Old hunters describe an 



animal at one time found here, which may be the species in question. 



12. Gulo luscus Sab. Wolverine. 

 Occasionally found near the head waters of Oak Creek. 



13. Lutra canadensis Sab. American Otter. Ptarc. 

 Very rarely found. Sometimes a skin or two find their way to the 



.trader's during a season. 



