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State of Texas, I have to say from the best information I have been 

 able to obtain that there is not a wild buffalo in this State, and that 

 the only domesticated herd of buffalo in Texas is that owned by Mr. 

 Charles Goodnight, and running in his park near Goodnight Station, 

 in the Panhandle, on the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad. The pure- 

 blood buffalo in this herd are estimated at 75, running together in the 

 same park with a large number of crosses. Besides this herd, it is 

 believed that there is no other buffalo in the State of Texas, the last 

 one being killed in 1890. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



Joseph D. Sayers, 



Governor of Texas. 



The Secretary of Interior, 



Washington, D. C. 



Goodnight, Tex., April 16, 1902. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock: 



In reply to yours of 11th will say, I wrote some gentlemen in the 

 governor's office some while ago in regard to buffalo. While I have 

 much to learn about those animals yet, I have learned, of course, a great 

 deal in regard to crossing; if the Government is interested in this I 

 would be pleased to give it to them. I have from 60 to 70 buffalo of 

 all sex and sizes. I think some 17 bulls and the rest cows and heifers. 

 A number of hybrids for running from one-half to one-eighth breed* 

 If you wish further information please let me know. 

 I remain yours, 



C. Goodnight. 



UTAH. 



Executive Office, 

 Salt Lake City, February, 20, 1902. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 

 3d instant, requesting that I furnish the Department with such informa- 

 tion as I might be able regarding the buffalo in its natural state, and 

 in the public parks or private herds throughout the State of Utah. 



Replying thereto, I have the honor to inform you that upon receipt 

 of your letter 1 addressed a letter to Hon. John E. Dooly, of Salt Lake 

 City, requesting full information from him concerning the buffalo on 

 Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, and which are the private 

 property of Mr. Dooly and a number of other gentlemen. These buffalo 

 are all that 1 have any knowledge of within this State. I now have 

 pleasure in forwarding you herewith copy of Mr. Dooly's letter in 

 reply to mine, which gives a detailed account of the buffalo on the 

 island. 



Very respectfully, Heber M. Wells, 



Governor. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, "Washington, D. C. 



