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MINNESOTA. 



State of Minnesota, Executive Department, 



St. Paul, February 8, 1902. 

 Sir: I am this day in receipt of a copy of the resolution of the Sen- 

 ate calling.upon your department for certain information concerning 

 the buffalo or bison in the United States or the Dominion of Canada, 

 and in response thereto permit me to inform you that in the State of 

 Minnesota there is but one herd. This is owned by James J. Hill. It 

 consists of 24 in number, all of which are of pure blood with the 

 exception of 3. 



Eespectfully, S. R. Vansant, 



Governor State of Minnesota. 



Hon. Secretary of the Interior, 



Washington, D. C. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Executive Department, 

 Jackson, Miss., February 10, 190*2. 

 Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communi- 

 cation of the 3d instant, relative to information concerning the buffalo, 

 and in reply I beg to say that there are not now, nor have there been 

 within the recollection of the present generation, any herds of wild 

 buffalo, or an} T of the animals in captivity, in the State of Mississippi. 

 Very truly, 



A. H. Longino, Governor. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior, Washington^ D. C. 



MISSOURI. 



Columbia, Mo., February 11^1902. 

 My Dear Sir: Your circular letter of the 3d instant, addressed to 

 the governor of the State of Missouri, concerning "The buffalo, or 

 bison, in the United States," has been referred to this department for 

 answer. I beg to state, so far as I know, there are no buffaloes in 

 the State outside of the Zoological Gardens of St. Louis. 



The Gardens are under the charge of F. L. Ridge way, commissioner 

 of parks, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Yours, truly, 



Geo. R. Ellis, Secretary. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the Interior , Washington, D. C. 



Park Department, 

 St. Louis, February 27, 1902. 

 Sir: Replying to your letter of the 24th instant, inquiring as to the 

 number of buffalo in the Forest Park Zoological Gardens, the com 



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