THE AMERICAN BISON IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 11 



Luana, Iowa, March 8, 1902. 



Dear Sir: Your letter of March 1 has been forwarded to us from 

 Elkader, Iowa. Our home is Luana, Iowa. We have 8 full-blood 

 female buffalo and 2 full -blood bulls and 1 three-fourths blood cow. 



Would you please send us a report of the number of full-blood buf- 

 falo in the United States when you get it completed? I believe there 

 is a man at Bancroft, Iowa, who has some. Also, Huber Brothers, 

 at Cochrane, Wis., have a number of grades, but no full-blood females. 

 I think the}^ have a number of full- blood bulls. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



Burgess & Hanson, 



Luana, Iowa. 



Dr. Frank Baker, 



Superintendent National Zoological Park, 



Washington, D. C. 



KANSAS. 



Topeka, February 10, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of February 3, inclosing copy 

 of Senate resolution relative to the American bison, and asking for 

 information upon that question. I will try and furnish you such 

 information as 1 can at the earliest practical moment. 

 Yours, very truly, 



W. E. Stanley. 



Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, 



Secretary of the In terior, Washington, D. C. 



Topeka, April 1, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours calling my attention to your 

 communication of February 3 requesting information concerning the 

 buffalo in the United States or Dominion of Canada with a view of 

 ascertaining what steps should be taken by the Government to pre- 

 serve that species of animal from extinction. I corresponded with 

 some parties relative to the matter and among others with C. J. Jones, 

 commonly known as " Buffalo Jones," and he replied that he had just 

 been to Washington and given all the information he possessed to the 

 Department there, and that would probably answer the purpose con- 

 templated in your first letter. Consequently I did nothing. My 

 information on this question is somewhat limited. I send you here- 

 with a statement which contains such little information as I have been 

 able to get, but I hope it may be of some benefit to you. 

 Yours, very truly, 



W. E. Stanley. 



The Secretary of the Interior, 



Washington, D. C. 



Dodge City, Kans., February 27, 1902. 

 Dear Sir: Upon the receipt of your letter of February 10 in regard 

 to buffalo, I immediately sat down and wrote to everyone I thought 



