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adding, as she complimented its coolness and 
flavor, that she never drank the “ hydrant stuff 
when she could get anything else.” 
A very large number sought information with 
regard to the present danger of being scalped 
were they to venture to Colorado to hunt and 
explore its wilds. 
Mrs. Maxwell giew to expect blank faces when 
people were informed that the animals they saw 
were collected for scientific purposes, and not for 
the sake of gratifying an abnormal desire to 
shoot things. But she, and her friends who had 
“ lived West,” were astonished at the number of 
apparently well-informed people who received the 
information that they were only a small part of a 
museum formerly established, and having the 
patronage of the people of Colorado, with looks 
of surprise and even polite incredulity. 
“ Why, these people seem to think the West is 
still occupied by Indians and ruffians ! ” was a 
usual exclamation of those from that locality, 
after standing for a time in her enclosure and 
conversing with the crowd. “ Please do what 
you can to enlighten them.” 
In obeying this injunction, given for the bene- 
fit of people whom the growth of our country 
has quite outrun, Mrs. Maxwell took commend- 
able pride in pointing to a large frame filled with 
photographs of the school-houses of Colorado. 
