AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF 
SAC COUNTY, IOWA. 
J. A. SPURRELL. 
My purpose in writing this list is to place on record data gath- 
ered principally from the pioneers of Sac county about the con- 
ditions in pioneer days and since. While these data are not as 
accurate as though they were confirmed by specimens, they are 
better than no information at all. I have used extreme care in 
differentiating species, and have included some observations of 
my own made in the more recent years. I have also included 
some data on adjoining counties, 
I have numbered my contributors of data and will refer to 
them by number. 
1. Asa Platt. Mr*. Platt was a fur trader, trading with the 
Indians and whites in 'early days. He came to Sac county first 
in 1856. 
2. C. Orville Lee. Mr. Lee was born in Sac county in 1864. 
His parents came to the county in 1854. He hunted and trapped 
a great deal in his youth and still has an active interest in game 
birds and animals. 
3. Hugh Cory. Mr. Cory came to the county in September, 
1854. at the age of ten years. He hunted and trapped much 
in the earlier days. 
4. Shelt Tiberghien, Mr. Tiberghien came to the .county 
in 1856, when he was fifteen years old. He also was a hunter 
and trapper. 
All four of the men previously named still live at Sac City. 
5. C. Everrett Lee. Mr. Everrett Lee is a brother of C. Or- 
ville Lee and resides at Lytton. 
6. Platt Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong moved to the vicinity 
of Lake View in 1878 and at present lives in that town. 
7. John Spurred. My father, who settled one mile north of 
Wall Lake in 1875, and still lives there. 
8. Dr. A. S. Havden. Dr. Hayden came to Sac county in 
1873, when he was eleven years old, and lived with his parents 
near Sac City. He now lives at Wall Lake. 
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