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WILD AMERICANS 
alike. Their hides were used for blankets and cloth¬ 
ing and teepees. The bison were the most important 
wild animals of North America. 
"Today only a few hundred of the animals are left, 
such as the herd in this National Park, and in some 
zoos. I understand now that their numbers are in¬ 
creasing again, and if you children want to be help¬ 
ful Americans, you will promise yourselves to do 
what you can to protect them as you grow up. It 
will be a patriotic thing to do. 1 ’ - 
