Show LAST HERD OF BISON ALL IS LEFT OF THE ONE TINE TIME MILLIONS imi ree A arenth 1 trapper lort 1 secina ahe I 1 lie I of the she lather I 1 tais knelous Nii clea of this of bauch altion I 1 alue the only hir elrd J of bison of any im poi tanca tance now left in the united states djoni the millions which a few years ago ro roamed aimed over the entire country between ohp Mia souil uil live and the rocky consists of about fiat full bloode buffalo and the samee same number of mixed bloods all now the property pio perty of janus janics phillp philip of fort alerie who lh Is known all over oner the lange iange country as I otty philip chis held la is the product of a hunt twenty years ago wl en frederick dupee pee an old french trapper tho rally of the species started tor for the little missouri country to captin i few calves fur for the purpose of ral rai lna ing a heid in this hunt he led a ban band of in liana hans and halt half breeda breeds who ho only ai comi the purpose for 1 aich they set out after a long search among the few small bunches of buffalo et known to be in thit that country only halt half a dozen alves apio taken allo allio end and atom these thebe the present herd has grawn mr dubiec allowed the to range wild old on the Cle cheyenne yenne rivet alth no further attention than to see that they did not get out of thit that part of the state they viere ere kept until his death in the settlement of the ite none of the numerous heirs cared to take thern them as his share of the estate and they were sold to scotty philip after an ineffectual attempt to dispose of them to the general go governa arnn tit nt just wint the value of the herd la Is Is but as it la Is the only herd her left in th country on which to draw for specimens this will give it an increasing vi alue lue as years go by having had poetically the same freedom as in their native state the specimens of the herd are somewhat different bioni bhoge usually seen in parks parke and menageries geries one hull bull out of this herd was sold for stow show purposes about ten years ago for 1000 1 |