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Show VANISHED WITH THE BUFFALO Few Left of the Pronghorn Antelope,. That Once Roamed the Plains in Vast Numbers. Next to the buffalo, the most numerous nu-merous animal In the United Stales not more than 50 years ago was the pronghorn antelope. About half the size of a deer, but a bit more compactly com-pactly built, it ranged the plains from the Missouri river westward to the-Pacific the-Pacific in places. Antelopes were dry-country animals, and were always found wherever sagebrush, bunch grass and the short, curly buffalo grass existed. Their favorite fa-vorite range was the plains country just east of the Rocky mountains, where they migrated with the seasons, from Alberta to Mexico, and between the Rocky and the west coast ranges from the Big Bend of the Columbia In Washington, southward to the Gulf of California and the Mexican west coast. . It was the best runner of all the plains animals, and had endurance-for endurance-for long-distance running, being well able to take care of itself when in danger. dan-ger. Its meat is not very attractive to-the to-the white man's palate, being stringy, tough and dry, and having somewhat the taste of goat meat. Some are still found, but only in widely scattered areas. |