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Show LAST BUFFALO HUNT. One Thousand Animals Killed in the Expedition of the Cheyennes and the Araoahoes in 1S78. The hill providing an sppioprlalhn of 114 "CO for the protection and preseriatlon of the nietitnn blenn or balfulo meted both hovw nf fopgi.es list Jloml .y and Is now u iw 'ills win a leit of the or Iglnal bill drawn up and proposed by BurfalJ' Jones of Toneka Ken pro-iidm pro-iidm for an npprtpm i op of li for fencing and restocking a portion of tho Yellowstone park wllh Imrralo It also called tor the tela! Ilehmint of an experl menisl station for tross breeding larious aulnuls of different genera with a Hew to obtaining breeds of sheep goats and cattle riiimMe of enduring the Western winters without ihelter ir feeding Ihe exierhnent nal'on lort of the bill w is killed and the oi nm waeut down tn IIS. 'Ml hut tin in the ship that It llnalls passed It will result lu a great deal of good and In the protection of big game In the Yellowstone Oil lones arrlied In the elt last Sat-urla Sat-urla ami when seen bs a Urwi reporter soon afier tin pastece of his bill he stated that he wns the happiest mnn In Washington The till docs not ms who shall hate thirge ot the work of fencing off a part of tho ellow stone park und taring fm the buffalo therein but this mailer hia alreadj been settled by the IHpnrlment of th Interior Iniltlng tot Jones in i nkp thorite of the work und b his Httrallng Hie plate i.Mr iV w Aoiompanled nn this his '"', 1V,I' ! the capital b Mr A Vt Wiibln. of Kansas I'llt I ho biters much unci ostud In the enterprlst. and In all efforts towird the preseriatlon of American time animals and who enlois the distinction of tinting attended the list great buffalo hunt tier hel I In the Lulled States In 1S7S Mr StublM who speaks it number of In.il in languages was sla-iV?,.,'ft'",..,.n51"" sla-iV?,.,'ft'",..,.n51"" interpreter under Agent John IS Miles nt the Uiernnc and Art-W.h0?,."fI"H'5 Art-W.h0?,."fI"H'5 ln "'0 Indian lerrltnrs The flieic nnrs hid some time pret lolls In this d tte Pei temper lS'S ben In rebellion rebel-lion and were ilieu p-lsontra of wut and not allowed to lento thr resertntlon but when Ihe news reach-d Ihe agtnts that a large htrd of buffnln had be. n socn on the plains some ioo miles to Ihe west ot that point the Indians wero so eager for a tig hunt that Agent Miles wns ilnalli ircialhd iivon to telegraph In the Mar deportment for lormtsrim rho request being granted hurried reputations were mado for the chase bj the Indians who were as happi ns n lot of bo) a out skat Ing The stors of how the limit was ion iliitleil and Ita lesulls Mr Hlubbs relates ns rnllona The hunting pirts that left tho a'iu the dav nfler tr Miles recoiled word from the vti.r doi artment tint the ln dtins mlRht take the hunt numbered about ton tin re wen nlnett Chesenne biliks llflcen Arapahoe bucks nnd X soums all mounted on swiff footed In dlan ponies Iho mm of course, ill I the hunting nnd the killing while the souawo went along to do the skinning and ciittlug up Ihe meat and such oilier drtidgers as their lords and masters considered beneath be-neath their dignity l wis detailed Is Mr Miles to nceoinpnny the parts as their guiidtan and protector and to see to It that the sutlers did nit mistake or mls-liillerstind mls-liillerstind their mission and glte them trouble fir In order to reith Ihe buffalo we bid to pass through a section of Kan-sis Kan-sis thai for the Wratern countrs nf Hint das and lime was fairly well populated I took with me six eatnlrymen n big arms wagon n driver and a cook ' 1 hud it list nf names of the Indians that formed Ihe hunting parly that I had to turn In to the Mar department along with nn report when we relumed, and one of Ihe first things tint had lo be done Just before we started was lo rend and cheek off Hits roll ench nnd every Indian In ihe pirts answering as his name was called Although the Indians numbered onis 406 thes took with them lorn tonles tn carry the meat which the) cxiectcd to kill back t the reservation anil In order nisi lo bain fre.h horses when thet reiched the hunting grounds und In addition ad-dition lo all this thes look nlonv what seemed to me about Soon mungs, woltlsh Indian dops 'Ateording lo Indian custom the men rode llrst, the sinews bringing up the reir, and commanding the parly were two Indians who, although thes held no office In the tribe were chosen to direct the hunt bs renson of their reputation and skill ns hunters I had never atlnnded a buffalo hunt of this character before, ami this custom of electing two men to diroct operations was something new to me 1 learned that In the event an Indian killed nns game without llrst seturlng permission permis-sion to do so from these masters of the hunt he was forthwith stripped nf nil his clothing and belongings, his horse killed nnd himself drlten nut of Ihe pirt) for Iho nffenso that he lm I thus committed The niemliers of an Indian hunting pirty I lice Implicit rellince and faith In the Judgment nnd enirirlty of those whom they elect on nn ottaston of this sort nnd thev obrs them us the peasants ot Ilussla dn the Cxar The llrst two dass alter we lert Ihe resertallon wore iineientful, but on the morning nf the third I saw a heir, nnd later a tew nntelope anil being anxious to try my luck. I sent word by Utile Bohe. an Indian with whom 1 happened lo be riding to one of the hunt masters for permission per-mission for him and me to take a little hunt along n stream Iho course of which we were then following 'This being granted, we went out and succeeded In bagging thre nntelope On our wav back lo Join tie main column, I.lltlo Kobe remarked that he was hungry nnd tutting open one of tho antelopes, ho cut nut the liver and began eating It The sight ot this Indian eating raw flesh und Iho blood running through the comers ot his mouth nnd dripping from his chin wns a sight that I boto neter forgotten After finishing tho liver he opened Iho stnmach of one of the nntelope kids that we hurl killed ami drank tho milk thnt he found therein On the fourth day the masters of the hunt sent out runners who returned re-turned the da) following bringing buffalo meat Tint night we spent in busy prepnr-atlon prepnr-atlon for Iho next das s hunt l.very buck tnok it fresli horse, and when morning dawntd we were In tho saddle and nn the mnie It waa rolling prairie counlrj, and along about 11 o clock we alahteil an tnor mous herd of buffalo feeding nlong tho base of Uriel rising ground, sending otery now nnd then some one to the top In 5lanc oier and sen how neir we were rawing to the herd At list we circled nrounl until we were quite close to them when one of the hunt masters gave a short, quick order thnt brought the col-umn col-umn up nbrenst, In which fashion we rods to tho top of tho rise and lu full Hew of the animals "As we did so I coull see ono buffalo nfter nnother throw up Ills, head look nltoiit until he saw nur pant anl set off nt n slow rolling gallop This howeiei wns nnl) for an instont. for, ns wo drew tin lo the crest nf the rise the order that all were eager for and expecting rang out simultaneously from both huni masters nnl uwav Ihe whole column charged at full speed on the buffalo shootliur them down on oier) si le I rode on with the rest doing m) share of the shooting for a mile or so, when, tlrc.1 of the sport, I turned back 'On my way back lo eunp I met the squaws skinning and cutting up the animals ani-mals Hint thu miles had killed ond which were I) Ing nhout eiers where. We re. mnlned among Ihe buffalo for two weeks before wo thought or returning killing In all a total of 1 " nnlmals Ono of the curious things that 1 saw on this trip was nn old buffulo with a deformed right front he of. Hist one of tho Indlins had killed He hal been shnt nnd wounded In this hiof wh n he waa quite soung and one side of the tloien hoof hnd grown In a circle completels around the other to a lenalh of fully n foot und revert! Inches When wr were about rendy to return the squaws beuan loading the meal un the ponies ond 1 wns surprised to see what an enormous load Ihrse hardy little nnlm lis coull earn It seemed to me that they would loud the mcut of one buffalo on theeo ponies a weight nf full) too or t.0.1 pounds I hale seen thosa ponlea loaded so heavlls that the) had to stand braced with their lens standing nut like u tripod In order to aupport Hie frightful burden Impcscii bs their unferltng masters Then, on top of this loud some Indian woull climb to ride hick to tho reservation 11 hen wo got back to tho litems tho squaws eel al nut cutting the meat uji Into long thin strips and drslng It for future use Ihe Indians also held n big feast of fresh meat, gorging themselves for class on luici utcaks and tongues 1 unelortoolc ( to follow tho Inellan rubtoin on such oeea slons of going from one topee to another eating somo ment cooked In ench but had to quit after iltlttng threor laces Iho endurance en-durance of the In llan ponfes In traiellng long instances under heavs loads was us aui prising ns the storage capariiv of their musters when it came lu u feast of burial bur-ial i melt That s far lis I hale been able tn lcMrn was tho list great buffal i hunt evr held In the United States Die I'l. cltlo rullroada and the rapid aeltlenienl of the' Most so reiluced tho herds thu after 1S78 the numlieer of buffalo lu tho West wis lory small Indeed ll wis the last buffalo hunt eier taken by ih ( hesennts nnd Arnpalioos for although the sent out seouia tho seir following they re turned with word that the number of animals ani-mals thet found were not worth going after " ttshington 1'oat |