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The last buffalo hunt that will ever be on record will take place next month at Pablo’s ranch on the Flathead Reservation in Montana, when men from all over the continent will have the distinction of slaying the last buffalo.
The herd to be rounded up is thirty-five in number and all of them are old, time-beaten warriors that have defied surrender for more than fifteen years. These outlaws are all bulls and are between the ages of fifteen and twenty five hard winters. These bandits must be shot before the remainder of the contract number for the Wainwright Park can be sent here, as they are leading in all the stampedes on the reservation and have been responsible for the difficulty in securing even the tamest of the herd.
These grizzly warriors refuse to be taken alive and now Pablo invites the more venturesome sportsmen to take part in a hunt to be held next month. In all there are about eighty live buffalo still on the reservation, including those that will fall to the hunters. Mr. Pablo will be at the head of the hunting party and will furnish a guide, saddle, horses and all necessary equipments for the chase charging a fee of but $250 to each of the successful shooter. The fee charged is but a moderate one as the head alone is worth in the vicinity of $600 while the hide and hair is valued at upwards of $150, so the successful hunter is certain of receiving his money’s worth.
Mr. Howard Douglas who arrived here with the two carloads of buffalo on Monday last, stated to the Star that already there had been about twenty five men who had made deposits of $250 and who were intending to take advantage of the hunt.
Mr. M. L. Forster is greatly enthused over the approaching chase and has made his deposit to go on November 2nd. He will probably be accompanied by Mayor Pawling also. Mr. Forster is making all necessary preparations to make his trip to Montana a successful one, and is expecting to bring home a buffalo head to adorn the retun la of his hotel here. As this is a notable buffalo town and one of the two on the contintent there will naturally be much interest taken by the citizens in the result of Mr. Forster’s trip. A trophy of a hunt in the shape of a buffalo would certainly be a novelty and an ornament, should the local hunters be successful in bringing back a head.
This promises to be the final ending of the slaying of the buffalo that has been practiced in past years by the redmen; who formerly inhabited our plains and who it is regretting to say caused unnecesary slaughters of the animals that today are being protected.