. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 104 The National Geographic Magazine. Photo by Osgood, Biological Survey SHELTER-HOUSE ON 1<*0X FARM IN MAINE Mfiriani. The Indian was largely de- pendent for his livelihood upon the natural fruits of the earth and upon game, in the same way, though not to the same extent, as were wild animals. Thus the distribution of acorns, camas, pine seeds, wild oats, and the thousand other wild crops, as well as that of the birds and animals which furnished them food and raiment, to a great extent determined the favorite haunts of the
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 104 The National Geographic Magazine. Photo by Osgood, Biological Survey SHELTER-HOUSE ON 1<*0X FARM IN MAINE Mfiriani. The Indian was largely de- pendent for his livelihood upon the natural fruits of the earth and upon game, in the same way, though not to the same extent, as were wild animals. Thus the distribution of acorns, camas, pine seeds, wild oats, and the thousand other wild crops, as well as that of the birds and animals which furnished them food and raiment, to a great extent determined the favorite haunts of the aborigines of this continent. (',.\MH PROTECTION AND KINDRED SUBJECTS What a glorious heritage of game, both 1)ird and beast, was bequeathed by the Indians to our forebears, and with what prodigality has it been wasted by them and b)' ourselves! Neither motives of humanity nor far-sighted prescience de- terred the Indian from wanton slaughter of game. Fle killed animals and birds, however, not for sport, but for food, shelter, and raiment, and the verv abun- dance of game and his imperfect weapons made game laws restrictive measures in his time as unnecessary as they were un- dreamed of. Very different are present-day condi- tions. Of the almost infinite number of game birds and animals that once filled our mountains and valleys only a small remnant is left. The bufTalo, that ranged from the Atlantic to beyond the Rocky Mountains and blackened the plains with its countless numbers, is practically ex- tinct in its wild state; the antelope, bands of which everywhere dotted the plains, is rapidly approaching the same fate ; moose and caribou, though still occurring over much of their former range, are being greatly reduced in numbers; while elk, deer, and mountain sheep are quite un- known over much of the territory thev formerly inhabited. Our game birds are facing the same fate. The present gen- eration knows not the wild pigeon, flocks of which used to darken the sun as thev sw
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