. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. 48 HUNTING AND FISHING IN MONTANA. Mountain Sheep on Upper Madison Near Beaver Creek the portraits in that circle of bearded men, now that you know their names. They sat with their hands on their knees, or crouched on the grass, or leaned against their saddles. They sat, I fancy, with heads dropped forward, silent. They turned their eyes toward Cornelius Hedges when he spoke his words about heirlooms, words about things sacred, never to be
. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. 48 HUNTING AND FISHING IN MONTANA. Mountain Sheep on Upper Madison Near Beaver Creek the portraits in that circle of bearded men, now that you know their names. They sat with their hands on their knees, or crouched on the grass, or leaned against their saddles. They sat, I fancy, with heads dropped forward, silent. They turned their eyes toward Cornelius Hedges when he spoke his words about heirlooms, words about things sacred, never to be parted with. After he had finished, I presume for the most part they nodded their assent. Then they had made a law, d law such as was decreed in their old miners' meetings in Alder Gulch when Montana was no man's land. That was when the Yellowstone Park began Langford, in his diary, describes this extraordinary scene in his customarily simple fashion: "Last night, and also this morning in camp, the entire party had a rather unusual discussion. The proposition was made by some mem- ber that we utilize the result of our exploration by taking up quarter sections of land at the most prominent points of interest, and a general discussion followed. One member our party suggested that if there could be secured by preemption a good title to two or three quarter sections of land opposite the lower fall of the Yellowstone and extend- ing down the river along the canyon, they would eventually become a source of great profit to the owners. Another member of the party thought that it would be more desirable to take up a quarter section of land at the Upper Geyser Basin, for the reason that the locality could be more easily reached by tourists and pleasure seekers. A third sug- gestion was that each member of the party preempt a claim, and in or- der that no one should have an advantage over the others the whole should be thrown into a common pool for the benefit of the entire party. Cr
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