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Death Valley Calif.
Furnace Creek June 15, 1931
Interview with John Mills, guide
who has been in Death Valley 35 yrs.
Mt. Sheep: Mills saw 35 head
up near Cow Creek in the foot of General mountains, or has also seen sheep near Daylight Spring. This, within the last 3 years. Sheep do not come down to the springs & streams early in spring or summer when the "stamps" are full but later they have to. They will not come near if one is camped about the water. Mills has seen them "play" in the moonlight up in the grassy areas of these mts. Sheep are also south of Telescope Peak in the Panamints.
Mills is the same wanderer who protects the animal life. He says that he knows of the half starved Indians kill sheep now & then, but he allows no hunting by outside parties.
There are more sheep now than 35 years ago, also more of all animal life.