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Grand Canyon
Ropes Hell Nov. 3, 1930.
Interview with Ed Hamilton
who has been here 40 years.
Game is about the same here
as in the past. There never
was much, due to scarcity of
water.
Big Horn Sheep used to be more
abundant in the canyon than
now. They are pretty well gone.
Bear have always been very
scarce on the north rim
due to lack of water.
Turkeys were never there, so
far as Hamilton knows.
Elks were never there either,
at least during Hamilton's
knowledge.
Deer are more abundant
now than ever before.
Antelope: Hamilton know
nothing of "5000 antelope"
referred to in letter.
He used to own a ranch
about 15 miles out of Anita,
now the W Triangle Ranch.
Hamilton used to protect
the antelope, which have
now increased to an estimated