When was it published?

September 25, 1897 in Eureka Weekly Sentinel

Domestic News September 25, 1897

Eureka Weekly Sentinel

Q: What keywords are associated?

Deer Slaughter, Indians Hunting, Nevada Game Laws, Wildlife Conservation

Eureka, Eureka County, Nevada

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What is this article about?

Report from Wells, Nevada, warns that Indians' wholesale slaughter of fawns and does for glove hides, if unchecked, will eliminate deer from Nevada mountains in five years. Non-reservation Indians are subject to game laws like whites and should be prosecuted.

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Wells, Nev., Herald: We have been informed by reliable parties, that if the wholesale slaughter of fawns and does by the Indians, is not checked, that in five years time the deer in the mountains of Nevada will be cleaned out. They do not kill them for food, but for the hides with which to make gloves. It is supposed by many that Indians are allowed to kill game at any and all times of the year, regardless of game laws, but all Indians not living on reservations are subject to the same laws as the whites and can be prosecuted for violating the same. The matter should be looked into and such wholesale slaughter stopped.

What sub-type of article is it?

Indian Affairs Crime

What keywords are associated?

Deer Slaughter Indians Hunting Nevada Game Laws Wildlife Conservation

Where did it happen?

Wells, Nev.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Wells, Nev.

Outcome

potential extinction of deer in nevada mountains within five years if unchecked; call to enforce game laws and prosecute violators.

Event Details

Reliable sources inform that Indians are slaughtering fawns and does not for food but for hides to make gloves, violating game laws applicable to non-reservation Indians same as whites; urges investigation and stopping the practice to prevent deer depletion.