Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Apr 18.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Huntington Library, Muir Family Papers, HM 57349-57497. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Theodore P.] Lukens
Date:
1897 Apr 18
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir09_0848-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
to publish or exhibit them, see
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
in margin: used by La illegible commending my forestry article he is in favor of hunting being permitted in the Reserves
parks at certain seasons for food Martinez, Apr. 18, 1897. Advocates however game refuge where game can be safe My dear
Lukens, I'm glad the bank is off your back so now you can go free in the woods. Your forest article is a good one, so good
you must write some more, get others stirred up to do likewise, also write get others to write to the Senators Sec of the
Interior make their lives wretched until they do what is right by the woods. Only thus by making public opinion can they be
made to mind. I think with you that some changes should be made in the regulations rules governing the park reservations,
allowing hunting at certain seasons for food. We are all natural hunters like cats with killing instincts derived from hunting
ancestors, I suppose only in heaven is there no bloodshed. Still I can't help feeling that there should be a good big wild
place set apart in each park or reservation as a safe refuge for the wild birds beasts in which no gun should ever be fired.
sort of wild beast paradises. When the time for action on this question comes up I shall be glad to help you. I have just
sent off a long article on the forests for Harpers Weekly. Remember me to Mrs Lukens the Jones with love to Lottie Ever
Yours John Muir