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42-43) to the abundance of buffalo near the mouth of the Guyan- 

 dotte River during January 1873. A few were still present in Green- 

 brier County as late as 1774 (McWhorter, 1915, p. 380). Again, in 

 1780, bison were so plentiful along the Little Kanawha River that 

 Col. Daniel Brodhead sent hunters there to obtain a supply of meat 

 for the garrison at Fort Pitt (Elhs, 1882, p. 86). Bison are reported 

 to have been lulled by settlers on Fishing Creek in Wetzel County 

 in 1796 (McWhorter, 1915, p. 381). Although it has been stated 

 (McWhorter, 1915, p. 381) that buffalo were not seen in the vicinity 

 of Huntington, Cabell County, after 1805, Hale (1886, p. 62) writes 

 that a buffalo was lulled in 1815 on Little Sandy Creek, Elk River, 

 about 12 miles northeast of Charleston, Kanawha County. Accord- 

 ing to Maxwell (1898, p. 300) a cow buffalo and her calf were dis- 

 covered at a deer lick in Webster County about 1825. The settlers 

 chased them with dogs. The calf was killed on Valley Fork of Elk 

 River, and the cow was followed to Valley Head, Randolph County, 

 where she was shot. This appears to be the last record for the State. 



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