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Mr. i). Tlioiiipson says liis father r(.'i)()rte(l biiti'ald luMe in isds. .Mr. 

 A. StiiH'ord ti'lls me of liiuling buffalo horns on CnHins" I'rMirii 

 (Chansler). 



Daviess County. Mr. Bruce reports Hnding- Imrns that had lucn diii;- up bv 

 hogs in a marsh in 1840 'Ciiansler). 

 IG. Procyon lotor (I,.). Raccoon. 



Newton County. Abundant. Have l>een kudwn to bed up like li<>S's, twip. 

 in a Ijed, on the edge of the marshes. Hunters fidldw ah)ng the 

 marshes, and when the raccoons are found they at once take to the 

 water to escape the (b)gs (Pfrimmer). 



Knox County. Not so common as formerly. The fur tiaders say they gen- 

 erally get two or three black 'coons each winter (Chansler). 



17. UrsHS ainericanits (Pallas). Black bear. 



Knox County. ^lodei'ately common within the memory of a few of our 

 oldest citizens. An old friend told me that when a boy \n' met witJi 

 l)ear (juite often. He saw the last one in tliis county in ls45. The 

 Vincennes Commercial in 18S2 reported two young black bears havinu 

 been killed at Montours Swamp that year (Chansler). 



Daviess County. ]Mr. Bruce says the last l)lack bear in tiii> county was 

 killed in 1837 (Chansler). 



Newton County. Extinct. 



.Tasper County. About ten years ago (Pfrimmer). 



18. Lriitra hiidsonicu {L-c\cipii(\(i.) American otter. 



Newton County. Ke])orted within six months. ( )ue cauglit last wintei 

 (1893-4). I iiave seen signs within three years (Pfrimmeri. 



Lake County. Reported within last few years (Pfrimmer). 



Porter County. Reported within last few years (Pfrimmer\ 



Tippecanoe County. One killed on (Joose Island, Wabasli River, liy C. A. 

 Schott .spring of ]S1)4. Skin sold in Lafayette for .S'.t. The specimen 

 has-been seen and identification verified. Mr. Scliott reports ;inother 

 slide in tlie sami- locality. He says he has seen several other otter>. 

 They are extremely shy and difficult to get (Prof. Stanley Coulter). 



Knox County. Rare if not extinct. Hunters used to kill tlu-iu in winter 

 in the snow witli clubs as they travclK'd from one pond to another. 

 Older men remendjer a familiar slide (Chansler). 



19. 2axidea amci icana [liodd). American badger, 



Newton County. Occasionally found. 



Benton Countv. One killed al)out ]S74 I Pfrimmer). 



