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musicians playing violins, flutes, and hautboys in front, the fortunate hunter 
proudly marching with his gun on his shoulder, and the animal swinging 
from poles thrust through between its tied feet, followed by the crowd, sing- 
ing and rejoicing at the prospect of good and hearty fare. The animal was 
quickly skinned and dressed on its arrival at the town, and for several days 
there was feasting, as the first and last buffalo of Gallipolis was served up 
in such a variety of ways and means as none but the French could devise ; 
Charles Francis Duteil remaining until his death the renowned marksman 
who. killed the first and last buffalo of all the emigrants from France who 
settled the town of Gallipolis.” 
Mr. Graham adds that he has “no information that can be relied upon 
of buffalo being killed in Ohio after the year 1795 or 1796.” In a later 
letter he says, “From all that I know of the early settlement and history 
of the West, I am under the impression that the buffalo disappeared from 
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky about the year 1800.” 
The Bison seen by Cortes in the City of Mexico.— According to De Solis, Cortes 
found specimens of the bison in Mexico, among the wonderfully varied pos- 
sessions of Montezuma. In describing the animals in Montezuma’s menagerie, 
De Solis says: “In the second Square of the same House were the Wild 
Beasts, which were either presents to Montezuma, or taken by his Hunters, 
in strong Cages of Timber, rang’d in good Order and under Cover: Lions, 
Tygers, Bears, and all others of the savage Kind which ew-Spain produe’d ; 
among which, the greatest Rarity was the Mexican Bull; a wonderful coos 
sition of divers Animals: It has crooked Shoulders, with a Bunch on its Back 
like a Camel; its Flanks dry, its Tail large, and its Neck cover’d with Hair 
like a Lion: It is cloven footed, its Head armed like that of a Bull, which it 
resembles in Fierceness, with no less Strength and Agility.”* These captive 
individuals appear to have been the first specimens of the American Bison 
seen by Europeans. 
Specimens of the Bison taken alive to Spain prior to 1558.— According to The- 
vet, living specimens of the bison were taken to Spain prior to 1558, of one 
of which Thevet claims to have seen the skin.t 
* De Solis's (Antonio de) History of the Conquest of Mexivo by the Spaniards. ‘Town end’s English 
translation (London, 1724). Book III, Chap. XIV, p. 76. 
_.+ “Lon en amena une fois deux tous vif en Espagne, de l'un desquels j’ay ven la peau & non autre 
chose, & n’y. peurent vivre long temps.” — Les Singularitez de la France antar clique, etc., p. 144. 
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