240 
dance of buffaloes seen by, in the Ohio Valley, 105, 
106 ; buffaloes seen by, on the Des Moines River, 
142 ; on the use of the wool of the buffalo by the 
Illinois Indians, 197; on buffalo-hunting by the | 
Tilinois Indians, 202. 
Chase of the buffalo, description of the, ae 215. 
Cibola, situation of the ancient pueblo of, 126. 
Cicuic, where situated, 126, 128 ; avuiidntice of buf- 
faloes on the plains of, in 1540, 128, 134 
Cincinnati Soc. of Nat. Hist., horn-cores a B. lati- 
frons belonging to, 11. 
Clayton, John, enamemtich by, of the beasts found 
in Virginia in 1688, 78. 
Cohacs es = to buffaloes in the Abbeville 
District, 5; do. about Lake Ontario, 107 ; 
on his aon evidence of the occurrence of the 
uffalo in Western Mexico, 127. 
ee decrease of the buffalo in, 150, 151. 
Columbia River, plains of, buffaloes on, 118 
GO ehh of a skull of B. an- 
tiquus from Califor nia, 16; on the “mountain 
pene of ae buffalo on the 
bison,” 40 ; 
Upper oe in 1860, 157. 
Cope, Prof. E. i Sees existence of the 
bison im ‘aad 85 
Coronado, buffaloes where first seen by, 126. 
Cortes, buffaloes found by, in captivity in Mexico, 
231. 
Coues, Dr. Elliott, reference by, to capture of buffa- 
loes in West Virginia, 111; reference by, to evi- 
dences of former occurrence of the buffalo in Ari- 
zona, 126; decrease of and present range of buffa- 
loes near the 49th parallel, 157-160 ; on “ buffalo 
chips,” 200. 
ee nee a term sometimes applied by early writ- 
o the moose and elk, 74, 82, 83, 87 
toe te buffaloes on the Assinniboine River, 168. 
oes Geo., buffalo on the Ohio River in 1765, 
cuming John, reference oe to buffaloes in Ken- 
eky, 112; on the ees of the buffalo 
ae the Ohio Valley, 
Cuvier, Baron G., on - ee characters of 
bisons, 1 ; on the number of ribs in B. amer LCUNUS 
and B. bonasus, 2; on American fossil bison re- 
mains, 4, 17. 
Dakota, oo of the buffalo from Northern, 
155, 156. 
Dall, W. H., bison remains collected by, in Alaska, 
24, 25 ; on aaa of bison remains in Alas- 
iy 168 (footno 
Darien, Ga., ee remains from, 13, 14, 15, 32. 
Davis, W. H. H ., cited respecting the point where 
Cabeca de Vaca was shipwrecked, 131 ; extracts 
from his translations from Vaca’s journal, 
reference to his account of Espejo’s journey, 134. 
INDEX. 
| Dawson, Prof. G. M., on the ee of the buf- 
falo above the 49th parallel, 173, 174. 
De Challeux, strange beast seen by, in Florida, 98. 
De Kay, Dr. J. E., on the former range of the buf- 
falo, 74. 
De Laét, on a supposed reference by, to the buffalo 
in Western Mexico, 127 ; reference by, to the buf- 
falo as an inhabitant of the region of Quivira, 129. 
De l’Tsle, Guill., map by, cited, 102. 
De Solis, on bulffaloes seen by Cortes in Mexico, 
231. 
De Soto, Hernandez, absence of reference by, to 
buffaloes in present State of Florida, 98 ; do. Gulf 
States, 101 ; a of ee and Georgia 
ite 100 ; “ox-hides” obtained by, 100 ; authori- 
ties route of, 102 (foo eee ; reference to 
his exit reaching the range of the buffalo in 
Arkansa 
ees . ie buffalo, g 
Dodge, Col hk, i on tue ts of the buffalo, Bf 
58, 62, 66 ; extirpation ae y the Sioux Indians, 
163; cause of the Hoa of the buffalo 
from the Se Plains, 1 
Domestication of t oe ‘215 - 221; not yet 
roperly ee 215; early reference to the 
supposed value of the buffalo as a domesticated 
animal, 215; easily crossed with domestic cattle, 
16-— 
ee remarks on, 17° 
ee ‘Jomn, buffaloes found by, on the Cum- 
and River, 114 
Drayton John, on ipnflaloes 4 in South Carolina, 96. 
Du Pratz, Le Page, on absence of buffaloes in “ Low- 
er Louisiana,” 102, 225; occurrence of buffaloes 
in Mississippi, 225 - 227 
Ellsworth, H. L., on the disappearance of the buf- 
falo from Illinois, 117. 
Elton, Mrs. Romeo, supposed teeth of a bison in 
cabinet of, 89 ; Se received from, 90. 
Elvas, Gentleman of, reference to his oe ol We 
oto’ ee 100 aosinee 18 
TY. ., on range of the one on the Arkan- 
gas iver’ in ae ae 
Erie, Lake, references to buffaloes on southern shore 
of, 82, 107 
Erocoise, Lake, position of, 108. 
Escalante, Father, reference to MS. journal of, 125 
Eschscholtz Bay, bison remains from, 5, 6, 10, 35. 
Espejo, Father, great herds of buffaloes met with by, 
o 
n the Pecos River in 1584, 1383. 
Faujas-Saint-Fond, Barth., description of Peale’s 
original specimen of B. latifrons from a plaster- 
cast, 4. 
Figures of the buffalo, 51-53. 
Filson, J ne reference by, to buffaloes in Ken- 
tucky, 11 
