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Bison, American \_Bos bison'] , 1 1 i-i 66. 

 Mountain, 126, 135-136. 

 Points distinguishing, from Euro- 

 pean bison, 165. 

 Prairie [_Bos bison iypicus'], 165. 

 Reported relation of musk-ox 



to, 75- 

 See Buffaloes. 

 Bitter Root Mountains, white goat 



found in, 275. 

 Blackfeet Indians, white buffalo skin 



dedicated to Sun by, 127. 

 Blainville, M. de, 259. 

 Bodfish, Captain H. H., 93, 103. 

 Bonneville, Captain, on buffaloes in 



Bear River Valley, 125. 

 Bos bison athabasc<£ [Wood bison], 



117, 123, 165. 

 Bos bison typicus [Prairie bison], 



British Columbia, mountain sheep 

 in, 225, 226. 

 White goat in, 231, 250, 275. 

 Brown, Arthur, on southern range 



of white goat, 247. 

 Brush, absence of, from Barren 



Grounds, 35-36, 

 "Buck-fever," 203-207. 

 Buffaloes, agility of, 135-136, 



Attachment to one locality, 140- 



146. 

 Battles between males, 131-132. 

 Bulls, 129-132. 



Butchering of, by Indians, de- 

 scribed, 157-159. 

 Calves, 132-135, 146-147. 

 Color of, 126-128, 132-133. 

 Cross-breeding of, 147-150. 

 Description, 165. 

 Domestication, 147-150. 

 Extermination of, III-II9. 

 Habits, 129-130, 

 Hair, 165. 

 Height, 165. 



Buffaloes \_coniiniied'\ — 



Herds of, 117, 161-163. 



Hides, 130-13 1. 



Horns, 165. 



Indians hold sacred, 127-129. 



Methods of hunting, 150-156. 



Migrations, 137-142. 



Panics among, 136-137. 



Range, 1 19-126, 165, 



Rubbing-stones, 131, 163. 



Rutting season, 131-132. 



Superstitions concerning, 127- 

 130. 



" Surround " method of hunting, 

 150-156. 



Trails, 138, 



Weight, 165. 



Young, 132-135, 146-147. 



See Bison, 

 Buffalo-running, 159-161. 



California, absence of white goat 



from, 244-245. 

 California mountain sheep \^Ovis 



canadensis nelsoni"], 223, 



226. 

 Calves, buffalo, 132-133, 146-147, 



Of musk-oxen, 100, 103, 132-133. 

 Camping in Barren Grounds, 64- 



69, 

 Canoes, musk-ox hunting in, 61-62, 

 Cape Bryant, musk-oxen killed at, 



93- 

 Capote, caribou-skin, 55, 

 Capra americana, white goat called, 



259- 



Capra inontana, 259. 



Caribou, course of migration, in Bar- 

 ren Grounds, 44, 47-48, 



Cervus canadensis [Elk], 120. 



Chamois, relation of white goat to, 

 232. 



Charging, false reputation of musk- 

 oxen for, 73-75. 



