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daries given cannot^ of course^ be more than approximate^ but are believed 

 to be as nearly correct as the data extant will permit. 



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■ No indigenous animal has perhaps figured so prominently in the history 

 of Kentucky as the buffalo. It not only formed for a time the chief sub- 



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sistence of some of the early pioneers of this State^ but its fossil remains 



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form large deposits at several localities about its numei-ous Salt Licks ; 



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while it is only in this State that any efforts for its domestication worthy 

 ' the name have as yet been made. Both of the extinct species were also 



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first described from remains found in Kentucky; and it is to the great valley 

 of the Ohio that we must mainly still look for further materials to furnish us 

 with a clew to their fuller histories and distinctive characters. : 



In Part II will be found not only references to narratives of exploration 

 and the records of the early settlement of the country, but also nnich matter 

 hitherto unpublished. While due credit is given in each case for the info r- 



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mation received from my many correspondents,— 



tributor being always given as the authority for the fiicts communicated, 



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it gives me pleasure to mention hei^e a few of those to whom I am especially 

 indebted for valuable contributions. Among these are Dr. F. V. Hayden, 

 Geologist-in-charge of the United States Geographical and Geological Survey 



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of the Territories ;' Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Naturalist of the United States 

 and British Boundary Commission ; Prof S. F. Baird, Assistant Secretary of 



the Smithsonian Institution; Professor George M. Dawson of McGill College; 

 Montreal ; J. S. Taylor, Esq., late U. S. Consul at Winnipeg, B. N. A. ; Hon. 

 Wm. N. Byers, Editor of the Rocky Mountain News ; Mr. W. H. Dall, Assist- 







ant United States Coast Survey ; Dr. W. S. Tremaine, U. S. A., of Fort Dodge, 

 Kansas ; Mr. J. Boll of Dallas, Texas ; Dr. W. J. Hoffman, late Assistant 

 Surgeon U. S. A. ; Prof B. F. Mudge of Kansas ; Professor 0. C. Marsh of 



New Haven, Conn.; Dr. J. G. Cooper of California; Mr. C. E. Aiken of 

 Colorado Springs, Col. ; Prof J. R Loomis of Lewisburg, Pa. ; Mr, C. W. 

 Pritchett of Glasgow, Mo. ; Mr. George Graham of Cincinnati, Ohio; E. T. 

 Bowen, Esq., late General Superintendent of the Kansas Pacific Eailway ; 

 C. F. Morse, Esq., Superintendent of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe 

 Railroad ; E. P. Vining, Esq., General Freight Agent of the Union Pacific 



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Railroad ; and to various officers of the United States Army. 



I am also especially indebted for the use of material to the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, without access to whose collections the 

 preparation of this monograpl) would have been impossible. Also to the 



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