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Leidy, Dr. J., on bison remains from Natcliez, Miss., 

 5, 12 ; Georgia, 5, 13 ; Ashley River, S. C, 6, 13 ; 

 Big Bone Lick, Ky., 5, 21 ; California, 6, 22, 23 ; 

 Jo Daviess Co., 111., 6, 13 ; his views on the num- 

 ber of species of extinct American bisons, 19, 20, 

 21, 22 ; reference by, to the buffalo being driven 

 westward, 1 1 7 (footnote) ; on legal protection of 



the buffalo, 184. 

 Le Moine, Simon, reference by, to "wild cows" on 



the St. Lawrence, 82. 

 Lemons, wild, reported growing about Detroit River, 



88. 

 Lewis and Clarke, reference by, to the absence of 



buffaloes on the extreme sources of the Missouri 

 in 1805, 122 ; reference by, to buffaloes at the 

 mouth of the Kansas River in 1804, 146 ; onbuf- 

 falo-hunting by the Indians of the Upper Mis- 

 souri, 204, 205. 

 Lilljeborg, Prof., reference by, of all the species of 



bisons to Bison bonasus, 21. 



Long, Maj. S. H., on the range of the buffalo in 

 Minnesota in 1822, 117 ; on the distributions of 

 the buffalo west of the Rocky Mountains, 123 ; on 

 buffaloes in Arkansas, 141 ; do. in Western Iowa, 

 142 ; do, on the Minnesota River in 1823, 143 ; 

 do. in Kansas in 1820, 144 ; on the wanton de- 

 struction of the buffalo, 183. 



Looniis, Prof. J. R., on buffaloes in Union Co., Pa., 

 223. 



Lophiodon, reference of bison remains to, by Prof. 

 Owen, 19. 



Lower jaw of bisons, comparative measurements of, 



28, 29. 

 Lyell, Sir Chas., on. supposed bison's teeth from 



Gardiner, Me., 89. 



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Marcou, Prof. J=, reference by, to a buffalo bull 

 killed at Fort Bridger in 1875, 125 ; on distribu- 

 tion of the buffalo in Texas in 1853, 139. 



Marcy, Capt. R, B., on the former range of the buf- 

 falo, 75 ; supposed existence of buffaloes about 

 Lake Champlain, 108 ; buffaloes on the Canadian 

 and west fork of Red River in 1850, 138. 



Marest, Father, buffaloes met with by, in Illinois, 

 105 ; on the use of buffalo wool by the Illinois 

 Indians, 197. 



Marquette, Father, buffaloes first seen by, on the 

 Wisconsin River, 81 ; buffaloes seen by, on the 

 Mississippi, 104 ; description of the Illinois coun- 

 try by, 105 ; on the use of buffalo wool by the 

 Illinois Indians, 197. 



Marsh, Prof. O. C, bones of the buffalo found by, in 

 Eastern Oregon, 119. 



Maryland, enumeration of animals found in, by the 

 early explorers, 78 ; buffaloes not found in, 85 ; 

 sub-fossil remains of domestic cattle from^ 85 (foot- 

 note). . , 



May, Col. John, reference by, to bu ffaloes in Ohio, 111. 

 Maynard, C. J., reference by, to the supposed occur- 

 rence of buffaloes in Florida, 98. 

 M'Clung, on buffaloes in Kentucky, 112. 

 McLean, John, buffalo -hunting by the Red River 



half-breeds, 208. 

 Meat, buffalo, shipment of, to Eastern markets, 189, 



190, 192; quality of, as food, 191-196; manu- 

 facture of, into pemmican, 193-196. 

 Mecham, E. D., on the extirpation of the buffalo 



from the Great Salt Lake Valley, 119. 

 Meiggs, Gen. M. C, MS. notes on the buffalo quoted, 



140, 152, 176, 178. 

 Melanism in Bison americanus, 39. 

 Metacarpal bones of Bison americanus, 29, 30 ; of 



Bison antiquus, 29, 30. 

 Metatarsal bones of Bison " latifrons" 15 ; of Bison 



americanus, measurements of, 15. 

 Meyer, Dr. H. v., on bison remains from Korth 



America, 5, 18. 

 Mexico, buffaloes in the northeastern States of, 129, 



130 ; seen in the city of, by Cortes, 231. 

 Mexico, New, extirpation of the buffalo from, 136, 



140. 

 Michigan, buffaloes not found in, by the early ex- 



X)lorers, 104 ; probably once occurred in, 105. 

 Minnesota, buffaloes in, 103, 104 ; near St, Paul in 



1837, 142 ; abundant in southwestern parts of, in 



1844, 143 ; in northwestern parts of, in 1850, 143 ; 



final disappearance of, from, 144. 

 Mississippi, the buffalo in, 225 - 227 ; buffiiloes in, 



in 1720-50, 226. 

 Missouri, extirpation of buffaloes from, 142, 144. 



Molar teeth of bisons, measurements of, 27. 



Monkeys, reported to exist in Virginia, 98. 



Moore, Francis, on buffaloes in South Carolina, 96. 



Morse, C. F., statistics by, of buffalo products, 190. 



Morton, Thomas, enumeration by, of beasts found in 



New England in 1632, 78 ; mention by, of " well- 



growne beastes " about Lake Erocoise, 107. 

 Moscoso, buffaloes not met with by, on the lower 



part of Red River in 1586, 133. 

 Mudge, Prof. B. F., on the extirpation of the buffalo 



from Eastern Kansas, 147. 

 Mullan, Lt, J., on destruction of buffaloes by Indians 



on headwaters of the Missouri, 124 ; buffaloes on 



the Upper Missouri in 1853, 164, • 



Murray, on absence of buffaloes in Eastern Kansas 



in 1834, 146. 



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Narvaez, Pamphilo de, explorations by, in Florida 



and Georgia in 1528, 100, 

 Natchez, Miss., teeth of B. latifrons from, 5, 12, 32. 

 Newberry, Dr, J. S., on the former occuiTence of the 



buffalo on the sources of the Columbia, 124, 

 New England, early enumerations of the animals of, 



77, 78 ; buffaloes not found in, 75, 88. 





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