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Newfoundland, supposed references to the existence 



of buffaloes in, 78. 

 Nica, Friar Marco de, " ox-hides " found by, in 1539, 



in possession of the Indians of the Gila River, 126 ; 



his journey in search of the " Kingdom of Cibola," 



12a 



Nilsson, Prof., reference by, of all fossil bison re- 

 mains to Bison honasus, 19. 



Northern Herd, range of, in 1875, 174. 



Norton, Dr. O. D., measurements of horn-cores of 

 B. latifrons received from, 11. 



Nuttall, Thos., on buffaloes in Arkansas in 1819, 

 141. 



in " 11 



Ogilby, reference b}^, to the occurrence of the buffalo 

 Maryland," 84. 



Oglethorpe, Gov., on buffaloes in South Carolina, 96. 



Ohio Valley, successive changes in the fauna of, in 

 relation to the bisons, 234. 



Oregon, supposed bison remains from, 34 ; bones of 

 the buffalo found in Eastern, 119. 



Ovibos, tooth of, from Pittston, Pa., 12 ; remains of, 

 found at Big Bone Lick, Ky., 33, 234. 



Owen, Prof, Eichard, on the distinctive characters 

 of the bisons, 2 ; on the number of ribs in dif- 

 ferent species of bisons, 2 ; employment of Urus as 

 a generic name for the bisons, 18 ; reference of 

 bison remains to Loj)hi()donj 19 ; close affinities 

 of the extinct bisons with the aurochs, 19 ; letter 

 from, 89. *:^ 



Packard, Dr. A. S., Jr., on supposed bison's teeth 

 from Gardiner, Me., 89, 90, 91. 



Parker, Samuel, buffaloes found by, on the Salmon 

 and Snake Rivers in 1835, 124. 



Parkhurst, Anthonie, supposed reference by, to the 

 occurrence of the buffalo in Newfoundland, 78. 



Peale, Rembrandt, on fossil oxen, 4. 



Pemniican, importance of, as an article of food, 193 ; 

 how made, 194, 195 ; different kinds of, 194. 



Pennsylvania, buffaloes formerly in Union Co., 87, 

 223 - 225 ; buffaloes in western part of, 108-110. 



Perkins, Dr., on supposed bison remains from Ore- 

 gon, 34. 



Pike, Z. N., buffaloes met with by, in Minnesota in 

 1804, 104; in province of '' Cogciuilla" in 1806, 

 129"; not mentioned by, as inhabiting other parts 

 of Mexico in 1806, 129 ; buffaloes in Kansas in 

 1806, 144, 148. 



Pittraan, Capt. Philip, on buffaloes in Illinois, 106. 



Pope, Gen. John, on the scarcity of buffaloes in 

 Texas in 1854, 139, 140 ; the location of his route 

 in Texas, 140 ; on abundance of buffaloes in 

 Northern Minnesota in 1850, 143. 



Powell, Capt. J. W., on buffaloes in Kansas, 148. 



Pring, Martin, beasts found in Virginia in 1603, 76. 



Pritchett, C. W., traditionary evidence of the former 



occurrence of the buffalo on the sources of the 

 James River, Va., received from, 86. 

 Products of the buffalo, shipments of, over the Kan- 

 sas railroads, 189, 190 ; enumeration and uses of, 



191-201. 

 Protection, legal, of the buffalo, 180. 

 Putnam, P. W,, on absence of bison remains in the 



Indian shell-heaps of the Atlantic coast, 76. 



Quivira, references to buffaloes in province of, by the 

 early Spanish writers, 125 ; buffaloes met with in, 

 by Coronado, 134. 



Railroad, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Pe, immense 

 destruction of buffaloes along, 152 ; amount of 

 buffalo products shipped over, 190. 



Railroad, Kansas Pacific, destruction of buffaloes 

 along, 152 ; amount of buffalo products shipped 



over, 189. 

 Railroad, Union Pacific, buffalo products shipped 



over, 1 90. 



Railroads of Kansas, influence of, upon the destruc- 

 tion of the buffalo, 151 - 154. 



Ramsey, reference by, to buffaloes in Tennessee, 114. 



Raynolds, Gen. W. P., on abundance of bufi.'aloes in 

 the Upper Missouri country in 1858, 161 ; on the 

 wanton destruction of the buffalo, 184. 



Red River half-breed hunters, immense destruction 

 of buffaloes by, 188 ; their methods of hunting the 

 buffalo, 208-210. 



Rice, H. M., on the destruction of buffaloes by Red 

 River hunters in Northern Dakota, 155. 



Richardson, Sir John, on fossil bison remains from 

 Eschscholtz Bay, 6 ; on the probable number of 

 species of extinct American bisons, 20 ; on the 

 former range of Bison americamis^ 74 ; on the 

 range of the buffalo in British America, 166, 167 ; 

 buffalo meat as food, 193 (footnote) ; wool of the 

 buffalo, 200. 



Rio de las Vacas. See Pecos River. 



Rio Grande, buffaloes not found west of, 125, 128. 



River, Arkansas, range of the buffalo on, in 1846, 



146. 

 Alatamaha, buffalo lick on, -94. 



Bear, buffaloes on, 120, 121, 123. 



Big Sioux, buffaloes on, in 1844, 143. 



Buffalo, in Tennessee, 102. 



Colorado, Great, buffaloes on head- waters of, 



119, 121. 

 Colorado, of Texas, buffaloes on, 132. 

 Columbia, plains of, buffaloes on, 118. 

 Des Moines, buffaloes on, 142, 143. 

 Detroit, " wild lemons " growing near, 88. 

 Grand, buffaloes on, 122. 

 Green, buffaloes on, 118, 121. 

 Illinois, abundance of buffaloes on, 105. 

 JameSj Va., buffalo on upper parts of, 76 - 79. 



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