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Stansbuiy, Capt. Howard, buffaloes seen by, on the 

 bead waters of Green River, 118, 121 ; on the 

 influence of the California overland emigration 

 iq^on the range of the buffalo, 144 ; on the ab- 

 sence of the buffalo east of the Forks of the Platte 



in 1849, 145. 



Statistics of the trade in robes. 185-191; of the 

 trade in hides, 189, 190 ; of the shipment of buf- 

 falo meat, 189, 190, 192 ; of the shipment of the 

 bones of the buffalo, 190. 



Stevens, Gov. 1. 1., on abundance of buffaloes on the 

 Shayenne River in 1853, 155. 



Stevens, J., on the range of the buffalo in Texas in 



1876, 141. 



" Still hunting " the buffalo, 210 - 212. 



Stow, reference by, to buffaloes in Florida, 99. 



Strachey, on beasts found in Virginia in 1620, 76. 



Sucldey, Dr. Geo., on buffaloes west of the Rocky 

 Mountains, 124. 



" Surround," a, of buffaloes by Indians described, 207. 



Sus americanus, Harlan, based on remains of an ex- 

 tinct bison, 5, 18. 



Swine, wild, reported as found in Canada and the 

 Middle States in the eighteenth century, 88. 



Taylor, J. W., on buffaloes in British America, 172 ; 

 on number of robes taken in, in 1872, 191 ; on re- 

 cent destruction of buffaloes in British America, 

 191; on the Red River half-breed hunters, 209. 



Tennessee, buffaloes in, 102, 112-114. 



Texas, buffaloes in,in 1530, 131 ; abundanceof, about 

 Matagorda Bay in 1685, 132; range of, along 

 coast in 1685,' 134 ; extirpation of, from, 136 ; ab- 

 sence of, from greater part of, from 1850 to 1860, 

 140 ; present range of, in, 140, 141. 



Thevet, Andre, first figure of buffalo published by, 

 51 ; buffaloes represented by, as occurring near 

 Tampa Bay, Fla., 98. 



Thompson, P. B., Sr., on the domestication of the 



buffalo, 220. 

 Thompson, Col. Geo. C, domesticated buffaloes 



owned by, 220. 

 Tiakham, A. W., on buffaloes in Dakota in 1853, 155. 

 Toulmin, Mr., on the extermination of the buffalo 



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in Kentuckv, 116. 



Tremaine, Dr. W. S., on the recent great destruction 

 of buffaloes in Kansas, 152, 153 ; on the range of 

 the Southern Herd in 1875, 153. ' 



Turner, Lt., on buffaloes in the valley of the Arkan- 

 sas, 148. 



Urus prisons^ 5, 7, 17, 18. 



Vaca, Cabega de, first European who saw the buffalo 

 . in its native haunts, 128, 131 ; buffaloes met with 



by, in Texas in 1530, 128, 131 ; his description of 



the buffalo quoted, 129. 

 Vache sauvage, a term often applied to the elk and 



the moose, 74, 83, 87. 

 Variation, individual, in Bison americamts, 48 ~ 50. 

 Vaudreuil, Mr., on buffaloes in Illinois, 106 ; do. 



on the Ohio River, 106. 

 Vining, E. P., on shipment of buffalo products over 



the Union Pacific Railroad, 190. 

 Virginia, early enumerations of the animals of, 76- 



79 ; tuffaloes found in, 85, 86, 225. 

 Virginia, West, buffaloes found in, 110, 111. 



Wall, Dr. Asa, on the occurrence of buffaloes near 



Fort Abercrombie, 156. 

 Warden, D. B., reference by, to buffaloes in Western 



Pennsylvania, 110. 

 Warren, Gen. G. JK., on the route of Father Esca- 



lante, 126 (footnoteJT 

 Watson, J. F., buffaloes on the Shenandoah River, 



Va., 225. 

 Whipple, Capt. A. W., reference by, to the absence 

 of the buftalo west of the Rio Grande, 125 ; on 

 the distribution of the buffalo in Texas in 1853, 



139. 

 White, Father Andrew^, his enumeration of the beasts 



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of Maryland, 78, 84. 



Wickliffe, Robt., successful attempt of, in domesti- 

 cating the buffalo, 217-219; mixed breeds de- 

 scribed by, 218. 



Wisconsin, buffaloes met with in, by Hennepin, 82 ; 



last seen in, in 1832, 117. 



Wislizenus, Dr. A., reference by, to buffaloes in Kan- 

 sas, 142. 



Wolf, J., on buffaloes in Union Co., Pa., 223. 



Wool, buffalo, weaving of, by the Indians, 197 ; cloth 

 made from, 200 ; company formed to utilize, 199, 



Wyman, Prof. J., on the absence of bison remains 

 in the Indian shell-heaps of the Atlantic coast, 76 ; 

 in shell-heaps of Florida, 101 ; on the existence of 

 the buffalo in Florida, 98 - 100. 



Yates, Dr. L. G., discovery of remains of Bison an- 



tiquus in California by, 34. 

 Yukon Valley, Alaska, distribution of the remains 



of Bison antiquus in, 34. 







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