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INDEX. 



dance of buffaloes seen by, in the Ohio Valley, 105, 

 106 ; buffaloes seen by, on the Des Koines River, 

 142 ; on the use of the wool of the buffalo by the 

 Illinois Indians, l!»7 ; on buffalo-hunting by the 

 Illinois Indians, 202. 



Chase of the buffalo, description of the, 2(>2- 215. 



Cibola, situation of the ancient pueblo of, 1-26. 



Cicuic, where situated, 126, L28; abundance of buf- 

 faloes on the plains of, in 1540, 128, 134. 



Cincinnati Sue. of Nat Hist., horn-cores of B. lati- 

 fmns belonging to, 11. 



i layton, John, enumeration l>y, of the beasts found 

 in Virginia in 1688, 78. 



Colhoun, reference by, to buffaloes in tlm- Abbeville 

 District, S. C, 95 ; do. about Lake Ontario, L07 ; 

 on his supposed evidence of the occurrence of the 

 buffalo in Western Mexico, 1-7. 



Colorado, decrease of the buffalo in, 150, 151. 



Columbia River, plain- of, buffaloes <>n. 1 18. 



( loopef, Dr. J. < '•., measurements of a skull of B. an- 

 tiquus from California, 16; on the "mountain 

 bison," 4o ; distribution of the buffalo on the 

 Upper Missouri in 1860, 1">7. 



Cope, Prof. E. D., on the former existence of the 

 bison in Maryland, 85. 



Coronado, buffaloes where first seen by, 126. 



Cortes, buffaloes found by, in captivity in Mexico, 

 231. 



':. Kllintt. reference by, to capture of buffa- 

 loes in West Virginia, 111 ; reference by, to evi- 

 dences of former occurrence of the buffalo in Ari- 

 zona, 126 ; decrease ol and present range of buffa- 

 urthe 19th parallel, 157-160; on "buffalo 

 chips," 200. 



Cw, wild, a term sometimes applied by early writ- 

 the moose and elk, 74, 82, 83, 87. 



Coxe, Rosa, buffaloes on the Assinniboine River, 168. 



Croghan, Geo., buffalo on the Ohio River in 176.", 

 229. 



Cuming, John, reference by, to buffaloes in Ken- 

 tucky, 112; on the disappearance of the buffalo 



from tie- Ohio Valley, 116. 



Cuvier, Boron Q., on the distinctive cha: 



his,, ns, l ; on the number of ribs in /.'.,< 

 and /■' on American fossil bison re- 



mains, i, 1 7. 



Dakota, extirpati t' the buffalo from Northern, 



I. v.. 156. 

 1 t.i 1 1, W, II.. bison remains collected by, in Alaska, 



2 1, 26 ; on distribute f boon remain- in Ahu 



ka, 168 (footnote). 

 Darien, < la., fa Iron, 13, I I. I"'. 32. 



Davis, W. II II., cited respecting the point where 

 ■ ihipn rw ked, 131 ; 



from his translatioi journal, 131 ; 



f Es) ' journey, 134. 



Dawson, Prof. G. M., on the distribution of the buf- 

 falo above the 49th parallel, 173. 174. 



He Challeux, i i en by, in Florida, :»^. 



De Kay, Dr. J. K., on the former range of "the buf- 

 falo, 7 4. 



De I.aet. on a supposed reference by, t,, the buffalo 

 in Western Mexico, 127 ; reference by, to the buf- 

 falo as an inhabitant of the region of Quivira, 129. 



De lisle, Guill., ma], by, cited, 102. 



De Solis, on buffaloes seen by Cortes j n Mexico, 

 231. 



De Soto. Hernandez, absence of reference by, to 

 buffaloes in present State of Florida, 98 ; do. Gulf 

 lul ; exploration of Florida and I 



by, 100; "ox-hides" obtained by, 100 j authori- 

 ties on the route of, 1112 (footnote) ; reference to 



his expedition reaching the range of the buffalo in 



Arkansas, 133. 

 Diminution of the buffalo, general remarks on, 17.">. 

 I lodge. Col. R. I., on the habits of the buffalo, 57, 



58, i'<2. 66 ; extirpation of. by the Si,,ux Indians, 



163; cause of the disappearance of the buffalo 



from the Laramie Plains, 164. 

 Domestication of the buffalo, 215-281; not yet 



properly attempted, 21", : earlj reference to the 



supposed value of the buffalo as a domesticated 

 animal, 21") ; easily crossed with domestic cattle. 

 216 219. 

 Donaldson, John, buffaloes found by, on the Cum- 

 berland River, 1 1 1. 



Drayton, John, on buffaloes in South Carolina. '.16. 



Du Prat/. Le Page, on absence of buffaloes in " Low- 

 i. m.i." 102, 225; occurrence of buffaloes 

 in Mississippi, 22">- 227. 



Ellsworth, II. I... on the disappearance of the huf- 



falo from Illinois, 1 17. 

 Elton, Mi-. Romeo, supposed teeth of a bison in 

 cabinet of, B9 ; information received from. 90. 



i.ileman of, reference t" his account of De 

 , rpedition, 100 (footnote), 133. 



Emory, W. EL, on range of tlu> buffalo on the Aikan- 



River in 1848, 1 16. 



Erie, ] es to buffaloes on southern shore 



of. B2, 107. 

 Kr,,coi-e. Lake, position of, 108. 

 K-, al.uiie, Father, reference to MS. journal of. 186. 

 Eschscholti Bay, bison remain- tram, ■'>. 6, 10, 36. 

 Espejo, Father, gnat herd- of buffaloes met with by, 



on the Pecos River in 1684, 133. 



Faujaa Saint Fond, Ruth., description ol 



I | nun of /.'. Utfifrvni from a plaster- 



Figi i the buffalo, 61 68. 



Filson, John, reference by, to buffaloes in Ken- 

 tucky, 1 12. 



