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INDEX. 



Newfoundland, supposed references to the 



of buffaloes in, 78. 

 Nica, Friar Marco de, "ox-hides " (bond 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 bonaeus, 19. 

 Northern Herd, range of, in 1875, 174. 

 Norton, Dr. 0. D., measurements of honi-cores of 



/.'. latifnms received from, 11. 

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



141. 



< tgilby, reference by, to the occurrence of the buffalo 

 in ■• Maryland," B4. 



Oglethorpe, ( iov., on buffaloes in South Carolina, 96. 



Ohio Valley, successive changes in tbe fauna of, in 

 relation to the bisons, 234. 



Oregon, supposed bison remains from, 34 ; bones of 

 the buffalo found in Eastern, 1 19. 



I oth of, from Pittston, Pa., 12; remains of, 

 found at Big Hon.' Lick, Ky„ :',:!, 2:14. 



Owen, Prof. Richard, on the distinctive characters 

 of the bisons. 2 ; on the number of rib- in dif- 

 ferent species of bisons. 2 ; employment ,,| 

 a generic name for the bisons, Is ; reference of 

 bison remains to Loj>hiodo>i, 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., B9, 90, 91. 

 Parker, Samuel, buffaloes found by, on the Salmon 



and Snake Rivers in 1836, 124. 

 Parkhurst, Anthonie, supposed reference by, t<> the 



occurrence of the buffalo in Newfoundland, 7 s . 

 Peale, Rembrandt, on f'>s-il oxen, 4. 

 Pemmican, importance "f. as an article of food, 193 ; 



bow made, 194, 19.".; different kinds of, 194. 

 Pennsylvania, buffaloes formerly in Union Co., B7, 



22:1 22:. ; buffaloes in western pari of, 108 110. 

 Perkins, Or., mi supposed bison remains from Ore- 

 gon, 34. 

 Pike, /.. N., buffaloes met with by, in Mi 1 



1804, 104 ; in province ol "Cogqnilht" in 1806, 



12:1 ; nol mentioned by, a- inhabiting "tie r parts 



■ ■I Mexico in 1808, 129 ; buffalo. 



1808, 1 11, 1 1*. 

 Pittman, Capt Philip, on bn Haloes in Illin 

 Pope, Gen, John, on the scarcity "I buffaloes in 

 I, 139, 140 the lot .ten ..f bit route 



in Texas, 1 in ; on abundance of buffaloes in 



Northern Minnesota in 1 BOO, 1 i:i 

 Powell, Capt •' W . "i. buffaloes in Kansas, 1 18. 



bund in Virginia in 

 Pritchett, C W., traditionarj evidence; of the fo 1 



occurrence "I 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, 19"; enumeration and uses of, 

 191 



Protei tion, legal, of the buffalo, 180. 



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

 Indian shell-heaps of the Atlantic coast, 76. 



Quivira, references t<. buffaloes in province of, by the 

 early Spanish writers, 12") ; buffaloes met with in, 

 li\ ( loronado, 134. 



Railroad, Atchison, Topeka, ami Santa F.', immense 

 destruction of buffaloes along, 1".2 ; amount ..f 

 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, 19ii. 



Railroads ..I Kansas, influence of, upon the destruc- 

 tion of the buffalo, 151 -1.". 4. 



Ramsey, reference by, to buffaloes in Tennessee, 1 1 1. 



Raynolds, (Jen. W. F., on abundance of buffaloes in 

 the Upper Missouri country in 1858, 181 ; on the 

 want mi destruction of the buffalo, 184, 



Red River half-breed hunters, immense destruction 

 "f buffaloes bj , 188 j their methods .4' hunting the 



Initial", 208 21(1. 



Rice, H. M., on tin- destruction "f buffaloes by Red 

 River hunters in Northern Dakota, 155. 



Richardson, Sir John, on fossil bison remains from 

 Eschscholtz Bay, fi ; on the probable number of 

 species of extinct American bisons, 20; on the 

 former range of Biton americanus, 74; on the 

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



buffalo neat a- 1 1, 193 (footnote) ; WOol of the 



buffalo, 200. 



l!i" ilr la- \'a. I /,';'.', r. 



I!i" Grande, buffaloes not found west of, 125, 12^. 

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



1 n;. 



Alataniaha, buffalo lick on, 9 1. 



Bear, initial",- on, 120, 121, 123. 



Big Sioux, buffaloes on, in 1S44, 143. 



Buffalo, in Tennessee, 108. 



Colorado, Great, buffaloes on head-waters of, 



11:1, 121. 

 Colorado, of Texas, buffaloes on, 132. 

 ( '"luml'ia. plains of, buffaloes on, 1 18. 

 h Moines, buffaloes, on, 1 12, 1 13. 

 Detroit, "wild lemons" growing near. B8. 

 Grand, buffaloes on, 

 Green, buffaloes on, 11-. 121. 

 Illinois, abundance of buffaloes on, in.".. 

 •lane -, \ .1 . buffalo mi up|H r parts of, 76 79 



