LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XVII 



primitive money — continued. 



Fig. 6. Common Whelk, also in Plate IV, Fig. 1 308 



7. Fig AVhelk (Fulgur carica), also in Plate III, and in Plate IV, Fig. 2. 309 



8. Dentalium, also in Plate I, Fig. 2 315 



9. Kop-kops, ear ornaments 316 



10. Heavy-shell Clam, Tivela crassatelloides, also in Plate VII, Fig. 1 321 



11, 12, 13, 14. Hawock, or Ha- wok, also in Plate IX, Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 322 



15. Saxidomus aratus (Hawock shell), also in Plate VI, Fig. 2 323 



17. OliveUa iiplicata (Olive shell), also in Plate IX, Fig. 9 325 



18. Eed-backed' Abalone, Haliotis rufescens, also in Plate VII, Fig. 2 327 



19. 20, 21, 22. Uhl-lo, also in Plate IX, Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13 328 



THE EXTERMINATION OF THE AMERICAN BISON. 



Flate I. Group of American bisons in the National Museum. (From pho- 

 tograph ) 367 



II. Head of hull buffalo. (From specimen iu National Museum; 



reproduced from the "Cosmopolitan Magazine" by permis- 

 sion) 382 



III. Slaughter of buffalo on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. (Repro- 



duced from " The Plains of the Great West," by permission 



of Col. R. I. Dodge) _ 392 



IV. Buffalo cow, calf, and yearling. (Drawn from a specimen in 



the National Museum ; reproduced from the " Cosmopolitan 

 Magazine " by permission) 398 



V. Spike bull. (Drawn from a specimen in the National Museum; 



reproduced from the "Cosmopolitan Magazine" by permis- 

 sion) 402 



VI. Bull buffalo in National Musexrin group. (From drawing by 



Ernest E. Thompsou) 404 



VII. Bull buffalo (rear view). (Drawn from a specimen in the N 



tioual Museum ; reproduced from the " Cosmopolitan Maga- 

 zine " by permission) 406 



VIII. Development of the horns of the American bison. (Drawn 



from specimens by W. H. Chandlee) 418 



IX. Fig. 1. A dead bull; Fig. 2. Buffalo skinners at work. (From 



' photographs by L. A. Huffman, Miles City, Montana) 442 



X. Fig. 1. Five minutes' work; Fig. 2. Sceue on the northern buf- 



falo range. (From photographs by L. A. Huffman, Miles City, 

 Montana) 444 



XI. Half-breed (buffalo-domestic) calf. (Drawn by Ernest E. 



Thompson from specimen owned by C. J. Jones, Garden City, 

 Kansas 454 



XII. Half-breed (buffalo-domestic) cow. (Drawn by Ernesb E. 



Thompson from specimen owned by C. J. Jones, Garden City, 

 Kansas) 456 



XIII. Youug half-breed (buffalo-domestic) bull. (Drawn by Ernest 



E. Thompson from specimen owned by C. J. Jones, Garden 

 City, Kansas) 458 



XIV. Still-hunting buffaloes on the northern range. (From paint- 



ing by J. H. Moser in the National Museum) 468 



XV. The chase ou horseback. (From painting by George Catliu in 



the National Museum) 472 



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