370 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887, 



Part II. — The extermination — Continued. 



IV. Legislation to prevent useless slaughter 513 



V. Completeness of the wild buffalo's extirpation 521 



VI. Effects of the disappearance of the bison 525 



VII. Preservation of the species from absolute extinction 527 



Part III. — The Smithsonian expedition for specimens 529 



I. The exploration for specimens 529 



II. The hunt 534 



III. The mounted group in the National Museum 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Group of buffaloes in the National Museum Frontispiece. 



Head of bull buffalo to face page.. 382 



Slaughter of buffalo on Kansas Pacific Railroad do 392 



Buffalo cow, calf, and yearling do 398 



Spike bull do.... 402 



Bull buffalo do.... 404 



Bull buffalo, rear view do 406 



The development of the buffalo's horns do 418 



A dead bull do.... 442 



Buffalo skinners at work _.. do 442 



Five minutes' work do 444 



Scene on the northern buffalo range do 444 



Half-breed calf do 454 



Young half-breed bull do... J 458 



Half-breed buffalo (domestic) cow do 458 



The still-hunt do 468 



The chase on horseback. .,-* do 472 



Cree Indians impounding buffalo do 478 



The surround do 482 



Indians hunting buffaloes on snow-shoes do 484 



Where the millions have gone do 500 



Trophies of the hunt do 542 



MAPS. 



Sketch map of the hunt for buffalo do 534 



Map illustrating the extermination of the American bison End of paper. 



