370 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887, 



Part II.— The extermination— Continued. 



IV. Legislation to prevent useless slaughter 513 



V. Completeness of tlie 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. 



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Head of bull buffalo to face page. 



Slaughter of buffalo on Kansas Pacific Railroad do . . . 



Buffalo cow, calf, and yearling do... 



Spike bull do... 



Ball buffalo do... 



Bull buffalo, rear view do... 



The development of the buffalo's horns ■. do... 



A dead bull do... 



Buffalo skinners at work do... 



Five minutes' work do... 



Scene on the northern buffalo range do... 



Half-breed calf do... 



Young half-breed bull do... 



Half-breed buffalo (domestic) cow do... 



The still-hunt do... 



The chase on horseback do... 



Cree Indians impounding buffalo do... 



The surround do . . . 



Indians hunting buffaloes on snow-shoes do... 



Where the millions have gone do . . . 



Trophies of the hunt do... 



MAPS. 



Sketch map of the hunt for buffalo do 534 



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



