Aurochs, or European bison, 394.
Bailey, Lieut. H. K., 545.
Baird, Prof. S. F., expedition for buffaloes, sent out by, 529.
Baker & Co., Messrs. I. G., 411, 506.
Bedson, Mr. S. L., buffalo-breeding by, 452, 454–456.
— herd owned by, 458, 460.
Berlandier, Dr., on bison in Mexico, 381.
Bismark Grove, Kans., buffaloes at, 461.
Bison, the American.
— abundance of, 387–393.
— accidents to herds of, 420.
— adult bull of, 402–406.
— cow of, 406, 436.
— affection in the 433.
— albinism in the, 414.
— as a beast of burden, 457.
— bones of the, 445.
— breeding habits of, 425.
— season of, 396, 415.
— calf of the, 366–401, 425, 433.
— change of form in, 377, 394, 409.
— character of, 393.
— color of, 396–403.
— courage of, 432.
— cow of, 406–436.
Bison, cross-breeding, 451–458.
— domestication of, 379, 451–458.
— fear in 432.
— food of, 426–429.
— habits of, 415–426.
— in running, 422, 430–431.
— in winter, 423.
— when wounded, 426.
— hair of, 449.
- “hide” of, 445, 505–507.
— horns of, 405, 406.
— hunting the, 405, 470, 478, 480, 483, 484, 536–542.
— meat of, 446, 448.
— mental capacity of, 429–434.
— migrations of, 389, 420, 424–429.
— monograph of, by J. A. Allen, 387.
- “mountain” form of, 407–412.
— mounted skins of, 396, 412, 546–548.
— pelage of, 412–414.
— protection of, possible, 435.
— rank of, with other Bovidæ, 393.
— reasoning powers of, 429.
— robe of, 441–415, 453, 470.
— shedding of pelage of, 412–414.
— size of, 405, 407.
— slaughter of the, 486–513.
— Smithsonian expedition for, 529–546.
- “spike bull” of, 401.
- “wood” variety of, 407–412.
- “yearling” of, 401.
Blackford, Mr. E. G., buffaloes presented by, 463, 527.
Bones, buffalo, utilization of, 445.
Boskowitz, Messrs. J. & A., 394.
Bouteloua oligostachya, 427, 428.
Boyd, Mr. Irvin, 534, 537, 538, 540.
Breeding of the buffalo, 390, 415, 425.
— with domestic cattle, 452–458, 528.
British Possessions, buffalo in the 384, 408, 489, 504, 523.
Brown, Mr. W. Harvey, 534, 535, 541.
Buchloë dactyloides, 428.
Buffalo (see Bison, American.)
Buffalo Bill (see Cody, Hon. W. F.)
Buffalo Buttes, 538, 540, 542.
Buffalo “chips,” 541.
Buffalo grass, 427, 428.
Byrd, Col. William, 376, 449.
Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez, 373.
Calf of the buffalo, 396–401, 425, 433.
— pelage of, 396–398.
capture of a, 532.
Calf Creek, Montana, 535, 536.
Canadian Pacific Railway, 504.
Captivity, list of buffaloes in, 458–464.
Carey, Hon. Joseph M., 522.
Carolina, North, 376, 379.
— South, 379.
Castañeda, description of American bison by, 374.
Catlin, George, on buffalo calves, 398.
— on buffalo hunting, 472, 481.
— on extermination of the buffalo, 488.
— on habits of the buffalo, 419, 423, 434.
— stopped by herd, 392.
Cattle-growers, value of bison to, 451–458.
Cattle, Western range, 452.
Central Park menagerie, New York, 463.
Change of form in American bison, 377, 394, 409.
Character of the American bison, 393.
Chase of the buffalo, on horseback, 470–478.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, courtesies extended by, 530.
“Chips,” buffalo, 451.
Christy, Mr. Miller, on the buffalo, 523.
Cochran, Lieut. Col. M. A., 534, 545.
Cody, Hon. W. F., 460, 477.
Cole, the Hon. Mr., of California, 514.
Color of the American bison, 396, 403.
Colorado, 488, 523.
Completeness of the bison’s extermination, 521–525.
Conger, the Hon. Mr., 516, 517, 519.
Congress, National Zoological Park established by, 528.
Congressional legislation to protect the bison, 513–521.
Cory, Mr. C. B., 523.
Coronado, penetration of buffalo range by, 374, 383.
Cortez, American bison first seen by, 373.
Courage, instinct of, in the bison, 432.
Cow, the adult buffalo, 406, 436.
— young buffalo, 406.
Cox, Hon. S. S., 515, 516.
Cree Indians, 478, 489, 504, 505, 527.
Cross-breeding between the buffalo and domestic cattle, 451–458.
Dakota, 389, 489, 490, 512.
Davis, Mr. J. N., 512.
Davis, Mr. Theo. R., 483.
Davis, Mr. W. W., records of Coronado’s march, by, 383.
Dawes, Hon. Henry L., 517.
Decoying and driving buffaloes, 483.
De Solis, description of bison, by, 373.
Destruction of the southern herd, 492–502.
— northern herd, 502–513.
Discovery of the American bison:
— in captivity, by Cortez, 373.
— eastern North America, by Argoll, 375.
— Illinois, by Father Hennepin, 375.
— Texas, by Cabeza de Vaca, 373.
— Coronado, 373, 383.
District of Columbia, 375, 378.
Distribution of the American bison, 376–383, 402, 503, 508.
— geographical center of, 388.
Division of the great buffalo range, 492.
Dodge, Col. R. I., observations on the buffalo, by, 389, 392, 400–409, 424, 433, 471, 474, 493, 495, 498.
Domestication of the American bison, 379, 452–458, 528.
Dry Creek, Big, 512, 530, 534.
— Little, 532, 533, 535.
Dupree. Mr. F., buffaloes owned by, 462.
Eldridge, the Hon. Mr., 516.
Estimate of buffaloes, 391, 504, 509.
Expedition for bison sent by the Smithsonian, 522, 529–546.
Expeditions of the Red River half-breeds, 436, 437, 474.
Extermination of the American bison:
— cause of the, 454.
— completeness of the, 521–525.
— effects of the, 525–527.
— methods employed in the, 465, 470, 478, 480, 483, 484.
— north of Union Pacific Railway, 502–513.
— progress of the, 484.
— share of the Indians in the, 478.
— south of the Union Pacific Railway, 498–502.
— west of the Rocky Mountains, 486.
Extermination of American quadrupeds, 487, 491, 502.
Fear, instinct of, in the bison, 432.
Fee, Mr. C. S., favors extended by, 545.
Festuca scabrella, 429.
“Field,” the London, quotation from, 523.
Fleet, Henry, mention of bison on the Potomac, by, 378.
Food of the bison, 426–434.
“Forest and Stream,” quotations from, 411, 511.
Forney, Mr. A. H., 531.
Fort Keogh, buffaloes near, 509.
Fort, the Hon. Mr., of Illinois, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519.
Gaur, or Indian bison, 393.
Geographical distribution of the bison, 376–388, 492.
Georgia, 379.
Gibson, Col. Geo. M., 544, 545.
Godwin, Mr. Harry P., 546.
Goode, Prof. G. Brown, 379.
Goodnight, Mr. Charles, buffaloes owned by, 460.
Great Slave Lake, 384, 408.