A.Abundance of the American bison,387-393.Accidents to bison herds,420.Affection, instinct of, in the bison,433.Agropyrum,429.Alabama,380.Albinism in the bison,411.Allard, Mr. Charles,461.Allen, Mr. J. A., on the American bison,377,381,385,387,450,480.“American Field,” quotation from,433.Fur Company,488.Andrews, Mr. Harry,502.Andropogon provincialis,427,429.scoparius,429.Argoll, Capt. Sam’l, discovery of bison by,375,378.Arkansas,375.Aristida purpurea,428Ashe, Mr. Thomas, on the buffalo,420,485.Astragalus molissimus,429.Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railway,493,496,498,499.Athabasca, buffaloes in,523-524.Atriplex canescens,429.Audubon and Bachman, observations by,400.Aurochs, or European bison,394.B.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 the433.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 in432.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 otherBovidæ,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 the384,408,489,504,523.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.C.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.D.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.E.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.F.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.G.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.Group of buffaloes in the National Museum.546-548.H.Habits of the bison,415-426.Hair of the buffalo, uses of the,449.Half-breeds of the Northwest Territories,436,474,488,504.Hannaford, Mr. J. M., letter from,507.“Harper’s Magazine,” quotation from,483.Harris, Capt. Moses,521.Harris, Mr. Robert, courtesies extended by,530.Haskins, Mr. Edward, train-master,544.Hawley, Hon. J. R.,517.Hazen, General W. B., on buffalo slaughter,514,516.Hedley, Mr. George H., with expedition for bison531.Hennepin, Father, bison seen in Illinois by,388.Herds, list of captive bison,458-464.Hides, buffalo,445,505,506,507.High Divide,535,536,538,542.Hind, Prof. H. Y.,407,476,478.Holman, Hon. W. S.,516.Hornaday, W. T., group of bison by,546-548.Horns of the American bison,405,407.Huguenot settlers, domestication of bison by,379,451.Hunting the buffalo, method ofdecoying and driving,483.horseback,470.impounding,478.on snow shoes,484.“still-hunt,”465.“surround,”480.Hunting on the Musselshell River,539.Hybrid, the buffalo-domestic,454-457.I.Idaho,383.Illinois,385-388.Impounding buffaloes,478.Indiana,385.Indians:responsibility of, for buffalo slaughter,506.robes marketed by northern,505.share of the, in buffalo destruction,478,480,483,484,489,490,500,505,506,512.starving for lack of the buffalo,526.who subsisted on the buffalo,526.J.Jones, Mr. C. J., breeding of buffaloes, by,452,454,456.buffaloes captured by,458,523.buffalo herd owned by,458.K.Kansas,391,424,496,501.Kasson, Hon. J. A.,517.Kenaston, Prof. C. A.,505.Kentucky,388,420.Keogh, Fort,509,531.Kœleria cristata,429.L.Lewis and Clark, buffaloes seen by,389,483.Lincoln Park, Chicago, buffaloes in,462.Loco weed not eaten by the buffalo,429.Louisiana,380.M.Macoun, Prof. John,524,526.“Manitoba and the great Northwest,”524,526.Maryland,378.McCormick, Hon. R. C.,514,516,518.McGillycuddy, Dr. V. T., buffaloes owned by,462.McNaney, Mr. James,421,424,467,534,537,538,540,542.Meat of the buffalo,446,448.Mental capacity of the American bison,429-434.Merrill, Dr. J. C.,530,545.Mexico,381.Migrating habits of the buffalo,389,420,424-425.Miles City, Montana,531,534,541.Miller, Mr. Roswell, courtesies extended by,530.Minnesota,385.Mississippi,380.Monograph on “The American Bison,”387.Montana,421,508,509,510,511.“Mountain buffalo,”407-412.Mounted skins of buffaloes,396,412,546-548.Museum, National,395,527,546.Musselshell River,535,539.N.National Museum, live buffaloes at the,395,463,527.mounted buffaloes in the,396,397,401,402,405,406,407,546-548.Nelson, Mr. E. W.,385.New Mexico,383.New York,385.Northern herd, destruction of the,502-513.Northern Pacific Railway,502,507,511,513.courtesies extended by,530.Northwest Territories (British),384,408,489,523.O.Ohio,385.Omaha Indians, buffalo hunting by,477.Oregon,389.Oregon trail,491.P.Partello, Lieut. J. M. T.,509.Peace River, buffaloes on the,524.Pelage of the American bison,396,414,415,442,453.Pemmican,447.Pennsylvania, the buffalo in,386,387,420,485.Pennsylvania Railway, courtesies extended by,530.Phillips, Mr. Henry R., courtesies extended by,531,545.“Plains of the Great West,”389,391,409.Poa tenuifolia,429.Porcupine Creek, buffaloes on,512,522,532.Products of the buffalo,434-451.Protection of American animals,435,520,521.the bison possible,435,520.R.Ranch, LU-bar,532,543.the HV,534,544.Railways, influence of the, in buffalo slaughter,490-493,507.Rank of the American bison,393.Reasoning faculty of the bison,429-430.Recuperative power of the bison,426.Red Buttes,531.Red River half-breeds,474,488.“Red River Settlement,”436,450,474,475.Regan, the Hon. Mr.,518.Robe of the American bison,441-445,453,470.best season for taking,442.preparation of the,442,443,470.trade in,513.utilization of,411,505.value of,394,444,445.varieties and classification of,443,444.Ross, Mr. Alexander (see“Red River Settlement.”)“Running” buffaloes,470.Running power and habits of the buffalo,422,430,431.Russell, Mr. L. S.,534,536,537,538.S.Sage brush,547.Sand Creek, Montana,534,535,538.Schulz, Dr., on the buffalo in Athabasca,523-524.Secretary of War, favors extended by,530-545.Shufeldt, Dr. R. W., on mountain buffaloes,411.Sibley, Hon. H. H.,474.“Sioux City Journal,” quotation from,503.Sioux Indiana, destruction of buffaloes by,490,497,500,505.Slaughter of the buffalo,486-513.Smith, Mr. V.,510,512.Smithsonian Butte,539.Smithsonian Institution expedition for buffaloes,522,529-546.Snow-shoes, hunting buffaloes on,484.Southern buffalo herd, destruction of,492-502.“Spike” bull buffalo,401.“Star, Washington,” description from the,546-548.Starin, Mr. J. H., buffaloes owned by,463.Statistics of the slaughter of the southern herd,498-502.buffaloes now living,458-461,525.Stephenson, Dr. William,522.Still hunt,465-510.Stipa comata,429.sparica,428.viridula,429.Stub-horn bull, killed by author,542.T.Tepee, hides required for a,505.Temper of the bison,434.Tennessee,388.Texas, existence the bison in,374,381,501,502.Thompson, Lieut. C. B.,545.Thompson, Mr. Frank, courtesies extended by,530.“Times, Kansas City,” quotation from,461.U.Ullman, Mr. Joseph buffalo product handled by,394.Utah,383.Utilization of the buffalo,437.V.Value of the bison to man,434-451,526.Value of a single bison on the range,435,436.buffalo to cattle-growers,451,458.buffalo-robe,498.products handled by two firms,439-440.Varner, Mr. Allen,491.Virginia, the buffalo in,376,378,379.W.Wastefulness in buffalo slaughter,494,496-498,510.Weapons used in buffalo hunting,466,467,470,477.West, Mr. C. S.,534,538,541,543.Wichita (Kansas) “World,”500.Wilkins, Col. John D.,545.Wilson, the Hon. Mr.,514.Winston, Mr. B. C.,463,522.Winter habits of the buffalo,423.Wisconsin,385.Wood buffaloes,407-412.Wounded bison, habits of,426.Wyoming,522.Y.Yearling of the buffalo,401.Yellowstone Park, buffaloes in,512,521,522,527.Yellowstone Rivers,531,544.Young Mr. Harrison, S.,524.Z.Zoological Garden of Cincinnati,462.Philadelphia,461.Park at Washington, establishment of, by Congress,528.