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The Buffalo : The Story of American Bison and Their Hunters From Prehistoric Times to the Present
author
:
Haines, Francis.
publisher
:
University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0806127813
print isbn13
:
9780806127811
ebook isbn13
:
9780806171067
language
:
English
subject
American bison, Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) , Indians of North America.
publication date
:
1995
lcc
:
SK297.H33 1995eb
ddc
:
306.3/64
subject
:
American bison, Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.) , Indians of North America.
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(U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife)
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The Buffalo
The Story of American Bison and Their Hunters from Prehistoric Times to the Present
Francis Haines
Foreword by David Dary
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS NORMAN AND LONDON
Page iv
Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to use material from the following sources: Columbia University Press, New York. Gold Rush, by J. Goldsborough Bruff, edited by Georgia W. Read and Ruth Gaines, 1949, pp. 17, 18, and 25. William W. Whitney, California Historical Society, The Journal of Madison Berryman Moorman, edited by Irene D. Paden, 1948.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haines, Francis. The buffalo: the story of American bison and their hunters from prehistoric times to the present / Francis Haines; foreword by David Dary. p. cm. Originally published: New York: Crowell, 1970. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8061-2781-3 (paper) 1. American bison. 2. Frontier and pioneer lifeWest (U.S.) 3. Indians of North America. I. Title. SK297.H33 1995 306.3'64dc20 95-16765 CIP
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Copyright 1970 by Francis Haines, transferred in 1994 to the University of Oklahoma Press. Foreword and new appendix by David Dary copyright 1995 by the University of Oklahoma Press. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. First printing of the University of Oklahoma Press edition, 1995.
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Contents
Foreword
by David Dary
vii
1 Man and Buffalo in North America
1
2 Prehistoric Bison in North America
7
3 Early Hunters on the Great Plains
17
4 The Buffalo's Life Cycle and Distribution
28
5 Horses for the Buffalo Hunters
36
6 The Southern Plains: Apache and Comanche
48
7 Tribes of the Woodland Fringe: Osage and Sioux
59
8 The Blackfeet
65
9 Buffalo East of the Mississippi
73
10 The Golden Age of the Plains Indians
80
11 Explorers and Mountain Men
89
12 The Santa Fe Trail
98
13 Blackfeet and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
108
14 The Great Killer
118
15 Buffalo and the Canadian Fur Traders
123
16 The Oregon and California Trails
134
17 Comanche Wars for the Southern Buffalo Range
149
18 The Diminishing Herds
156
19 Buffalo Country Troubles, 186065
166
20 Cattle and Railroads in the Buffalo Country
172
21 The Last Stand of the Plains Tribes
180
22 The Great Slaughter
188
23 Gleaning the Leavings
200
24 The Dying Flame
208
25 Crossbreeding Buffalo and Cattle
213
26 Preservation of the Species
217
Appendix: Where to See the Buffalo (by David Dary)
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