PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION IX
4. CONTENTS XI
5. I. Introduction 1
6. II. Early Buffalo in North America 12
7. III. North American Variants of the Buffalo 26
8. IV. The Climates and Topography of the Buffalo Habitat 69
9. V. The 'Buffalo Year 94
10. VI. Some Buffalo 'Characteristics• 119
11. VII. Agencies Destructive to Buffalo, other than Man, I 154
12. VIII. Agencies Destructive to Buffalo, other than Man, II 180
13. IX. The European Discovery of the Buffalo 204
14. X. The Buffalo Habitat and its Historical Chronology: East of the Mississippi River 228
15. XI. The Buffalo Habitat and its Historical Chronology: West of the Rocky Mountains in the United States 257
16. XII. The Historical Habitat of Plains and Wood Buffalo in Canada 283
17. XIII. The Numbers of the Buffalo: General References from the Earliest Times 334
18. XIV. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Red River Hunt 367
19. XV. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Destruction of the Southern Herd 416
20. XVI. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Destruction of the Northern Herd in the United States 447
21. XVII. The Numbers of the Buffalo: The Final Extermination in Western Canada 467
22. XVIII. The Numbers of the Buffalo: Some Suggestions towards the Total Aggregate 489
23. XIX. The 'Regular Migration 521
24. XX. Irregular Migrations 543
25. XXI. The Influence of the Buffalo Environment upon Indian Mentality 601
26. XXII. Concluding Summary 671
27. APPENDIXES 681
28. BIBLIOGRAPHY 929
29. SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY (p. 929) 947
30. INDEX 949