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.