...In southeastern Texas he discovered theAmerican bison on his native heath...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...So far as can be ascertained, thiswas the earliest discovery of the bison in a wild state, and thedescription of the species as recorded by the explorer is of historicalinterest...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...—There is no evidence that the bison ever inhabited Maryland,except what has already been adduced with reference to the District ofColumbia...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...The most northerly occurrence of the bison is recorded as anobservation of Franklin in 1820 at Slave Point, on the north side ofGreat Slave Lake...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...The hair on the head, neck, andforequarters of the aurochs is not nearly so long or luxuriant as on thesame parts of the American bison...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...But, despite his larger bulk, hisappearance is not nearly so striking and impressive as that of the maleAmerican bison...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...After he is threeyears old, the bison adds each year a ring around the base of his horns,the same as domestic cattle...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...The horns of the cow bison are slender, but solid for about two-thirdsof their length from the tip, ringed with age near their base, and quiteblack...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...Therefore, we would naturally expect to findthe hair on those parts shorter and in far less perfect condition thanon the bison of the treeless prairies...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...The bison takes on a seedy, weathered, and rustylook...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...So long as the bison held undisputed possession of the great plains hismigratory habits were as above—regular, general, and on a scale thatwas truly grand...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...Judging from the number of old leg wounds, fully healed, which I havefound in freshly killed bisons, one may be tempted to believe that abison never died of a broken leg...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...Thesight is one well worth a trip and the slight expense that may attach toit, especially to one who has never seen the American bison in hisnative state...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...Allen the complete disappearance of the bison west of the RockyMountains took place between 1838 and 1840...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...Perhaps the most gigantic task ever undertaken on this continent in theline of game-slaughter was the extermination of the bison in the greatpasture region by the hide-hunters...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
...By a coincidence thatproved fatal to the bison, it was just at the beginning of the slaughterthat breech-loading, long-range rifles attained what was practicallyperfection...
William T. Hornaday 「The Extermination of the American Bison」
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