Part 16

Aylmer Lake, musk-ox killed at, 94.

Babiche, 41, 67.

Bache Peninsula, musk-oxen killed on, 76-79.

Bad Lands, mountain sheep in the, 176.

“Barren Ground of Northern Canada,” W. Pike’s, 47.

Barren Grounds, hunting in, 17-29. Physical character of, 34-35. Route for best reaching, 50-51. Snowfall in, 35.

Bear River Valley, buffalo formerly abundant in, 125.

Bedson, S. L., experiments in breeding buffalo by, 148.

Bent, George, 128.

Bent, Colonel William, 128.

Berlin, live musk-ox in, 103.

Big Bend country, description of, 264.

Bighorn, American [Ovis canadensis], 223-224. See Mountain sheep. Alaskan [Ovis canadensis dalli], 176, 181 n., 223-224, 226, 246.

“Biological Survey of Mount Shasta,” 250.

Birds, attachment of, to certain localities, 142.

Bison, American [Bos bison], 111-166. Mountain, 126, 135-136. Points distinguishing, from European bison, 165. Prairie [Bos bison typicus], 165. Reported relation of musk-ox to, 75. See Buffaloes.

Bitter Root Mountains, white goat found in, 275.

Blackfeet Indians, white buffalo skin dedicated to Sun by, 127.

Blainville, M. de, 259.

Bodfish, Captain H. H., 93, 103.

Bonneville, Captain, on buffaloes in Bear River Valley, 125.

Bos bison athabascæ [Wood bison], 117, 123, 165.

Bos bison typicus [Prairie bison], 165.

British Columbia, mountain sheep in, 225, 226. White goat in, 231, 250, 275.

Brown, Arthur, on southern range of white goat, 247.

Brush, absence of, from Barren Grounds, 35-36.

“Buck-fever,” 203-207.

Buffaloes, agility of, 135-136. Attachment to one locality, 140-146. Battles between males, 131-132. Bulls, 129-132. Butchering of, by Indians, described, 157-159. Calves, 132-135, 146-147. Color of, 126-128, 132-133. Cross-breeding of, 147-150. Description, 165. Domestication, 147-150. Extermination of, 111-119. Habits, 129-130. Hair, 165. Height, 165. Herds of, 117, 161-163. Hides, 130-131. Horns, 165. Indians hold sacred, 127-129. Methods of hunting, 150-156. Migrations, 137-142. Panics among, 136-137. Range, 119-126, 165. Rubbing-stones, 131, 163. Rutting season, 131-132. Superstitions concerning, 127-130. “Surround” method of hunting, 150-156. Trails, 138. Weight, 165. Young, 132-135, 146-147. See Bison.