Part 21

Musk-ox of Barren Grounds [Ovibos moschatus], 17-106. Action when attacked, 59-60, 73-75. Appearance, 73. Calves, 100, 103, 130-131. Dung of, 100. Flesh, 100, 103. Fur, 97-98, 104-105. Genus, 75-80. Herds of, 97. Hides not valuable, 52. Horns, 98-100, 104, 106. Inaccessibility of, 50. Method of hunting, 56-69. Origin (reputed), 70. Permit necessary for hunting, 51. Range, 76, 79-80, 85-94, 105. Size, 94, 105. Specimens (live), 103.

National Park, Colorado, buffaloes in, 117-118. See Yellowstone Park.

Noonitagmiott Indians, 90.

North Platte River, buffaloes on tributaries of, 126.

Olympic Range, white goat not found in, 250.

Ord, George, 259.

Oreamnus montanus [Rocky Mountain goat], 231, 259, 274.

Oregon, absence of white goat from, 250.

Ovibos bombifrons [Harlan’s musk-ox], 76, 85.

Ovibos moschatus [Barren Ground and Greenland type of musk-ox], 76, 80, 82, 83, 104-105.

Ovibos pearyi, 80.

Ovibos wardi, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 83, 104-105, 106.

Ovis canadensis [American bighorn], 180-181, 208, 223-224. See Mountain sheep.

Ovis canadensis auduboni, 181.

Ovis canadensis dalli [Alaskan bighorn], 176, 181 n., 223-224, 226, 246.

Ovis canadensis nelsoni [Californian sheep], 223, 224.

Ovis canadensis stonei, 223.

Ovis canadensis typica [Rocky Mountain sheep], 223, 259.

Ovis cervina, 181.

Ovis dalli, 181, 201.

Ovis fannini [Saddleback sheep], 181-182, 213.

Ovis mexicana, 181.

Ovis montana, 259.

Ovis nelsoni, 181, 187.

Ovis stonei, 177, 181.

Panics among buffaloes, 136-137.

Pawnee Indians, buffalo skins sacred to, 127.

Peary, Lieutenant, musk-ox captured by, 105. Musk-oxen killed by, 76-79, 93.