[121] Id., p. 484.
[122] “The stupidity of the buffalo, as well as its sagacity, has been by some writers overstated. A herd of buffaloes certainly possesses ... the sheep-like propensity of blindly following its leaders.... A little reflection, however, will show that in such instances as the rushing of a herd over a precipice or into a pond ... is not wholly an act of stupidity, but comparable to that of a panic-stricken crowd of human beings.”—“History of the American Bison,” Ninth Annual Report, Department of the Interior, p. 472.
[123] Ninth Annual Report, Department of the Interior, p. 466.
[124] Ninth Annual Report, Department of the Interior, p. 467. On this point see further Dr. Coues’s communication given in Part II.
[125] Id., p. 467.
[126] First Explorations of Kentucky (Filson Club Pub. No. 13), p. 47.
[127] Walker’s Journal (Filson Club Pub. No. 13), p. 73, note.