[59] Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Expedition, p. 358.
[60] H. Mis. 600, pt. 2-31
[61] North American Indians, I, 253.
[62] Travels in America in 1806. London, 1808.
[63] North American Indians, I, p. 263.
[64] Plains of the Great West, p. 134.
[65] North American Indians, I, 256.
[66] Plains of the Great West, pp. 139-144.
[67] As an instance of this, see Forest and Stream, vol. II, p. 184: “Horace Jones, the interpreter here [Fort Sill], says that on his first trip along the line of the one hundredth meridian, in 1859, accompanying Major Thomas—since our noble old general—they passed continuous herds for over 60 miles, which left so little grass behind them that Major Thomas was seriously troubled about his horses.”
[68] It is to be noted that hairless hides, taken from buffaloes killed in summer, are what the writer refers to. It was not until 1881, when the end was very near, that hunting buffalo in summer as well as winter became a wholesale business. What hunting can be more disgraceful than the slaughter of females and young in summer, when skins are almost worthless.