Buffalo Land / Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West

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A humorous and practical narrative of an expedition across the American plains that mixes hunting anecdotes, natural-history observation, and travel impressions. The author recounts journeys over prairie and mountain-edge country, hunting buffalo, antelope, elk, and birds, meetings with Indigenous people, and daily camp life, while offering practical advice for sportsmen and emigrants. Scientific notes on fossils and regional fauna appear in dedicated chapters, and character sketches and comic episodes punctuate descriptive passages. Field-based illustrations and a concluding appendix supply guidance for future travelers and hunters.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See illustration on page 137.

[2] The amateur sportsman or other reader, will find them described at length in the Appendix.

[3] Notes on the geology of the survey for the extension of the Union Pacific Road E. D. from the Smoky Hill to the Rio Grande, by John L. Leconte, M. D. Philadelphia, 1868.

[4] I obtained the weapon that I had loaned our friend, and have carefully kept it since, as a memento.

[5] During the present year, the A. T. & Santa Fe R. R. will probably be finished to the big bend of the Arkansas, which will place the sportsman in one of the finest game regions of the continent.

[6] Dr. H. Latham, under date June 5th, 1870, in the Omaha Daily Herald.

Transcriber's note:

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Obvious printer errors have been silently corrected.

Page 341: "What is the nature of these creatures thus left stranded ..." The word "is" was supplied by the transcriber.