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  • Age indicated by rings on rams’ horns, 208 n.
  • Alaska, buffalo range as extending to, 123.
  • Fossil remains of musk-oxen found in, 85.
  • Mountain sheep in, 176, 181 n., 223-224, 226, 246.
  • Remains of buffaloes found in, 123-124.
  • Rumors of musk-oxen in, 85-93.
  • White goat found in, 246, 250, 275.
  • Alaskan bighorn [Ovis Canadensis dalli], 176, 181 n., 223-224, 226, 246.
  • Alces [Moose], 120.
  • Alleghanies, the, eastern boundary of buffalo range, 120.
  • Allen, Professor J. A., 79, 80.
  • Monograph on American bisons by, 119.
  • Animals, attachment of, to one locality, 138-146.
  • Antelope, white goat an, 232.
  • Antelope-hunting on horses, 197.
  • Antilope americana, white goat termed, 259.
  • Antilope lanigera, 259.
  • Arctic islands, musk-oxen on, 51, 60, 85, 93.
  • Argalis, Asiatic, mountain sheep distinguished from, 223.
  • Arizona, mountain sheep in, 247.
  • Arkansas, musk-ox skull found in, 85.
  • Audubon, J. J., 122, 147.
  • “Missouri River Journal” quoted, 157-159.
  • Aurochs, European bison called, 111.
  • 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], 33-34.
  • Heads of musk-oxen, 99-100.
  • Henry, Alexander, Journal of, 118, 161-162.
  • Hides, of buffaloes, 130-131.
  • White goat, 241.
  • Hodgson, Mr., Hudson’s Bay Company trader, 91.
  • Hoofs of white goat, 239-240.
  • Hornaday, W. T., 120-121, 148, 165.
  • Horns, of mountain sheep, 181 n.
  • Musk-oxen’s, 76, 98-100.
  • Rings on rams’, 208 n.
  • White goat’s, 239.
  • Horses, antelope-hunting on, 197.
  • Buffalo-hunting on, 153-155.
  • Deer-hunting on, 197.
  • Sheep-hunting on, 192-193.
  • Hostility between sheep and goat, 233-237, 245-246.
  • Hudson’s Bay Company posts, 37.
  • Hunter, Dr., 257, 259.
  • Hunting seasons in Barren Grounds, 44-48, 50-52.
  • Idaho, white goat in, 247, 250.
  • India, sheep found in, 182.
  • Indians, Alaskan, 90, 91, 92.
  • For Barren Ground hunting, 52-53.
  • Buffaloes formerly sacred to, 127.
  • Methods of, in hunting musk-oxen, 47-49.
  • Slaughter of buffalo by, 157-159.
  • Innuits, musk-ox hunting by, 60-61.
  • Jackson’s Hole, elk-killing at, 273.
  • Jones, C. J., experiments in breeding buffalo by, 148.
  • Kamchatka, sheep found in, 182.
  • Kentucky, buffaloes formerly in, 122.
  • Domestication of buffaloes in, 147.
  • Skull of musk-ox found in, 85.
  • Kids of white goat, 271.
  • Knife for musk-ox hunting, 67.
  • Kodak, hunting with a, 261.
  • Kogmolik Indians, 92.
  • Kookpugmioot Indians, 92.
  • Lambs of mountain sheep, 208-222.
  • “Land of Little Sticks,” 17, 36.
  • Laramie Plains, buffaloes on the, 124, 125.
  • Lewis, Meriwether, 175-176, 245, 255-257.
  • Confusion of goat and sheep by, 251, 99.
  • Railroads, effect of, on buffaloes, 113-116.
  • Ram seen at Livingston, Mont., 171-173, 183-184.
  • “Records of Big Game,” R. Ward’s, 104, 165, 223-224, 274.
  • Red Desert Country, buffaloes in, 126.
  • Red River, buffaloes on the, 162.
  • Red River half-breeds, buffalo hunts of, 117, 154-155.
  • Rings on rams’ horns, 208 n.
  • Robinson, John (“Uncle Jack Robinson”), 124.
  • Rocky Mountain goat [Haplocerus montanus or Oreamnus montanus], 231, 259, 274.
  • See White goat.
  • Rocky Mountain sheep [Ovis canadensis typica], 223, 259.
  • “Royal Natural History, The,” Lydekker’s, 246, 247.
  • Rubbing-stones, buffaloes’, 131, 163.
  • Rupicapra americana, white goat termed, 259.
  • Rutting season, buffaloes’, 131-132.
  • Mountain sheep’s, 184, 208.
  • Saddleback sheep [Ovis fannini], 181-182, 213.
  • Salt Lake Valley, buffaloes in, 124.
  • Salvatierra, Padre de, 250.
  • Saw Tooth Range, white goat in, 247.
  • Schwatka, Frederick, 60, 61, 93.
  • Serows, Rocky Mountain goat member of same group as, 274.
  • Sheep. See Mountain sheep.
  • Shoshone Indians, sheep-hunting on horses by, 193.
  • Siberia, fossil remains of musk-oxen found in, 85.
  • Skulls of musk-oxen, 75-76, 80, 82, 83.
  • Slaughter of buffaloes in America, 114-119.
  • Sledge, description of, in Barren Ground outfit, 40-41.
  • Sledge-dogs, methods of harnessing, 60-61.
  • Scarcity of, in North, 38-39.
  • Snowfall in Barren Grounds, 35.
  • Snows, effect on buffaloes, 124, 137.
  • Snow-shoes, Barren Ground, 35.
  • Spitzbergen, musk-oxen unknown in, 93.
  • Stone, Andrew J., report as to western range of musk-oxen, 86-93.
  • Stouch, Major G. W. II., 143.
  • Stringer, Rev. I. O., 89, 90.
  • Strouds, 53, 54.
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