Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, January 18, 1839
As I trotted over the plain I began to feel the cravings of hunger almost to a painful degree; which is not to be wondered at, as I had been twelve hours in hard exercise, without rest, and had eaten nothing on the preceding day. After riding a few miles, I saw a herd of […]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, April 24, 1869
The buffaloes found in the telegraph poles of the overland line a new source of delight on the treeless prairie-the novelty of having something to scratch against. But it is expensive scratching for the telegraph company, and there indeed was the rub, for the bison shook down miles of wire daily. A bright idea struck […]
Published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, November 2, 1873
From the Kansas Magazine.     Appearances indicated that this shaggy old fellow had been making a very good fight of it for several days. I dare say that in the maintenance of his social status he had gone back into the herd and stared at his descendants, and pawed and groaned, as much as fifty times. […]
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, December 23, 1877
Correspondence New York Post. Â Â Â Â The Hudson’s Bay Company, during the season just past, have made their shrewd and abundant preparations for a successful winter’s trade, and the coming spring, no doubt, will show a corresponding result in a more than average catch. Â Â Â Â The first in point of value is the pine marten, or […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 17, 1872
    The Waterville [Kansas] Telegraph tells a terrible tale of suffering concerning Mr. F. M. Brower, the survivor of a party of buffalo hunters frozen to death in Phillips county, in November last. Mr. Brower was badly frozen on the morning of Sunday, November 17. His four companions went for help, and all were frozen […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 20, 1917
Wounded Animal Gives Battle Royal to Huntsman When He is Poked in the Eye. Â Â Â Â An exciting story is told of a party who went buffalo shooting in Zuzuland recently. During the course of the holiday a buffalo was shot early one morning. The party saw the animal drop, and as it did not move, […]
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, July 11, 1902
Nearly Two Thousand Accounted For in Special Census. Â Â Â Â The total number of buffalo, or bison, both full and mixed blood, known to exist is 1,940, according to a report submitted to Congress by the Interior Department. Of this number seventy-two are running wild, fifty of which are in Colorado, and the remainder in the […]
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Friday, May 28, 1875
     Kansas     One hundred and twenty Englishmen will go to Kansas on a buffalo hunt next month. Buffalo Bill will have them in his charge.     Wisconsin     It is estimated that at least 1,000 sheep have been killed in Northwestern Wisconsin this season by wolves.
Published in the Chicago Press and Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday, July 27, 1858
 [Correspondence of the St. Louis Democrat.]     Wolves were seen frequently during the day, and just as we came on the camping ground, a large one was started. Gen. Harney’s gray-hound caught sight of him, pursued him, over-took him-and never touched a hair. Whether he was afraid of the wolf, or mearly friendly to […]