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MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937

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MP3 Audio CD. PART I.?LIFE HISTORY OF THE BISON. I. Discovery of the species. The discovery of the American bison, as first made by Europeans, occurred in the menagerie of a heathen king. In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital. With a degree of enterprise that marked him as an enlightened monarch, Montezuma maintained, for the instruction of his people, a well-appointed menagerie, of which the historian De Solis wrote as follows (1724): ?In the second Square of the same House were the Wild Beasts, which were either presents to Montezuma, or taken by his Hunters, in strong Cages of Timber, rang?d in good Order, and under Cover: Lions, Tygers, Bears, and all others of the savage Kind which New-Spain produced; among which the greatest Rarity was the Mexican Bull; a wonderful composition of divers… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. PART I.?LIFE HISTORY OF THE BISON. I. Discovery of the species. The discovery of the American bison, as first made by Europeans, occurred in the menagerie of a heathen king. In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital. With a degree of enterprise that marked him as an enlightened monarch, Montezuma maintained, for the instruction of his people, a well-appointed menagerie, of which the historian De Solis wrote as follows (1724): ?In the second Square of the same House were the Wild Beasts, which were either presents to Montezuma, or taken by his Hunters, in strong Cages of Timber, rang?d in good Order, and under Cover: Lions, Tygers, Bears, and all others of the savage Kind which New-Spain produced; among which the greatest Rarity was the Mexican Bull; a wonderful composition of divers… Read More

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889., 1889. First edition. First edition. Disbound from the Report of the National Museum, 1887. 367-548pp. with large folding Map Illustrating the Extermination of the American Bison prepared by W. T. Hornaday. 19 plates, without the 2-page folding frontis "Plate 1." Hornaday's classic study of the American bison, it's ultimate extermination, and its profound impact on the history of the American West. Includes information on the life history of the bison to include discovery of the species, characteristics, change of form in captivity, the calf, the yearling, the adult cow and bull, the "Mountain Buffalo," their habits, feeding habits, their value to man, etc. as well as information on its extermination to include causes, methods of slaughter, the "still hunt," the chase on horseback, decoying and driving, the period of systematic slaughter, the railways and their part in the extermination of the buffalo, the destruction… Read More