[Gutenberg 51448] • The Border and the Buffalo: An Untold Story of the Southwest Plains / The Bloody Border of Missouri and Kansas. The Story of the Slaughter of the Buffalo. Westward among the Big Game and Wild Tribes. A Story of Mountain and Plain
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- Authors
- Cook, John R.
- Publisher
- State House Pr
- Tags
- new , united states -- history -- civil war , frontier and pioneer life -- kansas , american bison hunting -- southwest , 1844-1917 , indians of north america -- wars -- 1866-1895 , john r. , frontier and pioneer life -- southwest , new -- history -- 1848- , 1861-1865 , pioneers -- kansas -- biography , 1861-1865 -- underground movements , new -- history -- 19th century , kansas -- history -- civil war , cook , southwest , new -- biography , pioneers -- southwest
- ISBN
- 9780938349402
- Date
- 1989-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.78 MB
- Lang
- en
The slaughter of the great buffalo herds of the West took place between 1874 and 1884. The southern herds in the Texas Panhandle were gone as early as 1878. John R. Cook was one of the hunters taking part in the extermination. His book, *The Border and the Buffalo,* first published in a small edition at Topeka, Kansas, in 1907, is one of the most important first-hand accounts about buffalo hunting that has been written. The organization of hunts, camp routines, and marketing of the buffalo hides are all described in detail. The book also highlights battles with the Cheyenne and Comanche Indians, and various scouts with the U.S. Cavalry on the plains of Texas.