William T. Hornadaysreport on the extinction of the American bison. The mania for slaughter seems to have affected everyone. ".The English lord. the miner. the cowboy. and the immigrant slew right and left. (lotting the plains with thousands upon thousands of tons of bleaching bones that have since been gathered up and transported to the sugar refineries on the Atlantic coast. These herds. that could have readily been converted into domestic animals and preserved as a permanent source of wealth. have been literaly swept from the face of the earth. The cattle which have taken their place are unable to withstand the rigors and severity of the changeable climate.
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