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Reproduction of the original: The Extermination of the American Bison by William T. Hornaday

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When William Temple Hornaday wrote this text for the Smithsonian Institution in 1889, the thirty million buffalo that had once roamed North America had been reduced to a few hundred. Alarmed by this decimation, Hornaday--a hunter, zoologist, writer, and the Smithsonian's chief... Read Full Overview

"The Extermination of the American Bison" from William Temple Hornaday. American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author (1854-1937).