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M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 177
WOODLAND BUFFALO— Bison bison athabascw Rhoad.
This variety of the American bison was f a i r l y numerous
when I first went north to Mackenzie River, i n 1853, but it
has since gradually diminished i n numbers i n the Athabasca
district, and its utter extermination is now only a question
of time, unless restrictive hunting rules are adopted without
delay. When Thomas Simpson, the celebrated Arctic explorer,
travelled down the valley of the Clearwater River, in
January, 1837, traces of buffalo were quite abundant, but
for the last forty years they have practically forsaken that
quarter and have dwindled so greatly i n number that only
a few individuals are now to be met w i t h i n open spaces and
patches of prairie i n sections on the west side of the
Athabasca River, between Fort M c M u r r a y and the B i r ch
Mountain, as well as i n similar tracts of country from Pointe
a l a P a i x , on the Lower Peace, to the plains of Salt River, in
latitude 60° north, which had from time immemorial been
regularly frequented and occupied by hordes of bison. At
the end of the eighteenth and i n the earlier part of the nineteenth
century, buffalo were abundant on the Upper Peace
River, and many also roamed to the northwest as far as the
L i a r d River. Even as late as 1864 a straggler was killed
within 40 miles of the Company's post of that name, and
another i n 1866 about 25 miles from the same. Sir J . Richardson
states that there were some bison i n the H o r n Mountain,
south- east of Fort Simpson, i n the beginning of the last
century ( 1800), while some were also met with on the east
side of the Athabasca, below and above Fort McMurray.
D u r i n g a residence of fifteen years ( 1870 to 1885) at Fort
Chipewyan, Lake Athabasca, our native fort hunters never
f a i l ed i n winter to k i l l one or more bison for the use of the
establishment, the meat of which was hauled thereto by the
Company's dogs and servants. Nearly a l l of them were
shot on the north side of the Lower Peace River. At that
time the Indians of Forts McMurray and Smith always
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| OCR | M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 177 WOODLAND BUFFALO— Bison bison athabascw Rhoad. This variety of the American bison was f a i r l y numerous when I first went north to Mackenzie River, i n 1853, but it has since gradually diminished i n numbers i n the Athabasca district, and its utter extermination is now only a question of time, unless restrictive hunting rules are adopted without delay. When Thomas Simpson, the celebrated Arctic explorer, travelled down the valley of the Clearwater River, in January, 1837, traces of buffalo were quite abundant, but for the last forty years they have practically forsaken that quarter and have dwindled so greatly i n number that only a few individuals are now to be met w i t h i n open spaces and patches of prairie i n sections on the west side of the Athabasca River, between Fort M c M u r r a y and the B i r ch Mountain, as well as i n similar tracts of country from Pointe a l a P a i x , on the Lower Peace, to the plains of Salt River, in latitude 60° north, which had from time immemorial been regularly frequented and occupied by hordes of bison. At the end of the eighteenth and i n the earlier part of the nineteenth century, buffalo were abundant on the Upper Peace River, and many also roamed to the northwest as far as the L i a r d River. Even as late as 1864 a straggler was killed within 40 miles of the Company's post of that name, and another i n 1866 about 25 miles from the same. Sir J . Richardson states that there were some bison i n the H o r n Mountain, south- east of Fort Simpson, i n the beginning of the last century ( 1800), while some were also met with on the east side of the Athabasca, below and above Fort McMurray. D u r i n g a residence of fifteen years ( 1870 to 1885) at Fort Chipewyan, Lake Athabasca, our native fort hunters never f a i l ed i n winter to k i l l one or more bison for the use of the establishment, the meat of which was hauled thereto by the Company's dogs and servants. Nearly a l l of them were shot on the north side of the Lower Peace River. At that time the Indians of Forts McMurray and Smith always |
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