The North American Buffalo: A Critical Study of the Species in Its Wild State
- ISBN-10
- 0802061370
- ISBN-13
- 9780802061379
- Category
- American bison
- Pages
- 991
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1970
- Author
- Frank Gilbert Roe
Description
miles long ( which itself has a familiar ring ) and as thick as they could graze.98 In Garretson's sketch , grazing would be out of the question . Moreover , according to Goodnight , the buffalo left a lane from a quarter to half a mile ...
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