The ground is trampled more by these cattle than about the gate of a farmyard." "The Kris informed me they had seen a calf as white as snow in a herd of buffalo.

White buffalo are very scarce.

They are of inestimable value among the nations of the Missouri....

There were also some of a dirty-grey colour, but these are very rare." "I brought home two buffalo calves alive; they no sooner lost sight of the herd than they followed my horse like dogs, directly into the fort.

On chasing a herd at this season the calves follow it until they are fatigued, when they throw themselves down in high grass and lie still, hiding their heads if possible.