I don't have them in front of me, but I can recall several early
nineteenth century maps of the United States that refer to the
presence of buffalo east of the Mississippi.  One that stuck in my
mind was a map of British dominions in America that referred to the
vast "plains of buffalo" in the area of present-day Buffalo, NY.
Sorry I can't recall the particular map, though.


>A friend of mine is looking for archaeological references documenting the
>presence of buffalo east of the Mississippi River, primarily being
>concerned with the late pre-contact period.  He would also be interested
>in any early historical documents that might refer to buffalos being
>present east of the Mississippi.  Please reply back if you know of any
>such sources.
>Thank you,
>Gifford Waters
>Dept. of Anthropology
>University of Florida
>Gainesville, FL  32611

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