The Buffalo Hunters Name Index

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LAST	OTHER	ALIAS/Other	LOCATION	DATE	PG
Andrews	Harry	hunter	Montana	1881	343
Armes		Captain, US Army	Kansas	78
Aughl	Doc	hunter	Montana	1881	347
Bailey	Ed		Griffin, Texas	1876	264
Beecher	Fred	Lieutenant, US Army	Kansas	1868	57
Beeson	Chalkey	hunting guide	Colorado	1872	124
Bellfield		hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	203
Benson	Billy	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	273
Bent		Colonel, US Army	Kansas	1846	34
Bickerdyke	Hi	hunter	Texas	1875	228
Bickerdyke	Hi	hunter	Texas	1877	269
Black Kettle		Cheyenne Indian Chief	Ft. Dodge	1868	70
Boggs		Mountain Man, Scout	Colorado	1868	78
Brooks	William	Marshal	Dodge City KS	1873	161
Brown	Dan	hunter	Texas	1875	239
Buntline	Ned	publicist	New York	1872	134
Burns	Harry		Rath City, TX	1877	314
California Joe		US Army Scout	Kansas	1869-1876	68,259
Campbell	Hank	hunter	Texas	1875	236,265
Carr	Sam	General, US Army	Texas	1868	79
Carr	Sam	hunter	Texas	1875-1877	228,292
Carson	Kit	Colonel, US Army	Texas	1854	23
Carver	W. F. "Doc"	hunter	Nebraska	1871	96
Causey		hunter	Texas	1875	228
Chapman	Amos	scout, interpreter	Kansas	1874	179,257
Clark	Ben	hunter, scout	Kansas	1868	72
Cody	Bill	contract hunter	Kansas	1866	30
Coe		tavern owner	Abilene, KS		108
Coke		skinner	Kansas	1867	9
Comstock	Bill	"Buffalo Bill"	Nebraska		25
Cook	Joe	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1875	225
Cook	Johnny	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1876	266
Cooper	Charles L	Lieutenant, US Army	Bull Creek, TX	1877	295
Cornett	George	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	280
Crawford		hunter	Griffin, Texas	1876	266
Crook		General, US Army		1867	34
Custer	Elizabeth		Ft. Hays, Kansas	1867	26
Custer	George A	Colonel, US Army	Kansas	1867	25
Custer	Tom	Captain, US Army	Ft. Hays, Kansas	1867	25
Devins	Billy	hunter	Texas	1876	266
Dixon	Billy	hunter	Nebraska	1871	112
Dixon	Billy	hunter	Kansas	1872	150
Dixon	Billy	hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	192
Dixon	Billy	hunter, scout	Mobeetie, TX	1878	316
Dodge	R.I.	Colonel, US Army	Ft. McPherson	1867	88
Drum	Tom	Saloon owner	Hays, Kansas	1867	19
Dubbs	Emanuel	hide buyer	Kansas	1872	129
Dubbs	Emanuel	homesteader	Kansas	1873	167
Dubbs	Emanuel	hunter, Judge	Oaks Creek,TX	1877	315
Dull Knife		Cheyenne Indian Chief		1868	39
Edwards	John	hunter	Montana	1881	347
Elliott		Major, US Army	Kansas	1866	27
Emery	Squirrel Eye	scout	Texas	1877	306
Fairchild		hunter	Kansas	1874	180
Fetterman		Captain, US Army		1864	22
Fisher	Kate "Big-nose"	dance hall girl	Griffin, Texas		264
Fleming		hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	185
Forsythe	George	Major, US Army	Kansas	1868	57
Frankel		saloon owner	Griffin, Texas	1876	262
Freed	Joe	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	273
Garrett	Pat	hunter	Salt Fork, TX	1876	267
Godey		hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	272
Goff		hunter	Texas	1875	234
Goodnight	Charles	rancher	Palo Duro, TX	1878	326
Greathouse	Arkansas John	hunter	Texas	1875	235
Grimes	Lee	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	276
Grinnell	George Bird	surveyor	Nebraska	1872	127
Grinnell	George W	hunter, rancher	Miles City, SD	1883	350
Grover	Sharp	Army Scout	Kansas	1868	58
Hancock		General, US Army	Ft. Hays, Kansas	1867	25
Hanrahan	Jim	hunter	Kansas	1874	178
Hart	Charlie	hunter	Texas	1875	227
Hart	Charlie	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	271
Harvey	Jim	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	273,293
Hazen		Indian Affairs Agent	Ft. Cobb	1872	126
Henely		Lieutenant, US Army	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	186
Hickok	Jim	"Wild Bill", hunter	Kansas	1867	5
Holliday	John H. "Doc"	gunman	Griffin, Texas		264
Hoover		wholesale liquor dealer	Ft. Dodge, KS	1872	145
Hudson	Powderface	hunter	Rath City, TX	1877	293
Jackson	Joe	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	276
Jackson	Silent Ben	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	279
Jacobs	John	hunter, skinner	Griffin, Texas	1875	224
Jacobs	John	hunter	Sulpher Springs, TX	1877	287
John Mooar		trader	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	189
Jones	Charlie	hunter, rancher	Garden City, KS		40,135
Kane	Paul	artist	Ft Garry	1846	334
Keeler	Bill	store clerk	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	197
Keyes	Louis	scout, interpreter	Texas	1877	268
Kress	Billy	hunter	Salt Fork, TX	1876	267
Lake	Mrs	Circus performer	Abilene, KS		107
Langton		store clerk	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	198
Lease	Henry	hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	203
LeCompt		hide buyer	Dodge City KS	1873	165
Leonard		trader	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	193
Little Thunder		Souix Indian Chief	Nebraska	1855	78
Lumpkin	Tom		Griffin, Texas	1877	281
Masterson	Bat	hunter	Kansas	1874	180
Maxwell		hunter	Montana	1880	341
McCabe	Cranky	hunter	Kansas	1872	150
McCall	Jack		Kansas	1870	87
McCanles	Dave		Nebraska	1861	15
McCombs	Joe	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1875	224,288
McCreight	M.I.	bone buyer	North Dakota	1883	357
McMillan		freighter	Concho, TX	1878	318
McNaney	Jim	hunter	Montana	1880	341
Medicine Arrow		Cheyenne Medicine Man	Texas	1868	80
Meyers		saloon owner	Griffin, Texas	1876	262
Mitchell		General, US Army		1867	47
Mooar	John Wright	hunter	Kansas	1870	88
Moore	Susan		Missouri		107
Moreland	Newt	hunter	Nebraska	1872	138
Morrow	Jack	Rancher	Nebraska	1867	21
Myers	Charlie	hunter	Kansas	1870	89
Myers	Charlie	trading Post owner	Ft. Dodge, KS	1872	145
Nixon	Tom	hunter	Dodge City KS	1873	163
Nolan	Nicholas	Captain, US Army	Bull Creek, TX	1877	295
Norris	Charles	rancher	Coldwater, TX	1886	327
North	Frank	Major, US Army	Texas	1869	81
Ogg	Billy	hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	193
O'Keefe		blacksmith	Kansas	1874	178
Olds	Bill	resturant owner	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	182
Ottaby		Mountain Man, Scout	Colorado	1868	78
Parrack	Bob	skinner	Rath City, TX	1877	315
Penrose		General, US Army	Colorado	1868	78
Plummer		hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	185
Poe	John	hunter, skinner	Griffin, Texas	1875	224
Poe	John	hunter	Sulpher Springs, TX	1877	286
Poysell	John	contractor, freighter	Kansas	1869	77
Quinn		hunter	Rath City, TX	1877	293
Rath	Charlie	hunter	Kansas	1870	89
Rath	Charlie	freighter	Kansas	1872	147
Rath	Charlie	supply trader	Texas	1876	267
Rath	Charlie	store owner	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	192
Raymond	Mrs	hunter	Nebraska	1871	96
Rees	Sol	hunter	Griffin, Texas	1877	236,273
Reynolds	Charlie	"Lonesome", hunter	Kansas	1860-1876	19
Riney	Johnny	settler	Kansas	1873	157
Roman Nose		Cheyenne Warrior		1868	60
Romero		hunter, scout	Texas	1875	236
Salois	Abraham	hunter	Montana	1875	335
Schlesinger		frontier peddler	Kansas	1868	58
Sewell	Marshal	hunter	Texas	1876	266
Sharp	John	hunter	Rath City, TX	1877	291
Sheridan	Phil	General, US Army	Kansas	1868	35
Smith	Limpy Jim	bartender	Griffin, Texas	1877	271
Smith	Vic	hunter	Montana	1881	347
Sparks	John S	Captain, US Army	San Angelo, TX	1878	319
Springer		rancher	Texas	1875	226
Stillwell	John	Army Scout	Kansas	1868	59
Stoltz	Frank	bone buyer	North Dakota	1883	357
Strawham			Kansas	1870	87
Street	Bill	hunter	Nebraska	1872	138
Sully		General, US Army	Kansas	1868	68
Sutley	Zack	meat contractor	Montana	1867	341
Tall Bull		Cheyenne Indian Chief	Texas	1869	81
Tennis		contract hunter	Kansas	1866	30
Thompson	Bill		Ellsworth, KS	1871	106
Thompson	Smoky Hill	hunter	Texas	1877	269
Tutt	Dave		Missouri		107
Tyler	Billy	hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	198
Utter	Charlie		South Dakota	1876	260
Waite		scout	Rath City, TX	1877	294
Warren		hunter	Adobe Walls, TX	1874	185
West	George	hide agent	Texas	1877	269
Whalen		hunter	Kansas	1868	58
Whistler		Souix Indian Chief		1867-1872	12,139
White	Charlie	wagon driver	Nebraska	1870	100
Wilkinson	Dick	supply trader	Rath City, TX	1877	293
Woodson	Shorty	druggist	Griffin, Texas	1877	273
Wright	Bob	freighter	Ft. Dodge, KS	1872	147
Wright	Bob	hide trader	Texas	1875	227
Wynkoop	John	Indian Affairs Agent	Oklahoma	1864-1869	77
Yellow Wolf		Cheyenne Indian Chief		1846-1864	34
Youngblood		meat contractor	Nebraska	1872	133

Bonus Sources

Aughl, Doc	Real name Frederick Zahl (brother Frank was his hunting partner). This info taken from a booklet privately written and published for Doc Zahl by Usher L. Burdick titled TALES FROM BUFFALO LAND: THE STORY OF FREDERICK ZAHL, 1938.
Bellfield	Real name George Bellfield ^1.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, State House Press, Austin, 1989, pp. 346-347. ^2. Dixon, Olive K., Life of "Billy" Dixon, Plainsman, Scout & Pioneer, State House Press, Austin, 1987, pp. 179-180.
California Joe	Real name Moses Embre Milner ^1.Sandoz, Mari, The Buffalo Hunters, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1954, pp. ,68, 72-73,138. ^2. Rosa, Joseph G. & Waldo E. Koop, Rowdy Joe Lowe, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1989, p. 28.
Causey	Given name Thomas L. (aka George) - brother John was a sometime hunting partner ^1. Gard, Wayne, The Great Buffalo Hunt, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960, pp. 100, 135, 191, 202, 237. ^2. Collinson, Frank, ed. Mary Whatley Clarke, Life in the Saddle, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1963, pp. 67-77 ^3.Dearment, R. K., "Boss Hunter" True West, Stillwater, OK, April 1989, pp. 20-27. ^4.Holden, W. C., "Robert Cypret Parrack, Buffalo Hunter & Fence Cutter," West Texas Historical Association Year Book, Vol. XXI, 1945, p. 32. ^5.Watkins, Orville R., "Hockley County: From Cattle Ranches to Farms," West Texas Historical Association Year Book XVII, 1947, p. 45. ^6.Williams, J. W., "Robson�s Journey Through West Texas in 1879," West Texas Historical Association Year Book XX, 1935, pp. 111-114. ^7.Whitlock, V. H., Cowboy Life on the Llano Estacado University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1970, pp. 4-33.
Crawford	Given name Willis ^1.Murphy, James, "James Banta," unpublished ms., n.d., San Angelo, Texas. ^2.Sandoz, Mari, The Buffalo Hunters, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1954, p. 266. ^3.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, State House Press, Austin, 1989, pp. 178, 180-181, 186,189, 233-235. ^4.Perdue, Steve, Saline County, Arkansas Public Library, Benton, Arkansas.
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Crawford, Bartholomew	Healy, F. Dale II, "Settling Along The Beaver, They Called It Cimarron", "Settling the West - Padre Island to No Man�s Land", Original Memoirs. Ed. Frank Dale Healy IV & Deborah L. Dosh-Healy, DDH Press, Tucson, n.d., p. 106.
Dubbs, Emanuel	- possibly a hunter, not a hide buyer. ^1.Dubbs, Emanuel, "Pioneer Days in the Panhandle" Hunter�s Frontier Times, Vol. 2 No 4, January 1925, Bandera, Texas, pp. 4-7. ^2.��, History of Pioneer Days - Personal Reminiscences, 1850-1879, The State Capital Co., Guthrie, 1909, pp. 28-99. ^3.Wright, Robert M., Dodge City, The Cowboy Capital, Wichita Eagle Press, Wichita, 1913, pp. 191-192. ^4.White, Lonnie J., "Texas Panhandle News Items, 1877-1885, from the Dodge City Times," Panhandle-Plains Historical Review XL, 1967 Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, Canyon, Texas, pg. 38. ^5.Harrison, Lowell H., �Union Veterans of the Texas Panhandle, 1890,� Panhandle-Plains Historical Review XXXVII, 1965 Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, Canyon, Texas, pp. 59, 61.
Emory, Charles, aka "Squirrel Eye"	Real Name - Charles A. Arnim, was a buffalo hunter. ^1.Nolan, Frederick, personal communication w/S. Cunningham, April 17, 2002. ^2.Frame, Carolyn, personal communication w/S. Cunningham, September 2001. ^3.Glenn, W. S., "Recollections of a Buffalo Hunter," ed., Rex W. Strickland, Panhandle-Plains Historical Review XXII, Canyon, Texas, 1949, pp. 15-64. ^4.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, State House Press, Austin, 1986, p. 146. ^5.Baldwin, Sam, interview with Earl Vandale & Hervey Chesley, July 11, 1941; J. Evetts Haley Collection, Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas. ^6.Cook, John R., op cit, pp. 276, 280. ^7.Robertson, Pauline Durrett & R. L. Robertson, Cowman�s Country: Fifty Frontier Ranches in the Texas Panhandle ^8.Tascosa Pioneer, July 3, 1886, Panhandle-Plains Historical Review XXXIX, Canyon, Texas, 1966, pp. 5, 7. ^9.ibid, April 20, 1887, p. 79. ^10.McCarty, John L., Maverick Town: The Story of Old Tascosa, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1988, p. 149. ^11.Nolan, Frederick, op cit.
Goff	Given name John ^1.Gard, Wayne, The Great Buffalo Hunt, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960, pp. 199, 223, 256 ^2.Brown, George W., ed., Connelley, William E., "The Life and Adventures of George W. Brown," Collections of the Kansas State Historical, Society, 1928, pp. 98-134. ^3.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, State House Press, Austin, 1989, p. 127. ^4.Wagner, Lewis, Tucson, Arizona, personal correspondence with Miles Gilbert & Sharon Cunningham, June & July 2000. ^5.Brown, Mark H.,and W. R. Felton, The Frontier Years, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1955, p. 68. ^6.Anderson, Charles G., letter to Sharon Cunningham, October 1, 1998.
Greathouse	Real name - Napoleon Bonaparte aka "Arkansaw Jack" ^1.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, State House Press, Austin, 1986, pp. 139-146, 183. ^2.Baldwin, Sam, interview with Earl Vandale & Hervey Chesley, July 11, 1941; J. Evetts Haley Collection, Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas. ^3.Conrad, Frank E. Ledger Book - portions of 1876 and 1877, Fort Griffin, Texas; courtesy Lewis Wagner, Tucson, Arizona. ^4.Suydam, C. R., "Who Shot buffalo With This Rifle?," The Gun Report, April 1999, pp. 30-33. ^5.Wagner, Lewis, personal correspondence with Miles Gilbert and Sharon Cunningham, June 2000.
Henely	Given name Austin ^1.Wheeler, Homer W., Buffalo Days, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1990, pp. 101-112. ^4.Hogarth, Andrew & Kim Vaughn, Cheyenne Hole, The Story of the Sappa Creek Massacre, April 23, 1875, Andrew Hogarth, Publisher, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1990.
Lumpkin, Tom	owned a freighting company; hauled btw. Ft. Griffin & Rath City. ^1.Chesley, Hervey E., Adventuring with the Old Timers: Trails Travelled, Tales Told, ed. B. Byron Price, Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas, 1979, p. 95. ^2.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, Crane and Company, Topeka, Kansas, 1907, pp. 287, 330-332. ^3.Gard, Wayne, The Buffalo Book, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960, pp. 239, 248. ^4.Lovett, H.B., interview with L.F. Sheffy, Pampa, Texas, July 23, 1934.
McCabe	Given name Mike aka "Cranky" ^1.Baker, T. Lindsay and Billy R. Harrison, Adobe Walls: The History and Archeology of the 1874 Trading Post, Texas A & M Press, College Station, 1986, p. 83. ^2.Dixon, Olive K., Life of Billy Dixon, State House Press, Austin, 1987, pp. 65-67, 82-83, 85-88.
Mooar, John	real middle name Wesley; may have been freighter, not hunter; (brother's was Josiah Wright was hunter) ^1.Gard, Wayne, "The Mooar Brothers, Buffalo Hunters," Southwestern Historical Quarterly. ^2.Hunter, J. Marvin, �J. Wright Mooar,� Hunter�s Frontier Times, September 5, 1928, pp. 449-453. ^3.Hunter, J. Marvin, �John W. Mooar, Successful Pioneer,� Hunter�s Frontier Times, September, 1952, pp. 331-337.
Ottaby	Real name - Charles Autobees Browning, James A. - Violence Was No Stranger, Barbed Wire Press, Stillwater, OK, 1993, p. 8.
Plummer	Given name Joe - was a freighter as well as hunter ^1.&^2.Haywood, Robert C., Trails South: The Wagon-Road Economy in the Dodge City-Panhandle Region, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1986,footnotes; the account of the Red Deer Creek slaughter is a composite of two interviews with J. Wright Mooar by J. Evetts Haley on March 2-4, 1936 and July 28, 1937 - the words here are Mooar's. The two accounts are remarkably alike, considering the time lapse between interviews. There are only minor discrepancies, such as the time of day Plummer returned to camp and whether he crossed the creek. ^3.Haywood, ibid, pp. 64-78 ^4.Baldwin, Lt. Frank D., Diary, August 20, 1874 Official Report. ^5.Jackson, Mrs. Ben, Ochiltree County, Texas, WPA interview, October 4, 1940.
Sutley, Zack	Was also a hunter ^1.Sutley, Zack T. , The Last Frontier, The MacMillan Company, New York, 1930. ^2.Sandoz, Mari, The Buffalo Hunters, University of Nebraska Press, 1954, pp. 30, 341.
Warren	Given name Loren L. Personal communication (& photo) from Boot Hill Museum, Dodge City, KS
Wilkinson, Dick	Was also a hunter - partner with Jim Harvey @ Ft. Griffin & Rath City, TX. ^1.Oden, Bill, Early Days on the Texas-New Mexico Plains, Palo Duro Press, Canyon, TX, pp. 5-10. ^2.Hinshaw, Gil, Lea, New Mexico's Last Frontier, Hobbs Daily News, Hobbs, NM, 1976, pp. 69, 78, 92, 110. ^3.Cook, John R., The Border and the Buffalo, State House Press, Austin, 1986, pp. 244, 248, 270, 279, 321.
Youngblood	Given Name Charles L. - Was Hunter Youngblood, Charles L., A Mighty Hunter, The Adventures of C. L. Youngblood, Rand, McNaley & Co., 1890.