[105] _First Explorations of Kentucky_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 13), p. 169. [106] _Id._, p. 170. [107] _Bryant's Station_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 12), pp. 74-75. [108] Smith's _History of Kentucky_, p. 7. [109] _Bryant's Station_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 12), p. 131. [110] _Bryant's Station_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 12), p. 135. [111] _First Explorations of Kentucky_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 13), pp. 184-185. [112] Croghan's _Journal_, "The Olden Time," vol. i., pp. 407-408. [113] Gen. Butler's _Journal_, "The Olden Time," vol. ii. p. 450. [114] _Bryant's Station_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 12), pp. 159-172. [115] Ranck's _History of Lexington, Kentucky_, p. 105. [116] Ranck's _History of Lexington, Kentucky_, p. 29. [117] _John Filson_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 1), p. 18. [118] _John Filson_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 1), pp. 18-19. [119] _The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky_, pp. 245, 261-262, 267, 283. [120] Gen. Butler's _Journal_, "The Olden Time," vol. ii., p. 458. [121] _Id._, p. 484. [122] "The stupidity of the buffalo, as well as its sagacity, has been by some writers overstated. A herd of buffaloes certainly possesses ... the sheep-like propensity of blindly following its leaders.... A little reflection, however, will show that in such instances as the rushing of a herd over a precipice or into a pond ... is not wholly an act of stupidity, but comparable to that of a panic-stricken crowd of human beings."--"History of the American Bison," _Ninth Annual Report, Department of the Interior_, p. 472. [123] _Ninth Annual Report, Department of the Interior_, p. 466. [124] _Ninth Annual Report, Department of the Interior_, p. 467. On this point see further Dr. Coues's communication given in Part II. [125] _Id._, p. 467. [126] _First Explorations of Kentucky_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 13), p. 47. [127] Walker's _Journal_ (Filson Club Pub. No. 13), p. 73, note. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Obvious errors in spelling and punctuation have been corrected. 3. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the main text body. 4. Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break. 5. Certain words use an oe ligature in the original. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Historic Highways of America (Vol. 1), by Archer Butler Hulbert