| At first, buffaloes were so plenty that a party of three or four men, with dogs, could kill from ten to twenty in a day; but soon the sluggish animals receded before the advance of white men, hiding themselves behind the mountain wall. An ordinary hunter could slaughter four or five deer in a day; in the autumn, he might from sunrise to sunset shoot enough bears to provide over a ton of bear-bacon for winter use; wild turkeys were easy prey ; beavers, otters, and muskrats abounded; while wolves, panthers, and wildcats overran the country. From: Source:Thwaites, 1902 3:17
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See Also Mammals of Cumberland Gap National Park
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