Had I not known what kind of creatures were before me, I should have believed that the mammoths were still in existence.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
"When we meet the buffaloes then, I suppose we shall mistake them for mammoths," remarked Francois; and the disappointed hunters now turned their attention to the capturing of birds instead of buffaloes.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid
I suspect your ancestors used to tell each other stories about hunting mammoths and such.
"Sand Doom"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins