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hind the dog’s tail; the hoop is covered with 
network, upon which the load is placed. 
The boys were amusing themselves by shoot- 
ing arrows at a mark, and thus training to become 
hunters. The Stone Indians are so expert with 
the bow and arrow, that they can strike a very 
small object at a considerable distance, and will 
shoot with sufficient force to pierce through the 
body of a buffalo when near. 
The buffalo pound was a fenced circular space of 
about a hundred yards in diameter; the entrance 
was banked up with snow, to a sufficient height 
to prevent the retreat of the animals that may 
once have entered. For about a mile on each 
side of the road leading to the pound, stakes 
were driven into the ground at nearly equal dis- 
tances of about twenty yards; these were in- 
tended to represent men, and to deter the animals 
from attempting to break out on either side. 
Within fifty or sixty yards from the pound, 
branches of trees were placed between these 
stakes to screen the Indians, who lie down behind 
them to await the approach of the buffalo. 
The principal dexterity in this species of chase 
is shewn by the horsemen, who have to manceuvre 
round the herd in the plains so as to urge them 
to enter the roadway, which is about a quarter of 
