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and waving robes frightened the hind-most 
of the buffalo, which then began to run down 
the chute. As they passed along, more and 
more people showed themselves and added to 
their terror, and in a very short time the herd 
was in a headlong stampede, guided toward 
the angle above the piskun by the piles of 
rock on either side. 
About the walls of the piskun, now full 
of buffalo, were distributed the women and 
children of the camp, who, leaning over the 
inclosure, waving their arms and calling out, 
did all they could to frighten the penned-in 
animals, and to keep them from pushing 
against the walls or trying to jump or climb 
over them. Asa rule the buffalo raced round 
within the inclosure, and the men shot them 
down as they passed, until all were killed. 
After this the people all entered the piskun 
and cut up the dead, transporting the meat to 
camp. The skulls, bones, and less perishable 
offal were removed from the inclosure, and 
the wolves, coyotes, foxes, and badgers de- 
voured what was left. 
It occasionally happened that something 
occurred to turn the buffalo, so that they 
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