In Buffalo Days 
the ring of men. This had to be done with 
great judgment, however; for often if the herd 
got started in one direction it was impossible 
to turn it, and it would rush through the ring 
and none would be secured. Sometimes, if 
a herd was found in a favorable position, and 
there was no wind, a large camp of people 
would set up their lodges all about the 
buffalo, in which case the chances of success 
in the surround were greatly increased. 
The tribes which used the piskun also 
practised driving the buffalo over high, 
rough cliffs, where the fall crippled or killed 
most of the animals which went over. In 
such situations, no inclosure was built at the 
foot of the precipice. 
In the later days of the piskun in the 
north, the man who brought the buffalo often 
went to them on horseback, riding a white 
horse. He would ride backward and for- 
ward before them, zigzagging this way and 
that, and after a little they would follow him. 
He never attempted to drive, but always led 
them. The driving began only after the herd 
had passed the outer rock piles, and the people 
had begun to rise up and frighten them. 
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