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flat country, where ravines with steep sides were 

 not found, a long fenced causeway was often 

 built, on which the buffalo were driven, and 

 when reaching its end, the leaders, by reason of 

 the pressure of those behind, were forced to jump 

 into the pen, and the others followed, until all 

 were captured. Often, if the drive was made 

 over a high bluff, the fall killed many of the 

 beasts, and even when this did not take place, 

 many of the younger and weaker animals were 

 destroyed by their fellows in the tremendous 

 crush which took place within the pen. 



No sooner did the buffalo find themselves con- 

 fined, than they began to race about the en- 

 closure, and the men standing on the logs which 

 formed its sides, shot them with their stone- 

 headed arrows as they ran by, until at length all 

 had fallen. 



The principle of the foot surround was not 

 different from this. When a herd of buffalo 

 was found, the Indians waited for a day when 

 the wind did not blow, and then, creeping toward 

 the buffalo, they surrounded them on all sides. 

 When the line was fairly complete, one man 

 would show himself, and perhaps frighten the 

 buffalo by waving his robe at them. They 



