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ili, which had taken its post below to watch him. When it 

 contends with a dog, it strikes violently with its fore feet, and in 

 that way proves more than a match for an English bull-dog." 



The same writer says, that the favorite Indian method of killing 

 the bison is by riding up to the fattest of the herd on horseback, 

 and shooting it with an arrow; and he speaks of the imposing 

 spectacle which is afforded when a large party of hunters are 

 engaged in this way on an extensive plain, and of the skill and 

 agility displayed by the young men on such occasions. The 

 horses, it appears, seem to enjoy the sport as much as their riders, 

 and are very active in eluding the shock of the animal, should it 

 turn on its pursuer. It should be remembered, on such occasions, 

 that, when the bison runs, it leans very much first to one side for 

 a short time, and then to the other, and so on alternately. 



Dr. Richardson also confirms Captain Franklin in the asser- 

 tion, that the most generally practised plan of shooting the bison 

 is by crawling towards them from to leeward, and that in favorable 

 places great numbers are taken in pounds. 



To facilitate their approach to the bisons, the Indians some- 

 times clothe themselves with the skin of the white wolf, which 

 the bison does not fear. 



