50 THE ADVENTURES OF 



They first select their place for a camp, 

 generally near some stream convenient to fuel 

 and water. As soon as the place is chosen 

 the squaws set to work unpacking the goods 

 and chattels and putting up the tents — the 

 squaws do all the drudgery — and making things 

 comfortable. Besides the work mentioned 

 above they must care for the horses, get fuel 

 and water, in fact do all the drudgery, while 

 the men roll on the grass in the shade and 

 smoke their pipes at their ease. When the 

 camp is all in order one Indian is sent out to find 

 a herd of buffalo, and as soon as he discovers 

 one he returns to camp and reports. Then 

 the women get the horses, and the men and 

 boys mount their ponies and ride for the herd. 

 The women follow, driving the pack-horses, 

 and taking their knives to dress the game 

 that the men kill. 



A band of Indians mounted and equipped 

 for a buffalo chase presents a verv unique ap- 

 pearance. Their ponies are scrawny looking 

 little things, and many are so small, and the 

 rider so large, that his feet nearly reaches the 



