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arrows are often tipped with pieces of sa\v- 

 blade, on the edges of which is cut a fine 

 beard, which causes them to work inw^ard as 

 the animal runs. They shoot three or four 

 arrows into one buffalo, and then single out 

 another, and, the arrows working in, they soon 

 fall and die. This slaughter is kept up until 

 quite frequently every one of the herd is killed. 

 In the hunt which I saw, they killed a hundred 

 and ten in less than fifteen minutes. 



As soon as the killing is over the squawks 

 dress the meat and pack it on the horses, 

 while the men and boys take a rest and 

 a smoke, and laugh and talk of the ex- 

 ploits of each other during the chase. 

 When the game is dressed the men inount 

 their horses and ride joyfully toward camp, 

 while the squaws follow driving the pack 

 horses laden with the flesh and hides. 



Though the Indians use the bearded tips on 

 their arrows in hunting, they use an entirely 

 entirely different one in lighting. They have 

 some way by which they poison them, so that 

 they cause almost certain death, or, at least, a 



