THE BISON. 93 



turies have not won a blade of grass 

 from the dead ground. Nearly forty 

 years have passed since I stood and 

 wondered beneath those rocks, and I 

 think it is certain that since that time 

 they have been visited and described 

 by observers more competent than my- 

 self to divine the nature of the catas- 

 trophe which has left them to a deso- 

 lation like that of the Dead Sea. 



In describing the manner in which 

 Honama and his fellows set up their 

 nets for wild animals, I mentioned that 

 these hardy hunters never attempted 

 to drive the bison towards them. These 

 grand-looking creatures would sweep 

 the nets before them by sheer momen- 

 tum. 



Persons who have not made acquaint- 



