The King of the Plains 25 



tered into the religious ceremonies of nearly 

 all the plain Indians? The members of 

 the deer family were whimsical, often 

 changing their feeding-grounds, but the 

 bison could always be found upon the great 

 plains. 



In the early primitive days the Indian 

 stalked the bison on foot, but later when 

 he became possessed of firearms and ponies, 

 he resorted to the more exciting sport of 

 hunting on horseback. So skilful was the 

 red man with his bow, that he has been 

 known to send an arrow through two 

 buffaloes, who were running side by side. 



But when there was a large tribe of 

 several hundred lodges to feed, the piskun 

 was resorted to. This manner of killing 

 buffalo is described later in the story. 



Piles of buffalo bones upon the plains are 

 frequently found even to-day, marking the 

 site of some old piskun. 



But the red man rarely killed more buf- 



