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neck stretched over a frame made a shield 

 which would turn arrows or a lance thrust. 



From the hoofs, glue was made just as the 

 white man manufactures it, and the Indian 

 used it to fasten the heads and feathers 

 upon his arrows. 



Hair was used to stuff cushions and later 

 on, when the Indians became more civi- 

 lized, saddles. The long black beard under 

 the bull's chin furnished strands of hair to 

 ornament shields and quivers. 



Horns were fashioned into spoons and 

 ladles and drinking-cups, and also orna- 

 mented their war-bonnets. The lining of 

 the paunch was fashioned into a water 

 bucket. The skin of the hind leg cut off 

 at the hock and again at the pastern was 

 used for a moccasin or rude boot. 



Fly-brushes, gun-covers, saddle-cloths, bow 

 cases, quivers and knife-sheaths, and scores 

 of other useful things were all furnished by 

 the bison, none of whose huge hulk went 



