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strong enough to hold the herd for long, 

 once its fears were aroused. 



In regions where there was no timber from 

 which to build a corral, a still more spectac- 

 ular manner of securing the buffalo was 

 resorted to. 



A large village would encamp in a circle 

 completely surrounding the herd of bison. 

 Then huge camp-fires would be builded and 

 all the men, women and children would 

 form a cordon, keeping the buffalo within the 

 great circle. When all was in readiness the 

 warriors of the village mounted upon their 

 best ponies would ride slowly around the 

 herd, gradually increasing their pace, until 

 they had started the herd to running in a great 

 circle within the cordon of camping Indians. 

 This would finally take the form of a stam- 

 pede, in which the foolish bison ran around 

 and around until they were completely ex- 

 hausted, when the warriors could kill with 

 ease as many of the herd as they wanted. 



