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daily if intending to fight his pursuer, and it 

 behooves the hunter to watch these movements 

 closely, as the horse will often shy, and without 

 due care the rider may be thrown, which when 

 in a herd of buffalo is almost certain death. An 

 arrow will kill a buffalo instantly if it takes effect 

 in the heart, but if it does not reach the right 

 spot, a dozen arrows will not even arrest one in 

 his course, and of the wounded, many run out 

 of sight and are lost to the hunter. 



At times the wounded bison turns so quickly 

 and makes such a sudden rush upon the hunter, 

 that if the steed is not a good one and the rider 

 perfectly cool, they are overtaken, the horse 

 gored and knocked down, and the hunter thrown 

 off and either gored or trampled to death. But 

 if the horse is a fleet one, and the hunter expert, 

 the bison is easily outrun and they escape. At 

 best it may be said that this mode of buffalo 

 hunting is dangerous sport, and one requires 

 both skill and nerve to come off successfully. 



The Gros Ventres, Blackfeet and Assinaboines 

 often take the buffalo in large pens, usually 

 called parks, constructed in the following manner. 



Two converging fences built of sticks, logs and 

 brushwood are made, leading to the mouth of a 

 pen somewhat in the shape of a funnel. The 

 pen itself is either square or round, according to 

 the nature of the ground where it is to be placed, 



