THE OX. 



Brahmin, or Sacred Zebus. 



Domestic Cow. 



Indians in Wolf-skins Hunting Bisons. 



The favorite Indian method of killing the Bison is by riding up to the fattest of the herd on horseback, 

 and shooting it with an arrow. The imposing spectacle which is afforded when a large party of hunters 

 are engaged in this way on an extensive plain, and the skill and agility displayed by the young men on 

 such occasions are highly spoken of by such as have witnessed them. The horses, it appears, seem to enjo^ 

 the sport as much as their riders, and are very active in eluding the shock of the animal, should it turn 

 on its pursuer. It should be remembered on such occasions, that, when the Bison runs, it leans very much 



first to one side for a short time, and then to the 

 other, and so on alternately. 



The most generally practised plan of shooting 

 the Bison is by crawling towards them from tc 

 leeward, and in favorable places great numbers 

 are taken in pounds. To facilitate their approach 

 to the Bisons, the Indians sometimes clothe them- 

 selves with the skin of the white wolf, which the 

 Bison does not fear. 



Indian singling out the fattest Bison. 



A Bull E^son. 



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