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er horses are therefore required in hunting them. The 
Indians usually hunt the buffalo on horseback in the 
way just described, with the difference that instead of 
firearms they commonly use bow and arrow. In full 
career they discharge their arrows with such accuracy 
and force that occasionally the arrow pierces the ani- 
mal and wounds another one. When the Indians hunt 
buffalo in mass, as they do in winter for the hide, they 
use devices such as I have mentioned before with ref- 
erence to hunting the antelope. Among other things, 
they sometimes drive them over steep cliffs, whereby 
whole herds are killed. 
Buffalo meat tastes much better than beef. The 
meat of the cows is usually tenderer and fatter than 
that of the bulls, and particularly deserves the pref- 
erence in summer, when the bulls are lean and un- 
palatable. From the slain buffalo only the best pieces 
are taken, namely, the tongue, the ribs, the hump- 
ribs, the meat on either side of the backbone, and the 
marrow bones, with at times also the liver and kidney. 
Buffalo tongues are celebrated; in dried condition 
they are sent by thousands to the States; but the ribs, 
especially the hump ribs of a fat cow, are much finer. 
They are usually roasted on the spit, while other parts 
are better suited for boiling. The thigh-bones, or so- 
called marrow-bones, are thrown into the fire until 
they are roasted, and then cracked open, yielding the 
finest marrow that ever tickled a gourmand’s palate. 
Considering the absence of bread, and the traveler’s 
life in the open air and daily exercise, it is not re- 
The Buffalo 
