ness of the Indian women solely, and is carried on as The Bufale 
follows: They first stretch the fresh hide with pegs 
on the ground, clean it with sharp stones of all flesh, 
fat and skinny parts, and finally rub in fresh buffalo 
brains. This latter gives the hides great pliancy, but 
is not a real tanning process. The hides thus prepared 
can therefore stand little moisture, and the hair falls 
out easily. The inner side of the hide thus prepared 
is usually adorned with all kinds of gaily colored fig- 
ures. Hides that are to be tanned on both sides are 
boiled in a solution of brain. When the hair is re- 
moved, brain is again rubbed in; and finally the hides 
are smoked, which makes them very suitable for tents 
and clothing. In addition to the hide, the Indians 
never forget to take the strong sinews from the neck 
and back of the buffalo. They dry them, and use 
them, torn into threads, with aid of an awl, for sew- 
ing. 
With these manifold uses which the Indian makes 
of the buffalo, it will not seem strange to us, that this 
animal is the beginning and end of all their religious 
ceremonials; that great buffalo hunts can only be be- 
gun with mysterious rites; that the brave Indian dies 
in the belief that he is going to a land full of buffalo; 
and that one chief ground of the hatred of the Indians 
for the whites consists in their dread that the buffalo 
herds will be driven away and destroyed. The Indian 
and the buffalo are Siamese twins; both live and thrive 
only on one ground, that of the wilderness. Both 
will perish together. 
