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quiver, than load a musket, in such a situa- 

 tion. The following, is another method of tak- 

 ing the buffaloe. The Natives look out for a 

 small grove of trees, surrounded by a plain. In 

 this grove they make a yard, by falling small trees, 

 and interweaving them with brush; and they 

 leave an opening into it about twenty feet broad. 

 They select, for this purpose, a rising piece of 

 ground, that the yard may not be seen at a dis- 

 tance. From each side of this opening, they fix 

 two ranges of stakes, at about an angle of ninety 

 degrees from each other, extending about two 

 miles into the plains. These stakes rise about four 

 feet above the ground, and are about forty feet 

 apart. On the top of each stake, they put buf- 

 faloe dung, or tie a wisp of hay. After this pre- 

 paration, when a herd of buffaloes is seen at no 

 great distance off, thirty or forty or more young 

 men mount their racers, which are well trained 

 to this business, and surround them ; and little 

 difficulty is found in bringing them, within the 

 range of the stakes. Indians are stationed by 

 the side of some of these stakes, to keep them 

 in motion, so that the buffaloes suppose them 

 all to be human beings. The horsemen press for- 

 ward by the sides of the herd and behind them, 

 until, at length, with their tongues lolling from 

 their mouths, they are brought to the entrance of 



