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intervals three or four cross-sticks, in imitation of a dog or other 
animal (sometimes called ‘dead men'); these extend on the plain 
for about two miles, and double rows of them are planted in sev- 
eral other directions to a still greater distance. Young men are 
usually sent out to collect and bring in the buffalo — a tedious task 
which requires great ])atience, for the herd must be started by slow 
degrees. This is done by setting fire to dung or grass. Three young 
men will bring in a herd of several hundred from a great distance. 
Plains' Indian rnnning a buifalo. ( Rv produced, ihrougli the courtesy of the 
Public Archircis of Canada, from a paiutiinj by George Catlin.J 
When the wind is aft it is most favorable, as they can then direct the 
buffalo wdth great ease. Having come in sight of the ranges, they 
generally drive the herd faster, until it begins to enter the ranges, 
where a swift-footed person has been stationed with a buffalo robe 
over his head, to imitate that animal: but sometimes a horse per- 
forms this business. When he sees buffaloes approaching, he inoves 
slowly toward the pound until they appear to follow him; then he 
sets off at full speed, imitating a buffalo as well as he can, with the 
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