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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921. Excerpt: ... cured the tongue and the tenderloins, which we strapped on the back of our saddles, and then returned to our camp. Before cutting up our game, we noticed that the rest of the herd, which had described a circle in its run, owing to our attack coming all from the right, was heading straight back in the direction from which it had come in the morning. From the high ground where we were, we could observe some of the animals passing by our camp--a distance of approximately eleven miles--just about fifteen minutes after the moment of our charge. This will give a fair idea of the speed at which these apparently heavy and lumbering animals travel, when fully alarmed. Although in appearance not swift of movement, the length of each plunge forward is tremendous, and none but the speediest horses could keep up with them, and even these only for a short period of time. At last I had killed my first buffalo, and I will say that it was the greatest sporting event of my life, up to that time. A couple of days later, after a hunt of prairie chickens, ducks, etc., we returned to the fort, to resume our daily routine. It was not very long after this that some Cree Indians, who were located about six miles from the fort, began their preparations for their annual Sun Dance. This is a very important event in the lives of these Indians, and is tantamount to the writing of the tribal history, except that, instead of being written, it is orally transmitted by the older generation to the younger one, to be transmitted in turn by the latter to the generation to come afterwards. Both the United States and the Canadian Governments have forbidden these ceremonials among the Indians, and for good reason, which I will explain later. Suffice it just now to describe the performance. A ro...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217648011
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217648010
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 73 gr


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