 | Henry Youle Hind - 1860 - 556 pages
...from tie Prairie towards and into the pound," or Ponds, as thej are termed in halfbreed phraseology. old and strong bulls. Others again, which had been...cow had exhibited feats of wonderful strength in the death-struggle. The flesh of many of the cows had been taken from them, and was drying in the sun on... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1877 - 1066 pages
...the old and strong bulls. Others again, which had been tossed, were lying with broken backs, two or three deep. One little calf hung suspended on the...impaled it in the wild race round and round the pound." Of the two hundred to two hundred and fifty animals usually killed at each impounding, only the best... | |
 | Joel Asaph Allen - 1877 - 158 pages
...the old and strong bulls. Others again, which had been tossed, were lying with broken backs, two or three deep. One little calf hung suspended on the...impaled it in the wild race round and round the pound." Of the two hundred to two hundred and fifty animals usually killed at each impounding, only the best... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1877 - 1046 pages
...the old and strong bulls. Others again, which had been tossed, were lying with broken backs, two or three deep. One little calf hung suspended on the...bull, which had impaled it in the wild race round aud round the pound." Of the two huudred to two hundred and fifty animals usually killed at each impounding,... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1889 - 884 pages
...lay, tossed in every conceivable position, over two hundred dead buffalo. [The exact number was 240.] From old bulls to calves of three months' old, animals...The Indians looked upon the dreadful and sickening "Assiimiboiuo and Saskatchewan Expedition, p. 3.">S. sight with evident delight, and told how such... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1889 - 870 pages
...over two hundred dead buffalo. [The exact number was 240.] From old bulls to calves of three mouths' old, animals of every age were huddled together in...The Indians looked upon the dreadful and sickening sight with evident delight, and told how such and such a bull or cow had exhibited feats of wonderful... | |
 | Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - 1905 - 522 pages
...behind the bushes to frighten the buffalo. Hind describes vividly his visit to one of these scenes': "A sight most horrible and disgusting broke upon us...dreadful and sickening scene with evident delight." This seems like great slaughter, and so it was, but compared with the white man out after tongues and... | |
 | Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - 1908 - 408 pages
...were lying with broken backs two and three deep. One little calf hung suspended on the horns of a ball which had impaled it in the wild race round and round...dreadful and sickening scene with evident delight." This seems like great slaughter, and so it was, but compared with the white man out after tongues and... | |
 | Germaine Warkentin - 2007 - 606 pages
...conceivable position over two hundred dead buffalo. From old bulls to calves of three months old, 555 animals of every age were huddled together in all...had exhibited feats of -wonderful strength in the death-struggle. The flesh of many of the cows had been taken from them, and was drying in the sun on... | |
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From old bulls to calves of three months old, 555 animals of every age were huddled together in all the forced attitudes of violent death. Some lay on their backs, with eyes starting from their heads, and tongue thrust out through clotted gore. Others... 