File:A buffalo pound.png

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A buffalo pound used by the Plains Cree

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Dansk: Plains crees til hest driver en hjord bisoner ind i en indhegning i nærheden af Carlton House (Fort Carlton), Saskatchewan, om vinteren. Indhegningen var knap 100 meter i diameter. Manden i træet sang magiske sange, der tiltrak bisonerne. Dyrene blev dræbt med pil eller geværskud.
English: During winter the Plains Cree near Carlton House (Fort Carlton), Saskatchewan, used a buffalo pound. Horsemen forced the herd towards the pound. The diameter of the fence was about 100 yards. The man in the tree sang to ensure succes. The animals were killed by gun or bow and arrow.
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Source John Franklin: Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London, 1823
Author Drawn by George Back. Engraved by Edward Finden

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