Colonel Richard Dodge wrote that people who exploited this resource were "fearless as a Bayard" and "unsavory as a skunk.
Colonel Richard Dodge wrote that people who exploited this resource were "fearless as a Bayard" and "unsavory as a skunk." The inhabitants of Metis camps called "hivernants" acquired this resource, which was the traditional surface used for historical paintings called "winter counts." The Mooar brothers were responsible for technical innovation in the use of this resource, whose industrial exploitation was made possible by the advance of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The Head-smashed-in site in southwest Alberta was a traditional location for the (*) killing of these animals, which are depicted being hunted with "bow and lance" in George Catlin's 1832 painting set on the "upper Missouri." For 10 points, the Transcontinental Railroad divided the "northern herd" and "southern herd" of what bovines that once roamed free on the Great Plains?
Colonel Richard Dodge wrote that people who exploited this resource were "fearless as a Bayard" and "unsavory as a skunk.
bison (or buffalo; accept buffalo hide or buffalo skin; prompt on "hide" or "skin" or "leather")