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"Back to Ratht's Trail" Souvenir Section 1997 . Page 19
eaten right away The meal might be
hung on green branches over the fire to
cook. Or it could be boiled by dropping
hot rocks into the cooking "pot." The
pot too came from the buffalo. A buffalo
stomach or a piece of hide was fitted into
a hole in the ground and used for cook-
ing. Rawhide bowls were also used.
Most of the meat was cut into thin
strips and "jerked." Jerking meant hang-
ing the strips on a rack in the dry wind
that swept the plains. This dried meat
would keepfora long while. Sometimes
it was pounded fine and mixed with
melted fat and dried berries, then stored
in containers of skin or membrane Called
pemmican, this was an excellent con-
centrated food for warriors or hunters.
Indians' Fate Sealed
With the introduction of guns and the
westward movement of trappers and
pioneers, the fate of the bison and Plains
culture was, however, soon sealed. By
1880 bison no longer existed in suffi-
cient numbers to permit the summer
hunts, tribes were being shunted to res-
ervations, and the Great Plains culture
was essentially destroyed.
1'he often-fierce and bloody conflicts
between Plains Indians and whiles cul-
minated in 18.90, wheti a group of Sioux
followers of the revivalist ic<ihost Dance
movement encountered cavalry units at
Wounded Knee, South Dakota; where
nearly 300 native Americans, mainly
women and children, were massacred
by the 7th Cavalry, Gen. George Arm-
strong Custer's former unit.
Although the resistance of the Plains
peoples was.eventually broken, many of
the most powerful tribes escaped being
driven outside their own territories.
Although on the reservations they had
lilt le or no opportunity to maintain their
traditional way of life.certain aspects of
Plains culture have nevertheless been
preserved although in adjusted form.
Bison
When' has he gone
The great shaggy beast.
The wild one.
The provider,
The w armth from the cold.
The Jootl to drive away hanger.
The robe and moccasins for my feet.
The leather for my shirt.
'Hie skin for my tent.
The bones for my tools.
The sinew for my bowstring.
■ The horn for my spoon and cups.
The stomach for a bag to carry my
things in.
The rawhide.
I look for him on the plains and he is not
there.
I look for him in the meadows and the
valleys and at the water and he is not
there.
I cannot live without him
Tonye Carter
K&J's Bar-B-Que
Brisket, Sausage, Ribs
Reginald Titus
BBQ Buns......$150
Located in the 300 Block of South Central
Saturday, June 7
A display of the many items the Plains
Indians created from the buffalo that
once roamed the Great Plains.
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Nonfiction on Rath City and the Buffalo Hunters
The Rath Trail by Ida Ellen Rath
Life in the Saddle by Frank Collmson
The Border and the Buffalo by John Cook
Life of Billy Dixon by Olive Dixon
The Buffalo by Francis Haines
The Buffalo Hunters by Man Sandoz
The Buffalo Hunters by "Charles McRobinson
Fort Griffin on the Texas Frontier by Carl. Coke Rister
The Comanche Barrier to the South Plains Settlement
by Rupert Richardson
Baronets and Buffalo by -John Merrill
Early Days in Texas by Jim Mclntire
A Texas Frontier by Ty Cushion
In Search of the Buffalo by Charles (!. Anderson
Charles will be selling and autographing his books
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Lucas, Donnie A. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1997, newspaper, June 5, 1997; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414301/m1/29/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.