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re: Is Dances With Wolves Buffalo hunt the grandest spectacle in a western?
Posted on 5/18/24 at 8:52 am to gumbo2176
Posted on 5/18/24 at 8:52 am to gumbo2176
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Yes, they hunted them and chased them on horseback to get close enough to kill them.
They sure as hell didn't just stroll up to the herd and take their pick.
The indians hunted buffalo for thousands of years before Europeans and horses showed up on the scene.
One of the most successful hunting techniques was to track them (on foot) and patiently wait until the herd got near the edge of a cliff or ravine and then launch a coordinated ambush that would panic the herd and send many of them toppling over the ledge to their death like lemmings. No weapon needed and the death pile at the bottom could sustain them for long periods.
Also, the introduction of the horse completely changed the power dynamics of indian civilizations and warped our perceptions about them. For example we think of the Comanche as one of the strongest and most fearsome tribes but they were the wimps on the schoolyard getting beat up and pushed into the worst lands by the other school yard bullies. But for some reason they took to horses like fish to water and suddenly all hell broke lose and they went on a terror campaign of revenge.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 9:21 am to AUFANATL
Yea most Indian tribes were not nomadic, they really only hunted buffalo when they came to the Indians.
The introduction of the horse allowed them to be nomadic and follow the herds wherever they went.
Indians on the prairie did a lot of agriculture before the introduction of the horse.
The introduction of the horse allowed them to be nomadic and follow the herds wherever they went.
Indians on the prairie did a lot of agriculture before the introduction of the horse.
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