. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. INDIAN REMAINS ON THE UI'PEK YELLOWSTONE. 571) Iiuliaiis used theui in winter to lay around the bottom or lower edge of their tepees to kee]) out the cold. Most Indian te])ees are conical in sha])eand circular at the bottom, with a hole at the top where the poles meet tor the esca]je of smoke from the fire built in the center of the structure. In the old days, when the buffalo and other large gaim> were plenty, the Indians made their tep
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. INDIAN REMAINS ON THE UI'PEK YELLOWSTONE. 571) Iiuliaiis used theui in winter to lay around the bottom or lower edge of their tepees to kee]) out the cold. Most Indian te])ees are conical in sha])eand circular at the bottom, with a hole at the top where the poles meet tor the esca]je of smoke from the fire built in the center of the structure. In the old days, when the buffalo and other large gaim> were plenty, the Indians made their tepees of smoke-tauued hides. Now the buffaloes are entirely gone, and other large game is so scarce on the Indian reservations that the tei)ees are overed with cloth, gen- erally tliin white calico. The Indians have but few skins left and their calico tepees are very cold in Fig. 2.—Tepee riugs. Park Cimnty, iMontana. The most interesting of the Indian remains on our lanch is at Buf- falo Blutt", where there is a remarkable game drive. Under the cliff, which is about 40 feet high, the ground is white with the splintered bones of large game animals that have been driven over the precipice— buffaloes, elks, and deer. Above is a level i)]ain stretching back for several miles into the foothills. The cliff is only about a hundred yards wide at the steep i)art where the game was driven over. How did they manage to make wild animals run to this narrow cliff and leap over? You cau see at once how this was accomplished when you climb to the plain above. There can be seen two long lines, composed of ])iles of stones, stretching out on the i)lains, each line about half a mile long and diverging from the edge of the cliff like the two arms. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Inst
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