. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. animals, lariats for catchingthe young buffalo, and at the end were used for shroud and coffin. For many years the Indians conserved the buffalo and endeavored to preventthe slaughter of more than was necessary for their own consumption, I)Ut thetemptations offered by the traders were too great, and they joined in the workof destruction for the means of procuring needed supplies and of gratifying tiicirappetite for intoxicating liquors. THE VAST HERDS OF BUFFALO On nearing the Park River in September. 1800, Alexander Henry foundn
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. animals, lariats for catchingthe young buffalo, and at the end were used for shroud and coffin. For many years the Indians conserved the buffalo and endeavored to preventthe slaughter of more than was necessary for their own consumption, I)Ut thetemptations offered by the traders were too great, and they joined in the workof destruction for the means of procuring needed supplies and of gratifying tiicirappetite for intoxicating liquors. THE VAST HERDS OF BUFFALO On nearing the Park River in September. 1800, Alexander Henry foundnumerous herds of buffalo, sometimes forming one continuous body as far asthe eye could reach, passing sometimes within 800 feet of the party. Climbinga tall oak at Park River, he noted the same conditions, and that the small timberhad been entirely destroyed by them, and great piles of wool lay at the foot ofthe trees they had rubbed against. The ground was trampled as it would bein a barnyard, and the grass was entirely destroyed where they had come to the 32. Courtesy of U. S. Treasurer. John Burke. BLACK DIA:VI0NDThe famous buffalo used on the ten dollar bill. HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 33 river for water. All the way to Pembina Mountains he found buffalo and ingreat numbers about Turtle River, Grand Forks, Goose River and the Sheyenne. One morning at Park River they were awakened by the moving herd, whichtramped continuously past their camp from before daylight until after 9 oclockin the forenoon. When the river broke up in the spring of 1801, large numberswere drowned. They floated by the post at Park River for about two days inan unbroken stream, and from Pembina to Grand Forks there was scarcely arod of the banks where they had not lodged. An early writer claims that in1795 he counted in the streams and on the shore of the Ou Appelle River, 7,360buffalo, drowned by the breaking up of the stream. They were simply in incredi-ble numbers and the prairies were black with them.
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