How the injuns made bows and arrers

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

BTW there Slowpoke, from any pictures I've ever seen of Kansas.......you can see the curvature of the earth on a clear day.

Who knew they had ravines with enough elevation to kill a buffalo. Not me.


I'm in WA state with mountains up to over 14,000ft, so any place in the midwest is FLAT

Just another nut is wrong again.

Yes, Indigenous peoples across the Great Plains — including what is now Kansas — did use buffalo jumps, or cliff-based hunting techniques, to stampede bison over ledges for mass harvests. While Kansas doesn’t have as many documented buffalo jump sites as places like Montana or Alberta, the practice was widespread among Plains tribes such as the Pawnee, Kansa (Kaw), Osage, and Wichita, who inhabited the region.

What Is a Buffalo Jump?

• A buffalo jump involved herding bison into a narrow drive lane and stampeding them over a cliff.
• The fall would kill or cripple the animals, and hunters would finish the job below.
• These hunts were communal events, requiring dozens of participants and careful planning.

Known Sites and Regional Evidence

• Most famous jumps a
• • are in Montana (Ulm Pishkun, Madison Buffalo Jump) and Alberta (Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump).
  • Southern Plains tribes used similar methods, though cliffs in Kansas are generally smaller and less dramatic.
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  • Archaeological evidence from nearby states like Oklahoma and South Dakota suggests similar techniques were used in areas with suitable terrain.
  • 
    
  • Cultural and Practical Significance
  • These hunts provided food, hides, bones, and sinew for tools, clothing, and shelter.
  • 
    
  • The practice was deeply tied to spiritual rituals, with decoys often dressed in bison hides to lure herds.
  • 
    
  • Some tribes believed that if a bison escaped, it could warn others — making future hunts harder.
• • are in Montana (Ulm Pishkun, Madison Buffalo Jump) and Alberta (Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump).
  • Southern Plains tribes used similar methods, though cliffs in Kansas are generally smaller and less dramatic.
  • Archaeological evidence from nearby states like Oklahoma and South Dakota suggests similar techniques were used in areas with suitable terrain.
  • Cultural and Practical Significance
  • These hunts provided food, hides, bones, and sinew for tools, clothing, and shelter.
  • The practice was deeply tied to spiritual rituals, with decoys often dressed in bison hides to lure herds.
  • Some tribes believed that if a bison escaped, it could warn others — making future hunts harder.
• The Buffalo Jumps of North America
• When Survival Meant Running Buffalo Off Cliffs—A Brutal Wild West Tale - Survival World
• Shuffling Buffalo off a Cliff
• What Really Happened During an Ancient Buffalo Jump Hunt

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Just another nut is wrong again.

Yes, Indigenous peoples across the Great Plains — including what is now Kansas — did use buffalo jumps, or cliff-based hunting techniques, to stampede bison over ledges for mass harvests. While Kansas doesn’t have as many documented buffalo jump sites as places like Montana or Alberta, the practice was widespread among Plains tribes such as the Pawnee, Kansa (Kaw), Osage, and Wichita, who inhabited the region.

What Is a Buffalo Jump?

• A buffalo jump involved herding bison into a narrow drive lane and stampeding them over a cliff.
• The fall would kill or cripple the animals, and hunters would finish the job below.
• These hunts were communal events, requiring dozens of participants and careful planning.

Known Sites and Regional Evidence

• Most famous jumps a
• • are in Montana (Ulm Pishkun, Madison Buffalo Jump) and Alberta (Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump).
  • Southern Plains tribes used similar methods, though cliffs in Kansas are generally smaller and less dramatic.
  • 
    
  • Archaeological evidence from nearby states like Oklahoma and South Dakota suggests similar techniques were used in areas with suitable terrain.
  • 
    
  • Cultural and Practical Significance
  • These hunts provided food, hides, bones, and sinew for tools, clothing, and shelter.
  • 
    
  • The practice was deeply tied to spiritual rituals, with decoys often dressed in bison hides to lure herds.
  • 
    
  • Some tribes believed that if a bison escaped, it could warn others — making future hunts harder.
• • are in Montana (Ulm Pishkun, Madison Buffalo Jump) and Alberta (Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump).
  • Southern Plains tribes used similar methods, though cliffs in Kansas are generally smaller and less dramatic.
  • Archaeological evidence from nearby states like Oklahoma and South Dakota suggests similar techniques were used in areas with suitable terrain.
  • Cultural and Practical Significance
  • These hunts provided food, hides, bones, and sinew for tools, clothing, and shelter.
  • The practice was deeply tied to spiritual rituals, with decoys often dressed in bison hides to lure herds.
  • Some tribes believed that if a bison escaped, it could warn others — making future hunts harder.
• The Buffalo Jumps of North America
• When Survival Meant Running Buffalo Off Cliffs—A Brutal Wild West Tale - Survival World
• Shuffling Buffalo off a Cliff
• What Really Happened During an Ancient Buffalo Jump Hunt

Step away from the firewater there dude.......you're repeating yourself

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Step away from the firewater there dude.......you're repeating yourself

thanks for the admission you were wrong

 

[InstantOn]

When we drove cross country, the most memorable sight was in Nebraska. We could see a thunderstorm approaching from what looked to be many, many miles away across the flat, flat land, though with the mountains in the west.

The scariest part of the journey was along the Salt Lake west of Salt Lake City. The salt on the ground looked like snow. Other than humans at a rest stop, there seemed to be no other life, not even bugs on the windshield.

Crossing the Rockies was scary too even though the car had a manual transmission and down-shifting helped.

The best meal we had was at The Iowa Machine Shed. Don't know if it was a chain then, but everything was fresh and delicious. We didn't have another good meal till Cheyenne.

Have any of you been in/through more of the states than you haven't?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I have been all state in the US except New England.