Buffalo pound

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The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American Bison, also known as buffalo. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared chute through which buffalo were herded and thereby trapped.

[edit] External links

• David Mandelbaum's "The Plains Cree" — diagrams and a complete description of the construction and use of such a pound.
• Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, a park in south-east Saskatchewan, which takes its name from the above term.