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meat caches, would undoubtedly have provided
the necessary stored food for winter. However,
one element would have been lacking, which is
the fat on the prime animals of the late prehistoric
period killed in the early fall of the year. The
desirability of the fat animals is evident in Wilson's
account of the Wind River Shoshoni in the
mid-nineteenth century. Fresh meat was available
in the form of white-tail deer, but the Shoshoni
sought out a definite number of bison while
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