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wlth whet was'.most oftEn the only: fooel they eoneunedl. Buffalo
hlrlee gave then. olothlng, shelter, horee harness, clog harnese¡
warehleLde. andl, when they needsdt ühea, even boats, Buffalo
Elnews s.rrpplleril three$or sewfng anet eorct for bowetrlngs.
Buffals rlbo, often glued together with glue fron buffalo
hoofs we,re used to rnake ühe bows th.emgg!.veg. other buffaro
boneE nede ehort Êpears, or $rere ehapect fnto spoons or knives
usec[ ln prqpanlng ¡re.at ancl for ctresslng hldles. Buffaro nbe]-lleEn
were kettlee 1n whloh to oar¡ry and boir. **t*".gllasü, but not
leasü lmportant, buffalo. dlung, sbols de vesher+, provirileril
what was often for montbe the åsû.lnfbolne r only fuor 8upplyó93
By l??6¡ &rd[ peobabry before, theEe rnd!.ans hqd becone so
aceustoned to using the buffeto to suppry a].l thelr neecls
the,t ALe¡ander Eenry tbe el-der eoulit say Éthey had atl they
neededl ln the buffaloÉ eo: that they were indlff erent to the
white, nante tracte goodr.E
lhetber the a,ssinfbolns dreveroped thls buf,far,o eeonoqy
beeause they had an earLy hunting tradltlon, or whether ühe
buffalo wetre so eae.lIy obtainabl-e that any attenpt to èsüabllsh
a nore ctiverslfled[ eoono.6J. $ras not worth the effort¡ for thea, to
supplement thelr drlet by engaglng ln egrlcurture or hortreur-
tura was probably beyond thelr eapab1Lftlee. The Xfrandane
on the southern edlge of thelr terrltory ctf.d etevel,op an eeonoqy
based partJ.y on eorn ani[ beans, and partLy on the buffaro,
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