Upon these ropes they were to suspend strips of buffalo meat to be cured by drying in the sun.

Every thing was prepared over night for the commencement of operations in the early dawn.

The best marksmen were selected for hunters.
They were to go into the prairie, shoot the game and bring it in.

The rest were detailed to cut up the meat and hang it on the ropes to dry.

After it was sufficiently dried, they were to take it down, and pack it closely in bundles for transportation.
These were halcyon days, and abundant was the harvest of game which these bold reapers were gathering.