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5. Shoshone woman with travois, ca. 1870s (Wind
River Archives, Central Wyoming College)
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heard then of the Treaty of Fort Bridger. After they allotted the
land, there were still some buffalo left. The government showed
us how to plow. We didn’t feel right about it at first. The
government began giving us cattle. They gave one cow to each house.
We were rather hungry at that time. We couldn’t hunt anymore.
When we got hungry, we Indians killed and ate the cattle. Following
the cattle, they gave us plow, harness, wagon. (Bobachee, recorded
by Rupert Weeks)
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