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Without this protection they would rush into the herd, selecting cows which were with calf, as an un- born calf, either cow or buffalo, was a great delicacy with the Sioux. On arriving at the agency, we would rest the cattle up until the first and then make the issue. We drove them into a large corral, two mounted men accompany- ing them. As an exit, we built a gate large enough for a steer to go through. Over the top of this gate was a wide plank on which I stood with a long pole with a spike ...in the end of it. On the prairie outside of this corral were approximately five thousand In- dians, squaws, children and dogs. Joe Bessnet, with the commissary clerk and the principal Indians of the various tribes, stood on a platform near the gate. The interpreter would call out, "Young, let out twenty head for Red Cloud's band. " I would open the gate HARD KNOCKS Page 128 to and the mounted men would force the cattle out. I would count them and when the required number was out, would punch the others back and close the gate.
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