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buffalo hunt
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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on the prairies, an organized hunt for buffalo.
See: plain(s) hunt
Quotations
1824
In the event of a failure of the Buffaloe Hunts at Carlton which is not unusual the Brigades are stopped for want of Provisions or the people exposed to the miseries of Famine.
1937
The half-breeds' prairie buffalo-hunt, conducted en masse under rude but definite discipline, was a famous institution. . . .
1957
Though he had progressed as a farmer . . . he had continued eager for the twice-yearly buffalo hunt.