DCHP-3

buffalo hunting

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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engaging in a hunt for buffalo; the practice or institution of hunting buffalo.

Quotations

1754
I went with the young men abuffalo hunting, all armed with bows and arrows; killed seven, fine sport.
1860
The occasion is, we think, a fitting one for the consideration of the bearings and influences of buffalo-hunting, viewed as the business, or regular, ordinary pursuit of a large proportion of the Red River people.