"We’ve had a busy week and it may take a couple of messages to get it all out. We started with a trip to Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump. It shows how the Indians, or what the Canadians call the aboriginals, gathered the buffalo, or bison as they are now called, in a gathering area, then chased them along to the jump where they buffalo were killed. It was really very interesting, and the aboriginals used every part of the buffalo from the nose to the hoof to the tale for food, clothing, weapons, tools or decoration. There was no waste.
At the outside part of the exhibits you can see jump and the Indian camp, The gathering area and the drive lanes. Inside they show various of the artifacts from the jump area as well as dioramas of the excavation sides and the jump, so you can see what it looks like from below. They also show an Indian tipi and a dog pulling a travois. Until the white man came in the 1500’s the Indians had neither horses nor wheels to help them in setting up and moving camp, so everyone from dogs to children to old men and women, and everyone in between helped with the move.
F. Stanley"
Here are the great pictures that were attached:
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