Buffalo HuntBuffalo Hunt

Word KnowledgeWord KnowledgeGrade 5, Unit 5 - Lesson 2

•Line 1: night knight plains planes tale tail•Line 2: buffalo deer bison elk fish•Line 3: stretch watch stitch notch match•Line 4: disappear disagree displease mistreat mistook•Sentence 1: Last night the brave knight told us a tale.•Sentence 2: The Plains Indians depended on the buffalo for most of their needs.•Sentence 3: The women would stretch and stitch the skins of bison to make clothing.•Sentence 4: It would displease our parents if they thought we would mistreat our little sister.

Background InformationBackground Information Native Americans used buffalo hides (or skins) Native Americans used buffalo hides (or skins)

for clothing and for their homes. They used the for clothing and for their homes. They used the fur for coats and blankets. They even used the fur for coats and blankets. They even used the bones to make needles!bones to make needles!

The Plain Indians rely on the buffalo to fulfill The Plain Indians rely on the buffalo to fulfill their needs.their needs.

Native Americans fought with Americans Native Americans fought with Americans because they did not want to leave their lands.because they did not want to leave their lands.

The U.S. government moved Native Americans The U.S. government moved Native Americans to reservations to stop the fighting.to reservations to stop the fighting.

PLAINS INDIANS

In olden times, it was said, buffalo used to eat In olden times, it was said, buffalo used to eat Indians. They ate so many Indians that a Indians. They ate so many Indians that a legendary legendary figure called old Man had to put a figure called old Man had to put a stop to it.stop to it.

Native American stories tell of Native American stories tell of legendary legendary characters who could talk to animals.characters who could talk to animals.

Legendary

(N) A legend

Told about in a legend or a story

ADJECTIVE

Pancho Villa

Lewis and Clark

Paul Bunyan and Babe

As recently as 150 years ago, As recently as 150 years ago, countless millions of buffalo still countless millions of buffalo still roamedroamed the prairies and plains. the prairies and plains.

As the buffalo As the buffalo roamedroamed the West, the the West, the Plains Native Americans followed he Plains Native Americans followed he herds for their hides, meat, and horns.herds for their hides, meat, and horns.

 Roamed

Wandered

(V)  (V) To roam (N) A Roamer

It was a woman’s job to skin and It was a woman’s job to skin and butcher the buffalo, to butcher the buffalo, to preserve preserve the the meat and tan the hidesmeat and tan the hides..

After a summer of good hunting, After a summer of good hunting, women of long ago would women of long ago would preserve preserve the buffalo meat. This would allow the buffalo meat. This would allow their families to have meat all their families to have meat all winter. winter.

PreserveTo prepare food so that it can be

eaten in the future

(V)Preserved/Preserving (N) A Preserve(Adj) Preservative

VERB

A typical tipi measured perhaps A typical tipi measured perhaps fifteen feet across at the base, fifteen feet across at the base, allowing allowing sufficientsufficient living space for living space for the family and its possessions.the family and its possessions.

One fat buffalo could supply meat One fat buffalo could supply meat sufficient sufficient for one hundred people. for one hundred people.

SufficientSufficient

(Adv) Sufficiently(Adv) Sufficiently(V) Suffice(V) Suffice

EnoughEnough

ADJECTIVE

Sufficient Time

Sufficient Food

Protective clothing alone is not sufficient!

 

First he smoked a First he smoked a ceremonialceremonial pipe pipe with one of the band’s elders. Then with one of the band’s elders. Then he reported what he had seen.he reported what he had seen.

Many Native American tribes have Many Native American tribes have ceremonialceremonial clothing that they wear clothing that they wear when performing important rituals.when performing important rituals.

CeremonialCeremonial

Describes something Describes something related to a ceremony related to a ceremony or a formal celebrationor a formal celebration

p. (414)p. (414)

Adjective

Ceremony

Ceremonies

Alarmed by the large-scale Alarmed by the large-scale slaughterslaughter of their herds, angry warriors from of their herds, angry warriors from many tribes banded together.many tribes banded together.

The buffalo The buffalo slaughterslaughter continued for so continued for so many years that today there are many years that today there are almost no buffalo left.almost no buffalo left.

Slaughter NOUNNOUNThe killing of large numbers of animals

(V) Slaughtered (V) Slaughtering(N) Slaughterer

Comprehension QuestionsComprehension Questions1. What senses are the buffalo’s best? 1. Hearing and smell are their best senses.

2. How do buffalo hunter disguise themselves in winter? 2. They use a buffalo robe to disguise

themselves.3. How did the Blackfoot legend begin?

3. The legend says that buffalo were born beneath a lake then came out of the water and walk around the shore.

4. How did the Native Americans hunt buffalo in the past?

4. They used to hunt buffalo on foot using arrows and spears.

5. How did horses get to North America?

5. The Spanish explorers brought the horses in the 1500s.

6. Why did the Plains Indians stop hunting and fishing?

6. So they could follow and hunt the buffalo instead.

7. What would several bands of Plains Indians gather?

7. They gathered to have a big religious ceremony, a tribal council, or a communal hunt.

8. What were the women supposed to do once the buffalo had been killed?

8. They had to butcher and skin the buffalo, then to preserve the meat and tan the hides.