#BATTLE NATIONS GET TEETH SKIN#
It is specific for skin diseases, soothing, and excellent for erysipelas, eczema, boils, piles, burns, etc. It had a mild pleasant taste and in cold weather, we drank it hot like broth or soup.ġ893-The Kickapoo Indian Salve is made by the Kickapoo Indians from the best buffalo tallow. It was whiter than beef tallow, and when cold was not nearly so hard. The buffalo were always very fat and this fat was used by the hunters for all cooking purposes. The women bore small holes in the lobe of their ears for their rings, but the young heroes cut a hole round almost the extremity of both their ears, which till healed, they stretch out with a large tuft of buffalo’s wool mixt with bear’s oil: then they twist as much small wire round as will keep them extended in that hideous form.įAT –Tallow-Hair Grease-Cosmetic Aids-Soaps-Pemmican Wasa-Lubricant-Candle Tallow-Back Fat (Special) James Adair – Southern Tribes 1740-1760 Indian females continually wear a beaded string round their legs, made of buffalo-hair, which is a species of coarse wool and they reckon it a great ornament, as well as a preservative against miscarriages, hard labour, and other evils. Frequently they keep meat three or four months for although they have no salt, they cure the flesh so well that it does not spoil at all.” Louis Hennepin “They sometimes dry their meat in the sun. The Indian women spin buffalo wool on a spindle and from the yarn make bags to carry the smoked or dried meat. HAIR/WOOL- Pillows- Medicine Ball-Doll Stuffing-Ropes-Hair Piece-Ornaments-Moccasin Lining-Pad Filler-Halters-Bracelets-Headdress-Necklaces/Jewelry. HIDE/BUCKSKIN – Winter Robe- Tipi Liners- Tipi Cover –Tapestries- Sweat Lodge Cover- Shirts –Backrest-Quivers -Moccasin Top –Leggings- Dresses- Cradles- Bridles- Belts –Bedding- Bags- Trade/Money- Leggings- Dresses-Backrest- tapestries-Dolls-Mittensīull neck hides were for bullet and arrow proof shields.īuffalo calf hides used as blankets for young children. HORNS – Arrow Points-Cups-Fire Carrier-Powder Horn-Spoons-Ladle-Headdress-Signal-Toys-Medication-Scoop-Comb Then they take a buffalo green hide, covered with its winter curls, and having properly shaped it to the frame, they sew it with large thongs of the same skin, as tight and secure as need be when it is thoroughly dried, it appears to have all the properties of a cuirass saddle.
RAWHIDE – Containers-Shields-Buckets-Moccasins-Drums-Splints-Mortar-Cinch-Ropes-Sheath-Saddle Tree-Stirrups-Bull Boats-Masks-Par Fleche-Ornaments-Straps(Sewing)-Caps-Quirt-Snowshoes-Water Trough , 326, 1862 ( people who play on bone instruments,’ that is, a pair of buffalo ribs, one notched, over which the other is rubbed: Arapaho name). Thak -a -i-nin ‘: – Hayden, Ethnog, and Philol.
Tha’kahint’na, saw – fiddle men under Kiowa Apache ). Indian people modeled the buffalo’s generosity, and it became fundamental to the economy of the American Indian.”īONES – Knives-Awls-Quirts-Tableware-Tools-Shovel – Scrapers-Pipes-Saddle Tree- Fleshing Tool- Paint Brush-Splints- Arrowheads- War Clubs- Game Dice- Toys- Tools- Shields- Fertilizer-Sleds-Saddle Tree-Scrapers-Jewelry
The buffalo’s generosity provided Indians with food and shelter. The Indians used almost every piece of the buffalo in one way or another. What did the Indians use from the buffalo? Natives & Whites
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