6. The Red men were nearly always at war, either amongst themselves or against the white men. In battle they were very crafty and skilful. Those who fell into their hands were sometimes treated very cruelly.
7. Before the Red men went on the "warpath" they painted their faces, so as to frighten their foes. Then they took up their bows and hatchets, and, following their leader, strode silently away.
8. The Red men did not care to fight in the open. They always tried to catch their foes asleep or to take them by surprise.
9. In those days the land was full of deer and other wild animals. On the great plains where the wheat now grows huge herds of bison used to feed.
10. The Red men hunted the bison on their swift little ponies. When they were close to the animals they shot at them with arrows. If the arrows missed their mark, the Red men killed the bison with their knives.
11. When the white men came they hunted the bison with guns, and soon killed them off. Only a few bisons remain, and these are now kept in parks.
12. There are not many Red men left in North America. Most of them have died off. Many of those who now remain have given up their old way of living.