What weapons do you think the Cave-men would take when they went to hunt the bison? How could the Cave-men help one another in hunting? How might one man hinder the others?
“At the close of the day there was not a little valley in the surrounding country that did not have a herd of two or three hundred bison.”
The First Bison Hunt of the Season
And now the great herd of bison had come, and the Cave-men were eager to hunt them. While they were getting ready to start they kept up this merry song:—
The bison have come;
The bison have come;
Now for the chase!
Now for the chase!
Bring axes and spears;
Bring axes and spears;
Now for the chase!
Now for the chase!
When Scarface climbed the cliff he saw three herds of bison. The first was feeding in an open space; the second was on a hillside, and the third was in a narrow valley close by a deep and hidden ravine. This was a place where the Cave-men liked to hunt. So they agreed to follow Scarface through the hidden ravine.
Scarface led the way, and all the men followed. Not a leaf rustled beneath their tread. Not a twig broke as they crept up the side of the deep ravine and looked out at the herd.