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Page 55 Off to the north a half mile or more was the main herd. The prairie appeared to be black with buffalo and they seemed to be milling around. I suppose they were trying to keep away from the flies. I don’t have any idea how many may have been in this herd but there were many hundreds. That was the only time I ever had the chance to see this famous herd. About 1926 or 27 the buffalo were rounded up and shipped from Ft. Pierre by railroad to various parts of the country. Clouds were starting to gather in the north west so we drove on. We got as far as a country school house close to Hoyse and camped for the night. School houses were always open to the public in those days in case of bad weather. There were especially nice to get into in the wintertime. We had supper and waited out the storm. It didn’t have much wind but it did rain hard but by morning it was all over and the sun was bright wand the day was quiet. We packed up got back on the gravel and continued west. |