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An early pioneer observed the advantage the bison gave to him and his fellow travelers:
"A much broader track sloped from the main gate on the southeastern side of the stockade to the road... was a priceless boon to the pioneers. It seemed an ancient product of human skill, but was, in fact, a 'trace,' hard and firm, made by the buffaloes alone which had thundered over it for a thousand years in their journeys to the Salt Licks."
-- Quotes in "Path of the Mound Building Indians and the game Animals, 1902-1905" |