Originally Posted by
Beard Buster
Another interesting point to consider is the fact that game was not as used to seeing people and I am guessing was not as weary of them. The Native Americans were in general very sparsely populated.
Depended on the location, some places it was a metropolis.
3Seasons is correct though in all his comments, and the animals probably died alot more painful frantic deaths they do today. We dont necessarily need these animals to survive, the Native Americans if they didn't catch it, well then they didnt eat.
Originally Posted by
Grizzl
Snares across trails. Pretty easy..just like rabbits
Booby-traps, pungi sticks..anything to break legs
AND they did have firearms eventually.
Mostly the just ate buffalo who were "easy" to ride next to and arrow. (thats why the US Gov't slaughtered the buffalo to deprive the tribes of their ability to feed themselves and thus HAVE to seek "assistance" from the US Gov't or Starve.
Hehe Buffalo wasnt everywhere, youre talking more of the tribes near the Dakotas.
But yea, it wasnt uncommon for Native Americans to run hundreds of Buffalo off a cliff in the areas they existed. NW Native Americans did alot more Fishing. Some based alot of their food of agricultural. But it was literally as much as they could get for the least amount of work. We oftentimes think of them as living among nature and living with a smaller footprint than the european settlers who colonized the Americas, but, in truth, they cleared out vast expanses of land and killed alot of animals. They switched to guns because it was alot more effective which = more food.