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When the last buffalo hunt failed, 1882 became known as the starvation year.
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When and buffalo
When the Northern Cheyenne arrived at Indian Territory, conditions were very difficult: rations were inadequate, there were no buffalo near the reservation and according to several sources, there was malaria among the people.
When the rattles were shaken at night during ceremonies, the friction and mechanical stress of the quartz crystals impacting together produced flashes of light visible through the translucent buffalo hide.
When Mahishasur had half emerged into his buffalo form, he was paralyzed by the extreme light emitting from the goddess's body.
When communicating with the Crows, one of Smith's men made a unique map ( buffalo hide and sand ), and the Crows were able to show Jedediah and his men the direction to the South Pass.
When they met to divide the land between them the one from Phrae rode on a horse, the one from Nan on a buffalo to the meeting point on top of a mountain.
When the police came to question students, Jacobowitz volunteered that he yelled, " Shut up, you water buffalo ," a slur that was characterized as racist.
When they moved east, they could rely less on salmon fishing, but turned to eating plants and buffalo.
When Mowgli scoffs at these fanciful tales the villagers decide to put him to work herding buffalo to keep him out of trouble.
When feeding, the buffalo makes use of its tongue and wide incisor row to eat grass more quickly than most other African herbivores.
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When Macomber finds the courage to face the charging buffalo he forges the identity he wants: the courage to face wild animals ; the courage to face his wife.
When buffalo became scarce, keepers resorted to using muslin, linen, or paper.
When Lewis and Clark visited Ton-wa-tonga in 1804, most of the inhabitants were gone on a seasonal buffalo hunt.
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When and hunt
When they begin eating solid food, both parents, and often other pack members, bring food back for them from the hunt.
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When the Sauks returned to the village in 1829 after their annual winter hunt in the west, they found that it had been occupied by white squatters who were anticipating the sale of land.
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When Pa went into the woods to hunt, he usually came home with a deer then smoked the meat for the coming winter.
When the chicks are about 30 days old, the female stops brooding them and joins her mate to hunt for food.
When a baby and its mother are killed while Cadmann and his only supporter are away on a hunt for the creature he believes is the cause, the colonists become increasingly irrational.
When he returns alone ( His companion having been killed during the hunt ), badly wounded, and with a chunk of burnt tissue he claims is from the monster, he is drugged and restrained.
When Storm created a splinter group to hunt for Destiny's diaries in the pages of X-treme X-Men, Gambit joined her in issue # 5 and co-starred for the remainder of the series.
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