Buffalo Wallows
Wallows have been used for: A dusting bowl for bison Tank for holding water Place for new life to form Hiding place from the enemy Hiding place for stolen goods Gravesite / 1888 Definition: BUFFALO WALLOWS – (1) Curious depressions in the prairies are so called. These, says Colonel Dodge, are formed in the following manner. A heavy rainfall deluges the hard and level country. The water is soon absorbed by the thirsty soil, or licked up by the hot sun-rays: a portion of the soil, a little more moist that adjoining, opens in cracks such as can be … Read more