Английская Википедия:Buffalo pound

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Diorama of a buffalo pound at the Royal Alberta Museum

The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American bison, also known as buffalo. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared chute through which buffalo were herded and thereby trapped. David Mandelbaum's The Plains Cree contains diagrams and a complete description of the construction and use of such a pound.[1]

In 1758, explorer and fur trader Joseph Smith was the first European to record the use of a buffalo pound while travelling to the Assiniboine River.[2]

The common Cree name "Poundmaker", refers to someone who makes buffalo pounds.

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