▁the ▁Missouri ▁and ▁become ▁the ▁well - known ▁horse back ▁buff alo ▁hun ters . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁using ▁b ison ▁for ▁themselves , ▁these ▁ind igen ous ▁groups ▁also ▁trad ed ▁meat ▁and ▁ro bes ▁to ▁village - based ▁tribes . ▁ ▁A ▁good ▁hors eman ▁could ▁easily ▁lance ▁or ▁shoot ▁enough ▁b ison ▁to ▁keep ▁his ▁tribe ▁and ▁family ▁fed , ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁a ▁her d ▁was ▁nearby . ▁The ▁b ison ▁provided ▁meat , ▁le ather , ▁and ▁s ine w ▁for ▁b ows . ▁ ▁A ▁fast ▁hunting ▁horse ▁would ▁usually ▁be ▁sp ared ▁and ▁first ▁mounted ▁near ▁the ▁b ison . ▁The ▁h unter ▁rode ▁on ▁a ▁pack ▁horse ▁until ▁then . ▁Hun ters ▁with ▁few ▁horses ▁ran ▁besides ▁the ▁mount ▁to ▁the ▁hunting ▁grounds . ▁Acc idents , ▁sometimes ▁fatal , ▁happened ▁from ▁time ▁to ▁time ▁to ▁both ▁r ider ▁and ▁horse . ▁ ▁To ▁avoid ▁disput es , ▁each ▁h unter ▁used ▁ar rows ▁marked ▁in ▁a ▁personal ▁way . ▁Lak ota ▁h unter ▁Bear ▁Face ▁recognized ▁his ▁ar rows ▁by ▁the ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁" arrow ▁wings " ▁made ▁of ▁a ▁pel ican ▁fe ather . ▁Cast an eda ▁wrote ▁how ▁it ▁was ▁possible ▁to ▁shoot ▁an ▁arrow ▁right ▁through ▁a ▁buff alo . ▁The ▁P aw ne es ▁had ▁cont ests ▁as ▁to ▁how ▁many ▁b ison ▁it ▁was ▁possible ▁to ▁kill ▁with ▁just ▁one ▁bow shot . ▁The ▁best ▁result ▁was ▁three . ▁An ▁arrow ▁stuck ▁in ▁the ▁animal ▁was ▁preferred ▁as