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Collecting “Bois de Vache”

by | Jan 28, 2009 | Art, Guns and Culture

Just don’t eat them (save your taste buds for the Buffalo Stew).
“After we reached the plains, the only fuel we had was buffalo and cow chips,” wrote six-year-old Nellie Gray, a second cousin to Sheriff Pat Garrett, recalling her daily chores along the emigrant trail. “Every day when we stopped for dinner, and at night, my oldest brother and I had to take two sacks and gather the chips. Mother made sour dough biscui


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