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There was a variety of food in the Plains Indians village. T he Plains were hunters and gatherers. One of the main meats was the buffalo. The drinks they drank were mainly water found in lakes and rivers. They were heated to get rid of the germs over a fire. They also had fruit juices such as grape juice made by squashing grape thoroughly until it was liquid. They did not have as much food as they had drinks.
Buffalo was the food that was generally consumed. There was plentiful of bison, which is another word for buffalo. Buffalo was “staff of life” and was also the preferred game. Cooked a kind of sausage by stuffing buffalo’s gut with meat and herbs. Antelope, deer, elk, moose, deer, pronghorn, quail, gophers, rabbits, prairie chickens, and other small game were caught. As soon as the game was slaughtered, men, women, and children joined skinning and cutting up carcasses. Jerky was another name for dried meat. Jerky could be pounded into powder and mixed with animal fat and berries to make pemmican. All game was hunted either with bows, arrows, and spears or snare traps for petite game. All grease (fat) was accumulated from animal bones and animal fights. All meat gathered in the autumn was devoured in the winter since it was much harder and colder to hunt in the winter. As a concluding statement, buffalo was the general meat and was used for numerous employs.
Pemmican was another major food item the Plains Indians had. Pemmican became an important commodity for fur traders, explorers, and other tribes. Jerky could be pounded into powder and mixed with animal fat (grease) and berries to make pemmican.
