Land of the Buffalo Bones - Dear America (Special Edition)

"As the snow recedes, exposing the earth, more of the bones Jane and I first saw are exposed as well. They are everywhere. One can hardly walk without stepping on them. They belong, we are told, to the buffalo that once populated this land by the millions. Papa says the beasts were slaughtered by white hunters who came before use and are coming here still. I try to imagine their living forms, their humped backs, their pounding hooves. They must have been fine to see."
—Polly Rodgers