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Buffalo chip
Introduction
Overview
Overview
A buffalo chip, also called a meadow muffin, is the name for a large, flat, dried piece of dung deposited by the buffalo from the large amount of grass that it eats. Well dried buffalo chips were among the few things that could be collected and burned on the prairie, and so were used by the Plains Indians, settlers and pioneers, and homesteaders, as a source of heat for cooking and warmth.
External links
External links
- National Park Service – about buffaloes, including information on chips.
- Dynamic photos of buffalo chips
- Uses of buffalo chips