The hunters select, when they can, female buffalo, as their flesh is far superior in quality and tenderness to that of the males.  The females are, however, far more active than the males, and can run three times as fast, so that swift horses are required to keep up with them.  The Indians complain of the destruction of the buffalo--forgetting that their own folly in killing the females is one of the chief causes of the diminution of their numbers.