Tanning hides
This was a job of the plains women. Here is how it was done:
- Made the skin soft by stretching it on stakes and beating it
- Scraped of meat
- Scraped of hair
- Let it dry
- Rubbed it with buffalo parts ( see Buffalo uses ) using a stone
- Skin dried again
- Soaked in water
- Rolled into a ball
- When dry, stretched and scraped
- Rubbed until soft enough to make things out of.