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This resurrected episode of History Daily originally aired on March 1st, 2022.

It's the late 1700s in the northwest corner of modern day Wyoming.

A native American hunter stalks along the riverbank, his body low to the ground.

Some 50 feet ahead, just beyond a bend in the river, a herd of big horned sheep raises in the tall grass.

The tip of the hunter's arrow glints in the midday sun as he quietly advances on his

unsuspecting quarry. This hunter is a member of the Tukutika, or the sheep eaters,

a subgroup of the Shoshone tribe native to this part of North America.

During a summer months, the sheep eaters track the migration of the big horns as they seek out higher

ground. Today, after many weeks, the sheep eaters have finally caught up with a herd,

and it's this hunter's job to provide for his hungry and weary tribe.

The hunter takes a deep breath, holds it, and raises his bow.

But then out of the corner of his eye, he spots something prowling through the underbrush.

It's apparent coyotes, their unblinking amber eyes trained on the grazing herd.

The hunter has waited too long to concede his prey to these scavengers.

He prepares to loose his arrow, but before he can, coyotes bolt from the brush and the big horns turn

in flight. The hunter gives a chase on foot, but he has no chance of catching these fleet-footed

sheep. He stops running, takes a breath, aims his bow, and releases.

One of the sheep's legs buckles and falls to the ground, kicking feebly into the life drains

out of it. The hunter claps and shouts to scare off the coyotes before rushing over to claim his

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