buffalo chip
Dried bison droppings
A buffalo chip is a dried piece of buffalo dung.
On the treeless American plains, settlers and travelers collected buffalo chips as fuel for fires.
The term extends to dried cattle dung used the same way.
We gathered buffalo chips to get the cookfire going.
Animal fecal matter
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- excrementSolid bodily waste
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
organic · amendment · nitrogen · phosphates · nutrient · mulch · topdressing · decomposable
Central North American grassland
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- frontierEdge of settlement
- Oregon TrailEmigrant route westward
wagon train · homestead · Lewis and Clark · Old West · Native American · trapper · fur trade · Sioux
Large wild ox
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- plainsBroad, level grasslands
- herdGrazing animals together
- grazingFeeding on pasture
range · steppe · wildlife · pronghorn · habitat · dryland · shortgrass · tallgrass
Outdoor fire for gathering
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- burningCombustion in progress
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- firewoodCut logs for burning
heating · flame · ember · smoldering · cooking · stove · slow-burning · smoke
dung
Animal fecal matter
droppings · organic · amendment · nitrogen · phosphates · nutrient · mulch · topdressing · decomposable · natural
Great Plains
Central North American grassland
Oregon Trail · wagon train · homestead · Lewis and Clark · Old West · Native American · trapper · fur trade · Sioux · Comanche
bison
Large wild ox
grazing · range · steppe · wildlife · pronghorn · habitat · dryland · shortgrass · tallgrass · Great Plains
campfire
Outdoor fire for gathering
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- burningCombustion in progress
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
firewood · heating · flame · ember · smoldering · cooking · stove · slow-burning · smoke · dried
- Fecesfeces, poop, dung, droppings, excrement
- big game huntinghunting party, hunting rifle, hunting camp, hunting license, hunting ground