The chips were the only source for fires. No trees grow on the plains, they were walking with the wagons, so were given the job to collect the chips for the evening campfires.
They collected buffalo chips for fuel.
Pioneers gathered buffalo chips because they could burn easily. Buffalo chips are buffalo dung.
The chips were the source for the evening fires. The plains have no trees, so they were the only thing to use. The children were walking with the wagons and collection of the chips made sense. All children had jobs to do in the family. Even the youngest would help do things like collect eggs or feed the chickens. Unlike many children today they knew for the family to work well it took all of the members to help support the family unit.
Instead of wood, since it was scarce, people used buffalo chips for fuel to replace the wood.
No, they burned buffalo chips as firewood and used those fires for cooking. Buffalo chips burn long and hot, and are light and easy to carry around. The only downside is they smell horrible!
Buffalo chips are lumps of buffalo dung that have dried into a hard mass. They burn readily and cleanly and were often used by pioneers as an alternative to firewood when they crossed the Great Plains.
No
buffalo chips
Dyed buffalo chips,
Fuel to make fires.
None it is dried piece of dung deposited by the American Bison
NO. They used them as fuel for their fires, NOT for food.