The poem “Buffalo Skinners” shows how hard labor was back in the day just to earn enough for a living. Old Crego fooled a young man into working at a buffalo range and convinced him by saying it will have good pay and transportation is included. Once he started, the young man realized there is always a catch with an amazing offer which was given to him. He described the food provided as “iron was our bread” because they were just given buffalo hump which was really hard meat. Their bed to sleep on was a dead buffalo, presumably they slept on buffalo hide. This image created with ai reveals…