Editing Cow dung (section)

==Variants==
A ''buffalo chip'', also called a ''meadow muffin'', is the name for a large, flat, dried piece of [[feces|dung]] deposited by the [[American bison]]. Well dried buffalo chips were among the few things that could be collected and burned on the [[prairie]] and were used by the [[Plains Indians]], [[Emigrant Trail|settlers and pioneers]], and [[Homestead Act|homesteaders]] as a source of cooking heat and warmth.

Bison dung is sometimes referred to by the name ''nik-nik''. This word is a borrowing from the [[Sioux language]] (which probably originally borrowed it from a northern source). In modern Sioux, ''nik-nik'' can refer to the feces of any bovine, including domestic cattle. It has also come to be used, especially in [[Lakota language|Lakota]], to refer to lies or broken promises, analogously to the vulgar English term "[[bullshit]]" as a figure of speech.