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In the Days of the Buffalo and Its Sudden Decline
A historical overview traces the buffalo’s vast once ubiquitous herds across the Great American Desert and the catastrophic impact of white hide hunters ending in near extermination by 1883. It notes treaties violated by hunters and the Indian dependence on the buffalo for food and clothing, detailing migration paths and the broad social cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Desert
Washington
Indian Bureau
Idian
Pling Betwee Bay
Wits
Texas
Union Macific Railroad
Jenny
Corey
Sunifir
Kantis