Buffalo Then and Now

The Indians used buffalo for food,furs for 
clothing and making tepees and with the 
introduction of white men came the fur trade.

The indians were excellent hunters and would
trade furs and robes for a myriad of goods
including guns and ammunition.

The white man would kill buffalo for
food for sustenance and clothing to
fend off harsh winters and tallow for 
cooking and candles for light at night.

In 1870 the buffalo genocide was in
full swing and over 5 million buffalo were 
killed as a result bringing the wooly beast
to near extinction.

There are only 20,500 buffalo left in the
wild with a touch over 400,000 
in private herds.

The indians were fierce warriors on
the battlefield and the U.S. military
could not defeat them so the Government
in DC sent out soldiers to just kill every
beast in sight to deprive the Indians of
their source of food clothing and hides.

We also went after all the other critters
the indians used and ate like the birds,wild
chickens and such.

The Indians were valiant and resisted
the takeover of their lands to the 
bitter end.

Reservations are all around these
United States where the last remaining
indians reside.

We took this land by force and dirty deeds
then raped,pillaged and plundered the 
land for its gold  and riches and resources
to the point weve polluted the land so bad
its unsafe to drink the rain water.

That right there is pure greed.

God Bless America Right?

Peace,BigT