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Why "Bristol?"

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:11:17 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:01:31 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I believe you're correct. I think the buffalo were mostly wiped out
by "sportsmen" on shooting sprees.

Of course not. It was market hunting for the hides. This with the
connivance of the gov who wanted to force the indians to eat gov beef
on a reservation. They killed all but 500, but now there are about 600
000, many in private herds. I guess they have to harvest them with
guns. Too big and mean to walk up a ramp into a truck.

Casady

I don't believe that you are correct about the government. I suspect
that the aim was to totally destroy the Indian's source of food,
clothing and shelter, olden time strategic warfare - destroy the
enemy's capability to wage war... As far as the reservations went, I
think that the government would been far happier to see the Indians
just disappear. At least I've read no contemporary writing that seemed
to say the Indians were anything but a "problem".

I read somewhere that all the present day buffalo (bison) in the US
are descended from several Canadian buffalo imported into the U.S.,
what, 50 years ago?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

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