And here I thought Buffalo Bill was to blame.
Tom C. >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence >Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:56:36 -0600 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence > > > > > > frank theriault wrote: > >> In addition, the slaughter, almost to extinction, of the American > >> Bison was a conscientious attempt to eliminate something that, both > >> physically and spiritually, was necessary to Native survival in the > >> West. > >> > > The extinction of the bison was largely the result of an attempt to feed > > the men who built the transcontinental railroad. > > >Nope, sorry. You've been fed bad information at a young age. The bison >hunts >were a deliberate attempt by the American government to end the Indian wars >by removing their main source of sustenance, and to make said Indians bow >to >the will of the invading army. >Like I said, my dad was a student of native history. > >William Robb > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
