Actually Buffalo Bill at one point advocating protection for the Bison, (late in his life that is).
Tom C wrote: > 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 >> > > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
