In 1800 there were around 60 million buffalo in North America. By 1890 this number had fallen to 750. The Plains Indians (Arapaho,Blackfeet,Cheyenne,Comanche,Crow,Kiowa,Sioux,Arikara,Mandan,OsageandPawnee) had now no means of independent sustenance and had to accept the government policy of ...
Behind it could be seen a cavalcade of about 500 Cheyenne, Comanche, and Kiowa, who had maddened the shaggy brutes, hoping to capture the train without an attack by forcing the frightened animals to overrun the command. Luckily, something caused the herd to open before it reached the foot ...