That's only partially correct, but it's also a load bullshit, literally. Bison were killed for sport and for their skins. There were bounties put on bison and hunters were encouraged to massacre them. The extermination of the bison was instigated in large part by the British who wanted to starve the natives and to convert the plains to land more useful to cattle production in order to satisfy their need/craving for beef. In fact, it was the Brits who helped finance the railroads.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The extinction of the bison was largely the result > of an attempt to feed the men who built the > transcontinental railroad. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
