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How did the buffalo play a role in the hostilities between the Indians and the white men?

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The white men purposely tried to take away the buffalo from the indians in mass slaughter to remove a large resource of life from them. In hopes to civilize them.

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They used the buffalo, as food, and for clothing/warmth. They thought of it as greatness.
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