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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

Unfortunately, back then, two and only two facts mattered:

  1. The Indians the government was trying to coral relied on the buffalo.
  2. Any land that buffalo graze on can also be used to graze cattle.

There was land to be taken and profit to be made. The buffalo were just in the way.