Cultural aspects Flashcards
Quote by Chief Washakie of Shoshone tribe:
‘The white man kills our game [buffalo], captures our furs and sometimes feeds his herds upon our meadows.’
West’s view of ‘the Indian problem’?
Needed to be killed by military force
Contemporary traveller and painter’s comments on the buffalo’s extinction?
Name: George Catlin
‘the buffalo’s doom is sealed, and with their extinction, the Indians must surely sink into despair and starvation’.
How many buffalo were killed by Buffalo Bill in 17 months?
4000
Importance of Buffalo for Indians quote summarised?
“Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”
Where was the tanning (buffalo hides) industry centered?
Fort Worth
When was the southern herd of buffalo destroyed?
1875
When was the northern herd destroyed?
1883
When did the Northern Pacific Railroad reach Bismarck?
1876
Buffalo hides carried on train stats?
1872 - 500,000
1873 - 750,000
1874 - 100,000
Great Spirit name
Wakantanka
How many horses owned by Comanches tribe
8000 horses in a tribe of 3000 people
How many Buffalo skins made up a tipi?
10 - 20
Use of the brain of buffalo?
Tanning hides
Use of the buffalo tail?
- Whips
- Fly swats
Use of the gall of the buffalo?
Make yellow paint
Use of the liver of the buffalo?
eaten in religious ceremonies
How many buffalo between 1872-4 were killed by Indians?
Of 3,700,000 only 150,000
What did General Sheridan say when asked about the buffalo slaughter?
‘Let them kill, skin, and sell until the buffalo is exterminated, as it is the only way to bring lasting peace and allow civilisation to advance’
How was the extermination of the buffalo combatted?
- Isatai (prophet of the Kwahadis tribe - who were free) spoke of a war to save the buffalo
- Quanah Parker (a young war chief) spoke of a war to drive white hunters from grazing lands.
- Cheyenne and Arapahos arrived from north. 50 of their horses had been stolen who white thieves, so they wanted to join.
- Lone Wolf and Satanta and Kiowa warriors also volunteered to fight.
