USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The destruction of the Buffalo proved devastating Indeed, the “golden goose” was gone-in a fifty-five-year period, 1830-1885, soldiers, hunters, and settlers killed more than 40 million Buffalo. The U.S. Congress passed legislation in 1875, but then-President Grant refused to sign.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Critical to their survival, bison not only provided American Indians with food, shelter and tools, but a model on how to live. To American Indians, bison also represent their spirit and remind them of how their lives were once lived, free and in harmony with nature.

Detailed explanation-3: -After many battles, the Treaty of Greenville was signed in 1795 and the tribes left Ohio for Indiana . The treaty allowed tribes to retain hunting rights to the land, and it promised them an immediate payment of $20, 000 in the form of everyday goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -After 1840, the trickle of Euro-American settlers and traders moving into the Great Plains became a flood, one that the Indians were unable to hold back. Although they would fight back and even win a few battles, they would eventually be defeated by the sheer numbers arrayed against them.