16-3 Harvesting The Bison Herds J.Wright Mooar, Buffalo Days (1933) Steven Nguyen Period 5

Buffalo Days Series of short stories about a buffalo hunter Stories take place in late 1800’s

Historical Contexts AFTER the Civil War (Reconstruction 1865-1877) Railroad building continues Buffalo population has already been exterminated in certain areas Tensions between U.S. and Indians rise Historical Contexts

Why did we have a sudden interest in buffalo? The closest food source for railroad workers building west was buffalo Homestead Act in 1862 Paid to hunt buffalo Buffalo robes became a trend It was fun "Let them kill, skin, and sell until the buffalo is exterminated, as it is the only way to bring lasting peace and allow civilization to advance." - General Philip Sheridan

Intended Audience Published in 1933 About 34 years apart from Mooar’s story Most likely those curious about the life as a buffalo hunter Intended Audience

Purpose To describe the life of a buffalo hunter Shows how the lack of buffalo affected buffalo hunters and the Plain Indians Purpose

The point of view is through the eyes of a buffalo hunter Shows what the hunters think about the Plain Indians Point of View

Synthesis The Plain Indians were similar to the victims of the Holocaust Taken out of their homes Often pushed to different areas Both did little to no harm to those who attacked them Many of them were killed off

Outside/extra Information Sand Creek Massacre (1864) Battle Of Little Bighorn (1876) Buffalo Bill’s Wild West (1883) Dawes Severalty Act (1887) Outside/extra Information

John M. Chivington Sand Creek Massacre 1864, Colorado Surprise attack on a Cheyenne settlement that was supposedly promised immunity Cheyenne surrendered without putting up much of a fight Colonel John M. Chivington disregarded surrender and killed the small settlement John M. Chivington

Battle Of Little Bighorn A Native American attack in 1864 Sioux and the Cheyenne Attack against the Americans encroaching on land American Colonel George Custer and all his men were killed Battle Of Little Bighorn

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West A circus-esque show Created by William Frederick, a war scout AKA “Buffalo Bill” Romanticizes the Wild West Depicts cowboys as heroes and the Native Americans as the aggressors and villains Popular for having “real” actors Buffalo Bill’s Wild West

An attempt to force the Native Americans into assimilation Gave acres of land if they took farming Most Indians did not take up the act which made a lot of extra land Extra/lost land sold to the Americans Dawes Severalty Act of 1887

What do you see? Chief Red Cloud’s Bedroom