Settlers would rather kill a bison and leave it. Part of the thinking of the time was to kill all the bison that they could so the Native Americans couldn't get food. The railroads would stop and shoot whole herds of buffalo just to kill them. I remember seeing a photo of a mountain of dead buffalo in a book. One of the major differences between the Native American view of the world and the Europeans was that the animals were not to be wasted and killed just for the kill and the earth (the mother) was to be taken care of. This philosophy and belief still exists because the tribes have been fighting the oil pipeline across the reservations/ plains states.
The hide
the hide- Apex
Anecdotally, the tongues of bison were the meat often salvaged from the dead animals. Other parts of the meat were not as tender, and the heavy hides were more prized by the Native American tribes (for clothing or for making tepees) than by settlers. There was also a market in shipping the dried bones east to make fertilizer. Buffalo Bill Cody was famous for shooting buffalo to feed the railroad crews. The meat and skin were about all that the settlers would use, and even then they left a lot to waste.
almost all the animal
almost all of the animal
because Oklahoma had a large Indian population and the bison was a big part in the lives of the Indians that lived on the land and when the European settlers came the bison was one of their main food supplies. So Oklahoma's history is rich with the bison and has been a big part of the state for many years
Bison is a noun.
Bison are in the Animalia Kingdom.
Anecdotally, the tongues of bison were the meat often salvaged from the dead animals. Other parts of the meat were not as tender, and the heavy hides were more prized by the Native American tribes (for clothing or for making tepees) than by settlers. There was also a market in shipping the dried bones east to make fertilizer. Buffalo Bill Cody was famous for shooting buffalo to feed the railroad crews. The meat and skin were about all that the settlers would use, and even then they left a lot to waste.
The Aboriginals thought almost all parts of a bison were useful. They used the bones for tools, the skin for clothes and the meat to eat.
Nope. No bison in that part of Canada. The Mi'kmaq people ate a lot of fish, caribou and moose.
Valuable can be an adjective or a noun.