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All of it. To not use it was considered a waste and a sin against mother nature. The Sioux also used the buffalo as a symbol of life. It was an important animal to the Native Americans. That is one reason why the white settlers would try to kill as many as they could. Piles of dead buffalo the size of mountains were created. When the steam train crossed the prairie states they would stop and people would shoot herds of buffalo. Some reports tell of the guns getting hot they were used so much so they would trade to another gun. The population of buffalo went from millions to a few thousand.

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