They were used for food, skinned for leather so as to make various types of clothing, and such, etc.
they used the bones of the buffalo to make knives and they used the tail of the buffalo as a fly swatter!
They would use the teeth of buffalo.
They showed them how to build shelter and how to use buffalo chips for cooking And make crops
the buffalo began to die
Buffalo Hump (or Buffalo Piss) needed fellow Comanches to attack settlers for vengeance on raids by whites and also to expel whites from Texas.
Buffalo Soldiers
The factor that contributed the most to the destruction of the southern buffalo herds was the white settlers who came in the 1800s and battled with the Native Americans in various ways. A related factor was the over-hunting (sometimes on purpose) of the buffalo by the white settlers.
Native Americans used buffalo for food and they used their skin for clothing. The bones of buffalo were used for tools and weapons. American settlers wanted only to sell the buffalo hide since they were in great demand.
Settlers killed buffalo in Texas primarily for economic gain, as the hide, meat, and bones were valuable resources. The expansion of the railroad and the demand for buffalo products contributed to large-scale hunting. Additionally, the extermination of buffalo was seen as a strategy to undermine Native American tribes that relied on the buffalo for their livelihood. This led to significant ecological disruption and the near extinction of the species.
The settlers new that buffalo was a major resource for Native Americans. If the could kill buffalo, they could kill the Native Americans by getting rid of their food, clothing, and weapon supply since buffalo provided all 3 of these supplies. They also wanted the buffalo hide since they were expensive and in high demand.
They were killed for meat and bones so the early settlers could survive.
The mandan tribe did use the buffalo