Buffalo (Bison)

Buffalo, or bison, once roamed Texas in countless numbers and were the main source of food for the Plains Indians. The Comanches here hunted them on horseback but never killed enough to damage the herds. Commercial hunters later moved in and slaughtered them for tongues and hides, and by the beginning of this century the bison faced total extermination. Today it exists only in parks and refuges, and in small private herds.

Texas · United States