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Plains in huge herds 1871: legislation to protect buffalo first introduced into Congress 1872-1874: Peak of southern hunt, involving up to 5000 hunters -- 4,374,000 buffalo killed for their hides 1872: buffalo hunters ship 1.2 million hides east 1874: Congress passes bill to regulate killing buffalo, but President Grant vetoes it 1875: Southern herd exterminated 1880: Assault on Northern herd begins 1883: wild buffaloes effectively extinct; a few small herds are preserved |
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