When General Crook was fighting the Sioux and Cheyenne along Rosebud Creek as the Southern force of the Terry, Gibbon and Crook approach to the camp along the Little Big Horn, a portion of his battlefield was close to a buffalo jump. The site would cause critical damage to any herds that went over the edge but I don't believe it was over 40-50 feet.
Adrian, Thanks for your comment. Could you expand on it a little? I'm not sure I can offer any historical sources to satisfy your curiosity, but I may be able to offer something to help your understanding. Are you curious why they used a cliff, why they killed so many, or something else?
@@adrianjos04 . Good question. We don't have any source that I know of to give a definitive answer. However, here is an idea you might want to consider. They probably killed so many because they knew it would be a long winter. Everyone of this time period knew what hunger was and tried to protect against it. Rather than look at the mangled pile of buffalo with remorse, they probably looked at loved ones with hope. It wasn't an easy life. This much food would have been quite a blessing.
there is a place literally called "Head smashed in-Buffalo Jump" in Alberta Canada
I thought it was bad waiting in the McDonald’s Drive Thru !😂🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
When General Crook was fighting the Sioux and Cheyenne along Rosebud Creek as the Southern force of the Terry, Gibbon and Crook approach to the camp along the Little Big Horn, a portion of his battlefield was close to a buffalo jump. The site would cause critical damage to any herds that went over the edge but I don't believe it was over 40-50 feet.
That was enough.
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It would be interesting to know WHY the indians did this .
Adrian, Thanks for your comment. Could you expand on it a little? I'm not sure I can offer any historical sources to satisfy your curiosity, but I may be able to offer something to help your understanding. Are you curious why they used a cliff, why they killed so many, or something else?
@@FrontierLife why did they want to kill buffelo in large numbers like this ?
@@adrianjos04 . Good question. We don't have any source that I know of to give a definitive answer. However, here is an idea you might want to consider. They probably killed so many because they knew it would be a long winter. Everyone of this time period knew what hunger was and tried to protect against it. Rather than look at the mangled pile of buffalo with remorse, they probably looked at loved ones with hope. It wasn't an easy life. This much food would have been quite a blessing.
@@FrontierLife So they were culling the herd so the herds didn't get too large and overgraze the land ?
also they used the hides for there teepees and winter blankets @@FrontierLife