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title: "Why did settlers begin to kill off the buffalo?"  
description: "Why did settlers begin to kill off the buffalo?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43351/why-did-settlers-begin-to-kill-off-the-buffalo  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did settlers begin to kill off the buffalo? 

Why did settlers begin to [kill](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300737/understanding-suicide-why-people-want-to-kill-themselves) off the buffalo?


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