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A pile of bison skulls in the 1870s. This is despicable (i.imgur.com)

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[–][deleted] 26 points27 points ago*

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To those that are wondering about context: In the 19th century when Americans figured out how to tan Buffalo hide, they ended up hunting the Buffalo to near extinction. Hence the picture which shows millions of Buffalo skulls. Sadly, the Buffalo was also one of the main dietary sources for the Natives, and as a consequence Native prophets from the Paiute tribe emerged preaching of a dance, the Ghost dance I believe, that hoped would help return the Buffalo to their lands and also give natives access to a world that was without the white men. The Americans were threatened by this Ghost dance and their response ended up with a massacre of 300 Natives at Wounded Knee. The massacre at Wounded Knee signaled the closing of the frontier for settlement. If you are interested in this subject look up Manfiest Destiny; some might disagree but Manifest Destiny and the failures of the Monroe doctrine continue to shape American policy to this very day.

[–]ramblerman 2 points3 points ago

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Hence the picture which shows millions of Buffalo skulls

I'm pretty sure there are less than a million skulls in that picture

[–]Tasadar 1 point2 points ago

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Easily one million skulls there:

The pile in picture appears to be roughly 30 skulls wide from the edge of the picture to the man (who we'll say is on a corner of a large rectangular prism). The point which he is standing is roughly 45 skulls high. This requires the final dimension the long length of the pile to be at least 750 skulls long which seems well within reason, it goes very very far back, it's difficult to guage. This ignores the fact that the pile is much wider at the bottom than the top as well as the smaller block on the side. If we can call the pile a frustum and allow the skulls within the pile which we can't see count (obviously) it could easily be a million+.

[–]spiffyP 0 points1 point ago

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I could believe I am looking at a thousand thousand skulls

[–]hillbillyesq -2 points-1 points ago

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A thousand thousand, maybe. But a million? I don't think so!

[–]kirky_D -1 points0 points ago

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Not sure if troll or just really stupid...

Edit: just noticed username...

[–]hillbillyesq 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not really sure either....for all I know there may not be that much of a difference. I can only count to 22 on my fingers and toes.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Bad estimate of that picture on my end.

[–]Bruce_Bruce -1 points0 points ago

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Don't argue with Melvin.

[–]GAD604 -1 points0 points ago

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Sitting Bull's horse (which was gifted to him by the proprietor of the show he toured with in Canada) did a funny move at the Battle of Wounded Knee as a result of a gun shot that the natives saw as the Ghost Dance.

[–]The_Holy_Bison 59 points60 points ago

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I weep for my fallen comrades.

[–]spastek 13 points14 points ago

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Oh man. I hope your tears taste as good as your comrades.

[–]The_Holy_Bison 7 points8 points ago

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Backing away slowly very fucking quickly.

[–]bitch_im_a_lion 2 points3 points ago

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You better run...

[–]cynthiadangus 1 point2 points ago

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I feel for you! If it makes any difference, they may have shot 4 million pounds of meat but they were only able to carry 200 back to their wagon.

[–]RoamingBison 0 points1 point ago

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You don't even . . .

[–]veruus -1 points0 points ago

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I'll allow it.

[–]Twelvey 2 points3 points ago

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It was a close call...

[–]EsteemedGentleman 3 points4 points ago

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It's revolting that a lot of them were slaughtered like that.

But on the plus side, those skulls would make some pretty damn cool necromancer masks.

[–]tommywantwingies 0 points1 point ago

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mmm Buffalo Wingies

[–]The_Holy_Bison 0 points1 point ago

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tear

[–]nicetryLaoChe 18 points19 points ago

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how did that dapper son of a bitch even get up there?

[–]silent_p 26 points27 points ago

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He killed his way up there.

[–]sonny415 19 points20 points ago

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140 years ago...never forget.

[–]MellowMelon 3 points4 points ago

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This is why America can't have nice things.

[–]1000Steps 7 points8 points ago

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Too soon.

[–]garrygra 6 points7 points ago

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It was bad, but people weren't as aware of conservation back 140 years ago.

[–]redditor3000 -2 points-1 points ago

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We're actually causing more damage now than 140 years ago.

[–]garrygra 1 point2 points ago

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Without a doubt, 7 billion people...that's like one hundred, times a thousand!

[–]Gasdark 6 points7 points ago

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Jeb and Jeb, bison hunters extraordinaire.

[–]hellokitty 4 points5 points ago

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what do you think the pile of pig skulls would look like?

at one plant for one week.

[–]iwantaredditaccount 8 points9 points ago

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What did the mother buffalo say to her son as he left for school?

Bison.

[–]cunningMan333 3 points4 points ago

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man they must have been easy to kill

[–]FocusOnThePie 1 point2 points ago

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...how in the fuck?

[–]kungffffuuuuu 1 point2 points ago

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I hate people that pull up pictures of a bunch of dead animals and call it despicable. Had you been born in this time period, and lived where these men did, you would have done the exact same thing to make a living. You sir, are despicable.

[–]silent_p 3 points4 points ago

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In their defense, bison are delicious.

[–]Wistuba17 4 points5 points ago

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Context: http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/5631232781/the-near-extinction-of-american-bison-in-the-1800s

[–]stlunatic15 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of hunting for bison in the video game 'Oregon Trail'.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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Real men shot more than they could carry.

[–]jimflaigle 3 points4 points ago

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It was them or us.

[–]Samsquantch7 1 point2 points ago

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a bit late lol

[–]Goldenrule-er 1 point2 points ago

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Titled: "Progress"

[–]Battlesheep 1 point2 points ago

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Bison are easy, if these guys wanted to prove themselves, then they should have made a pile of human skulls

[–]sjhill 0 points1 point ago

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It has been done

[–]tehlonelydj 2 points3 points ago

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More like badass!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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the idea was to kill the owners of the land by destroying their food. It worked.

[–]Grammar-Hitler 0 points1 point ago

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A lot better than their plan to cut off our heads and mount them on spikes. A lot...smarter.

[–]beatski 2 points3 points ago

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americuh, fuck yeah

[–]justanothercommenter -1 points0 points ago

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How'd you like 2 billion bison stomping through your fucking neighborhood?

[–]SeaTwertle 3 points4 points ago

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Total badassery award goes to the guy standing on a fucking mountain of skulls.

[–]TheFatBastard -1 points0 points ago

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How is it despicable? Those skins helped drive our industrial revolution.

[–]sitri 0 points1 point ago

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http://karmadecay.com/http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/kcfwg/a_pile_of_bison_skulls_in_the_1870s_this_is/

[–]just_lies 0 points1 point ago

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Someone is taking early US history.

[–]cinemafest 0 points1 point ago

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"This is despicable."

"Hey man I'm just doin my job."

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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On another note, those skulls are stacked very nicely.

[–]colsatre 0 points1 point ago

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Or impressive!

[–]jlevil 0 points1 point ago

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Almost looks like a scene from Metalocalypse.

[–]SkeletonKeys 0 points1 point ago

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A pile of bison skulls in the 1870s. This is typical

FTFY

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Let's stop these fuckers!

[–]Goozer4life 0 points1 point ago

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My first thought : 1870.. Sure glad they decided to take a picture of this

[–]istilldrinkpbr 0 points1 point ago

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The first thing I saw when I came here a long time ago. Stop reposting.

[–]darthboss 0 points1 point ago

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that's pretty metal

[–]slim_mclean 0 points1 point ago

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despicable? or awesome?

[–]Syntaximus 0 points1 point ago

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Laissez faire capitalism at its finest.

[–]mrpopenfresh 0 points1 point ago

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I don't see whats so despicable compared to the modern age. We still do shit like this, except we have bigger wastelands to hide them in.

[–]ReverendSlack 0 points1 point ago

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Thats fuckin' metal!

[–]DerekBoss 0 points1 point ago

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Your all just jealous that you will never be in a picture this badass

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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could it be cows out of the slaughterhouse?

[–]uselessRiver 0 points1 point ago

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why is the quality of this picture better than most i see on reddit nowadays?

[–]Ahpeydey -2 points-1 points ago

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This is stuff people really shouldn't be caring about anymore

[–]snacs -2 points-1 points ago

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

[–]Ahpeydey 1 point2 points ago

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I was pointing out the importance of priorities but alas. Also that phrase isn't as relevant to what I said as you might think it is

[–]snacs 1 point2 points ago

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I totally agree with you, though the image does have some relevance to modern times.

[–]alrightythen7 -1 points0 points ago

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Despicable indeed! Someone should put a stop to this right now!

[–]twadebald -1 points0 points ago

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The correct thing to do here was obvious. Round them up and domesticate them instead of breeding cattle! -Captain Hindsight

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Turns out most buffalo are hybrids with cattle anyway.

" Custer State Park in South Dakota is home to 1,500 bison, one of the largest publicly held herds in the world, but there are questions about the genetic purity of the animals. Wildlife officials believe that free roaming and genetically pure herds on public lands in North America can be found only in Yellowstone National Park and the Yellowstone Park Bison Herd, the Henry Mountains Bison Herd at the Book Cliffs and Henry Mountains in Utah, at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary in the Northwest Territories, Elk Island National Park and Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, and Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan. Another population, the Antelope Island Bison Herd on Antelope Island in Utah, consisting of 550 to 700 bison, is also one of the largest and oldest public herds in the United States, but the bison in that herd are considered to be only semi-free roaming, since they are confined to the Antelope Island. In addition, recent genetic studies indicate that, like most bison herds, the Antelope Island Bison Herd has a small number of hybrid genes from Domestic Cattle."

"Recent genetic studies of privately owned herds of bison show that many of them include animals with genes from domestic cattle. For example, the herd on Santa Catalina Island, isolated since 1924, after being brought there for a movie shoot, were found to be mostly crossbreeds.[23] It is estimated that there are as few as 12,000 to 15,000 pure bison in the world."

[–]majorkev -2 points-1 points ago

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That looks delicious.

Also, it was a different time back then. Relax about it. It's in the past. Just like September 11th, 2001. In the past, forget about it.

[–]Samsy -4 points-3 points ago

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And that's why you're not allowed to have nice things America

[–]Samsy -1 points0 points ago

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wow lotta downvotes for a pretty innocuous statement - American redditors feeling a bit sensitive? Must be the date...

[–]beatlesfan18 -2 points-1 points ago

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Never forget.

[–]MisterJingles -1 points0 points ago

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Whoa.

[–]bk553 -1 points0 points ago

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machine gun?

[–]I5AC -1 points0 points ago

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The bison were vital to the Native Americans existence and it forced them to relocate further west. Also the bison herds were in the way of the railroads being built across America in the 19th century. f'ed up

[–]Desarraigo -1 points0 points ago

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This repost is from the 1870s. This is despicable.

[–]gripmastah -2 points-1 points ago

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Nooooooo! Appa!!!!!!!!!!

[–]Kordyon -2 points-1 points ago

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Imagine all the skull fucking!

[–]Doxie_Clean -2 points-1 points ago

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I wish there were more piles of delicious dead animal bone for me to stand amidst in a suit and bowler.

[–]SomethingFierce -2 points-1 points ago

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Oh man all that meat had to have been so tasty.

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