| description: | Buffalo Bones At Swift Current, Ready For Shipment To Fertilizer Factories In The East. In 1870, The Buffalo Could Be Numbered In The Millions. The Indians Believed The Supply To Be Inexhaustable, But The Demand For Hides, And The Introduction Of The Repeating Rifle By Europeans, Resulted In A Wanton Slaughter Which Reduced The Buffalo Numbers To Almost Extinction By1885 |