Native Nations, Ancient Paths: The True Story of the Oregon Trail

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…But as the trails widened and the emigrant wagons multiplied, the bison herds, once seemingly endless, began to shrink. The ancient paths, trodden by countless generations of both bison and man, were now crisscrossed by the ruts of wheels, the hoofbeats of horses, and the alien sounds of a world in transition. The hunt, once a symbol of abundance and continuity, was becoming a desperate struggle against an encroaching silence.