Read the following excerpts below and answer the question that follows. The Passing of the Buffalo and Buffalo Hunting
The Passing of the Buffalo
A Kiowa Legend
Once, not long ago, the buffalo were everywhere. Wherever the people were, there were the
buffalo. They loved the people and the people loved the buffalo. When the people killed a
buffalo, they did it with reverence. They gave thanks to the buffalo's spirit. They used every part
of the buffalo they killed. The meat was their food. The skins were used for clothing and to cover
their tipi's. The hair stuffed their pillows and saddlebags. The sinews became their bowstrings.
From the hooves, they made glue. They carried water in the bladders and stomachs. To give the
buffalo honor, they painted the skull and placed it facing the sun. Then the whites came. They
were new people, as beautiful and deadly as the black spider. The whites took the lands of the
people. They built the railroad to cut the lands of the people in half. It made life hard for the
people and so the buffalo fought the railroad. The buffalo tore up the railroad tracks. They
chased away the cattle of the whites. The buffalo loved the people and tried to protect their way
of life. So the army was sent to kill the buffalo. But, even the soldiers could not hold the buffalo
back. Then the army hired hunters. The hunters came and killed and killed. Soon the bones of the
buffalo covered the land to the height of a tall man. The buffalo saw they could fight no longer...

"Buffalo Hunting"
From The Herald of Freedom, October 10, 1867
The almost countless herds of these animals that are sometimes met with on these prairies have
been often spoke of by other writers, and may yet be seen by any traveler who will take the pains
to visit these regions. The "running season", which is in August and September, in the time when
they congregate into such masses in some places as literally to blacken the prairies for miles
together. The chief hunting amusement of the Indians in these parts consists in the chase of the
buffalo, which is almost invariably done on horseback, with bow and lance. In this exercise,
which is highly prized by them as one of their most valued amusements, as well as for being the
principal mode for procuring meat for their subsistence, they become increasingly expert, and are
able to slay these huge animals with ease.

Which of the following statements would the authors of both passages agree with?
A. The buffalo were as important to the settlers as they were to Native Americans.
B. Buffalo were important to Native American life, customs and traditions.
C. The settlers were in awe of the majestic buffalo.
D. Native Americans were skilled hunters.