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How did the Buffalo Soldiers view the Native-Americans?The Black cavalry troops could really sympathize and empathize with the plight of the Native Americans. Newly freed from their involuntary servitude themselves, the Buffalo Soldiers could appreciate that their adversaries were fighting for their freedom. Still, a soldier's life is to obey and leave the finer points of rationale to others. No one could blame Native Americans who rode against the Black soldiers, either. Forced to gather upon reservations from the unfettered life of a plains nomad, the Native Americans had been deceived, cheated, ill-fed, poorly clothed, and mistreated by corrupt federal officials bent no upon rehabilitation, but upon extinction and personal gain. The point is that here were two ethnic groups pitted against each other in tragic conflict. The one, aborigine of the prairie and mountain, fighting a heroic delaying action for a doomed way of life; and the other, a soldier thrust rudely into a hostile environment and told to flight under the worst possible conditions, searing heat, poisonous creatures, and in the most inhospitable environment. Considerations aside, both sides fought valiantly and are deserving of much credit.
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