“By 1840 nearly 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous” (Westward Expansion Facts. Westward Expansion Facts. Np, nd Web. 16 September 2016). This movement is called Western Expansion. The movement brought new beginnings and hope to many Northerners and Southerners. Western expansion not only affected the lives of many Americans, but also the Native people who lived in that land. From the 1860s to the 1890s, the Western movement forever changed the lives of Native Americans. Settlers deconstructed Native American land with the mindset of growing their economy. The Americans attacked and killed large numbers of Natives for no reasonable reason. Furthermore, hoping to Americanize the natives, they taught and imposed their own. According to Santana, chief of the Kiowa, “These soldiers cut down my lumber; they kill my buffalo; and when I see it, my heart seems to explode; I'm sorry” (Santana, 1867). This quote shows the Kiowa chief's perspective on the actions the American soldiers were taking. In Europe, lumber was in high demand as European supply was running low. This led the Americans to cut down many of their trees to trade with Europe. Native Americans expressed great gratitude for their land and when it was destroyed it affected them deeply. In “Promise of the High Plains,” a flyer created in the 1800s states, “The finest lumber west of the Great Wabash Valley” (The Railroaders) when trying to convince people why move west. This flyer shows that Americans advertised lumber in western lands to get more people to move. The buffalo was also a very important resource for the culture and lifestyle of the Native Americans. The buffalo was used for food, clothing and shelter. Not only were buffaloes used for survival, but they were also part of their religious rituals. As buffalo numbers rapidly declined, Native American tribes faced starvation and desperation. There were many different actions that Americans took to destroy Native American land. Buffalo's killing and logging were just some of the impacts that settlers S.G. Colley, an American Indian agent, writes in a report for the Committee on the Conduct of the War: "That despite his knowledge of the above facts, is informed that Colonel Chivington, on the morning of the 29th of November last, surprised and attacked the said encampment of friendly Indians and massacred a great number of them (especially women and children) and permitted the troops of his command to massacre and maim them in the most hideous manner. " (Colley, 1865). This quote shows that Americans were exterminating innocent American Indians for no justifiable reason. In order for the Americans to expand west, the Indians would have to leave the picture. The Americans wanted to acquire more land and exploit the new resources, however, with Native Americans residing on the land, this caused more hardship. This was largely why Americans felt the need to kill the Indians or move them. Americans also firmly believed in Manifest Destiny, “the belief that the United States had a “God-given” right to aggressively spread the values ​​of white civilization and expand the nation from ocean to ocean” (American Promise: A History of the United States). Americans did not believe in the Native American way of life or culture and strongly felt the need for American culture to conquer. This was it