In the 19th C. San Antonio was a training site for the African-American Cavalry Soldiers given this animal name
[DOC] [TLE] Pin by Merylee Shelton on Buffalo Soldiers | Pinterest [PAR] The nickname was given to the "Negro Cavalry" by the Native American ... Buffalo 
Soldiers - U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, ... African 
American Soldiers | Black cowboys and Buffalo Soldiers, history, lore ..... George 
Prioleau was chaplain of the 9th Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers in the late 19th 
century.