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The American Buffalo

This had to bethe most extraordinary bison migration in the historyof North America

Duncan: This had to be
the most extraordinary bison migration in the history
of North America

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Duncan: This had to be the most extraordinary
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bison migration in the history of North America.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:21
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
S01 • E01 [Knife slicing] Maybe we were just a greedy lot - The American Buffalo 00:17
[Knife slicing] Maybe we were just a greedy lot
S01 • E02 They get on a train in New York City - The American Buffalo 00:23
They get on a train in New York City
S01 • E01 I think maybe that's the way it was. - The American Buffalo 00:06
I think maybe that's the way it was.
S01 • E01 Narrator: By 1877-- - The American Buffalo 00:13
Narrator: By 1877--
S01 • E02 Narrator: 7 days later, they arrived - The American Buffalo 00:14
Narrator: 7 days later, they arrived
S01 • E01 By 1878, - The American Buffalo 00:07
By 1878,
S01 • E01 Ranches, homesteads, and small towns were starting - The American Buffalo 00:10
Ranches, homesteads, and small towns were starting
S01 • E01 For every Indian in the West, - The American Buffalo 00:08
For every Indian in the West,
S01 • E01 The hide hunters' trading posts in Texas began closing. - The American Buffalo 00:07
The hide hunters' trading posts in Texas began closing.
S01 • E01 Dodge City was turning into a raucous cow town, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Dodge City was turning into a raucous cow town,
S01 • E02 I'd like to think there is a calling out to the buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:26
I'd like to think there is a calling out to the buffalo...
S01 • E01 [Wolves howling] - The American Buffalo 00:08
[Wolves howling]
S01 • E01 Presently, all I saw was rotting red carcasses - The American Buffalo 00:10
Presently, all I saw was rotting red carcasses
S01 • E01 And the stench was so great that at a mile away - The American Buffalo 00:11
And the stench was so great that at a mile away
S01 • E01 Only the coyotes and wolves didn't seem to mind. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Only the coyotes and wolves didn't seem to mind.
S01 • E02 What must have gone on in their minds, you know, - The American Buffalo 00:13
What must have gone on in their minds, you know,
S01 • E01 ["Horse Stealing Song" by Joseph Fire Crow playing] - The American Buffalo 00:16
["Horse Stealing Song" by Joseph Fire Crow playing...
S01 • E02 Um...also, a kind of remorse, a kind of sadness. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Um...also, a kind of remorse, a kind of sadness.
S01 • E02 Quanah Parker cried when he saw the buffalo return. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Quanah Parker cried when he saw the buffalo return.
S01 • E01 They moved south, across familiar territory - The American Buffalo 00:12
They moved south, across familiar territory