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The American Buffalo

It will cause succeedinggenerations to regard us as being possessed ofcruelty and greed

It will cause succeeding
generations to regard us as being possessed of
cruelty and greed

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It will cause succeeding generations to regard us
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as being possessed of cruelty and greed.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:29
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 Remember what I have said. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Remember what I have said.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Spanish conquistadors had used horses to great effect - The American Buffalo 00:12
Narrator: Spanish conquistadors had used horses to great eff...
S01 And we do so essentially by turning North America - The American Buffalo 00:18
And we do so essentially by turning North America
S01 • E01 But in 1680, the Pueblo tribes had risen up in revolt - The American Buffalo 00:10
But in 1680, the Pueblo tribes had risen up in revolt
S01 • E01 Their horse herds remained and flourished. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Their horse herds remained and flourished.
S01 I mean, to me, one of the striking sort of summations of - The American Buffalo 00:09
I mean, to me, one of the striking sort of summations of
S01 • E01 In less than a century, the horse had spread - The American Buffalo 00:09
In less than a century, the horse had spread
S01 • E02 It was all part of a much larger pattern of destruction - The American Buffalo 00:10
It was all part of a much larger pattern of destruction
S01 • E01 Momaday: The coming of the horse brought about - The American Buffalo 00:06
Momaday: The coming of the horse brought about
S01 They could not survive 400 years of our presence here. - The American Buffalo 00:07
They could not survive 400 years of our presence here.
S01 • E02 "Here," Hornaday wrote, "is an inexorable law of Nature - The American Buffalo 00:33
"Here," Hornaday wrote, "is an inexorable law...
S01 • E01 Suddenly, it was magic and indispensable, - The American Buffalo 00:10
Suddenly, it was magic and indispensable,
S01 And bison, which had been here for at least 150,000 and - The American Buffalo 00:17
And bison, which had been here for at least 150,000 and
S01 • E01 And with horses, not dogs, - The American Buffalo 00:13
And with horses, not dogs,
S01 We managed to shrink them from at least 30 million animals - The American Buffalo 00:22
We managed to shrink them from at least 30 million animals
S01 • E02 Hornaday's idea was that if we're going to conserve - The American Buffalo 00:10
Hornaday's idea was that if we're going to conserv...
S01 • E01 Some tribes left their permanent villages - The American Buffalo 00:13
Some tribes left their permanent villages
S01 • E02 Narrator: Hornaday sarcastically noted - The American Buffalo 00:19
Narrator: Hornaday sarcastically noted
S01 So, it's a, it's a story that I think we've - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, it's a, it's a story that I think we've
S01 • E01 [Horse neighing] - The American Buffalo 00:24
[Horse neighing]