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[Knife slicing] Maybe we were just a greedy lot
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The American Buffalo

Maybe we were just a greedy lot who wanted to get ours,and to hell with posterity, the...

[Knife slicing]
Maybe we were just a greedy lot who wanted to get ours,
and to hell with posterity, the buffalo,
and anyone else, just so we kept
our scalps on and our money pouches
filled

Full Transcript

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[Knife slicing] Maybe we were just a greedy lot
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who wanted to get ours, and to hell with posterity,
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the buffalo, and anyone else,
00:00:10.005 --> 00:00:13.000
just so we kept our scalps on
00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:15.005
and our money pouches filled.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:24
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • 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
S01 • E02 I can imagine that. You know, I think that could be true, - The American Buffalo 00:10
I can imagine that. You know, I think that could be true,