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The American Buffalo

Less than a decade later, a conquistador namedFrancisco Vázquez de Coronado led his...

Less than a decade later, a conquistador named
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado led his mounted soldiers
onto the Great Plains, pursuing rumors of cities
filled with silver and gold

Full Transcript

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Less than a decade later,
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a conquistador named Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
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led his mounted soldiers onto the Great Plains,
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pursuing rumors of cities filled with silver and gold.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:29
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 FLORES: There is no, no story anywhere in world history that - The American Buffalo 00:22
FLORES: There is no, no story anywhere in world history that
S01 • E02 But Natives have come and they have harvested the meat, - The American Buffalo 00:07
But Natives have come and they have harvested the meat,
S01 • E01 Instead, he found villages of Wichita Indians. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Instead, he found villages of Wichita Indians.
S01 • E02 And then they have done the most important thing, - The American Buffalo 00:12
And then they have done the most important thing,
S01 • E01 But he and his men were astonished by the landscape - The American Buffalo 00:10
But he and his men were astonished by the landscape
S01 I mean, it is the largest destruction of animal life - The American Buffalo 00:08
I mean, it is the largest destruction of animal life
S01 • E01 "There was not a day I lost sight of them," - The American Buffalo 00:07
"There was not a day I lost sight of them,"
S01 • E02 And he's pissed off because they stole his specimen? - The American Buffalo 00:06
And he's pissed off because they stole his specimen?
S01 LaPIER: Why Americans are so destructive; - The American Buffalo 00:08
LaPIER: Why Americans are so destructive;
S01 • E01 The only way to describe their numbers was - The American Buffalo 00:08
The only way to describe their numbers was
S01 • E02 Flores: An animal whose head is painted like that, - The American Buffalo 00:17
Flores: An animal whose head is painted like that,
S01 Why is that part of our story? Why is that part of our history? - The American Buffalo 00:06
Why is that part of our story? Why is that part of our histo...
S01 • E01 His army killed and ate 500 bison - The American Buffalo 00:13
His army killed and ate 500 bison
S01 WOODRUFF: And to you, Roslyn, - The American Buffalo 00:06
WOODRUFF: And to you, Roslyn,
S01 And how destructive have Americans been? - The American Buffalo 00:06
And how destructive have Americans been?
S01 • E01 They then wrote the King of Spain - The American Buffalo 00:11
They then wrote the King of Spain
S01 • E02 As the Crow leader, Plenty Coups, put it - The American Buffalo 00:13
As the Crow leader, Plenty Coups, put it
S01 LaPIER: You know, I'm not sure if I do have an answer to that, - The American Buffalo 00:13
LaPIER: You know, I'm not sure if I do have an answer t...
S01 • E01 And they thought, "You know, what's in it for us? - The American Buffalo 00:05
And they thought, "You know, what's in it for us?
S01 I think we often when we think about the past and we talk - The American Buffalo 00:13
I think we often when we think about the past and we talk