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The American Buffalo

Maybe we runnersserved our purpose in helping abolish the buffalo; maybe it wasour...

Man as Mayer: Maybe we runners
served our purpose in helping abolish the buffalo; maybe it was
our ruthless harvesting of him which telescoped
the control of the Indian by a decade or maybe more

Full Transcript

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Man as Mayer: Maybe we runners served our purpose in helping
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abolish the buffalo;
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maybe it was our ruthless harvesting
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of him which telescoped the control of the Indian
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by a decade or maybe more.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:07
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 But, all of a sudden, now we're at this point - The American Buffalo 00:10
But, all of a sudden, now we're at this point
S01 • E02 And they put 15 on a train and drive them back out West. - The American Buffalo 00:06
And they put 15 on a train and drive them back out West.
S01 • E01 Or maybe I am just rationalizing. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Or maybe I am just rationalizing.
S01 • E02 Duncan: This had to be the most extraordinary - The American Buffalo 00:11
Duncan: This had to be the most extraordinary
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,