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The American Buffalo

More thana million cattle and sheep had accompanied the wagon trains to California,...

Narrator: More than
a million cattle and sheep had accompanied the wagon trains to California, Oregon,
and Santa Fe, devouring the grasses
along the trails and spreading diseases
like anthrax to the bison

Full Transcript

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Narrator: More than a million cattle and sheep
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had accompanied the wagon trains
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to California, Oregon, and Santa Fe,
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devouring the grasses along the trails
00:00:12.134 --> 00:00:16.767
and spreading diseases like anthrax to the bison.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:14
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 put us on reservations," and we couldn't get - The American Buffalo 00:07
They put us on reservations," and we couldn't get
S01 That and certainly true, I think, - The American Buffalo 00:09
That and certainly true, I think,
S01 It was as if some titanic sound that reached - The American Buffalo 00:16
It was as if some titanic sound that reached
S01 • E02 There are stories about old men - The American Buffalo 00:07
There are stories about old men
S01 • E01 In what is now Wyoming, the overland trails crossed - The American Buffalo 00:10
In what is now Wyoming, the overland trails crossed
S01 • E02 You can imagine the fence - The American Buffalo 00:06
You can imagine the fence
S01 • E01 Man: "Since the white man has made a road across our land - The American Buffalo 00:12
Man: "Since the white man has made a road across our la...
S01 • E02 Pretty soon, those buffalo come over and they stand in front of him. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Pretty soon, those buffalo come over and they stand in front...
S01 And it was a shock, I think, to many people... - The American Buffalo 00:07
And it was a shock, I think, to many people...
S01 • E02 There was numerous stories like that, where the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:09
There was numerous stories like that, where the buffalo
S01 Obviously, Native people were-were the ones who bore - The American Buffalo 00:11
Obviously, Native people were-were the ones who bore
S01 • E01 "Our women and children cry for food, - The American Buffalo 00:10
"Our women and children cry for food,
S01 But many other people felt it as well. - The American Buffalo 00:06
But many other people felt it as well.
S01 • E02 They saw, by that point, an almost total - The American Buffalo 00:13
They saw, by that point, an almost total
S01 I think that's why we ended up with an - The American Buffalo 00:15
I think that's why we ended up with an
S01 • E01 Narrator: New waves of epidemics from Europe - The American Buffalo 00:08
Narrator: New waves of epidemics from Europe
S01 But that's essentially about as far as their thinking ever got. - The American Buffalo 00:07
But that's essentially about as far as their thinking e...
S01 • E02 It was sort of destruction after destruction - The American Buffalo 00:07
It was sort of destruction after destruction
S01 I mean, to me, - The American Buffalo 00:23
I mean, to me,
S01 • E02 Narrator: The elk and grizzly bears that survived - The American Buffalo 00:08
Narrator: The elk and grizzly bears that survived