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The American Buffalo

More thana million hides made their way East from the southern Plainsbefore the end of...

Narrator: More than
a million hides made their way East from the southern Plains
before the end of 1873.
[Dogs bark, cattle low] Even that number
did not account for the actual damage
to the bison

Full Transcript

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Narrator: More than a million hides made their way
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East from the southern Plains before the end
00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:09.005
of 1873. [Dogs bark, cattle low]
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Even that number did not account
00:00:11.008 --> 00:00:15.003
for the actual damage to the bison.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:46
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 Michel Pablo was born on the Blackfeet Reservation - The American Buffalo 00:10
Michel Pablo was born on the Blackfeet Reservation
S01 • E02 Pablo: My great-great- grandfather, Michel Pablo, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Pablo: My great-great- grandfather, Michel Pablo,
S01 • E01 If they shot the buffalo more than once, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If they shot the buffalo more than once,
S01 • E01 If the skinners were not good at their work, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If the skinners were not good at their work,
S01 • E01 If the hides were staked out and there was a rainstorm, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If the hides were staked out and there was a rainstorm,
S01 • E02 So, he was half Blackfeet, half Spaniard, or Mexican. - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, he was half Blackfeet, half Spaniard, or Mexican.
S01 • E01 Insects came along and chewed on the hides. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Insects came along and chewed on the hides.
S01 • E02 I mean, he saw the buffalo when there were lots of them. - The American Buffalo 00:05
I mean, he saw the buffalo when there were lots of them.
S01 • E01 So, by one estimate, it-- - The American Buffalo 00:14
So, by one estimate, it--
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Pablo-Allard herd flourished - The American Buffalo 00:11
Narrator: The Pablo-Allard herd flourished
S01 • E01 ["The Shores of Ogygia" by Bobby Horton playing] - The American Buffalo 00:10
["The Shores of Ogygia" by Bobby Horton playing]
S01 • E02 With 50 calves born each year, their herd kept expanding. - The American Buffalo 00:07
With 50 calves born each year, their herd kept expanding.
S01 • E02 When Allard died in 1896, his family began - The American Buffalo 00:10
When Allard died in 1896, his family began
S01 • E01 [Calf crying] - The American Buffalo 00:07
[Calf crying]
S01 • E02 But Pablo stayed put-- and his buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:08
But Pablo stayed put-- and his buffalo
S01 • E01 If you shoot the mother of a calf, - The American Buffalo 00:07
If you shoot the mother of a calf,
S01 • E01 But those calves, - The American Buffalo 00:08
But those calves,
S01 • E02 He...he knew we needed the buffalo - The American Buffalo 00:11
He...he knew we needed the buffalo
S01 • E01 They don't survive if they don't have their mother. - The American Buffalo 00:07
They don't survive if they don't have their mother...
S01 • E01 It was a ugly, ugly business. - The American Buffalo 00:05
It was a ugly, ugly business.