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The American Buffalo

Spanish conquistadorshad used horses to great effect in battles with Native people, who...

Narrator: Spanish conquistadors
had used horses to great effect in battles with Native people, who had never seen
such animals before

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Narrator: Spanish conquistadors had used horses to great effect
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in battles with Native people,
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who had never seen such animals before.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:38
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 • E01 But in 1680, the Pueblo tribes had risen up in revolt - The American Buffalo 00:10
But in 1680, the Pueblo tribes had risen up in revolt
S01 • E01 Their horse herds remained and flourished. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Their horse herds remained and flourished.
S01 I mean, to me, one of the striking sort of summations of - The American Buffalo 00:09
I mean, to me, one of the striking sort of summations of
S01 • E01 In less than a century, the horse had spread - The American Buffalo 00:09
In less than a century, the horse had spread
S01 • E02 It was all part of a much larger pattern of destruction - The American Buffalo 00:10
It was all part of a much larger pattern of destruction
S01 • E01 Momaday: The coming of the horse brought about - The American Buffalo 00:06
Momaday: The coming of the horse brought about
S01 • E02 "Here," Hornaday wrote, "is an inexorable law of Nature - The American Buffalo 00:33
"Here," Hornaday wrote, "is an inexorable law...
S01 They could not survive 400 years of our presence here. - The American Buffalo 00:07
They could not survive 400 years of our presence here.
S01 • E01 Suddenly, it was magic and indispensable, - The American Buffalo 00:10
Suddenly, it was magic and indispensable,
S01 And bison, which had been here for at least 150,000 and - The American Buffalo 00:17
And bison, which had been here for at least 150,000 and
S01 • E01 And with horses, not dogs, - The American Buffalo 00:13
And with horses, not dogs,
S01 We managed to shrink them from at least 30 million animals - The American Buffalo 00:22
We managed to shrink them from at least 30 million animals
S01 • E02 Hornaday's idea was that if we're going to conserve - The American Buffalo 00:10
Hornaday's idea was that if we're going to conserv...
S01 • E01 Some tribes left their permanent villages - The American Buffalo 00:13
Some tribes left their permanent villages
S01 • E02 Narrator: Hornaday sarcastically noted - The American Buffalo 00:19
Narrator: Hornaday sarcastically noted
S01 So, it's a, it's a story that I think we've - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, it's a, it's a story that I think we've
S01 • E01 [Horse neighing] - The American Buffalo 00:24
[Horse neighing]
S01 WOODRUFF: And Jason, how do you come at this question of why - The American Buffalo 00:09
WOODRUFF: And Jason, how do you come at this question of why
S01 BALDES: I think it's a notion of exploitation. - The American Buffalo 00:05
BALDES: I think it's a notion of exploitation.
S01 As others have mentioned, - The American Buffalo 00:08
As others have mentioned,