To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Please log in to add to collections.
The American Buffalo

"So long as there isbuffalo meat, I do not wish anything else." Narcissa Whitman

"So long as there is
buffalo meat, I do not wish anything else." Narcissa Whitman

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.533
"So long as there is buffalo meat,
00:00:03.533 --> 00:00:06.007
I do not wish anything else."
00:00:06.007 --> 00:00:09.333
Narcissa Whitman.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:50
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 WOODRUFF: And so, at some point, - The American Buffalo 00:06
WOODRUFF: And so, at some point,
S01 Roz, I want to ask you, - The American Buffalo 00:19
Roz, I want to ask you,
S01 • E01 Narrator: In 1836, Narcissa Whitman was headed - The American Buffalo 00:14
Narrator: In 1836, Narcissa Whitman was headed
S01 • E02 The game on which he lived has been destroyed; - The American Buffalo 00:23
The game on which he lived has been destroyed;
S01 • E01 Other Americans were heading to Oregon to establish farms; - The American Buffalo 00:12
Other Americans were heading to Oregon to establish farms;
S01 LaPIER: Yeah, I mean, it really was this early kind of - The American Buffalo 00:15
LaPIER: Yeah, I mean, it really was this early kind of
S01 • E01 The Mormons went to Utah - The American Buffalo 00:08
The Mormons went to Utah
S01 • E01 On the way, their leaders used bleached buffalo skulls - The American Buffalo 00:14
On the way, their leaders used bleached buffalo skulls
S01 You know, there's this story of people from the East Coast who - The American Buffalo 00:20
You know, there's this story of people from the East Co...
S01 • E01 Aristocrats from Europe were also showing up. - The American Buffalo 00:06
Aristocrats from Europe were also showing up.
S01 • E01 Sir William Drummond Stewart of Scotland - The American Buffalo 00:12
Sir William Drummond Stewart of Scotland
S01 At the same time period, - The American Buffalo 00:08
At the same time period,
S01 • E02 Indian nations that had gone to war - The American Buffalo 00:12
Indian nations that had gone to war
S01 • E01 Prince Maximilian of Wied, a German ethnographer, - The American Buffalo 00:16
Prince Maximilian of Wied, a German ethnographer,
S01 They're transitioning from living, - The American Buffalo 00:23
They're transitioning from living,
S01 • E02 So were tribes that had always remained peaceful. - The American Buffalo 00:06
So were tribes that had always remained peaceful.
S01 • E01 But Sir St. George Gore of Ireland came merely to hunt. - The American Buffalo 00:07
But Sir St. George Gore of Ireland came merely to hunt.
S01 • E02 Under law, Native Americans were not considered - The American Buffalo 00:13
Under law, Native Americans were not considered
S01 • E01 His extravagant expedition - The American Buffalo 00:09
His extravagant expedition
S01 One of the things that I learned from looking at the - The American Buffalo 00:29
One of the things that I learned from looking at the