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The American Buffalo

Soon, 5,000 hide hunters and skinners were spillingover the plains, from the Yellowstone...

Soon, 5,000 hide hunters and skinners were spilling
over the plains, from the Yellowstone River
to the Upper Missouri, where they set up what
one army lieutenant called "a cordon of camps,
blocking the great ranges "and rendering it impossible for scarcely
a single bison to escape." [Gunshot] The killing commenced all over again

Full Transcript

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Soon, 5,000 hide hunters
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and skinners were spilling over the plains,
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from the Yellowstone River to the Upper Missouri,
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where they set up what one army lieutenant called
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"a cordon of camps, blocking the great ranges
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"and rendering it impossible
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for scarcely a single bison to escape."
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[Gunshot]
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The killing commenced
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all over again.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:39:57
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 [Gunshot] Poachers went to work, - The American Buffalo 00:07
[Gunshot] Poachers went to work,
S01 • E02 Within the next 6 years, - The American Buffalo 00:15
Within the next 6 years,
S01 • E01 ["Wagoner's Lad" by Jacqueline Schwab playing] - The American Buffalo 00:20
["Wagoner's Lad" by Jacqueline Schwab playing...
S01 • E02 At Fort Niobrara in Nebraska. - The American Buffalo 00:05
At Fort Niobrara in Nebraska.
S01 • E02 Even one in a national forest - The American Buffalo 00:06
Even one in a national forest
S01 • E02 In the Texas Panhandle, Molly and Charles Goodnight - The American Buffalo 00:11
In the Texas Panhandle, Molly and Charles Goodnight
S01 • E01 During the hide-hunting - The American Buffalo 00:28
During the hide-hunting
S01 • E02 Legislation to create it was introduced in Congress 3 times. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Legislation to create it was introduced in Congress 3 times.
S01 • E02 Each time, the bill was turned down, - The American Buffalo 00:11
Each time, the bill was turned down,
S01 • E02 Over time, the old Indian fighter Charlie Goodnight - The American Buffalo 00:22
Over time, the old Indian fighter Charlie Goodnight
S01 • E01 Man as Grinnell: Up to within a few years ago, - The American Buffalo 00:10
Man as Grinnell: Up to within a few years ago,
S01 • E01 The progress of the Northern Pacific Railroad, - The American Buffalo 00:09
The progress of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
S01 • E01 The buffalo will disappear - The American Buffalo 00:09
The buffalo will disappear
S01 • E02 In thanks, Quanah presented Goodnight with a lance - The American Buffalo 00:12
In thanks, Quanah presented Goodnight with a lance
S01 • E01 [Buffalo grunts] - The American Buffalo 00:20
[Buffalo grunts]
S01 • E02 In 1911, he wrote to Goodnight saying - The American Buffalo 00:18
In 1911, he wrote to Goodnight saying
S01 • E01 But it was so much in front of them, what was happening, - The American Buffalo 00:09
But it was so much in front of them, what was happening,
S01 • E01 It became more and more difficult to find buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:07
It became more and more difficult to find buffalo,
S01 • E02 He died a month later-- - The American Buffalo 00:09
He died a month later--
S01 • E01 Weird things began to happen, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Weird things began to happen,