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"You're causing a lot
of misery, "which may just create
more violence "than solving the problem of violence
in the Great Plains." Narrator:
In early 1874, Congressman Greenbury
Lafayette Fort of Illinois proposed legislation
making it "unlawful "for any person
who is not an Indian "to kill, wound,
or in any way "destroy any female buffalo,
of any age, "found at large
within the boundaries of the Territories
of the United States." Reformers
like Representative Fort had been galvanized
by reports of the slaughter underway
on the southern Plains
of misery, "which may just create
more violence "than solving the problem of violence
in the Great Plains." Narrator:
In early 1874, Congressman Greenbury
Lafayette Fort of Illinois proposed legislation
making it "unlawful "for any person
who is not an Indian "to kill, wound,
or in any way "destroy any female buffalo,
of any age, "found at large
within the boundaries of the Territories
of the United States." Reformers
like Representative Fort had been galvanized
by reports of the slaughter underway
on the southern Plains
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"You're causing a lot
of misery,
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"which may just create
more violence
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"than solving the problem
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of violence
in the Great Plains."
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Narrator:
In early 1874,
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Congressman Greenbury
Lafayette Fort of Illinois
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proposed legislation
making it "unlawful
00:00:20.003 --> 00:00:22.967
"for any person
who is not an Indian
00:00:22.967 --> 00:00:25.008
"to kill, wound,
or in any way
00:00:25.008 --> 00:00:29.467
"destroy any female buffalo,
of any age,
00:00:29.467 --> 00:00:31.967
"found at large
within the boundaries
00:00:31.967 --> 00:00:35.006
of the Territories
of the United States."
00:00:35.006 --> 00:00:38.267
Reformers
like Representative Fort
00:00:38.267 --> 00:00:41.006
had been galvanized
by reports of the slaughter
00:00:41.006 --> 00:00:44.001
underway
on the southern Plains.
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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.
