and whereas once there had been 30 million bison moving across the plains, and you would have these stories of trains having to stop for four or five hours so that these thick, living rivers of the animals could pour over the tracks, now, by 1902, there were maybe less than 100 left in the wild.
En waar ooit 30 miljoen bizons hadden geleefd op de prairie, waardoor treinen soms vier tot vijf uur stilstonden omdat brede kuddes van die dieren het spoor overstaken, leefden er in 1902 misschien nog 100 in het wild.