Don't know if someone already posted on this .....
In 'Dances With Wolves', Kostner is waving around his Henry, dropping great shaggies while the mag follower is down at the bottom of the tube - empty! First thing I noticed.
As a 44-40 Uberti Henry shooter, I have reservations about shooting puny pistol loads at a bison. I have baby sat a friend's buffalo ranch on a few occasions. They got to know me and were relaxed with me. One time I walked into their midst when the calves were their odd orange colour and they were in a dust wallow, rubbing off their winter coats.
I was surrounded and my Henry slung on my shoulder seemed awfully small. The bulls remembered me and didn't regard me as a threat, but the greater danger was from the cows protecting their calves. They eyed me up pretty closely and I was a little nervous for a bit.
Another time, I was baby sitting them over Xmas/New Year and they took off on a 'walk-about' as they are wont to do. I kept tabs on them (to record the damage they did) and they split into two groups. I lost one group in the fresh falling snow and was about to quit when I checked a likely spot. Sure enough, they were bedded down, covered over and stood up one by one, shaking the snow off.
I was surrounded again. I backed off and threw down some hay from my truck and had to walk through them to get in. They were too busy to pay me any attention. Sorry - got carried away with the memory .....