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From the ashes of the Civil War,
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a new breed of American emerges,
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determined to grab a piece
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of the nation's untamed frontier.
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Life was tough
certainly after the Civil War.
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And you had this vast continent
that was unexplored.
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And I think that fostered
a big migration to the West.
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Over the course of 30 years,
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more than 430 million acres of land
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will be settled.
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But as the US governmentpushes the nation west,
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former Confederateshell-bent on taking back
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what they lost become outlaws...
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We intend to rob
this here bank.
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Who's the cashier?
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Threatening to reignite the Civil War.
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In that day, you had to be
somewhat of a bad guy to survive.
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They were all tough
and nobody lived very long.
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On the plains, war breaks out
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as tribes of warriors band together
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to protect their way of life.
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We deploy Custer
and 1,200 men to track down
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whatever remains of Crazy Horse
and Sitting Bull's war party.
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If necessary, wipe them out.
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This is the story
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of an age of violencelike no other,
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a time when blood is shedand battles fought
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by ordinary menwho become legends...
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as they fight to determinethe fate of the country.
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The West shaped thiscountry in ways
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that people either don't acknowledge
or have taken for granted
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or have simply forgotten.
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The West was true freedom.
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It was such a defining
characteristic of America.
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This is "The American West."
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You go to hell.
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You first.
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The story of the West begins at the end
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of the Civil War...
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where a young man named Jesse James
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is a soldier in a fringe military group
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known as Quantrill's Raiders.
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Quantrill's Raiderswere guerilla fighters
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fighting for the South.
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They didn't necessarily fightin traditional ways,
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and the way they fought could often
be very savage, very violent,
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and their targets could be
civilians as well as military.
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We got to go! We got to go!
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There they go! Come on!
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Get him!
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- Can you run?
- No.
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In the spring of 1865,
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Jesse James is shotand captured
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by the Union Army.
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Now, say it.
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I solemnly swear...
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That I will bear
the true allegiance
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of the United States.
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Say it.
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I will bear true allegiance
to the United States.
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And discourage...
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Jesse James is forcedto pledge allegiance
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to the Union.
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Before he's released,the Confederacy surrenders
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and after four yearsof bloody fighting,
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the Civil War comes to an end.
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After survivinga near fatal wound,
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Jesse James returns hometo Missouri
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only to find deathand destruction all around.
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After the Civil War,
the South was hellacious.
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It had been ruined.
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And there was a great deal
of resentment
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of northern authority,
of federal authority.
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There were a lot of peoplewho were mentally unbalanced
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by that war,by the brutality of it.
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In the border stateof Missouri,
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the fighting has beenespecially brutal.
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Missouri is one of the states
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that stuck with the Unionduring the Civil War,
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but had large sectors
of the population
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that wanted to go with
the South in the first place.
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So you had Missouriansfighting Missourians.
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It's in thisincredibly volatile,
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literally brother
against brother world
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that we get Jesse James.
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Jesse soon discoversthat the war
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has not only torn aparthis homeland,
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it's left his familywith nothing.
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You look good, Frank.
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You look like shit.
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I bet you gave them Union boys
hell, though, didn't you?
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It's just real nice to be home.
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Mom, I promise you,
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we're gonna get backon our feet.
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Me and Frank
will figure out something.
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Jesse and his brother Frank
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grew up in rural Missouri.
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Their father had gone off
to the gold fields
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during the Gold Rush
and had died there.
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Jesse's mother, Zerelda James,was a single parent,
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and I think that created
a very, very strong bond
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between her and her children.
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Still reeling fromhis time in battle,
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Jesse knows he has to find a
way to provide for his family.
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So he comes up with a plan.
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He forms a gang...
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and begins stealing.
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When you think of Jesse Jamesand those families,
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they have been strippedof everything, they felt,
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after the Civil War
and they were gonna come
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and take what they thought
was owed to them.
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Come here, come here. Let's go.
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Here, take this.
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Go, go, go!
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But the Union Armyquickly cracks down.
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Jesse.
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Cover that up.
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How you doing?
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What's in the crates?
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Food,
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various sundries.
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Got some sweet corn.
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- You boys hungry?
- Want some water.
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We don't take orders
from northern... Frank!
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We got water.
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Fresh out of the creek.
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Tastes like shit.
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Yeah, well, I guess
we're used to it.
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Search the house. Take it all.
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Yes, sir.
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Fed up withthe North's presence,
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Jesse James is determinedto fight back.
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Jesse James could notadjust to peacetime.
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He was strongly opposed to
what was going on in the South
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and in fact viewed the army after the
end of the war as being oppressive.
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- As attacks from- Confederates like Jesse
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escalate around the South,
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news travels over1,000 miles to the east
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to the nation's capital.
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These just came in.
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You're dismissed.
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The man who has to dealwith the growing unrest
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in the South is the same man
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who recently claimed victoryover the Confederacy...
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commanding generalof the US Army.
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Ulysses S. Grant.
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When the Civil War began,
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Grant was considered by manyto be a failure,
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a drunk with no futurein the military.
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But after a seriesof Union generals
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were unable to secure victoryfor the North,
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Abraham Lincoln promoted Grantto lead the US Army,
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and he rose to the task.
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General Grant is oneof the true military geniuses.
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He saw the objective and he knew
what needed to be done.
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With tensions risingin the former Confederacy,
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Grant is forced to dealwith the South once again.
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When Grant took controlof the army,
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he had to deal with leftover
matters from the Civil War.
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Grant understood that there
was a feeling in the South
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that this defeat was something
that still might be resisted.
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And Grant had to attend to that.
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Grant knows he can't let
rebels like Jesse James
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reignite the war.
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So he sends more US troops
south to maintain order
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and institutesstrict martial law.
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Just over a year since
the end of the Civil War,
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it's North versus South again.
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With former Confederatesoldiers like Jesse James
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lashing out against northern
authority in the South...
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General Ulysses S. Grantsends armed troops
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to enforce order.
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During the immediateaftermath of the Civil War,
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military government
martial law was imposed
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and Union soldiers were in
occupation of much of the South.
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Southerners generallyresisted this.
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It was, from their perspective,
a continuation of the Civil War
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in which northerners
imposed their will,
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imposed their ways
on the South.
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But the increasedmilitary presence
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only makes things worse.
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Jesse James and otherex-Confederates like him
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begin rioting.
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With the Civil War on the vergeof starting up again,
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Grant knows a new strategyis needed to heal the nation.
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So he and the US government
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look to a plan laid outby the man who led the country
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during the Civil War... Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln knew that the keyto healing the country
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would be to giveall Americans the promise
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of a new start in the West.
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The value of goinginto uncharted territory,
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there's a chance for enterprise
and development
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and a chance for people
to grow and to succeed
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in ways they couldn'tin the overdeveloped East.
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And also, I think,just the excitement
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and the challengeof uncharted territory...
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that's a little bitof the American way.
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From the Missouri River
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to the coast of California,
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the frontier is nearly500 million square miles
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of wide-open land.
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You have the Pacific Oceanon one end,
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and you have the Atlantic Ocean
on the other end,
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and all the vast land
in between that.
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It's the whole ideaof looking for opportunity,
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looking for another life.
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The challenge is figuring out
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how to get people to the
West as quickly as possible.
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And Grant knows the answer.
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The same way he was ableto rapidly move Union troops
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during the Civil War.
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Whoa, hold up on that sleeper.
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Get to work.
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The rail roads.
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Hold up on that...
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To promote construction,
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the government makesthe rail road companies
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an unprecedented offer...
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millions of acres of free land.
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For every mile of track
that a rail road would build,
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Congress would providethe company with land
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on either side of the track.
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The land grantsthat Congress provides
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really is the sweetheart
deal of the century.
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175 million acres
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are givento the rail road companies...
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more land than the entire state of Texas.
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The rail roads then take
the land they got for free
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and sell it to the settlers...
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using a massive advertising campaign
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that promotes the Westas an uninhabited paradise.
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People were lured by this
fantastic sense of opportunity.
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You can be a poor immigrantand all of a sudden
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there's an opportunity that you can
get 50 acres and start a life.
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That's like winning
the lottery back then.
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I mean, it was amazing.
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But as Americans begin to headwest by the thousands...
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they're pushing into landthat's already occupied
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by a people determinedto defend it.
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As rail roads expand west,
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hopeful new settlerspush into territory
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that's been occupiedfor thousands of years.
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At the end of the last Ice Age,
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nomadic huntersmigrated into the Americas
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across a land bridge that once
connected Siberia to Alaska.
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By 1865,
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300,000 Native Americansare living in the West.
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The most numerous and powerfulpeople on the plains
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are the Lakota Sioux.
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But now their homelandsare being invaded.
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For the Lakota people,
1865 is a major turning point.
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With the rail roads coming west,
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there is literallyand figuratively
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a freight traincoming right at them.
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Standing in the pathof the invasion
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is a fearless young warrior.
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His name is Crazy Horse.
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Crazy Horse was a verytalented military leader
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who was the chief lieutenant
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of the Sioux in the northernGreat Plains.
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The land is sacredto the Lakota
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and Crazy Horse feelsit's his duty to defend it.
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Native Americans,when they saw the rail road,
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they knew that therewas now a vehicle
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to invade them with
and it was protected by steel.
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And it was fast.
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In 1866, Crazy Horse takes part
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in a bloody campaign throughout
the Wyoming territory.
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Sioux in the northern
Great Plains
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are fighting against the settlers
who are moving into that area.
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And they're winning.
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In the span of six months,
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dozens of settlers are killed
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and movement throughthe territory is restricted.
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News of the violence makesits way to Washington, DC...
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where it's received by the man
overseeing troops in the West,
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famed Civil War generalWilliam Tecumseh Sherman.
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I just received word
from the Dakota territories.
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Another six men have
been killed in a raid.
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General Grant knows
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he can't let chaoson the frontier
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threaten the government's planof unifying the country,
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so he orders Shermanto use military force.
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In late 1866,
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nearly 1,000 soldierspour into Sioux territory.
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Crazy Horse knowsit's up to him
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to defend his landand his people
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against an enemywith superior firepower.
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But he's confidenthe'll prevail,
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thanks to a powerful visionhe had in his youth.
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Crazy Horse, as a young man,had a vision.
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And in this vision he sees
that whenever he's in battle,
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he's very safe from the enemy and
the enemy can never hurt him.
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And in essencehe could be protected
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from anything that the enemy
might do to him.
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Emboldened by his vision,
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Crazy Horse sets in motiona daring plan.
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Several Lakota are setto decoy the US Army,
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and one of these peopleis Crazy Horse.
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It's obviously a very risky
position to be in
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because you're putting yourself
very close to the US Army.
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Crazy Horse lures the soldiers
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away from the protectionof their forts
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into an open territory.
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Once he has them in position,
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Crazy Horse begins his assault.
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Ready!
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He charges alone...
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Aim!
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Directly intotheir line of fine.
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Fire at will!
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It's a tactic knownas riding the brave line.
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And it exposes the soldiers'greatest weakness.
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Reload!
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On December 21, 1866,
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Crazy Horse claimsone of his greatest victories...
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killing nearly100 US soldiers...
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in what becomes known
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as the Battleof a Hundred Slain.
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Now, in addition to trying to
contain the southern rebellion,
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Grant must dealwith an Indian war
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that's beginningto rage out West,
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threatening the futureof the nation.
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After Crazy Horse and his men
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kill nearly 100 US soldiersin a single battle,
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news travels backto Washington.
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Incompetence.
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These savages, they don't
fight the way we do.
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- Commanding general- Ulysses S. Grant
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is not only facinguprisings in the South,
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but a new war in the West.
333
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Grant realizes the only wayto defeat the Indians
334
00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:15,291
is to send his best commanderfrom the Civil War...
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a man stationed 2,000 milesaway in Texas
336
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who's famousfor both his victories
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and his unconventionalcommanding style.
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His name isGeorge Armstrong Custer.
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George Armstrong Custerwas very flamboyant.
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He had flowing blond hair.
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00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:52,958
Some say he curled it himself.
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00:27:52,959 --> 00:27:56,040
He wore a signature costume,
if you will,
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that he called a uniform.
344
00:28:01,125 --> 00:28:04,833
He had a red handkerchief,shiny boots,
345
00:28:04,834 --> 00:28:06,333
and a broad-rimmed hat.
346
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And he just showed himself
to be superior to others.
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00:28:23,250 --> 00:28:26,874
Where did you acquire that
insignia on your uniform, soldier?
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West Point, sir.
Fourth in my class.
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Fourth in your class?
350
00:28:33,917 --> 00:28:37,917
Gentlemen, we have
a celebrity in our midst.
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Do you know what position
I graduated?
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00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:45,165
Last.
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And yet here I stand
commanding you.
354
00:28:50,166 --> 00:28:53,208
Why is there a buttonmissing from your coat?
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You're a disgrace
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00:29:00,250 --> 00:29:02,332
to that insignia.
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00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:05,249
You are a disgrace to my unit.
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00:29:05,250 --> 00:29:10,166
And you are a disgrace to every
man who ever wore that uniform.
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One month laundry duty.
360
00:29:20,166 --> 00:29:22,166
Make it the end of the year.
361
00:29:30,333 --> 00:29:34,374
Though Custer is notthe army's most beloved leader,
362
00:29:34,375 --> 00:29:37,000
he is respectedfor the killer instincts
363
00:29:37,001 --> 00:29:39,041
he showed during the Civil War.
364
00:29:43,208 --> 00:29:45,082
Cover their left flank!
365
00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:46,958
It was his daring charge
366
00:29:46,959 --> 00:29:49,333
that contributedto Robert E. Lee's surrender.
367
00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:53,290
Lieutenant, why are you
falling back?
368
00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:56,083
You breach their front
lines and you push.
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00:29:59,458 --> 00:30:01,332
A lot of people laughed at him,
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00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:03,124
but not in battle.
371
00:30:03,125 --> 00:30:06,000
He was a hell of a soldier.
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00:30:06,001 --> 00:30:08,332
Tremendous courage.
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00:30:08,333 --> 00:30:11,000
The thing that scaredpeople half to death
374
00:30:11,001 --> 00:30:12,457
was being assigned to him
375
00:30:12,458 --> 00:30:15,291
'cause you were gonna be
in the middle of everything.
376
00:30:22,458 --> 00:30:25,124
But since the Civil War ended,
377
00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:28,290
Custer has been relegatedto overseeing border patrol
378
00:30:28,291 --> 00:30:30,457
at a remote post.
379
00:30:30,458 --> 00:30:32,374
Custer was sent into exile.
380
00:30:32,375 --> 00:30:35,457
He brooded over this,of course.
381
00:30:35,458 --> 00:30:39,041
And he knew that he neededto get back into action.
382
00:30:44,001 --> 00:30:45,250
Sir.
383
00:31:11,417 --> 00:31:13,999
Grant gives him the opportunity
384
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he's been waiting for.
385
00:31:19,291 --> 00:31:22,290
Custer got commandof the 7th Cavalry,
386
00:31:22,291 --> 00:31:26,040
which was going to be
the crack elite unit
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00:31:26,041 --> 00:31:28,291
for Indian fighting
in the West.
388
00:31:31,417 --> 00:31:34,165
George Custerfinally has his chance
389
00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:37,374
to step backinto the limelight.
390
00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:40,332
And it's an assignmentthat will change the course
391
00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:42,417
of American history.
392
00:31:50,458 --> 00:31:53,457
In the years followingthe Civil War,
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00:31:53,458 --> 00:31:56,374
former Confederate soldierJesse James
394
00:31:56,375 --> 00:31:58,541
has been leadingan uprising in Missouri.
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00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:01,332
All right, boys, I'll tell
you what's going to happen.
396
00:32:01,333 --> 00:32:03,500
Me, Charlie, and Frankwill head inside.
397
00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:12,375
Get around that counter,
easy money.
398
00:32:17,208 --> 00:32:20,291
Until now, Jesse's crimeshave been small.
399
00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:26,458
But as the North's postwar
domination of the South continues...
400
00:32:29,166 --> 00:32:31,250
Jesse is startingto think bigger.
401
00:32:35,250 --> 00:32:39,582
He decides that the best way to
express his hatred for the North
402
00:32:39,583 --> 00:32:42,250
is to go after their wealth.
403
00:32:46,333 --> 00:32:49,582
In the first 80 yearsof America's existence,
404
00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:52,542
there was not a singlearmed bank robbery.
405
00:32:54,250 --> 00:32:58,249
So at the time,banks have minimal security.
406
00:32:58,250 --> 00:33:00,208
And even in the South,
407
00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:02,333
they hold mostlynorthern money.
408
00:33:04,458 --> 00:33:07,667
Rob a bank and you're
stealing northern wealth.
409
00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:14,416
Jesse James wanted the money,
410
00:33:14,417 --> 00:33:17,416
but he had a real statementhe was trying to make
411
00:33:17,417 --> 00:33:20,625
that was as much political
as it was about robbing banks.
412
00:34:07,667 --> 00:34:09,417
Go.
413
00:34:16,583 --> 00:34:18,749
Everything in your vault.
414
00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:20,666
Open the vault.
415
00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:22,708
Move.
416
00:34:22,709 --> 00:34:25,458
- Open the vault.
- Hold on, hold on.
417
00:34:31,667 --> 00:34:33,667
In the corner now.
418
00:34:38,291 --> 00:34:39,834
I know you.
419
00:34:41,625 --> 00:34:43,290
Where'd you fight?
420
00:34:43,291 --> 00:34:45,541
- I didn't.
- You did.
421
00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:47,541
You fought for the Union,
didn't you?
422
00:34:47,542 --> 00:34:49,541
No.
423
00:34:49,542 --> 00:34:54,332
Let's open the vault,
be on our way.
424
00:34:54,333 --> 00:34:56,332
- You fought at Richmond.
- No, I didn't.
425
00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:58,583
- Don't you shake your head at me.
- Jesse.
426
00:35:02,458 --> 00:35:04,667
You're the man who shot
Bill Anderson.
427
00:35:06,458 --> 00:35:08,541
The Civil War made Jesse James.
428
00:35:08,542 --> 00:35:11,457
He killed men,he saw men killed.
429
00:35:11,458 --> 00:35:16,708
Seeing death every day changes
the way you look at life.
430
00:35:16,709 --> 00:35:19,332
Jesse mistook the teller
431
00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:22,624
for the murderer of his
leader during the Civil War.
432
00:35:22,625 --> 00:35:24,834
I found you,
you son of a bitch.
433
00:35:30,333 --> 00:35:31,750
We still need him
to open the vault.
434
00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:38,333
Bill Anderson was my friend.
435
00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:42,542
God damn it, Jesse.
On the floor!
436
00:35:46,542 --> 00:35:48,374
Come on, Jesse, we got to go.
437
00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:49,792
Come on, now! Come on.
438
00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,332
That revolver shot
439
00:35:53,333 --> 00:35:54,750
is somewhat of a release.
440
00:35:56,834 --> 00:35:59,374
When Jesse fires that gun,
441
00:35:59,375 --> 00:36:03,541
there's a welled-up bitterness
that's been boiling for years.
442
00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:06,834
He still has the memories he
witnessed personally during the war.
443
00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:08,792
Lots of his friendshave been killed.
444
00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:11,833
Jesse refused to forget.
445
00:36:11,834 --> 00:36:14,709
A lot of his makeupwas revenge.
446
00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:17,709
Come on, Jesse. We got to go.
447
00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:19,582
Jesse, come on. Come on, now.
448
00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:21,500
Get, boys, get.
449
00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:36,500
Come on.
450
00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:40,583
Come on.
451
00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:58,416
Jesse James has just pulled off
452
00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:00,666
one of the firstbank robberies in America,
453
00:37:00,667 --> 00:37:04,582
leaving one man deadand earning the ex-Confederate
454
00:37:04,583 --> 00:37:06,666
his first victoryagainst the North.
455
00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:08,833
A lot of the guys
who became outlaws,
456
00:37:08,834 --> 00:37:11,916
Jesse James and so forth, they were
all part of the Confederate Army.
457
00:37:11,917 --> 00:37:14,582
And when the Unionwon that war,
458
00:37:14,583 --> 00:37:16,582
robbing banks was their way
459
00:37:16,583 --> 00:37:19,874
of continuing the fight
of the Confederacy.
460
00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:22,791
The crime makes headlinesacross the state,
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00:37:22,792 --> 00:37:26,541
turning Jesseinto a wanted criminal.
462
00:37:26,542 --> 00:37:28,499
All right, it's on you, Frank.
463
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,457
There it is.
464
00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:34,749
It's a good day to be
Frank James, you know.
465
00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:37,666
Jesse James certainly hada very specific idea.
466
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:40,916
He was going to take the money that he felt
was taken from him during the Civil War.
467
00:37:40,917 --> 00:37:43,582
The press got wind of that.
468
00:37:43,583 --> 00:37:46,457
And once they started
reading their own stuff,
469
00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:48,624
they were, "Yeah, I'm right.
You know, I was questioning"
470
00:37:48,625 --> 00:37:51,458
whether or not I should have robbed
that bank, but now I know I'm right."
471
00:37:52,834 --> 00:37:54,916
With his reputation growing,
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00:37:54,917 --> 00:37:58,792
Jesse James is fanning the flames
of rebellion in the South.
473
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:04,499
Over 400 miles away,
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00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:07,582
the US government is dealingwith an even greater problem
475
00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:09,709
than southern uprisings...
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00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:15,708
as Indian attacksby warriors like Crazy Horse
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00:38:15,709 --> 00:38:18,001
are slowing downwestern progress.
478
00:38:22,959 --> 00:38:25,916
But General Ulysses S.
Grant has an answer...
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Civil War heroGeorge Armstrong Custer.
480
00:38:33,792 --> 00:38:37,959
Grant was quite happy
with the performance of Custer.
481
00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:43,708
Custer was one of the great
heroes during the Civil War.
482
00:38:43,709 --> 00:38:45,958
He was also willing to dowhatever was necessary
483
00:38:45,959 --> 00:38:48,792
to deal with the Indian issue
right now.
484
00:38:50,709 --> 00:38:52,749
For Custer,it's the opportunity
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00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:56,041
he's been waiting for to stepback into the spotlight.
486
00:39:02,667 --> 00:39:05,749
For months, Custer has beenhunting bands of Indians
487
00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:07,541
across the southern plains...
488
00:39:07,542 --> 00:39:09,958
Halt!
489
00:39:09,959 --> 00:39:12,625
But hasn't been ableto track them down.
490
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,833
I think Custer hadthe same ambitions
491
00:39:21,834 --> 00:39:24,791
that any long-term
military officer had.
492
00:39:24,792 --> 00:39:26,791
That was to advance in rank.
493
00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:30,916
Advance in rank and to
win laurels, win glory.
494
00:39:30,917 --> 00:39:34,791
That was hard to doin the post-Civil War West.
495
00:39:34,792 --> 00:39:37,000
I mean, you weren't meetinga foe that was lined up
496
00:39:37,001 --> 00:39:39,791
with 10,000 men
on the field of battle.
497
00:39:39,792 --> 00:39:42,708
You were meeting
a very elusive foe.
498
00:39:42,709 --> 00:39:45,874
So I think Custerwas frustrated often
499
00:39:45,875 --> 00:39:49,709
with what he wanted to do,and I think he wanted glory.
500
00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:58,750
Finally, Custercatches a break.
501
00:40:14,917 --> 00:40:18,916
His regiment discoversa band of Cheyenne Indians
502
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:20,916
camped near the Washita River
503
00:40:20,917 --> 00:40:24,834
suspected of attackingsettlers and troops.
504
00:40:26,041 --> 00:40:27,999
Get the men ready.
505
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,875
Half an hour.
506
00:40:30,917 --> 00:40:34,041
I want to hit them
with everything we've got.
507
00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:39,040
You have your orders.
508
00:40:39,041 --> 00:40:41,001
Yes, sir.
509
00:40:50,834 --> 00:40:53,749
Desperate for anotherchance at greatness,
510
00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:56,625
Custer preparesa surprise attack.
511
00:41:01,041 --> 00:41:04,083
- Custer is quite consciously,- I think, very aggressive
512
00:41:04,125 --> 00:41:06,708
in his war against Indians
513
00:41:06,709 --> 00:41:08,958
because he's really trying
to reclaim the glory
514
00:41:08,959 --> 00:41:10,791
that he experienced
during the Civil War
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00:41:10,792 --> 00:41:13,625
when he was this American hero.
516
00:41:24,125 --> 00:41:27,834
It's only been three yearssince the Civil War ended.
517
00:41:31,083 --> 00:41:34,750
But now with Custer riding
into a battle for glory...
518
00:41:38,709 --> 00:41:41,667
and Jesse James incitinga rebellion in the South...
519
00:41:43,917 --> 00:41:48,542
America is on the brinkof fighting a two-front war.43509
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