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NARRATOR: IN HIS FIRST YEAR
AS A TRAPPER,
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MOUNTAIN MAN JAMES CLYMAN
HAS SURVIVED ONE ORDEAL...
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[SHOUTING]
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...AFTER ANOTHER.
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[WHOOPING]
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BUT NOW AFTER GETTING SEPARATED
FROM HIS TRAPPING BRIGADE,
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CLYMAN UNDERTAKES A HARROWING
600-MILE JOURNEY
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OUT OF THE WILDERNESS
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THAT WILL PUSH HIM TO THE BRINK
OF STARVATION AND DEATH.
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♪ ♪
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THE SIGHT OF A PAWNEE VILLAGE
PRESENTS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION.
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[PANTING]
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HE CAN ASK FOR HELP AND RISK
A PAINFUL DEATH...
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[PANTING]
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OR REMAIN AT THE MERCY OF A
PUNISHING WILDERNESS
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THAT SEEMS DETERMINED
TO KILL HIM SLOWLY.
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[EXHALES]
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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[WHOOPING]
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WITH HIS FATE IN THE HANDS OF
THE MISTRUSTFUL PAWNEE,
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JAMES CLYMAN CAN ONLY HOPE THAT
A SHOW OF COURAGE AND RESOLVE
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WILL PREVENT A SLOW
AND AGONIZING DEATH.
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THEN DO IT!
I'M READY FOR DEATH!
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR: A SKILLED TRAPPER,
SCOUT, SOLDIER, AND GUIDE,
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JAMES CLYMAN MAY BE THE MOST
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UNDERRATED FRONTIERSMAN
OF HIS TIME,
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WITH A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
THAT RIVAL
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HIS MORE FAMOUS
CONTEMPORARIES.
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ANDREW NELSON: JAMES CLYMAN WAS
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A FIRSTHAND WITNESS TO SOME OF
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THE SEMINAL EVENTS IN THE
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HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN
FRONTIER.
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♪ ♪
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JIM CORNELIUS: HE WAS NOT
A HELL-RAISER OR A WILD FELLOW
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LIKE SOME OF HIS COMPATRIOTS
WERE.
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IT JUST SEEMS THAT HE SURVIVED
ON PURE WILL AND PURE GRIT.
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JIM HARDEE: CLYMAN HAS BEEN
AROUND THE BLOCK,
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AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW
HIS STORY,
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YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
MISSING.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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ANDREW NELSON: CLYMAN WAS BORN
IN 1792,
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ON A FARM THAT HIS FATHER LEASED
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FROM NONE OTHER THAN
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
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MICHAEL WHELAN: AS A BOY,
HE LEARNED TO HUNT AND TRAP.
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HE LEARNED THE FRONTIER WAY.
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HE LEARNED HOW TO DO FARMING.
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HE LEARNED ALL THE BASICS THAT
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YOU NEED TO BE A MOUNTAIN MAN.
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NARRATOR: AND LIKE SO MANY
YOUNG MEN OF HIS TIME,
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AS SOON AS HE WAS OLD ENOUGH,
HE HEADED WEST
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TO FIND HIS FORTUNE.
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JIM HARDEE: WELL THE FUR TRADE
IS REALLY TAKING OFF,
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AND IF YOU NEEDED A JOB, YOU
COULD GO TO ST. LOUIS
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AND THERE ARE COMPANIES HIRING
GUYS RIGHT AND LEFT.
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NARRATOR: CLYMAN ARRIVES IN ST.
LOUIS JUST IN TIME TO JOIN
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ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
EXPEDITIONS OF THE FRONTIER ERA.
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WILLIAM ASHLEY WAS A SUCCESSFUL
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MISSOURI BUSINESSMAN AND
POLITICIAN
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WHO SOUGHT TO REIGNITE
THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE
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BY ENLISTING A HUNDRED
ENTERPRISING MEN TO ASCEND
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THE RIVER MISSOURI
TO ITS SOURCE.
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ASHLEY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
RECOGNIZES THAT CLYMAN IS A MAN
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OF INTELLIGENCE AND GREAT
ABILITY SO HE ENLISTS CLYMAN
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TO HELP RECRUIT THAT GROUP OF
ONE HUNDRED MEN.
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JIM CLYMAN: GLAD TO HAVE YOU,
HARPER.
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I'LL SEE YOU AT THE LANDING
WHERE YOU'LL RECEIVE YOUR
OUTFIT.
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NARRATOR: CLYMAN TURNS OUT TO BE
A SKILLED RECRUITER,
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QUICKLY HELPING ENLIST THE MEN
WHO BECOME
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KNOWN AS
"ASHLEY'S HUNDRED."
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I THINK THEY WERE DESPERATE TO
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GET JUST ABOUT ANY MAN THAT
THEY COULD GET.
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THEY COULDN'T BE TOO OLD,
THEY COULDN'T BE TOO YOUNG,
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THEY COULDN'T BE SICK,
BUT I THINK BEYOND
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THAT THEY WOULD SIGN YOU UP.
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JIM CLYMAN: WE NEED MEN OF
GOOD CHARACTER...
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RESILIENT... HEARTY...
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WE'LL BE ONE HUNDRED
MEN STRONG.
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ASHLEY IS LEADING US TO
TERRITORY
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THAT'S NEVER BEEN TRAPPED.
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SO MANY BEAVER THEY'RE
PRACTICALLY
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JUMPING INTO YOUR BOAT.
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AND WHEN OUR FURS START
FLOWING DOWN THE MISSOURI,
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EVERY MAN STILL COOLING HIS
HEELS HERE IN ST. LOUIS
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WILL REGRET THEY STAYED BEHIND.
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YOU MARK MY WORDS.
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I'LL NEED TO SEE YOUR TERMS.
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OF COURSE!
RIGHT THIS WAY, MISTER...?
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REED GIBSON.
UH, FOLKS CALL ME "GIB."
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THEN LET'S STEP ON IN, GIB, AND
HAVE SOME COFFEE
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WHILE WE LOOK OVER THE TERMS.
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NARRATOR: AND THOUGH HE DOESN'T
KNOW IT YET,
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THESE MEN WILL PLAY PIVOTAL
ROLES IN THE
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GREATEST ADVENTURE OF CLYMAN'S
LIFE.
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TRAVELING BY KEELBOAT HUNDREDS
OF MILES UP THE MISSOURI RIVER
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WITH ASHLEY'S EXPEDITION,
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CLYMAN REACHES AN IMPORTANT
WAYPOINT...
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THE VILLAGES OF
THE ARIKARA TRIBE.
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JAMES AULD: BY THE TIME THEY
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ARRIVED IN 1823, THERE HAD
RECENTLY BEEN
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SOME BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THE
ARIKARAS
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AND THE SIOUX AND SOME OTHER
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TRIBES ALONG THE MISSOURI.
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[SPEAKING ARIKARA]
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ANDREW NELSON: ASHLEY'S COMPANY
AREN'T QUITE
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SURE WHAT TO EXPECT,
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BUT THEY HAVE NO CHOICE;
THEY NEED HORSES.
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR: HORSES ARE A KEY
COMPONENT OF ASHLEY'S VENTURE
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THAT WILL ENABLE HIM TO SEND
TRAPPING PARTIES OVERLAND.
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BUT THE ARIKARA HAD SOMETHING OF
A CHECKERED HISTORY
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WITH MEMBERS OF
WHITE CIVILIZATION.
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MUSKET BALL. POWDER.
NO GUN.
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NARRATOR: AFTER SEVERAL
DAYS OF TRADING,
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JAMES CLYMAN AND HIS FRIEND
REED GIBSON ARE GETTING
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UNEASY ABOUT THEIR ARIKARA
HOSTS.
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REED: THEY'VE BEEN
BACK AND FORTH FOR DAYS.
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I DON'T LIKE IT.
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JIM: EASY, GIBSON.
DON'T GET JUMPY.
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WE AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL
THE GENERAL SECURES SOME HORSES.
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WANT TRADE.
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ME? I TAKE THE RIVER OVER SOME
PESKY NAG EVERY TIME.
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I'D WAGER THE PONIES WOULD
PREFER THAT TOO.
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ASHLEY: MR. CLYMAN! MAKE A NOTE
ON THE LEDGER.
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WE ARE TO TRADE HORSES FOR
A CASE OF MUSKET BALLS,
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AND A POUND OF POWDER
PER HORSE.
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MR. SMITH WILL MAKE
THE SELECTIONS.
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AYE, SIR.
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ANDREW NELSON:
AFTER THREE DAYS OF TRADING,
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THE ASHLEY COMPANY HAS ACQUIRED
TWENTY HORSES
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AT THE COST,
AS CLYMAN NOTES,
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OF SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES
OF AMMUNITION.
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JAMES AULD: SOME OF THE MEN
THOUGHT THAT HE WAS JUST ARMING
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THE ENEMY AND GIVING THEM A
CHANCE TO ATTACK.
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THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF AMMUNITION
WE'RE HANDING OVER.
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HOW MANY GUNS DO YOU THINK
THEY'VE GOT UP THERE?
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REED: I DON'T LIKE THIS
PLACE ONE BIT, JIM.
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[PEOPLE CHATTERING]
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YEAH, I CAN FEEL IT IN MY GUT.
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WE OUGHT TO GET OUT ON
THE RIVER.
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LET'S GO UNLOAD THE CRATES.
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YEAH.
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JIM HARDEE: BUT THEY DON'T PLAN
TO LEAVE UNTIL THE
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NEXT DAY SO EVERYBODY'S DOWN
ON THE RIVER
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BELOW THESE TWO ARIKARA
VILLAGES.
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NARRATOR: THE MAN ASHLEY LEAVES
IN CHARGE ON THE BEACH
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IS JEDEDIAH SMITH WHO WILL SOON
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BECOME A FRONTIER
LEGEND HIMSELF.
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SMITH: GET COMFORTABLE MEN.
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GENERAL ASHLEY WANTS US TO STAY
ON THE BEACH FOR THE NIGHT.
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WAIT, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK
TO THE BOATS?
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HE'S WORRIED OUR YONDER FRIENDS
MIGHT TRY
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AND TAKE BACK
A HORSE OR TWO...
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KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT.
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THEN WHY ARE WE STILL HERE?
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FROM ASHLEY'S PERSPECTIVE,
UH...
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MAYBE IT'S TO SHOW GOOD FAITH.
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IT SMELLS LIKE TROUBLE, CLYMAN.
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NARRATOR: YET NEITHER CLYMAN NOR
ANY MAN OF ASHLEY'S HUNDRED
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HAVE ANY IDEA JUST HOW BAD THAT
TROUBLE WILL BE.
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[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
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IN THE NIGHT, SEVERAL OF THE
ROUGHER MEN IN THE GROUP
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WENT LOOKING FOR WOMEN
IN THE VILLAGE.
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AND ONE OF THE MEN WAS SHOT
IN THIS PROCESS
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SNEAKING AROUND IN THE DARK.
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NARRATOR: ENRAGED BY THE
PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS
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OF THE TRAPPERS, ARIKARA
WARRIORS CROSS THE RIVER
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DURING THE NIGHT AND LAUNCH
A FURIOUS
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ATTACK THE NEXT MORNING.
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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OVER THERE!
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[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
[GUNSHOTS]
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NARRATOR:
ALTHOUGH TAKEN BY SURPRISE,
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THE TRAPPERS MANAGE TO HOLD
THEIR GROUND...
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AT LEAST AT FIRST.
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GENERAL ASHLEY!
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[GUNSHOTS]
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MICHAEL WHELAN: EVERYTHING
STARTED TO GO SIDEWAYS.
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THE MEN STARTED SCRAMBLING,
THE HORSES WERE DROPPING.
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[GUNSHOTS]
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PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THESE ARE
BRAVE MEN; THESE ARE BOLD MEN
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BUT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS.
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[GUNSHOTS]
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GO FIND GENERAL ASHLEY!
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[GROANS]
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JAMES AULD: THEY WERE TOTALLY
FISH IN A BARREL...
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SITTING DUCKS,
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.
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[GUNSHOTS]
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TRAPPER:
CLYMAN, THEY'RE BEHIND US!
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[GUNSHOTS]
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[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
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BACK TO THE BOATS!
GET TO THE BOATS!
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[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
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BACK TO THE BOATS!
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[GUNSHOTS]
[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
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MARK WILLIAM KELLY: THINK ABOUT
THE BREADTH, THAT LINE OF
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FIRE ON ONE SPOT ON THAT BEACH,
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AND THAT IS JUST HORRIFIC.
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GET DOWN!
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[MAN GROANING]
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[GUNSHOTS]
[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
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[MAN GROANING]
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[SOUND OF JIM'S HEART
BEATING FAST]
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[GUNSHOTS]
[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
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[SPLASHING]
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ANDREW NELSON:
IT'S A TERRIBLE CHOICE.
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HE ELECTS TO SWIM FOR IT.
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[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
[SPLASHING]
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PICK ME UP!
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NARRATOR: CLYMAN HAS BARELY
ESCAPED THE
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MASSACRE OF HIS FRIENDS
ON THE BEACH...
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[SPLASHING]
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...BUT HE'S NOW JUST MOMENTS
AWAY FROM DROWNING
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AS THE BATTLE RAGES
AROUND HIM.
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A CHAOTIC BATTLE,
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NARRG
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FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN IS
MOMENTS AWAY FROM
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DROWNING IN THE
MISSOURI RIVER.
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- PICK ME UP!
- SORRY, GOTTA KEEP PADDLIN'.
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NARRATOR: AND EVEN WORSE,
HIS PANICKED FELLOW TRAPPERS
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REFUSE TO LET CLYMAN INTO
THEIR OVERLOADED CANOE.
228
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JIM HARDEE: SO HE TUCKS HIS GUN
DOWN HIS PANT LEG...
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AND THE LOCK GETS TANGLED UP
IN HIS BELT AND NOW HE CAN'T
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GET THE GUN OUT AND HE'S
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STARTING TO GET WORN OUT AND
THINKING:
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"OH MY GOSH,
I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT!"
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[SPLASHING]
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I GOT YOU, CLYMAN.
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NARRATOR: BUT AS CLYMAN IS ABOUT
TO DRAW HIS VERY LAST BREATH,
236
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HE IS PLUCKED FROM THE SWIRLING
WATERS OF THE RIVER.
237
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REED GIBSON
WAS ON ONE OF THESE BOATS
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AND HELPED CLYMAN GET ONTO THE
SKIFF.
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GIBSON, WE GOTTA MOVE!
[GRUNTS]
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NARRATOR: BUT CLYMAN'S ORDEAL
ISN'T OVER.
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IN FACT, IT'S JUST BEGINNING.
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[GUNSHOT, GROAN]
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JIM, I THINK I'VE BEEN SHOT!
244
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NARRATOR: NOW COMPLETELY EXPOSED
ON THE RIVER,
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CLYMAN HAS ONLY ONE CHOICE:
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ROW AS HARD AS HE CAN
FOR THE OPPOSITE BANK.
247
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COME ON,
WE'RE GETTIN' OUTTA HERE!
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WE GOTTA PADDLE, ALRIGHT?
COME ON!
249
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ANDREW NELSON: NOT ONE BUT THREE
ARIKARA WARRIORS
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HAVE FOLLOWED HIM AND HE HAS OF
COURSE DROPPED
251
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HIS GUN AND HIS KNIFE IN THE
COURSE OF CROSSING THE RIVER.
252
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[GRUNTING]
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NARRATOR: CUT OFF FROM HELP AND
COMPLETELY UNARMED,
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CLYMAN HAS NO WAY TO DEFEND
HIMSELF OR HIS FRIEND,
255
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REED GIBSON, WHO URGES CLYMAN
TO SAVE HIMSELF.
256
00:12:58,109 --> 00:13:00,712
LEAVE ME. ALL THEY'LL GET
IS MY SCALP.
257
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LOOK, STAY LOW. I'LL COME BACK
IF I CAN MAKE IT.
258
00:13:05,016 --> 00:13:07,051
NARRATOR: TRYING TO LURE THE
ARIKARAS AWAY
259
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FROM HIS INJURED FRIEND,
CLYMAN BEGINS
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A DEADLY GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE.
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
263
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NARRATOR: ALONE AND UNARMED,
ALL CLYMAN CAN DO IS
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PRAY THE ARIKARAS
DON'T SPOT HIM.
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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TO ENSURE THE ARIKARAS
DON'T CIRCLE BACK FOR GIBSON,
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00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,810
CLYMAN RISKS A CHEEKY SHOW OF
DEFIANCE TO LEAD
269
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THEM BACK INTO THE WOODS.
270
00:14:09,914 --> 00:14:10,982
ANDREW NELSON:
AS LEGEND HAS IT,
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CLYMAN SPIES HIS ARIKARA
PURSUERS,
272
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AND GIVES THEM A BOW.
273
00:14:16,488 --> 00:14:26,398
[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]
274
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[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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NARRATOR: AFTER ESCAPING
THE ARIKARAS,
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CLYMAN SKIRTS THE RIVERBANK AND
BY SHEER CHANCE
277
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HE FINDS JED SMITH
AND A FEW OTHER SURVIVORS.
278
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JIM CLYMAN:
JED, IT'S ME!
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♪ ♪
280
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CLYMAN? CLYMAN!
281
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[JIM PANTING]
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CLYMAN!
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♪ ♪
284
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CLYMAN, YOU'RE A SIGHT
FOR SORE EYES.
285
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WE THOUGHT YOU DROWNED.
286
00:15:08,573 --> 00:15:11,009
NARRATOR: AND WHILE RETREATING
DOWNSTREAM IN CANOES,
287
00:15:11,142 --> 00:15:13,245
SMITH FOUND GIBSON AS WELL.
288
00:15:13,378 --> 00:15:16,915
BUT WHEN CLYMAN ARRIVES,
HIS FRIEND IS FADING FAST.
289
00:15:17,081 --> 00:15:18,650
SMITH: HE'S IN A BAD WAY.
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00:15:18,817 --> 00:15:22,621
♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪
291
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GIBSON! GIBSON!
292
00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:31,530
[FINAL BREATH]
293
00:15:31,696 --> 00:15:36,735
[JIM CRYING, SNIFFLING]
294
00:15:36,868 --> 00:15:39,638
YOU SAVED MY LIFE.
295
00:15:39,805 --> 00:15:42,340
HE SAVED MY LIFE!
296
00:15:42,474 --> 00:15:44,243
GIBSON DIES RIGHT THERE
297
00:15:44,410 --> 00:15:46,411
IN CLYMAN'S ARMS.
298
00:15:46,578 --> 00:15:49,714
AND CLYMAN IS THINKING "MAN,
THIS GUY SAVED MY LIFE,
299
00:15:49,848 --> 00:15:51,616
AND NOW HE'S DEAD."
300
00:15:51,749 --> 00:15:59,692
[JIM CRYING, SNIFFLING]
301
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NARRATOR: ALTHOUGH MANY OF THEIR
DEAD WERE LEFT BEHIND
302
00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:07,465
ON THE BEACH, THE TRAPPERS
HOLD A HASTY FUNERAL.
303
00:16:07,632 --> 00:16:10,001
SMITH: AND AS DID YOUR
SON, JESUS CHRIST, O LORD...
304
00:16:10,168 --> 00:16:12,371
THESE MEN HAVE DIED SO THAT WE
MAY LIVE.
305
00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:16,241
WE COMMIT THEIR SPIRITS
INTO THY HOLY CARE.
306
00:16:17,609 --> 00:16:26,217
♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪
307
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NARRATOR: AND NOW JAMES CLYMAN
FACES THE HARDEST
308
00:16:29,153 --> 00:16:31,490
DECISION OF HIS LIFE.
309
00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,258
SMITH: MR. CLYMAN...
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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE GENERAL
INTENDS TO PUSH ON.
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00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:44,169
WE WILL FIGHT THEM AGAIN IF WE
HAVE TO,
312
00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:46,638
BUT THE GENERAL NEEDS TO KNOW
WHO WILL STAY THE COURSE,
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00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:51,643
AND WHO WILL TAKE THE BOAT
BACK DOWN RIVER.
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BACK TO ST. LOUIS?
315
00:16:54,279 --> 00:16:57,149
DOESN'T THAT MAKE
THEM DESERTERS?
316
00:16:57,315 --> 00:17:00,452
THERE'S NO SHAME IN DEPARTING.
317
00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:02,454
WE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR WAR.
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00:17:02,621 --> 00:17:06,791
♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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BEFORE THIS JOURNEY,
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FEWER MEN HAD STRONGER IDEAS OF
THEIR BRAVERY THAN I.
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00:17:12,797 --> 00:17:16,166
♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
322
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT RIVER
MAY HAVE COOLED MY COURAGE SOME.
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00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:23,742
♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
324
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THEY PUSH OFF WITHIN THE HOUR.
325
00:17:27,346 --> 00:17:30,082
YOU CAN OBLIGE ME BY
TENDING TO THE WOUNDED.
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00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:33,918
♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME, JED.
328
00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:40,692
I'LL NEVER DESERT YOU...
329
00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:44,296
OR OTHER OTHERS.
330
00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:46,732
NOR WILL I EVER.
331
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:49,868
I KNEW YOU'D BE
A MAN OF GREAT SPIRIT.
332
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COME ON, THE GENERAL WILL BE
GLAD TO HEAR IT.
333
00:17:55,673 --> 00:17:58,243
NARRATOR: BUT AFTER BURYING
THEIR DEAD COMRADES,
334
00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:00,913
THE MEN OF ASHLEY'S EXPEDITION
TURN THEIR THOUGHTS
335
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FROM SORROW TO REVENGE.
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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♪ ♪
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WORD OF THE MASSACRE RAPIDLY
SPREADS ACROSS THE FRONTIER,
339
00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:24,636
SPURRING THE U.S. ARMY INTO
ACTION AGAINST THE ARIKARAS.
340
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AND AS TROOPS UNDER
COLONEL HENRY LEAVENWORTH
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MARCH UP THE MISSOURI,
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TRAPPERS LED BY JED SMITH
CONVERGE AS WELL.
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ON AUGUST 2, 1823
WHAT BECOMES KNOWN AS
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"THE MISSOURI LEGION" ARRIVES,
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ALONG WITH A CONTINGENT
OF NATIVE ALLIES.
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ABOUT 750 SIOUX ARRIVE TO GO
ALONG WITH LEAVENWORTH'S MEN
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TO ATTACK THE ARIKARA VILLAGES.
348
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THEY WERE MORTAL ENEMIES WITH
THE ARIKARAS FOR A VERY LONG
TIME.
349
00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:58,270
NARRATOR: BUT COLONEL
LEAVENWORTH DOESN'T SEEM
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INCLINED TO LAUNCH
A HEADLONG ASSAULT.
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GENTLEMEN, AS YOU KNOW, OUR
OBJECTIVE IS TO SECURE
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00:19:08,947 --> 00:19:12,082
AND MAKE GOOD
THIS GREAT RIVER ROAD.
353
00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:15,720
AND MARK MY WORDS,
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WE WILL HUMBLE THE ARIKARA.
355
00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:21,960
AND WE WILL MAKE THEM PAY
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00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:24,129
FOR THE BLOOD THAT THEY
HAVE SPILT HERE.
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00:19:24,296 --> 00:19:27,065
[HORSES BLUSTER]
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GENERAL ASHLEY...
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YOUR MEN SHOW
REMARKABLE BRAVERY IN
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RETURNING TO THIS PLACE
OF OUTRAGE.
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STAND READY, MEN.
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YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON SOON.
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♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪
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SOON...
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SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THIS
LEAVENWORTH FELLOW,
366
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BUT THE MAN IS... DELIBERATE.
367
00:19:50,288 --> 00:19:52,557
YEAH AND IF KNOW THE COLONEL,
368
00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:56,461
HIS MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS
ASSAULT IS POLITICAL.
369
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I'LL WAGER WE'LL BE
HERE FOR AWHILE.
370
00:19:59,597 --> 00:20:02,234
NARRATOR: BUT THE FRAGILE TRUCE
BETWEEN THE ARIKARAS
371
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AND THE AMERICANS IS BROKEN BY A
GLORY-SEEKING SIOUX WARRIOR.
372
00:20:06,972 --> 00:20:10,375
THE WARRIORS WERE STANDING BY
WAITING TO ATTACK.
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THEY WANT TO STAY OUT OF RIFLE
RANGE WHEN
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POSSIBLE DURING THE SIEGE.
375
00:20:14,245 --> 00:20:15,780
BUT ONE OF THE WARRIORS RIDES
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00:20:15,947 --> 00:20:19,117
HIS HORSE RIGHT TO THE FRONT
OF THE VILLAGE AND OVER
377
00:20:19,250 --> 00:20:22,520
50 RIFLES SHOOT AT THIS ONE MAN
ON HIS HORSE.
378
00:20:22,687 --> 00:20:24,156
WELL MAYBE NOT.
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00:20:24,322 --> 00:20:26,158
ON YOUR TOES, MEN!
MAKE READY YOUR PRIMER!
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00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:28,360
NARRATOR: AS CLYMAN AND THE
TRAPPERS CHEER HIM ON,
381
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THE WARRIOR TAUNTS THE ARIKARAS
382
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FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE RANGE
OF THEIR RIFLES.
383
00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:37,536
THEN THIS WARRIOR COMES OUT
WHOOPING AND JUST
384
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COMPLETELY ENERGIZED
AND UNHURT.
385
00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:44,709
NARRATOR: THE WARRIOR'S BRAVERY
TRIGGERS AN INSTANT FUSILLADE
386
00:20:44,876 --> 00:20:48,279
OF LONG-RANGE GUNFIRE
FROM BOTH SIDES.
387
00:20:48,446 --> 00:20:50,247
IT'S ALWAYS LOUDER THAN YOU
EXPECT, ISN'T IT?
388
00:20:50,415 --> 00:20:51,850
LET 'EM HAVE IT, BOYS!
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00:20:51,983 --> 00:20:55,053
[GUNSHOTS]
390
00:20:55,219 --> 00:20:56,821
SAMUEL DOLAN: AS THE BATTLE
OPENS UP,
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LEAVENWORTH'S FORCES UNLEASH A
PRETTY DEVASTATING FIRE
392
00:21:00,658 --> 00:21:03,128
FROM THOSE CANONS
AGAINST THE VILLAGE.
393
00:21:03,261 --> 00:21:05,196
[GUNSHOTS]
394
00:21:05,363 --> 00:21:07,132
NARRATOR: YET TO THE INTENSE
DISAPPOINTMENT
395
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,233
OF THE VENGEFUL TRAPPERS,
THE BATTLE QUICKLY
396
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:13,371
PETERS OUT INTO A PARLEY.
397
00:21:13,538 --> 00:21:15,407
SAMUEL DOLAN: THE ARIKARAS
BEGGED FOR PEACE,
398
00:21:15,573 --> 00:21:19,610
ALMOST BEFORE THE FIRST SHOT
IS EVEN FIRED.
399
00:21:19,777 --> 00:21:22,547
NARRATOR: LEAVENWORTH'S SIOUX
ALLIES SOON INFORM HIM THAT
400
00:21:22,713 --> 00:21:24,983
THE ARIKARAS ARE PREPARED TO
SURRENDER,
401
00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:27,018
AND EVEN
ABANDON THEIR VILLAGE.
402
00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:29,554
CLYMAN: IT APPEARS A
NEGOTIATION IS IN THE WORKS.
403
00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:32,691
ASHLEY: IS THAT IT?
404
00:21:34,125 --> 00:21:36,061
WILL LEAVENWORTH NOT FIGHT?
405
00:21:36,228 --> 00:21:38,396
SIR, RESPECTFULLY, WE'VE
SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS
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00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:41,066
AT COUNCIL BLUFFS EATING
NOTHING BUT PUMPKINS AND NOW,
407
00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:42,634
AT LONG LAST,
A SMALL OPPORTUNITY FOR
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00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:44,202
A PROMOTION MANIFESTS.
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00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:46,504
I INSIST WE BE ALLOWED
TO ATTACK THE VILLAGE!
410
00:21:46,637 --> 00:21:48,572
LEAVENWORTH: RAZING THEIR
VILLAGE TO THE GROUND
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00:21:48,739 --> 00:21:51,176
IS NOT ONE OF OUR
OBJECTIVES, CAPTAIN.
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00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:53,311
RILEY: THEN ALLOW ME
TO LEAD THE ASSAULT, SIR.
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00:21:53,444 --> 00:21:55,146
I CAN OVERWHELM THEM
WITH ONE BOLD CHARGE.
414
00:21:55,313 --> 00:21:57,081
NO, CAPTAIN.
415
00:21:57,248 --> 00:21:59,284
THEY HAVE
OFFERED A SURRENDER.
416
00:21:59,417 --> 00:22:01,820
WE WILL ACCEPT IT.
- SIR-
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00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:05,590
CAPTAIN,
YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS.
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00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:07,726
THAT IS ALL.
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00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:10,861
ANDY HAHN: I'M SURE
THE MOOD FOR MANY OF
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THE MEN WAS ONE OF DEFEAT.
421
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:14,466
THEY HAD SUFFERED A PRETTY
HEAVY BLOW AND LOSSES IN
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THE FIRST PART OF THE BATTLE.
423
00:22:16,735 --> 00:22:18,336
AND THEN AT THE END OF IT THEY
WERE IN A NO REALLY DIFFERENT
424
00:22:18,502 --> 00:22:19,971
POSITION THAN THEY WERE WHEN
THEY STARTED.
425
00:22:21,672 --> 00:22:24,208
NARRATOR: THE END OF THE
ARIKARA WAR IS A DISAPPOINTMENT
426
00:22:24,342 --> 00:22:26,310
TO ALMOST EVERYONE
INVOLVED,
427
00:22:26,444 --> 00:22:29,715
BUT ITS CONSEQUENCES
ARE EVEN WORSE.
428
00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:33,618
MR. ASHLEY, COLONEL
LEAVENWORTH GIVES HIS REGARDS.
429
00:22:33,784 --> 00:22:36,188
HE IS ALREADY ON THE KEELBOATS
HEADED BACK,
430
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,723
SO YOU AND YOUR MEN ARE ON YOUR
OWN AT THIS TIME.
431
00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:41,059
NARRATOR: FOLLOWING THE
DESTRUCTION OF THEIR VILLAGE,
432
00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:45,396
THE FURIOUS ARIKARAS SCATTER UP
AND DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER.
433
00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:49,601
THE MISSOURI RIVER WAS SHUT
DOWN AS A THOROUGHFARE,
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00:22:49,734 --> 00:22:52,637
SO EVERYTHING HAS TO CHANGE.
435
00:22:55,439 --> 00:22:56,975
CLYMAN: WELL, GENERAL?
436
00:22:57,141 --> 00:22:58,943
NOW WHAT?
437
00:22:59,076 --> 00:23:02,814
ASHLEY: WELL, THANKS TO THE
BENEVOLENCE OF THE U.S. ARMY,
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00:23:02,947 --> 00:23:07,386
THE ARIKARA ARE SCATTERED ALL UP
AND DOWN THE UPPER MISSOURI.
439
00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:10,922
AND THEIR HEARTS
ARE FULL OF ANGER.
440
00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:14,292
AND WE CAN NO LONGER REACH
THE YELLOWSTONE BY BOAT.
441
00:23:14,425 --> 00:23:16,794
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY
HORSES EITHER, GENERAL.
442
00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:19,797
ASHLEY: NO.
443
00:23:19,964 --> 00:23:21,533
NO INDEED.
444
00:23:23,501 --> 00:23:27,539
MR. SMITH, HOW FARES
THE REST OF THE BRIGADE?
445
00:23:27,705 --> 00:23:29,974
THEY'RE BREAKING
CAMP UPRIVER.
446
00:23:30,141 --> 00:23:32,009
THEY'RE FULL OF FIGHT.
447
00:23:32,176 --> 00:23:35,612
NARRATOR: WITH THE RIVER CLOSED
TO HIM, ASHLEY MUST ASK CLYMAN
448
00:23:35,747 --> 00:23:39,418
AND HIS OTHER MEN TO UNDERTAKE
A RISKY NEW VENTURE.
449
00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:44,322
ASHLEY: WELL, I PROPOSE WE
MARCH TO MEET THE CROW
450
00:23:44,489 --> 00:23:46,024
ON THE YELLOWSTONE.
451
00:23:46,191 --> 00:23:50,028
WINTER THERE, AND THEN TRAP
ALL OF NEXT SEASON.
452
00:23:51,295 --> 00:23:52,964
Y'ALL READY TO GET BACK
TO WORK, LADS?
453
00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:56,067
I AM, GENERAL.
454
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,803
AS AM I.
455
00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,470
ASHLEY: GOOD TO HEAR.
456
00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:01,172
BRAVO TO YA, LADS, AND
EVERYBODY THAT'S FULL
457
00:24:01,339 --> 00:24:02,874
OF HEART AND BRAVERY.
458
00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:05,176
MR. SMITH, WALK WITH ME.
459
00:24:05,343 --> 00:24:07,112
LET'S DISCUSS ROUTES.
460
00:24:07,278 --> 00:24:09,914
NARRATOR: YET AS CLYMAN PREPARES
TO FINALLY LEAVE THE PLACE
461
00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:15,387
WHERE HE FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE AND
LOST CLOSE FRIENDS IN BATTLE,
462
00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:18,156
HE HAS NO WAY OF
KNOWING THAT THE HARDEST PART
463
00:24:18,289 --> 00:24:20,826
OF HIS JOURNEY STILL LIES AHEAD.
464
00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:27,198
[GUNFIRE]
465
00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:29,000
ASHLEY: LET 'EM HAVE IT, BOYS!
466
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,068
[GUNFIRE, CANNON]
467
00:24:31,235 --> 00:24:35,840
NARRATOR: AFTER FIGHTING IN
THE BRIEF ARIKARA WAR OF 1823,
468
00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:39,043
FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN IS
FINALLY SETTING OUT
469
00:24:39,210 --> 00:24:40,912
TO TRAP FOR BEAVER.
470
00:24:41,579 --> 00:24:43,849
SMITH: ALL RIGHT, MEN, LET'S GET
READY TO BREAK CAMP.
471
00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:45,516
KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.
472
00:24:45,683 --> 00:24:47,819
CLYMAN: HOW MANY OF US
ARE LEFT, JED?
473
00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,253
SMITH: WE NUMBER TEN,
NOW THAT THE WOUNDED
474
00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:51,623
ARE ON THE RIVER.
475
00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:57,262
I'M AFRAID IT'S TOO LATE
TO JOIN 'EM.
476
00:24:58,662 --> 00:25:01,900
NO, NO IT'S- IT'S JUST
THAT WHEN WE STARTED,
477
00:25:02,067 --> 00:25:04,435
THERE WERE OVER 60 OF US.
478
00:25:04,602 --> 00:25:06,171
NOW SO FEW OF US ARE LEFT.
479
00:25:08,205 --> 00:25:09,941
FEAR NOT, MY FRIEND.
480
00:25:10,108 --> 00:25:12,344
IT'S FOR THE BEST,
NOW THAT THE PORK-EATERS
481
00:25:12,477 --> 00:25:14,513
AND LAYABOUTS ARE DOWN RIVER.
482
00:25:16,347 --> 00:25:19,049
NOW THAT THE EASY
PART'S OVER.
483
00:25:19,216 --> 00:25:21,452
HEY- HOLD UP, JED!
484
00:25:21,585 --> 00:25:23,622
THAT WAS THE EASY PART?
485
00:25:25,723 --> 00:25:28,059
NARRATOR: CLYMAN SETS OFF
INTO THE WILDERNESS ON
486
00:25:28,225 --> 00:25:32,030
A HISTORY-MAKING JOURNEY,
WITH NO IDEA OF THE DANGERS
487
00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,064
THAT LIE IN WAIT.
488
00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:38,870
THROUGHOUT THE FALL OF 1823,
THE BRIGADE,
489
00:25:39,003 --> 00:25:42,473
LED BY SMITH AND CLYMAN,
TRAPS AND EXPLORES ACROSS
490
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,676
PRESENT DAY SOUTH DAKOTA.
491
00:25:45,643 --> 00:25:49,047
♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪
492
00:25:49,213 --> 00:25:53,017
BUT BEFORE LONG, THEY ENCOUNTER
ANOTHER OF THE FRONTIER'S
493
00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:55,453
DEADLIEST PREDATORS.
494
00:25:55,586 --> 00:25:57,054
TRAPPER: JED, BEAR!
495
00:25:57,221 --> 00:25:58,822
[BEAR GROWLS]
496
00:25:58,956 --> 00:26:01,058
SMITH: STAY BACK,
I'LL DISTRACT HIM!
497
00:26:01,225 --> 00:26:02,994
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: EVERY
TIME SOMEONE TANGLED
498
00:26:03,161 --> 00:26:04,762
WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR,
499
00:26:04,929 --> 00:26:07,566
IT USUALLY WAS THE BEAR COMIN'
OUT NUMBER ONE.
500
00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:10,135
SMITH: AH!
501
00:26:10,268 --> 00:26:11,336
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON:
AND CERTAINLY THAT WAS
502
00:26:11,502 --> 00:26:13,071
THE CASE WITH JED SMITH.
503
00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:14,906
TRAPPER: FIRE!
[GUNFIRE]
504
00:26:16,073 --> 00:26:18,543
THE GRIZZLY, AT ONE POINT,
HAS JED'S ENTIRE HEAD IN
505
00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:21,846
HIS MOUTH, AND HE VIRTUALLY
RIPS HIS SCALP OFF.
506
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:26,651
NARRATOR: BUT IN WHAT BECOMES
ONE OF THE MOST
507
00:26:26,818 --> 00:26:30,121
CELEBRATED STORIES OF THE
ENTIRE FRONTIER ERA,
508
00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:35,360
SMITH'S AMAZING COURAGE AND
CLYMAN'S STEADY CALM
509
00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:37,995
PREVENT THE ATTACK
FROM TURNING FATAL.
510
00:26:39,297 --> 00:26:41,365
SMITH: DOES ANYONE HAVE
A NEEDLE AND THREAD AT ALL?
511
00:26:41,532 --> 00:26:42,466
HE TELLS CLYMAN,
512
00:26:42,633 --> 00:26:44,668
"GET A NEEDLE AND THREAD,
513
00:26:44,835 --> 00:26:48,573
AND SEW ON EVERYTHING
YOU CAN ON MY HEAD."
514
00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:50,508
CLYMAN: AIN'T THE PRETTIEST
THING YOU EVER SEEN,
515
00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:52,309
BUT I DONE THE NICEST
JOB I COULD, SIR.
516
00:26:52,476 --> 00:26:54,379
SMITH: I'M SURE YOU HAVE,
MR. CLYMAN.
517
00:26:54,545 --> 00:26:56,314
AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.
518
00:26:56,481 --> 00:26:58,983
ANDY HAHN: THESE ARE THE TYPE O'
THINGS THAT HELPS YOU BUILD
519
00:26:59,150 --> 00:27:01,219
A LASTING FRIENDSHIP
WITH THE PERSON THAT
520
00:27:01,385 --> 00:27:03,821
YOU EXPERIENCED IT WITH.
521
00:27:03,988 --> 00:27:07,592
SO A TOTALLY UNIQUE AND
UNBREAKABLE BOND
522
00:27:07,725 --> 00:27:10,261
IS FORMED BETWEEN THESE MEN.
523
00:27:10,427 --> 00:27:14,832
♪ ♪
524
00:27:14,999 --> 00:27:17,067
CLYMAN AND SMITH CONTINUE WEST
525
00:27:17,201 --> 00:27:19,937
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
BLACK HILLS,
526
00:27:20,104 --> 00:27:22,307
AND ENTERED
WHAT IS TODAY WYOMING,
527
00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:24,408
AND FOLLOWED
THE SWEETWATER RIVER.
528
00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:28,946
NARRATOR: NOW HUNDREDS OF MILES
FROM ANY SETTLEMENT, SMITH AND
529
00:27:29,113 --> 00:27:32,717
CLYMAN FACE A NEW PERIL THEY
CAN'T HANDLE ALONE.
530
00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:35,553
WINTER IS COMING
AND THEY REALLY NEED TO
531
00:27:35,686 --> 00:27:37,588
SETTLE IN SOMEWHERE.
532
00:27:37,755 --> 00:27:39,857
AND THEY'RE HEADED TOWARD
THE CROW INDIAN LAND
533
00:27:40,024 --> 00:27:42,893
TO HOPEFULLY TRY TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THE CROW.
534
00:27:43,060 --> 00:27:46,297
NARRATOR: FAR FROM ANY SOURCE
OF SUPPLIES, CLYMAN'S BRIGADE
535
00:27:46,463 --> 00:27:49,700
WON'T SURVIVE WINTER WITHOUT
HELP FROM THE CROW TRIBE.
536
00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:52,703
JAMES C. AULD: JED SMITH
AND HIS GROUP HAVE A MAN WHO
537
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:56,675
NEGOTIATES THINGS BETWEEN
SMITH'S PARTY AND THE CROW.
538
00:27:59,010 --> 00:28:00,945
[BLOWING]
539
00:28:02,246 --> 00:28:03,714
HEY, NOW.
540
00:28:03,881 --> 00:28:05,817
WE SHOULD HAVE NO NEED
FOR THAT, MR. CLYMAN.
541
00:28:07,685 --> 00:28:12,056
FLASHBACK:
[ARIKARAS YELL, GUNFIRE]
542
00:28:12,990 --> 00:28:16,094
NARRATOR: AND FOR CLYMAN,
MEMORIES OF HIS DEADLY ENCOUNTER
543
00:28:16,227 --> 00:28:19,330
WITH THE ARIKARAS
ARE ALL TOO FRESH.
544
00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:22,866
BUT FOR BETTER OR WORSE,
CLYMAN MUST NOW PLACE HIMSELF
545
00:28:23,033 --> 00:28:24,902
AT THE MERCY OF
A NATIVE TRIBE...
546
00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:26,171
LET'S GO, MAN.
547
00:28:26,337 --> 00:28:27,839
NARRATOR: FOR A SECOND TIME.
548
00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:33,778
NARRATOR: WITH WINTER
APPROACHING IN THE WILDERNESS,
549
00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:37,380
FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN MUST
TURN TO THE CROW TRIBE FOR FOOD
550
00:28:37,548 --> 00:28:41,986
AND SHELTER, DESPITE NEARLY
DYING AT THE HANDS OF ANOTHER
551
00:28:42,152 --> 00:28:45,123
NATIVE TRIBE JUST
A FEW MONTHS BEFORE.
552
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,294
I'M SURE YOU RECALL
THE LAST TIME WE TRIED
553
00:28:50,461 --> 00:28:51,962
TRADIN' WITH INDIANS.
554
00:28:52,096 --> 00:28:54,198
WELL, WE SHOULD
HAVE NO PROBLEM HERE.
555
00:28:54,365 --> 00:28:56,134
THE CROW ARE FRIENDS.
556
00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:00,138
WE THOUGHT
THE ARIKARA WERE TOO.
557
00:29:00,271 --> 00:29:03,040
EVERY TRIBE HAS THEIR
OWN WAY, MR. CLYMAN.
558
00:29:03,207 --> 00:29:06,611
HOW THEY REGARD OUR PRESENCE
HERE VARIES FROM WELCOME,
559
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:10,748
TO HATRED, TO EVERY SHADE
OF FEELIN' IN BETWEEN.
560
00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:13,985
NOW, THE CROW HAVE NO INGRAINED
ILL-WILL FOR US, BUT IF WE
561
00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:17,222
OR SOME OTHER BRIGADE WRONG
THEM, THAT COULD CHANGE.
562
00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:19,290
AND WE SHOULD HOPE IT DOESN'T.
563
00:29:20,891 --> 00:29:23,962
THE CROW ARE A STRONG
AND PROUD PEOPLE.
564
00:29:25,329 --> 00:29:28,765
NARRATOR: FORTUNATELY FOR CLYMAN
AND HIS BRIGADE, THE CROW DECIDE
565
00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:32,336
TO LET THEM SPEND THE WINTER
AT THEIR CAMP.
566
00:29:32,503 --> 00:29:34,272
LET'S GET ACQUAINTED.
567
00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,240
I'M KEEN TO LEARN WHAT THEY
KNOW ABOUT CROSSIN'
568
00:29:36,407 --> 00:29:37,942
THE ROCKIES.
569
00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:40,043
CLYMAN: IF THEY GOT A GOOD
ENOUGH SUPPER,
570
00:29:40,211 --> 00:29:42,046
I'M EQUALLY AS KEEN.
571
00:29:43,814 --> 00:29:45,416
SMITH: LET'S GO, MEN!
572
00:29:45,582 --> 00:29:54,258
♪ ♪
573
00:29:54,392 --> 00:29:58,095
NARRATOR: AS WINTER TURNS TO
SPRING, THE BRIGADE LED BY SMITH
574
00:29:58,229 --> 00:30:01,299
AND CLYMAN RESUMES TRAPPING,
TAKING A RICH HAUL
575
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:03,266
OF PELTS AT LAST.
576
00:30:03,434 --> 00:30:06,270
BUT FINALLY READY TO RETURN TO
THE SETTLEMENTS WITH
577
00:30:06,437 --> 00:30:09,841
THEIR VALUABLE CATCH, THEY FACE
A NEW PROBLEM.
578
00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:12,408
WITHOUT HORSES TO HAUL THEIR
SIZABLE CACHE
579
00:30:12,543 --> 00:30:15,478
TO THE MISSOURI RIVER,
THE TRAPPERS MUST IMPROVISE
580
00:30:15,612 --> 00:30:17,381
A NEW WAY TO MOVE THEM.
581
00:30:17,548 --> 00:30:20,117
THINK WE CAN MAKE BULL BOATS,
FLOAT THE BEAVER PACKS
582
00:30:20,284 --> 00:30:22,787
DOWN UH TO AN OUTPOST
ON THE MISSOURI?
583
00:30:22,954 --> 00:30:24,222
JAMES C. AULD:
THEY REALIZED
584
00:30:24,388 --> 00:30:26,689
THAT THE SWEETWATER GOES
EAST AND THAT MIGHT
585
00:30:26,824 --> 00:30:28,860
GET THEM TO
A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD
586
00:30:29,026 --> 00:30:30,828
GET DOWN TO ST. LOUIS.
587
00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:33,764
CLYMAN: WELL, WE CAN LOAD
THE PELTS ON BULL BOATS HERE
588
00:30:33,931 --> 00:30:36,868
ON THE SWEETWATER, AND I
SUPPOSE IT WOULD FLOW THROUGH
589
00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:40,038
THE NORTH PLATTE,
ONTO THE MISSOURI.
590
00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:42,807
BUT WE HAVEN'T TRACED THAT FAR,
SO WE CAN'T BE SURE.
591
00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:45,743
AS USUAL, MR. CLYMAN,
YOU'VE PROVIDED A SOLUTION.
592
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,912
YOU'LL OBLIGE US BY SCOUTING
AHEAD WITH ME TO SEE WHICH
593
00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:49,914
RIVER THE SWEETWATER JOINS.
- CLYMAN: OH, WITH ALL DUE
594
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,581
RESPECT, CAPTAIN, I WAS NOT
PROPOSING TO-
595
00:30:51,716 --> 00:30:53,917
WELL, WEREN'T YOU
ONCE A SURVEYOR?
596
00:30:54,084 --> 00:30:56,253
I WAS, BACK IN
ILLINOIS, BUT-
597
00:30:56,420 --> 00:30:58,155
WELL, NORTH AND SOUTH
IN ILLINOIS ARE NORTH
598
00:30:58,322 --> 00:30:59,756
AND SOUTH HERE.
599
00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:02,627
PACK YOUR POWDER,
MAKE IT QUICK.
600
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,499
NARRATOR: AFTER SCOUTING
THE SWEETWATER RIVER,
601
00:31:08,666 --> 00:31:12,069
CLYMAN BELIEVES THEY CAN BUILD
IMPROVISED BOATS AND FLOAT
602
00:31:12,236 --> 00:31:14,505
THEIR CATCH DOWN TRIBUTARIES
OF THE MISSOURI
603
00:31:14,671 --> 00:31:16,473
BACK TO THE SETTLEMENTS.
604
00:31:16,607 --> 00:31:19,710
IF I HAD TO GUESS, I'D SAY
THIS JOINS THE PLATTE A DAY
605
00:31:19,844 --> 00:31:22,045
OR TWO'S MARCH FARTHER DOWN.
606
00:31:22,212 --> 00:31:23,981
YEAH, BUT THAT'S JUST
A GUESS, JED.
607
00:31:24,114 --> 00:31:26,183
I'LL TAKE YOUR
GUESS OVER MINE.
608
00:31:26,350 --> 00:31:29,953
WHY DON'T YOU HEAD DOWNRIVER
ANOTHER DAY, FIND US A CAMP.
609
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,389
I'LL BRING UP THE BRIGADE,
WE'LL LOAD WHAT WE CAN,
610
00:31:32,556 --> 00:31:33,691
AND CACHE THE REST.
611
00:31:33,858 --> 00:31:35,092
VERY WELL.
612
00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,560
I'LL BE WAITIN'.
613
00:31:36,694 --> 00:31:38,596
MICHAEL WHELAN: AT THIS POINT,
614
00:31:38,729 --> 00:31:40,864
CLYMAN WENT AHEAD OF THE GROUP
615
00:31:41,031 --> 00:31:42,734
AND ARRIVED AT THE CONFLUENCE
OF THE SWEETWATER
616
00:31:42,900 --> 00:31:45,235
AND THE PLATTE RIVERS.
617
00:31:45,369 --> 00:31:48,438
NARRATOR: THERE CLYMAN MAKES
CAMP AND SETTLES IN TO WAIT
618
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:50,575
FOR THE BRIGADE...
619
00:31:54,077 --> 00:31:56,513
BUT QUICKLY
DISCOVERS HE'S NOT ALONE.
620
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,783
[BLACKFOOT TALKING]
621
00:31:58,916 --> 00:32:00,685
JAMES C. AULD:
HE REALIZES THAT THERE'S
622
00:32:00,851 --> 00:32:02,453
A WAR PARTY OF BLACKFOOT
623
00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:06,223
RIGHT ACROSS THE
RIVER FROM HIM.
624
00:32:06,390 --> 00:32:08,559
JIM CORNELIUS: ENCOUNTERS
BETWEEN AMERICAN TRAPPERS
625
00:32:08,692 --> 00:32:09,961
AND BLACKFEET ALMOST
626
00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:12,029
ALWAYS ENDED IN A FIGHT.
627
00:32:12,196 --> 00:32:15,166
SO, CLYMAN COULDN'T RISK
DISCOVERY.
628
00:32:16,767 --> 00:32:26,945
♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪
629
00:32:28,979 --> 00:32:30,615
[BLACKFEET TALKING]
630
00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:36,454
♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪
631
00:32:36,620 --> 00:32:40,491
♪ ♪
632
00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:48,399
NARRATOR: WHEN SMITH ARRIVES
AT THE APPOINTED MEETING SPOT
633
00:32:48,566 --> 00:32:52,236
THE NEXT DAY, HE'S CONFRONTED
WITH A TERRIBLE DILEMMA.
634
00:32:58,109 --> 00:33:01,078
SMITH: I COUNT
TEN WARRIORS TRACKS,
635
00:33:01,211 --> 00:33:02,981
NO IDEA WHERE CLYMAN MIGHT BE.
636
00:33:16,294 --> 00:33:20,665
MEN, I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT
MR. CLYMAN IS BEYOND OUR HELP.
637
00:33:23,166 --> 00:33:25,003
WE MUST LOOK TO THE SAFETY
OF THE BRIGADE.
638
00:33:26,870 --> 00:33:29,173
STEP OUT, WE'LL MARCH
UNTIL NIGHTFALL.
639
00:33:29,306 --> 00:33:32,076
NARRATOR: SMITH MAKES THE
DIFFICULT DECISION NOT TO SEARCH
640
00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:36,312
FOR CLYMAN, UNAWARE THAT HIS
FRIEND IS ACTUALLY
641
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,716
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
642
00:33:39,717 --> 00:33:43,187
AFTER WAITING FOR SEVERAL DAYS
WITH NO SIGN OF HIS FRIEND
643
00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:48,392
SMITH, CLYMAN REALIZES HE'S
NOW ENTIRELY ON HIS OWN.
644
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:50,327
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: HE HAD
TO MAKE A CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER
645
00:33:50,494 --> 00:33:53,563
TO GO IN SEARCH OF THEM AND
RISK GETTING KILLED
646
00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:55,566
BY THE BLACKFEET OR
647
00:33:55,700 --> 00:34:00,471
SIMPLY HEAD EAST AND TRY
AND REACH FORT ATKINSON,
648
00:34:00,638 --> 00:34:04,042
WHICH WAS MANY, MANY,
MANY MILES AWAY.
649
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:07,278
ELEVEN MUSKET BALLS.
650
00:34:07,445 --> 00:34:13,851
AND FORT ATKINSON IS
SOMEWHERE IN THAT DIRECTION.
651
00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:18,389
NARRATOR: CLYMAN HAS ONLY
A VAGUE IDEA OF HIS LOCATION,
652
00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,458
BUT HE HOPES THE RIVER HE'S
FOLLOWING WILL TAKE HIM
653
00:34:21,592 --> 00:34:24,360
TO FORT ATKINSON.
654
00:34:24,527 --> 00:34:26,596
THE PROSPECT OF THAT
MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY
655
00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:29,834
DAUNTING, BUT HE REALLY
DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.
656
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,071
AND SO HE JUST PUT ONE FOOT IN
FRONT OF THE OTHER AND STARTED
657
00:34:34,237 --> 00:34:38,442
MARCHING TO THE EAST DOWN RIVER.
658
00:34:38,574 --> 00:34:41,779
NARRATOR: JAMES CLYMAN KNOWS
HE FACES A TREK OVER HUNDREDS
659
00:34:41,946 --> 00:34:46,549
OF MILES OF HOSTILE WILDERNESS,
BUT HE HAS LITTLE IDEA THAT
660
00:34:46,684 --> 00:34:50,621
THE JOURNEY WILL BECOME AN
EPIC SAGA OF THE FRONTIER ERA.
661
00:34:55,926 --> 00:34:59,497
NARRATOR: AFTER ESCAPING A
PROWLING WAR PARTY OF BLACKFEET,
662
00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:04,836
FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN NOW
FACES A HARROWING ORDEAL.
663
00:35:04,969 --> 00:35:08,172
TO REACH THE SAFETY OF A FORT
ON THE MISSOURI RIVER,
664
00:35:08,305 --> 00:35:11,676
HE MUST MAKE A SIX HUNDRED
MILE WILDERNESS TREK,
665
00:35:11,842 --> 00:35:14,779
AND DO IT UTTERLY ALONE.
666
00:35:21,752 --> 00:35:26,090
CLYMAN'S ARDUOUS JOURNEY
STRETCHES OVER DAYS,
667
00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:29,092
AND THEN WEEKS...
668
00:35:29,259 --> 00:35:32,663
AS HE BECOMES WEAKER BOTH
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.
669
00:35:34,231 --> 00:35:38,336
SO, THIS TRIP
WAS PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING.
670
00:35:38,502 --> 00:35:40,371
HE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH TO EAT.
671
00:35:42,873 --> 00:35:44,876
ANDREW P. NELSON: THE HUMAN
BODY CAN FAMOUSLY GO
672
00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:46,911
ONLY DAYS WITHOUT WATER,
673
00:35:47,077 --> 00:35:48,445
BUT WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD.
674
00:35:48,612 --> 00:35:50,714
BUT VERY QUICKLY,
675
00:35:50,881 --> 00:35:53,718
YOUR JUDGMENT IS AFFECTED,
676
00:35:53,884 --> 00:35:55,620
YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION.
677
00:35:55,786 --> 00:35:58,656
YOUR BODY BEGINS EATING ITSELF.
678
00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:02,993
JIM CORNELIUS: IT WAS EXTREMELY
GRUELING ON HIM PSYCHOLOGICALLY
679
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,230
AND HE STARTED TO PINE FOR
680
00:36:06,397 --> 00:36:08,633
HUMAN CONTACT OF ANY KIND,
681
00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:11,302
EVEN IF IT MIGHT PROVE FATAL.
682
00:36:14,571 --> 00:36:18,575
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683
00:36:18,742 --> 00:36:21,979
NARRATOR: HUNDREDS OF MILES INTO
HIS ORDEAL, CLYMAN HAS REACHED
684
00:36:22,146 --> 00:36:24,415
THE END OF HIS ENDURANCE.
685
00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:33,591
AND HE'S PREPARED TO
TAKE ANY RISK TO SURVIVE.
686
00:36:34,758 --> 00:36:36,560
ANDREW P. NELSON: WHEN HE
ENCOUNTERS A PAWNEE VILLAGE,
687
00:36:36,727 --> 00:36:42,866
HIS REACTION ISN'T CONCERN OR
HESITATION, BUT HOPE.
688
00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:51,676
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689
00:36:51,809 --> 00:36:54,979
NARRATOR: CLYMAN'S EXPERIENCED
BOTH BRUTAL VIOLENCE AND
690
00:36:55,146 --> 00:36:59,716
FRIENDLY HOSPITALITY FROM NATIVE
TRIBES, AND HE CAN ONLY HOPE
691
00:36:59,883 --> 00:37:03,620
THAT THIS ONE WILL HAVE MERCY
ON HIS EXTREME DISTRESS.
692
00:37:04,387 --> 00:37:05,422
ANDREW P. NELSON:
SO, HE ACTUALLY ENDS
693
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,625
UP WALKING RIGHT
INTO THE VILLAGE
694
00:37:07,791 --> 00:37:10,194
NOT KNOWING WHAT
KIND OF WELCOME AWAITS HIM.
695
00:37:10,594 --> 00:37:13,463
[PAWNEE YELLING IN ALARM]
696
00:37:13,630 --> 00:37:16,967
NARRATOR: BUT WITHIN MOMENTS,
CLYMAN DISCOVERS HE MAY
697
00:37:17,134 --> 00:37:20,270
HAVE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
698
00:37:20,403 --> 00:37:21,839
JIM HARDEE:
ALL THE TRAPPERS KNEW THAT
699
00:37:22,006 --> 00:37:24,475
WHEN YOU WERE IN
A SERIOUS SITUATION
700
00:37:24,608 --> 00:37:27,344
WITH A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE,
701
00:37:27,477 --> 00:37:30,147
YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW FEAR.
702
00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:33,651
IF YOU SHOWED ANY KIND OF
FRIGHT, YOU WERE DONE.
703
00:37:35,686 --> 00:37:37,221
NARRATOR: CLYMAN KNOWS
THAT IF HE RESISTS,
704
00:37:37,354 --> 00:37:39,924
THE WARRIORS WILL KILL HIM.
705
00:37:43,327 --> 00:37:47,063
BUT IF HE SHOWS FEAR,
THEY MAY KILL HIM ANYWAY.
706
00:37:47,230 --> 00:37:48,966
THEN DO IT!
707
00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:50,935
I'M READY FOR DEATH!
708
00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:55,138
JIM HARDEE: BUT,
IF YOU SHOWED BRAVERY,
709
00:37:55,305 --> 00:37:57,274
THEY APPRECIATED THAT.
710
00:38:02,779 --> 00:38:06,617
NARRATOR: AGAINST ALL THE ODDS,
CLYMAN'S INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF
711
00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:09,954
COURAGE IMPRESSES THE CHIEF
OF THE PAWNEE VILLAGE.
712
00:38:10,921 --> 00:38:17,560
♪ ♪
713
00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:30,374
♪ ♪
714
00:38:30,541 --> 00:38:34,378
AFTER EATING HIS FIRST REAL FOOD
IN WEEKS, CLYMAN TAKES
715
00:38:34,544 --> 00:38:36,580
STOCK OF HIS NEW SITUATION.
716
00:38:36,747 --> 00:38:43,854
PAWNEE CHIEF: [SIGN LANGUAGE]
717
00:38:45,088 --> 00:38:49,393
CLYMAN: [SIGN LANGUAGE]
718
00:38:49,559 --> 00:38:51,061
NARRATOR:
BUT THE PAWNEE CHIEF'S MERCY
719
00:38:51,227 --> 00:38:53,464
MAY BE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
720
00:38:57,801 --> 00:39:01,839
AND SUDDENLY, JAMES CLYMAN
FACES DEATH YET AGAIN.
721
00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:05,743
THIS TIME, WITH NO HOPE OF
RESCUE OR ESCAPE.
722
00:39:11,649 --> 00:39:13,450
NARRATOR: AFTER NEARLY DYING
AT THE HANDS
723
00:39:13,583 --> 00:39:16,753
OF FEARSOME PAWNEE WARRIORS,
724
00:39:16,887 --> 00:39:20,157
FRONTIERSMAN JAMES
CLYMAN IS NOW ENTIRELY AT
725
00:39:20,323 --> 00:39:22,560
THE MERCY OF THE VILLAGE CHIEF.
726
00:39:22,726 --> 00:39:27,031
♪ ♪
727
00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:28,866
[CUTS HAIR]
728
00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:33,570
BUT HAVING IMPRESSED THE PAWNEES
WITH HIS BRAVERY, THE CHIEF
729
00:39:33,703 --> 00:39:37,407
ONLY WANTS A LOCK OF CLYMAN'S
HAIR AS A TROPHY.
730
00:39:37,540 --> 00:39:40,677
CLYMAN RATHER WRYLY IN HIS
MEMOIRS SAID THAT
731
00:39:40,844 --> 00:39:43,047
HE KEPT HIS SCALP,
BUT HE LOST HIS HAIR.
732
00:39:50,153 --> 00:39:52,756
NARRATOR: CLYMAN WOULD NEVER
KNOW THE NAME OF THE CHIEF WHO
733
00:39:52,923 --> 00:39:56,526
SAVED HIS LIFE,
OR WHY HE DID SO.
734
00:39:57,995 --> 00:39:59,895
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON:
IF HE HADN'T COME UPON A
735
00:40:00,063 --> 00:40:02,933
PARTY OF PAWNEES, HE PROBABLY
WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT.
736
00:40:05,702 --> 00:40:09,407
IT WAS THE HELP OF NATIVE
PEOPLES THAT SAVED HIS LIFE.
737
00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:21,051
♪ ♪
738
00:40:26,356 --> 00:40:29,059
NARRATOR: BUT CLYMAN WOULD
NEVER FORGET THAT IN HIS DARKEST
739
00:40:29,226 --> 00:40:33,431
HOUR, HE FOUND SALVATION FROM
A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE.
740
00:40:34,931 --> 00:40:40,838
♪ ♪
741
00:40:43,306 --> 00:40:45,843
CLYMAN'S WEARY JOURNEY
CONTINUES,
742
00:40:46,743 --> 00:40:48,645
AND AFTER NEARLY THREE MONTHS,
743
00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:51,682
HE'S SURPASSED
THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE.
744
00:40:52,849 --> 00:40:54,617
PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: YOU KNOW,
THE STORY OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN
745
00:40:54,784 --> 00:41:00,057
IS REPLETE WITH THESE TALES
OF SOLO ADVENTURES.
746
00:41:00,223 --> 00:41:02,393
AND CERTAINLY, CLYMAN'S TALE
747
00:41:02,559 --> 00:41:06,062
IS AS STRONG AS UH ANY OF 'EM.
748
00:41:06,229 --> 00:41:09,665
NARRATOR: CLYMAN'S IRON-CLAD
DETERMINATION TO SURVIVE KEEPS
749
00:41:09,833 --> 00:41:13,871
HIM MOVING, MILE
AFTER GRUELING MILE.
750
00:41:16,306 --> 00:41:22,245
ANDREW P. NELSON: AFTER WEEKS OF
TRUDGING EASTWARD, CLYMAN HAS
751
00:41:22,412 --> 00:41:26,116
ALL BUT GIVEN UP
HOPE, WHEN MIRACULOUSLY,
752
00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:29,153
HE SEES SOMETHING
IN THE DISTANCE.
753
00:41:31,722 --> 00:41:34,925
AND AS HE APPROACHES,
IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THAT THING
754
00:41:35,092 --> 00:41:39,429
IS IN FACT THE AMERICAN FLAG,
FLYING ABOVE A FORT.
755
00:41:39,563 --> 00:41:42,733
[CLYMAN CRYING]
756
00:41:44,701 --> 00:41:47,972
JIM HARDEE: HE SEES OLD GLORY
FLYIN' OVER THE FORT,
757
00:41:48,138 --> 00:41:49,773
AND HE REALIZES HE'S MADE IT.
758
00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:52,910
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
THAT'S OUR FLAG.
759
00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:57,581
NARRATOR: AND AFTER HARROWING
ADVENTURES AND PERIL THAT COULD
760
00:41:57,748 --> 00:42:01,552
HAVE KILLED HIM AT ANY TURN,
JAMES CLYMAN HAS LIVED
761
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,288
TO TELL HIS TALE.
762
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,564
ANDREW P. NELSON: REFLECTING ON
THE LIFE OF JAMES CLYMAN,
763
00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:17,567
WE COME AWAY WITH
A CONFIRMED SENSE THAT
764
00:42:17,734 --> 00:42:19,937
THIS WAS A- AN IMPORTANT MAN.
765
00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:22,906
CLYMAN: BACK TO THE BOATS!
766
00:42:23,073 --> 00:42:25,674
JAMES C. AULD: HE REALLY HAD
A GREAT LIFE AND ALL OF HIS
767
00:42:25,842 --> 00:42:27,811
NARRATIVES IN HIS LATER YEARS.
768
00:42:27,978 --> 00:42:32,416
SO, WITHOUT CLYMAN WE WOULDN'T
KNOW HARDLY ANYTHING ABOUT SOME
769
00:42:32,582 --> 00:42:34,685
OF THESE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED.
770
00:42:36,787 --> 00:42:39,455
JIM CORNELIUS: THE ADVENTURES
THAT HE RECOUNTS ARE PRICELESS.
771
00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:41,592
THEY'RE ACCURATE DEPICTIONS OF
THOSE ADVENTURES
772
00:42:41,758 --> 00:42:43,259
AND NOT JUST TALL TALES.
773
00:42:43,427 --> 00:42:45,228
THEN DO IT;
I'M READY FOR DEATH!
774
00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:46,996
HE WASN'T SIMPLY AN
775
00:42:47,163 --> 00:42:51,335
OBSERVER OF THESE GREAT MOMENTS
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
776
00:42:51,501 --> 00:42:53,503
HE WAS A PARTICIPANT.
777
00:42:53,670 --> 00:42:55,072
COME ON,
WE'RE GETTIN' OUTTA HERE!
778
00:42:55,238 --> 00:42:57,241
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