Original subtitles

NARRATOR: IN HIS FIRST YEAR AS A TRAPPER,

MOUNTAIN MAN JAMES CLYMAN HAS SURVIVED ONE ORDEAL...

[SHOUTING]

...AFTER ANOTHER.

[WHOOPING]

BUT NOW AFTER GETTING SEPARATED FROM HIS TRAPPING BRIGADE,

CLYMAN UNDERTAKES A HARROWING 600-MILE JOURNEY

OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

THAT WILL PUSH HIM TO THE BRINK OF STARVATION AND DEATH.

♪ ♪

THE SIGHT OF A PAWNEE VILLAGE PRESENTS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION.

[PANTING]

HE CAN ASK FOR HELP AND RISK A PAINFUL DEATH...

[PANTING]

OR REMAIN AT THE MERCY OF A PUNISHING WILDERNESS

THAT SEEMS DETERMINED TO KILL HIM SLOWLY.

[EXHALES]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[WHOOPING]

WITH HIS FATE IN THE HANDS OF THE MISTRUSTFUL PAWNEE,

JAMES CLYMAN CAN ONLY HOPE THAT A SHOW OF COURAGE AND RESOLVE

WILL PREVENT A SLOW AND AGONIZING DEATH.

THEN DO IT! I'M READY FOR DEATH!

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♪ ♪

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: A SKILLED TRAPPER, SCOUT, SOLDIER, AND GUIDE,

JAMES CLYMAN MAY BE THE MOST

UNDERRATED FRONTIERSMAN OF HIS TIME,

WITH A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT RIVAL

HIS MORE FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES.

ANDREW NELSON: JAMES CLYMAN WAS

A FIRSTHAND WITNESS TO SOME OF

THE SEMINAL EVENTS IN THE

HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.

♪ ♪

JIM CORNELIUS: HE WAS NOT A HELL-RAISER OR A WILD FELLOW

LIKE SOME OF HIS COMPATRIOTS WERE.

IT JUST SEEMS THAT HE SURVIVED ON PURE WILL AND PURE GRIT.

JIM HARDEE: CLYMAN HAS BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK,

AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIS STORY,

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

ANDREW NELSON: CLYMAN WAS BORN IN 1792,

ON A FARM THAT HIS FATHER LEASED

FROM NONE OTHER THAN GEORGE WASHINGTON.

MICHAEL WHELAN: AS A BOY, HE LEARNED TO HUNT AND TRAP.

HE LEARNED THE FRONTIER WAY.

HE LEARNED HOW TO DO FARMING.

HE LEARNED ALL THE BASICS THAT

YOU NEED TO BE A MOUNTAIN MAN.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: AND LIKE SO MANY YOUNG MEN OF HIS TIME,

AS SOON AS HE WAS OLD ENOUGH, HE HEADED WEST

TO FIND HIS FORTUNE.

♪ ♪

JIM HARDEE: WELL THE FUR TRADE IS REALLY TAKING OFF,

AND IF YOU NEEDED A JOB, YOU COULD GO TO ST. LOUIS

AND THERE ARE COMPANIES HIRING GUYS RIGHT AND LEFT.

NARRATOR: CLYMAN ARRIVES IN ST. LOUIS JUST IN TIME TO JOIN

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EXPEDITIONS OF THE FRONTIER ERA.

WILLIAM ASHLEY WAS A SUCCESSFUL

MISSOURI BUSINESSMAN AND POLITICIAN

WHO SOUGHT TO REIGNITE THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE

BY ENLISTING A HUNDRED ENTERPRISING MEN TO ASCEND

THE RIVER MISSOURI TO ITS SOURCE.

ASHLEY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZES THAT CLYMAN IS A MAN

OF INTELLIGENCE AND GREAT ABILITY SO HE ENLISTS CLYMAN

TO HELP RECRUIT THAT GROUP OF ONE HUNDRED MEN.

JIM CLYMAN: GLAD TO HAVE YOU, HARPER.

I'LL SEE YOU AT THE LANDING WHERE YOU'LL RECEIVE YOUR OUTFIT.

NARRATOR: CLYMAN TURNS OUT TO BE A SKILLED RECRUITER,

QUICKLY HELPING ENLIST THE MEN WHO BECOME

KNOWN AS "ASHLEY'S HUNDRED."

I THINK THEY WERE DESPERATE TO

GET JUST ABOUT ANY MAN THAT THEY COULD GET.

THEY COULDN'T BE TOO OLD, THEY COULDN'T BE TOO YOUNG,

THEY COULDN'T BE SICK, BUT I THINK BEYOND

THAT THEY WOULD SIGN YOU UP.

JIM CLYMAN: WE NEED MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER...

RESILIENT... HEARTY...

WE'LL BE ONE HUNDRED MEN STRONG.

ASHLEY IS LEADING US TO TERRITORY

THAT'S NEVER BEEN TRAPPED.

SO MANY BEAVER THEY'RE PRACTICALLY

JUMPING INTO YOUR BOAT.

AND WHEN OUR FURS START FLOWING DOWN THE MISSOURI,

EVERY MAN STILL COOLING HIS HEELS HERE IN ST. LOUIS

WILL REGRET THEY STAYED BEHIND.

YOU MARK MY WORDS.

I'LL NEED TO SEE YOUR TERMS.

OF COURSE! RIGHT THIS WAY, MISTER...?

REED GIBSON. UH, FOLKS CALL ME "GIB."

THEN LET'S STEP ON IN, GIB, AND HAVE SOME COFFEE

WHILE WE LOOK OVER THE TERMS.

NARRATOR: AND THOUGH HE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET,

THESE MEN WILL PLAY PIVOTAL ROLES IN THE

GREATEST ADVENTURE OF CLYMAN'S LIFE.

TRAVELING BY KEELBOAT HUNDREDS OF MILES UP THE MISSOURI RIVER

WITH ASHLEY'S EXPEDITION,

CLYMAN REACHES AN IMPORTANT WAYPOINT...

THE VILLAGES OF THE ARIKARA TRIBE.

JAMES AULD: BY THE TIME THEY

ARRIVED IN 1823, THERE HAD RECENTLY BEEN

SOME BAD BLOOD BETWEEN THE ARIKARAS

AND THE SIOUX AND SOME OTHER

TRIBES ALONG THE MISSOURI.

[SPEAKING ARIKARA]

ANDREW NELSON: ASHLEY'S COMPANY AREN'T QUITE

SURE WHAT TO EXPECT,

BUT THEY HAVE NO CHOICE; THEY NEED HORSES.

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NARRATOR: HORSES ARE A KEY COMPONENT OF ASHLEY'S VENTURE

THAT WILL ENABLE HIM TO SEND TRAPPING PARTIES OVERLAND.

BUT THE ARIKARA HAD SOMETHING OF A CHECKERED HISTORY

WITH MEMBERS OF WHITE CIVILIZATION.

MUSKET BALL. POWDER. NO GUN.

NARRATOR: AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF TRADING,

JAMES CLYMAN AND HIS FRIEND REED GIBSON ARE GETTING

UNEASY ABOUT THEIR ARIKARA HOSTS.

REED: THEY'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH FOR DAYS.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

JIM: EASY, GIBSON. DON'T GET JUMPY.

WE AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL THE GENERAL SECURES SOME HORSES.

WANT TRADE.

ME? I TAKE THE RIVER OVER SOME PESKY NAG EVERY TIME.

I'D WAGER THE PONIES WOULD PREFER THAT TOO.

ASHLEY: MR. CLYMAN! MAKE A NOTE ON THE LEDGER.

WE ARE TO TRADE HORSES FOR A CASE OF MUSKET BALLS,

AND A POUND OF POWDER PER HORSE.

MR. SMITH WILL MAKE THE SELECTIONS.

AYE, SIR.

ANDREW NELSON: AFTER THREE DAYS OF TRADING,

THE ASHLEY COMPANY HAS ACQUIRED TWENTY HORSES

AT THE COST, AS CLYMAN NOTES,

OF SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF AMMUNITION.

JAMES AULD: SOME OF THE MEN THOUGHT THAT HE WAS JUST ARMING

THE ENEMY AND GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO ATTACK.

THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF AMMUNITION WE'RE HANDING OVER.

HOW MANY GUNS DO YOU THINK THEY'VE GOT UP THERE?

REED: I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE ONE BIT, JIM.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

YEAH, I CAN FEEL IT IN MY GUT.

WE OUGHT TO GET OUT ON THE RIVER.

LET'S GO UNLOAD THE CRATES.

YEAH.

JIM HARDEE: BUT THEY DON'T PLAN TO LEAVE UNTIL THE

NEXT DAY SO EVERYBODY'S DOWN ON THE RIVER

BELOW THESE TWO ARIKARA VILLAGES.

NARRATOR: THE MAN ASHLEY LEAVES IN CHARGE ON THE BEACH

IS JEDEDIAH SMITH WHO WILL SOON

BECOME A FRONTIER LEGEND HIMSELF.

SMITH: GET COMFORTABLE MEN.

GENERAL ASHLEY WANTS US TO STAY ON THE BEACH FOR THE NIGHT.

WAIT, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO THE BOATS?

HE'S WORRIED OUR YONDER FRIENDS MIGHT TRY

AND TAKE BACK A HORSE OR TWO...

KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT.

THEN WHY ARE WE STILL HERE?

FROM ASHLEY'S PERSPECTIVE, UH...

MAYBE IT'S TO SHOW GOOD FAITH.

IT SMELLS LIKE TROUBLE, CLYMAN.

NARRATOR: YET NEITHER CLYMAN NOR ANY MAN OF ASHLEY'S HUNDRED

HAVE ANY IDEA JUST HOW BAD THAT TROUBLE WILL BE.

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[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

IN THE NIGHT, SEVERAL OF THE ROUGHER MEN IN THE GROUP

WENT LOOKING FOR WOMEN IN THE VILLAGE.

AND ONE OF THE MEN WAS SHOT IN THIS PROCESS

SNEAKING AROUND IN THE DARK.

NARRATOR: ENRAGED BY THE PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS

OF THE TRAPPERS, ARIKARA WARRIORS CROSS THE RIVER

DURING THE NIGHT AND LAUNCH A FURIOUS

ATTACK THE NEXT MORNING.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

OVER THERE!

[ARIKARA WAR CRIES] [GUNSHOTS]

NARRATOR: ALTHOUGH TAKEN BY SURPRISE,

THE TRAPPERS MANAGE TO HOLD THEIR GROUND...

AT LEAST AT FIRST.

GENERAL ASHLEY!

[GUNSHOTS]

MICHAEL WHELAN: EVERYTHING STARTED TO GO SIDEWAYS.

THE MEN STARTED SCRAMBLING, THE HORSES WERE DROPPING.

[GUNSHOTS]

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THESE ARE BRAVE MEN; THESE ARE BOLD MEN

BUT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

[GUNSHOTS]

GO FIND GENERAL ASHLEY!

[GROANS]

JAMES AULD: THEY WERE TOTALLY FISH IN A BARREL...

SITTING DUCKS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.

[GUNSHOTS]

TRAPPER: CLYMAN, THEY'RE BEHIND US!

[GUNSHOTS]

[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]

BACK TO THE BOATS! GET TO THE BOATS!

[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]

BACK TO THE BOATS!

[GUNSHOTS] [ARIKARA WAR CRIES]

MARK WILLIAM KELLY: THINK ABOUT THE BREADTH, THAT LINE OF

FIRE ON ONE SPOT ON THAT BEACH,

AND THAT IS JUST HORRIFIC.

GET DOWN!

[MAN GROANING]

[GUNSHOTS] [ARIKARA WAR CRIES]

[MAN GROANING]

[SOUND OF JIM'S HEART BEATING FAST]

[GUNSHOTS] [ARIKARA WAR CRIES]

[SPLASHING]

ANDREW NELSON: IT'S A TERRIBLE CHOICE.

HE ELECTS TO SWIM FOR IT.

[ARIKARA WAR CRIES] [SPLASHING]

PICK ME UP!

NARRATOR: CLYMAN HAS BARELY ESCAPED THE

MASSACRE OF HIS FRIENDS ON THE BEACH...

[SPLASHING]

...BUT HE'S NOW JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM DROWNING

AS THE BATTLE RAGES AROUND HIM.

A CHAOTIC BATTLE,

NARRG

FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN IS MOMENTS AWAY FROM

DROWNING IN THE MISSOURI RIVER.

- PICK ME UP! - SORRY, GOTTA KEEP PADDLIN'.

NARRATOR: AND EVEN WORSE, HIS PANICKED FELLOW TRAPPERS

REFUSE TO LET CLYMAN INTO THEIR OVERLOADED CANOE.

JIM HARDEE: SO HE TUCKS HIS GUN DOWN HIS PANT LEG...

AND THE LOCK GETS TANGLED UP IN HIS BELT AND NOW HE CAN'T

GET THE GUN OUT AND HE'S

STARTING TO GET WORN OUT AND THINKING:

"OH MY GOSH, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE IT!"

[SPLASHING]

I GOT YOU, CLYMAN.

NARRATOR: BUT AS CLYMAN IS ABOUT TO DRAW HIS VERY LAST BREATH,

HE IS PLUCKED FROM THE SWIRLING WATERS OF THE RIVER.

REED GIBSON WAS ON ONE OF THESE BOATS

AND HELPED CLYMAN GET ONTO THE SKIFF.

GIBSON, WE GOTTA MOVE! [GRUNTS]

NARRATOR: BUT CLYMAN'S ORDEAL ISN'T OVER.

IN FACT, IT'S JUST BEGINNING.

[GUNSHOT, GROAN]

JIM, I THINK I'VE BEEN SHOT!

NARRATOR: NOW COMPLETELY EXPOSED ON THE RIVER,

CLYMAN HAS ONLY ONE CHOICE:

ROW AS HARD AS HE CAN FOR THE OPPOSITE BANK.

COME ON, WE'RE GETTIN' OUTTA HERE!

WE GOTTA PADDLE, ALRIGHT? COME ON!

ANDREW NELSON: NOT ONE BUT THREE ARIKARA WARRIORS

HAVE FOLLOWED HIM AND HE HAS OF COURSE DROPPED

HIS GUN AND HIS KNIFE IN THE COURSE OF CROSSING THE RIVER.

[GRUNTING]

NARRATOR: CUT OFF FROM HELP AND COMPLETELY UNARMED,

CLYMAN HAS NO WAY TO DEFEND HIMSELF OR HIS FRIEND,

REED GIBSON, WHO URGES CLYMAN TO SAVE HIMSELF.

LEAVE ME. ALL THEY'LL GET IS MY SCALP.

LOOK, STAY LOW. I'LL COME BACK IF I CAN MAKE IT.

NARRATOR: TRYING TO LURE THE ARIKARAS AWAY

FROM HIS INJURED FRIEND, CLYMAN BEGINS

A DEADLY GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

NARRATOR: ALONE AND UNARMED, ALL CLYMAN CAN DO IS

PRAY THE ARIKARAS DON'T SPOT HIM.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

TO ENSURE THE ARIKARAS DON'T CIRCLE BACK FOR GIBSON,

CLYMAN RISKS A CHEEKY SHOW OF DEFIANCE TO LEAD

THEM BACK INTO THE WOODS.

ANDREW NELSON: AS LEGEND HAS IT,

CLYMAN SPIES HIS ARIKARA PURSUERS,

AND GIVES THEM A BOW.

[ARIKARA WAR CRIES]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

NARRATOR: AFTER ESCAPING THE ARIKARAS,

CLYMAN SKIRTS THE RIVERBANK AND BY SHEER CHANCE

HE FINDS JED SMITH AND A FEW OTHER SURVIVORS.

JIM CLYMAN: JED, IT'S ME!

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CLYMAN? CLYMAN!

[JIM PANTING]

CLYMAN!

♪ ♪

CLYMAN, YOU'RE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES.

WE THOUGHT YOU DROWNED.

NARRATOR: AND WHILE RETREATING DOWNSTREAM IN CANOES,

SMITH FOUND GIBSON AS WELL.

BUT WHEN CLYMAN ARRIVES, HIS FRIEND IS FADING FAST.

SMITH: HE'S IN A BAD WAY.

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪

GIBSON! GIBSON!

[FINAL BREATH]

[JIM CRYING, SNIFFLING]

YOU SAVED MY LIFE.

HE SAVED MY LIFE!

GIBSON DIES RIGHT THERE

IN CLYMAN'S ARMS.

AND CLYMAN IS THINKING "MAN, THIS GUY SAVED MY LIFE,

AND NOW HE'S DEAD."

[JIM CRYING, SNIFFLING]

NARRATOR: ALTHOUGH MANY OF THEIR DEAD WERE LEFT BEHIND

ON THE BEACH, THE TRAPPERS HOLD A HASTY FUNERAL.

SMITH: AND AS DID YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, O LORD...

THESE MEN HAVE DIED SO THAT WE MAY LIVE.

WE COMMIT THEIR SPIRITS INTO THY HOLY CARE.

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪

NARRATOR: AND NOW JAMES CLYMAN FACES THE HARDEST

DECISION OF HIS LIFE.

SMITH: MR. CLYMAN...

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE GENERAL INTENDS TO PUSH ON.

WE WILL FIGHT THEM AGAIN IF WE HAVE TO,

BUT THE GENERAL NEEDS TO KNOW WHO WILL STAY THE COURSE,

AND WHO WILL TAKE THE BOAT BACK DOWN RIVER.

BACK TO ST. LOUIS?

DOESN'T THAT MAKE THEM DESERTERS?

THERE'S NO SHAME IN DEPARTING.

WE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR WAR.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

BEFORE THIS JOURNEY,

FEWER MEN HAD STRONGER IDEAS OF THEIR BRAVERY THAN I.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT RIVER MAY HAVE COOLED MY COURAGE SOME.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

THEY PUSH OFF WITHIN THE HOUR.

YOU CAN OBLIGE ME BY TENDING TO THE WOUNDED.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME, JED.

I'LL NEVER DESERT YOU...

OR OTHER OTHERS.

NOR WILL I EVER.

I KNEW YOU'D BE A MAN OF GREAT SPIRIT.

COME ON, THE GENERAL WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR IT.

NARRATOR: BUT AFTER BURYING THEIR DEAD COMRADES,

THE MEN OF ASHLEY'S EXPEDITION TURN THEIR THOUGHTS

FROM SORROW TO REVENGE.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

♪ ♪

WORD OF THE MASSACRE RAPIDLY SPREADS ACROSS THE FRONTIER,

SPURRING THE U.S. ARMY INTO ACTION AGAINST THE ARIKARAS.

AND AS TROOPS UNDER COLONEL HENRY LEAVENWORTH

MARCH UP THE MISSOURI,

TRAPPERS LED BY JED SMITH CONVERGE AS WELL.

ON AUGUST 2, 1823 WHAT BECOMES KNOWN AS

"THE MISSOURI LEGION" ARRIVES,

ALONG WITH A CONTINGENT OF NATIVE ALLIES.

ABOUT 750 SIOUX ARRIVE TO GO ALONG WITH LEAVENWORTH'S MEN

TO ATTACK THE ARIKARA VILLAGES.

THEY WERE MORTAL ENEMIES WITH THE ARIKARAS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

NARRATOR: BUT COLONEL LEAVENWORTH DOESN'T SEEM

INCLINED TO LAUNCH A HEADLONG ASSAULT.

GENTLEMEN, AS YOU KNOW, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO SECURE

AND MAKE GOOD THIS GREAT RIVER ROAD.

AND MARK MY WORDS,

WE WILL HUMBLE THE ARIKARA.

AND WE WILL MAKE THEM PAY

FOR THE BLOOD THAT THEY HAVE SPILT HERE.

[HORSES BLUSTER]

GENERAL ASHLEY...

YOUR MEN SHOW REMARKABLE BRAVERY IN

RETURNING TO THIS PLACE OF OUTRAGE.

STAND READY, MEN.

YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON SOON.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

SOON...

SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT THIS LEAVENWORTH FELLOW,

BUT THE MAN IS... DELIBERATE.

YEAH AND IF KNOW THE COLONEL,

HIS MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS ASSAULT IS POLITICAL.

I'LL WAGER WE'LL BE HERE FOR AWHILE.

NARRATOR: BUT THE FRAGILE TRUCE BETWEEN THE ARIKARAS

AND THE AMERICANS IS BROKEN BY A GLORY-SEEKING SIOUX WARRIOR.

THE WARRIORS WERE STANDING BY WAITING TO ATTACK.

THEY WANT TO STAY OUT OF RIFLE RANGE WHEN

POSSIBLE DURING THE SIEGE.

BUT ONE OF THE WARRIORS RIDES

HIS HORSE RIGHT TO THE FRONT OF THE VILLAGE AND OVER

50 RIFLES SHOOT AT THIS ONE MAN ON HIS HORSE.

WELL MAYBE NOT.

ON YOUR TOES, MEN! MAKE READY YOUR PRIMER!

NARRATOR: AS CLYMAN AND THE TRAPPERS CHEER HIM ON,

THE WARRIOR TAUNTS THE ARIKARAS

FROM JUST OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF THEIR RIFLES.

THEN THIS WARRIOR COMES OUT WHOOPING AND JUST

COMPLETELY ENERGIZED AND UNHURT.

NARRATOR: THE WARRIOR'S BRAVERY TRIGGERS AN INSTANT FUSILLADE

OF LONG-RANGE GUNFIRE FROM BOTH SIDES.

IT'S ALWAYS LOUDER THAN YOU EXPECT, ISN'T IT?

LET 'EM HAVE IT, BOYS!

[GUNSHOTS]

SAMUEL DOLAN: AS THE BATTLE OPENS UP,

LEAVENWORTH'S FORCES UNLEASH A PRETTY DEVASTATING FIRE

FROM THOSE CANONS AGAINST THE VILLAGE.

[GUNSHOTS]

NARRATOR: YET TO THE INTENSE DISAPPOINTMENT

OF THE VENGEFUL TRAPPERS, THE BATTLE QUICKLY

PETERS OUT INTO A PARLEY.

SAMUEL DOLAN: THE ARIKARAS BEGGED FOR PEACE,

ALMOST BEFORE THE FIRST SHOT IS EVEN FIRED.

NARRATOR: LEAVENWORTH'S SIOUX ALLIES SOON INFORM HIM THAT

THE ARIKARAS ARE PREPARED TO SURRENDER,

AND EVEN ABANDON THEIR VILLAGE.

CLYMAN: IT APPEARS A NEGOTIATION IS IN THE WORKS.

ASHLEY: IS THAT IT?

WILL LEAVENWORTH NOT FIGHT?

SIR, RESPECTFULLY, WE'VE SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS

AT COUNCIL BLUFFS EATING NOTHING BUT PUMPKINS AND NOW,

AT LONG LAST, A SMALL OPPORTUNITY FOR

A PROMOTION MANIFESTS.

I INSIST WE BE ALLOWED TO ATTACK THE VILLAGE!

LEAVENWORTH: RAZING THEIR VILLAGE TO THE GROUND

IS NOT ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES, CAPTAIN.

RILEY: THEN ALLOW ME TO LEAD THE ASSAULT, SIR.

I CAN OVERWHELM THEM WITH ONE BOLD CHARGE.

NO, CAPTAIN.

THEY HAVE OFFERED A SURRENDER.

WE WILL ACCEPT IT. - SIR-

CAPTAIN, YOU HAVE YOUR ORDERS.

THAT IS ALL.

ANDY HAHN: I'M SURE THE MOOD FOR MANY OF

THE MEN WAS ONE OF DEFEAT.

THEY HAD SUFFERED A PRETTY HEAVY BLOW AND LOSSES IN

THE FIRST PART OF THE BATTLE.

AND THEN AT THE END OF IT THEY WERE IN A NO REALLY DIFFERENT

POSITION THAN THEY WERE WHEN THEY STARTED.

NARRATOR: THE END OF THE ARIKARA WAR IS A DISAPPOINTMENT

TO ALMOST EVERYONE INVOLVED,

BUT ITS CONSEQUENCES ARE EVEN WORSE.

MR. ASHLEY, COLONEL LEAVENWORTH GIVES HIS REGARDS.

HE IS ALREADY ON THE KEELBOATS HEADED BACK,

SO YOU AND YOUR MEN ARE ON YOUR OWN AT THIS TIME.

NARRATOR: FOLLOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR VILLAGE,

THE FURIOUS ARIKARAS SCATTER UP AND DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER.

THE MISSOURI RIVER WAS SHUT DOWN AS A THOROUGHFARE,

SO EVERYTHING HAS TO CHANGE.

CLYMAN: WELL, GENERAL?

NOW WHAT?

ASHLEY: WELL, THANKS TO THE BENEVOLENCE OF THE U.S. ARMY,

THE ARIKARA ARE SCATTERED ALL UP AND DOWN THE UPPER MISSOURI.

AND THEIR HEARTS ARE FULL OF ANGER.

AND WE CAN NO LONGER REACH THE YELLOWSTONE BY BOAT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY HORSES EITHER, GENERAL.

ASHLEY: NO.

NO INDEED.

MR. SMITH, HOW FARES THE REST OF THE BRIGADE?

THEY'RE BREAKING CAMP UPRIVER.

THEY'RE FULL OF FIGHT.

NARRATOR: WITH THE RIVER CLOSED TO HIM, ASHLEY MUST ASK CLYMAN

AND HIS OTHER MEN TO UNDERTAKE A RISKY NEW VENTURE.

ASHLEY: WELL, I PROPOSE WE MARCH TO MEET THE CROW

ON THE YELLOWSTONE.

WINTER THERE, AND THEN TRAP ALL OF NEXT SEASON.

Y'ALL READY TO GET BACK TO WORK, LADS?

I AM, GENERAL.

AS AM I.

ASHLEY: GOOD TO HEAR.

BRAVO TO YA, LADS, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S FULL

OF HEART AND BRAVERY.

MR. SMITH, WALK WITH ME.

LET'S DISCUSS ROUTES.

NARRATOR: YET AS CLYMAN PREPARES TO FINALLY LEAVE THE PLACE

WHERE HE FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE AND LOST CLOSE FRIENDS IN BATTLE,

HE HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT THE HARDEST PART

OF HIS JOURNEY STILL LIES AHEAD.

[GUNFIRE]

ASHLEY: LET 'EM HAVE IT, BOYS!

[GUNFIRE, CANNON]

NARRATOR: AFTER FIGHTING IN THE BRIEF ARIKARA WAR OF 1823,

FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN IS FINALLY SETTING OUT

TO TRAP FOR BEAVER.

SMITH: ALL RIGHT, MEN, LET'S GET READY TO BREAK CAMP.

KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.

CLYMAN: HOW MANY OF US ARE LEFT, JED?

SMITH: WE NUMBER TEN, NOW THAT THE WOUNDED

ARE ON THE RIVER.

I'M AFRAID IT'S TOO LATE TO JOIN 'EM.

NO, NO IT'S- IT'S JUST THAT WHEN WE STARTED,

THERE WERE OVER 60 OF US.

NOW SO FEW OF US ARE LEFT.

FEAR NOT, MY FRIEND.

IT'S FOR THE BEST, NOW THAT THE PORK-EATERS

AND LAYABOUTS ARE DOWN RIVER.

NOW THAT THE EASY PART'S OVER.

HEY- HOLD UP, JED!

THAT WAS THE EASY PART?

NARRATOR: CLYMAN SETS OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS ON

A HISTORY-MAKING JOURNEY, WITH NO IDEA OF THE DANGERS

THAT LIE IN WAIT.

THROUGHOUT THE FALL OF 1823, THE BRIGADE,

LED BY SMITH AND CLYMAN, TRAPS AND EXPLORES ACROSS

PRESENT DAY SOUTH DAKOTA.

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

BUT BEFORE LONG, THEY ENCOUNTER ANOTHER OF THE FRONTIER'S

DEADLIEST PREDATORS.

TRAPPER: JED, BEAR!

[BEAR GROWLS]

SMITH: STAY BACK, I'LL DISTRACT HIM!

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: EVERY TIME SOMEONE TANGLED

WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR,

IT USUALLY WAS THE BEAR COMIN' OUT NUMBER ONE.

SMITH: AH!

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: AND CERTAINLY THAT WAS

THE CASE WITH JED SMITH.

TRAPPER: FIRE! [GUNFIRE]

THE GRIZZLY, AT ONE POINT, HAS JED'S ENTIRE HEAD IN

HIS MOUTH, AND HE VIRTUALLY RIPS HIS SCALP OFF.

NARRATOR: BUT IN WHAT BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST

CELEBRATED STORIES OF THE ENTIRE FRONTIER ERA,

SMITH'S AMAZING COURAGE AND CLYMAN'S STEADY CALM

PREVENT THE ATTACK FROM TURNING FATAL.

SMITH: DOES ANYONE HAVE A NEEDLE AND THREAD AT ALL?

HE TELLS CLYMAN,

"GET A NEEDLE AND THREAD,

AND SEW ON EVERYTHING YOU CAN ON MY HEAD."

CLYMAN: AIN'T THE PRETTIEST THING YOU EVER SEEN,

BUT I DONE THE NICEST JOB I COULD, SIR.

SMITH: I'M SURE YOU HAVE, MR. CLYMAN.

AND I THANK YOU FOR IT.

ANDY HAHN: THESE ARE THE TYPE O' THINGS THAT HELPS YOU BUILD

A LASTING FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PERSON THAT

YOU EXPERIENCED IT WITH.

SO A TOTALLY UNIQUE AND UNBREAKABLE BOND

IS FORMED BETWEEN THESE MEN.

♪ ♪

CLYMAN AND SMITH CONTINUE WEST

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE BLACK HILLS,

AND ENTERED WHAT IS TODAY WYOMING,

AND FOLLOWED THE SWEETWATER RIVER.

NARRATOR: NOW HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM ANY SETTLEMENT, SMITH AND

CLYMAN FACE A NEW PERIL THEY CAN'T HANDLE ALONE.

WINTER IS COMING AND THEY REALLY NEED TO

SETTLE IN SOMEWHERE.

AND THEY'RE HEADED TOWARD THE CROW INDIAN LAND

TO HOPEFULLY TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CROW.

NARRATOR: FAR FROM ANY SOURCE OF SUPPLIES, CLYMAN'S BRIGADE

WON'T SURVIVE WINTER WITHOUT HELP FROM THE CROW TRIBE.

JAMES C. AULD: JED SMITH AND HIS GROUP HAVE A MAN WHO

NEGOTIATES THINGS BETWEEN SMITH'S PARTY AND THE CROW.

[BLOWING]

HEY, NOW.

WE SHOULD HAVE NO NEED FOR THAT, MR. CLYMAN.

FLASHBACK: [ARIKARAS YELL, GUNFIRE]

NARRATOR: AND FOR CLYMAN, MEMORIES OF HIS DEADLY ENCOUNTER

WITH THE ARIKARAS ARE ALL TOO FRESH.

BUT FOR BETTER OR WORSE, CLYMAN MUST NOW PLACE HIMSELF

AT THE MERCY OF A NATIVE TRIBE...

LET'S GO, MAN.

NARRATOR: FOR A SECOND TIME.

NARRATOR: WITH WINTER APPROACHING IN THE WILDERNESS,

FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN MUST TURN TO THE CROW TRIBE FOR FOOD

AND SHELTER, DESPITE NEARLY DYING AT THE HANDS OF ANOTHER

NATIVE TRIBE JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE.

I'M SURE YOU RECALL THE LAST TIME WE TRIED

TRADIN' WITH INDIANS.

WELL, WE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM HERE.

THE CROW ARE FRIENDS.

WE THOUGHT THE ARIKARA WERE TOO.

EVERY TRIBE HAS THEIR OWN WAY, MR. CLYMAN.

HOW THEY REGARD OUR PRESENCE HERE VARIES FROM WELCOME,

TO HATRED, TO EVERY SHADE OF FEELIN' IN BETWEEN.

NOW, THE CROW HAVE NO INGRAINED ILL-WILL FOR US, BUT IF WE

OR SOME OTHER BRIGADE WRONG THEM, THAT COULD CHANGE.

AND WE SHOULD HOPE IT DOESN'T.

THE CROW ARE A STRONG AND PROUD PEOPLE.

NARRATOR: FORTUNATELY FOR CLYMAN AND HIS BRIGADE, THE CROW DECIDE

TO LET THEM SPEND THE WINTER AT THEIR CAMP.

LET'S GET ACQUAINTED.

I'M KEEN TO LEARN WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT CROSSIN'

THE ROCKIES.

CLYMAN: IF THEY GOT A GOOD ENOUGH SUPPER,

I'M EQUALLY AS KEEN.

SMITH: LET'S GO, MEN!

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NARRATOR: AS WINTER TURNS TO SPRING, THE BRIGADE LED BY SMITH

AND CLYMAN RESUMES TRAPPING, TAKING A RICH HAUL

OF PELTS AT LAST.

BUT FINALLY READY TO RETURN TO THE SETTLEMENTS WITH

THEIR VALUABLE CATCH, THEY FACE A NEW PROBLEM.

WITHOUT HORSES TO HAUL THEIR SIZABLE CACHE

TO THE MISSOURI RIVER, THE TRAPPERS MUST IMPROVISE

A NEW WAY TO MOVE THEM.

THINK WE CAN MAKE BULL BOATS, FLOAT THE BEAVER PACKS

DOWN UH TO AN OUTPOST ON THE MISSOURI?

JAMES C. AULD: THEY REALIZED

THAT THE SWEETWATER GOES EAST AND THAT MIGHT

GET THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD

GET DOWN TO ST. LOUIS.

CLYMAN: WELL, WE CAN LOAD THE PELTS ON BULL BOATS HERE

ON THE SWEETWATER, AND I SUPPOSE IT WOULD FLOW THROUGH

THE NORTH PLATTE, ONTO THE MISSOURI.

BUT WE HAVEN'T TRACED THAT FAR, SO WE CAN'T BE SURE.

AS USUAL, MR. CLYMAN, YOU'VE PROVIDED A SOLUTION.

YOU'LL OBLIGE US BY SCOUTING AHEAD WITH ME TO SEE WHICH

RIVER THE SWEETWATER JOINS. - CLYMAN: OH, WITH ALL DUE

RESPECT, CAPTAIN, I WAS NOT PROPOSING TO-

WELL, WEREN'T YOU ONCE A SURVEYOR?

I WAS, BACK IN ILLINOIS, BUT-

WELL, NORTH AND SOUTH IN ILLINOIS ARE NORTH

AND SOUTH HERE.

PACK YOUR POWDER, MAKE IT QUICK.

NARRATOR: AFTER SCOUTING THE SWEETWATER RIVER,

CLYMAN BELIEVES THEY CAN BUILD IMPROVISED BOATS AND FLOAT

THEIR CATCH DOWN TRIBUTARIES OF THE MISSOURI

BACK TO THE SETTLEMENTS.

IF I HAD TO GUESS, I'D SAY THIS JOINS THE PLATTE A DAY

OR TWO'S MARCH FARTHER DOWN.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S JUST A GUESS, JED.

I'LL TAKE YOUR GUESS OVER MINE.

WHY DON'T YOU HEAD DOWNRIVER ANOTHER DAY, FIND US A CAMP.

I'LL BRING UP THE BRIGADE, WE'LL LOAD WHAT WE CAN,

AND CACHE THE REST.

VERY WELL.

I'LL BE WAITIN'.

MICHAEL WHELAN: AT THIS POINT,

CLYMAN WENT AHEAD OF THE GROUP

AND ARRIVED AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE SWEETWATER

AND THE PLATTE RIVERS.

NARRATOR: THERE CLYMAN MAKES CAMP AND SETTLES IN TO WAIT

FOR THE BRIGADE...

BUT QUICKLY DISCOVERS HE'S NOT ALONE.

[BLACKFOOT TALKING]

JAMES C. AULD: HE REALIZES THAT THERE'S

A WAR PARTY OF BLACKFOOT

RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER FROM HIM.

JIM CORNELIUS: ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN AMERICAN TRAPPERS

AND BLACKFEET ALMOST

ALWAYS ENDED IN A FIGHT.

SO, CLYMAN COULDN'T RISK DISCOVERY.

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

[BLACKFEET TALKING]

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

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NARRATOR: WHEN SMITH ARRIVES AT THE APPOINTED MEETING SPOT

THE NEXT DAY, HE'S CONFRONTED WITH A TERRIBLE DILEMMA.

SMITH: I COUNT TEN WARRIORS TRACKS,

NO IDEA WHERE CLYMAN MIGHT BE.

MEN, I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT MR. CLYMAN IS BEYOND OUR HELP.

WE MUST LOOK TO THE SAFETY OF THE BRIGADE.

STEP OUT, WE'LL MARCH UNTIL NIGHTFALL.

NARRATOR: SMITH MAKES THE DIFFICULT DECISION NOT TO SEARCH

FOR CLYMAN, UNAWARE THAT HIS FRIEND IS ACTUALLY

VERY MUCH ALIVE.

AFTER WAITING FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH NO SIGN OF HIS FRIEND

SMITH, CLYMAN REALIZES HE'S NOW ENTIRELY ON HIS OWN.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: HE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE ABOUT WHETHER

TO GO IN SEARCH OF THEM AND RISK GETTING KILLED

BY THE BLACKFEET OR

SIMPLY HEAD EAST AND TRY AND REACH FORT ATKINSON,

WHICH WAS MANY, MANY, MANY MILES AWAY.

ELEVEN MUSKET BALLS.

AND FORT ATKINSON IS SOMEWHERE IN THAT DIRECTION.

NARRATOR: CLYMAN HAS ONLY A VAGUE IDEA OF HIS LOCATION,

BUT HE HOPES THE RIVER HE'S FOLLOWING WILL TAKE HIM

TO FORT ATKINSON.

THE PROSPECT OF THAT MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY

DAUNTING, BUT HE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

AND SO HE JUST PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND STARTED

MARCHING TO THE EAST DOWN RIVER.

NARRATOR: JAMES CLYMAN KNOWS HE FACES A TREK OVER HUNDREDS

OF MILES OF HOSTILE WILDERNESS, BUT HE HAS LITTLE IDEA THAT

THE JOURNEY WILL BECOME AN EPIC SAGA OF THE FRONTIER ERA.

NARRATOR: AFTER ESCAPING A PROWLING WAR PARTY OF BLACKFEET,

FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN NOW FACES A HARROWING ORDEAL.

TO REACH THE SAFETY OF A FORT ON THE MISSOURI RIVER,

HE MUST MAKE A SIX HUNDRED MILE WILDERNESS TREK,

AND DO IT UTTERLY ALONE.

CLYMAN'S ARDUOUS JOURNEY STRETCHES OVER DAYS,

AND THEN WEEKS...

AS HE BECOMES WEAKER BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.

SO, THIS TRIP WAS PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING.

HE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH TO EAT.

ANDREW P. NELSON: THE HUMAN BODY CAN FAMOUSLY GO

ONLY DAYS WITHOUT WATER,

BUT WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD.

BUT VERY QUICKLY,

YOUR JUDGMENT IS AFFECTED,

YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION.

YOUR BODY BEGINS EATING ITSELF.

JIM CORNELIUS: IT WAS EXTREMELY GRUELING ON HIM PSYCHOLOGICALLY

AND HE STARTED TO PINE FOR

HUMAN CONTACT OF ANY KIND,

EVEN IF IT MIGHT PROVE FATAL.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: HUNDREDS OF MILES INTO HIS ORDEAL, CLYMAN HAS REACHED

THE END OF HIS ENDURANCE.

AND HE'S PREPARED TO TAKE ANY RISK TO SURVIVE.

ANDREW P. NELSON: WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS A PAWNEE VILLAGE,

HIS REACTION ISN'T CONCERN OR HESITATION, BUT HOPE.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: CLYMAN'S EXPERIENCED BOTH BRUTAL VIOLENCE AND

FRIENDLY HOSPITALITY FROM NATIVE TRIBES, AND HE CAN ONLY HOPE

THAT THIS ONE WILL HAVE MERCY ON HIS EXTREME DISTRESS.

ANDREW P. NELSON: SO, HE ACTUALLY ENDS

UP WALKING RIGHT INTO THE VILLAGE

NOT KNOWING WHAT KIND OF WELCOME AWAITS HIM.

[PAWNEE YELLING IN ALARM]

NARRATOR: BUT WITHIN MOMENTS, CLYMAN DISCOVERS HE MAY

HAVE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

JIM HARDEE: ALL THE TRAPPERS KNEW THAT

WHEN YOU WERE IN A SERIOUS SITUATION

WITH A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE,

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW FEAR.

IF YOU SHOWED ANY KIND OF FRIGHT, YOU WERE DONE.

NARRATOR: CLYMAN KNOWS THAT IF HE RESISTS,

THE WARRIORS WILL KILL HIM.

BUT IF HE SHOWS FEAR, THEY MAY KILL HIM ANYWAY.

THEN DO IT!

I'M READY FOR DEATH!

JIM HARDEE: BUT, IF YOU SHOWED BRAVERY,

THEY APPRECIATED THAT.

NARRATOR: AGAINST ALL THE ODDS, CLYMAN'S INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF

COURAGE IMPRESSES THE CHIEF OF THE PAWNEE VILLAGE.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

AFTER EATING HIS FIRST REAL FOOD IN WEEKS, CLYMAN TAKES

STOCK OF HIS NEW SITUATION.

PAWNEE CHIEF: [SIGN LANGUAGE]

CLYMAN: [SIGN LANGUAGE]

NARRATOR: BUT THE PAWNEE CHIEF'S MERCY

MAY BE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

AND SUDDENLY, JAMES CLYMAN FACES DEATH YET AGAIN.

THIS TIME, WITH NO HOPE OF RESCUE OR ESCAPE.

NARRATOR: AFTER NEARLY DYING AT THE HANDS

OF FEARSOME PAWNEE WARRIORS,

FRONTIERSMAN JAMES CLYMAN IS NOW ENTIRELY AT

THE MERCY OF THE VILLAGE CHIEF.

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[CUTS HAIR]

BUT HAVING IMPRESSED THE PAWNEES WITH HIS BRAVERY, THE CHIEF

ONLY WANTS A LOCK OF CLYMAN'S HAIR AS A TROPHY.

CLYMAN RATHER WRYLY IN HIS MEMOIRS SAID THAT

HE KEPT HIS SCALP, BUT HE LOST HIS HAIR.

NARRATOR: CLYMAN WOULD NEVER KNOW THE NAME OF THE CHIEF WHO

SAVED HIS LIFE, OR WHY HE DID SO.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: IF HE HADN'T COME UPON A

PARTY OF PAWNEES, HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT.

IT WAS THE HELP OF NATIVE PEOPLES THAT SAVED HIS LIFE.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: BUT CLYMAN WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT IN HIS DARKEST

HOUR, HE FOUND SALVATION FROM A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE.

♪ ♪

CLYMAN'S WEARY JOURNEY CONTINUES,

AND AFTER NEARLY THREE MONTHS,

HE'S SURPASSED THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: YOU KNOW, THE STORY OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN

IS REPLETE WITH THESE TALES OF SOLO ADVENTURES.

AND CERTAINLY, CLYMAN'S TALE

IS AS STRONG AS UH ANY OF 'EM.

NARRATOR: CLYMAN'S IRON-CLAD DETERMINATION TO SURVIVE KEEPS

HIM MOVING, MILE AFTER GRUELING MILE.

ANDREW P. NELSON: AFTER WEEKS OF TRUDGING EASTWARD, CLYMAN HAS

ALL BUT GIVEN UP HOPE, WHEN MIRACULOUSLY,

HE SEES SOMETHING IN THE DISTANCE.

AND AS HE APPROACHES, IT BECOMES CLEAR THAT THAT THING

IS IN FACT THE AMERICAN FLAG, FLYING ABOVE A FORT.

[CLYMAN CRYING]

JIM HARDEE: HE SEES OLD GLORY FLYIN' OVER THE FORT,

AND HE REALIZES HE'S MADE IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THAT'S OUR FLAG.

NARRATOR: AND AFTER HARROWING ADVENTURES AND PERIL THAT COULD

HAVE KILLED HIM AT ANY TURN, JAMES CLYMAN HAS LIVED

TO TELL HIS TALE.

ANDREW P. NELSON: REFLECTING ON THE LIFE OF JAMES CLYMAN,

WE COME AWAY WITH A CONFIRMED SENSE THAT

THIS WAS A- AN IMPORTANT MAN.

CLYMAN: BACK TO THE BOATS!

JAMES C. AULD: HE REALLY HAD A GREAT LIFE AND ALL OF HIS

NARRATIVES IN HIS LATER YEARS.

SO, WITHOUT CLYMAN WE WOULDN'T KNOW HARDLY ANYTHING ABOUT SOME

OF THESE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED.

JIM CORNELIUS: THE ADVENTURES THAT HE RECOUNTS ARE PRICELESS.

THEY'RE ACCURATE DEPICTIONS OF THOSE ADVENTURES

AND NOT JUST TALL TALES.

THEN DO IT; I'M READY FOR DEATH!

HE WASN'T SIMPLY AN

OBSERVER OF THESE GREAT MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

HE WAS A PARTICIPANT.

COME ON, WE'RE GETTIN' OUTTA HERE!

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