All language subtitles for 5 Andrew Henry Man of His Word

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NARRATOR: ON HIS AMBITIOUS
FIRST EXPEDITION

INTO AMERICA'S UNCHARTED
WILDERNESS,

PIONEERING TRAPPER ANDREW HENRY
HAS LED HIS MEN

DEEP INTO TERRITORY CONTROLLED
BY THE BLACKFEET TRIBE.

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AND ALTHOUGH REPEATED AMBUSHES
HAVE DECIMATED HIS MEN

AND LEFT HIS VENTURE IN PERIL,

HENRY HAS GIVEN HIS WORD
THAT HE'LL COMPLETE HIS MISSION.

A VOW HE INTENDS TO KEEP...

NO MATER WHAT THE COST.

SHH.

[SOFT FOOTSTEPS]

WEIR: WHAT IS IT?
HENRY: SHH.

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BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

HENRY: BLACKFEET!

TAKE COVER!

[GUNFIRE]

NARRATOR: BUT NOW, HENRY'S
PRIDE HAS LED HIM INTO

WHAT COULD BE HIS FINAL
BATTLE.

AND HE MAY SOON PAY THE
ULTIMATE PRICE.

WATCH YOUR FLANK!

[GUNFIRE]

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NARRATOR: ANDREW HENRY IS AN
UNSUNG HERO OF THE FRONTIER ERA.

A PIONEERING LEADER AND
EXPLORER,

AND A MAN WHO KEEPS
HIS PROMISES...

NO MATTER THE COST.

JIM HARDEE: ANDREW HENRY WAS A
MAN OF HIGH INTEGRITY.

IF HE HAD UH A JOB
TO DO, HE WAS GONNA GET IT DONE.

MARK WILLIAM KELLEY: PEOPLE KNOW
THIS IS A MAN OF HIS WORD.

AND HE IS NOT GONNA BACK
DOWN.

AND HE DID EVERYTHING HE SAID HE
WOULD DO

TO THE VERY BEST OF HIS
ABILITY.

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NARRATOR: IN 1809, ANDREW HENRY
IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN

ON AMERICA'S WESTERN FRONTIER,
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

RON ANGLIN: HENRY'S INVOLVED
IN THE LEAD MINING BUSINESS.

BUT HE'S ALSO A LEADER OF MEN.

AND HONESTY AND HIS INTEGRITY
WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM.

NARRATOR: THESE QUALITIES WILL
BE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO

THE DARING VENTURE IN WHICH HE'S
BECOME AN INVESTOR AND PARTNER.

A MAJOR TRAPPING
EXPEDITION THAT WILL SOON DEPART

FOR THE LITTLE-KNOWN HEADWATERS
OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

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HA!

MR. MENARD!

A PLEASURE, AS ALWAYS.

MR. HENRY!

AUSPICIOUS DAY, NO?

INDEED IT IS.

YOU SEEM TO HAVE
EVERYTHING WELL IN HAND HERE.

IT IS NOT WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.

TO GET AN HONEST DAY'S WORK
FROM THESE-

GUTTER RATS OF ST. LOUIS.

MENARD: BUT BE ASSURED,
MONSIEUR HENRY,

YOUR INVESTMENT IS IN
EXCELLENT HANDS.

NARRATOR: HENRY'S NEW PARTNERS
ARE TWO OF THE MOST

INFLUENTIAL MEN ON THE
WESTERN FRONTIER.

MANUEL LISA IS
AN ESTABLISHED BRIGADE LEADER

WITH A REPUTATION FOR BEING
HOT-TEMPERED.

IF YOU TALKED ABOUT ANYBODY THAT
HAD MORE POWER

AND MORE KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T
THINK YOU COULD FIND

ANYONE FINER THAN MANUEL LISA.

NARRATOR: THEIR OTHER PARTNER
IS PIERRE MENARD,

A WELL-CONNECTED
BUSINESSMAN AND POLITICIAN

IN THE ILLINOIS TERRITORY.

YOU KNOW, I HOPE TO BE OF USE

FOR MORE THAN JUST MY
POCKETBOOK.

AS A MAN OF HONOR,

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE OF VALUE IN
VENTURES SUCH AS THIS.

IMBECILE!

MIND WHERE YOU'RE GOING!

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WOULDN'T THE LOADING GO FASTER
IF ALL THE MEN HELPED?

THE VOYAGEURS?

OH, NO, SIR.

THESE ARE SKILLED RIVER-MEN OF
CANADA.

NARRATOR: THE CREW INCLUDES
BOTH INEXPERIENCED AMERICANS

AND VETERAN CANADIAN BOATMEN
KNOWN AS VOYAGEURS,

INCLUDING A
GENUINE FRONTIER CELEBRITY.

GEORGE DROUILLARD

VOYAGED WITH LEWIS & CLARK TO
THE FARTHEST WEST.

A GREAT MAN OF THE
FRONTIER.

THEN I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
WITH US.

MES OUI.

THESE NOUVEAUX ARRIVANTS

NEED MEN OF EXPERIENCE
TO GUIDE THEM.

ANDRE!

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU!

MANUEL LISA, FRANCOIS VALLE.

PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

ENCHANTE.

NARRATOR: ALSO JOINING THE
EXPEDITION IS FRANCOIS VALLE,

A CLOSE FRIEND
OF HENRY'S,

WHO HAS NO FRONTIER
EXPERIENCE AT ALL.

FRANCOIS VALLE AGREES THAT,
YEAH, HE'D LIKE TO GO

BECAUSE IF
HE CONTRIBUTES A LITTLE MONEY,

THEN HE STANDS TO INCREASE HIS
INCOME.

A BIT OVERDRESSED FOR THE
FRONTIER, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

WELL, I- I'M SURE I'LL BE
WEARING MOUNTAIN HIDES

LIKE A MOUNTAIN MAN SOON ENOUGH.

MAY AS WELL ENJOY THE FINER
THINGS WHILE I STILL CAN.

MR. HENRY.

WE MUST DISCUSS THE EXPENSES
INCURRED THUS FAR.

PLEASE.

ADD A CASE OF CHAMPAGNE,
WILL YOU?

[LAUGHS]

NARRATOR: FOR BOTH HENRY AND
HIS FRIEND FRANCOIS VALLE,

THE EXPEDITION WILL BE A JOURNEY
INTO THE UNKNOWN.

BUT DESPITE THEIR CAREFUL
PREPARATIONS AND HIGH HOPES,

NEITHER HAS ANY IDEA OF
THE ORDEAL THAT LIES AHEAD.

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THE EXPEDITION
ANDREW HENRY JOINS WILL TRAVEL

2000 MILES INTO LARGELY UNKNOWN
TERRITORY,

SEEKING THE MOST VALUABLE
COMMODITY ON THE FRONTIER:

BEAVER FUR.

BUT JUST A FEW WEEKS
INTO THE JOURNEY

AND STILL HUNDREDS OF
MILES FROM THEIR DESTINATION,

THE AMERICAN CREW IS STARTING TO
FEEL THE STRAIN.

THE AMERICANS ARE NO MATCH FOR
THE FRENCH VOYAGEURS ON THE
RIVER.

AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING
QUITE THE SAME QUALITY OF FOOD

THAT THESE FRENCH VOYAGEURS ARE
GETTING.

BOILED CORN AGAIN!

NOT EVEN A PINCH OF SALT?

I'LL WARRANT
THE PARTNERS GET SALT.

YOU MANGEURS DE LARD WOULD NOT
HAVE LASTED A DAY

WITH THE
CAPITAINES LEWIS AND CLARK.

WHAT'D YOU CALL ME?

A MANGEUR DE LARD.

A PORK EATER.

IT IS TO SAY, "A USELESS
MAN."

YOU ARE A GREENHORN WHO HASN'T
EVEN TASTED THE BUFFALO YET.

WE AIN'T HAD PORK IN NIGH
ON TWO MONTHS.

THERE'S BARRELS O' SALT
PORK SITTIN' RIGHT OVER HERE!

MATTER OF FACT, I SAY WE TAKE
SOME RIGHT NOW, BOYS.

JAMES CHEEK WAS A TOUGH GUY.

HE WANTED TO FIGHT EVERYBODY
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE

HE WAS BEING TREATED FAIR AND
SQUARE.

WHAT THE DEVIL IS THIS? HUH?

WE'VE BEEN PULLIN' YOUR BOAT UP
RIVER ALL WEEK,

AND WE'RE STARVIN'!
I AIM TO REMEDY THAT.

YOU UNGRATEFUL WRETCH.

YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND YOU WILL
EAT WHAT YOU ARE GIVEN.

I WILL NOT BE SPOKEN TO THAT WAY
BY ANY BLASTED SPANIARD!

WHOA, ENOUGH! ENOUGH!

NARRATOR: HENRY'S FIRST JOURNEY
INTO THE WEST

IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL,

FORCING HIM TO PERSONALLY
PREVENT A VIOLENT CLASH.

LISA, THE MEN ARE HUNGRY.

THEY WILL BE HUNGRIER STILL!
MEN: [YELLING]

FOR NOW WE CAN SHOW THE EXAMPLE
OF DISCIPLINE.

MENARD, FETCH ME MY WHIP.

NO! NO! THERE'LL BE NO SUCH
PUNISHMENTS HERE.

SUCH WEAKNESS NOW WILL BRING
MORE MISCHIEF NEXT TIME.

DEAL WITH THIS AS YOU WISH.

MEN: [CHEER]

SHUT UP, YOU BUFFOONS!

THERE WILL BE NO MORE
INSUBORDINATION.

NOW THE PORK WILL BE SHARED OUT
TWICE A WEEK,

STARTING TONIGHT.

BUT NOT FOR YOU. IT'S BREAD AND
WATER FOR YOU.

AND KEEP YOUR FOOLISH IDEAS
TO YOURSELF.

NARRATOR: THE DISCORD IS A
TROUBLING SIGN OF THINGS TO
COME,

ESPECIALLY SINCE THE TRUE PERILS
OF THE TREK STILL LIE AHEAD.

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1500 MILES UPRIVER FROM
ST. LOUIS, HENRY AND HIS MEN

REACH THE VILLAGES
OF THE GROS VENTRE TRIBE

AND HAVE A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH
A LIVING LEGEND OF THE FRONTIER.

JOHN COLTER!

[LAUGHTER]

I THOUGHT WE'D NOT SEE YOU
AGAIN.

YEAH, I WAS HOPIN'
FOR THE SAME THING.

NARRATOR: LIKE DROUILLARD,
JOHN COLTER IS A VETERAN

OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK
CORPS OF DISCOVERY,

AND HE'S
WORKED FOR MANUEL LISA BEFORE.

COLTER'S THERE BY HIMSELF AT THE
GROS VENTRE,

AND HE'S ON HIS WAY
DOWNRIVER.

NONE OF 'EM KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT
COLTER

WHEN THAT EXPEDITION
COMES UP RIVER.

THEY PROBABLY
THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.

NARRATOR: COLTER'S ENDURED A
TERRIFYING ORDEAL SINCE

THE LAST TIME HE SAW MANUEL LISA
AND GEORGE DROUILLARD.

BUT FOR NOW, HE
KEEPS THE TALE TO HIMSELF.

COLTER: WHAT ARE YOU BOYS
DOING UP HERE?

WE ARE TRAVELING
TO THE THREE FORKS

TO MAKE A TRADE WITH THE
BLACKFEET.

BLACKFEET'LL KILL YOU BEFORE
THEY TRADE YOU A SINGLE PELT.

EVERY MAN HAS HIS PRICE.
EVEN THE BLACKFEET.

COLTER: YEAH, THEY GOT A PRICE,
ALL RIGHT.

AND IT'LL BE YOUR HEAD.

NARRATOR: COLTER'S DIRE
WARNING LEAVES HENRY TROUBLED

ABOUT WHAT AWAITS THEM AT THEIR
ULTIMATE DESTINATION...

LET'S FIND US SOME SUPPER.

NARRATOR: THE DISTANT REGION
KNOWN AS THREE FORKS.

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THREE FORKS WAS THE PLACE WHERE
THE JEFFERSON, THE MADISON,

AND THE GALLATIN RIVERS COME
TOGETHER TO FORM THE MISSOURI.

BUT ALSO IT'S THE HOME TO THE
BLACKFEET,

THE BLACKFEET
CONSIDER IT THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THE BLACKFEET WERE NOT GONNA
ALLOW THE AMERICANS IN THERE.

NARRATOR: BUT AS THEY PREPARE TO
DEPART FOR THIS DANGEROUS LAND,

A MORE IMMEDIATE CRISIS ARRIVES.

RECKON I BETTER WIN THIS.

CAN'T MAKE MONEY ANY OTHER WAY.

I'M AFRAID THERE'S NO MONEY TO
BE MADE THIS WAY EITHER.

NARRATOR: NOT ONLY HAVE THE
AMERICANS BEEN MISTREATED,

THEY THINK THEY'RE
BEING CHEATED

OUT OF THEIR
CHANCE TO ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY.

HOW THE HECK ARE WE GONNA GET
PAID, MR. HENRY?

YOU SEEN THEM
TRAPS LISA LEFT US?

RUSTED OLD PILES O' JUNK!

THEM TRAPS WOULDN'T CATCH A
BEAVER UNLESS

THE CRITTER DIED FROM LAUGHIN'
AT IT.

THE PARTNERS ARE LIARS
AND CHEATS.

HEY, YOU SIGNED A CONTRACT.
SAME AS ME.

CHEEK: AND WHERE IS LISA'S
HONOR?

I TELL YOU, I CATCH HIM ALONE,
I'LL SHOOT HIM.

I SWEAR I WOULD.

DO YOU SWEAR IT, MR. CHEEK?

I DO. MARK MY WORDS.

YOU WILL NEVER RETURN FROM THREE
FORKS ALIVE.

NARRATOR: WITH OPEN THREATS OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST HIS PARTNERS,

HENRY NOW FACES NOT JUST THE
PROSPECT OF MUTINY...

MR. HENRY, MEET ME BY THE RIVER
LANDING IN ONE HOUR.

NARRATOR: BUT THE END OF HIS
FIRST EXPEDITION INTO THE WEST.

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MARK MY WORDS.

YOU WILL NEVER
RETURN FROM THREE FORKS ALIVE.

NARRATOR: JAMES CHEEK, A
TRAPPER UNDER ANDREW HENRY'S

COMMAND HAS THREATENED TO KILL
EXPEDITION LEADER MANUEL LISA...

MR. HENRY, MEET ME BY THE RIVER
LANDING IN ONE HOUR.

NARRATOR: AND NOW, HENRY COULD
LOSE HIS POSITION

AS A PARTNER
ON THE EXPEDITION.

BUT HENRY ISN'T PREPARED FOR
WHAT

MANUEL LISA HAS TO TELL
HIM.

MR. HENRY. MONSIEUR VALLE.

I MUST INFORM YOU THAT I AM
RETURNING TO ST. LOUIS.

SURE YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ON
ACCOUNT OF CHEEK

AND HIS FOOLISH THREATS?

YOUR AMERICANS ARE LIKE DOGS.

A DOG BARKS, WHAT IS IT TO ME?

AND IF IT BITES,
WE SHOOT IT DOWN.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

PERHAPS YOU SHOULD LEAVE, WHILE
YOU STILL CAN.

MANUEL, WHO THEN WILL LEAD THE
EXPEDITION TO THREE FORKS?

AS YOU BOTH ARE PARTNERS YOU
WILL SHARE IN THE COMMAND.

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MENARD CAN ATTEND TO OUR ROUTE
AND SUPPLY.

I WILL COMMAND THE MEN.

YOUR WEAKNESS IN THE WAY OF
DISCIPLINE SUGGESTS YOU CANNOT.

YOU FAVOR THE VOYAGEURS OVER THE
AMERICANS.

AND THEY RESENT IT.

THESE ARE MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER.

BUT THEY WILL NOT TAKE ORDERS
FROM THOSE WHO LACK IT.

IS IT YOUR INTENTION
TO INSULT ME?

IT'S JUST A FACT.

I'LL TAKE EVERY MAN WHO'S
WILLIN' TO THREE FORKS.

AND I'LL BUILD OUR FORT
AND BRING BACK OUR FURS.

YOU HAVE MY WORD ON THAT.

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ANDREW HENRY HAS NEVER BEEN ON
THE MISSOURI RIVER.

HE'S NEVER
BEEN A FUR TRAPPER OR A TRADER.

BUT HE CAME UP THERE TO DO A JOB
AND THAT WAS

TO GO TO THREE FORKS AND TRAP
BEAVER FOR THE COMPANY.

HE'S MADE A COMMITMENT.

HE WANTS TO FULFILL HIS
COMMITMENT.

THEN WE WILL SEE IF YOUR WORD

IS WORTH AS MUCH TO ME
AS YOUR MONEY.

NARRATOR: BUT THIS NEW BURDEN OF
RESPONSIBILITY

ISN'T JUST ABOUT
FINANCIAL SUCCESS.

IT ALSO COULD MEAN LIFE OR DEATH
TO THE MEN HE LEADS.

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IN OCTOBER 1809, THE EXPEDITION
MARCHES FOR THREE FORKS,

AND HENRY TURNS TO THE
ONLY PERSON HE CAN

FOR HELP WITH
THE ORDEAL THAT LIES AHEAD.

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JOHN...

I'M GONNA NEED A GUIDE.

I BELIEVE FORTUNE HAS PLACED YOU
IN MY PATH.

I'M SORRY.

BUT I VOWED NEVER TO GO BACK
THERE AGAIN.

ARE THE BLACKFEET TRULY THAT
TERRIFYING?

COLTER'S HAD TWO NEAR DEATH
EXPERIENCES AT THREE FORKS.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANNA GO INTO
DARKNESS,

AND HE WENT INTO
DARKNESS A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE I'VE
SLEPT IN A BED

BENEATH A SOLID ROOF.

I'VE SEEN THINGS THAT NO
WHITE MAN HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE.

AND I'VE NEVER REGRETTED COMIN'
TO THESE MOUNTAINS.

EXCEPT ONCE.

WHEN I WENT TO
THREE FORKS.

[REMEMBERING WAR CRIES]

THEY ARE TERRIFYIN'.

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WELL, I GAVE MY WORD.

SO I'M HEADED TO THREE FORKS
DESPITE THE DANGER.

YOU'D HAVE MY GRATITUDE IF YOU
CAN TAKE US THERE.

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COLTER HAS ALREADY HAD MAJOR
DISTURBANCES WITH THE BLACKFOOT.

[REMEMBERING WAR CRIES]

HE'S PROBABLY LUCKY TO STILL BE
ALIVE.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS,
HE KNOWS HOW TO GET THERE.

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I'LL TAKE YOU, ANDREW.

IF YOU TRULY MUST GO.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: AS WINTER TURNS TO
SPRING,

COLTER LEADS ANDREW HENRY'S
BRIGADE DEEPER INTO A WILDERNESS

WHERE FEW AMERICANS HAVE EVER
TREKKED.

BUT WITH EVERY PASSING MILE,
COLTER'S DREAD ABOUT

WHAT AWAITS THEM AT THREE FORKS
BECOMES MORE APPARENT.

THEY WAS ALL
JUST LIKE HER.

THEY COULD ALL EAT A EAR O' CORN
THROUGH A PICKET FENCE.

MEN: [LAUGH]

DROUILLARD: COLTER, IF YOU WANT
SOME OF THIS MEAT,

YOU BEST CLAIM IT RIGHT A-
COLTER: SHH!

BE QUIET.

WE SHOULD DOUBLE UP WATCH.

FOR WHAT?

I'VE NEVER BEEN AFRAID
O' NO INDIAN ANYHOW.

LET 'EM COME.

MEN: [LAUGH]

YEAH, MY FRIEND

JOHN POTTS,

HE SAID THE SAME THING.

JOHN,

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU OUT HERE?

POTTS AND I DECIDED TO TRAP AT
THREE FORKS.

AND WE KNEW IT WAS
BLACKFOOT TERRITORY,

BUT WE ALSO KNEW THERE WAS MORE
BEAVER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.

WE TRAPPED AT NIGHT, TRIED TO
STAY HIDDEN,

BUT THEY FOUND US.

THERE WAS TOO MANY OF 'EM,
SO I LET 'EM HAVE ME.

BUT POTTS, HE WAS BRAVE.

[GUNSHOT]

[ARROWS FLYING]
[WAR CRIES]

THEY STRIPPED ME DOWN
NAKED AND MADE ME RUN.
[REMEMBERING WAR CRIES]

I KNEW IF THEY CAUGHT ME THEY
WOULD JUST TORTURE ME TO DEATH.

I OUTPACED ALL OF THEM EXCEPT
ONE.

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HE TRIED TO TAKE MY LIFE...

SO I TOOK HIS INSTEAD.

I WALKED FOR ELEVEN DAYS,

NAKED AND ALONE.

AND I KNEW WHAT THEY'D DO TO ME
IF THEY CAUGHT ME.

NO DEATH WOULD BE WORSE.

♪ ♪

SO YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT AFRAID.

YOU'RE A FOOL.

FEAR WILL KEEP YOU ALIVE.

♪ ♪

MR. HENRY.

ARE YOU SURE WE
SHOULD BE HERE?

HENRY WAS NOT FULLY AWARE OF
WHAT HE'S COME INTO

THERE AT THE THREE FORKS.

HE KNOWS NOW,
THANKS TO COLTER.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE WAS
DESIGNATED AS THE INDIVIDUAL

TO TAKE THESE PEOPLE
UP TO THREE FORKS.

SO WHAT DOES HE DO?

HE SAYS, "I GAVE MY WORD AND
I'M GONNA STAY."

I WON'T FORCE ANYONE TO
CONTINUE.

BUT I GAVE MY WORD I'D
PUSH ON TO THREE FORKS.

ANY MAN WHO WANTS TO RETURN
CAN DO SO AT FIRST LIGHT.

THE REST, I'LL LEAD INTO THE
MOUNTAINS.

NARRATOR: AS A MAN OF
UNSHAKEABLE INTEGRITY,

ANDREW HENRY MUST KEEP THE VOW
HE MADE

TO LEAD THE BRIGADE TO
THREE FORKS.

BUT HE KNOWS THAT DOING SO MAY
COST THEM THEIR LIVES,

AS WELL AS HIS OWN.

HENRY AND HIS TRAPPING BRIGADE

ARRIVE AT THREE FORKS AND THE
HEART OF BLACKFEET TERRITORY.

THEY GET TO THE JEFFERSON RIVER,
TWO MILES UP

FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE
JEFFERSON AND THE MADISON,

AND THEY PROCEED TO
BUILD A FORT.

NARRATOR: AND DESPITE A
PALPABLE SENSE OF DANGER

IN THE SURROUNDING WOODS,
HENRY'S MEN

ARE DETERMINED TO
START TRAPPING AT LAST.

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JUST DAYS AFTER COMPLETING THE
FORT,

A TRAPPING PARTY LED BY
COLTER TRAVELS SEVERAL DAYS

INTO THE WILDS OF THREE FORKS.

BUT WITH COLTER'S TALE OF TERROR
AT THE HANDS OF THE BLACKFEET

STILL FRESH IN THEIR MINDS, EVEN
JAMES CHEEK IS ON EDGE.

UH CHEEK, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.

BE BACK HERE TOMORROW
AT DAWN.

NARRATOR: THE TRAPPERS' FEARS
ARE BASED PARTLY

ON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE BEAVER

IS A SACRED
ANIMAL TO THE BLACKFEET.

THE BEAVER WAS AT THE CENTER OF
THE COSMOS OF CREATION BECAUSE

THE BEAVER WAS THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT ANIMAL IN

OUR TERRESTRIAL COSMOLOGY.

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WHERE ARE THOSE SPARE FLINTS?

COLTER HAS THEM.

HE DISAPPEARED.

I'D SAY IT'S TIME TO MAKE SOME
MONEY, BOYS.

GATHER YOUR KITS.

RON ANGLIN: CHEEK APPARENTLY WAS
A VERY BRAVE MAN,

BUT AFTER COLTER TOLD HIM ABOUT
HIS RUN FOR LIFE,

HE BECOMES TERRIFIED AND A LOT
OF THE OTHER MEN

THAT WERE THERE
BECAME TERRIFIED TOO.

THEY REALIZED THAT THIS IS A
PRETTY DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[RUSTLING SOUND]

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

[RUSTLING SOUND]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

MAYBE WE'RE ALL TAKEN ABACK
A LITTLE BY COLTER'S TALES.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

I FEAR I CAME UP THIS RIVER
ONLY TO FIND MY GRAVE.

JACK GLADSTONE: THERE WAS AN
INFECTION

UPON THE LANDSCAPE CALLED THE
AMERICAN FUR TRADING SYSTEM.

AYERS, HAND ME THAT ROPE.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[ARROW STRIKES]
BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

JACK GLADSTONE: AND WE WANTED TO
DEAL IT A DEATH BLOW.

[GUNSHOTS, ARROWS]

THE BLACKFEET!
CHEEK, WE MUST RUN!

THE THING WITH
CHEEK IS WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE

THERE WAS NO FEAR AT THAT
MOMENT.

RON ANGLIN: AND HE SAYS
"I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE;

I'M GONNA STAY HERE AND
MEET MY FATE.

IF I CAN KILL A COUPLE,
I'LL KILL A COUPLE

AND THEN I'LL DIE."

MY TIME HAS COME AND I WILL KILL
AT LEAST TWO OF THEM.

[GUNSHOTS, WHOOPING]

DO IT THEN!

[GUNSHOTS]

[GROANS, THUDS]

BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

NARRATOR: CERTAIN THAT DEATH IS
ON HIS HEELS,

FRANCOIS VALLE RUNS DOZENS OF
MILES BACK TO THE FORT

ALMOST WITHOUT A PAUSE.

[WAR CRIES]

OPEN THE GATES!
LET ME IN!

LET ME IN!

OPEN THE GATES!
LET ME IN!

OPEN THE GATE, IT'S VALLE!

LET ME IN!

[PANTING HEAVILY]

YOU OKAY? FRANCOIS, WHERE'S
CHEEK AND COLTER?

- THEY'RE DEAD.
- DID YOU SEE IT, FRANCOIS?

THEY SPRUNG FROM THE WOODS

KILLED EVERYONE THEY FOUND.

STAND AT ARMS.

CHECK HIM FOR INJURIES.

BE READY André,
THEY'RE COMING.

FRANCOIS WAS JUST ADAMANT THAT
THE BLACKFOOT

ARE HARD ON HIS HEELS.

THAT EVERYBODY THAT WAS UP THERE
OTHER THAN HIM

ARE PROBABLY ALREADY DEAD.

AND HE INSTILLS IN THEM THE FEAR
THAT THEY ARE

COMING TO ATTACK US HERE.

[WAR CRIES]

NARRATOR: CONFRONTED AT LAST
WITH THE AWFUL REALITY

OF COLTER'S WARNING,
HENRY NOW KNOWS HIS OUTPOST

IS UNDER SIEGE AND A VIOLENT

ASSAULT COULD COME
AT ANY TIME.

[WAR CRIES IN DISTANCE]

DO IT THEN!

[GUNSHOTS]
[GROANS]

NARRATOR: JUST DAYS AFTER
ARRIVING AT THREE FORKS,

ANDREW HENRY'S TRAPPING BRIGADE
IS AMBUSHED BY THE BLACKFEET.

AND KNOWING AN ATTACK ON HIS
TINY OUTPOST

COULD COME AT ANY TIME,
HENRY PREPARES FOR BATTLE.

FALL IN.

I WANT EVERY MAN UNDER ARMS

AT ALL TIMES WATCHING FOR
APPROACH.

NO ONE LEAVES THIS FORT
WITHOUT MY PERMISSION,

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

THE BLACKFEET WON'T DARE ATTACK
THE FORT-

MR. HENRY, SOMEBODY'S COMING.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

HENRY: BE BRAVE, LADS.

STAND AT ARMS!

- AYE!
- AYE!

RON ANGLIN: THE CALVARY IS NOT
GONNA RUN IN THERE

AND SAVE YOU;
YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO;

IT'S JUST YOU AND YOUR FELLOW
PERSON THERE

GETTING READY TO DEFEND YOUR
LIFE.

[COCKS RIFLE]

WASTE NO POWDER, MEN.

BE SURE OF YOUR SHOTS.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

[COCKS RIFLE]

[COCKS RIFLE]

HEY, DON'T SHOOT!
IT'S JUST COLTER.

- HOLD! HOLD!
- AYE!

[FOOTSTEPS, PANTING]

- GET THAT GATE CLOSED!
- HURRY UP! GET HIM IN THERE!

THROUGH THE GATE!

JOHN, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

I WAS WITH MONROE.

WE HEARD SHOTS SO WE RUSHED ON
BACK TO CAMP.

THE BLACKFEET,
THEY WERE BETWEEN US.

[SNIFFS]

SO THEY CHASED AFTER US AND THEY
KILLED MONROE.

AND THE CAMP?

CHEEK AND AYERS.

THEY WERE JUST SLASHED AND
JUST CUT TO PIECES.

♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪

EXACTLY WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS
GONNA HAPPEN

THERE AT THREE FORKS
IS COMING TRUE.

HE PROBABLY SAT THERE AND ASKED
HIMSELF "WHAT IN THE WORLD

DID I COME BACK HERE FOR?

WHY DID I PUT MYSELF IN THIS
DANGER AGAIN?"

NARRATOR: RESPECTED AS THE MOST
EXPERIENCED FRONTIERSMAN

IN THE BRIGADE, COLTER'S FEAR
HITS HARD.

LET'S GO FIND CHEEK AND AYERS.

NARRATOR: BUT WHAT HE SAYS
NEXT IS EVEN WORSE.

HENRY, I CAN'T DO THIS NO MORE.

I'M HEADIN' ON BACK TO
ST. LOUIS.

IF GOD WILL ONLY FORGIVE ME THIS
ONE LAST TIME,

I SWEAR I'M NEVER COMING BACK TO
THIS COUNTRY AGAIN.

HERE'S LIKE THE BIGGEST, BADDEST
TOUGHEST GUY

IN CAMP AND HE SAYS
"I'M OUT."

WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT
THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN?

NARRATOR: UNDER SIEGE AND WITH
NO HOPE OF SUPPORT

FROM ANY QUARTER, HENRY NOW
FACES THE ULTIMATE TEST

OF HIS RESOLVE
AND COURAGE.

♪ ♪

FOR SEVERAL TENSE WEEKS, HENRY
KEEPS HIS MEN INSIDE

THE CRAMPED FORT WAITING FOR
THE ATTACK HE IS SURE IS COMING.

THOSE ARE DARK TIMES;
DEPRESSING TIMES.

AND THE FEAR OF ATTACK
WAS VERY REAL.

[WAR CRIES NEARBY]

NARRATOR: BUT THE IDLE TRAPPERS
SOON SHOW SIGNS OF DISCONTENT.

AND WORSE... BEGIN TO QUESTION
HENRY'S LEADERSHIP.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

MONSIEUR HENRY, WE MUST SPEAK.

WE HAVE SEEN NO SIGN OF
THE BLACKFEET FOR WEEKS.

DON'T MEAN THEY'RE
NOT OUT THERE...

LYING IN WAIT.

THAT MAY BE. BUT WE'LL NOT
STAY INSIDE FOREVER!

WE CAME HERE TO MAKE OUR FORTUNE
OFF OF THE BEAVER, HAVE WE NOT?

DROUILLARD, HE'S IN DEBT, AS ARE
PROBABLY MANY OF THESE PEOPLE.

THEY FELT "I GOTTA DO SOMETHING,
I'M HERE NOW

AND I'M A TOUGH GUY,
LET'S JUST DO IT."

HENRY, CAN WE SPEAK EN PRIVE ?

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

YOU'VE ALREADY BURIED TWO MEN.

MORE WILL DIE IF THEY
LEAVE THE FORT.

HENRY:
THEY CAME OF THEIR OWN ACCORD.

AND YET YOU'RE THE ONE
THERE IN COMMAND.

YOU COULD LEAD US ALL TO SAFETY
RIGHT NOW TODAY IF YOU WANTED.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

HENRY: MANUEL LISA TOLD ME TO
PROVE MY WORD

WAS WORTH MORE THAN MY MONEY.

A FOOLISH BOAST
BY A SCOUNDREL!

BUT NOT WITHOUT TRUTH.

I'LL NEVER RECOUP
MY MONEY HERE...

BUT I DON'T CARE.

I CANNOT RETURN FROM THIS A MAN
WHOSE WORD CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND, FRANCOIS,
THIS IS ALL I HAVE LEFT.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

I DO NOT ENVY YOU NOW, André.

NARRATOR:
HENRY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ALLOW

HIS MEN TO TRAP KNOWING FULL
WELL THAT SOME OF THEM

MAY NOT RETURN ALIVE.

DROUILLARD...

TAKE A PARTY OF VOLUNTEERS,
AND BE WELL-ARMED.

THE BLACKFEET WILL ATTACK.

THAT IS WHAT THEY DO.

BUT WHAT I DO IS TRAP.

MERCI, MONSIEUR HENRY!

BOYS... OUR FORTUNE AWAITS!

MEN: ALRIGHT, YEAH!
[MEN EXCLAIMING]

NARRATOR: AND DESPITE HENRY'S
GRAVE MISGIVINGS,

DROUILLARD REFUSES TO TAKE
MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF

MEN WITH HIM TO TRAP.

I DON'T WANT TO
SAY HE WAS OVERCONFIDENT,

BUT WHEN THINGS WERE VERY RISKY,

HE MADE THINGS EVEN MORE RISKY

BY NOT GOING OUT WITH A
LARGE ENOUGH GROUP.

[BIRD CAWS]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

RON ANGLIN: HE PROBABLY THINKS
"I'VE SPENT MY WHOLE

LIFE DEALING WITH INDIANS,

I'M A LOT SMARTER THAN YOU GUYS.

I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF."

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

DROUILLARD: WE'LL STOP
HERE FOR A MINUTE.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

BLACKFEET!

[GUNSHOT]

[ARROW STRIKES, GUNSHOTS]

NARRATOR: AND WHEN THE
ATTACK FINALLY COMES,

IT IS BOTH SWIFT AND BRUTAL.

BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

GEORGE DROUILLARD, THE VETERAN
COMPANION OF LEWIS AND CLARK,

HAS DEFIED DEATH COUNTLESS
TIMES ON THE FRONTIER.

[WAR CRIES, GRUNTING]

BUT CORNERED AT LAST BY
VENGEFUL BLACKFEET,

THE END FINALLY COMES FOR THIS

LEGENDARY MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS.

BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

AH!

[WAR CRIES]

NARRATOR: SEVERAL DAYS AFTER
GEORGE DROUILLARD

VANISHES IN THE WOODS,
FRANCOIS VALLE LEARNS THE

AWFUL TRUTH ABOUT HIS FATE.

I THINK THIS IS DROUILLARD.

HE ULTIMATELY WAS BEHEADED,

SO HE COULD NOT ENJOY AN

AFTERLIFE QUITE AS WELL AS HE
WOULD OTHERWISE.

WE MUST GO!

[WAR CRIES NEARBY]

NARRATOR: NEWS OF THE LATEST
MASSACRE LEAVES

HENRY'S MEN TERRIFIED AND
DOUBTFUL

HE'LL BE ABLE TO
KEEP THEM ALIVE.

IT'S A NIGHTMARE.

THEY HAD COME UP THERE
FOR WEALTH.

THEY COULDN'T GET CLOSE TO THE
WEALTH

WITHOUT GETTING KILLED.

JACK GLADSTONE: IS IT REALLY
WORTH GIVING MY BLOOD...

GIVING MY LIFE...

FOR THIS PURSUIT OF MONEY
IN THIS DISTANT LAND?

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

THESE BLACKFEET WILL PICK US OFF
ONE BY ONE

UNTIL ALL OF US ARE DEAD.

WE CANNOT REMAIN HERE.

AT LAST, MENARD,
SOMETHING ON WHICH WE AGREE.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

GATHER THE MEN WHO
WISH TO RETURN.

YOU DEPART AT DAWN.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

I'LL LEAD THE MEN WHO
CHOOSE TO CONTINUE.

TU QUOI?

CONTINUEZ?

André, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

I'M HEADED ACROSS THE DIVIDE
BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS.

ONLY DEATH AWAITS
OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

THIS IS MADNESS!

HENRY: TO A MAN LIKE YOU,
PERHAPS IT IS,

BUT THIS IS WHAT I MUST DO.

ANDRE, PLEASE. YOU'VE DONE
EVERYTHING THAT A MAN COULD DO.

AND I STILL HAVEN'T
FINISHED THE JOB!

I SAID I WOULD RETURN WITH THE
PELTRY WE SET OUT TO FIND,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I INTEND TO DO.

MENARD: GO WEST IF YOU WILL,

BUT I WILL NOT FOLLOW.

THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS

REMAINING AFTER THE DEATH OF
DROUILLARD,

THEY SAY "WE CAN'T DO THIS."

BUT ANDREW HENRY WAS NOT GOING

TO ACCOMPANY THEM DOWNRIVER.

HIS WILLINGNESS TO STAY UNTIL
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT

OBVIOUSLY IS A BADGE OF HONOR.

[FLAMES CRACKLING]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

NARRATOR: THE DEPARTURE OF
PIERRE MENARD ROBS HENRY

OF A TRUSTED PARTNER WHO SHARED
THE BURDEN OF COMMAND.

FRANCOIS...

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING.

NARRATOR: BUT TO HENRY'S
SHOCK AND DISMAY,

HIS GOOD FRIEND FRANCOIS VALLE
HAS HAD

ALL HE COULD STAND AS WELL.

I KNOW YOU'RE FRIGHTENED.

AND ARE YOU NOT?

OF COURSE I AM.

VALLE: THEN COME HOME TO ST.
LOUIS, André.

FIND A WIFE,
START A NEW TRADE.

THIS IS NOT THE LIFE FOR YOU.

HENRY: YOUR FAMILY WILL BE GLAD
FOR YOUR SAFE RETURN.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

GOODBYE, André.

I HAVE NEVER HAD A TRUE FRIEND.

♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

RON ANGLIN: WHEN FRANCOIS
DECIDES TO LEAVE,

I THINK THAT HE WAS NOW ALONE.

AND I THINK THE WEIGHT WAS
PROBABLY

VERY HEAVY ON HIS SHOULDERS.

AND HENRY
TRULY BELIEVED HE MIGHT NOT

EVER GET OUT OF THERE ALIVE.

♪ ♪

[FOOTSTEPS]

NARRATOR: IN JUNE 1810,
HENRY IS HUNTING FOR PROVISIONS

FOR THE JOURNEY WHEN THE
BLACKFEET FINALLY

DISCOVER THEIR FOES
IN THE OPEN.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

SHH!

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

HENRY, WHAT IS IT?

♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪

BLACKFEET WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

BLACKFEET! TAKE COVER!
[GUNSHOTS]

NARRATOR: NOW JUST LIKE JAMES
CHEEK AND GEORGE DROUILLARD,

ANDREW HENRY AND HIS REMAINING
MEN FACE AGONIZING DEATHS

AT THE HANDS OF THE
VENGEFUL BLACKFEET.

WATCH YOUR FLANK!

[GUNSHOT, WAR CRIES]

[SCREAMS]

WATCH YOUR FLANK!
[WAR CRIES, GUNSHOT]

NARRATOR: ANDREW HENRY HAS
DECIDED TO LEAVE THREE FORKS ,

BUT NOW THE LARGEST BLACKFEET
ATTACK YET MAY KEEP HIM

FROM EVER LEAVING ALIVE.

[GUNSHOTS, WAR CRIES]

HENRY!

[GUNSHOT, SCREAM]

THERE'S TOO MANY!
WE GOTTA GO!

[GUNSHOTS, WAR CRIES]

FALL BACK TO THE FORT!

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: HENRY MAKES IT BACK TO
THE FORT HAVING

LOST ONLY ONE MAN.

BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT IF HE
DOESN'T LEAVE THREE FORKS NOW,

HE'LL LOSE HIS ENTIRE BRIGADE.

[FOOTSTEPS]

WILLIAM, LEAD ON.

♪ ♪

ANDREW HENRY WENT UP AND OVER

THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND
BECOMES A GHOST.

NARRATOR: HENRY AND HIS
REMAINING MEN VANISH INTO

A VAST AND UNCHARTED WILDERNESS.

♪ ♪

AND AS WEEKS OF SILENCE
TURN INTO MONTHS,

WITH NO WORD OF HENRY'S FATE,

MANUEL LISA CAN ONLY
ASSUME THE WORST.

IF MR. HENRY IS ALIVE,
HE WILL BE HERE.

THAT WILL TAKE US INTO
BLACKFEET TERRITORY,

SO WE MUST BE PREPARED
TO FIGHT.

EVERYBODY REALIZED THAT ANDREW
HENRY IS UP THERE WITH MEN SO IT

WAS ACTUALLY A RACE TO GET UP
THERE TO GET SUPPLIES TO HENRY.

PAR LA GRACE DE DIEU.

IT'S HIM!

NARRATOR: AGAINST
OVERWHELMING ODDS,

ANDREW HENRY HAS SURVIVED HIS
HARROWING ORDEAL,

AND RETURNED TO TELL HIS TALE.

MR. HENRY? ES UN MILAGRO!

WE HAVE NOT HAD
WORD IN MONTHS!

I HAVE YOUR PELTS, MANUEL.

NARRATOR: AND DESPITE RELENTLESS
BLACKFEET ATTACKS,

AND A BRUTAL WINTER
IN THE WILDERNESS,

HE'S KEPT HIS WORD
AND COMPLETED HIS MISSION.

JAMES CHEEK TRAPPED THESE
BEFORE HE DIED.

AND GEORGE DROUILLARD TRAPPED
THESE BEFORE

HE WAS BEHEADED BY BLACKFEET.

AYERS AND MONROE DIED
AT THREE FORKS;

ONE OTHER DIED AT MY SIDE
IN BATTLE WITH THE BLACKFEET.

AND I ONLY SURVIVED THAT BECAUSE
WILLIAM WEIR SAVED MY LIFE.

NINE MEN LEFT THEIR BONES
ON THOSE MOUNTAINS

FOR THESE PELTS, MANUEL.

AND I'M SORRY TO SAY, YOU WILL
NOT MAKE A PROFIT

IN THIS VENTURE.

BUT YOU HAVE SURVIVED ANDREW,

AND FOR THAT, I AM GRATEFUL.

DON'T BE...

BE GRATEFUL YOU DO NOT
SHARE IN MY BURDEN.

THOSE NINE MEN...

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON ME,
MANUEL, FOR WHAT I'VE DONE.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: IT WILL BE OVER TEN
YEARS BEFORE TRAPPERS

VENTURE BACK INTO
THREE FORKS...

AND BEFORE HENRY HIMSELF
RETURNS TO THE WEST.

AND HE WILL BE FOREVER HAUNTED
BY AN ORDEAL THAT SOON

BECOMES THE STUFF OF
MOUNTAIN MAN LEGEND AND LORE.

♪ ♪

ANDREW HENRY IS UNIQUE IN THAT

HE MADE UP HIS MIND THAT HE WAS
GONNA SIGN ON THIS VENTURE,

AND REGARDLESS OF THE MAJORITY
OF MEN LEAVING,

HE HAD GIVEN HIS WORD,
HE WAS NOT GOING TO WAVER.

THEY'RE COMING!

STAND AT ARMS!

JIM HARDEE: HIS LEGACY IS NOT
WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

HE'S THE FIRST GUY TO GO INTO
IDAHO AND

BUILD A TRADING ESTABLISHMENT.

BUT HE'S NEVER REALLY GIVEN
THE HONOR THAT HE'S DUE.

HENRY IS A HERO.

IF HE HAD BEEN IN VIETNAM

AND SUSTAINED WHAT HE DID

HOLDING HIS POSITION

AGAINST ALL ODDS, HE WOULD HAVE

GOT A MEDAL OF HONOR.

♪ ♪