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NARRATOR: LEGENDARY MOUNTAIN MAN TOM FITZPATRICK HAS LEARNED

TO ADAPT AND SURVIVE LIKE FEW OTHERS IN THE UNTAMED WEST.

BIDWELL: MR. FITZPATRICK! COME QUICK!

NARRATOR: BUT WHILE LEADING THE FIRST EMIGRANT WAGON TRAIN

TO CALIFORNIA FITZPATRICK IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIVES

OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH NO EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONTIER.

HEY, WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?

CHEYENNE.

I WAS HUNTING COUPLE OF MILES EAST.

THEY PULLED ME OFF MY MULE

AND THEY BEAT ME NEAR DEATH.

NARRATOR: WHEN A YOUNG SETTLER

ENCOUNTERS A BAND OF CHEYENNE

BIDWELL: MR. FITZPATRICK! THEY'RE HERE!

NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK MUST FIND A WAY TO END THE CONFLICT

WITHOUT SPARKING A MASSACRE.

WAIT, YOU'RE JUST GONNA TALK TO 'EM?

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FITZPATRICK: [SIGN LANGUAGE]

CHEYENNE CHIEF: [SIGN LANGUAGE]

DAWSON, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NO, NO, NO! STOP, STOP, STOP.

I WANT MY THINGS BACK, FITZ. YOU BETTER GET MY THINGS BACK.

- PUT THAT PISTOL DOWN. - I WANT MY MULE.

- STOP, YOU NEED TO STOP. - I WANT MY RIFLE.

I WANT MY KIT, ALL OF IT. - THAT IS ENOUGH.

I'M GOING TO SHOOT THAT FEATHER RIGHT OFF- - FITZPATRICK: NO, NO, NO!

CHEYENNE WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES] NARRATOR: FITPATRICK'S CAUTION AND WISDOM

HAVE KEPT HIM ALIVE FOR DECADES ON THE FRONTIER-

BUT NOW A SETTLER'S THIRST FOR REVENGE COULD GET HIM KILLED.

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GIFTED WITH UNCOMMON INTELLIGENCE, AMBITION

AND SURVIVAL SKILLS, MOUNTAIN MAN TOM FITZPATRICK

ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN THE THICK OF IT.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: FEW MEN, EVEN FEW MOUNTAIN MEN,

HAD THE KIND OF ADVENTURES THAT MARKED

THE CAREER OF TOM FITZPATRICK.

FITZPATRICK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A DESIRE TO

CONTINUALLY MOVE WEST.

THERE WAS ALWAYS A FURTHER HORIZON.

AND HE KEPT PUSHING FARTHER.

FITZPATRICK WASN'T JUST A TRAPPER.

HE BECAME A GUIDE ON THE IMMIGRANT TRAIL.

HE BECOMES AN INDIAN AGENT.

SO, HE WEARS THESE DIFFERENT HATS AND POPS UP

IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES.

THERE WAS NO ONE WHO HAD A GREATER REPUTATION

FOR TENACITY, FOR COURAGE, FOR INTELLIGENCE

IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUR TRADE THAN TOM FITZPATRICK.

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NARRATOR: BY 1831, THE FUR TRADE HAS BEGUN TO DECLINE.

DEMAND FOR BEAVER IS FALLING AND VETERAN MOUNTAIN MEN

LIKE FITZPATRICK'S FRIEND JEDEDIAH SMITH

CAN SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

JED SMITH DECIDED TO TAKE UP COMMERCE ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL.

THIS SEEMED A SAFER UNDERTAKING

THAN LIFE IN THE DANGEROUS MOUNTAINS.

NARRATOR: BUT FITZPATRICK STILL BELIEVES IN THE FUR TRADE,

AND PARTNERS WITH SMITH TO PROCURE SUPPLIES

FOR THE TRAPPER'S RENDEZVOUS IN UTAH.

NOW THE ARRANGEMENT THAT THEY'D MADE WITH FITZPATRICK,

THEY SAID YOU'VE GOTTA BRING WORD DOWN TO US

OF WHAT YOU WANT US TO SUPPLY YOU NEXT YEAR.

FITZPATRICK: HEY.

JED, JED? JED!

SMITH: FITZPATRICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU,

EVEN THOUGH WE EXPECTED YOU SEVERAL DAYS AGO.

FITZPATRICK: I AM SO SORRY.

SMITH: WE OURSELVES HAVE ALREADY DEPARTED A WEEK

BEHIND SCHEDULE AND YOU KNOW THE SEASON'S ALREADY RUNNING LATE.

BUT FITZPATRICK HAD A HORRIBLE WINTER,

ALMOST FROZE TO DEATH UP THERE

AND SO HE'S LATE GETTING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS.

BY THE TIME HE GETS TO SMITH TO BRING WORD OF WHAT THEY NEED,

SMITH AND HIS BROTHERS ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY AWAY FROM ST. LOUIS.

SO, THEY ALL DECIDE, COME WITH US TO SANTA FE

AND WE'LL OUTFIT YOU THERE AFTER WE ARE DONE TRADING IN SANTA FE.

I HAVE A SUGGESTION, BUT YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT. - LET'S HAVE IT THEN.

YOU CAN ACCOMPANY ME TO SANTA FE AS A- AS A HUNTER AND SCOUT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YA AS A FRIEND,

AND YOU'LL LEARN THE ROAD DOWN TO THE RIO GRANDE.

WON'T BE WORKING FOR YOU, THOUGH.

MORE LIKE COLLEAGUES, YEAH?

COLLEAGUES, SURE.

WITH ME SENIOR, BEFITTING MY GREATER EXPERIENCE.

INDEED, YEAH.

I MEAN, WHO WAS IT WHO HAD-

HAD HIS HEAD BIT BY THAT BIG BEAR.

I MEAN, DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I- I REMEMBER THAT.

AND WHO WAS IT I HAD TO BURN TICKS OFF OF

AFTER HIDING IN A MUDDY CREEK FROM THE BLACKFEET AT THREE FORKS.

AHH, NEVER MET HIM. I DON'T KNOW HIM.

I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT THOUGH. [LAUGHS]

HEY FITZ, I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE.

MY BROTHER PETER

AND AUSTIN. PETER SMITH: SIR.

SMITH: THEY'VE HEARD YOUR NAME IN MANY A TALE.

PLEASURE TO MEET YOU MR. FITZPATRICK.

PLEASURE.

WHY DON'T YOU STASH YOUR KIT BY MINE,

LET'S GRAB A DECENT SUPPER.

AND JED, THANK YOU.

NARRATOR: REUNITED WITH HIS OLD FRIEND JED SMITH,

FITZPATRICK WILL NOW TRAVEL TO THE SOUTHWEST

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS FRONTIER CAREER-

LITTLE KNOWING THE PERIL THAT AWAITS.

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SO, THE SANTA FE TRAIL RAN THROUGH TERRITORY

THAT WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN MOUNTAIN MEN

ENCOUNTERED IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

50 TO 60 MILES INTO KANSAS

THE TREES PRETTY MUCH START TO DISAPPEAR.

AND IT JUST GETS DRIER AND DRIER AS YOU HEAD WEST.

NARRATOR: BUT EXTREME HEAT AND BRUTAL THIRST

AREN'T THEIR ONLY WORRIES.

THE PAWNEE WERE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH.

AND AS YOU HEADED FURTHER WEST, YOU'D RUN INTO TRIBES

SUCH AS THE CHEYENNE, THE APACHE, AND THEN THE COMANCHE.

IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY RESIDED THERE

MIGHT TAKE EXCEPTION TO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TRAIPSING ACROSS

WHAT THEY VIEWED AS THEIR TERRITORY.

NARRATOR: AND IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG FOR THESE PROUD TRIBES

TO REMIND FITZPATRICK AND SMITH

THEY'RE FAR FROM HELP IN A HOSTILE LAND.

AUSTIN, WHERE'S MINTER?

HUNTING.

I'VE NOT SEEN HIM SINCE I RETURNED A FEW HOURS AGO.

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STAY HERE. WE'LL BE BACK SOON.

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NARRATOR: UNWILLING TO ABANDON THEIR COMRADE

WHILE HOPE REMAINS, FITZPATRICK AND SMITH RETRACE

THEIR STEPS BACK UP THE TRAIL.

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SMITH: [SNIFFING]

HEY, YOU SMELL THAT?

YEAH, I DO.

WHOA.

WHOA.

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[HORSE BLUSTERS]

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[SIGHS]

DID THEY HAVE TO BUTCHER HIM SO?

SMITH: IT'S A CUSTOM OF WAR

AMONGST THE SOUTHERN TRIBES.

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THAT CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

SMITH: I AGREE.

WE'LL DOUBLE THE WATCH TONIGHT.

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NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK IS NO STRANGER

TO VIOLENCE ON THE FRONTIER -

BUT HE'LL SOON FACE AN ORDEAL

THAT WILL SHAKE HIM TO THE CORE.

FITZPATRICK: COME ON.

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THEY'RE CROSSING A STRETCH THAT'S BASICALLY DESERT.

SOME PEOPLE CALLED IT LA JORNADA,

SOME PEOPLE CALLED IT THE WATERSCAPE,

BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WAS A LONG STRETCH OF LAND

WITH NO GOOD WATER SOURCES.

YOU HAD TO GET THROUGH THIS JOURNEY OF DEATH

AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT IF YOU PUSH THE STOCK TOO HARD

AND THEY DIE ON YOU, THEN YOU'RE STRANDED.

NARRATOR: FOR THREE DAYS THE EXPEDITION SUFFERS WITHOUT WATER

WITH NO RELIEF IN SIGHT.

THIS IS BAD.

WE EXPECTED WATER HERE.

YOU'RE NOT REGRETTING YOUR CHOICE TO TRAVEL WITH US, FITZ?

[LAUGHS] I'M JUST SORRY I DELAYED YOU.

THINGS GET DESPERATE IN A HURRY.

THE ANIMALS ARE FALTERING, THE MEN ARE FALTERING

AND IT'S STARTING TO LOOK PRETTY BAD.

WE'RE WHAT,

400 MILES FROM SANTA FE.

OUR TEAMS WON'T LAST BUT A FEW DAYS LONGER.

WELL...

THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TRAVEL AHEAD

AND FIND US SOME WATER.

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I'LL HEAD OUT EAST ABOUT A MILE.

SMITH: NO, AUSTIN YOU STAY WITH THE TRAIN.

JED, I CAN BE OF USE.

YOU CAN BE OF USE BY MAKING SURE

NO ONE ELSE WANDERS OFF. YEAH?

YES.

ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MEN LIKE JED SMITH

AND TOM FITZPATRICK

ARE THE NATURAL LEADERS OF ANY GROUP

IS THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE RISKS.

AND SO, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE HEAD MEN OF THE OUTFIT,

THEY WOULD BE THE ONES THAT

WOULD GO FORWARD TO SEARCH FOR WATER.

NARRATOR: NOW RACING AGAINST THEIR FALTERING STRENGTH,

FITZPATRICK AND SMITH MUST FIND WATER-

OR DIE WITH ALL THEIR MEN IN THE DESERT.

IF YOU WIND UP IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN'T FIND WATER,

GO LOOK WHERE THERE WAS WATER.

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FIND A PLACE WHERE

THE GROUND IS STILL SATURATED.

SO, NOW YOU DIG DOWN AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET DOWN TO THE WATER.

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THERE'S ANOTHER ARROYO AHEAD OF US. I'LL LOOK THERE.

DIG HERE, AND IF YOU FIND WATER, FIRE OFF A SHOT.

FITZPATRICK: JED, BE CAREFUL.

I WON'T BE LONG, TOM.

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NEVER FEAR.

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THAT'S TOO BLOODY FAR, JED.

FITZPATRICK AND SMITH HAD BEEN TOGETHER

IN SOME OF THE MOST DARING ADVENTURES

IN ALL OF FRONTIER HISTORY.

SMITH IN PARTICULAR HAD SURVIVED HARROWING EXPERIENCES,

LOOKING FOR WATER AND HAD ALWAYS MANAGED TO PULL THROUGH.

THAT'S TOO FAR.

NARRATOR: BUT EVEN FOR MEN

LIKE FITZPATRICK AND SMITH,

RIDING ALONG IN HOSTILE COUNTRY IS NEVER WITHOUT PERIL.

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UNABLE TO FIND WATER, FITZPATRICK RETURNS TO

THE CARAVAN, HOPING THAT SMITH WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL.

WHERE'S JED?

HE'S NOT BACK YET?

NO, HE'S NOT HERE.

STAY WITH THE TRAIN, ALL RIGHT? I'M GONNA FIND HIM.

AUSTIN: NO, I'M COMING WITH YOU, MR. FITZPATRICK.

THEN YOU FOLLOW ME, YEAH? MOUNT UP.

NARRATOR: THE MEN OF THE CARAVAN ARE EXPOSED,

VULNERABLE, DYING OF THIRST -

AND NOW THEIR LEADER IS MISSING.

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NOW, TOM FITZPATRICK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR SAFETY.

AND MUST FIND HIS MISSING FRIEND BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

READY? LET'S GO THEN. COME ON.

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NARRATOR: AFTER JEDEDIAH SMITH VANISHES ALONG

THE SANTA FE TRAIL, TOM FITZPATRICK IS DESPERATE

TO FIND ANY CLUE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

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JED SMITH IS THE BEST SCOUT I'VE EVER SEEN.

HE'LL TURN UP.

HE'LL TURN UP.

COME ON.

NARRATOR: BUT AFTER SEARCHING FOR HOURS,

THEY HAVEN'T FOUND ANY TRACE OF SMITH,

AND THEIR CARAVAN IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF WATER.

[MEN MURMURING]

AUSTIN: IT'S FAR TOO SOON TO STOP SEARCHING.

WE NEED TO KEEP LOOKING.

NO, WE NEED TO MOVE ON,

AT LEAST UNTIL WE FIND WATER.

YOU GO THEN.

AUSTIN AND I WILL KEEP LOOKING.

WE CAN CATCH UP WITH YOU LATER.

FITZPATRICK: THINK LIKE YOUR BROTHER.

THESE ANIMALS WON'T MAKE IT FAR WITHOUT WATER AND NOR WILL WE.

AND JED SMITH WOULD BE HOPPING MAD IF HE SAW US

STANDING AROUND HERE LIKE THIS.

AUSTIN: WOULD JEDIDIAH LEAVE YOU BEHIND,

MR. FITZPATRICK?

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WE RIDE AN HOUR AND THEN BACK.

IT'LL BE DARK BY THEN; THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.

AUSTIN: LET'S GET GOING.

TEAMSTER: ALL RIGHT MEN, LET'S MOVE OUT.

NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK SENDS THE PACK TRAIN

AHEAD TO THE NEXT POSSIBLE WATER SOURCE

AND TRIES ONE LAST TIME TO FIND JEDEDIAH SMITH.

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THAT'S WHERE I SAW HIM LAST,

AT A DISTANCE.

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THEN LET'S RIDE THAT NEXT WAY,

OVER THAT RISE, SEE IF HE'S THERE.

JUST ANOTHER RISE AFTER THAT,

AND ANOTHER.

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WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, FITZ?

HE'S BEYOND OUR HELP.

BUT HE'S NOT BEYOND HOPE.

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WE HAVE TO RIDE BACK NOW.

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PLEASE.

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AUSTIN.

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JED?

NARRATOR: BUT IN THIS MOMENT OF DEEP DESPAIR,

TOM FITZPATRICK EXPERIENCES A MINOR MIRACLE.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU COME FROM?

AROUND THIS SAME TIME, IN 1831,

AN ARAPAHO BOY IS SEPARATED FROM HIS TRIBE

DURING A SKIRMISH IT WAS HAVING WITH A RIVAL TRIBE.

HE'S SCARED. HE'S HUNGRY.

AND FITZPATRICK GETS OFF HIS HORSE

AND APPROACHES THE BOY, YOU KNOW, CALMLY AND SOOTHINGLY,

AND KIND OF TAKES HIM UNDER HIS WING.

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HE NICKNAMES HIM FRIDAY BECAUSE IT WAS A FRIDAY

WHEN HE FINDS HIM AND HE- MORE OR LESS ADOPTS HIM.

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TAKE IT EASY, LAD. TAKE IT EASY.

THAT'S NOT THE BEST WATER. THAT'LL MAKE YOU SICK.

NARRATOR: WITH HIS NEW COMPANION BY HIS SIDE,

FITZPATRICK REJOINS THE CARAVAN, WHICH HAS FOUND WATER.

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BUT THE FATE OF JEDEDIAH SMITH REMAINS A COMPLETE MYSTERY.

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SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, THE EXPEDITION NOW LED BY

TOM FITZPATRICK REACHES SANTA FE,

HOPING TO FIND SMITH ALREADY THERE.

GIVEN HOW MUCH SMITH HAD SURVIVED BEFORE,

IT'S REASONABLE THAT HE WOULD'VE WALKED OUT OF

THE WILDERNESS NONE THE WORSE FOR WEAR,

WITH SOME AMAZING STORY TO TELL AT ANY MOMENT.

NARRATOR: BUT ON THE UNFORGIVING SANTA FE TRAIL,

HOPE IS A FLEETING THING.

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THAT'S THE LAST OF IT.

SO, HOW DO WE STAND?

TEAMSTER: WE'RE ALL ACCOUNTED FOR.

AUSTIN: MR. FITZPATRICK.

[MEN MURMURING]

GET HIM SOME SUPPER, YEAH? TEAMSTER: 'KAY.

WHAT IS IT?

ARE THOSE JED'S?

JEDEDIAH SMITH'S BROTHERS COME INTO POSSESSION OF HIS FIREARMS,

WHICH THEY ACQUIRE FROM EITHER

A MEXICAN OR A NATIVE TRADESPERSON.

NARRATOR: FOR WEEKS AFTER SMITH'S DISAPPEARANCE,

FITZPATRICK'S HELD A LINGERING HOPE THAT SOMEHOW

HIS FRIEND WOULD TURN UP ALIVE.

THEY GOT 'EM FROM A BAND OF COMANCHES, FITZ.

NARRATOR: BUT NOW, TOM FITZPATRICK MUST CONFRONT

THE UNTHINKABLE AT LAST

AND ACCEPT THAT HE MAY NEVER SEE JEDEDIAH SMITH AGAIN.

HOW?

MR. FITZPATRICK.

FITZPATRICK: WHAT IS IT?

NARRATOR: WEEKS AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JEDEDIAH SMITH,

TOM FITZPATRICK HAS HOPED HIS FRIEND WOULD

TURN UP IN SANTA FE.

ARE THOSE JED'S?

NARRATOR: BUT AFTER AUSTIN SMITH RECOVERS HIS BROTHER'S PISTOLS

FROM MEXICAN TRADERS, BOTH MEN MUST CONFRONT THE BITTER TRUTH.

THEY GOT 'EM FROM A BAND OF COMANCHES, FITZ.

COMANCHES, SAY THEY FOUND JED DIGGING FOR WATER.

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COMANCHE WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]

AUSTIN: BUT THEY RODE HIM DOWN.

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HE MANAGED TO SHOOT ONE OF THEM OFF HIS HORSE.

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EVEN THE COMANCHES SAID IT WAS A COURAGEOUS SHOT.

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[JED SCREAMS]

THEY SHOT HIM WITH ARROWS TILL HE FELL.

[ARROWS FLY] [JED GRUNTS]

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COMANCHES SAID HE DIED WELL.

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WE'LL NEVER REALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED

OUT THERE ON THE CIMARRON.

SMITH'S DEATH ACTUALLY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN

ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.

NARRATOR: THE DEATH OF JEDEDIAH SMITH

MARKS A TURNING POINT IN THE FRONTIER ERA,

WHICH LOSES ONE OF ITS GREATEST HEROES,

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BUT FOR TOM FITZPATRICK, LOSING ONE OF HIS OLDEST FRIENDS

IS A PAINFUL REMINDER THE LIFE HE KNOWS IS COMING TO AN END.

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[WIND BLOWING]

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[SIGHS] I'M ALL SET.

YOU SURE YOU WON'T COME TO THE RENDEZVOUS, AT LEAST ONCE?

YOUR BROTHER WILL BE WELL REMEMBERED THERE.

NO, SIR.

I NEED TO GET BACK TO MY FAMILY.

THEY'LL BE MOURNING.

I UNDERSTAND.

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I SUPPOSE THIS IS FAREWELL.

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I SUPPOSE SO.

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AUSTIN: MR. FITZPATRICK?

DON'T EVER BLAME YOURSELF.

YOU DID AS MUCH AS YOU COULD.

NARRATOR: BUT OUT OF THE TRAGEDY ALSO COMES HOPE -

AS FITZPATRICK BECOMES A FRIEND AND MENTOR TO THE ARAPAHO

BOY HE CALLS "FRIDAY."

KRIS SWANSON: NOT ONLY DID HE ADOPT THE YOUNG ARAPAHO

BOY THAT HE CALLED FRIDAY,

HE WANTED THE BEST FOR THIS YOUNG MAN.

HE TOOK HIM TO ST. LOUIS AND ENROLLED HIM IN SCHOOL.

NARRATOR: BUT FITZPATRICK ALSO PROVIDES FRIDAY WITH A MASTER

CLASS IN THE SKILLS AND LORE OF MOUNTAIN MAN LIFE.

WHAT'S THAT?

FRIDAY: EASY.

WHITE TAIL DEER.

MALE OR FEMALE?

FRIDAY: IF YOU HADN'T TRAMPED OUT MOST OF HER FAWN'S TRACKS,

WE'D BOTH BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THIS IS A YOUNG FEMALE.

THAT WAS ON PURPOSE.

[LAUGHS] SURE, IT WAS, FITZ.

NARRATOR: BUT THE TIME SOON COMES FOR FRIDAY TO TAKE UP

A NEW LIFE AMONG HIS OWN PEOPLE.

JIM HARDEE: HIS REAL MOM AND DAD, THE ARAPAHO,

GET WORD TO HIM IN ST. LOUIS AND FITZPATRICK BRINGS

HIM BACK TO HIS FAMILY.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: FRIDAY IS AT FIRST, SORT OF HORRIFIED

BY THIS PROSPECT.

BEING A TEENAGER AND FINDING HIS IDENTITY,

NOW IT'S ALL TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND HE'S SUPPOSED TO GO BACK

AND ADAPT TO THEIR CULTURE.

HE RESISTS THIS AND IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT

TRANSITION FOR THE BOY.

I KNOW I DON'T BELONG IN ST. LOUIS, BUT WHAT IF

THEY DON'T ACCEPT ME AS ONE OF THEIR OWN?

IT'LL TAKE TIME,

BUT YOU'RE A GIFTED LAD,

THEY'LL SEE THAT SOON ENOUGH.

YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE A FRIEND IN ME, AS LONG AS I LIVE.

COME ON.

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PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR FITZPATRICK TOO,

BUT FITZPATRICK KNEW THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

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NARRATOR: TEN YEARS AFTER JEDEDIAH SMITH'S DEATH,

FITZPATRICK'S LONG CAREER AS A TRAPPER AND FUR TRADER

HAS RUN ITS COURSE.

BUT NOW, AMERICANS ARE HEADING WEST IN EVER-GROWING NUMBERS,

AND THEY NEED VETERAN FRONTIERSMEN LIKE

FITZPATRICK TO GUIDE THEM.

RENEE M. LAEGREID: THE MOUNTAIN MEN HAD THIS INCREDIBLE

KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO GET THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

THEY KNEW THE TRAILS,

THEY KNEW THE DANGERS, THE BEST WAYS TO GO.

ANDREW P. NELSON: IN THE LATE SPRING OF 1841,

FITZPATRICK IS LEADING A LARGE

WAGON TRAIN OF JESUITS WESTBOUND TO OREGON.

NARRATOR: BUT AS FITZPATRICK PREPARES TO SET OUT FOR OREGON,

ANOTHER EXPEDITION LEADER SEEKS OUT THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN MAN.

[CLEARS THROAT]

HEY JERIMIAH, SEE JACOB ABOUT

THOSE WATER KEGS, WOULD YA?

WHAT IS IT THEN?

UH, YOU ARE MR. THOMAS FITZPATRICK, I HOPE?

[LAUGHS] I HOPE SO TOO.

STATE YOUR BUSINESS, I'VE GOT QUITE A LOT TO DO.

JOHN BIDWELL.

I HEAR YOU'RE TAKING A JESUIT MISSION TO OREGON COUNTRY.

AH YES, THEY'RE RUNNING ABOUT UH-

THREE DAYS LATE.

BUT IF YOU WISH TO JOIN, YOU'RE WELCOME.

YEAH, PLEASE.

TAKE THOSE OVER TO JERIMIAH.

NO SIR, QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

THE GROUP I'VE ORGANIZED HERE,

WELL, WE'RE HEADED TO CALIFORNIA.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: JOHN BIDWELL WAS

A VERY YOUNG MAN.

HE'S ONLY 21 YEARS OLD, AND - AND - AND YET HE HAS A REAL

VISION FOR WHAT THE WEST CAN BE,

IF ONLY THEY CAN GET PEOPLE OUT THERE.

A LOT OF FOLKS DECIDE THAT

THE TRIP'S TOO DANGEROUS, THE TRIP'S TOO EXPENSIVE,

BUT BIDWELL IS ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED.

YOU'RE A BIT YOUNG TO BE LEADING AN

EXPEDITION LIKE THAT.

WELL, YES.

UM, MR. BARTLESON, WHO IS MANY YEARS MY SENIOR,

WAS ELECTED CAPTAIN, HOWEVER...

OH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GUIDE.

I UNDERSTAND, YES. [SIGHS]

YOUR REPUTATION IS EXTRAORDINARY.

PERHAPS WE COULD COMBINE EFFORTS?

SAFETY IN NUMBERS, AS THEY SAY.

[SIGHS] WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT

THE ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA?

I- I'VE READ ALL THE LATEST REPORTS.

NARRATOR: AFTER A LIFETIME OF PERIL ON THE FRONTIER,

TOM FITZPATRICK KNOWS EXACTLY HOW DIFFICULT THE JOURNEY

AHEAD WILL BE...

DO THOSE REPORTS DESCRIBE HEAT, COLD, DROUGHT,

PREDATION BY INDIANS, AND A GOOD CHANCE WE'LL BE CHEWING

OUR BELTS BY THE TIME YOU'RE DONE? [LAUGHS]

SIR, WE HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL ABOUT THE DANGERS

WE WILL FACE GETTING INTO CALIFORNIA.

NARRATOR: ...BUT IF HE ACCEPTS COMMAND OF A PARTY OF NAIVE

CIVILIANS, HE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LIVES

AS WELL AS HIS OWN.

US

WE WILL FACE GETTING INTO CALIFORNIA.

NARRATOR: HAVING BEGUN A NEW CAREER AS A FRONTIER GUIDE,

TOM FITZPATRICK MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO TAKE AN INEXPERIENCED

PARTY OF SETTLERS ALL THE WAY TO DISTANT CALIFORNIA.

IT'S FAR.

IT'S FURTHER THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY CONCEIVE.

SIR, WE BELIEVE IT'S OUR DESTINY.

[SIGHS]

YOUR DESTINY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL.

MY AUTHORITY'S NOT TO BE QUESTIONED IF WE'RE GONNA

SURVIVE THAT, YOU UNDERSTAND?

AGREED, I- I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

WELL DON'T - DON'T THANK ME YET.

THANK ME WHEN WE GET THERE, ALL RIGHT?

WE'LL BREAK CAMP AT DAWN.

ANDREW P. NELSON: THE TWO PARTIES DECIDE TO COMBINE

WITH FITZPATRICK AS THEIR GUIDE.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: FITZPATRICK IS THE CONSUMMATE OLD,

GRIZZLED SCOUT WHO'S GOING TO OPEN UP

THE PROMISED LAND TO THE PIONEERS.

NARRATOR: FOR FITZPATRICK, LEADING SETTLERS ON ESTABLISHED

TRAILS INSTEAD OF BLAZING NEW TRAILS FOR HIMSELF

IS A CHANGE OF FORTUNE...

AND WILL PUT HIM AT THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICA'S

AMBITIOUS WESTERN DESTINY.

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PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE WAGON TRAIN LEADERS

RECOGNIZE IN FITZPATRICK A GUIDING SPIRIT

AND THEY DEFER TO HIM

IN EVERYTHING, AND HE BECOMES THE CAPTAIN OF THE TRAIN.

NARRATOR: JUST A FEW WEEKS INTO THEIR JOURNEY, BIDWELL'S

INEXPERIENCED SETTLERS LEARN JUST HOW DANGEROUS THE ROAD

WEST CAN BE.

BIDWELL: MR. FITZPATRICK, COME QUICK!

OYE, BRING HIM HERE, BRING HIM HERE,

SET HIM DOWN RIGHT THERE.

SET HIM DOWN, SET HIM DOWN.

COME HERE BOY, COME HERE.

ALL RIGHT BOY, WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?

DAWSON: THE CHEYENNE.

I WAS HUNTING A COUPLE MILES EAST AND THEY SET UPON ME.

THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: FITZPATRICK HAD GIVEN STRICT

ORDERS THAT NO ONE WAS TO STRAY AWAY FROM THE WAGON TRAIN.

OF COURSE, HE HAD LEARNED THIS LESSON ALL TOO WELL

ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL.

AND YET A YOUNG MAN, NICHOLAS DAWSON, WANDERED AWAY.

DID YOU TELL THEM WHERE WE WERE?

THEY PULLED ME OFF MY MULE, AND THEY BEAT

ME NEAR DEATH.

I - I BEGGED THEM FOR MERCY AND I TOLD THEM.

OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

YOU TAKE UP ARMS AND POST A SENTRY UH.

BUT THAT'S IT ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT.

JIM HARDEE: TALK ABOUT A GREENHORN, THIS YOUNG KID

HE'S NEVER REALLY

BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT HE SEES

SOME INDIANS, AND - AND HE FREAKS OUT.

HOW MANY WERE THERE?

MORE THAN I COULD COUNT.

HUNDREDS.

AND YET, YOU ESCAPED.

DAWSON: MAYBE LESS, THEN.

BUT THE HATE IN THEIR EYES WAS REAL.

I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S A MIRACLE I MADE IT

OUT OF THERE ALIVE.

BIDWELL: MR. FITZPATRICK, THEY'RE HERE!

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HUNDREDS?

NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK KNOWS THAT DAWSON'S STORY DOESN'T ADD UP...

BUT HE CAN'T LET THIS ENCOUNTER DESCEND INTO VIOLENCE.

WHAT, WHAT?

STAND DOWN.

DAWSON: YOU JUST GOING TO GO TALK TO 'EM?

IF WE FLEE, THEY'LL ATTACK US.

IF WE DO NOTHING, THEY'LL STEAL THE HORSES.

YOU'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA?

NARRATOR: BUT DAWSON DOESN'T UNDERSTAND NATIVE PEOPLES LIKE

FITZPATRICK DOES... AND HE'S OUT FOR BLOOD.

I'M GONNA GO SHOW FITZ MY BETTER IDEA.

RENEE M. LAEGREID: THE IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN

PRECONDITIONED TO BE TERRIFIED OF NATIVE AMERICANS.

THEY HAD BEEN BUILT UP INTO THESE

HORROR STORIES THAT ALL INDIANS ARE TERRIBLE,

AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO TRY TO SCALP YOU.

[SIGN LANGUAGE]

[SIGN LANGUAGE]

NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK IS CLOSE TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION...

BUT DAWSON ONLY HAS REVENGE ON HIS MIND.

DAWSON, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

NO, NO... STOP, STOP...!

I WANT MY THINGS BACK, FITZ. - THAT'S ENOUGH.

- YOU BETTER GET MY THINGS BACK. - PUT THAT PISTOL DOWN.

YOU NEED TO STOP. - DAWSON: I WANT MY MULE,

I WANT MY RIFLE, I WANT MY KIT, ALL OF IT.

THAT IS ENOUGH, PUT THE PISTOL DOWN.

NO, YOU'RE GONNA TELL THEM, FITZ!

STOP, THAT'S ENOUGH!

YOU BETTER TELL THEM THAT I WANT MY THINGS OR

I'M GOING TO SHOOT THAT FEATHER RIGHT OFF HIS HEAD!

FITZPATRICK: NO! NO! NO!

[WAR CRIES]

FITZPATRICK: NO, I'M SORRY!

NARRATOR: AND IT COULD GET BOTH FITZPATRICK AND THE ENTIRE

WAGON TRAIN KILLED ON THE SPOT.

PLEASE, NO! NO!

DAWSON, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

NO, NO... STOP, STOP...!

YOU BETTER TELL THEM... YOU BETTER GET MY THINGS BACK.

NARRATOR: A YOUNG SETTLER HAS PUSHED A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH

A BAND OF CHEYENNE TO THE BRINK OF VIOLENCE...

FITZPATRICK: NO, STOP! PLEASE!

PLEASE! PLEASE! NO! NO!

NARRATOR: ONLY VETERAN MOUNTAIN MAN TOM FITZPATRICK CAN

PREVENT A MASSACRE.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THIS IS HOW

SO OFTEN ON THE PLAINS TRAGEDY CAME ABOUT

AND SOON YOU'VE GOT DEAD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES.

GIVE ME THE PISTOL, NOW.

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

[GRUNTS]

NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK PLACES THE BLAME SQUARELY WHERE IT

BELONGS: ON NAIVE GREENHORN NICHOLAS DAWSON.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE WHOLE SITUATION WAS SOLVED PEACEFULLY.

AND IT JUST SHOWS THE WISDOM OF FITZPATRICK

IN CALMING BOTH SIDES DOWN AND AVOIDING BLOODSHED.

TRAVIS BOLEY: THEY WIND UP

NEGOTIATING AND RETURNING MOST OF HIS GOODS.

WE'RE ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE ALL RIGHT.

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SO, WHERE'S MY PISTOL THEN.

THE CHEYENNE HAVE IT.

NEXT TIME GET IT YOURSELF, ALL RIGHT?

TRAVIS BOLEY: DAWSON'S STILL PRETTY UPSET

ABOUT THAT, BUT FITZPATRICK SAYS, LOOK,

YOU'RE LUCKY YOU ESCAPED WITH YOUR LIFE.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: AND THE ONLY CASUALTY WAS REALLY

THE REPUTATION OF YOUNG MR. DAWSON, WHO FROM THIS TIME

FORWARD, HAD THE NICKNAME OF CHEYENNE DAWSON.

NARRATOR: BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, THE EXPEDITION REACHES

A CRUCIAL TURNING POINT: SODA SPRINGS, IN MODERN-DAY IDAHO.

AND HAVING GOTTEN BIDWELL SAFELY TO WHAT WILL BECOME

FAMOUS AS THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL, FITZPATRICK

CONTINUES ON TO OREGON.

BIDWELL: THIS IS WHERE WE PART, MR. FITZPATRICK.

NOW, YOU HAVE MY GRATITUDE.

YOU CAN STILL COME TO OREGON.

IT'S FINE COUNTRY, THEY NEED GOOD MEN TO SETTLE IT.

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS] WELL, FOR US IT MUST BE CALIFORNIA.

IT WAS DECIDED LONG AGO, BUT...

AND I WILL TAKE ANY LAST ADVICE YOU HAVE.

IT'S DESERTS AHEAD, WORSE THEN YOU'VE EVER

SEEN AND THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WEST.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: FITZPATRICK CERTAINLY MUST HAVE BEEN

WORRIED ABOUT THE FATE OF HIS FRIENDS ON THE WAGON TRAIN,

BUT, YOU KNOW, BY NOW,

THEY WEREN'T THESE GREENHORNS ANYMORE.

HE HAD MADE THEM INTO THE NEW MEN AND WOMEN THAT THEY WERE.

IN TRUTH THE ONLY ADVICE I CAN OFFER IS

UH - IS PERSEVERANCE.

THE ROAD'S LONG, BUT IT'S NOT ENDLESS.

AND OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THE PATH THAT YOU MAKE, ALL RIGHT.

GODSPEED, MR. FITZPATRICK.

HEY NOW,

FITZ IS FINE. [LAUGHS]

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

NARRATOR: THREE MONTHS LATER, BIDWELL'S PARTY BECOMES

THE FIRST EMIGRANT TRAIN TO REACH CALIFORNIA -

BY FOLLOWING THE TRAILS BLAZED BY TRAPPERS AND MOUNTAIN MEN.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE SUCCESS OF THE BIDWELL PARTY WAS OF

COURSE A MESSAGE TO ALL OF AMERICA

THAT YOU COULD SETTLE IN THIS NEW LAND, THAT SOMETHING

THAT SEEMED ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE,

COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY NORMAL

PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAD

STRONG GUIDES, STRONG SCOUTS, LIKE TOM FITZPATRICK.

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NARRATOR: BY GUIDING THE FIRST WAGON TRAIN TO THE WEST COAST,

TOM FITZPATRICK HAS OPENED THE DOOR FOR WESTERN MIGRATION.

NOW, HE WILL HELP KNOCK DOWN THAT DOOR FOREVER.

JIM HARDEE: THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T REALLY

KNOW WHAT'S IN THE WEST.

SO, ARMY EXPLORATIONS START GOING OUT TO MAP AND TO REALLY

UNDERSTAND THE GEOGRAPHY.

AND JOHN C. FREMONT IS ONE OF THOSE EARLY PEOPLE.

IN THE SUMMER OF 1843 FITZPATRICK BECOMES

A GUIDE FOR JOHN C. FREMONT'S SECOND OF FIVE EXPEDITIONS

INTO THE AMERICAN WEST.

THIS IS YET ANOTHER MOMENT WHERE FITZPATRICK IS AT THE FOREFRONT

OF WESTERN EXPLORATION.

NARRATOR: THEODORE TALBOT IS A CARTOGRAPHER FOR FREMONT'S

EXPEDITION... AND AT JUST SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, HADN'T

EVEN BEEN BORN WHEN TOM FITZPATRICK HAD FIRST STARTED

EXPLORING THE WEST.

TALBOT: MR. FITZPATRICK.

OYE.

I MUST SAY, SIR, EXCEPT FOR SOLOMON'S FORK, YOUR

KNOWLEDGE OF THE KANSAS RIVER IS IMPRESSIVE.

I KNOW WHERE SOLOMON'S FORK IS, I TOOK

US THERE TWO WEEKS AGO. - TALBOT: AH,

N-NOT QUITE, ACTUALLY.

WE UM, FOLLOWED THE GRAND SALINE, NOT THE SOLOMON.

BUT YOU WERE- YOU WERE CLOSE.

I WAS CLOSE?

I WAS CLOSE, DID YA' HEAR THAT, LADS?

I WAS CLOSE. [LAUGHTER]

♪ ♪

I MEANT NO OFFENSE.

NONE TAKEN.

♪ ♪

I CARRIED ALL THAT FOR 20 YEARS.

♪ ♪

AND NOW WITH YOUR SEXTANT AND YOUR COMPASS, AND YOU'RE...

[LAUGHS]

YOU'RE FINDING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

I COULDN'T HAVE MADE THE MAP WITHOUT YOUR HELP,

MR. FITZPATRICK.

MAYBE NOT, BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT IT, YOU DON'T

NEED MY HELP ANYMORE, DO YOU?

RENEE M. LAEGREID: THE MOUNTAIN MEN, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO REALLY

HELP SOLIDIFY THE MAPS AND THE ROUTES WEST.

THEY'RE SHOWING PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE THE TREK

FROM ST. LOUIS TO OREGON, BUT ONCE OTHER PEOPLE KNOW IT,

THEY DON'T REALLY NEED THAT EXPERTISE ANYMORE.

THEY'RE BASICALLY WORKING THEMSELVES OUT OF JOBS.

NARRATOR: FITZPATRICK IS HELPING BRING ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE HE IS

NO LONGER NEEDED - BUT THAT TIME IS NOT YET HERE.

EXPLORER: FITZ...

BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: OUT ON THE PLATTE RIVER, SUDDENLY

A BAND OF ARAPAHOS

APPROACH FREMONT'S PARTY.

WHY DON'T YOU LET US TAKE CARE OF THIS

MR. FITZPATRICK?

MIND YOUR MAP, SON.

NARRATOR: YET AGAIN, FITZPATRICK STEPS UP

TO PREVENT A VIOLENT CLASH.

AND AS THE LEGENDARY MOUNTAIN MAN PLACES HIS LIFE ON

THE LINE ONCE MORE - HE KNOWS IT COULD BE FOR THE LAST TIME.

[ARAPAHO WAR CRIES]

DON'T SHOOT!

TO M,

TOM FITZPATRICK HAS ENCOUNTERED AN ARAPAHO WAR PARTY.

AFTER TWENTY YEARS IN THE WEST,

FITZPATRICK IS WILLING TO RISK HIS OWN LIFE TO SAVE

THE EXPEDITION...

[ARAPAHO WAR CRIES]

FITZPATRICK: DON'T FIRE, DON'T FIRE!

DON'T SHOOT! NO!

♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪

FRIDAY: SURELY YOU DON'T PLAN TO SHOOT ME, OLD FRIEND?

NARRATOR: BUT INSTEAD OF MEETING HIS END AT LAST, FITZPATRICK

MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.

FITZPATRICK: FRIDAY!

JIM HARDEE: IT'S FRIDAY!

IT'S FRIDAY AND TOM

FITZPATRICK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WILD, WILD WEST

AND THEY RUN INTO EACH OTHER.

SURELY THAT'S NOT YOU?

OF COURSE, IT IS.

I HOPE WE DIDN'T SCARE YOU TOO BADLY.

PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE

THAT FATE WOULD OFTEN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER

IN OBSCURE LOCATIONS AND

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, FITZPATRICK HAS BEEN

REUNITED WITH HIS LOST CHILD.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MY HOUR AT LAST.

WELL, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE.

I'M BRINGING THESE MAPMAKERS TO CALIFORNIA.

[LAUGHS] WELL, TELL THEM IT'S THAT WAY AND COME

MEET MY FAMILY.

[LAUGHS] OYE!

COME ON, COME ALONG!

JIM HARDEE: AND THESE TWO GUYS WHO KNEW EACH OTHER MANY, MANY

YEARS AGO FROM TOTALLY DIFFERENT CULTURES

MEET UP AND THEY'RE YAKKING AWAY LIKE IT'S OLD

HOME WEEK, YOU KNOW. [LAUGHS]

NARRATOR: THIS FRIENDSHIP PUTS THESE TWO MEN IN A POSITION

TO INFLUENCE THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE WEST.

THE RELATIONSHIP THAT'S FORGED BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM

SYMBOLIZES THE PROMISE OF

THE CONTACT BETWEEN DIVERSE PEOPLES ON

THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.

THAT IN SOME WAYS

IS HIS FINAL ACT OF LEADING WHERE OTHERS WILL

EVENTUALLY FOLLOW.

NARRATOR: AS THE WEST EVOLVES, TOM FITZPATRICK IS ALWAYS AT

THE FOREFRONT - SHAPING THE FUTURE, ONE MILE AT A TIME.

FITZPATRICK HAD A REMARKABLE ABILITY TO

ADAPT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO REMAIN SUCCESSFUL.

HE WAS ALWAYS AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR WHEN IT

CAME TO WESTWARD EXPANSION.

KRIS SWANSON: FITZPATRICK FOUND A SENSE OF WORTH IN THE WEST

BECAUSE HE FOUND A PLACE WHERE HE FIT.

THE THING THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM WAS

NOT ONLY EXPLORING THE WEST, BUT ALSO APPRECIATING WHAT

THE WEST WAS, THE OPEN LAND, THE WILDLIFE, THE PEOPLES,

THE FREEDOM.

JIM HARDEE: IT'S THE WISDOM OF THE WILDERNESS THAT

FITZPATRICK BRINGS TO WHATEVER

HE'S DOING, WHETHER IT'S A WAGON TRAIN,

WHETHER IT'S A GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION, WHETHER HE'S WORKING

AS AN INDIAN AGENT IT'S USING THAT KNOWLEDGE

IN THE RIGHT WAY.

HAVING IT IS ONE THING; KNOWING

HOW TO USE IT, THAT'S THE OTHER.

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