All language subtitles for Anne Bailey_ Horseback Heroine _ Into the Wild Frontier _ Season 3 _ Episode 2

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NARRATOR: FOR THE
RUGGED PIONEERS ON AMERICA'S

FIRST FRONTIER, LIVING IN FORTS
DOTTED THROUGHOUT

THE WILDS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA,

A BRAVE COURIER, WITH A SWIFT
HORSE, IS THEIR ONLY LIFELINE.

AND THERE ARE FEW BRAVER
OR FASTER

THAN ANNE BAILEY.

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NOW, SHE IS ON THE MOST

IMPORTANT MISSION OF HER LIFE.

[SHAWNEE WARRIORS WAR CRIES]

[GUNFIRE]

THE FATE OF THE ENTIRE
SETTLEMENT OF CHARLESTON

AND HER OWN FAMILY,
IS ENTIRELY IN HER HANDS.

[GUNFIRE]

SHE MUST BREAK THROUGH THE
SHAWNEE WARRIORS

BESIEGING THE FORT TO DELIVER

GUNPOWDER AND AMMUNITION

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

[GUNFIRE]

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ANNE BAILEY'S EXPLOITS ON THE
EARLY AMERICAN FRONTIER

HAVE EARNED HER THE NICKNAME
"MAD ANNE",

BUT SHE IS MUCH MORE
THAN THAT.

BRADY CRYTZER: THERE ARE FEW
PEOPLE WHO EMBODY

THE SPIRIT, THE TENACITY,
THE STICK-TO-ITIVENESS

AND THE GUMPTION THAT IT TAKES

TO SURVIVE ON THE FRONTIER
THAN ANNE BAILEY.

TO CALL HER MAD DOESN'T
DO THE WOMAN JUSTICE.

SHE WAS THE EMBODIMENT
OF THAT SPIRIT,

TO SURVIVE AND FIGHT
AT ALL COSTS.

CHERYL VAN DEUSEN: IT IS
AMAZING HOW SHE LIVED HER LIFE,

AND WHAT A PATRIOT SHE WAS.

SHE WAS THE VERY FIRST TRULY
100-MILE

ENDURANCE RIDER
IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND MOST OF US ARE UNAWARE
THAT SHE EVEN EXISTED.

LAURA KAMOIE: A PERSON ON THE
FRONTIER

COULD SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

REINVENT THEMSELVES,
AND TO PROVE THEMSELVES,

AND ANNE BAILEY DID
ALL OF THAT.

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NARRATOR: BORN ANNE HENNIS
IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND,

SHE JOURNEYS TO AMERICA
FOR A FRESH START.

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AND MAKES HER WAY TO THE
KANAWHA VALLEY,

ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER
OF VIRGINIA,

A LAND POPULATED BY VETERANS
OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR,

LIKE RICHARD TROTTER.

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CAN I GET YOUR BAGS,
MA'AM?

OH, THANK YOU.

WHERE ARE YOU
TRAVELING FROM?

VIRGINIA, BY WAY
OF LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL.

NOT MUCH OF AN ACCENT
ON YA.

WELL, MUST BE MY
TIME ON THE FRONTIER.

YOU'VE MADE QUITE
A JOURNEY.

KANAWHA RIVER VALLEY

IS AN AREA WHERE THERE
IS GREAT ABUNDANCE.

WHEN YOU'RE BORN IN,
YOU KNOW,

THE SLUMS OF LIVERPOOL,

IT'S AN EPIPHANY FOR THEM
TO COME TO A PLACE

THAT SEEMS PRISTINE

AND UNSOILED BY HUMANKIND.

IT WAS, IN EVERY SENSE,
THE TRUE GARDEN OF EDEN.

IT SURE IS A WONDER
OUT HERE,

BUT NOT WITHOUT
ITS CHALLENGES.

OH, I LIVE FOR
CHALLENGES.

WELL, RIGHT THIS
WAY THEN.

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NARRATOR: IN THIS NEW,
UNTAMED LAND,

ANNE FINDS A HOME
AND A HUSBAND.

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I DO.

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NARRATOR: THE NEWLY MARRIED
ANNE TROTTER

SETS ABOUT MAKING A LIFE
ON THE FRONTIER.

BUT EVEN IN THE WILDERNESS,
ANNE HAS TO FIGHT

AGAINST WHAT SOCIETY EXPECTS
OF HER.

VAN DEUSEN: IN ENGLAND, THE
AFFLUENT

STARTED RIDING
SIDESADDLE.

AND SO, AMERICANS
BEGAN TO EMULATE THAT.

IT WAS LIKE, "WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE LADIES.

WE DON'T RIDE ASTRIDE HORSES."

WHOA.

I CAN'T KEEP UP.

I'LL GO A BIT SLOWER.

I HAVE A BETTER IDEA.

VAN DEUSEN: SHE WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST PIONEERS TO SAY,

"I CAN'T DO WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE,

IF I PAY ATTENTION
TO THIS SOCIETAL NORM."

FIRST TIME I SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MY FATHER WAS A SOLDIER.

YOU LEARN THINGS IN
A MILITARY FAMILY.

[PROMPTING HORSE]

[HOOFBEATS]

[LAUGHTER]

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NARRATOR: AS THE YEARS PASS,
ANNE AND RICHARD

HAVE A SON AND SETTLE INTO
A LIFE OF DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY.

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BUT WAR SOON COMES TO THEIR
PEACEFUL VALLEY.

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CRYTZER: THE SHAWNEE HAD
RECENTLY RELOCATED

TO THAT AREA, PUSHED OUT OF
THEIR ANCESTRAL

HOMELAND IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH,

AND THEY WERE DESPERATE
TO DEFEND IT.

ALL OF WESTERN VIRGINIA SOON
CAME UNDER

THE WRATH OF SHAWNEE RAIDS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT
THE SHAWNEE

WERE A WARLIKE TRIBE.

BUT THE REALITY IS THEY WERE
JUST TRYING

TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEMSELVES
IN THIS NEW WORLD.

WAR WAS REALLY THEIR
ONLY OPTION, IN MANY CASES.

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NARRATOR: SETTLERS LIKE RICHARD
TROTTER

HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO
GO TO WAR AS WELL

TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES
AND FAMILIES.

I'LL BE BACK
SOON ENOUGH.

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NARRATOR: BUT NOT ALL
OF THEM WILL COME BACK.

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MORGAN: THE SHAWNEE REALIZE
THESE WHITE PEOPLE

ARE NEVER GOING TO STOP
COMING.

AND UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING
TO STOP THEM,

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY
OUR WAY OF LIFE.

AND THAT WILL EVENTUALLY
LEAD US TO

THE BATTLE
OF POINT PLEASANT.

[GUNFIRE]

THERE WAS NEVER A
BATTLE LIKE IT

IN THE HISTORY
OF NORTH AMERICA.

AND IN THE END...

THE SHAWNEE BACK IS
BROKEN IN THE BATTLE.

[GUNFIRE]
[YELLING]

[GUNFIRE]

MORGAN: BUT ONE OF THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THIS BATTLE

IS THAT TROTTER IS
KILLED IN ACTION.

LEAVING ANNE WITHOUT
A HUSBAND.

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KAMOIE: MANY WOMEN PROBABLY
WOULD HAVE

ASSESSED THE SITUATION,

REALIZED THEIR VULNERABILITY,

AND THEN GONE BACK
EAST TO THEIR FAMILIES.

CRYTZER: BUT ANNE BAILEY WAS NOT
IN A POSITION

TO JUST SHRINK LIKE A VIOLET
AND MOVE BACK EAST.

HER HOME, HER FAMILY,

EVERYTHING THAT SHE MADE WITH
HER BARE HANDS

WAS ON THE FRONTIER AND
SHE WASN'T ABOUT TO LEAVE IT.

ANNE: THE FIGHT CAN'T
END HERE.

I WILL FIND JUSTICE
FOR THEM.

I'M GONNA NEED
YOUR HELP.

VAN DEUSEN: SHE FELT THE CALLING
THAT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT

TO CONTINUE THE WORK
THAT HER HUSBAND BELIEVED IN.

NARRATOR: TO PROTECT THE ONES
SHE LOVES,

ANNE WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP
THE LIFE SHE KNOWS

AND REINVENT HERSELF.

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STAN BUMGARDNER:
SHE WENT ROGUE.

SHE WORE MEN'S CLOTHING

AND SHE WAS KIND OF
CALAMITY JANE

BEFORE CALAMITY JANE.

VAN DEUSEN: ANNE WAS A MOTHER.

AND YET, SHE SET ASIDE
HER FAMILY NEEDS

AND LEFT WILLIAM WITH A
NEIGHBOR THAT SHE TRUSTED.

NOW, YOU BE GOOD
TO MRS. MANN, OKAY?

SHE'S GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF YOU WHILE I'M GONE.

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I LOVE YOU.

I'LL BE BACK SOON.

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VAN DEUSEN: SHE WENT FORWARD.

AND SHE DIDN'T LET HER
GENDER STOP HER,

SHE DIDN'T LET STEREOTYPES
STOP HER.

SHE DIDN'T DO IT TO
PROVE ANYONE WRONG.

SHE DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

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NARRATOR: ANNE KNOWS SHE CAN
BEST SERVE HER COUNTRY

AS A COURIER, DELIVERING
VITAL NEWS AND INTELLIGENCE

BETWEEN THE FAR-FLUNG
SETTLEMENTS ON THE FRONTIER.

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VAN DEUSEN: SHE HAD HER
OWN TRUE GOALS,

SO SHE WENT OUT AND STARTED
LEARNING THOSE TRAILS.

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NARRATOR: BUT SHE STILL HAS TO
GET ACCUSTOMED

TO THE BRUTAL PHYSICAL
DEMANDS OF THE JOB.

VAN DEUSEN: WHEN YOU'RE DOING
THAT KIND OF

LONG DISTANCE RIDING,

IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO
MARATHON RUNNING.

AT SOME POINT, YOU RUN INTO A
WALL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

GIVE UP AND THEY JUST SAY,
"OKAY, I CAN'T DO THIS."

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BUT THE REALLY EXCEPTIONAL
RIDERS GO,

"OKAY, I CAN PUSH THROUGH THIS
AND I CAN GET IT DONE."

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NARRATOR: MILE AFTER MILE,
THE UNFORGIVING KANAWHA VALLEY

FORGES ANNE INTO A BOLD,
CAPABLE HORSEWOMAN.

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BUT THE DANGERS OF THE WILD
ARE EVER-PRESENT...

[HORSE WHINNIES]

AND NOT ALL OF THEM ARE
IN HUMAN FORM.

NARRATOR: AFTER THE DEATH
OF HER HUSBAND,

FRONTIERSWOMAN ANNE BAILEY

HAS REINVENTED HERSELF
AS A COURIER.

BUT NOW, SHE HAS COME FACE TO
FACE

WITH THE DANGERS
OF THE WILDERNESS.

HEATHER WEBB: WOLVES WERE VERY
COMMON

AT THIS TIME IN THE U.S.,

SO, IF YOU ARE RIDING
THROUGH THE FOREST,

ESPECIALLY BY YOURSELF,

YOU'RE IN A LOT OF DANGER.

NARRATOR: ANNE HAS TWO CHOICES,

RUN OR STAND HER GROUND.

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[WOLF WHIMPERS]

[WOLF WHIMPERS]

E.J. SNYDER: YOU'RE FACED WITH
A WOLF PACK,

YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO

IS STAND UP AND LOOK LARGER.

YOU WANT TO MAKE NOISE,
POSSIBLY THROW ROCKS AT THEM

TO TRY TO MAKE THEM
UNDERSTAND

YOU'RE NOT THE MEAL
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

[GALLOPING]

VAN DEUSEN: SHE HAD DEVELOPED
THE EXPERTISE,

SHE KNEW THE BEST ROUTES,

AND HOW TO AVOID
THE TWO-LEGGED

AND FOUR-LEGGED PREDATORS
THAT WERE IN THE WOODS.

SHE ENDED UP BEING THE
PERFECT PERSON FOR THE JOB.

[GALLOPING]

NARRATOR: NOW, ONE OF THE BEST
RIDERS ON THE FRONTIER,

ANNE GETS A CHANCE TO DELIVER
A WORLD-CHANGING MESSAGE.

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ON JULY 4, 1776,

THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
RATIFIES

THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.

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AND IT'S UP TO COURIERS
LIKE ANNE

TO SPREAD THE NEWS THROUGHOUT

THE NEW UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

KAMOIE: PAUL REVERE IS ONLY
THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE

OF THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF HORSE RIDERS

DURING THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

HORSEBACK RIDERS WERE

THE MOST INSTANT FORM OF
COMMUNICATION

THAT WERE AVAILABLE

AND SO, THEY PLAYED
A CRITICAL ROLE

IN DELIVERING THE
LATEST INTELLIGENCE,

TROOP MOVEMENTS AND
OTHER FORMS OF INFORMATION.

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ANDREW NELSON: ONCE YOU GET
THAT INFORMATION

TO ITS DESTINATION, YOU NEED
TO DISSEMINATE IT.

THIS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SOMETHING CALLED THE BROADSHEET,

WHICH WERE RUDIMENTARY POSTERS

THAT COULD BE PLACED
SOMEWHERE PROMINENT

WHERE PEOPLE COULD READ IT.

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NARRATOR: ANNE RIDES ALL ACROSS
VIRGINIA

SPREADING THE WORD
OF INDEPENDENCE.

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"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO
BE SELF-EVIDENT,

THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL,

THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY
THEIR CREATOR

WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.

THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE,
LIBERTY

AND THE PURSUIT OF
HAPPINESS.

VAN DEUSEN: ANNE AND OTHER
MESSENGERS LIKE HER

WERE THE FIRST RECRUITERS
TO GO OUT THERE AND SAY,

"HEY, WE NEED PEOPLE TO
JOIN THE MILITIA

AND AMERICA IS AT RISK.

AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO
STEP UP AND HELP US."

ANNE: WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT,
THE BRITISH

WILL SUPPRESS AND
MURDER US ALL.

NARRATOR: BUT NOT EVERYONE
WANTS TO JOIN THE REVOLUTION.

KAMOIE: THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

COMPLETELY UNSETTLED
THE BACKCOUNTRY

BY SPLIT LOYALTIES
ON THE COLONISTS' SIDE,

WITH SOME BEING LOYALISTS
OR TORIES

AND OTHERS BEING AMERICANS,
OR PATRIOTS.

ANNE: WE NEED EVERY FIGHTER
THAT WE CAN GET.

BOO.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO

ENTERTAINED LOYALIST
SENTIMENTS

EARLY IN THE CONFLICT.

BECAUSE EARLY
IN THE CONFLICT

IT LOOKED LIKE
THE KING'S GOING TO WIN.

AND PEOPLE LEANED TOWARDS
ENGLAND AS A RESULT OF IT.

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THANK YOU.
STILL CRISPY.

KAMOIE: AND SO, ALL OF THIS
GAVE RISE TO MORE VIOLENCE,

HOSTILITY AND CONFLICT
IN A REGION

THAT WAS ALREADY
RIFE WITH ALL OF THOSE.

NARRATOR: THE LOYALISTS MAY SEE
A WOMAN

ALONE ON THE FRONTIER
AS AN EASY TARGET,

BUT ANNE IS ANYTHING BUT.

[FIGHTING]

WEBB: SHE WAS A VERY
STRONG WOMAN.

AND SHE COULD FIGHT
JUST AS WELL AS A MAN.

NARRATOR: FOR TWO YEARS,
ANNE HAS CRISSCROSSED

THE WILDERNESS, CONNECTING
FRONTIER OUTPOSTS

WITH NEWS AND INFORMATION.

MOST IMPRESSIVE.

NARRATOR: AND OFFICERS
IN THE COLONIAL MILITIA

HAVE NOTICED HER
FEARLESSNESS AND DEDICATION.

I WAS JUST PROTECTING
MYSELF, SIR.

NOW IT IS TIME FOR YOU
TO DEFEND YOUR PEOPLE.

DO YOU THINK YOU'RE
UP FOR THE TASK, MA'AM?

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YEAH, YES.

I'VE BEEN PREPARING
FOR THIS.

NARRATOR: ANNE'S SKILLS AND
BRAVERY

MAKE HER A PERFECT RECRUIT

TO BE A MILITIA COURIER.

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NOW, INSTEAD OF JUST
DELIVERING

THE NEWS OF INDEPENDENCE,

SHE IS ACTIVELY FIGHTING
FOR IT.

MESSENGERS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT
ROLE DURING THE REVOLUTION.

THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET
MESSAGES FROM ONE PLACE

TO THE OTHER UNLESS YOU HAD
SOMEBODY WHO WAS

REALLY DEDICATED TO CARRYING
THESE MESSAGES.

THIS BECAME THE MISSION
OF HER LIFE.

NARRATOR: IN 1777, ANNE
IS DISPATCHED

WITH URGENT MESSAGES TO
FORT RANDOLPH,

AT THE JUNCTION OF THE OHIO
AND KANAWHA RIVERS.

THE FORT WAS BUILT NEAR THE SITE
OF THE

BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT,

THE VERY BATTLE THAT TOOK
HER HUSBAND'S LIFE.

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NELSON: THIS, OF COURSE,
STIRRED MEMORIES OF

NOT ONLY THE LOSS OF HER
HUSBAND,

BUT THE MOST PIVOTAL MOMENT
OF ANNE'S LIFE.

WHEN SHE MADE
THE FATEFUL DECISION

TO BECOME THE ANNE
BAILEY OF LEGEND.

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CRYTZER: I THINK ANNE BAILEY
REALLY THAT MOMENT,

REALIZES THAT THERE'S REALLY
NO GOING BACK FOR HER.

SHE HAS GIVEN HERSELF
COMPLETELY TO THIS CAUSE.

THIS IS GOING TO DRIVE
HER FORWARD.

THIS IS THE POINT OF
NO RETURN FOR HER

AND I THINK THAT'S
A BIG MOMENT.

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NARRATOR: BUT WHEN ANNE
REACHES FORT RANDOLPH,

SHE LEARNS THAT THE
ONGOING CONFLICT

BETWEEN THE COLONISTS AND
THE SHAWNEE

HAS CLAIMED ANOTHER VICTIM.

ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT
CHIEFS AND LEADERS

OF THE SHAWNEE
WAS CORNSTALK.

HE UNDERSTOOD AND VALUED
PEACE.

WHEN HE TRAVELED TO
FORT RANDOLPH,

AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,

HE WAS THROWN INTO
A JAIL BY PATRIOTS

AND THEN SENSELESSLY
MURDERED.

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CORNSTALK HAS JUST
BEEN KILLED.

WHEN THE SHAWNEE HEAR
ABOUT THIS,

NO ONE IS GOING
TO BE SAFE.

FOR MANY OF THE SHAWNEE,
WHEN THEY SAW

CORNSTALK TREATED IN
SUCH A TERRIBLE WAY,

THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT
WAR WAS THE

ONLY WAY TO SEEK REVENGE.

NARRATOR: NO COLONIST IS
NOW SAFE FROM

RETALIATION BY
VENGEFUL SHAWNEE WARRIORS

AND ANNE MUST NOW MAKE A
150 MILE RETURN RIDE

THROUGH HOSTILE SHAWNEE
TERRITORY.

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ANNE RIDES THROUGH THE KANAWHA
VALLEY TOWARD HOME...

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AND FINDS HERSELF IN THE SIGHTS
OF THE SHAWNEE.

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VAN DEUSEN: THEY OBVIOUSLY
CHASED HER.

AND SHE KNEW THOSE TRAILS
AND HER HORSE

WELL ENOUGH THAT SHE WAS
ABLE TO EVADE THEM.

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SNYDER: WHEN YOU'RE IN A
SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE

FACED WITH UNSURVIVABLE NUMBERS
AGAINST YOU,

IT'S BETTER TO RUN AND HIDE

AND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER
DAY.

FOR ANNE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S
SMALLER IN STATURE.

IT'S EASIER TO GET INTO
CERTAIN PLACES,

USE THE SHADOWS TO YOUR
ADVANTAGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT
EASIER FOR HER

TO AVOID BEING DETECTED.

NARRATOR: HIDING IN PLAIN
SIGHT, ANNE CAN ONLY PRAY

THAT THE SHAWNEE DON'T FIND HER.

BECAUSE IF THEY DO,
IT WILL MEAN CERTAIN DEATH.

NARRATOR: FRONTIER COURIER
ANNE BAILEY

HAS ENCOUNTERED A BAND
OF SHAWNEE

ON THE WARPATH AFTER THE
MURDER OF THEIR CHIEF.

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SHE HAS ALREADY LOST HER
HUSBAND TO THE SHAWNEE

AND IF THEY FIND HER,
SHE WILL BE NEXT.

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SHE HID AND LEFT HER
HORSE NEARBY.

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THEY LOOKED ALL AROUND FOR HER,
COULDN'T FIND HER.

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SO THEY TOOK HER HORSE
AND WENT BACK TO THEIR CAMP.

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NARRATOR: ANNE HAS SURVIVED
BUT NOW SHE IS ALONE

IN THE DEEP WOODS WITH NO HORSE
AND NO PROVISIONS.

THEY LEFT HER OUT THERE.

AND OF COURSE,
SHE DIDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK
BECAUSE EVERYTHING

WAS ON HER HORSE.

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BEFORE LONG, SHE FIGURED OUT,
"OH, I SEE TRACKS."

SO SHE FOLLOWED THOSE
HORSE TRACKS,

AND SHE EVENTUALLY GOT TO
WHERE THE INDIANS WERE RESTING.

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NARRATOR: THE SHAWNEE NEVER
EXPECTED ANNE TO FOLLOW THEM.

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VAN DEUSEN: SHE SNUCK UP
TO HER HORSE

AND SHE KEPT IT QUIET.

BUT THEN IT WHINNIED BECAUSE

IT WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER.

[WHOOPING]

[GUNSHOT]

NELSON: THE BOLDNESS
OF SNEAKING INTO

A SHAWNEE ENCAMPMENT AND
STEALING BACK YOUR HORSE,

THAT'S SOMETHING THE SHAWNEE
HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

IT'S PART OF WHY ANNE HAS
THE REPUTATION THAT SHE DOES.

IT'S NOT JUST BEING CRAZY,
BUT IT'S THE SHEER

AUDACITY OF DOING SOMETHING
THAT NOBODY WOULD EXPECT.

TED BELUE: THEY REALLY FELT
LIKE PERHAPS SHE WAS,

YOU MIGHT SAY TOUCHED
IN THE HEAD, AND MAYBE

GUIDED BY THE GREAT SPIRIT.

NARRATOR: THE SHAWNEE NEVER
FORGET THEIR ENCOUNTER WITH

THE WOMAN THEY CALL
"MAD ANNE",

BUT IT WON'T BE THEIR LAST.

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ANNE MAKES HER HOME
BASE AT FORT LEE,

A FRONTIER OUTPOST MANNED
BY THE ELITE VIRGINIA

RANGERS UNDER THE COMMAND
OF COLONEL GEORGE CLENDENIN.

GUARDING THE GROWING TOWN
OF CHARLESTON,

THE FORT IS A
CRUCIAL POINT OF DEFENSE

AGAINST NATIVE ATTACKS.

CLENDENIN: NEAR RECORD
TIME, AS ALWAYS.

ANNE: I AIM TO DO MY PART.

I HOPE MY SON'S BEEN DOIN'
HIS PART WHILE I'VE BEEN GONE.

HEY!

WE'RE LUCKY
TO HAVE YOU BOTH.

[LAUGHS]

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NARRATOR: ANNE'S SON WILLIAM,
NOW A YOUNG MAN,

HAS REJOINED HER AT THE FORT.

[GUNSHOT]

HERE, ANNE HAS FOUND A NEW HOME,

AND PERHAPS EVEN A NEW FAMILY.

[GUNSHOT]

WILLIAM: [LAUGHS]

WELL, DON'T FEEL TOO BAD.

I HAVE MANY YEARS
OF PRACTICE ON YOU.

[CLEARS THROAT]
MIND IF I TAKE A SHOT?

BY ALL MEANS.

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WEBB: JOHN BAILEY WAS
A RANGER AND HE RODE

WITH JOHN CROCKETT,

DAVY CROCKETT'S FATHER.

[GUNSHOT]

THERE, BEAT THAT.

WEBB: YOU CAN SEE THAT
ANNE CLEARLY HAS A TYPE;

FRONTIERSMEN THAT ARE
FIGHTING HAND, TOOTH,

AND NAIL JUST LIKE SHE IS.

[BLOWS WHISTLE]

NELSON: OFFICERS IN
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR USED

WHISTLES TO DRILL TROOPS,
SEND SIGNALS, SOUND ALARMS.

BAILEY USES

HIS OFFICER'S
WHISTLE TO PLAYFULLY

DISTRACT ANNE JUST AS
SHE'S ABOUT TO FIRE.

[GUNSHOT]

I'LL WAGER YOU CAN'T HIT
THE SAME MARK IF WE MOVE

THE TARGET FIVE PACES BACK.

I'LL WAGER I CAN AT
10 PACES BACK.

AND IF I WIN,
I GET THAT WHISTLE,

AND YOU SHALL NOT EVER
WHISTLE AT ME IN THAT WAY AGAIN.

YOU HEARD,
MOVE THAT TARGET BACK!

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[GUNSHOT]

WELL, I DARE
SAY AIM IS IMPORTANT.

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[GUNSHOT]

CLENDENIN: LOOKS LIKE
WE GOT A VICTOR.

JOHN: YOU WON, FAIR AND SQUARE.

BUT PERHAPS I'LL WIN
THE BIGGEST PRIZE OF ALL.

NARRATOR: AFTER OVER A DECADE
AS A WIDOW AND SINGLE MOTHER,

ANNE MARRIES JOHN BAILEY.

THE COUPLE FINDS HAPPINESS
AT FORT LEE FOR A WHILE,

BUT ON THE FRONTIER, FORTUNES
CAN CHANGE AT ANY MOMENT.

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CRYTZER: THE YEAR 1791 WAS
A PARTICULARLY TERRIBLE YEAR

FOR THE NEW UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.

[INDIANS WHOOPING]

THEY'RE NOW FACING A
GENERAL INDIAN UPRISING

ON THEIR
WESTERN FRONTIER.

NELSON: IN RESPONSE TO THE

REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF TREATIES
AND BROKEN PROMISES

BY THE AMERICANS,
A LOOSE NORTHWEST

CONFEDERACY OF
AMERICAN INDIANS

BEGINS TO FORM.

[GUNSHOT]

KAMOIE: AND ALL OF THIS
CULMINATES IN

THE NORTHWEST INDIAN WAR.

IT'S SORT OF
THE NATIVE AMERICANS'

REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOR
INDEPENDENCE.

NARRATOR: AS WAR RAGES ACROSS
THE FRONTIER, SHAWNEE

LEADERS LAUNCH AN ATTACK
ON FORT LEE.

MAN: TAKE COVER!

GO, GO, GO!

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NARRATOR: AND IF THE FORT FALLS,
NO ONE IN CHARLESTON IS SAFE.

ONE OF THE WAYS
THAT NATIVE WARRIORS FOUND THAT

THEY COULD CONQUER AN ENTIRE
REGION, WOULD BE

TO RID THAT REGION OF SETTLERS.

AND THEIR PREFERRED TACTIC WAS
TO BESIEGE A FORT.

THEY WOULD SURROUND IT.

THEY WOULD CHOKE IT OFF.

NOTHING GETS IN,
AND NOTHING GETS OUT.

INSIDE FORT LEE, THE DEFENSE

OF THAT POSITION WAS WHOLLY
DEPENDENT ON GUNPOWDER.

NARRATOR: FORT LEE'S SUPPLY OF
GUNPOWDER IS DANGEROUSLY LOW.

AND WITHOUT IT, ANNE
AND HER FAMILY WILL SOON

HAVE NO WAY TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES FROM

THE SHAWNEE ONSLAUGHT.

OF FORT LEE IS UNDER SIEGEYE

BY SHAWNEE WARRIORS.

AND NOW, ANNE HAS DISCOVERED

THE FORT IS ALMOST OUT OF
GUNPOWDER.

IF THE FORT'S DEFENDERS CAN'T
REPLENISH THEIR SUPPLY OF

POWDER AND AMMUNITION,
THEY WON'T BE ABLE

TO WITHSTAND THE ASSAULT
FOR MUCH LONGER.

[INDIANS WHOOP, GUNFIRE]

SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO TO LEWISBURG
TO REPLENISH OUR MUNITIONS.

IT'S A DANGEROUS, 120 MILE
TREK EACH WAY.

AND WHOEVER GOES MIGHT
NOT RETURN, BUT IF NO ONE

TAKES THIS JOURNEY,
NONE OF US WILL SURVIVE.

CLENDENIN ASKS FOR
VOLUNTEERS TO RIDE

TO FORT SAVANNAH AT LEWISBURG.

THAT'S NEARLY 120 MILES AWAY,
240 MILES ROUND TRIP,

THROUGH HOSTILE TERRITORY
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I'LL GO.

I CAN RIDE THE DISTANCE.

PLEASE, I CAN'T LOSE
ANOTHER HUSBAND TO THE SHAWNEE.

I- I BEG YOU.

IT'S MY DUTY.

NARRATOR: ANNE BAILEY HAS
ALREADY SENT OFF ONE HUSBAND

WHO NEVER RETURNED.

NOW THAT SHE'S FOUND A HOME AND

A FAMILY, SHE WON'T DO IT AGAIN.

IF ANYONE'S GONNA MAKE THAT
RIDE, IT'S GOING TO BE ME!

I AM THE MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED.

DON'T BE RASH.

MARTIN MORGAN: ANNE BAILEY
VOLUNTEERS TO DO IT

HERSELF BECAUSE

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER

HUSBAND TO THE SHAWNEE.

NO ONE KNOWS THE TERRAIN OR
THE TRAILS THE WAY THAT I DO.

I AM THE FASTEST, LIGHTEST,

MOST EXPERIENCED RIDER OF
ANYONE HERE.

I AM THE ONE MEANT TO GO.

ALL OF YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.

BUMGARDNER:
AND WITHOUT QUESTION,

ANNE BAILEY WAS PROBABLY

TOUGHER AND MORE RELIABLE

THAN MOST OF THE MEN
AT FORT LEE.

WEBB: ANNE HAD BEEN
RIDING FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS, SO

SHE'S AN EXPERT RIDER.

AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE
RIDING ON HORSEBACK AT

THIS TIME, WITH THIS KIND OF
TERRAIN, IS NO EASY FEAT.

NARRATOR: BUT ANNE'S HUSBAND,
JOHN, DOESN'T

WANT TO LOSE HER EITHER.

IF ANYBODY'S GONNA RISK THEIR
LIFE, IT'S GOING TO BE ME.

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[KNIFE CUTS]

YOU GOTTA
ADMIRE A WOMAN.

SHE JUST TOOK A KNIFE AND SHE
CUT HIS SADDLE,

SO SHE KNEW HOW TO END
THE ARGUMENT RIGHT THERE.

NARRATOR: JOHN BAILEY DOESN'T
HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT ANNE

DOES, THERE'S NO WAY
HE COULD RIDE OVER TWO

HUNDRED MILES WITHOUT A SADDLE.

THIS IS MADNESS.

PEOPLE CALL ME MAD FOR A REASON.

BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU

WOULD ALL BE MAD
NOT TO LET ME GO.

SHE'S RIGHT.

ANNE'S THE BEST ONE
FOR THIS RIDE.

BUT NOT ON THAT OLD MARE.

IT'S THE BEST HORSE WE HAVE,
MAYBE IN ALL OF VIRGINIA.

NARRATOR: COLONEL CLENDENIN
KNOWS THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL,

ANNE WILL NEED ALL
THE SPEED SHE CAN GET.

HE'S BEAUTIFUL.

NARRATOR: SHE SETS OUT ON HER
MISSION, KNOWING THAT SHE MAY

NEVER SEE HER FAMILY AGAIN.

VAN DEUSEN: SO MANY TIMES

SHE WOULD MAKE CHOICES ABOUT
WHAT WAS GOOD FOR

THE COUNTRY, RATHER THAN WHAT
WAS GOOD FOR HER PERSONALLY.

THAT WAS HER HIGHER CALLING
THAT SHE FACED.

♪ ♪

IF YOU NEED ME, WHISTLE.

♪ ♪

MORGAN: THE CALCULUS THAT
WENT THROUGH HER MIND BEFORE

DEPARTING HAD TO INCLUDE THIS:

YOU HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE
OF YOUR STOCKADE,

YOUR PROTECTIVE WALLS.

YOU HAVE TO VENTURE OUT INTO
TERRITORY THAT

IS INHABITED BY PEOPLE WHO

ARE HOSTILE TO YOU
AND WILL KILL YOU.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: AS SOON AS ANNE LEAVES
THE FORT, THE SHAWNEE SPOT

HER, AND THEY NOW HAVE
A CHANCE TO TAKE OUT "MAD ANNE."

♪ ♪

WEBB: ONCE SHE GOT
GOING, THEY DID

PURSUE HER AND SHE COULD HEAR
THEM BEHIND HER,

BUT SHE OUTRAN THEM.

NARRATOR: ON HER SWIFT NEW
HORSE, ANNE MAY BE ABLE TO

OUTRUN THE EXPERT SHAWNEE
HORSEMEN.

BUT EVEN ANNE BAILEY CAN'T
OUTRUN A BULLET.

BAILEY IS ON A MISSIONR AE

TO ACQUIRE MUCH-NEEDED
GUNPOWDER AND AMMUNITION

FOR THE BESIEGED FORT LEE.

♪ ♪

BUT A SHAWNEE BULLET MAY
END HER RIDE

BEFORE
IT EVEN BEGINS.

[GUNSHOT]

♪ ♪

VAN DEUSEN: SHE HAD
THIS TRADEMARKED HAT, AND

WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SHOT WAS
THE HAT, NOT HER.

NARRATOR: ANNE ESCAPES DEATH
BY LITERAL INCHES,

BUT NOW COMES THE HARD PART
- MAKING THE LONG,

TREACHEROUS JOURNEY TO RETRIEVE
THE AMMUNITION.

MORGAN: FROM FORT LEE TO
LEWISBURG, THAT'S A JOURNEY

OF OVER 100 MILES ONE WAY.

NOW TODAY, WE COULD COMPLETE
A JOURNEY

LIKE THAT IN A COUPLE OF HOURS,
AND IT WOULD BE NO BIG DEAL.

THEN, IT WAS A LIFE OR DEATH
TYPE OF SCENARIO.

NARRATOR: FOR HOURS, ANNE HAS
RIDDEN AS FAST AS SHE CAN,

PUSHING HER HORSE TO
THE BRINK OF EXHAUSTION.

AND THOUGH SHE WANTS TO KEEP
GOING, THEY BOTH NEED

TO TAKE A REST AND RECHARGE.

SNYDER: BEIN' OUT IN
THE WILDERNESS, GOING OVER

LONG DISTANCES, YOU HAVE
TO RECOVER.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE
BREAKS, YOU HAVE TO REST.

BEIN' IN HOSTILE TERRITORY,

YOU HAVE TO BE ON
HEIGHTENED SENSE

OF ALERTNESS AND AWARENESS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THE STRESS LEVEL

SHE HAD MAKING THESE STOPS.

NARRATOR: TO HER SHOCK, ANNE
DISCOVERS A SHAWNEE BOY

STRUGGLING IN THE WATER.

IT COULD BE A TRAP,
BUT SHE WON'T LET

THIS CHILD DIE,
NO MATTER THE RISKS.

COME ON!

THAT'S IT!

OH, YOU GAVE ME QUITE A SCARE.

NARRATOR: ANNE SAVES THE BOY,
BUT NOW HIS MOTHER APPEARS,

READY TO FIRE ON ANNE.

NELSON: THIS IS A PRECARIOUS

SITUATION, TO SAY THE LEAST.

ANNE IS COMPLETELY

HELPLESS AT THE MERCY
OF A MOTHER.

IS THIS THE END OF ANNE BAILEY?

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NARRATOR: BUT THE SHAWNEE
MOTHER RECOGNIZES THAT SHE

OWES HER SON'S LIFE TO ANNE,
AND SHE SPARES HERS.

AND NOW, TO SAVE THE LIVES
OF HER OWN SON AND

HUSBAND, ANNE NEEDS TO
COMPLETE HER MISSION.

AFTER AN EXHAUSTING JOURNEY
OF NEARLY 120 MILES,

ANNE FINALLY REACHES FORT
SAVANNAH IN LEWISBURG.

BUT THE SOLDIERS AT THE OUTPOST
ARE ON ALERT

FOR ATTACK THEMSELVES.

WITH THE LIVES OF HER HUSBAND
AND SON AT RISK,

ANNE HAS NO TIME TO WASTE.

STEP AWAY!

YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE
MILITARY PROPERTY.

THE LIVES OF
THE RANGERS, THEY NEED IT!

MIGHTY SUSPECT THAT
THE RANGERS WOULD SEND

A WOMAN OUT TO FETCH AMMUNITION.

IT'S A MAN'S JOB.

I JUST RODE 120 MILES!

MY FAMILY IS THERE!

WE CANNOT BE HANDING OUT
AMMUNITION TO JUST ANYONE.

WELL, THEN, I'LL JUST
HAVE TO TAKE WHAT I NEED.

[GUNS COCKING]

[COCKS GUN]

CRYTZER: AT THIS STAGE IN
THE EXPEDITION FOR ANNE BAILEY,

SHE COULD DO ANYTHING
TO SAVE HER FAMILY.

SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE STOPPED.

JUST LEAVE PEACEFULLY,
AND FORGET THIS WHOLE

THING EVER TRANSPIRED.

I CAN'T DO THAT.

I WOULD BE SENTENCING THOSE MEN

MY OWN HUSBAND AND SON
TO DEATH.

VETERAN SOLDIER: SIR,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

I RECOGNIZE THIS WOMAN.

THAT'S ANNE BAILEY!

I SERVED WITH HER HUSBAND, JOHN.

SHE SPEAKS THE TRUTH.

SHE CAN RIDE AS FAST
AS ANYONE HERE,

SHE KNOWS THESE WOODS, AND SHE
CAN SHOOT THE TICK OFF A DEER.

ARMY OFFICER: WELL,
IF THIS IS TRUE,

YOU SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM

HITTIN' THAT FLASK UP
ON THAT THERE LEDGE.

FROM BACK THERE.

I SHOOT THAT FLASK
FROM BACK THERE, AND YOU GIVE

ME WHAT I CAME FOR.

WEBB: WOMEN ALONG THE
FRONTIER HAD TO DEFEND THEIR

HOMES AND THEIR
CHILDREN, SO THEY

DID KNOW HOW TO USE A GUN.

BUT SHE TRULY EXCELLED AT IT.

AND THERE WERE TIMES THAT
SHE WOULD BE THE BEST SHOT

OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE PRESENT.

♪ ♪

[GUNFIRE, GLASS SHATTERS]

♪ ♪

VERY WELL.

YOU'LL HAVE YOUR MUNITIONS.

♪ ♪

THANK YOU.

NARRATOR: THE UNWIELDY POWDER
KEGS WILL MAKE FOR AN EVEN

MORE DIFFICULT RIDE, SO ANNE
REPACKS THE POWDER IN

BAGS AND POWDER HORNS THAT
ARE EASIER TO CARRY.

ANNE HAS SECURED THE
GUNPOWDER AND MUSKET

BALLS THAT HER PEOPLE
DESPERATELY NEED,

BUT HER HORSE IS SPENT FROM
THE JOURNEY, AND THERE'S

NO WAY IT CAN CARRY IT ALL
BACK TO FORT LEE.

VAN DEUSEN: IT HAD
ALREADY MADE THE TRIP ONE WAY,

SO TO GET BACK SAFELY,
AND CARRY THAT WEIGHT,

THEY LOADED UP THE
SECOND PACK HORSE.

NARRATOR: ANNE AND HER HORSE
ARE BOTH ON THE BRINK OF

EXHAUSTION, BUT THEY HAVE
TO TURN AROUND AND

MAKE THE NEARLY 120 MILE

JOURNEY BACK TO FORT LEE
THROUGH THE FORBIDDING

WOODS OF THE KANAWHA VALLEY.

WEBB: ANNE RODE THROUGH
THE NIGHT THROUGH THAT FOREST

THAT WAS SO DENSE AND-
AND DANGEROUS.

SHE WAS UPRIGHT
ON THIS HORSE

READY TO FALL ASLEEP,
READY TO FALL OFF.

BEING ON THIS HORSE
AT THIS POINT

WITH GUNPOWDER AND AMMUNITION,

COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED, WAS
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS,

EXTREMELY
BRAVE OF HER.

AND SHE DID IT.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: AFTER RIDING
ALL NIGHT, ANNE ARRIVES IN

THE WOODS OUTSIDE OF FORT LEE.

BUT THE SHAWNEE HAVE THE FORT
SURROUNDED,

AND IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET BACK INSIDE.

NEARLY

240 MILES IN
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO

RETRIEVE AMMUNITION FOR
THE BESIEGED FORT LEE.

BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO GET PAST
THE SHAWNEE WARRIORS

SURROUNDING THE FORT.

VAN DEUSEN: SHE'S ALMOST HOME,

ALMOST SAVING THE DAY.

AND YET THE INDIANS
ARE EVERYWHERE.

NARRATOR: NOTHING IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN DELIVERING

THE GUNPOWDER AND MUSKET BALLS
TO HER HUSBAND AND

THE OTHER DEFENDERS
INSIDE THE FORT.

THE RANGERS ARE BEGINNING TO RUN
LOW ON

THIS ONE COMMODITY THAT IS
LIFESAVING.

AND THAT IS THE POWDER
FOR THEIR WEAPONS.

NARRATOR: WITHOUT THE POWDER,
THE RANGERS WON'T BE ABLE TO

FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE SHAWNEE,
SO ANNE COMES UP WITH A PLAN.

SHE LOADS
HERSELF AND HER HORSE

DOWN WITH ALL THE POWDER
HORNS THEY CAN CARRY.

THERE'S A LONG HISTORY IN
AMERICAN WARFARE OF

EMPLOYING DECOYS AND
OTHER DECEPTION.

ALL BAILEY NEEDS IS A SECOND,
A SPLIT SECOND, WHERE HER

OPPONENT'S ATTENTION IS
DIVERTED AND SHE CAN SLIP PAST.

♪ ♪

[BLOWS WHISTLE]

♪ ♪

HYAH!

NARRATOR: ANNE CAN ONLY HOPE
THAT HER RUSE WILL WORK,

BECAUSE SHE WON'T GET
A SECOND CHANCE.

♪ ♪

JOHN BAILEY SEES THAT HIS WIFE
IS CLOSE, AND HE JUMPS

INTO ACTION TO HELP HER
AS THE SHAWNEE RIDE

DOWN THE DECOY HORSE.

ANNE'S DECOY HAS DECEIVED
THE SHAWNEE, FOR A MOMENT,

♪ ♪

BUT IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME
FOR HER TO REACH SAFETY.

♪ ♪

[GUNFIRE]

[INDIANS WHOOPING]

[GUNFIRE]

♪ ♪

ANNE BAILEY GETS THE POWDER,
COMES BACK AGAIN SAFELY

AND UNSCATHED, AND SAVES THE
DAY.

IT'S A GREAT MOMENT.

[CHEERING]

NARRATOR: THE GUNPOWDER WILL
ALLOW THE RANGERS TO HOLD

THE FORT AND OUTLAST
THE SHAWNEE SIEGE.

♪ ♪

YOU HAVE SAVED US.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, HE'S YOURS.

LEAST WE CAN DO.

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M GONNA NAME HIM?

I'M GONNA CALL HIM LIVERPOOL.

♪ ♪

NARRATOR: ANNE BAILEY'S HISTORIC
RIDE MAKES HER A LEGEND.

AND FOR DECADES SHE CONTINUES
TO LIVE LIFE ON HER OWN

TERMS, RIDING FREE AND
WILD ON THE FRONTIER.

ANNE BAILEY IS THE EPITOME OF

THE AMERICAN WOMAN PIONEER.

VAN DEUSEN: SHE LIVED HER
LIFE AS SHE FELT SHE NEEDED TO.

AND SHE GAVE OTHER WOMEN
THE COURAGE TO DO THE SAME.

NO ONE CAME CLOSE TO THE DEGREE
OF THE BARRIERS

THAT SHE WAS BREAKING.

WEBB: HER LEGACY IS
ABOUT PAVING THE WAY FOR WOMEN

TO RIDE ASTRIDE, CARRY A GUN,

DEFEND THEMSELVES,
NOT BE SEEN AS SOFT PEOPLE

THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT TO OFFER

TO THE FIGHT, TO THE HUNT,

TO A HUGE CAUSE LIKE
THE REVOLUTION.

KAMOIE: HAD SHE BEEN A
MAN, WE MIGHT'VE KNOWN HER AS

DANIEL BOONE OR DAVY CROCKETT

OR MANY OF THESE OTHER

FRONTIERSMEN WHOSE NAMES HAVE
COME DOWN TO US.

I THINK ANNE BAILEY DESERVES
THAT TOO.

♪ ♪