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NARRATOR: BEFORE GEORGE
WASHINGTON,
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ROBERT ROGERS IS THE MOST
CELEBRATED SOLDIER IN AMERICA.
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A DARING LEADER WHO CREATES A
WHOLE NEW WAY TO WAGE WAR ON
THE FRONTIER.
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NOW, ROGERS AND HIS
LEGENDARY RANGERS
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ARE ON A MISSION OF
LIFE OR DEATH.
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HE HAS TO PILOT A RAFT DOWN
SIXTY MILES OF RUSHING RIVER
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TO FIND FOOD FOR THE REST
OF HIS STARVING MEN.
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IF ROGERS FAILS, THEY DIE.
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[WATER RUSHING]
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BUT THE WILD CONNECTICUT RIVER
THUNDERS THE RAFT
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INTO POWERFUL RAPIDS...
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ROGERS: WE'VE GOT
TO GET TO SHORE!
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PORTAGE AROUND IT!
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OGDEN: SMITH! WATCH THAT ROCK!
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NARRATOR: AND THE RESCUE
MISSION IS ON A ONE-WAY PATH TO
CERTAIN DOOM.
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[WATER RUSHING]
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NARRATOR: THE DENSE FORESTS
OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES
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REQUIRE A NEW KIND OF WARFARE
AND A NEW KIND OF SOLDIER,
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AND ROBERT ROGERS
IS THE PROTOTYPE.
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BRADY CRYTZER: ROBERT ROGERS
IS THE GODFATHER
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OF AMERICAN SPECIAL FORCES
AS WE UNDERSTAND IT.
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STEPHEN BRUMWELL: IN NORTH
AMERICA, YOU HAD DIFFERENT
ENEMIES
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WHO FOUGHT IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
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YOU NEEDED PEOPLE WHO WERE
CAPABLE OF FIGHTING THEM
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ON THEIR OWN TERMS.
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MYKEL HAWKE: ROGERS WAS AT THAT
UNIQUE POINT IN TIME, IN
HISTORY,
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WHEN IT'S THE EVOLUTION
FROM ONE WAY OF FIGHTING
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TO A NEW WAY OF FIGHTING.
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A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HE
ACTUALLY WROTE DOWN AND MADE
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AS THE GUIDING RULES AND
PRINCIPLES FOR HIS SOLDIERS
THEN,
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WE STILL DO TODAY.
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JOHN ROSS: ROBERT ROGERS
INTRODUCED THE IDEA
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OF REDEFINING WHAT WAS POSSIBLE.
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AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARINES,
THE SEALS,
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THE RANGERS TODAY,
THE CUTTING EDGE GUYS,
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THEY DON'T ACCEPT WHAT OTHER
PEOPLE THINK IS POSSIBLE.
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THEY REDEFINE WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
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[WATER RUSHING]
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NARRATOR: THE SON OF SCOTTISH
SETTLERS,
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ROGERS LEARNS HIS
WILDERNESS SKILLS
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GROWING UP IN THE WOODS OF
WESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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[GUNSHOT]
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BILL GORMAN: HE HAD FRIENDS WHO
WERE NATIVE AMERICANS
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IN THAT AREA AND HE LEARNED TO
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HUNT WITH THEM,
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HOW TO HIDE BEHIND TREES
AND CAMOUFLAGE.
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NARRATOR: ROGERS GETS A MASTER
CLASS IN FRONTIER SKILLS AND
NATIVE AMERICAN TACTICS,
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BUT HE HAS NO INTENTION OF
APPLYING THOSE LESSONS TO WAR.
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THERE'S VERY LITTLE IN
ROGERS' EARLY LIFE
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THAT SUGGESTS THAT HE ASPIRED
TO BE A PATRIOT
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OR AN OFFICER IN
THE BRITISH ARMY.
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THIS WAS A YOUNG MAN
OUT FOR ADVENTURE.
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NARRATOR: BUT WAR SOON
COMES CALLING.
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ROSS: ROBERT ROGERS IS 23.
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HE HAS DEVELOPED EXTRAORDINARY
WOOD SKILLS,
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INDIAN SKILLS OF HUNTING,
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AND THEN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN
WAR REALLY BLOWS UP
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AND THE BRITISH ARE REALLY
IN NEED OF MEN.
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NARRATOR: THANKS TO HIS
SUPERIOR ABILITY, ROGERS IS MADE
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A CAPTAIN IN A WILDERNESS-BASED
FIGHTING UNIT: THE RANGERS.
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OGDEN: ALL CLEAR UP AHEAD,
CAPTAIN. FRENCHIES GOT NO IDEA
WE'RE ANYWHERES CLOSE.
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ROGERS: THAT'S THE IDEA.
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KEEP CLOSE FORMATION.
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LET'S GO.
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MARTIN MORGAN: THIS IS
THE BIRTH OF RANGING,
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MEANING MOVING OUT AHEAD
OR IN FRONT OF
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THE TIP OF THE SPEAR.
AND SO...
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RANGERS WERE
THE EYES AND EARS.
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THEY WERE, IN MANY WAYS, SORT
OF A LONG-RANGE RECONNAISSANCE
FORCE.
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E.J. SNYDER: ROGERS WOULD
MOVE HIS RANGERS IN.
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THEY WOULD GET THIS
INFORMATION,
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WHETHER IT WAS THE
ENEMY FORCE, OR-
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AN OBJECTIVE THAT THEY
WERE GONNA RAID,
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AND GET IT BACK TO THE REGULAR
FORCES
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'CAUSE IT WAS SO CRITICAL.
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IT WAS INTELLIGENCE.
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MORGAN: RANGERS ARE ARMED, THEY
HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO FIGHT,
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BUT IT'S A FAILURE IF
THEY FIRED A SHOT
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BECAUSE THEY'RE TO FIGURE
OUT WHERE THE ENEMY IS.
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NARRATOR: IN THE FALL OF 1755,
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ROGERS' RANGERS ARE TASKED WITH
REPORTING ON TROOP POSITIONS
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AT A FRENCH FORT IN
NORTHERN NEW YORK.
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SUCCESS ALL DEPENDS ON
REMAINING UNSEEN AND UNHEARD BY
THE FRENCH SOLDIERS.
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THEY ARE RIGHT WITHIN SEEING
THE WALLS
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OF THIS GREAT FRENCH FORT
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WHERE MILITIA COULD POUR
OUT AT ANY SECOND
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AND THEY WOULD BE DONE.
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[CHATTERING]
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NARRATOR: IF THE FRENCH
DISCOVER ROGERS AND HIS MEN,
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THE MISSION WILL BE A FAILURE,
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AND THE RANGERS WILL BE
CAPTURED OR KILLED.
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ROSS: ONE OF THE GUYS WALKS
RIGHT TOWARDS HIM.
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HE'S GONNA STUMBLE
RIGHT OVER THEM.
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NARRATOR: ROBERT ROGERS CAN SEE
ONLY ONE COURSE OF ACTION.
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ROGERS: SURRENDER.
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MAKE A SOUND AND I'LL SHOOT.
[IN FRENCH] COMPRENEZ VOUS?
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NARRATOR: THE FRENCH SOLDIER
KNOWS THAT IF ROGERS SHOOTS,
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HE WILL ALERT ALL THE
TROOPS IN THE FORT.
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BUT HE WANTS THE GLORY OF
KILLING THE AMERICAN RANGER
HIMSELF.
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[FIGHTING]
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IT WILL BE HIS FINAL MISTAKE.
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[FIGHTING]
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[FIGHTING]
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ROGERS: REPOSITION YOURSELVES
UP THE HILL.
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SMITH: FRENCHIES COULDN'T'VE
HEARD.
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HE DIED REAL QUIET. C'MON.
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NARRATOR: ROGERS' BOLDNESS AND
QUICK THINKING SAVES THE
MISSION.
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HE IS ABLE TO DELIVER THE
VALUABLE INTEL BACK TO HIS
COMMANDERS,
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AND HE BEGINS TO EARN A
REPUTATION AS A WARRIOR WHO
THINKS LIKE FEW OTHERS.
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ROSS: AND IT'S IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT, MIXED WITH ROBERT
ROGERS' BACKGROUND
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OF LONG HUNTING AS A BOY,
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LEARNING HOW THE INDIANS LIVED
AND DEALT WITH THEIR
ENVIRONMENT,
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HE BEGAN TO DEVELOP A WHOLE
NEW WAY OF WARFARE.
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WE KNOW IT AS SPECIAL
OPERATIONS.
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[WATER RUSHING]
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NARRATOR: ROGERS' SUPERIORS IN
THE ARMY QUICKLY PUT HIS
RANGERS TO THE TEST AGAIN.
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ROGERS: RIGHT THEN. THE FRENCH
FORTIFICATION IS ONE MILE DUE
NORTH.
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I NEED TWO SCOUTS.
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NARRATOR THE RANGERS ARE SENT
UP LAKE GEORGE ON A SECRET
AMPHIBIOUS MISSION
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TO REPORT ON ENEMY ACTIVITY
ALONG LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
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[FOOTSTEPS]
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THE FRENCH HAVE ALLIED WITH
THE ABENAKI PEOPLE,
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WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT OF
THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMES BY THE
BRITISH.
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BRUMWELL: THE ABENAKI
ARE A PEOPLE WHO HAVE
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LONG STANDING GRIEVANCES
AGAINST THE ENGLISH SETTLERS.
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SO, THEIR NATURAL AFFILIATION
IS TOWARDS THE FRENCH.
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NARRATOR: BUT THINGS SEEM TO GO
WRONG ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
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[GUNSHOTS]
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[WAR CRIES]
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THE RANGERS HAVE BROKEN
RULE NUMBER ONE:
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REMAIN UNDETECTED.
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NOW SPEED IS ALL THAT
CAN SAVE THEM.
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[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
[WAR CRIES]
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ROGERS: CAREFUL WITH
THAT ONE, LADS.
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OGDEN: CAPTAIN!
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CAPTAIN! THEY'RE ONTO US!
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THEY MIGHT BE SWARMING
THROUGH THE WOODS ANY TIME NOW.
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TO THE CANOES.
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WE'LL REGROUP TWO MILES DOWN
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WHERE THE RIVER BENDS.
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SMITH: CAPTAIN!
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NARRATOR: THE LAST CANOES IN A
FRENCH FLOTILLA ARE HEADED FOR
ROGERS' POSITION.
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OGDEN: I DON'T LIKE
TO GRIPE, CAPTAIN,
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BUT THIS AIN'T GOOD.
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NARRATOR: THE ABENAKI AND
FRENCH SOLDIERS
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HAVEN'T SPOTTED
THE RANGERS YET,
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BUT THEY SOON WILL, AND ROGERS
HAS NOWHERE TO RUN.
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CRYTZER: ROGERS WAS CAUGHT IN A
CLASSIC HAMMER AND ANVIL
SITUATION.
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IF THEY TURNED
AND RAN INTO THE WOODS,
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THEY RUN DIRECTLY INTO
AN AWAITING AMBUSH FORCE.
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IF THEY WENT TO THE WATER,
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THE ABENAKI AND FRENCH SOLDIERS
WOULD MOW THEM DOWN.
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SMITH: WE CAN FIGHT 'EM OFF.
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OGDEN: WE'RE ABOUT
TO BE OUTNUMBERED.
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WE GOT FRENCHIES COMING
DOWN THE RIVER RIGHT NOW
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AND COMIN' THROUGH THE
WOODS IN A FEW MINUTES.
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SMITH: IF YOU HADN'T GIVEN US
AWAY-
ROGERS: THAT'S ENOUGH.
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MORGAN: THE CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE CALLING ON HIM,
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NOT JUST TO BE A SKILLED
FRONTIERSMAN,
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BUT HE ALSO HAS TO BE
SKILLED AS A LEADER.
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HE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
IN ENEMY TERRITORY.
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IT OCCASIONS HIM TO THINK ON A
LEVEL THAT A REGULAR INFANTRY,
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CALVARY, OR ARTILLERY COMMANDER
JUST WOULDN'T HAVE TO.
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OGDEN: WHERE DOES HE
THINK HE'S GOING?
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NARRATOR: WITH HIS ESCAPE
ROUTES CUT OFF, ROGERS DOES THE
UNTHINKABLE.
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ROGERS: HEY! PLEASE! HELP!
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NARRATOR: ALONE IN A CANOE,
SEEMINGLY UNARMED,
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HE PADDLES TOWARD CERTAIN DEATH.
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NARRATOR: FRENCH AND ABENAKI
FORCES ARE CLOSING IN
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ON CAPTAIN ROBERT ROGERS AND HIS
TEAM OF RANGERS.
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WITH NOWHERE TO RUN, ROGERS
EXPOSES HIMSELF TO ENEMY FIRE
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IN AN ACTION THAT LOOKS
LIKE MADNESS.
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ROGERS: HELLO!
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ROGERS' BEHAVIOR WAS BIZARRE.
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THE FRENCH AND ABENAKI DID NOT
KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THAT.
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WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
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WHAT IS HE DOING COMING
TOWARDS THEM?
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WHAT IS THIS CRAZY GUY DOING?
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ROGERS: PLEASE! I
JUST- DON'T SHOOT!
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[GUNSHOT]
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AND THEN BANGO!
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[GUNFIRE]
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CRYTZER: THE FRENCH
FELL INTO AN AMBUSH,
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AND THEY WERE MOWED
DOWN BY ROGERS' MEN
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WAITING BEHIND THE TREES.
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ROSS: THEY HADN'T BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS GOING ON,
ON THE SHORE.
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VINTAGE ROGERS AND THIS WHOLE
IDEA OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
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CRYTZER: IT SHOWED INCREDIBLE
FORWARD THINKING AND CREATIVITY
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TO GET OUT OF A SITUATION THAT
SEEMED SO PERILOUS AT THE TIME.
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HE COULD'VE BEEN KILLED, BUT HE
WASN'T TRYING TO SAVE HIMSELF,
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HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE HIS MEN.
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AND IT'S WHY WE SPEAK SO
HIGHLY OF HIM, STILL,
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250 YEARS LATER.
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NARRATOR: ROGERS AND HIS MEN
ARE ABLE TO LOAD THEIR CANOES
AND ESCAPE DOWN THE RIVER.
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THANKS TO DARING DEEDS LIKE
THIS, CAPTAIN ROGERS SOON GETS
PROMOTED TO MAJOR,
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AND HE BECOMES ONE OF AMERICA'S
FIRST MEDIA CELEBRITIES.
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SO, WHEN THE PEACEFUL
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CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA,
OR BOSTON,
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OR EVEN LONDON OR EDINBURGH,
PICK UP THEIR NEWSPAPER
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AND READ THESE KIND OF GRIPPING
ACCOUNTS OF BRUTAL FRONTIER
WARFARE,
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THEY THINK, "OH, THIS ROGERS
FELLOW SEEMS TO BE GOIN' OUT
THERE
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AND GIVING THE FRENCH AND
INDIANS A GOOD LICKING."
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00:12:00,318 --> 00:12:06,692
SO, BY 1759, ROGERS IS ONE OF
THE MOST CELEBRATED MEN,
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NOT ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA,
WHERE HE'S FAR MORE FAMOUS THAN
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
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BUT ALSO BACK IN LONDON.
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NARRATOR: BUT ON
THE FRONT LINES,
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FAME MEANS LITTLE.
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AS THE WAR DRAGS ON, THE
BRITISH EXPAND THE RANGER
FORCES,
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EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO RECRUIT
MEN WITH NO EXPERIENCE.
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SMITH: ALL RIGHT. LET'S
SEE YOU LOAD THIS.
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NO, HERE.
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♪ ♪
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CLOSE IT.
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♪ ♪
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AND NOW THE RAMROD.
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ROSS: SO, THE EARLY RANGER
OUTFITS,
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ROGERS BUILT WITH A
LOT OF HIS FRIENDS
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THAT KNEW WOODS CRAFT.
249
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BUT AS THE WAR CONTINUED ON,
HIS RANKS WERE FILLED WITH
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MEN WHO'D NEVER STEPPED
INTO THE WOODS.
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ROGERS: PUT YOUR MUSKET
AT FULL COCK, SON.
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LIEUTENANT STEVENS,
SHOW HIM, PLEASE.
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♪ ♪
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00:13:33,077 --> 00:13:34,914
NOW AIM FOR THE MIDDLE TARGET.
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♪ ♪
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[GUNSHOT]
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[MURMURING, LAUGHTER]
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WHERE'RE YOU FROM, SON?
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RECRUIT: BOSTON, SIR.
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I LOADED CARGO AT THE DOCKS.
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ROGERS: AND WHY DO YOU
WANT TO BE A RANGER?
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RECRUIT: WELL, TO BE HONEST,
SIR, I DIDN'T.
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ROGERS: THE SOLDIERS CAME
AND CONSCRIPTED YOU?
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RECRUIT: THEY CONSCRIPTED
A FRIEND O' MINE
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AND HE DIDN'T WANNA DO IT. SO,
267
00:14:03,975 --> 00:14:06,345
HE PAID ME 3 SHILLINGS
TO TAKE HIS PLACE.
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ROGERS: I SEE.
RECRUIT: BUT,
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MY GIRL, SHE'S REAL PROUD THAT I
BECAME A RANGER.
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STEVENS: NO DOUBT SHE READ ALL
ABOUT US IN THE GAZETTE AND THE
EVENING POST.
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[RANGERS LAUGH]
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ROGERS: ALL RIGHT, AT EASE.
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WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
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00:14:19,858 --> 00:14:22,027
NOW, WE HAVE A BIG
MISSION COMING UP,
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AND I'LL NEED MEN
I CAN COUNT ON.
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RANGER SMITH, CAN I
BORROW YOUR MUSKET?
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♪ ♪
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[GUNSHOT]
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ROGERS: NOW, I NEED YOU
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT,
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SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
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00:14:58,062 --> 00:14:59,898
RECRUIT: I'LL DO MY BEST, SIR.
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ROGERS: LIEUTENANT STEVENS,
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
286
00:15:02,901 --> 00:15:05,437
STEVENS: IT'S THE
RANGER'S WAY, SIR.
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00:15:05,604 --> 00:15:08,507
ROGERS: AYE, SO IT IS.
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KEEP PRACTICING.
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00:15:10,976 --> 00:15:12,678
NARRATOR: ROGERS HAS TO DO ALL
HE CAN
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00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:15,213
TO BRING HIS NEW RANGERS
UP TO SNUFF,
291
00:15:15,380 --> 00:15:18,150
BECAUSE THEIR NEXT MISSION
IS THEIR BIGGEST YET.
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TO STAY A STEP AHEAD
OF THE ENEMY, ROGERS KNOWS
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HE HAS TO DO MORE
THAN JUST GATHER INTELLIGENCE,
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00:15:33,932 --> 00:15:36,135
HE HAS TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE.
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00:15:36,301 --> 00:15:39,872
ROSS: ROBERT ROGERS CAME
UP WITH A BOLD PLAN
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THAT NO ONE HAD EVER EVEN
CONSIDERED BEFORE:
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TO STRIKE RIGHT INTO THE HEART
OF FRENCH TERRITORY.
299
00:15:45,543 --> 00:15:47,712
[YELLING]
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00:15:47,879 --> 00:15:52,383
NARRATOR: ON OCTOBER 4, 1759, A
LARGE CONTINGENT OF ROGERS'
RANGERS
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EXECUTE A RUTHLESS SURPRISE
ATTACK ON THE FRENCH
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00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:59,892
AND ABENAKI VILLAGE
OF ST. FRANCIS.
303
00:16:00,058 --> 00:16:03,461
BUT NOW COMES THE HARD PART.
304
00:16:03,628 --> 00:16:06,931
ALREADY EXHAUSTED FROM THE
LONG MARCH TO ST. FRANCIS,
305
00:16:07,098 --> 00:16:12,671
THE RANGERS NOW FACE A NEARLY
TWO HUNDRED MILE TREK TO A
RENDEZVOUS POINT,
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00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:18,610
WHERE ROGERS' TRUSTED OFFICER,
SAMUEL STEVENS, WILL MEET THEM
WITH FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
307
00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,645
THE RANGERS ARE ALREADY
STARVING.
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00:16:20,812 --> 00:16:24,015
THEY EXPECTED TO COMMANDEER
PROVISIONS FROM ST. FRANCIS,
309
00:16:24,182 --> 00:16:26,618
BUT ALL THEY FOUND
WAS DRIED CORN.
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IF YOU EAT IT IMMEDIATELY, IT
GOES RIGHT THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM.
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00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:32,057
SO, YOU END UP PACKING
SOME IN YOUR CANTEEN,
312
00:16:32,223 --> 00:16:34,460
SOME IN YOUR CHEEK, TRYING
TO BREAK IT DOWN.
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♪ ♪
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NARRATOR: TO MAKE MATTERS
WORSE, CAPTAIN AMOS OGDEN
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IS WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK,
SLOWING THEIR RETREAT.
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00:16:44,302 --> 00:16:47,171
AND ROGERS HAS TAKEN A HOSTAGE,
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00:16:47,338 --> 00:16:50,943
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD ANTOINE
GILL, CALLED SABBATIS,
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THE SON OF AN ABENAKI
WOMAN AND A FRENCHMAN.
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00:16:54,279 --> 00:16:57,716
CRYTZER: ROGERS TOOK HIM
HOSTAGE BECAUSE IF THEY WERE
ATTACKED OR SURROUNDED,
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00:16:57,883 --> 00:17:00,452
HE'D BE A VALUABLE
NEGOTIATING PIECE.
321
00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:04,189
ROGERS: MORE SOLID GROUND
THROUGH THOSE TREES.
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THAT'LL HELP HIDE OUR
TRACKS. THIS WAY.
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00:17:08,159 --> 00:17:14,132
NARRATOR: BUT THE SULLEN
TEENAGER HAS NO DESIRE TO HELP
ROGERS ESCAPE VENGEANCE.
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ROGERS: THAT MEANS YOU TOO.
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00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:18,870
[IN FRENCH] COCHON .
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00:17:19,037 --> 00:17:21,106
ROGERS: I UNDERSTAND FRENCH.
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00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:24,208
AND YOU'LL GET THROUGH THERE.
[IN FRENCH] TOUT DE SUITE .
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MY PEOPLE WILL FIND
YOU AND KILL YOU ALL. [SPITS]
329
00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,749
ROGERS: DON'T WASTE YOUR SPIT.
330
00:17:30,915 --> 00:17:35,186
SAVE IT TO MOISTEN YOUR CORN.
331
00:17:35,353 --> 00:17:37,956
ROSS: THEY'RE IN A RACE FOR,
NOT ONLY THEIR LIVES,
332
00:17:38,122 --> 00:17:42,294
BUT TO ESCAPE STARVATION.
333
00:17:42,461 --> 00:17:45,096
NARRATOR: WITH NO GAME
TO EASE THEIR HUNGER,
334
00:17:45,263 --> 00:17:48,566
THE RANGERS HAVE TO RESORT
TO DESPERATE MEASURES.
335
00:17:48,733 --> 00:17:51,436
THERE WAS SOMETHING CRAZY GOING
ON WITH THE WILDLIFE.
336
00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:54,973
THERE WAS AN INCREDIBLE DEARTH
OF DEER, SQUIRRELS,
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00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:59,811
OF BEAR,
PARTRIDGES, ANYTHING.
338
00:17:59,978 --> 00:18:04,282
SMITH: MAJOR, SOME OF THE MEN
THINK THE GROUP'S SO BIG, WE'RE
SCARIN' AWAY THE GAME.
339
00:18:04,449 --> 00:18:08,153
THEY WANNA SPLIT UP INTO
SMALLER UNITS FOR BETTER
HUNTIN'.
340
00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:09,721
ROGERS: THAT'S AN ILL NOTION.
341
00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:13,625
SMITH: I KNOW. THEY WANNA VOTE.
342
00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:17,128
BRUMWELL: ROGERS FELT MORE
COMFORTABLE KEEPING HIS MEN
TOGETHER.
343
00:18:17,295 --> 00:18:19,831
IF YOU SPLIT UP, YOU'RE
FAR MORE VULNERABLE.
344
00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:22,834
BUT I THINK HUNGER PANGS
WERE PARAMOUNT
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00:18:23,001 --> 00:18:27,739
AND HAD OUTWEIGHED THE
FEAR OF PURSUIT.
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00:18:27,905 --> 00:18:32,811
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00:18:32,978 --> 00:18:38,917
NARRATOR: OUT OF OPTIONS,
ROGERS GATHERS HIS MOST TRUSTED
OFFICERS FOR A CRUCIAL DECISION.
348
00:18:39,084 --> 00:18:42,020
ROGERS: THE MOTION IS
DIVIDE OUR FORCES
349
00:18:42,187 --> 00:18:46,925
AND TRY TO REACH STEVENS AT THE
RENDEZVOUS POINT BY SEPARATE
ROUTES.
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00:18:47,092 --> 00:18:53,298
BRUMWELL: A VOTE WAS TAKEN,
WHICH REFLECTS THE DEMOCRATIC
NATURE OF THE RANGERS,
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OPPOSED TO MORE
CONVENTIONAL FORCES.
352
00:18:56,367 --> 00:18:57,502
ROGERS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
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00:18:57,668 --> 00:18:59,471
♪ ♪
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00:18:59,638 --> 00:19:01,940
NARRATOR: EVEN THE CAPTIVE,
SABBATIS, GETS A VOTE
355
00:19:02,107 --> 00:19:05,611
BECAUSE ROGERS IS NOW
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS LIFE AS
WELL.
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00:19:05,777 --> 00:19:07,879
♪ ♪
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00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:11,283
ROGERS: OPPOSED?
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00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:12,917
CRYTZER: THE MISSION WAS BEHIND
THEM,
359
00:19:13,084 --> 00:19:15,186
SURVIVAL WAS THEIR TOP
PRIORITY,
360
00:19:15,353 --> 00:19:19,324
BUT HUNGER WAS THE ONLY THING
ANYONE COULD THINK ABOUT.
361
00:19:19,491 --> 00:19:21,259
SNYDER: SOMETIMES, THERE'S NOT
A GOOD CHOICE,
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00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:23,094
THERE'S ONLY BAD CHOICES,
SO, YOU PICK
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00:19:23,261 --> 00:19:24,796
THE BEST BAD CHOICE YOU CAN,
364
00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:26,664
AND THEN YOU JUST ROLL WITH IT.
365
00:19:26,831 --> 00:19:29,534
NARRATOR: ROGERS WILL ABIDE BY
HIS RANGERS' DECISION,
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00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:32,004
♪ ♪
367
00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:35,507
BUT THEIR VOTE MAY HAVE
JUST SEALED THEIR FATE.
368
00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:39,077
[WAR CRIES]
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00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:42,280
[GUNFIRE]
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MARCH ON NO FOOD,ARRATOL
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00:19:44,949 --> 00:19:48,787
MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS SPLITS HIS
RANGERS INTO SMALLER GROUPS.
372
00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:50,055
[WAR CRIES]
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00:19:50,221 --> 00:19:51,756
BUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
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00:19:51,923 --> 00:19:54,492
ROGERS LOSES MANY OF
HIS MEN TO THE ENEMY,
375
00:19:54,659 --> 00:19:56,762
[GUNFIRE]
376
00:19:56,928 --> 00:19:59,431
AND EVEN MORE TO STARVATION.
377
00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,132
MORGAN: DIVIDING YOUR FORCE
CAN
378
00:20:01,299 --> 00:20:03,301
ON THE ONE HAND BE SALVATION
379
00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:05,304
AND ON THE OTHER
HAND IT CAN BE YOUR DOOM.
380
00:20:05,470 --> 00:20:07,906
♪ ♪
381
00:20:08,073 --> 00:20:10,708
NARRATOR: ROGERS' OWN GROUP
HAS MANAGED TO SURVIVE,
382
00:20:10,875 --> 00:20:15,314
EVEN THOUGH HE'S TAKEN ALL THE
WEAKEST AND THE WOUNDED WITH
HIM.
383
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,483
SO, IT WENT WITHOUT SAYING THAT
ROGERS WOULD TAKE THE WOUNDED
384
00:20:18,649 --> 00:20:20,652
WHEN THEY SPLIT UP IN THEIR
DIFFERENT GROUPS.
385
00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:24,055
HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF
TO HELP THEM ALONG,
386
00:20:24,222 --> 00:20:26,224
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY MADE IT HOME.
387
00:20:26,390 --> 00:20:30,963
OGDEN: MAYBE IT'S BEST
I STAY HERE, MAJOR.
388
00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:33,865
ROGERS: HOLD TIGHT AND
WE'LL BOTH MAKE IT.
389
00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:38,103
NARRATOR: RANGER AMOS OGDEN IS
STILL RECOVERING FROM A BATTLE
WOUND.
390
00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:41,706
AND WITH ABENAKI WARRIORS
PROWLING THE WOODS,
391
00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:45,810
ROGERS NEEDS TO CROSS THE RIVER
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
392
00:20:45,977 --> 00:20:50,181
HAWKE: ONE OF THE REALLY
SIGNIFICANT ROGERS' STANDING
ORDERS
393
00:20:50,348 --> 00:20:52,283
WAS "LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND."
394
00:20:52,450 --> 00:20:56,921
WHAT THAT DOES IS INSTILL
CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF HIS MEN
395
00:20:57,088 --> 00:20:58,389
THAT IF THEY GET HURT,
396
00:20:58,556 --> 00:21:00,325
IF THEY FALL
ON THE BATTLEFIELD,
397
00:21:00,492 --> 00:21:02,894
THEY WON'T BE LEFT TO
SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN.
398
00:21:03,060 --> 00:21:04,028
♪ ♪
399
00:21:04,195 --> 00:21:06,898
ROGERS: [GRUNTS]
400
00:21:07,064 --> 00:21:09,034
OGDEN: [GRUNTS] MAJOR.
401
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,903
♪ ♪
402
00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:15,506
NARRATOR: EVEN ROGERS' HOSTAGE,
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD SABBATIS,
403
00:21:15,673 --> 00:21:18,376
CAN'T HELP BUT BE IMPRESSED BY
ROGERS' RESILIENCE
404
00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:21,113
AND DEDICATION TO HIS MEN.
405
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,482
HAWKE: MEN KNOW WHEN THEIR
LEADER CARES FOR THEM,
406
00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:25,683
AND I THINK A VERY SIMILAR
THING WOULD BE HAPPENING
407
00:21:25,850 --> 00:21:29,021
WITH ROGERS AND THIS YOUNG BOY
THAT HE'S TAKEN CAPTIVE.
408
00:21:29,187 --> 00:21:32,123
IF HE'S TREATED WITH DECENCY AND
RESPECT, AND THEN HE LEARNS
409
00:21:32,290 --> 00:21:35,159
FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE ALSO
GREAT WARRIORS, THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT
410
00:21:35,326 --> 00:21:36,928
HE CAN BELIEVE IN
AND BECOME A PART OF.
411
00:21:37,094 --> 00:21:38,729
♪ ♪
412
00:21:38,896 --> 00:21:41,399
ROGERS: THE GOOD THING ABOUT
TRAVELING ALONG THE RIVER
413
00:21:41,566 --> 00:21:42,934
IS WE CAN FILL OUR CANTEENS.
414
00:21:43,101 --> 00:21:44,503
OGDEN: [LAUGHS]
415
00:21:44,669 --> 00:21:48,406
♪ ♪
416
00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:51,509
ROGERS: ALL RIGHT,
THEN. LET'S GO.
417
00:21:51,676 --> 00:21:54,078
NARRATOR: ROGERS' MEN WILL
FOLLOW HIM ANYWHERE,
418
00:21:54,245 --> 00:21:56,781
BUT AS THEIR LONG
MARCH CONTINUES,
419
00:21:56,948 --> 00:22:00,152
STARVATION BEGINS
TO TAKE ITS TOLL.
420
00:22:00,318 --> 00:22:06,424
THE CONDITIONS OF HUNGER ARE
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE JUST
REALLY CAN'T TRAIN FOR.
421
00:22:06,590 --> 00:22:08,526
YOU CAN BE PRETTY DARN TOUGH,
422
00:22:08,693 --> 00:22:11,729
BUT WHEN YOU'RE EXPOSED TO
NEVER-ENDING HUNGER,
423
00:22:11,896 --> 00:22:16,368
YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP IT
TOGETHER WILL BEGIN TO FRAY.
424
00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:20,305
NARRATOR: ROGERS SENDS HIS MOST
ABLE MEN OUT TO HUNT AND FORAGE,
425
00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:24,042
BUT HE MAKES ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT FINDS.
426
00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:29,180
AH-
[LAUGHING]
427
00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:33,952
LOOK AT THIS.
428
00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,420
IT'S CALLED "CHICKEN
OF THE WOODS."
429
00:22:36,587 --> 00:22:38,055
THIS'LL FILL AN EMPTY BELLY.
430
00:22:38,222 --> 00:22:40,558
DOLE IT OUT.
431
00:22:40,725 --> 00:22:42,793
SNYDER: IT'S CALLED CHICKEN OF
THE WOODS FOR A REASON.
432
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,730
IT HAS THE TEXTURE OF CHICKEN.
IT'S GOT PROTEIN,
433
00:22:45,897 --> 00:22:47,933
IT'S NOURISHING,
IT FILLS YOUR STOMACH UP.
434
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:50,735
AND SO, FINDING THAT
IS A HUGE SCORE.
435
00:22:50,901 --> 00:22:55,440
♪ ♪
436
00:22:55,607 --> 00:22:57,309
ROGERS: WHAT DID YOU FIND?
437
00:22:57,476 --> 00:22:59,611
RECRUIT: LEAVES.
438
00:22:59,778 --> 00:23:01,413
ROGERS: THOSE ARE
BEECH-TREE LEAVES
439
00:23:01,579 --> 00:23:03,080
AND THEY'VE GONE BROWN.
440
00:23:03,247 --> 00:23:04,616
THAT'S NO GOOD FOR YOU NOW.
441
00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:07,719
EAT THE MUSHROOM.
442
00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:08,854
OGDEN: CHEW IT SLOWLY.
443
00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:15,093
♪ ♪
444
00:23:15,259 --> 00:23:19,063
ROSS: IF THERE WAS A WEAK LINK,
THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS NOT
FEELING UP TO IT
445
00:23:19,230 --> 00:23:22,234
OR LOST THEIR NERVE, HE FELT
THAT THE WHOLE GROUP COULD BE
VULNERABLE.
446
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,406
SO, HE HAD THIS REALLY
EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO REALLY
LISTEN TO WHERE PEOPLE WERE
447
00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:31,042
AND MOVE THEM INTO A PLACE
WHERE THEY FELT VERY CONFIDENT.
448
00:23:31,208 --> 00:23:35,980
♪ ♪
449
00:23:36,147 --> 00:23:38,416
NARRATOR: WHEN ROGERS JUDGES
THEY'VE PUT ENOUGH DISTANCE
450
00:23:38,582 --> 00:23:40,752
BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THEIR
PURSUERS,
451
00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:44,122
HE ALLOWS HIS EXHAUSTED MEN
TO REST FOR THE NIGHT.
452
00:23:44,289 --> 00:23:45,724
ROGERS: SENTRY DUTY.
453
00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:47,158
TWO HOUR SHIFTS.
454
00:23:47,325 --> 00:23:50,061
OGDEN: I CAN STAND SENTRY.
455
00:23:50,227 --> 00:23:52,097
I'M FEELIN' MUCH BETTER
456
00:23:52,263 --> 00:23:54,232
WITH SOME MUSHROOMS IN MY BELLY.
457
00:23:54,398 --> 00:23:58,503
THIS IS A GOOD VANTAGE POINT.
458
00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:00,705
SMITH: I DON'T KNOW
WHY THERE'S NO GAME.
459
00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:02,040
SABBATIS: YOU HAVE BEEN CURSED.
460
00:24:02,206 --> 00:24:05,343
♪ ♪
461
00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:07,545
ROGERS: WE'VE DONE WELL SO FAR.
462
00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:11,316
I FIGURE WE'RE MORE THAN
HALFWAY TO THE RENDEZVOUS POINT,
463
00:24:11,482 --> 00:24:12,917
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS:
464
00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:19,791
SALT BEEF, SALT PORK, BISCUITS
WITH WHITE FLOUR,
465
00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,192
IN A WEEK, MAYBE LESS.
466
00:24:21,358 --> 00:24:24,161
♪ ♪
467
00:24:24,328 --> 00:24:29,400
SABBATIS: MY PEOPLE WILL NOT
HAVE TO FIND YOU RANGERS TO
KILL YOU.
468
00:24:29,567 --> 00:24:31,102
YOU WILL ALL JUST
STARVE TO DEATH.
469
00:24:31,268 --> 00:24:34,805
♪ ♪
470
00:24:34,972 --> 00:24:39,844
I'LL JUDGE THAT FOOLISH TALK TO
YOUR BEING A HUNGRY YOUNG MAN.
471
00:24:40,011 --> 00:24:43,815
WELL, THERE'LL BE MEAT AND
BISCUITS FOR YOU, TOO.
472
00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:45,417
GET SOME REST.
473
00:24:45,583 --> 00:24:46,985
WE'RE ON OUR FEET COME SUN-UP.
474
00:24:47,151 --> 00:24:49,120
♪ ♪
475
00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:51,489
NARRATOR: AT THIS POINT THE
ONLY THING KEEPING
476
00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,958
THE RANGERS
GOING IS ROGERS' LEADERSHIP
477
00:24:54,125 --> 00:24:56,995
AND THE PROMISE OF FOOD
AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT.
478
00:24:57,161 --> 00:24:58,696
♪ ♪
479
00:24:58,863 --> 00:25:00,665
CRYTZER: THE RANGERS
HAVE TO BE THINKING
480
00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:03,267
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS HELP
WAITING FOR THEM,
481
00:25:03,434 --> 00:25:05,737
WILL THEY EVEN SURVIVE
IN TIME TO GET THERE?
482
00:25:05,903 --> 00:25:15,747
♪ ♪
483
00:25:15,913 --> 00:25:19,084
♪ ♪
484
00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,753
NARRATOR: AFTER SIXTEEN
DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS,
485
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,290
EVEN ROBERT ROGERS' IRON WILL
IS AT THE BREAKING POINT.
486
00:25:25,456 --> 00:25:28,560
♪ ♪
487
00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:31,695
SMITH: MAJOR?
ROGERS: EVERYONE PREPARE AND
FIRE A VOLLEY.
488
00:25:31,862 --> 00:25:33,398
LET 'EM KNOW WE'RE ON OUR WAY!
SMITH: YOU MEAN WE'VE-
489
00:25:33,564 --> 00:25:35,233
ROGERS: WE'VE DONE IT.
AT THAT HILL, I SAW
490
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,902
THE RIVER CURVING DOWN.
I RECKON WE'RE FIVE MILES WEST-
491
00:25:38,069 --> 00:25:39,604
SMITH: THE RENDEZVOUS POINT!
ROGERS: AYE!
492
00:25:39,770 --> 00:25:41,206
LIEUTENANT STEVENS
IS THERE WAITING FOR US
493
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:44,109
WITH MEAT AND BREAD AND-
SMITH: SALVATION.
494
00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:45,743
COME ON, BOYS! YOU
HEARD THE MAJOR!
495
00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:49,380
FIRE A VOLLEY! LET 'EM
KNOW WE'RE COMIN'!
496
00:25:49,547 --> 00:25:51,182
[GUNFIRE]
497
00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:52,917
[LAUGHTER]
498
00:25:53,083 --> 00:25:56,821
♪ ♪
499
00:25:56,988 --> 00:26:00,058
NARRATOR: AT LAST, THE RANGERS
HAVE REACHED THE RENDEZVOUS
POINT,
500
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:03,828
WHERE SAMUEL STEVENS WILL BE
WAITING WITH FOOD AND SUPPLIES.
501
00:26:03,995 --> 00:26:05,997
ROGERS: YOU'VE ALL
STUCK TOGETHER,
502
00:26:06,164 --> 00:26:07,332
DIDN'T GIVE UP.
503
00:26:07,498 --> 00:26:09,000
I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT,
504
00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:10,701
AND NOW YOU'LL EAT.
505
00:26:10,868 --> 00:26:14,339
TONIGHT, YOU'LL FEAST
LIKE KINGS!
506
00:26:14,505 --> 00:26:17,608
♪ ♪
507
00:26:17,775 --> 00:26:20,912
NARRATOR: BUT AS
THEY GET CLOSER...
508
00:26:21,078 --> 00:26:23,682
THEY ARE DEVASTATED
BY WHAT THEY FIND.
509
00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:27,017
♪ ♪
510
00:26:27,184 --> 00:26:30,288
WHEN THE RANGERS FINALLY DO
REACH THE RENDEZVOUS POINT,
511
00:26:30,455 --> 00:26:32,590
THERE'S NO ONE THERE.
512
00:26:32,756 --> 00:26:34,225
ROSS: AND THERE'S NO STEVENS,
513
00:26:34,392 --> 00:26:36,294
HE'S LEFT.
514
00:26:36,460 --> 00:26:37,595
AND IT APPEARS THAT HE'S GONE
515
00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:40,465
JUST WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
516
00:26:40,631 --> 00:26:45,169
NARRATOR: ROGERS AND HIS
RANGERS HAVE MANAGED TO SURVIVE
INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS.
517
00:26:45,336 --> 00:26:50,208
BUT NOW, THEY'VE BEEN ABANDONED
TO A SLOW DEATH FROM STARVATION.
518
00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:57,649
NARRATOR: FOR SIXTEEN HARROWING
DAYS,
519
00:26:57,816 --> 00:27:00,552
ROBERT ROGERS HAS KEPT
HIS STARVING TEAM ALIVE
520
00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:05,123
WITH THE PROMISE OF FOOD
AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT.
521
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:09,660
BUT THE BRUTAL REALITY
IS A DESERTED CAMPSITE.
522
00:27:09,827 --> 00:27:11,529
CRYTZER: ROGERS HAD PERSONALLY
REQUESTED THAT
523
00:27:11,696 --> 00:27:14,466
SAMUEL STEVENS BE THERE
WITH THE SUPPLIES.
524
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:17,402
HE KNEW HIM AND HE TRUSTED
HIM, BUT HE WAS GONE.
525
00:27:17,568 --> 00:27:23,374
♪ ♪
526
00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:25,910
SMITH: MAJOR, I DON'T
UNDERSTAND.
527
00:27:26,077 --> 00:27:26,878
WHERE'S STEVENS?
528
00:27:27,044 --> 00:27:35,319
♪ ♪
529
00:27:35,486 --> 00:27:40,391
NARRATOR: ROGERS CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT ONE OF HIS OWN MEN WOULD
HAVE ABANDONED THEM.
530
00:27:40,557 --> 00:27:43,995
BUT JUST TWO HOURS EARLIER,
531
00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:47,698
SAMUEL STEVENS HAD BEEN WAITING
AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT.
532
00:27:47,865 --> 00:27:50,668
HE WAITED FOR A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF TIME,
533
00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:52,771
BUT HE DIDN'T WAIT LONG ENOUGH.
534
00:27:52,937 --> 00:27:55,640
♪ ♪
535
00:27:55,807 --> 00:28:00,278
NARRATOR: STEVENS HEARD THE
SHOTS THAT ROGERS FIRED TO
SIGNAL HIM THAT THEY WERE CLOSE,
536
00:28:00,444 --> 00:28:02,780
BUT MISTOOK THEM FOR THE ENEMY.
537
00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:05,550
STEVENS FLED SIXTY MILES
DOWN THE RIVER,
538
00:28:05,716 --> 00:28:07,786
BACK TO THE BRITISH
FORT NUMBER FOUR.
539
00:28:07,952 --> 00:28:10,655
♪ ♪
540
00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:13,958
[ROGERS GRUNTS]
541
00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:15,760
ROGERS: COME BACK!
542
00:28:15,927 --> 00:28:17,995
STEVENS!
543
00:28:18,162 --> 00:28:18,930
[GUNSHOT]
544
00:28:19,096 --> 00:28:24,769
♪ ♪
545
00:28:24,936 --> 00:28:26,437
STEVENS WAS A RANGER.
546
00:28:26,604 --> 00:28:29,040
HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN,
YOU NEVER LEAVE.
547
00:28:29,206 --> 00:28:31,543
♪ ♪
548
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:34,045
BRUMWELL: IF STEVENS HAD WAITED
AT THE RENDEZVOUS
549
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:35,579
FOR EVEN JUST TWO HOURS,
550
00:28:35,746 --> 00:28:39,750
IT WOULD HAVE MADE
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
551
00:28:39,917 --> 00:28:41,852
CRYTZER: TO GET THERE
AND FIND IT ABANDONED
552
00:28:42,019 --> 00:28:43,988
MUST HAVE BEEN A HURT,
A- A DEPRESSION
553
00:28:44,154 --> 00:28:47,225
THAT WE, JUST AS MODERN
PEOPLE, CANNOT FATHOM.
554
00:28:47,391 --> 00:28:52,163
♪ ♪
555
00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:55,900
NARRATOR: THE RANGERS ARE TOO
WEAK TO PURSUE STEVENS.
556
00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:59,070
THEY ARE REDUCED TO EATING THE
LEATHER FROM THEIR BELTS,
557
00:28:59,237 --> 00:29:03,908
AND FOR SIX LONG DAYS, ROBERT
ROGERS HAS NO PLAN.
558
00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:06,710
BRUMWELL: AFTER ALL OF THE
HARDSHIPS HE'D BEEN THROUGH,
559
00:29:06,877 --> 00:29:10,448
EVEN A MAN WITH THE KIND
OF MORAL COURAGE
560
00:29:10,615 --> 00:29:13,451
AND THE PHYSICAL HARDIHOOD
OF ROGERS
561
00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:17,855
MAY HAVE HAD SOME KIND
OF A MENTAL COLLAPSE.
562
00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:19,491
ROSS: HE KNEW THAT THEY
WERE GONNA DIE.
563
00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:22,559
ROGERS COULD ALWAYS PULL A
RABBIT OUT OF A HAT,
564
00:29:22,726 --> 00:29:28,266
BUT THIS ONE EVEN
CHALLENGED HIM.
565
00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:29,767
OGDEN: WELL, MAJOR.
566
00:29:29,933 --> 00:29:32,403
THANKS FOR THE FEW DAYS OF REST.
567
00:29:32,570 --> 00:29:34,671
JUST WHAT I NEEDED.
568
00:29:34,838 --> 00:29:40,645
STILL NO GAME, BUT
I FOUND BREAKFAST.
569
00:29:40,811 --> 00:29:43,247
WE'RE ALL ALIVE THANKS TO YOU.
570
00:29:43,414 --> 00:29:45,716
WHAT ARE YOUR ORDERS?
571
00:29:45,883 --> 00:29:47,852
HAWKE: WHEN YOU HIT A MASSIVE
DISAPPOINTMENT,
572
00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:50,121
THAT IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT
FOR ANY LEADER.
573
00:29:50,288 --> 00:29:53,658
THE ABILITY OF A LEADER TO
REBOUND FROM
574
00:29:53,825 --> 00:29:55,493
THESE SETBACKS
WITH A CLEAR HEAD
575
00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:57,194
AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION
576
00:29:57,361 --> 00:30:05,470
BECOMES THE THING THAT DECIDES
IF WARS ARE WON OR LOST.
577
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:07,338
ROGERS: FORT.
578
00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:10,942
UH, FORT NUMBER FOUR.
579
00:30:11,109 --> 00:30:12,476
SIR?
580
00:30:12,643 --> 00:30:15,413
THERE'S FOOD
581
00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:16,681
AND MEDICINE.
582
00:30:16,847 --> 00:30:18,449
IT'S JUST
583
00:30:18,615 --> 00:30:21,919
60 MILES.
584
00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:24,355
OGDEN: EASY HIKE ON
A FULL STOMACH, BUT-
585
00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:28,893
ROGERS: BUT IN OUR CONDITION
WE'D NEVER MAKE IT...
586
00:30:29,060 --> 00:30:29,928
ON FOOT.
587
00:30:30,094 --> 00:30:33,597
♪ ♪
588
00:30:33,764 --> 00:30:36,367
[ROGERS GRUNTS]
589
00:30:36,534 --> 00:30:38,836
RANGERS,
590
00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:42,140
GET OUT YOUR HATCHETS.
591
00:30:42,307 --> 00:30:45,342
BRUMWELL: WHATEVER HE WAS GOING
THROUGH, HE PULLED HIMSELF
TOGETHER.
592
00:30:45,509 --> 00:30:51,115
AND HE CAME UP WITH HIS PLAN TO
RAFT DOWN THE CONNECTICUT
593
00:30:51,282 --> 00:30:54,852
TO FORT NUMBER FOUR AND TO
COME BACK WITH SUPPLIES.
594
00:30:55,019 --> 00:30:59,490
NARRATOR: ROGERS DIRECTS THE
RANGERS TO CUT DOWN TREES AND
BUILD A RAFT.
595
00:30:59,656 --> 00:31:08,499
♪ ♪
596
00:31:08,665 --> 00:31:11,302
♪ ♪
597
00:31:11,469 --> 00:31:15,640
IT LOOKS LIKE A MIRACLE, BUT
THE RAFT CAN'T CARRY EVERYBODY.
598
00:31:15,806 --> 00:31:17,141
♪ ♪
599
00:31:17,308 --> 00:31:18,576
ROGERS: I'M AFRAID I CAN ONLY
TAKE
600
00:31:18,743 --> 00:31:21,346
THE THREE STRONGEST THIS
TIME.
601
00:31:21,512 --> 00:31:25,783
OGDEN, YOU AND SMITH WILL STEER.
602
00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:27,785
SABBATIS: AND ME.
603
00:31:27,952 --> 00:31:29,954
ROGERS: YOU?
604
00:31:30,121 --> 00:31:32,656
SABBATIS: YOU DON'T
THINK I CAN DO IT?
605
00:31:32,823 --> 00:31:36,494
HELP SECURE THE GUNS
AND SUPPLIES.
[IN FRENCH] S'IL VOUS PLAIT .
606
00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:41,165
BRUMWELL: IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IN
UNDERGOING THESE SHARED
HARDSHIPS,
607
00:31:41,332 --> 00:31:47,238
THE FORTITUDE SHOWN BY ROGERS
IMPRESSED SABBATIS SUFFICIENTLY
608
00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:53,844
THAT IT OVERRODE ANY LINGERING
ANIMOSITY HE MIGHT HAVE HAD
TOWARDS ROGERS.
609
00:31:54,011 --> 00:31:58,483
ROGERS: IT SHOULD TAKE US FOUR
DAYS TO REACH THE FORT, FIVE AT
THE MOST.
610
00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:01,152
I WILL RETURN WITH
FOOD IN 10 DAYS.
611
00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:02,453
YOU HAVE MY WORD.
612
00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:04,956
RECRUIT: GOOD LUCK, MAJOR.
613
00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:08,025
ROSS: ROBERT ROGERS PROMISED,
AND HIS WORD WAS HIS VOW,
614
00:32:08,192 --> 00:32:10,161
THAT HE WOULD BE
BACK IN 10 DAYS.
615
00:32:10,327 --> 00:32:20,171
♪ ♪
616
00:32:20,337 --> 00:32:30,047
♪ ♪
617
00:32:30,214 --> 00:32:33,384
ROGERS: BETTER THAN WALKING.
618
00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:36,187
NARRATOR: IT'S A SIXTY MILE
JOURNEY DOWN THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER
619
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:39,056
FROM THE RENDEZVOUS POINT
TO FORT NUMBER FOUR,
620
00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:42,193
AND NOT ALL OF THOSE MILES
ARE ON CALM WATER.
621
00:32:42,359 --> 00:32:48,365
♪ ♪
622
00:32:48,532 --> 00:32:51,068
ROSS: RAFTS ARE NOTORIOUSLY
DIFFICULT TO POINT
623
00:32:51,235 --> 00:32:52,836
AND THAT WAS JUST
IN THE CALM WATER.
624
00:32:53,003 --> 00:32:54,138
WHEN THEY HIT
WHITE WATER THAT WAS
625
00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:56,574
A DIFFERENT ORDER
OF MAGNITUDE.
626
00:32:56,740 --> 00:32:57,941
ROGERS: KEEP IT STEADY, OGDEN!
627
00:32:58,108 --> 00:33:00,611
OGDEN: DOIN' MY BEST, MAJOR.
628
00:33:00,777 --> 00:33:03,347
SMITH, WATCH THAT ROCK!
629
00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:06,617
NARRATOR: ON THE SECOND DAY OF
THE VOYAGE, THE CURRENT
INCREASES,
630
00:33:06,783 --> 00:33:08,486
AND SO DOES THE DANGER.
631
00:33:08,652 --> 00:33:11,022
♪ ♪
632
00:33:11,188 --> 00:33:13,124
OGDEN: SEE THAT, MAJOR?
633
00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:14,825
WATERFALL!
634
00:33:14,992 --> 00:33:18,730
WE HAVE TO GET TO SHORE!
635
00:33:18,896 --> 00:33:20,697
NARRATOR: CAREENING TOWARD A
WATERFALL,
636
00:33:20,864 --> 00:33:22,533
ROGERS' DESPERATE RESCUE
MISSION...
637
00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:25,169
SMITH: THE RIVER AIN'T
O' YOUR OPINION, MAJOR!
638
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:27,371
NARRATOR: IS HEADED
FOR CATASTROPHE.
639
00:33:27,537 --> 00:33:30,341
♪ ♪
640
00:33:32,776 --> 00:33:34,678
♪ ♪
641
00:33:34,845 --> 00:33:37,248
NARRATOR: MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
IS ON A DESPERATE MISSION
642
00:33:37,415 --> 00:33:40,485
TO BRING BACK FOOD TO
HIS STARVING RANGERS.
643
00:33:40,651 --> 00:33:42,486
OGDEN: WATCH THAT ROCK!
644
00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:45,055
NARRATOR: BUT ON THE
TREACHEROUS CONNECTICUT RIVER,
645
00:33:45,222 --> 00:33:48,860
HE MEETS A FOE HE CAN'T FIGHT.
646
00:33:49,026 --> 00:33:51,262
ROGERS: EVERYBODY SWIM TO SHORE!
647
00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:52,296
NOW!
648
00:33:52,463 --> 00:33:53,531
JUMP!
649
00:33:53,697 --> 00:33:57,668
♪ ♪
650
00:33:57,835 --> 00:34:01,038
ROSS: THE CONNECTICUT RIVER HAS
SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FALLS
IN IT.
651
00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:03,974
FOR INSTANCE, ONE THAT THEY
HIT FIRST WAS WHITE FALLS
652
00:34:04,141 --> 00:34:07,145
AND THE RAPIDS BY THE FALLS
COME VERY QUICKLY.
653
00:34:07,311 --> 00:34:10,915
♪ ♪
654
00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:13,183
NARRATOR: WITH THEIR
RAFT DESTROYED,
655
00:34:13,350 --> 00:34:16,554
ROGERS' MEN REGROUP AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE FALLS.
656
00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:26,564
♪ ♪
657
00:34:26,730 --> 00:34:31,502
♪ ♪
658
00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:33,571
SMITH: MAJOR,
659
00:34:33,737 --> 00:34:36,808
WE MAYBE MADE IT HALFWAY.
660
00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:39,510
I CAN'T WALK ANOTHER
30 MILES TO THE FORT.
661
00:34:39,677 --> 00:34:43,514
NOT IN TIME TO SEND FOOD BACK
TO THE MEN AT THE RENDEZVOUS.
662
00:34:43,681 --> 00:34:44,715
ROGERS: YOU'RE RIGHT.
663
00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:46,717
ROSS: THEY LOSE THEIR HATCHETS,
664
00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:48,885
THE BOAT IS BROKEN UP
INTO TINY PIECES,
665
00:34:49,052 --> 00:34:50,888
AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GAME OVER.
666
00:34:51,055 --> 00:34:55,126
THEY ARE IN ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLE
SITUATION.
667
00:34:55,292 --> 00:34:59,796
NARRATOR: BUT ROBERT ROGERS IS
AT HIS BEST WHEN THINGS SEEM
IMPOSSIBLE.
668
00:34:59,963 --> 00:35:01,499
ROGERS: AYE.
669
00:35:01,665 --> 00:35:03,434
WE NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER
RAFT. SMITH: WHA-?
670
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,437
♪ ♪
671
00:35:07,604 --> 00:35:09,840
ROGERS: THOSE LOOK LIKE
SOME GOOD TREES THERE.
672
00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:11,475
MAJOR, EVERY HATCHET,
673
00:35:11,642 --> 00:35:15,646
EVERY KNIFE WE HAD WENT
OVER THOSE FALLS.
674
00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:18,015
ROGERS: I'VE GOT MY FLINT.
675
00:35:18,181 --> 00:35:20,718
LET'S FIND A GOOD TREE.
676
00:35:20,884 --> 00:35:23,454
CRYTZER: THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER
OPTION, MAKE ANOTHER RAFT.
677
00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:25,823
THIS TIME THEIR TOOLS
ARE GONE AS WELL.
678
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:29,560
BUT, ON THE FRONTIER, NECESSITY
IS ALWAYS THE MOTHER OF
INVENTION.
679
00:35:29,727 --> 00:35:31,295
[STRIKING FLINT]
680
00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:34,298
ROSS: HE HAS A FLINT WHICH
HE KEPT ON HIS PERSON.
681
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:38,869
SO, HE COMES UP WITH THIS
EXTRAORDINARY PLAN.
682
00:35:39,036 --> 00:35:43,608
NARRATOR: ROGERS USES THE ONLY
TOOL HE HAS TO MAKE LOGS FOR
THE RAFT:
683
00:35:43,774 --> 00:35:45,108
FIRE.
684
00:35:45,275 --> 00:35:46,744
HAWKE: BURNING THE
BASE OF THE TREES,
685
00:35:46,910 --> 00:35:49,146
USING FIRE FOR BREAKING WOOD,
686
00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:50,247
I'VE DONE THAT MANY TIMES.
687
00:35:50,414 --> 00:35:51,549
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.
688
00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:53,417
IT'S UGLY, BUT IT IS DOABLE.
689
00:35:53,583 --> 00:35:56,720
BUT, IN WARFARE, YOU HAVE TO
COME UP WITH EXTREME SOLUTIONS
690
00:35:56,887 --> 00:35:58,522
FOR EXTREME PROBLEMS.
691
00:35:58,688 --> 00:36:05,429
♪ ♪
692
00:36:05,595 --> 00:36:07,999
NARRATOR: THANKS TO
ROGERS' INGENUITY,
693
00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:11,769
THE RANGERS ARE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY.
694
00:36:11,935 --> 00:36:17,374
BUT THEY'VE LOST PRECIOUS TIME.
695
00:36:17,541 --> 00:36:19,911
BRUMWELL: MEN WHO WERE
AT THE RENDEZVOUS POINT
696
00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:24,081
WERE DESPERATE, STARVING.
697
00:36:24,248 --> 00:36:28,286
HE PROMISED THEM THAT HE WOULD
BE BACK IN 10 DAYS.
698
00:36:29,286 --> 00:36:31,255
NARRATOR: THREE DAYS
HAVE ALREADY PASSED.
699
00:36:31,421 --> 00:36:33,691
AND A FEW MORE MILES DOWNRIVER,
700
00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,892
ROGERS DISCOVERS MORE TROUBLE:
701
00:36:36,059 --> 00:36:39,329
AN EVEN LARGER WATERFALL.
702
00:36:39,496 --> 00:36:41,465
ROSS: WHEN THEY HEAR
ANOTHER BIG ONE,
703
00:36:41,632 --> 00:36:43,300
THEY LOOK AT IT AND THERE'S
REALLY NO WAY
704
00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:45,068
THAT THEY CAN
TAKE THE RAFT DOWN
705
00:36:45,235 --> 00:36:48,138
WITHOUT PROBABLY LOSING
THEIR LIVES.
706
00:36:48,305 --> 00:36:53,043
NARRATOR: ROGERS CLIMBS DOWN TO
THE RUSHING WATERS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE FALLS.
707
00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:59,917
FIFTY FEET ABOVE, THE OTHER
RANGERS CAREFULLY LOWER THE
RAFT.
708
00:37:00,084 --> 00:37:04,255
IF THEY LOSE THEIR GRIP, THEY
WILL LOSE THE LAST HOPE FOR
THEMSELVES
709
00:37:04,421 --> 00:37:08,092
AND THEIR DYING FRIENDS.
710
00:37:08,259 --> 00:37:10,160
THEY ARE SO WEAK AT THIS POINT.
711
00:37:10,327 --> 00:37:11,862
THIS IS DO OR DIE.
712
00:37:12,028 --> 00:37:17,534
♪ ♪
713
00:37:17,701 --> 00:37:20,504
NARRATOR: MIRACULOUSLY,
THE RAFT SURVIVES,
714
00:37:20,670 --> 00:37:24,975
AND ROGERS' STARVING, EXHAUSTED
MEN ARE ABLE TO PRESS ON.
715
00:37:25,141 --> 00:37:30,681
♪ ♪
716
00:37:30,848 --> 00:37:35,886
ON THE SIXTH DAY, FOUR HAGGARD,
WEARY MEN STAGGER OUT OF THE
WILDERNESS
717
00:37:36,052 --> 00:37:39,356
TOWARD FORT NUMBER FOUR.
718
00:37:39,523 --> 00:37:42,993
ROGERS: MAJOR ROBERT
ROGERS AND COMPANY.
719
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,763
OUR RAFT HAS BEEN MOORED
BY YOUR CANOES.
720
00:37:45,929 --> 00:37:50,901
I MUST SEE YOUR COMMANDING
OFFICER ON A MATTER OF GREAT
URGENCY-
721
00:37:51,067 --> 00:37:54,338
♪ ♪
722
00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:58,575
NARRATOR: AGAINST ALL ODDS,
ROGERS HAS MADE IT TO HIS
DESTINATION,
723
00:37:58,742 --> 00:38:03,648
BUT IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO
SAVE HIS MEN OR HIMSELF.
724
00:38:07,384 --> 00:38:09,453
NARRATOR: AFTER A PUNISHING
SIX DAY JOURNEY,
725
00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:12,156
ROBERT ROGERS HAS REACHED
FORT NUMBER FOUR
726
00:38:12,322 --> 00:38:14,458
TO RETRIEVE FOOD FOR
HIS STARVING MEN.
727
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:16,427
ROGERS: I NEED TO SEE YOUR
COMMANDING OFFICER
728
00:38:16,593 --> 00:38:19,196
ON A MATTER OF GREAT URGENCY.
729
00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:23,667
NARRATOR: BUT HE'S SO WEAK FROM
HUNGER HE BARELY SEEMS ALIVE
HIMSELF.
730
00:38:23,833 --> 00:38:31,341
♪ ♪
731
00:38:31,508 --> 00:38:33,610
THE SOLDIERS AT THE FORT
QUICKLY GET TO WORK
732
00:38:33,777 --> 00:38:38,248
LOADING SUPPLIES FOR THE RANGERS
SIXTY MILES UPRIVER.
733
00:38:38,415 --> 00:38:44,755
AND DESPITE HIS CONDITION,
ROGERS IS DETERMINED TO MAKE
SURE THE FOOD REACHES HIS MEN
IN TIME.
734
00:38:44,922 --> 00:38:47,591
ROGERS: REMEMBER
735
00:38:47,757 --> 00:38:51,094
TO PORTAGE THE CANOES AT
TWO SEPARATE POINTS:
736
00:38:51,261 --> 00:38:55,131
OUTTAUQUEECHEE AND WHITE FALLS.
737
00:38:55,298 --> 00:38:57,301
YOU UNDERSTAND?
REDCOAT: YEAH.
738
00:38:57,468 --> 00:39:00,237
NOW, I PROMISED MY MEN THEY'D
HAVE FOOD IN 10 DAYS
739
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:03,140
THAT LEAVES YOU FOUR
DAYS TO REACH 'EM.
740
00:39:03,306 --> 00:39:05,943
DON'T YOU DARE MAKE ME A LIAR.
741
00:39:06,109 --> 00:39:08,379
GET IN!
742
00:39:08,546 --> 00:39:12,149
NARRATOR: ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
AFTER REACHING FORT NUMBER FOUR,
743
00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:15,452
ROGERS SENDS CANOES UPRIVER
WITH PROVISIONS,
744
00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:18,055
HOPING IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
745
00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:19,123
ROGERS: GODSPEED.
746
00:39:19,289 --> 00:39:29,133
♪ ♪
747
00:39:29,299 --> 00:39:31,502
♪ ♪
748
00:39:31,668 --> 00:39:33,537
NARRATOR: THE RANGERS AT THE
RENDEZVOUS POINT HAVE BEEN
749
00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:36,673
WAITING FOR TEN LONG DAYS WITH
NO FOOD,
750
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,744
AND THEIR HOPE HAS
ALL BUT RUN OUT.
751
00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:43,046
ROSS: THEY ARE SO WEAK
AT THIS POINT.
752
00:39:43,213 --> 00:39:46,282
EXACTLY 10 DAYS LATER,
753
00:39:46,449 --> 00:39:49,653
PROVISIONS REACHED
WHERE THE REMNANTS
754
00:39:49,820 --> 00:39:52,756
OF ROGERS' MEN LAY.
755
00:39:52,922 --> 00:39:55,259
♪ ♪
756
00:39:55,425 --> 00:39:58,261
HAWKE: IN THE COURSE OF MY
MILITARY CAREER, I'VE HAD A
HANDFUL OF TIMES WHERE
757
00:39:58,428 --> 00:40:02,699
THINGS GOT REALLY DIRE AND
SOMEONE HAS TO GO OUT TO GET
HELP AND COME BACK.
758
00:40:02,866 --> 00:40:04,668
YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE
EVER GONNA GET THERE.
759
00:40:04,834 --> 00:40:08,138
SO, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THEM
COMING IN, THE ELATION, THE JOY,
760
00:40:08,304 --> 00:40:10,508
IT ALMOST SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE.
761
00:40:10,674 --> 00:40:13,777
♪ ♪
762
00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:17,248
NARRATOR THE RESCUE TEAM SAVES
MOST OF ROGERS' RANGERS.
763
00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:22,119
BUT FOR SOME MEN, TEN DAYS
HAS BEEN TOO LONG.
764
00:40:22,286 --> 00:40:24,221
THE RANGERS HAD ONLY
765
00:40:24,388 --> 00:40:26,689
REALLY BEEN KEPT GOING BY THIS
PROMISE OF THE FOOD
766
00:40:26,856 --> 00:40:28,591
THEY WOULD GET AT THE
RENDEZVOUS POINT.
767
00:40:28,758 --> 00:40:34,631
AND SOME OF THEM COULDN'T TAKE
IT ANYMORE, THEY DIED.
768
00:40:34,798 --> 00:40:37,401
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING
WHICH, OF COURSE,
769
00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:41,404
ROGERS HIMSELF WAS INCANDESCENT
WITH RAGE ABOUT
770
00:40:41,571 --> 00:40:43,040
WHEN HE FINALLY GOT IN.
771
00:40:43,206 --> 00:40:53,050
♪ ♪
772
00:40:53,216 --> 00:40:57,187
♪ ♪
773
00:40:57,354 --> 00:41:00,490
NARRATOR: ROGERS PUSHES FOR A
COURT MARTIAL OF SAMUEL STEVENS,
774
00:41:00,657 --> 00:41:05,696
THE OFFICER WHO ABANDONED
THE RANGERS TO STARVE.
775
00:41:05,862 --> 00:41:09,700
FIVE MONTHS LATER, STEVENS'
TRIAL IS HELD IN NEW YORK.
776
00:41:09,866 --> 00:41:13,002
♪ ♪
777
00:41:13,169 --> 00:41:15,339
IS THE TRIAL OVER?
778
00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:17,074
IT'S OVER.
779
00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:19,042
WILL HE HANG?
780
00:41:19,209 --> 00:41:22,012
SMITH: AFRAID NOT.
OGDEN: NEVER WEAR A UNIFORM
AGAIN.
781
00:41:23,581 --> 00:41:27,217
THAT HE WON'T.
782
00:41:27,384 --> 00:41:30,020
ROSS: STEVENS WAS INDEED
COURT MARTIALED
783
00:41:30,187 --> 00:41:31,955
AND DRUMMED OUT OF THE CORPS.
784
00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:35,392
BRUMWELL: ROGERS FELT THAT
STEVENS HAD ESCAPED VERY LIGHTLY
785
00:41:35,559 --> 00:41:39,363
FOR WHAT WAS BASICALLY A GROSS
DERELICTION OF DUTY.
786
00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:41,064
WHEN HE DIES,
787
00:41:41,231 --> 00:41:43,267
THE PRIESTS HAVE TOLD ME
WHERE HIS SOUL WILL GO.
788
00:41:43,433 --> 00:41:49,539
♪ ♪
789
00:41:49,706 --> 00:41:52,609
LET'S GET BACK TO HEADQUARTERS.
790
00:41:52,776 --> 00:41:54,111
SMITH: RAISE A GLASS
TO THE DEAD.
791
00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:55,713
OGDEN: AS WELL THE LIVING.
792
00:41:55,879 --> 00:41:57,014
ROGERS: AND TO THE NEXT MISSION.
793
00:41:57,180 --> 00:42:03,954
♪ ♪
794
00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:06,624
SNYDER: AS A RANGER, THE
EQUIPMENT HAS CHANGED,
795
00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:08,458
AND IT'S MORE MODERNIZED,
796
00:42:08,625 --> 00:42:10,961
BUT THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS
HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
797
00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:13,830
AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT
TRADITION HAS CARRIED ON
798
00:42:13,997 --> 00:42:16,433
FROM WAY BACK IN THE
1700S 'TIL NOW,
799
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,102
ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELDS OF
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
800
00:42:19,269 --> 00:42:21,337
THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT
ROGERS PUT TOGETHER.
801
00:42:21,504 --> 00:42:23,706
ROGERS: NOW!
802
00:42:23,873 --> 00:42:26,243
GORMAN: HE DIDN'T FEEL MORE
IMPORTANT THAN HIS MEN.
803
00:42:26,409 --> 00:42:27,844
THEY WERE EQUAL TO HIM.
804
00:42:28,011 --> 00:42:30,347
HE WOULDN'T SEND THEM INTO
ANY TYPE OF BATTLE
805
00:42:30,514 --> 00:42:32,749
THAT HE WOULDN'T BE WILLING
TO DO HIMSELF.
806
00:42:32,916 --> 00:42:37,854
HE'D RISK HIS OWN LIFE RATHER
THAN RISK ONE OF HIS MEN.
807
00:42:38,021 --> 00:42:42,659
HAWKE: ROGERS' RANGERS ARE AN
ABSOLUTE HEROIC LEGACY
808
00:42:42,826 --> 00:42:45,663
THAT ALL THE AMERICAN
SPECIAL OPS LOOK UP TO
809
00:42:45,829 --> 00:42:47,164
AND HAVE A RESPECT FOR.
810
00:42:47,330 --> 00:42:48,832
HIS LEGACY LIVES ON TODAY
811
00:42:48,998 --> 00:42:50,533
WHEN YOU SEE ALL THOSE YOUNG
RANGERS USING
812
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:52,936
THE EXACT PRINCIPLES
THAT HE TAUGHT THEM,
813
00:42:53,103 --> 00:42:55,405
TO THIS DAY, SO THAT THEY CAN
SURVIVE MANY CONFLICTS
814
00:42:55,572 --> 00:42:56,940
THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO FACE.
815
00:42:57,106 --> 00:42:59,243
♪ ♪
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