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Narrator:
From the ashes of the Civil War,
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a new breed of American emerges,
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determined to grab a piece
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of the nation's untamed frontier.
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Life was tough
certainly after the Civil War.
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And you had this vast continent that was unexplored.
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And I think that fostered
a big migration to the West.
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( horse whinnies )
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Narrator:
Over the course of 30 years,
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more than 430 million acres of land
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will be settled.
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But as the US government pushes the nation west,
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former Confederates hell-bent on taking back
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what they lost become outlaws...
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We intend to rob
this here bank.
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- Who's the cashier?
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( horse whinnies )
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Narrator:
...threatening to reignitethe Civil War.
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In that day, you had
to be somewhat of a bad guy
to survive.
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- ( grunts )
- ( gunshot )
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They were all tough
and nobody lived very long.
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Narrator:
On the plains,war breaks out
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as tribes of warriorsband together
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to protecttheir way of life.
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We deploy Custer
and 1,200 men to track down
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whatever remains
of Crazy Horse and
Sitting Bull's war party.
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If necessary,wipe them out.
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Narrator:
This is the story
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of an age of violencelike no other,
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a time when blood is shedand battles fought
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- by ordinary menwho become legends...
- ( gunshot )
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...as they fight to determinethe fate of the country.
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Kiefer Sutherland:
The West shaped thiscountry in ways
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that people either
don't acknowledge or have
taken for granted
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or have simply forgotten.
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The Westwas true freedom.
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It was such a defining
characteristic of America.
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Narrator:
This is "The American West."
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( gunshots )
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You go to hell.
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- You first.
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( theme music playing )
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Narrator:
The story of the Westbegins at the end
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of the Civil War...
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where a young mannamed Jesse James
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is a soldier in a fringemilitary group
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known as Quantrill'sRaiders.
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Mark Lee Gardner:
Quantrill's Raiderswere guerilla fighters
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fighting for the South.
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They didn't necessarily fightin traditional ways,
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and the way they fought
could often be very savage,
very violent,
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and their targets
could be civilians
as well as military.
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( horses whinny )
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( gunshot )
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( horses approaching )
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We got to go!
We got to go!
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( gunshot )
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- ( men shouting )
- ( gunshots )
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There they go!
Come on!
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( gunshots )
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( grunts )
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( gunshots continue )
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Get him!
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- ( gunshot )
- ( screams )
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- Can you run?
- No. ( groans )
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( gunshot )
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( groaning )
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Narrator:
In the spring of 1865,
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Jesse James is shotand captured
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by the Union Army.
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- ( squishing )
- ( groaning )
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( labored breathing )
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Now, say it.
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I solemnly swear...
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That I will bear
the true allegiance
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of the United States.
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Say it.
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( screams )
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I will bear true allegiance
to the United States.
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And discourage...
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Narrator:
Jesse James is forcedto pledge allegiance
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to the Union.
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Before he's released,the Confederacy surrenders
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and after four yearsof bloody fighting,
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the Civil Warcomes to an end.
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After survivinga near fatal wound,
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Jesse James returns hometo Missouri
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only to find deathand destruction all around.
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After the Civil War,
the South was hellacious.
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It had been ruined.
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And there was a great deal
of resentment
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of northern authority,
of federal authority.
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There were a lot of people who were mentally unbalanced
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by that war, by the brutality of it.
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Narrator:
In the border state of Missouri,
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the fighting has been especially brutal.
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David Eisenbach:
Missouri is one of the states
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that stuck with the Union during the Civil War,
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but had large sectors
of the population
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that wanted to go with
the South in the first place.
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So you had Missourians fighting Missourians.
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It's in this incredibly volatile,
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literally brother
against brother world
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that we get Jesse James.
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Narrator:
Jesse soon discovers that the war
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has not only torn apart his homeland,
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it's left his family with nothing.
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You look good, Frank.
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You look like shit.
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( laughs )
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I bet you gave
them Union boys hell,
though, didn't you?
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It's just real nice
to be home.
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Mom, I promise you,
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we're gonna get backon our feet.
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Me and Frank
will figure out something.
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Gardner:
Jesse and his brother Frank
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grew upin rural Missouri.
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Their father had gone off
to the gold fields
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during the Gold Rush
and had died there.
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Jesse's mother, Zerelda James,was a single parent,
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and I think that created
a very, very strong bond
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between her
and her children.
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Narrator:
Still reeling fromhis time in battle,
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Jesse knows he hasto find a way to providefor his family.
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So he comes upwith a plan.
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He forms a gang...
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and begins stealing.
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Sutherland:
When you think of Jesse Jamesand those families,
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they have been strippedof everything, they felt,
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after the Civil War
and they were gonna come
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and take what they thought
was owed to them.
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- Jesse: Come here,come here.
- Let's go.
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Here, take this.
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Go, go, go!
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Narrator:
But the Union Armyquickly cracks down.
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( men shouting )
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Jesse.
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Cover that up.
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How you doing?
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What's in the crates?
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Food,
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various sundries.
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Got some sweet corn.
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- You boys hungry?
- Want some water.
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- We don't take orders
from northern--
- Jesse: Frank!
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We got water.
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Fresh out of the creek.
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Tastes like shit.
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( pours water )
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Yeah, well, I guess
we're used to it.
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Search the house.
Take it all.
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Soldier:
Yes, sir.
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Narrator:
Fed up withthe North's presence,
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Jesse James is determinedto fight back.
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( grunts )
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Eric Foner:
Jesse James could notadjust to peacetime.
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He was strongly opposed
to what was going on
in the South
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and in fact viewed the army
after the end of the war
as being oppressive.
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Narrator:
As attacks from Confederates like Jesse
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escalate around the South,
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news travels over 1,000 miles to the east
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to the nation's capital.
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These just came in.
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You're dismissed.
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Narrator:
The man who has to dealwith the growing unrest
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in the Southis the same man
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who recently claimed victoryover the Confederacy--
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commanding generalof the US Army
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Ulysses S. Grant.
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( men shouting )
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Narrator:
When the Civil War began,
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Grant was considered by manyto be a failure,
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a drunk with no futurein the military.
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But after a seriesof Union generals
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were unable to secure victoryfor the North,
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Abraham Lincoln promoted Grantto lead the US Army,
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and he rose to the task.
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John McCain:
General Grant is oneof the true military geniuses.
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He saw the objective and he knew
what needed to be done.
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Narrator:
With tensions rising in the former Confederacy,
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Grant is forced to deal with the South once again.
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H.W. Brands:
When Grant took control of the army,
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he had to deal with leftover matters from the Civil War.
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Grant understood that there
was a feeling in the South
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that this defeat was something
that still might be resisted.
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And Grant had to attend to that.
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Narrator:
Grant knows he can't let rebels like Jesse James
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reignite the war.
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So he sends more US troops south to maintain order
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and institutes strict martial law.
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Just over a year since the end of the Civil War,
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it's North versus South again.
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Narrator:
With former Confederate soldiers like Jesse James
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lashing out against northern authority in the South...
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( gunshot )
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...General Ulysses S. Grant sends armed troops
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to enforce order.
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Brands:
During the immediate aftermath of the Civil War,
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military government
martial law was imposed
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and Union soldiers were in occupation of much of the South.
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Southerners generally resisted this.
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It was, from their perspective, a continuation of the Civil War
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in which northerners
imposed their will,
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imposed their ways
on the South.
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Narrator:
But the increased military presence
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only makes things worse.
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Jesse James and other ex-Confederates like him
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begin rioting.
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Narrator:
With the Civil War on the verge of starting up again,
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Grant knows a new strategy is needed to heal the nation.
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So he and the US government
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look to a plan laid out by the man who led the country
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during the Civil War-- Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln knew that the key to healing the country
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would be to give all Americans the promise
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of a new start in the West.
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Redford:
The value of going into uncharted territory,
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there's a chance for enterprise
and development
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and a chance for people
to grow and to succeed
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in ways they couldn't in the overdeveloped East.
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And also, I think, just the excitement
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and the challenge of uncharted territory--
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that's a little bit of the American way.
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Narrator:
From the Missouri River
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to the coast of California,
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the frontier is nearly 500 million square miles
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of wide-open land.
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Danny Glover:
You have the Pacific Ocean on one end,
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and you have the Atlantic Ocean
on the other end,
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and all the vast land
in between that.
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It's the whole idea of looking for opportunity,
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looking for another life.
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Narrator:
The challenge is figuring out
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how to get people to the West as quickly as possible.
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And Grant knows the answer.
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The same way he was able to rapidly move Union troops
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during the Civil War.
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Man:
Whoa, hold up on that sleeper.
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Get to work.
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Narrator:
The railroads.
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Man:
Hold up on that...
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Narrator:
To promote construction,
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the government makes the railroad companies
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an unprecedented offer--
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millions of acres of free land.
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For every mile of track
that a railroad would build,
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Congress would provide the company with land
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on either side of the track.
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The land grants that Congress provides
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really is the sweetheart
deal of the century.
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Narrator:
175 million acres
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are given to the railroad companies--
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more land than the entire state of Texas.
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The railroads then take the land they got for free
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and sell it to the settlers...
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using a massive advertising campaign
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that promotes the West as an uninhabited paradise.
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( train whistle blows )
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People were lured by this
fantastic sense of opportunity.
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You can be a poor immigrant and all of a sudden
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there's an opportunity
that you can get 50 acres
and start a life.
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That's like winning
the lottery back then.
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I mean, it was amazing.
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Narrator:
But as Americans begin to head west by the thousands...
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they're pushing into land that's already occupied
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by a people determined to defend it.
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Narrator:
As railroads expand west,
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hopeful new settlers push into territory
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that's been occupied for thousands of years.
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At the end of the last Ice Age,
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nomadic hunters migrated into the Americas
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across a land bridge that once connected Siberia to Alaska.
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By 1865,
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300,000 Native Americans are living in the West.
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The most numerous and powerful people on the plains
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are the Lakota Sioux.
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But now their homelands are being invaded.
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For the Lakota people,
1865 is a major turning point.
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With the railroads coming west,
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there is literally and figuratively
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a freight train coming right at them.
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Narrator:
Standing in the path of the invasion
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is a fearless young warrior.
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His name is Crazy Horse.
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Andrew Isenberg:
Crazy Horse was a very talented military leader
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who was the chief lieutenant
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of the Sioux in the northern Great Plains.
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Narrator:
The land is sacred to the Lakota
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and Crazy Horse feels it's his duty to defend it.
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Redford:
Native Americans, when they saw the railroad,
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they knew that there was now a vehicle
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to invade them with
and it was protected by steel.
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And it was fast.
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Narrator:
In 1866, Crazy Horse takes part
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in a bloody campaign throughout the Wyoming territory.
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Sioux in the northern
Great Plains
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are fighting against the settlers who are moving into that area.
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And they're winning.
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Narrator:
In the span of six months,
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dozens of settlers are killed
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and movement through the territory is restricted.
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News of the violence makes its way to Washington, DC...
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( tapping )
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...where it's received by the man overseeing troops in the West,
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famed Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman.
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I just received word
from the Dakota territories.
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Another six men have
been killed in a raid.
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Narrator:
General Grant knows
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he can't let chaoson the frontier
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threaten the government's planof unifying the country,
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so he orders Shermanto use military force.
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( horse whinnies )
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Narrator:
In late 1866,
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nearly 1,000 soldierspour into Sioux territory.
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Crazy Horse knowsit's up to him
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to defend his landand his people
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against an enemywith superior firepower.
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But he's confidenthe'll prevail,
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thanks to a powerful visionhe had in his youth.
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Karl Jacoby:
Crazy Horse, as a young man,had a vision.
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( thunder rumbles )
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( cawing )
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And in this visionhe sees that wheneverhe's in battle,
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he's very safe
from the enemy and the enemy
can never hurt him.
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And in essence he could be protected
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from anything that the enemy
might do to him.
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Narrator:
Emboldened by his vision,
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Crazy Horse sets in motion a daring plan.
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Jacoby:
Several Lakota are set to decoy the US Army,
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and one of these people is Crazy Horse.
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It's obviously a very risky
position to be in
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because you're putting yourself
very close to the US Army.
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Narrator:
Crazy Horse lures the soldiers
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away from the protection of their forts
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into an open territory.
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( man shouting )
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Narrator:
Once he has them in position,
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Crazy Horse begins his assault.
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Man:
Ready!
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Narrator:
He charges alone...
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Man:
Aim!
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Narrator:
...directly into their line of fine.
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Man:
Fire at will!
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( gunshots )
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Narrator:
It's a tactic known as riding the brave line.
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And it exposes the soldiers' greatest weakness.
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Man #2:
Reload!
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( whooping )
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( all whooping )
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( soldiers grunting,
screaming )
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( whooping )
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Narrator:
On December 21, 1866,
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Crazy Horse claimsone of his greatest victories--
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killing nearly 100 US soldiers...
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in what becomes known
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as the Battle of a Hundred Slain.
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Now, in addition to trying to contain the southern rebellion,
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Grant must deal with an Indian war
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that's beginning to rage out West,
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threatening the future of the nation.
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Narrator:
After Crazy Horse and his men
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kill nearly 100 US soldiers in a single battle,
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news travels back to Washington.
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Incompetence.
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These savages,
they don't fight
the way we do.
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Narrator:
Commanding generalUlysses S. Grant
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is not only facinguprisings in the South,
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but a new warin the West.
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Grant realizes the only wayto defeat the Indians
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is to send his best commanderfrom the Civil War...
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a man stationed 2,000 milesaway in Texas
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who's famousfor both his victories
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and his unconventionalcommanding style.
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His name isGeorge Armstrong Custer.
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Anne Collier:
George Armstrong Custerwas very flamboyant.
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He had flowing blond hair.
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Some sayhe curled it himself.
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He wore a signature costume,
if you will,
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that he called a uniform.
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He had a red handkerchief, shiny boots,
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and a broad-rimmed hat.
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And he just showed himself
to be superior to others.
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Where did you
acquire that insignia
on your uniform, soldier?
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West Point, sir.
Fourth in my class.
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Fourth
in your class?
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Gentlemen, we have
a celebrity in our midst.
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Do you know what position
I graduated?
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Last.
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And yet here I stand
commanding you.
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Why is there a buttonmissing from your coat?
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You're a disgrace
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to that insignia.
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You are a disgrace
to my unit.
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And you are a disgrace
to every man who ever
wore that uniform.
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One month laundry duty.
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Make it the end
of the year.
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Narrator:
Though Custer is notthe army's most beloved leader,
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he is respectedfor the killer instincts
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he showedduring the Civil War.
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( cannonball whistling )
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00:29:43,208 --> 00:29:45,083
Cover their left flank!
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Narrator:
It was his daring charge
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that contributedto Robert E. Lee's surrender.
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00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:53,291
Lieutenant, why are you
falling back?
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You breach
their front lines
and you push.
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Burt Reynolds:
A lot of peoplelaughed at him,
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00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:03,125
but not in battle.
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00:30:03,125 --> 00:30:06,001
He was a hell of a soldier.
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Tremendous courage.
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The thing that scared people half to death
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was being assigned to him
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'cause you were gonna be
in the middle of everything.
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00:30:15,291 --> 00:30:17,417
( men shouting )
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Narrator:
But since the Civil War ended,
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Custer has been relegated to overseeing border patrol
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at a remote post.
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Custer was sent
into exile.
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He brooded over this, of course.
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And he knew that he needed to get back into action.
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00:30:44,001 --> 00:30:45,250
Sir.
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Narrator:
Grant gives himthe opportunity
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he's been waiting for.
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Hutton:
Custer got commandof the 7th Cavalry,
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which was going to be
the crack elite unit
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for Indian fighting
in the West.
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Narrator:
George Custerfinally has his chance
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to step backinto the limelight.
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And it's an assignmentthat will change the course
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of American history.
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( crickets chirping )
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Narrator:
In the years followingthe Civil War,
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former Confederate soldierJesse James
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has been leadingan uprising in Missouri.
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00:31:58,542 --> 00:32:01,333
Jesse: All right, boys,I'll tell you what'sgoing to happen.
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00:32:01,333 --> 00:32:03,500
Me, Charlie, and Frankwill head inside.
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00:32:08,417 --> 00:32:12,375
Get around that counter,
easy money.
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Narrator:
Until now, Jesse's crimeshave been small.
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But as the North'spostwar domination ofthe South continues...
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Jesse is startingto think bigger.
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He decides thatthe best way to expresshis hatred for the North
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is to go aftertheir wealth.
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In the first 80 yearsof America's existence,
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there was not a singlearmed bank robbery.
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So at the time,banks have minimal security.
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00:32:58,250 --> 00:33:00,208
And even in the South,
447
00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:02,333
they hold mostlynorthern money.
448
00:33:04,458 --> 00:33:07,667
Rob a bankand you're stealingnorthern wealth.
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00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:14,417
Sutherland:
Jesse James wantedthe money,
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but he had a real statementhe was trying to make
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that was as much political
as it was about robbing banks.
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00:33:22,625 --> 00:33:25,333
( people chatting )
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00:34:07,667 --> 00:34:09,417
Go.
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- Everything in your vault.
- ( people screaming )
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00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:20,667
Open the vault.
456
00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:22,709
- Move.
- ( gasps )
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00:34:22,709 --> 00:34:25,458
- Open the vault.
- Jesse: Hold on, hold on.
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00:34:31,667 --> 00:34:33,667
In the corner now.
459
00:34:38,291 --> 00:34:39,834
I know you.
460
00:34:41,625 --> 00:34:43,291
Where'd you fight?
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- I didn't.
- You did.
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00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:47,542
You fought for the Union,
didn't you?
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00:34:47,542 --> 00:34:49,542
No.
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Let's open the vault,
be on our way.
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00:34:54,333 --> 00:34:56,333
- You fought at Richmond.
- No, I didn't.
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00:34:56,333 --> 00:34:58,583
- Don't you shake
your head at me.
- Jesse.
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00:35:02,458 --> 00:35:04,667
You're the man who shot
Bill Anderson.
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00:35:06,458 --> 00:35:08,542
Gardner:
The Civil Warmade Jesse James.
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He killed men,he saw men killed.
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Seeing death every day changes
the way you look at life.
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00:35:16,709 --> 00:35:19,333
Jesse mistook the teller
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00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:22,625
for the murderer of his leader during the Civil War.
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00:35:22,625 --> 00:35:24,834
I found you,
you son of a bitch.
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00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:30,333
( shouts )
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00:35:30,333 --> 00:35:31,750
We still need him
to open the vault.
476
00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:38,333
Bill Anderson
was my friend.
477
00:35:38,333 --> 00:35:39,750
( gunshot )
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00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:42,542
God damn it, Jesse.
On the floor!
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Frank:
Come on, Jesse,we got to go.
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00:35:48,375 --> 00:35:49,792
Come on, now!Come on.
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00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,333
Gardner:
That revolver shot
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is somewhat of a release.
483
00:35:56,834 --> 00:35:59,375
When Jesse fires that gun,
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00:35:59,375 --> 00:36:03,542
there's a welled-up bitterness
that's been boiling for years.
485
00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:06,834
He still has the memorieshe witnessed personallyduring the war.
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00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:08,792
Lots of his friendshave been killed.
487
00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:11,834
Jesse refused to forget.
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00:36:11,834 --> 00:36:14,709
A lot of his makeupwas revenge.
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00:36:16,417 --> 00:36:17,709
Come on, Jesse.
We got to go.
490
00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:19,583
Jesse, come on.
Come on, now.
491
00:36:19,583 --> 00:36:21,500
Get, boys, get.
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00:36:34,875 --> 00:36:36,500
( clicks tongue )
Come on.
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00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:40,583
Come on.
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( hammer clicks,
gunshot )
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00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:58,417
Narrator:
Jesse Jameshas just pulled off
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one of the firstbank robberies in America,
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leaving one man deadand earning the ex-Confederate
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00:37:04,583 --> 00:37:06,667
his first victoryagainst the North.
499
00:37:06,667 --> 00:37:08,834
A lot of the guys
who became outlaws,
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00:37:08,834 --> 00:37:11,917
Jesse James and so forth,
they were all part of
the Confederate Army.
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00:37:11,917 --> 00:37:14,583
And when the Union won that war,
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00:37:14,583 --> 00:37:16,583
robbing banks
was their way
503
00:37:16,583 --> 00:37:19,875
of continuing the fight
of the Confederacy.
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00:37:19,875 --> 00:37:22,792
Narrator:
The crime makes headlines across the state,
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00:37:22,792 --> 00:37:26,542
turning Jesse into a wanted criminal.
506
00:37:26,542 --> 00:37:28,500
All right,
it's on you, Frank.
507
00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,458
There it is.
( laughs )
508
00:37:30,458 --> 00:37:34,750
It's a good day
to be Frank James,
you know.
509
00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:37,667
Sutherland:
Jesse James certainly hada very specific idea.
510
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:40,917
He was going to take the money
that he felt was taken from him
during the Civil War.
511
00:37:40,917 --> 00:37:43,583
The press got wind of that.
512
00:37:43,583 --> 00:37:46,458
And once they started
reading their own stuff,
513
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they were, "Yeah, I'm right.
You know, I was questioning
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whether or not I should have
robbed that bank, but now
I know I'm right."
515
00:37:51,458 --> 00:37:52,834
( laughs )
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Narrator:
With his reputation growing,
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Jesse James is fanningthe flames of rebellionin the South.
518
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:04,500
Over 400 miles away,
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00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:07,583
the US government is dealingwith an even greater problem
520
00:38:07,583 --> 00:38:09,709
than southern uprisings...
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00:38:12,583 --> 00:38:15,709
as Indian attacksby warriors like Crazy Horse
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00:38:15,709 --> 00:38:18,001
are slowing downwestern progress.
523
00:38:22,959 --> 00:38:25,917
But General Ulysses S. Grant has an answer--
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00:38:25,917 --> 00:38:29,959
Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer.
525
00:38:33,792 --> 00:38:37,959
Grant was quite happy
with the performance of Custer.
526
00:38:38,001 --> 00:38:43,709
Custer was one of the great heroes during the Civil War.
527
00:38:43,709 --> 00:38:45,959
He was also willing to do whatever was necessary
528
00:38:45,959 --> 00:38:48,792
to deal with the Indian issue
right now.
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Narrator:
For Custer, it's the opportunity
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00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:56,041
he's been waiting for to step back into the spotlight.
531
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For months, Custer has been hunting bands of Indians
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00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:07,542
across the southern plains...
533
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Halt!
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...but hasn't been ableto track them down.
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00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,834
Gardner:
I think Custer hadthe same ambitions
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00:39:21,834 --> 00:39:24,792
that any long-term
military officer had.
537
00:39:24,792 --> 00:39:26,792
That was to advance
in rank.
538
00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:30,917
Advance in rank and to win laurels, win glory.
539
00:39:30,917 --> 00:39:34,792
That was hard to do in the post-Civil War West.
540
00:39:34,792 --> 00:39:37,001
I mean, you weren't meeting a foe that was lined up
541
00:39:37,001 --> 00:39:39,792
with 10,000 men
on the field of battle.
542
00:39:39,792 --> 00:39:42,709
You were meeting
a very elusive foe.
543
00:39:42,709 --> 00:39:45,875
So I think Custer was frustrated often
544
00:39:45,875 --> 00:39:49,709
with what he wanted to do, and I think he wanted glory.
545
00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:58,750
Narrator:
Finally, Custer catches a break.
546
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His regiment discovers a band of Cheyenne Indians
547
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:20,917
camped near the Washita River
548
00:40:20,917 --> 00:40:24,834
suspected of attacking settlers and troops.
549
00:40:26,041 --> 00:40:28,000
Get the men ready.
550
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,875
Half an hour.
551
00:40:30,917 --> 00:40:34,041
I want to hit them
with everything we've got.
552
00:40:37,667 --> 00:40:39,041
You have your orders.
553
00:40:39,041 --> 00:40:41,001
Yes, sir.
554
00:40:50,834 --> 00:40:53,750
Narrator:
Desperate for anotherchance at greatness,
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00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:56,625
Custer preparesa surprise attack.
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00:41:01,041 --> 00:41:04,083
Jacoby:
Custer is quite consciously,I think, very aggressive
557
00:41:04,125 --> 00:41:06,709
in his war against Indians
558
00:41:06,709 --> 00:41:08,959
because he's really trying
to reclaim the glory
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00:41:08,959 --> 00:41:10,792
that he experienced
during the Civil War
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when he was this American hero.
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Narrator:
It's only been three years since the Civil War ended.
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But now with Custer riding into a battle for glory...
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00:41:38,709 --> 00:41:41,667
and Jesse James inciting a rebellion in the South...
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America is on the brink of fighting a two-front war.
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