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(male narrator) Across thousands
of brutal, untamed miles..
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[music continues]
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... a different breed
of founding fathers
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fight a revolution... all
their own.
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Fire!
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[grunts]
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For more than 70 years..
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... they push into the unknown.
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... driven by the hope
that this vast land
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holds a fortune
that could be theirs..
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... if... they survive.
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[dramatic music]
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They fight for a dream..
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... to transform a wilderness
into a nation..
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... the United States
of America.
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[dramatic music]
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♪ I am the last one
standing ♪
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♪ When all the giants fell ♪
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♪ Woah-oh oh oh
woah-oh oh oh ♪
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♪ I won't shiver ♪
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♪ I won't shake ♪
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♪ I'm made of stone ♪
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♪ I don't break ♪
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♪ Staring at the pressure now ♪
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♪ I won't quit
not backing down ♪
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♪ I was born ♪
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♪ Born ready ♪
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♪ I was born ♪
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♪ Born ready ♪
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♪ Open my eyes ♪
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♪ Turn me loose ♪
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♪ And you'll see why ♪
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♪ I was born ♪
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♪ Born ready ♪♪
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[birds chirping]
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[man panting]
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[intense music]
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(male narrator) Deep in the
vast, uncharted wilderness
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known as the Kentucky Territoy
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Daniel Boone... is running
for his life.
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He's spent
the last two years here
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hunting and fur trapping
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but he's on land
claimed by the Shawnee Tribe.
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[clamoring]
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And now,
their warriors are hunting him.
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[intense music]
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[panting]
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[music continues]
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[music continues]
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By the early 1770s
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only a handful
of non-natives have dared
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to venture this far west.
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Those that do find
both danger... and opportunity.
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The allure of the frontier
is it's a place
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where people
who have nothing could go
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and make a lot of money
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trapping beaver
and river otter..
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... and hunting
for deer hides.
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Our term today, like,
when you say a dollar or a buck
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a buck comes from
the value of a deer hide.
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[instrumental music]
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At the same time,
you're in constant danger
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of being killed.
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And there's always
a very good chance
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that you could fail
catastrophically.
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[wind howling]
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[birds chirping]
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(male narrator)
Boone's lucky to be alive
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but every pelt
he planned to sell
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to feed his family is gone
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and he returns home
to North Carolina in debt.
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[intense music]
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In 1773
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North Carolina
is one of 13 British colonies
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ruled by King George III.
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Ten years earlier, he made it
illegal for colonists
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to permanently settle west
of the Appalachians
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though hunting
was permitted.
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That area is home to over
two million Native Americans..
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... from over 300
competing tribes.
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And Britain wants
no trouble with them.
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The crown's restriction
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infuriates colonists
eager for land.
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[music continues]
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And it doesn't stop men
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like North Carolina judge
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Richard Henderson.
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He's just bought
20 million acres
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nearly the whole area
of modern Kentucky.
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He plans to profit
by selling it to settlers
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and he doesn't care
what law he breaks..
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... or if it's claimed
by Native American tribes.
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[intense music]
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(Bill)
I think people were tired
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of constant rules
and regulations.
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Americans wanted
to strike it rich.
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They wanted, uh,
to make a killing
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in land and real estate.
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(David) The American frontier
always meant dollar signs.
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Some of the great famous names
of the American Revolution
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Ben Franklin,
George Washington
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were engaged in buying up land
in the west.
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But you still have, of course,
the Native American tribes
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who were not
about to just accept
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all these Americans flooding
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over the Appalachian Mountains.
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(male narrator) If Henderson's
going to settle his land
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he needs to find someone
brave enough to lead the way.
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And by sheer coincidence..
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... he's about to meet him.
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(male #1) 'Mr. Boone
promised to settle his debt'
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as soon as he returned,
and yet here he is
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refusing to make good
on his promise.
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(male narrator) After his
recent disastrous hunting trip
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Boone is facing
debtor's prison.
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Your Honor, I have every
intention of settling my debts.
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(Robert) When Boone returned
from two years in the wilderness
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he was poorer
than when he set out.
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There are tribes
all over Kentucky.
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'I spent two years there. '
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(Robert)
But he lived on hope
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he lived on, on the sense
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that things were gonna
break for him.
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Tracked enough pelts
to pay him back ten times over
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before the Shawnee tracked me.
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(male narrator) Henderson sees a
way to solve both of their problems.
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The meeting of Daniel Boone
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and Richard Henderson
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uh, is one of these
coincidences
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that makes history.
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Henderson needs
a guy like Daniel Boone
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the essential frontiersman.
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And he thinks Boone,
who is down on his luck
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he's in serious debts,
is so desperate
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that he would actually
take on this crazy, uh, scheme.
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Mr. Boone..
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...I've recently purchased
a large parcel of land..
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'... right around here. '
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(male narrator) The judge
offers Boone a choice.
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Work off his debt
in hard labor camp
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or blaze a trail
into the Kentucky wilderness.
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For Daniel Boone, it'll be the
greatest challenge of his life.
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He'll defy British law
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and lead
30 settlers farther west
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than he's ever been.
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Straight
into Shawnee territory.
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As Boone prepares
to challenge the crown..
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... in New England,
another rebellion is brewing.
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[intense music]
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After nearly a decade
of growing anger
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at repressive British taxes
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Boston rebels
are throwing a tea party.
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[clamoring]
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(John) The idea of freedom and liberty
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mattered to the colonists.
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And their concern was,
they were on a slippery slope
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to having their rights
and privileges eroded
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by a tyrannical government
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across the seas.
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(male narrator) Tensions between
crown and colonies are escalating.
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As Boone sets out..
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...on a mission that will shape
the future of America.
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(Yohuru)
Daniel Boone's foray
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into the backcountry at
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at that time would be
the equivalent
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of landing on the moon.
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It was opening up
a whole new frontier.
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This is before anyone had
any knowledge about how far
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and expansive
this frontier truly was.
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It was an opportunity
for Americans
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to move into this region
and to discover
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in that process, great wealth
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and also, opportunity.
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(male narrator)
To reach Henderson's claim
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Boone and his men must
cut a trail through a notch
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in the Appalachian Mountains..
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... the Cumberland Gap.
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[intense music]
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[birds chirping]
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(Robert) There were mountains
that had to be gone around
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streams that had
to be crossed.
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The woods were full of Shawnees
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and other Indians prowling.
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[music continues]
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(male narrator) After a
grueling 400-mile journey..
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... Boone arrives at the edge
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of an untapped wilderness.
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(Steven) If I had
access to a time machine
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I would go back
and be with Boone
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the first time he went through
the Cumberland Gap
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and dropped down into
the Kentucky hunting grounds.
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I mean, this was
the Promised Land
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that he had been striving for
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as a frontiersman
his entire life.
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(male narrator)
The trail Boone blazes
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will come to be known
as the Wilderness Road.
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And over the next four decades
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some 300,000 pioneers
will follow it west.
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(David) Daniel Boone
really was an iconic figure
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even in his own time.
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I mean, these were individuals
who could
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and had to do it all.
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There certainly is something
about Americans
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that they were
always striving forward
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relentlessly in search
of land that they could own
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living by their own
self-reliance.
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It was their idea
of the American dream.
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[dramatic music]
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(male narrator) It's an American
dream that's about to be born in fire.
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[bell tolling]
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Just two weeks
after Boone's arrival..
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... colonial rage explodes..
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... in the small town
of Lexington, Massachusetts.
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It's the shot
heard round the world.
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1775, a new spirit
of independencec]
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is sweeping across America.
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And on April 19th..
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[clamoring]
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... the battles of Lexington
and Concord erupt
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leaving 49 colonists dead.
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The first casualties in what
will soon be a revolution.
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[dramatic music]
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(Daina) The rebels that were
fighting were ordinary people.
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They were farmers,
just everyday folks
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that wanted freedom
and they wanted liberty.
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And they were willing
to fight for it
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against this great superpower
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and they were willing
to die for this.
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(male narrator) Four hundred
miles west on the Kentucky frontier
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that same patriotic spirit
inspires Daniel Boone.
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He and his men are building
a permanent settlement
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in defiance
of the British crown.
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Keep those nice and tight
as they go up, yeah?
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- 'Yeah, yeah, yeah. '
- 'Alright. '
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(Daniel)
'Good work, boys. '
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'Slowly does it. '
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(Yohuru)
At the same time, Lexington
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and Concord
is raging in the East.
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Here is Daniel Boone and this
small ragtag group of men
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cutting through and establishing
this settlement.
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These seemingly
disconnected events
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in some sense are wedded..
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... as Americans are beginning
to fight for independence.
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You also have
this process of expanding
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what will become
the American nation.
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(male narrator) Boone knows
they're on Shawnee soil
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and throughout
the spring of 1775
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he races to complete defenses.
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(Amy) Living on the frontier
was extremely dangerous.
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Daniel Boone's own son
was tortured to death
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by Indians a couple
years earlier.
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And they knew that
if they were going to survive
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they needed to live
in a fortified settlement.
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[intense music]
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Well, just imagine
you've arrived
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in the woods of Kentucky.
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You have an axe, and you have
a few crosscut saws.
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Every log has gotta be chopped.
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It's gotta be sawed,
it's got to be notched
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it's got to be rolled.
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So, we're talking
about real hard work.
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(male narrator) After
four weeks of hard labor..
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... the fort is christened,
Boonesborough.
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The settlement
is the largest ever established
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on the frontier..
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... and it quickly expands
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triggering a new wave
of pioneers
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drawn west by the promise
of owning land.
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(David)
America is the land of dreams.
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And you can just go out
and if you have your axe
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and your gun and some guts,
alright, you go out there
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and maybe you're gonna
get killed in the wilderness
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but you got a shot
at making your claim.
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That did not exist in Europe.
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All the land was taken.
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It was all owned
by these nobles
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and lords and rich guys.
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There was no opportunity.
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But in America,
there was an opportunity.
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[intense music]
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(male narrator) Among the
new arrivals at Boonesborough
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are Boone's wife
and eight children
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including his 14-year-old
daughter, Jemima.
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Jemima Boone was
Daniel Boone's favorite child.
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Boone took a personal hand
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in training Jemima
as a marksman..
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... as a woodswoman.
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[intense music]
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(Steven) You might
look at Boone's decision
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to move his family
into the Kentucky wilderness
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now and think of it as
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this really reckless,
dangerous thing.
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But I think
he probably looked at it as
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this was his chance
to have the American dream.
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Where here's his promise of
acquiring a large chunk of land
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that not only
that he could farm and settle
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but that future generations
of Boones
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would be able to farm and settle
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and live off
the fat of the land.
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(male narrator)
By the end of 1775
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the number of settlers
in Kentucky has tripled.
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And settlements now cover
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more than half a million acres
of land.
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A move that alarms
native tribes
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including the Shawnee.
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For the last century, they've
been pushed relentlessly west.
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Now, they see each new
settlement as an invasion..
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... one they're determined
to stop.
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In Kentucky, the Shawnees
were already thriving
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before the arrival
of Europeans.
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In fact, they were one
of the more kind of influential
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powerful people
in that region.
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When strange settlers
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begin to build lodges
of their own
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cabins and such
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then native people
began to realize
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this was more
of a permanent situation.
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This is Shawnee territory,
it had to be defended.
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And so, you go to war.
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[intense music]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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(male narrator) Among the most
powerful Shawnee leaders in Kentucky
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is a war chief
named Blackfish.
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In 1776..
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... he decides
to strike back.
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Blackfish was
a well-known war leader
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of the Chillicothe group
of the Shawnee nation.
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He was a very respected leader
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who drew people to him.
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From Blackfish's perspective,
that land was Shawnee land.
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And so, Blackfish believed
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as many other Shawnees believd
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that a definitive stand
had to be made
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to stop losing ground
to the whites.
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[intense music]
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[screams]
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[Jemima screams]
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(male narrator) Deep in
the Kentucky wilderness..
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... a Shawnee war party abducts
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three young women
near Boonesborough.
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Among them is Daniel Boone's
14-year-old daughter..
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[screaming]
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... Jemima.
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[intense music]
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You three, with me.
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Ready your weapons
and stay alert.
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Man the wall.
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[clamoring]
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[grunts]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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(John) As Americans expand
beyond the Appalachians
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understandably,
conflict is gonna erupt
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between the Native Americans
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and... these frontiersmen
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who have intruded
upon their lands.
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(male narrator)
The warning is clear.
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No outsider who sets foot
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on Shawnee land is safe.
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But Jemima Boone is
uniquely equipped to survive.
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[whistles]
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[groaning]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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(Steven)
Now, Boone's daughter starts
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tearing little bits of fabric
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from her apron or dress
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and leaving
along a trail.
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(Steven) So, here's someone,
she's getting abducted
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and she knows
that she's gonna be taken
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to these distant
Indian villages
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and possibly tortured
and killed
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and she has
the presence of mind
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to be leaving evidence
of their passage along the way.
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(Daniel) 'We keep our
distance till nightfall. '
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Come on.
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00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,779
[crickets chirping]
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00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:14,084
[intense music]
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00:24:15,455 --> 00:24:17,455
[fire crackling]
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Spread out.
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[music continues]
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[stick cracking]
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[music continues]
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[gunshot]
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[clamoring]
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[gunshot]
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00:25:30,162 --> 00:25:32,263
[screaming]
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[gunshots]
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(male #2)
'Watch the tree line. '
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(Robert) The story of
the abduction of Jemima
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went, as we would say, viral.
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Almost everything Daniel Boone
did burnished his reputation.
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He was the kind of figure
around whom stories collect.
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People felt,
how dumb could you be
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to kidnap the daughter
of Daniel Boone?
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[intense music]
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(David)
The Jemima story fits in
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with many stories
of young women getting captured
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by Native Americans
at the time.
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This, this was a,
a kind of great fear and anxiety
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that just proliferated
throughout every single colony.
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The idea that we got her back
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00:26:35,895 --> 00:26:37,461
thanks to Daniel Boone's
heroism
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is the kind of reassurance
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for women to go out there
who would, of course, be part
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of the essential building
blocks of any society
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and that was real important.
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(male narrator) Within
weeks of Boone's return
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home to Boonesborough
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00:26:53,312 --> 00:26:56,146
the colonies move past
rebellion..
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00:26:58,584 --> 00:26:59,950
... to revolution.
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[intense music]
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(male #3) '"When in the
course of human events'
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"it becomes necessary
for one people
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"to dissolve
the political band
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00:27:10,696 --> 00:27:13,764
'which have connected
them with another. "'
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00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:16,100
(male narrator)
In July 1776
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the colonies declare
independence.
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(male #3) '"That among
these, are life, liberty'
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and the pursuit of happiness. "
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(male narrator) And the United
States of America is born.
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It's built on the ideals
of freedom and self-reliance..
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00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:38,689
... values personified
by frontiersmen.
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00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:42,760
Within a month, copies
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of the Declaration
of Independence
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reach remote outposts,
like Boonesborough.
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00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:53,871
When Daniel Boone gets word
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00:27:53,906 --> 00:27:55,539
of the Declaration
of Independence
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he had to be aware
that in some sense
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00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:00,110
he was on the advance guard
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00:28:00,146 --> 00:28:03,547
the front edge of the movement
for independence.
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00:28:05,384 --> 00:28:07,351
Daniel Boone understood
that liberty
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was the freedom to do exactly
what he had been doing
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00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:13,123
to traverse the West,
to provide for his family
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00:28:13,159 --> 00:28:16,593
to have a life independent
of some dictatorial power.
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00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:23,901
(male narrator) The colonists know
the price of independence is war.
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00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:27,805
[firing]
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00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:31,575
(male narrator) But Britain's
generals have no doubt
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00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:33,577
they will crush
the revolution.
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00:28:36,015 --> 00:28:37,715
Their plan is simple
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hit eastern cities by sea
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00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:42,219
then send troops
down from Canada
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00:28:42,254 --> 00:28:44,354
to attack northern forts.
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00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:46,123
[intense music]
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00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:54,431
(male narrator) By November
1776, the British take New York..
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... then chase the Continental
Army into Pennsylvania.
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00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:05,676
(John)
Things were going very badly
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00:29:05,711 --> 00:29:08,278
for the American colonists.
448
00:29:08,314 --> 00:29:09,947
Great Britain entered the war
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00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:12,950
believing that they
could easily suppress us
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00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:14,518
because at this point
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the United States
military was small
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00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:18,956
and generally
not very efficient.
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00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:24,795
And the British are the most
powerful empire in the world.
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00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:29,433
They had
the most powerful army.
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00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:33,303
It was well-trained,
well-organized.
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00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:36,540
[screaming]
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00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:38,475
[dramatic music]
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00:29:44,683 --> 00:29:46,950
(male narrator) With the
Continental Army on the run
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00:29:46,986 --> 00:29:49,386
the British devise a new trap.
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00:29:49,421 --> 00:29:51,688
They'll open a western front
in the war
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00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:55,125
by attacking settlements,
like Boonesborough.
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00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:03,934
Their strategy relies
on unlikely allies.
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00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:11,508
Consider them a gift.
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00:30:15,381 --> 00:30:17,147
The British allied
with the Native Americans
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during the Revolutionary War
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00:30:18,784 --> 00:30:20,350
because native allies
were useful
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00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:23,020
in terms of scouting,
providing information
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00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:25,022
simply as a fighting force.
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00:30:26,692 --> 00:30:29,827
Shawnees had conflict
with white settlers
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coming into their land
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00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:32,763
so they were fighting this war
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00:30:32,798 --> 00:30:35,199
alongside the British.
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00:30:35,234 --> 00:30:39,002
(male narrator) In 1777,
Britain starts arming the Shawnee
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00:30:39,038 --> 00:30:42,673
and other Native American
tribes to fight the settlers.
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00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:50,113
In exchange, they promise
to return native lands.
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00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:51,682
(John)
These native people
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00:30:51,717 --> 00:30:53,984
they had no doubt
what was in store for them
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00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:56,220
if the Americans won.
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00:30:56,255 --> 00:30:58,055
They faced removal.
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00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:01,725
On the other hand
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00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,962
the British promised rewards
in land.
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[intense music]
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00:31:09,702 --> 00:31:13,237
(male narrator) Now the
Shawnee and Daniel Boone
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00:31:13,272 --> 00:31:15,239
are on a collision course..
485
00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:20,878
... that will help decide
the new nation's future.
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00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:26,416
[birds chirping]
487
00:31:27,553 --> 00:31:30,087
[dramatic music]
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00:31:30,122 --> 00:31:32,322
By late 1777..
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00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:36,360
... the Shawnee
are British allies..
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00:31:39,265 --> 00:31:41,832
... part of a strategy
to open a western front
491
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:44,835
in the Revolutionary War.
492
00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:47,871
The British,
in the time of the revolution
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00:31:47,907 --> 00:31:51,708
they were arming Indian tribes
to attack settlements.
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00:31:51,744 --> 00:31:54,111
They promised the Indians
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00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:56,880
that once they drove
the settlers out of Kentucky
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00:31:56,916 --> 00:31:59,883
they could recover
their territory.
497
00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:02,286
The British could then attack
498
00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:04,621
the colonies from the west.
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00:32:04,657 --> 00:32:06,590
That was part of their plan
500
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:09,059
to put down this rebellion.
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00:32:18,137 --> 00:32:20,103
(male narrator)
In Boonesborough..
502
00:32:20,139 --> 00:32:23,407
... Daniel Boone has no idea
of the coming danger.
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00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:28,545
And the settlement
has a different problem.
504
00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,948
They're running
dangerously low on salt.
505
00:32:32,584 --> 00:32:34,318
(Amy)
Salt was so important
506
00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:36,386
to the settlers
at Boonesborough.
507
00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:39,823
The diet of the people
was almost entirely game.
508
00:32:39,858 --> 00:32:41,591
It was hunted meat.
509
00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:45,595
Because Indians were attacking
settlers regularly
510
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:48,265
they stayed in that fort
as much as possible.
511
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,267
And there was very little
farming going on.
512
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:52,502
So, salt was the only way
513
00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:54,805
that settlers had
to preserve meat.
514
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,840
[intense music]
515
00:33:04,950 --> 00:33:07,684
(male narrator) To get salt,
Boone and two dozen of his men
516
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,455
must head 50 miles
from the safety of their fort
517
00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:14,858
to a distant river
rich with mineral deposits.
518
00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:19,429
[music continues]
519
00:33:33,645 --> 00:33:35,779
(Steven) Today, we don't
really spend a whole lot of time
520
00:33:35,814 --> 00:33:37,314
thinking about salt.
521
00:33:39,318 --> 00:33:41,785
But it was a big undertaking
because they wouldn't go
522
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:43,887
to the store and buy it,
they would go to
523
00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:46,390
what they called a salt lick,
and this is just a spring
524
00:33:46,425 --> 00:33:48,358
where the water coming up
out of the spring
525
00:33:48,394 --> 00:33:50,394
has a high salt content.
526
00:33:53,265 --> 00:33:55,332
Keep that energy up, boys.
527
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,267
[intense music]
528
00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:05,542
(Steven) You get to boil down five
or six hundred gallons of water
529
00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:08,545
to end up with
a 50-pound bushel of salt.
530
00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,215
(male narrator)
Boone and his men can extract
531
00:34:12,251 --> 00:34:16,186
about 500 pounds of salt a day
532
00:34:16,221 --> 00:34:19,189
but they need 15,000 pounds
before winter.
533
00:34:21,794 --> 00:34:24,061
The work leaves them exposed
in the wilderness
534
00:34:24,096 --> 00:34:26,096
for nearly a month.
535
00:34:45,017 --> 00:34:47,017
[intense music]
536
00:34:57,596 --> 00:34:59,596
[birds chirping]
537
00:35:08,073 --> 00:35:09,706
[twig snaps]
538
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,047
[music continues]
539
00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:21,718
[men howling]
540
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:26,656
(male narrator) Boone and all of
his men are taken by the Shawnee.
541
00:35:26,692 --> 00:35:28,892
The British will pay
a $100 bounty
542
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:31,328
for each captured settler.
543
00:35:37,703 --> 00:35:40,904
The Shawnees and the settlers
in Kentucky were at war.
544
00:35:40,939 --> 00:35:47,310
And when the Shawnees discovered
Boone and his men making salt
545
00:35:47,346 --> 00:35:50,847
this was a sudden crime
of opportunity.
546
00:35:50,883 --> 00:35:53,917
They took them
as prisoners of war.
547
00:35:53,952 --> 00:35:56,887
These would've
been valuable assets.
548
00:36:00,859 --> 00:36:02,659
(male narrator)
First, they have to survive
549
00:36:02,694 --> 00:36:06,696
a brutal Native American rite
called the gauntlet.
550
00:36:09,935 --> 00:36:11,868
[clamoring]
551
00:36:16,241 --> 00:36:19,109
(John) Running the gauntlet was a test
552
00:36:19,144 --> 00:36:21,011
of one's strength and mettle.
553
00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,448
And the gauntlet
was also a way
554
00:36:25,484 --> 00:36:27,918
of terrorizing an enemy.
555
00:36:27,953 --> 00:36:30,954
In fact,
many people did not survive.
556
00:36:36,495 --> 00:36:38,495
[clamoring]
557
00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:47,904
[intense music]
558
00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:57,480
[groans]
559
00:37:08,660 --> 00:37:10,660
[clamoring]
560
00:37:15,934 --> 00:37:17,934
[music continues]
561
00:37:29,681 --> 00:37:31,348
Aah!
562
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,960
[all howling]
563
00:37:53,038 --> 00:37:54,971
[clamoring]
564
00:37:55,007 --> 00:37:57,007
[intense music]
565
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,827
(male narrator)
Fighting as British allies
566
00:38:17,863 --> 00:38:20,864
the Shawnee have captured
Daniel Boone and his men.
567
00:38:23,235 --> 00:38:25,402
To prove his worth
568
00:38:25,437 --> 00:38:27,871
Boone is forced to run
the gauntlet.
569
00:38:30,108 --> 00:38:32,075
[dramatic music]
570
00:38:33,478 --> 00:38:34,477
[grunts]
571
00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:38,581
[clamoring]
572
00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:44,721
[screaming]
573
00:38:59,338 --> 00:39:00,837
(David)
Boone running the gauntlet
574
00:39:00,872 --> 00:39:03,940
and kind of withstanding
all these hits
575
00:39:03,975 --> 00:39:07,844
earns him, uh, the respect of,
of Blackfish.
576
00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:11,014
And he's then able
to convince Blackfish
577
00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:14,217
not to assault anybody else.
578
00:39:14,252 --> 00:39:17,654
And it certainly added
to the legend of Daniel Boone.
579
00:39:23,662 --> 00:39:25,595
[intense music]
580
00:39:34,973 --> 00:39:37,874
(male narrator) Boone
and his men may be alive..
581
00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:41,311
... but they're prisoners
of war..
582
00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:44,180
...in a rebellion
that's on the brink of failure.
583
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,620
[wind whooshing]
584
00:39:56,695 --> 00:39:58,695
By 1778..
585
00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:02,532
... the exhausted Continental
Army is in full retreat.
586
00:40:06,905 --> 00:40:10,907
But it can't escape the most
brutal winter in a century.
587
00:40:13,512 --> 00:40:17,213
(John)
In the winter of 1777-1778
588
00:40:17,249 --> 00:40:21,484
the British had occupied
Philadelphia.
589
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,219
Washington's Continental Army
590
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:25,488
is starving
and freezing to death
591
00:40:25,524 --> 00:40:27,090
at Valley Forge.
592
00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:29,025
It's a very dark time
593
00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:32,262
for the American
revolutionary cause.
594
00:40:35,333 --> 00:40:40,837
(male narrator) By February, 2500
continental soldiers die of exposure
595
00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:43,640
disease and starvation.
596
00:40:43,675 --> 00:40:47,510
More than double the casualties
of any single battle.
597
00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:54,217
Back in Boonesborough..
598
00:40:56,021 --> 00:40:58,855
...Boone and his men have been
missing for months.
599
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:03,927
Most settlers fear the worst.
600
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:07,197
Including Boone's wife,
Rebecca.
601
00:41:09,901 --> 00:41:11,301
Say bye to your sister.
602
00:41:11,336 --> 00:41:12,902
- Bye.
- Goodbye.
603
00:41:12,938 --> 00:41:14,270
Bye.
604
00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:20,877
The people of Boonesborough
605
00:41:20,912 --> 00:41:25,548
assumed the men had been killed.
They had to.
606
00:41:25,584 --> 00:41:29,385
But Jemima stayed after Rebecca
took the rest of her family
607
00:41:29,421 --> 00:41:31,287
back to North Carolina.
608
00:41:33,358 --> 00:41:37,160
She believed that her father
609
00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:40,230
would come back
610
00:41:40,265 --> 00:41:42,098
and she was going to be there
to greet him.
611
00:41:44,135 --> 00:41:46,069
[dramatic music]
612
00:41:46,104 --> 00:41:48,104
[birds chirping]
613
00:41:58,350 --> 00:42:01,518
(male narrator)
Hundreds of miles from home..
614
00:42:01,553 --> 00:42:04,354
... Boone has survived
months of captivity.
615
00:42:06,525 --> 00:42:09,726
Now, Chief Blackfish
is marching Boone's men
616
00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:13,530
to the British stronghold
of Fort Detroit.
617
00:42:17,502 --> 00:42:21,871
It's the central staging ground
for attacks from the west.
618
00:42:21,907 --> 00:42:24,874
Part of Britain's plan to work
with their Native American
619
00:42:24,910 --> 00:42:28,478
allies to crush the colonies
from all sides.
620
00:42:28,513 --> 00:42:30,513
[intense music]
621
00:42:49,568 --> 00:42:51,134
The British established
622
00:42:51,169 --> 00:42:55,238
a major headquarters
at Detroit.
623
00:42:55,273 --> 00:42:58,374
It became the most important
fort in that region
624
00:42:58,410 --> 00:43:00,043
and it was out of Detroit
625
00:43:00,078 --> 00:43:03,179
that they sent the militias
626
00:43:03,214 --> 00:43:06,549
and the supplies
for the Indians to attack.
627
00:43:06,585 --> 00:43:09,986
That would become
a front in the war.
628
00:43:10,021 --> 00:43:11,888
[music continues]
629
00:43:35,947 --> 00:43:39,449
These prisoners were valuable
assets for the Shawnee.
630
00:43:39,484 --> 00:43:41,618
They could trade them
with the British
631
00:43:41,653 --> 00:43:45,455
as a symbol of their support
for the British side.
632
00:43:45,490 --> 00:43:48,625
Unfortunately, some of them
actually were forced
633
00:43:48,660 --> 00:43:50,526
into the British military.
634
00:43:50,562 --> 00:43:52,562
[music continues]
635
00:44:08,179 --> 00:44:10,647
What's going to happen
to those men?
636
00:44:10,682 --> 00:44:12,582
- Where are you taking them?
- To be questioned.
637
00:44:12,617 --> 00:44:14,317
Those men are not rebels.
638
00:44:14,352 --> 00:44:17,420
They're just hunters
and farmers settled in Kentucky.
639
00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:20,556
- What's your name?
- Daniel Boone.
640
00:44:20,592 --> 00:44:23,393
- Of Boonesborough?
- Yes, sir.
641
00:44:23,428 --> 00:44:26,929
You think that's your land?
642
00:44:26,965 --> 00:44:30,767
Boonesborough has not declared
loyalty to the crown.
643
00:44:30,802 --> 00:44:34,604
As such, I've been ordered
to take it by force.
644
00:44:34,639 --> 00:44:38,741
'Blackfish will lead a war party
to take the fort. '
645
00:44:38,777 --> 00:44:41,678
You will go with him to help
negotiate the surrender.
646
00:44:41,713 --> 00:44:43,179
Please, let me-
647
00:44:43,214 --> 00:44:45,014
That is what's going to happen.
648
00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:52,321
(male narrator) Boonesborough is the
most important frontier settlement.
649
00:44:52,357 --> 00:44:55,692
If it falls,
the loss could be catastrophic
650
00:44:55,727 --> 00:44:57,627
to the American cause.
651
00:44:59,597 --> 00:45:01,497
[intense music]
652
00:45:12,877 --> 00:45:14,977
(David) Well, you could only
imagine what was going through
653
00:45:15,013 --> 00:45:17,013
Boone's mind.
654
00:45:17,048 --> 00:45:20,116
He realizes that the Shawnee
are going to
655
00:45:20,151 --> 00:45:22,485
uh, attack Boonesborough
656
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:26,189
facing what seemed to be,
insurmountable odds.
657
00:45:26,224 --> 00:45:29,559
Vastly outnumbered,
his family is there
658
00:45:29,594 --> 00:45:32,628
so he decides that
he's going to risk it all
659
00:45:32,664 --> 00:45:34,597
and try to escape.
660
00:45:34,632 --> 00:45:36,632
[intense music]
661
00:45:45,043 --> 00:45:47,043
[speaking in foreign language]
662
00:45:55,353 --> 00:45:57,320
[clamoring]
663
00:46:04,662 --> 00:46:06,662
[music continues]
664
00:46:12,537 --> 00:46:14,504
[clamoring]
665
00:46:37,462 --> 00:46:42,999
(male narrator) Daniel Boone is on
the move making a daring escape..
666
00:46:43,034 --> 00:46:45,401
... from his Shawnee captors.
667
00:46:47,472 --> 00:46:51,474
He has to warn Boonesborough
that an attack is imminent.
668
00:46:54,946 --> 00:46:56,345
(Blackfish)
'Boone!'
669
00:46:56,381 --> 00:46:58,314
[music continues]
670
00:46:58,349 --> 00:46:59,749
[clamoring]
671
00:47:11,529 --> 00:47:13,529
[speaking in foreign language]
672
00:47:32,150 --> 00:47:34,250
(male narrator)
Alone, on foot
673
00:47:34,285 --> 00:47:36,953
Boone must cover a 150 miles
674
00:47:36,988 --> 00:47:41,457
faster than the Shawnee
or the fort will fall
675
00:47:41,492 --> 00:47:43,893
allowing the British
and their allies
676
00:47:43,928 --> 00:47:46,696
to attack the colonies
from the west.
677
00:47:46,731 --> 00:47:48,731
[music continues]
678
00:47:56,908 --> 00:47:59,308
Because he was
an expert tracker
679
00:47:59,344 --> 00:48:02,545
Boone knows very well
the kind of things you do
680
00:48:02,580 --> 00:48:05,381
if you don't want someone
to follow you.
681
00:48:05,416 --> 00:48:08,618
So, Boone would do things
like step only on rocks
682
00:48:08,653 --> 00:48:11,354
to not leave a trail
and you cut zigzags
683
00:48:11,389 --> 00:48:14,991
and circles and anything you can
do to confuse your pursuer.
684
00:48:18,730 --> 00:48:19,795
[groans]
685
00:48:23,501 --> 00:48:27,637
(John) When Boone
escaped from the Shawnees
686
00:48:27,672 --> 00:48:30,273
he was not prepared
for a 100-mile journey.
687
00:48:31,809 --> 00:48:33,809
His feet were blistered
and bloody.
688
00:48:36,281 --> 00:48:37,246
[groans]
689
00:48:37,282 --> 00:48:39,282
[music continues]
690
00:48:46,958 --> 00:48:49,158
[clamoring]
691
00:49:08,012 --> 00:49:09,345
[grunts]
692
00:49:09,380 --> 00:49:11,380
[music continues]
693
00:49:28,599 --> 00:49:32,969
Guys like Daniel Boone who are
on these endurance journeys.
694
00:49:33,004 --> 00:49:36,172
You'd have to be in
extremely good shape.
695
00:49:36,207 --> 00:49:40,910
That's just a testimonial
to how tough these guys were.
696
00:49:40,945 --> 00:49:43,579
He managed to do it
in four days.
697
00:49:43,614 --> 00:49:46,849
In order to do that,
he drew on incredible resources
698
00:49:46,884 --> 00:49:48,584
in his body.
699
00:49:51,923 --> 00:49:53,923
[crickets chirping]
700
00:49:59,964 --> 00:50:01,864
(David)
This is an extraordinary story.
701
00:50:01,899 --> 00:50:03,566
I mean, we're talkin' about,
uh..
702
00:50:03,601 --> 00:50:06,202
... four marathons
in four days
703
00:50:06,237 --> 00:50:09,038
without shoes, uh,
through the wilderness..
704
00:50:09,073 --> 00:50:11,540
Not even running on streets.
705
00:50:11,576 --> 00:50:14,010
It builds on this reputation
706
00:50:14,045 --> 00:50:17,880
of Daniel Boone the superhero
who can do anything.
707
00:50:27,058 --> 00:50:28,624
(male #4)
'It's Boone!'
708
00:50:28,659 --> 00:50:30,593
[indistinct chatter]
709
00:50:30,628 --> 00:50:32,628
[intense music]
710
00:50:43,408 --> 00:50:45,374
[breathing heavily]
711
00:50:57,255 --> 00:50:59,188
(male narrator) Home for
the first time in months
712
00:50:59,223 --> 00:51:01,223
there's no time to rest.
713
00:51:08,933 --> 00:51:11,133
The Shawnee are coming.
714
00:51:13,471 --> 00:51:15,438
Gather our weapons
715
00:51:15,473 --> 00:51:17,773
muskets, ammunition, gunpowder.
716
00:51:17,809 --> 00:51:19,809
Get everything you can.
717
00:51:25,049 --> 00:51:27,349
(John) Everything they
needed, essentially
718
00:51:27,385 --> 00:51:29,418
they had to
produce themselves.
719
00:51:29,454 --> 00:51:31,954
Everything they consumed,
everything they drank
720
00:51:31,989 --> 00:51:33,956
uh, all the gunpowder
that they used
721
00:51:33,991 --> 00:51:36,292
the, the lead bullets
that they cast
722
00:51:36,327 --> 00:51:40,162
everything had to be made from
materials that were at hand.
723
00:51:45,503 --> 00:51:48,604
(male narrator)
Combining leftover sulfur..
724
00:51:48,639 --> 00:51:53,109
... charcoal from the campfire
and bat dung
725
00:51:53,144 --> 00:51:56,512
the settlers race
to make gunpowder.
726
00:51:56,547 --> 00:51:58,481
[intense music]
727
00:52:05,389 --> 00:52:08,090
It was a desperate time.
They were short of men.
728
00:52:08,126 --> 00:52:11,360
They were short of ammunition,
short of supplies.
729
00:52:15,366 --> 00:52:17,566
And yet,
people of Boonesborough
730
00:52:17,602 --> 00:52:20,836
were really
a part of the defense
731
00:52:20,872 --> 00:52:24,306
as it turned out,
of the American, uh, Revolution.
732
00:52:24,342 --> 00:52:26,208
[music continues]
733
00:52:56,607 --> 00:53:01,177
(male narrator) Blackfish
and his 450 Shawnee warriors
734
00:53:01,212 --> 00:53:03,746
outnumber the people
of Boonesborough..
735
00:53:04,815 --> 00:53:06,182
... seven to one.
736
00:53:06,217 --> 00:53:08,217
[music continues]
737
00:53:19,063 --> 00:53:21,897
(male narrator)
Fearing a massacre
738
00:53:21,933 --> 00:53:26,202
Boone makes a last ditch effort
to get reinforcements
739
00:53:26,237 --> 00:53:28,637
and sends
for the local militia.
740
00:53:35,813 --> 00:53:37,980
[music continues]
741
00:53:41,385 --> 00:53:46,288
They're stationed over
300 miles away in Virginia.
742
00:53:53,431 --> 00:53:56,632
And there's no telling
if they'll arrive in time..
743
00:53:58,069 --> 00:53:59,468
... or at all.
744
00:54:11,882 --> 00:54:15,517
(male narrator)
Deep in the Kentucky wilderness
745
00:54:15,553 --> 00:54:19,088
Daniel Boone braces
for an attack.
746
00:54:24,462 --> 00:54:27,062
Four hundred and fifty
Shawnee warriors
747
00:54:27,098 --> 00:54:29,398
are marching toward
Boonesborough..
748
00:54:31,269 --> 00:54:35,037
... under British orders
to capture the fort.
749
00:54:35,072 --> 00:54:38,207
If it falls,
the blow to the colonial cause
750
00:54:38,242 --> 00:54:39,608
could be devastating.
751
00:54:41,812 --> 00:54:44,613
To understand what was going on
at Boonesborough
752
00:54:44,649 --> 00:54:48,317
you have to consider it in
the context of the revolution.
753
00:54:48,352 --> 00:54:51,754
The British
were encouraging Indians
754
00:54:51,789 --> 00:54:54,923
to attack the Kentucky
settlements.
755
00:54:54,959 --> 00:54:57,893
Boonesborough was the biggest
one, so they felt if they could
756
00:54:57,928 --> 00:54:59,728
bring that down
757
00:54:59,764 --> 00:55:03,599
they could probably
overrun Kentucky
758
00:55:03,634 --> 00:55:05,601
and drive the settlers out.
759
00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:12,641
And then attack from the west
against the colonies.
760
00:55:15,513 --> 00:55:18,647
(male narrator) Boone sent
word to the Virginia militia
761
00:55:18,683 --> 00:55:20,082
hoping for help.
762
00:55:22,019 --> 00:55:24,620
But they're more than
300 miles away..
763
00:55:26,457 --> 00:55:31,827
... and he has no idea
if they're coming.
764
00:55:31,862 --> 00:55:33,662
[intense music]
765
00:55:40,805 --> 00:55:42,504
[horse neighing]
766
00:55:52,483 --> 00:55:54,283
(male #5)
'They're here!'
767
00:55:59,123 --> 00:56:01,123
[music continues]
768
00:56:18,609 --> 00:56:21,443
(Steven) A force of
hundreds of Indians shows up.
769
00:56:21,479 --> 00:56:23,812
They want to wipe Boonesborough
off the map.
770
00:56:35,626 --> 00:56:38,160
Daniel Boone!
771
00:56:38,195 --> 00:56:41,029
(Steven) But Boone doesn't
want to engage them in a fight.
772
00:56:41,065 --> 00:56:44,867
He's aware that the Shawnee
could possibly massacre them all
773
00:56:44,902 --> 00:56:48,837
so he negotiates
with the Shawnee.
774
00:56:48,873 --> 00:56:50,639
(Daniel)
'I'm coming out!'
775
00:56:50,674 --> 00:56:52,875
[intense music]
776
00:56:58,215 --> 00:56:59,848
[gate creaks]
777
00:57:20,905 --> 00:57:22,905
[music continues]
778
00:57:28,579 --> 00:57:30,579
[speaking in foreign language]
779
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:38,454
Do right by your people.
780
00:57:38,489 --> 00:57:42,224
Surrender and no harm
will come to them.
781
00:57:42,259 --> 00:57:45,327
'You have until sundown. '
782
00:57:45,362 --> 00:57:48,063
I need more time
to discuss it with the others.
783
00:57:48,098 --> 00:57:50,098
[speaking in foreign language]
784
00:57:56,507 --> 00:57:58,674
You have until sundown.
785
00:58:15,593 --> 00:58:17,593
[clamoring]
786
00:58:19,830 --> 00:58:20,829
[grunts]
787
00:58:23,133 --> 00:58:25,133
[grunting]
788
00:58:34,512 --> 00:58:36,011
[gunshots]
789
00:58:36,046 --> 00:58:38,080
Man your post.
Fire at will.
790
00:58:38,115 --> 00:58:40,115
[intense music]
791
00:58:51,962 --> 00:58:53,962
[gunshot]
792
00:59:02,506 --> 00:59:05,307
Even though they were
vastly outnumbered
793
00:59:05,342 --> 00:59:06,975
uh, by the Indians
794
00:59:07,011 --> 00:59:10,412
the frontiersmen
who are in Boonesborough
795
00:59:10,447 --> 00:59:12,047
they used good fortifications
796
00:59:12,082 --> 00:59:14,917
they had stockpiles
of weaponry.
797
00:59:14,952 --> 00:59:16,985
[gunshots]
798
00:59:17,021 --> 00:59:20,155
And remember that they had
to hunt just to survive
799
00:59:20,190 --> 00:59:23,125
so they were always
exceptional marksmen.
800
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,160
[clamoring]
801
00:59:30,568 --> 00:59:32,434
[gunshots]
802
00:59:33,737 --> 00:59:35,737
[intense music]
803
00:59:48,252 --> 00:59:50,052
Aah!
804
01:00:06,570 --> 01:00:08,737
[gun firing]
805
01:00:24,221 --> 01:00:26,221
[music continues]
806
01:00:35,899 --> 01:00:38,133
[gun firing]
807
01:00:41,472 --> 01:00:44,506
(male narrator) Boone and
a force of just 60 settlers
808
01:00:44,541 --> 01:00:48,310
fight off the first attack.
809
01:00:48,345 --> 01:00:51,179
The Shawnee suffer
heavy casualties..
810
01:00:54,218 --> 01:00:58,153
... but Blackfish refuses
to give up.
811
01:00:58,188 --> 01:01:01,623
(John) The frontier story
has been told many times
812
01:01:01,659 --> 01:01:04,826
almost always
with the settlers
813
01:01:04,862 --> 01:01:07,029
as the heroes of the story.
814
01:01:09,733 --> 01:01:12,434
But American Indians
are Americans too.
815
01:01:12,469 --> 01:01:14,736
Shawnee people were defending
what they considered to be
816
01:01:14,772 --> 01:01:16,338
their homeland.
817
01:01:21,779 --> 01:01:25,380
(male narrator) The battle of
Boonesborough is just beginning.
818
01:01:28,452 --> 01:01:30,419
[gunshots]
819
01:01:33,290 --> 01:01:36,058
(male narrator) In the first
major battle on the western front
820
01:01:36,093 --> 01:01:40,662
of the Revolutionary War,
Boonesborough is under siege.
821
01:01:43,333 --> 01:01:45,333
[gunshots]
822
01:01:53,877 --> 01:01:56,778
After taking heavy casualties
823
01:01:56,814 --> 01:02:00,515
Shawnee leader Blackfish
changes tactics.
824
01:02:00,551 --> 01:02:02,551
[intense music]
825
01:02:10,127 --> 01:02:12,761
Unleashing a barrage
of surprise attacks
826
01:02:12,796 --> 01:02:14,396
on the settlement.
827
01:02:21,505 --> 01:02:22,537
[gunshot]
828
01:02:24,174 --> 01:02:26,241
[clamoring]
829
01:02:26,276 --> 01:02:28,176
[gunshots]
830
01:02:28,212 --> 01:02:30,212
[music continues]
831
01:02:43,060 --> 01:02:44,993
[gunshots]
832
01:02:58,275 --> 01:03:00,208
[music continues]
833
01:03:00,244 --> 01:03:02,244
[groaning]
834
01:03:10,220 --> 01:03:13,789
(David) The Native Americans
we're using hit-and-run tactics
835
01:03:13,824 --> 01:03:16,691
and these are quite
devastatingly effective
836
01:03:16,727 --> 01:03:18,960
because those in the frontier
837
01:03:18,996 --> 01:03:21,296
feared that they could be
attacked at any time
838
01:03:21,331 --> 01:03:22,764
at any place.
839
01:03:24,468 --> 01:03:28,303
This, as in every combat,
is a test of wills.
840
01:03:30,474 --> 01:03:32,841
(Robert) They were
vulnerable and exposed.
841
01:03:32,876 --> 01:03:35,877
Bullets were flying.
842
01:03:35,913 --> 01:03:38,013
There was gun smoke
sometimes so thick
843
01:03:38,048 --> 01:03:40,882
you couldn't see anything.
844
01:03:40,918 --> 01:03:43,985
This went on day after day
after day.
845
01:03:46,390 --> 01:03:51,459
(male narrator) With the fort
surrounded, the settlers are trapped.
846
01:03:51,495 --> 01:03:53,495
[baby wailing]
847
01:04:00,404 --> 01:04:03,471
There was human waste,
animal carcasses
848
01:04:03,507 --> 01:04:05,841
and rotten meat layin' around.
849
01:04:05,876 --> 01:04:08,577
Everyone's clothes
are in tatters.
850
01:04:08,612 --> 01:04:13,215
I mean, this place
is a miserable cesspool.
851
01:04:13,250 --> 01:04:16,017
The only thing worse
than being in here
852
01:04:16,053 --> 01:04:19,554
would be to step out of there
and be tortured and killed.
853
01:04:28,398 --> 01:04:31,600
(male narrator)
Boone refuses to surrender.
854
01:04:35,072 --> 01:04:37,405
The settlers
stand their ground.
855
01:04:37,441 --> 01:04:39,441
[dramatic music]
856
01:04:45,182 --> 01:04:47,182
[clamoring]
857
01:04:49,753 --> 01:04:51,686
[gunshots]
858
01:05:07,504 --> 01:05:09,437
[music continues]
859
01:05:09,473 --> 01:05:11,473
[clamoring]
860
01:05:17,114 --> 01:05:18,980
[groaning]
861
01:05:22,152 --> 01:05:23,418
Aah!
862
01:05:34,932 --> 01:05:38,800
(male narrator) The attacks
continue for nine straight days
863
01:05:38,835 --> 01:05:41,836
but Blackfish still can't
take the fort.
864
01:05:44,508 --> 01:05:50,111
(Robert) Blackfish was in a
very complicated situation.
865
01:05:50,147 --> 01:05:53,748
He knew that unless Boone
surrendered the fort
866
01:05:53,784 --> 01:05:57,485
it was unlikely
he could take it.
867
01:05:57,521 --> 01:06:00,989
And in a well-built fort,
with those big logs, uh
868
01:06:01,024 --> 01:06:04,359
with rifles,
he could not take the fort.
869
01:06:12,769 --> 01:06:14,669
[intense music]
870
01:06:33,924 --> 01:06:35,690
(John) Blackfish and
the Shawnees just decided
871
01:06:35,726 --> 01:06:38,526
if we can't bring them over,
if we can't capture them
872
01:06:38,562 --> 01:06:41,563
we'll simply do whatever
we can to destroy them.
873
01:06:47,704 --> 01:06:49,838
[speaking in foreign language]
874
01:06:54,277 --> 01:06:56,211
[intense music]
875
01:07:02,552 --> 01:07:05,186
(male narrator) Boonesborough
is now a battlefield
876
01:07:05,222 --> 01:07:07,222
in the Revolutionary War.
877
01:07:07,257 --> 01:07:09,624
Armed by the British,
the Shawnee mount
878
01:07:09,659 --> 01:07:11,059
a fierce attack.
879
01:07:13,063 --> 01:07:15,897
But after ten days
of relentless fighting
880
01:07:15,932 --> 01:07:17,932
the fort still stands.
881
01:07:23,340 --> 01:07:25,440
[speaking in foreign language]
882
01:07:25,475 --> 01:07:27,409
[music continues]
883
01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:32,280
[screaming]
884
01:07:38,321 --> 01:07:39,821
Everybody out!
885
01:07:41,258 --> 01:07:43,258
[indistinct chatter]
886
01:07:48,298 --> 01:07:50,298
[gunshots]
887
01:07:53,770 --> 01:07:55,804
[clamoring]
888
01:07:55,839 --> 01:07:57,772
[music continues]
889
01:08:24,868 --> 01:08:26,734
[neighing]
890
01:08:26,770 --> 01:08:28,770
[music continues]
891
01:08:43,987 --> 01:08:46,354
(Robert) The siege of
Boonesborough was terrifying
892
01:08:46,389 --> 01:08:48,323
for the people
inside the fort.
893
01:08:50,193 --> 01:08:52,961
The gunfire was so loud
894
01:08:52,996 --> 01:08:56,231
women were screaming,
children were crying
895
01:08:56,266 --> 01:09:00,201
they knew the Virginia militia
was on its way
896
01:09:00,237 --> 01:09:02,370
but they didn't
get there in time.
897
01:09:04,040 --> 01:09:06,107
So, the people
of Boonesborough
898
01:09:06,143 --> 01:09:09,144
simply assumed
the fort was falling.
899
01:09:16,119 --> 01:09:18,052
[thunder rumbling]
900
01:09:18,088 --> 01:09:20,088
[intense music]
901
01:09:28,698 --> 01:09:30,698
[all cheering]
902
01:09:41,645 --> 01:09:43,845
(Robert)
At a very important moment
903
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:48,883
a rainstorm came
and doused the flames.
904
01:09:48,919 --> 01:09:51,219
Had it not rained
at that time
905
01:09:51,254 --> 01:09:54,455
Boonesborough could have, uh,
been taken.
906
01:09:57,761 --> 01:10:00,795
(male narrator)
The Shawnees' attack fails.
907
01:10:04,834 --> 01:10:06,734
And when a scout returns
with word
908
01:10:06,770 --> 01:10:09,037
that the Virginia militia
is coming
909
01:10:09,072 --> 01:10:11,639
Blackfish has no choice
but to retreat.
910
01:10:14,010 --> 01:10:17,545
(Robert) They knew there were
more men there, more rifles
911
01:10:17,581 --> 01:10:19,547
more powder, more supplies
912
01:10:19,583 --> 01:10:23,918
and psychologically this was
so discouraging to the Indians
913
01:10:23,954 --> 01:10:27,956
and Blackfish that the next
morning they were gone.
914
01:10:31,828 --> 01:10:36,397
(male narrator) After 11 days of
brutal, round the clock fighting
915
01:10:36,433 --> 01:10:39,601
the battle of Boonesborough
is finally over.
916
01:10:41,104 --> 01:10:45,907
Securing a badly needed
colonial win.
917
01:10:45,942 --> 01:10:49,677
(Robert) It would be hard to
exaggerate the importance of the victory
918
01:10:49,713 --> 01:10:52,647
at Boonesborough
for the colonies at this time.
919
01:10:52,682 --> 01:10:54,682
It was a desperate time.
920
01:10:54,718 --> 01:10:59,153
1778 was a bad year
for the Americans.
921
01:10:59,189 --> 01:11:03,791
So, even this little battle
in way off in Kentucky
922
01:11:03,827 --> 01:11:06,361
was important.
923
01:11:06,396 --> 01:11:08,930
(David) The British make a
major miscalculation in dealing
924
01:11:08,965 --> 01:11:11,933
with Boonesborough
and the American frontier.
925
01:11:13,470 --> 01:11:16,170
By supporting
Native American attacks
926
01:11:16,206 --> 01:11:18,673
against the colonists
in the west
927
01:11:18,708 --> 01:11:21,776
that only infuriates
and increases
928
01:11:21,811 --> 01:11:25,146
the hatred
of the British in the east.
929
01:11:25,181 --> 01:11:28,182
This was the deepest anxiety
930
01:11:28,218 --> 01:11:31,252
that these English colonists
had, and for the British to now
931
01:11:31,288 --> 01:11:34,522
just push that button,
it's the height of stupidity.
932
01:11:39,496 --> 01:11:42,497
(male narrator) Just days
after the Shawnee retreat..
933
01:11:45,502 --> 01:11:48,436
... the Virginia militia
finally arrives.
934
01:11:48,471 --> 01:11:50,471
[dramatic music]
935
01:12:03,787 --> 01:12:05,687
They've come
with a new mission
936
01:12:05,722 --> 01:12:08,056
to escalate the war
on the frontier
937
01:12:08,091 --> 01:12:12,260
by striking back against
Britain and its allies.
938
01:12:14,464 --> 01:12:17,065
Their first target
is Chillicothe
939
01:12:17,100 --> 01:12:19,867
the home of Blackfish
940
01:12:19,903 --> 01:12:22,537
and an opportunity
for revenge.
941
01:12:25,375 --> 01:12:28,543
(John) Boone was opposed
to exterminationist raids.
942
01:12:28,578 --> 01:12:31,012
These raids north of the Ohio
943
01:12:31,047 --> 01:12:33,081
were aimed at destroying
944
01:12:33,116 --> 01:12:34,849
the Indian homeland.
945
01:12:34,884 --> 01:12:38,553
Burning villages,
burning cornfields
946
01:12:38,588 --> 01:12:41,923
attacking women and children,
killing indiscriminately.
947
01:12:41,958 --> 01:12:44,792
This was just not Boone's style.
948
01:12:46,996 --> 01:12:50,631
I don't know
where their village is.
949
01:12:50,667 --> 01:12:53,267
(Steven) The remarkable thing
about Boone is that Boone doesn't
950
01:12:53,303 --> 01:12:55,770
turn into an Indian hater.
951
01:12:55,805 --> 01:13:00,041
He doesn't give his life over
to hate and vengeance.
952
01:13:00,076 --> 01:13:01,909
He still has it in him
the capability
953
01:13:01,945 --> 01:13:04,112
to seek peace
with these people.
954
01:13:04,147 --> 01:13:06,481
It's kind of remarkable,
because I think that if most
955
01:13:06,516 --> 01:13:08,116
people imagined that situation
956
01:13:08,151 --> 01:13:12,387
the hate would define you
for the rest of your life.
957
01:13:13,990 --> 01:13:15,390
(Andrew)
'I do. '
958
01:13:20,430 --> 01:13:22,497
It's right here.
959
01:13:22,532 --> 01:13:26,634
North of the Ohio River.
960
01:13:26,669 --> 01:13:27,935
[intense music]
961
01:13:36,179 --> 01:13:38,446
(male narrator) Boone's
refusal to fight at Chillicothe
962
01:13:38,481 --> 01:13:42,116
causes a rift between him
and the other settlers.
963
01:13:50,827 --> 01:13:54,829
In the fall of 1778,
Daniel and Jemima Boone
964
01:13:54,864 --> 01:13:57,698
leave the settlement
he founded.
965
01:14:00,703 --> 01:14:02,670
[music continues]
966
01:14:05,141 --> 01:14:07,341
He goes on to join
American forces
967
01:14:07,377 --> 01:14:10,278
fighting the British
on the western front.
968
01:14:10,313 --> 01:14:13,614
And though he never again
sets foot in Boonesborough
969
01:14:13,650 --> 01:14:15,783
the settlement survives..
970
01:14:17,487 --> 01:14:19,620
... and Kentucky will become
971
01:14:19,656 --> 01:14:23,624
America's 15th state.
972
01:14:23,660 --> 01:14:26,694
(Steven) Boone remains
a seductive figure
973
01:14:26,729 --> 01:14:29,130
in the American imagination.
974
01:14:29,165 --> 01:14:31,499
I think we all like to fancy
975
01:14:31,534 --> 01:14:34,535
that in those circumstances
we would be that brave
976
01:14:34,571 --> 01:14:38,005
and that resourceful
and that capable
977
01:14:38,041 --> 01:14:40,141
to live through and do
the things that he did.
978
01:14:40,176 --> 01:14:41,742
But also throughout his life
979
01:14:41,778 --> 01:14:45,213
he seems just have remained
a good guy.
980
01:14:45,248 --> 01:14:47,682
Boone still stands out
as this likable figure
981
01:14:47,717 --> 01:14:49,550
who treated people fairly
982
01:14:49,586 --> 01:14:52,186
wanted the best for people.
983
01:14:52,222 --> 01:14:54,555
And he had that
rugged individualism
984
01:14:54,591 --> 01:14:57,825
that is the embodiment
of American frontiersmen.
985
01:15:04,834 --> 01:15:06,767
[dramatic music]
986
01:15:10,306 --> 01:15:13,808
(male narrator)
With Boone gone, in May 1779
987
01:15:13,843 --> 01:15:18,179
Virginia's militia marches
on Britain's allies
988
01:15:18,214 --> 01:15:19,614
the Shawnee.
989
01:15:31,961 --> 01:15:33,995
[dramatic music]
990
01:15:38,801 --> 01:15:42,637
Chillicothe is home
to 3000 Shawnee..
991
01:15:44,674 --> 01:15:49,110
... when the Virginia militia
descends bent on revenge.
992
01:15:50,647 --> 01:15:52,813
[clamoring]
993
01:16:02,058 --> 01:16:03,658
[groans]
994
01:16:03,693 --> 01:16:05,660
[music continues]
995
01:16:06,829 --> 01:16:08,496
[grunting]
996
01:16:09,899 --> 01:16:11,832
[clamoring]
997
01:16:17,473 --> 01:16:18,873
[grunts]
998
01:16:30,053 --> 01:16:31,352
[gunshot]
999
01:16:37,093 --> 01:16:38,759
[music continues]
1000
01:16:58,114 --> 01:17:02,083
(Amy) For the Shawnee people,
the loss of a beloved leader
1001
01:17:02,118 --> 01:17:05,953
in Blackfish
was a serious event.
1002
01:17:05,989 --> 01:17:08,422
Blackfish loomed large
1003
01:17:08,458 --> 01:17:12,159
because of his stature
and reputation as a war leader.
1004
01:17:12,195 --> 01:17:16,597
The loss of Blackfish was
the loss of yet another hero.
1005
01:17:25,074 --> 01:17:27,274
(male narrator)
From those that survive
1006
01:17:27,310 --> 01:17:31,579
a new Shawnee hero
will emerge.
1007
01:17:31,614 --> 01:17:36,317
The adopted son of Blackfish,
11-year-old Tecumseh
1008
01:17:36,352 --> 01:17:39,353
who will soon rise
to lead his people
1009
01:17:39,389 --> 01:17:42,423
in the fight to reclaim
the frontier.
1010
01:17:46,095 --> 01:17:49,063
One year after
the death of Chief Blackfish
1011
01:17:49,098 --> 01:17:53,100
the Continental Army begins
to turn the tide of the war.
1012
01:17:55,338 --> 01:17:56,937
[groans]
1013
01:17:59,208 --> 01:18:01,442
[gunshots]
1014
01:18:01,477 --> 01:18:03,411
[clamoring]
1015
01:18:06,149 --> 01:18:09,150
The success of the settlers
in defending Boonesborough
1016
01:18:09,185 --> 01:18:13,821
was just one incident in a long
series of fights and battles.
1017
01:18:13,856 --> 01:18:15,790
[clamoring]
1018
01:18:18,394 --> 01:18:21,862
Eventually, the French
come into the conflict
1019
01:18:21,898 --> 01:18:25,433
as the allies
of the Americans.
1020
01:18:25,468 --> 01:18:27,501
And in many ways, that indeed
1021
01:18:27,537 --> 01:18:29,837
was the turning point
of the revolution.
1022
01:18:29,872 --> 01:18:31,872
[screaming]
1023
01:18:36,479 --> 01:18:39,180
(male narrator)
In September, 1783
1024
01:18:39,215 --> 01:18:42,183
Britain signs
the Treaty of Paris.
1025
01:18:44,053 --> 01:18:46,620
Formally recognizing
the sovereignty
1026
01:18:46,656 --> 01:18:48,456
of the United States of Ameria
1027
01:18:48,491 --> 01:18:50,491
and ending the war.
1028
01:18:56,132 --> 01:18:58,165
[all cheering]
1029
01:19:02,038 --> 01:19:04,472
(Kathleen) People might not realize
this, but the Treaty of Paris
1030
01:19:04,507 --> 01:19:07,541
was actually signed
by this new United States
1031
01:19:07,577 --> 01:19:11,011
the British Empire
and the French Empire.
1032
01:19:13,349 --> 01:19:16,150
France provided troops,
provided navies
1033
01:19:16,185 --> 01:19:19,487
and funded
the American Revolution.
1034
01:19:19,522 --> 01:19:21,722
Britain figured France
was actually
1035
01:19:21,758 --> 01:19:25,092
its bigger enemy
in the long run.
1036
01:19:25,128 --> 01:19:28,863
So, Britain surrendered
pretty much all the lands
1037
01:19:28,898 --> 01:19:31,198
west of the Appalachians
to the Mississippi River
1038
01:19:31,234 --> 01:19:35,402
to make an ally
of the new United States.
1039
01:19:35,438 --> 01:19:37,404
[all cheering]
1040
01:19:40,643 --> 01:19:44,712
(male narrator) The new
country nearly doubles in size
1041
01:19:44,747 --> 01:19:48,749
gaining more than 250,000
square miles of land..
1042
01:19:51,254 --> 01:19:54,054
... stretching from Florida
to Canada
1043
01:19:54,090 --> 01:19:57,024
and from the Atlantic
to the Mississippi.
1044
01:19:57,059 --> 01:19:59,059
[dramatic music]
1045
01:20:04,433 --> 01:20:07,601
(John) The big surprise
of the Treaty of Paris
1046
01:20:07,637 --> 01:20:10,037
was that the British
conceded control
1047
01:20:10,072 --> 01:20:12,473
of the entire
Trans-Appalachian West.
1048
01:20:12,508 --> 01:20:15,676
It was an incredible bounty
1049
01:20:15,711 --> 01:20:17,711
for the new nation.
1050
01:20:20,283 --> 01:20:22,283
[music continues]
1051
01:20:25,288 --> 01:20:27,288
(male narrator)
Free from British rule
1052
01:20:27,323 --> 01:20:30,424
American settlers race
to claim their piece
1053
01:20:30,459 --> 01:20:32,459
of the frontier.
1054
01:20:32,495 --> 01:20:34,895
Over the next decade
1055
01:20:34,931 --> 01:20:37,264
thousands of settlers
flood west
1056
01:20:37,300 --> 01:20:41,936
along the trails blazed
by men like Daniel Boone
1057
01:20:41,971 --> 01:20:44,972
but they will soon learn
a hard lesson.
1058
01:20:51,113 --> 01:20:53,113
[dramatic music]
1059
01:21:04,293 --> 01:21:06,126
(John) While the British
army had surrendered
1060
01:21:06,162 --> 01:21:08,662
the native people
in the west never surrendered.
1061
01:21:08,698 --> 01:21:11,832
(male narrator) Native
Americans still claim this land
1062
01:21:11,868 --> 01:21:14,335
and Tecumseh, now grown
1063
01:21:14,370 --> 01:21:17,938
is about to reignite
the fight for the frontier.
1064
01:21:23,012 --> 01:21:24,812
[clamoring]
1065
01:21:24,847 --> 01:21:26,881
[music continues]
1066
01:21:35,191 --> 01:21:39,126
(male narrator) Next time on the "Men
Who Built America, Frontiersmen.. "
1067
01:21:40,897 --> 01:21:44,031
As the new nation pushes
relentlessly west
1068
01:21:44,066 --> 01:21:46,901
the frontier becomes
a bloody battleground.
1069
01:21:46,936 --> 01:21:51,005
Tecumseh recognizes that if
the natives are to survive
1070
01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:53,474
they need to band together.
1071
01:21:53,509 --> 01:21:55,509
(male narrator)
Surrounded by enemies
1072
01:21:55,544 --> 01:21:58,846
Thomas Jefferson
makes a bold move
1073
01:21:58,881 --> 01:22:01,215
that could cost him
the presidency.
1074
01:22:01,250 --> 01:22:03,851
The Louisiana Purchase
was the greatest
1075
01:22:03,886 --> 01:22:07,221
real estate deal
in the history of the world.
1076
01:22:07,256 --> 01:22:08,989
(male narrator) He launches
one of the most daring
1077
01:22:09,025 --> 01:22:11,992
expeditions
in American history.
1078
01:22:12,028 --> 01:22:14,595
(Steve) If you want to get
a sense for how mysterious
1079
01:22:14,630 --> 01:22:18,332
the western lands were for
the Lewis and Clark expedition
1080
01:22:18,367 --> 01:22:21,936
it was as strange to them
as it would be
1081
01:22:21,971 --> 01:22:25,005
for you or me
to step foot on Mars.
1082
01:22:26,876 --> 01:22:29,677
(male narrator)
Then, as a new generation
1083
01:22:29,712 --> 01:22:31,679
of frontiersmen emerges
1084
01:22:31,714 --> 01:22:35,549
Andrew Jackson
stares down an empire.
1085
01:22:35,584 --> 01:22:36,583
Fire!
1086
01:22:38,154 --> 01:22:40,387
[clamoring]
1087
01:22:40,423 --> 01:22:42,423
[explosions]
1088
01:22:45,423 --> 01:22:49,423
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