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Across thousands of
brutal, untamed miles..
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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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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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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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♪ I am the last one
standing ♪
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♪ When all the giants fell
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♪ Woah-
woah-♪
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♪ Woah-
woah-♪
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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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Deep in the
vast, uncharted wilderness
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known as the Kentucky Territory
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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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And now, their warriors are hunting him.
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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
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could go 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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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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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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In 1773, North Carolina
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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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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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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,
to make a killing
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in land and real estate.
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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
over the Appalachian Mountains.
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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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'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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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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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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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, you know?
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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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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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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, scheme.
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Mr. Boone..
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...I've recently purchased
a rge parcel of land..
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'...right around here.'
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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
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it'll be the greatest
challenge of his life.
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He'll defy British law
and lead 30 settlers
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farther west
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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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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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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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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Daniel Boone's
foray into the backcountry
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It's an American
dream that's about to be born in fire.
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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 independence
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is sweeping across America.
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And on April 19th..
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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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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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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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'Good work, boys.'
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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 believed
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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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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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...Jemima.
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You three, with me.
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Ready your weapons
and stay alert. Man the wall.
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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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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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00:23:09,691 --> 00:23:13,326
But Jemima Boone is uniquely
equipped to survive.
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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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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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00:23:52,463 --> 00:23:55,589
to be leaving evidence
of their passage along the way.
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00:24:00,826 --> 00:24:02,737
'We keep our
distance till nightfall.'
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00:24:02,776 --> 00:24:03,772
Come on.
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Spread out.
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Come on!
332
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'Watch the tree line.'
333
00:25:42,575 --> 00:25:44,049
Are you alright?
Are you alright?
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Come here.
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00:25:51,026 --> 00:25:53,754
The story of
the abduction of Jemima
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went, as we would say, viral.
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00:25:56,919 --> 00:25:59,906
Almost everything Daniel Boone
did burnished his reputation.
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He was the kind of figure
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00:26:01,687 --> 00:26:04,116
around whom stories collect.
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00:26:04,156 --> 00:26:05,241
Come on, come on.
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00:26:05,283 --> 00:26:06,488
People felt, how dumb
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00:26:06,540 --> 00:26:07,964
could you be
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00:26:08,013 --> 00:26:09,875
to kidnap the daughter
of Daniel Boone.
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00:26:16,420 --> 00:26:18,461
The Jemima story fits in
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00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:22,094
with many stories
of young women getting captured
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00:26:22,140 --> 00:26:23,952
by Native Americans at the time.
347
00:26:24,003 --> 00:26:27,339
This, this was a,
a kind of great fear and anxiety
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00:26:27,384 --> 00:26:30,112
that just proliferated
throughout every single colony.
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00:26:31,761 --> 00:26:34,101
The idea that "We got her back
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00:26:34,143 --> 00:26:35,527
thanks to Daniel Boone's
heroism"
351
00:26:35,574 --> 00:26:38,342
is the kind of reassurance
352
00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:41,596
for women to go out there
who would, of course, be part
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00:26:41,641 --> 00:26:44,499
of the essential building
blocks of any society
354
00:26:44,545 --> 00:26:45,889
and that was really important.
355
00:26:48,184 --> 00:26:49,578
Within
weeks of Boone's return
356
00:26:49,615 --> 00:26:51,516
home to Boonesborough
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00:26:51,564 --> 00:26:53,984
the colonies move past
rebellion..
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00:26:56,331 --> 00:26:57,764
...to revolution.
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00:27:02,874 --> 00:27:04,866
'"When in the
course of human events'
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00:27:04,912 --> 00:27:06,953
"it becomes necessary
for one people
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00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:08,644
"to dissolve the political bands
362
00:27:08,681 --> 00:27:11,668
'which have connected
them with another."'
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00:27:11,715 --> 00:27:14,185
In July 1776
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00:27:14,228 --> 00:27:17,395
the colonies declare
independence.
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00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:20,512
'"That among
these, are life, liberty'
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00:27:20,555 --> 00:27:22,895
and the pursuit of happiness."
367
00:27:22,939 --> 00:27:27,011
And the United
States of America is born.
368
00:27:27,055 --> 00:27:30,391
It's built on the ideals of
freedom and self-reliance..
369
00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:36,337
...values personified
by frontiersmen.
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00:27:39,015 --> 00:27:40,579
Within a month, copies
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00:27:40,619 --> 00:27:42,830
of the Declaration
of Independence
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00:27:42,873 --> 00:27:45,690
reach remote outposts,
like Boonesborough.
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00:27:49,719 --> 00:27:51,631
When Daniel Boone gets word
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00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:53,323
of the Declaration
of Independence
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00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,127
he had to be aware
that in some sense
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00:27:56,176 --> 00:27:58,128
he was on the advance guard
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00:27:58,170 --> 00:28:01,117
the front edge of the
movement for independence.
378
00:28:03,109 --> 00:28:05,190
Daniel Boone understood
that liberty
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00:28:05,233 --> 00:28:07,573
was the freedom to do exactly
what he had been doing
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00:28:07,617 --> 00:28:10,952
to traverse the West,
to provide for his family
381
00:28:10,996 --> 00:28:14,033
to have a life independent
of some dictatorial power.
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00:28:18,104 --> 00:28:21,350
The colonists know
the price of independence is war.
383
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,323
But Britain's
generals have no doubt
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00:28:29,371 --> 00:28:31,014
they will crush the revolution.
385
00:28:33,574 --> 00:28:35,306
Their plan is simple
386
00:28:35,351 --> 00:28:37,910
hit eastern cities by sea
387
00:28:37,951 --> 00:28:39,683
then send troops
down from Canada
388
00:28:39,727 --> 00:28:42,844
to attack northern forts.
389
00:28:47,874 --> 00:28:51,907
By November
1776, the British take New York..
390
00:28:56,108 --> 00:28:58,926
...then chase the Continental
Army into Pennsylvania.
391
00:29:01,048 --> 00:29:03,000
Things were going very badly
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00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:05,640
for the American cause.
393
00:29:05,685 --> 00:29:07,368
Great Britain entered the war
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00:29:07,419 --> 00:29:10,495
believing that they
could easily suppress us
395
00:29:10,538 --> 00:29:11,922
because at this point
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00:29:11,969 --> 00:29:13,741
the United States
military was small
397
00:29:13,788 --> 00:29:16,168
and generally
not very efficient.
398
00:29:18,772 --> 00:29:22,027
And the British are the most
powerful empire in the world.
399
00:29:24,145 --> 00:29:26,784
They had the most powerful army.
400
00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:30,466
It was well-trained,
well-organized.
401
00:29:42,259 --> 00:29:44,211
With the
Continental Army on the run
402
00:29:44,253 --> 00:29:46,682
the British devise a new trap.
403
00:29:46,723 --> 00:29:49,023
They'll open a western front in the war
404
00:29:49,063 --> 00:29:52,229
by attacking settlements,
like Boonesborough.
405
00:29:57,946 --> 00:30:00,894
Their strategy relies
on unlikely allies.
406
00:30:06,830 --> 00:30:08,473
Consider them a gift.
407
00:30:12,854 --> 00:30:14,278
The British allied
with the Native Americans
408
00:30:14,327 --> 00:30:15,840
during the Revolutionary War
409
00:30:15,887 --> 00:30:17,709
because the native allies
were useful
410
00:30:17,751 --> 00:30:20,310
in terms of scouting,
providing information
411
00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:21,954
simply as a fighting force.
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00:30:23,904 --> 00:30:26,941
Shawnees had conflict
with white settlers
413
00:30:26,981 --> 00:30:28,156
coming into their land
414
00:30:28,194 --> 00:30:29,757
so they were fighting this war
415
00:30:29,798 --> 00:30:32,705
alongside the British.
416
00:30:32,744 --> 00:30:36,259
In 1777,
Britain starts arming the Shawnee
417
00:30:36,298 --> 00:30:39,554
and other Native American
tribes to fight the settlers.
418
00:30:42,711 --> 00:30:47,132
In exchange, they promised
to return native lands.
419
00:30:47,175 --> 00:30:48,728
These native people
420
00:30:48,778 --> 00:30:50,849
they had no doubt
what was in store for them
421
00:30:50,902 --> 00:30:53,242
if the Americans won.
422
00:30:53,284 --> 00:30:54,848
They faced removal.
423
00:30:57,271 --> 00:30:58,655
On the other hand
424
00:30:58,702 --> 00:31:01,779
the British promised rewards
in land.
425
00:31:06,501 --> 00:31:08,582
Now the Shawnee..
426
00:31:08,625 --> 00:31:10,527
...and Daniel Boone
427
00:31:10,576 --> 00:31:12,000
are on a collision course..
428
00:31:14,649 --> 00:31:17,547
...that will help decide
the new nation's future.
429
00:31:28,949 --> 00:31:30,941
By late 1777..
430
00:31:32,850 --> 00:31:34,970
...the Shawnee
are British allies..
431
00:31:38,093 --> 00:31:40,911
...part of a strategy
to open a western front
432
00:31:40,953 --> 00:31:43,591
in the Revolutionary War.
433
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,677
The British,
in the time of the revolution
434
00:31:46,717 --> 00:31:50,490
they were arming Indian
tribes to attack settlements.
435
00:31:50,530 --> 00:31:52,920
They promised the Indians
436
00:31:52,957 --> 00:31:55,645
that once they drove the
settlers out of Kentucky
437
00:31:55,687 --> 00:31:58,594
they could recover
their territory.
438
00:31:58,633 --> 00:32:00,933
The British could then attack
439
00:32:00,973 --> 00:32:03,273
the colonies from the west.
440
00:32:03,313 --> 00:32:05,265
That was part of their plan
441
00:32:05,306 --> 00:32:07,517
to put down this rebellion.
442
00:32:17,267 --> 00:32:18,691
In Boonesborough
443
00:32:18,740 --> 00:32:20,861
Daniel Boone has no idea
444
00:32:20,907 --> 00:32:22,162
of the coming danger.
445
00:32:24,114 --> 00:32:27,370
And the settlement
has a different problem.
446
00:32:27,408 --> 00:32:29,360
They're running
dangerously low on salt.
447
00:32:31,524 --> 00:32:33,207
Salt was so important
448
00:32:33,258 --> 00:32:35,120
to the settlers
at Boonesborough.
449
00:32:35,164 --> 00:32:38,420
The diet of the people
was almost entirely game.
450
00:32:38,458 --> 00:32:40,231
It was hunted meat.
451
00:32:40,278 --> 00:32:44,132
Because Indians were
attacking settlers regularly
452
00:32:44,178 --> 00:32:46,866
they stayed in that fort
as much as possible.
453
00:32:46,908 --> 00:32:48,899
And there was very little
farming going on.
454
00:32:48,945 --> 00:32:51,335
So, salt was the only way
455
00:32:51,371 --> 00:32:53,233
that settlers had
to preserve meat.
456
00:33:03,852 --> 00:33:06,191
To get salt,
Boone and two dozen of his men
457
00:33:06,235 --> 00:33:10,178
must head 50 miles from
the safety of their fort
458
00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:13,080
to a distant river
rich with mineral deposits.
459
00:33:32,107 --> 00:33:34,058
Today,
we don't really spend a whole lot of time
460
00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:35,404
thinking about salt.
461
00:33:37,653 --> 00:33:39,734
But it was a big undertaking
'cause they wouldn't go
462
00:33:39,776 --> 00:33:41,688
to the store and buy it,
they would go
463
00:33:41,726 --> 00:33:44,932
to, what they called a salt
lake, and this was just a spring
464
00:33:44,976 --> 00:33:46,758
where the water coming up
out of the spring
465
00:33:46,796 --> 00:33:48,449
has a high salt content.
466
00:33:51,606 --> 00:33:53,518
Keep that energy up, boys.
467
00:34:00,836 --> 00:34:03,873
You get to boil down five
or six hundred gallons of water
468
00:34:03,913 --> 00:34:06,562
to end up with
a 50-pound bushel of salt.
469
00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:10,334
Boone
and his men can extract
470
00:34:10,370 --> 00:34:14,403
about 500 pounds of salt a day
471
00:34:14,444 --> 00:34:17,082
but they need 15,000 pounds
before winter.
472
00:34:19,860 --> 00:34:22,200
The work leaves them
exposed in the wilderness
473
00:34:22,244 --> 00:34:23,977
for nearly a month.
474
00:35:20,010 --> 00:35:21,742
Boone and all of his men
475
00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:24,345
are taken by the Shawnee.
476
00:35:24,386 --> 00:35:26,994
The British will pay
a $100 bounty
477
00:35:27,029 --> 00:35:28,931
for each captured settler.
478
00:35:35,653 --> 00:35:39,028
The Shawnees and the settlers
in Kentucky were at war.
479
00:35:39,076 --> 00:35:45,230
And when the Shawnees discovered
Boone and his men making salt
480
00:35:45,273 --> 00:35:48,699
this was a sudden crime
of opportunity.
481
00:35:48,741 --> 00:35:51,688
They took them
as prisoners of war.
482
00:35:51,731 --> 00:35:54,369
These would've been
valuable assets.
483
00:35:58,707 --> 00:36:00,400
First, they have to survive
484
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,700
a brutal Native American rite
485
00:36:02,737 --> 00:36:04,599
called the gauntlet.
486
00:36:14,091 --> 00:36:16,650
Running the
gauntlet was a test
487
00:36:16,691 --> 00:36:18,473
of one's strength and mettle.
488
00:36:20,895 --> 00:36:23,145
And the gauntlet was also a way
489
00:36:23,191 --> 00:36:25,660
of terrorizing your enemy.
490
00:36:25,705 --> 00:36:28,304
In fact, many people did not survive.
491
00:37:27,327 --> 00:37:28,452
Aah!
492
00:38:14,865 --> 00:38:17,334
Fighting as British allies
493
00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:20,195
the Shawnee have captured
Daniel Boone and his men.
494
00:38:22,578 --> 00:38:24,868
To prove his worth
495
00:38:24,918 --> 00:38:27,039
Boone is forced to run
the gauntlet.
496
00:38:58,589 --> 00:39:00,112
Boone running the gauntlet
497
00:39:00,149 --> 00:39:03,186
and kind of withstanding
all these hits
498
00:39:03,226 --> 00:39:07,428
earns him, the respect of,
Blackfish.
499
00:39:07,472 --> 00:39:10,250
And he's then able
to convince Blackfish
500
00:39:10,289 --> 00:39:13,495
not to assault anybody else.
501
00:39:13,539 --> 00:39:16,656
And it certainly added
to the legend of Daniel Boone.
502
00:39:34,514 --> 00:39:37,202
Boone and
his men may be alive..
503
00:39:37,244 --> 00:39:40,500
...but they're prisoners
of war..
504
00:39:40,537 --> 00:39:43,056
...in a rebellion that's
on the brink of failure.
505
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,830
By 1778..
506
00:39:57,871 --> 00:40:01,376
...the exhausted Continental
Army is in full retreat.
507
00:40:06,061 --> 00:40:09,526
But it can't escape the most
brutal winter in a century.
508
00:40:12,344 --> 00:40:15,849
In the winter of 1777-1778
509
00:40:15,898 --> 00:40:20,319
the British had occupied
Philadelphia.
510
00:40:20,362 --> 00:40:22,184
Washington's Continental Army
511
00:40:22,225 --> 00:40:24,176
is starving
and freezing to death
512
00:40:24,218 --> 00:40:26,209
at Valley Forge.
513
00:40:26,255 --> 00:40:28,067
It's a very dark time
514
00:40:28,118 --> 00:40:30,717
for the American
revolutionary cause.
515
00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:37,573
By February,
2,500 continental soldiers
516
00:40:37,608 --> 00:40:39,341
die of exposure
517
00:40:39,385 --> 00:40:42,721
disease and starvation.
518
00:40:42,766 --> 00:40:46,062
More than double the casualties
of any single battle.
519
00:40:51,173 --> 00:40:52,776
Back in Boonesborough..
520
00:40:54,942 --> 00:40:57,232
...Boone and his men have
been missing for months.
521
00:40:59,710 --> 00:41:02,737
Most settlers fear the worst.
522
00:41:02,786 --> 00:41:05,465
Including Boone's wife, Rebecca.
523
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,154
Say bye to your sister.
524
00:41:10,196 --> 00:41:11,541
- Bye.
- Goodbye.
525
00:41:11,583 --> 00:41:12,539
Bye.
526
00:41:17,866 --> 00:41:19,599
The people of Boonesborough
527
00:41:19,644 --> 00:41:21,675
assumed the men had been killed.
528
00:41:21,724 --> 00:41:24,063
They had to.
529
00:41:24,106 --> 00:41:27,920
But Jemima stayed after Rebecca
took the rest of the family
530
00:41:27,964 --> 00:41:29,786
back to North Carolina.
531
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,764
She believed that her father
532
00:41:35,807 --> 00:41:37,101
would come back..
533
00:41:38,883 --> 00:41:40,576
...and she was going
to be there to greet him.
534
00:41:57,171 --> 00:42:00,168
Hundreds
of miles from home..
535
00:42:00,204 --> 00:42:02,504
...Boone has survived months of captivity.
536
00:42:04,798 --> 00:42:08,442
Now, Chief Blackfish
is marching Boone's men
537
00:42:08,482 --> 00:42:11,608
to the British stronghold
of Fort Detroit.
538
00:42:16,238 --> 00:42:20,400
It's the central staging ground
for attacks from the west.
539
00:42:20,442 --> 00:42:23,210
Part of Britain's plan to work
with their Native American
540
00:42:23,258 --> 00:42:26,773
allies to crush the
colonies from all sides.
541
00:42:47,742 --> 00:42:49,355
The British established
542
00:42:49,389 --> 00:42:53,461
a majorheadquarters at Detroit.
543
00:42:53,506 --> 00:42:56,543
It became the most important
fort in that region
544
00:42:56,583 --> 00:42:58,315
and it was out of Detroit
545
00:42:58,359 --> 00:43:01,516
that they sent the militias
546
00:43:01,566 --> 00:43:04,902
and the supplies
for the Indians to attack.
547
00:43:04,946 --> 00:43:08,072
That would become
a front in the war.
548
00:43:34,284 --> 00:43:37,530
These prisoners were valuable
assets for the Shawnee.
549
00:43:37,577 --> 00:43:39,877
They could trade them
with the British
550
00:43:39,917 --> 00:43:44,129
as a symbol of their support
for the British side.
551
00:43:44,164 --> 00:43:46,245
Unfortunately, some of them
actually were forced
552
00:43:46,287 --> 00:43:48,418
into the British military.
553
00:44:05,961 --> 00:44:08,610
What's going to happen
to those men?
554
00:44:08,648 --> 00:44:10,689
- Where are you taking them?
- To be questioned.
555
00:44:10,728 --> 00:44:12,291
Those men are not rebels.
556
00:44:12,332 --> 00:44:15,279
They're just hunters
and farmers settled in Kentucky.
557
00:44:15,322 --> 00:44:18,448
- What's your name?
- Daniel Boone.
558
00:44:18,485 --> 00:44:21,213
- Of Boonesborough?
- Yes, sir.
559
00:44:21,258 --> 00:44:24,863
You think that's your land?
560
00:44:24,899 --> 00:44:28,622
Boonesborough has not declared
loyalty to the crown.
561
00:44:28,668 --> 00:44:32,611
As such, I've been ordered
to take it by force.
562
00:44:32,655 --> 00:44:36,250
'Blackfish will lead
a war party to take the fort.'
563
00:44:36,295 --> 00:44:39,282
You will go with him to help
negotiate the surrender.
564
00:44:39,329 --> 00:44:40,893
Please, let me...
565
00:44:40,932 --> 00:44:42,754
That is what's going to happen.
566
00:44:46,393 --> 00:44:50,246
Boonesborough is the
most important frontier settlement.
567
00:44:50,293 --> 00:44:53,459
If it falls, the loss could be catastrophic
568
00:44:53,499 --> 00:44:55,281
to the American cause.
569
00:45:10,877 --> 00:45:12,610
Well, you could only
imagine what was going through
570
00:45:12,653 --> 00:45:14,695
Boone's mind.
571
00:45:14,733 --> 00:45:17,720
He realizes that the Shawnee
are going to
572
00:45:17,767 --> 00:45:20,276
attack Boonesborough
573
00:45:20,323 --> 00:45:23,928
facing what seemed to be,
insurmountable odds.
574
00:45:23,964 --> 00:45:27,299
Vastly outnumbered,
his family is there
575
00:45:27,344 --> 00:45:30,112
so he decides that
he's going to risk it all
576
00:45:30,161 --> 00:45:32,033
and try to escape.
577
00:46:36,679 --> 00:46:39,059
Daniel Boone is on the move
578
00:46:39,106 --> 00:46:42,183
making a daring escape..
579
00:46:42,226 --> 00:46:44,048
...from his Shawnee captors.
580
00:46:46,993 --> 00:46:50,070
He has to warn Boonesborough
that an attack is imminent.
581
00:46:54,186 --> 00:46:55,401
'Boone!'
582
00:47:31,150 --> 00:47:33,361
Alone, on foot
583
00:47:33,405 --> 00:47:35,963
Boone must cover a 150 miles
584
00:47:36,004 --> 00:47:40,465
faster than the Shawnee
or the fort will fall
585
00:47:40,511 --> 00:47:42,801
allowing the British
and their allies
586
00:47:42,851 --> 00:47:45,579
to attack the colonies
from the west.
587
00:47:56,154 --> 00:47:58,186
Because he was an expert tracker
588
00:47:58,235 --> 00:48:01,531
Boone knows very well
the kind of things you do
589
00:48:01,572 --> 00:48:04,300
if you don't want someone
to follow you.
590
00:48:04,345 --> 00:48:07,422
So, Boone would do things
like step only on rocks
591
00:48:07,465 --> 00:48:10,323
to not leave a trail
and you cut zigzags
592
00:48:10,369 --> 00:48:13,665
and circles and anything you can
do to confuse your pursuer.
593
00:48:22,503 --> 00:48:26,445
When Boone
escaped from the Shawnees
594
00:48:26,489 --> 00:48:28,879
he was not prepared
for a 100-mile journey.
595
00:48:30,952 --> 00:48:32,685
His feet were blistered
and bloody.
596
00:49:27,028 --> 00:49:29,766
Guys like Daniel Boone
who are on these
597
00:49:29,801 --> 00:49:31,494
endurance journeys.
598
00:49:31,534 --> 00:49:34,870
You'd have to be
in extremely good shape.
599
00:49:34,915 --> 00:49:39,634
That's just a testimonial
to how tough these guys were.
600
00:49:39,681 --> 00:49:42,200
He managed to do it
in four days.
601
00:49:42,238 --> 00:49:44,887
In order to do that,
he drew on incredible resources
602
00:49:44,925 --> 00:49:46,179
in his body.
603
00:49:58,575 --> 00:50:00,397
This is an extraordinary story.
604
00:50:00,439 --> 00:50:02,042
I mean, we're talkin' about..
605
00:50:02,085 --> 00:50:04,824
...four marathons
in four days
606
00:50:04,859 --> 00:50:07,457
without shoes,
through the wilderness..
607
00:50:07,502 --> 00:50:09,842
Not even running on streets.
608
00:50:09,886 --> 00:50:12,266
It builds on this reputation
609
00:50:12,312 --> 00:50:15,867
of Daniel Boone the superhero
who can do anything.
610
00:50:25,399 --> 00:50:26,783
'It's Boone!'
611
00:50:55,603 --> 00:50:57,386
Home for
the first time in months
612
00:50:57,424 --> 00:50:59,246
there's no time to rest.
613
00:51:06,914 --> 00:51:08,736
The Shawnee are coming.
614
00:51:11,637 --> 00:51:13,499
Gather our weapons.
615
00:51:13,544 --> 00:51:15,754
Muskets, ammunition, gunpowder.
616
00:51:15,797 --> 00:51:17,669
Get everything you can.
617
00:51:23,164 --> 00:51:25,375
Everything they
needed, essentially
618
00:51:25,418 --> 00:51:27,449
they had to produce themselves.
619
00:51:27,498 --> 00:51:29,628
Everything they consumed,
everything they drank..
620
00:51:29,664 --> 00:51:31,875
All the gunpowder
that they used
621
00:51:31,918 --> 00:51:34,477
the, the lead bullets
that they cast
622
00:51:34,518 --> 00:51:36,589
everything had to be made
from materials
623
00:51:36,641 --> 00:51:38,503
that were at hand.
624
00:51:43,141 --> 00:51:46,517
Combining leftover sulfur..
625
00:51:46,565 --> 00:51:51,076
...charcoal from the campfire and bat dung
626
00:51:51,115 --> 00:51:54,371
the settlers race
to make gunpowder.
627
00:52:03,423 --> 00:52:06,031
It was a desperate time.
They were short of men.
628
00:52:06,065 --> 00:52:08,704
They were short of ammunition,
short of supplies.
629
00:52:13,346 --> 00:52:15,297
And yet, people of Boonesborough
630
00:52:15,339 --> 00:52:18,466
were really
a part of the defense
631
00:52:18,502 --> 00:52:21,967
as it turned out,
of the American, Revolution.
632
00:52:54,341 --> 00:52:59,020
Blackfish
and his 450 Shawnee warriors
633
00:52:59,063 --> 00:53:01,184
outnumber the people
of Boonesborough..
634
00:53:02,270 --> 00:53:03,525
...seven to one.
635
00:53:16,528 --> 00:53:19,555
Fearing a massacre..
636
00:53:19,605 --> 00:53:23,976
...Boone makes a last ditch
effort to get reinforcements
637
00:53:24,024 --> 00:53:25,936
and sends for the local militia.
638
00:53:38,802 --> 00:53:42,346
They're stationed over
300 miles away..
639
00:53:42,398 --> 00:53:43,354
...in Virginia.
640
00:53:50,978 --> 00:53:53,666
And there's no telling
if they'll arrive in time..
641
00:53:55,269 --> 00:53:56,573
...or at all.
642
00:54:11,996 --> 00:54:15,511
Deep in
the Kentucky wilderness
643
00:54:15,549 --> 00:54:18,367
Daniel Boone braces
for an attack.
644
00:54:23,957 --> 00:54:26,854
Four hundred and fifty
Shawnee warriors
645
00:54:26,903 --> 00:54:28,645
are marching toward
Boonesborough..
646
00:54:30,890 --> 00:54:34,524
...under British orders
to capture the fort.
647
00:54:34,573 --> 00:54:37,948
If it falls, the blow to the colonial cause
648
00:54:37,997 --> 00:54:39,162
could be devastating.
649
00:54:41,810 --> 00:54:44,359
To understand what was going on
at Boonesborough
650
00:54:44,410 --> 00:54:48,264
you have to consider it in
the context of the revolution.
651
00:54:48,310 --> 00:54:51,437
The British
were encouraging Indians
652
00:54:51,474 --> 00:54:54,590
to attack the Kentucky
settlements.
653
00:54:54,637 --> 00:54:57,365
Boonesborough was the biggest
one, so they felt if they could
654
00:54:57,410 --> 00:54:59,412
bring that down
655
00:54:59,447 --> 00:55:03,351
they could probably
overrun Kentucky
656
00:55:03,390 --> 00:55:05,212
and drive the settlers out.
657
00:55:08,201 --> 00:55:11,885
And then attack from the
west against the colonies.
658
00:55:15,004 --> 00:55:18,131
Boone sent
word to the Virginia militia
659
00:55:18,168 --> 00:55:19,512
hoping for help.
660
00:55:21,677 --> 00:55:23,838
But they're more than
300 miles away..
661
00:55:26,012 --> 00:55:27,485
...and he has no idea
662
00:55:27,528 --> 00:55:29,350
if they're coming.
663
00:55:51,795 --> 00:55:53,060
'They're here!'
664
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:11,035
My God!
665
00:56:17,883 --> 00:56:20,621
A force of hundreds
of Indians shows up.
666
00:56:20,657 --> 00:56:22,648
They want to wipe Boonesborough
off the map.
667
00:56:35,346 --> 00:56:37,168
Daniel Boone!
668
00:56:37,210 --> 00:56:38,734
But Boone doesn't want
669
00:56:38,770 --> 00:56:40,115
to engage them in a fight.
670
00:56:40,156 --> 00:56:42,158
He's aware that the Shawnee
671
00:56:42,194 --> 00:56:44,185
could possibly massacre them all
672
00:56:44,230 --> 00:56:46,749
so he negotiates
with the Shawnee.
673
00:56:48,043 --> 00:56:49,656
'I'm coming out!'
674
00:57:35,842 --> 00:57:37,704
Do right by your people.
675
00:57:37,749 --> 00:57:40,825
Surrender and no harm
will come to them.
676
00:57:40,868 --> 00:57:44,164
'You have until sundown.'
677
00:57:44,205 --> 00:57:47,152
I need more time
to discuss it with the others.
678
00:57:55,645 --> 00:57:57,547
You have until sundown.
679
00:58:34,603 --> 00:58:36,475
Man your post.
Fire at will.
680
00:59:01,125 --> 00:59:03,634
Even though they were
vastly outnumbered
681
00:59:03,681 --> 00:59:05,373
by the Indians
682
00:59:05,414 --> 00:59:08,839
the frontiersmen
who are in Boonesborough
683
00:59:08,881 --> 00:59:10,654
they used good fortifications
684
00:59:10,701 --> 00:59:13,340
they had stockpiles of weaponry.
685
00:59:15,381 --> 00:59:18,717
And remember that they had
to hunt just to survive
686
00:59:18,762 --> 00:59:21,540
so they were always
exceptional marksmen.
687
00:59:46,625 --> 00:59:47,790
Aah!
688
00:59:56,506 --> 00:59:58,756
We're gonna make this.
We're gonna make this.
689
01:00:40,144 --> 01:00:42,783
Boone and
a force of just 60 settlers
690
01:00:42,831 --> 01:00:46,644
fight off the first attack.
691
01:00:46,688 --> 01:00:48,858
The Shawnee suffer
heavy casualties..
692
01:00:52,580 --> 01:00:56,563
1"X ...but Blackfish refuses
to give up.
693
01:00:56,611 --> 01:00:59,598
The frontier story
has been told many times
694
01:00:59,645 --> 01:01:02,941
almost always with the settlers
695
01:01:02,982 --> 01:01:04,634
as the heroes of the story.
696
01:01:07,444 --> 01:01:10,989
But American Indians
are Americans too.
697
01:01:11,042 --> 01:01:12,864
Shawnee people were defending
what they considered to be
698
01:01:12,905 --> 01:01:14,378
their homeland.
699
01:01:19,968 --> 01:01:23,134
The Battle of
Boonesborough is just beginning.
700
01:01:33,706 --> 01:01:36,434
In the first
major battle on the western front
701
01:01:36,479 --> 01:01:40,760
of the Revolutionary War,
Boonesborough is under siege.
702
01:01:54,202 --> 01:01:56,881
After taking heavy casualties
703
01:01:56,933 --> 01:02:00,527
Shawnee leader, Blackfish,
changes tactics..
704
01:02:10,236 --> 01:02:12,705
...unleashing a barrage
of surprise attacks
705
01:02:12,750 --> 01:02:14,483
on the settlement.
706
01:02:47,635 --> 01:02:48,979
Come on!
707
01:02:57,471 --> 01:02:58,686
Just hang on.
708
01:03:10,428 --> 01:03:13,814
The Native Americans
we're using hit-and-run tactics
709
01:03:13,851 --> 01:03:16,540
and these are quite
devastatingly effective
710
01:03:16,582 --> 01:03:18,792
because those in the frontier
711
01:03:18,835 --> 01:03:21,045
feared that they could be
attacked at any time
712
01:03:21,088 --> 01:03:22,303
at any place.
713
01:03:24,512 --> 01:03:28,147
This, as in every combat,
is a test of wills.
714
01:03:30,406 --> 01:03:32,965
They were
vulnerable and exposed.
715
01:03:33,006 --> 01:03:35,555
Bullets were flying.
716
01:03:35,605 --> 01:03:37,637
There was gun smoke
sometimes so thick
717
01:03:37,685 --> 01:03:40,633
you couldn't see anything.
718
01:03:40,676 --> 01:03:43,663
This went on day after day
after day.
719
01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:51,119
With the fort
surrounded, the settlers are trapped.
720
01:04:00,047 --> 01:04:03,084
There was human waste,
animal carcasses
721
01:04:03,124 --> 01:04:05,463
and rotten meat layin' around.
722
01:04:05,506 --> 01:04:08,145
Everyone's clothes
are in tatters.
723
01:04:08,194 --> 01:04:12,784
I mean, this place
is a miserable cesspool.
724
01:04:12,830 --> 01:04:15,687
The only thing worse
than being in here
725
01:04:15,733 --> 01:04:18,850
would be to step out of there
and be tortured and killed.
726
01:04:28,257 --> 01:04:31,155
Boone refuses to surrender.
727
01:04:34,628 --> 01:04:36,838
The settlers stand their ground.
728
01:05:21,255 --> 01:05:22,430
Aah!
729
01:05:34,645 --> 01:05:38,110
The attacks
continue for nine straight days
730
01:05:38,156 --> 01:05:40,795
but Blackfish still
can't take the fort.
731
01:05:43,833 --> 01:05:49,289
Blackfish was in a very
complicated situation there.
732
01:05:49,336 --> 01:05:53,110
He knew that unless Boone
surrendered the fort
733
01:05:53,149 --> 01:05:56,794
it was unlikely
he could take it.
734
01:05:56,834 --> 01:06:00,179
And in a well-built fort,
with those big logs,
735
01:06:00,213 --> 01:06:03,549
with rifles,
he could not take the fort.
736
01:06:32,974 --> 01:06:34,797
Blackfish and the
Shawnees just decided
737
01:06:34,837 --> 01:06:37,834
if we can't bring them over,
if we can't capture them
738
01:06:37,871 --> 01:06:40,380
we'll simply do whatever
we can to destroy them.
739
01:07:03,828 --> 01:07:06,387
Boonesborough
is now a battlefield
740
01:07:06,429 --> 01:07:08,470
in the Revolutionary War.
741
01:07:08,509 --> 01:07:10,889
Armed by the British,
the Shawnee mount
742
01:07:10,936 --> 01:07:12,190
a fierce attack.
743
01:07:14,576 --> 01:07:17,224
But after ten days
of relentless fighting
744
01:07:17,262 --> 01:07:19,303
the fort still stands.
745
01:07:39,320 --> 01:07:40,754
Everybody out!
746
01:08:44,885 --> 01:08:47,135
The siege of
Boonesborough was terrifying
747
01:08:47,182 --> 01:08:48,875
for the people inside the fort.
748
01:08:50,994 --> 01:08:53,723
The gunfire was so loud
749
01:08:53,768 --> 01:08:57,024
women were screaming,
children were crying
750
01:08:57,062 --> 01:09:00,965
they knew the Virginia
militia was on its way
751
01:09:01,005 --> 01:09:02,957
but they didn't
get there in time.
752
01:09:04,688 --> 01:09:06,809
So, the people of Boonesborough
753
01:09:06,855 --> 01:09:09,583
simply assumed
the fort was falling.
754
01:09:42,260 --> 01:09:44,391
At a very important moment
755
01:09:44,427 --> 01:09:49,455
a rainstorm came
and doused the flames.
756
01:09:49,497 --> 01:09:51,757
Had it not rained at that time
757
01:09:51,793 --> 01:09:54,909
Boonesborough could have,
been taken.
758
01:09:58,510 --> 01:10:01,069
The Shawnees' attack fails.
759
01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:07,312
And when a scout returns
with word
760
01:10:07,351 --> 01:10:09,521
that the Virginia militia
is coming
761
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,030
Blackfish has no choice
but to retreat.
762
01:10:14,630 --> 01:10:17,886
They knew there were
more men there, more rifles
763
01:10:17,924 --> 01:10:20,005
more powder, more supplies
764
01:10:20,048 --> 01:10:24,290
and psychologically this was
so discouraging to the Indians
765
01:10:24,337 --> 01:10:28,280
and Blackfish that
the next morning they were gone.
766
01:10:32,398 --> 01:10:36,769
After a eleven days
of brutal, round-the-clock fighting
767
01:10:36,818 --> 01:10:39,716
the Battle of Boonesborough
is finally over.
768
01:10:41,368 --> 01:10:46,436
Securing a badly needed
colonial win.
769
01:10:46,482 --> 01:10:49,997
It would be hard to exaggerate
the importance of the victory
770
01:10:50,035 --> 01:10:52,813
at Boonesborough
for the colonies at this time.
771
01:10:52,852 --> 01:10:54,933
It was a desperate time.
772
01:10:54,975 --> 01:10:59,615
1778 was a bad year
for the Americans.
773
01:10:59,656 --> 01:11:03,868
So, even this little battle
in way off in Kentucky
774
01:11:03,903 --> 01:11:07,019
s important.
775
01:11:07,066 --> 01:11:09,276
The British make a
major miscalculation in dealing
776
01:11:09,319 --> 01:11:11,828
with Boonesborough
and the American frontier.
777
01:11:13,912 --> 01:11:16,382
By supporting
Native American attacks
778
01:11:16,425 --> 01:11:18,895
against the colonists
in the West
779
01:11:18,940 --> 01:11:22,016
that only infuriates
and increases
780
01:11:22,059 --> 01:11:25,275
the hatred
of the British in the East.
781
01:11:25,309 --> 01:11:28,555
This was the deepest anxiety
782
01:11:28,603 --> 01:11:31,550
that these English colonists
had, and for the British to now
783
01:11:31,593 --> 01:11:34,192
just push that button,
it's the height of stupidity.
784
01:11:39,740 --> 01:11:42,468
Just days
after the Shawnee retreat..
785
01:11:45,633 --> 01:11:48,322
...the Virginia militia
finally arrives.
786
01:12:03,747 --> 01:12:05,609
They've come with a new mission
787
01:12:05,654 --> 01:12:08,472
to escalate the war
on the frontier
788
01:12:08,515 --> 01:12:12,069
by striking back against
Britain and its allies.
789
01:12:14,408 --> 01:12:16,917
Their first target
is Chillicothe
790
01:12:16,964 --> 01:12:19,692
the home of Blackfish
791
01:12:19,738 --> 01:12:22,168
and an opportunity for revenge.
792
01:12:25,284 --> 01:12:28,361
Boone was opposed
to exterminationist raids.
793
01:12:28,405 --> 01:12:30,745
These raids north of the Ohio
794
01:12:30,788 --> 01:12:33,128
were aimed at destroying
795
01:12:33,171 --> 01:12:34,864
the Indian homeland.
796
01:12:34,905 --> 01:12:38,459
Burning villages,
burning cornfields
797
01:12:38,502 --> 01:12:41,788
attacking women and children,
killing indiscriminately.
798
01:12:41,839 --> 01:12:44,218
This was just not Boone's style.
799
01:12:46,778 --> 01:12:50,552
I don't know
where their village is.
800
01:12:50,592 --> 01:12:52,972
The remarkable thing
about Boone is that Boone doesn't
801
01:12:53,018 --> 01:12:55,707
turn into an Indian hater.
802
01:12:55,749 --> 01:12:59,821
He doesn't give his life over
to hate and vengeance.
803
01:12:59,866 --> 01:13:01,777
He still has it in him
the capability
804
01:13:01,815 --> 01:13:03,857
to seek peace with these people.
805
01:13:03,895 --> 01:13:06,066
It's kind of remarkable,
because I think that if most
806
01:13:06,106 --> 01:13:08,057
people imagined that situation
807
01:13:08,099 --> 01:13:11,783
the hate would define you
for the rest of your life.
808
01:13:13,516 --> 01:13:14,820
'I do.'
809
01:13:19,886 --> 01:13:22,186
It's right here.
810
01:13:22,226 --> 01:13:23,919
North of the Ohio River.
811
01:13:35,833 --> 01:13:38,213
Boone's
refusal to fight at Chillicothe
812
01:13:38,260 --> 01:13:41,556
causes a rift between him
and the other settlers.
813
01:13:50,524 --> 01:13:54,507
In the fall of 1778,
Daniel and Jemima Boone
814
01:13:54,554 --> 01:13:57,152
leave the settlement he founded.
815
01:14:04,564 --> 01:14:06,904
He goes on to join
American forces
816
01:14:06,947 --> 01:14:09,855
fighting the British
on the western front.
817
01:14:09,894 --> 01:14:12,971
And though he never again
sets foot in Boonesborough
818
01:14:13,015 --> 01:14:15,046
the settlement survives..
819
01:14:16,827 --> 01:14:18,908
...and Kentucky will become
820
01:14:18,951 --> 01:14:22,984
America's 15th state.
821
01:14:23,025 --> 01:14:25,932
Boone remains
a seductive figure
822
01:14:25,972 --> 01:14:28,352
in the American imagination.
823
01:14:28,398 --> 01:14:30,997
I think we all like to fancy
824
01:14:31,042 --> 01:14:33,910
that in those circumstances
we would be that brave
825
01:14:33,945 --> 01:14:37,281
and that resourceful
and that capable
826
01:14:37,325 --> 01:14:39,366
to live through and do
the things that he did.
827
01:14:39,405 --> 01:14:41,058
But also throughout his life
828
01:14:41,096 --> 01:14:44,561
he seems just have remained
a good guy.
829
01:14:44,605 --> 01:14:46,856
Boone still stands out
as this likable figure
830
01:14:46,903 --> 01:14:48,725
who treated people fairly
831
01:14:48,765 --> 01:14:51,414
wanted the best for people.
832
01:14:51,452 --> 01:14:53,921
And he had that
rugged individualism
833
01:14:53,966 --> 01:14:56,824
that is the embodiment
of American frontiersmen.
834
01:15:09,479 --> 01:15:12,944
With Boone
gone, in May 1779
835
01:15:12,990 --> 01:15:17,281
Virginia's militia marches
on Britain's allies
836
01:15:17,323 --> 01:15:18,886
the Shawnee.
837
01:15:41,157 --> 01:15:46,703
Chillicothe
is home to 3000 Shawnee..
838
01:15:46,747 --> 01:15:50,252
...when the Virginia militia
descends bent on revenge.
839
01:16:59,506 --> 01:17:03,230
For the Shawnee people,
the loss of a beloved leader
840
01:17:03,276 --> 01:17:07,179
in Blackfish
was a serious event.
841
01:17:07,220 --> 01:17:09,470
Blackfish loomed large
842
01:17:09,517 --> 01:17:13,241
because of his stature and
reputation as a war leader.
843
01:17:13,286 --> 01:17:17,399
The loss of Blackfish was
the loss of yet another hero.
844
01:17:26,243 --> 01:17:28,932
From those that survive
845
01:17:28,974 --> 01:17:33,225
a new Shawnee hero will emerge.
846
01:17:33,263 --> 01:17:37,993
The adopted son of Blackfish,
a 11-year-old Tecumseh
847
01:17:38,031 --> 01:17:40,669
who will soon rise
to lead his people
848
01:17:40,717 --> 01:17:43,276
in the fight to reclaim
the frontier.
849
01:17:47,391 --> 01:17:50,468
One year after the death of Chief Blackfish
850
01:17:50,511 --> 01:17:53,806
the Continental Army begins
to turn the tide of the war.
851
01:18:06,935 --> 01:18:09,962
The success of the settlers
in defending Boonesborough
852
01:18:10,011 --> 01:18:14,383
was just one incident in a long
series of fights and battles.
853
01:18:19,459 --> 01:18:22,535
Eventually, the French
come into the conflict
854
01:18:22,578 --> 01:18:26,133
as the allies of the Americans.
855
01:18:26,176 --> 01:18:28,217
And in many ways, that indeed
856
01:18:28,256 --> 01:18:30,376
was the turning point
in the revolution.
857
01:18:37,529 --> 01:18:40,307
In September, 1783
858
01:18:40,345 --> 01:18:42,994
Britain signs
the Treaty of Paris.
859
01:18:45,199 --> 01:18:47,579
Formally recognizing
the sovereignty
860
01:18:47,626 --> 01:18:49,697
of the United States of America
861
01:18:49,749 --> 01:18:51,571
and ending the war.
862
01:19:02,966 --> 01:19:05,176
People might not realize
this, but the Treaty of Paris
863
01:19:05,220 --> 01:19:08,297
was actually signed
by this new United States
864
01:19:08,340 --> 01:19:11,287
the British Empire
and the French Empire.
865
01:19:13,843 --> 01:19:16,740
France provided troops,
provided navies
866
01:19:16,790 --> 01:19:20,036
and funded
the American Revolution.
867
01:19:20,084 --> 01:19:22,513
Britain figured France
was actually
868
01:19:22,553 --> 01:19:25,759
its bigger enemy
in the long run.
869
01:19:25,803 --> 01:19:29,437
So, Britain surrendered
pretty much all the lands
870
01:19:29,487 --> 01:19:32,046
West of the Appalachians
to the Mississippi River
871
01:19:32,087 --> 01:19:35,721
to make an ally
of the new United States.
872
01:19:41,664 --> 01:19:45,557
The new
country nearly doubles in size
873
01:19:45,608 --> 01:19:49,292
gaining more than 250,000
square miles of land..
874
01:19:52,194 --> 01:19:54,883
...stretching from Florida
to Canada
875
01:19:54,924 --> 01:19:57,702
and from the Atlantic
to the Mississippi.
876
01:20:04,891 --> 01:20:07,799
The big surprise
of the Treaty of Paris
877
01:20:07,839 --> 01:20:10,228
was that the British
conceded control
878
01:20:10,265 --> 01:20:12,864
of the entire
Trans-Appalachian West.
879
01:20:12,909 --> 01:20:15,856
It was an incredible bounty
880
01:20:15,899 --> 01:20:17,761
for the new nation.
881
01:20:25,952 --> 01:20:28,113
Free from British rule
882
01:20:28,162 --> 01:20:30,930
American settlers race
to claim their piece
883
01:20:30,979 --> 01:20:33,020
of the frontier.
884
01:20:33,059 --> 01:20:35,747
Over the next decade
885
01:20:35,789 --> 01:20:38,208
thousands of settlers flood west
886
01:20:38,259 --> 01:20:42,591
along the trails blazed
by men like Daniel Boone
887
01:20:42,635 --> 01:20:45,194
but they will soon learn
a hard lesson.
888
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:06,163
While the British
Army had surrendered
889
01:21:06,210 --> 01:21:09,545
the native people
in the west never surrendered.
890
01:21:09,590 --> 01:21:12,368
Native
Americans still claim this land
891
01:21:12,407 --> 01:21:14,836
and Tecumseh, now grown
892
01:21:14,877 --> 01:21:18,004
is about to reignite
the fight for the frontier.
893
01:21:35,417 --> 01:21:38,882
Next time on the "Men
Who Built America, Frontiersmen.."
894
01:21:40,791 --> 01:21:44,167
As the new nation pushes
relentlessly west
895
01:21:44,214 --> 01:21:46,853
the frontier becomes
a bloody battleground.
896
01:21:46,901 --> 01:21:50,804
Tecumseh recognizes that
if the natives are to survive
897
01:21:50,845 --> 01:21:53,832
they need to band together.
898
01:21:53,878 --> 01:21:55,919
Surrounded by enemies
899
01:21:55,958 --> 01:21:58,865
Thomas Jefferson
makes a bold move
900
01:21:58,905 --> 01:22:01,155
that could cost him
the presidency.
901
01:22:01,201 --> 01:22:03,541
The Louisiana Purchase
was the greatest
902
01:22:03,585 --> 01:22:07,050
real estate deal
in the history of the world.
903
01:22:07,095 --> 01:22:08,648
He launches
one of the most daring
904
01:22:08,699 --> 01:22:11,775
expeditions in American history.
905
01:22:11,818 --> 01:22:14,377
If you want to get
a sense for how mysterious
906
01:22:14,419 --> 01:22:18,013
the western lands were to the
Lewis and Clark expedition
907
01:22:18,058 --> 01:22:21,613
it was as strange to them
as it would be
908
01:22:21,656 --> 01:22:24,474
for you or me
to step foot on Mars.
909
01:22:26,595 --> 01:22:29,025
Then, as a new generation
910
01:22:29,066 --> 01:22:31,366
of frontiersmen emerges
911
01:22:31,406 --> 01:22:35,000
Andrew Jackson
stares down an empire.
912
01:22:35,046 --> 01:22:36,211
Fire!
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