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Previously on "The Men Who
Built America: Frontiersmen.."
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Brave pioneers like Daniel Boone
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blazed a trail
into the wilderness..
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...moving west
to fulfill a dream.
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They fought
to forge a new nation..
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...the United States
of America.
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Now, the young country
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must hold its ground to survive.
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Whoa-oa-oa whoa-oa-oa
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The American Revolution has
been over for nine years..
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...but the frontier
remains a war zone.
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Like other
Native American leaders
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Shawnee war-chief, Tecumseh
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has watched
thousands of pioneers
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surge into his homeland.
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And now he's fighting back.
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The Americans continued
to push the frontier.
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The pressure was on the Indians
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to move and get out of the way.
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The frontiersmen were out
there trying to scrape out
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a living trying to get rich,
taking land.
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The Indians did
what any person does
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to defend your homeland
and your life.
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The Shawnee are one of
over 20 tribes
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in the Ohio Territory..
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...part of the area
surrendered by the British
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in the Treaty of Paris
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which ended
the American Revolution.
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But it's land
that Native Americans
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have claimed for generations.
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The key provision
of the Treaty of Paris
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is that the British
have to leave the Midwest
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giving this huge territory
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over to the Americans.
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But you still have, of course,
the Native American tribes
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who were not party to the treaty
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and who were not about to just
accept all these Americans
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flooding over
the Appalachian Mountains.
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Tecumseh spent his whole life
fighting American expansion.
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He was raised
by legendary Shawnee warrior
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Chief Blackfish, who died
fighting as a British ally
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during the Revolution.
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Tecumseh's childhood was
nothing short of traumatic.
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In the attacks by whites
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he lost his father
and his infant brother
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at a very early age.
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He was constantly moving
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to try to avoid attack.
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At the age of ten,
he was taken in to Blackfish's family
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and treated as a foster son.
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And then the loss of Blackfish
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was the loss
of yet another father figure
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and yet another hero.
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Determined to force settlers
out of Ohio
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Tecumseh joins warriors
from over a dozen tribes
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in guerilla attacks
along the frontier.
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Over the next year
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2500 Americans are killed.
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In one attack alone,
Native American warriors
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wipe out 1000 local militiamen.
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Native people see
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the United States
as weak, militarily.
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In native people's minds,
they could defeat the Americans
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and take control of Ohio again.
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By 1793
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the flow of settlers
grinds to a halt
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creating a crisis
in the nation's capital.
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President George Washington
is starting his second term
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and the government owes
over 75 million dollars
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to France, Spain
and the Netherlands..
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...nations that helped
finance the Revolutionary War.
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Washington's plan to pay it off
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hinges on settlers buying frontier land.
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Each acre costs one dollar
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and the government has
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a 160 million acres to sell.
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The only hope to get out
of these massive debts
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is to sell those lands
in the west.
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But, the Native American people
there, uh, were not about
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to accept all these Americans
flooding over the Appalachians.
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And they attack.
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Well, this now starts to inhibit
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the sale of all these lands
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that the federal government
is counting on
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to balance their budget.
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Four years earlier,
Washington commissioned
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the nation's
first professional army.
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Now he sends over 2000 troops
to the Ohio Territory
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to crush
Native American resistance
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and reopen the frontier
to land sales.
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Washington recognizes that
the bloodshed has to stop.
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It compels Washington
to send troops
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to provide
a barrier of protection
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for American settlers
in the region
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and, in some sense,
to encourage people
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to continue to move out
into the frontier
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which everyone understood
at that point
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would be the future
of the United States.
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Among the army's officers
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is a man who will
one day be president..
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...William Henry Harrison.
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William Henry Harrison
was a very ambitious man.
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And he saw the west
as a stepping stone
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to reach national stature
and leadership.
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One of Harrison's officers
is a young lieutenant
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who in just 12 years
will help lead one of
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the greatest expeditions
in American history.
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His name is William Clark.
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His brother fought with
Daniel Boone in the revolution
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and now he's determined
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to make a name for himself.
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William Clark
was the younger brother
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of a very famous man,
George Rogers Clark.
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George Rogers Clark had played
this really important role
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in America's successful
Revolutionary War in the west.
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All of his life, William
had been comparing himself
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to his older and famous brother.
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He wanted to prove
his own worth.
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The army's mission is clear.
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Eradicate
the Native American threat.
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But the resistance
has grown to 1500 warriors
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from dozens of tribes..
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...including
Tecumseh's Shawnee.
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And they've been
secretly tracking
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the army through Ohio.
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Return fire!
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Fall back!
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On the northwestern edge
of modern-day Ohio..
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...William Henry Harrison
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and the US Army brigade
sent by George Washington
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to secure the frontier
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are under a surprise attack
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by native warriors,
including Tecumseh.
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Fall back!
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Fall back!
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Lieutenant William Clark
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regroups his men
for a counter strike.
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Fix bayonets.
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'On my command.'
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Charge!
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Fire!
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'Fire!'
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It's the largest US Army force
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Native Americans like
Tecumseh have faced in battle.
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Fire!
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It turns into a bloodbath.
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Overwhelmed and outnumbered
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the Native Americans retreat.
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The battle was
something of a turning point.
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The natives had a sense of hope.
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They believed that they were
in a position of power
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in comparison to the US.
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And here they realize
that is not the case.
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The conflict will become known
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as the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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And it changes the balance
of power on the frontier.
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Within a year..
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...at Fort Greenville
in western Ohio..
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...the victorious Harrison
finalizes a peace treaty
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with the Native American
leaders.
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Convinced they can't defeat
the powerful US Army
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over a dozen tribes
surrender their lands
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in the Ohio Territory..
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...opening 25,000 square miles
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to peaceful settlement.
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But some tribes
refuse to accept defeat.
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Tecumseh did not sign
the Treaty of Greenville
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because this was the land,
his home space
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that his people had always had
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that his, his father
gave his life for
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that his older brother
gave his life for.
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If he was going to sign
with anything
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he was gonna sign
with his own blood.
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Tecumseh retreats
beyond the Ohio River..
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...to plan his next move.
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Over the next decade..
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...42,000 pioneers
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take advantage
of the new-found peace
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streaming into modern-day Ohio and Indiana
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to carve out a new life
on the frontier.
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The people
that went to the frontier
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were people
that wanted a new life.
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They wanted to make some money.
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They wanted to get land.
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One thing that characterizes
this country
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is that we like the idea
of charting our own destiny
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and that was the frontier
for so many Americans.
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With the frontier
seemingly at peace
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many Americans feel confident.
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But in Washington
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newly-elected president,
Thomas Jefferson
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isn't convinced.
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He sees a young nation
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surrounded by powerful
empires hungry for land.
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France to the south,
Spain to the southwest
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and the biggest threat of all,
Great Britain to the north.
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When the British acknowledged
American independence
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they did so
with an understanding
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that they still intended
to be influential.
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And they still had designs
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on the western part
of North America.
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And they were very suspicious
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of the emergence
of the United States.
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Jefferson believes there's only
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one way to protect America.
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Expand.
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Jefferson has a vision
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for the future of America.
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And his idea is that
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in order for America to be
a free and independent country
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it's gotta be a country
of independent land owners.
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And in order for that
to happen, it's gotta spread.
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When Jefferson looked west,
he saw empty space.
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He saw a sort of blank slate.
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He didn't want to share America
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with old-world powers like
France and Spain and Britain.
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So he wanted,
effectively pave the way
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for America's control of
the entire American continent
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between the Atlantic
and the Pacific.
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To realize his vision
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Jefferson takes a huge risk.
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In the spring of 1803
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he secretly negotiates
with Napoleon
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to buy the French port
of New Orleans.
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Jefferson understood that
whoever controlled New Orleans
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controlled
the Mississippi Valley.
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To his surprise,
the French government said
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"Why don't you take
the rest of Louisiana?"
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Jefferson had not gone out
looking for Louisiana.
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Napoleon essentially dropped it
in Jefferson's lap.
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Known as the Louisiana Purchase
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this vast tract of land
costs 15 million dollars.
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About 250 million today.
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It stretches from the
Mississippi to the Rockies
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and from the Gulf of Mexico
to Canada
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doubling America's size
overnight.
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The Louisiana Purchase was
the greatest real-estate deal
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in the history of the world,
not just in American history.
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And Thomas Jefferson
had the boldness
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to run quickly
and make that deal.
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But not everyone sees the value
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of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Jefferson's enemies said,
"The President is buying land
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that we don't require,
with money that we don't have."
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But Jefferson realized
two things
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a great bargain when he saw it
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and that this was probably
the most important moment
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thus far in American history.
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The president has a plan
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to prove his doubters wrong.
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He'll send an expedition
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to explore the new land.
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But he won't stop there.
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His goal is to go
all the way to the Pacific
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and claim the western coast
of the continent for America.
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It took Jefferson,
a man who never traveled
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more than 50 miles west
of his birthplace
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to have the vision
to do this thing
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and to create what he called
an "Empire for Liberty."
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So this story is
as important a foundation story
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of American greatness
as any other story we have.
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President Thomas Jefferson
has to explore
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over 800,000 square miles
of newly-purchased land
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and find a trade route
to the Pacific Ocean.
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To lead the mission
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Jefferson turns
to his most trusted aide
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an old family friend
named Meriwether Lewis.
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Send this out right away.
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Thomas Jefferson had known
Meriwether Lewis' father.
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He had known Meriwether Lewis
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since he was a child,
practically.
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He served as
President Thomas Jefferson's
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private secretary for two years.
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Thomas Jefferson knew
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Meriwether Lewis
was a very intelligent person
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and he knew
that Meriwether Lewis
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would understand
what his objectives were.
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And he certainly expected him
to carry those out.
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For Lewis, it's the
opportunity of a lifetime..
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...one that comes
despite a troubled past.
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While serving in the army,
a series of barroom brawls
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earns young Lewis
a court martial..
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...and a transfer to a remote
outpost in the Ohio Territory.
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His commander, William Clark
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a hero from
the Battle of Fallen Timbers
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and a man who will alter
the course of his life.
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I will not tolerate any fighting
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amongst the men
under my command.
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Is that clear?
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Yes, sir.
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You're dismissed.
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Lewis' father died
when he was just a boy.
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It's possible to see Lewis
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as searching for, perhaps,
a father figure
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or a figure of stability
in his life.
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And I think
Clark immediately recognized
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that Lewis
was extremely intelligent
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but that he also was troubled
in some essential way.
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Under Clark, Lewis learns
structure and discipline
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and he rises
through the military ranks.
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By 1800,
he's promoted to captain.
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Clark had an enormous
stabilizing effect
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on Meriwether Lewis.
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And from that moment on
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they formed
a-a very close friendship.
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Clark was always
the older brother
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who was doing what he could
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to calm down
his mercurial friend
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and to keep him on task.
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In 1801, Lewis is called
to the White House.
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Now, two years later
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he prepares for
the most ambitious expedition
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in the young nation's history
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exploring the newly-acquired
Louisiana Territory.
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The Missouri could possibly lead
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all the way
to the western coast.
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Look.
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Lewis spends nearly a year
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learning everything he can
about the frontier.
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Jefferson has one
of the world's best libraries
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and he gives Lewis
a crash course
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in geography and science.
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Jefferson helped him to learn
latitude and longitude.
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Lewis worked with America's
most famous botanist.
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He learned something
about medicine.
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And so in the, in the course
of a couple of months
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Lewis got a smattering of
all of the enlightenment arts
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that an explorer ought to have.
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But despite their preparations
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neither Lewis nor Jefferson
can predict
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what the expedition might face.
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The middle part of the continent
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was completely a blank map.
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They didn't know
what was out there.
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No Americans, no Europeans
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had been across
that part of the continent.
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And Jefferson, in fact, thought
there were dinosaurs out there.
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In May 1804
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Lewis arrives in Missouri
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the staging ground
for his expedition
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and is reunited with the mentor
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he handpicked for the mission.
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Captain Lewis.
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Captain Clark.
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A pleasure to see you again.
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Clark recognized
that Lewis was a genius.
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He was asked almost at
the last minute to join Lewis.
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He was quite happy to do so.
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He wanted to be a part
of the great, heroic crossing
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of the continent.
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Careful, boys. Come on,
two hands, two hands.
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There we go. Good.
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Lewis and Clark
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their strengths
and strong qualities
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complement each other.
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Alright.
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There could not have been
a better duo
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uniquely positioned to help
lead America into that area.
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Lewis and Clark
will lead 45 men west
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past the boundaries
of known civilization.
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They hope the Missouri River
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will connect directly
to the Pacific Ocean
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but it's uncharted wilderness.
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The map that Lewis and Clark
took went to, like, St. Louis
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and then was blank, blank,
blank, blank, blank.
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Move those to the front.
Thank you.
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Not knowing
what dangers might lie ahead
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the expedition amasses
the largest arsenal
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the frontier has ever seen.
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Let's make sure these stay dry.
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It was as brilliantly planned
an expedition
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as has ever been mounted
by anybody.
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They had weapons,
gunpowder, ball, lead
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and they carried medicine.
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The best estimate is that
they were starting out
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with about 60,000 pounds
worth of gear.
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On May 21st, 1804..
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...Lewis and Clark
begin their journey west.
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I mean, to try to make it
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all the way across our continent
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and get to the Pacific Ocean
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is similar
to what Neil and Buzz had
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on Apollo 11, possibly..
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...going, uh, all the way
to the surface of the moon.
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Lewis and Clark have no idea
what they'll find
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or if they'll
make it back alive.
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President Thomas Jefferson
has sent Lewis and Clark
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on a mission to explore
the Louisiana Territory..
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...and find a route
to the Pacific Ocean.
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If they succeed,
it will open up vast new areas
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to American trade and settlement
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and justify the boldest move
of Jefferson's career.
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Well, for Thomas Jefferson,
he knew there was something
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out there in our great land,
but he didn't know what it was.
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It was a gamble
to send Lewis and Clark.
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Their plan is to use
the Missouri River
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as a highway following it
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as far west as possible.
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In his greatest fantasy,
Jefferson almost seems to see
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a, a sort of interstate highway
system of rivers
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where there are no barriers,
where you somehow can just
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thread your way across
the continent
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with the greatest of ease.
He should've known better.
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By early winter 1804
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Lewis and Clark are stalled
in present-day North Dakota.
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They've come
less than a thousand miles
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from St. Louis.
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They build a shelter
called Fort Mandan.
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It attracts a handful
of trappers and traders
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venturing west.
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While they were at Fort Mandan
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there were also
British and French traders
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who were embedded
amongst the Mandan.
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And so
they were asking questions
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of anybody they could find
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what-what they should expect.
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They soon learn that further
travel by water is impossible
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and they'll have to continue
overland.
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Then, in November..
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...they meet a French-Canadian
trapper and his wife
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a 17-year-old Shoshone
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named Sacagawea.
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Sacagawea
was incredibly important
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to the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
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She could be an ambassador
for them
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somebody who could talk
to the local Indians
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and, uh, tell them what Lewis
and Clark were doing there.
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And having a woman and
especially a woman with a baby
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with your party
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was a universal sign
that you came in peace.
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With new plans in place
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Lewis and Clark wait out
the winter in North Dakota.
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Over a thousand miles away
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settlers continue to pour
into Native American lands
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in the Ohio Territory.
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00:31:13,828 --> 00:31:16,918
With them comes the spread
of a deadly disease..
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...smallpox.
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And it hits Tecumseh's Shawnee tribe hard.
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The smallpox epidemics
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were a tremendous blow
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to the Shawnees
and to their neighbors.
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There was, of course,
widespread death
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brought to a people
who were already destabilized
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by so many other factors.
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Tecumseh had retreated
to present-day Indiana
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after his defeat by the US Army
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at the Battle
of Fallen Timbers..
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...hoping
to plot a new strategy
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to resist
America's western expansion.
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But this unexpected crisis
derails all his plans.
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In spring 1805
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Lewis and Clark follow
their new guide, Sacagawea
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into the wilderness.
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They're trying to find an
overland route to the Pacific.
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If they succeed, they will open
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the west to Jefferson's dream
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and Tecumseh's worst fear..
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...more settlers.
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They've moved beyond
any known map
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charting new ones as they go.
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They also identify
over 300 new varieties
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of plants and animals
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completely changing
what's known about wildlife
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in North America.
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It was part of Jefferson's plan
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to make this
a scientific expedition.
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Jefferson had always been
curious about the frontier.
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He was curious
about lots of things
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00:33:12,555 --> 00:33:15,375
including the flora
and the fauna of the frontier
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things that he hadn't seen.
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00:33:21,477 --> 00:33:23,827
Lewis and Clark spent
literally hundreds of hours
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taking down data
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and making
repeated observations.
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Latitude, longitude,
descriptions of animals
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descriptions of plants,
mineral samples.
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Lewis discovered a 122 animals.
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The big-horned sheep
and the grizzly bear
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and the pronghorn antelope.
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Clark was working
by dead reckoning
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and he produced
a stunningly accurate map
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of the American West.
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This was a very rich expedition
of discovery.
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But it's a journey
full of peril.
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If you want to get a sense
for how mysterious
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the western lands were
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to the Lewis and Clark
expedition
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consider that they felt
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that it was
a very real possibility
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that they would run in to
wooly mammoths along the way.
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That was as strange to them
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00:34:19,144 --> 00:34:21,234
as it would be for you or me
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to step foot on planet Mars.
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When Lewis left
on April 7th, 1805
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they were entering into
an extremely hazardous land.
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Gonna be a long journey,
maybe a fatal one.
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And they were all alone,
essentially vulnerable
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in the midst of the wilderness.
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ored American wilderness..
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...beyond the edge
of any known map..
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...Lewis and Clark are
ambushed by an unknown tribe.
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They're badly outnumbered
and have no choice
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but to trust their
17-year-old guide, Sacagawea.
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This was without question
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the most tense moment
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of the entire expedition.
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Lewis and Clark
spoke English only
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and she's now
having this conversation.
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They were very frightened,
maybe she was leading them
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into an ambush,
maybe something worse.
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00:36:53,994 --> 00:36:55,434
Sacagawea.
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By sheer coincidence
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the tribal leader is
Sacagawea's long-lost brother.
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She was born Shoshone
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out on the Montana-Idaho border.
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At about the age of 11 or so
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she was captured
by a Hidatsa raiding party
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00:37:17,583 --> 00:37:19,723
had been gone for many years
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00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:21,499
was presumably
never coming back.
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00:37:21,543 --> 00:37:22,893
Suddenly, here she is
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00:37:22,936 --> 00:37:25,846
in the presence
of these white strangers
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and she looked at this man
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and recognized him
to be her brother.
523
00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:34,120
That's sort of like
a Shoshone miracle.
524
00:37:47,308 --> 00:37:50,218
Lewis and Clark
are welcomed by the Shoshone
525
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:52,788
and Sacagawea
helps broker trade.
526
00:37:55,403 --> 00:37:59,283
Now that the expedition
has to travel overland
527
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,630
they need horses.
528
00:38:02,671 --> 00:38:04,371
The greatest thing
that she may have done
529
00:38:04,412 --> 00:38:06,462
for the expedition was helping
530
00:38:06,501 --> 00:38:08,851
to solidify that relationship
531
00:38:08,895 --> 00:38:12,245
because the Shoshone then sold
Lewis and Clark 28 horses.
532
00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:18,821
At that point, Lewis and Clark
offered to leave her behind
533
00:38:18,861 --> 00:38:22,211
with her birth people,
the Shoshone
534
00:38:22,256 --> 00:38:25,216
but she chose
to go on with them.
535
00:38:25,259 --> 00:38:27,259
I think that she felt
536
00:38:27,305 --> 00:38:29,125
that she was part
of something bigger
537
00:38:29,176 --> 00:38:30,476
than anything else
that she could have
538
00:38:30,525 --> 00:38:33,305
imagined in her life.
539
00:38:33,354 --> 00:38:35,794
Lewis and Clark continue west
540
00:38:35,835 --> 00:38:38,355
determined to fulfill Jefferson's mission
541
00:38:38,403 --> 00:38:39,753
to reach the Pacific.
542
00:38:42,972 --> 00:38:46,372
Further east,
in the Indiana Territory
543
00:38:46,411 --> 00:38:48,501
the smallpox epidemic continues
544
00:38:48,543 --> 00:38:50,153
with devastating effect..
545
00:38:51,894 --> 00:38:54,724
...killing
thousands of Shawnee.
546
00:38:54,767 --> 00:38:56,727
I mean,
what happens to a culture
547
00:38:56,769 --> 00:38:58,419
what happens to a society
548
00:38:58,466 --> 00:39:01,596
when 80% of the people die out?
549
00:39:01,643 --> 00:39:04,343
This was a disaster
for the Shawnee
550
00:39:04,385 --> 00:39:06,125
and they became very weak.
551
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:11,386
There was confusion,
there was despair.
552
00:39:11,436 --> 00:39:12,696
It bred
553
00:39:12,741 --> 00:39:16,311
a kind of religious mania
554
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,494
a search for the answer
555
00:39:18,530 --> 00:39:20,970
why these people
were being judged in this way.
556
00:39:23,926 --> 00:39:27,496
A path forward comes
from a surprising source
557
00:39:27,539 --> 00:39:30,149
Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa.
558
00:39:47,733 --> 00:39:51,083
Tecumseh's younger brother
was the family embarrassment.
559
00:39:51,127 --> 00:39:55,607
He was clumsy, he was not known
for his physical courage.
560
00:39:55,654 --> 00:39:58,484
He was an alcoholic.
561
00:39:58,526 --> 00:40:02,356
And that was when
his life turned around.
562
00:40:14,194 --> 00:40:17,464
He had a kind of
spiritual vision
563
00:40:17,502 --> 00:40:21,072
and he believed that he was
564
00:40:21,114 --> 00:40:23,604
the embodiment of the message
565
00:40:23,638 --> 00:40:26,378
that would save
the Shawnee people.
566
00:40:28,774 --> 00:40:31,174
Tenskwatawa claims his vision
567
00:40:31,211 --> 00:40:34,261
reveals the tribe's past
and future.
568
00:40:34,301 --> 00:40:38,311
Showing salvation lies in
rejecting modern influences
569
00:40:38,348 --> 00:40:40,868
and returning
to traditional ways.
570
00:40:43,702 --> 00:40:45,882
As word of his vision spreads..
571
00:40:47,967 --> 00:40:50,927
...Native Americans from
different, even warring tribes
572
00:40:50,970 --> 00:40:52,230
come to hear him.
573
00:40:54,060 --> 00:40:57,060
Tecumseh sees
a strategic opportunity
574
00:40:57,106 --> 00:40:59,236
in these
unprecedented gatherings.
575
00:41:20,565 --> 00:41:23,655
Shawnee leader Tecumseh
recognizes that
576
00:41:23,698 --> 00:41:26,398
if the natives are to survive
white incursion
577
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,530
they need to band together.
578
00:41:35,057 --> 00:41:37,497
Tecumseh knew he could not
lead his people
579
00:41:37,538 --> 00:41:39,538
as just one Indian Nation.
580
00:41:39,584 --> 00:41:43,284
He would have to build
a larger Indian nation.
581
00:41:43,326 --> 00:41:45,546
It's a strategy inspired
by the example
582
00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:48,380
of the United States itself.
583
00:41:48,418 --> 00:41:51,598
As Tecumseh saw the different
colonies come together
584
00:41:51,639 --> 00:41:53,689
following the American
Revolution
585
00:41:53,728 --> 00:41:55,338
in seeing this new United States
586
00:41:55,382 --> 00:41:57,562
and actually it begin to work, he thought
587
00:41:57,602 --> 00:42:01,742
why not then
a United Indian Nations?
588
00:42:01,780 --> 00:42:03,220
Why not bring them together?
589
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:08,313
His goal, establish a sovereign
590
00:42:08,351 --> 00:42:11,751
Pan-Indian Nation
next door to the US.
591
00:42:11,790 --> 00:42:13,710
From the Appalachian Mountains
592
00:42:13,748 --> 00:42:15,268
to the Mississippi River.
593
00:42:17,404 --> 00:42:20,324
Never before had someone tried
594
00:42:20,363 --> 00:42:23,063
to bring other
native nations together
595
00:42:23,105 --> 00:42:26,365
in a way that then could
effectively stop
596
00:42:26,413 --> 00:42:29,113
land cessions
to the United States.
597
00:42:29,155 --> 00:42:32,895
Tecumseh was at the forefront
of this kind of movement
598
00:42:32,941 --> 00:42:35,901
and it would change
Native America forever.
599
00:42:39,208 --> 00:42:41,648
To do it, Tecumseh launches
600
00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:43,519
a diplomatic mission
601
00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:45,521
traveling across the frontier
602
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,393
and recruiting an army.
603
00:42:51,046 --> 00:42:53,176
Tecumseh essentially
went on tour.
604
00:42:53,222 --> 00:42:56,272
He was face to face talking
605
00:42:56,312 --> 00:42:58,622
about what it would mean
to stand up
606
00:42:58,663 --> 00:43:01,273
for their lands
and for their ways of life
607
00:43:01,317 --> 00:43:03,277
and for their identities.
608
00:43:03,319 --> 00:43:05,189
He was a gifted orator.
609
00:43:16,681 --> 00:43:18,991
He won hearts and he won minds.
610
00:43:21,903 --> 00:43:23,823
As his influence grows
611
00:43:23,862 --> 00:43:26,472
word of Tecumseh's
campaign spreads
612
00:43:26,516 --> 00:43:28,606
creating growing concern
613
00:43:28,649 --> 00:43:30,739
across frontier settlements.
614
00:43:30,782 --> 00:43:34,792
The concept
of a Pan-Indian alliance
615
00:43:34,829 --> 00:43:37,439
struck fear in
the American government
616
00:43:37,484 --> 00:43:38,444
and the American public.
617
00:43:38,485 --> 00:43:39,655
You have to remember
618
00:43:39,704 --> 00:43:42,884
the American Revolution
succeeded
619
00:43:42,924 --> 00:43:45,584
because you had
these different colonies..
620
00:43:47,537 --> 00:43:50,407
...coming together and then
working as a collective.
621
00:43:50,453 --> 00:43:53,943
Theoretically, if Tecumseh
is able to unite
622
00:43:53,979 --> 00:43:56,979
the tribes in the Midwest,
from the Mississippi Delta
623
00:43:57,025 --> 00:43:58,585
all the way up to Minnesota
624
00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:02,156
maybe they could defeat America.
625
00:44:02,204 --> 00:44:04,384
With the future
of the frontier at stake
626
00:44:04,424 --> 00:44:07,124
Tecumseh's Pan-Indian alliance
627
00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:08,986
prepares for war.
628
00:44:24,574 --> 00:44:26,364
Lewis and Clark
have spent a year
629
00:44:26,402 --> 00:44:29,062
crossing a thousand miles
of uncharted wilderness..
630
00:44:31,233 --> 00:44:33,853
...to find a land route
to the Pacific..
631
00:44:35,542 --> 00:44:38,112
...and expand
the American nation.
632
00:44:46,074 --> 00:44:48,734
Now, they face
a daunting obstacle..
633
00:44:52,515 --> 00:44:54,335
...the Rocky Mountains.
634
00:44:58,478 --> 00:45:01,178
They rise over 14,000 feet..
635
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:08,011
...stretching 3000 miles
across the continent
636
00:45:08,053 --> 00:45:10,063
and winter is closing in.
637
00:45:12,057 --> 00:45:13,837
Lewis and Clark
had never seen anything
638
00:45:13,885 --> 00:45:15,965
like the Rocky Mountains.
639
00:45:16,017 --> 00:45:18,407
Their idea of mountains
were the Appalachians
640
00:45:18,454 --> 00:45:20,114
so they couldn't even begin
641
00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:22,022
to understand
what they were facing.
642
00:45:22,067 --> 00:45:24,717
Not only were the mountains
much higher
643
00:45:24,765 --> 00:45:26,895
but Lewis said the western
mountains were covered
644
00:45:26,941 --> 00:45:29,941
with almost eternal snow
and you couldn't see
645
00:45:29,988 --> 00:45:32,288
from one end to the other end
of the mountains.
646
00:45:45,612 --> 00:45:47,312
When Meriwether Lewis
647
00:45:47,353 --> 00:45:50,313
sees 60 to 70 miles
of snow-capped peaks
648
00:45:50,356 --> 00:45:52,616
he must have been distraught.
649
00:45:52,662 --> 00:45:54,842
He must have thought
the expedition was over
650
00:45:54,882 --> 00:45:57,322
and they had no chance
of success.
651
00:46:02,107 --> 00:46:04,627
Over 700 miles from
the nearest settlement..
652
00:46:10,811 --> 00:46:13,211
...Lewis and Clark
can either turn back..
653
00:46:16,948 --> 00:46:19,688
...or attempt to cross
the mountains before winter.
654
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:29,134
For them, the choice is clear.
655
00:46:36,924 --> 00:46:38,534
On September 1st
656
00:46:38,578 --> 00:46:40,838
the expedition
begins their ascent..
657
00:46:44,758 --> 00:46:46,928
...embarking on the most
dangerous leg
658
00:46:46,978 --> 00:46:48,808
of their journey yet.
659
00:46:56,988 --> 00:46:59,248
Having been somebody
who has flown in combat
660
00:46:59,294 --> 00:47:01,564
as a Navy pilot,
has been a test pilot
661
00:47:01,601 --> 00:47:03,261
and an astronaut, you know,
I think
662
00:47:03,298 --> 00:47:05,338
when you're doing
really hard things
663
00:47:05,387 --> 00:47:07,517
inevitably there are
664
00:47:07,563 --> 00:47:11,653
incredibly difficult
roadblocks and challenges.
665
00:47:11,698 --> 00:47:13,608
And I think
if you're the type of person
666
00:47:13,656 --> 00:47:15,266
that just kind of throws
your hands up
667
00:47:15,310 --> 00:47:18,400
and, and surrenders, uh,
then you don't win.
668
00:47:20,272 --> 00:47:23,882
My definition of courage
would be somebody
669
00:47:23,928 --> 00:47:28,318
who would be able to work hard
towards an objective
670
00:47:28,367 --> 00:47:30,887
that is inherently not good
for their health.
671
00:47:38,725 --> 00:47:41,115
With every peak they pass
672
00:47:41,162 --> 00:47:43,862
the temperature drops
by ten degrees.
673
00:47:49,127 --> 00:47:50,687
When that cold sets in
674
00:47:50,737 --> 00:47:52,607
you know,
everything gets harder.
675
00:47:52,652 --> 00:47:54,872
Your brain slows down,
your body slows down
676
00:47:54,915 --> 00:47:56,735
you need more energy
to do things
677
00:47:56,786 --> 00:47:58,916
there's less energy
available, less food
678
00:47:58,963 --> 00:48:01,703
less fire,
and so what happens is
679
00:48:01,748 --> 00:48:03,318
people start to crumble.
680
00:48:03,358 --> 00:48:04,838
And if they don't keep moving
681
00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:07,672
if they don't find the will
682
00:48:07,710 --> 00:48:09,150
they're just plain dead.
683
00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:17,331
Their pace slows
to just ten miles a day.
684
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,640
And at high altitude,
there's no game
685
00:48:25,685 --> 00:48:29,245
so they're forced to eat
their pack horses to survive.
686
00:48:29,297 --> 00:48:31,517
A team of men
like Lewis and Clark
687
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:33,390
traveling forward
through rugged terrain
688
00:48:33,432 --> 00:48:34,962
and especially in cold weather
689
00:48:34,999 --> 00:48:37,699
requires an enormous amount
of food.
690
00:48:37,740 --> 00:48:40,000
The human body
in those conditions
691
00:48:40,047 --> 00:48:44,227
needs from 2000
to 4000 calories per day.
692
00:48:53,626 --> 00:48:55,846
Nearly two weeks
after entering the Rockies..
693
00:48:58,022 --> 00:49:00,812
...the expedition has
depleted its food supply..
694
00:49:10,860 --> 00:49:12,510
...and is forced
to eat candles
695
00:49:12,558 --> 00:49:15,078
made from animal fat
to stay alive.
696
00:49:43,067 --> 00:49:46,107
After 28 days
of grueling hardship..
697
00:49:48,202 --> 00:49:50,552
...Lewis and Clark
clear the Rockies..
698
00:49:53,077 --> 00:49:56,337
...and head
toward the Pacific.
699
00:49:56,384 --> 00:49:58,784
In order to continue pushing
700
00:49:58,821 --> 00:50:01,911
they had to have
some other motivation.
701
00:50:01,955 --> 00:50:03,865
It's not really about the food
702
00:50:03,913 --> 00:50:07,443
or about the chance
of-of surviving or not.
703
00:50:07,482 --> 00:50:09,922
It was a sense of, of duty,
of mission.
704
00:50:12,270 --> 00:50:14,360
One month later
705
00:50:14,402 --> 00:50:16,882
the expedition reaches
the Columbia River
706
00:50:16,926 --> 00:50:18,446
in modern-day Oregon.
707
00:50:21,801 --> 00:50:24,671
And then,
on November 15th, 1805..
708
00:50:27,502 --> 00:50:30,162
...after traveling
more than 4000 miles..
709
00:50:32,638 --> 00:50:36,078
...Lewis and Clark
finally reach the Pacific.
710
00:50:38,339 --> 00:50:40,649
It's almost mind-boggling
to think
711
00:50:40,689 --> 00:50:43,079
of the challenges
that they faced.
712
00:50:43,127 --> 00:50:45,427
And that these individuals
were doing it
713
00:50:45,477 --> 00:50:47,517
for months on end
714
00:50:47,566 --> 00:50:49,256
living off the land, uh
715
00:50:49,307 --> 00:50:52,787
living by their own
self-reliance.
716
00:50:55,095 --> 00:50:56,655
Lewis and Clark deserve credit
717
00:50:56,705 --> 00:50:58,835
as the greatest expeditioners
718
00:50:58,881 --> 00:51:01,191
in certainly American history
719
00:51:01,232 --> 00:51:04,062
that brought America
new territory
720
00:51:04,104 --> 00:51:06,674
and a new identity as a country.
721
00:51:09,153 --> 00:51:12,113
The Lewis and Clark expedition is the first
722
00:51:12,156 --> 00:51:14,896
to cross the North American
continent overland.
723
00:51:24,211 --> 00:51:26,211
They build a fort
near the coastline
724
00:51:26,257 --> 00:51:28,297
in the Oregon Territory
725
00:51:28,346 --> 00:51:31,606
proudly claiming the land
for the US.
726
00:51:45,406 --> 00:51:47,096
Congratulations, captain.
727
00:51:49,497 --> 00:51:51,797
Lewis and Clark had wanted
the world to know
728
00:51:51,847 --> 00:51:53,457
that we had been there.
729
00:51:53,501 --> 00:51:55,021
This just wasn't boasting.
730
00:51:55,068 --> 00:51:57,718
This was also claiming
the country
731
00:51:57,766 --> 00:52:00,936
on which they had built
this temporary compound.
732
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:07,520
This was the first
and most significant gesture
733
00:52:07,559 --> 00:52:11,039
for what became the completion
of the American continent.
734
00:52:20,963 --> 00:52:22,703
But Great Britain
also has interests
735
00:52:22,748 --> 00:52:25,008
in the Pacific Northwest
736
00:52:25,054 --> 00:52:27,884
and sees this American fort
737
00:52:27,927 --> 00:52:30,227
as an act of aggression.
738
00:52:39,808 --> 00:52:42,858
In March 1806
739
00:52:42,898 --> 00:52:46,118
after establishing a fort
on the Pacific Coast..
740
00:52:48,469 --> 00:52:50,689
...and fulfilling
Thomas Jefferson's vision
741
00:52:50,732 --> 00:52:52,602
for expanding the nation..
742
00:52:55,172 --> 00:52:56,652
...Lewis and Clark begin
743
00:52:56,695 --> 00:53:00,345
their 4000-mile journey home.
744
00:53:00,394 --> 00:53:02,054
When Jefferson
heard that Lewis and Clark
745
00:53:02,091 --> 00:53:04,271
had crossed the continent
successfully, he said
746
00:53:04,311 --> 00:53:06,971
he read the news
in Lewis' letter
747
00:53:07,009 --> 00:53:09,059
with unspeakable joy.
748
00:53:09,098 --> 00:53:11,188
He was vindicated in his belief
749
00:53:11,231 --> 00:53:13,801
that the continent
could be crossed
750
00:53:13,842 --> 00:53:16,582
and that it could be mapped.
751
00:53:16,628 --> 00:53:18,328
Lewis and Clark opened the west
752
00:53:18,369 --> 00:53:20,499
to those frontiersmen
who would follow
753
00:53:20,545 --> 00:53:22,285
because once they described
what was out there
754
00:53:22,329 --> 00:53:25,159
then the unknown
became partially known.
755
00:53:25,202 --> 00:53:26,642
And from being partially
known to being settled
756
00:53:26,681 --> 00:53:27,941
was just one more step.
757
00:53:32,383 --> 00:53:34,863
Great Britain sees
this American expansion
758
00:53:34,907 --> 00:53:37,167
as an immediate threat.
759
00:53:37,214 --> 00:53:39,044
When Lewis and Clark
raise the American flag
760
00:53:39,085 --> 00:53:40,865
they were clearly beyond
761
00:53:40,913 --> 00:53:43,793
the boundaries
of the Louisiana purchase.
762
00:53:43,829 --> 00:53:46,049
The Pacific is
extremely important to Britain.
763
00:53:46,092 --> 00:53:48,662
They have an active fur trade
764
00:53:48,703 --> 00:53:52,013
on the West Coast,
and it's threatened
765
00:53:52,054 --> 00:53:54,584
by the coming of the Americans.
766
00:53:56,842 --> 00:53:58,062
While the Pacific northwest
767
00:53:58,104 --> 00:54:00,244
is technically unclaimed
768
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:03,760
the British are entrenched
beyond the Canadian border
769
00:54:03,805 --> 00:54:06,155
and they have
a powerful interest
770
00:54:06,199 --> 00:54:08,109
in dominating
the fur trade here.
771
00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:11,896
From 1800 to 1810
772
00:54:11,944 --> 00:54:16,604
the British earned 2.8 million
pounds from selling fur..
773
00:54:16,644 --> 00:54:20,344
...the equivalent
of $22 billion USD today.
774
00:54:20,387 --> 00:54:22,737
The fur trade
and especially the fur trade
775
00:54:22,781 --> 00:54:24,781
to China in sea otter pelts
776
00:54:24,826 --> 00:54:26,606
was probably the most lucrative
777
00:54:26,654 --> 00:54:29,274
economic activity
in the world at that time.
778
00:54:31,572 --> 00:54:33,662
To keep the US out
779
00:54:33,705 --> 00:54:37,055
Britain stirs up trouble
on the American frontier
780
00:54:37,099 --> 00:54:39,579
a tactic used
during the Revolution.
781
00:54:52,201 --> 00:54:54,331
The British understood
they were never going
782
00:54:54,378 --> 00:54:56,288
to bring the United States back
783
00:54:56,336 --> 00:54:58,766
into the British Empire
as colonies.
784
00:54:58,817 --> 00:55:02,077
But what they wanted to do is
they wanted to protect Canada.
785
00:55:02,124 --> 00:55:04,214
And the best way they saw
of protecting Canada
786
00:55:04,257 --> 00:55:06,557
and the Northwest was to create
787
00:55:06,607 --> 00:55:09,257
a Native American buffer
state at the frontier.
788
00:55:13,614 --> 00:55:16,494
The British seek an alliance
with a growing power
789
00:55:16,530 --> 00:55:20,450
on the frontier... Tecumseh.
790
00:55:20,491 --> 00:55:23,361
He now heads a force
of 5000 warriors..
791
00:55:24,799 --> 00:55:27,279
...and they invite him
to meet.
792
00:55:34,505 --> 00:55:37,375
'Thank you
for meeting with us.'
793
00:55:37,421 --> 00:55:41,211
Your people and mine,
we have a common enemy.
794
00:55:41,250 --> 00:55:42,860
'The Americans
have taken your land'
795
00:55:42,904 --> 00:55:46,134
'and now they want
ours as well.'
796
00:55:46,168 --> 00:55:50,388
Together, we can drive
the Americans back.
797
00:55:50,434 --> 00:55:54,264
The British invite Tecumseh
to Canada to talk
798
00:55:54,307 --> 00:55:59,487
and many of their messages
are familiar to him.
799
00:55:59,530 --> 00:56:01,620
Don't trust the United States.
800
00:56:01,662 --> 00:56:04,622
If Great Britain can
re-establish control
801
00:56:04,665 --> 00:56:06,275
then there will be a halt
802
00:56:06,319 --> 00:56:09,319
to westward expansion.
803
00:56:09,366 --> 00:56:12,976
But Tecumseh doesn't trust
Great Britain.
804
00:56:15,850 --> 00:56:18,240
Confident in his power
805
00:56:18,287 --> 00:56:20,727
Tecumseh rejects their offer
806
00:56:20,768 --> 00:56:23,118
and continues building
his alliance.
807
00:56:28,167 --> 00:56:29,387
In 1808..
808
00:56:31,170 --> 00:56:34,910
...he creates the first
Pan-Indian village.
809
00:56:34,956 --> 00:56:38,656
To honor his brother,
he calls it Prophetstown.
810
00:56:45,663 --> 00:56:47,453
For the first time ever
811
00:56:47,491 --> 00:56:49,581
members of enemy tribes
are living together.
812
00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:55,278
Soon, Prophetstown
has 3000 inhabitants
813
00:56:55,324 --> 00:56:57,814
and grows larger every day.
814
00:56:57,849 --> 00:56:59,939
Tecumseh's message traveled
815
00:56:59,981 --> 00:57:02,771
far and wide by word of mouth
816
00:57:02,810 --> 00:57:05,330
by runners through the woods.
817
00:57:05,378 --> 00:57:07,858
And there were
many native people
818
00:57:07,902 --> 00:57:10,252
who traveled to Prophetstown
because they wanted
819
00:57:10,296 --> 00:57:13,726
to experience his power
and his message first-hand.
820
00:57:25,877 --> 00:57:28,617
While Tecumseh forges
his ground-breaking push
821
00:57:28,662 --> 00:57:30,622
for Pan-Indian unity..
822
00:57:33,754 --> 00:57:36,504
...the two men who led
the great expedition west
823
00:57:36,540 --> 00:57:38,020
return to St. Louis.
824
00:57:40,195 --> 00:57:42,845
At the time it was
not considered
825
00:57:42,894 --> 00:57:44,854
such a monumental moment.
826
00:57:44,896 --> 00:57:46,716
The-the accounts of it
827
00:57:46,767 --> 00:57:49,467
were not even published,
uh, right away
828
00:57:49,509 --> 00:57:50,859
and most congressmen
didn't quite get
829
00:57:50,902 --> 00:57:52,772
what it was all about.
830
00:57:58,126 --> 00:58:00,826
Lewis and Clark's paths
will diverge
831
00:58:00,868 --> 00:58:02,218
in the years to come.
832
00:58:06,700 --> 00:58:09,440
Clark does fairly well
in the aftermath
833
00:58:09,486 --> 00:58:12,746
of the Lewis
and Clark expedition.
834
00:58:12,793 --> 00:58:16,453
He is actually able
to capitalize on the celebrity
835
00:58:16,493 --> 00:58:18,543
and goes on to a very
successful life.
836
00:58:22,586 --> 00:58:25,586
Clark becomes a brigadier
general in the Army
837
00:58:25,632 --> 00:58:28,682
and then the first governor
of the Missouri Territory.
838
00:58:30,942 --> 00:58:34,732
He stays close to Sacagawea
through the years.
839
00:58:34,772 --> 00:58:38,042
And when she dies
unexpectedly in 1812
840
00:58:38,079 --> 00:58:40,869
Clark becomes legal guardian
to her children.
841
00:58:46,958 --> 00:58:48,608
While Clark prospers..
842
00:58:52,398 --> 00:58:54,528
...the same can't be said
for his partner.
843
00:58:57,708 --> 00:59:01,228
Meriwether Lewis' story
in some sense is tragic
844
00:59:01,276 --> 00:59:03,886
because despite
what we now celebrate
845
00:59:03,931 --> 00:59:05,761
as one of the greatest
accomplishments
846
00:59:05,803 --> 00:59:07,373
in American history
847
00:59:07,413 --> 00:59:09,723
Lewis himself felt
like a failure.
848
00:59:09,763 --> 00:59:12,513
He hadn't been able to
realize any material gain
849
00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:14,859
or substantive material gain
from all the work
850
00:59:14,899 --> 00:59:16,549
that he and Clark had done.
851
00:59:22,036 --> 00:59:23,596
He never marries
852
00:59:23,647 --> 00:59:25,167
and will continue to struggle
853
00:59:25,213 --> 00:59:27,743
with alcohol and depression.
854
00:59:27,781 --> 00:59:29,351
A friend of a president
855
00:59:29,391 --> 00:59:31,831
the leader of the most
successful exploration
856
00:59:31,872 --> 00:59:33,832
in American history
and for whatever reason
857
00:59:33,874 --> 00:59:37,494
his life just never quite gels
858
00:59:37,530 --> 00:59:39,750
when he gets back.
859
00:59:39,793 --> 00:59:42,403
And he felt it in a letter.
860
00:59:42,448 --> 00:59:45,018
At one point he said, "I have
never felt less like a hero
861
00:59:45,059 --> 00:59:46,969
than I do at this moment."
862
00:59:50,151 --> 00:59:54,681
In October 1809,
isolated and alone
863
00:59:54,721 --> 00:59:57,381
Meriwether Lewis
takes his own life.
864
01:00:07,865 --> 01:00:09,995
In the Indiana territory
865
01:00:10,041 --> 01:00:12,741
Tecumseh's power
and influence are growing.
866
01:00:14,045 --> 01:00:15,955
And he goes on the offensive.
867
01:00:20,921 --> 01:00:24,231
In August 1810,
he demands to meet
868
01:00:24,272 --> 01:00:27,322
with old adversary,
William Henry Harrison
869
01:00:27,362 --> 01:00:30,712
to negotiate the peaceful
return of lands seized
870
01:00:30,757 --> 01:00:33,927
after the Battle
of Fallen Timbers.
871
01:00:33,978 --> 01:00:35,848
Now, governor of Indiana
872
01:00:35,893 --> 01:00:38,163
Harrison agrees to the meeting
873
01:00:38,199 --> 01:00:41,199
but his goals
could not be more different.
874
01:00:42,116 --> 01:00:43,116
Fire!
875
01:00:48,819 --> 01:00:51,169
William Henry Harrison
was committed
876
01:00:51,212 --> 01:00:54,692
to the expansion of the west
877
01:00:54,738 --> 01:00:58,658
putting land into white hands,
into US hands.
878
01:00:58,698 --> 01:01:01,138
And he was not scrupulous
879
01:01:01,179 --> 01:01:03,489
in the way he pursued his goals.
880
01:01:33,341 --> 01:01:35,911
Please, have a seat.
881
01:02:05,286 --> 01:02:07,806
How can I help you
and the Shawnee?
882
01:02:21,346 --> 01:02:23,566
I am not here for the Shawnee.
883
01:02:23,609 --> 01:02:25,999
I am here on behalf
884
01:02:26,046 --> 01:02:27,866
of the United Indian Nations.
885
01:02:30,224 --> 01:02:33,794
You took our lands from us.
We want them back.
886
01:02:40,104 --> 01:02:41,714
I took nothing.
887
01:02:44,717 --> 01:02:46,587
'I negotiated
for those lands on behalf'
888
01:02:46,632 --> 01:02:49,162
of the United States Government.
889
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,550
If you don't agree
with the terms
890
01:02:51,593 --> 01:02:53,513
then your quarrel
is with the chiefs
891
01:02:53,552 --> 01:02:55,862
who signed those treaties..
892
01:02:55,902 --> 01:02:56,952
...not with me.
893
01:03:39,598 --> 01:03:42,038
A time for war will soon come.
894
01:03:42,079 --> 01:03:43,859
'But I did not come here
today to fight.'
895
01:03:58,008 --> 01:04:00,918
Tecumseh left that first
historic meeting
896
01:04:00,967 --> 01:04:03,837
with William Henry Harrison
as a realist
897
01:04:03,883 --> 01:04:05,453
who appreciated
898
01:04:05,493 --> 01:04:08,503
that there was going to be
899
01:04:08,540 --> 01:04:10,760
no fair resolution
900
01:04:10,803 --> 01:04:12,153
with the United States
901
01:04:12,196 --> 01:04:14,626
and that conflict was coming.
902
01:04:16,722 --> 01:04:17,772
Determined to win
903
01:04:17,810 --> 01:04:19,900
the inevitable fight to come
904
01:04:19,943 --> 01:04:23,383
Tecumseh doubles his efforts
to recruit more warriors.
905
01:04:31,258 --> 01:04:34,038
Knowing the Shawnee leader
is absent..
906
01:04:34,087 --> 01:04:36,307
...Harrison marches
on his capital..
907
01:04:37,395 --> 01:04:39,695
...Prophetstown.
908
01:04:39,745 --> 01:04:42,785
Harrison claims
that he is going to be
909
01:04:42,835 --> 01:04:44,875
coming to speak
in goodwill to them.
910
01:04:48,493 --> 01:04:50,673
But there's every evidence
911
01:04:50,712 --> 01:04:53,412
that he's coming to attack.
912
01:04:53,454 --> 01:04:55,464
He brings over a thousand men.
913
01:04:59,243 --> 01:05:00,773
They are not in any way prepared
914
01:05:00,809 --> 01:05:02,859
to defend themselves
from attack.
915
01:05:08,034 --> 01:05:10,784
You, follow him.
916
01:05:10,819 --> 01:05:15,779
Still Harrison proceeds
to destroy Prophetstown.
917
01:05:31,014 --> 01:05:33,064
Without orders from Washington
918
01:05:33,103 --> 01:05:36,893
Harrison strikes,
reducing the village to ashes.
919
01:05:40,066 --> 01:05:42,196
William Henry Harrison
understands, uh
920
01:05:42,242 --> 01:05:45,552
that eliminating Tecumseh
will make him a national hero.
921
01:05:45,593 --> 01:05:48,773
You get rid of Prophetstown
while Tecumseh is away
922
01:05:48,814 --> 01:05:51,734
and burn down their capital
923
01:05:51,773 --> 01:05:55,083
and fill all
of these Indian tribes
924
01:05:55,125 --> 01:05:56,255
with dreaded fear.
925
01:05:58,041 --> 01:05:59,611
To send a clear message
926
01:05:59,651 --> 01:06:02,391
Harrison's men
do more than destroy.
927
01:06:02,436 --> 01:06:05,476
They commit acts
of unspeakable horror.
928
01:06:05,526 --> 01:06:08,486
He goes to the graves
929
01:06:08,529 --> 01:06:10,049
at Prophetstown
930
01:06:10,096 --> 01:06:12,616
orders his men
to dig up the bodies
931
01:06:12,664 --> 01:06:14,234
and mutilate the bodies
932
01:06:14,274 --> 01:06:16,024
and leave the bodies
where they lay.
933
01:06:17,408 --> 01:06:19,978
This was unimaginable
934
01:06:20,019 --> 01:06:22,069
psychological warfare.
935
01:06:25,242 --> 01:06:27,812
Known as the Battle
of Tippecanoe
936
01:06:27,853 --> 01:06:30,643
it makes Harrison
a national figure.
937
01:06:44,261 --> 01:06:47,961
Within days, word of
Prophetstown's destruction
938
01:06:48,004 --> 01:06:49,014
reaches Tecumseh..
939
01:06:50,876 --> 01:06:54,526
...enraging tribes
across the frontier.
940
01:06:54,575 --> 01:06:58,535
It lit a fire under
the Native American Alliance
941
01:06:58,579 --> 01:07:00,929
that Tecumseh
was already building.
942
01:07:00,973 --> 01:07:03,323
It fueled fury
943
01:07:03,367 --> 01:07:06,757
toward Harrison
and toward the United States.
944
01:07:26,303 --> 01:07:28,003
While rallying
the Muscogee Nation
945
01:07:28,044 --> 01:07:30,134
in December 1811
946
01:07:30,176 --> 01:07:33,396
Tecumseh tells them his
revenge will shake the Earth.
947
01:07:35,051 --> 01:07:36,791
And the next night..
948
01:07:38,576 --> 01:07:40,446
...his words seem
to come true.
949
01:07:49,282 --> 01:07:51,852
...Tecumseh's prophecy
seems to come true.
950
01:08:14,002 --> 01:08:16,052
The entire frontier is rocked
951
01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:19,052
by three consecutive earthquakes
952
01:08:19,095 --> 01:08:22,045
estimated to be a 7.9
on the Richter scale.
953
01:08:24,665 --> 01:08:27,535
Known as the New Madrid
earthquakes
954
01:08:27,581 --> 01:08:28,971
they're strong enough to be felt
955
01:08:29,017 --> 01:08:32,237
in a half-dozen states.
956
01:08:32,282 --> 01:08:35,942
The New Madrid earthquakes
were remarkable.
957
01:08:35,981 --> 01:08:38,771
They had tremendous impact.
958
01:08:38,810 --> 01:08:40,420
The Earth behaved in a way
959
01:08:40,464 --> 01:08:41,774
that it hadn't before.
960
01:08:41,813 --> 01:08:43,903
And so, this seemed to be
961
01:08:43,945 --> 01:08:45,025
a supernatural
962
01:08:45,077 --> 01:08:46,637
apocalyptic event.
963
01:08:48,689 --> 01:08:52,079
And that being tied
to Tecumseh and his message
964
01:08:52,128 --> 01:08:55,258
gained even more mythical status
965
01:08:55,305 --> 01:08:58,435
for him and for his
entire movement.
966
01:09:01,398 --> 01:09:03,968
Empowered by this sign
967
01:09:04,009 --> 01:09:07,319
Tecumseh rallies yet more
warriors to his cause.
968
01:09:11,843 --> 01:09:14,193
To ensure victory
969
01:09:14,237 --> 01:09:16,107
Tecumseh now seeks an alliance
970
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:18,462
with the United States'
strongest enemy..
971
01:09:26,205 --> 01:09:27,505
...the British.
972
01:09:31,602 --> 01:09:34,212
Tecumseh decides
to align himself
973
01:09:34,257 --> 01:09:36,217
and his coalition
with the British
974
01:09:36,259 --> 01:09:38,349
because he sees
a strategic advantage
975
01:09:38,391 --> 01:09:42,091
not only to end white settler
incursion into native lands
976
01:09:42,134 --> 01:09:45,054
but to ultimately be able
to take their territory back.
977
01:09:51,709 --> 01:09:53,749
Word of Tecumseh's alliance
with Britain
978
01:09:53,798 --> 01:09:56,448
soon reaches Washington
979
01:09:56,496 --> 01:09:58,976
where President James Madison
views it
980
01:09:59,020 --> 01:10:01,110
as the latest
in an escalating series
981
01:10:01,153 --> 01:10:02,203
of British insults.
982
01:10:04,287 --> 01:10:06,677
Madison believed
the British were not treating
983
01:10:06,724 --> 01:10:08,644
the United States
with the respect
984
01:10:08,682 --> 01:10:10,552
that the Americans believed
that they deserved
985
01:10:10,597 --> 01:10:14,117
as an independent
sovereign country.
986
01:10:14,166 --> 01:10:16,906
The British seized American
vessels on the high seas
987
01:10:16,951 --> 01:10:19,391
the British seized
American sailors
988
01:10:19,432 --> 01:10:21,702
the British armed and provoked
989
01:10:21,739 --> 01:10:23,609
American Indians in the west.
990
01:10:34,665 --> 01:10:37,015
We behold on the side
of Great Britain..
991
01:10:38,277 --> 01:10:40,147
...a state of war.
992
01:10:41,802 --> 01:10:44,762
On June 18th, 1812
993
01:10:44,805 --> 01:10:48,285
almost 30 years after
winning its independence
994
01:10:48,331 --> 01:10:50,681
the United States declares war
995
01:10:50,724 --> 01:10:52,944
on Great Britain.
996
01:10:52,987 --> 01:10:55,287
A lot of people
called the war of 1812
997
01:10:55,338 --> 01:10:58,298
the second war
for American independence.
998
01:11:00,386 --> 01:11:02,166
The president's first priority
999
01:11:02,214 --> 01:11:05,134
is to send reinforcements
to Fort Detroit
1000
01:11:05,173 --> 01:11:08,183
in current-day Michigan.
1001
01:11:08,220 --> 01:11:10,310
It's on the border
of British Canada
1002
01:11:10,353 --> 01:11:11,793
and whoever controls it
1003
01:11:11,832 --> 01:11:14,012
controls the American frontier.
1004
01:11:23,061 --> 01:11:25,631
As 200 US troops move north..
1005
01:11:39,164 --> 01:11:42,564
...Tecumseh ambushes them
with 24 warriors..
1006
01:11:44,212 --> 01:11:45,782
...and a clever attack plan.
1007
01:11:48,956 --> 01:11:50,696
One of the hallmarks
1008
01:11:50,741 --> 01:11:53,611
of Tecumseh's military strategy
1009
01:11:53,657 --> 01:11:56,787
was repeatedly
making enemies think
1010
01:11:56,834 --> 01:11:59,014
he had far more warriors
1011
01:11:59,053 --> 01:12:01,063
than he actually had.
1012
01:12:01,099 --> 01:12:04,489
He moved them around
in such a way
1013
01:12:04,537 --> 01:12:07,107
making noise, kicking up dust
1014
01:12:07,148 --> 01:12:08,718
made it appear that his forces
1015
01:12:08,759 --> 01:12:10,849
were vastly superior in number.
1016
01:12:53,281 --> 01:12:56,461
...they're ambushed
by Tecumseh..
1017
01:12:56,502 --> 01:12:58,332
...and 24 warriors.
1018
01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:25,140
Even though
he's vastly outnumbered
1019
01:13:25,183 --> 01:13:26,493
Tecumseh prevails.
1020
01:13:29,274 --> 01:13:30,974
And he turns his sights
1021
01:13:31,015 --> 01:13:33,925
to Fort Detroit itself.
1022
01:13:33,974 --> 01:13:36,284
Detroit's pretty important
because it's the gateway
1023
01:13:36,324 --> 01:13:38,334
to what's called Upper Canada.
1024
01:13:38,370 --> 01:13:41,200
Basically the area
we know as Ontario today.
1025
01:13:43,593 --> 01:13:46,733
Detroit was, uh,
the administrative center
1026
01:13:46,770 --> 01:13:48,120
of The Great Lakes.
1027
01:13:48,162 --> 01:13:49,472
So, the control center
1028
01:13:49,512 --> 01:13:51,642
for the entire American west.
1029
01:14:12,448 --> 01:14:16,018
By 1812, Tecumseh is a legend
across the frontier.
1030
01:14:17,757 --> 01:14:20,017
And terrified by his reputation
1031
01:14:20,064 --> 01:14:22,024
the soldiers manning the fort
1032
01:14:22,066 --> 01:14:23,716
give up without a fight.
1033
01:14:53,663 --> 01:14:55,403
Because the American commander at Detroit
1034
01:14:55,447 --> 01:14:57,747
was grossly incompetent
1035
01:14:57,797 --> 01:14:59,627
Tecumseh and his British allies
1036
01:14:59,669 --> 01:15:02,109
were able to take
the American fort at Detroit
1037
01:15:02,149 --> 01:15:04,459
without firing a single shot.
1038
01:15:07,415 --> 01:15:09,325
With the American surrender
1039
01:15:09,374 --> 01:15:12,554
the British now control
the most important fort
1040
01:15:12,595 --> 01:15:13,855
on the frontier.
1041
01:15:30,264 --> 01:15:33,624
After a lifetime of violence
under US expansion..
1042
01:15:39,665 --> 01:15:43,225
...this is Tecumseh's chance
for revenge.
1043
01:15:43,277 --> 01:15:44,577
Please.
1044
01:16:08,259 --> 01:16:11,699
Tecumseh was dedicated
not only to the ideal
1045
01:16:11,741 --> 01:16:14,611
of the Shawnee warrior,
but to his own
1046
01:16:14,657 --> 01:16:17,047
standard of morality.
1047
01:16:22,012 --> 01:16:25,492
Tecumseh's choice
is more than an act of mercy.
1048
01:16:25,537 --> 01:16:27,927
It's a strategic act
of diplomacy.
1049
01:16:29,976 --> 01:16:31,756
Tecumseh understood
1050
01:16:31,804 --> 01:16:33,634
that he was essentially fighting
1051
01:16:33,676 --> 01:16:36,156
a defensive war
against the forces
1052
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,990
of United States' expansionism.
1053
01:16:39,029 --> 01:16:42,419
He did not want to push the war
1054
01:16:42,467 --> 01:16:45,857
to the depths of barbarity
and savagery
1055
01:16:45,905 --> 01:16:48,255
that would have made it
impossible for him
1056
01:16:48,299 --> 01:16:51,299
to negotiate at a later time
with the United States.
1057
01:16:54,131 --> 01:16:55,701
With the defeat
at Fort Detroit..
1058
01:16:58,004 --> 01:17:01,404
...Britain claims the Michigan
territory for the crown
1059
01:17:01,442 --> 01:17:03,012
and cements their alliance
1060
01:17:03,053 --> 01:17:04,923
with Tecumseh's
Pan-Indian nation..
1061
01:17:06,796 --> 01:17:09,966
...news that alarms
the US Government
1062
01:17:10,016 --> 01:17:12,186
and threatens
the young country's future.
1063
01:17:14,804 --> 01:17:16,634
Next time..
1064
01:17:16,675 --> 01:17:19,675
...on "The Men Who Built
- Frontiersmen.."
1065
01:17:19,722 --> 01:17:23,122
...in Tennessee,
a young general named Andrew Jackson..
1066
01:17:24,204 --> 01:17:25,684
...vows to stop Britain
1067
01:17:25,728 --> 01:17:28,428
and her allies... at any cost.
1068
01:17:29,470 --> 01:17:31,730
- Ahh!
- Come on, men!
1069
01:17:31,777 --> 01:17:33,947
Andrew Jackson was often
thought of as the second coming
1070
01:17:33,997 --> 01:17:35,347
of George Washington.
1071
01:17:35,389 --> 01:17:36,869
George Washington
wins independence
1072
01:17:36,913 --> 01:17:38,743
for the United States,
Andrew Jackson
1073
01:17:38,784 --> 01:17:40,664
defends independence
for the United States.
1074
01:17:40,699 --> 01:17:43,699
Fire!
1075
01:17:43,746 --> 01:17:46,616
He fights with famed
frontiersman, Davy Crockett.
1076
01:17:46,662 --> 01:17:49,712
David Crockett looms
huge in the notion
1077
01:17:49,752 --> 01:17:51,972
of what the American
frontier was.
1078
01:17:52,015 --> 01:17:55,975
He became a symbol
of possibility.
1079
01:17:56,019 --> 01:17:58,019
The fate of the United States
1080
01:17:58,064 --> 01:18:01,424
depends on this new
generation of frontiersmen.
1081
01:18:01,459 --> 01:18:02,849
Do not test me.
81381
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