All language subtitles for The American West s01e05 Outlaw Rising.eng

Narrator: Previously
on "The American West"...

In the decade since the Civil War,

America has been
desperate to settle the West.

But the effort has
been met with conflict

- at nearly every turn.
- Who's the cashier?

Narrator: Outlaws like Jesse James

have terrorized railroads and banks

across the Midwest...

leading to one of the largest manhunts

in American history.

But Jesse James gets away

and goes into hiding for two years.

In the Great Plains, the
United States military

looks to defeat the armies of
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

and secure the gold

in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

But after they're defeated
at the Battle of Little Bighorn,

the U.S. government sees the
extermination of the buffalo

as a way of starving the Lakota nation

into submission.

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Narrator: After their
victory at Little Bighorn...

(bowstring snaps)

Lakota warriors led by Crazy Horse

continue to fight for their land.

Hold the line!

(speaking Lakota language)

Narrator: But despite
winning small battles

against the U.S. Army,

the struggles for the Indians

are only getting worse.

General William Tecumseh
Sherman's strategy

of exterminating the
buffalo is working...

as more and more
Indians face starvation.

Lakota leaders Sitting
Bull and Crazy Horse

are running out of options.

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Narrator: After years of leading
the Lakota people together,

Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse part ways.

Sitting Bull leads 5,000
Indians north to Canada...

while Crazy Horse stays behind

with fewer than 1,000 warriors,

determined to remain on
their rightful land.

The Native Americans pressed
on despite the violence

and the decimation of their
tribes and their culture.

They were persistent in
wanting to maintain their beliefs,

and they pressed on because
they had courage.

Narrator: With the Indian
population depleted,

the U.S. government moves full force

into the Black Hills,

allowing them to take the land

and the gold discovered
there three years earlier.

By 1880, the area is yielding

over $7 million in
gold and silver annually,

over $170 million in today's dollars.

David Eisenbach: This is just
this moment of extreme opportunity

to just go out there and strike it rich.

And a lot of men and
women were able to do that.

And people who are not
seeing the opportunities

that they saw in prior generations

see the West as that
great promised land.

Narrator: As gold
pours into the economy,

the U.S. is the first country

to pull itself out of
the global depression.

And over the next decade,

more than 12 million
immigrants arrive in the United States,

looking to take full
advantage of the country's prosperity.

But the population
boom brings a problem...

millions of new mouths to feed.

The solution is found in the West.

The wide-open spaces provide
the perfect spot

for a new American industry...

cattle.

H.W. Brands: There were
lots of cattle in Texas

on the border of Mexico for a long time.

But it wasn't until the railroads

that they could be
moved out to the plains

and shipped from there to
hungry people in the East.

(mooing)

Narrator: Cattle that would sell
for ten dollars a head in Texas

are worth forty dollars
a head on the East Coast.

This booming industry
breeds a new sort of businessman...

the cattle baron.

Cattle barons buy up huge
tracts of grazing land

stretching from Kansas to California.

Kiefer Sutherland: Those land grabs
presented unbelievable opportunities.

We're talking about sometimes
millions of acres,

of these farms, and thousands and
thousands of head of cattle.

Narrator: But with so much product

spread across such a
vast, unguarded area,

herds belonging to cattle barons

are becoming a major target...

for outlaws.

And in the territory of New Mexico,

one cattle rustler will become

one of the most
notorious men in the West.

He's born Henry McCarty...

but the world will come to know him

as Billy the Kid.

His story begins 2,000
miles to the east.

Paul Hutton: Billy the Kid came
from Hell's Kitchen in New York,

and there's a beautiful sort of irony

to the idea of a kid from
the slums of New York

becoming this icon of the Wild West.

Narrator: Billy never knew his father.

In the early 1870s,

he and his mother move to New Mexico.

But within a year of
arriving, she dies...

and Billy is all
alone in an unknown land.

(patrons chattering)

Narrator: For years he
wanders without direction.

What'll you have?

Whiskey.

Leave the bottle.

Burt Reynolds: There
were all kinds of cowboys.

There were ones that were loud

and drunk and a pain,

and then there's the quiet ones
who didn't say anything.

Always sat in the corner.

Those are the ones you
had to watch out for.

Narrator: To get by, Billy turns
to the one thing he can do best.

Hutton: Billy the Kid
was superb with a gun.

He used every spare dollar he had

to buy ammunition for practice.

He understood very early on

that the gun was his ticket to success.

And he's not shy about using it.

Narrator: Armed with his trusted weapon,

Billy starts stealing
cattle from wealthy ranchers

and selling them one county over.

John McCain: Self-reliance is
one of the more salient features

of the Old West because it was tough.

And in those kinds of environment,

the tough are the ones that survive.

(fire crackling)

(hoofbeats approaching)

(whickers)

Cowboy: Where are ya headed?

Into Lincoln.

I'm just rounding up some strays.

Those cattle you have belong
to John Tunstall.

Well, then John Tunstall can
come and take them back himself.

(gun clicks)

Be in your best
interest to let me get on my way.

That's not how this works.

Doesn't look like you
have much of a choice.

(gun clicks)

Narrator: Young cattle
thief Billy the Kid

has just been captured by a local rancher

he tried to steal from.

Most men shoot cattle
rustlers on the spot.

(gun clicks)

You still haven't told
me who you're workin' for.

I don't work for anyone.

(gun clicks)

Son, in Lincoln County,

everybody works for somebody.

Yeah... well... not me.

You strike me as a man used
to gettin' what he wants.

You got that right.

Only thing about that is...

(gun clicks)

so am I.

Easy. Easy.

You got a lot of men.

You got room for one more?

When Billy the Kid came to
Lincoln, he needed a job.

John Tunstall happened to need cowboys.

Cowboys who could use guns,

and so Billy became
one of his employees.

Narrator: After roaming
the West for years,

Billy the Kid has finally
found a place to belong...

working for an
ambitious rancher and businessman

in New Mexico...

named John Tunstall.

Mark Lee Gardner: John Henry
Tunstall has come to the West

to make a fortune.

And he settles on Lincoln County,

where he can make a lot of money.

Narrator: Looking to make it big
in the booming cattle industry,

Tunstall has bought a ranch outside
of Lincoln, New Mexico,

and in just two short years has become

one of the most successful cattle
barons in the territory.

But with his success,

he's upset some very powerful men.

Chamberlain: Lincoln was
the wildest of the Wild West.

The law was almost nonexistent,

and the people who controlled it

were generally corrupt.

Narrator: The established
power in Lincoln County

was a group of wealthy land
owners and cattle barons

known simply as "the House."

"The House" controls everything

from cattle prices, land holdings

and government positions.

Even the law is on their payroll.

Gardner: The House
controlled Lincoln County,

and they were prominent.

In fact, a lot of
people that lived in Lincoln

really looked at them as oppressors.

And John Henry Tunstall arrives

to kind of horn in on the monopoly

that the House has had for a long time.

Narrator: Tensions quickly rise
between Tunstall and the House,

but the rancher is not one to back down.

Looking to build up his small army,

Tunstall sees potential in young Billy.

Gardner: In Lincoln County,

everyone was forced to make a choice...

either you supported the House

or you supported John Henry Tunstall.

There was no in between.

So, once Billy accepted that
job with John Henry Tunstall,

he was gonna be Tunstall's man.

Narrator: Over the next
few months, the young outlaw

becomes Tunstall's most
trusted gunslinger.

And for the first time,

it feels like this orphan of the West

has a home.

Tunstall was a mentor to Billy the Kid.

Billy really liked Tunstall

because he treated him
fairly, he paid him well,

and he was probably the
first man in his life

Billy looked up to and
respected and treated him

like Billy wanted to be treated.

Put your plate over here, Billy.

Thanks.

I'm starved.

It doesn't get any
better than this, son.

Good to have you on board.

Thank you.

Gardner: If you think about
it, Billy had been scraping by.

He was looked at by
most people as riffraff.

But John Henry
Tunstall... it's kind of shocking,

but he offers this
hoodlum... he offers him a job.

For a young man of Billy's age,

that was incredible, that
was life-changing.

So he becomes a loyal,

devoted employee and friend

of John Henry Tunstall.

Narrator: While Billy the Kid

is now a part of the
burgeoning cattle industry

that's fueling America's growth...

several hundred miles to tth,

one man is doing everything he can

to hold off western expansion.

(warriors whooping)

Narrator: Since parting
ways with Sitting Bull,

Lakota warrior Crazy Horse

has tried to protecople

from the flood of settlers.

But after months of watching

Crazy Horse is running out of options...

and is forced to do something

he swore he would never do.

Easy, boys.

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Narrator: On May 6, 1877,

Crazy Horse, the man that
led his people to victory

at the Battle of Little
Bighorn, surrenders,

marking the end of 17
years of resistance.

Larry Pourier: When
Crazy Horse surrenders,

I really believe everyone
knew that was the end.

But the realit if he didn't do that,

most of us wouldn't be here.

We would've died fighting

instead of going to the reservation.

Narrator: But while the
move onto a reservation

may have saved his
people from starving...

Crazy Horse is beginning to realize

that it's doing something far worse.

Pourier: When they put
us on the reservations,

reay kinda took the
spirit out of a lot of people.

They took away our
pride, they took away our life,

they took away our manhood

because we couldn't hunt anymore.

A lot of people died, not
from sicknesses and stuff,

they died from broken spirits.

He trusts in me. He speaks through me.

The Lord, the Savior.

Narrator: But the govent isn't cot

just to tell the
Indians where to live...

they're also determined
to change their culture.

Andrew Isenberg: Large numbers
of Christian missionaries

were in fact sent out to
reservations in the West

to do the work of, as
people in the 19th century saw it,

"civilizing" these Native Americans.

Narrator: It's a policy
known as "assimilation."

Assimilation is just...
maybe it had good meaning,

maybe the intentions were good.

But I think they wanted us to change

to protect themselves.

They had a saying in the military...

"Kill the Indian and save the man."

Which is, basically, to
take his culture away

and you'll be a better person.

They thought we were savages.

Narrator: After months
on the reservation,

Crazy Horse fears his people

are on the verge of
losing their identity.

I think putting Indians on reservations

was a despicable part of history...

because it basically was
attacking their soul.

Narrator: Now the proud Lakota warrior

knows he needs to stand
up for his people once again.

Translator: "My people
are not happy here.

I am not happy here."

"We do not want to live
here on this reservation."

"I want what I was promised,
a reservation of our own,

a place where we are free,

even if we are not."

Life on the reservation

is not what you're accustomed to.

Give it time.

I think you'll become quite fond of it.

(translator speaking Lakota language)

Narrator: Months after leading
his people onto a reservation,

Crazy Horse is growing restless.

But since pleading his
case to U.S. authorities,

the military now
fears the Lakota warrior

could incite an Indian uprising.

Karl Jacoby: The U.S.
was incredibly scared

about Crazy Horse.

There's rumors going around th Cra Horse

wants to kill a visiting U.S. general.

And U.S. authorities
are forever concerned

about these rumors of Indian outbreaks.

Narrator: As fear of Crazy
Horse's intention spreads,

the Lakota warrior decides to meet

with reservation
agents to clear his name.

Jacoby: Crazy Horse thinks
he's going to a meeting

with some U.S. officials.

He doesn't realize the
magnitude of what's about to happen.

Eisenbach: They start to
put him into a jail cell.

Well, he sees... "Wait a second.

This isn't what I came in here for."

And he comes out with knives.

Agh-hh!

Jacoby: Accounts here differ,

but I think the most reliable
interpretation

is that the white U.S. sentry

bayonets him, and he dies.

Crazy Horse is never
killed in battle in that respect.

His vision is correct.

He's taken completely unawares

when he's, um, surprised by the sentry.

Narrator: On September
5, 1877, Crazy Horse,

a man who fought his entire
life to protect his people

and won battle after battle against
the United States Army,

is killed.

Crazy Horse's death
is hard to talk about

because it's just so...

fresh, even though it's
been that many years.

His death...

I think we all died that day, really.

Jacoby: One of the things
that's most fascinating

about Crazy Horse and his legacy

is simply the fact that

of all the many native
leaders across American history,

he's one of the few people

that most non-Indians have heard about.

I think he's seen today as a symbol

of courageous
resistance to the U.S. government...

and he is, in many respects.

And I think that's one of the reasons

that makes him so powerful.

Narrator: With Crazy Horse gone,

the Lakota people are in desperate
need of leadership

if they're going to save what's
left of their culture.

Narrator: After years
on his own, Billy the Kid

has finally found his place in the West

and a mentor in John Tunstall.

Tunstall's cattle business
is quickly gaining momentum

and cutting into the
interests of his biggest competition...

a group of ruthless businessmen

known as "the House."

Chamberlain: The House
had a monopoly on business,

but then there was this newcomer

who arrives in Lincoln with
some money behind him

and the desire to kind
of take over and compete.

Narrator: The House has
some very powerful allies,

including one of the largest landowners

in the United States,

Thomas Catron.

Chamberlain: Thomas Catron
was linked to the House

because Catron had loaned the
House a great deal of money.

Until the House repaid Catron,

he had a stake in their well-being.

So it was in his
interest that they do well

so he could get repaid.

Narrator: Catron owns three
million acres of territory,

nearly equal in size to
the state of Connecticut.

His landholdings include Lincoln County,

and Catron doesn't take
kindly to the new competitor

impeding on his business.

This is for you.

It's a writ of attachment,

authorizes you to seize all the property

of John Tunstall and
his business partners.

And what if he resists?

I don't care about the means.

Just the results.

Understood.

(gunshots)

Go check it out.

- You stay here.
- Yeah.

(horse whinnies)

What's the rush, boys?

We heard a shot.

Did you, now?

(gunshot)

Don't do anything stupid, son.

This doesn't involve you.

I suggest you keep it that way.

Gardner: This competition,

this feuding between businesses,

entrepreneurial interests is one thing.

Like so many conflicts in the West,

it becomes personal.

Hyah!

Personal to the point where
someone is murdered.

And that person is John Henry Tunstall.

He is murdered over a business dispute.

That's as personal as it gets.

Narrator: With Tunstall dead,

Billy loses the only family he knows.

Hutton: Billy swears vengeance
over Tunstall's grave

and says he'll get every
man who is a part of this.

Narrator: John Tunstall's death

sets Billy on a
path to find his killers.

And it will turn him
from an unknown gunman

into a legend of the West.

Narrator: As the country
continues to expand,

men like Billy the Kid are realizing

just how lawless the frontier is.

But over 400 miles away from New Mexico,

one man is about to bring
order to the West.

(voices overlapping)

(groans)

Narrator: In the plains of Kansas
where men take what they want...

and every day is a
struggle for survival,

no one is tougher...

than Wyatt Earp.

Isenberg: Wyatt Earp was a big guy,

he was about six feet
tall and he was very strong.

He was large by 19th century standards.

He used that size to be imposing.

Narrator: Wyatt Earp is one
of thousands of Americans

who have flooded the West

in hopes of striking it rich.

Wyatt was bit by the
incurable Western disease.

And that was the need to always
find the next frontier.

The frontier might be
mining, it might be real estate,

but it was the search
itself, the adventure itself.

That's what really drove Wyatt.

Narrator: To get by,
he's done nearly every job

on the frontier.

From laying tracks for the
Union Pacific Railroad...

to hunting buffalo on the plains

and even working as a
bouncer at a brothel.

Wyatt's search for fortune

has landed him in Dodge City, Kansas,

a place like thousands of others

popping up across the
West called "boomtowns."

To move cattle from wide-open
plains to eastern cities,

they must first be
driven to railroad hubs

that soon turn into bustling towns.

Kirschner: A boomtown
explodes on the scene.

You had that barren
landscape and then suddenly

you would have a hotel with 50 rooms.

Narrator: Boomtowns
are quickly populated

by the men working the cattle drive,

a group that will become
synonymous with the West...

cowboys.

Hutton: You have a lot of young
men that would get to those towns

and they're all fueled on
whiskey, carrying guns.

So you've got young men drinking
heavily and armed.

And this is, indeed, one of the
reasons the West was wild.

Narrator: Wyatt sees that in Dodge City

the law is nonexistent

and disputes are settled with violence.

In that day, you could
shoot somebody dead in the street

for looking at you the wrong way

because there's no repercussion.

It's a different time... the
alues were different,

life was different.

Narrator: After years of moving

from one job in the West to another,

Wyatt isn't satisfied.

Reynolds: It was a rough, tough life.

And a lot of them said,

"I think I'll just turn in my chaps

and do something else."

And they'd either go back
East or they'd turn bad.

Narrator: But Wyatt Earp feels
he's destined for something more.

And it's in Dodge City that
he demonstrates a skill

that will mark his place in history.

Hunter: You cheated the wrong man.

That's my money.

The guy cheated. The
guy's a cheater, huh?

Don't do it! Don't do it!

Nobody move. He pulled
his gun, he pulled his gun.

Easy does it.

Nobody move! Don't move!

Easy there.

- He's a cheat.
- Easy there.

- The guy cheated.
- Put the gun away.

- His gun, did you see it?
- Everyone saw him reach for his gun.

Just hand it over.

- You have to give over your gun.
- Back off! Back off!

- Take it easy.
- Back off!

I'll shoot you!

Come on.

Narrator: The town of Dodge

is in desperate need of a lawman.

And Wyatt Earp is the
perfect man for the job.

It isn't long before Wyatt
Earp is recruited

to be deputy marshal of Dodge City.

Kirschner: There was no
particular training for a lawman.

They were just people for
whom the work suited,

and then there was a
lot of on-the-job training.

But Wyatt brought a cool demeanor,

a knowledge of people,

and that presence that he had

that worked on pretty much everybody.

That's not how things work in this town.

Harmon: It's all about intimidation.

Wyatt Earp didn't ask questions.

He'd smack you with
the barrel of his gun.

"Pistol-whip," that comes from him.

Narrator: Wyatt Earp is quickly
making a name for himself

in Dodge City.

And it's in his role as a lawman

that he will soon become one
of the most famous figures

of the West.

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