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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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HEY, HUSH UP, Y'ALL!
YOU ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHIN'.
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Man: MY NAME'S HICKOK --
JAMES BUTLER HICKOK,
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BUT MOST FOLKS CALL ME
"WILD BILL."
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
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[ CHEERING ]
MIGHTY FINE SHOOTIN'.
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AND THIS IS MY REAL STORY
AS IT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD.
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OF ALL THE GUNFIGHTERS
IN THE WEST,
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YOU PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER...
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HICKOK ACTUALLY WALKED
THE WALK.
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HE IS INCREDIBLY CONFIDENT.
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YOU BOYS WANT THIS FIGHT,
YOU KNOW WHERE I AM!
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AND HE HAS
A CERTAIN...NERVE.
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YOU START SOMETHIN',
McCANLES...
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THERE'S GONNA BE ONE LESS
SONBITCH AT THE END.
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THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE
LOOKING TO MAKE A REPUTATION
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ON THE DEAD BODY
OF SOMEONE LIKE BILL HICKOK.
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MY FAME MAKES ME A TARGET.
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
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I'M A LEGEND IN MY OWN TIME...
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AND A MYTH OF MY OWN MAKING.
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ARE YOU SATISFIED?
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I WON THE MOST FAMOUS DUEL
IN THE WEST...
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THIS IS THE GODFATHER
OF EVERY GUNFIGHT NOW YOU SEE
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IN THE MOVIES. THIS WAS IT.
[ GUNSHOT ]
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AND PUT A TINY MINING CAMP
CALLED DEADWOOD ON THE MAP.
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BUT NO MAN'S LUCK
LASTS FOREVER.
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SOONER OR LATER,
THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS.
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-- Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.com
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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SKILL ONLY COUNTS FOR SO MUCH
WHEN YOU'RE A GUNSLINGER.
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
YOU CAN BE FAST...
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ACCURATE, CONFIDENT...
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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AND SOME NE'ER-DO-WELL
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CAN STILL GET LUCKY
AND LAY YOU OUT.
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IF YOU PLY THE TRADE,
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YOU STILL KNOW AT SOME POINT
THE HOUSE WILL WIN.
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WILD BILL IS THE FIRST OF WHAT
THEY CALLED THE PISTOLEERS
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WHO BECAME FAMOUS,
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AND HE WAS
A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME.
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HE WAS A HOUSEHOLD NAME ACT--
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LITERALLY,
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
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I'VE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS
IN MY LIFE --
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TEAMSTER, TRAPPER,
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SCOUT, SHERIFF.
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HELL, I WAS EVEN AN ACTOR.
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TURN THAT BLAMED THING OFF!
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[ GLASS SHATTERS,
AUDIENCE GASPS ]
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BUT SOME SAW ME
AS A DRUNKEN REVELER
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WITH A PAIR
OF HAIR-TRIGGER COLTS...
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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A COLD-BLOODED KILLER.
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ARE YOU SATISFIED?!
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HICKOK WAS FAMOUS BECAUSE
OF THE NEWSPAPER STORIES.
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EVERYONE INCLUDED HIM
AS PART OF THEIR STORY.
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HENRY MORTON STANLEY,
THE FAMOUS AFRICAN EXPLORER,
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WROTE ABOUT HICKOK.
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GENERAL CUSTER
WROTE ABOUT HICKOK.
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SO HE'S APPEARING
EVERYWHERE.
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EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORIES,
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BUT FEW WOULD NOW REMEMBER
WHERE THEY BEGAN.
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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I'M THE MAN.
I'M HICKOK. J.B. HICKOK,
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THOUGH SOME FOLKS DO
CALL ME "WILD BILL."
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IN 1865, A FEW MONTHS
AFTER LEE'S SURRENDER,
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I TOOK A DRINK WITH A MAN
NAMED GEORGE NICHOLS...
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...C-K.
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...WHO WANTED TO TALK TO
A REAL HERO OF THE FRONTIER.
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MUCH TO MY SURPRISE,
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NICHOLS RECORDED
OUR CONVERSATION
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FOR AN ARTICLE IN A PUBLICATION
CALLED "HARPER'S MAGAZINE."
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
COLONEL NICHOLS.
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WHEN IT COMES TO KILLIN' MEN,
I NEVER MUCH THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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AT A TIME LIKE THAT,
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IT'S EITHER YOU
OR THE OTHER FELLER,
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AND IN SUCH TIMES,
YOU DON'T THINK.
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AND AFTER IT'S OVER...
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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WHAT'S THE USE?
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Boggs: IN THIS TIME PERIOD,
YOU'VE GOT NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS,
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YOU'VE GOT THE TELEGRAPH
THAT CAN SEND NEWS FAST,
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AND YOU'VE GOT ALL OF
A SUDDEN THESE DIME NOVELS
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THAT ARE BECOMIN' VERY POPULAR,
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HEROES,
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AND THEY'RE GONNA GLAMORIZE
A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
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HOW MANY MEN WOULD YOU SAY
YOU'VE KILLED?
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I RECKON I'D HAVE TO PUT THAT
FIGURE UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED.
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OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS THINKING,
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"WELL, NO ONE CARES AND NO ONE'S
GONNA BELIEVE THIS,
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SO LET'S MAKE A GOOD STORY,"
AND HE DID THAT.
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OF ALL MY STORIES,
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THE ONE THAT EXCITED
NICHOLS' IMAGINATION MOST
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WAS THE ONE
WHERE THE MOST MEN DIED.
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I WAS DRIVING TEAMS
FOR THE PONY EXPRESS
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AND WAS SET OUT
ON THE ROCK CREEK STATION,
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NEAR THE RANCH
OF ONE DAVID McCANLES.
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DAVID McCANLES WAS
THE WORST KIND OF BULLY.
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HE WAS A BIG MAN
WITH A MEAN MOUTH,
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MADE EVEN MEANER WITH
THE APPLICATION OF SPIRITS,
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WHICH HE LIKED TO DO
LIBERALLY.
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I HEAR HE'S A MARRIED MAN,
BUT HE HAD A WOMAN STASHED
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ACROSS THE CREEK
IN THAT RANCH OF HIS.
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WELL, SHE AND I MANAGED TO SPEND
A LITTLE TIME TOGETHER.
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BILL, HERE'S YOUR COFFEE.
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THANK YOU, MISS WELLMAN.
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IT WAS MEANT TO BE
A PLEASANT VISIT,
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BUT McCANLES HAD A KNACK
FOR UNWELCOME INTERRUPTIONS.
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DAVE McCANLES WAS
THE SHERIFF THERE,
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AND HE'S ALSO A BULLY,
AND HE'S NOT ENTIRELY HONEST.
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I HAD BESTED McCANLES
AT SHOOTIN' AND WRESTLIN',
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BUT OUR CHIEF DISPUTE
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WAS OVER THE AFFECTIONS
OF THE LADY WE BOTH ADMIRED.
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HE SWORE HE WOULD HAVE
HIS REVENGE SOMETIME.
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WELL, WHEN McCANLES HEARD I WAS
AROUND ABOUT THOSE PARTS,
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HE AND 10 OF HIS MEN
CAME AFTER ME...
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WITH DEADLY INTENTIONS.
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THIS AIN'T OVER YET, HICKOK.
[ POUNDING ON WINDOW ]
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Hickok: I'VE BEEN IN
A LOT OF SCRAPES.
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I CAN TELL YOU,
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THAT WAS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES
I SAID MY PRAYERS.
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Nichols: YOU MUST'VE BEEN
PRETTY SCARED.
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I WAS COOL AND COLLECTED
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AS IF I WAS GOING
TO A CHURCH SOCIAL.
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I REMEMBER,
RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT,
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EVERYTHING JUST GOT
CLEAR AND SHARP.
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IN THIS SITUATION
WHERE THE REST OF US
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WOULD BE TOTALLY UNNERVED,
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BILL HAS EXACTLY
THE OPPOSITE REACTION.
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HE BEGINS TO THINK
VERY CLEARLY.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT
WAS NERVES.
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IF YOU COULD REMAIN CALM
UNDER FIRE,
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THAT WAS THE MAN
WHO WOULD KILL YA.
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Hickok: I COULD SEE WHAT
I NEEDED TO DO...
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[ FOOT THUDS ]
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Hickok: AND I DID IT.
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YOU BOYS WANT THIS FIGHT,
YOU KNOW WHERE I AM!
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[ CLICK ]
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I HAD BUT 6 SHOTS LEFT
AND 10 MEN TO KILL.
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THE ODDS WERE LONG,
BUT MY CHOICES WERE FEW.
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COME ON, LET'S GET HIM!
GET HIM!
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AND J.B. HICKOK...
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DOES NOT SURRENDER.
[ GUNSHOT ]
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
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IN FEBRUARY 1867,
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A "HARPER'S MAGAZINE" ARTICLE
MADE ME FAMOUS
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BY TELLING THE INCREDIBLE
AND SLIGHTLY EMBELLISHED TALE
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OF MY RUN-IN WITH
MY OLD NEMESIS, DAVID McCANLES,
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AND HIS 10 HENCHMEN.
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TOLD YOU THIS AIN'T OVER YET,
HICKOK!
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THEY HAD ME OUTGUNNED,
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BUT YOU CANNOT OUTMAN
JAMES BUTLER HICKOK.
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I DON'T LIKE TALKIN'
ABOUT THE McCANLES AFFAIR.
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I DREAM ABOUT IT
FROM TIME TO TIME...
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WAKE UP IN A COLD SWEAT.
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Bisel: HE EXPECTS TO DIE.
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HE DOES NOT EXPECT
TO COME OUT OF IT,
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AND HE WAS NOT AFRAID
TO DIE.
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AND THAT'S ONE
OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
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THAT HE POSSESSES.
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IT'S NOT THAT HE HAS
A DEATH WISH
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THAT'S SO OFTEN BEEN A --
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ASSOCIATED WITH GUNSLINGERS
LIKE DOC HOLLIDAY.
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BUT HE IS NOT AFRAID OF IT.
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I THINK HE USED THE WORD
"DEATH'S HUG"
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WOULD VISIT HIM THAT DAY.
THAT'S WHAT HE FULLY EXPECTED.
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I CUT THE HEAD OFF THE SNAKE...
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AND THEN CAME THE BODY.
[ ALL SHOUTING AT ONCE ]
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[ GUNSHOTS ]
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THE McCANLES MASSACRE
QUICKLY BECAME KNOWN
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AS THE GREATEST ONE-MAN
GUNFIGHT IN HISTORY.
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THE DAVE McCANLES AFFAIR
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BECAME ONE
OF THE MOST WIDELY REPORTED
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AND EXAGGERATED FIGHTS
IN THE WEST.
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HICKOK MAY HAVE KILLED McCANLES.
WE'RE NOT SURE.
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BUT WHEN THEY INTERVIEWED HICKOK
ABOUT THIS,
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HE MADE IT 10 MEN.
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[ GRUNTING ]
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THERE WERE VERSIONS
OF THE McCANLES FIGHT
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THAT WERE JUST AMAZING
IN RETROSPECT.
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NOW WHY DON'T YOU USE THE HAMMER
DOWN ON THAT PIECE, BOY?
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I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CHOICE.
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YOU STAY HERE WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND GO.
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BUT TRUTH BE TOLD,
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IT DID NOT HAPPEN EXACTLY
AS DESCRIBED
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IN "HARPER'S MAGAZINE."
[ BULLET CASINGS CLATTER ]
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I DON'T RECOLLECT 10 MEN
BEING THERE.
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NOT EVEN FIVE.
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BUT McCANLES WAS THERE,
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AND A MAN NEVER LIVED TO
DESERVE KILLIN' MORE THAN HE.
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED WAS
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McCANLES WAS OWED MONEY BY
THE FIRM WILD BILL WORKED FOR.
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[ POUNDING ON DOOR ]
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WHAT DO YOU WANT, McCANLES?
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MY MONEY.
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McCANLES WAS DEMANDING MONEY,
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AND KIND OF ABUSING
THE LADY OF THE HOUSE VERBALLY.
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I KNOW YOU'RE NOT AS STUPID AS
YOUR HUSBAND IS, MISS WELLMAN.
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AND HICKOK
WAS STANDING INSIDE,
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AND HE KIND OF STEPPED
INTO VIEW.
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I DON'T BELIEVE THE LADY
INVITED YOU IN, McCANLES.
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THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS,
HICKOK.
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McCANLES,
YOU START SOMETHING,
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THERE'LL BE ONE LESS
SONBITCH AT THE END.
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McCANLES ASKED
FOR A DRINK OF WATER,
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POSSIBLY TO DEFUSE
THE SITUATION,
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AND WHEN THE WOMAN
WENT TO GET IT,
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HICKOK STEPPED
FURTHER BACK INTO THE ROOM.
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APPARENTLY, McCANLES
MAKES SOME MOVE.
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DID HE GO FOR A GUN?
DID HE JUST WAVE HIS HAND?
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HE DID SOMETHING THAT CAUSED
HICKOK TO FEEL MENACED.
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WHAT DO YOU SAY I FINISH IT?
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HEY, HEY, OKAY.
DON'T SHOOT.
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AND HICKOK SHOT HIM
THROUGH THE HEART.
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[ GUNSHOT ]
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McCANLES' 12-YEAR-OLD SON
WOULD LATER CLAIM HIS FATHER
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WASN'T EVEN CARRYIN' A WEAPON.
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BUT I MAINTAIN
THAT HE CAME ARMED
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AND HAD EVERY INTENTION
OF SPILLIN' MY BLOOD.
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THE McCANLES AFFAIR
WAS THE FIRST CHAPTER
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IN THE LEGEND OF WILD BILL.
221
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AND TRUE TO THE FACTS OR NOT,
222
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IT BEGAN MY REPUTATION
AS A GUNMAN.
223
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AND THAT STORY IN "HARPER'S"
224
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ALSO TOLD OF A RUN-IN I HAD
IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI,
225
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THAT BECAME A STAPLE
OF THE WILD WEST.
226
00:12:20,233 --> 00:12:22,233
TWO MEN STEPPIN'
INTO THE STREET
227
00:12:22,233 --> 00:12:25,500
FOR A SHOWDOWN AT HIGH NOON.
228
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HE HAD A, UH, FALLING OUT
WITH A FELLOW GAMBLER --
229
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PART-TIME FRIEND NAMED
DAVIS TUTT.
230
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[ CHIPS CLINKING ]
231
00:12:32,967 --> 00:12:35,767
DAVIS TUTT AND I KNEW
EACH OTHER BEFORE THE WAR,
232
00:12:35,767 --> 00:12:38,333
AND I'VE KEPT SOME COMPANY
WITH HIS SISTER.
233
00:12:38,333 --> 00:12:42,300
WELL, ME BEING A YANKEE
AND TUTT A SON OF THE SOUTH,
234
00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:45,067
HE TOOK A SET AGAINST ME.
235
00:12:45,067 --> 00:12:47,467
DAVIS,
YOU LOOK A LITTLE LOW.
236
00:12:47,467 --> 00:12:50,333
TAKE THAT $25 I OWE YOU.
[ CHIPS CLINK ]
237
00:12:50,333 --> 00:12:51,767
IT'S $35 YOU OWE ME.
238
00:12:51,767 --> 00:12:56,067
$25, AND YOU KNOW THAT
FOR A FACT, TUTT.
239
00:12:56,067 --> 00:13:00,100
THE LOCALS, HAVING FOUGHT
IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
240
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OR HAVING HAD PEOPLE WHO DID,
241
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DID NOT WELCOME
MOST OF THE YANKEES.
242
00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,500
SO HE'S KIND OF
IN FOREIGN TERRITORY.
243
00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,967
TUTT AND HICKOK
WERE OLD FRIENDS,
244
00:13:12,967 --> 00:13:15,100
BUT THAT FRIENDSHIP
HAD GONE SOUR,
245
00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:18,233
SOME SAID BECAUSE OF A WOMAN.
246
00:13:18,233 --> 00:13:22,433
HE REALLY LOVED THE LADIES.
HE LOVED THE LADIES A LOT.
247
00:13:22,433 --> 00:13:25,267
SOME CASES, THAT LED TO,
UH, DEADLY ENCOUNTERS.
248
00:13:25,267 --> 00:13:27,533
YOU STILL OWE ME
10 MORE DOLLARS.
249
00:13:27,533 --> 00:13:29,867
MAYBE I'LL TAKE THIS WATCH HERE
FOR COLLATERAL.
250
00:13:29,867 --> 00:13:32,867
I BELIEVE THE END
WAS ALREADY WRITTEN.
251
00:13:32,867 --> 00:13:34,067
WHAT DO YOU THINK, MISS?
252
00:13:34,067 --> 00:13:35,200
YOU THINK THIS WATCH
WOULD LOOK GOOD ON ME?
253
00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:36,633
IT'LL LOOK JUST FINE.
254
00:13:40,233 --> 00:13:43,600
BEST NOT WEAR THAT WATCH
ANYWHERE I CAN SEE IT, TUTT.
255
00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,433
OH, YEAH?
256
00:13:45,433 --> 00:13:47,700
WHAT YOU GON' DO ABOUT IT?
[ CHIPS CLINK ]
257
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WORD TO THE WISE
IS SUFFICIENT, TUTT.
258
00:13:53,367 --> 00:13:55,567
BILL PUT OUT THE WORD,
259
00:13:55,567 --> 00:13:58,933
HE'D BETTER NOT SHOW UP
WEARING THAT WATCH.
260
00:14:03,933 --> 00:14:06,300
WELL, THE NEXT DAY,
HICKOK IS ON THE TOWN SQUARE,
261
00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:07,900
AND HERE COMES TUTT
WEARING THE WATCH.
262
00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:11,100
THIS IS AN ATTACK
ON BILL'S HONOR.
263
00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:14,433
AND IT'S 1865.
THIS WAS A BIG DEAL.
264
00:14:14,433 --> 00:14:16,867
Hickok: DAVIS TUTT!
265
00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:21,367
YOU'RE INTENDING TO TAKE
MY WATCH FOR A STROLL,
266
00:14:21,367 --> 00:14:24,067
DEAD MAN HAD
BETTER BE ABLE TO WALK!
267
00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,733
THE WEST IS A PLACE FUELED
BY WHISKEY
268
00:14:30,733 --> 00:14:32,967
AND A CODE OF HONOR,
269
00:14:32,967 --> 00:14:38,233
SO ANY INSULT TO YOU WAS
JUSTIFICATION FOR ACTION.
270
00:14:40,533 --> 00:14:42,633
IT WASN'T HIGH NOON.
271
00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:45,100
MORE LIKE LATE AFTERNOON.
272
00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:48,067
BUT IT WAS HIGH TIME
I PUT TUTT IN HIS PLACE.
273
00:14:48,067 --> 00:14:49,633
THIS IS THE GODFATHER,
274
00:14:49,633 --> 00:14:52,200
THE GRANDFATHER
OF EVERY GUNFIGHT
275
00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:54,333
NOW YOU SEE ON TV
OR IN THE MOVIES.
276
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THIS WAS IT.
277
00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,867
Bell: THEY WENT OUT ON
THE PLAZA, TURNED SIDEWAYS,
278
00:15:02,867 --> 00:15:04,967
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE GONNA DUEL,
YOU WANT TO PRESENT
279
00:15:04,967 --> 00:15:07,100
LESS OF YOUR BODY,
NOT MORE.
280
00:15:08,567 --> 00:15:10,133
[ GUN COCKS ]
281
00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,333
THEY ARE 75 YARDS AWAY
WHEN THEY START SHOOTING.
282
00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:23,067
Bisel: BOTH GUNS GO OFF
ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY.
283
00:15:23,067 --> 00:15:26,467
Bell: TUTT FIRES AND MISSES.
HICKOK FIRES.
284
00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:29,733
Hutton: AND, MY OPINION,
MADE A MIRACULOUS SHOT.
285
00:15:29,733 --> 00:15:32,167
AT 75 YARDS, HE PUT A BULLET
RIGHT THROUGH TUTT'S HEART.
286
00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,700
I'M KILLED, BOYS!
287
00:15:40,233 --> 00:15:43,867
WELL, NOW, WE GOT ONE MAN DEAD,
AND I AIN'T SHOT BUT ONCE.
288
00:15:43,867 --> 00:15:47,333
GOT 11 PILLS LEFT,
ANYBODY WANTS TO BE TAKEN.
289
00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:50,333
IT'LL CURE
ALL YOUR EARTHLY ILLS!
290
00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:57,700
ARE YOU SATISFIED?!
291
00:16:01,633 --> 00:16:03,400
LOVE THE QUOTE,
"ARE YOU SATISFIED?"
292
00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,867
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT UP.
IT'S JUST TOO GOOD.
293
00:16:05,867 --> 00:16:08,333
I BELIEVE HE WAS DIRECTING IT
TO EVERYONE.
294
00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:11,233
PEOPLE WANTED A FIGHT.
TUTT WANTED A FIGHT.
295
00:16:11,233 --> 00:16:15,233
AND HE WAS REALLY SAYING,
"NOW, ARE YOU SATISFIED?"
296
00:16:15,233 --> 00:16:16,700
HE WAS ACQUITTED.
297
00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:18,767
IT WAS JUSTIFIABLE.
298
00:16:18,767 --> 00:16:24,400
AND THAT BECAME ONE OF THE KEY
COMPONENTS OF HIS LEGEND.
299
00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,633
HOW COULD YOU HAVE HAD
SO MANY QUARRELS?
300
00:16:27,633 --> 00:16:31,233
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING,
COLONEL NICHOLS.
301
00:16:31,233 --> 00:16:34,433
I NEVER KILLED A MAN...
302
00:16:34,433 --> 00:16:37,067
THAT DIDN'T NEED KILLIN'.
303
00:16:37,067 --> 00:16:41,133
WHEN THAT "HARPER'S" ARTICLE
GOT PUBLISHED IN 1867,
304
00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:44,633
THOSE STORIES OF MY RUN-INS
WITH SCOUNDRELS
305
00:16:44,633 --> 00:16:47,933
LIKE McCANLES AND TUTT SEEMED
TO STRIKE A CHORD WITH FOLKS
306
00:16:47,933 --> 00:16:50,867
AND TURNED ME
INTO A NATIONAL HERO.
307
00:16:50,867 --> 00:16:52,633
SUDDENLY,
I COULD NOT GO ANYWHERE
308
00:16:52,633 --> 00:16:55,600
WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED.
309
00:17:01,467 --> 00:17:04,300
ALL OF THE MOVIE TROPES,
310
00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:07,333
SOMEBODY HAS A REPUTATION
AND THEY WANNA SHOOT THEM DOWN,
311
00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:08,867
IT ALL COMES FROM HICKOK.
312
00:17:08,867 --> 00:17:10,567
HE WAS JUST BIGGER THAN LIFE.
313
00:17:10,567 --> 00:17:11,867
WILD BILL!
314
00:17:11,867 --> 00:17:15,500
YEAH, I'M TALKING TO YOU.
315
00:17:16,967 --> 00:17:18,667
EVERYBODY LOOKED UP TO HIM,
AND OF COURSE,
316
00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:20,933
HE DIDN'T DO HIMSELF
ANY FAVORS
317
00:17:20,933 --> 00:17:23,467
BY HAVING TWO PISTOLS
WITH THE BUTTS OUT IN THE FRONT
318
00:17:23,467 --> 00:17:26,700
AND HAVING
A BIG, WIDE SOMBRERO.
319
00:17:27,833 --> 00:17:31,400
HE WAS REALLY
LIVING THE LIFE,
320
00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:36,467
AND THAT CAUGHT UP TO HIM
WHEN EVERYBODY AND THEIR UNCLE
321
00:17:36,467 --> 00:17:38,500
WANTED TO TAKE HIM DOWN.
322
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,967
[ GUNSHOTS ]
323
00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:57,833
EVERYONE WHO KNOWS
WILD BILL HICKOK
324
00:17:57,833 --> 00:18:00,400
ALSO KNOWS THAT I ALWAYS
START MY DAY
325
00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:01,933
WITH SOME SHOOTIN'.
326
00:18:01,933 --> 00:18:03,500
GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT
327
00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:06,667
MY COLT NAVY .36 CALIBER
PISTOLS AND MY AIM
328
00:18:06,667 --> 00:18:10,900
ARE READY FOR WHATEVER
SURPRISES THE DAY MIGHT HOLD.
329
00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:12,967
[ SPITS ]
330
00:18:12,967 --> 00:18:16,200
EVERY DAY,
HE EMPTIED HIS REVOLVERS
331
00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,767
AT TARGET PRACTICE.
332
00:18:17,767 --> 00:18:20,533
HE WOULD RELOAD HIS PISTOL
EVERY MORNING
333
00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:22,067
ACCORDING TO THE HUMIDITY
OF WHERE HE WAS AT.
334
00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,367
HE DIDN'T WANT ONE OF THOSE
CHAMBERS TO MISFIRE.
335
00:18:25,567 --> 00:18:28,367
WHEN AN ASSOCIATE ASKED HIM WHY
HE INSISTED ON DOING IT HIMSELF,
336
00:18:28,367 --> 00:18:33,067
HE SAID, "WHEN I PULL...
I MUST BE SURE."
337
00:18:33,067 --> 00:18:36,067
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
338
00:18:36,067 --> 00:18:38,767
HEY, HUSH UP, Y'ALL!
YOU ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHIN'.
339
00:18:40,067 --> 00:18:44,767
[ GUNSHOTS ]
340
00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:46,600
WHOO-HOO!
[ CHEERING ]
341
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,333
MIGHTY FINE SHOOTIN',
MIGHTY FINE SHOOTIN'.
342
00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:49,733
MIGHTY FINE. WAS GOOD.
343
00:18:49,733 --> 00:18:50,833
YEE-HAW!
344
00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:52,633
Man: I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
345
00:18:52,633 --> 00:18:54,967
[ APPLAUSE CONTINUES ]
346
00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:57,967
HICKOK DIDN'T,
FOR THE MOST PART,
347
00:18:57,967 --> 00:19:00,800
WEAR HIS GUNS IN HOLSTERS.
348
00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,067
BUT HAD A SASH
AROUND HIS WAIST
349
00:19:03,067 --> 00:19:05,667
AND HAD HIS PISTOL
STUCK IN THE SASH.
350
00:19:05,667 --> 00:19:11,300
HE WOULD DO A CROSS DRAW
AND PULL THE PISTOLS OUT.
351
00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:14,167
THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY SMART
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
352
00:19:14,167 --> 00:19:17,467
BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU CAN GET
EITHER PISTOL WITH EITHER HAND.
353
00:19:17,467 --> 00:19:22,100
A MAN MUST BE VIGILANT
AND UNERRINGLY ACCURATE
354
00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:25,067
TO SURVIVE
ON THE LAWLESS FRONTIER,
355
00:19:25,067 --> 00:19:28,900
ESPECIALLY A MAN AS WIDELY
RECOGNIZED AS MYSELF.
356
00:19:30,767 --> 00:19:33,633
AND AS THERE IS NO MAN
IN THESE PARTS SO WELL KNOWN,
357
00:19:33,633 --> 00:19:36,433
SAVE PERHAPS GENERAL GRANT,
358
00:19:36,433 --> 00:19:39,433
THIS IS A PARTICULAR CONCERN
TO ME.
359
00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:44,667
THE CONTINUOUS ALLURE THAT
HIS PRESENCE, UH, CREATED
360
00:19:44,667 --> 00:19:48,500
FOR OTHERS WHO WANTED TO MAKE
THEIR REPUTATION WAS
361
00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,600
JUST SOMETHIN'
THAT HE BORE LIKE A CROSS.
362
00:19:58,067 --> 00:20:01,700
HE HAD SUCH REPUTATION
363
00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:03,967
AS A TOUGH MAN, AS A FIGHTER,
THAT HE BECAME
364
00:20:03,967 --> 00:20:05,333
A DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL.
365
00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:11,900
IN 1869, I SIGNED ON
TO LAY DOWN THE LAW
366
00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:16,233
IN A ROUGHNECK RAILROAD TOWN --
HAYS CITY, KANSAS.
367
00:20:17,633 --> 00:20:22,333
SO MANY MEN WHO HAD BEEN OUTLAWS
BECAME LAWMEN
368
00:20:22,333 --> 00:20:25,100
BECAUSE THE LAW WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS...
369
00:20:25,100 --> 00:20:27,833
THEY NEEDED A TOUGH MAN
TO ENFORCE IT --
370
00:20:27,833 --> 00:20:31,100
SOMEBODY, UH, WHO IS
READY TO USE HIS GUNS.
371
00:20:37,567 --> 00:20:41,600
[ CRICKETS CHIRPING ]
372
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,200
[ GUNSHOTS ]
373
00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,233
I'M GONNA SHOOT UP EVERY BASTARD
IN THIS TOWN!
374
00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:49,467
ONE NIGHT IN HAYS CITY,
375
00:20:49,467 --> 00:20:52,267
A NE'ER-DO-WELL NAMED
BILL MULVEY GOT LIQUORED UP
376
00:20:52,267 --> 00:20:54,367
AND STARTED SHOOTIN' UP
THE PLACE,
377
00:20:54,367 --> 00:20:58,700
SO I GAVE HIM A LETHAL DOSE
OF HIS OWN MEDICINE.
378
00:20:58,700 --> 00:20:59,867
BILL MULVEY!
379
00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:02,067
BILL MULVEY!
380
00:21:04,067 --> 00:21:05,700
Ross: MULVEY GETS THE DROP
ON HICKOK.
381
00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:07,433
WELL, HICKOK DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO,
382
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,067
SO HE LOOKS PAST MULVEY
AND GOES...
383
00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:11,333
HEY THERE! DO NOT SHOOT HIM
IN THE BACK. HE IS DRAWN.
384
00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:13,367
Ross: MULVEY TURNS TO SEE
WHO HE'S TALKING TO.
385
00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:15,767
[ GUNSHOT ]
HICKOK KILLS HIM.
386
00:21:15,767 --> 00:21:19,667
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO CALL
SWIFT JUSTICE.
387
00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:22,100
NOW WHERE WERE WE?
388
00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:24,433
IT'S BLACK AND WHITE.
EVERYTHING IS SIMPLE.
389
00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:26,500
YOU'RE WITH HIM
OR YOU'RE AGAINST HIM.
390
00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:28,767
PEOPLE IN HAYS
WERE CERTAINLY SAFER
391
00:21:28,767 --> 00:21:32,067
BECAUSE HE WAS THE MARSHAL,
BUT PEOPLE WERE NOT HAPPY
392
00:21:32,067 --> 00:21:35,500
WITH THE WAY HE CONDUCTED
HIMSELF MANY TIMES.
393
00:21:37,267 --> 00:21:40,833
WEAKER MEN, IT SEEMS, HAVE
A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY.
394
00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:43,933
I LOST THE NEXT ELECTION
FOR TOWN MARSHAL
395
00:21:43,933 --> 00:21:48,467
BUT HUNG AROUND DRINKING
AND PLAYING AT CARDS.
396
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:54,067
THEN AFTER A SET-TO
WITH SOME DRUNKEN LOCALS...
397
00:21:54,067 --> 00:21:56,833
I DECIDED TO GET
WHILE THE GETTIN' WAS GOOD.
398
00:22:00,333 --> 00:22:01,800
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
399
00:22:03,933 --> 00:22:07,267
NOW, IF HAYS CITY WAS
A BAD OLD RAILROAD TOWN,
400
00:22:07,267 --> 00:22:10,667
ABILENE, AT THE FAR END
OF THE CHISHOLM CATTLE TRAIL,
401
00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:12,433
WAS 10 TIMES WORSE.
402
00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:18,600
FOR MONTHS AT A STRETCH,
403
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,333
IT WAS FILLED
WITH DRUNKEN COWBOYS
404
00:22:21,333 --> 00:22:25,667
WHO POURED IN BY THE THOUSANDS.
405
00:22:25,667 --> 00:22:27,133
Boggs:
A LOT OF THESE YOUNG COWBOYS
406
00:22:27,133 --> 00:22:29,633
HAVE JUST SPENT THREE MONTHS
ON A CATTLE DRIVE.
407
00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:33,433
THEY'RE DIRTY,
THEY'RE TIRED,
408
00:22:33,433 --> 00:22:36,933
THEY'RE ALSO YOUNG BOYS
FULL OF WHISKEY,
409
00:22:36,933 --> 00:22:39,233
LOADED WITH TESTOSTERONE
410
00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:42,867
AND WITH GUNS.
411
00:22:42,867 --> 00:22:44,800
THE CIVIL WAR'S JUST ENDED.
412
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,467
YOU'VE GOT TEXANS COMIN' UP
TO A YANKEE STATE.
413
00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:52,333
YOU PUT TEXANS IN
WITH KANSANS,
414
00:22:52,333 --> 00:22:56,067
YOU PUT SOUTHERNERS IN
WITH YANKEES,
415
00:22:56,067 --> 00:22:58,533
IT'S GONNA CAUSE
A LOT OF FIREWORKS.
416
00:23:00,367 --> 00:23:02,600
WHEN ABILENE'S MARSHAL
GOT MURDERED,
417
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,467
A FRIEND SUGGESTED
I TAKE THE JOB.
418
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:11,200
SEEING AS I WAS MOSTLY BROKE,
I SIGNED ON IN SPRING OF '71.
419
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,200
IT WOULDN'T BE LONG BEFORE
THE TOWN WAS FILLED UP AGAIN
420
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,100
WITH ROWDY COWPUNCHERS.
421
00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,433
I KNEW I'D HAVE MY HANDS FULL.
422
00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:23,100
HICKOK'S JOB WAS TO STOP THEM
OR KEEP THEM IN CHECK.
423
00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:25,067
WELL, THAT WAS A TOUGH JOB.
424
00:23:25,067 --> 00:23:28,867
REMEMBER, HE'S A UNION MAN
AND THESE SOUTHERNERS,
425
00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:31,300
FOR THE MOST PART, HAD BEEN
IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.
426
00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:34,200
HE NEVERTHELESS WANTED
TO PRESENT A FIGURE
427
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,200
THAT WOULD HOLD THEM AT BAY
AND PREVENT THEM
428
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,467
FROM GETTING INTO TROUBLE.
429
00:23:39,467 --> 00:23:41,700
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
430
00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:44,067
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HICKOK
431
00:23:44,067 --> 00:23:46,067
AND SOMEONE LIKE WYATT EARP
LATER IS THAT
432
00:23:46,067 --> 00:23:48,500
WHEN HE WAS CONFRONTED,
433
00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:51,767
HICKOK ALMOST ALWAYS
RESORTED IMMEDIATELY
434
00:23:51,767 --> 00:23:56,167
TO HIS PISTOLS,
AND HE ALWAYS SHOT TO KILL.
435
00:23:56,167 --> 00:23:59,267
ALL IN ALL, THIS APPROACH
SERVED ME WELL.
436
00:23:59,267 --> 00:24:01,967
I NEVER KILLED A MAN
THAT DIDN'T NEED KILLIN'
437
00:24:01,967 --> 00:24:03,700
UNTIL ONE NIGHT,
438
00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:06,633
WHEN, BY ACCIDENT...
439
00:24:06,633 --> 00:24:09,067
[ GUNSHOT ]
440
00:24:09,067 --> 00:24:11,633
I PUT A GOOD MAN IN HIS GRAVE.
441
00:24:11,633 --> 00:24:15,367
THIS WAS A DEVASTATING MOMENT
IN HICKOK'S LIFE.
442
00:24:20,767 --> 00:24:22,700
[ GUNSHOTS ]
443
00:24:32,333 --> 00:24:34,300
[ GUNSHOT IN DISTANCE ]
444
00:24:40,467 --> 00:24:44,500
BEIN' KNOWN AS
THE TOUGHEST MAN IN THE WEST
445
00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:47,233
ALLOWED FOR PLENTY
OF EASY LIVIN'.
446
00:24:47,233 --> 00:24:50,067
I BEGAN TO ENJOY
THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE,
447
00:24:50,067 --> 00:24:52,633
BY WHICH I MEAN
GAMBLIN', WHISKEY,
448
00:24:52,633 --> 00:24:54,400
AND THE COMPANY OF WOMEN.
449
00:24:56,867 --> 00:24:58,700
THERE YOU GO.
450
00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:01,333
THE THING THAT ALWAYS AMAZED ME
MOST ABOUT BILL HICKOK
451
00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:04,200
WAS HERE'S A GUY THAT LIVED
HIS LIFE IN VIOLENCE,
452
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,867
BUT HE HAD THIS TREMENDOUS
SENSE OF HUMOR AND HE LOVED,
453
00:25:07,867 --> 00:25:09,600
LOVED TO PLAY
PRACTICAL JOKES.
454
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:10,767
THERE SHE IS.
455
00:25:10,767 --> 00:25:14,067
WELL, HELLO, BILL.
HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN DOIN'?
456
00:25:14,067 --> 00:25:16,333
ONE OF HIS STORIES
HE WOULD TELL
457
00:25:16,333 --> 00:25:20,067
WAS ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS
ON THE PRAIRIE BY HIMSELF.
458
00:25:21,433 --> 00:25:23,367
AND HE WAS ATTACKED
BY A HUNDRED INDIANS.
459
00:25:25,567 --> 00:25:27,667
AND HE PULLED OUT HIS
SIX SHOOTER AND FIRED SIX TIMES
460
00:25:27,667 --> 00:25:30,267
AND KILLED SIX INDIANS.
[ SIX GUNSHOTS ]
461
00:25:30,267 --> 00:25:31,600
HE PULLED OUT HIS OTHER
SIX SHOOTER AND FIRED SIX TIMES,
462
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:32,933
KILLED SIX MORE INDIANS.
463
00:25:32,933 --> 00:25:34,067
HE PULLED OUT HIS RIFLE,
464
00:25:34,067 --> 00:25:35,500
FIRED SIX TIMES
AND KILLED SIX MORE INDIANS.
465
00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:38,833
[ SIX GUNSHOTS ]
466
00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:40,167
AND THEN HE WOULD END
THE STORY.
467
00:25:40,167 --> 00:25:41,400
AND, OF COURSE,
THEN THEY GO,
468
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:42,800
"WELL, WELL, BILL,
WHAT HAPPENED?"
469
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,133
AND HICKOK WOULD LOOK
AT THEM
470
00:25:44,133 --> 00:25:45,933
AND GO, "WELL, THEY KILLED ME,
OF COURSE."
471
00:25:45,933 --> 00:25:49,567
[ LAUGHTER ]
472
00:25:49,567 --> 00:25:51,300
IN THE SUMMER OF 1871,
473
00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:54,667
I, JAMES BUTLER HICKOK,
HAD A NEW JOB
474
00:25:54,667 --> 00:25:56,433
TO LAY DOWN THE LAW
475
00:25:56,433 --> 00:25:57,900
IN ABILENE, KANSAS,
476
00:25:57,900 --> 00:26:01,067
ONE OF THE TOUGHEST
COW TOWNS IN THE WEST.
477
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,367
ONCE THEY GOT PAID OFF,
478
00:26:04,367 --> 00:26:05,467
THOSE COWBOYS HAD MONEY
479
00:26:05,467 --> 00:26:07,067
A-BURNIN' HOLES
IN THEIR POCKETS
480
00:26:07,067 --> 00:26:11,367
AND CAME TO TOWN LOOKING
FOR ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE.
481
00:26:11,367 --> 00:26:12,967
[ LAUGHTER ]
482
00:26:12,967 --> 00:26:15,633
AND IT WAS MY JOB
TO STAND IN THEIR WAY.
483
00:26:15,633 --> 00:26:18,133
THEY JUST NEEDED TO RELEASE
SOME ENERGY
484
00:26:18,133 --> 00:26:19,633
AND FIND A GOOD TIME.
485
00:26:19,633 --> 00:26:21,267
AND WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE
DRINKING,
486
00:26:21,267 --> 00:26:23,067
YOU GET PEOPLE
OUT OF CONTROL.
487
00:26:24,967 --> 00:26:26,833
AND EVERYBODY WAS ARMED.
488
00:26:28,300 --> 00:26:31,067
THE LAWMEN THAT
CAME LATER REALIZED THAT,
489
00:26:31,067 --> 00:26:32,400
"WOW,
THESE COWBOYS ARE ACTUALLY
490
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,233
"OUR BREAD AND BUTTER
FOR THE COMMUNITIES.
491
00:26:34,233 --> 00:26:35,833
THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO
IS KILL THEM."
492
00:26:37,167 --> 00:26:39,167
BUT HICKOK WAS A KILLER.
493
00:26:41,467 --> 00:26:43,133
FROM THE START,
I KNEW THERE'D BE
494
00:26:43,133 --> 00:26:45,733
MEN IN TOWN
WHO WISHED ME HARM --
495
00:26:45,733 --> 00:26:47,633
MEN WHO'D LIKE NOTHING BETTER
496
00:26:47,633 --> 00:26:51,533
THAN TO BE KNOWN AS
THE MAN WHO KILLED WILD BILL.
497
00:26:51,533 --> 00:26:53,233
AS A FAMOUS UNION MAN
498
00:26:53,233 --> 00:26:56,133
WITH A BIG REPUTATION,
OF COURSE, THAT ALONE
499
00:26:56,133 --> 00:26:58,300
WOULD ENGENDER
A LOT OF HOSTILITY
500
00:26:58,300 --> 00:27:01,133
ON THE PART OF THE TEXAS COWBOYS
COMIN' UP THE TRAIL TO ABILENE.
501
00:27:01,133 --> 00:27:07,267
WILD BILL WILL GO ALL OUT TO
PROTECT HIMSELF, TO THE POINT,
502
00:27:07,267 --> 00:27:09,333
UH, MAYBE IT'S PARANOIA.
503
00:27:09,333 --> 00:27:14,733
HE WON'T KEEP HIS BACK
TO THE WINDOW OR TO THE DOOR.
504
00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:16,500
LEGEND EVEN SAYS THAT WHEN
HE WAS GETTING A SHAVE,
505
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:18,200
HE WOULD HAVE A SHOTGUN
IN HIS LAP,
506
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,367
JUST IN CASE ANYBODY
GOT ANY IDEAS.
507
00:27:21,867 --> 00:27:23,467
I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN CALL IT PARANOID
508
00:27:23,467 --> 00:27:25,867
IF THEY'RE REALLY OUT
TO GET YOU.
509
00:27:25,867 --> 00:27:28,933
HE REALLY
DOES HAVE ENEMIES.
510
00:27:28,933 --> 00:27:30,667
Man:
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
511
00:27:33,267 --> 00:27:36,300
AND PHIL COE WAS ONE OF 'EM.
512
00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:38,967
WE'D HAD A COUPLE RUN-INS
513
00:27:38,967 --> 00:27:42,200
OVER A GAME HE WAS RUNNIN'
THAT I JUST KNEW WAS CROOKED.
514
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,133
HE WAS A BIG MAN
WHO LIKED HIS DRINK,
515
00:27:45,133 --> 00:27:48,900
AND HE HAD THE CRAZIEST EYES
I HAD EVER SEEN.
516
00:27:50,367 --> 00:27:54,300
THEY SAY PHIL COE WOULD OFTEN
LOCK HIMSELF INTO HIS HOTEL ROOM
517
00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:59,067
OR CABIN AND JUST PLAY
THE VIOLIN FOR DAYS ON END.
518
00:27:59,067 --> 00:28:01,867
***
519
00:28:01,867 --> 00:28:04,933
YOU CAN MAYBE DECIDE
THAT HE WAS EITHER
520
00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:08,633
A BIT OF A PSYCHOPATH
OR HE JUST LOVED MUSIC.
521
00:28:08,633 --> 00:28:13,333
PHIL COE COMES TO ABILENE
WITH A GRUDGE AGAINST HICKOK
522
00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:16,067
BECAUSE HE'S GOT
THE REPUTATION AS A GUNMAN,
523
00:28:16,067 --> 00:28:18,300
HE'S GOT THE REPUTATION
AS A YANKEE.
524
00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:20,467
THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM
WITH PHIL COE,
525
00:28:20,467 --> 00:28:23,133
AND HICKOK IS --
ONE'S A YANKEE, ONE'S A REBEL.
526
00:28:24,833 --> 00:28:27,667
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS,
LAUGHTER ]
527
00:28:27,667 --> 00:28:31,100
HEY, PHIL, COME HERE.
[ LAUGHS ]
528
00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:34,133
[ LAUGHS ]
529
00:28:34,133 --> 00:28:36,467
PHIL COE AND --
AND HICKOK ARE
530
00:28:36,467 --> 00:28:38,633
COURTING THE SAME WOMAN
AT SOME POINT,
531
00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:42,600
SO ANY ANIMOSITIES
THEY HAD
532
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,500
WERE ONLY FUELED
BY THAT FIRE.
533
00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:47,300
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
534
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,833
JESSIE HAZEL WAS HER NAME,
535
00:28:49,833 --> 00:28:54,700
AND NO MAN WHO SET EYES
UPON HER WOULD SOON FORGET.
536
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:57,467
PETE! PETE!
537
00:28:57,467 --> 00:29:00,267
LET'S DO IT AGAIN.
BRING THE BOTTLE.
538
00:29:00,267 --> 00:29:02,833
BILL ALWAYS SEEMED
TO FIND HIMSELF
539
00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,933
IN THE MOST DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS
540
00:29:04,933 --> 00:29:07,600
WHEN THERE WAS
A WOMAN INVOLVED.
541
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,167
IT WAS CLEAR ABILENE WAS NOT
BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH ME AND COE,
542
00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:13,900
AND ONE NIGHT,
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,
543
00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:16,267
THAT PROBLEM RESOLVED ITSELF.
544
00:29:16,267 --> 00:29:19,200
WHOO-HOO! YEE-HAW!
[ GUNSHOTS ]
545
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,100
PHIL COE HAD COME OUT
OF THE ALAMO SALOON.
546
00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:23,233
[ WHOOPING ]
547
00:29:23,233 --> 00:29:26,333
HE WAS SHOOTING INTO THE AIR,
HURRAHING THE TOWN.
548
00:29:26,333 --> 00:29:28,933
WHOO-HOO!
[ WHOOPING CONTINUES ]
549
00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:31,867
THANKS TO ME,
ABILENE HAD PASSED AN ORDINANCE
550
00:29:31,867 --> 00:29:34,167
AGAINST CARRYING FIREARMS
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
551
00:29:34,167 --> 00:29:36,867
ALL RIGHT, WHICH ONE OF YOU DAMN
FOOLS IS DOIN' THE SHOOTIN'?!
552
00:29:36,867 --> 00:29:40,700
COE AND THE REST OF HIS DRUNKEN
FELLERS WERE BREAKIN' THAT LAW,
553
00:29:40,700 --> 00:29:42,833
AND I INTENDED TO ENFORCE IT.
554
00:29:42,833 --> 00:29:46,500
IS THAT YOU, PHIL COE?!
555
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:49,667
POPPIN' OFF A STRAY DOG,
BILL.
556
00:29:49,667 --> 00:29:51,700
WELL, I SUGGEST YOU ALL GET
YOUR RULES OF CAMP
557
00:29:51,700 --> 00:29:53,867
BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT.
558
00:29:53,867 --> 00:29:57,067
HICKOK TOLD COE
TO GIVE HIM HIS GUNS,
559
00:29:57,067 --> 00:30:00,033
AND, OF COURSE,
COE REFUSED.
560
00:30:00,033 --> 00:30:03,400
PHIL COE SUDDENLY TURNED
AND FIRED.
561
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,033
BEING A POOR MARKSMAN,
HE MISSED,
562
00:30:05,033 --> 00:30:08,000
AND THEN HICKOK SHOT COE.
563
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,067
[ GUNSHOTS ]
564
00:30:09,067 --> 00:30:11,500
WILD BILL KNEW
THAT COE WANTED HIM DEAD,
565
00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:13,200
SO WILD BILL SAW
HIS OPPORTUNITY
566
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,867
TO RID HIMSELF
OF A PERMANENT NEMESIS
567
00:30:15,867 --> 00:30:17,167
AND DID SO.
568
00:30:17,167 --> 00:30:20,000
BUT TO MY EVERLASTING SHAME,
569
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,800
PHIL COE WAS NOT THE ONLY MAN
570
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,267
I DISPATCHED TO HIS MAKER
THAT NIGHT.
571
00:30:24,267 --> 00:30:26,833
HE HEARS THE FOOTSTEPS
COMING UP BEHIND HIM.
572
00:30:26,833 --> 00:30:28,900
HE TURNS AND FIRES...
573
00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:31,400
Man: BILL!
[ GUNSHOTS ]
574
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,900
AND KILLS HIS BEST FRIEND,
MIKE WILLIAMS.
575
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:39,033
BILL, I THINK YOU SHOT MIKE.
576
00:30:39,033 --> 00:30:41,700
PHIL! OH, MY GOD, PHIL!
577
00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:44,900
PHIL? PHIL? PHIL?
578
00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:46,400
NO, NO, NO...
579
00:30:50,867 --> 00:30:53,767
WILLIAMS WAS HIS DEPUTY
AND A REALLY GOOD FRIEND,
580
00:30:53,767 --> 00:30:55,167
WHICH MAKES IT ALL
THE MORE TRAGIC.
581
00:30:58,433 --> 00:30:59,867
HE PICKS UP THE DEAD BODY,
582
00:30:59,867 --> 00:31:01,667
PUTS HIM ON THE POOL TABLE
IN THE ALAMO SALOON
583
00:31:01,667 --> 00:31:03,633
AND CLEARS OUT
ALL THE SALOONS IN TOWN
584
00:31:03,633 --> 00:31:06,267
AND NEVER AGAIN IS A LAWMAN.
585
00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:08,733
IT'S DEVASTATING TO HIM.
586
00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:10,900
[ SNIFFLES ]
587
00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:12,467
THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT THAT'S
588
00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:15,067
THE MOST TRAGIC MOMENT
OF HIS LIFE.
589
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,400
HICKOK PAID
FOR WILLIAMS' FUNERAL,
590
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,067
AND FROM THAT DAY
UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED,
591
00:31:24,067 --> 00:31:27,800
WILD BILL NEVER AGAIN POINTED
A GUN AT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
592
00:31:32,533 --> 00:31:35,200
IT WAS, UH, THE LAST MAN
HE EVER SHOT.
593
00:31:37,467 --> 00:31:40,133
I USED TO BE THOUGHT OF
AS A HERO,
594
00:31:40,133 --> 00:31:41,833
BUT AFTER THAT AFFAIR,
595
00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:44,867
I WAS MALIGNED
AS THE TERROR OF THE WEST
596
00:31:44,867 --> 00:31:46,800
AND A NOTORIOUS DESPERADO.
597
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:51,067
ABILENE DECIDED MY SERVICES
WERE NO LONGER NEEDED.
598
00:31:51,067 --> 00:31:54,833
GAVE ME A POCKET WATCH
AND BID ME FAREWELL.
599
00:31:57,167 --> 00:31:59,800
AND I'VE NEVER WORN
A BADGE AGAIN.
600
00:32:01,567 --> 00:32:03,967
THE CITY FATHERS FELT
THAT ONCE HE LEFT,
601
00:32:03,967 --> 00:32:05,900
THERE WAS THAT MUCH
LESS CHANCE
602
00:32:05,900 --> 00:32:07,633
OF THERE BEING
ANY MORE VIOLENCE
603
00:32:07,633 --> 00:32:10,067
BECAUSE HE WAS A MAGNET
FOR IT.
604
00:32:10,067 --> 00:32:13,767
THE TIME HAD COME FOR HIM
TO LEAVE.
605
00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:17,067
OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE LOST
THE RESPECT OF OTHERS
606
00:32:17,067 --> 00:32:20,333
AND YOUR SELF-RESPECT AS WELL,
607
00:32:20,333 --> 00:32:23,600
THERE'S ONLY ONE THING
LEFT TO DO --
608
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,600
GET INTO SHOW BUSINESS.
609
00:32:33,067 --> 00:32:35,833
[ APPLAUSE ]
610
00:32:35,833 --> 00:32:38,667
THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
611
00:32:38,667 --> 00:32:43,067
A BIG WILD WEST WELCOME TO
OUR FRIENDS IN NEW YORK CITY.
612
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:49,733
IN 1873, HICKOK IS PERSUADED
TO JOIN A THEATRICAL TROUPE,
613
00:32:49,733 --> 00:32:52,367
STARRING BUFFALO BILL CODY,
HIS FRIEND,
614
00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:54,500
AND PLAY HIMSELF ONSTAGE.
615
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,333
YOU KNOW WHO WE HAVE HERE
TONIGHT?
616
00:32:57,333 --> 00:33:01,833
THE GREAT AND LEGENDARY
WILD BILL HICKOK.
617
00:33:01,833 --> 00:33:03,067
[ APPLAUSE ]
618
00:33:03,067 --> 00:33:04,467
YEAH, YEAH.
619
00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:08,100
CODY SEES THAT THE WEST
IS GOING INTO MYTHOLOGY.
620
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:11,133
CODY BECOMES THE MYTH MAKER --
MAYBE THE GREATEST ONE.
621
00:33:11,133 --> 00:33:12,200
THE GREATEST HERO --
622
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:13,533
I AM THE MAN!
623
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:16,767
I AM HICKOK --
JAMES BUTLER HICKOK,
624
00:33:16,767 --> 00:33:20,433
THOUGH SOME FOLKS DO
CALL ME "WILD BILL."
625
00:33:20,433 --> 00:33:23,867
THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE
IN THIS WESTERN HERO BUSINESS.
626
00:33:23,867 --> 00:33:25,867
TO HAVE THE REAL
WILD BILL HICKOK IN THE CAST
627
00:33:25,867 --> 00:33:27,367
WAS A MAJOR DRAW.
628
00:33:27,367 --> 00:33:29,200
AND I AM HERE TO SAVE THE DAY,
629
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,400
FOR I AM THE GREATEST SHOT
IN THE WEST.
630
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,800
THEY WOULD DO PLAY SHOOTING
631
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,800
AND PLAY ACTING
AND PLAY KILLING.
632
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,567
THEY WERE
THESE WILD MELODRAMAS.
633
00:33:37,567 --> 00:33:41,067
AND IN OUR DRAMA TONIGHT,
ENTITLED "SCOUTS OF THE PLAINS,"
634
00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:44,300
YOU WILL SEE DEFENSELESS,
AUTHENTIC FRONTIER MAIDENS.
635
00:33:44,300 --> 00:33:48,800
YOU WILL SEE SAVAGE ATTACKS
BY AUTHENTIC SAVAGE INDIANS.
636
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,467
AAH!
[ CLATTER ]
637
00:33:50,467 --> 00:33:52,100
WHAT WILL BECOME OF HER?
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING ]
638
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:54,867
SOMETIMES THEY WOULDN'T
KNOW THEIR LINES,
639
00:33:54,867 --> 00:33:56,600
BUT THE PUBLIC LOVED IT.
640
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,900
COME ON, BOYS!
SAVE THIS DEFENSELESS MAIDEN.
641
00:33:59,900 --> 00:34:02,100
SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU'VE GOT.
642
00:34:04,667 --> 00:34:07,633
HICKOK WAS NOT THE NATURAL
SHOWMAN THAT CODY WAS.
643
00:34:07,633 --> 00:34:09,667
HE HATED SHOW BUSINESS
AND, UH,
644
00:34:09,667 --> 00:34:11,833
IT WAS BAD SHOW BUSINESS,
REALLY.
645
00:34:11,833 --> 00:34:13,533
ON ONE OCCASION, UH,
THEY WERE
646
00:34:13,533 --> 00:34:15,867
SITTIN' AROUND A FAKE CAMPFIRE
ONSTAGE
647
00:34:15,867 --> 00:34:18,267
AND SUPPOSEDLY PASSING AROUND
A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY
648
00:34:18,267 --> 00:34:19,800
WHICH WAS ACTUALLY ICED TEA.
649
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:21,833
[ SPITS ]
650
00:34:21,833 --> 00:34:24,067
[ LAUGHTER ]
COLD TEA DON'T COUNT.
651
00:34:24,067 --> 00:34:25,333
EITHER I GET SOME REAL WHISKEY,
652
00:34:25,333 --> 00:34:27,067
OR THERE'LL BE NO STORIES!
[ CLATTER ]
653
00:34:27,067 --> 00:34:30,400
I WAS DEAD SERIOUS,
BUT BUFFALO BILL WAS NO FOOL.
654
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,900
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE CROWD ATE IT UP,
655
00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:36,133
SO HE HAD ME SPITTIN' OUT
MY TEA EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
656
00:34:36,133 --> 00:34:39,667
AS SOON AS WE CAN FIND SOME
WHISKEY HERE IN NEW YORK CITY...
657
00:34:39,667 --> 00:34:41,800
[ LAUGHTER ]
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
658
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:42,933
[ APPLAUSE ]
659
00:34:42,933 --> 00:34:45,833
BUT I MADE SURE
I GOT MY WHISKEY.
660
00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:47,967
HE DRANK HEAVILY.
661
00:34:47,967 --> 00:34:50,267
HE USED TO PLAY PRANKS
ALL THE TIME.
662
00:34:50,267 --> 00:34:53,667
HE THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS TO,
UH, FIRE HIS BLANK PISTOLS
663
00:34:53,667 --> 00:34:57,200
AGAINST THE LEGS OF THE EXTRAS
WHO WERE PLAYING DEAD INDIANS
664
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,533
AND MAKE THEM JUMP UP
AND RUN AROUND.
665
00:34:59,533 --> 00:35:01,233
NOW, YOU WAIT A MINUTE,
COWBOY.
666
00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:03,567
YOU KNOW THERE'S NO FIREARMS
ALLOWED IN MY TOWN.
667
00:35:03,567 --> 00:35:06,367
TURN THAT BLAMED THING OFF!
668
00:35:06,367 --> 00:35:07,667
[ GLASS SHATTERS,
AUDIENCE GASPS ]
669
00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:09,333
WHAT'S THE MATTER, SON?
670
00:35:09,333 --> 00:35:11,900
YOU NEVER HEAR A GUN FIRED
BEFORE?
671
00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:15,167
WHERE YOU GOIN', YOU DAMN FOOL?
GET BACK HERE.
672
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,700
[ Lowered voice ]
PLAY SOMETHING.
673
00:35:20,700 --> 00:35:21,933
JUST PLAY SOMETHING.
674
00:35:21,933 --> 00:35:23,933
[ PIANO PLAYING FLOURISH ]
675
00:35:23,933 --> 00:35:25,967
THAT GUN WAS NOT LOADED
WITH BLANKS,
676
00:35:25,967 --> 00:35:28,900
AND THAT GIVES YOU SOME KIND OF
INSIGHT INTO WILD BILL.
677
00:35:28,900 --> 00:35:32,700
HE'S PROTECTING HIMSELF,
EVEN WHEN HE'S ONSTAGE.
678
00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:35,900
AS YOU CAN SEE,
I AM STILL ALIVE.
679
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:40,067
NO TEXAN HAS OR EVER WILL CORRAL
J.B. HICKOK.
680
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:46,400
IN 1873, EVEN AS I ENTERED
CODY'S DOG AND PONY SHOW,
681
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,067
THE SORRY WORD WAS BEIN' SPREAD
682
00:35:49,067 --> 00:35:52,467
THAT I HAD BEEN DISPATCHED
BY A GANG OF TEXAS RUFFIANS.
683
00:35:54,167 --> 00:35:58,067
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THAT RUMOR
PUT ME IN A VERY ILL HUMOR.
684
00:35:58,067 --> 00:36:00,500
GET OUT OF MY CHAIR.
685
00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:02,400
BEAT IT, CHIEF.
686
00:36:04,633 --> 00:36:06,067
WELL, YOU MUST'VE OFFENDED
687
00:36:06,067 --> 00:36:07,900
SOMEONE AT SOME POINT,
MR. HICKOK.
688
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:10,400
I'VE NEVER INSULTED A MAN
NOR A WOMAN IN MY LIFE,
689
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,600
NOR WILL I BE INSULTED,
690
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,133
NOR ALLOW A MAN
TO PUT HIS HANDS UPON ME.
691
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,067
IT PAINED ME TO HAVE
MY REPUTATION LAMPOONED
692
00:36:20,067 --> 00:36:21,300
BY THE SAME PAPERS
693
00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:23,800
THAT HAD ONCE CALLED ME
AN AMERICAN HERO.
694
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,733
HE WAS MISERABLE,
JUST MISERABLE.
695
00:36:26,733 --> 00:36:31,967
WHENEVER WE BECOME A CARICATURE
VERSION OF OURSELVES, IT'S SAD.
696
00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:37,967
HE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE
PLAYING AT BEING WHAT HE WAS.
697
00:36:37,967 --> 00:36:41,067
HE HAD TO GO BACK WEST
AND BE WHAT HE WAS.
698
00:36:41,067 --> 00:36:45,933
I KNEW MY DESTINY LAY NOT
ON AN EASTERN STAGE
699
00:36:45,933 --> 00:36:47,967
BUT ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER,
700
00:36:47,967 --> 00:36:50,733
WHERE ONCE I HAD BEEN
A GREAT MAN...
701
00:36:50,733 --> 00:36:52,333
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
702
00:36:52,333 --> 00:36:54,233
AND WHERE, WITH A BIT OF LUCK,
I COULD BECOME ONE AGAIN.
703
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:00,867
[ GUNSHOTS ]
704
00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:11,700
LET GO OF ME,
YOU SON OF BITCHES!
705
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,767
AFTER I QUIT
BILL CODY'S TRAVELIN' SIDESHOW,
706
00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:24,467
I HEADED BACK OUT WEST,
707
00:37:24,467 --> 00:37:27,433
WHERE MY FORTUNES
KEPT GOIN' SOUTH.
708
00:37:27,433 --> 00:37:31,233
I WAS CONSIDERED
TOO TRIGGER-HAPPY FOR THE LAW,
709
00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:33,333
TOO VOLATILE FOR BUSINESS.
710
00:37:33,333 --> 00:37:35,733
SO, I DRIFTED, DRINKIN',
GAMBLIN',
711
00:37:35,733 --> 00:37:37,633
AND GETTIN' BY ON MY NAME,
712
00:37:37,633 --> 00:37:43,467
ON A FRONTIER THAT WAS CHANGIN'
FASTER THAN I EVER WOULD.
713
00:37:43,467 --> 00:37:46,467
[ BELL CLANGS, WHISTLE BLOWS ]
714
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,333
Milch: THERE WAS
AN ENORMOUS SADNESS ABOUT HIM,
715
00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:55,133
WHICH WAS ALLOYED
WITH HIS GREATNESS,
716
00:37:55,133 --> 00:37:57,833
AND IT'S WHAT MADE HIM
A MYTHIC FIGURE.
717
00:37:57,833 --> 00:37:59,533
[ WHINNIES ]
718
00:38:01,767 --> 00:38:05,700
IN JUNE OF '76, I SET OUT
FOR THE BLACK HILLS
719
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,467
IN DAKOTA TERRITORY
AND A GOLD STRIKE THAT I
720
00:38:08,467 --> 00:38:11,067
HOPED WOULD CHANGE MY LUCK.
721
00:38:11,067 --> 00:38:13,700
ON THIS WAGON TRAIN
THAT HICKOK TOOK IN,
722
00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:17,067
HE MET FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
CALAMITY JANE.
723
00:38:17,067 --> 00:38:20,567
HE HAD ONLY KNOWN HER ABOUT
TWO WEEKS WHEN HE WAS KILLED,
724
00:38:20,567 --> 00:38:23,500
AND CALAMITY JANE LATER CLAIMS
THAT THEY WERE MARRIED.
725
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,733
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
AFTER ALL THE MOVIES
726
00:38:26,733 --> 00:38:27,967
ABOUT WILD BILL
AND CALAMITY JANE,
727
00:38:27,967 --> 00:38:30,300
THAT THEY REALLY HARDLY
KNEW EACH OTHER.
728
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,133
ON JULY 12th, OUR WAGONS PULLED
INTO A NEW MINING CAMP
729
00:38:36,133 --> 00:38:39,867
THAT HAD SPRUNG UP AS SOON
AS THE FIRST VEIN WAS STRUCK --
730
00:38:39,867 --> 00:38:41,833
DEADWOOD GULCH.
731
00:38:43,433 --> 00:38:44,600
WHOA!
[ HORSE WHINNIES ]
732
00:38:48,067 --> 00:38:49,667
DEADWOOD WAS ONLY
A FEW MONTHS OLD,
733
00:38:49,667 --> 00:38:52,500
BUT THE POPULATION HAD
ALREADY SWELLED
734
00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:58,067
TO OVER 5,000 SOULS,
MOST OF WHOM KNEW THE NAME
735
00:38:58,067 --> 00:39:02,700
AND THE REPUTATION
OF WILD BILL HICKOK.
736
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:06,700
THERE'S A LOT OF GOLD THERE,
AND THAT'S GONNA DRAW IN
737
00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:09,067
ANYBODY
WHO WANTS TO MAKE A PROFIT...
738
00:39:09,067 --> 00:39:13,600
MINERS, BUT ALSO THE PEOPLE
THAT LIVE OFF MINERS --
739
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:20,533
GAMBLERS, SALOON OWNERS,
PROSTITUTES, CON ARTISTS.
740
00:39:20,533 --> 00:39:24,300
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN
DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA, IN 1876.
741
00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:28,633
Gomber: DEADWOOD WAS
A LAWLESS, ILLEGAL, WILD TOWN.
742
00:39:28,633 --> 00:39:30,567
[ YELLING ]
743
00:39:32,067 --> 00:39:36,567
IT WAS, UH, LITERALLY ILLEGAL IN
THAT IT WAS ON INDIAN LAND
744
00:39:36,567 --> 00:39:38,700
AND ACTUALLY RATHER
WELL-PORTRAYED
745
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:41,067
IN THE SHOW OF THE SAME NAME.
746
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,100
LADIES...
747
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:46,700
I HOPE YOU PLAN TO STAY UP LATE.
OKAY.
748
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:48,467
[ GIGGLES ]
749
00:39:51,167 --> 00:39:52,900
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
750
00:39:52,900 --> 00:39:56,733
HICKOK DOESN'T PAN MUCH GOLD.
HE'S NOT GOOD AT STAKING CLAIMS.
751
00:39:56,733 --> 00:40:01,233
HE SPENDS HIS TIME AS HE ALWAYS
HAD -- GAMBLING IN THE SALOONS.
752
00:40:01,233 --> 00:40:04,367
AND THAT, OF COURSE,
PROVES TO BE A FATAL ERROR.
753
00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:24,633
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
TAKE A SEAT, BILL.
754
00:40:24,633 --> 00:40:26,267
WHAT ARE WE PLAYIN', BOYS?
755
00:40:26,267 --> 00:40:27,567
FIVE CARD DRAW.
756
00:40:27,567 --> 00:40:30,567
DEAL ME IN.
757
00:40:30,567 --> 00:40:31,967
CONTRARY TO THE MOVIES,
758
00:40:31,967 --> 00:40:34,600
HE WASN'T SITTING
WITH HIS BACK TO THE DOOR.
759
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,233
IN THIS CASE, HE WAS SITTING
FACING THE FRONT DOOR,
760
00:40:37,233 --> 00:40:39,433
BUT HE DID HAVE HIS BACK
TO THE BACK DOOR.
761
00:40:39,433 --> 00:40:42,400
ALL RIGHT. ARE WE GONNA SPEND
SOME MONEY THIS EVENING, HUH?
762
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:43,467
[ LAUGHS ]
763
00:40:43,467 --> 00:40:44,733
THEY'RE GONNA SPEND
SOME MONEY, TYRA.
764
00:40:44,733 --> 00:40:47,600
I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A DIME.
[ LAUGHS ]
765
00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:58,533
SOME PEOPLE THINK
THAT BILL MIGHT HAVE HAD
766
00:40:58,533 --> 00:41:00,767
A LITTLE HINT
OF CLAIRVOYANCE...
767
00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:07,500
...THAT HE'D HAD A PREMONITION
OF HIS DEATH.
768
00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:10,800
SOME ADVICE I GAVE
TO BUFFALO BILL ONCE...
769
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:15,100
WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING
AGAINST A STACKED DECK...
770
00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:19,200
MAKE SURE YOU GOT A HAND
TO BEAT THEIRS.
771
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,167
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
772
00:41:22,167 --> 00:41:25,267
Hickok: I ALSO TOLD HIM
TO WATCH HISSELF...
773
00:41:29,167 --> 00:41:31,233
BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER...
774
00:41:33,933 --> 00:41:36,100
THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS.
775
00:41:37,167 --> 00:41:38,467
TAKE THAT, DAMN YOU!
776
00:41:38,467 --> 00:41:39,767
[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
777
00:41:51,533 --> 00:41:54,633
McCALL SIMPLY PUT A PISTOL
TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD,
778
00:41:54,633 --> 00:41:57,433
SENT BILL INTO ETERNITY
AND INTO LEGEND.
779
00:42:06,467 --> 00:42:10,100
THE NEWS QUICKLY SPREAD
THAT BILL HICKOK WAS DEAD.
780
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:14,067
Bisel: IT WAS INCONCEIVABLE TO
PEOPLE THAT HE COULD BE GONE.
781
00:42:14,067 --> 00:42:17,367
THE DEATH OF WILD BILL HICKOK,
OF COURSE,
782
00:42:17,367 --> 00:42:19,133
IS STEEPED IN LEGEND,
783
00:42:19,133 --> 00:42:22,133
AS EVERYTHING CONNECTED
WITH HIM IS.
784
00:42:22,133 --> 00:42:24,800
SOME PEOPLE SAY
THAT JACK McCALL
785
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:29,333
WAS MOTIVATED TO KILL HICKOK
OVER THE POKER GAME.
786
00:42:29,333 --> 00:42:31,333
SOME WRITERS HAVE SUGGESTED
THAT
787
00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:33,233
THE, SORT OF,
DEADWOOD UNDERWORLD
788
00:42:33,233 --> 00:42:34,567
WANTED TO GET RID OF HIM,
789
00:42:34,567 --> 00:42:36,533
AND THEY HIRED JACK McCALL
TO KILL HIM.
790
00:42:36,533 --> 00:42:40,133
WELL, JACK McCALL IS BASICALLY
JOHN HINCKLEY,
791
00:42:40,133 --> 00:42:41,667
LEE HARVEY OSWALD,
792
00:42:41,667 --> 00:42:45,200
ALL -- ALL THE LONERS,
THE -- THE PEOPLE WHO,
793
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,733
BY SHOOTING SOMEONE, CAN MAKE
A BIG NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
794
00:42:54,367 --> 00:42:57,733
1876 WAS A WATERSHED YEAR
FOR THE WEST.
795
00:42:57,733 --> 00:43:02,067
CUSTER IS KILLED IN JUNE,
HICKOK IS KILLED IN AUGUST,
796
00:43:02,067 --> 00:43:06,300
AND JESSE JAMES' GANG
IS SHOT TO PIECES IN NORTHFIELD.
797
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:07,933
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE END.
798
00:43:07,933 --> 00:43:10,233
THIS IS WHERE
IT'S REALLY COMING DOWN HARD.
799
00:43:10,233 --> 00:43:12,067
BUT I LIKE THE IDEA
THAT HICKOK,
800
00:43:12,067 --> 00:43:15,967
RATHER THAN GOING FOR
THE MONEY AND THE SHOWMANSHIP,
801
00:43:15,967 --> 00:43:18,200
HE GOES BACK WEST
TO DIE THERE.
802
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,533
AND, OF COURSE, JACK McCALL
FULFILLS THE ROLE OF THE JUDAS,
803
00:43:21,533 --> 00:43:23,633
KILLING HIM.
804
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,533
WILD BILL'S IMPACT
805
00:43:30,533 --> 00:43:33,200
ON OUR PERCEPTION
OF THE OLD WEST
806
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:34,967
IS REALLY IMMEASURABLE.
807
00:43:34,967 --> 00:43:37,467
HE WAS A LEGEND
IN HIS OWN TIME.
808
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:43,800
WELL, NOW, WE GOT ONE MAN DEAD,
AND I AIN'T SHOT BUT ONCE.
809
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,533
YOU KNOW,
THERE'S AN EXPRESSION --
810
00:43:46,533 --> 00:43:49,167
HE WAS ONE
OF NATURE'S NOBLEMEN.
811
00:43:49,167 --> 00:43:54,167
I NEVER KILLED A MAN
THAT DIDN'T NEED KILLIN'.
812
00:43:54,167 --> 00:43:58,667
THERE WAS A STATURE TO HIM
THAT WAS UNMISTAKABLE,
813
00:43:58,667 --> 00:44:03,233
AND IT AROUSED A LOT OF ENVY
IN A LOT OF PEOPLE.
814
00:44:03,233 --> 00:44:04,733
[ GUNSHOTS ]
815
00:44:04,733 --> 00:44:09,133
TO ME, HICKOK WAS A DECENT,
UPRIGHT GUY
816
00:44:09,133 --> 00:44:11,233
WHO WAS DOIN' THE BEST HE COULD
ON THE FRONTIER,
817
00:44:11,233 --> 00:44:12,400
AND THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD,
818
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:17,533
AND CERTAINLY DIDN'T DESERVE
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
819
00:44:17,533 --> 00:44:21,533
THE LEGEND KEPT GOING
EVEN AS HE PERISHED,
820
00:44:21,533 --> 00:44:25,067
BECAUSE IN HIS HANDS
WERE A PAIR OF ACES AND 8s,
821
00:44:25,067 --> 00:44:27,067
WHICH FOREVERMORE WOULD
BE KNOWN...
822
00:44:28,633 --> 00:44:30,700
AS THE DEAD MAN'S HAND.
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