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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,899 --> 00:00:04,704 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:04,871 --> 00:00:08,208 NARRATOR: FOLLOWING YEARS OF ADVENTURE IN THE WILDERNESS, 3 00:00:08,374 --> 00:00:11,544 JOE MEEK HAS BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN. 4 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:14,346 [WHOOPING] 5 00:00:14,513 --> 00:00:16,916 BUT AFTER STRAYING INTO TERRITORY CONTROLLED 6 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:19,919 BY THE CROW TRIBE, HE HAS BECOME THEIR CAPTIVE. 7 00:00:20,052 --> 00:00:23,957 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 8 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:26,258 HE HAS TRIED TO TRICK HIS CAPTORS INTO ATTACKING 9 00:00:26,425 --> 00:00:30,730 A MUCH LARGER BRIGADE OF TRAPPERS... 10 00:00:30,863 --> 00:00:32,899 BUT THE LEADER OF THE WAR PARTY 11 00:00:33,032 --> 00:00:35,934 HAS SEEN THROUGH MEEK'S DECEPTION. 12 00:00:36,102 --> 00:00:37,370 [HORSE NEIGHS] 13 00:00:37,503 --> 00:00:42,409 [GRUNTING] 14 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:45,444 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 15 00:00:45,578 --> 00:00:50,483 YOU TRIED TO TRICK ME INTO ATTACKING A CAMP SO LARGE. 16 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:51,951 YOU THINK I'M A FOOL. 17 00:00:52,084 --> 00:00:53,920 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 18 00:00:54,086 --> 00:00:58,858 YOU ARE A LIAR, BUT I AM NOT. 19 00:00:59,025 --> 00:01:03,696 I TOLD YOU IF YOU LIED THAT YOU WOULD DIE. 20 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:06,065 NARRATOR: AND NOW JOE MEEK MAY BE 21 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:08,867 ABOUT TO TAKE HIS LAST BREATH. 22 00:01:09,034 --> 00:01:10,770 KILL THE WHITE MAN. 23 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:13,973 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 24 00:01:14,106 --> 00:01:23,982 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:24,116 --> 00:01:33,226 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:36,429 --> 00:01:38,998 NARRATOR: AMONG THE FAMOUS FRONTIERSMEN OF HIS TIME, 27 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:43,035 JOE MEEK IS KNOWN FOR BOTH HIS DAUNTLESS COURAGE 28 00:01:43,202 --> 00:01:47,473 AND HIS STEADY GOOD CHEER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. 29 00:01:47,607 --> 00:01:49,742 JOE MEEK EMERGED AS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS 30 00:01:49,875 --> 00:01:52,779 OF ALL THE MOUNTAIN MEN. 31 00:01:52,945 --> 00:01:55,481 SAMUEL DOLAN: HIS ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE FAR WEST 32 00:01:55,648 --> 00:01:58,818 EMBODY AMERICA'S WESTWARD ADVENTURE. 33 00:01:58,985 --> 00:02:00,820 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 34 00:02:00,987 --> 00:02:04,122 BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS SORT OF ROLLICKING GOOD HUMOR, 35 00:02:04,289 --> 00:02:05,692 HE WAS ONE OF THOSE OUTGOING 36 00:02:05,858 --> 00:02:07,560 CHARACTERS THAT SORT OF 37 00:02:07,727 --> 00:02:08,895 DOMINATED EVERY SCENE. 38 00:02:09,061 --> 00:02:11,264 ♪ ♪ 39 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:14,166 NARRATOR: AS JOE MEEK COMES OF AGE, 40 00:02:14,333 --> 00:02:16,769 THE FUR TRADE IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND 41 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:19,739 AMERICA'S WESTWARD EXPANSION. 42 00:02:19,872 --> 00:02:23,575 THE LATE 1820s IS THE PRIME ERA OF THE FUR TRADE... 43 00:02:23,742 --> 00:02:27,280 COMPANIES LIKE THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUR COMPANY AND OTHERS. 44 00:02:27,446 --> 00:02:30,249 NARRATOR: AND LIKE SO MANY YOUNG MEN OF HIS GENERATION, 45 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:34,887 MEEK DECIDES TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE ON THE FRONTIER. 46 00:02:35,053 --> 00:02:36,789 SAMUEL DOLAN: BY ABOUT 1828, 47 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:39,091 HE'S ALL OF 16 TO 18 YEARS OLD. 48 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:41,861 HE'S IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND THAT BECOMES A REAL 49 00:02:42,028 --> 00:02:44,364 WATERSHED MOMENT IN MEEK'S LIFE. 50 00:02:44,530 --> 00:02:47,233 ♪ ♪ 51 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,236 NARRATOR: JOE MEEK PLANS TO FIND HIS WAY WEST BY JOINING 52 00:02:50,403 --> 00:02:53,606 A TRAPPING BRIGADE IN ST. LOUIS AND SEEKS OUT 53 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:55,240 WILLIAM SUBLETTE, 54 00:02:55,407 --> 00:02:58,577 THEN ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS MEN ON THE FRONTIER. 55 00:02:58,744 --> 00:03:00,380 ANDREW NELSON: WILLIAM SUBLETTE HAD A WANDERLUST 56 00:03:00,546 --> 00:03:02,346 THAT LED HIM TO TURN HIS GAZE 57 00:03:02,514 --> 00:03:05,484 WESTWARD AND SEEK ADVENTURE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, 58 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:08,521 BUT HE HAD A CERTAIN DEGREE OF BUSINESS ACUMEN, 59 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:12,691 INCLUDING A SHREWD SENSE OF WHO TO PARTNER WITH. 60 00:03:12,858 --> 00:03:15,227 WILLIAM SUBLETTE: PACK THAT TIGHT, BUCK, IT'S TRADE CLOTH. 61 00:03:15,394 --> 00:03:18,163 CAN'T TAKE DAMP. - MOVE OUTTA THE WAY! 62 00:03:18,330 --> 00:03:20,700 SUBLETTE: TOM, WE SHOULD HAVE A HUNDREDWEIGHT OF NAILS. 63 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:23,636 NARRATOR: BUT MEEK IS ABOUT TO LEARN THAT EVEN GETTING HIRED 64 00:03:23,769 --> 00:03:27,106 FOR THE FUR TRADE IS A DAUNTING TASK IN ITSELF. 65 00:03:27,273 --> 00:03:30,676 WELL, BOY, WHAT?! 66 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,313 SIR, I'M TOLD YOU'RE HIRING HANDS TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS. 67 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,682 YOU LOOK FRESH AS A NEW LAID EGG. 68 00:03:36,849 --> 00:03:38,684 WHY SHOULD I TAKE YOU? 69 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:41,587 SIR, I'VE BEEN HUNTING SINCE THIS RIFLE WAS TALLER THAN ME. 70 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:43,522 AIN'T GOT NO BOOK LEARNING TO SPEAK OF, 71 00:03:43,689 --> 00:03:45,724 BUT I'M QUICK TO PICK THINGS UP. - EVERY GREENHORN I EVER MET 72 00:03:45,891 --> 00:03:48,861 SAYS THE SAME AND THEY RUN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF TROUBLE, 73 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,164 SO TELL ME DIFFERENT. 74 00:03:52,331 --> 00:03:55,167 SIR, I JUST WANT TO SEE THE FRONTIER WHILE THERE'S 75 00:03:55,334 --> 00:03:58,437 STILL NEW THINGS TO BE SEEN. 76 00:03:58,570 --> 00:04:02,475 AND WHILE THERE'S PLACES TO GO THAT NO ONE'S BEEN BEFORE. 77 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:07,478 ROMANCE OF THE WEST, IS THAT IT? 78 00:04:07,646 --> 00:04:10,381 JUST FORGET WHATEVER NONSENSE YOU HEARD, 79 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:15,287 THIS IS ALL WORK, BOY. HARD LIVING. 80 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:17,990 AND EVEN HARDER DYING. 81 00:04:18,156 --> 00:04:22,060 SOUNDS FINE, SIR, ALMOST A LARK. 82 00:04:22,995 --> 00:04:25,531 MEEK PROBABLY BRINGS TO THAT INTERVIEW THE RIGHT COMBINATION 83 00:04:25,698 --> 00:04:28,933 OF HUMOR AND, YOU KNOW, GRIM DETERMINATION. 84 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:31,870 McKAY! WHERE THE DEVIL IS HE? 85 00:04:32,037 --> 00:04:34,840 MCKAY! 86 00:04:35,007 --> 00:04:37,243 ENROLL THIS HERE BOY, UH... 87 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,378 JOSEPH MEEK, SIR! 88 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:41,881 AND I PROMISE YOU WON'T BE SORRY. 89 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:43,582 WILLIAM SUBLETTE: I'M SURE I WON'T, 90 00:04:43,749 --> 00:04:46,052 BUT I RECKON YOU MIGHT BE, BOY. 91 00:04:46,218 --> 00:04:48,854 ♪ ♪ 92 00:04:48,987 --> 00:04:52,358 NARRATOR: YOUNG MEEK HAS PASSED HIS FIRST TEST OF MANHOOD. 93 00:04:52,491 --> 00:04:55,762 BUT THE CHALLENGES OF FRONTIER LIFE ARE JUST BEGINNING. 94 00:04:55,928 --> 00:05:03,836 ♪ ♪ 95 00:05:04,003 --> 00:05:06,104 WILLIAM SUBLETTE IS LEADING A SUPPLY TRAIN 96 00:05:06,272 --> 00:05:10,075 TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE ANNUAL TRAPPER'S RENDEZVOUS. 97 00:05:10,242 --> 00:05:14,213 ♪ ♪ 98 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:16,515 AND MEEK IS LEARNING THAT FRONTIER LIFE IS FAR 99 00:05:16,682 --> 00:05:19,318 MORE WORK THAN ADVENTURE. 100 00:05:19,484 --> 00:05:21,353 YOU'LL HELP LOAD THE TRAINS EVERY MORNING... 101 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,955 UNLOAD THE TRAIN EVERY REST... 102 00:05:24,123 --> 00:05:26,592 FEED THE HORSES, HOBBLE THE HORSES, 103 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:28,994 STAND THE NIGHT WATCH, COOK THE MORNING MEAL 104 00:05:29,161 --> 00:05:31,163 IF YOU GOT A HAND FOR IT. 105 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:33,332 KEEP WOOD FOR THE FIRES. 106 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:38,103 NEVER BEEN OUT THERE... 107 00:05:38,270 --> 00:05:39,839 DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TRAPPING... 108 00:05:40,006 --> 00:05:42,974 SO HE'S LEARNING ALL THAT STUFF FROM THE GROUND UP. 109 00:05:43,141 --> 00:05:46,045 ♪ ♪ 110 00:05:46,212 --> 00:05:49,414 NARRATOR: MEEK'S INITIATION INTO MOUNTAIN MAN LIFE CONTINUES 111 00:05:49,581 --> 00:05:51,850 WHEN THEY REACH THE TRAPPER'S RENDEZVOUS. 112 00:05:52,017 --> 00:05:52,784 [AX STRIKING] 113 00:05:52,952 --> 00:05:54,987 [MEN CHEERING] 114 00:05:55,154 --> 00:05:56,488 [FIRES RIFLE] 115 00:05:56,622 --> 00:05:58,091 JIM HARDEE: BEEN APART FOR A YEAR... 116 00:05:58,257 --> 00:06:01,260 THEY'RE TELLING STORIES... THEY'RE BRAGGING... 117 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:03,496 AND THAT'S WHAT JOE'S EXPOSED TO. 118 00:06:03,662 --> 00:06:05,330 HE GETS THERE AND HE'S GOING... 119 00:06:05,498 --> 00:06:06,866 THIS IS GONNA BE FUN! 120 00:06:07,032 --> 00:06:09,602 ♪ ♪ 121 00:06:09,768 --> 00:06:11,604 [SIGHS] 122 00:06:11,770 --> 00:06:17,308 ♪ ♪ 123 00:06:17,476 --> 00:06:19,946 AHHH! - DON'T MEAN NO OFFENSE 124 00:06:20,079 --> 00:06:21,213 BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVEN'T 125 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:23,181 SLEPT UNDER A ROOF IN YEARS! 126 00:06:23,315 --> 00:06:25,684 [BOTH LAUGHING] 127 00:06:25,851 --> 00:06:27,119 NO OFFENSE TAKEN! 128 00:06:27,286 --> 00:06:30,856 IN FACT, I TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT. 129 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:32,191 NAME IS SYKES. 130 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:34,927 JOSEPH MEEK. 131 00:06:35,094 --> 00:06:37,863 NARRATOR: AND IT'S AT HIS FIRST RENDEZVOUS THAT MEEK BEGINS 132 00:06:38,030 --> 00:06:42,601 TO LEARN THE INVALUABLE ART OF TELLING TALL TALES. 133 00:06:42,735 --> 00:06:45,104 HEY... 134 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:47,806 YOU SEEN A LOT OF INDIANS? 135 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:50,575 LOOK AT THIS SCAR UP HERE. 136 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:55,046 THAT'S FROM WHEN I WAS A WHISKER AWAY FROM GETTING SCALPED! 137 00:06:55,214 --> 00:06:56,848 IT WAS PAWNEES. 138 00:06:57,015 --> 00:06:59,818 THEY WENT FOR MY HORSE. I PLUMB FELL OFF AND NEARLY 139 00:06:59,952 --> 00:07:01,887 BRAINED MYSELF ON A ROCK. 140 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:06,424 THIS BIG OL' HAND GRABS MY HAIR AND PULLS IT RIGHT HARD BACK. 141 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:09,794 IT WAS A PAWNEE WARRIOR STANDING RIGHT OVER ME, 142 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:12,432 SCALPING KNIFE RIGHT THERE IN HIS HANDS. 143 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:16,101 SO WHAT HAPPENED? 144 00:07:16,268 --> 00:07:17,602 I SHOT A HOLE IN HIS BELLY 145 00:07:17,770 --> 00:07:23,140 WITH MY PISTOL. [CHUCKLES] 146 00:07:23,308 --> 00:07:28,447 THIS HERE SCALPING KNIFE, IT WAS HIS. 147 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:30,883 JIM HARDEE: JOE MEEK WAS NOT JUST A MOUNTAIN MAN, 148 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:32,651 HE'S A FUN GUY! 149 00:07:32,784 --> 00:07:34,820 HE'D BE THE KINDA GUY TO WANT TO SIT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE 150 00:07:34,987 --> 00:07:37,323 AND LISTEN TO STORIES FOR HOURS ON END. 151 00:07:37,489 --> 00:07:41,727 ♪ ♪ 152 00:07:41,894 --> 00:07:44,663 NARRATOR: BUT AMID THE CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE OF THE RENDEZVOUS, 153 00:07:44,830 --> 00:07:47,899 MEEK DISCOVERS THAT REAL TENSION IS BREWING. 154 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:50,135 [CHUCKLES] 155 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:57,509 LISTEN UP, MEN. THERE'S NEWS. 156 00:07:57,676 --> 00:08:01,646 I STRUCK A DEAL WITH THOSE RASCALS AT HUDSON BAY COMPANY. 157 00:08:01,780 --> 00:08:04,849 YOU'LL BE GLAD TO KNOW THEY WON'T BE DOGGING OUR STEPS 158 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:08,620 AND UNDERCUTTING OUR PRICES WITH THE INDIANS THIS YEAR. 159 00:08:08,787 --> 00:08:10,857 BUT THE OTHER PART OF THE DEAL IS: 160 00:08:11,023 --> 00:08:14,693 WE'RE CEDING THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THEM FOR THE SEASON SO THAT 161 00:08:14,860 --> 00:08:16,762 MEANS ALL OREGON COUNTRY IS CLOSED TO US. 162 00:08:16,896 --> 00:08:18,930 MEN: AWW. JOE: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 163 00:08:19,097 --> 00:08:21,633 IT MEANS WE'LL BE FIGHTING FOR OUR FURS THIS SEASON. 164 00:08:23,936 --> 00:08:26,471 YOU'LL BE HEADING TO THREE FORKS AFTER RENDEZVOUS. 165 00:08:26,638 --> 00:08:29,108 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 166 00:08:29,275 --> 00:08:32,645 THAT'S RIGHT, BLACKFEET COUNTRY. 167 00:08:32,811 --> 00:08:35,347 NARRATOR: THE NEWS MEANS MEEK'S FIRST EXPEDITION IS HEADED 168 00:08:35,481 --> 00:08:40,753 TO ONE OF THE MOST HOSTILE REGIONS OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER. [WHOOPING SOUNDS] 169 00:08:40,919 --> 00:08:43,121 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: EVER SINCE THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 170 00:08:43,288 --> 00:08:47,960 AND THE UNFORTUNATE SHOOTING OF A BLACKFOOT WARRIOR BY LEWIS, 171 00:08:48,127 --> 00:08:50,596 THE BLACKFEET HAD BEEN THE IMPLACABLE ENEMIES 172 00:08:50,762 --> 00:08:52,964 OF THE TRAPPERS WHO HAD COME INTO THE WEST. 173 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:54,733 [WHOOPING SOUNDS] 174 00:08:54,866 --> 00:08:57,270 JACK GLADSTONE: OUR BLACKFEET FELT TOWARDS THE AMERICANS 175 00:08:57,403 --> 00:09:01,339 THAT THERE WAS A THREAT TO THE INTEGRITY... 176 00:09:01,473 --> 00:09:03,242 TO THE SANCTITY... 177 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:06,112 THE SACRED QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. 178 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:11,183 AND WE DID OUR BEST TO THIN 'EM OUT. 179 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:15,654 WE WERE VERY EFFECTIVE GUERILLA WARRIORS. 180 00:09:15,821 --> 00:09:17,623 I'M NOT TELLING YOU IT WON'T BE DANGEROUS 181 00:09:17,790 --> 00:09:19,992 BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW IT IS. 182 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:21,994 SO KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY, MEN. 183 00:09:22,161 --> 00:09:25,597 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 184 00:09:25,764 --> 00:09:28,067 DO YOU STILL THINK THIS IS ALL A LARK, BOY? 185 00:09:30,802 --> 00:09:32,972 NARRATOR: UNTIL NOW, MEEK'S FIRST EXPEDITION 186 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:34,673 HAS BEEN AN ADVENTURE. 187 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,810 BUT IT'S ABOUT TO BECOME A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. 188 00:09:37,976 --> 00:09:42,881 ♪ ♪ 189 00:09:43,048 --> 00:09:46,619 BY THE FALL OF 1829, MEEK HAS WON ENOUGH RESPECT 190 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:50,854 FROM SUBLETTE TO BECOME A HUNTER FOR THE BRIGADE. 191 00:09:50,989 --> 00:09:52,591 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: JOE, THE GREENHORN, 192 00:09:52,758 --> 00:09:54,559 IS SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED. 193 00:09:54,693 --> 00:09:58,930 THIS WAS LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR FOR THE KID! 194 00:09:59,097 --> 00:10:01,132 NARRATOR: BUT WHILE MEEK IS OUT ON HIS OWN, 195 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:04,637 HE GETS HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE OF FRONTIER WARFARE. 196 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:07,706 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 197 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:17,883 [NEARBY WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS] 198 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:21,652 HE WORKS HIS WAY BACK TO WHERE THE MAIN CAMP IS... 199 00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:24,523 [NEARBY WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS] 200 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:27,759 AND SUBLETTE'S PARTY IS GETTING ATTACKED BY BLACKFEET. 201 00:10:27,893 --> 00:10:37,769 [WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS] 202 00:10:37,903 --> 00:10:43,708 [WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS] 203 00:10:43,875 --> 00:10:45,610 NARRATOR: MEEK'S FIRST INSTINCT IS TO JOIN HIS 204 00:10:45,777 --> 00:10:47,413 FELLOW TRAPPERS IN BATTLE. 205 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:55,020 [WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS] 206 00:10:55,153 --> 00:10:59,091 BUT HE REALIZES THE BLACKFEET STAND BETWEEN HIM AND THE CAMP. 207 00:10:59,224 --> 00:11:02,527 TRAPPER: GIVE UP FIRE, BOYS! LET'S FALL BACK! 208 00:11:02,694 --> 00:11:09,434 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 209 00:11:09,601 --> 00:11:14,005 [WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS NEARBY] 210 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:15,573 COME ON! 211 00:11:15,740 --> 00:11:16,975 SAMUEL DOLAN: CUT OFF AND ALONE, 212 00:11:17,142 --> 00:11:19,011 HE HAS TO MAKE A VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE 213 00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:21,478 THAT "I'M GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A GO OF IT ON MY OWN." 214 00:11:21,646 --> 00:11:23,748 COME ON. [HORSE BLUSTERS LOUDLY] 215 00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:25,784 COME ON! 216 00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:27,986 NARRATOR: HIS FIRST DIFFICULT CHOICE IS LEAVING HIS 217 00:11:28,153 --> 00:11:31,190 MULE WHICH IS MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE TO ESCAPE NOTICE 218 00:11:31,357 --> 00:11:33,125 BY THE BLACKFEET. 219 00:11:33,292 --> 00:11:35,027 I GOTTA MAKE TRACKS. 220 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:37,728 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 221 00:11:37,896 --> 00:11:40,031 FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO CAMP IF YOU CAN, OKAY? 222 00:11:40,199 --> 00:11:47,005 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 223 00:11:47,138 --> 00:11:48,707 NARRATOR: BUT HE SOON FINDS HIMSELF IN 224 00:11:48,873 --> 00:11:51,844 A NEW AND WORSE PREDICAMENT. 225 00:11:52,011 --> 00:11:54,512 JIM HARDEE: HE'S IN THIS BIG, WIDE WEST. 226 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:56,281 DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS AND HE'S LOOKING 227 00:11:56,448 --> 00:11:59,617 OUT ONTO JUST MILES AND MILES AND MILES OF WILDERNESS. 228 00:11:59,785 --> 00:12:03,954 HE'S SO OVERWHELMED BY THE FEELING OF ALONENESS, 229 00:12:04,122 --> 00:12:07,193 AND THE FEELING OF "AM I GONNA MAKE IT?" 230 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:09,494 "AM I GONNA GET THROUGH THIS?" 231 00:12:09,661 --> 00:12:11,429 NARRATOR: TO STAY ALIVE, MEEK MUST TRACK 232 00:12:11,596 --> 00:12:13,031 DOWN HIS TRAPPING BRIGADE 233 00:12:13,198 --> 00:12:16,869 BEFORE THE BLACKFEET TRACK DOWN HIM. 234 00:12:19,771 --> 00:12:22,040 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 235 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:25,844 [WHOOPING SOUNDS, GUNSHOTS] 236 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:30,348 NARRATOR: AFTER BLACKFEET WARRIORS AMBUSH HIS CONVOY, 237 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:33,718 TRAPPER JOE MEEK FINDS HIMSELF UTTERLY ALONE 238 00:12:33,852 --> 00:12:35,887 IN A FORBIDDING LANDSCAPE. 239 00:12:36,054 --> 00:12:38,823 JIM HARDEE: AND NOW HERE'S THIS YOUNG, 19-YEAR OLD 240 00:12:38,990 --> 00:12:43,129 GREENHORN, STUCK IN THE WILDERNESS BY HIMSELF. 241 00:12:43,295 --> 00:12:46,531 AND HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS OR HOW TO GET TO ANYWHERE. 242 00:12:46,665 --> 00:12:49,935 [FOOTSTEPS] 243 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:51,603 NARRATOR: FEARING THE BLACKFEET WARRIORS 244 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:53,706 HE KNOWS ARE ON THE PROWL, 245 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:57,076 MEEK CAN ONLY HOPE HE'LL FIND HIS FELLOW TRAPPERS. 246 00:12:57,243 --> 00:13:00,913 [FOOTSTEPS] 247 00:13:02,514 --> 00:13:05,918 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 248 00:13:06,085 --> 00:13:08,153 JIM HARDEE: IT'S COLD; ALL HE'S GOT IS THAT ONE LITTLE BLANKET. 249 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,522 HE THINKS THE BLACKFEET STILL MAY BE AROUND 250 00:13:10,655 --> 00:13:11,890 SO HE DOESN'T WANT TO BUILD A FIRE. 251 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:14,259 HE DOESN'T WANT TO SHOOT HIS GUN. 252 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:16,862 SO HE GOES TWO OR THREE DAYS WITHOUT EATING. 253 00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:23,469 ♪ [MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪ 254 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,469 NARRATOR: AFTER 3 EXHAUSTING DAYS... 255 00:13:25,603 --> 00:13:28,806 ♪ [SUSPENSE MUSIC] ♪ 256 00:13:28,973 --> 00:13:31,676 MEEK FINALLY GETS A LITTLE LUCK. 257 00:13:31,843 --> 00:13:35,113 ♪ [SUSPENSE MUSIC] ♪ 258 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:36,714 [COCKS RIFLE] 259 00:13:36,881 --> 00:13:39,050 ♪ [SUSPENSE MUSIC] ♪ 260 00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:41,286 [FIRES RIFLE] 261 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:51,363 ♪ [TRIUMPHANT MUSIC] ♪ 262 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:57,202 BUT MEEK'S INEXPERIENCE SHOWS ITSELF WHEN HE FORGETS 263 00:13:57,369 --> 00:14:01,840 HE MIGHT NOT BE ENTIRELY ALONE ON THE FRONTIER. 264 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:11,849 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 265 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:20,559 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 266 00:14:20,725 --> 00:14:23,461 [WHOOPING SOUNDS NEARBY] 267 00:14:23,628 --> 00:14:30,435 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 268 00:14:30,602 --> 00:14:34,773 [LAUGHING] 269 00:14:34,940 --> 00:14:37,743 WELL, LOOKY HERE! 270 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:41,146 SYKES! - WELL, IF IT AIN'T OL' JOE HIMSELF! 271 00:14:41,313 --> 00:14:42,881 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: JOE OF COURSE IS OVERJOYED. 272 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:45,351 HIS COMPATRIOTS HAD NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT HIM. 273 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:46,585 THEY HAD SENT OUT SEARCH PARTIES 274 00:14:46,718 --> 00:14:48,487 AND IN FACT THEY HAVE FOUND HIM. 275 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:52,657 AREN'T YOU A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES! 276 00:14:52,824 --> 00:14:58,630 GOOD TO SEE YA. HI! - HOW'S IT GOING? 277 00:14:58,796 --> 00:15:00,732 YOU DONE ALRIGHT BY YOURSELF. 278 00:15:00,899 --> 00:15:03,769 [CHUCKLES] I RECKON SOME OF THAT GREEN 279 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:06,672 HAS RUBBED OFF... OL' JOE! 280 00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:10,375 [MEN ALL LAUGHING] 281 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:12,811 SAMUEL DOLAN: FOR MEMBERS OF SUBLETTE'S EXPEDITION, 282 00:15:12,978 --> 00:15:15,280 TO REFER TO MEEK AS "OL' JOE," THAT'S REALLY 283 00:15:15,447 --> 00:15:16,982 A BADGE OF HONOR. 284 00:15:17,149 --> 00:15:19,985 HE'S STILL THE KID. HE STILL HAS A LOT TO LEARN, 285 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:21,753 BUT HE HAS REALLY PROVED HIS METTLE NOW. 286 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,022 [LAUGHING] 287 00:15:24,422 --> 00:15:33,031 ♪ ♪ 288 00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:35,667 NARRATOR: BY THE SPRING OF 1832, 289 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:39,872 MEEK IS TRAPPING WITH WILLIAM SUBLETTE'S BROTHER, MILTON, 290 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:43,408 WHO IS ALSO A PARTNER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FUR COMPANY. 291 00:15:43,575 --> 00:15:47,079 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. 292 00:15:47,245 --> 00:15:50,015 WHAT'S THAT ABOUT, SYKES? 293 00:15:50,182 --> 00:15:54,819 JOHN GRAY IS ALL WORKED UP ABOUT SOME FOOLERY OVER HIS DAUGHTER. 294 00:15:54,986 --> 00:15:57,723 HE THINKS MILT HAS DONE HER WRONG SOMEWAYS. 295 00:15:57,889 --> 00:15:59,758 DID HE? 296 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:03,560 YOU ASK ME, JOHN GRAY IS A SCOUNDREL AND A LIAR. 297 00:16:03,728 --> 00:16:05,729 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 298 00:16:05,897 --> 00:16:08,100 [MILT STABBED, MILT GROANS] 299 00:16:08,266 --> 00:16:09,834 NARRATOR: BUT WHEN MILT SUBLETTE IS STABBED 300 00:16:10,001 --> 00:16:11,370 DURING A HEATED ARGUMENT... 301 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:14,573 MILT! EASY, EASY, EASY. 302 00:16:14,739 --> 00:16:15,908 NARRATOR: MEEK FACES A CHALLENGE 303 00:16:16,074 --> 00:16:17,742 UNLIKE ANY HE HAS SEEN YET. 304 00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:19,444 DON'T MOVE. YOU'RE GONNA TEAR IT UP WORSE. 305 00:16:19,611 --> 00:16:20,813 SYKES, GET ME SOME WATER. 306 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:23,115 I NEED A CLEAN BANDAGE HERE. 307 00:16:23,281 --> 00:16:25,483 YOU'RE A DEAD MAN, JOHN GRAY! 308 00:16:25,650 --> 00:16:27,886 WHERE ARE THOSE BANDAGES? 309 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:31,256 HOLD ON, GET SOME PRESSURE THERE. 310 00:16:31,423 --> 00:16:33,826 NARRATOR: THE TRAPPERS MANAGE TO STOP THE BLEEDING, 311 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:36,427 BUT MILT'S INJURY IS STILL POTENTIALLY FATAL. 312 00:16:36,561 --> 00:16:40,132 IF YOU'RE SEVERELY INJURED ON THE FRONTIER IN THE 313 00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:43,702 EARLY 1830s, YOU'RE A LONG WAY FROM THE CARE OF 314 00:16:43,835 --> 00:16:47,305 ANY PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIAN. 315 00:16:47,472 --> 00:16:49,975 NARRATOR: BY NOW MEEK KNOWS THE HARSH REALITY OF 316 00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:52,644 LIFE AND DEATH ON THE FRONTIER. 317 00:16:52,777 --> 00:16:58,583 ♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪ 318 00:16:58,750 --> 00:17:00,719 HERE'S YOUR RIFLE, MILT. 319 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:05,156 ♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪ 320 00:17:05,323 --> 00:17:06,892 JIM HARDEE: THE TRAPPERS HAVE TO KEEP GOING. 321 00:17:07,025 --> 00:17:10,896 WE CAN'T ALL JUST SIT HERE WHILE MILT DIES. 322 00:17:11,061 --> 00:17:14,433 IT'S REAL BAD PIECE OF LUCK, MILT, I'M SORRY. 323 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,333 JOE! 324 00:17:16,501 --> 00:17:19,104 [PANTING] 325 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:23,442 I KNOW THE CAMP'S GOTTA MOVE ON BUT... 326 00:17:23,575 --> 00:17:25,943 WOULD YOU STAY ON WITH ME A FEW DAYS? 327 00:17:26,109 --> 00:17:27,445 I'LL EITHER GET WELL ENOUGH TO MARCH, 328 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:28,913 OR I'LL NEVER MARCH AGAIN. 329 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,085 ♪ [SOMBER MUSIC] ♪ 330 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:35,053 NARRATOR: YET THE YOUNG TRAPPER REFUSES TO LET 331 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:39,524 A FRIEND DIE ALONE DESPITE THE RISK TO HIMSELF. 332 00:17:39,657 --> 00:17:42,327 WHEN JOE FIRST CAME OUT, HE TURNED TO EVERYBODY ELSE TO 333 00:17:42,494 --> 00:17:47,599 LEARN AND NOW HE'S IN A POSITION TO GIVE BACK. 334 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:49,935 I WILL, MILT. 335 00:17:50,101 --> 00:17:51,670 I'LL TALK TO THE CAPTAIN, 336 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:53,738 AND I'LL FIX US SOME EXTRA FOOD. 337 00:17:53,905 --> 00:17:55,873 THANKS, JOE. 338 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,908 YOU'RE A GOOD LAD. 339 00:17:58,076 --> 00:18:02,547 JUST SIT TIGHT, OKAY? 340 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,350 NARRATOR: MEEK IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO LIVES: 341 00:18:05,516 --> 00:18:09,788 HIS OWN AND MILT SUBLETTE'S WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF HELP. 342 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:14,426 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 343 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,396 FOR AN ASTONISHING 40 DAYS, JOE MEEK IS MILT'S COOK, 344 00:18:18,563 --> 00:18:21,366 BODYGUARD, DOCTOR, AND COMPANION. 345 00:18:21,532 --> 00:18:25,035 MEEK WAS PATIENT AND KEPT A STEADY SUPPLY 346 00:18:25,203 --> 00:18:28,940 OF FOOD, CHANGED THE WOUNDS, PROVIDED SECURITY, 347 00:18:29,107 --> 00:18:33,378 OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGEMENT. [MILT COUGHING] 348 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:36,115 [WIND HOWLING] 349 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:38,716 NARRATOR: MEEK'S GOOD NATURE AND GIFT FOR STORYTELLING 350 00:18:38,850 --> 00:18:41,086 HELP MILT SUBLETTE SURVIVE A WOUND THAT WOULD HAVE 351 00:18:41,252 --> 00:18:44,389 KILLED MOST OTHER MEN. 352 00:18:44,556 --> 00:18:47,225 JOE: WELL HAWK AND I STRUNG UP OUR RIFLES AND WE 353 00:18:47,392 --> 00:18:51,330 SWUM THE RIVER TO SEE THE BEAR WE SHOT... A REAL BIG ONE. 354 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:56,434 I'M TALKIN' OL' MAN GRIZZLY HIMSELF AND HAWK SAYS TO ME, 355 00:18:56,601 --> 00:18:59,804 "JOE, I DON'T THINK THAT BEAR IS DEAD." 356 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:01,406 [BOTH LAUGHING] 357 00:19:01,573 --> 00:19:03,441 SO RIGHT BACK INTO THE WATER WE GO, 358 00:19:03,608 --> 00:19:07,111 OL' MAN GRIZZLY CHASING AFTER US LIKE IT'S NOAH'S FLOOD 359 00:19:07,245 --> 00:19:08,646 AND WE JUST MISSED THE ARK! 360 00:19:08,813 --> 00:19:11,383 [BOTH LAUGHING] 361 00:19:11,516 --> 00:19:13,585 JOE KEPT SUBLETTE'S SPIRITS UP 362 00:19:13,718 --> 00:19:16,254 WITH HIS GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, AND TALL TALES, 363 00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:19,791 AND ROLLICKING STORIES; THE THINGS THAT MADE JOE MEEK 364 00:19:19,958 --> 00:19:22,895 FAMOUS, THAT MADE HIM SUCH A CHARACTER IN THE MOUNTAINS. 365 00:19:23,061 --> 00:19:28,066 ♪ [PEACEFUL MUSIC] ♪ 366 00:19:28,199 --> 00:19:30,068 AFTER A MONTH, HIS WOUND HAD HEALED ENOUGH 367 00:19:30,235 --> 00:19:32,270 THAT HE WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO GO REUNITE 368 00:19:32,403 --> 00:19:34,840 WITH THE TRAPPING BRIGADE. 369 00:19:36,041 --> 00:19:38,710 [BIRDS CHIRPING] 370 00:19:38,843 --> 00:19:42,681 ♪ [DRUMS BEATING] ♪ 371 00:19:42,847 --> 00:19:44,849 NARRATOR: BUT WHEN MEEK AND SUBLETTE SET OUT IN SEARCH 372 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:46,417 OF THEIR COMRADES, 373 00:19:46,584 --> 00:19:48,786 THEY QUICKLY RUN INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE. 374 00:19:48,953 --> 00:19:52,224 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 375 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:53,991 THEY COME AROUND THIS BEND AND HERE'S THIS BIG 376 00:19:54,158 --> 00:19:55,659 CAMP OF SHOSHONES. 377 00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:59,932 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 378 00:20:00,098 --> 00:20:01,633 YOU RECKON WE CAN MAKE IT PAST THAT VILLAGE 379 00:20:01,799 --> 00:20:04,602 IF WE STAY IN THIS GULLY? 380 00:20:04,769 --> 00:20:06,204 I RECKON WE CAN TRY. 381 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:16,481 ♪ [TENSE MUSIC] ♪ 382 00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:20,585 JIM HARDEE: RIGHT AWAY, THE GUYS THAT ARE OUT WATCHING 383 00:20:20,752 --> 00:20:23,288 THE HORSES SPOT THESE TWO TRAPPERS. 384 00:20:23,421 --> 00:20:24,989 [WHOOPING SOUNDS NEARBY] 385 00:20:25,122 --> 00:20:27,659 AW, HECK! 386 00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:37,769 [WHOOPING SOUNDS] 387 00:20:39,871 --> 00:20:41,339 THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE TO RUN. 388 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:43,675 THEY'RE OUTNUMBERED. 389 00:20:43,808 --> 00:20:45,410 JIM HARDEE: THEIR BEST BET IS JUST TO RUN 390 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:47,578 RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT SHOSHONE VILLAGE 391 00:20:47,745 --> 00:20:50,381 AND GO INTO THE BIG TEEPEE IN THE CENTER. 392 00:20:50,548 --> 00:20:51,916 THAT WAS THE MEDICINE LODGE. 393 00:20:52,050 --> 00:20:53,451 [WHOOPING SOUNDS] 394 00:20:53,618 --> 00:20:55,086 RUN FOR THE MEDICINE LODGE! 395 00:20:55,253 --> 00:21:00,424 [WHOOPING SOUNDS] 396 00:21:00,591 --> 00:21:01,793 JACK GLADSTONE: THE MEDICINE LODGE 397 00:21:01,959 --> 00:21:03,895 WOULD BE ROUGHLY ANALOGOUS TO 398 00:21:04,028 --> 00:21:06,031 A CHURCH OR A CHAPEL. 399 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:08,199 AND THE SACRED NATURE 400 00:21:08,366 --> 00:21:12,837 WOULD PROBABLY DIFFUSE A LOT OF HARD FEELINGS. 401 00:21:13,004 --> 00:21:15,607 [WHOOPING SOUNDS OUTSIDE] 402 00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:20,645 HOLD ON, JOE. DON'T GET ANY FOOL IDEAS. 403 00:21:20,812 --> 00:21:23,715 THIS JUST MIGHT WORK IF WE DON'T START A SCRAP IN HERE. 404 00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:26,017 [WHOOPING SOUNDS OUTSIDE] 405 00:21:26,184 --> 00:21:29,220 [SPEAKING SHOSHONE] 406 00:21:29,387 --> 00:21:31,688 [WHOOPING SOUNDS OUTSIDE] 407 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:33,058 JIM HARDEE: AND HERE COME ALL THE SHOSHONES 408 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:34,325 INSIDE THIS TEEPEE, 409 00:21:34,492 --> 00:21:35,961 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 410 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:37,162 "WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK YOU'RE DOING?" 411 00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:40,531 SHOSHONE BRAVES: [SPEAKING SHOSHONE] 412 00:21:40,698 --> 00:21:42,466 AND THE TRAPPERS AREN'T SAYING A WORD. 413 00:21:42,633 --> 00:21:44,302 THEY'RE TRYING THEIR BEST NOT TO SHOW ANY FEAR. 414 00:21:44,468 --> 00:21:46,305 SHOWING THAT BRAVADO. 415 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:51,375 NARRATOR: BUT EVEN IF THEY SURVIVE THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES, 416 00:21:51,542 --> 00:21:53,678 THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY'LL MAKE IT OUT 417 00:21:53,845 --> 00:21:55,981 OF THE VILLAGE ALIVE. 418 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:08,193 NARRATOR: AFTER TAKING REFUGE IN A SHOSHONE MEDICINE LODGE, 419 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,996 THE LIVES OF JOE MEEK AND MILT SUBLETTE HANG IN THE BALANCE. 420 00:22:12,864 --> 00:22:19,671 [SHOSHONE YELLING] 421 00:22:19,837 --> 00:22:21,305 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: MEEK AND SUBLETTE 422 00:22:21,472 --> 00:22:23,074 REALIZE THAT THE DISCUSSION 423 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:25,176 THAT'S GOING ON IS REALLY A DISCUSSION 424 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:26,745 ABOUT LIFE OR DEATH. 425 00:22:26,912 --> 00:22:32,483 SHOSHONE BRAVES: [SPEAKING SHOSHONE] 426 00:22:32,650 --> 00:22:33,819 JIM HARDEE: THEY'RE STARTING TO THINK THAT 427 00:22:33,985 --> 00:22:36,154 IT'S NOT GONNA GO WELL. 428 00:22:36,321 --> 00:22:38,254 EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THAT ROOM IS SAYING 429 00:22:38,422 --> 00:22:39,458 "WE NEED TO TAKE THESE TRAPPERS OUT. 430 00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:41,760 WE'RE GONNA KILL THEM." 431 00:22:42,927 --> 00:22:45,196 NARRATOR: MEEK AND SUBLETTE CAN DO NOTHING BUT WAIT 432 00:22:45,363 --> 00:22:48,066 IN AGONIZING SUSPENSE AS THE DEBATE ABOUT 433 00:22:48,232 --> 00:22:51,603 THEIR LIFE OR DEATH GOES ON. 434 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:55,040 I SAY WE RUSH THESE GUYS AND TAKE A FEW OF 'EM WITH US. 435 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:56,173 JOE, JOE, JOE! 436 00:22:56,340 --> 00:23:00,111 HOLD ON, BE STILL. 437 00:23:01,579 --> 00:23:05,917 JUST DON'T SHOW FEAR. 438 00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:12,124 SHOSHONE BRAVES: [SPEAKING SHOSHONE] 439 00:23:16,327 --> 00:23:20,932 SHOSHONE BRAVES: [WAR CRIES] 440 00:23:26,237 --> 00:23:30,041 GOTIA: [SIGN LANGUAGE] 441 00:23:33,177 --> 00:23:36,947 GOTIA: [SIGN LANGUAGE] 442 00:23:41,653 --> 00:23:43,722 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: MEEK HAS NEVER FELT MORE HELPLESS 443 00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:44,988 THAN HE DOES NOW. 444 00:23:45,156 --> 00:23:46,224 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 445 00:23:46,391 --> 00:23:48,760 HE CAN DO AND THEIR LIVES, 446 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,562 OF COURSE, ARE HANGING IN THE BALANCE. 447 00:23:53,632 --> 00:23:57,268 MAYBE WE MAKE A RUN FOR IT AT DARK? THEY AIN'T STUPID. 448 00:23:57,435 --> 00:23:59,003 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO. 449 00:23:59,170 --> 00:24:01,640 THE SECOND WE LEAVE THIS LODGE, THEY'LL CHOP US TO BITS. 450 00:24:03,974 --> 00:24:05,877 [SIGHS] 451 00:24:06,044 --> 00:24:08,412 THEY'VE PLACED THEMSELVES IN THIS SITUATION. 452 00:24:08,579 --> 00:24:10,215 IT WAS THEIR ONLY RECOURSE. 453 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:13,718 BUT NOW, IT LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF IT. 454 00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:25,597 NARRATOR: BUT FORTUNE HAS YET ANOTHER TWIST OF FATE 455 00:24:25,763 --> 00:24:27,666 IN STORE FOR JOE MEEK. 456 00:24:27,832 --> 00:24:36,174 ♪ ♪ 457 00:24:36,341 --> 00:24:40,011 GOTIA: [SIGN LANGUAGE] 458 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:41,446 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: MUCH TO THE SURPRISE 459 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:43,181 OF SUBLETTE AND MEEK, THOUGH, 460 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:45,183 THE ONE THAT THEY FEARED THE MOST 461 00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:47,318 NOW TURNED OUT TO BE THEIR SAVIOR. 462 00:24:47,485 --> 00:24:49,620 GOTIA: [SIGN LANGUAGE] 463 00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:54,125 NARRATOR: FOR REASONS MEEK WILL NEVER KNOW, 464 00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:57,629 THE INTIMIDATING WAR CHIEF GOTIA DECIDES THAT HE 465 00:24:57,795 --> 00:24:59,831 AND MILT SUBLETTE WILL LIVE. 466 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:03,268 WELL, JOE, YOU CAN THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS FOR THIS ONE. 467 00:25:03,801 --> 00:25:12,243 ♪ ♪ 468 00:25:12,409 --> 00:25:14,545 FORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF GOTIA, 469 00:25:14,712 --> 00:25:17,682 THEY'RE ABLE TO ESCAPE AND SURVIVE. 470 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:21,953 THAT EXPERIENCE WILL SHAPE MEEK'S ATTITUDE 471 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,822 FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. 472 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,689 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: JOE MEEK LEARNED THAT HE DIDN'T 473 00:25:25,856 --> 00:25:27,825 WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE HE WAS SO POWERLESS. 474 00:25:27,992 --> 00:25:31,663 HE WAS NEVER GOING TO ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE IN SUCH A 475 00:25:31,829 --> 00:25:33,932 HORRIFIC SITUATION EVER AGAIN. 476 00:25:38,836 --> 00:25:40,771 NARRATOR: AFTER SIX YEARS ON THE FRONTIER, 477 00:25:40,938 --> 00:25:43,107 JOE MEEK HAS GROWN INTO A SEASONED 478 00:25:43,274 --> 00:25:45,042 AND SKILLED MOUNTAIN MAN. 479 00:25:45,209 --> 00:25:47,312 JIM HARDEE: JOE HAS WORKED HIS WAY UP THROUGH THE RANKS 480 00:25:47,478 --> 00:25:49,013 TO BECOME A FREE TRAPPER. 481 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:52,551 WHICH MEANS THAT NOW HE'S TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HIMSELF. 482 00:25:54,752 --> 00:25:57,454 AND HE HOOKED UP WITH JIM BRIDGER 483 00:25:57,621 --> 00:25:59,224 AND HIS BRIGADE OF FREE TRAPPERS. 484 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,429 I HATE TO ASK, JOE, 485 00:26:05,596 --> 00:26:08,433 BUT YOU'RE THE BEST SCOUT IN CAMP. 486 00:26:08,599 --> 00:26:11,703 IF YOU LIKE, I CAN PULL YOU FOR THE SEASON 487 00:26:11,869 --> 00:26:13,204 SO YOU GET REGULAR PAY. 488 00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:15,673 AH, THANK YA, JIM, 489 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,476 BUT I'M A FREE TRAPPER BY CHOICE. 490 00:26:18,643 --> 00:26:21,212 I'LL DO A FAVOR FOR A FRIEND, BUT I WON'T TAKE 491 00:26:21,378 --> 00:26:23,881 NO ORDERS FROM NO BOSS. 492 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:26,117 WELL, THINK ABOUT IT. 493 00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:29,621 YOU'D BE A PARTNER IN A YEAR OR TWO. 494 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:32,791 PARTNERS? [LAUGHS] 495 00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:36,794 KEEP THE GREENHORNS ALIVE, CHECK THE CLERK'S BOOKS, 496 00:26:36,961 --> 00:26:39,331 SHARE EVERY PENNY I MAKE WITH THE BANKERS IN ST. LOUIS? 497 00:26:41,465 --> 00:26:44,068 DON'T MEAN NO DISRESPECT, JIM. 498 00:26:44,235 --> 00:26:47,538 LISTEN, IF I WANTED A PARTNER, YOU'D BE MY CHOICE. 499 00:26:47,705 --> 00:26:51,109 BUT AS LONG AS THERE'S A HORIZON I AIN'T CROSSED YET, 500 00:26:51,275 --> 00:26:52,744 I'LL BE BEHOLDEN TO NONE. 501 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:57,648 BRIDGER: STAY THREE OR FOUR DAYS AHEAD OF US AND TURN 502 00:26:57,815 --> 00:26:59,450 AROUND RIGHT QUICK YOU SEE ANY INDIANS WHO'D RATHER 503 00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:01,351 FIGHT THAN TRADE. 504 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:03,622 COUNT ON ME, OLD FRIEND. 505 00:27:04,989 --> 00:27:06,891 COME ON. 506 00:27:13,131 --> 00:27:14,899 NARRATOR: RIDING INTO COUNTRY CONTROLLED BY 507 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:17,635 THE FEARSOME CROW TRIBE, MEEK BEGINS 508 00:27:17,801 --> 00:27:20,871 THE MOST HARROWING ORDEAL OF HIS LIFE. 509 00:27:25,442 --> 00:27:28,646 TWO DAYS RIDE FROM BRIDGER'S CAMP, HE ENCOUNTERS SCOUTS 510 00:27:28,812 --> 00:27:30,514 FOR A CROW WAR PARTY. 511 00:27:30,682 --> 00:27:32,216 JIM HARDEE: THE CROW HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY 512 00:27:32,383 --> 00:27:35,086 UNPREDICTABLE VIRTUALLY FROM 513 00:27:35,253 --> 00:27:37,855 THE TIME AMERICANS CAME INTO THE MOUNTAINS. 514 00:27:38,022 --> 00:27:40,124 MOST OF THE TIME THEY WERE FRIENDLY. 515 00:27:40,291 --> 00:27:41,258 COME ON, GIRL. 516 00:27:41,425 --> 00:27:43,395 COME ON. 517 00:27:45,829 --> 00:27:48,566 THEY TENDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS. 518 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:51,536 YOU FIND A LONE GUY OUT THERE, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT 519 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:54,806 ONE LONE GUY, AND NOBODY HAS TO KNOW IT WAS US. 520 00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:04,182 AW, HECK, COME ON! 521 00:28:04,348 --> 00:28:05,149 LET'S GO! 522 00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:06,918 COME ON! 523 00:28:07,084 --> 00:28:09,854 ♪ ♪ 524 00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:12,791 NARRATOR: SUDDENLY, JOE MEEK IS RACING FOR HIS LIFE. 525 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:17,461 ♪ ♪ 526 00:28:17,628 --> 00:28:27,338 [CROWS YELLING] 527 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:29,974 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE CROWS MOVE IN ALL AROUND JOE. 528 00:28:31,775 --> 00:28:33,611 THEY GOT HIM HEMMED IN. 529 00:28:33,778 --> 00:28:37,949 [CROWS YELLING] 530 00:28:41,252 --> 00:28:45,990 THE BOLD: GIVE US YOUR GUN, THEN WE WON'T KILL YOU. 531 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:52,163 NARRATOR: MEEK HAS ALREADY ENDURED A TERRIFYING 532 00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:55,433 EXPERIENCE AS A CAPTIVE OF NATIVE WARRIORS, 533 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,201 AND VOWED NEVER TO REPEAT IT. 534 00:28:57,368 --> 00:28:58,503 IT'S A STANDOFF. 535 00:28:58,669 --> 00:29:03,774 WHO'S GONNA FIRE FIRST? 536 00:29:03,941 --> 00:29:11,116 CROW WARRIOR: [SPEAKING CROW] 537 00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:15,820 [CROW YELL] 538 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:21,526 NARRATOR: BUT ALTHOUGH HE LETS HIMSELF BE CAPTURED, 539 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:24,529 JOE MEEK IS ALREADY PLANNING HIS ESCAPE. 540 00:29:29,667 --> 00:29:32,771 CROW WARRIOR: [SPEAKING CROW] 541 00:29:35,973 --> 00:29:37,308 NARRATOR: AFTER BEING CHASED DOWN 542 00:29:37,474 --> 00:29:39,409 BY A PARTY OF CROW WARRIORS, 543 00:29:40,478 --> 00:29:44,949 FAMED FRONTIERSMAN JOE MEEK FACES A STARK CHOICE: 544 00:29:45,116 --> 00:29:48,419 SURRENDER OR DIE ON THE SPOT. 545 00:29:57,694 --> 00:29:59,562 ♪ ♪ 546 00:29:59,730 --> 00:30:01,833 [SPEAKING CROW] 547 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,103 JIM HARDEE: AS MEEK HAS GONE THROUGH HIS TRAPPING CAREER, 548 00:30:06,270 --> 00:30:08,339 HE'S LEARNED YOU NEVER SAY "GIVE UP". 549 00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:10,708 THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A WAY, AND THAT'S WHAT 550 00:30:10,874 --> 00:30:12,043 HE STARTED TO LOOK FOR. 551 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:13,811 HE'S THINKIN', "WHERE'S MY WAY? 552 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,914 HOW AM I GETTIN' OUT OF THIS?" 553 00:30:16,380 --> 00:30:26,157 ♪ ♪ 554 00:30:26,323 --> 00:30:28,092 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE CROW CHIEF IS CALLED THE BOLD. 555 00:30:28,259 --> 00:30:31,362 AND THE BOLD OFFERS A DEAL TO JOE. 556 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:37,702 I HAVE KNOWN THE WHITES FOR A LONG TIME, 557 00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:41,839 AND I KNOW THEM TO BE GREAT LIARS, DESERVING OF DEATH. 558 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:46,244 BUT IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH, YOU WILL LIVE. 559 00:30:47,511 --> 00:30:49,347 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THEY WON'T KILL HIM IF HE TELLS THEM 560 00:30:49,513 --> 00:30:52,683 WHERE THE OTHER TRAPPERS ARE AND HOW MANY OF THEM THERE ARE. 561 00:30:52,850 --> 00:30:55,285 WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR CAPTAIN? 562 00:30:55,453 --> 00:31:00,325 MY CAPTAIN IS THE BLANKET CHIEF, JIM BRIDGER. 563 00:31:02,159 --> 00:31:02,961 BRIDGER. 564 00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:05,796 CROW WARRIORS: [LAUGH] 565 00:31:05,963 --> 00:31:07,532 WE KNOW THE BLANKET CHIEF. 566 00:31:10,767 --> 00:31:12,403 HOW MANY MEN DOES HE COMMAND? 567 00:31:14,739 --> 00:31:16,674 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE BOLD WANTS MEEK, ESSENTIALLY, 568 00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:19,709 TO BETRAY HIS OWN PEOPLE AND WORK WITH THE CROWS 569 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:22,046 TO KILL THE MOUNTAIN MEN. 570 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:24,616 BUT IF HE DOESN'T, HIS LIFE WILL BE FORFEIT. 571 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:28,218 DO NOT FEAR. 572 00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:29,153 TELL THE TRUTH. 573 00:31:30,354 --> 00:31:32,523 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: MEEK BEGINS KIND OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL 574 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:35,793 GAMBIT TO OUTSMART THE CROW CHIEF 575 00:31:35,959 --> 00:31:38,830 AND SAVE HIS OWN LIFE. 576 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:41,099 HE HAS 40 MEN. 577 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:44,969 40 MEN. 578 00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:48,239 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: BUT OF COURSE, HE'S TELLING 579 00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:49,473 A HUGE LIE. 580 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,509 BRIDGER'S GOT 240 MEN. 581 00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:53,377 HE'S GOT THE CROWS WAY OUTNUMBERED. 582 00:31:53,544 --> 00:31:56,914 SO PERHAPS, IF THEY CAN GET TO THE TRAPPER CAMP, 583 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,050 MEEK CAN BE SAVED YET AGAIN. 584 00:31:59,683 --> 00:32:01,452 WE WILL MAKE THEM POOR. 585 00:32:03,787 --> 00:32:06,456 YOU WILL LIVE, 586 00:32:06,623 --> 00:32:08,259 BUT THEY SHALL DIE. 587 00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:13,598 [GROANS, CROW YELL] 588 00:32:16,133 --> 00:32:17,869 NARRATOR: MEEK HOPES HE'S TRICKED THE CROW 589 00:32:18,036 --> 00:32:21,439 INTO ATTACKING BRIDGER'S CAMP, BUT HE KNOWS HE'LL SUFFER 590 00:32:21,605 --> 00:32:26,010 A PAINFUL DEATH IF HIS LIE IS DISCOVERED BEFORE HE ESCAPES. 591 00:32:33,918 --> 00:32:37,154 AT THE END OF THE THIRD DAY OF TRAVEL, 592 00:32:37,321 --> 00:32:39,357 JOE MEEK RUNS OUT OF TIME. 593 00:32:40,324 --> 00:32:41,491 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE PARTY FINALLY 594 00:32:41,658 --> 00:32:43,394 COMES OVER A RISE, 595 00:32:43,561 --> 00:32:46,230 AND DOWN BELOW IS THE TRAPPER ENCAMPMENT. 596 00:32:54,705 --> 00:32:56,974 NARRATOR: AS SOON AS THE BOLD SEES THE TRUE SIZE 597 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:59,510 OF BRIDGER'S CAMP, HE KNOWS THAT JOE MEEK 598 00:32:59,676 --> 00:33:03,179 HAS BEEN LYING TO HIM FOR DAYS. 599 00:33:03,347 --> 00:33:04,815 JIM HARDEE: THERE'S OVER 200 MEN DOWN THERE. 600 00:33:04,982 --> 00:33:06,417 AND NOW HE KNOWS HE- 601 00:33:06,583 --> 00:33:08,786 HE CAN'T TAKE ON 200 MEN. 602 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:10,687 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF 603 00:33:10,854 --> 00:33:11,955 THE CAMP, HIS OWN PEOPLE 604 00:33:12,122 --> 00:33:14,725 ARE NOW IN GRAVE DANGER. 605 00:33:14,892 --> 00:33:16,494 THE BOLD IS ENRAGED, OF COURSE. 606 00:33:18,262 --> 00:33:22,899 YOU TRIED TO TRICK ME INTO ATTACKING A CAMP SO LARGE. 607 00:33:23,067 --> 00:33:24,535 YOU THINK I'M A FOOL. 608 00:33:28,272 --> 00:33:33,110 YOU ARE A LIAR, BUT I AM NOT. 609 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:36,347 I TOLD YOU IF YOU LIED, THAT YOU WOULD DIE. 610 00:33:39,149 --> 00:33:40,751 NARRATOR: MEEK HAS ONLY MOMENTS TO LIVE. 611 00:33:40,918 --> 00:33:42,418 THE BOLD: LET IT BE SO. 612 00:33:42,586 --> 00:33:44,522 KILL THE WHITE MAN. 613 00:33:46,123 --> 00:33:48,392 NARRATOR: AND IF HE CAN'T TURN THE TABLES AGAIN, 614 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:50,762 HIS NEXT BREATH WILL BE HIS LAST. 615 00:33:53,664 --> 00:33:59,069 ♪ ♪ 616 00:33:59,236 --> 00:34:01,839 NARRATOR: HAVING BEEN CAPTURED BY THE CROW TRIBE, 617 00:34:02,005 --> 00:34:03,740 AND NOW CAUGHT IN A LIE ABOUT THE SIZE 618 00:34:03,907 --> 00:34:05,842 OF JIM BRIDGER'S BRIGADE. 619 00:34:05,976 --> 00:34:07,545 KILL THE WHITE MAN. 620 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:10,815 NARRATOR: JOE MEEK'S DEATH IS ALL BUT ASSURED. 621 00:34:13,516 --> 00:34:16,486 BUT AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT, FATE DEALS JOE MEEK 622 00:34:16,652 --> 00:34:18,888 A LUCKY BREAK YET AGAIN. 623 00:34:19,056 --> 00:34:20,558 PETE, PETE! 624 00:34:20,690 --> 00:34:22,692 HEY! HEY! 625 00:34:25,362 --> 00:34:27,230 JIM HARDEE: ABOUT THAT TIME, THE GUYS THAT ARE WATCHIN' 626 00:34:27,397 --> 00:34:29,866 THE HERD OF HORSES THAT BELONG TO THE TRAPPING BRIGADE, 627 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,402 THEY SEE WHAT'S GOIN' ON. 628 00:34:32,569 --> 00:34:33,670 PETE! 629 00:34:33,804 --> 00:34:35,772 GET OFF ME! 630 00:34:35,938 --> 00:34:39,375 LOOK, LOOK! 631 00:34:39,543 --> 00:34:43,447 MY FRIENDS HAVE SEEN ME AS YOUR PRISONER. 632 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:46,717 IF YOU KILL ME, THE BLANKET CHIEF WON'T STOP UNTIL 633 00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:48,752 ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD! 634 00:34:50,152 --> 00:34:53,190 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE BOLD IS FURIOUS THAT MEEK HAD LIED TO HIM. 635 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:56,127 THIS ISN'T A CAMP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON, 636 00:34:56,293 --> 00:35:00,297 AND HE'S NOW HAD THE TABLES COMPLETELY TURNED AND HE'S 637 00:35:00,464 --> 00:35:02,366 IN A DESPERATE SITUATION. 638 00:35:04,168 --> 00:35:06,136 NARRATOR: BUT THE BOLD ISN'T GOING TO LET A VALUABLE 639 00:35:06,303 --> 00:35:08,839 HOSTAGE JUST WALK AWAY SCOT FREE. 640 00:35:09,006 --> 00:35:13,042 GO SPEAK WITH YOUR FRIEND. 641 00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:15,113 TELL HIM THAT I WILL SPEAK WITH THE BLANKET CHIEF. 642 00:35:20,584 --> 00:35:23,587 NARRATOR: INSTEAD, HE'LL TRY TO RANSOM MEEK FOR THE HORSES, 643 00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:27,658 GUNS, AND POWDER THAT BRIDGER'S CAMP HOLDS IN ABUNDANCE. 644 00:35:30,227 --> 00:35:40,404 ♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪ 645 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:46,377 HEY, PETE! 646 00:35:46,511 --> 00:35:48,245 IT'S OLD JOE! 647 00:35:48,412 --> 00:35:50,214 DON'T COME UP HERE, JUST GET THE CAPTAIN AND TELL HIM TO 648 00:35:50,381 --> 00:35:53,683 COME UP HERE AND SEE HOW ALL THIS LIES! 649 00:35:53,850 --> 00:35:55,853 BE QUICK ABOUT IT! 650 00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:57,522 JIM HARDEE: THE HORSE GUARD SEES THEM. 651 00:35:57,688 --> 00:35:59,223 AND JOE IS ABLE TO SAY, 652 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:01,292 "GET BRIDGER OUT HERE, WE GOTTA FIGURE THIS OUT." 653 00:36:04,294 --> 00:36:06,163 THE BLANKET CHIEF WILL COME. 654 00:36:10,701 --> 00:36:12,436 I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'. 655 00:36:17,608 --> 00:36:19,243 JIM HARDEE: AT THIS POINT JIM BRIDGER HAS 656 00:36:19,409 --> 00:36:21,679 A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT 657 00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,581 HIS GUYS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO 658 00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:25,048 WITHSTAND THE ONSLAUGHT 659 00:36:25,215 --> 00:36:27,517 OF THIS FORCE THAT'S HALF THEIR SIZE. 660 00:36:27,684 --> 00:36:30,054 BUT HE DOESN'T WANT JOE TO GET HURT EITHER, 661 00:36:30,220 --> 00:36:32,323 SO HE'S GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 662 00:36:35,192 --> 00:36:38,095 YOU ALL RIGHT, OLD JOE? 663 00:36:38,261 --> 00:36:40,464 I MET SOME NEW FRIENDS. 664 00:36:40,598 --> 00:36:42,500 CARE TO MEET 'EM? 665 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:44,634 MAYBE NOT JUST NOW. 666 00:36:44,768 --> 00:36:47,572 I SURE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOU OUT OF WHATEVER MESS THIS IS. 667 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:51,441 JIM HARDEE: IT BECOMES A CHESS MATCH. 668 00:36:51,608 --> 00:36:53,878 THEY'RE TRYIN' TO FIGURE OUT, HOW DO WE WORK THIS OUT? 669 00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:58,649 I GOT AN IDEA. 670 00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:00,884 WHAT SAY YOU SMOKE WITH ONE OF THESE CHIEFS? 671 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:03,920 I'LL BRING HIM RIGHT THERE, 672 00:37:04,054 --> 00:37:05,623 DOWN NEAR THAT HOLLOW. 673 00:37:06,657 --> 00:37:08,192 AND THINKIN' THERE'S GONNA BE A WAY. 674 00:37:08,359 --> 00:37:10,394 THERE'S GONNA BE A DOOR THAT OPENS. 675 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:12,763 THEY COME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF A PARLEY. 676 00:37:13,797 --> 00:37:15,432 THAT'LL DO. 677 00:37:15,565 --> 00:37:18,636 TELL THE OLD MAN I'LL PARLEY IF HE SENDS DOWN A CHIEF. 678 00:37:19,903 --> 00:37:21,872 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: JOE MEEK TRUSTED THE CLEVERNESS 679 00:37:22,005 --> 00:37:24,875 OF JIM BRIDGER, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN 680 00:37:25,042 --> 00:37:27,011 THAT COULD LEAD TO HIS RESCUE. 681 00:37:28,712 --> 00:37:31,047 WELL, THE BOLD REALIZES THAT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO NEGOTIATE. 682 00:37:31,181 --> 00:37:34,451 BUT BRIDGER SAYS THAT HE'S NOT GONNA JUST NEGOTIATE WITH ANYONE. 683 00:37:34,618 --> 00:37:36,787 HE NEEDS TO NEGOTIATE WITH A CHIEF. 684 00:37:42,726 --> 00:37:44,962 NARRATOR: AFTER CAREFUL THOUGHT, THE BOLD CHOOSES 685 00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:48,399 A DARING CHIEF CALLED LITTLE GUN AS HIS EMISSARY. 686 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:56,406 [SHOSHONE SHOUTING] 687 00:38:00,143 --> 00:38:01,244 JIM HARDEE: JOE'S STILL WONDERING 688 00:38:01,411 --> 00:38:03,214 "NOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN?" 689 00:38:03,381 --> 00:38:05,149 YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT'S OUT OF HIS HANDS NOW. 690 00:38:05,315 --> 00:38:08,152 SO HE JUST HAS TO KIND OF WATCH. 691 00:38:08,319 --> 00:38:10,154 LITTLE GUN, THE CROW SUB CHIEF, 692 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,891 ADVANCES TOWARD THE AMERICANS. 693 00:38:14,024 --> 00:38:17,060 BUT HE'S UNAWARE THAT BRIDGER HAS SENT SEVERAL OF HIS 694 00:38:17,193 --> 00:38:21,565 MEN TO ENCIRCLE THE AREA WHERE THE MEETING IS TO TAKE PLACE. 695 00:38:21,732 --> 00:38:28,939 ♪ [SUSPENSE] ♪ 696 00:38:34,978 --> 00:38:36,113 GRAB HIM, BOYS! 697 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:37,414 TRAPPER: HOLD IT, HOLD IT! 698 00:38:37,581 --> 00:38:39,350 - CALM DOWN, NOW! - EASY! 699 00:38:39,483 --> 00:38:41,385 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: AND BEFORE HE KNOWS IT, 700 00:38:41,518 --> 00:38:42,686 HE'S UNDER THEIR GUNS 701 00:38:42,853 --> 00:38:44,822 AND HE'S CAPTURED. 702 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:48,826 NARRATOR: MEEK, WITH BRIDGER'S HELP, 703 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:52,328 HAS SUDDENLY EVENED THE ODDS. 704 00:38:52,496 --> 00:38:54,899 BUT HE'S STILL NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET. 705 00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:56,899 WE MAKE A TRADE! 706 00:38:57,067 --> 00:38:59,069 YOUR MAN, FOR OURS! 707 00:38:59,236 --> 00:39:00,871 WHAT YOU SAY? 708 00:39:02,138 --> 00:39:05,241 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: THE BOLD REALIZES THAT HE'S BEEN HAD. 709 00:39:05,375 --> 00:39:08,078 AND NOW HE REALLY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ENGAGE 710 00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:10,614 IN SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS. 711 00:39:14,351 --> 00:39:15,585 ALL RIGHT, BOYS. 712 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,722 GET READY. 713 00:39:21,759 --> 00:39:25,529 NARRATOR: JOE MEEK MAY FINALLY BE ON THE VERGE OF RESCUE. 714 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:29,299 UNLESS THE RAGE OF HIS CAPTORS EXPLODES INTO A BLOODY 715 00:39:29,432 --> 00:39:31,035 CLOSE-QUARTERS BATTLE. 716 00:39:41,111 --> 00:39:43,814 NARRATOR: AFTER THREE HARROWING DAYS AS A CAPTIVE OF 717 00:39:43,981 --> 00:39:45,750 A CROW WAR PARTY, 718 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:49,920 FRONTIERSMAN JOE MEEK IS FINALLY ON THE VERGE OF FREEDOM... 719 00:39:50,086 --> 00:39:53,857 UNLESS THE SIMMERING TENSION BOILS OVER INTO BLOODSHED. 720 00:39:54,791 --> 00:40:00,330 ♪ ♪ 721 00:40:00,497 --> 00:40:03,098 [SCREAMS] 722 00:40:03,266 --> 00:40:06,003 I CANNOT LOSE A GREAT CHIEF 723 00:40:06,169 --> 00:40:07,772 FOR THE SCALP OF A WHITE DOG. 724 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:17,014 ♪ ♪ 725 00:40:19,716 --> 00:40:22,286 PAUL ANDREW HUTTON: LIKE ONE OF THOSE COLD WAR MOMENTS 726 00:40:22,453 --> 00:40:25,155 WHERE SPIES ARE EXCHANGED ON A BRIDGE 727 00:40:25,322 --> 00:40:26,890 IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. 728 00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:29,459 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S PLAYING OUT HERE IN 729 00:40:29,626 --> 00:40:31,629 THIS MOUNTAIN SETTING. 730 00:40:35,932 --> 00:40:38,535 NARRATOR: MEEK IS MOMENTS AWAY FROM SAFETY, 731 00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:42,440 UNLESS A TRIGGER-HAPPY TRAPPER OR WARRIOR OPENS FIRE. 732 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:51,916 ♪ ♪ 733 00:40:52,082 --> 00:40:54,250 ♪ ♪ 734 00:40:54,418 --> 00:40:58,355 BUT AT LAST, THE PRISONERS ARE EXCHANGED WITHOUT VIOLENCE. 735 00:40:58,522 --> 00:41:00,458 MIGHTY FINE TO SEE YOU, CHIEF. 736 00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:05,962 GO IN PEACE. 737 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:11,469 [IN CROW] SHIAM-SAPSUSA, HAKO. 738 00:41:16,606 --> 00:41:18,041 JEFF HENGESBAUGH: IN THE END, JOE 739 00:41:18,208 --> 00:41:20,076 OUTSMARTED THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSMARTING HIM. 740 00:41:20,243 --> 00:41:23,013 AND THAT'S THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THAT WHOLE DEAL. 741 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:26,116 GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK, OLD JOE. 742 00:41:27,517 --> 00:41:30,821 IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. MEN: [LAUGH] 743 00:41:33,523 --> 00:41:35,960 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO BACK TO CAMP. 744 00:41:39,796 --> 00:41:41,165 COME ON. 745 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,002 JIM, I KNEW YOU'D COME THROUGH. 746 00:41:45,168 --> 00:41:46,971 [LAUGHS] 747 00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:52,308 WHAT WAS THAT HE CALLED YOU? 748 00:41:52,475 --> 00:41:53,810 I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE. 749 00:41:53,978 --> 00:41:57,414 AH, IT WAS "SHOSHINA- SHOSAINA." 750 00:41:57,581 --> 00:42:00,117 I THINK IT MEANS, "BETTER LIAR THAN THE CROW." 751 00:42:00,283 --> 00:42:02,819 [LAUGHS] 752 00:42:02,986 --> 00:42:04,621 HOW'D YOU GET INTO THIS MESS, OLD JOE? 753 00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:07,491 GO ON, YOU KNOW I LIKE A GOOD TALE. 754 00:42:07,658 --> 00:42:10,928 AH, JIM, IT'S ONE HECK OF A STORY. 755 00:42:14,998 --> 00:42:17,334 NARRATOR: FEW OTHER MOUNTAIN MEN WOULD EVER LIVE 756 00:42:17,501 --> 00:42:19,637 AS ADVENTUROUS A LIFE AS JOE MEEK. 757 00:42:19,803 --> 00:42:21,270 JOE MEEK MAY HAVE HAD 758 00:42:21,438 --> 00:42:22,639 A FEW SHORTCOMINGS WHEN IT CAME TO 759 00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:24,874 A FORMAL EDUCATION, BUT HE EARNED HIS 760 00:42:25,041 --> 00:42:28,512 DEGREE IN THE LIFE OF BEING A MOUNTAIN MAN IN THE FAR WEST 761 00:42:28,678 --> 00:42:30,846 IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 762 00:42:31,014 --> 00:42:32,816 I THINK THE GREATEST BLESSING OF ALL 763 00:42:32,982 --> 00:42:35,919 IS HE HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR. - [LAUGHING] 764 00:42:36,086 --> 00:42:38,288 THAT EVEN IN THE THICK THINGS, YOU COULD LAUGH. 765 00:42:39,956 --> 00:42:42,492 HE HAS LEFT A TRAIL OF SUCCESS 766 00:42:42,659 --> 00:42:45,528 THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, "STICK WITH ME, 767 00:42:45,695 --> 00:42:47,798 WE'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT." 768 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:49,933 SAMUEL K. DOLAN: HE'S LOOKED UPON AS THIS REALLY BELOVED 769 00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:54,171 FIGURE WHO SORT OF REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE 770 00:42:54,338 --> 00:42:56,206 OF AMERICANS IN THE FAR WEST. 771 00:42:56,372 --> 00:42:58,042 ♪ ♪ 60368

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