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NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM IS ONE
OF AMERICA'S FIRST
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NATURALISTS AND HE'S DETERMINED
TO EXPLORE,
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CHART AND RECORD THE VERY EDGE
OF THE SOUTHEASTERN FRONTIER.
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NOW HE IS ON
THE MOST CHALLENGING
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EXPEDITION OF HIS LIFE
IN THE NEWLY ACQUIRED
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FLORIDA TERRITORY.
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THE HOME OF THE SEMINOLES WHO
DON'T TAKE KINDLY
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TO INTRUDERS
FROM THE BRITISH COLONIES.
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A COMMITTED PACIFIST,
BARTRAM SHUNS
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VIOLENCE AND CARRIES
NO WEAPONS.
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BUT HIS IDEALS MAY COST
HIM HIS LIFE.
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[SEMINOLE WAR CRY]
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NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM
IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER EXPLORER
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OF THE FRONTIER.
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A TRAIL BLAZING NATURALIST
WHOSE WORK BRINGS
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THE WILDERNESS INTO THE LIVES
OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS.
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WILLIAM BARTRAM WAS A -
A TRAVELER, HE WAS A WRITER,
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HE WAS A SCIENTIST.
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HE'S A COMBINATION OF STEVE
IRWIN, JANE GOODALL,
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AND ANTHONY BOURDAIN
ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.
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BARTRAM: WATCH OUT.
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ANDREW NELSON: BARTRAM PROVIDES
READERS ACROSS THE WORLD
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WITH STORIES AND VIVID
DEPICTIONS
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OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND PEOPLES
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THAT THEY COULD
ALMOST IMAGINE.
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HE BEGINS TO HAVE A UNIQUE
UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE
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AND MAN'S PLACE IN NATURE.
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HE'S UNDERSTANDING HOW
EVERYBODY,
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AND EVERYTHING GOES TOGETHER.
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BRADY CRYTZER: HE WAS A MAN
SO FAR AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
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NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM BEGINS
HIS JOURNEY FAR FROM
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THE FRONTIER IN A CAREFULLY
TENDED GARDEN IN PHILADELPHIA.
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WHERE HE ASSISTS
HIS FATHER, JOHN,
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THE MOST RENOWNED BOTANIST
IN AMERICA.
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NELSON: PHILADELPHIA WAS
THE INTELLECTUAL CENTER
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OF COLONIAL LIFE IN THE 1760'S
AND 1770'S.
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THIS INCLUDED TREMENDOUS
ADVANCEMENTS AND DEEP THINKING
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ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD.
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AND AT THE CENTER
OF THAT CENTER WAS
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JOHN BARTRAM,
WHO ESTABLISHED ONE OF
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THE FIRST BOTANICAL GARDENS
IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
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I'M PLEASED TO REPORT
THAT YOU ARE INDEED NOW
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OFFICIALLY THE KING'S
BOTANIST IN AMERICA.
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J. BARTRAM: THANKS TO YOU.
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FRANKLIN: [SCOFFS]
THINK NOTHING OF IT.
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ADAMS: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
WAS QUITE INFLUENTIAL WITH
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THE KING OF ENGLAND TO APPOINT
JOHN BARTRAM AS
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THE ROYAL BOTANIST.
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IT WAS QUITE A WONDERFUL
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
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THE BARTRAMS AND THE FRANKLINS.
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CONGRATULATIONS FATHER.
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FRANKLIN: [GASPS] IT'S YOU WHO
MUST BE CONGRATULATED, WILLIAM.
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YOU CONTINUE TO DAZZLE
WITH YOUR TALENTS.
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THEY'LL BUZZ ABOUT
YOUR WORK IN ENGLAND.
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ADAMS:
BEFORE THE INVENTION OF CAMERAS,
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DRAWINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
AND PAINTINGS WERE THE ONLY
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IMAGES THAT PEOPLE WOULD SEE
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AND WILLIAM REALIZED THAT AND
AS A YOUNG MAN,
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HE GOT QUITE GOOD AT IT.
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NARRATOR: BUT BARTRAM'S OBVIOUS
TALENT ISN'T ENOUGH
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TO IMPRESS HIS FATHER.
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J. BARTRAM: DON'T PUT ANY IDEAS
INTO THE BOYS HEAD.
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IT'S ALREADY FILLED WITH FAR TOO
MANY UNACHIEVABLE DREAMS.
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FRANKLIN: AH, YOU SHOULD
NURTURE HIS DREAMS.
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AFTER ALL, IT'S US DREAMERS WHO
CHANGE THE WORLD.
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ADAMS: THOSE OF US THAT
ARE FATHERS SOMETIMES WERE
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OVERACHIEVERS WITH
OUR CHILDREN AND
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PERHAPS WERE NOT AS FAIR AS WE
COULD BE RECOGNIZING SOME
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OF THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS
AS YOUNG PEOPLE.
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JOHN BARTRAM FELL INTO
THAT CATEGORY BECAUSE HIS SON
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WILLIAM WAS A ROMANTIC,
HE WAS A POET.
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WHEREAS JOHN WAS VERY LOGICAL
AND PRACTICAL.
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NARRATOR: JOHN BARTRAM TRIES TO
KEEP HIS SON FOCUSED
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ON PRACTICAL CAREERS.
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I COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE.
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ACTUAL PLANTS.
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[GRUNTS]
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NARRATOR: BY CONTINUING THE
FAMILY BUSINESS OF SUPPLYING
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CARTONS OF PLANTS AND
SEEDS TO EUROPEAN
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COLLECTORS KNOWN AS
BARTRAM'S BOXES.
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NELSON: IN EUROPE,
THERE'S A VAUX
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FOR IMPORTING PLANTS FROM
THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.
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SO, BOTANY BECOMES NOT ONLY
A WORTHWHILE SCIENTIFIC PURSUIT
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BUT ALSO A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
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YOU MUST LEARN TO PACK THEM
SECURELY, SO YOU DON'T LOSE
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ANY ALONG THE WAY.
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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO GET
YOUR HANDS IN THE DIRT
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AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD WITH
YOUR OWN TWO EYES,
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WHICH IS WHY I WANT YOU TO JOIN
ME ON MY EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA.
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NARRATOR: AS THE ROYAL BOTANIST,
JOHN BARTRAM IS PREPARING
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AN EXPEDITION TO THE NEW
COLONY OF EAST FLORIDA.
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WILLIAM JUMPED AT THE CHANCE
TO- TO GO ON THIS TRIP.
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IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT
HE WANTED TO DO.
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HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE
RUNNING A STORE.
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HE DIDN'T WANT
TO BE A MERCHANT.
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NARRATOR: BUT WILLIAM HAS
LITTLE IDEA OF
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THE DANGER AND HARDSHIP THAT
LIE AHEAD.
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THEY SAY FLORIDA
IS MAGICAL.
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THERE'S NO SUCH
THING AS MAGIC.
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THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE ARE
GOVERNED BY SCIENCE.
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NOWHERE IS THAT MORE APPARENT
THAN IN THE WILDERNESS.
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BUT WHEN YOU ENDEAVOR
INTO THE WILD,
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THERE'S A RISK YOU
MIGHT NOT RETURN.
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SURELY, WE'LL
SURVIVE THE JOURNEY.
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IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE
LEARNED IN MY TRAVELS,
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IT'S THAT YOU CAN TAKE NOTHING
FOR GRANTED.
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YOU'D BE WISE TO
BEAR THAT IN MIND.
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NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM SETS
OUT ON HIS FIRST ADVENTURE
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TO A WORLD ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
FROM THE SHELTERED
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ENVIRONMENT HE HAS KNOWN
HIS WHOLE LIFE.
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NARRATOR: IN 1765, WILLIAM AND
JOHN BARTRAM
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MAKE THEIR WAY SOUTH THROUGH
GEORGIA TO FLORIDA,
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WHICH SPAIN HAD CEDED TO
BRITAIN TWO YEARS EARLIER.
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FLORIDA IN THE 1700s
IS LIKE A COUNTRY UNTO ITSELF.
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IT ENCOMPASSES NOT JUST
MODERN DAY FLORIDA
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BUT PARTS OF GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA.
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STRETCHING ALL THE WAY TO
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
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FLORIDA WAS SO BIG
AND SO UNMANAGEABLE THAT
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THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO MAKE IT
INTO TWO SEPARATE COLONIES,
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EAST FLORIDA, AND WEST FLORIDA.
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[BLADE HITTING LEAVES]
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ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
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[GASPING]
JUST A BIT HUMID PERHAPS.
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E.J. SNYDER: FLORIDA MUST HAVE
SEEMED LIKE A JUNGLE BECAUSE
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IT WAS SO MUCH MORE
DIFFERENT THAN THE
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WOODLANDS
THEY WERE USED TO.
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IT HAD TO BE LIKE AN
OVERWHELMING WORLD
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THAT THEY HAVE JUST WALKED INTO.
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NARRATOR: PART OF THE BARTRAM'S
MISSION IS TO FIND UNKNOWN
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PLANTS THAT THEY CAN BRING
BACK TO PHILADELPHIA
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AND SHARE WITH THE WORLD.
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MOST CURIOUS SHRUBBERY.
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I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.
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NELSON: WHILE EXPLORING GEORGIA,
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JOHN AND WILLIAM ENCOUNTER A
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STRANGE TREE UNLIKE ANYTHING
THAT THEY'VE SEEN BEFORE.
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NARRATOR: EVERY SCIENTIST AT
THE TIME WANTS THE GLORY
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OF DISCOVERING A NEW SPECIES
AND WITH THIS YOUNG
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SAPLING, THE BARTRAMS
HAVE JUST FOUND ONE.
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CRYTZER: AND THIS IS WHAT
GETS BARTRAM EXCITED.
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WILLIAM USES HIS ARTISTIC
ABILITIES TO DETAIL IT
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AND SKETCH IT TO SHARE
WITH THE WORLD.
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AND JOHN WILL COLLECT THE SEEDS
AND INTEND TO PLANT THEM
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IN HIS OWN GARDEN IN
PHILADELPHIA.
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THIS TREE DOESN'T
EVEN BELONG HERE.
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I THINK IT'S AN ANOMALY.
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NARRATOR: ABSORBED IN HIS
SKETCHING, WILLIAM LEAVES
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THE SEED ON THE GROUND AND
THE BARTRAMS CONTINUE ON,
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UNAWARE THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE.
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NELSON: AS HOSTILE AN
ENVIRONMENT AS FLORIDA MAY BE
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IT HAD ALSO BEEN HOME TO
A VARIETY OF NATIVE TRIBES.
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THE SEMINOLE, THE CHEROKEE,
THE CHOCTAW, THE CHICKASAW,
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WHO HAD LIVED THERE SUCCESSFULLY
FOR GENERATIONS.
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NARRATOR: THESE TRIBES HAVE
A LONG HISTORY WITH EUROPEANS
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AND SOME HAVE EVEN INTERMARRIED
BUT THEY HAVE
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ALSO LEARNED TO BE DISTRUSTFUL
OF EXPLORERS
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NO MATTER THEIR INTENTIONS.
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FOR TWO TRAVELERS DEEP IN
UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY,
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THE APPEARANCE OF CREEK
WARRIORS IN FULL WAR
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PAINT PRESENTS A THREAT.
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RUN!
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CREEK WARRIORS: [WAR CRIES]
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NARRATOR: BUT JOHN BARTRAM FEAR
IS INTENSELY PERSONAL.
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BRAD SANDERS:
JOHN BARTRAM'S FATHER
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MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA
WITH HIS NEW WIFE
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AND THERE, HE'S KILLED
BY INDIANS AT HIS HOME.
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THEY ABDUCTED HIS WIFE
AND HIS TWO CHILDREN.
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THESE WERE HIS HALF BROTHERS.
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CERTAINLY, HE HEARD THEM TELL
STORIES ABOUT
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LIVING IN CAPTIVITY.
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AND IT JUST LEFT A
TERRIBLE IMPRESSION ON HIM,
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YOU CAN IMAGINE.
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KNOWING THAT HIS FATHER WAS
KILLED BY NATIVE AMERICANS.
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NARRATOR: SURROUNDED BY CREEK
WARRIORS WITH NO WAY TO
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RUN OR FIGHT BACK AND HIS
FATHER PARALYZED BY
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FEAR, WILLIAM BARTRAM'S
FIRST EXPEDITION INTO
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FLORIDA COULD PROVE
TO BE HIS LAST.
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NARRATOR: ON HIS FIRST
EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA,
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BUDDING NATURALIST WILLIAM
BARTRAM AND HIS FATHER
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JOHN HAVE ENCOUNTERED A BAND
OF CREEK WARRIORS.
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JOHN BARTRAM'S OWN FATHER
WAS KILLED BY NATIVE
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AMERICANS AND HE FEARS
HE WILL SUFFER THE SAME FATE.
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BUT HIS SON DISPLAYS
NO FEAR DESPITE BEING
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ARMED WITH ONLY A PENCIL.
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J. BARTRAM: WILLIAM,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
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ADAMS: THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN JOHN AND WILLIAM
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ON THEIR VIEWS OF NATIVE
AMERICANS WAS -
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WAS QUITE DRAMATIC.
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HE REALLY HADN'T HAD ANY
EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE WITH
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THE NATIVE AMERICANS LIKE HIS
FATHER JOHN HAD HAD.
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NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM IS
RISKING HIS AND HIS FATHER'S
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LIVES ON A GESTURE OF KINDNESS.
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FOR YOU.
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NARRATOR: AND IT PAYS OFF.
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SANDERS: JOHN BARTRAM NEVER
EVER OVERCAME HIS PREJUDICE
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AGAINST INDIANS BUT WILLIAM
BARTRAM ON THE OTHER HAND
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WAS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS ABOUT
THE - THE INDIANS.
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HE LIKED THEM AND HE FOUND A LOT
TO ADMIRE ABOUT THEM.
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NARRATOR: OVER THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS, THE BARTRAMS TRAVEL
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HUNDREDS OF MILES INTO FLORIDA
DOCUMENTING THE INCREDIBLE
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FLORA AND FAUNA.
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BUT THEY STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
ANOTHER PLANT LIKE
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THE ONE THEY DISCOVERED
IN GEORGIA.
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YOU DID PUT THE SEEDS IN THIS
BOX, DIDN'T YOU?
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U-UH.
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YOU LOST THEM.
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THE BOX MUST
HAVE BEEN OPENED.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE?
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WE CAN SIMPLY RETURN
TO THE TREE AND GET IT ONCE-
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J. BARTRAM: THERE'S NO TIME.
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NARRATOR: BY LOSING THE SEEDS,
WILLIAM MAY HAVE LOST HIS
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AND HIS FATHER'S ONLY CHANCE
AT THE PRESTIGE
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OF IDENTIFYING A NEW SPECIES.
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PERHAPS
WE'LL SEE ANOTHER.
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J. BARTRAM: PERHAPS
IT WAS A SPECIES
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ON ITS WAY TO EXTINCTION.
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WE'LL NEVER KNOW.
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I'M SORRY.
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I PROMISE,
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ONE DAY I'LL FIND
THAT TREE AND IT WILL
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GROW IN OUR GARDEN.
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NARRATOR: THE BARTRAMS PUSH
DEEPER INTO THE FLORIDA
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SWAMPS HOPING TO FIND
THE TREE AGAIN.
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CRYTZER: FLORIDA WAS A
TREACHEROUS, DANGEROUS PLACE,
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FILLED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT COULD
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KILL YOU VERY EASILY.
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AND SOME OF THE MOST
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DIFFICULT NAVIGATION
STILL TO THIS DAY
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ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
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SNYDER: SO HERE THEY ARE
WALKING AND THEY'RE GETTING
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IN THE SWAMPS OF FLORIDA
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AND IT'S LIKE EH- WE ALWAYS SAY,
EVEN IN JUNGLES
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AND THE SWAMPS IT'S -
IT'S WHAT YOU
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CAN'T SEE THAT'S
GONNA GET YA'.
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IT'S THE THINGS HIDDEN
UNDERNEATH THE WATER.
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OH, AH! [GRUNTS]
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FATHER?
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[GRUNTS]
- WHAT'S WRONG?
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I MUST HAVE STEPPED ON
SOMETHING. [GRUNTS]
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BARTRAM: HERE.
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THOSE WATERS CAN
HIDE ALL SORTS OF DANGERS,
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SHARP ROCKS BEING ONE OF THEM.
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NELSON: ONE FALSE
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STEP COULD MEAN YOUR FOOT BEING
SLICED WIDE OPEN.
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J. BARTRAM: [GRUNTS]
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AH!
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WRAP IT UP,
LET'S BE ON OUR WAY.
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SNYDER: IF YOU DON'T HAVE
YOUR FEET TO GET YOU FROM POINT
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A TO POINT B, NOW YOU'VE MADE
YOUR SITUATION WAY WORSE.
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THAT WOULD BE BAD IN NORMAL
TERRAIN BUT NOW
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YOU'RE IN A SWAMP.
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NOW, YOU'VE INCREASED YOUR
CHANCE OF INFECTION.
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A FOOT INFECTION IN
THE INFANTRY AS WE USED
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TO SAY IS - IS GOOD
AS A DEATH SENTENCE.
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CRYTZER: JOHN BARTRAM'S AT
AN AGE WHERE EXPEDITIONS LIKE
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THIS AREN'T A GIVEN ANYMORE.
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THERE'S NO GUARANTEE HE'S EVER
GOING TO RETURN HOME AND
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THE INJURY TO HIS FOOT
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REVEALED TO HIM THAT THESE
SORTS OF THINGS
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MIGHT BE
PAST HIM IN HIS YEARS.
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NARRATOR: AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR
IN THE FIELD, JOHN BARTRAM
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HAS TO CUT THE EXPEDITION
SHORT AND RETURN HOME.
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BUT THOUGH THE EXPEDITION
IS OVER, WILLIAM SEES A
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CHANCE TO FIND HIS OWN PLACE
IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE
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OF HIS FATHER'S SHADOW.
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SO, HE DECIDES TO MAKE
FLORIDA HIS HOME.
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WILLIAM'S STARTING TO REALLY
ENJOY AND APPRECIATE
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AND LIKE QUITE FRANKLY,
THE EAST FLORIDA TERRITORY,
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AND SO HE WOULD LIKE
TO SETTLE THERE.
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NARRATOR: BARTRAM BUYS LAND
TO GROW INDIGO,
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A PIVOTAL CASH CROP THAT
SUPPLIES BLUE DYE
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TO THE WORLDWIDE
TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
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ADAMS: HE WASN'T ABLE
TO DO A VERY GOOD JOB
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AND HE STRUGGLED
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AND THEN THE - THE TASK OF ALL
THE LABOR THAT HE HAD
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IN FRONT OF HIM DEFINITELY
PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH.
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SANDERS: HE LOST EVERYTHING.
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IT WAS AN
EMBARRASSMENT AND ALSO,
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HE WAS PROBABLY AFRAID OF
UM WHAT HIS FATHER WOULD SAY.
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ADAMS: HE EVENTUALLY
MADE HIS WAY BACK TO
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PHILADELPHIA WITH HIS TAIL
BETWEEN HIS LEGS
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AND HE REALIZED,
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HERE IS YET ANOTHER FAILURE
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WHERE I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND
MY WAY IN THE WORLD.
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NARRATOR: BARTRAM'S FAILURES IN
FLORIDA HAUNT HIM.
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BUT AN UNEXPECTED OFFER
FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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WILL GIVE HIM A CHANCE
TO REDEEM HIMSELF.
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FRANKLIN: MY APOLOGIES,
I NEGLECTED TO MENTION SOME
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EXCITING NEWS FROM LONDON.
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YOUR MOST GENEROUS BENEFACTOR,
DR. FOTHERGILL
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HAS AN INTRIGUING
IDEA FOR WILLIAM.
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- FOR WILLIAM?
- YES!
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THE GOOD DOCTOR
WISHES TO COMBINE HIS PASSIONS
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OF MEDICINE AND BOTANY BY
FUNDING AN EXPEDITION
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TO EXPLORE THE ENTIRETY OF
FLORIDA ALL THE WAY
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TO THE MISSISSIPPI.
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TO WHAT END?
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UM, HE'S SEARCHING
FOR NEW TREATMENTS AMONGST
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NATURE AND NATIVE MEDICINE.
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HE THINKS THAT YOU WILLIAM
ARE JUST THE MAN
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TO UNDERTAKE THIS MISSION.
[LAUGHS]
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ME?
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FOTHERGILL RESPONDED
TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF NATURE
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INFORMING YOUR DRAWINGS.
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IT SEEMS THAT IS WHAT WON
YOU THIS MOST PRESTIGIOUS
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COMMISSION.
- [LAUGHS]
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I HAVE NO WORDS.
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SURELY YOU CAN MUSTER
UP THE ABILITY
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TO SAY YES, MY BOY.
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NARRATOR: FOR WILLIAM BARTRAM,
THIS IS THE CHANCE OF
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A LIFETIME, NOT ONLY TO EXPLORE
MORE OF FLORIDA
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AND STUDY ITS PLANTS BUT TO
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT
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THE ENTIRE NATURAL WORLD.
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[GRUNTS]
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I FULLY INTEND TO REACH
THE MISSISSIPPI BY WINTER.
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AMBITIOUS GOAL.
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WHY NOT JOIN ME?
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SHARE IN WHAT WILL NO DOUBT
PROVE TO BE
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THE GRANDEST OF ACHIEVEMENTS.
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THAT KIND OF FORTITUDE AND
PERSEVERANCE FAVORS THE YOUNG.
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I FEAR THOSE DAYS ARE BEHIND ME.
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THIS WILL BE OF MORE USE TO YOU
NOW THEN TO ME.
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MAY IT BRING YOU LUCK.
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NARRATOR: WHEN BARTRAM ARRIVES
IN GEORGIA, HE MEETS A
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YOUNG MAN NAMED JOHN McINTOSH,
WHO'S EAGER TO
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JOIN BARTRAM'S EXPEDITION.
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THOUGH McINTOSH HAS LITTLE
EXPERIENCE IN THE WILD,
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BARTRAM KNOWS A JOURNEY
LIKE THIS WOULD
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BE DANGEROUS
TO UNDERTAKE ALONE.
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McINTOSH: AH, WILLIAM, SPLENDID
TO SEE YOU AGAIN MY FRIEND.
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YOU'VE ARRIVED JUST IN TIME.
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NARRATOR: FROM THE COAST OF
GEORGIA, BARTRAM AND McINTOSH
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SET OFF INTO THE WILDERNESS.
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NELSON: FOR MANY
EXPLORERS, GOING TO FLORIDA IS
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[LAUGHS] LIKE VISITING A
DIFFERENT PLANET.
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IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A LAND
DESIGNED TO REPEL MEN.
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AND YOU NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY
ON GUARD FOR
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A VARIETY OF THREATS.
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WHAT IS IT?
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BARTRAM: STAY CALM.
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NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM HAS
A LOVE FOR NATURE
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THAT FEW CAN MATCH.
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STAY CALM.
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NARRATOR: BUT NATURE ITSELF
COULD BE WHAT KILLS HIM.
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NARRATOR: ON HIS SECOND
EXPEDITION TO GEORGIA AND
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FLORIDA, NATURALIST WILLIAM
BARTRAM AND HIS FRIEND
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JOHN McINTOSH ARE ENCOUNTERING
THE DANGERS OF THE WILDERNESS.
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STAY CALM.
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I AM CALM.
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SNYDER: SO, IN THE FLORIDA
SWAMPS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS
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OF BAD SPIDERS THAT ARE GONNA
GIVE YOU NASTY BITES.
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LET'S SAY YOU HAPPEN TO
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GET BIT BY A BLACK WIDOW,
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PUTTING YOUR HAND
IN THE WRONG PLACE,
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THAT'S- THAT CAN BE A
DEADLY SITUATION
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IN THE 1700s FOR SURE.
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
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NARRATOR: EVER RESPECTFUL
OF NATURE,
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BARTRAM ALWAYS TRIES TO FIND
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A NON-LETHAL SOLUTION
TO ANY THREAT.
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[BARTRAM LAUGHS]
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NARRATOR: EVEN A SPIDER.
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BARTRAM: AH.
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NO! NO!
THIS IS NOT A PET.
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NARRATOR: BARTRAM NEUTRALIZES
ONE DANGER,
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BUT THERE ARE MUCH LARGER ONES
LURKING DEEPER IN THE WILD.
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ON THEIR JOURNEY, BARTRAM
AND McINTOSH
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HAVE TO LIVE OFF THE LAND.
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00:22:08,859 --> 00:22:12,297
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McINTOSH!
[BARTRAM GRUNTS]
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McINTOSH! McINTOSH?
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00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:22,106
SOME ASSISTANCE.
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00:22:22,239 --> 00:22:26,211
♪ ♪
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00:22:26,344 --> 00:22:27,979
[GRUNTS]
SHE'S PUTTING UP QUITE
A FIGHT.
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00:22:28,145 --> 00:22:32,317
[GRUNTS]
408
00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:33,585
QUICKLY. QUICKLY.
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00:22:33,751 --> 00:22:37,055
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00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:38,623
NARRATOR: BUT IN THE COASTAL
SWAMPS,
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MAN ISN'T AT THE TOP
OF THE FOOD CHAIN.
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THROUGHOUT HIS TRAVELS,
BARTRAM HAS MULTIPLE
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CLOSE CALLS WITH THE
NEAR MYTHICAL
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PREDATORS OF THE SOUTHEAST,
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[GROWLING]
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00:22:53,238 --> 00:22:55,273
ALLIGATORS.
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ADAMS: HE HAD READ ABOUT SUCH
ANIMALS IN CHINESE LITERATURE.
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00:22:59,110 --> 00:23:03,148
AND SO, WHAT HE FIRST CALLED
THESE GIANT REPTILES
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THAT HE WAS ENCOUNTERING
WAS DRAGONS.
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00:23:05,950 --> 00:23:09,755
AND SOME OF THEIR BEHAVIOR
EVEN APPEARED LIKE DRAGONS.
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00:23:11,623 --> 00:23:13,225
CRYTZER: HE WRITES ABOUT THE
SPLASH
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OF THEIR LONG, LEATHERY TAILS.
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00:23:15,526 --> 00:23:17,228
HE WRITES ABOUT THE SPRAY
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00:23:17,362 --> 00:23:18,930
AND THE MIST THAT COMES OUT
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00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:22,100
OF THEIR JAWS CHOMPING HIM.
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00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:24,269
HE WRITES ABOUT NEARLY
ESCAPING DEATH,
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00:23:24,435 --> 00:23:26,171
NEARLY BEING EATEN HIMSELF.
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00:23:26,304 --> 00:23:27,872
BUT HE NEVER QUITS.
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00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:30,108
THIS IS PART OF THE
EXPERIENCE THAT HE WANTS
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00:23:30,241 --> 00:23:31,575
TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD AND
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00:23:31,742 --> 00:23:33,177
HE'S DETERMINED TO SEE IT
THROUGH.
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NARRATOR: DESPITE THE RISKS,
BARTRAM AND McINTOSH
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CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR WAY
THROUGH GEORGIA
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HEADED FOR A MEETING THAT WILL
CHANGE
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00:23:46,824 --> 00:23:48,927
THE LANDSCAPE
OF THE SOUTHEAST.
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IN 1773, CHEROKEE AND CREEK
LEADERS MEET WITH
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BRITISH COLONISTS TO SIGN
A MONUMENTAL TREATY.
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00:24:00,738 --> 00:24:03,007
SANDERS: THE CHEROKEE INDIANS
HAD BEEN ALLIES
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00:24:03,174 --> 00:24:07,011
OF THE BRITISH DURING
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
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00:24:07,178 --> 00:24:11,249
AND THEY GOT HEAVILY INTO DEBT
DURING THAT TIME.
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00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:14,019
AND IN ORDER TO ABSOLVE
THEIR DEBT,
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00:24:14,152 --> 00:24:16,988
THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY
WOULD GIVE UP SOME LAND
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00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:18,223
IN GEORGIA.
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00:24:18,389 --> 00:24:22,694
♪ ♪
448
00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:24,762
NARRATOR: THE TREATY IS
CALLED THE NEW PURCHASE
449
00:24:24,929 --> 00:24:26,764
AND IT GRANTS THE COLONY
OF GEORGIA
450
00:24:26,931 --> 00:24:30,235
600,000 ACRES OF
NEW LAND TO SETTLE.
451
00:24:30,401 --> 00:24:33,804
♪ ♪
452
00:24:33,971 --> 00:24:36,107
BUT BARTRAM IS MORE INTERESTED
IN LEARNING
453
00:24:36,274 --> 00:24:38,076
FROM THE CHEROKEE AND CREEKS.
454
00:24:38,242 --> 00:24:40,311
♪ ♪
455
00:24:40,478 --> 00:24:42,013
I COME OFFERING GIFTS
456
00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,615
FROM MY GARDEN.
457
00:24:45,249 --> 00:24:47,651
[SPEAKING CHEROKEE]
458
00:24:47,818 --> 00:24:49,153
THEY'RE POTENT SEEDS
THAT WILL GROW
459
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,523
INTO THE MOST
SPLENDID MAGNOLIAS.
460
00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,825
[SPEAKING CHEROKEE]
461
00:24:53,992 --> 00:24:56,361
I'M SEEKING PLANTS
THAT
462
00:24:56,527 --> 00:24:58,496
YOUR PEOPLE USE
FOR MEDICINE.
463
00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:00,631
YOU MUST TRAVEL SOUTH
464
00:25:00,765 --> 00:25:02,834
TO THE SEMINOLE
NAMED COW KEEPER.
465
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,472
♪ ♪
466
00:25:08,639 --> 00:25:10,741
NARRATOR: TO FIND THE SEMINOLE
LEADER COW KEEPER,
467
00:25:10,875 --> 00:25:13,077
BARTRAM AND McINTOSH
TRAVEL HUNDREDS
468
00:25:13,210 --> 00:25:15,613
OF MILES SOUTH INTO FLORIDA.
469
00:25:15,780 --> 00:25:18,082
BUT THEY ARE ENTERING
TERRITORY THAT MAY PROVE
470
00:25:18,249 --> 00:25:21,720
MORE HOSTILE THAN ANY THEY'VE
ENCOUNTERED SO FAR.
471
00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:24,689
CRYTZER: BARTRAM ALWAYS LOOKED
FOR THE BEST IN EVERY
472
00:25:24,856 --> 00:25:29,193
SITUATION, BUT THAT
REALLY DID HURT HIM AT TIMES.
473
00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,029
BECAUSE HE SOMETIMES
UNDERESTIMATED
474
00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,164
HOW MUCH DANGER HE
WAS TRULY IN.
475
00:25:33,330 --> 00:25:36,000
♪ ♪
476
00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:38,003
NARRATOR: A SEMINOLE WARRIOR
GETS THE DROP
477
00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:41,239
ON BARTRAM AND McINTOSH
478
00:25:41,405 --> 00:25:43,842
AND BARTRAM'S JOURNEY
479
00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:46,311
AND HIS LIFE
480
00:25:46,477 --> 00:25:48,680
MAY BE COMING TO AN END.
481
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:50,949
[SEMINOLE WAR CRIES]
482
00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:55,987
WILDS OF FLORIDA...
483
00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:55,987
RRE
484
00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:57,288
[SEMINOLE WAR CRIES]
485
00:25:57,422 --> 00:25:58,990
NATURALIST WILLIAM BARTRAM IS
486
00:25:59,123 --> 00:26:01,359
FACE TO FACE WITH
A SEMINOLE WARRIOR.
487
00:26:01,492 --> 00:26:03,727
♪ ♪
488
00:26:03,861 --> 00:26:07,665
THOUGH HE'S UNARMED,
BARTRAM STANDS HIS GROUND
489
00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:10,802
AND DOES SOMETHING
THE SEMINOLE NEVER EXPECTS.
490
00:26:10,935 --> 00:26:15,306
♪ ♪
491
00:26:15,439 --> 00:26:17,943
BARTRAM WAS ALWAYS
TAUGHT TO LOOK FOR THE
492
00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:19,644
THE GOOD IN ALL PEOPLE.
493
00:26:19,777 --> 00:26:21,679
BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO
FIGHT THIS MAN.
494
00:26:21,812 --> 00:26:23,915
HE REACHES OUT WITH A
SHOW OF FRIENDSHIP,
495
00:26:24,048 --> 00:26:27,285
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE
ONLY OPTION HE HAS.
496
00:26:27,418 --> 00:26:28,920
COW KEEPER?
497
00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:31,189
SEMINOLE LEADER?
498
00:26:31,355 --> 00:26:36,660
♪ ♪
499
00:26:36,794 --> 00:26:37,796
CRYTZER: WHEN MOST PEOPLE
WOULD BELIEVE
500
00:26:37,962 --> 00:26:39,697
CERTAIN DEATH WAS UPON HIM,
501
00:26:39,864 --> 00:26:43,634
BARTRAM'S ABLE TO
NOT ESCAPE BUT BE SET FREE
502
00:26:43,768 --> 00:26:45,936
AND IT'S BECAUSE HE
WAS SO FRIENDLY
503
00:26:46,070 --> 00:26:47,872
WITH THE MAN WHO WAS
ATTACKING HIM.
504
00:26:48,005 --> 00:26:53,678
♪ ♪
505
00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,547
NARRATOR: THANKS TO HIS PEACEFUL
NATURE,
506
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,349
BARTRAM NOW KNOWS WHERE
TO FIND COW KEEPER,
507
00:26:58,483 --> 00:27:00,050
THE SEMINOLE CHIEF HE
BELIEVES
508
00:27:00,184 --> 00:27:03,121
CAN HELP HIM FIND
NEW MEDICINAL PLANTS.
509
00:27:04,889 --> 00:27:06,758
BARTRAM: I'M HERE TO
SEE COW KEEPER.
510
00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:09,193
ADAMS: COW KEEPER, HE WAS
THE CHIEF
511
00:27:09,326 --> 00:27:11,162
IN MODERN-DAY GAINESVILLE TODAY.
512
00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:12,797
SANDERS: WHITES CALLED HIM
THE COW KEEPER
513
00:27:12,930 --> 00:27:16,000
BECAUSE THE INDIANS
THAT FOLLOWED COW KEEPER
514
00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:19,637
BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL
RAISING CATTLE.
515
00:27:19,803 --> 00:27:21,906
NARRATOR: TO GET THE INFORMATION
HE SEEKS,
516
00:27:22,073 --> 00:27:26,410
BARTRAM WILL HAVE TO EARN
COW KEEPER'S TRUST.
517
00:27:26,543 --> 00:27:27,912
WATCH OUT!
518
00:27:28,045 --> 00:27:30,281
♪ ♪
519
00:27:30,414 --> 00:27:32,917
[GRUNTS]
520
00:27:33,050 --> 00:27:36,087
♪ ♪
521
00:27:36,220 --> 00:27:39,657
HE WAS ABLE TO INSTANTLY
DISPATCH THIS RATTLESNAKE.
522
00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:41,993
BEING THE SCIENTIST
THAT HE WAS,
523
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,529
HE REMOVED THE FANGS
AND ADDED THOSE
524
00:27:44,662 --> 00:27:46,830
RATTLESNAKE FANGS
TO HIS COLLECTION,
525
00:27:46,964 --> 00:27:51,269
AND HE BECAME A HERO
WITH THE NATIVE AMERICANS.
526
00:27:51,402 --> 00:27:54,772
A MOST IMPRESSIVE
FEAT.
527
00:27:54,906 --> 00:27:56,874
BUT YOU RISKED YOUR LIFE.
528
00:27:57,041 --> 00:28:00,178
I OWE YOU SOMETHING
IN RETURN.
529
00:28:00,311 --> 00:28:01,946
THERE WAS A CHIEF
IN GEORGIA,
530
00:28:02,079 --> 00:28:04,382
HE TOLD ME THAT YOU
HAD A VAST KNOWLEDGE
531
00:28:04,515 --> 00:28:07,117
OF BOTANICAL AND
HERBAL MEDICINES.
532
00:28:07,251 --> 00:28:09,520
SANDERS: COW KEEPER,
HE LIKED WILLIAM BARTRAM.
533
00:28:09,687 --> 00:28:12,256
IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW
WILLIAM BARTRAM,
534
00:28:12,390 --> 00:28:14,125
BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONALITY
535
00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:16,193
WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED
PEOPLE LIKE THIS,
536
00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:17,829
THEY LIKED HIM.
537
00:28:17,962 --> 00:28:19,397
♪ ♪
538
00:28:19,564 --> 00:28:21,399
COW KEEPER: THE FERN CAN BE
USED
539
00:28:21,532 --> 00:28:23,234
FOR CHILLS AND ACHES.
540
00:28:23,367 --> 00:28:26,738
♪ ♪
541
00:28:26,871 --> 00:28:29,574
THE IRIS ROOT IS
GOOD FOR COLDS.
542
00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:33,811
♪ ♪
543
00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:37,582
A POULTICE CAN BE MADE
FROM ACORNS AND CORN MEAL.
544
00:28:37,748 --> 00:28:40,585
♪ ♪
545
00:28:40,718 --> 00:28:42,720
IF IT IS MEDICINE YOU SEEK,
546
00:28:42,854 --> 00:28:45,123
YOU MUST DEVELOP
YOUR OWN REMEDIES.
547
00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:47,691
THAT'S THE REASON I'VE
COME ALL THE WAY HERE.
548
00:28:47,825 --> 00:28:49,861
COW KEEPER: YOU MUST TRAVEL
WEST TO THE GREAT RIVER.
549
00:28:50,027 --> 00:28:52,731
THERE YOU WILL FIND AN
ENGLISHMAN, RUMSEY.
550
00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:56,234
HE HAS STUDIED THE MEDICINE
OF OUR TRIBES.
551
00:28:57,936 --> 00:29:01,739
HE WILL SPEAK TO YOU
SO YOU MAY BETTER UNDERSTAND.
552
00:29:01,873 --> 00:29:05,643
I WISH YOU GOOD FORTUNE
AND PRAY TO THE SPIRITS
553
00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:09,046
AND GUIDE YOU FOR YOUR TRAVELS.
554
00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:10,648
ADAMS: COW KEEPER,
HE DEVELOPED
555
00:29:10,781 --> 00:29:12,583
A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP
WITH
556
00:29:12,716 --> 00:29:14,018
AND THEY RESPECTED
EACH OTHER,
557
00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:15,887
IT WAS A MUTUAL KIND OF THING.
558
00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:25,330
♪ ♪
559
00:29:25,463 --> 00:29:27,531
NARRATOR: WITH COW KEEPER'S
ADVICE IN MIND,
560
00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:29,566
BARTRAM AND McINTOSH
MAKE THEIR WAY
561
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:31,536
TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
562
00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:34,906
NELSON: WHEREAS HIS FATHER
WAS CONTENT TO RETURN NORTH,
563
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:38,543
BARTRAM WAS DETERMINED TO
EXPLORE
564
00:29:38,676 --> 00:29:41,078
THE ENTIRE EXPANSE OF EAST
AND WEST FLORIDA.
565
00:29:41,212 --> 00:29:42,713
ALL THE WAY TO THE
MISSISSIPPI.
566
00:29:42,846 --> 00:29:44,615
HE ESSENTIALLY WANTS TO
567
00:29:44,748 --> 00:29:47,852
SURVEY THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST.
568
00:29:47,985 --> 00:29:49,853
NARRATOR: BUT HIS TIME IN
THE FLORIDA WILDERNESS
569
00:29:49,987 --> 00:29:52,357
IS STARTING TO TAKE
ITS TOLL ON BARTRAM.
570
00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:53,992
CRYTZER: IF YOU'RE GOING TO
LIVE IN FLORIDA,
571
00:29:54,158 --> 00:29:55,960
INSECTS ARE A PART OF LIFE.
572
00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:59,763
THE MOSQUITOS CARRY DISEASES
LIKE YELLOW FEVER, LIKE MALARIA.
573
00:29:59,897 --> 00:30:02,633
IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON
FOR A PERSON TO SPEND
574
00:30:02,766 --> 00:30:04,469
JUST TWO OR THREE YEARS
IN FLORIDA
575
00:30:04,635 --> 00:30:06,304
BEFORE EITHER GETTING
VERY ILL
576
00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:07,838
OR DYING ALL TOGETHER.
577
00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:09,874
NARRATOR: BARTRAM PRESSES ON.
578
00:30:10,007 --> 00:30:14,212
HIS SYMPTOMS LINGERING
AS THE MONTHS PASS.
579
00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,480
BUT HIS SENSES ARE
STILL SHARP ENOUGH
580
00:30:16,614 --> 00:30:19,316
TO MAKE A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
581
00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:20,351
THAT'S IT!
582
00:30:20,484 --> 00:30:28,025
♪ ♪
583
00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,061
I'M GOING UP.
NARRATOR: IT'S FULLY MATURE TREE
584
00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:32,663
THAT'S NEARLY FINISHED
BLOOMING FOR THE YEAR,
585
00:30:32,830 --> 00:30:35,700
BUT BARTRAM SPOTS ONE OF
ITS LAST BLOOMS.
586
00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,436
THE SAME AS ON THE SAPLING
HE AND HIS FATHER
587
00:30:38,569 --> 00:30:41,005
FIRST SAW YEARS BEFORE.
588
00:30:41,138 --> 00:30:43,708
THIS TIME, HE IS DETERMINED
TO BRING HOME
589
00:30:43,841 --> 00:30:46,010
THE SEEDS TO HIS FATHER.
590
00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:47,912
SNYDER: WHEN YOU'RE SICK
AND IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS,
591
00:30:48,045 --> 00:30:50,148
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO
THINK SMARTLY
592
00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:51,448
BECAUSE CLIMBING UP
THAT TREE,
593
00:30:51,582 --> 00:30:52,750
IF YOU'RE THAT SICK
594
00:30:52,916 --> 00:30:54,318
AND YOU'RE WAY UP THERE,
595
00:30:54,452 --> 00:30:56,220
YOU HAPPEN TO FALL OUT
OF THE TREE,
596
00:30:56,387 --> 00:30:57,488
YOU COULD BREAK YOUR NECK
AND NOW,
597
00:30:57,654 --> 00:30:58,656
YOU'RE GOOD TO NOBODY.
598
00:30:58,789 --> 00:31:01,459
♪ ♪
599
00:31:01,592 --> 00:31:04,061
NARRATOR: BARTRAM MANAGES
TO COLLECT THE SEEDS,
600
00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:07,632
BUT HIS CONDITION IS
WORSE THAN HE KNOWS
601
00:31:07,765 --> 00:31:09,767
AND THIS TIME, HE MAY HAVE
FINALLY
602
00:31:09,933 --> 00:31:12,369
PUSHED HIMSELF TOO FAR.
603
00:31:12,536 --> 00:31:14,105
[BARTRAM COUGHS]
604
00:31:14,238 --> 00:31:16,107
BARTRAM!
605
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,075
WILLIAM!
606
00:31:17,241 --> 00:31:20,111
♪ ♪
607
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:23,648
NARRATOR: DEEP IN THE
TREACHEROUS
608
00:31:23,814 --> 00:31:25,349
SOUTHWESTERN WILDERNESS,
609
00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,818
NATURALIST WILLIAM BARTRAM
HAS SUCCUMBED
610
00:31:27,951 --> 00:31:30,154
TO A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS.
611
00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:31,155
[BARTRAM COUGHS]
612
00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:34,391
BARTRAM!
WILLIAM!
613
00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:37,361
NARRATOR: AND HE'S BARELY
CLINGING TO LIFE.
614
00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:40,097
TODAY, FLORIDA
IS CERTAINLY A DESTINATION.
615
00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:42,800
IN THE 18TH CENTURY,
IT WAS ALMOST A DEATH SENTENCE.
616
00:31:42,933 --> 00:31:45,469
THERE'S A LOT OF DISEASES
TRANSMITTED
617
00:31:45,603 --> 00:31:48,172
IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE
DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
618
00:31:48,339 --> 00:31:50,241
NARRATOR: BARTRAM'S FRIEND
JOHN McINTOSH
619
00:31:50,374 --> 00:31:52,309
TRIES DESPERATELY TO
REVIVE HIM.
620
00:31:52,442 --> 00:31:53,878
♪ ♪
621
00:31:54,011 --> 00:31:55,646
FOR IF BARTRAM DIES,
622
00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:57,848
McINTOSH HAS ALMOST NO
CHANCE
623
00:31:57,981 --> 00:32:00,651
OF SURVIVING ON HIS OWN.
624
00:32:00,785 --> 00:32:02,119
[BARTRAM COUGHS]
AH, THERE YOU GO.
625
00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:04,388
THERE YOU GO. COME ON,
COME ON.
626
00:32:04,522 --> 00:32:07,558
UP THE TREE. THERE YOU GO.
YEAH, GOOD.
627
00:32:07,691 --> 00:32:15,032
♪ ♪
628
00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:18,335
THE FERNS FROM COW KEEPER.
629
00:32:18,469 --> 00:32:21,705
[BARTRAM COUGHS]
630
00:32:21,838 --> 00:32:31,715
♪ ♪
631
00:32:31,848 --> 00:32:32,817
♪ ♪
632
00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:34,452
THERE YOU GO.
633
00:32:34,585 --> 00:32:38,723
♪ ♪
634
00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:40,558
HEY, YOU NEED TO REST.
635
00:32:40,724 --> 00:32:43,460
♪ ♪
636
00:32:43,594 --> 00:32:45,630
NARRATOR: THE MEDICINAL PLANTS
GIVEN TO BARTRAM
637
00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:47,365
BY THE SEMINOLE CHIEF
COW KEEPER
638
00:32:47,498 --> 00:32:49,433
PROVIDE ENOUGH RELIEF FOR
BARTRAM
639
00:32:49,566 --> 00:32:51,202
TO RESUME HIS JOURNEY.
640
00:32:51,335 --> 00:32:52,937
♪ ♪
641
00:32:53,070 --> 00:32:54,538
HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT HE HAD
642
00:32:54,672 --> 00:32:55,673
SOME KIND OF BOUT WITH
643
00:32:55,806 --> 00:32:57,742
YELLOW FEVER OR MALARIA
644
00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:01,012
AND IT MAKES SENSE WITH
THE HABITAT HE WAS IN,
645
00:33:01,179 --> 00:33:03,648
AND THE AMOUNT OF MOSQUITOS
THAT WERE IN THE AREA.
646
00:33:03,781 --> 00:33:05,082
WHOA, WHOA.
647
00:33:05,249 --> 00:33:06,884
I THINK IT'S ONE
OF THE GREAT IRONIES OF
648
00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:10,587
BARTRAM'S STORY THAT HE WENT
ON SUCH A PERILOUS JOURNEY
649
00:33:10,721 --> 00:33:15,059
IN SEARCH OF MEDICINE AND THEN,
HE ENDS UP BECOMING SO SICK THAT
650
00:33:15,192 --> 00:33:16,927
THAT MEDICINE IS REALLY THE
ONLY THING THAT CAN
651
00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:18,829
SAVE HIS LIFE.
652
00:33:18,996 --> 00:33:20,465
NARRATOR: AND BARTRAM WILL
NOT REST
653
00:33:20,598 --> 00:33:23,134
UNTIL HE HAS REACHED HIS
ULTIMATE GOAL,
654
00:33:23,267 --> 00:33:25,503
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
655
00:33:26,703 --> 00:33:28,706
AS WINTER TURNS BACK TO SPRING,
656
00:33:28,839 --> 00:33:30,908
BARTRAM REACHES WEST FLORIDA
657
00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:33,677
AND THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF
SEEMS INTENT
658
00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:36,380
ON STOPPING HIM.
659
00:33:36,514 --> 00:33:38,482
CRYTZER: YOU KNOW, FLORIDA'S
A DIFFICULT PLACE
660
00:33:38,616 --> 00:33:40,685
TO MOVE THROUGH
WHEN YOU'RE HEALTHY.
661
00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:43,854
IT'S HOT, IT'S MUGGY,
IT'S HUMID.
662
00:33:44,021 --> 00:33:46,224
BARTRAM'S REALLY GOING TO
SUFFER SOME
663
00:33:46,390 --> 00:33:48,592
SERIOUS RESPIRATORY
DISTRESS.
664
00:33:48,726 --> 00:33:51,295
YET HE KEPT GOING,
HE KEPT PUSHING THROUGH.
665
00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:54,498
NARRATOR: BARTRAM'S QUEST
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI
666
00:33:54,632 --> 00:33:57,401
NOW HAS A MORE URGENT PERSONAL
DIMENSION,
667
00:33:57,535 --> 00:34:00,204
TO FIND RUMSEY, THE MASTER
OF HERBAL REMEDIES
668
00:34:00,337 --> 00:34:03,006
COW KEEPER TOLD HIM
ABOUT, WHO MAY BE
669
00:34:03,140 --> 00:34:07,678
THE ONLY MAN WHO CAN
SAVE HIS LIFE.
670
00:34:07,845 --> 00:34:09,180
[BARTRAM COUGHS]
671
00:34:10,314 --> 00:34:16,219
♪ ♪
672
00:34:16,353 --> 00:34:18,288
HE WAS RACKED WITH
ILLNESS, WITH FEVER.
673
00:34:18,455 --> 00:34:21,692
HIS JOINTS ACHED,
HE'D BE SWEATING ALL DAY.
674
00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:24,462
HE'D BE HAVING DELIRIOUS
VISION.
675
00:34:24,595 --> 00:34:26,163
YOU'RE RUNNING A FEVER.
676
00:34:26,296 --> 00:34:27,865
PERHAPS WE SHOULD RETURN HOME.
677
00:34:27,998 --> 00:34:30,801
♪ ♪
678
00:34:30,935 --> 00:34:33,303
NO.
679
00:34:33,470 --> 00:34:36,140
THERE'S NO PLACE HEALTHIER
THAN...
680
00:34:36,273 --> 00:34:37,708
AT HOME IN NATURE.
681
00:34:37,841 --> 00:34:41,212
♪ ♪
682
00:34:41,379 --> 00:34:42,480
SANDERS: DIDN'T STOP HIM,
HE'D JUST GET UP
683
00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:43,547
IN THE MORNING, VOMIT
684
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,048
AND THEN KEEP ON GOING.
685
00:34:45,182 --> 00:34:48,352
HE WAS THAT KIND
OF A STRONG PERSON.
686
00:34:48,486 --> 00:34:51,289
HE KEPT IT UP AND
HE KEPT GOING
687
00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:53,824
WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD
HAVE GIVEN UP AND TURNED BACK.
688
00:34:53,990 --> 00:34:58,529
♪ ♪
689
00:34:58,696 --> 00:35:00,898
NARRATOR: BARTRAM'S CONDITION
CONTINUES TO WORSEN
690
00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:04,134
AS THEY TRAVEL WEST EVEN
FURTHER FROM HOME
691
00:35:04,268 --> 00:35:06,270
AND AS THEY REACH THE
DENSE SWAMPY
692
00:35:06,437 --> 00:35:08,539
COASTAL LANDSCAPE NEAR MOBILE,
693
00:35:08,672 --> 00:35:11,375
THEY ARE FORCED TO CONTINUE
BY CANOE.
694
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:15,112
[THUNDER ROLLS]
695
00:35:15,245 --> 00:35:17,381
ROWING A CANOE UPRIVER IS
ESPECIALLY
696
00:35:17,548 --> 00:35:19,783
DIFFICULT FOR BARTRAM
IN HIS CONDITION,
697
00:35:19,916 --> 00:35:23,154
BUT HE MUST PERSEVERE.
698
00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:26,991
BARTRAM: I- I CAN'T SEE!
699
00:35:27,158 --> 00:35:28,960
ADAMS: HE WAS HAVING THIS
TREMENDOUS PAIN
700
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:33,330
IN HIS HEAD AND IN HIS EYES
AND HE WAS REALLY WEAK.
701
00:35:33,463 --> 00:35:37,034
HE WAS LOSING A LOT OF
EYESIGHT IN HIS LEFT EYE.
702
00:35:37,167 --> 00:35:39,169
NARRATOR: BARTRAM IS LOSING
HIS VISION
703
00:35:39,303 --> 00:35:41,772
AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
704
00:35:41,905 --> 00:35:43,540
NELSON: IN FLORIDA,
705
00:35:43,674 --> 00:35:46,143
THE EXPLORER COLONISTS
706
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:47,711
ENCOUNTER SOMETHING THAT
707
00:35:47,845 --> 00:35:49,881
HE IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE
SEEN
708
00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:52,583
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.
709
00:35:52,750 --> 00:35:57,888
HURRICANES, STORMS, TORRENTIAL
RAINS THAT GREETED MANY
710
00:35:58,022 --> 00:35:59,956
WHO WERE OTHERWISE THINKING
FLORIDA
711
00:36:00,090 --> 00:36:02,293
MIGHT BE A TERRITORY
OF SUNSHINE.
712
00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:06,030
[HEAVY RAIN FALLING]
713
00:36:06,163 --> 00:36:08,665
McINTOSH: WE'RE TAKING ON WATER.
714
00:36:08,799 --> 00:36:11,902
WE'RE SINKING!
715
00:36:12,036 --> 00:36:15,639
NARRATOR: NEARLY BLIND, HIS
BOAT RAPIDLY FILLING WITH WATER
716
00:36:15,772 --> 00:36:19,443
BARTRAM KNOWS THAT HIS END
MAY HAVE FINALLY COME.
717
00:36:21,845 --> 00:36:23,847
♪ ♪
718
00:36:23,980 --> 00:36:26,583
McINTOSH: WE'RE SINKING!
NARRATOR: NATURALIST WILLIAM
BARTRAM
719
00:36:26,750 --> 00:36:29,387
IS CAUGHT IN A STORM WHILE
RAPIDLY LOSING
720
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:32,590
HIS EYESIGHT FROM A
DEBILITATING DISEASE.
721
00:36:32,723 --> 00:36:35,526
McINTOSH: WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
HOLD ON.
[BARTRAM GROANS]
722
00:36:35,659 --> 00:36:37,228
NARRATOR: AS RAIN FILLS
HIS CANOE,
723
00:36:37,394 --> 00:36:40,030
IT'S STARTING TO SINK
724
00:36:40,197 --> 00:36:41,565
AND IT'S
UP TO BARTRAM'S FRIEND
725
00:36:41,732 --> 00:36:44,735
JOHN McINTOSH TO STEER
THEM TO SHORE.
726
00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:47,071
WE CERTAINLY LOVE TO VALORIZE
727
00:36:47,204 --> 00:36:52,443
THE IDEA OF MAN ALONE
IN THE WILDERNESS.
728
00:36:52,576 --> 00:36:54,511
BUT SURVIVING THE WILDERNESS
729
00:36:54,644 --> 00:36:57,614
OFTEN DEPENDS ON THE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU
730
00:36:57,748 --> 00:37:00,284
AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY
THE CASE FOR BARTRAM.
731
00:37:00,417 --> 00:37:03,654
HE HAD A FRIEND, A FRIEND
TO BE HIS EYES AND EARS.
732
00:37:03,788 --> 00:37:06,157
A FRIEND TO HELP
HIM ALONG.
733
00:37:06,290 --> 00:37:09,893
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT,
THAT IS HOW WE SURVIVE.
734
00:37:10,027 --> 00:37:12,563
[BARTRAM GROANS]
735
00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:13,664
[McINTOSH GRUNTS]
736
00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:14,865
McINTOSH: HO, HO, COME ON.
737
00:37:15,032 --> 00:37:16,166
COME ON, GRAB MY- TAKE MY HAND.
738
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:17,735
TAKE MY HAND.
COME ON, WILL.
739
00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:18,902
COME ON, THERE YOU GO.
740
00:37:19,035 --> 00:37:23,741
♪ ♪
741
00:37:23,874 --> 00:37:25,275
NARRATOR: DESPITE HIS CONDITION,
742
00:37:25,409 --> 00:37:28,713
BARTRAM KNOWS HE HAS
TO KEEP GOING
743
00:37:28,846 --> 00:37:31,048
BECAUSE REACHING THE MAN
CALLED RUMSEY
744
00:37:31,181 --> 00:37:33,517
MAY BE THE ONLY WAY
TO CURE HIM.
745
00:37:33,650 --> 00:37:39,223
♪ ♪
746
00:37:39,356 --> 00:37:41,092
SANDERS: BARTRAM, HE GOT WORSE.
747
00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:44,294
HE COULDN'T SEE MUCH
OF THE COAST ON THE TRIP
748
00:37:44,427 --> 00:37:47,064
BECAUSE HIS EYES
WERE SO SENSITIVE TO LIGHT,
749
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,266
AND HE SAID HE THOUGHT HE'D
SINK UNDER THE-
750
00:37:49,399 --> 00:37:51,302
WEIGHT OF THIS ILLNESS AND-
751
00:37:51,468 --> 00:37:53,604
HAD RUN OUT OF OPTIONS.
752
00:37:53,738 --> 00:37:58,375
[BARTRAM GASPING]
753
00:37:58,542 --> 00:38:00,077
McINTOSH: MR. RUMSEY,
I PRESUME?
754
00:38:00,210 --> 00:38:01,612
RUMSEY: I BELIEVE I AM.
755
00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:03,413
NARRATOR: BARTRAM AND McINTOSH
HAVE
756
00:38:03,580 --> 00:38:07,050
FINALLY FOUND MR. RUMSEY, BUT IT
MAY BE TOO LATE.
757
00:38:07,183 --> 00:38:10,454
♪ ♪
758
00:38:10,621 --> 00:38:12,856
WE NEED TO BRING
YOUR FEVER DOWN.
759
00:38:12,990 --> 00:38:15,359
CHEW ON THIS.
760
00:38:15,493 --> 00:38:17,461
NARRATOR: NO MATTER WHAT RUMSEY
TRIES,
761
00:38:17,594 --> 00:38:20,330
NOTHING HELPS EASE
BARTRAM'S SYMPTOMS.
762
00:38:20,463 --> 00:38:22,332
BARTRAM WAS IN THIS DIRE STRAITS
763
00:38:22,499 --> 00:38:24,502
AND HE MAY NOT SURVIVE
THE NIGHT.
764
00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:27,371
RUMSEY: PERHAPS A POULTICE
OF SOME KIND.
765
00:38:27,504 --> 00:38:30,040
CANTHARIDES, CANTHARIDES,
766
00:38:30,173 --> 00:38:32,910
CANTHARIDES, CANTHARIDES.
767
00:38:33,043 --> 00:38:35,178
YOU MEAN BLISTER BEETLES?
768
00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:36,814
INTERESTING NOTION.
769
00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:38,215
ADAMS: HE KNEW OF A SUBSTANCE
770
00:38:38,381 --> 00:38:39,984
KNOWN AS CANTHARIDES.
771
00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:43,186
IT'S A GROUND POWDER
OF THE BLISTER BEETLE
772
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,256
AND BARTRAM REQUESTED
THAT HE PREPARE
773
00:38:46,423 --> 00:38:52,229
A POULTICE OF THIS
CANTHARIDES POWDER.
774
00:38:52,363 --> 00:38:54,898
SANDERS: BARTRAM MUST HAVE
KNOWN SOME MEDICINE
775
00:38:55,031 --> 00:38:56,867
FROM HIS OWN FATHER BECAUSE
776
00:38:57,034 --> 00:39:00,570
THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT
ITS DESCRIPTIONS IN HISTORY
777
00:39:00,704 --> 00:39:02,272
THAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK
IT WOULD BE
778
00:39:02,439 --> 00:39:04,742
GOOD FOR A VIOLENT FEVER.
779
00:39:06,076 --> 00:39:08,746
NARRATOR: THE CANTHARIDES PASTE
IS A LAST DITCH EFFORT
780
00:39:08,879 --> 00:39:11,414
TO SAVE BARTRAM'S LIFE
781
00:39:11,548 --> 00:39:13,751
AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK,
HE WILL NEVER GET
782
00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:17,354
TO COMPLETE HIS JOURNEY.
783
00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:19,022
SANDERS: HE THOUGHT THAT THAT
NIGHT WAS GOING
784
00:39:19,155 --> 00:39:20,825
TO BE HIS LAST NIGHT.
785
00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:30,835
♪ ♪
786
00:39:31,001 --> 00:39:40,244
♪ ♪
787
00:39:40,377 --> 00:39:43,580
WELCOME BACK TO THE
LAND OF THE LIVING.
788
00:39:43,713 --> 00:39:45,949
McINTOSH: WE DIDN'T THINK
YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE IT.
789
00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:47,885
NEITHER DID I.
790
00:39:49,419 --> 00:39:50,921
NARRATOR: BARTRAM'S YEARS
OF SEEKING OUT
791
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:54,258
AND DOCUMENTING NATURAL
MEDICINES HAVE PAID OFF
792
00:39:54,391 --> 00:40:00,030
BY SAVING HIS OWN LIFE.
793
00:40:00,163 --> 00:40:01,898
AFTER REST AND RECUPERATION,
794
00:40:02,032 --> 00:40:06,270
BARTRAM AGAIN FEELS WELL ENOUGH
TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD,
795
00:40:06,403 --> 00:40:08,539
AND REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
796
00:40:08,672 --> 00:40:15,813
♪ ♪
797
00:40:15,946 --> 00:40:17,080
IT'S MAGNIFICENT.
798
00:40:17,214 --> 00:40:18,949
SANDERS: IN 1775,
799
00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:20,684
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WAS
800
00:40:20,818 --> 00:40:24,221
THE END OF THE
AMERICAN COLONIES.
801
00:40:24,387 --> 00:40:27,658
IT WAS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
802
00:40:27,791 --> 00:40:30,027
ADAMS: AND IT REALLY JUST
MADE AN IMPRESSION ON HIM,
803
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,929
THAT HE HAD MADE IT TO THIS
TREMENDOUS WATERWAY.
804
00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:35,398
HE KNEW THAT THAT WAS GOING
TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT
805
00:40:35,532 --> 00:40:37,434
FOR COMMERCE AND SETTLEMENT.
806
00:40:37,567 --> 00:40:39,836
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
807
00:40:39,969 --> 00:40:48,512
♪ ♪
808
00:40:48,645 --> 00:40:50,714
NARRATOR: WILLIAM BARTRAM
RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA
809
00:40:50,848 --> 00:40:54,785
HAVING BECOME AMERICA'S
FIRST TRUE NATURALIST
810
00:40:54,918 --> 00:40:58,922
AND HE'S EXPLORED FURTHER
THAN HIS FATHER EVER DID.
811
00:40:59,056 --> 00:41:02,759
YOU ACTUALLY SET YOUR
SIGHT ON THE MISSISSIPPI?
812
00:41:02,926 --> 00:41:04,895
YES, FATHER.
813
00:41:05,028 --> 00:41:07,130
AND WHAT'S MORE...
814
00:41:07,264 --> 00:41:08,832
I FOUND THE TREE.
815
00:41:08,965 --> 00:41:11,969
♪ ♪
816
00:41:12,102 --> 00:41:13,704
AND...
817
00:41:15,238 --> 00:41:17,140
I BROUGHT HOME SEEDS.
818
00:41:17,273 --> 00:41:23,413
♪ ♪
819
00:41:23,580 --> 00:41:25,315
ADAMS: HIS FATHER IS
IN ILL HEALTH,
820
00:41:25,482 --> 00:41:28,485
BUT HE REALIZED THAT
HIS SON WILLIAM,
821
00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:30,888
AFTER ALL THE CHALLENGES
AND STRUGGLES
822
00:41:31,055 --> 00:41:32,923
THAT HE HAD AS A
YOUNG MAN,
823
00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:35,792
HE HAD FINALLY FOUND HIS
PLACE IN THE WORLD
824
00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:41,398
AND HE HAS FINALLY SUCCEEDED.
825
00:41:41,565 --> 00:41:43,800
NARRATOR: JOHN BARTRAM DIES
LESS THAN SIX MONTHS
826
00:41:43,933 --> 00:41:47,371
AFTER HIS SON'S TRIUMPHANT
RETURN,
827
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:50,240
NEVER TO SEE THE TREE HE
DISCOVERED WITH HIS SON
828
00:41:50,373 --> 00:41:52,510
BLOOM IN THEIR OWN GARDEN.
829
00:41:54,511 --> 00:41:56,847
WILLIAM NAMES THE TREE
FRANKLINIA
830
00:41:56,980 --> 00:42:00,851
AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEAR
FRIEND, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
831
00:42:00,984 --> 00:42:03,020
SANDERS: I THINK BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN WOULD HAVE BEEN
832
00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:05,856
QUITE PROUD OF THAT AND
QUITE HAPPY WITH THAT.
833
00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:08,525
NARRATOR: BARTRAM EVENTUALLY
PUBLISHES HIS ARTWORK
834
00:42:08,659 --> 00:42:11,094
AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS
EXPLORATIONS IN A BOOK
835
00:42:11,261 --> 00:42:15,632
CALLED, "TRAVELS, BRINGING THE
FRONTIER TO THE WORLD".
836
00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:18,702
SANDERS: 240 YEARS AFTER
THE PUBLICATION OF TRAVELS,
837
00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:22,406
WE'RE STILL PARSING HIS WORDS
AND RETRACING HIS STEPS
838
00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:24,641
AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE SAW
AND WHAT HE DID.
839
00:42:24,774 --> 00:42:27,377
THAT IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT
WILLIAM BARTRAM
840
00:42:27,544 --> 00:42:29,880
TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE'S
IMAGINATIONS.
841
00:42:30,013 --> 00:42:33,917
ADAMS: HIS DESCRIPTIONS AND
SKETCHES IN TRAVELS
842
00:42:34,084 --> 00:42:37,488
REALLY IS THE BEGINNING
OF WHO WE ARE
843
00:42:37,621 --> 00:42:40,157
AND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
844
00:42:40,290 --> 00:42:43,493
HE BRINGS A MESSAGE WHERE
PEOPLE NEED TO RESPECT
845
00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:45,829
EACH OTHER AND RESPECT THEIR
HABITAT
846
00:42:45,996 --> 00:42:48,064
AND RESPECT THE OTHER CREATURES
IN THE WORLD.
847
00:42:48,198 --> 00:42:51,402
CRYTZER: HE UNDERSTOOD THAT
HIS ROLE AS A SCIENTIST
848
00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:54,171
WAS NOT INDIFFERENT THAN
HIS ROLE AS AN ARTIST.
849
00:42:54,305 --> 00:42:56,273
HE WAS INSPIRED BY
THE NATURAL WORLD
850
00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:57,908
AND HE FOUND BEAUTY
IN ALL OF IT,
851
00:42:58,075 --> 00:42:59,343
EVEN WHEN IT WAS
TRYING TO KILL HIM.
64037
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