The American West Showdown Eng S01E04 Subtitles

At 00:00:00,621, Character said: Narrator: Previously
on "The American West"...

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At 00:00:04,292, Character said: As President Ulysses S.
Grant wraps up his final term,

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At 00:00:09,131, Character said: the country he leads
is as divided as ever.

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At 00:00:14,002, Character said: - (clattering, fizzling)
- Archie, get back!

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At 00:00:18,672, Character said: Narrator: In Missouri, notorious outlaw

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At 00:00:21,642, Character said: Jesse James takes revenge

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At 00:00:23,677, Character said: on the most famous detective
agency in the country,

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At 00:00:26,713, Character said: and, in doing so, establishes himself

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At 00:00:30,351, Character said: as a hero of the South.

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At 00:00:35,755, Character said: In the Black Hills,

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At 00:00:37,323, Character said: Grant's plan for peace with the Indians

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At 00:00:39,592, Character said: has fallen apart.

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At 00:00:43,596, Character said: With Indian hostilities
at an all-time high,

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At 00:00:46,366, Character said: Grant sends Lieutenant
Colonel George Armstrong Custer

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At 00:00:50,002, Character said: to lead a final battle for land

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At 00:00:53,738, Character said: that will change the course of history.

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At 00:00:59,244, Character said: (theme music playing)

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At 00:01:55,431, Character said: Narrator: After refusing to
report to an Indian reservation,

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At 00:01:58,966, Character said: Lakota Sioux leader Crazy Horse

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At 00:02:02,170, Character said: has been preparing his warriors to fight

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At 00:02:04,272, Character said: the United States Army for months

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At 00:02:07,942, Character said: and he's just gotten
word from his scouts

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At 00:02:10,411, Character said: that American forces are on their way.

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At 00:02:16,016, Character said: But the Lakota have brought together

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At 00:02:17,851, Character said: a massive force of their own...

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At 00:02:22,322, Character said: and they're determined to
crush the invading army.

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At 00:02:28,633, Character said: _

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At 00:02:33,685, Character said: _

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At 00:02:37,082, Character said: _

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At 00:02:43,961, Character said: _

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At 00:02:54,819, Character said: Robert Redford: I think
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

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At 00:02:57,355, Character said: saw all that territory
as belonging to them.

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At 00:03:00,392, Character said: They realized that they
were going to be invaded

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At 00:03:02,494, Character said: and what was precious to
them was gonna be taken away,

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At 00:03:05,397, Character said: so they fought against that.

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At 00:03:20,377, Character said: Narrator: Several miles away,

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At 00:03:22,045, Character said: Lieutenant Colonel George
Armstrong Custer

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At 00:03:24,180, Character said: has led his 7th Cavalry

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At 00:03:26,182, Character said: far ahead of a much
larger American force.

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At 00:03:32,522, Character said: Paul Hutton: He doesn't
wait for reinforcements.

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At 00:03:35,258, Character said: Custer wants this to be a victory

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At 00:03:37,393, Character said: for the 7th Cavalry and
the 7th Cavalry alone.

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At 00:03:42,497, Character said: Narrator: Custer believes
that defeating Sitting Bull

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At 00:03:44,933, Character said: will be the crowning achievement

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At 00:03:46,735, Character said: of his military career...

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At 00:03:50,171, Character said: and will clear a path straight
to the White House.

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At 00:04:08,922, Character said: Mark Lee Gardner: Custer
gets on top of those bluffs

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At 00:04:11,259, Character said: and then he sees this amazing village

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At 00:04:14,027, Character said: that seems like it stretches forever.

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At 00:04:17,029, Character said: There might be as many as
6,000 Indians in this village.

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At 00:04:22,068, Character said: He's g***t less than a thousand men.

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At 00:04:31,810, Character said: We'll split our forces.

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At 00:04:34,045, Character said: You keep the front busy, and
I will attack from the rear.

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At 00:04:37,483, Character said: No retreat.

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At 00:04:39,318, Character said: I need those warriors busy.

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At 00:04:41,453, Character said: - Understood?
- Yes, sir.

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At 00:04:47,826, Character said: Narrator: Custer decides to
employ a military strategy

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At 00:04:51,095, Character said: that worked for him at the Battle
of Washita eight years earlier.

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At 00:04:55,600, Character said: He splits his men into
two smaller forces.

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At 00:04:59,170, Character said: Custer's second in command Major
Marcus Reno and his men

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At 00:05:02,774, Character said: will attack the camp from the left,

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At 00:05:04,909, Character said: while Custer and his troops

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At 00:05:06,677, Character said: attack the flank on the right,

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At 00:05:08,478, Character said: dividing the Sioux warriors.

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At 00:05:10,514, Character said: Karl Jacoby: Custer's
quite consciously, I think,

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At 00:05:12,816, Character said: very aggressive in dividing his men

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At 00:05:15,185, Character said: so that he can come at this camp

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At 00:05:16,787, Character said: from multiple directions.

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At 00:05:18,188, Character said: He demonstrated himself to be either

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At 00:05:20,357, Character said: tremendously daring or
tremendously reckless

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At 00:05:23,025, Character said: or perhaps both.

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At 00:05:24,159, Character said: Hyah!

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At 00:05:27,463, Character said: Come on, now.

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At 00:05:43,530, Character said: _

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At 00:05:45,044, Character said: _

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At 00:05:48,815, Character said: _

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At 00:06:08,301, Character said: (troops shouting)

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At 00:06:16,409, Character said: Hutton: There's just
such a beautiful romance,

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At 00:06:19,144, Character said: I think, to Crazy Horse, the
ultimate Sioux warrior,

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At 00:06:23,215, Character said: and Custer, the
ultimate American warrior

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At 00:06:26,419, Character said: of their time, meeting
on that final field.

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At 00:06:31,189, Character said: The Sioux are at the
height of their power,

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At 00:06:33,425, Character said: and here comes Custer just
right at that moment.

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At 00:06:36,862, Character said: It's almost like it's meant to be.

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At 00:06:43,234, Character said: Narrator: Following Custer's orders,

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At 00:06:45,236, Character said: Reno's command is the
first to engage the Indians.

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At 00:06:50,841, Character said: (horse whinnies)

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At 00:06:53,911, Character said: (whooping)

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At 00:07:11,227, Character said: Fall back!

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At 00:07:13,095, Character said: Gardner: Major Reno
completely loses his composure,

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At 00:07:17,434, Character said: panics, he retreats, and
it's a complete disaster.

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At 00:07:22,905, Character said: The men are scrambling for their lives.

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At 00:07:28,276, Character said: Narrator: As Custer
arrives to the battlefield,

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At 00:07:30,746, Character said: Major Reno and his men
are nowhere to be found.

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At 00:07:57,938, Character said: (warriors whooping)

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At 00:08:06,346, Character said: (whooping continues)

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At 00:08:15,921, Character said: Custer: Dismount!

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At 00:08:18,757, Character said: Form a skirmish line!

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At 00:08:23,629, Character said: Commander: Form a line!

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At 00:08:28,133, Character said: Commander: Hold the line!

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At 00:08:29,501, Character said: Watch your flank!

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At 00:08:30,969, Character said: Hutton: Custer's men are pushed back,

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At 00:08:32,370, Character said: they take up defensive positions

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At 00:08:34,271, Character said: along a ridgeline,

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At 00:08:35,940, Character said: surrounded by thousands
of Sioux and Cheyenne

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At 00:08:38,042, Character said: led by Crazy Horse.

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At 00:08:48,051, Character said: Commander: Hold the line!

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At 00:08:55,993, Character said: Hold your position. Keep firing.

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At 00:09:04,500, Character said: Agh-hh!

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At 00:09:05,668, Character said: Commander: Hold the line!

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At 00:09:28,690, Character said: Hold your positions!

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At 00:09:31,092, Character said: Take out your sabers.

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At 00:09:37,932, Character said: (whooping)

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At 00:09:42,670, Character said: Soldier: Sir, what do we do?

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At 00:10:02,221, Character said: Gardner: We have all this
imagery of the Indians closing in

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At 00:10:05,458, Character said: and his regiment being
a very compact group.

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At 00:10:08,461, Character said: It was actually a very messy, bloody,

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At 00:10:11,797, Character said: terrifying last few moments.

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At 00:10:34,585, Character said: (gasps)

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At 00:10:58,808, Character said: (clicks)

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At 00:11:03,779, Character said: (gunshot echoes)

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At 00:11:08,150, Character said: Gardner: A lot of men said, you know,

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At 00:11:09,985, Character said: the thing is, "Save the
last bullet for your life."

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At 00:11:11,820, Character said: Maybe Custer committed
suicide. I don't know.

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At 00:11:15,457, Character said: I just find it hard to believe

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At 00:11:17,392, Character said: that he would ever give up.

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At 00:11:19,327, Character said: I think he would fight as
long as he could fight.

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At 00:11:28,569, Character said: Narrator: On June 25, 1876,

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At 00:11:32,006, Character said: George Armstrong Custer

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At 00:11:33,875, Character said: and over 250 of his troops...

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At 00:11:37,911, Character said: are killed at the
Battle of Little Bighorn.

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At 00:12:02,594, Character said: Narrator: Celebrated Civil War
hero George Armstrong Custer

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At 00:12:06,633, Character said: and over 250 of his men

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At 00:12:09,402, Character said: lay dead on the
battlefield of...