The American West s01e04 Showdown.eng Subtitles

00:00:00,621 --> 00:00:04,Narrator: Previously
on "The American West"...

00:00:04,292 --> 00:00:09,As President Ulysses S.
Grant wraps up his final term,

00:00:09,131 --> 00:00:14,the country he leads
is as divided as ever.

00:00:14,002 --> 00:00:16,- (clattering, fizzling)
- Archie, get back!

00:00:18,672 --> 00:00:21,Narrator: In Missouri, notorious outlaw

00:00:21,642 --> 00:00:23,Jesse James takes revenge

00:00:23,677 --> 00:00:26,on the most famous detective
agency in the country,

00:00:26,713 --> 00:00:30,and, in doing so, establishes himself

00:00:30,351 --> 00:00:32,as a hero of the South.

00:00:35,755 --> 00:00:37,In the Black Hills,

00:00:37,323 --> 00:00:39,Grant's plan for peace with the Indians

00:00:39,592 --> 00:00:41,has fallen apart.

00:00:43,596 --> 00:00:46,With Indian hostilities
at an all-time high,

00:00:46,366 --> 00:00:50,Grant sends Lieutenant
Colonel George Armstrong Custer

00:00:50,002 --> 00:00:53,to lead a final battle for land

00:00:53,738 --> 00:00:57,that will change the course of history.

00:00:59,244 --> 00:01:02,(theme music playing)

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00:01:55,431 --> 00:01:58,Narrator: After refusing to
report to an Indian reservation,

00:01:58,966 --> 00:02:02,Lakota Sioux leader Crazy Horse

00:02:02,170 --> 00:02:04,has been preparing his warriors to fight

00:02:04,272 --> 00:02:07,the United States Army for months

00:02:07,942 --> 00:02:10,and he's just gotten
word from his scouts

00:02:10,411 --> 00:02:13,that American forces are on their way.

00:02:16,016 --> 00:02:17,But the Lakota have brought together

00:02:17,851 --> 00:02:19,a massive force of their own...

00:02:22,322 --> 00:02:26,and they're determined to
crush the invading army.

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00:02:54,819 --> 00:02:57,Robert Redford: I think
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

00:02:57,355 --> 00:03:00,saw all that territory
as belonging to them.

00:03:00,392 --> 00:03:02,They realized that they
were going to be invaded

00:03:02,494 --> 00:03:05,and what was precious to
them was gonna be taken away,

00:03:05,397 --> 00:03:06,so they fought against that.

00:03:20,377 --> 00:03:22,Narrator: Several miles away,

00:03:22,045 --> 00:03:24,Lieutenant Colonel George
Armstrong Custer

00:03:24,180 --> 00:03:26,has led his 7th Cavalry

00:03:26,182 --> 00:03:29,far ahead of a much
larger American force.

00:03:32,522 --> 00:03:35,Paul Hutton: He doesn't
wait for reinforcements.

00:03:35,258 --> 00:03:37,Custer wants this to be a victory

00:03:37,393 --> 00:03:40,for the 7th Cavalry and
the 7th Cavalry alone.

00:03:42,497 --> 00:03:44,Narrator: Custer believes
that defeating Sitting Bull

00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:46,will be the crowning achievement

00:03:46,735 --> 00:03:50,of his military career...

00:03:50,171 --> 00:03:53,and will clear a path straight
to the White House.

00:04:08,922 --> 00:04:11,Mark Lee Gardner: Custer
gets on top of those bluffs

00:04:11,259 --> 00:04:14,and then he sees this amazing village

00:04:14,027 --> 00:04:17,that seems like it stretches forever.

00:04:17,029 --> 00:04:21,There might be as many as
6,000 Indians in this village.

00:04:22,068 --> 00:04:24,He's g***t less than a thousand men.

00:04:31,810 --> 00:04:34,We'll split our forces.

00:04:34,045 --> 00:04:37,You keep the front busy, and
I will attack from the rear.

00:04:37,483 --> 00:04:39,No retreat.

00:04:39,318 --> 00:04:41,I need those warriors busy.

00:04:41,453 --> 00:04:43,- Understood?
- Yes, sir.

00:04:47,826 --> 00:04:51,Narrator: Custer decides to
employ a military strategy

00:04:51,095 --> 00:04:55,that worked for him at the Battle
of Washita eight years earlier.

00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,He splits his men into
two smaller forces.

00:04:59,170 --> 00:05:02,Custer's second in command Major
Marcus Reno and his men

00:05:02,774 --> 00:05:04,will attack the camp from the left,

00:05:04,909 --> 00:05:06,while Custer and his troops

00:05:06,677 --> 00:05:08,attack the flank on the right,

00:05:08,478 --> 00:05:10,dividing the Sioux warriors.

00:05:10,514 --> 00:05:12,Karl Jacoby: Custer's
quite consciously, I think,

00:05:12,816 --> 00:05:15,very aggressive in dividing his men

00:05:15,185 --> 00:05:16,so that he can come at this camp

00:05:16,787 --> 00:05:18,from multiple directions.

00:05:18,188 --> 00:05:20,He demonstrated himself to be either

00:05:20,357 --> 00:05:23,tremendously daring or
tremendously reckless

00:05:23,025 --> 00:05:24,or perhaps both.

00:05:24,159 --> 00:05:25,Hyah!

00:05:27,463 --> 00:05:29,Come on, now.

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00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:12,(troops shouting)

00:06:16,409 --> 00:06:19,Hutton: There's just
such a beautiful romance,

00:06:19,144 --> 00:06:23,I think, to Crazy Horse, the
ultimate Sioux warrior,

00:06:23,215 --> 00:06:26,and Custer, the
ultimate American warrior

00:06:26,419 --> 00:06:31,of their time, meeting
on that final field.

00:06:31,189 --> 00:06:33,The Sioux are at the
height of their power,

00:06:33,425 --> 00:06:36,and here comes Custer just
right at that moment.

00:06:36,862 --> 00:06:39,It's almost like it's meant to be.

00:06:43,234 --> 00:06:45,Narrator: Following Custer's orders,

00:06:45,236 --> 00:06:48,Reno's command is the
first to engage the Indians.

00:06:50,841 --> 00:06:52,(horse whinnies)

00:06:53,911 --> 00:06:56,(whooping)

00:07:11,227 --> 00:07:13,Fall back!

00:07:13,095 --> 00:07:17,Gardner: Major Reno
completely loses his composure,

00:07:17,434 --> 00:07:21,panics, he retreats, and
it's a complete disaster.

00:07:22,905 --> 00:07:24,The men are scrambling for their lives.

00:07:28,276 --> 00:07:30,Narrator: As Custer
arrives to the battlefield,

00:07:30,746 --> 00:07:34,Major Reno and his men
are nowhere to be found.

00:07:57,938 --> 00:08:01,(warriors whooping)

00:08:06,346 --> 00:08:08,(whooping continues)

00:08:15,921 --> 00:08:18,Custer: Dismount!

00:08:18,757 --> 00:08:20,Form a skirmish line!

00:08:23,629 --> 00:08:25,Commander: Form a line!

00:08:28,133 --> 00:08:29,Commander: Hold the line!

00:08:29,501 --> 00:08:30,Watch your flank!

00:08:30,969 --> 00:08:32,Hutton: Custer's men are pushed back,

00:08:32,370 --> 00:08:34,they take up defensive positions

00:08:34,271 --> 00:08:35,along a ridgeline,

00:08:35,940 --> 00:08:38,surrounded by thousands
of Sioux and Cheyenne

00:08:38,042 --> 00:08:39,led by Crazy Horse.

00:08:48,051 --> 00:08:50,Commander: Hold the line!

00:08:55,993 --> 00:08:59,Hold your position. Keep firing.

00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:05,Agh-hh!

00:09:05,668 --> 00:09:07,Commander: Hold the line!

00:09:28,690 --> 00:09:31,Hold your positions!

00:09:31,092 --> 00:09:33,Take out your sabers.

00:09:37,932 --> 00:09:40,(whooping)

00:09:42,670 --> 00:09:44,Soldier: Sir, what do we do?

00:10:02,221 --> 00:10:05,Gardner: We have all this
imagery of the Indians closing in

00:10:05,458 --> 00:10:08,and his regiment being
a very compact group.

00:10:08,461 --> 00:10:11,It was actually a very messy, bloody,

00:10:11,797 --> 00:10:13,terrifying last few moments.

00:10:34,585 --> 00:10:36,(gasps)

00:10:58,808 --> 00:11:01,(clicks)

00:11:03,779 --> 00:11:05,(gunshot echoes)

00:11:08,150 --> 00:11:09,Gardner: A lot of men said, you know,

00:11:09,985 --> 00:11:11,the thing is, "Save the
last bullet for your life."

00:11:11,820 --> 00:11:15,Maybe Custer committed
suicide. I don't know.

00:11:15,457 --> 00:11:17,I just find it hard to believe

00:11:17,392 --> 00:11:19,that he would ever give up.

00:11:19,327 --> 00:11:22,I think he would fight as
long as he could fight.

00:11:28,569 --> 00:11:32,Narrator: On June 25, 1876,

00:11:32,006 --> 00:11:33,George Armstrong Custer

00:11:33,875 --> 00:11:36,and over 250 of his troops...

00:11:37,911 --> 00:11:41,are killed at the
Battle of Little Bighorn.

00:12:02,594 --> 00:12:06,Narrator: Celebrated Civil War
hero George Armstrong Custer

00:12:06,633 --> 00:12:09,and over 250 of his men

00:12:09,402 --> 00:12:12,lay dead on the
battlefield of...