April 23, 2024 • 14 mins
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(00:03):
Untear fighters frontier fighters, portraying thethrilling advance of daring pioneers whose tremendous courage
(01:42):
and sacrifices in the face of overwhelmingodds made possible the exploration and settlement of
the West. One of the firstwhite men to explore the Black Hills of
South Dakota was General Custer. Inthe year eighteen seventy four, he set
out with engineers, photographers, andgeologists. When the report of the expedition
was finally published, there was butone phrase in it that people remembered.
(02:05):
That phrase was I found gold.The magic words inflamed the imagination, and
in late September of eighteen seventy four, Thomas Gordon of Sioux City attempted to
organize a party of twenty eight.What he met with unexpected opposition. Now,
wait a minute, wait a minute, let me say something. Don't
your men realize that all that land'swaiting for us? Sure, but we
(02:29):
ain't sure the country. You're ina party nine gold? Right? I'm
sure I was, but I knewthe country. There sides of Government's warn
everybody out of the Deakora's kind ofthe Indian. All right, all right,
but guess let me say this.Guess, let me say this.
I ain't gonna force anybody to signup with us, but General Custer's report
is good enough for me. Ifhis expedition got across the bad lands,
(02:51):
I can do it too. AndI ain't worried about getting twenty eight men.
You know what they say, Gordon, fools walk in where angels fear
to tread. Well, I food, and you're not an angel leader.
Well, one man got throw anothercan do the same thing. Maybe,
But remember Custer's horse had soldiers,men used to fighting, and they weren't
dragging women with them either. Alright, alright, whatever you need, just
(03:14):
a minute, I'd like to havea few words. Wait, sure,
missus tallants. I guess there ain'tany more for me to say. And
I say it for you, misterGordon. Jim what you said something about
dragging women along. Don't forget thatwomen went across the prairies all the way
into the California and they weren't draggedalong. They fought their way with the
men. Yeah, and I'm willingto do the same thing, and so
(03:37):
of the other women with it.Well, if a woman's gonna have that
much punk I guess I can't letmyself down by bagging out. I'll give
me that book this hard. Inspiredby the heroic example of any de Talent,
(03:58):
the band set out from Sussidio Offctobersixth, eighteen seventy four. Westward.
They headed across the trackless prairie.No one knew exactly what lay ahead,
but onward moved the six covered wagons. Then late October brought winter closer,
am icy winds, biting snow.By November it will be crossing the
bad Lands, a place of terrorand desolation in the weak winter. Finally,
(04:19):
when they reached the White River,Gordon called a halt. All right,
you stop here, get to thosewagons up ahead and tell them,
no hold on. What's the idea? Staff in Gordon? I have water,
Jim and I don't know. Wegotta have Gordon. This is getting
worse every minute, only because you'remaking it that way. Get everything out
of your wagons you don't need,and fill the space with ice. How
(04:41):
good ice, But I'm not onloadinganything from my wagons. I don't think
me and mind going on any further. I look up ahead there no ice
headland. I knew we'd come tothis. Gordon also trouble landy. You
know, we gotta chop ice toget water. And it's so aware of
belongings because if we don't, ifyou don't, you'll regreddit. Hell not
(05:04):
me, Well, missus tallant,I think this is the end. I
can't hold him anyway. Wait aminute, give me that axe. Give
me that ax here, Robert,Robert, tell you father to throw things
out of the wagon. Get somebuckets. Hey, look, missus town
(05:24):
allow me. Just because you gentlemendecide you don't want water, is no
reason why my family shouldn't have.What's the idea of telling Roberts, hey,
give me that axe. Want tokill your dog? Get yourself one
day? Everyone has to help.Well, Jim looks like a woman.
They showed you up again? Isthat so all? But get me an
ass? Once more, The dominantcourage of any Talent held the little band
(05:54):
together. The weary, dull Novemberdays moved slowly. The Gordon party literally
crawled across the bad lands of thedakotas every last one except three of the
party cursed their leader. Those threewere Any Talent, her husband Dave,
and their little son Robert. Decembercame the coal grew more bitter, The
icy winds cut through even the heaviestof clothing. The food, always precious,
(06:17):
began to run short. Even waterwas being rationed. Then, during
one bitter night, any Talent calledsoftly to her husband, wake up,
Oh, Any, what's mad?Indians not so loud? No? Not
Indians worse worse? What are youtalking about it? Why? I want
(06:38):
water? Annie? What's the matterwith Robert's hilarious? Dave? Robert?
I, Annie, a sworn mustbe quench Give me the blanket. You
can't take await give him mind?Yeah, Hannah, I'll stop. Makes
(06:59):
him hockey and some compress was firstto throw plenty of No day, don't
you know? Any what's the matterwith You're? The boy's sick. He
hasn't taken care of he'll die,I know that day. But we can't
afford the roll of the canon,and we can't afford to have him die
any I'm going to get a fly. No, they don't just be what
it would mean. They find outthere's sickness and camps, they get into
the panic, and then there'd beno holding them together at all. This
(07:20):
is a fight. We've got tofight alone. Tay. If we lose
rab to think about that day,we mustn't. There are plenty of candles
like them, and heat some waterin a pan. We can't build a
fire and let the others know howbadly off we are any day we come
this farm somehow, I don't thinkGod will let us fail. Not anything
(07:40):
you say. I'll get the candles, but throw it hurts John. We're
going to be all right, Mothersays you are all right, all right,
We'll try to get better. Godhelp me just this once more.
(08:11):
Without alarming the rest of the party. Any Tallon and her husband David struggled
for the long night. The boyRobert recovered. While on and on,
with the band of pioneers deeper anddeeper into the bad land, the situation
grew worse. The faithful oxen,weary of the long trek, grew weak.
Their holds after days of pounding overice, snow, and rock were
worn to the quickness. Finally,in desperation, a little caravan halted.
(08:37):
He ain't no use these febborn critterswon't move out of their tracks. I'll
room now. He won't gonna whippthem, Robert quick grabbing that whip what's
all the trouble here? He dreamwants the matter? I ain't nothing the
matter off This rat minds his owngood. He would go and whip the
oxen, so I grabbed the wi. What's the matter with you, Jim
taking it out on these book critters, Harden, you're sticking your nose in
(08:58):
again. These are my action andfreedom. No way, I wonner give
me that whip, Robert, Hey, that's the only whip, flat gun.
Now, I ain't got any Hi, Harry Gordon, We've followed you
this far, but we ain't gonnado it no more. Without oxen.
We can't travel. Eating them won'tcount. Better get back to your wagon,
Robert. Yes, all of youget as much burl up as you
can tear up, old clothes,rags, anything. Wrap it around the
(09:20):
feed of the oxen. Go ahead, Dave and I have some burlap we
were saving, mister Gordon. Anybody'stalking to what we have? Thank you,
mister Tallean. Seems to me youought to be the leader of this
train, and that's me. Counton you, man Doors, I said,
if we're gonna move, we gottaprotect our oxen. Hurry up with
your freeze to death. Down inthere, go on with burlap rags,
(09:48):
anything they could find. Members ofthe party wrapped the feet of the oxen
and pressed off more hardships, bitterweather, quarrels, dissension, and one
day of the men the coach Gordon, there's Gordon. Hey Gordon, wait
a minute, Well boys, Gordon, we just about made up our minds
(10:09):
that this here is pretty foolly.We ain't able to get ourselves killed.
I was thinking of pulling and goingthigh. Why you easy there, Gordon.
We took a vote of the menand they're forgiven. Enough. Let
the Dakotas say where they are.We're going back to weather's milder weather.
Ain't nothing up ahead but more winter, maybe injury. That's right, Gordon.
(10:33):
We're getting out of the Port's toolate. You ain't have Wait a
minute, Gordon, we're giving ordersnow, all right, man, turn
the wagons round. We're heading forWhome. Sell you carton. We got
our minds made up. Hey,Hey, what are you doing with that
gun? Guess what you think,Jim. The first man that makes them
move to turn back now is gonnaget shot. You can't do it,
(10:54):
Gordon, then try that's on yourwagon. Hi, Harry, we will
and nobody's gonna stop us. Allright, boys, get that wagons turn
I want you no God, letsus the way. Wait wait, please
everyone, missus talent. We listenedto you before, but we ain't gonna
do it no more. I'll getout of the way. You gotta listen
justice once more. Please, forthe sake of your wife. You don't
(11:16):
want to go back? Yes,am I doing, But don't you see
what you're doing. I see thatwe're going to die out here if we
don't turn back. But you won'tdie out here. I know it.
We've got to go on. Don'tyou see what would happen if you turn
back? Now? The whole wagontrain would be weakened, Those of us
who go on would be unable tofight, and you who turned back might
(11:37):
be set upon by Indians. Ohoh, my little boy with me one
night he almost died. We didn'tknow that. Nobody did, but my
husband and not go Jim, hethe rest of you. It means so
much to all of us to keepgoing. That's why I didn't tell anyone.
Robert was sick. But your menmen willing to go on, and
(12:01):
thanks see missus, tell that bysun Ye turned back. I'm with you
a garden, not with me,Pete, with missus telling, oh good
Pete, how about you? JimWell, I reckon, There ain't no
use in being called a coward,all right, man, come on,
let's go gold weather my wagons roveon. Missus, Hellen, I think
(12:28):
what I said the other day holdsthrough now more than ever. The Gordon
Party is led by you. Andso thanks to the magnificent example set by
any D. Talon, the GordonParty reached its destination. Privation and hardships
(12:54):
were still there, lot of courageand the invincible will of a woman held
them together until their goal was reached. Any Talent was the first white woman
to set foot in the Dakotas sheminds something far more precious than gold.
She brought education and civic pride intoa once bleak country. Today there is
(13:15):
a statue erected to the memory ofa gallant woman, Annie D. Talent,
a true frontier fighters spat State st
Untear fighters frontier fighters, portraying thethrilling advance of daring pioneers whose tremendous courage
(01:42):
and sacrifices in the face of overwhelmingodds made possible the exploration and settlement of
the West. One of the firstwhite men to explore the Black Hills of
South Dakota was General Custer. Inthe year eighteen seventy four, he set
out with engineers, photographers, andgeologists. When the report of the expedition
was finally published, there was butone phrase in it that people remembered.
(02:05):
That phrase was I found gold.The magic words inflamed the imagination, and
in late September of eighteen seventy four, Thomas Gordon of Sioux City attempted to
organize a party of twenty eight.What he met with unexpected opposition. Now,
wait a minute, wait a minute, let me say something. Don't
your men realize that all that land'swaiting for us? Sure, but we
(02:29):
ain't sure the country. You're ina party nine gold? Right? I'm
sure I was, but I knewthe country. There sides of Government's warn
everybody out of the Deakora's kind ofthe Indian. All right, all right,
but guess let me say this.Guess, let me say this.
I ain't gonna force anybody to signup with us, but General Custer's report
is good enough for me. Ifhis expedition got across the bad lands,
(02:51):
I can do it too. AndI ain't worried about getting twenty eight men.
You know what they say, Gordon, fools walk in where angels fear
to tread. Well, I food, and you're not an angel leader.
Well, one man got throw anothercan do the same thing. Maybe,
But remember Custer's horse had soldiers,men used to fighting, and they weren't
dragging women with them either. Alright, alright, whatever you need, just
(03:14):
a minute, I'd like to havea few words. Wait, sure,
missus tallants. I guess there ain'tany more for me to say. And
I say it for you, misterGordon. Jim what you said something about
dragging women along. Don't forget thatwomen went across the prairies all the way
into the California and they weren't draggedalong. They fought their way with the
men. Yeah, and I'm willingto do the same thing, and so
(03:37):
of the other women with it.Well, if a woman's gonna have that
much punk I guess I can't letmyself down by bagging out. I'll give
me that book this hard. Inspiredby the heroic example of any de Talent,
(03:58):
the band set out from Sussidio Offctobersixth, eighteen seventy four. Westward.
They headed across the trackless prairie.No one knew exactly what lay ahead,
but onward moved the six covered wagons. Then late October brought winter closer,
am icy winds, biting snow.By November it will be crossing the
bad Lands, a place of terrorand desolation in the weak winter. Finally,
(04:19):
when they reached the White River,Gordon called a halt. All right,
you stop here, get to thosewagons up ahead and tell them,
no hold on. What's the idea? Staff in Gordon? I have water,
Jim and I don't know. Wegotta have Gordon. This is getting
worse every minute, only because you'remaking it that way. Get everything out
of your wagons you don't need,and fill the space with ice. How
(04:41):
good ice, But I'm not onloadinganything from my wagons. I don't think
me and mind going on any further. I look up ahead there no ice
headland. I knew we'd come tothis. Gordon also trouble landy. You
know, we gotta chop ice toget water. And it's so aware of
belongings because if we don't, ifyou don't, you'll regreddit. Hell not
(05:04):
me, Well, missus tallant,I think this is the end. I
can't hold him anyway. Wait aminute, give me that axe. Give
me that ax here, Robert,Robert, tell you father to throw things
out of the wagon. Get somebuckets. Hey, look, missus town
(05:24):
allow me. Just because you gentlemendecide you don't want water, is no
reason why my family shouldn't have.What's the idea of telling Roberts, hey,
give me that axe. Want tokill your dog? Get yourself one
day? Everyone has to help.Well, Jim looks like a woman.
They showed you up again? Isthat so all? But get me an
ass? Once more, The dominantcourage of any Talent held the little band
(05:54):
together. The weary, dull Novemberdays moved slowly. The Gordon party literally
crawled across the bad lands of thedakotas every last one except three of the
party cursed their leader. Those threewere Any Talent, her husband Dave,
and their little son Robert. Decembercame the coal grew more bitter, The
icy winds cut through even the heaviestof clothing. The food, always precious,
(06:17):
began to run short. Even waterwas being rationed. Then, during
one bitter night, any Talent calledsoftly to her husband, wake up,
Oh, Any, what's mad?Indians not so loud? No? Not
Indians worse worse? What are youtalking about it? Why? I want
(06:38):
water? Annie? What's the matterwith Robert's hilarious? Dave? Robert?
I, Annie, a sworn mustbe quench Give me the blanket. You
can't take await give him mind?Yeah, Hannah, I'll stop. Makes
(06:59):
him hockey and some compress was firstto throw plenty of No day, don't
you know? Any what's the matterwith You're? The boy's sick. He
hasn't taken care of he'll die,I know that day. But we can't
afford the roll of the canon,and we can't afford to have him die
any I'm going to get a fly. No, they don't just be what
it would mean. They find outthere's sickness and camps, they get into
the panic, and then there'd beno holding them together at all. This
(07:20):
is a fight. We've got tofight alone. Tay. If we lose
rab to think about that day,we mustn't. There are plenty of candles
like them, and heat some waterin a pan. We can't build a
fire and let the others know howbadly off we are any day we come
this farm somehow, I don't thinkGod will let us fail. Not anything
(07:40):
you say. I'll get the candles, but throw it hurts John. We're
going to be all right, Mothersays you are all right, all right,
We'll try to get better. Godhelp me just this once more.
(08:11):
Without alarming the rest of the party. Any Tallon and her husband David struggled
for the long night. The boyRobert recovered. While on and on,
with the band of pioneers deeper anddeeper into the bad land, the situation
grew worse. The faithful oxen,weary of the long trek, grew weak.
Their holds after days of pounding overice, snow, and rock were
worn to the quickness. Finally,in desperation, a little caravan halted.
(08:37):
He ain't no use these febborn critterswon't move out of their tracks. I'll
room now. He won't gonna whippthem, Robert quick grabbing that whip what's
all the trouble here? He dreamwants the matter? I ain't nothing the
matter off This rat minds his owngood. He would go and whip the
oxen, so I grabbed the wi. What's the matter with you, Jim
taking it out on these book critters, Harden, you're sticking your nose in
(08:58):
again. These are my action andfreedom. No way, I wonner give
me that whip, Robert, Hey, that's the only whip, flat gun.
Now, I ain't got any Hi, Harry Gordon, We've followed you
this far, but we ain't gonnado it no more. Without oxen.
We can't travel. Eating them won'tcount. Better get back to your wagon,
Robert. Yes, all of youget as much burl up as you
can tear up, old clothes,rags, anything. Wrap it around the
(09:20):
feed of the oxen. Go ahead, Dave and I have some burlap we
were saving, mister Gordon. Anybody'stalking to what we have? Thank you,
mister Tallean. Seems to me youought to be the leader of this
train, and that's me. Counton you, man Doors, I said,
if we're gonna move, we gottaprotect our oxen. Hurry up with
your freeze to death. Down inthere, go on with burlap rags,
(09:48):
anything they could find. Members ofthe party wrapped the feet of the oxen
and pressed off more hardships, bitterweather, quarrels, dissension, and one
day of the men the coach Gordon, there's Gordon. Hey Gordon, wait
a minute, Well boys, Gordon, we just about made up our minds
(10:09):
that this here is pretty foolly.We ain't able to get ourselves killed.
I was thinking of pulling and goingthigh. Why you easy there, Gordon.
We took a vote of the menand they're forgiven. Enough. Let
the Dakotas say where they are.We're going back to weather's milder weather.
Ain't nothing up ahead but more winter, maybe injury. That's right, Gordon.
(10:33):
We're getting out of the Port's toolate. You ain't have Wait a
minute, Gordon, we're giving ordersnow, all right, man, turn
the wagons round. We're heading forWhome. Sell you carton. We got
our minds made up. Hey,Hey, what are you doing with that
gun? Guess what you think,Jim. The first man that makes them
move to turn back now is gonnaget shot. You can't do it,
(10:54):
Gordon, then try that's on yourwagon. Hi, Harry, we will
and nobody's gonna stop us. Allright, boys, get that wagons turn
I want you no God, letsus the way. Wait wait, please
everyone, missus talent. We listenedto you before, but we ain't gonna
do it no more. I'll getout of the way. You gotta listen
justice once more. Please, forthe sake of your wife. You don't
(11:16):
want to go back? Yes,am I doing, But don't you see
what you're doing. I see thatwe're going to die out here if we
don't turn back. But you won'tdie out here. I know it.
We've got to go on. Don'tyou see what would happen if you turn
back? Now? The whole wagontrain would be weakened, Those of us
who go on would be unable tofight, and you who turned back might
(11:37):
be set upon by Indians. Ohoh, my little boy with me one
night he almost died. We didn'tknow that. Nobody did, but my
husband and not go Jim, hethe rest of you. It means so
much to all of us to keepgoing. That's why I didn't tell anyone.
Robert was sick. But your menmen willing to go on, and
(12:01):
thanks see missus, tell that bysun Ye turned back. I'm with you
a garden, not with me,Pete, with missus telling, oh good
Pete, how about you? JimWell, I reckon, There ain't no
use in being called a coward,all right, man, come on,
let's go gold weather my wagons roveon. Missus, Hellen, I think
(12:28):
what I said the other day holdsthrough now more than ever. The Gordon
Party is led by you. Andso thanks to the magnificent example set by
any D. Talon, the GordonParty reached its destination. Privation and hardships
(12:54):
were still there, lot of courageand the invincible will of a woman held
them together until their goal was reached. Any Talent was the first white woman
to set foot in the Dakotas sheminds something far more precious than gold.
She brought education and civic pride intoa once bleak country. Today there is
(13:15):
a statue erected to the memory ofa gallant woman, Annie D. Talent,
a true frontier fighters spat State st
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