The Real Wild West: A History of The American Frontier | Documentary

Every country has a past that seems to be embraced within their contemporary character projected on both themselves and to the wider world. For the Nordic nations of Sweden and Norway, it's their Viking ancestry. For Japan, it's their feudal period with tales of the Samurai. For England, it's their history of Kings and Queens with Knights clad in armour while for the United States it is their tales of the Wild West.
We all have an idea of what the Wild West was like with visions of gunfights in the streets between heroes and villains, cattle trains thundering across open plains, bandits leaping on trains to rob its passengers, and enduring animosity between the white settlers and the native peoples. All of it has been ingrained in the public consciousness after decades of movies, books and legends of the old West portraying it as such but like all tall tales told throughout history, we have to question how much truth there is in the popular perception of this fascinating and crucial period of American history.
In this documentary, we are going to examine the true history of the old West and study how its influence has helped define the culture of the modern American nation. This is the story of the Real Wild West.
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[@tombombadilofficial]

As a non-American kid, I used to view the Wild West through rose-colored glasses, seeing only the romanticized ideals of Cowboys and Indians. The videogame, Red Dead Redemption 1 (and 2) made me fall in love passionately with the Wild West’s History. Good and Bad, I find delight in learning it’s history passionately. Thank God for KZbinrs like this who take the time to create such informative yet highly entertaining videos. If ever I get to visit the US, I wish to travel the lands west of Mississippi on a Wild West History tour on a motorbike roadtrip.

[@footprintsofthefrontier]

As someone's who's taken a few westward road trips across the United States, it cannot be recommended enough! Here's to hoping you have that chance one day.

[@lunarpotatoanimation]

Same here! Heres to hoping we'll both achive our goals of seeing the old west of america (though id go in a van or something over a moterbike) good luck to u my dude!

[@drez0847]

As a US Citizen of pennsylvania, there are a lot of sights to see. A lot of cliff sides, beautiful pine and oak forests. a lot of history if you go to specific places. like for me, i have a gas station / diner nearby called the conestoga wagon. It started out as a wagon and became what it is today. there's a lot of really interesting history for every square inch of land.

[@guitarshredddddder91]

Take route 66 all the way to San Bernardino California. You'll be entertained more than just watching empty fields go by.

[@CocoKickz94]

Take it from an American born and raised in the American Deep South, who has been deeply fascinated with Wild West & Southern US History. I believe everyone American or not should take a road trip across the American Southwest at least once in their life. Starting in Northwestern Texas on through New Mexico to Arizona & Nevada, then Up to Colorado where you pass the Continental Divide and continue on up to the Great Plains and Black Hills In South and North Dakota. It’s truly an unforgettable experience, and you will lay eyes on some of the most stunning and beautiful Wild country you’ll ever see.

[@EngPheniks]

The old west is made to look glamorous, adventurous and glorious in movies, novels and comic books. But in reality, it was ruled by poverty and was horrible. Scarcity of food and water, poor sanitation, low moral values, fear of Bandits and results of poor education, administration and law and order were an everyday activity. The wild west also had many women who lost their husband, son or brother either in the American Civil war or at the hands of unruly and merciless outlaws. Gold was a highly coveted item.

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

That's how alot of movies portray it

[@dougthompson8226]

it was built on the genocide of the indigenous people

[@SI-cd7xs]

low moral values?

[@sciencescientific419]

@@SI-cd7xs yea,low moral values like killing innocent native Americans to take their land

[@gringo3002]

The West is a lot more complex concept than a lot of media portrays it as. A lot of people think of things like cowboys and cattle drives. It also includes things like mountain men, coureurs de bois, voyageurs, people like Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Lewis & Clark, etc.

[@doberman2yk]

As an English person who knew very little on this subject, I found this documentary very well made and informative and I feel like I understand the subject alot better now. Great job.

[@kevchard5214]

I agree this is a very good documentary that doesn't include the lies and propaganda normally regurgitated by most Americans.

[@memphiskennedy9541]

Read Lonesome Dove. It could have only happened in America.

[@southpolesurfer6936]

@Pa Gall we are not educated in the American Frontier. But we are very well educated. I can understand your somewhat bitter. But the above person lives 100+ years after the fact.

[@DaveSCameron]

Respect to you, what school did you attend Sir?

[@410cultivar]

It's actually horrible and filled with half truths, and paradoxes. Idk if he's bad at narration, editing, or studying, or all 3. But it's a solid c- for highschool history

[@lindakay9552]

I just left a comment on your "Stuart's Stranglers" video about an ancestor of mine who traversed the Oregon Trail at age 13. I have a 3rd great grandma on my mom's side. Margaret Ellen White, born 1849, Morgan, Missouri. There is a remarkable written history about her family having set out from Princeton, MO on May 4, 1862. They left with 150 other wagons. Margaret, age 13, and her brother, age 11, drove behind the herd of oxen that her mother and step-dad were leading. Their party was attacked on the Snake River, but my family made it all the way to Walla-Walla, WA. Margaret was married that year. My 3rd great grandpa left for Montana to prospect. She stayed and gave birth to their first son. The following August, she hired two boys about age 18 to travel with her to Montana. She drove 17 head of cattle while carrying her son in the saddle in front of her. From Waitsburg, WA. to Beartown, MT., making the trip in 18 days. She was living in Deer Lodge, and one day when my 3rd great grandpa was out prospecting, a group of settlers came and told her to take her kids to the fort because Indians were coming. She refused to leave her home. When 12 men rode up, she went out to invite them in for tea. They obliged. They asked for "tobaccy." She smoked a pipe with them. One man was so impressed with her daughter, my 2nd great aunt, he patted her on the head and called her "Skookum Papoose," good girl. Margaret outlived her parents, siblings, and my 3rd great grandfather, who died from being kicked in the stomach by a horse. She had 14 children and had 79 grandchildren by the time she was 71. She died in 1931 at the age of 82. She spent her last few years keeping house for family in Washington and Montana.

[@nepaliyoddha3840]

It’s a beautiful family history.

[@footprintsofthefrontier]

This is really incredible memoir. Thank you for sharing a bit of your family's legacy.

[@lindakay9552]

@@footprintsofthefrontier I just thought it seemed fitting as it elaborates on what it was really like for people in the time and place relevant to the story.

[@lindakay9552]

@@nepaliyoddha3840 thank you so much. I was almost scared to share it for fear of hearing the typical "who cares" shut down. 😢

[@bestbelieviet]

Awesome thanks

[@joeyree22]

Aussie living in the USA stack at home with Covid falling down rabbit holes! Thank you so much for this great documentary! I appreciate the reverence you show towards the native Americans and their plights.

[@kristiarto7ers]

I come here because rdr2

[@kevinrath3988]

Goated game , i go online time to time just to drink coffee ingame and watch the scenery

[@SlickRick101-w2b]

I come here because of RDR2 two😂

[@isaacelebert7764]

Same

[@ShreePrajan]

Me too

[@Voltage256]

The wild west is my absolute favorite era in history closely followed by the medieval era. I play Red Dead Redemption 2 almost everyday bc of my love for that era and this was an amazing video to listen to

[@molliejameson]

this is the same for me

[@emiliagladwell9691]

the historical research that went into making that game is one of the aspects that makes it so entertaining and fascinating to play, you really are transported to another world and its so interesting

[@DaveMcIroy]

🤡

[@Voltage256]

@@DaveMcIroy Why are you showing me a picture of yourself?

[@DaveMcIroy]

@@Voltage256, quite a good comeback for a 3 year old.

[@Inharmonics]

A much better documentary than others I've found on the subject. You finally enabled me to get a grasp on the basic outline of events that had been proving elusive in an engaging way. Thanks!

[@josephgilorma6979]

I agree. This is presented in a fair light unlike others that skip facts for one reason or another.

[@TerribleShmeltingAccident]

Absolutely tragic the way humans have treated each other and continue to do so

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Not really. Try observing the behavior of any given other animal.

[@63DW89A]

Excellent documentary, very well put together with superb editing. Your documentary is actually much better quality than some stuff I've seen on cable, which is supposedly more professional. The only minor critique I'd make on your documentary, would be the exact same critique I'd have to level at any other documentary covering the same subject: too little time to cover such a complex and chronologically long subject. This is very well done and gives as good a "thumbnail sketch" as it would be possible to give the history of the Western Frontier in American History in a too-short 55 minutes! Thank you for publishing this video.

[@judithcampbell1705]

I find this period of time fascinating, my father was born in the year of 1891. He lived to be 102 years old. And the stories he would tell me were fascinating. This is an excellent documentary about the old west. I thank you for posting it. Now I have learned even more! My heart is buried in Wounded Knee. Geronimo was a great warrior, Red Clouds, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, all great warriors. I often think that the Iron Horse was the cause of the Indians losing the war. That fact makes me feel such sadness for the Indians, because after all is said n done, We were the ones who were the invaders. We discovered, then took their lands, killed them and stuck the surviving onto reservations. Anyway.. thank you again for this excellent documentary. Very accurate and a pleasure to watch!!! ❤

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢

[@navagatingthroughthebeasts2908]

It's true

[@berlin990]

It was inevitable

[@berlin990]

It was inevitable

[@michaeldean9338]

Especially with documentaries about the West, ONCE I start noticing clips and excerpts from known films used to aid the narration, I'm out of there within the first 2-3 minutes. However, this presentation was well done. Perhaps, because it sort of came across as a book-report-- and that's certainly not me taking a jab at the production. I really enjoyed the presentation and would be interested in viewing more from 'Footprints'. Thank you :)

[@katherinetutschek4757]

I think he did it to show how the legacy of the Wild West endures today.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Wild West

[@michaeldean9338]

@@katherinetutschek4757 That makes sense.

[@bethbartlett5692]

*Based on the History Books accounts, one of the most exciting successful achievements in this country's History, post European migration, is, hands down, the "Lewis and Clark Expedition".* What that group accomplished, still stuns me. To make that trip, the miles, over the terrain, and encountering a variety of different Native Peoples (with all that had to mean to both the Expedition and the Native Peoples), and to make the "return trip", all with only the tools, supplies, medical and first aid supplies, available at the time. These considerations, and their success, with limited issues and loss, has to have been an unbelievable achievement when reported to the Public at that time. With the tasks assigned for the purpose of the Expedition, there were supplies necessary that required additional burden upon their efforts. Having been so successful at this challenge leads me to question the reported situations surrounding the final trip for Lewis, who was making his way to Washington DC from Louisiana, ending in Tennessee, close to the Alabama line.

[@foylebutler8952]

My favorite time in American history is from 1800 to 1840 .

[@derekkelly4816]

Equivalent to the moon missions.

[@4thamendment237]

Amazing, right?!

[@karlfonner7589]

Well someways. Lewis and Clark found Indians on horses that some could speak French.

[@foylebutler8952]

@@karlfonner7589 Some of the Natives gave them alot of help along the way.

[@andrewpereira9271]

Custer's Last Stand took place near the Greasy Grass River (as the Natives called it) . . . not the Grassy Grass, as the doc calls it. Better known today as the Little Bighorn River.

[@BryanChandler1905]

He had it coming. If you go out there, the headstones are not in rows as it is in other National cemeteries. That’s because each man was buried where he fell.

[@laswan5]

@@BryanChandler1905 Yes. I was there. I could see where the women, children and elders were still at the camp (in my mind's eye of course) and I actually cried. It was a beutiful place but of great sadness.

[@hmj1116]

I usually watch Grit tv on 66.4 westerns around the clock westerns!

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Old West gun

[@JudeNance]

THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN. THE HEROES WERE THE NATIVE AMERICANS. Custer was the pathetic fool that didn't listen to his scouts. Custer's wife made a fuss and made it about her husband.

[@michaelweldon1271]

Additional comment on 'vanishing Native Americans - US Census, 10 year intervals, LA, Ca. A man, at the same address, with the same name and birth date first identified himself as 'Indian', 10 years later, he Identified as 'Mestizo', and for the following census he Identified as 'Spaniard'. He didn't vanish, he changed his listed heritage.

[@daltanwerre8277]

I'm from North Dakota we have a pretty big native population kind of where they made their last stand where the government pushed them but you go 300 400 mi and you don't see a native American we're around here you see them all the time I travel from here to California and only saw one or two only saw a few reservations as well it's just crazy lot of history a lot of people died to get where our country is today no matter how dark the history is at least it's not forgotten and we can be grateful for the life we live today it's sad so many people lost their land and their way of life history ain't pretty all the time also traveling so far from the plains to the Rocky mountains to the desert I just imagined people traveling on wagons and white people and Indians fighting when you travel west there's still a great sense of adventure and freedom and you really know how small you are compared to the Earth and how big America is Great documentary thank you

[@alrandall5264]

A very good documentary. With regard to the Sioux uprising, you said "grassy grass". I believe it should be "greasy grass". The native Americans called the Battle of the Little Big Horn the Battle of the Greasy Grass

[@TurboMintyFresh]

I remember spending one night going down the American frontier rabbit hole starting from wikipedia and going from there and it was one of the most fascinating thing I had ever read

[@paulwebsterekdahl1909]

The amusing thing here is the claim that the 'wild' west was not as 'wild' as portrayed in novel and film, and then go on to say it was exactly as portrayed; you cannot have it both ways...

[@Hialeah1925]

💯

[@BryantBrothers-gm1qx]

It's what happens when you have non professionals upload these videos...they try but often get it wrong.....NOONE really knows what EXACTLY happened back then because everyone is DEAD,smh

[@xsah2]

@@BryantBrothers-gm1qxbruh it’s not ancient history there are written records of these things it was only like 150 years ago

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Yes you can have it both ways.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

@@BryantBrothers-gm1qx What a dumb comment. lol 🤦‍♂

[@ksimpp]

Amazing content!! Straight to the point and no dramatic music or corny jokes. Seriously you're amazing!

[@Stefanio64]

If all docus were narrated like this I'd watch them all!!!

[@Ian_Fox_adv]

Thank you so much for making these videos! I've only recently discovered your channel but I am thoroughly enjoying every video that I watch! I've always been fascinated by the wild west (and slightly bitter that my great grandparents didn't make the journey across the pond back then haha!). Your narration, editing and delivery are excellent and you've clearly put in a lot of time researching your content. Keep up the great work! P.s - I'd like to echo what others are saying in these comments, that this particular documentary is better than any I've seen on "TV"

[@RobbedPierreDeus]

I was thinking to myself, "This documentary could branch out to so many others." And then I went to your page! Thank you! Subbed!

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

52:35 as someone from California, I agree that the Wild West ended around the 1910’s and in some places as late as the year 1920. Of course mountain towns like Bodie stayed old but they’re an anomaly.

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

Part of my reasoning with some strong holdover culturally from the Victorian era in society

[@loadedwraps7630]

Tell me about Bodie Brodie🤔

[@TexasRanger-lf6jc]

Well I think the west is still very much wild evan today.

[@TexasRanger-lf6jc]

@@coryondreako8227 there are still many western towns today.

[@jamesblond150]

Bodie is a state park that's why it's an anomaly.

[@TheBenrogue]

Great documentary, thank you. Your matter-of-fact method of telling what happened is refreshing. I didn't feel as though you were trying to influence my opinion. This is what needs to be taught in our schools. The truth with a calm voice. Again. thank you.

[@josephgilorma6979]

Exactly!

[@michaelshort6036]

This is a fantastically put together and well researched documentary. Bravo, very very good.

[@robhowarth77]

An exceptional documentary. Thank you !

[@kevininb4379]

As 1/2 native and Mexican I feel great to say that both native and Mexican roots have influenced some of the Wild West’ style

[@perspellman]

So you think this is such a brilliant and accurate documentary? It's just portaying more Hollywood depictions and popular myths, and some of it is even evident in the photo and footage material. Contrary to what the narrator claims the trail wagons were rarely pulled by horses, but mostly by oxens or sometimes mules. Oxens were stronger and more resiilient than horses, also less expensive, easier to feed, and just basically more suited for such a hard and long journey. Another myth is that the indigenous tribes were mercilessly savages victimizing pioneers. Historical records presents a different story. In fact, sustained attacks by Indians on wagon trains were rare and encounters between Indians and emigrants were, more often, peaceful and mutually advantageous. The common scenes in western films showing circled wagon trains under attack by Indians, is false. Pioneers circled their wagons at night mostly to keep their draft animals from wandering off, not protect against an ambush. A study by historian John Unruh concluded that just over 360 emigrants were killed as a result of Indian attacks along the trail between 1840 and 1860, most of them during the 1850s. More indians were killed by emigrants during the same period.

[@hime8903]

Thank you for sharing ❤ do you have anything I can read on this subject? I’m not American so I’d rather learn about the history through the eyes of the natives rather than the colonists

[@robertodulinski7129]

Possibly one of the most post colononial histories I’ve listened to congratulations chum

[@thefreedomishere]

Something I didn't hear when you're speaking on the native Americans as that a lot of native American tribes had seen white people way before Columbus ever arrived. Lots of tribes talk about the pale skin or the white man. So I believe in what history is starting to show is the Scandinavians and Europeans were probably in America way before Christopher Columbus and also they can show the Chinese were in America before Columbus. But what says everybody else wasn't there already. History is told by the victors. That doesn't mean history is right

[@eddiebear34]

Columbus was European

[@codyatkins4294]

Thanks John Madden

[@burlylikeschicken]

I live in Oklahoma and we are learning Oklahoma History and we learned that it was possible Vikings came through because they found tunes from a Nordic language from the Viking times in a cave in Oklahoma

[@drizzo4669]

Can you cite any sources?

[@burlylikeschicken]

@@drizzo4669 look up Spanish exhibitions in 1541 and there were possibly Vikings because there are relics of em in Oklahoman caves

[@SpriteCranberry6699]

This is this man’s first video and it’s his best video. That’s wild

[@Fredfazbear-uw7zu]

Just saw your comment, and I couldn't say it better myself

[@Therandomguyyoumet5yearsago]

🥁

[@minddweller]

Red dead 2 really got me into the wild west

[@gtheg3369]

Ong💀

[@AlejandroRodriguez-cn9wq]

I was born and raised in New Mexico. Red Dead Redemption sparked my interest in old west history

[@HonestMovieReactions]

Absolutely tragic how the Native Americans were treated.

[@nduryamwadzaya3972]

Their land was stolen and that is the honest truth. Sometimes one wonders how one claims to fight for global freedom yet he stole the freedom of another person, because stealing someone's land is taking away their freedom. Ironical!

[@AnthonyGerardiAndroidWare]

Equally tragic how they treated each other. It wasn't rainbows and unicorns before the white man. They were brutal to each other and towards enemies, children included

[@nduryamwadzaya3972]

@@AnthonyGerardiAndroidWare that did not grant permission to the arrivistes to subdue them. Their lands

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

The Indians lost the Europeans won. It has worked like this since the beginning of time.

[@nduryamwadzaya3972]

@Anthony Gerardi that did not provide justification for Europeans to come invading and claim that territory.

[@SimplySerene48]

Absolutely LOVE the documentary. We grew up on western movies building our curiosity and imagination, intriguing us into learning about the American Frontier. We love traveling to the West Coast and visiting ghost towns and places touched by the Wild West History. Our passion went as far as us building a short term rental property (located in the beautiful Poconos, PA) inspired by the American Frontier.

[@chasetronicsinc7719]

exceptional documentary and well narrated.Thank you !😊👍👍

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Japanese restaurant

[@evansveilleux5168]

sound and artistic scenery plus nice soft narration adds up to well stages scenario.....compliments

[@oldsalt7534]

I read or saw somewhere that the settlers didn't use the Conestoga wagons because they were too heavy. They were mainly used to haul freight.

[@HumbertoRodriguez-rh9gk]

prairie schooners.

[@helpmeforget...]

One of the most enjoyable documentaries I’ve seen.

[@AbrazaNews_Ke]

Wow! Such a great documentary. I'm Kenyan and I love it!❤️

[@markissboi3583]

Documentrys using people not pictures are great viewing it shows the time spent on them .

[@debbiegipson4512]

There were actually two Medals of Honor given to Buffalo Bill. He gave away the first one to family. He later regretted that act of generosity and appealed to his friend General Nelson Miles for a replacement...his friend obliged him. His Medal of Honor was rescinded in 1917. The reason behind the action was that he was merely a scout and not an actual member of the military therefore his was not eligible, despite his valor. The decision was reversed in 1989 and his Medal of Honor was restored. Both medals are on display at two separate museums...and there you have 'the rest of the story'.... Enjoyed the Documentary!

[@georgesouthwick7000]

There were no hero’s or villains, only winners and losers and the winners got to write the history.

[@djmossssomjd8496]

A well put together documentary. Well done!

[@bconni2]

it's obviously not mentioned in this vid, but the North East Sertão region of Brazil had their version of the American wild West about 200 years earlier in which the Portuguese along with the native Tupi people, Mestizos and runaway African slaves engaged in a level of lawless violence and debauchery that would make even the most ambitious psychopath of America's wild West envious

[@randystennes6996]

The bridging of the divide between the east and west is when this county started to go down hill.

[@capngrimm3684]

Even though I am American by birth, and have lived in a part of the country that was part of the Wild West, I always felt disconnected from that time period, probably since my father's side of the family came here after the fall of the Soviet Union, but my mother's side has been here since the early 1800s. As a kid I didn't understand why people wanted to be cowboys because I always perceived them as being desert dwellers and preferred pirates instead; if it weren't for Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, I probably wouldn't care about this part of history, but those games changed my mind and I now appreciate this part of history. In regards to Red Dead Redemption 2, I learned that there were more to cowboys than just doing stuff in a desert

[@bigmac8168]

Great documentary..thx👍🇸🇪😀

[@Prajoedi]

These are Americans I used to know. I'm not American, but my earliest memory from the 80s is of an American Union soldier shooting his revolver on horseback while carrying a stars and stripes flag. 40+ years have passed, and today's Americans wear skirts with big mustaches and muscles, have pink hair, and identify themselves as unicorns while carrying rainbow flags

[@PopPopPopPop]

Sorry to break it to ya but union soldiers weren’t in service during the 80s LMAO

[@Prajoedi]

@@PopPopPopPop haha.. it was from movie i watched in the 80's.. couldnt remember the movie name i think it was eastwood's western.

[@jasoncampos2933]

You forgot to talk about the Mexican vaqueros… who were the first cowboys.

[@bconni2]

actually the first cowboys in the Americas were in Brazil. also called Vaqueiros. but unlike Mexico, because there's no historical connection with Brazil and the U.S , it obviously gets very little attention

[@jasoncampos2933]

@@bconni2 no sir the first cowboys came from Mexico to be exact in central Mexico, the state of Hidalgo way before Mexico became a country when it was still considered ~Nueva España~

[@michaelshort6036]

Wrong again. Everyone knows the first real cowboys were the Vaqualualuas in Waikiki

[@penrythajanitor4644]

​@@jasoncampos2933Cabeza de Vaca and them were exploring before the Anglos, that's for sure

[@QualityPen]

Meanwhile the Old World had cowboys for ten thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the new world.

[@ronhites4629]

Just a note: The main reason of the wagon-trains being in the circle comes from the fact that every night, when the wagon-train set up camp, they would put them in a circle to help keep their precious cattle from wondering off.🐂

[@thecatguy4301]

Great video.

[@OllieLato]

Wild West is my favorite historic period to research, it’s such a small yet fascinating window I’m American history.

[@profphilbell2075]

Great storytelling.

[@HURRIC4NEyt]

Thank you bro, this is sick. Always been in love with the wild west and the year 1947 specifically, thanks to rockstar I got L.A noire for my 1940's obsession and RDR1 and RDR2 for my wild west obsession, and now I find this sick documentary, sick.

[@hardyakka6200]

I started watching this hoping there may be a knob of truth, but alas no. No mention of the Indians assisting the people crossing the rivers, There is no writing referring to wagons forming a circle. Attacks were rare. People forget diaries from these people are extant.

[@blqnkw]

I love the wild west era its so interesting!! Thank you for this video

[@dds94]

Great documentary

[@lindakay9552]

Two of my 2nd great grandfathers were in Custer's 7th Calvary. One of their mother's told one of them she had a dream that if he went into the next battle with the Cavalry that everyone would be slaughtered. He told his best friend, and they both deserted right before Little Bighorn. The daughter of the 2nd great grandpa who's mom had the dream, married the son of the best friend who deserted with him. They were my great grandma and great grandpa. My dad's dad's parents.

[@brucepeek3923]

The problem with judging so called white - Indian interactions is that we today were not there at the time and did not have a dog in the fight.. For the record, the Sioux, conquered the Black hills from the Cheyenne, who conquered the black hills from the Kiowa.. The Sioux ended up moving to the west from Minnesota and upper michigan because they were forced to by the Chippewa who being closer to the British and French had better access to guns.. No where was it ever recorded that any native tribe ever- set aside land reserves- i.e. reservations for any of the other tribes they fought against ever.. Nor did they ever sign treaties with them ever. Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Geronimo- all recognized the right of conquest and all of them lived by it too, as did the Commanche, Ute, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and on and on.. So you can stop with the indians were innocent fawns in nature b.s. So yeah it turned out bad for the Indians but not as bad as they turned out against their own enemies.. Best Bruce Peek

[@sarginsonjon]

You keep trying to justify if it if you can An entire race and their cultures was crushed in less than 100 years by people that were supposedly civilised

[@robertgiles9124]

And the Victim Culture remains strong in the USA.

[@air9777]

Notice how these tribes are still around today. These conquered lands from indigenous people couldn't have been that bad since entire tribes weren't wiped out. Unlike what happened after 1492 with disease and betrayal from the European and French settlers

[@robertgiles9124]

​@@air9777 You're not making any sense at all. "couldn't have been that bad"? How the hell would you know? Plenty of Indians were murdered for nothing. And this "betrayal" nonsense? Try and make some sense not just mixing up disease with some vague notion of betrayal.

[@bethbartlett5692]

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[@Sn0wiss]

Amazing video, i learned a lot, more people should watch it

[@haris4023]

RIP to the natives who lost their lives and lands✊🏽

[@YouLoseGoodDay]

Lost their lands? Most Indians lived in Central America. Guess what? To this day central America has the highest native population. They still "own their land"

[@haris4023]

@@YouLoseGoodDay most. so the rest of them in surrounding areas were ok to kill and torture? typical white people tryna justify 10 wrongs with 1 right.

[@c0re93]

Amazing video. Thank you for this!

[@dennisw.truman3325]

They did not use Conestoga wagons. They were called prairie schooners. They were small farm wagons.

[@JuanValentino-yu1ft]

My Mother as a child traveled by covered wagon along the Chisholm and Oregon trails to Hood River and met real Indian Chief Os-Ke-Non-Ton and William Cody along the way . My Grandfather is buried in Idlewilde cemetery Hood River in the pioneers section .

[@robertmastnak581]

Very interesting. Thx

[@georgewilkie3580]

I think the fact that during the settling of the West there were a host of organizations of White Americans that supported Native Americans and the rights the should have been afforded. A quick check of historical records will bare me out. I find it very curious how these type of "HERE'S THE TRUTH" documentaries always leave this fact out of their production.

[@vonnie1999]

I've replayed this 3xs. I am fascinated by the Wild West. Can you provide a few sources?

[@kellyschram5486]

Great video just maybe some work on understanding names noticed a few simple that where mispronounced.

[@jasonpoe5360]

Good documentary. The issue with Native Indians was much more complicated than "white people driving them out." In reality, the tribes had warred with each other for centuries, stealing land from one another. Some were cannibals and many more were extremely violent, breaking treaties often. While as a whole, we generally accept that the US Government mistreated them, each of the hundreds of tribes dealt with settlers differently. Today, the US has kept all recognized Native tribes safe and war-free for over 200 years, giving them the longest peace in their entire existence, while also keeping them from keeping slaves, as almost all of the tribes did.

[@rtengstrom9620]

Jefferson set two expeditions, one up the Missouri River (Lewis and Clark) and one up the Upper Mississippi River (Zeb Pike)

[@Baruch-c3e]

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[@MrAshley4440]

Thank you, very well done team, truely enjoyed this film.🤠 little political in some of the comment’s of the notation.

[@brocky78]

Like I've been saying we are only on Earth about 6000 years Traced back from the Bible easy to understand after watching this! 🕵‍♂

[@glenmo1]

Geronimo which was not his real name.. received his name when he attacked a Mexican village during the feast of St Geronimo.. that's why people used to yell Geronimo and he used to attack..

[@maanestraale]

His name was Goyaałé - in Athapascan pronunciation: kòjàːɬɛ́ - meaning 'the one who yawns'.

[@history_by_lamplight]

A lovely overview of the topic with great art and visuals and exemplary editing. ❤

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Saloon

[@jeffa847]

The Conestoga wagons were way too heavy for the western trails and rivers. At least in the early days before there was road maintenance. Most were much smaller wagons and most people walked most of the way alongside the wagon to lighten the load on the oxen but mostly because they were bumpy and uncomfortable to ride on. Some even push hand carts or wheelbarrows. There was another option that no one ever talks about it going by ship either around the bottom of S America or taking a ship to Panama and riding across on the railroad and continuing on another ship up to the west coast I assume it was much more expensive but I have never seen a comparison.

[@Tommy_Irish]

We declared our independence on July 2nd. It was announced publicly on July 4th. It wasn't officially signed until August 2nd. Just to get the facts straight.

[@josephgilorma6979]

It's observed on July 4th, so that's a minor discrepancy.

[@vipboyrockywilliams6577]

It's Red dead redemption now🤠 no moe wild west

[@TypicalIndian1981]

And rock star abandoned the gem they got 😢

[@karinjacka7422]

As a South African who grew up with Cowboys and Indians, I found this documentary so interesting….and mostly very sad….

[@TheGwimWeaper]

The Brilliant 1883 tv series showed a snatch of this life.

[@plusersgvallero7771]

Right!!! After watching first 2 episodes I had to look it up on youtube. That life was merciful and lawless asffff

[@SocialistMart]

Fabulous. Really enjoyed watching that thank you.

[@pleasantops5561]

Awesome!!!!!

[@christopherthomas6783]

What a wonderful video. Informative and concise. All the while being so enjoyable to watch.

[@joshmiller9164]

"I have a plan Arthur" Dutch

[@griffhenshaw5631]

I studied history in school and to this day. The factual history blows Hollywood's portrayal . A good overview piece. I love the revisionists then getting revisioned themselves.

[@bevie29]

While I appreciate the work done on this doc, and that it does not reek of political correctness:, the only people who know real history are the people who lived during that time. Romanticizing different ethnic groups through food music dress and art help people to understand one another and to get long and avoid bitterness and prejudice. People would never marry or do anything good with out romantic notions. The mindset and cultural differences between Settler Americans and indigenous American people varied from tribe to tribe. Early on, the Cherokee soon acquired their own written alphabet and translated the Bible into their own language. An insightful book , is entitled, I fought with Geronimo, by Jason Betzinez. The book and others like it describe real history by people who lived it. Outside the box. (Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull were good friends)

[@robertgiles9124]

Great comment; I thought this was just a boring and generic program.

[@borninvincible]

Try reading 500 Years of Indigenous Struggle. That’s the real story of the filthy settlers who couldn’t survive on their own without native help.

[@lilajagears8317]

@@borninvincible So says the simple minded anti white leftist.

[@borninvincible]

@@lilajagears8317 lmao anti white leftist? why are Americans so slow ?

[@borninvincible]

@@lilajagears8317 what was the last book you read concerning the topic? instead of attacking my position, you attack my character. ad hominem.

[@dustinh4175]

Oregon went from the best place on earth to one of the worst.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

The Spanish term 'Vaquero' was transmogrified to the Anglicized term 'Buckaroo'.

[@olchat2012]

True. Vaca=cow. Vaquero=cowman.

[@brucephillips8458]

Your account of the battle of the Little Bighorn is wrong. The Native Americans did not attack because they sensed an impending attack. They were attacked and fought back. Also, there are no known photographs of Crazy Horse. so I'm not sure who was on the picture you showed. And what is a tribituary?

[@ilarimakiranta]

Was there a ”Canadian frontier” in Canada? Were there cowboys and saloons there as well? - a Finn who’s not sure 🇫🇮 Great video!

[@dionst.michael1482]

Yes, Canada has a West

[@joebean3399]

Canada is a communist country so who cares.

[@blaineedwards8078]

@@donaldbarnes1144 Brother Donny, the French were actually the best at getting along with the Injuns because they always had a loaded pipe and would sit around smoking out with the Natives. The chief would cough and say, "This is really good shit." At this point, they might offer you their daughter. No matter even if she was butt-ugly and reeked of buffalo dung, you better accept his offer or they would string you up and stuff your nuts in your mouth and leave your sorry ass right next to an anthill..DOH!

[@syrussmith6757]

@@donaldbarnes1144 Ain't nothing like an arrogant redneck, being proud of things he has nothing to do with and chatting s*it about places he's never been to.

[@dionst.michael1482]

@@donaldbarnes1144 I heard of Texas. Heard ya only find steers and queers there. I don’t see no horns so what are YOU? Hahaha!

[@raymondmartin6737]

My wife and I visited friends near St Louis, in 2001 and 2004. We saw the reenactment of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on the Mississippi and Missouti River in winter 2004. The Father from the friends we visited was a reenactor on a Keel Boat there. We also visited Fort DuBois and the museum with the Keel Boats and other artifacts there, and had adinner with some of the actors in uniform. I still have some souvenirs from it almost 20 years later. 😊

[@jjdjj5392]

One group i didnt see mentioned are mountain men

[@christinetracy4829]

Very interesting thank you.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Phenomenal video. Thank you

[@scottray2450]

As always with the US...never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

[@brucepeek3923]

Oh, the other grevious error you make- Connestoga wagons were never used as transportation on any of the overland trails in the western states. The Connestogas were too heavy and they were never pulled by horses. Only mules, and oxen were used to pull covered wagons. Draft horses had to be fed grain which they ate a lot of, and which was too heavey.. Thee only breed of cow that could survive without a lot of grain, and really constant care on the open range were the longhorns- semi feral spanish cattle, that were tough and hardy but that carried very little beef on their frames. You do really need to fact check your statements. best Bruce Peek

[@kukungdeeka]

i can see Arthur Morgan and Dutch here

[@AprilGhouls]

I love this thank you man.

[@Therandomguyyoumet5yearsago]

Tbh somehow more better the most society today