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to protect the northern railroad,
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and though the gold he'd found didn't
amount to more than a 50 cent diggin',
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it wasn't long before the newspapers
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proclaimed the place "the
el dorado of america. "
:04:16
Everyday, new immigrants came in
hope of striking their fortune.
:04:20
Like so many before them,
:04:21
most brought only their dreams
and the clothes on their backs.
:04:25
Some would make a new life for themselves.
:04:27
Others would find only heartbreak.
:04:32
With the people came
the towns and the camps, hundreds of 'em.
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For every man who got rich on gold,
:04:38
another 10 made a killing on the miners.
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Nobody seemed to care that the
land wasn't theirs to claim.
:04:45
Some men of business, like robert wheeler,
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found themselves in the
right place at the right timE.
:04:51
The opportunities seemed downright endless.
:04:54
One at a time, gentlemen, one at a time.
:04:56
Please don't shove.
:04:57
There's enough to go around.
:05:00
How do you get to the black hills?
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Freedom trial.
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$10.00'll get you a ride in my wagon.
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- $10.00?
- Yes, sir.
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It cost me half that by train from chicago.
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Well, sir, you can wait until they
build a railroad to the black hills,
:05:13
or you can hand over $10.00 and hop on.
:05:18
Yeah? All right.
:05:31
Who needs pans?
:05:33
There ya go.
:05:36
I trade with the sioux at the agency.
:05:38
They know me as a friend.
:05:39
They'll give us safe passage.
:05:42
Whoa, whoa.
:05:47
What about them?
:05:49
They friends of yours, too?
:05:50
Those aren't indians.
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Bushwhackers!