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The story of the German family who traveled west and were attacked in September 1874 on the western plains of Kansas. Wh | dG1fUmlfcVd1eWxhdXM
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00:01It wasn't much, but it was home.
00:03And now, we're off for a better life. Trust me.
00:07But I'll never see this place again.
00:09Well, sure we will. We'll come back one day, by train. It's possible.
00:15Our family is why I want to do this.
00:20John, if you go past Kansas, you're just walking to no man's land.
00:25Lydia, the children here are starved.
00:28Your father offered help. I don't want his help.
00:31The West has its own way.
00:36I just wish we had done it sooner.
00:48More reports from Kansas of attacks.
00:51Who made these attacks?
00:52Cheyenne, I believe. We've got troubles everywhere.
00:55Our people are no longer of one mind.
00:57Found a burned up wagon near Fort Wallace, sir.
01:00Several killed. They found a Bible.
01:05They're going to kill me.
01:09My God, child. Who did this to you?
01:13We're losing you before.
01:23Our team here is John Tucker.
01:24We are not getting tempted for it.
01:24We're losing you before we leave.
01:35We are wanting cooperating with Ole Miss talking here.
01:35I will remember.
01:42We'll be hating on our work today.
01:42We're losing it.
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