00:23Hello again, Peabody here.
00:25You're just in time to accompany Sherman and me
00:27as we journey back into the year 1778.
00:30What's our destination, Mr. Peabody?
00:32Kentucky, where we'll spend one or two exciting moments
00:35with that legendary frontiersman, Daniel Boone.
00:38My Wayback Machine, ingenious invention that it is,
00:41reacted instantaneously,
00:43teleporting us to the banks of the Kentucky River,
00:45and there stood a fort which was later become known as Boonesboro.
00:49Did Daniel Boone build his fort, Mr. Peabody?
00:51I sure would like to meet him.
00:53Sherman's wish was granted.
00:56Unexpectedly so.
00:58And you stay out of here, Daniel Boone.
01:01We don't want you.
01:02Daniel Boone?
01:04That's me.
01:05Golly, Mr. Boone, how come you were thrown out of your own fort?
01:08Don't rightly know, Sonny.
01:10Used to was that folks caught into me.
01:13Now they just can't stand me.
01:16The wind suddenly changed its direction,
01:18bringing with it a highly unsavory aroma.
01:20Wow, something smells awful.
01:22I'll say it does.
01:23Wonder what it is.
01:25That hat of yours, Daniel, how long have you had it?
01:27My coonskin cap.
01:29Just got it last Tuesday.
01:30Would that be the day your friends began taking a dislike to you?
01:34Now that you mention it, yes.
01:36Say, you don't suppose it's my coonskin cap that smells?
01:41Skunk skin, Daniel.
01:42Skunk skin.
01:44We buried Boone's pungent chapeau and then talked him into an elongated session in the waters of the Kentucky River.
01:50Do you think the folks in the fort will accept Mr. Boone now?
01:53I'm certain of it, Chairman.
01:54Well, suppose we take him in his towel.
01:56We walked to the river's edge, but strangely enough, Daniel was nowhere to be seen.
02:00Well, his clothes are still on the banks, so he must be somewhere nearby.
02:03It wasn't till we examined the opposite shore that we discovered what had happened.
02:07Footprints!
02:08The tracks were easy to follow, and by late afternoon we found where they were heading.
02:11An Indian village!
02:12Utilizing a small tree as camouflage, we were able to ferret out Daniel Boone's whereabouts.
02:18Psst!
02:19Mr. Boone!
02:19It's us!
02:20Oh, hi there, Sonny!
02:22Quick!
02:22Get behind our tree and we'll help you escape!
02:25There's not an Indian anywhere near this tent!
02:27Can't do it, boy!
02:28Why not?
02:29No clothes!
02:30Them engines captured me raw!
02:32We couldn't leave him.
02:34Therefore, we had no alternative but to make our presence known to the Indian chief and try to win Daniel
02:39Boone's freedom.
02:40Let me get him straight.
02:41You challenge my best warrior to contest?
02:44That's right!
02:45I'll race him in a canoe, shoot arrows at a target, and send up smoke signals faster than he can.
02:50Hmm.
02:51Sound him like Olympics.
02:53Okay, you got him deal.
02:55Two out of three win.
02:57If warrior loses, Boone goes free.
02:59If you lose, you get him scalped.
03:02Hmm.
03:03The first event was a canoe race.
03:06Both got him canoe.
03:07Both paddle across river.
03:09First man to reach other side is winner.
03:11On the word go.
03:13Go!
03:14We launched our canoes.
03:15Or at least the warrior did.
03:17Well, get going, Mr. Peabody.
03:18He's halfway across already.
03:20Patient, Chairman.
03:21The tide is due to go out any moment.
03:23And it did.
03:25Carrying me across the river in nothing flat.
03:28Peabody, one up.
03:29Now you try him test number two.
03:32We were handed bows and arrows.
03:33Forty feet away atop a tree stump stood two apples, one large, one small.
03:36Having lost the first event, my opponent received the opportunity of shooting first.
03:40He not only chose to shoot at the large apple, he hit it.
03:44My turn was next.
03:45That small apple contained a worm with a large appetite.
03:48So large that he consumed my target before I could draw a bead.
03:52Well, ha ha, guess warrior win him.
03:55You both tied.
03:56That's not fair.
03:57Mr. Peabody didn't even shoot.
03:59Well, that's the way cookie crumbles.
04:02Now we have him smoke signal contest.
04:04One who send message up fastest is final winner.
04:08While the warrior encouraged his fire, I adjourned to a nearby tent.
04:11And by using rocks, pieces of flint and wood, managed to construct a somewhat makeshift typewriter.
04:17Of course, by this time, my adversary was sending puffs of smoke skyward.
04:20What are you gonna do with the typewriter, Mr. Peabody?
04:22You'll see, Sherman.
04:23I connected a rubber tube from the typewriter to a small fire and then I went to work.
04:28Without the slightest doubt, I was the winner.
04:33Indian no-gorm back onward.
04:35You boy and boon go free.
04:37That's wonderful, isn't it, Mr. Peabody?
04:39Yes, it is.
04:40However, Daniel still couldn't make a move without clothing.
04:42Here, Sherman, give the chief this dollar and buy that shirt and pants for Daniel.
04:46For a dollar?
04:47Is that all they cost?
04:48Certainly.
04:49That's why they call them Buckskins.
04:51Heart Resume of Coffee and Tines.
05:01THE END
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