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Duncan: There is a phrase that,
as settlement moved West, they were "redeeming
the land from wilderness by the hand of man." You're "redeeming"
the wilderness by plowing it, by cutting the trees down, by killing the wild animals and replacing them
with domestic cattle or hogs
as settlement moved West, they were "redeeming
the land from wilderness by the hand of man." You're "redeeming"
the wilderness by plowing it, by cutting the trees down, by killing the wild animals and replacing them
with domestic cattle or hogs
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Duncan: There is a phrase that,
as settlement moved West,
00:00:04.933 --> 00:00:08.466
they were "redeeming
the land from wilderness
00:00:08.466 --> 00:00:10.007
by the hand of man."
00:00:10.007 --> 00:00:14.008
You're "redeeming"
the wilderness by plowing it,
00:00:14.008 --> 00:00:16.666
by cutting the trees down,
00:00:16.666 --> 00:00:18.733
by killing the wild animals
00:00:18.733 --> 00:00:23.233
and replacing them
with domestic cattle or hogs.
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Movie Summary
A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
