Land of the eagle. Episode 2, Confronting the wilderness

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The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New...

The story of how North America was discovered and tamed is told through two sets of eyes: the native Indians and the European newcomers. The series, which received a Finalist Certificate at the New York Festival, is a magnificent hotchpotch of paintings, photographs, old songs played on period instruments, contemporary Indians voicing the words of their ancestors, and magnificent wildlife filming, revealing the shifting balance between man and nature. This episode examines the harsh, rocky land around Hudson Bay. Traces the history of French and British entrepreneurs who ventured there to hunt and trap. And discusses the settlement of the St. Lawrence River and how the French traders and the Indians collaborated in a prosperous business partnership until an outbreak of smallpox decimated thousands of Native Americans.

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