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American Primeval Recap: Go Build Your Own Fort
Everyone believes they’re doing what they have to do, which sometimes means hurting others who are also trying to survive.
When Dellinger penned a letter to his superiors describing his faith that the Mountain Meadows Massacre was committed by members of the LDS church and not Shoshone warriors, he hoped it would have consequences. Thanks to bribery and betrayal, the letter found its way to the perpetually angry Wild Bill Hickman, who decides to take his anger out on Wolsey by whipping him in front of the rest of the Nauvoo Legion. The series’ most eloquent character, Dellinger doubles as the episode’s narrator, first with his intercepted letter and, as the attack unfolds, with a lyrical journal entry that attempts to capture the possibility and wonder beyond the West’s brutality.
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