The Way West (1995)

1845-1864: The Course of Empire Takes Its Way. (1x1)

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The Gold Rush sent hundreds of thousands of people rushing across the continent to California and Oregon, the world of Native Americans was turned upside down. The ever-quickening pace of expansion led to a series of bloody confrontations between Native Americans and white emigrants, culminating in 1862's Minnesota conflict and, two years later, the massacre at Sand Creek.