1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:58,725 --> 00:01:00,518 Maybe the ship will have the lamp oil, 4 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:03,521 we need. 5 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:05,023 I don't think those poor souls 6 00:01:05,023 --> 00:01:08,026 are going to make it. 7 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:11,905 We'll wrack that ship tomorrow 8 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,283 in the morning. 9 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:53,113 Being that cargo. 10 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,030 was to claim. 11 00:01:54,030 --> 00:01:57,033 Never has the sun risen before you, Robin. 12 00:01:57,867 --> 00:02:01,121 As the sun shines, so come the dawdling emulators. 13 00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:02,997 I'm not on your land. 14 00:02:02,997 --> 00:02:04,541 am I Thornton? 15 00:02:04,541 --> 00:02:07,418 I’m not here to say that you are. 16 00:02:07,418 --> 00:02:10,755 You see any survivors? 17 00:02:13,383 --> 00:02:15,760 No survivors yet, 18 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,555 Quite the catch this morning. 19 00:02:18,555 --> 00:02:19,472 Be off with you. 20 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:22,475 I have to be about my business. 21 00:02:36,698 --> 00:02:38,324 Heading back with my first load. 22 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:40,660 What you see? 23 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:43,663 Something curious about that hatch over yonder. 24 00:02:44,706 --> 00:02:47,709 Be gone with you. 25 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:06,853 This story treats 26 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:10,648 Chincoteague Island and the adjacent Assateague Island together. 27 00:03:10,982 --> 00:03:15,904 Because the two are and always have been, inseparably tied 28 00:03:16,905 --> 00:03:18,907 up until the 20th century. 29 00:03:18,907 --> 00:03:23,286 The channel separating both islands was originally quite narrow. 30 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:26,456 All one had to do was step across 31 00:03:26,456 --> 00:03:29,459 the narrow gut. 32 00:03:55,652 --> 00:03:58,488 As early as the 17th century. 33 00:03:58,488 --> 00:04:04,077 A unique tradition began to take shape, unfolding once or even twice a year. 34 00:04:04,702 --> 00:04:09,624 Horses and ponies left to roam freely on both islands were herded 35 00:04:09,624 --> 00:04:13,962 into makeshift pens to be branded and sometimes sold. 36 00:04:16,297 --> 00:04:18,883 What began as a gathering for hunters 37 00:04:18,883 --> 00:04:22,512 and early settlers soon evolved into a larger event, 38 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:26,516 drawing people from the mainland who came not only to visit 39 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:29,936 but to partake in this honored affair. 40 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:02,010 James. 41 00:05:03,428 --> 00:05:06,431 Look here. 42 00:05:08,850 --> 00:05:11,561 He's an old man over there with that meager looking little boy. 43 00:05:11,561 --> 00:05:14,564 Oh, that be Robin's the squatter, 44 00:05:14,772 --> 00:05:16,024 a squatter. 45 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:19,277 Those fellows with debts sent over to squat on unclaimed land. 46 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,030 Yeah, I know, but that was a long time ago. 47 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:25,700 Our granddaddy split up on this land back in the day for people to squat on. 48 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:35,835 This is how we eat. 49 00:05:37,628 --> 00:05:40,381 I don't recall you ever taken a wife. 50 00:05:40,381 --> 00:05:42,133 Oh, he ain't married. 51 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,719 That boy. That be James. 52 00:05:44,719 --> 00:05:47,722 He came here alone. 53 00:05:50,558 --> 00:05:53,019 We have enough to eat now, James. 54 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:56,022 Come on. 55 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:03,404 54 You’re not going to get plump on oysters. 56 00:06:03,404 --> 00:06:06,407 Don't mind the gander. 57 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:09,494 Robins I seeing you 58 00:06:09,494 --> 00:06:11,287 and the boy out there scavenging for food. 59 00:06:11,287 --> 00:06:14,290 Won't you join me and Mary for supper? 60 00:06:15,750 --> 00:06:18,753 Come across any scissors from that ship's wreck. 61 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:22,090 61 John be needin’ a cut for some time now. 62 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:24,884 No scissors for trade, ma'am. 63 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:27,845 We got plenty of wool blankets, trade. 64 00:06:30,848 --> 00:06:33,851 65 James and I'll be fine. 65 00:06:55,915 --> 00:06:58,918 I don't like oysters. 66 00:07:00,044 --> 00:07:03,047 This is what we're going to be eating 67 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:06,259 This is our food. 68 00:07:17,395 --> 00:07:20,189 James, now that you're hearing me, 69 00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:22,859 I want to tell you a story. 70 00:07:22,859 --> 00:07:26,529 Years ago, there was a great storm at sea. 71 00:07:28,364 --> 00:07:31,367 There was a ship in the storm. 72 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,829 I heard men calling out. 73 00:07:34,996 --> 00:07:37,957 I heard women screaming. 74 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:41,002 I heard the ship crack, 75 00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:44,005 and I knew it was lost. 76 00:07:44,046 --> 00:07:46,507 I knew that the people were doomed. 77 00:07:46,507 --> 00:07:49,719 But there was a mother on that ship, James. 78 00:07:50,553 --> 00:07:53,556 And she had a little boy. 79 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:56,225 And to save that little boy, 80 00:07:56,225 --> 00:07:59,228 she strapped him to the hatch, 81 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:02,273 and she pushed him overboard 82 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:05,526 before the ship sank 83 00:08:05,735 --> 00:08:08,738 so that the hatch would drift up on shore. 84 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:16,329 The next morning, I went out and I looked 85 00:08:17,413 --> 00:08:20,416 and there were no survivors. 86 00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:24,253 It was just flotsam and debris on the shore. 87 00:08:26,923 --> 00:08:29,926 But I saw a hatch. 88 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:33,846 And there was a young boy 89 00:08:33,846 --> 00:08:36,849 tied to that hatch. 90 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:46,275 He was alone. 91 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:47,985 And he was you. 92 00:08:47,985 --> 00:08:50,947 James. 93 00:08:53,407 --> 00:08:56,160 You came here alone. 94 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:02,792 What doomed 95 00:09:02,792 --> 00:09:06,504 European ship brought James ashore is not certain. 96 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:08,714 What is certain? 97 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:13,177 The first European encroachment occurred hundreds of years before 98 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:16,556 marking a fateful moment in history. 99 00:09:25,856 --> 00:09:28,734 The islands of Chincoteague, and Assateague 100 00:09:28,734 --> 00:09:31,070 rich with the bounty of game, 101 00:09:31,070 --> 00:09:35,658 fish and shellfish, had long served as vital resources 102 00:09:35,658 --> 00:09:38,661 for the native people who called these shores 103 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:41,706 home. 104 00:10:24,915 --> 00:10:26,417 106 Historians debate 105 00:10:26,417 --> 00:10:31,631 the exact location where the French ship La Dauphine anchored in the vicinity, 106 00:10:31,756 --> 00:10:34,925 but appears that in the year 1524, 107 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:38,471 two worlds met here. 108 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:52,109 Ochrau Brinney! 109 00:10:52,109 --> 00:10:55,112 be that you. 110 00:11:08,709 --> 00:11:09,251 My wife Margaret 111 00:11:09,251 --> 00:11:12,254 inherited land over on Chincoteague. 112 00:11:13,089 --> 00:11:14,256 After you grub a pasture, 113 00:11:14,256 --> 00:11:17,259 the livestock and the horses will follow. 114 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:27,478 I figured you 115 00:11:27,478 --> 00:11:30,481 being best with my horses and all. 116 00:11:33,401 --> 00:11:34,527 Unless you prefer 117 00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:36,696 back to the pigs trough. 118 00:11:37,488 --> 00:11:40,491 Yes, master. 119 00:11:55,423 --> 00:11:56,757 Plenty of rain 120 00:11:56,757 --> 00:11:59,009 forms here for you and the livestock. 121 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:02,054 Not long after, though, the puddles become brackish. 122 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:05,015 So get a well dug. 123 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:08,519 Should you need to call on me. 124 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:11,522 Both the Bowden's and the Thornton's live on the island. 125 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:14,567 They'll send word. 126 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:21,407 Ah other coloreds be working here, too. 127 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:24,410 You need not fraternize with them. 128 00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:33,669 My Margaret will be keen to hear 129 00:12:33,669 --> 00:12:36,088 about her granted property here. 130 00:12:38,966 --> 00:12:41,969 Fair news will brighten her spirits. 131 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:47,433 See, we've been trying to have... 132 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:53,314 Never mind about that. 133 00:12:56,525 --> 00:12:59,528 A lot of work to be done here. 134 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:02,907 Keep my faith in you, 135 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:05,576 and I'll send your lady Nell over for visits. 136 00:13:07,411 --> 00:13:10,414 Thank you, Master Stockley. 137 00:14:21,443 --> 00:14:24,029 140 God is with us. 138 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:27,032 Blessing to dying and those we grieve. 139 00:14:30,661 --> 00:14:33,539 In your mercy, God forgive what we have been 140 00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:35,916 helpless to amend 141 00:14:35,916 --> 00:14:37,626 what we are. 142 00:14:37,626 --> 00:14:40,629 And direct us as to what we shall be. 143 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:48,053 In the midst of life, we find ourselves in death. 144 00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:51,140 My condolences for the loss of your wife. 145 00:14:54,852 --> 00:14:57,688 Thank you for your blessings. 146 00:14:57,688 --> 00:14:59,481 The tattooed one. 147 00:14:59,481 --> 00:15:00,691 And the others. 148 00:15:00,691 --> 00:15:03,694 They served you well? 149 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:12,870 Ochrau... 150 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:14,288 What about him? 151 00:15:14,288 --> 00:15:17,917 Charles, we meet this lonesome day because slavery 152 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,921 is a moral sin in the eyes of the Lord. 153 00:15:22,546 --> 00:15:24,882 That is, if your wish is to be with him in his 154 00:15:24,882 --> 00:15:27,885 kingdom, in heaven. 155 00:15:32,806 --> 00:15:33,766 Know all men 156 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:37,186 by these that I, Charles Stockley up the county. 157 00:15:37,311 --> 00:15:40,689 The county of Accomack in Virginia. 158 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:45,402 So impressed with thee... 159 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:51,283 The fullest sensibility of the equal rights of human nature 160 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:55,329 to personal liberty, and being desirous of contributing thereto. 161 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,374 As far as the emancipation of my slaves. 162 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:00,960 Manumitted. 163 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,005 Discharged and set free. 164 00:16:09,885 --> 00:16:11,929 Yes. 165 00:16:12,388 --> 00:16:15,557 Sampson, Able, 166 00:16:15,557 --> 00:16:18,560 Francis. 167 00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:23,315 Ochrau Brinney. 168 00:16:25,192 --> 00:16:28,195 Levi and Ezekiel. 169 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:35,202 Esther and child Rose! 170 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:41,542 I do for myself and my heirs. 171 00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:45,004 I ratify 172 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:49,466 grant and confirm unto the aforementioned 173 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:53,178 several Negroes and their heirs 174 00:16:53,721 --> 00:16:56,181 for ever. 175 00:16:57,975 --> 00:17:00,185 I have here and to set my hand 176 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:03,188 and seal this 27th day of September, 177 00:17:03,355 --> 00:17:06,859 in the year 1787. 178 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:16,827 I know it's not all of them. 179 00:17:16,827 --> 00:17:18,370 Well, 180 00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:21,373 it is a start. 181 00:17:24,168 --> 00:17:24,960 Well, 182 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:29,590 it appears that Methodist preacher done changed you, like he did 183 00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:31,467 George Corbin and William Parramore 184 00:17:31,467 --> 00:17:33,677 of this county, 185 00:17:33,677 --> 00:17:36,221 perhaps, 186 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:39,224 or fearing God hates me so. 187 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:46,065 Thank you, Master Stockley, 188 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,358 for my freedom this day. 189 00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:52,237 I was wondering if if my wife name be called. 190 00:17:53,322 --> 00:17:56,533 No, I’s consign you, but I cannot rid myself of Nell. 191 00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:05,918 If something rubs you wrong, then speak on it. 192 00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:08,921 Just fine, master Stockley, fine. 193 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:17,054 You've done splendid work here. 194 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:20,766 Raising cattle, grazing horses. 195 00:18:24,019 --> 00:18:25,145 Be ashamed to leave. 196 00:18:25,145 --> 00:18:28,148 What you started. 197 00:18:28,482 --> 00:18:31,485 You like me to stay? 198 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,948 Free of charge. 199 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:40,119 I hope it brings you much joy here. 200 00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:43,372 I’s likes it here. 201 00:18:43,372 --> 00:18:46,375 My soul already free. 202 00:18:46,375 --> 00:18:49,378 Permission to come over to see my Nell. 203 00:18:53,048 --> 00:18:55,926 As you please. 204 00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:58,929 You're a free man now. 205 00:18:59,847 --> 00:19:01,932 Ochrau. 206 00:19:01,932 --> 00:19:02,933 Yes, sir. 207 00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:05,936 Have I ever told you about this hat. 208 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:09,231 My Margaret used to plead with me to 209 00:19:09,231 --> 00:19:12,234 let her purchase me a new one. 210 00:19:12,734 --> 00:19:15,737 I would not allow it. 211 00:19:16,446 --> 00:19:18,907 See, I've had this hat for a long time. 212 00:19:18,907 --> 00:19:21,910 Since the war. 213 00:19:23,078 --> 00:19:25,372 It's reliable, 214 00:19:25,372 --> 00:19:28,375 dependable. 215 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:31,503 I've grown to trust this hat. 216 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,425 Something like this is hard to let go of. 217 00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:40,512 You understand what I'm saying Ochrau? 218 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:43,515 Yes. Yes. 219 00:19:49,897 --> 00:19:52,900 I'll send Nell over for a visit. 220 00:20:23,347 --> 00:20:26,016 224 These will provide you much use 221 00:20:26,016 --> 00:20:26,934 Yeah. 222 00:20:26,934 --> 00:20:29,228 Thank you for the hides, 223 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:32,231 Mr. Thornton. 224 00:20:32,356 --> 00:20:34,733 Sir. You had another run in with Mr. 225 00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:36,193 William Birch, right? 226 00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:40,239 You reckon right and I'll be damned if I will not lawsuit him again. 227 00:20:41,615 --> 00:20:44,201 Oh, here's the fee. 228 00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:46,662 Not yet paid for the work you've done. 229 00:20:46,662 --> 00:20:48,664 Thank you, sir. 230 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:50,540 Mr. Thornton, 231 00:20:50,540 --> 00:20:54,586 I wonder if you might read on this letter for me. 232 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:56,213 Come this morning. 233 00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:59,216 Messenger from Martin Stockley. 234 00:21:04,471 --> 00:21:07,849 I'm sorry to be the one reading this to you. 235 00:21:07,849 --> 00:21:10,185 But Charles Stockley, not be well, 236 00:21:10,185 --> 00:21:12,813 and has since wrote a will. 237 00:21:12,813 --> 00:21:15,816 Says lots here that pertains to you. 238 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:20,070 Ochrau, I’ve given your, boy 239 00:21:20,070 --> 00:21:23,073 Ochrau junior, 14, and son of Nell. 240 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,575 To my son Nehemiah. 241 00:21:25,575 --> 00:21:28,537 For set time to expire at age 21 years. 242 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:30,163 And then set free. 243 00:21:32,374 --> 00:21:35,377 Any word on my Nell? 244 00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:42,134 Not. Not that, my good eye can read. 245 00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:45,554 Just that Ochrau Junior, better be on his way tomorrow next. 246 00:21:47,764 --> 00:21:49,349 Worry not Ochrau, worry not. 247 00:21:49,349 --> 00:21:51,893 According to Stockley’s will. 248 00:21:51,893 --> 00:21:54,896 you boy be set free in due time. 249 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:04,197 Go, down! 250 00:22:04,197 --> 00:22:06,742 Moses, 251 00:22:06,742 --> 00:22:08,243 go down! 252 00:22:08,243 --> 00:22:11,038 Moses! 253 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,540 Fellow 254 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:16,001 Pharaoh, 255 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:19,671 let my people go. 256 00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:25,510 Go down! 257 00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:28,096 Moses! 258 00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:30,515 Go down! 259 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:33,518 Moses! 260 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,937 Tell old, 261 00:22:35,937 --> 00:22:38,607 Pharaoh. 262 00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:42,402 Let my people go. 263 00:22:57,125 --> 00:22:57,918 268 You come over 264 00:22:57,918 --> 00:22:59,836 to tax the horses again? 265 00:22:59,836 --> 00:23:02,506 You are any local happen to know 266 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:04,841 where I'd find a free colored fella. 267 00:23:04,841 --> 00:23:06,968 named a Brinney? 268 00:23:06,968 --> 00:23:09,971 Are you going to tax cattle then? 269 00:23:11,598 --> 00:23:14,601 My business not to come here for tax. 270 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:17,479 Oh, oh, Ochrau minds to himself. 271 00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:18,605 What has he done? 272 00:23:18,605 --> 00:23:20,607 How about you take me to him? Huh? 273 00:23:25,278 --> 00:23:27,823 Pa. Men coming this way. 274 00:23:27,823 --> 00:23:30,909 Oh. Ochrau Brinney! Be that you? 275 00:23:31,118 --> 00:23:32,285 What is it? 276 00:23:32,285 --> 00:23:36,998 Mainlander wants to have a word with you. These beef’s ain’t for sale. 277 00:23:36,998 --> 00:23:39,626 And if ah... Not here to buy your herd. 278 00:23:39,626 --> 00:23:42,629 I’s can't be bought none either. I’s a free man. 279 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,966 Not here for that. 280 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:48,969 My name is John Custis from Drummond Town. 281 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:53,181 Mr. Briney, I'm here to present you 282 00:23:53,723 --> 00:23:56,726 with this here letter. 283 00:23:58,603 --> 00:23:59,980 This a reward? 284 00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:02,983 And in some ways it is 285 00:24:03,316 --> 00:24:05,277 just cross my mind. 286 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:09,698 You haven't been taught to read, so, Well, it says here, 287 00:24:10,449 --> 00:24:13,702 through the local courts of Accomack County, 288 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:18,707 in the year of our Lord 1810. 289 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:22,794 You are hereby exempt 290 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:27,340 from paying taxes by reason of age and infirmity. 291 00:24:29,926 --> 00:24:32,679 What the courts have decided is, from here on out, 292 00:24:32,679 --> 00:24:35,974 Mr. Brinney, you free of all taxation. 293 00:24:36,808 --> 00:24:41,271 No more money owed on every head of your cattle. 294 00:24:41,855 --> 00:24:44,858 No taxing ownership on your property. 295 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,028 I’s can own property? 296 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:49,279 You has the currency? 297 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:50,906 Why not? 298 00:24:50,906 --> 00:24:54,493 Has not paying tax as a reward? 299 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:23,188 In the years that followed, 300 00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:26,483 it's uncertain who raised James from childhood. 301 00:25:26,733 --> 00:25:30,904 But according to his descendants, the boy grew up as one with the land, 302 00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:36,826 gathering oysters, digging for clams, roaming the piney marshes of Assateague, 303 00:25:36,826 --> 00:25:41,873 becoming much a part of the island life. 304 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:34,593 You know who owns that 305 00:26:34,593 --> 00:26:37,095 herd of ponies out yonder? 306 00:26:37,095 --> 00:26:39,598 Those ponies 307 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:42,601 those ponies are owned by the pasture. 308 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:45,228 I don't quite follow you, sir. 309 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,608 No man can be taxed for those ponies. 310 00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:53,111 They belong to no one in title or deed. 311 00:26:55,572 --> 00:26:57,657 Yeah, I've heard that story many times. 312 00:26:57,657 --> 00:27:00,702 Story about a herd of ponies washed ashore from a shipwreck. 313 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:08,126 You ever heard any different? 314 00:27:09,544 --> 00:27:11,713 Being a waterman, 315 00:27:11,713 --> 00:27:14,591 it's a whole lot of work here for you. 316 00:27:14,591 --> 00:27:17,552 Not very much food. 317 00:27:17,552 --> 00:27:20,555 Is it worth it? 318 00:27:24,142 --> 00:27:25,894 What is he saying about? 319 00:27:27,187 --> 00:27:29,064 Sit down, James. 320 00:27:31,358 --> 00:27:34,361 Between the broad ocean and the soft bay, 321 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,323 people say we can't make a living at it. 322 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:41,493 But we have mint the sea. 323 00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:44,496 And she gives up her treasures for us to use. 324 00:27:45,246 --> 00:27:46,915 Remember that James. 325 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:20,782 James Alone! 326 00:28:36,464 --> 00:28:37,632 Molasses. 327 00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:39,384 Sugar, powder. 328 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,511 Flint. 329 00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:44,514 You have enough found cargo to cast your own voyage. 330 00:28:45,432 --> 00:28:47,225 All the advantages from the sea. 331 00:28:50,186 --> 00:28:53,189 These are the blessings of our livelihood. 332 00:28:56,025 --> 00:28:58,987 And as for the ship, I was told, which brought me here. 333 00:28:59,446 --> 00:29:02,407 I reckon those were a blessing. 334 00:29:04,784 --> 00:29:06,953 You were the blessing, James. 335 00:29:06,953 --> 00:29:09,956 The by God's hand or from the sea. 336 00:29:17,005 --> 00:29:19,007 Where are you headed? 337 00:29:19,007 --> 00:29:19,966 To a sailor's, 338 00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:22,927 talk about blessings from the sea. 339 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:53,268 James? 340 00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:09,344 Isaac Andrew borne up the island on the waters, was discovered the next morning, 341 00:32:09,344 --> 00:32:13,806 hanging in a pine tree by his waistband, some 20ft from the ground. 342 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:18,561 His wife and family swept away forever. 343 00:32:50,551 --> 00:32:52,762 At least five souls were lost 344 00:32:52,762 --> 00:32:56,808 in that storm, along with countless head of cattle and horses. 345 00:32:57,392 --> 00:32:59,727 Many locals chose to leave 346 00:32:59,727 --> 00:33:02,730 for the mainland. 347 00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:48,651 A native from New England 348 00:33:48,651 --> 00:33:51,654 arrived after his boat wrecked near the inlet. 349 00:33:51,946 --> 00:33:57,076 He married a local girl and settled in an area known as Deep Hole. 350 00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:02,665 His name 351 00:34:02,665 --> 00:34:06,377 was Timothy Hill, and the home he would soon inhabit 352 00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:10,423 remained in the Hill family for over 130 years. 353 00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:13,926 The home itself still stands today. 354 00:34:55,551 --> 00:34:58,596 Local physician Thompson Holmes 355 00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:01,599 wrote to the Farmer's Register in 1835. 356 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:06,896 The mad flight of wild horses careering along a narrow level 357 00:35:06,896 --> 00:35:11,359 beach the top of their speed, with manes and tails waving in the wind, 358 00:35:11,359 --> 00:35:14,779 and in forced into the angular pen of pine logs. 359 00:35:15,113 --> 00:35:18,491 You can scarcely imagine the extravagant enthusiasm 360 00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:21,744 with which this exciting sport was anticipated. 361 00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:27,875 It was a frantic carnival without its debauchery, maddened snorts and whinnying 362 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:31,838 of the whole gang all together formed a scene of unrivaled 363 00:35:31,838 --> 00:35:34,841 noise and excitement. 364 00:35:58,114 --> 00:35:58,573 Who's that? 365 00:35:58,573 --> 00:36:00,700 with pen in hand? 366 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:03,494 That's what a government counting folks 367 00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:04,620 recording everybody's name. 368 00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:12,879 James Alone? 369 00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:16,007 You came here alone. 370 00:37:54,188 --> 00:37:58,484 That be James, he came here alone! 371 00:37:58,484 --> 00:38:02,280 You came here alone! 372 00:38:09,328 --> 00:38:11,664 This be the courthouse? 373 00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:13,666 What it says outside. 374 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:16,127 You need a lawyer? 375 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:17,628 I need a name. 376 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:21,841 Where ya from? Chincoteague... Have a seat. 377 00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:28,681 Name? 378 00:38:28,681 --> 00:38:30,558 James. 379 00:38:30,558 --> 00:38:32,184 James Alone.. 380 00:38:32,184 --> 00:38:33,311 James. 381 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:36,314 How do you spell your last name? 382 00:38:38,858 --> 00:38:40,151 All right then. 383 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:42,611 You said it was. 384 00:38:42,611 --> 00:38:43,988 Alone. 385 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,240 Lunn. 386 00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:49,243 date of birth? 387 00:38:50,536 --> 00:38:53,497 Do you know when you were born? 388 00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:58,586 Not the first not to know. 389 00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:03,424 About ah, 1810. 390 00:39:03,424 --> 00:39:05,801 Parents? 391 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:09,972 All right. 392 00:39:09,972 --> 00:39:12,975 Not the only orphan in the county, 393 00:39:13,642 --> 00:39:16,312 a waterman? Yes. 394 00:39:16,312 --> 00:39:18,856 Sailer... I figured a waterman 395 00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:21,859 with trousers cut, such as yours. 396 00:39:21,942 --> 00:39:23,486 There... 397 00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:27,907 you are recorded as James Lunn. 398 00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:41,462 Very good. 399 00:39:41,837 --> 00:39:44,840 Mr. James Lunn. 400 00:40:02,149 --> 00:40:04,652 Us sailors need a light beacon around Chincoteague. 401 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:07,363 You and your 402 00:40:07,363 --> 00:40:10,366 fellow sailors be pleased to hear 403 00:40:10,658 --> 00:40:13,661 being in coastal commerce is growing. 404 00:40:13,869 --> 00:40:17,123 The task to find a site for such a light has been given 405 00:40:17,123 --> 00:40:19,083 to the Collector of Customs, 406 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:20,626 in Norfolk. 407 00:40:20,626 --> 00:40:24,130 a lighthouse, is to be built. 408 00:40:27,007 --> 00:40:28,843 Thank you. 409 00:41:43,375 --> 00:41:46,378 How long have you been here? 410 00:41:46,921 --> 00:41:49,840 Long enough to forget who I was. 411 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,843 Do you ever wish to go back? 412 00:41:54,803 --> 00:41:57,640 Back to what? 413 00:42:00,392 --> 00:42:02,394 I was dropped here 414 00:42:02,394 --> 00:42:05,397 so I was told and this place... 415 00:42:07,942 --> 00:42:10,945 This is all I know. 416 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:14,031 Do you want me to change the subject 417 00:42:14,323 --> 00:42:15,282 you scatter about 418 00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:17,076 many questions. 419 00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:20,079 Well, ever since I saw and heard about you, 420 00:42:20,204 --> 00:42:23,165 questions kept gathering and gathering. 421 00:42:23,290 --> 00:42:24,917 I didn’t know you saw me. 422 00:42:24,917 --> 00:42:27,336 I saw you, 423 00:42:27,336 --> 00:42:30,339 everyone saw you. 424 00:42:35,177 --> 00:42:37,096 So? 425 00:42:38,180 --> 00:42:41,225 As I live and breathe, 426 00:42:41,475 --> 00:42:44,603 memory of the old world remains vacant. 427 00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:50,651 Gods grace, I wish it would. 428 00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:54,363 Do you ever feel that Providence is at work here? 429 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:57,491 I do... 430 00:42:58,826 --> 00:43:02,246 a part from him dealing with my memory. 431 00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:04,331 I already done forget your name. 432 00:43:04,331 --> 00:43:07,334 Don't think you ever asked. 433 00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:17,303 You're going to make me wait till autumn? 434 00:43:17,303 --> 00:43:19,513 Sally Hellunso. 435 00:43:37,698 --> 00:43:40,701 Seeing my reflection in the water. 436 00:43:42,661 --> 00:43:44,705 Reminds me of Sundays down on, 437 00:43:44,705 --> 00:43:47,207 Master Stockley’s land. 438 00:43:47,207 --> 00:43:48,375 No work could be done. 439 00:43:48,375 --> 00:43:51,337 Seeing as it Sunday and all. 440 00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:53,964 Being here now 441 00:43:53,964 --> 00:43:56,967 brings about a peace and knowning of freedom. 442 00:43:58,552 --> 00:44:01,221 Before I was stolen over to this land. 443 00:44:01,221 --> 00:44:04,224 My Pa was ruler in another land. 444 00:44:05,351 --> 00:44:07,978 Not a slaver, but a ruler 445 00:44:07,978 --> 00:44:10,981 a fair ruler of men. 446 00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:17,863 And him being a ruler 447 00:44:17,863 --> 00:44:20,199 made me a prince. 448 00:44:20,199 --> 00:44:23,577 Ochrau Brinney... the man believed to be the son 449 00:44:23,577 --> 00:44:26,622 of an African king, stolen into slavery, 450 00:44:26,705 --> 00:44:30,793 then emancipated in 1787, established 451 00:44:30,793 --> 00:44:35,673 generational wealth and bought 75 acres of land in 1811. 452 00:44:35,798 --> 00:44:37,633 Come to think of it, Mr. Thornton. 453 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:39,593 You still owe me money from the last slaughter. 454 00:44:39,593 --> 00:44:44,515 Oh, oh, I'll have your money owed around the next harvest. 455 00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:46,725 Yeah, sure. 456 00:44:46,725 --> 00:44:47,226 All right. 457 00:44:47,226 --> 00:44:50,270 Here you go. $212 and no tax. 458 00:44:53,148 --> 00:44:54,483 Yeah, 459 00:44:54,483 --> 00:44:57,277 that sure feels like $212. 460 00:44:57,277 --> 00:45:00,614 I usually don't get that money on the first agreement. 461 00:45:00,989 --> 00:45:03,992 Have to sit there and badger man all the way to his grave. 462 00:45:04,910 --> 00:45:08,122 Sure know what you mean. 463 00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:09,873 Makes your mark right here, Mr. Brinney. 464 00:45:10,874 --> 00:45:15,546 He was rumored to be at least 100 years of age at the time of his death. 465 00:45:15,963 --> 00:45:19,925 By 1850, the black community he created reached 466 00:45:19,925 --> 00:45:23,053 27% of the island's inhabitants 467 00:45:24,972 --> 00:45:27,975 Go down Moses! 468 00:45:28,350 --> 00:45:30,853 Tell old... 469 00:45:31,145 --> 00:45:32,855 Pharoah... 470 00:45:33,439 --> 00:45:37,192 Let my people go... 471 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:51,498 On Assateague 472 00:45:51,498 --> 00:45:54,710 Just two years after its completion in 1833, 473 00:45:55,169 --> 00:46:00,674 the newly erected whitewashed lighthouse, fueled by whale oil, proved to be too low 474 00:46:00,674 --> 00:46:04,970 and too poorly illuminated to ward off vessels from the dangerous shoals. 475 00:46:05,596 --> 00:46:08,348 The towering trees of the surrounding forest began 476 00:46:08,348 --> 00:46:11,727 to obscure the white, rendering it nearly useless. 477 00:46:12,519 --> 00:46:15,731 Yet maritime traffic continued undeterred, 478 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:19,985 and with it the occasional wreck along the treacherous shore. 479 00:46:25,365 --> 00:46:26,158 The years that followed, 480 00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:29,161 however, brought notable changes. 481 00:46:29,244 --> 00:46:32,956 The island began to prosper with the construction of its first school 482 00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:34,208 and church. 483 00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:37,503 More islanders turned to the seas for their livelihood 484 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:40,923 rather than the land they once farmed. 485 00:46:41,882 --> 00:46:43,175 Then, on the 10th day 486 00:46:43,175 --> 00:46:47,346 of December 1835, a new chapter was written in Accomack 487 00:46:47,346 --> 00:46:51,517 County records as James Lunn and Sally Helunso 488 00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,603 were wed. 489 00:47:48,365 --> 00:47:49,575 For James Lunn 490 00:47:49,575 --> 00:47:53,704 newly married, yet scarcely having known the joy of a full union. 491 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:57,374 The loss of Sally Helunso was sudden. 492 00:47:57,583 --> 00:48:00,586 Her passing remains a mystery. 493 00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:12,074 Have you any more left from your catch? No. 494 00:49:12,824 --> 00:49:15,243 I'm afraid you're late to walk over, Miss. 495 00:49:15,243 --> 00:49:16,954 That's a shame. 496 00:49:16,954 --> 00:49:19,957 Yes, that is a shame. 497 00:49:20,082 --> 00:49:23,085 Why is that? 498 00:49:26,338 --> 00:49:28,090 If you came 499 00:49:28,090 --> 00:49:28,966 when we turned. 500 00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:30,717 Cause I caught your gaze from afar. 501 00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:35,305 You would have had first catch. 502 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,643 Perhaps. 503 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:48,402 Thank you. 504 00:49:48,402 --> 00:49:51,405 Thank you for what? 505 00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:55,200 Being approached by you is 506 00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,203 allowed me to feel again. 507 00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:45,435 Yeah? 508 00:51:47,145 --> 00:51:50,148 Ma'am, I'm from the federal government 509 00:51:50,774 --> 00:51:52,567 here for the census. 510 00:51:52,567 --> 00:51:55,237 I know it. Name's Charity Bowden, 511 00:51:55,237 --> 00:51:58,240 household head of six. 512 00:51:58,490 --> 00:52:00,158 Is there a man of the house? 513 00:52:00,158 --> 00:52:03,161 He's done going. 514 00:52:03,662 --> 00:52:06,414 Very well. 515 00:52:06,414 --> 00:52:09,167 Would you mind if we go over and sit a spell? 516 00:52:09,167 --> 00:52:12,170 Have it your way. 517 00:52:20,428 --> 00:52:22,472 You have an occupation or a trade? 518 00:52:22,472 --> 00:52:25,475 Farmer. 519 00:52:26,518 --> 00:52:29,146 And the names of your six heads? 520 00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:32,107 Prop yourself up for this one. 521 00:52:33,525 --> 00:52:35,277 Rebecca. 522 00:52:35,277 --> 00:52:36,778 John. 523 00:52:36,778 --> 00:52:38,655 Timothy, 524 00:52:38,655 --> 00:52:40,907 Elizabeth, 525 00:52:40,907 --> 00:52:43,910 George and William. 526 00:52:45,996 --> 00:52:48,456 You get all that? 527 00:52:48,456 --> 00:52:51,459 Yes. Now you going to get off my property? 528 00:52:51,459 --> 00:52:54,462 Got mouths to feed. Yes Ma’am 529 00:52:55,672 --> 00:52:58,925 Would you tell me your name and your vocation? 530 00:52:58,925 --> 00:53:01,511 Henry Savage. I’m a sailor. 531 00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:03,847 Name? Parker Daisy. 532 00:53:05,307 --> 00:53:08,768 Are you a waterman by trade? No, I'm a farmer. 533 00:53:09,311 --> 00:53:11,646 Where are you from? And your name? 534 00:53:11,646 --> 00:53:12,856 I came down from Maryland. 535 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:14,649 My name is Andrew Stubbs. 536 00:53:14,649 --> 00:53:16,151 And your occupation? 537 00:53:16,151 --> 00:53:17,903 Sailor. 538 00:53:17,903 --> 00:53:20,405 What's your name? And your occupation? 539 00:53:20,405 --> 00:53:21,406 My name... 540 00:53:21,406 --> 00:53:22,449 John Thornton. 541 00:53:22,449 --> 00:53:23,825 I’s a sailor. 542 00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:35,503 Another sailor hey? 543 00:53:37,589 --> 00:53:38,632 Appears oysters, 544 00:53:38,632 --> 00:53:41,635 be food for the poor around here. 545 00:53:43,220 --> 00:53:45,764 Oysters may be eaten by the poor around here. 546 00:53:45,764 --> 00:53:48,099 Whereas taken north, 547 00:53:48,099 --> 00:53:51,102 he used his luxuries by the rich. 548 00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:53,438 I'm a federal officer with government. 549 00:53:53,438 --> 00:53:56,441 I'm here working on a census 550 00:53:57,442 --> 00:53:58,693 Name is James Lunn. 551 00:53:58,693 --> 00:54:00,987 You the only one here? 552 00:54:00,987 --> 00:54:03,240 Elizabeth. 553 00:54:04,032 --> 00:54:05,367 My wife. 554 00:54:05,367 --> 00:54:07,827 How do you do? 555 00:54:11,623 --> 00:54:13,458 My daughter Comfort. 556 00:54:14,501 --> 00:54:16,586 Wasn’t this big this morning. 557 00:54:16,586 --> 00:54:19,381 Delaney’s around here and son John's inside asleep. 558 00:54:21,925 --> 00:54:23,051 Any more? 559 00:54:24,052 --> 00:54:25,762 Working on it. 560 00:54:32,227 --> 00:54:33,478 As the 19th century 561 00:54:33,478 --> 00:54:37,357 pressed on, the island welcomed its first boarding house. 562 00:54:37,357 --> 00:54:40,777 And in 1854, its very first post office. 563 00:54:43,863 --> 00:54:47,200 Years later, James Mathews carried a sack of mail 564 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:52,080 from Horntown to Chincoteague and brought with him news of war. 565 00:54:54,791 --> 00:54:56,501 The first shots fired 566 00:54:56,501 --> 00:54:59,504 echoing through the country. 567 00:55:28,033 --> 00:55:28,992 By the time 568 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:32,329 he reached middle age, James Lunn found himself 569 00:55:32,329 --> 00:55:37,000 listed in the 1860 census as the head of seven names. 570 00:55:37,876 --> 00:55:41,004 His wife Elizabeth bore him six children, 571 00:55:41,379 --> 00:55:45,383 and the assistant marshal noted James as being 49 years old. 572 00:55:45,842 --> 00:55:49,304 His occupation simply listed as oystering. 573 00:55:51,806 --> 00:55:53,558 As the new decade arrived, 574 00:55:53,558 --> 00:55:57,854 the island's seafood industry had swollen with success. 575 00:56:15,955 --> 00:56:19,000 Yet, just as mysteriously as he had appeared earlier 576 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,837 in the century, James Lunn vanished from the official records. 577 00:56:23,088 --> 00:56:26,091 On August 16th, 1860. 578 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:34,182 Thank you, James 579 00:56:34,182 --> 00:56:37,185 Fred, oysters to the shucking house. 580 00:56:43,024 --> 00:56:46,277 You not from here Jim Ed Mathews postmaster, 581 00:56:46,277 --> 00:56:47,237 of these parts. 582 00:56:48,029 --> 00:56:51,032 I'm from Delaware. 583 00:56:51,491 --> 00:56:52,492 Name's John Caulk. 584 00:56:52,492 --> 00:56:54,285 Your new customs collector. 585 00:56:54,285 --> 00:56:56,287 Didn't know we had a collector to see to. 586 00:57:00,208 --> 00:57:01,376 You Yankees 587 00:57:01,376 --> 00:57:05,171 docks designed to ruin our agriculture and our whole way of life. 588 00:57:05,797 --> 00:57:08,049 I assure you, Mr. Matthews, the offices up 589 00:57:08,049 --> 00:57:11,469 north, that I've worked inside have no such design. 590 00:57:11,719 --> 00:57:14,722 Again, who do you work for up north? Senator John Clayton. 591 00:57:14,722 --> 00:57:17,058 I was his personal secretary. Right. 592 00:57:17,058 --> 00:57:20,770 And now you just happened to be a customs collector down here in this area. 593 00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,120 That fellow shouldering the fowling piece 594 00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:40,123 that be John Holland, the law around here. 595 00:57:40,999 --> 00:57:43,585 Constable? 596 00:57:43,585 --> 00:57:46,254 I haven't seen either of them walk about before. 597 00:57:46,254 --> 00:57:48,256 Neither one of them live on the island. 598 00:57:48,256 --> 00:57:51,217 And this be Richard Reynolds 599 00:57:51,634 --> 00:57:54,637 and Randall Mason. 600 00:57:54,679 --> 00:57:56,639 And I'm Captain... 601 00:57:56,639 --> 00:57:59,767 Ed Whaley, War of 1812 veteran. 602 00:58:01,102 --> 00:58:01,686 You're one. 603 00:58:01,686 --> 00:58:04,022 I've heard of. 604 00:58:05,607 --> 00:58:06,733 At this time, 605 00:58:06,733 --> 00:58:09,777 bricks were being laid for a grand new lighthouse, 606 00:58:10,195 --> 00:58:13,239 set to stand 142ft tall. 607 00:58:14,616 --> 00:58:17,619 But on April 24th, 1861, 608 00:58:17,619 --> 00:58:21,456 all work came to an abrupt halt when the state of Virginia 609 00:58:21,456 --> 00:58:25,168 and a special convention voted to secede from the Union. 610 00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:29,172 As war talk grew louder, figures evolved 611 00:58:29,422 --> 00:58:31,174 with varying opinions. 612 00:58:34,928 --> 00:58:37,388 The South cannot secede. 613 00:58:37,388 --> 00:58:40,391 Going with them brings our starvation. 614 00:58:41,601 --> 00:58:44,229 I fought for that old flag, 615 00:58:44,229 --> 00:58:47,232 and I'll be damned to hell if it falls before me. 616 00:58:47,857 --> 00:58:49,984 My mind has made up 617 00:58:49,984 --> 00:58:52,987 the old flag stays. 618 00:58:56,407 --> 00:58:57,742 We are seeing signs 619 00:58:57,742 --> 00:59:00,745 that the Union is to be radicalized, 620 00:59:01,246 --> 00:59:04,249 and we're all going to be taken places we don't want to go. 621 00:59:04,457 --> 00:59:07,752 We are oystermen and coasting sailors, not farmers 622 00:59:07,752 --> 00:59:11,631 like the mainlanders, we sell the oysters we raise in Philadelphia 623 00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:16,511 would be our starvation if we secede and cut ourselves off from that market. 624 00:59:16,636 --> 00:59:17,845 Don't you see? 625 00:59:17,845 --> 00:59:20,098 We've little common with Virginia. 626 00:59:20,098 --> 00:59:24,185 We have interest with the state through the sale of our ponies. 627 00:59:24,978 --> 00:59:26,980 We are southern folk Whealton. 628 00:59:27,939 --> 00:59:29,232 I'm a southern man, too. 629 00:59:29,232 --> 00:59:32,610 But like Caulk says we have little in common with Virginia. 630 00:59:32,610 --> 00:59:35,530 We're about to lose our property and face ruin. 631 00:59:40,660 --> 00:59:41,244 Fred. 632 00:59:41,244 --> 00:59:42,453 Ran. 633 00:59:42,453 --> 00:59:45,540 The goods we get from Philadelphia, we trade in our stores. 634 00:59:45,582 --> 00:59:47,584 You mean your store Whealton. 635 00:59:47,584 --> 00:59:49,877 We cannot secede from the Union. 636 00:59:49,877 --> 00:59:51,337 It will bring conditions, 637 00:59:51,337 --> 00:59:54,340 that do not permit or allow our sales to northern markets. 638 00:59:54,340 --> 00:59:57,343 We must get ourselves out under our own 639 00:59:57,427 --> 01:00:00,430 damn steam. 640 01:00:13,067 --> 01:00:14,902 This is my answer. 641 01:00:14,902 --> 01:00:17,322 Whether we dis-union. 642 01:00:32,712 --> 01:00:33,630 Where’s Whealton? 643 01:00:34,088 --> 01:00:38,384 That Yankee flag no longer will fly under Virginia sky. 644 01:00:38,593 --> 01:00:39,636 No, sir. 645 01:00:39,636 --> 01:00:41,471 Gentlemen, we don't want any trouble. 646 01:00:41,471 --> 01:00:46,434 That Yankee flag must come down or the terrors of war will burst over 647 01:00:46,434 --> 01:00:47,477 this island. 648 01:00:47,477 --> 01:00:50,855 We are oystermen and sailors and have little to do with Virginia. 649 01:00:51,939 --> 01:00:53,274 I've heard that before. 650 01:00:53,274 --> 01:00:56,903 But your isolation over here does not make your own state. 651 01:00:57,195 --> 01:00:58,905 Gentlemen, 652 01:00:59,364 --> 01:01:01,366 Chincoteague can not secede from the Union. 653 01:01:01,366 --> 01:01:04,327 Will you take down that flag or we'll take it down for you. 654 01:01:04,535 --> 01:01:07,997 I hoisted that flag, and it don't come down lest we go down with it. 655 01:01:08,665 --> 01:01:11,668 You will die here? 656 01:01:11,709 --> 01:01:15,129 I'll turn you into a fireside story. 657 01:01:15,463 --> 01:01:18,466 You island folks seem to like those. 658 01:01:18,466 --> 01:01:20,802 Don't be thick with me, John Holland, being Constable 659 01:01:20,802 --> 01:01:23,805 and owning that tavern might make you big noise over in Horntown. 660 01:01:24,222 --> 01:01:26,683 But it's got little hook here. 661 01:01:26,683 --> 01:01:28,184 Easy, Whealton. 662 01:01:28,184 --> 01:01:31,145 Reckon Constable Holland brought his pistol. 663 01:01:31,145 --> 01:01:32,647 So to keep the peace. 664 01:01:32,647 --> 01:01:35,400 Don't need iron for the unionists, 665 01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:38,403 thorns stuck in my flesh. Oh. 666 01:01:41,072 --> 01:01:42,031 Oh, oh. 667 01:01:46,035 --> 01:01:49,038 Oh! Oh! 668 01:01:51,624 --> 01:01:53,626 I erected that flag and bell... 669 01:01:53,626 --> 01:01:55,336 as long as I have a dram of powder. 670 01:01:55,336 --> 01:01:58,214 and an ounce of lead and able to use them. 671 01:01:58,214 --> 01:02:01,050 There that flag stays. She isn’t much good. 672 01:02:01,050 --> 01:02:02,260 If she ain't loaded. 673 01:02:03,970 --> 01:02:06,389 Nope, she still has much use. 674 01:02:06,389 --> 01:02:08,558 Ah, enough from you all. 675 01:02:12,979 --> 01:02:14,731 Thank you. 676 01:02:16,482 --> 01:02:20,194 You waterman, you haven't felt the sting of war yet, 677 01:02:20,445 --> 01:02:22,947 but you soon will. 678 01:02:27,827 --> 01:02:30,830 It's Holland, known to be a violent man. 679 01:02:31,539 --> 01:02:34,125 He don't seem the type to forgive and forget. 680 01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:37,378 Not long after sailing out of Philadelphia 681 01:02:37,378 --> 01:02:42,675 with the bill traded goods, a revenue cutter seized all their purchases, 682 01:02:42,759 --> 01:02:45,762 claiming them to be contraband of war. 683 01:02:49,724 --> 01:02:52,143 Since Virginia seceded, 684 01:02:52,143 --> 01:02:55,146 cannot trade with northern markets. 685 01:02:57,940 --> 01:02:59,192 All my goods have been seized 686 01:02:59,192 --> 01:03:01,444 in Philadelphia. 687 01:03:20,546 --> 01:03:23,466 The vote before you is very simple. 688 01:03:23,466 --> 01:03:26,093 Do you reject the ordinance of secession, 689 01:03:26,093 --> 01:03:29,472 or are you in favor of the ordinance of Secession? 690 01:03:31,182 --> 01:03:32,725 One by one. 691 01:03:32,725 --> 01:03:35,436 Cast your vote here. 692 01:03:35,436 --> 01:03:37,563 What Caulk means here 693 01:03:37,563 --> 01:03:39,357 is vote yes to dis-Union. 694 01:03:39,357 --> 01:03:42,276 and leave with Virginia, or vote no. 695 01:03:42,276 --> 01:03:44,654 To stay and stand with the old flag. 696 01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:49,033 Your name please, sir. 697 01:03:49,033 --> 01:03:52,870 Captain Edwin Whaley, no! 698 01:03:53,079 --> 01:03:54,831 Very well, make your mark. 699 01:03:59,168 --> 01:04:01,045 Step forward please. 700 01:04:01,045 --> 01:04:04,507 Richard Reynolds, no. Very well. 701 01:04:09,428 --> 01:04:11,472 Step forward, please, sir. 702 01:04:11,472 --> 01:04:14,225 Your name? Ben Scott, no. 703 01:04:14,225 --> 01:04:15,268 Very well. 704 01:04:22,108 --> 01:04:23,317 Don't be shy, sir. 705 01:04:23,317 --> 01:04:24,277 Please step up. 706 01:04:24,277 --> 01:04:27,238 Joseph Hill, do you choose dis-union? Yes! 707 01:04:28,072 --> 01:04:31,075 Very well. 708 01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:34,245 Please, sir. 709 01:04:34,245 --> 01:04:35,246 Step forward. 710 01:04:35,246 --> 01:04:37,790 You're name? Thomas Birch, no. 711 01:04:37,790 --> 01:04:39,917 Very well, make your mark. 712 01:04:45,339 --> 01:04:46,215 Your name? 713 01:04:46,215 --> 01:04:47,717 Parker Bowden. 714 01:04:47,717 --> 01:04:48,718 No! 715 01:04:49,802 --> 01:04:50,887 Very well. 716 01:04:54,849 --> 01:04:55,641 Your name, sir. 717 01:04:55,641 --> 01:04:56,934 Bill Thornton. 718 01:04:56,934 --> 01:04:59,645 No. Please make your mark here. 719 01:05:02,273 --> 01:05:04,901 And so it became increasingly clear. 720 01:05:04,901 --> 01:05:08,404 The ordinance of secession handed down by the state of Virginia 721 01:05:08,696 --> 01:05:11,240 would not pass on this island. 722 01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:13,659 Here's the vote, John 723 01:05:13,659 --> 01:05:15,786 Good luck to you. 724 01:05:16,412 --> 01:05:17,413 John Whealton 725 01:05:17,413 --> 01:05:20,583 took the vote to Philadelphia, meeting with Mayor Henry. 726 01:05:20,958 --> 01:05:23,920 There, he made a bold statement. 727 01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:29,425 The 110ft flagpole flying above Chincoteague would never hoist any flag. 728 01:05:29,425 --> 01:05:33,554 But the stars and stripes. Showing the mayor the official vote. 729 01:05:33,763 --> 01:05:37,975 Whealton received a rare concession non-binding permission 730 01:05:37,975 --> 01:05:42,188 to reclaim his confiscated goods and bring back more materials. 731 01:05:42,730 --> 01:05:44,607 But just once. 732 01:05:51,072 --> 01:05:53,157 Well, just got the goods back. 733 01:05:53,157 --> 01:05:56,160 I just met with the mayor. 734 01:06:06,837 --> 01:06:10,967 And so the pro southerners were increasingly cavalier in the 735 01:06:10,967 --> 01:06:16,055 Chincoteague Bay as they commenced gun running and stockpiling arms 736 01:06:37,201 --> 01:06:38,160 John Caulk, 737 01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:42,915 was sure to report all the gun running on the bay to naval authorities. 738 01:06:47,378 --> 01:06:50,423 Randall Mason to recorded his own report 739 01:06:50,423 --> 01:06:53,426 about Caulk’s activities. 740 01:07:38,137 --> 01:07:40,973 Wow, we got no quarrel with you. 741 01:07:40,973 --> 01:07:44,143 We just want Caulk, just let us... Enough all of you. 742 01:07:45,519 --> 01:07:47,146 There will be no bloodshed 743 01:07:47,146 --> 01:07:50,149 before us on a Sunday. 744 01:08:16,592 --> 01:08:20,179 Well now aren’t you a fine bunch of scoundrels. 745 01:08:24,308 --> 01:08:26,185 He’s got my pistol! 746 01:08:58,300 --> 01:09:00,010 It's not lost on me. 747 01:09:00,010 --> 01:09:02,680 A dozen authors, write my demise. 748 01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:05,057 Giving up your post? 749 01:09:07,059 --> 01:09:10,229 Time to move the matchstick away from the flame 750 01:09:10,229 --> 01:09:12,481 and flee northward. 751 01:09:13,190 --> 01:09:15,818 I'll stop in Snow Hill a short time. 752 01:09:15,818 --> 01:09:17,945 Pen a letter to authorities. 753 01:09:17,945 --> 01:09:20,281 Be sure to report the loyal men here, 754 01:09:20,281 --> 01:09:22,199 who can be depended on. 755 01:09:25,911 --> 01:09:28,205 Much gratitude Whealton. 756 01:09:29,331 --> 01:09:31,625 My mind has been changed. 757 01:09:31,625 --> 01:09:34,628 Not all new folk who come here to be disliked. 758 01:09:38,757 --> 01:09:40,509 John, 759 01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:43,512 you keep all glory flying. 760 01:10:07,620 --> 01:10:11,081 Bring your shot and shell, hurry! 761 01:10:20,799 --> 01:10:21,884 Bring your powder and lead. 762 01:10:21,884 --> 01:10:22,760 Hurry! 763 01:10:52,081 --> 01:10:54,166 Why them damn Lackeys... 764 01:11:02,716 --> 01:11:04,093 That’s the Bonnie Blue.. 765 01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:05,886 The Bonnie who? 766 01:11:05,886 --> 01:11:07,596 It’s Confederate banner. 767 01:11:07,596 --> 01:11:09,098 They coming this way? 768 01:11:09,098 --> 01:11:10,224 They're not attacking. 769 01:11:10,224 --> 01:11:11,976 Not now 770 01:11:11,976 --> 01:11:14,979 but they're fixing that schooner for a fight. 771 01:11:16,689 --> 01:11:18,524 To a H.S. Steelwagon. 772 01:11:18,524 --> 01:11:20,859 Commander, U.S. Navy. 773 01:11:20,859 --> 01:11:23,195 Sir, I have been driven 774 01:11:23,195 --> 01:11:27,157 from the Eastern Shore of Virginia by threats, violence, 775 01:11:27,533 --> 01:11:31,078 and attempts at assassination against me by secessionists. 776 01:11:32,288 --> 01:11:34,456 They are arming and drilling 777 01:11:34,456 --> 01:11:36,959 and boast it from their knowledge of the country. 778 01:11:36,959 --> 01:11:40,337 They can bid defiance to an army of 5000 men. 779 01:11:41,213 --> 01:11:44,216 My list of disaffected persons, 780 01:11:44,425 --> 01:11:47,469 the Fletcher family, including Spencer, 781 01:11:48,095 --> 01:11:51,098 Captain of the Virginia Infantry Company E 782 01:11:51,098 --> 01:11:55,269 Right shoulder shift, arms! Captain Fletcher, word please. 783 01:11:55,769 --> 01:11:59,356 John Holland, formerly a tavern keeper, 784 01:11:59,815 --> 01:12:03,527 now constable and ringleader in putting out the Chincoteague Light. 785 01:12:05,154 --> 01:12:08,157 Holland is very violent. 786 01:12:08,532 --> 01:12:11,952 He was assisted by ex postmaster Jim Matthews 787 01:12:13,329 --> 01:12:15,789 and Doctor Parker 788 01:12:15,789 --> 01:12:16,665 on Chincoteague. 789 01:12:16,665 --> 01:12:19,668 Randall Mason is a bad man 790 01:12:19,710 --> 01:12:23,255 and is very active in giving information to secessionists. 791 01:12:23,839 --> 01:12:26,383 Fred Lewis on Chincoteague 792 01:12:26,383 --> 01:12:29,136 is also very violent. 793 01:12:29,136 --> 01:12:32,139 These men should be made examples of. 794 01:12:34,183 --> 01:12:35,184 A gunboat 795 01:12:35,184 --> 01:12:40,647 and Chincoteague Inlet would prevent smuggling, prevent violent incursions 796 01:12:40,647 --> 01:12:45,277 into that island and Assateague, and secure the lighting of the lighthouse. 797 01:12:46,028 --> 01:12:50,074 The light is of great importance and the shoals very dangerous. 798 01:12:50,949 --> 01:12:53,285 Please put this in the way of being acted 799 01:12:53,285 --> 01:12:56,288 on speedily, very respectfully. 800 01:12:56,538 --> 01:12:59,541 Your obedient servant, John Caulk. 801 01:13:00,125 --> 01:13:01,585 We kill’em. 802 01:13:01,585 --> 01:13:04,838 My 39th Virginia is ready, and we'll shoot in a bits. 803 01:13:06,548 --> 01:13:09,134 Left, face! 804 01:13:09,134 --> 01:13:12,304 Forward, march! 805 01:13:27,653 --> 01:13:30,656 Gunboats on its way. 806 01:13:36,370 --> 01:13:38,622 You the Virginia Island unionists? 807 01:13:38,622 --> 01:13:39,540 We are. 808 01:13:40,499 --> 01:13:41,625 Which among you knows 809 01:13:41,625 --> 01:13:44,169 the inlet shoals and can guide the gunboat in? 810 01:13:44,962 --> 01:13:47,047 That’s a good start. 811 01:13:53,095 --> 01:13:54,721 John Whealton. 812 01:13:54,721 --> 01:13:56,557 Mr. Whealton, I've heard about you. 813 01:13:56,557 --> 01:13:58,058 I'm Lieutenant Murray. 814 01:13:58,058 --> 01:14:00,352 Pleasure to have you here. 815 01:14:15,576 --> 01:14:16,326 Cheers 816 01:14:21,415 --> 01:14:23,417 Riot Whiskey? 817 01:14:23,709 --> 01:14:24,626 Should my sailors and 818 01:14:24,626 --> 01:14:26,962 I be worried about anything on this island. 819 01:14:26,962 --> 01:14:28,130 Well, 820 01:14:28,547 --> 01:14:30,424 few folks have malaria. 821 01:14:30,424 --> 01:14:33,093 I'll have my surgeon see to them. 822 01:14:33,093 --> 01:14:36,096 How about southern sympathizers? 823 01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:38,849 Generally speaking, Mr. Whealton, 824 01:14:38,849 --> 01:14:40,601 I know your position on the island, but 825 01:14:40,601 --> 01:14:43,937 You have no one to worry about here on the island Lieutenant Murray. 826 01:14:44,062 --> 01:14:45,564 But maybe two. 827 01:14:50,027 --> 01:14:52,488 Come on back. Yeah come on back boys. 828 01:14:52,946 --> 01:14:54,781 Do you know who that man was... 829 01:14:54,781 --> 01:14:57,075 that took a shot at my sailors? 830 01:14:57,075 --> 01:14:58,327 That be James Parker. 831 01:14:58,327 --> 01:15:02,331 on Wishart’s Point, one of many you should be mindful of before 832 01:15:02,372 --> 01:15:03,874 detailing you men over yonder. 833 01:15:03,874 --> 01:15:05,501 A belligerent mission that was not 834 01:15:05,501 --> 01:15:09,922 Come on back boys! Simple orders to go over and get poultry and eggs. 835 01:15:10,839 --> 01:15:12,466 Well, it appears 836 01:15:12,466 --> 01:15:14,801 they're all out of poultry and eggs. 837 01:15:15,636 --> 01:15:17,638 That I will not tolerate 838 01:15:17,638 --> 01:15:20,224 my men being fired at. 839 01:15:22,893 --> 01:15:23,894 This morning 840 01:15:23,894 --> 01:15:27,481 at 9:00, we had a sharp conflict with the enemy. 841 01:15:27,606 --> 01:15:29,733 Master Furniss, a word. 842 01:15:31,276 --> 01:15:33,362 Those southern agitators firing those shots 843 01:15:33,362 --> 01:15:36,490 yesterday just digs in my crawl. Sir. 844 01:15:36,949 --> 01:15:39,952 I’m dispatching you with two boats 845 01:15:39,952 --> 01:15:42,955 to go over there and take that schooner 846 01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:46,625 She’s being outfitted right now into a privateer and has cannon. 847 01:15:47,501 --> 01:15:49,294 It'll be a small task. 848 01:15:49,294 --> 01:15:52,297 Just a few southern sympathizers over there. 849 01:15:52,881 --> 01:15:55,509 Gather small arms below deck. 850 01:15:55,509 --> 01:15:57,511 And our orders once we board the ship? 851 01:15:57,511 --> 01:15:59,513 Take or destroy her. 852 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:01,723 I'll take the steamer in 853 01:16:01,723 --> 01:16:03,892 as far as the draft will allow. 854 01:16:04,726 --> 01:16:05,769 Yes, sir. 855 01:16:07,354 --> 01:16:08,814 Fill those boats boys! 856 01:16:08,939 --> 01:16:10,816 Sailors, load those gangplanks, 857 01:16:10,983 --> 01:16:14,069 they’ll no doubt be needed. How many sailors it count? 858 01:16:14,069 --> 01:16:15,320 Sir, we have 23 men. 859 01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:18,282 Good. 23 is fine. Men 860 01:16:19,575 --> 01:16:21,243 Support will come from the steamer. 861 01:16:21,243 --> 01:16:24,246 I'll take her in as far as the draft will allow. 862 01:16:26,081 --> 01:16:29,084 Let's make quick work of it 863 01:16:36,216 --> 01:16:39,136 Fortunately had gone in with the steamer at the same time. 864 01:16:39,136 --> 01:16:41,430 It being high tide, 865 01:16:41,430 --> 01:16:44,433 I was able to cover the return of the party 866 01:16:44,641 --> 01:16:46,393 Dig them oars men! 867 01:16:46,518 --> 01:16:49,521 About to get lively out here. 868 01:16:50,897 --> 01:16:53,233 Come on in here you Yankee scum! 869 01:16:53,817 --> 01:16:56,653 I’ve been waiting to put you in the ground. 870 01:16:56,653 --> 01:16:58,363 Do wait for me... 871 01:16:58,363 --> 01:17:01,366 Make ready and fire at will! 872 01:17:12,919 --> 01:17:15,839 Concentrate your fire on the Privateer! 873 01:17:24,014 --> 01:17:26,224 Reload! Fire on the Privateer... 874 01:17:26,475 --> 01:17:28,060 Come on, guys. 875 01:17:30,187 --> 01:17:32,564 All told, 300 strong 876 01:17:32,564 --> 01:17:35,942 attempted to cut off two boats from this vessel and 23 men. 877 01:17:38,820 --> 01:17:40,656 Pass me another rifle. 878 01:17:40,656 --> 01:17:42,574 Pass another rifle. 879 01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:45,118 Form a line right here. 880 01:17:48,455 --> 01:17:49,539 Get on ship! 881 01:17:49,539 --> 01:17:51,458 Get the gangplanks. 882 01:18:01,718 --> 01:18:04,721 Ohh! Reload! 883 01:18:05,847 --> 01:18:07,641 Hold the line! 884 01:18:16,483 --> 01:18:17,901 Get over lads. Get over! 885 01:18:24,408 --> 01:18:27,619 The boats after passing through a terrible fire. 886 01:18:27,619 --> 01:18:30,247 Finally reached the schooner. 887 01:18:34,501 --> 01:18:35,460 She’s a ground! 888 01:18:35,460 --> 01:18:37,003 She's stuck in the mud. Finding her a ground, 889 01:18:37,003 --> 01:18:38,839 made breastwork over her. 890 01:18:38,839 --> 01:18:41,049 And opened a deadly fire. 891 01:18:41,466 --> 01:18:44,469 Find what you can and build a breaswork on the deck. 892 01:18:58,275 --> 01:18:59,443 Reload! 893 01:19:04,322 --> 01:19:06,074 Clear the deck! 894 01:19:06,074 --> 01:19:10,287 Clear the deck, set her blaze, and get back to the cutter boats. 895 01:19:20,547 --> 01:19:22,382 Shoulder arms! 896 01:19:22,758 --> 01:19:24,509 Fall back! 897 01:19:25,177 --> 01:19:28,180 With the assistance of a few shots from our long range gun. 898 01:19:29,055 --> 01:19:30,974 Drove the enemy back to a distant, 899 01:19:30,974 --> 01:19:35,228 cover with loss and the boats after firing the schooner, 900 01:19:35,228 --> 01:19:38,565 returned without further molestation. 901 01:19:45,447 --> 01:19:47,073 Acting Master Furniss 902 01:19:47,073 --> 01:19:51,119 estimates the loss to the rebels of at least eight killed and wounded. 903 01:19:51,495 --> 01:19:54,372 As you saw that number carried off 904 01:19:54,372 --> 01:19:56,708 our losses, one seriously wounded 905 01:19:56,708 --> 01:19:59,878 Acting Master Hooker and three very slightly. 906 01:20:00,670 --> 01:20:03,715 I have nothing but praises to bestow on those engaged in the boats 907 01:20:03,715 --> 01:20:08,678 for their coolness and intrepidity when assailed by such overwhelming odds. 908 01:20:09,679 --> 01:20:13,475 They were yet some 300 yards from the schooner when fired upon, 909 01:20:14,142 --> 01:20:17,103 but they preferred pushing on and returning through it 910 01:20:17,103 --> 01:20:20,482 rather than fail in accomplishing their objective. 911 01:20:20,690 --> 01:20:24,069 I have the honor to be very respectfully 912 01:20:24,236 --> 01:20:27,239 your obedient servant, A. Murray. 913 01:20:27,906 --> 01:20:29,908 Lieutenant Commanding. 914 01:20:30,909 --> 01:20:32,118 The vital right to trade 915 01:20:32,118 --> 01:20:36,039 oysters still eluded the watermen, as no license to operate 916 01:20:36,039 --> 01:20:40,210 a boat, catch oysters and ship north, could be granted 917 01:20:41,294 --> 01:20:44,464 an oath of allegiance to the Union was necessary. 918 01:20:45,966 --> 01:20:48,844 Raise your right hand. 919 01:20:48,844 --> 01:20:51,012 Repeat after me. 920 01:20:51,638 --> 01:20:54,224 We do solemnly swear or affirm. 921 01:20:54,224 --> 01:20:57,310 We do solemnly swear affirm. That we will bear 922 01:20:57,310 --> 01:21:00,313 true allegiance, that we will bear true allegiance. 923 01:21:00,397 --> 01:21:03,859 To the United States of America, To the United States of America. 924 01:21:04,359 --> 01:21:07,612 And we will obey the laws, and we will obey the laws 925 01:21:08,321 --> 01:21:12,450 and support the Constitution and support Constitution. So help us God. 926 01:21:12,701 --> 01:21:14,035 So help us God. 927 01:21:20,041 --> 01:21:23,044 Included on that list was Randall Mason. 928 01:21:23,044 --> 01:21:26,464 Whether he was swayed by Whealton or driven by the economic 929 01:21:26,464 --> 01:21:30,343 pressures of the oyster trade, remains uncertain. 930 01:21:30,635 --> 01:21:34,055 By year's end, the gunboat left the inlet 931 01:21:34,806 --> 01:21:37,809 its services needed elsewhere. 932 01:21:38,310 --> 01:21:39,936 For the loyal islanders. 933 01:21:39,936 --> 01:21:45,317 The conflict raged on throughout the war, yet despite their triumphs, no greater 934 01:21:45,317 --> 01:21:48,612 clash ever followed that fateful encounter 935 01:21:48,612 --> 01:21:50,864 with the Virginia militia. 936 01:21:53,825 --> 01:21:56,828 John Caulk eventually returned to Chincoteague, 937 01:21:56,953 --> 01:22:00,832 and by 1866 had built a home on Main Street, 938 01:22:00,832 --> 01:22:04,336 which doubled as the Customs house for the ever growing 939 01:22:04,336 --> 01:22:06,588 seafood industry. 940 01:22:17,140 --> 01:22:18,016 Chincoteague 941 01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:21,311 continued to swell with new and familiar faces. 942 01:22:21,937 --> 01:22:24,814 Jim Ed Matthews, the foremost Southerner, 943 01:22:24,814 --> 01:22:27,817 moved his family to the island, 944 01:22:27,817 --> 01:22:31,821 and with his genial personality, Jim Ed was readily 945 01:22:31,821 --> 01:22:36,576 accepted by his new neighbors, including John Whealton. 946 01:22:43,124 --> 01:22:44,876 Sometimes, as I hear the 947 01:22:44,876 --> 01:22:47,712 waves pounding upon the shore of the island, 948 01:22:47,712 --> 01:22:50,715 I think perhaps the sea will someday 949 01:22:50,882 --> 01:22:53,885 claim Chincoteague as its own. 950 01:22:54,135 --> 01:22:58,181 But when the sky is fair, and the sun shimmers upon the glassy water, 951 01:22:58,181 --> 01:23:03,103 and the soft haze of a summer's day hangs upon the green marsh and forests, 952 01:23:03,770 --> 01:23:06,773 I think of the ocean as the islands lover. 953 01:23:07,065 --> 01:23:09,067 And this I know full well. 954 01:23:09,067 --> 01:23:10,235 And days to come. 955 01:23:10,235 --> 01:23:13,363 When I am far from the little island, I'm going to wish 956 01:23:13,363 --> 01:23:16,366 mightily hard that I was back on the porch, 957 01:23:16,700 --> 01:23:22,122 talking of ships and storms and wrecks and spinning yarns of the sea. 958 01:23:22,580 --> 01:23:27,210 The wonderful, terrible, beautiful sea that gives life and death 959 01:23:27,502 --> 01:23:30,880 impartially to the people of fair Chincoteague. 960 01:23:37,721 --> 01:23:38,471 The reward 961 01:23:38,471 --> 01:23:41,474 for the alliance with the Union was the quick completion 962 01:23:41,474 --> 01:23:44,769 of the lighthouse, and on the evening of October 1st, 963 01:23:44,978 --> 01:23:48,732 1867, a bright beam pierced 964 01:23:48,732 --> 01:23:53,361 the night's blackness and was visible for 19 miles out to sea, 965 01:23:53,862 --> 01:23:59,409 and that light still shines upon Chincoteague to this day.