he explained to me some of the inaccuracies in longfellow's poem. let's start with its most famous line. >> "one if by land..." >> "...and two if by sea." >> it's wrong. the british were never going by sea. so it was a river, not a sea? >> it was definitely a river not a sea. and as a matter of fact, we might even say it was the back bay and the charles river, as opposed to a sea. >> what is accurate is that the signal was given from this boston church, called old north church. the poem goes on to say that revere was across the river waiting for the signal. >> "and i on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm through every middlesex village and farm." >> and, in fact, he was not on the other side of the charles river. he was being rowed across the charles river by two friends while the lanterns were being hung. >> then there's this part. >> "and lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height..." >> "...a glimmer, and then a gleam of light!" >> "...he springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns..." >> "...but lingers and gazes till ful

the poet longfellow became a follower and a sympathizer and said in his poem, hiawatha, he said i see the virtual representation of the character in his poem. there were these famous people who got on board. the end result was an act by senator who created this bill but what it did was, it was intended to provide citizenship for native americans. they were given 160 acres, and if they proved their -- they would eventually be able to become citizens. what happened was these lands held by the tribe were broken up into 160 acre parcels, and of course there were some parcels that weren't claimed, so white settlers came in and took those or they would buy the 160 acres from native americans for a reduced price and the reservations were gutted because of the act. while the intention might have been good, the result was horrific. it was disastrous. another further irony of this whole attempt to gain equal rights for native americans. it was misused and abused and resulted in perpetuation of their inferior status as opposed to what it was intended to do. people look at this and say this is in

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there were several -- the poet longfellow became a follower and a sympathizer. and in fact in his famous poem "hiawatha, so the end result, again or ironically, one of the end results was that it was well intentioned, he was a senator who created this bill, but what it did was it was intended to provide censorship for native americans. each native american would be given 160 acres. they would eventually -- citizenship for native americans. it's native american would be given 160 acres. they would eventually begin and citizenship. there were some parcels that were not claimed and white settlers came in and took those, or they would buy the 160 acres from the native americans from a very reduced price, and the reservations were gutted because of the act. while the intention might have been good, the result was horrific, it was disastrous. just another further irony of this attempt to gain equal rights for native americans was misused and abused and resulted in perpetuation of their inferior status as opposed to what it was intended to do. people go back and look a