WEBVTT 00:03.000 --> 00:05.233 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% We have a myth of 00:05.233 --> 00:09.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the Gold Rush and its gritty John Ford 00:09.533 --> 00:12.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% type people up against the harshness 00:12.333 --> 00:15.333 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% of nature. 00:16.333 --> 00:19.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% In fact, the history is full of 00:19.666 --> 00:24.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% both nobility and terrible depravity. 00:32.400 --> 00:34.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% We live in a time now where there's interest 00:34.500 --> 00:38.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in the people who, as we say, were written out of history. 00:40.100 --> 00:43.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And in the case of the Gold Rush the Native Americans, 00:44.233 --> 00:47.233 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Mexicans, Chileans 00:49.033 --> 00:52.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and there were actually freed slaves 00:53.200 --> 00:54.566 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% and the women. 00:54.566 --> 00:57.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There aren't many women out here 00:57.400 --> 01:00.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% during the Gold Rush, 01:00.533 --> 01:01.866 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% but those that were here 01:01.866 --> 01:04.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% were pretty extraordinary people. 01:07.100 --> 01:08.066 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% This is 01:08.066 --> 01:10.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% this is the most wonderful book. 01:10.566 --> 01:12.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Peter discovered these letters 01:12.933 --> 01:15.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% that were written by Louise Clappe. 01:17.366 --> 01:18.800 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% “I am the only petticoated 01:18.800 --> 01:21.800 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% astonishment on this bar.” 01:22.066 --> 01:25.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% This woman from Massachusetts who spent 18 months 01:25.433 --> 01:30.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in a very, very crude mining encampment called Rich Bar. 01:33.166 --> 01:34.500 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% Louise Clappe, 01:34.500 --> 01:39.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% who wrote letters from a filthy, crude camp in 01:39.933 --> 01:42.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the Sierras, is having her words 01:43.433 --> 01:46.200 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% sung by Julia Bullock. 01:46.200 --> 01:48.066 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% ♪ Onions and potatoes ♪ 01:48.066 --> 01:57.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% [Vocalizing] 01:57.866 --> 02:00.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Oh, that's different. 02:00.100 --> 02:04.266 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Even though Louise Clapp came out of this Victorian era 02:04.833 --> 02:07.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% with all of the communities that she was encountering 02:07.733 --> 02:09.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and all of the environments that she was encountering 02:09.533 --> 02:12.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% it was with a complete openness and sort of wonderment. 02:13.000 --> 02:23.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% ♪ Dinner was truly excellent ♪ 02:24.266 --> 02:25.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% [Vocalizing] 02:25.366 --> 02:26.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Oh, ok! Cool. 02:27.333 --> 02:28.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And then its an octave replacement. 02:28.400 --> 02:30.133 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% Yeah! Yes. 02:32.166 --> 02:34.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% [Vocalizing] 02:34.266 --> 02:37.333 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% [Mimicking vocalizing] 02:37.333 --> 02:40.133 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% [Laughs] 02:40.133 --> 02:43.133 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Let's go from 446. 02:44.066 --> 02:45.400 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% [Piano playing] 02:45.400 --> 02:47.033 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% [Vocalizing] 02:47.733 --> 02:48.866 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Most of the characters in 02:48.866 --> 02:51.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% the opera are real people, historical people. 02:52.633 --> 02:55.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Josefa Segovia, this young Mexican woman, 02:55.433 --> 02:57.666 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% defended herself against a miner 02:57.666 --> 02:59.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% who was harassing her. 02:59.133 --> 03:00.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Stabbed him, killed him, 03:01.533 --> 03:03.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and the next day was lynched 03:03.766 --> 03:05.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% off a bridge over the Yuba River 03:05.966 --> 03:08.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% on Independence Day, 03:08.000 --> 03:08.833 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% ironically. 03:16.366 --> 03:16.900 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% I don't 03:17.300 --> 03:19.900 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% remember learning that in school. 03:20.700 --> 03:23.566 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% She's kind of unwritten in history. 03:23.566 --> 03:26.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Not kind of, she is.