Cavalcade of America · SEASON 3

Mountain Man

Episode 5 · 1954-11-16

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  • Drama

Episode overview

Relates the story of James Ohio Pattie, the first American to write an account of a visit to California. Reenacts his arrival in San Diego, the Mexican provincial capital, in 1828, and portrays his role in averting a smallpox epidemic, thus winning the friendship of the Mexicans and freedom for the Americans whom they held in captivity.

60 minutes

Season 3 episodes