The Legacy of History with Myth and Conspiracy

0:02 The incredible post offices that mark the power of the United States. The United States, a nation that defies all expectations, an amalgamation of different cultures and peoples, all built in under a 100-year period, its territories completely defined, cities built where no cities had existed before. And today, this nation exists as arguably a hyperpower within international affairs. But what's the real story of the origin behind the United States? How was it its borders were all defined for all of its states by 1874, with the Dakotas being an exception, and the numerous expositions? It even had a national capital constructed, and then it was reconstructed during the Civil War, no less. Join me as we explore the truth of America. The United States of America, the

0:50 great state. Welcome to the Restituto Orbis channel. We're going to explore the origins of the United States, the world's hyperpower. How did this colonial breakaway from the British Empire become the hyperpower that it is today. Come join me as we explore the American Republic.

1:42 We've extensively explored the United States in our explorations, and we're going to examine this rail map from 1875 when it was composed, and it was originally composed to celebrate the centennial of the United States. And you might be surprised to know that the United States was already completely divided out by 1875 when this map was made, and it includes the United States and the Dominion of Canada at the time. And we can see that it includes the wondrous infrastructure that had to be completed to support the railroad. Everywhere at the same time, the United States was rapidly constructed, and here we see an image of the differing United States Capitol dome, supposedly. It's also intriguing to realize that the geographical definitions of all the states seem to have been defined, and we had many centennials and world fairs that had already transpired at this time,

2:28 according to the official history. we can see that the fine geographical definitions of the states were already established. It's almost as though there was some sort of preconceived plan, and indeed the only states not divided in this map are the Dakotas into North and South Dakota, but everything else is as we know it now. We looked at certain states, such as Georgia, and we consider the early history of Georgia, namely the capital of Atlanta. Atlanta did not exist, really, prior to 1800 at all. It was a rail stop that was suddenly built up, destroyed in the Civil War by the Union Army, and then quickly rebuilt after the Civil War. It's an all-too-common story that we have. And indeed, most of the cities that we've explored in the United States didn't even exist before 1800, or they were simple settlements or forts, such as Nashville

3:13 and Tennessee, another city that grew rapidly in the 1800s. And we've explored elsewhere across the eastern United States such as Louisville, where we've seen wondrous architecture and, again, another city that rapidly developed and grew in the 1800s. And I don't want to forget to mention Cincinnati, one of my favorite explorations, where we saw a city that we're told was made by Germans, and Indianapolis in Indiana, a city that seems to be a terminus point. And of course, who can forget Chicago where they had the Great World's Fair and several fires. So many cities that developed in the 1800s to include Milwaukee with this wondrous courthouse and the large convent visible from the river very easily. And going over to Minnesota and Minneapolis and St. Paul, two cities that grew very quickly. And indeed, many of these cities grew rapidly. We

4:02 have courthouses and we have Rochester in Minnesota where the Mayo Clinic developed and this wondrous courthouse in Austin, Minnesota. course we see the brutalist example that remains to this day and looking across this map we can see that all these structures were completed at the same time state capitals county courthouses infrastructure railways all done within the 1800s our favorite Iowa State Capitol or at least my favorite maybe you don't like it and that's entirely okay and yet the presence of Iowa State College at Ames and yet Ames Iowa was not depicted on this map even though it was originally constructed as a rail stop very interesting We go out to Nebraska on the Transcontinental Railroad and we can see the many communities that were along it and maybe even see Gene Hackman when he thought he was dead but he was actually just in Nebraska. I don't have anything against Nebraska. We can see though that the Dakotas have

4:51 no infrastructure depicted in them, no railroads, and yet they rapidly grew. Recall our exploration of Mount Rushmore and Devil's Tower and seeing the top of Devil's Tower in what is today Wyoming. And even back when this map was constructed it was very clearly Wyoming. So many interesting things and wondrous achievements in a short 100-year period. And over here on this map, we even have some population figures and railway distribution in terms of how much mileage in each state. It's a very impressive set of achievements that's all illustrated on one map. Remember that the United States was a breakaway colonial possession of the British Empire. There was no reason for this... wondrous experiment, at least we're told it was an experiment in government, to suddenly succeed.

5:38 And not only did it succeed, it rapidly grew in under a hundred years. all this infrastructure, all these bridges, all these railroads, all these state capitals, even the US state capitals, the courthouses, and let's not forget the population. And you can certainly go back and look at the population video to see how unprecedented the growth of population in the United States is. Many will try to explain it by simply saying it was because of immigration. We also have our early governors and some very interesting early governors such as C.C. Carpenter, the governor of Iowa in the 1870s. Isn't it intriguing that they wanted to make sure everybody knew who the governor was and what their term was even during this time frame and who is the individual who made this map gaylord watson did gaylord watson appear like ben stiller because we don't have an

6:26 image of gaylord watson which i find quite fascinating and yet this was an official map that was logged in the library of congress So what to make of this, this impressive map that shows us the incredible achievements of the American Republic in under 100 years? It's very impressive if it's taken at face value. But is this really to be taken at face value? Let's examine what the United States has become. And we went from a backwater colony to the world power, and that's depicted here in the Unified Combatant Command's area of responsibility, where the United States Department of Defense has divided up every geographical area in the known land, the world, the realm, whatever you want to call it, into geographical areas of responsibility, even violating the Posey Comitatus Act, which says that military cannot be used in a law enforcement role, but

7:13 we're told that U.S. Northern Command was a practical necessity due to matters of national security, and therefore it exists. So regardless Regardless of concerns in earlier American times, they have Northern Command. They have a command that encompasses every single geographical area. And the intention behind this is so that there can be a division in a unified chain of command for the employment of American military forces anywhere in the land. Indeed, the United States is the only military in the world that divides up the entire world into geographical areas of responsibility. It's also the only military in the world, as far as we know, that has what's called expeditionary capability, the ability to deploy military forces to any point in the land. They even have a space command area. Now,

7:59 whatever your opinion on this, this is quite an amazing change from what was just a group of colonies that was considered a backwater area. And there's even a book that's been written called Flight of the Eagle by this particular individual, Conrad Black, Lord Black, who is considered somewhat controversial himself. But whatever your opinion on the individual, this is the only novel or book that considers the strategy from America's rise. And we look at the founding fathers of the United States, the founding fathers which seem to have even come to a mythical status. And officially, we're told, the founding fathers were the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the composers of the Constitution, although we specify things a little bit more we have George Washington Benjamin Franklin James Madison Thomas Jefferson and a few others oh I don't want to forget Alexander Hamilton but these are

8:45 the individuals who had these wondrous thoughts of creating a republic a democracy even though things started to change. If we look at the five pillars of the original American Republic, we have faith in God, respect for the Bible, sinfulness of human nature, Christian virtue necessary, and government exists to protect faith and freedom. That's very different than the other aspects or perceptions that we have of the modern American state, where we say we believe in the separation of church and state. But of course, we understand that things were very different. People thought and operated very differently at that time. At least that's what we're told. Regardless, though, we have this conflicting account with the nascency of the United States. We also have many of these mythological images and these symbols that are so powerful. Lady Columbia, the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam.

9:33 And yet, when you look at a lot of the artwork that we've seen in many of these wonderful structures that were constructed in the United States, we see many mythical images. impersonations and even what would be considered folk art such as this image where we see people paying their taxes and I thought it was very fitting since it's April in the United States and everyone in the United States knows what April means was of course you file for an extension The symbolism is very interesting though with Lady Columbia and the aspects of innate wisdom. It almost reflects something that we could consider from the Greco-Roman pantheon of deities. Why do we see this so present in the United States? And indeed in all the state capital explorations that we've done, we've seen some sort of reference to this symbolism, not symbology, but symbolism. And we've

10:19 even seen it in many county courthouses and in other areas across the land. Indeed, every soldier and sailor's monument that we've looked at shows that symbolism to an extent. But what is this really reflecting? It's almost as though this is pointing back to another period of American history. Now, of course, we'll be told, no, that's not true. It's merely a sign of symbols that alludes to the myth in the folk art that represents what the United States was truly about. Consider the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The United States doubled in size when it had the Louisiana Purchase, when it purchased that area from France. And President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark, two U.S. Army officers, on an expedition to the Pacific to map out the terrain. Oddly enough, the French, who had been there for hundreds of years, had never bothered to map it out.

11:04 Or perhaps Napoleon didn't want to throw maps in the deal and just wanted to sell the land as fast as he could. Although it's now understood that what selling the land meant was that the United States could actually go and, how shall we say, occupy it. But we'll just call it what it is, conquer it. As there were Native Americans that were there, and we have the account of their guide, Sacagawea. And there were many other guides that supposedly took part in the Lewis and Clark expedition. But what was the real intention behind it? Do you just send a small party to go and explore and actually bypass a lot of the land that you're in? Or were they looking for something else? There's a lot of anomalies when you go through this particular path that these individuals traveled on. And what's the real historiosity behind this? Now, there's a lot of debate between the purposes of this expedition. It has been agreed upon. But if you ever go to Montana, you'll find there's a

11:51 lot of interesting sites that are there. Now, of course, we'll be told that these are just simple natural rock formations and that Montana is a very beautiful state and there's certainly no arguing that point. Yet, if you ever travel through it, you'll find that there's many of these odd examples with rocks or rocks that some might be forgiven for thinking are not necessarily built by nature. There's many supposed surviving maps and firsthand accounts of the Lewis and Clark expedition, such as this. Well, less than well-kept manner of notes in a map. That gives you the idea of what their expedition was really about and what they were focused on. And then you have other maps that were obviously more well decorated and how shall we say well

12:36 composed with more effort being put into scientific and accuracy with the distances and the locations and in terms of what they're researching. This is the Sergeant Floyd Memorial and a very strange obelisk that exists near Sioux City, Iowa. And you might be surprised to know that there is something that is a smaller version of an obelisk of the Great Washington Monument in Sioux City, Iowa. Oddly enough, there's still the little commemoration that we have on it. They call it a shaft, and it's to mark the burial place of Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Died in his country service, buried 1804. And then we see that graves of such men are pilgrim shrines. No class or creed can find. and it was erected in 1900 by the Floyd Memorial Association United States in the state of Iowa

13:22 very interesting again an almost mythical association with this incredible structure that still exists near Sioux City they built this in 1900 well how come every set of veterans especially from the Great War and then the War to end all wars, which is the same war in World War II, didn't get such wonderful monuments such as this. Well, this was Sergeant Floyd from the Lewis and Clark expedition, and I suppose for some reason he deserved a great obelisk. And I'm certainly not denigrating the character of his service. I'm just saying it's a very impressive monument for one single individual. And yet we do have some construction photos of it. If you can call this a construction photo, maybe you can. There's some peculiarities with it where it shows them allegedly finishing constructing the top of the monument. You'd think there'd be a better quality photo

14:10 in 1900, but I don't know, maybe they just didn't have a very good camera at that time. And you can see, though, on the early maps at the end of the expedition, they still had Floyd's grave marked. I guess the officers were very fond of this Sergeant Floyd. He really did his job quite well. I think of all the other non-commissioned officers, though, that have lost their lives in the service of the United States. There's many other aspects that reflect the myth and the folk art of the United States from the 1800s, and they give the impression of the concept of what was called Manifest Destiny. Yes, Manifest Destiny, apparently a strategic influence or a strategic goal of the United States to settle all the lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It's really hard to pinpoint though the actual origin of this strategy. You could almost say that it almost seemed preordained and indeed Manifest Destiny

14:59 almost says it's preordained. And indeed the individual that coined the term, we don't actually have a picture of him, we just have a sketch drawing. of Mr. John O'Sullivan. I find that very interesting that the individual that coined the term for a mythical strategic expansion westward. And we do have the same kind of symbolism that accompanies it with deities and the overwatching of the settlers as they moved west into areas that were untamed with infinite amounts of resources and land. At least that's what we'll be expected to believe. And it's rather fascinating that on many of these images you'll see trains and tracks and then you'll also see trains that are traveling across open land without tracks. So is that to give us the impression that they had to build the train tracks rather rapidly or was it just artistic license? Not really sure,

15:46 but it's interesting that that's what we have. We have a lot of paintings and a lot of mythology that accompanies this, even though the camera had been invented and was fully in use during the Civil War. Although we always lament our complete lack of combat photographs, that doesn't necessarily prove or disprove anything any more than the lack of photographs that really display manifest destiny really prove or disprove anything. Of course, people say that if you just have an image of a small western town or one of those shack towns of wood in South Dakota which we've explored and we have some interesting accounts behind it gives another conflicting account uh... yes lady columbia who can forget the great deity of the united states it's very fascinating that so we have this lady columbia or the statue of the republic as it was called in

16:31 the chicago world's fair in the early 1890s once again almost showing a completely different origin for the united states are we to simply take these as national symbols or was there some other inspiration behind their creation why are they so prevalent especially in buildings it's one thing to do drawings and paintings of all this but when you lay out manifest destiny and the fact that all these structures are built very quickly in a short time frame in the 1800s they all display these symbols now of course we have our theories that this could potentially represent a different origin for the united states and perhaps that's what we really have to consider that there is a different ideological origin we'll be told that the roots of the american republic or democracy actually come from the Greek originals, or the practice of democracy in Athens, and even

17:21 the Roman Republic. And yet, oddly enough, we do see a combination of symbols that give us different indications for what manifest destiny really led to. And indeed now the United States has a reputation for being a nation of excess, and yet it still claims to defend and support democracy. Here is a chart showing the estimated number of pioneers departing for Oregon, and you might recall our exploration of Seattle where we saw a very tremendous growth of population within that particular area of the country. the population growth of Seattle from 1860 to 1960. And we're supposed to take this mythological interpretation of paintings and drawings along with these official documents and brochures that encouraged everybody to go west. Because you went through a hard journey to come to the

18:08 United States from Europe, so you may as well go on another hard journey to go out west and tame this untamed land where there was no existing infrastructure at the time. And indeed, the railroad map is... quite limited in terms of how much railway mileage there was in the United States in 1875. Of course, in the next 30 years, they quickly increased that exponentially. And let's not forget our changing of the rail gauge of 11,500 miles of rail in 36 hours. Well, remember, it was the 1800s. There really weren't any logistical limitations. They managed to build all this infrastructure, all these railways, all of these bridges, and all of these tunnels in a very short amount of time, as the map does indicate. 1776 to 1876. A series of wondrous achievements. A nation that not only was brought about by

18:58 being a breakaway colony. And consider the wars that this nation fought. The War of 1812, constant conflicts with Native Americans, the Mexican War, and the U.S. Civil War. We saw the United States military struggle quite a bit in the War of 1812. And indeed it frequently struggled in its conflicts with the Native Americans. The legend of the last stand of Custer endures to this day. Somehow they managed to improve though in the Mexican War and then in the U.S. Civil War. The point being is that there were a series of very brutal conflicts and yet it seems that the United States had its strategic mentality in mind and that the United States Civil War was going to be fought so that the United States could achieve a more perfect democracy and coincidentally it could also achieve a more centralized government. But let's think about that because we're told that prior to the United States Civil War that the American states,

19:47 such as Iowa, Georgia, they were really the representation. It's in the title, the United States. That, in other words, state identity or states' rights were what mattered to people. Well, perhaps the best way to look at that is in flags. And we're told that the United States needed to have a flag in 1777. And here we have George Washington with Betsy Ross approving the original design. But what exactly did the states have in the early period of the United States? So we would expect every single state in the United States to have a state flag, especially once they became a state. But you may be surprised to know that that's not the case. For example, we'll look at Minnesota in 1893, the first Minnesota state flag. In 1893, the Minnesota delegation to the Chicago World's Fair held a contest Andrew

20:33 Bickford, Jr.: under the auspices of the state legislature to design a Minnesota state flag, the flag was intended to serve as a promotional tool for the state at its exhibition pavilion in Chicago. Andrew Bickford, Jr.: Amelia Hyde Center of Minneapolis submitted the winning entry, so we have a competition for our state flags and i'm rather surprised to know that they didn't have a state flag for Minnesota. What about the Civil War? Well, when you look up here on the site, you're told that Minnesota's Civil War battle flags, in keeping with Union customs, several Minnesota regiments carried blue battle flags with a state seal in the center, including the first Minnesota, which fought at Gettysburg and endured great casualties, but certainly not because of General Hancock, and the second, fourth, and fifth Minnesota. Most other Minnesota battle flags, however, had the American Eagle at the center by federal regulations. Many of Minnesota's battle flags are today displayed in the Capitol Rotunda.

21:19 Well, that's Minnesota. Let's look at Iowa. Iowa was one of the primary states of the union and sent nearly 10% of its population to fight in the civil war, the war between the states. What's the origin of its flag? Well, they didn't have their flag until 1921. What? Iowa did not have a state flag until 1921. That's what official history says. There was a false flag that was apparently used by a tobacco company, but it wasn't the real official flag of Iowa. So let me get this straight. Iowa, one of the most how shall we say supportive states of the union and yet we're told that prior to the civil war states rights and states identity was so paramount didn't even have a state flag until the 1920s. They didn't even have one for the world's fair and we know that Iowa had some great displays in the Chicago world's fair, but they didn't have a state flag. How

22:06 would anybody know about Iowa? Let's look at one of the southern states or former states of the Confederacy and the flag of Georgia. And indeed you'll find that Georgia didn't actually have a state flag or anything like it until 1861. This is very strange. Well, let's just look at a timeline of all U.S. state flags, and you might be surprised to notice that virtually all of the U.S. states did not have any kind of state flag until the 1860s, which corresponded with the start of the Civil War. And indeed, you'll see that most of the states that did were the states that joined the Confederacy or seceded from the Union. Now, there are some exceptions, such as Hawaii and maybe a few others. New York, But of course, New York being the original port of entry to the United States and it being around since the 1600s, of course it would have a flag. But for

22:54 the most part, none of the states had any sort of state flag until the 1860s. This seems to be in contravention towards what we'd expect with the identity of the states in the United States. So what's the point behind all this? The point behind all this is that despite having the paramounts of symbolism, none of the states bothered to have state flags. The United States had to have its flag for the American Revolution though, But the state supposedly had this great identity, but for the most part it didn't develop until the 1860s. That seems to give us a very different perception than what we're taught about the identity of the American states. But what are your thoughts on this discrepancy that we found? So let's close this exploration by looking at the works of Erastus Salisbury Field, an American folk painter, and this is supposedly a colorized daguerreotype. Does this really look like any kind of picture to you

23:42 though? Very strange, and this individual is considered an American folk painter, and he was primarily active from 1850 to 1870, although the exact datings of his works are quite interesting. What kind of picture does he give us of America? Well, when you look at some of his works, he has a very interesting style of realism mixed with some sort of aspect of idealism. And you're probably asking, alright, why are we looking at an American folk painter? Because folk art is something that it's not necessarily a true reflection of what's actually going on. It's merely showing us exactly what we have in terms of myth. Indeed, we're told that he focused a lot of his works on biblical and classical paintings, such as the Ark depicted here. Now, if we go off the official account, then sure, we could easily believe that. But this individual also

24:28 painted aspects of American history. And so could this give us the impression that the Ark of the Covenant was in the United States at some point in time? Now, I could simply be leaping to conclusions and there may be no reality behind it, but it's quite an interesting body of work that this field provided us, or whatever his works was really representing, or were representing. This family portrait is rather interesting as well, and seeing some of the humanity in the images and yet some of the idealism. Isn't it intriguing when we think of what our perceptions of the 1800s are really like? And how do we form our perceptions of the 1800s? Well, I hate to say it, but the reality is it's from television shows, it's from certain paintings, and we'll look at folk art such as this. And this is where we'll derive our understanding of history from, because this actually puts it in image. And as we're

25:17 constantly told, oddly enough by the United States Department of Defense as well, we're all visual learners. And so what are these images really representing? Is this the idealized individual from the 1800s? And indeed, he even did this interesting image that shows George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and some of the great Union generals, I say that with a little bit of sarcasm, from the United States Civil War, because while the military record of Ulysses S. Grant, who's depicted here, some of the other generals depicted on this painting don't exactly have the greatest reputation. Ah yes, of course, we have the old hand in the pocket. Why not? Very interesting representation though of Lincoln and Washington and not typically how we're used to seeing them. Now is this supposed to be some sort of real image or is this just some sort of idealized image? And who do

26:04 we have over here to the right? Well, this is supposed to be General Ambrose Burnside on the far right. Why is it we always have this reference to Ambrose Burnside? Because his military record during the United States Civil War was anything but remotely close to successful. Indeed, one of the most bloody, horrific Union defeats in the Civil War, the Battle of Fredericksburg, was brought about by this individual. There's also other odd artwork that Mr. Field did, such as the Taj Mahal. Was there a Taj Mahal in the United States, or did he actually travel to India? Well, there's no real account of that, so why would he be doing an artistic rendering, or... look at the taj mahal and then we look at some of his so-called biblical works and yet we have another oddity with this because is he really depicting biblical works when

26:51 you look closer at some of the detail behind this though there's nothing remotely biblical about this this almost seems to give the impression of something a little bit more modern or whatever was actually going on in the 1800s could it be that this is reflecting a different view of what truly transpired in the united states or again is it just an ideal Is it the fact that he really dabbled in different kinds of paintings and decided to do actual biblical representations and depictions, and also of Roman times? This is supposedly the army of the pharaoh marching off, although how would anybody have any idea what the army of the pharaoh marching off? And of course you'll tell me, well, he was just using his imagination. Of course he was. And speaking of his imagination, he did have a very unique painting called the Monument to the American Republic. This has to be one of the most unique and... creative paintings

27:42 I've ever seen from the 1800s. Where did this inspiration come from? Is this an amalgamation of different architectural stylings and paintings that he saw? Or does this represent something that may have existed in the United States. And again, I know you'll be saying speculation, but it's rather odd that during a time frame when people were certainly not encouraged to use their imaginations and had to be very pragmatic and very hard workers because how else do you explain all that incredible infrastructure that was thrown up across the entire United States in under a hundred year period, then where was someone going off with their imagination being able to bring all this together? Or is it possible that this is a depiction of how something looked in the United States in the distant past. These very unique towers with all these columns. We're told that the

28:28 artist was simply representing different folk art of America and showing American history. But why do they always call it the American Republic? And indeed, looking closer, you can see what's supposed to be historical events that are represented within the walls on the columns, and yet we also still see the Roman-Greco architecture. Well, you can easily hand-wave explain that away by saying, this particular individual, this painter, he liked to depict Roman and Greek origins in many of his paintings. So, this doesn't necessarily reflect what was going on in the United States. But isn't it interesting we have such a conflicting account? What are your thoughts on the American Republic? What's the real history? Thank you for joining me. Please like, comment, and subscribe.

29:17 Welcome to the Restitute Orbis channel. Thank you for joining me today. We're going to be exploring some of the mythical or legendary accounts across the land. We're oftentimes informed that the Native Americans were simply a hunter-gatherer society, and yet there's so many more details and so many more dimensions to the accounts of the Native Americans that we're going to consider in this exploration. They seem to be tied a little bit more closely to the land, and there are many more different origin accounts and legends that they possess through their oral traditions. Now, granted, as we explore these oral traditions, we're going to keep in mind that many may not have been transmitted to us directly, I would prefer to actually have a Native American account these lost tales of the Old World to us directly, and that there's a demand will do that. But I think there's some wonderful details that we need to consider as we explore the lost

30:06 tales of the Old World. We begin by examining the account of the Seti Ka, or the Siti Ka, there's many ways to pronounce it, a legendary group of people encountered by the Northern Paiute Tribe, or the Northern Paiute People, who existed in Nevada, Northwest Nevada to be exact. I'm always intrigued when we look at these images, though, that are ostensibly taken from the 1800s, at least, again, that's what we're informed of. What do they really communicate to us, though, about these people that existed during that time? There seem to be many unique traditions that are associated, and yet how much of this actually reaches us to this day? There always seems to be some odd figure that's in the

30:52 background that is watching over many of these images. And what's really going on with a lot of this background? How developed is this civilization that they actually took this picture in? It paints many different conflicting images and accounts that we have, and one of the reasons that the Seti Ka are intriguing. Yes, this is the Seti Ka. I've always wanted to say that. giants. Red-headed giants, anywhere from 8 to 10 feet tall. But there's conflicting accounts, and of course historians and scholars have looked at these oral traditions of the northern Paiute people and have screened them, saying that, well, perhaps they merely encountered some people who were only taller, perhaps 6 foot 9 or 6 foot 10, but certainly not 8 to 10 feet tall. And yet there are numerous other accounts from Native American oral traditions that indicate the encounter with giants. Now, to

31:42 be honest, in my travels, I've never come across the bones of giants anywhere. And yet, I've also never come across the bones of dinosaurs. So, does that mean they don't exist either? I don't know. I leave it up for you to decide. But it's a very compelling account to imagining what these people may have been faced with. And if they did indeed encounter actual giants, 8 to 10 feet tall, or perhaps much larger, what was exactly the nature of this encounter? And who were these giants? Who were these Seti Ka that they encountered? And what methods or techniques did they come from with their particular civilization? How great of a threat were they to the northern Paiute people? What sort of theories could we come up with to try to explain the presence of these incredible giants? Were they simply natural denizens

32:32 of the land at that time in what we think of as Northwest Nevada? Northwest Nevada is very interesting in and of itself as it has many unique anomalies with it, along with these accounts that we have from the Northern Paiute people. And indeed, we even have such accounts as places such as Pyramid Lake, named by the great explorer Charles Fremont, and Pyramid Lake named because it has pyramids in it. Is there truth behind these accounts of these giants that were encountered and the threats that they may have posed to the Northern Paiute people? and indeed other giants encountered in the central highlands of Mexico and by other Native American groups, capturing and putting to death a giant. And why would they possess such a great threat? Well,

33:17 could they have been some sort of remnant warrior that was brought about in the previous civilization? Or were they some sort of specialized hunter that was created through what we might think of as alchemical processes to hunt and terrorize the survivors of the Last Reset? And indeed, that seems to give us the impression of what's truly going on with many of the Native American oral traditions. That they had a better connection with the land and the other creatures that inhabited the land. And indeed, that's something that we see that rings true with all the Native American peoples and tribes that still exist to this day. Although we have conflicting accounts because mainstream studies, scholars, they try to go back and say that none of these accounts could be completely accurate. Perhaps it's simply exaggeration. It is oral tradition, after all, and oral

34:06 tradition is very easy to discredit because oral tradition does admit that there are multiple accounts because it's transmitted by somebody talking to another person, and perhaps there could be something added to the message or subtracted from the message over time. Yet we look at the Lovelock Cave where this incident occurred in Nevada, or Nevada, or Nevada if you're in Iowa, many different ways to pronounce the same word, which is always rather enjoyable. But you consider this very climactic account in this final decisive confrontation between the northern Paiute and the Seti-Ka, or the Seti-Kae. And we look at other images, which of course we're told were debunked, and indeed many scholars have looked at this cave in this encounter, and they have certainly put their efforts into debunking the very existence of these giants. Of course, we don't know

34:56 exactly when this encounter occurred, given our current chronological calendar, But we do have some idea that there are fossils and remains in these caves, but of course seeing them and actually analyzing them doesn't really give us any more answers. Is it possible that the northern Paiute encountered these giants? It's very possible. Now, could it also be possible that they simply encountered a wandering band of strange people who had red hair and were on the higher range of six feet tall? That's possible as well. But I believe that there's a little bit more of accuracy and validity to this particular account because when you have oral tradition, it's climactic events, memorable events that tend to be remembered and transmitted on the oral tradition. And even with the variances in

35:42 the different accounts that you have with the encounter of the Seti Ka, there's other tribes and other peoples across North America and other lands as well who've encountered giants. And yet it's always dismissed. It's always derided. Considering sacred sites across the land as well by various peoples and tribes and nations, it's also intriguing to me that we oftentimes look past Salton Lake, which is in Southern California. Salton Lake has many different accounts associated with it. Some even say that it could be a gateway, a portal to other lands, and others say that the Native Americans had many different accounts with it, stating that it could have been a path to darkness. Also, the origin accounts of these lands in Southern California are very intriguing. And whether we're talking

36:30 about the Colorado Desert, the Mojave Desert, or the Sonoran Desert, or any of the other deserts in Southwest United States, there's always something interesting associated with them. This Salton Sea, or Salton Lake, or all the other names that it's had always seems to have had an interesting history of development with it. Indeed, in the 20th century or the 1900s, the United States and the state of California attempted to develop this area. and it did not succeed for a variety of reasons that you can look up on your own because it seems as though once again there's even conflicting accounts as soon as just a few decades ago. For whatever reason, the area is now mostly uninhabited and there's all kinds of accounts of strange encounters. We also look at some of the brilliant landmarks in the southwestern desert and whether we're driving through

37:18 Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, or any of the other areas within the four-state, four-corner area where the ancestral Puebloans inhabited. Although, how real are the ancestral Puebloans? Did they really exist as the mainstream tells us they did? Are they connected with the actual oral traditions of the Native American nations and tribes that inhabited the area? It's subject to much debate, and you'll even come across great craters, such as THE Great Crater. But what really caused it? Is it really from some meteorite or asteroid impact as we might be expected to believe. And even the mountains, the Tetons, as you go into Wyoming, going all across the land, you have these very interesting landmarks that seem to give the clue that there's something much more dramatic that

38:06 was going on in this western area of the United States. And many people and defenders of the mainstream narrative will simply try to tell us that the Native Americans are proof that there was no civilization that existed prior to our civilization. And yet the same mainstream will tell us that, well, actually the Native Americans did have great civilizations of their own. And some of them even built pyramids. It just depends on what latitude you're at, whether you call them pyramids or whether you call them mounds. Such as the interesting account behind Mount Rushmore, which we explored. Are we talking about kings? Are we talking about Vikings? Are we talking about six grandfathers? We've explored it in detail before, but... One thing I always found intriguing about the Black Hills area of South Dakota where Mount Rushmore is situated is the fact that all Native Americans

38:53 in that area consider it a very holy and respected place. And as they said in the film Dances of Wolves, even our enemies agree that this is a special place. And if you examine the terrain anywhere around the Black Hills or what is today called Custer National Park, you'll see that. There are scenes of immense serene beauty that one could lose oneself in. And it's very easy to understand exactly how and why the people that we affiliate with the Native Americans, whether it's the Sioux or any one of the numerous tribes, do have a closer connection. And let's look at the account of the Hopi of the Fifth World. The Hopi, one of the descended tribes or nations from the ancestral Puebloans. What I find intriguing, though, about the

39:39 accounts of the Hopi is some of the or the Pueblo ruins that are still present in the southwest United States. And whether we're in southwest Colorado or anywhere else, you'll see that there's some very dramatic ruins there that give you the impression of settlements that were very well constructed and planned out. And oftentimes you'll have the remnants of infrastructure that we tend to associate with older civilizations. Could this have been some sort of reset compound of its own? A place where the people attempted to survive? The Hopi are perhaps most interesting in terms of their account of the reset because they do have an oral tradition that relates that we are currently in what they consider the fourth world, or at least the fourth era to them. And yes,

40:26 this is one of the accounts that actually inspired the concept of the five eras on this channel. And I think there's a lot of details that do reach us through the Hopi oral traditions. And it should be noted that one of the reasons why I personally hold such a high respect for Native American nations and tribes is because of the fact that they have retained this very close connection that they have. One, to their own personal history, the true account of what happened, but also their understanding of achieving a balance with the land, the resources provided by the land, the other creatures that dwelled upon the land. That's something that I think is always respectable. When you actually look into the artwork of the Hopi, though, you'll find some very interesting representations. Now, were these just the people who didn't have an understanding of their

41:14 land? The oral traditions and what we see, it seems that they had a great understanding of what was really happening, and the fact that they do relate to us of what happened in the distant past, with worlds that fell out of balance, with peoples who indulged in evil practices, and this is what ultimately caused what they would consider a reset in what they termed the previous worlds. Now once again, I'm just giving a generalized summary of these oral traditions. I think the best way to really share these oral traditions would be to actually have a member of one of these nations, our tribes, relay them on a video. And if there's a demand for that, I may consider it. As it may be, I do have the means of actually having some individuals relay their oral traditions. Now, are there oral traditions that they

42:01 will not share? Absolutely. Can we really be surprised that there are many things that they don't share with others? Not at all. Because in many of the mentalities, it's because of the fact that knowledge has to be earned. You simply can't bestow it on people. You simply can't share something and have it repeated. And we certainly see examples of that in our current society, in our current civilization. That we simply repeat an account that's given to us, we apply no critical thinking or thought to it, and suddenly it becomes the truth. and it becomes the incontrovertible truth. And yet when you look across the land and you consider these many different wondrous accounts that the Native American nations had, their oral traditions seem to reflect many dimensions that were once really present on the land. And indeed, I've always given a lot

42:50 more veracity to what they've shared with the origin story, especially with how the land came to be. One area that's always intrigued me is the Mojave Desert, and especially the area around what we call Death Valley to this day. How exactly was the land scarred in the way that it was? What's the true account of what really happened? Was there some sort of comet or meteorite that actually hit the area and destroyed the land? And what about the ant people? Yes, the ant people who helped the Hopi. It's even stated that they saved them twice from destruction, taking them to the underground. great underground cities and once again we have another account of a more advanced people with greater cities and who were these ant people there's many different

43:37 theories some state that they were extraterrestrials others state that they're simply more advanced civilizations that live in the crust of the very earth itself or whatever you want to think of it as there's many conflicting views in who and what the ant people could have been But the fact that there is this spiritual resonance that you see that still endures with these oral traditions today, and the simple fact that they're still remembered and recounted. We can see how the Hopi were dispersed across the current state of Arizona, and where their reservations were. The reservations, a definite sign that the Native Americans endured a reset, a reset that was imposed by another power. That was just simply the way that they endured it. And then, of course, the American education system, which is all part of the

44:25 conflict-assimilation-indoctrination concept or process that seemed to be used on everyone across the land after the last reset. And yet, for whatever reason, the Native Americans, whether it's the Hopi, the Navajo, the Lakota, or any of the other tribes or nations, manage to retain their connections with their past. And they've also managed to retain a very deep connection with the land. And that's one of the main reasons why I believe that they have a more accurate account of what may have transpired in the past. Now, are there other details that we still may be searching out? Are there other dramatic examples of what could have happened? Absolutely. But, again, you simply can't repeat something. You simply can't share something. Knowledge has to be

45:11 struggled for in many ways, shapes, and forms. And it takes experience. For example... looking at this incredible area. The Anasazi ruin in Mesa Verde, southwestern Colorado. A very impressive city that seems to have been built in the very rock itself. Many intriguing realities exist though about these particular sites in terms of how they're actually hidden within the land. And they even seem to be hidden from aerial observation. Quite an interesting consideration if we're to take the chronology that were given from the mainstream at face value. Many of these wondrous terrain features though, that these cities were hidden in, still exist to this day. And we have to reevaluate exactly what we see in terms

45:59 of the Native Americans. These weren't just a hunter-gatherer culture that simply roved the land as nomads. These were people that were very much in touch with their society, their culture, and their land. And the fact that they built incredible cities like this within the land itself. And we have to also evaluate what it means that they seem to have been concealed from aerial observation, because that's one of the realities that's often faced. It's an observation that's called out with many of these older settlements that still endure to this day. How exactly did they build them and what resources did they really have? And when we look at the ruins of these cities and amazed at how well they're holding out, we also consider how we might think of this area as being very underpopulated currently. But was that always the case? And indeed,

46:49 what actual details occurred within this particular land, these four corners of these states? Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and then even going beyond the four states to the west, Nevada. It's very intriguing when we consider these accounts and this impressive land. We consider the fact that these wondrous cities were once built by these people, seemingly hidden by aerial observation. Was there some sort of threat? Some sort of threat that could have come from the air? It's one of the things that when you look at how a city could have defended itself, we oftentimes look at the cities in Europe and we've talked about the great star fort fortifications, at least that's what we're informed about them. And indeed, they even came across the

47:35 United States during the United States Civil War. But these fortifications were not very effective. We consider the Cliff Palace and how it was actually constructed in Mesa Verde. and yet we see signs of similar construction. We see an industrious people who were creative and managed to actually build a very geometrically impressive city and yet also conceal it within the very land itself. And whatever the adversary or threat that they were facing at that time, it was quite ingenious. And if you have the means and you're anywhere near Mesa Verde, Colorado, I certainly recommend visiting these sites because there's nothing like an on-site exploration. The very impressive and geometrically precise Pueblo Bonito laid out in northern New Mexico by the

48:25 ancestral Puebloans, as they are called. Again, what's the true history behind these peoples, and how exactly do they relate to the current nations and tribes? Do their oral traditions actually indicate that these great civilizations existed, or do they have a different account of them? That's something I certainly encourage you all to research and come to your own conclusions on. it's very difficult to determine. And also remember the fact that if you go to further latitudes in the south, you'll come across actual pyramids. Mexico is really not that far away from New Mexico, and it's really not that far away from the United States. We'll be assured that there were no pyramids built by the civilizations at that time, but whether we're talking about the Aztec, the Mayan, or the Incan, we always have signs that there may have been much more that

49:12 was occurring in the past. When we look at northern New Mexico, we see one of the most dramatic remains of an area called Shiprock. Shiprock with a very unique rock formation that, oddly enough, seems to have walls coming off from it, going in multiple directions. Of course, the mainstream tells us that this is merely the result of volcanic activity and a series of natural geological activity over the years. And yet the Navajo have quite the interesting origin story. And now let's go to St. Louis to look at the Mississippian culture. Yes, there were actual mounds in the city of St. Louis, although some people have tried to tell me that there were only mounds in Cahokia across the river in Illinois. But these mounds did actually exist

49:58 in the city of St. Louis. And mainstream and the official history of the city indicates that these mounds were removed. And these actual mounds that you could say resemble certain structures, you know, we've been over it many times, were removed because they needed to make way for building the city of St. Louis. So once again, we have another account of a massive excavation project that had to be undertaken during a time when there was limited to virtually no heavy machinery, And yet, once again, working very, very hard and diligently and having plenty of time to pose for pictures, the people of St. Louis in the 1800s had the time to remove these mounds. Indeed, there was supposedly an ironclad, and yes, I'm going to use that term directly, in the United States Civil War, named the USS Mound City after this area of

50:46 mounds. And fortunately, somebody had the foresight to take pictures of these mounds before they were removed from St. Louis, even an account saying that the mounds were removed to facilitate having the World's Fair. And now we're actually looking at the mound in Cahokia in Illinois, just to make it very clear for some people who try to claim that there were mounds that were only in Cahokia. Yes, this is the Great Mound in Cahokia. What was this really, though? Is this the remnant of something much more dramatic and a sign of something beyond natural terrain? Well, even the mainstream tells us that this is not just a hill. This is actually a mound and that this was artificially constructed. But what's the truth of the reality behind this particular picture? What in fact is the truth behind these Mississippian cultures, as they called them? Now these

51:32 were ancient Native Americans, as they like to say, that lived in this particular area of the United States, centered around the Mississippi. Although they seemed to spread out quite a bit, didn't they? And you might recall in the distant past of the channel, we did explore a site called Aztalin in Wisconsin. We'll take a look at that again, because that is connected with these Mississippian cultures. And something else I'll ask you to consider is Do the oral traditions of the current Native Americans actually reflect the reality of these Mississippian cultures? Or is this merely a mainstream interpretation from the current universities and scholars of the United States? And yes, I'm well aware that there are many Native Americans who have taken part in these studies, and I'm not saying or questioning their legitimacy. I'm merely saying that we need to apply

52:18 critical thinking and ensure that what we're looking at is the actual account. Because what's intriguing to me about this Mississippian culture is just how advanced it's shown as being in a lot of this artwork. But how accurate is it? In other words, could it have been much more advanced? Could they have actually been the very cities that are still sitting there? Or is there some other explanation? Could it also be that what they're really referring to are the remnants of the civilization from the Third Era, before the reset to the Fourth Era? Or could it have simply been the surviving enclaves from the fourth era to our current era? Again, we're referring to the channel's five-era's theory. But you can see how it ties wonderfully into the other

53:03 accounts, oral traditions, that came from any number of Native American nations or tribes. Indeed, we look at how the Spanish explored the United States, according to the mainstream account, and what they may have come across. And oftentimes what we're told is that the early explorers gave us the details of these Mississippian cultured peoples, or whatever you want to call them, because they seem to have different names. Oddly enough, whatever group of people we're talking about, they left wondrous artwork and many different examples. We're also informed by those original European explorers, again, according to the mainstream, that these cultures were actually into human sacrifice. much like the Aztecs. And the reason we're stated is that because they believe they were

53:52 living in the final era. And the only thing that was going to keep the last son from dying out was by engaging in human sacrifice. Although, how much truth is there to this account? And remember who this account came from, because we might want to recall that according to the mainstream history, the Spanish did impose this little economic system called encomienda. Encomienda, which was not exactly kind to the survival of many of the individuals from the civilizations that once flourished in these lands. Now is this exactly what happened? Well, it's what the mainstream tells us. Or are there more details behind it? Is there something else occurring that we may not be aware of? Is there a reason that there is such an effort made to convince us that this Mississippian culture existed the way that it did? Is it simply trying to

54:40 direct our focus somewhere else? There's no doubt that there's many mounds across the land, and No doubt that they seem to reflect a great understanding of engineering and geometric precision. And they certainly took a lot of work to achieve. And of course, we're not going to call them pyramids because they're not pyramids. They are mounds. But yet, whenever you look at the examples of the artwork and you understand exactly what it really reflects, you have to ask, is this something that this actual people did? Or were these merely remnants and artifacts that were found later that were attributed to to a different group of people. How could anybody or everybody get it exactly right, is all I'm asking. Because it's amazing to me how confident we are and how oftentimes we like to hand wave, categorize, and label many groups of people. And

55:29 we still do that to this day. And it certainly doesn't have to be an ancient people or civilization that we're not aware of. But yet we seem to have this perception that this great culture, this great civilization was capable of achieving these mounds, and they had a great understanding of the land, and yet they always want to tell us that they seem to have a darker side, while at the same time ignoring our own darker side. Going back to the Aztlin site in Wisconsin, near Lake Mills in Wisconsin, just south of I-94, between Madison and Milwaukee, I'm reminded of those sites that I saw there. And over a year ago, I walked them and actually explored them. And if you have any sort of site with mounds like this anywhere close to where you may be located in the land,

56:17 I strongly suggest walking it and looking at it on site. The reason I started with Google Earth, and this was actually one of the original explorations that turned me away from using Google Earth, because there were a lot of details that you just don't see. But when you actually get on the ground, you'll see what a mound looks like and what a pyramid actually looks like. And remember that we define certain things as mounds, especially anything in the United States, and the only pyramids in North America are to be found in what is today Mexico. The 1800s, a century with lots of development and technological innovations, along with conflict and vast social changes. We have so many clues from this particular century. Today we're going to explore the strange events of the 1800s.

57:12 The first event we'll look at is the Napoleonic Wars, 1803 to 1815, at least that's what the official history tells us. The Napoleonic Wars are interesting because we start the century off with a vast series of conflicts, primarily centered in Europe, although it should be noted that these conflicts occurred across the land and the sea. Indeed, if you ever watched Master and Commander, that ship battle was set around South America. We see many different depictions, though, of Napoleon, and in the past the channel explored the concept of Napoleon being some sort of reset commander who decided to go against the grain and try to establish himself as a leading authority figure. There are many oddities about this conflict, though, including the ability to defy logistical limitations. Now, what's interesting about the Napoleonic Wars is they occurred after the initial start of what we're told is

57:57 the Industrial Revolution. It was also the first attempt at nations to engage in mass mobilization or conscripting very large armies. And these armies, they were somehow able to

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