01x08 - Spain/Southwestern USA

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♪ Inspector Gadget's
Field Trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Come on,
let's go with him ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ What's that, you ask?
What is it? ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Well, no one
wants to miss it ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Have fun,
let's go with him ♪

♪ New places,
new faces ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

Inspector Gadget here.

According to my keen
detective sense,

I can tell without a doubt,

that behind me is one
of the world's

most spectacular sights.

And I can't wait
to show you around.

We're at Mesa Verde national
park in southern Colorado.

This whole park
is an ancient village

where Native Americans
once lived on the cliffs

for hundreds of years.

It's time to investigate
this curious place,

and while we're at it,

let's visit some other Native
American spots along the way.

Time to go-go on our adventure
through the American southwest.

[Native Americans
singing in background]

there are hundreds
of Native American tribes

in North America.

What is a tribe, you ask?

A tribe is like
a really large family.

Just to name a few,

there's the mohegan,
the iroquois, the cherokee,

the seminole, and the sioux.

The crow, the comanche,

the apache, navajo,
hopi, and zuni.

And these are just the ones
that are easy to say!

The western part
of the united states

is one of the best places

to investigate
Native American life--

especially for this
bionic detective.

So grab your moccasins
and "hopi" on board.

Here we are at the indian
pueblo cultural center

in albuquerque, new mexico.

People from 19 different
villages come here

to celebrate
their cultures.

Wonderful celebration!

Glad I made
the invitation list.

Wowsers!

It's getting hot out here!

Where's the popcorn
when you need it?

I knew the southwest
was hot,

but this is ridiculous!

But if you can't
stand the heat,

get out of the pueblo.

Oh, that's just
cedar wood burning

in a traditional
Native American oven.

I have a non-traditional
oven back at headquarters.

It's called
a microwave.

These women
have spent hours

preparing traditional
indian bread.

I can't wait to taste it!

Go-go Gadget
peanut butter and jelly!

I dance to loosen up
my bionic ankles.

But for Native Americans,

dancing is a way to express

their love of nature
and their religion.

Wonder if they had
Native American bandstand.

These dancers are
from the tewa tribe

in northern New Mexico.

This is the buffalo dance,

but it is not
danced by buffaloes.

When Native Americans hunted
buffalo, nothing was wasted.

It was used for clothing,
shelter, and even drums.

This dance celebrates

the wondrous gifts
of the buffalo!

Buffaloes also look
good on nickels.

Many Native American towns
are called pueblos.

That means "village"
in Spanish.

Honest!

For years and years
and even today,

many Native American
pueblos have been built

with adobe bricks.

Adobe is a mixture
of clay, sand, and water.

Sounds like
southwest mud pies.

Of course, it's not as tasty
as the indian bread!

Mesa verde cliff dwellings
in southern Colorado

is where an entire
Native American civilization

called the Anasazi or
the "ancient ones" lived.

They were the first ones

in the southwest
to go mondo-condo

and are probably
the ancestors of many modern

Native American tribes.

Let's go to the zia pueblo

right outside Albuquerque,
New Mexico.

They'll show us how to
make their beautiful pots.

The zia pueblo is a whole
town with a school

for the children.

Sometimes they speak Keres,
their native language.

[teacher speaking Keres]

Gadget: the zia people
may be descendants

of the Anasazi
at Mesa Verde.

Of course, you'd have to ask
the Anasazi about that.

Generations and generations

of the Aragon family
have mastered

the art of zia pottery.

This is how they do it.

Grind up stone
from the ground to make powder.

Mix powder with water
to make the clay.

Make coils.

Stack...

And smooth
with a piece of gourd.

Let dry.

Rub with a polishing stone
until it shines.

Fire in oven.

Make paint.

Paint the pot.

You're done!

Now, that's what I call a pretty
perfect pottery pinch pot.

I don't mean
to dwell on dwellings

but since we're
on the subject...

A completely different
Native American house

you may have heard of
is called a tipi.

The word tipi comes
from the Dakota tribe.

"ti" means "to live in."

The word "pi"
means "to use for."

Uh, that's different
than a toupee,

which is a tipi you wear
on top of your head.

Tipis were made for the
Native American on the move.

They're like
mobile homes

made from stretching
a few buffalo hides

over some tall poles.

They were great protection

from bad weather
and dive-bombing vultures.

You could pick up
and go anytime!

You can see tipis
in hardin county, montana.

It's the tipi capital
of the world!

In about the year 600 a.d.,

Native Americans settled
in the mesa verde area.

Guess we missed
the cliff-warming party

by about 1,400 years!

Over the years they hunted.

First, using spears
and rocks.

It's not easy sneaking
up on a bison.

They also used
bows and arrows.

They farmed, made pottery,
and played.

They even had dogs and
wild turkeys as pets.

Just like me.

Of course,
my dog hates it

when I call him
a wild turkey.

The most sacred prayer
rituals were held

in round, underground
rooms called kivas.

Wowsers!

Are those girls
doing their wash?

I have an overcoat that
needs cleaning and pressing.

No, they're pretending to be
Anasazi girls grinding corn,

just like the ancient ones.

Too bad there's no place
for a corny joke.


the cliff palace is
the largest cliff dwelling

in North America.

The walls were mostly made
of mud, water, and sandstone.

They weren't
big on wallpaper.

The Anasazi
went up and down

the side of
the cliffs so many times

they left toe holds.

I don't think my Gadget toes
would fit in these holds!

There are other cliff pueblos
far from mesa verde--

like this one in New Mexico,
called Canyon de Chelly.

Cliff tops
are great protection

from bad weather
and unwanted visitors.

But in the 1200s

the Anasazi
mysteriously moved away.

Hmm.

Sounds like this
could be my next case!

These are the vital statistics
for an Anasazi man:

he only lived for 34 years.

He is 5'3" tall,

and he has a flat skull.

That's because as a baby

he spent most of his time
lying on a flat surface

called a cradle board.

Time to get my Gadget hands

on some clay and make
myself some pottery.

If I get really good,
I could make myself

a cliff dwelling complete
with bread bakers.

I hope you learned a lot
from the old inspector.

Have potter's wheel,
will travel.

But stay tuned.

We'll be right back
with another adventure.

Go-go Gadget field trip!

Inspector Gadget here.

It's time to check
my top secret field trip message

from the chief.

"you are visiting
Plymouth Rock.

"stop.

"get acquainted with pilgrims
and local Native Americans.

"stop.

"mix and mingle with
witches. Stop."

"if you think
you're at Alcatraz,

"you're on the wrong rock.

Stop and check
your compass."

Of course, it's plymouth rock
in new england.

That's where, legend says,

the Pilgrims' boat,
the Mayflower,

landed when they came
over to America in 1620.

Must have been
quite a crash.

Let's investigate how
the rugged pilgrims set up

their colony in America...

How they celebrated
their survival

with Native American pals...

And how superstition
led them

to discover witches
in their midst.

Wonder if the pointy hats
gave them away.

Let's go-go back in time

to the beginning
of American history.

Go-go Gadget field trip!

America's first immigrants,

who were called Pilgrims,

left their home in England,

which was ruled
by King James I.

They were looking
for religious freedom.

After a short detour
to the Netherlands,

they continued on
to the new world.

The Pilgrims
had a tough time

finding the place since
the statue of liberty

didn't show up
to guide them

for another 265 years,
which is why they landed

in Massachusetts
instead of New York.

Since airplanes
weren't invented yet,

and they didn't have
Gadget-copters in their hats,

they had to take a ship
called the Mayflower.

And it was no
luxury cruise.

It took 66 days.

The cruise activities
included disease,

rough seas, strong winds
called gales,

and salt water showers, also
known as really big waves.

All hands below deck!

Those sailors had their hands
full trimming the sails,

barking the bilge, and
trying to keep on course

on the choppy seas.

I can't even stay on course

when I'm sailing my boats
in my bath tub.

That's my great-great ancestor
gourmet Gadget.

Cook: well, you can't
get any decent bread

upon a ship because
it will all rot.

So the bread you get is
a very hard and dried bread,

which is called a biscuit.

[unintelligible mumble]

Gadget: he nearly
caused a mutiny once

by over-salting
the seaweed stew.

Yes, I have a proud heritage.

There he is whipping up
the day's special--fish.

Same as yesterday's
special...

And tomorrow's.

After that meal,
I could sure use a nap.

Wake me up when
we get to America...

Or when the day's
special isn't fish.

Finally, on November 9,

Land h*!

It was music
to their soggy ears.

After 66 days at sea,

the Mayflower
dropped anchor,

then they pulled
the anchor up

and sailed the rest
of the way to shore.

But first, the famous
Mayflower compact was signed.

"compact" is a fancy word

for written laws
that would keep order

within the pilgrim colony--

that's what they
called their community.

Even though they were
a little freer now,

the colonies were
still under british rule

and were called
new england.

Wowsers!

We're standing in the middle

of what used to be
the plymouth colony.

Not exactly the Taj Majal.

It took a lot of work
to make it look this way.

Trees to clear...chickens
to catch...barns to raise.

Today, you can visit a living
replica of Plymouth colony.

It's called plimoth plantation
in plymouth, massachusetts.

We can blend right in with
the hardworking pilgrims--

that is, if they
all have Gadgets

sticking out
of their hats.

Time for an investigation.

Most pilgrim families lived
in small 2-story wooden houses,

also known as vertically
challenged skyscrapers.

Since electricity hadn't
been invented yet,

they used candles for light.

Of course, making
candles is a day job

because it's
too dark at night.

Their shared barns housed
goats, cows, hogs, and chickens.

If you thought being
a colony pig was hard,

being a colony kid
was no picnic, either.

They were taught such skills
as weaving and carpentry.

Some families had
as many as 15 children!

That's a lot of pot holders
and 3-legged milking stools!

And now an Inspector Gadget
field trip fact.

What small lake
in massachusetts

has the longest name
of any place in the country?

[Gadget trying
to pronounce name]

forget it!

Wowsers!

That's quite
a gaggle to gargle!

It's Nipmuc Indian for "you
fish on your side of the lake,

I fish on my side, and no
one fishes in the middle."

We're back.

And boy are
my Gadgets tired!

It was
a terrible winter.

Almost half
of the settlers died.

Luckily, they became friends
with a Native American tribe

called the Pokanoket
Wampanoag.

They met a wise and noble
native named Squanto

who spoke better english than
the Pilgrims spoke Wampanoag.

He also looked quite
dashing in animal skins.

Squanto was
a wonderful teacher

who taught
the Pilgrims ways

of weathering
rugged colony life.

He taught them how to plant
pumpkins and corn,

to build warm houses
and also construct canoes,

which would have
been more useful

if they'd put them
in the water.

They became
loyal friends.

To celebrate getting through
their first year and showing

their thanks to squanto
and the Wampanoag,

they decided to have
a big harvest feast.

Hold the fish!

The Wampanoags had
a thanksgiving harvest

called the green corn dance.

The pilgrims joined them

and together they celebrated
in one big party.

Go-go Gadget party pack.

Get a load of the first
thanksgiving menu.

Roasted turkey, goose, duck,
seafood, corn, pumpkin, bread,

Indian pudding,
and so much more.

It's making my mechanical
mouth water.

After that feast,
we'll need some exercise.

Let's go-go
to another part

of 17th century
new england history--

the Salem witch trials--

and find out which witch
was which witch.

What exactly is a witch?

It says in
my Gadget dictionary,

"which" is
a relative pronoun.

Oh, wrong witch.

Actually, there
are several meanings.

These witches
are different

from your broom-riding
halloween variety.

Witchcraft, or wicca,
as it is sometimes called,

is a type of religion.

During the late 1600s,

the word witch was
used to describe

the 19 innocent people
put on trial

and k*lled in Salem,
massachusetts.

These people were
accused of being witches

because they
were said to be

under the influence
of evil powers.

Here at the Salem
witch dungeon museum

those 19 innocent people were
jailed in a dungeon like this.

Follow me very carefully
and don't trip over your brooms.

Wowsers!

These cells are tiny.

No bigger than
a broom closet.

The hair on my Gadget neck
would be standing up

if there was room.

What a terrible time it was
for those poor prisoners.

Many stories were inspired
by this dark time in history.

One famous novel based
on this eerie house

was called T he House
of the Seven Gables.

It was written
by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

See those 7 pointed peaks
on top of the roof?

They're called gables.

You could also
call them points,

but the house
of the seven points

isn't much of a title.

Walk this way.

Wowsers!

This place is creepy.

Check it out!

It's got a secret staircase!

Of course, it's not
a secret anymore.

There's even
a superstition--

or false belief--

that claims whoever
climbs these steps

can actually hear
the heartbeat of the house!

What a ridiculous notion.

[heartbeat]

whoa!

Whew!

I hope you don't think
the old inspector is scared.

I'm just running a little late
for our next field trip.

I hope you had a good time
sailing on the Mayflower,

pigging out with the pilgrims
at the first thanksgiving,

and wailing with
the witches of Salem.

Until next time,
go-go Gadget field trip!

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