Mountain man : James Ohio Pattie

Teaching Film Custodians release of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Mountain Man" (season 3, episode 5), which originally aired on November 16, 1954 on ABC-TV. Relates the story of James Ohio Pattie, the first American to write an account of a visit to California when it was a Mexican colony. Pattie, with a party of American hunters and trappers, is captured by Mexican soldiers and brought as a prisoner to San Diego for entering California without authorization. During his imprisonment in 1828 a smallpox epidemic threatens the city. Pattie's knowledge of inoculation saves many lives and averts an epidemic. Pattie's service wins the friendship of his captors and freedom for himself and his fellow prisoners., Relates the story of James Ohio Pattie, the first American to write an account of a visit to California when it was a Mexican colony. Shows Pattie, with a party of American hunters and trappers, being captured by Mexican soldiers and brought as a prisoner to San Diego for entering California without authorization. Explains that during his imprisonment in 1828 a smallpox epidemic threatened the city and Pattie's knowledge of inoculation saved many lives and averted an epidemic. Observes that Pattie's service won the friendship of his captors and freedom for himself and his fellow prisoners.