wellman or hickok? never know for sure but many historians find it hard to believe that hickok would take the first shot, especially from behind a curtain. it's not in his character. the most likely is wellman takes the first shot and hickok being the better shot prevails. >> the boy escapes but two of mccanles' gang are still alive. the wellmans act out of desperation in the moment. [ screaming ] hickok is determined to see it through to the end. >> you started this and now we've got to finish it. [ screaming ] >> the mccanles incident becomes the story of one man single-handedly taking on an entire gang. and wild bill is not filled with just one or two men but hundreds. this is the moment where the wild bill of the legend is born and it's that legend that hickok will trade on for the rest of his life. >> hickok is now branded a gun snapper, a reputation that is shopping online... ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners... were just as simple?

you got this. >> wild bill hickok and lawrence wellman stand trial tore killing three men.e of company property at the trial. >> you have been found not guilty. you are free to go. >> hickok leaves town to avoid becoming a target for retribution and finds a cause worth fighting for. as the civil war comes to the american frontier, hickok continues in the family tradition of fighting against slavery by volunteering for the union cause and returns as a scout for the federal army cavalry. >> hickok started as a union scout and spy. >> hickok develops his signature cavalry style reverse draw or twist draw that will soon make him famous. >> i have seen sites that would make the wickedest heart sick. believe me, for what i say is true. >> after four years of bloody battles with over 620,000 casualties and nearly a million more missing in action, the civil war finally comes to an end. hickok has come to springfield, missouri, looking for new opportunities. >> wild bill kick cock may be an honorable man with a strong sense of justice but his clothing choices and hairstyles facial a

appearing before the texas state board of education about six weeks ago, professor wellman warned of the flaws of the social studies textbook that the state board was reviewing. these books make those is the original founding father. and they credit him for virtually every distinctive feature of american government she observed. some text were so skewed she lamented that students might even end up quote, believing that moses was the first american and a running his conclusion in wellman's estimation. if moses is startling and prominent in these textbooks it is because the text books were written to cover social studies standards created by the texas board of education in 2009 and 2010. they picked someone who was principles informed of the american founding documents. they portrayed the ten commandments as a direct precursor to the declaration of independence and the constitution. they identified biblical law and the judeo-christian legal tradition as the starting points for american law and government. this is what texas wants its students to know about moses and the ten commandment