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The New Frontier | |
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Season 1, Episode 27 | |
Air date | 11/5/2002 |
Written by | Jay Abramowitz |
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The New Frontier is the twenty-seventh episode of Liberty's Kids.
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Sarah Phillips goes to the frontier to search for her father, Major Samuel Phillips, after not receiving any later news and letters about him.
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- Historical Inaccuracy: The episode takes place in October 1779, depicting the execution of Cornstalk and his son Elinipsico. However, Elinipsico was killed on October 10, 1777, while Cornstalk was killed exactly one month later.
- Elinipsico is also depicted as a pre-teenager in the series, whereas in real life, he was 31 or 32 when he was killed.
- The episode takes place in October 1779, however, because the secondary plot involves the Fort Wilson Riot, which did take place during that time.
- To add even more inconsistency, the following episode, "Not Yet Begun to Fight", takes place in September 1779.
- Historical Inaccuracy: Cornstalk is seen coming to Fort Randolph alongside Elinipsico to warn Captain Matthew Arbuckle of the disaffection of their people. In actuality, Cornstalk arrived at Fort Randolph with fellow Shawnee Red Hawk. In addition, Elinipsico arrived some time later, searching for his father. All three Shawnee were eventually executed in retribution for the murder of two American hunters, one of whom was Matthew Gilmore.
- Historical Inaccuracy: In James's article regarding the events of the Fort Wilson Riot, he writes that James Wilson and 20 of his followers barricaded themselves inside of Wilson's home, and that five men were killed and 17 wounded. In actuality, Wilson and 35 of his followers sought refuge in the house, and six died and 17-19 were wounded.
- Historical characters deceased by the events of this episode: Abraham Nimham (DOD: August 31, 1778)
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Written by: Jay Abramowitz
Executive Producers: Andy Heyward, Michael Maliani, Robby London