(chime) (children) ♪ Carolina... ♪ ♪ Carolina.

♪ ♪ ♪ ("Sherlock Bonz" theme music) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [dogs barking] <narrator> Now the mystery continues with Chapter Four.

♪ <Ms.

Marie> Please come in.

Sherlock Bonz is in his office.

He's expecting you.

♪ >> Yes, uh-huh.

I'll be right with you.

I have Jeremy on the phone.

So Levart Emit is "time travel" spelled backwards!

Oh, cracking good work figuring that one out!

[chuckling] Jeremy?

Jeremy?!

Oh, drat.

Jeremy?

<Jeremy> Yes, sir, I'm here.

<Det.

Bonz> Beastly electronics!

Ohhh... woof!

Ms. Marie!

Ms. Marie!

I can't find Jeremy on the phone.

He's on one of these buttons.

<Ms.

Marie> Push the button that's lit up!

>> Will you come here and help me, please?

>> Push the second one, the one that's lit up.

>> Ohhh!

Yes, by jove, it's working now!

And mind you, no jokes about teaching old dogs new tricks.

[laughing] Jeremy, are you there?

Okay, continue.

<Jeremy> Yesterday, the Paw Pilot did something weird.

It would make a beeping noise, and off we'd go without pushing the button.

I would look it up in the manual, but it's in my other bookbag at home.

>> I'll see if I can find the other manual.

Oh, I have two copies, you know.

♪ When you're through with the manual, show me how to operate the calculator.

I want to determine how many pounds those books weigh and how big a space they take up.

That will help me determine what the culprit did with them.

<Jeremy> Uh-huh...all right...I know what's happenin' now!

<Brianna> I've never heard you this excited.

<Kevin> Yeah, man, what gives?

>> This button beside the time travel button is the Retrospective Preset.

It takes you back to when similar things are happening.

Yesterday when were studying the Revolutionary War, it took us to 1776.

Apparently, we hit it accidentally yesterday when you helped push Levart Emit.

<Kevin> Whoa, that's awesome!

<Amy> Today we need to research the Civil War.

We'll push Levart Emit, I mean, time travel, and we'll push Retrospective Preset.

>> While you do that, I'll look for more clues.

There's got to be something else!

[harp music] Hello?

Did you hear that sound?

>> I don't hear anything.

<Brianna> From my science studies, dogs have much keener hearing than humans.

>> Something's not cricket here, but I don't know quite what.

Well, no time to waste... off you go.

And do be careful.

<Jeremy> Kevin, you coming?

<Kevin> I can't go.

<all three> What?!

>> I didn't do all my math homework, last night.

I have to go to study hall.

I can't go.

<Amy> Wow, Kevin, sorry!

We wish you were coming.

>> I do too...I will not let this happen again.

I'm going to do my homework.

See you after school.

Tell me everything.

<Jeremy> Okay, on the count of three.

One, two, three.

[whooshing noise] ♪ <Amy> It looks like a house.

<Brianna> Let's see where Paw Pilot says we are.

It says "1744."

<Amy> It's a grand house!

<Brianna> A beautiful house!

<Jeremy> Hide!

♪ >> Dear Diary, hello again.

Today is November 15, 1744.

As you know, Diary, my name is Eliza Lucas Pinckney.

I have been managing my father's plantation near Charleston since I was just 16.

One thing I really enjoy is gardening.

I'm fascinated with growing things on the plantation!

I've developed a new plant called indigo to dye cloth to a beautiful blue color.

Europe is wild about it!

The ladies love blue dresses.

We are selling a lot and getting rich.

>> Ms. Pinckney, your visitors are here.

<Eliza> Please send them in, Sally.

Hello, Ms. Abigail!

<Ms.

Abigail> Hi.

<Eliza> Hi, Ms. Julia.

<Ms.

Julia> Hi.

[teacups clinking] <Ms.

Abigail> Oh, nothing.

[teacups clinking] <Ms.

Abigail> We're worried Eliza.

Have you heard?

Some of the slaves in this area have been escaping lately.

They're being helped by Quakers.

You know that religious group.

<Ms.

Julia> That's the group opposed to violence or oppression.

They're against owning slaves.

They're helping them escape.

<Eliza> Oh, dear!

This is a problem.

It takes a lot of workers to grow this indigo.

<Ms.

Julia> People up North are opposed to slavery, but my husband cannot run our rice plantation without slaves.

You can't plant 200 acres of rice and cotton and expect family members to do all the work!

<Ms.

Abigail> Plantations in the South don't operate the way factories up North do.

<Eliza> I don't know what we're going to do!

I would like to show you my garden.

Ms. Sally!

Will you do the tea service?

Thank you.

[teacups clinking] >> Sally, are you coming with us tonight?

<Sally> Oh, Bonnie, I'm scared!

I want freedom, but I'm afraid of runnin' away!

I've always lived here.

I don't know what it's like anywhere else!

<Bonnie> Sally, those ladies don't know how it feel to work all day and not get any pay.

They don't know the heartache of having their family sold off and never seeing their children again.

This is why we need our freedom.

We're people just like they are.

We deserve to have our own free lives.

Come on, now.

Get your courage up.

I'll meet you by the creek when the moon comes up.

[insects chirping] [owl hooting] [insects chirping] <Bonnie> Let's stop and rest for a minute.

[insects chirping] >> Remember to be quiet.

>> How far to the Underground Railroad?

I'm tired and hungry too.

<Bonnie> We don't have much farther.

We're close to a safe house.

The Underground Railroad is a hiding place where slaves can get food and shelter.

>> When we get to the North, we won't be slaves anymore?

We'll be free and we can vote... even own land or a house?

How do you know where we're going?

<Bonnie> From the quilt Sally's holding.

She sewed it herself.

It's a fine freedom quilt.

<narrator> The freedom quilt that guided them on their journey to the north contained many symbols.

This symbol is called Jacob's Ladder.

It represents the Underground Railroad on the freedom quilt.

Each square represents information about how to travel to freedom.

This quilt gives the following directions.

Fill baskets with enough food to get to the crossroads.

Once to the crossroads, dig a cabin in the ground.

Dress in cotton and satin bow ties.

Stay on the jagged path.

Take sailboat across the Great Lakes to the north star above Canada.

>> But where's the cabin?

I'm so tired.

[insects chirping] <Bonnie> I'm looking for a signal.

>> What kind?

>> There!

See?

In the distance.

It's a lantern on a hitching post that means it's a safe house.

You wait here.

I'm gonna make sure it's the right place.

[insects chirping] Do you think we'll make it to the free states up North or Canada, where we'll be free?

<Sally> As long as we follow the drinking gourd.

>> The drinking gourd... what does that mean?

♪ When the sun comes back ♪ ♪ and the first quail calls, ♪ ♪ follow the drinking gourd, ♪ ♪ for the old man is a-waiting ♪ ♪ to carry you to freedom ♪ ♪ if you follow ♪ the drinking gourd.

♪ >> But what does it mean?

>> See that Big Dipper in the sky, It's the drinking gourd.

It'll lead us north.

And "the old man is a-waiting"?

to carry us to freedom.

<Bonnie> That means we'll need a guide to help with our trip.

[insects chirping] <Bonnie> That's the safe house.

We'll get a meal, a warm fire, and be safe for the night.

[insects chirping] ♪ The riverbank makes ♪ a very good song.

♪ <all three> ♪ Follow the drinking gourd.

♪ [insects chirping] <Brianna> Those slaves were really brave.

That must be really scary.

<Amy> Those Quakers were taking a lot of chances too.

<Jeremy> Hang on.

Here we go!

[whooshing] <Amy> Where are we?

>> The Paw Pilot says... <Brianna> Look!

Someone!

Hide!

>> Please, have a seat.

>> I'm proud to interviewing John C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States!

The local paper wanted to do a story on you You're a very famous South Carolinian.

<Calhoun> Well, though I am Vice President of the United States and I love the Union, I'm even more concerned about my beloved state of South Carolina In fact, I've just written the Ordinance of Nullification.

>> What's it say?

>> It says South Carolina is interested in states' rights.

>> South Carolina wants their own laws instead of following the federal government?

South Carolina doesn't like laws taxing our products.

Those taxes are causing France and England not to buy goods.

>> Is slavery an issue?

>> Absolutely... we must keep slaves to grow large crops of rice, cotton, and indigo.

The Union needs to keep out of our business!

>> It's President Andrew Jackson.

>> John, I heard what you said about the government I'm also a Carolinian, but states need to act as a team.

Don't make me send soldiers to South Carolina to enforce the law!

[paper crackling] <John Calhoun> I think the interview is over.

nervously>> Yes, sir, Mr. Calhoun.

I'd better go now... good-bye!

[annoyed grunt] <Amy> I'd like to get going.

He is not in a good mood.

<Brianna> Yeah!

<Amy> Hit it.

[whooshing] <Jeremy> Whoa, it's right on time!

It says Columbia, SC the Civil War years.

<Brianna> Which is 1861 through 1865.

>> Are you a walking textbook?

>> My dad's a history professor.

[rhythmic drumbeats] ♪ [playing recorder] ♪ >> Hey, you sounded pretty good!

<Jeremy> Thanks, so did you.

<Brianna> You're hurt!

>> Not bad...I just fought in the battle a few hours ago.

[gunshots blasting] >> My name's Charlie McGuire.

I'm from Pennsylvania, a drummer, Union Army.

<Amy> What was it like fighting?

I see battles on TV-- <Charlie> TV?

<Amy> I mean, I read about wars in books and-- Wars and battles sound glorious when someone telling about them but they're not.

<Brianna> You look sad... did your side lose?

<Charlie> No, the Union won, but I'm still sad.

I've seen people killed, nice cities being burned, people's houses and barns burned to the ground.

But that's what war is like... people sad and crying, things getting ruined.

But sometimes it has to happen.

<Jeremy> Sometimes war, it sounds exciting... running into battle and wearing uniforms!

<Charlie> Exciting?

Not after about the first day.

[shivering] You get cold.

Your clothes get dirty and wet.

You're hungry a lot, and you miss your family.

I'm very homesick.

People around you are getting shot!

You miss your family!

It ain't exciting.

<Brianna> We're trying to teach kids about South Carolina history and the Civil War.

Would you help us?

<Charlie> Sure...well, there are two sides.

There's the United States.

We call ourselves the Union.

There's 11 Southern states, the Confederate States of America.

I read about the Civil War.

It tore many families apart.

Some states couldn't decide whether to join the Union or the Confederacy.

Those were called the Border States.

<Charlie> There are lots of disagreements about issues like taxes and such, but slavery is the biggest one.

<woman> ♪ Sometimes I feels ♪ ♪ like a motherless child, ♪ ♪ so far... ♪ ♪ away... ♪ ♪ from home.

♪ [rhythmic drumming] <narrator> "December 20, 1860.

"South Carolina secedes from the Union.

"December 26, 1860.

"Union commander Robert Anderson "takes command of Fort Sumter.

"The fort is on a man-made island "formed by seashells and granite from northern quarries.

"Its walls are 50 feet high and 8 to 12 feet thick.

"April 10, 1861.

"Brigadier General Beauregard, "in command of Confederate troops in South Carolina, "sent me to Fort Sumter "with a message demanding the surrender of the fort.

"Major Anderson refused.

"April 12, 1861.

"Confederate guns around the fort have opened fire.

"Because of the low supply of ammunition, "Union troops are not able to reply effectively.

"April 13, 1861.

"Major Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter.

"I have the honor to be "very respectfully your obedient servant, James Chestnut Jr., aide-de-camp."

[rhythmic drumming] <Charlie> This is something new...photographs.

Some men have been taking pictures during the war.

This is Ulysses S. Grant, head general of the Union Army.

This is Robert E. Lee.

He is the general of the Confederate Army.

This man is William Tecumseh Sherman.

He helped win the war by burning down Charleston, Columbia, and Atlanta.

President Abraham Lincoln made a famous speech a few years ago.

I will never forget it.

>> I am Abraham Lincoln, newly elected President of the United States.

I have written the Emancipation Proclamation, which will free all slaves and allow them to become citizens of this great land.

By the power in me vested, I do henceforward declare that all slaves shall be free.

♪ ♪ <Amy> So the war between the States started in 1861, and Southern states surrendered in 1865.

<Charlie> Exactly, and I'm waiting for a wagon so that I can go home.

<group> Good-bye!

<Charlie> Bye.

♪ <Brianna> Wow... four years of fighting.

>> I read in a book that the Southern states rejoined the Union after the war, but there were a bunch of buildings destroyed, but at last people were free.

<Amy> We better get back to school.

Recess is almost over.

<Brianna> One.

Two.

Three!

[whooshing] <Det.

Bonz> It's jolly well time you're getting back!

<Amy> Sorry we're late... history is so interesting.

<Jeremy> That's true...I enjoy learning about the past.

>> You'd best think about the future!

Recess is over, and Ms. Matthews is a bit chimpy because she can't find you.

<Brianna> Oh great!

I Wonder how much detention we get for time traveling without the teacher's permission?

We're in for it!

>> It may not be much of a ruffle.

I told Ms. Matthews I would locate you and send you right along to school.

But first, I need to talk to you about the investigation.

She is so worried about finding the history books, she was happy for you to be late.

But for now on, do watch the time.

<Amy> Oh, we will!

<Jeremy> Thanks for covering for us.

<Brianna> Have you found more clues about who stole the history books?

<Det.

Bonz> Indeed I have, by the way.

I found another possible clue!

A tube of sunscreen lying near the fence in this picnic area.

I wonder who'd be using it in this picnic area?

This is definitely something to examine more closely!

Run along now...

I'll see you tomorrow.

[chuckling] ♪ I need to get this to the crime lab.

Spit spot.

I'll talk with you as soon as I know something.

♪ <narrator> Will Detective Bonz be able put all the clues together to spell out who did it?

Will Detective Bonz learn to use a phone, or will Jeremy always have to phone him?

The mystery continues next time as Detective Bonz searches for the thief.

♪ <Brianna> For more information about South Carolina history, read the following books.

♪ ♪ (crash) <Bette Jamison> Hello and welcome to our great audience out there in TV land.

Well, you know, DB has received so many letters and emails and calls from all his friends.

There have been some from Golden retrievers, labs, Basset hounds, Dachshund We've even had one from his best friend, the Big Red Dog, Clifford.

The list goes on and on.

And even the Westminster Dog Show called in.

They're all asking the same thing Who did it?

Welcome to our guests.

Great to see you.

Detective Bonz, another very important question.

Did you ever learn to use that push button phone that you were having such trouble with?

<Det.

Bonz> Beastly contraption.

Very difficult to work.

I don't know what it is, but these buttons just don't seem to agree with me.

Did I?

get it figured out?

No.

That's what I have, Ms. Marie.

She comes in and saves me every time.

<Ms.

Marie> You know, I, I use my pen because with our paws phone companies just don't really design telephones to be used for dogs, and, the pen works much better.

<Det.

Bonz> That's why I love this crimetric calculatory digitizer, because the buttons are so big, it's just a matter of combinations, you know.

It's what sequence you press the in, which makes them work.

<Bette> Good, so what you're saying is you really can teach an old dog new tricks, since you've learned to operate that.

(laughing) <Det.

Bonz> Yeah, well, that's very funny of you, Bette.

(laughing) Old dog.

<Ms.

Marie> He's happy to learn new tricks every day.

Every day.

<Bette> So this is exciting.

The Levart Emit.

We found out what it means.

What does it mean?

<Det.

Bonz> I can't tell you.

(laughs) You'll have to watch the show.

<Bette> And what about- <Det.

Bonz> should I, should I?

No I won't.

Yes, I will.

<Bette> You know what it means.

It means time travel.

We know now.

But what about this retrospective preset?

Well, it does what.

<Det.

Bonz> The retrospective preset allows you to hone in on the particular moment that you want to get back into.

<Bette> There with the retrospective preset.

So you can go back to a particular time that's related to what you're talking about.

<Det.

Bonz> Exactly It's sort of dialing a number, if you would, you could dial the precise date and pinpoint where you want to go.

<Bette> And you often say that there is no time to waste and you're going to do it spit spot, right?

<Det.

Bonz> Yes.

There's definitely no time to waste.

<Ms.

Marie> No, it's just so much to do around our office to waste time.

<Bette> Well, you know, it's great that the student assistants did enjoy learning from the past Why should studying history be so important to all of us?

<Det.

Bonz> You know, as I was saying earlier if you know where you've been, if you know what you've accomplished, you can learn from it.

And you can not only not make the same mistakes again, but you can piece things together like a good detective and come out with a new and important outcome.

<Bette> Well, thank you so much, Detective Bonz and Ms. Marie This has been very informative as usual.

Well, it looks like our students are really learning a lot from the past about South Carolina history.

And it's so interesting, the people, the places from the Lowcountry to the Upstate, even more than we can put into this great TV series.

But since we've all learned so much, I guess we can teach an old dog kind of like me new tricks.

So stay tuned for more Detective Bonz and the South Carolina History Mystery, because you'll have a howling good time.

Thanks for joining us for Detective Bonz and the South Carolina History Mystery.

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