>>> SO YOU GUYS HAVE SOME 
INFORMATION PERHAPS OF THE 
ELUSIVE JOHN BOURDAIN I HEAR?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID 
HERE.
OF COURSE I'M HOPING FOR 
SOMETHING EXTREMELY GLAMOROUS.
A GUN RUNNER, DRUG SMUGGLER.
MAYBE HE DIED IN THE SADDLE.
MAYBE HE DIED HAPPY.
MAYBE HE WAS LIVING OUT IN THE 
BUSH SURROUNDED BY ADORING 
INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW IF HE WAS A MASSEUR FOR
MADAM LYNCH I GUESS I WOULD BE 
LET DOWN.
>> I HAD CONTACT WITH ANOTHER 
HISTORIAN AROUND THE WORLD AND 
THE HISTORY OF YOUR FAMILY IS 
VERY INTERESTING. 
>> OH, REALLY?
>> OKAY. 
>> INTERESTING. 
>> YEAH, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR 
GRANDFATHER JOHN BOURDAIN CAME 
FOLLOWING THE SUN. 
>> OKAY THE FACTS AS I KNOW THEM
SO FAR I THINK ARE THIS.
MY GREAT, GREAT, GRANDDAD, JOHN,
HIS SON CAME TO LIVE WITH HIS 
UNCLE. 
>> 1850 JOHN BOURDAIN MOVES. 
>> THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT WE 
HAVE SHOWING HIM ARRIVING. 
>> THERE HE IS. 
>> IN THAT TIME, HE WORKED 
WITH -- 
>> WITH A HAT MAKER. 
>> A HAT MAKER?
I'M PRETTY SURE HE SAID HAT 
MAKER WHICH HAVE TO SAY 
DISAPPOINTS ME LIKE A LOT.
THE WHOLE ELUSIVE WING OF SOUTH 
AMERICAN BOURDAINS WERE PROJECT 
RUNWAY CONTESTANTS OF THEIR DAY?
>> IN 1855 LOPEZ'S SON ARRIVES. 
>> WITH MADAM LYNCH. 
>> MADAME LYNCH WAS FOND OF 
THINGS LIKE FRENCH COUTOURE. 
>> YES AND THAT CHANGED THE WAY 
OF DRESS. 
>> SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR 
BUSINESS. 
>> I'M TRYING TO PUT THIS IN A 
LIGHT I CAN BE ENTHUSIASTIC 
ABOUT.
LIKE HOW CLEARLY FORWARD 
THINKING THEY WERE.
HIS CUSTOMERS WERE A HAT MAKER.
THE PEOPLE THAT TREATED HER WITH
SUCH UTTER CONTEMPT.
DID THEY LIVE IN THE COLONIAL 
HOMES?
IN THAT TYPE OF RESIDENCE?
>> YES. 
>> TIMES WERE CHANGING IN SOUTH 
AMERICA TOO IN THOSE DAYS.
SOCIETY LADIES CRAVED THE LATEST
FRENCH FASHION.
THERE WAS MONEY TO BE MADE.
I'M BUMMED.
>> HE WOULD HAVE DIED IN 1858. 
>> OR BEFORE. 
>> IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO DIE 
BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO JOIN
THIS HORRIBLE WAR. 
>> HE MISSED THE WAR?
>> YEAH.
>> THE OLD LOPEZ DIED.
THE YOUNG LOPEZ GOT IN POWER. 
>> OUR MAN BECOMES PRESIDENT. 
>> YES, FRANCISCO LOPEZ.
>> ABSOLUTELY THE MOST 
MEGOMANIACAL DICTATOR. 
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. 
>> HE WAS UNKIND TO HIS 
SIBLINGS. 
>> HIS BROTHERS WERE TORTURED 
AND KILLED AND THE SISTERS WERE 
JAILED.
TAKEN INTO TIGER CAGES. 
>> TIGER CAGES.
>> TIGER CAGES AND THE MOTHER 
WAS GIVEN SOME BEATING. 
>> THE 60 SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD 
MOTHER WAS FLOGGED AND BEATEN IN
FRONT OF HIM.
NOT A NICE MAN. 
>> HE BELIEVED THAT HE HAD A 
CHANCE TO GET MARRIED WITH THE 
DAUGHTER OF THE EMPEROR OF 
BRAZIL. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
>> HE WAS REFUSED ON VERY 
UNFLATTERING TERMS. 
>> THANKS PRESUMABLY TO HIS 
EXPANSIONIST AMBITIONS HE 
DRAGGED PARAGUAY INTO THE TRIPLE
ALLIANCE WAR. 
>> HE ESSENTIALLY CHALLENGED ALL
THREE NEIGHBORS. 
>> BRAZIL, ARGENTINA AND 
URUGUAY. 
>> TO WAR. 
>> THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD
IDEA. 
>> IN WHAT WOULD BECOME THE 
BLOODIEST WAR IN LATIN AMERICA'S
HISTORY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 
DIED.
WHEN LOPEZ RAN OUT OF ADULTS HE 
SENT CHILDREN INTO THE FIELD 
DRESSED ONLY IN RAGS, ARMED WITH
STICKS, PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE 
GUNS.
>> MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A 
10-YEAR-OLD BOY AND HE WAS 
DRESSED ALIKE BECAUSE OTHERWISE 
HE WAS GOING TO BE ENROLLED INTO
THE ARMY.
>> MADAM LYNCH SURVIVED. 
>> YES. 
>> BUT WITH HER MONEY SHE WAS 
ALLOWED TO KEEP HER POSSESSIONS?
>> YES.
>> IN HISTORY IT'S HARD TO FIND 
A MORE DISASTROUS OR MORE CRUEL 
OR POINTLESS CAMPAIGN IT WOULD 
SEEM. 
>> WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND DONE AS
MUCH AS 60% OF THE POPULATION 
AND 90% OF THE MEN OF THIS 
COUNTRY WERE DEAD.
>> THE SURVIVORS WERE JUST LIKE 
50 OR 40,000 PEOPLE.
>> THERE WAS NOTHING HERE FOR 
LIKE 100 YEARS.
>> JOHN BOURDAIN DIES HERE?
>> YES.
>> AN ADULT NATURAL OF FRANCE BY
THE NAME OF JOHN BOURDAIN. 
>> CAUSE OF DEATH. 
>> NOT SPECIFIED HERE. 
>> IS THERE A GRAVE SITE?
