I have a question about a program that was on TV back in about 1996. It was in parts. The program was before the founding of the United States but went through that time. It started with a trapper I think he was French. I can't remember his name, but he had a friend with him who had red hair. He also was married to an American Indian and he also had a wife back in the town so he really had 2 wife's. The program had a lot of stars in it. Like they did when they made the movie "Roots". I think the program lasted like 5 or 6 nights. The program went through time to show how things changed but was always centered around this trappers family.

Sounds like Centennial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_%28miniseries%29)