1 00:00:14,260 --> 00:00:17,096 MAN: (NARRATING) This is the northern range country of Wyoming. 2 00:00:17,196 --> 00:00:20,199 The year is 1877. 3 00:00:20,299 --> 00:00:23,003 What you are about to see actually happened. 4 00:00:23,103 --> 00:00:25,438 The only difference will be that when the Indians speak... 5 00:00:25,538 --> 00:00:28,974 they will speak in our language so that you can understand them. 6 00:01:43,923 --> 00:01:45,825 MAN: (NARRATING) My name is Josh Tanner. 7 00:01:45,925 --> 00:01:48,761 I'm taking a shortcut to Fort Laramie. 8 00:01:48,861 --> 00:01:52,698 I shouldn't be here. This is Cheyenne country. 9 00:01:52,798 --> 00:01:54,790 - (BLUSTERS) - Whoa. 10 00:01:56,003 --> 00:01:57,994 Whoa, boy. 11 00:02:00,140 --> 00:02:02,438 Easy, boy. Easy. 12 00:02:55,032 --> 00:02:58,900 He is either a fool or he has courage. 13 00:03:00,671 --> 00:03:04,505 The blood is new. He is a fool to think we are gone. 14 00:03:18,157 --> 00:03:22,061 No. He thinks we are here... 15 00:03:22,161 --> 00:03:24,095 and he wants us to know this. 16 00:03:50,525 --> 00:03:52,584 This is a good game. 17 00:03:53,895 --> 00:03:56,558 But if he crosses our river, shoot. 18 00:04:03,172 --> 00:04:05,367 We will see if his gods are with him. 19 00:04:52,558 --> 00:04:54,549 It was a good game. 20 00:04:55,661 --> 00:04:58,688 Perhaps next time he will not win. 21 00:05:25,260 --> 00:05:27,251 Look what's coming. 22 00:05:48,418 --> 00:05:50,352 (HORSES APPROACHING) 23 00:06:00,098 --> 00:06:03,835 - Where did you find that body? - At 20-Mile Creek. 24 00:06:03,935 --> 00:06:07,205 - That's in Cheyenne country. - I know that. 25 00:06:07,305 --> 00:06:11,071 - What were you doing there? - I was on my way here. 26 00:06:12,477 --> 00:06:14,639 Take him to headquarters. 27 00:06:18,117 --> 00:06:20,686 Oh, I, uh... 28 00:06:20,786 --> 00:06:23,254 I found these with him. 29 00:06:29,429 --> 00:06:32,532 Well, anybody who's getting impatient, take a good look. 30 00:06:32,632 --> 00:06:36,937 He couldn't wait. The peace commission was too slow for him. 31 00:06:37,037 --> 00:06:42,108 So he crossed over into Indian territory and got what he deserved. 32 00:06:42,208 --> 00:06:45,313 I'm warning you. From now on... 33 00:06:45,413 --> 00:06:50,718 any man who crosses over and gets back will wish he hadn't. 34 00:06:50,818 --> 00:06:53,854 The gold you're after will still be there when the treaty is signed. 35 00:06:53,954 --> 00:06:56,757 But until then, the agreement is... 36 00:06:56,857 --> 00:07:00,529 we stay on our side of the river and they stay on theirs! 37 00:07:00,629 --> 00:07:02,998 So far, they've stayed on theirs. 38 00:07:03,098 --> 00:07:07,831 But how long they will if violations like this go on I can't promise you. 39 00:07:09,705 --> 00:07:13,775 - Are any of you friends of his? - His name is Judd Smith. 40 00:07:13,875 --> 00:07:17,113 Take him and bury him. 41 00:07:17,213 --> 00:07:21,149 Oh. Here's what he died for. 42 00:07:22,453 --> 00:07:24,444 Anybody claiming it? 43 00:07:52,017 --> 00:07:54,754 You can start explaining yourself. 44 00:07:54,854 --> 00:07:57,490 Whatever you need to know, sir, is in here. 45 00:07:57,590 --> 00:08:01,395 There's, uh, not much to explain. 46 00:08:01,495 --> 00:08:05,465 For your information, we're trying to get a new treaty signed with the Indians. 47 00:08:05,565 --> 00:08:08,201 The Sioux, the Crow and the Blackfeet are discussing it with us... 48 00:08:08,301 --> 00:08:11,004 but Chief Broken Hand and his Cheyennes are holding out. 49 00:08:11,104 --> 00:08:15,309 I have no idea what they're gonna do. We're sitting on a powder keg here. 50 00:08:15,409 --> 00:08:20,074 And people like you and that prospector seem to be doing your best to blow the lid off. 51 00:08:23,885 --> 00:08:28,256 You can save the speeches, Colonel. I'm not a private in your army. 52 00:08:28,356 --> 00:08:31,793 No, but you're at Fort Laramie and I'm in charge here. 53 00:08:33,429 --> 00:08:37,433 Josh Tanner, huh? Why did you come here, Mr. Tanner? 54 00:08:37,533 --> 00:08:40,195 - It says there. - Answer the question. 55 00:08:41,737 --> 00:08:45,374 I have a contract with some businessmen from St. Louis. 56 00:08:45,474 --> 00:08:48,240 - You mean gamblers? - Because I dress like this? 57 00:08:48,340 --> 00:08:50,701 I just happen to prefer it to buckskin. 58 00:08:50,801 --> 00:08:53,950 You can't judge a man by his clothes, can you? 59 00:08:54,050 --> 00:08:56,319 You should have had more sense than to come alone... 60 00:08:56,419 --> 00:08:58,621 through Cheyenne country at a time like this. 61 00:08:58,721 --> 00:09:01,257 I traveled at night until the last day out. 62 00:09:01,357 --> 00:09:03,828 I certainly didn't want to go north, then east down the Missouri... 63 00:09:03,928 --> 00:09:06,664 just to make a big, safe swing through Pawnee country. 64 00:09:06,764 --> 00:09:09,200 You seem to know the territory. 65 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:12,870 One of the reasons I got the contract. My father was with a trading outfit. 66 00:09:12,970 --> 00:09:16,640 Until I went east to school, I walked every foot of this country with him. 67 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:19,131 You're authorized here to stake out Black Hills country. 68 00:09:19,231 --> 00:09:20,212 That's right. 69 00:09:20,312 --> 00:09:22,347 - Another gold syndicate? - Real estate. 70 00:09:22,447 --> 00:09:26,319 The gentlemen who hired me figured where there's gold there will be a city sooner or later. 71 00:09:26,419 --> 00:09:30,089 And you intend to bypass gold for real estate? 72 00:09:30,189 --> 00:09:32,826 I'm not a prospector, Colonel. I'm a surveyor... 73 00:09:32,926 --> 00:09:34,995 hired to lay out a town site. 74 00:09:35,095 --> 00:09:39,967 Oh, a town builder. Just a public-spirited citizen, is that it? 75 00:09:40,067 --> 00:09:44,638 Not at all. I'm being paid for it. 76 00:09:44,738 --> 00:09:47,909 The commissioners are waiting for you at the council tree. 77 00:09:48,009 --> 00:09:49,966 Any sign of Broken Hand or any of the Cheyennes? 78 00:09:50,066 --> 00:09:52,189 Not yet, sir. 79 00:09:52,947 --> 00:09:56,551 - And the government's new gifts are on display? - They are, sir. 80 00:09:56,651 --> 00:09:58,642 All right, I'll be right down. 81 00:10:00,288 --> 00:10:04,493 I hope you enjoy your stay in Laramie. It may be a long one. 82 00:10:04,593 --> 00:10:09,365 Broken Hand should have more consideration for the gentlemen from St. Louis. 83 00:10:09,465 --> 00:10:13,135 Yes, and for the prospectors of thieves and gamblers... 84 00:10:13,235 --> 00:10:17,973 that are just waiting to crawl all over his territory the minute the treaty is signed. 85 00:10:18,073 --> 00:10:22,012 - You blame him for staying away? - I never thought much about it. 86 00:10:22,112 --> 00:10:25,843 To me, Indians are Indians. I have no feeling about them. 87 00:10:31,288 --> 00:10:33,757 I envy you that, Mr. Tanner. 88 00:10:35,059 --> 00:10:37,050 Good-day, Mr. Tanner. 89 00:10:38,563 --> 00:10:40,598 - Is the detail ready, Sergeant? - Yes, sir. 90 00:10:40,698 --> 00:10:43,531 The colonel will be out in a minute. 91 00:10:44,569 --> 00:10:46,471 - Oh, Mr. Tanner. - Yes? 92 00:10:46,571 --> 00:10:49,374 You know that all civilians are restricted to this side of the river... 93 00:10:49,474 --> 00:10:51,910 till the council is finished? 94 00:10:52,010 --> 00:10:54,706 I believe the colonel mentioned that fact. 95 00:10:59,651 --> 00:11:02,518 (DOG BARKING) 96 00:11:24,411 --> 00:11:26,402 (HORSE NEIGHING) 97 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,924 MAN: This here's a white man's store. 98 00:11:35,024 --> 00:11:39,328 And if I never see another Injun around here, it'll be soon enough for me. 99 00:11:39,428 --> 00:11:41,998 Run 'em off the land is what I say... 100 00:11:42,098 --> 00:11:44,867 like we should've run Red Cloud off eight years ago... 101 00:11:44,967 --> 00:11:50,474 when he sat right in this room signing that half-baked, misbegotten treaty... 102 00:11:50,574 --> 00:11:53,544 the one that's keeping you prospectors tied down here... 103 00:11:53,644 --> 00:11:59,082 instead of out there where there's enough gold laying right out on the ground... 104 00:11:59,182 --> 00:12:01,518 to pay for the whole Civil War. 105 00:12:01,618 --> 00:12:04,955 I beg your pardon. I'm looking for a room. 106 00:12:05,055 --> 00:12:07,388 See the daughter at the back. 107 00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:15,994 If I was you, I'd just buy repeaters and enough ammunition. 108 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,955 What are you doing here? 109 00:12:47,434 --> 00:12:49,669 - I'm sorry. I... - Get out! 110 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:52,340 Get out of here! 111 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,443 - Your father sent me. - He sent you? 112 00:12:55,543 --> 00:12:58,546 Yes, it was about a room. He said to see the daughter at the back. 113 00:12:58,646 --> 00:13:02,249 This is a store, not a hotel. We have no rooms. 114 00:13:02,349 --> 00:13:04,719 Well, anything with a roof over my head would do. 115 00:13:04,819 --> 00:13:07,623 - Even a nice empty shelf someplace. - You a faro dealer? 116 00:13:07,723 --> 00:13:11,159 You and the colonel. I'm a surveyor. 117 00:13:11,259 --> 00:13:13,495 I'll even call myself a topographical engineer... 118 00:13:13,595 --> 00:13:17,899 if it'll get me any closer to your bathtub. 119 00:13:17,999 --> 00:13:21,003 But, uh, since there's no room, I'll run along. 120 00:13:21,103 --> 00:13:24,130 And I apologize for breaking in on you like this. 121 00:13:25,842 --> 00:13:30,678 There... is the storeroom. That's where the tub is. 122 00:13:58,344 --> 00:14:01,180 Bean sacks. 123 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,046 This is the best bunk in the world. They shift when you turn over. 124 00:14:06,118 --> 00:14:08,021 Say, this is a beauty. 125 00:14:08,121 --> 00:14:12,526 Did my father say anything to you about me when you talked to him? 126 00:14:12,626 --> 00:14:17,586 No. No, he didn't. Only that I was to ask you about the room. 127 00:14:27,642 --> 00:14:30,411 Many days we have waited... 128 00:14:30,511 --> 00:14:33,715 and Broken Hand and his Cheyennes have not come to sit with us. 129 00:14:33,815 --> 00:14:36,884 I ask now that our friends, the Sioux... 130 00:14:36,984 --> 00:14:40,656 the Arapahos and the Blackfeet sign the treaty without him. 131 00:14:42,256 --> 00:14:43,325 Indians! 132 00:14:43,425 --> 00:14:46,394 - (WHOOPING) - Cheyennes! 133 00:14:48,630 --> 00:14:50,655 Take cover! 134 00:15:02,779 --> 00:15:05,009 (WHOOPING CONTINUES) 135 00:15:16,947 --> 00:15:19,716 Colonel! Colonel, those Indians should be hanged! 136 00:15:19,816 --> 00:15:22,586 Every last one of 'em should be hanged! 137 00:15:22,686 --> 00:15:24,756 - What charges would you file? - Charges? 138 00:15:24,856 --> 00:15:28,593 Well, the... the brazenness of this whole... the indignity of it! 139 00:15:28,693 --> 00:15:31,594 Is your lost dignity worth a war? 140 00:15:33,899 --> 00:15:38,470 (CLEARS THROAT) No, I guess you're... I guess you're right. 141 00:15:38,570 --> 00:15:40,473 We've lost so much face around here now... 142 00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:43,770 I guess this little bit more won't kill us. 143 00:16:17,312 --> 00:16:19,214 Arapaho. 144 00:16:19,314 --> 00:16:21,305 Blackfeet. 145 00:16:22,617 --> 00:16:27,257 And not a Cheyenne in sight. Do you come here often? 146 00:16:27,357 --> 00:16:29,348 Whenever I can. 147 00:16:30,860 --> 00:16:34,497 - I feel sorry for them. - Why? Because your father hates them? 148 00:16:34,597 --> 00:16:37,333 It hasn't anything to do with him. 149 00:16:37,433 --> 00:16:40,270 It's the way they're pushed around. 150 00:16:40,370 --> 00:16:44,398 They haven't got a chance really, and I think they know it. 151 00:16:46,210 --> 00:16:48,644 It must be like being all alone. 152 00:16:51,382 --> 00:16:53,651 I guess you'd know about that. 153 00:16:53,751 --> 00:16:56,619 (HORSES APPROACHING) 154 00:17:00,859 --> 00:17:06,731 Please behave naturally, Ann. And don't feel too sorry for this outfit. 155 00:17:06,831 --> 00:17:08,967 They're Cheyennes. 156 00:17:09,067 --> 00:17:11,058 (SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE) 157 00:17:34,328 --> 00:17:37,999 Don't turn around, Ann. It'll mean we're afraid. 158 00:17:38,099 --> 00:17:40,090 That's what he wants. 159 00:17:50,813 --> 00:17:52,747 (CHEYENNES LAUGHING) 160 00:17:55,751 --> 00:17:58,744 - (CHEERING) - (ALL WHOOPING) 161 00:18:18,108 --> 00:18:20,099 (WHOOPING STOPS) 162 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:51,239 It looks better on him. 163 00:19:05,626 --> 00:19:07,719 How are you called? 164 00:19:09,963 --> 00:19:11,954 Josh Tanner. 165 00:19:15,003 --> 00:19:18,632 - How is she called? - Her name is Ann. 166 00:19:21,876 --> 00:19:25,814 I am Little Dog. This one is my friend... 167 00:19:25,914 --> 00:19:28,049 American Horse. 168 00:19:28,149 --> 00:19:30,084 We are Cheyennes. 169 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,222 I know this. 170 00:19:33,322 --> 00:19:36,520 You know then what this means? 171 00:19:38,428 --> 00:19:40,330 It means you have killed enemies. 172 00:19:40,430 --> 00:19:43,331 And I have killed white men too. 173 00:19:46,837 --> 00:19:49,173 She is your squaw? 174 00:19:49,273 --> 00:19:53,175 No. She is my friend. 175 00:19:56,948 --> 00:20:00,752 We'll go back to the fort now. 176 00:20:00,852 --> 00:20:03,355 It'll be all right. A Cheyenne is a warrior. 177 00:20:03,455 --> 00:20:06,219 He's too proud to attack us with our backs turned. 178 00:20:34,054 --> 00:20:37,046 (ALL SHOUTING) 179 00:21:07,189 --> 00:21:09,180 (SHOUTING STOPS) 180 00:21:27,544 --> 00:21:29,478 (SHOUTS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE) 181 00:21:40,826 --> 00:21:43,260 (WHISTLING) 182 00:21:47,500 --> 00:21:49,900 (LAUGHS) 183 00:21:51,938 --> 00:21:53,840 Stay where you are. 184 00:21:53,940 --> 00:21:56,932 (WHISTLING RESUMES) 185 00:22:11,092 --> 00:22:13,083 (WHISTLING STOPS) 186 00:22:14,995 --> 00:22:16,987 Ah. 187 00:22:31,513 --> 00:22:36,076 It makes the young chief's hair shine like the wing of the raven. 188 00:22:39,388 --> 00:22:41,720 He is welcome to it. 189 00:22:46,696 --> 00:22:50,793 Two times I have held your life here. 190 00:22:52,503 --> 00:22:54,971 Two times you have won the game. 191 00:22:56,807 --> 00:23:00,778 I will remember both days with laughter. 192 00:23:00,878 --> 00:23:03,814 (ALL WHOOPING) 193 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:21,300 I'm glad he thought it was funny. 194 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,304 - I didn't. - I'm still scared. 195 00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:28,532 You know something? So am I. 196 00:23:34,848 --> 00:23:40,087 You were a big hero this afternoon, the daughter tells me. 197 00:23:40,187 --> 00:23:43,524 Not at all. I was scared to death. 198 00:23:43,624 --> 00:23:46,561 - You followed her up there. - Did she tell you that? 199 00:23:46,661 --> 00:23:49,098 I'm telling you that. 200 00:23:49,198 --> 00:23:54,369 You're the first one she's liked since she was 13 years old. 201 00:23:54,469 --> 00:23:56,371 You're the first one. 202 00:23:56,471 --> 00:23:59,975 - But she don't have nothing to do with men, see? - I know, I know. 203 00:24:00,075 --> 00:24:04,147 - How do you know? Did you try somethin'? - No, I didn't try anything. 204 00:24:04,247 --> 00:24:09,786 Well, before you do, you'd better know how it is with her. 205 00:24:09,886 --> 00:24:13,219 She ain't fit merchandise for marriage. 206 00:24:25,669 --> 00:24:30,608 It happened back a long time ago, and it wasn't pretty. 207 00:24:30,708 --> 00:24:34,846 - I killed the man. - You didn't have to tell me that. 208 00:24:34,946 --> 00:24:39,518 Well, it's true, and there's lots more around here knows it too. 209 00:24:39,618 --> 00:24:41,520 You make sure of that, don't you? 210 00:24:41,620 --> 00:24:45,891 I tell everybody that starts gettin' ideas. 211 00:24:45,991 --> 00:24:49,518 She don't have nothin' to do with men. 212 00:24:52,732 --> 00:24:57,170 If she sees many more like you, I don't blame her. 213 00:24:57,270 --> 00:24:59,939 Oh. Ann. 214 00:25:00,039 --> 00:25:01,974 A message just came from the gate. 215 00:25:02,074 --> 00:25:05,679 There's a Cheyenne warrior waiting to see you. 216 00:25:05,779 --> 00:25:10,580 - Will you walk down to the gate with me, Ann? - Thank you. I'd like to. 217 00:25:15,555 --> 00:25:17,546 (HORSE NEIGHING) 218 00:25:21,062 --> 00:25:23,724 (DOG BARKING) 219 00:25:35,376 --> 00:25:37,368 Josh Tanner. 220 00:25:47,424 --> 00:25:50,757 Have no fear. It is only my sister. 221 00:25:57,935 --> 00:26:01,371 She is called Appearing Day. 222 00:26:02,573 --> 00:26:05,371 We have brought something for you. 223 00:26:08,413 --> 00:26:11,950 - This is a very rich present. - It is a small thing. 224 00:26:12,050 --> 00:26:15,454 I have come really to welcome you to our village. 225 00:26:15,554 --> 00:26:20,993 Little Dog says welcome, but would Chief Broken Hand say the same? 226 00:26:21,093 --> 00:26:23,963 - Is not my invitation good enough? - I didn't mean that. 227 00:26:24,063 --> 00:26:26,966 Chief Broken Hand is my father. 228 00:26:27,066 --> 00:26:29,728 What I wish, he will wish. 229 00:26:32,939 --> 00:26:36,476 Do not come if you do not want... 230 00:26:36,576 --> 00:26:39,239 or if you are afraid. 231 00:27:00,368 --> 00:27:02,604 Look at this. 232 00:27:02,704 --> 00:27:06,574 Looks like you've found a friend. Or should I say two? 233 00:27:06,674 --> 00:27:10,346 - You can say three if you want. - Thank you. 234 00:27:10,446 --> 00:27:13,616 You call him a friend... maybe so... 235 00:27:13,716 --> 00:27:15,809 but I'd hate to have an enemy that dangerous. 236 00:28:54,858 --> 00:28:57,190 (HORSES NEIGHING) 237 00:29:17,182 --> 00:29:20,174 (SHOUTING) 238 00:29:32,064 --> 00:29:34,726 (DOG BARKING) 239 00:30:41,493 --> 00:30:44,363 My brother and American Horse are waiting for you. 240 00:30:44,463 --> 00:30:47,591 - I will take you to them. - I will walk with you. 241 00:30:51,070 --> 00:30:53,906 They are on the battleground. They want you to see it. 242 00:30:54,006 --> 00:30:57,077 - Battleground? - It is only practice. 243 00:30:57,177 --> 00:31:01,548 They say the white soldiers practice. It is so? 244 00:31:01,648 --> 00:31:03,550 I'm afraid it is. 245 00:31:03,650 --> 00:31:07,487 Then that is why they must practice, Little Dog says. 246 00:31:07,587 --> 00:31:09,885 There. You will see. 247 00:31:15,296 --> 00:31:18,288 (SHOUTING) 248 00:31:23,838 --> 00:31:28,277 Each arrow has a meaning. Now is the signal to attack. 249 00:31:28,377 --> 00:31:31,369 (SHOUTING) 250 00:31:32,614 --> 00:31:34,605 (WHOOPING) 251 00:32:00,412 --> 00:32:03,048 (SHOUTS) 252 00:32:03,148 --> 00:32:06,140 (WHOOPING CONTINUES) 253 00:32:13,292 --> 00:32:16,284 Now the arrow tells the braves to retreat. 254 00:32:29,476 --> 00:32:31,879 American Horse. Little Dog. 255 00:32:31,979 --> 00:32:35,983 - I see Tanner was not afraid. - I'm here. 256 00:32:36,083 --> 00:32:38,852 Our practice does not please you? 257 00:32:38,952 --> 00:32:42,723 I was hoping to see someone practicing the signing of a peace treaty. 258 00:32:42,823 --> 00:32:46,027 - Peace treaty? - We are Cheyennes. 259 00:32:46,127 --> 00:32:50,098 The treaty pen does not fit our hand as well as the arrow. 260 00:32:50,198 --> 00:32:52,434 I've brought you something that... 261 00:32:52,534 --> 00:32:56,470 I'm sure you'll find will fit your hand even better than the arrow. 262 00:32:58,206 --> 00:33:01,076 For my friend Little Dog... 263 00:33:01,176 --> 00:33:03,838 and for my friend American Horse. 264 00:33:06,682 --> 00:33:10,986 Ah. It has the sting of the arrow. 265 00:33:11,086 --> 00:33:15,625 - How is it called? - A bowie knife. It is for hunting. 266 00:33:15,725 --> 00:33:20,185 It could be... for many things. 267 00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:38,546 - (LAUGHS) - (CHUCKLES) 268 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,697 Appearing Day will take the horses. 269 00:33:51,797 --> 00:33:54,790 I have things to show my friend. 270 00:34:02,943 --> 00:34:05,479 Your sister has much beauty. 271 00:34:05,579 --> 00:34:09,116 It is for that reason she is very expensive. 272 00:34:09,216 --> 00:34:12,152 When a brave takes a bride, he gives four... 273 00:34:12,252 --> 00:34:15,189 sometimes six ponies. 274 00:34:15,289 --> 00:34:18,727 But for Appearing Day, my father asks 200. 275 00:34:18,827 --> 00:34:22,497 Well, even at that price, I'm sure there are many offers. 276 00:34:22,597 --> 00:34:26,499 Come. Now you will see the things I have to show you. 277 00:34:43,019 --> 00:34:44,921 - Did I scare you? - (CHUCKLES) 278 00:34:45,021 --> 00:34:47,791 I just came down to wash up for dinner. 279 00:34:47,891 --> 00:34:51,361 - There will be a war dance in your honor. - Oh? 280 00:34:51,461 --> 00:34:54,692 These berries are for the feast. 281 00:35:03,541 --> 00:35:05,634 Oh, here, smell. 282 00:35:09,514 --> 00:35:13,384 - It is like the forest. - They call it pine tree soap. 283 00:35:13,484 --> 00:35:17,957 You may have it. Keep it. It's yours. 284 00:35:18,057 --> 00:35:22,861 - May I kiss you thank you? - What was that? 285 00:35:22,961 --> 00:35:27,600 - May I kiss you thank you? - I'm not sure I understand. 286 00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:31,103 When I was little, there were sometimes white boys in the camp... 287 00:35:31,203 --> 00:35:34,741 and they would have a birthday and we would make presents. 288 00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:37,978 They told me I must always kiss for each present. 289 00:35:38,078 --> 00:35:40,614 Did they tell you that was the custom of the white man? 290 00:35:40,714 --> 00:35:42,649 Yes. Is it not true? 291 00:35:42,749 --> 00:35:46,886 Well, yes, it is true. Many people kiss when they receive presents. 292 00:35:46,986 --> 00:35:50,445 Then, please, I will like it. 293 00:36:00,969 --> 00:36:05,241 Indian boys do not kiss Indian girls. 294 00:36:05,341 --> 00:36:07,744 I do not know why not. 295 00:36:07,844 --> 00:36:10,438 It is very nice in feeling. 296 00:36:11,681 --> 00:36:16,050 I would like it again, please, but longer. 297 00:36:44,349 --> 00:36:46,584 (DRUMS POUNDING) 298 00:36:46,684 --> 00:36:49,677 (MEN CHANTING) 299 00:37:03,335 --> 00:37:07,040 - (STOPS) - (CHEYENNES CHEERING) 300 00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:09,643 - Josh wishes more? - Thank you. 301 00:37:09,743 --> 00:37:13,780 It's a feast I won't forget. But I'd hoped to meet Broken Hand. 302 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,183 My father returns tomorrow. 303 00:37:16,283 --> 00:37:18,274 May I come back? 304 00:37:19,453 --> 00:37:21,589 Do you come as a friend... 305 00:37:21,689 --> 00:37:25,560 or do you come to speak the cause of the white soldier? 306 00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:27,651 I come in friendship. 307 00:37:29,363 --> 00:37:31,532 Then you are welcome. 308 00:37:31,632 --> 00:37:34,837 I will be here. But now I must say good night. 309 00:37:34,937 --> 00:37:38,140 - We will ride with you to the river. - I can find my way. 310 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:41,977 - No. You must let them. - To ride alone is dangerous. 311 00:37:42,077 --> 00:37:45,247 We must protect you from the Cheyennes. 312 00:37:45,347 --> 00:37:47,679 (ALL CHUCKLING) 313 00:38:01,532 --> 00:38:04,399 I will say good night now. 314 00:38:05,871 --> 00:38:07,773 And thank you. 315 00:38:07,873 --> 00:38:10,467 And to you, for these. 316 00:38:12,410 --> 00:38:15,947 - How are they called? - Bowie knives. 317 00:38:16,047 --> 00:38:18,517 We have given you nothing. 318 00:38:18,617 --> 00:38:20,520 You've given me your friendship. 319 00:38:20,620 --> 00:38:24,784 That is not enough. Tanner will hear from us. 320 00:38:35,869 --> 00:38:39,673 I am thinking of horses, Little Dog... 321 00:38:39,773 --> 00:38:43,038 and the fine ones in the Crow village. 322 00:38:47,014 --> 00:38:51,475 Come. Tanner will have his present. Hyah! 323 00:38:59,127 --> 00:39:04,132 Here's why I sent for you, Mr. Tanner. He's yours. 324 00:39:04,232 --> 00:39:07,703 Two young Cheyennes brought him in. They said you'd know what it was about. 325 00:39:07,803 --> 00:39:10,606 - Are they still here? - No, they didn't stay but hardly a second. 326 00:39:10,706 --> 00:39:13,242 Almost seemed like they was in a hurry. 327 00:39:13,342 --> 00:39:15,845 Boy, he sure is a beauty, isn't he? 328 00:39:15,945 --> 00:39:17,936 He sure is. 329 00:39:46,177 --> 00:39:48,771 (ALL WHOOPING) 330 00:39:50,915 --> 00:39:52,850 (NEIGHING) 331 00:40:01,427 --> 00:40:05,227 (WHOOPING CONTINUES) 332 00:40:16,443 --> 00:40:19,207 (LAUGHING) 333 00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:28,147 (WHOOPING CONTINUES) 334 00:40:54,518 --> 00:40:57,955 (CHEYENNES WHOOPING) 335 00:40:58,055 --> 00:41:01,258 Do not be afraid. They are only Crows. 336 00:41:01,358 --> 00:41:03,961 Why were they after me? I was on my side of the river. 337 00:41:04,061 --> 00:41:06,029 (CHUCKLES) It is simple. 338 00:41:06,129 --> 00:41:09,600 This horse we gave you, it is theirs. 339 00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:12,904 Thanks. You almost got me killed. 340 00:41:13,004 --> 00:41:15,106 You do not understand. 341 00:41:15,206 --> 00:41:17,942 It is American Horse and me they wish to kill. 342 00:41:18,042 --> 00:41:20,278 - We stole the pony. - Uh-huh. 343 00:41:20,378 --> 00:41:24,116 What are we supposed to do now? Wait here while they kill you, or do we fight? 344 00:41:24,216 --> 00:41:26,185 Fight? Ha! 345 00:41:26,285 --> 00:41:31,557 Fight Crows? It is beneath Cheyennes to fight Crows. 346 00:41:31,657 --> 00:41:34,426 I will send them a challenge. 347 00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:37,896 We'll see if their horses match ours. 348 00:41:37,996 --> 00:41:39,988 Crows! 349 00:41:41,034 --> 00:41:44,026 (CHEYENNES WHOOPING) 350 00:41:54,915 --> 00:41:57,907 (WHOOPING) 351 00:42:14,837 --> 00:42:17,829 (LITTLE DOG SHOUTING) 352 00:42:25,616 --> 00:42:28,380 Little Dog! Up here! 353 00:42:37,027 --> 00:42:40,019 (WHOOPING CONTINUES) 354 00:42:56,248 --> 00:43:00,352 - You ride a fine new horse. - Thanks to your brother and American Horse. 355 00:43:00,452 --> 00:43:03,456 We played a game with them. It was good sport. 356 00:43:03,556 --> 00:43:07,760 - Did you win the game? - Who could lose to Crows? 357 00:43:07,860 --> 00:43:09,953 - I almost did. - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 358 00:43:13,233 --> 00:43:16,225 (WHOOPING) 359 00:43:54,076 --> 00:43:57,478 - Broken Hand. - My father. 360 00:43:59,048 --> 00:44:02,074 (ALL CHEERING) 361 00:44:18,970 --> 00:44:20,872 What's the matter? 362 00:44:20,972 --> 00:44:25,577 Everyone else in the village is happy and excited tonight. Why aren't you? 363 00:44:25,677 --> 00:44:28,915 Tonight my father will tell his decision. 364 00:44:29,015 --> 00:44:32,385 If it is war, I will be sad. 365 00:44:32,485 --> 00:44:35,388 If it is peace, we must move, and I will not like that. 366 00:44:35,488 --> 00:44:38,591 Well, if you... if you do move, you'll still be with your father... 367 00:44:38,691 --> 00:44:42,696 and your brother and your friends. 368 00:44:42,796 --> 00:44:47,334 The lady who came to the fort gate with you, she is your woman? 369 00:44:47,434 --> 00:44:49,970 No. I have no woman. 370 00:44:50,070 --> 00:44:52,239 She is very beautiful. 371 00:44:52,339 --> 00:44:55,442 To marry her will cost many horses. 372 00:44:55,542 --> 00:44:57,703 As many as 200, do you think? 373 00:45:09,424 --> 00:45:12,985 My father asks to see you. Come with me. 374 00:45:25,776 --> 00:45:27,710 My father. 375 00:45:28,947 --> 00:45:31,848 Chief Broken Hand. 376 00:45:41,693 --> 00:45:44,297 My son has told me of you. 377 00:45:44,397 --> 00:45:49,068 He has said you come as a friend. Is this true? 378 00:45:49,168 --> 00:45:51,170 That is true. 379 00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:53,906 Then you are welcome here. 380 00:45:54,006 --> 00:45:58,500 You will come to the council and sit with us. It is my wish. 381 00:46:04,218 --> 00:46:07,211 (ALL CHEERING) 382 00:46:19,435 --> 00:46:21,426 (CHEERING STOPS) 383 00:46:26,742 --> 00:46:30,814 The white one is here as our friend. 384 00:46:30,914 --> 00:46:32,816 My son, Little Dog... 385 00:46:32,916 --> 00:46:36,181 will tell those who need to be told. 386 00:46:44,929 --> 00:46:47,999 It is the time of deciding. 387 00:46:48,099 --> 00:46:52,695 (ALL CHEERING) 388 00:46:56,807 --> 00:46:58,798 (CHEERING STOPS) 389 00:47:01,179 --> 00:47:04,478 I have listened to all that has been said. 390 00:47:07,052 --> 00:47:09,543 I have thought long thoughts. 391 00:47:13,458 --> 00:47:16,362 In the time of our fathers... 392 00:47:16,462 --> 00:47:20,398 there were two great herd of buffalo across this land. 393 00:47:22,535 --> 00:47:26,801 Then... when we were young warriors... 394 00:47:28,174 --> 00:47:32,012 there became only one herd of buffalo. 395 00:47:32,112 --> 00:47:36,350 And now our sons for many moons... 396 00:47:36,450 --> 00:47:39,753 have hunted for the buffalo which is no longer... 397 00:47:39,853 --> 00:47:41,878 as it was in this land. 398 00:47:43,424 --> 00:47:45,415 It is gone. 399 00:47:47,629 --> 00:47:50,765 Our neighbors, the Sioux... 400 00:47:50,865 --> 00:47:54,699 the Blackfeet and the Arapaho know this. 401 00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:03,212 I have called this council to tell you that on this day... 402 00:48:03,312 --> 00:48:08,184 they have agreed to take the offer of the white man... 403 00:48:08,284 --> 00:48:10,487 and leave this country. 404 00:48:10,587 --> 00:48:13,784 (ANGRY SHOUTING) 405 00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:19,230 (SHOUTING STOPS) 406 00:48:19,330 --> 00:48:23,835 So if we stay in this, our land... 407 00:48:23,935 --> 00:48:28,373 we will have to fight the white man alone... 408 00:48:28,473 --> 00:48:30,742 and without meat in our bellies... 409 00:48:30,842 --> 00:48:33,145 to give us the strength to fight. 410 00:48:33,245 --> 00:48:35,907 Our young men are brave! We will fight! 411 00:48:38,117 --> 00:48:41,053 Our young men are brave... 412 00:48:41,153 --> 00:48:44,757 but if we stay in these hills, they will be killed. 413 00:48:44,857 --> 00:48:49,162 They will all die. This I know. 414 00:48:49,262 --> 00:48:51,730 So, the decision is made. 415 00:48:53,099 --> 00:48:56,836 We will sign this treaty with the white. 416 00:48:56,936 --> 00:49:00,337 We will leave this land for the new land in the south. 417 00:49:01,508 --> 00:49:03,477 We will take our horses... 418 00:49:03,577 --> 00:49:07,982 and our lodges and our weapons. 419 00:49:08,082 --> 00:49:13,421 But we will never again use these weapons to kill our Indian enemies... 420 00:49:13,521 --> 00:49:15,489 or the white man. 421 00:49:15,589 --> 00:49:17,523 That is over. 422 00:49:19,327 --> 00:49:22,431 The killing is ended. 423 00:49:22,531 --> 00:49:24,499 Ha! 424 00:49:26,034 --> 00:49:27,936 BROKEN HAND: Tanner. 425 00:49:28,036 --> 00:49:30,906 You will wait for me in my lodge. 426 00:49:31,006 --> 00:49:33,908 I will speak with you there. 427 00:49:40,550 --> 00:49:43,419 LITTLE DOG: It is best that he goes. 428 00:49:43,519 --> 00:49:47,250 Things must now be said that cannot be said before him. 429 00:50:01,472 --> 00:50:05,143 It is my wish that you tell the leader of the white soldiers... 430 00:50:05,243 --> 00:50:08,587 - what you have heard here. - I will. 431 00:50:08,687 --> 00:50:12,585 If he brings the paper saying the things I have said... 432 00:50:12,685 --> 00:50:15,588 tell him I will put my mark on it. 433 00:50:15,688 --> 00:50:17,679 Is that all? 434 00:50:21,061 --> 00:50:23,359 Sit down, my friend. 435 00:50:33,106 --> 00:50:35,843 Little Dog was angry. 436 00:50:35,943 --> 00:50:39,013 His blood ran hot at the council. 437 00:50:39,113 --> 00:50:43,551 Does this mean that he will refuse to go with you when you move away? 438 00:50:43,651 --> 00:50:45,915 I do not know this. 439 00:50:48,156 --> 00:50:51,251 In the days of my youth, I would have stayed. 440 00:50:52,794 --> 00:50:56,098 His blood is my blood. 441 00:50:56,198 --> 00:50:59,735 If Little Dog asks all the young warriors not to go with you... 442 00:50:59,835 --> 00:51:04,373 but to stay and fight, will they do this? 443 00:51:04,473 --> 00:51:07,977 I am chief of all the Cheyennes. 444 00:51:08,077 --> 00:51:13,750 My son would have to kill me to prevent me from leading my people south. 445 00:51:13,850 --> 00:51:16,148 He will not kill me. 446 00:51:17,420 --> 00:51:20,658 But tonight he will decide what he will do... 447 00:51:20,758 --> 00:51:23,818 for he's gone to the lodge of the medicine man alone. 448 00:51:32,336 --> 00:51:35,005 You are his friend. 449 00:51:35,105 --> 00:51:38,143 Would you go to him there? 450 00:51:38,243 --> 00:51:41,508 His deciding may mean his whole life. 451 00:51:45,250 --> 00:51:47,241 I will go to Little Dog. 452 00:51:55,761 --> 00:51:58,525 Where is the lodge of the medicine man? 453 00:52:01,767 --> 00:52:03,769 Josh... 454 00:52:03,869 --> 00:52:07,374 Little Dog is my brother and I love him. 455 00:52:07,474 --> 00:52:09,772 I pray he will listen to you. 456 00:52:37,309 --> 00:52:40,379 (GRUNTING) 457 00:52:40,479 --> 00:52:42,606 TANNER: Little Dog? 458 00:52:50,256 --> 00:52:52,817 Why did you come here? 459 00:52:54,327 --> 00:52:57,558 I came to say good-bye to my friend. 460 00:53:05,439 --> 00:53:09,911 You should not have heard those words spoken this night. 461 00:53:10,011 --> 00:53:13,214 That was not Cheyenne talk... It was the talk of women! 462 00:53:13,314 --> 00:53:15,750 Little Dog doesn't have to prove his courage. 463 00:53:15,850 --> 00:53:18,820 It is known by the white man and by the Cheyenne. 464 00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,589 It is known at Little Bighorn and amongst the Sioux and the Crow... 465 00:53:21,689 --> 00:53:25,387 that there is no warrior who has more bravery than Little Dog. 466 00:53:27,229 --> 00:53:30,599 But he must now show that he is also wise... 467 00:53:30,699 --> 00:53:33,361 as wise as the old warriors. 468 00:53:35,604 --> 00:53:40,877 My father has spoken of me to you. 469 00:53:40,977 --> 00:53:42,946 He doesn't want his son to die. 470 00:53:43,046 --> 00:53:46,449 He would die here if he were not old! I know this. 471 00:53:46,549 --> 00:53:50,353 The chief of all the Cheyennes must think for all his people. 472 00:53:50,453 --> 00:53:55,726 Little Dog knows that it is not fear that speaks within his father, but wisdom. 473 00:53:55,826 --> 00:53:58,920 Then I do not like wisdom! 474 00:54:10,141 --> 00:54:15,272 Would Tanner go south with the women and the old ones? 475 00:54:22,054 --> 00:54:24,421 I don't know, Little Dog. 476 00:54:38,940 --> 00:54:42,377 Yes, I think I would go south if I were you. 477 00:54:42,477 --> 00:54:45,113 Sometimes there is a change. 478 00:54:45,213 --> 00:54:48,842 We don't see the reason for it, but it's there. 479 00:54:51,386 --> 00:54:54,957 These things are easy for Tanner to say... 480 00:54:55,057 --> 00:54:58,527 because he is a white man. 481 00:54:58,627 --> 00:55:01,163 Then let the white man go south. 482 00:55:01,263 --> 00:55:04,033 We are not farmers... We are Cheyennes! 483 00:55:04,133 --> 00:55:06,863 And hunters! And fighters! 484 00:55:16,580 --> 00:55:19,850 I will go into the hills by myself. 485 00:55:19,950 --> 00:55:23,220 The spirits will tell me what to do. 486 00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:25,721 They will not lie to me. 487 00:55:57,724 --> 00:56:00,750 He went in the hills to speak with the spirits. 488 00:56:05,698 --> 00:56:07,834 Josh... 489 00:56:07,934 --> 00:56:12,039 would you tell me something to help me understand? 490 00:56:12,139 --> 00:56:14,308 I'll try. 491 00:56:14,408 --> 00:56:19,005 My father has said that if we stay here, we will die. 492 00:56:21,182 --> 00:56:23,518 The lady at the fort... 493 00:56:23,618 --> 00:56:27,557 She can live in our land and she will not have to die. 494 00:56:27,657 --> 00:56:29,559 No. 495 00:56:29,659 --> 00:56:31,923 And you will not have to die? 496 00:56:35,798 --> 00:56:41,471 I have thought of it, and I cannot understand why there must be this difference. 497 00:56:41,571 --> 00:56:45,098 I don't think even the spirits have an answer to that. 498 00:56:47,077 --> 00:56:50,781 Maybe if... if we could live in the white man's world... 499 00:56:50,881 --> 00:56:54,017 there would be no more talk of dying. 500 00:56:54,117 --> 00:56:56,487 Many white people have come here. 501 00:56:56,587 --> 00:57:00,592 Behind them, they must have left a great empty space. 502 00:57:00,692 --> 00:57:04,562 So if... if they no longer want this place... 503 00:57:04,662 --> 00:57:08,266 maybe the Cheyennes could go there and live. 504 00:57:08,366 --> 00:57:11,937 You will tell me if this can be done? 505 00:57:12,037 --> 00:57:14,807 Would you be happy in a white man's world? 506 00:57:14,907 --> 00:57:17,535 I would try. 507 00:57:19,812 --> 00:57:23,077 Yes, I would be happy. 508 00:57:26,085 --> 00:57:29,749 I'd give a great deal if I could help Appearing Day. 509 00:57:31,891 --> 00:57:34,655 I believe this. 510 00:58:03,492 --> 00:58:06,154 (GRUNTING) 511 00:58:13,503 --> 00:58:16,063 Hard to believe that it's all over. 512 00:58:17,206 --> 00:58:19,509 Did he say how soon he'd be ready to sign? 513 00:58:19,609 --> 00:58:21,679 I imagine the sooner the better, sir. 514 00:58:21,779 --> 00:58:23,847 Yeah, I suppose so. 515 00:58:23,947 --> 00:58:27,584 Some of the other tribes have already started to move out. 516 00:58:27,684 --> 00:58:29,921 Well, I'll be glad to see the end of it. 517 00:58:30,021 --> 00:58:32,357 I'm sure it's been worse for Broken Hand. 518 00:58:32,457 --> 00:58:35,093 I know it has. 519 00:58:35,193 --> 00:58:38,263 I feel sorry for him. 520 00:58:38,363 --> 00:58:41,900 You told me once you had no feeling about the Indians. 521 00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,992 You've changed. 522 00:58:45,738 --> 00:58:49,475 Sometimes you learn things in spite of yourself, sir. 523 00:58:49,575 --> 00:58:51,736 Good night, Mr. Tanner. 524 00:58:53,345 --> 00:58:55,915 Oh, Mr. Tanner. 525 00:58:56,015 --> 00:58:57,917 Thanks. 526 00:58:58,017 --> 00:59:01,288 Maybe it was only your vest I didn't like. 527 00:59:01,388 --> 00:59:03,379 Good night, sir. 528 00:59:14,034 --> 00:59:16,469 You will not have her. She's mine! 529 00:59:24,178 --> 00:59:27,670 She's promised to me. I'll kill you! 530 00:59:36,391 --> 00:59:38,757 Sentry! Guard! 531 00:59:40,495 --> 00:59:42,429 Run him down there! 532 00:59:44,166 --> 00:59:46,101 (GUNSHOT) 533 00:59:48,705 --> 00:59:51,697 (DOGS BARKING) 534 00:59:54,077 --> 00:59:56,602 Get him down to the guardhouse. 535 01:00:00,417 --> 01:00:02,987 - You hurt? - No, I don't think so. 536 01:00:03,087 --> 01:00:06,624 - Who was it? - One of the Cheyennes. 537 01:00:06,724 --> 01:00:10,461 I can't understand it. I don't know why. 538 01:00:10,561 --> 01:00:15,667 There's a Pawnee scout dead, sir. That Cheyenne knifed him. 539 01:00:15,767 --> 01:00:19,671 And it looked for a good three minutes as though something might be settled. 540 01:00:19,771 --> 01:00:22,429 We'll have to hold the Indian. Nothing else we can do. 541 01:00:22,529 --> 01:00:23,829 Yes, sir. 542 01:00:32,552 --> 01:00:34,888 - Ann. - Josh. 543 01:00:34,988 --> 01:00:37,224 That Indian girl is here. 544 01:00:37,324 --> 01:00:39,560 Here? 545 01:00:39,660 --> 01:00:41,895 She's waiting for you. 546 01:00:41,995 --> 01:00:43,964 Appearing Day is here? 547 01:00:44,064 --> 01:00:46,000 She said you told her she should come. 548 01:00:46,100 --> 01:00:49,001 I told her, but I didn't say anything about... 549 01:00:50,538 --> 01:00:53,374 So that's why American Horse tried to... Where is she? 550 01:00:53,474 --> 01:00:55,465 She's in your room. 551 01:01:10,526 --> 01:01:12,928 Appearing Day, you shouldn't have come here. 552 01:01:13,028 --> 01:01:16,733 You wished to help, you said. I think you meant it. 553 01:01:16,833 --> 01:01:19,135 But you didn't tell me you were promised to American Horse. 554 01:01:19,235 --> 01:01:21,238 There's been much trouble. 555 01:01:21,338 --> 01:01:25,308 I did not tell you of American Horse because... 556 01:01:25,408 --> 01:01:28,345 what was in his heart was not in mine. 557 01:01:28,445 --> 01:01:30,814 The word of my father was given, but not my word. 558 01:01:30,914 --> 01:01:34,318 But American Horse thinks I stole you. He came here. He tried to kill me. 559 01:01:34,418 --> 01:01:36,320 And now they've locked him in the stockade. 560 01:01:36,420 --> 01:01:40,288 American Horse was wrong to do this. I have chosen. 561 01:01:41,425 --> 01:01:44,195 I will stay here. 562 01:01:44,295 --> 01:01:47,129 This is where I will make my life. 563 01:01:48,667 --> 01:01:51,603 Bundle her up and I'll take her back to her people. 564 01:01:51,703 --> 01:01:54,039 I have no people. 565 01:01:54,139 --> 01:01:58,010 When I left our village, I told my father. 566 01:01:58,110 --> 01:02:02,047 Now I am dead to all of them. 567 01:02:02,147 --> 01:02:07,020 Appearing Day, you don't just move in like this. Things aren't done that way. 568 01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:10,351 Josh, she's left her people. You can't turn her out. 569 01:02:11,791 --> 01:02:15,989 - Get that squaw out of here. - I'll decide that. 570 01:02:28,109 --> 01:02:31,112 You can stay here, at least for now. 571 01:02:31,212 --> 01:02:33,647 I'll find a place to sleep outside. 572 01:02:36,452 --> 01:02:40,786 Go to sleep, Appearing Day. We'll talk about it in the morning. 573 01:02:44,794 --> 01:02:47,194 We'll work this out somehow. 574 01:03:11,889 --> 01:03:14,492 Appearing Day. 575 01:03:14,592 --> 01:03:16,958 I scare you? 576 01:03:18,129 --> 01:03:23,736 You told me to sleep, but I could not sleep. 577 01:03:23,836 --> 01:03:26,805 I have done wrong. 578 01:03:26,905 --> 01:03:30,309 I have made much trouble for you. 579 01:03:30,409 --> 01:03:32,378 It wasn't your fault. 580 01:03:32,478 --> 01:03:36,142 I should've explained. I should've made you understand. 581 01:03:37,984 --> 01:03:41,181 Now I do understand. 582 01:03:42,655 --> 01:03:46,022 There is no love in your heart for me. 583 01:03:52,333 --> 01:03:55,169 You're wrong, Appearing Day. 584 01:03:55,269 --> 01:03:59,535 There is much love in my heart for you. 585 01:04:14,456 --> 01:04:16,720 You must go to bed now. 586 01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:22,055 This time I will sleep. 587 01:04:32,809 --> 01:04:36,746 (BIRD TWITTERING) 588 01:06:59,299 --> 01:07:01,290 (SHOUTS) 589 01:07:06,206 --> 01:07:10,667 (GUNFIRE) 590 01:07:11,813 --> 01:07:15,374 (BELL RINGING) 591 01:07:18,152 --> 01:07:21,485 (GUNFIRE CONTINUES) 592 01:07:26,628 --> 01:07:29,620 - (GUNFIRE STOPS) - (DOGS BARKING) 593 01:07:41,878 --> 01:07:44,014 (KNOCKING) 594 01:07:44,114 --> 01:07:46,548 - Josh? - Yes. 595 01:07:51,354 --> 01:07:55,760 Appearing Day, you better stay here inside. It'll be safer. 596 01:07:55,860 --> 01:07:59,864 - Josh is going away? - Only for a little while. 597 01:07:59,964 --> 01:08:03,491 I'm going to see your father. Is there anything you want me to say to him? 598 01:08:05,069 --> 01:08:07,333 All has been said. 599 01:08:18,884 --> 01:08:21,876 (BUGLE) 600 01:08:24,189 --> 01:08:26,181 (CONTINUES) 601 01:08:46,514 --> 01:08:49,818 We know who the second killer was... the one who made the rescue. 602 01:08:49,918 --> 01:08:54,556 It was your friend Little Dog. One of the Pawnee scouts recognized him. 603 01:08:54,656 --> 01:08:58,260 Do you expect Broken Hand to turn his son and American Horse over to you, Colonel? 604 01:08:58,360 --> 01:09:03,366 - We can't very well ignore two killings. - Certainly we expect it. 605 01:09:03,466 --> 01:09:06,035 Then we may be making this trip for nothing. 606 01:09:06,135 --> 01:09:11,199 Well, let's make it and find out... with your permission, Mr. Tanner. 607 01:10:34,029 --> 01:10:36,157 Whoa! 608 01:10:47,044 --> 01:10:50,147 Well, it's started. 609 01:10:50,247 --> 01:10:52,306 The first of the tribes are moving south. 610 01:10:59,958 --> 01:11:02,552 Those are the Crow and the Blackfeet. 611 01:11:09,601 --> 01:11:12,638 Those are part of the Sioux and the Arapaho tribes. 612 01:11:12,738 --> 01:11:15,908 That means the others are probably moving out too... 613 01:11:16,008 --> 01:11:17,999 except for the Cheyennes. 614 01:11:32,792 --> 01:11:36,596 Heading for the promised land. 615 01:11:36,696 --> 01:11:41,468 I wonder how long they'll be able to live on promises. 616 01:11:41,568 --> 01:11:46,707 You seem to have become quite attached to the Indians, Mr. Tanner, one way or another. 617 01:11:46,807 --> 01:11:50,077 If this happened to you, would you like it? 618 01:11:50,177 --> 01:11:52,580 Colonel, if he's to do any of the talking with Broken Hand... 619 01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:55,249 it might be wise to keep his attitude in mind. 620 01:11:55,349 --> 01:11:57,518 I will, sir. 621 01:11:57,618 --> 01:12:00,622 As well as the fact that he's entitled to his own opinion. 622 01:12:00,722 --> 01:12:04,089 (SHOUTS) 623 01:12:06,061 --> 01:12:09,053 (DRUMS) 624 01:12:16,873 --> 01:12:18,864 (CONTINUES) 625 01:12:33,824 --> 01:12:36,851 (CHATTERING) 626 01:13:08,595 --> 01:13:10,497 (ENDS) 627 01:13:10,597 --> 01:13:14,167 I'd like to talk to him first, sir, if I may. 628 01:13:14,267 --> 01:13:16,532 If he'll listen to you. 629 01:13:28,850 --> 01:13:34,790 Chief Broken Hand, I would like to speak to you first of your daughter, of Appearing Day. 630 01:13:34,890 --> 01:13:38,694 I have no daughter. She has chosen. 631 01:13:38,794 --> 01:13:41,406 Little Dog put his trust in me, and because of that, so did you. 632 01:13:41,506 --> 01:13:44,095 We will speak of her no more. 633 01:13:52,275 --> 01:13:56,813 I will sign this treaty because my word has been given. 634 01:13:56,913 --> 01:13:59,780 You will wait before the council table. 635 01:14:05,656 --> 01:14:09,558 (WHOOPING) 636 01:14:20,806 --> 01:14:22,797 Mr. Ferguson. 637 01:14:25,410 --> 01:14:29,848 - Have your twos and fours face about. - Yes, sir. 638 01:14:29,948 --> 01:14:31,851 (WHOOPING CONTINUES) 639 01:14:31,951 --> 01:14:36,854 Twos and fours, rear lines forward! Wheel about into line! Ho! 640 01:14:40,093 --> 01:14:44,553 Ones and threes, one line forward! Ho! 641 01:14:49,270 --> 01:14:52,640 - Maybe we should ask him to come to the fort. - No, it's gotta be now. 642 01:14:52,740 --> 01:14:56,177 You're right, Colonel. It will bind all those warriors to Broken Hand's word. 643 01:14:56,277 --> 01:14:58,246 If they can be held off till the signing. 644 01:14:58,346 --> 01:15:00,644 That's the chance we'll have to take. 645 01:16:01,547 --> 01:16:04,244 The colonel will give me the papers. 646 01:16:08,588 --> 01:16:11,424 Two soldiers were killed at our fort... 647 01:16:11,524 --> 01:16:15,962 One by American Horse and one by your son, Little Dog. 648 01:16:16,062 --> 01:16:17,996 Are they here? 649 01:16:19,199 --> 01:16:22,293 We will talk of them when the paper is signed. 650 01:17:34,480 --> 01:17:39,052 The promises you asked for, Broken Hand, are written there. 651 01:17:39,152 --> 01:17:41,814 I will read them with you if you want. 652 01:18:46,291 --> 01:18:51,126 The treaty is now signed. My people are bound by it. 653 01:18:54,500 --> 01:18:57,025 In the name of the government of the United States... 654 01:19:13,253 --> 01:19:16,957 White feather. It is a challenge. 655 01:19:17,057 --> 01:19:20,827 My son and American Horse are not bound by your paper. 656 01:19:20,927 --> 01:19:26,167 They have chosen to fight, and they wait for you in the hills. 657 01:19:26,267 --> 01:19:29,352 - Just the two of them? - This is their challenge. 658 01:19:29,452 --> 01:19:31,801 They expect you to honor it. 659 01:19:33,674 --> 01:19:39,248 You mean, American Horse and Little Dog want to meet the troops in battle? 660 01:19:39,348 --> 01:19:44,219 - Two men? - Yes. This is true. 661 01:19:44,319 --> 01:19:46,446 They are waiting. 662 01:19:51,693 --> 01:19:55,298 - This is insanity. - If you ask me, the whole thing's a trick. 663 01:19:55,398 --> 01:19:58,768 Broken Hand signed the treaty. He gave us his word. 664 01:19:58,868 --> 01:20:01,638 I'm inclined to trust Broken Hand... 665 01:20:01,738 --> 01:20:04,507 but not these young Cheyenne warriors. 666 01:20:04,607 --> 01:20:07,043 I can't take a chance on treachery. 667 01:20:07,143 --> 01:20:09,046 I'm sending to the fort for the full complement. 668 01:20:09,146 --> 01:20:11,048 - Good. - Shall I tell that to Broken Hand? 669 01:20:11,148 --> 01:20:15,152 It's only fair he knows it. If he's being honest with us, he won't take offense. 670 01:20:15,252 --> 01:20:18,222 If he isn't, it'll be a fair warning. 671 01:20:18,322 --> 01:20:20,224 - Mr. Ferguson. - Yes, sir. 672 01:20:20,324 --> 01:20:22,993 Send a dispatch rider to the fort. Call out the full complement. 673 01:20:23,093 --> 01:20:25,062 Yes, sir. 674 01:20:27,365 --> 01:20:31,995 Broken Hand, the colonel's sending for the full complement of cavalry. 675 01:20:33,004 --> 01:20:35,474 It is well. 676 01:20:35,574 --> 01:20:38,811 I will come out to see my son die. 677 01:20:38,911 --> 01:20:43,177 The family of American Horse will want to see also that he dies well. 678 01:20:44,517 --> 01:20:47,254 All of my people will have a right to be there... 679 01:20:47,354 --> 01:20:50,448 to see this and remember it. 680 01:20:51,892 --> 01:20:55,029 Perhaps the white man will have something to remember too. 681 01:20:55,129 --> 01:20:58,223 (BUGLE) 682 01:20:59,434 --> 01:21:02,631 Cavalry! Fall out! 683 01:21:41,407 --> 01:21:45,044 Little Dog has gone into the hills to die. American Horse is with him. 684 01:21:45,144 --> 01:21:47,513 - And Josh? - He's going out there. 685 01:21:47,613 --> 01:21:49,782 There may be much killing. I must go to them. 686 01:21:49,882 --> 01:21:52,852 - If you can help, Ann... - ANN'S FATHER: You keep out of this. 687 01:21:52,952 --> 01:21:57,557 Ain't no daughter of mine helpin' any squaw, ya hear? 688 01:21:57,657 --> 01:22:01,286 Come on, Appearing Day. I'm going with you. 689 01:22:08,301 --> 01:22:10,395 MAN: Hyah! 690 01:22:31,026 --> 01:22:33,017 Ho! 691 01:22:37,399 --> 01:22:41,137 - Troops "C" and "D" reporting, sir. - Follow me. 692 01:22:41,237 --> 01:22:43,228 Ho! 693 01:23:16,609 --> 01:23:18,600 (SHOUTS) 694 01:23:22,348 --> 01:23:27,054 Well, if they're picking a place for an ambush, they could do worse. 695 01:23:27,154 --> 01:23:29,123 They'll be waiting there. 696 01:23:29,223 --> 01:23:32,715 Broken Hand said they call it the Valley of the Dead. 697 01:23:37,798 --> 01:23:40,926 Cavalry! Forward! 698 01:24:13,103 --> 01:24:15,765 (WHOOPING) 699 01:24:26,182 --> 01:24:29,353 We'll stay on the right side and keep the wash between us... 700 01:24:29,453 --> 01:24:31,355 just in case. 701 01:24:31,455 --> 01:24:33,446 (SHOUTING) 702 01:25:38,961 --> 01:25:40,952 (SHOUTING) 703 01:25:51,575 --> 01:25:55,306 (SHOUTING CONTINUES) 704 01:26:09,060 --> 01:26:11,290 Well, there's the enemy. 705 01:26:15,234 --> 01:26:17,236 I don't remember anything in the book that tells you... 706 01:26:17,336 --> 01:26:20,271 how to draw up a battle line for a war like this. 707 01:26:27,980 --> 01:26:30,643 (SHOUTING STOPS) 708 01:27:07,790 --> 01:27:11,427 (SHOUTING) 709 01:27:11,527 --> 01:27:14,052 (CHEYENNE SHOUTING) 710 01:27:33,485 --> 01:27:35,419 Mr. Ferguson! 711 01:27:38,623 --> 01:27:40,592 Here. 712 01:27:40,692 --> 01:27:43,261 Take your first rank up the hill and bring them in. 713 01:27:43,361 --> 01:27:45,797 - Yes, si... - Quietly. No shooting, please. 714 01:27:45,897 --> 01:27:47,832 Yes, sir. 715 01:27:51,704 --> 01:27:54,306 (SHOUTING) 716 01:27:54,406 --> 01:27:57,476 Forward! Ho! 717 01:27:57,576 --> 01:28:00,545 Rifles out! 718 01:28:01,547 --> 01:28:03,709 (SHOUTS) 719 01:28:19,066 --> 01:28:22,870 You're thinking of his father, Broken Hand. 720 01:28:22,970 --> 01:28:25,268 - (LITTLE DOG, AMERICAN HORSE SHOUTING) - And the warriors. 721 01:28:28,709 --> 01:28:30,611 Ho! 722 01:28:30,711 --> 01:28:33,078 (SHOUTING CONTINUES) 723 01:28:35,150 --> 01:28:37,141 (SPITS) 724 01:28:46,295 --> 01:28:49,129 He mustn't fire that gun. 725 01:28:51,467 --> 01:28:53,662 (SHOUTING CONTINUES) 726 01:29:00,544 --> 01:29:02,535 (CHEYENNE SHOUTING) 727 01:29:34,748 --> 01:29:38,118 Bugler! Sound the recall! 728 01:29:38,218 --> 01:29:41,949 (RECALL) 729 01:29:44,958 --> 01:29:46,926 Hey! Ho! 730 01:29:54,702 --> 01:29:57,672 What else could I do, sir? If I fired they... 731 01:29:57,772 --> 01:30:00,175 I know. That's what they wanted you to do. 732 01:30:00,275 --> 01:30:03,945 Well, maybe they'll stop playing in a minute. I hope so. 733 01:30:04,045 --> 01:30:07,383 If this keeps up, it may have the whole tribe joining them... 734 01:30:07,483 --> 01:30:10,052 and it won't be a game anymore. 735 01:30:10,152 --> 01:30:12,143 All right. 736 01:30:13,155 --> 01:30:15,124 (SHOUTING) 737 01:30:15,224 --> 01:30:17,215 (LAUGHING) 738 01:30:18,694 --> 01:30:21,131 I don't wanna use guns. 739 01:30:21,231 --> 01:30:23,859 We can't fire first or we'll have a war on our hands. 740 01:30:27,170 --> 01:30:30,373 I'm going out there and talk to Little Dog, Colonel. 741 01:30:30,473 --> 01:30:33,777 I doubt if American Horse will let you get within talking distance. 742 01:30:33,877 --> 01:30:37,837 I think it's worth the chance. They still want us to make the first move. 743 01:30:55,867 --> 01:30:58,029 Wait. 744 01:31:13,654 --> 01:31:16,790 Tanner comes to speak for the white soldier. 745 01:31:16,890 --> 01:31:18,926 I'm here to speak for myself. 746 01:31:19,026 --> 01:31:22,330 I am here to fight, not to talk. 747 01:31:22,430 --> 01:31:24,833 Get your rifle, Tanner. 748 01:31:24,933 --> 01:31:29,271 I will fight Little Dog if that's what he wishes, with a rifle or with a lance. 749 01:31:29,371 --> 01:31:32,474 - But I will talk first. - This is a time for dying. 750 01:31:32,574 --> 01:31:35,771 - Get your rifle, Tanner. - When I have talked! 751 01:31:39,014 --> 01:31:43,974 Little Dog and American Horse are still my friends. I've done nothing to change that. 752 01:31:44,987 --> 01:31:47,323 Words have too many shadows. 753 01:31:47,423 --> 01:31:49,959 I want no more words. 754 01:31:50,059 --> 01:31:53,463 As your friend, Little Dog, I'm here to ask you not to die. 755 01:31:53,563 --> 01:31:56,433 I will not go with the soldiers. 756 01:31:56,533 --> 01:31:58,524 I will die here. 757 01:32:00,604 --> 01:32:02,606 But I will not die alone. 758 01:32:02,706 --> 01:32:05,609 Is it your wish that many others die too? 759 01:32:05,709 --> 01:32:08,770 Is it your wish that you dishonor your father? 760 01:32:11,082 --> 01:32:13,351 You dare say this. 761 01:32:13,451 --> 01:32:17,088 Broken Hand has given his word that there'll be no more fighting by his people. 762 01:32:17,188 --> 01:32:20,258 Yet it is your wish that the Cheyenne warriors break your father's word. 763 01:32:20,358 --> 01:32:22,987 It is better that Cheyennes die like Cheyennes. 764 01:32:26,598 --> 01:32:29,034 The soldiers will not fire first... 765 01:32:29,134 --> 01:32:31,503 but I will go and get my rifle... 766 01:32:31,603 --> 01:32:34,106 and I'll come back to fight you. 767 01:32:34,206 --> 01:32:37,577 But there'll be no glory in it for you, Little Dog... 768 01:32:37,677 --> 01:32:39,668 because that'll be one against two. 769 01:33:09,745 --> 01:33:12,081 Well, Mr. Tanner? 770 01:33:12,181 --> 01:33:15,844 I think the only solution is for me to goad them into firing first. 771 01:33:17,687 --> 01:33:20,349 And hope that their first shots miss. 772 01:33:36,873 --> 01:33:40,978 You, American Horse! Last night you wanted to kill me. 773 01:33:41,078 --> 01:33:43,914 What are you afraid of now? 774 01:33:44,014 --> 01:33:46,283 Or do you only kill at night? 775 01:33:46,383 --> 01:33:48,319 Stop. 776 01:33:48,419 --> 01:33:51,555 This is what the white ones want. 777 01:33:51,655 --> 01:33:56,328 Tanner, we are two against one. 778 01:33:56,428 --> 01:33:59,886 Send your soldiers to help you, and we will shoot. 779 01:34:01,500 --> 01:34:04,202 I need no help. 780 01:34:04,302 --> 01:34:06,338 Does American Horse think I fear him? 781 01:34:06,438 --> 01:34:11,677 He is not a warrior... He's a woman and afraid. 782 01:34:11,777 --> 01:34:15,081 What do I need with a rifle? 783 01:34:15,181 --> 01:34:18,151 I throw it away. 784 01:34:18,251 --> 01:34:20,446 I do not need it. 785 01:34:35,135 --> 01:34:38,639 American Horse has shamed us before the white man. 786 01:34:38,739 --> 01:34:41,470 Little Dog will not do so. 787 01:34:56,225 --> 01:34:59,095 Pick up your gun, Tanner. 788 01:34:59,195 --> 01:35:02,398 You will pick up your gun or I will throw mine away also... 789 01:35:02,499 --> 01:35:05,969 and we will fight before them all to the death. 790 01:35:06,069 --> 01:35:09,038 - A scalp to the winner. - APPEARING DAY: Little Dog! 791 01:35:16,514 --> 01:35:20,351 You asked for death for yourself, and that is your right... 792 01:35:20,451 --> 01:35:23,121 but to pronounce it on others is wrong. 793 01:35:23,221 --> 01:35:26,658 He has always spoken with one heart and one tongue... 794 01:35:26,758 --> 01:35:28,861 and he has been faithful to your friendship. 795 01:35:28,961 --> 01:35:32,089 Can you not be as faithful to him? 796 01:36:01,195 --> 01:36:02,253 (SHOUTING) 797 01:36:03,330 --> 01:36:04,820 Here he comes. 798 01:36:13,008 --> 01:36:14,910 (SHOUTING CONTINUES) 799 01:36:15,010 --> 01:36:17,706 Bring him down! 800 01:36:24,019 --> 01:36:26,010 (SHOUTING) 801 01:36:31,794 --> 01:36:34,597 Columns! Wheel about in the line! 802 01:36:34,697 --> 01:36:36,688 Ho! 803 01:40:18,170 --> 01:40:21,274 Well, Mr. Tanner, it's all over. 804 01:40:21,374 --> 01:40:24,741 I think we've seen the last of the Indian wars. 805 01:40:26,812 --> 01:40:30,950 They'll be wanting to bury their dead before they go. 806 01:40:31,050 --> 01:40:34,714 What about her? She won't be going with them. 807 01:40:37,925 --> 01:40:39,916 No, she won't be. 808 01:40:42,629 --> 01:40:44,756 She's going with me. 809 01:40:45,799 --> 01:40:48,667 Appearing Day will be my wife. 810 01:40:55,777 --> 01:40:59,975 Column left! Forward! Ho! 811 01:41:07,256 --> 01:41:10,192 - Good luck, Mr. Tanner. - Thank you. 812 01:42:03,751 --> 01:42:07,154 TANNER NARRATING: As I told you in the beginning, this is a true story. 813 01:42:07,254 --> 01:42:10,457 We were married in the Methodist church in Council Bluffs. 814 01:42:10,557 --> 01:42:15,085 Broken Hand lived to see his grandson enter the military academy at West Point.