Dances with Wolves

Let's coffee up. He can wait a few more minutes.

SHOUTING

< Get over here now!

Oh!

(EXHALES)

< Come here, move it!

(GASPS)

(GROANS)

(WHIMPERS)

Oh!

Glass.

-That Tucker's men?

-< Yes, sir, I think it is.

< How long has it been like this?

< We found them this morning, sir. They've been here two days.

That you, Lieutenant? >

GUNSHOTS

Hey, come on.

-You better take cover.

-GUNSHOT

I ain't kiddin', these boys are shooters. Come on, go under cover.

Go on, put him back up there! > Put him back up there!

You went to hospital?

It was no good.

What's goin' on here?

What's goin' on here?

Seems to be the question all right.

See, you could ask the Major.

But he don't know. He's busy.

He's tryin' to figure out how the officers' mess ran out of peach ice cream.

Then you got the General.

He come up to see the show. All he knows is there ain't no show.

Now the Major, he's looking at the General.

He's thinking, "I better do something."

You know what that means? I don't wanna be first across this field.

They're supposed to be beat up just like us.

Tucker's men are tough as cobs.

So far the only thing killed out here is three milkin' cows. >

Course, that's about to change. >

HE MUTTERS

Some of the boys are sayin' if we ain't gonna fight...

could settle this whole business with a little high-stakes poker.

Wouldn't that be a sight?

Bunch of fellas sittin' in the middle of this field...

drawing cards, huh?

What is it, sir?

Looks like a suicide.

Tucker!

GUNSHOT

What's he doing?

GUNSHOT

-GUNSHOTS

-Shoot him?

SHOUTING

-What'd you say to him?

-I didn't say nothin'.

SHOUTING, CHEERING

Come on back!

Come on back! Come on back! You won't make it no second time!

All right by me.

Forgive me, Father.

SHOUTING, CHEERING

-Ray!

-I got him.

BUGLE

Don't...

Don't... Don't take off my foot.

You rest easy, son, you'll keep your foot.

As God is my judge, you'll keep it.

Bring up my ambulance.

Sir?

Bring up my ambulance and bring my surgeon with it!

We got an officer who's worth something lying here.

'The strangeness of this life cannot be measured.

'In trying to produce my death, I was elevated to a living hero.

'I was also awarded Cisco, the trusty mount that carried me across the field.

'And on full recovery, was given transfer to any station I desired.

'The bloody slaughter continues as I arrive at Fort Hayes, an island of men and material

'surrounded by a never-ending sea of prairie.'

-Lieutenant.

-Lieutenant.

Lieutenant John J Dunbar.

Lieutenant John J Dunbar?

Yes, sir.

"Yes, sir."

Indian-fighter, huh?

Excuse me?

You're to be posted on the frontier, Indian country.

I deduce you're an Indian-fighter. I did not ascend to this position by being stupid.

No, sir.

"No, sir."

It says here... that you've been decorated.

Yes, sir. >

And they sent you here to be posted?

Actually, I'm here at my own request.

-Really? Why?

-I've always wanted to see the frontier.

You want to see the frontier?

Yes, sir. Before it's gone.

Such a smart lad coming straight to me.

< Sir...

< ..Knight.

I am sending you on a knight's errand.

You will report to Captain Cargill

at the furthermost outpost of the realm - Fort Sedgwick.

My personal seal will assure your safety through many miles of wild and hostile country.

I was wondering...

Yes?

How will I get there?

You think I don't know?

No, sir.

-No, sir, it's just that

-I

-don't...

Hold your tongue! I happen to be in a generous mood.

See that peasant out there?

Timmons. He's going to your Fort Sedgwick this afternoon.

You can ride with him. He knows the way.

Thank you, that is all.

Sir Knight?

I just pissed in my pants...

..and nobody can do anything about it.

TAPPING ON WINDOW

To your journey!

To my journey!

Haw!

Gee-up a little bit, Jim.

Gee-up a little bit, Jim.

The King is dead.

Long live the King.

GUNSHOT

Haw a little bit, Jim and Jake!

Haw a little bit, Jim! Haw a little bit!

Gee a little bit, Jim! Gee!

Gee a little bit! Gee over a little bit!

What you got there?

(CHUCKLES)

Some... Somebody back East is sayin', "Why don't he write?" (CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES, MUMBLES)

Easy now. Easy now. >

What the hell was that?

What is that?

(SCRAMBLES ABOUT) >

What is that? (CHUCKLES)

(COUGHS)

(CLEARS THROAT, SPITS) >

(BREAKS WIND)

(CHUCKLES)

Why don't you put that in your book?

(LAUGHS)

'Were it not for my companion, I would be having the time of my life.

'He means well but is possibly the foulest man I have ever met.'

(SNORES)

Get up, Timmons.

Timmons.

Get up.

Get up.

Come on, get up.

Ow!

Somethin' poked me in my butt. Was that you?

< Goddamn it!

< Damn it! Gonna have a welt.

How come we haven't seen any buffalo?

You can't figure the buffalo. Sometime you won't see any for days.

Other times they'll be thick, like curls on a whore!

Ho! >

What about Indians?

Indians? Goddamn Indians!

You just as soon not see 'em less than the bastards are dead! Nothin' but thieves and beggars.

Ho, up there! >

Not what you'd call much of a goin' concern, now, is it? (CHUCKLES)

Go down there.

Why? There ain't nothin' down there.

Because I said.

Go down there.

Haw! Haw!

There ain't nothin' here, Lieutenant.

Hey!

< There ain't nothin' here, Lieutenant.

Lieutenant!

Everybody's run off or got killed.

All right. Let's unload the wagon.

What?! What, and leave it all here?

I'm staying, too.

There ain't nothin' here, Lieutenant.

No, not at the moment.

We don't know what's happened.

So, so, I...

Things bein' as they are, we might as well turn around and head back.

This is my post.

< "This is my post"?

This is my post.

"My post"? Jesus H Christ, boy.

What, are you crazy, boy? Lieutenant?

Jesus H Christ!

This is my post.

These are the post's provisions.

Now get your ass off the wagon and help me unload.

We're just havin' a conversation, now put it down!

I'll let 'em know where you are.

Good.

Good luck, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Jake and Jim!

Good mule! Good, Jim!

Come on! Hard up there, now!

Haw! Haw! >

Haw, Jim! Haw, Jake! >

Good boy.

Come on, now! Get on up, there!

Haw, now! Good mule!

Good mule, good girl.

Haw on up, now.

'Have arrived to find Fort Sedgwick deserted.

'Am waiting for garrison's return or word from HQ.

'The post is in poor condition.

'I have assigned myself clean-up duty beginning tomorrow.

'Supplies are abundant, the country is everything I dreamed it would be.

'There can be no place like this on earth.'

BIRDSONG

(SNORES SOFTLY)

FOOTSTEPS

SHUFFLING

SHUFFLING

WHINNIES SOFTLY

Bad horse. Bad horse.

Come on, Cisco, one more time.

Giddup, Cisco.

Giddup.

Giddup. There you are.

(HUMS)

(INHALES AND EXHALES)

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

(GASPS)

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

(GROANS)

(SCREAMS)

(GASPS)

(GROANS)

Don't...hurt my mules.

(SCREAMS) >

WHOOPING

'Men had been living in these caves. But why? Were they frightened?

'Had there been a revolt?

'I can make no sense of the clues left me here.

'Perhaps my relief will provide the answers.

'It's been almost 30 days.

'Still no sign of Captain Cargill's command.

'Communication can only take place if I leave.

'And I don't want to abandon my post.

'I have decided to ration my goods

'as if I were part of a post rather than the whole affair.

'There is a wolf who seems intent on the goings-on here.

'He does not seem inclined to be a nuisance, and aside from Cisco, has been my only company.

'He has appeared two afternoons.

'He has milky white socks on both feet.

'If he comes calling tomorrow, I will name him Two Socks.'

(HUMS)

# How can I marry

# A pretty little girl When I got no cloak to put on?

# Oh, soldier, oh, soldier Won't you marry me

# Before the fight comes home?

# How can I marry a pretty little girl

# When I got no shoes to put on?

# How can I marry a pretty little girl

# When I got no hat to put on?

# Oh, soldier, oh, soldier, won't you marry me

# Before the fight comes home?

# How can I marry an ugly little girl

# When I got a pretty wife back home? #

(CAJOLES IN LAKOTA)

You there!

Hey!

SHOVELLING

'Have made first contact with a wild Indian.

'One came to the fort and tried to steal my horse.

'When I appeared he became frightened and ran off.

'Do not know how many are in the vicinity but where there is one, there is sure to be another.

'Will bury excess ordnance lest it fall into enemy hands.

'My afternoon rides have been pared down to short patrols, keeping the fort in sight.

'I am still alone, however, and unless troops arrive soon all may be lost.

'It's been two days and nothing.

'My presence must've been reported.

'Have made all preparations I can.

'Cannot mount a good defence alone, but will try to make a big impression when they come. Waiting.

'Postscript. The man I encountered was a magnificent-looking fellow.'

(SNORES)

NEIGHING, VOICES OUTSIDE

Yes, sir, I have. No, sir.

WHOOPING

(GROANS)

Oh, God.

NEIGHS SOFTLY

PANTING

WHOOPING

(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

NEIGHS

NEIGHS

(SCREAMS)

'I realise I was wrong. All this time I've been waiting.

'For what? For someone to find me? For Indians to take my horse?

'To see a buffalo?

'Since I arrived here, I have been walking on eggs. I am sick of it.

'Tomorrow, I will ride to the Indians.

'I do not know the outcome or wisdom of this thinking,

'but I have become a target, I am through waiting.'

What are you lookin' at?

SINGING IN DISTANCE

(SINGS IN LAKOTA)

(CLEARS THROAT)

No, wait!

Wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

You need help, you're hurt.

(SCREAMS)

Let me... You need help.

-Can I help you?

-(SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

LAUGHTER

Wasicu! Wasicu!

Wasicu! Wasicu!

Wasicu!

Wasicu! Wasicu! >

Wasicu! Wasicu! >

Wasicu! >

She's hurt.

She's hurt.

No, she's hurt.

WHOOPING

Welcome.

Welcome.

Hi!

Come.

Please, sit down.

Sit down.

Wait. Just a... Just a minute.

(SNORTS)

(SNORTS)

Tatanka.

Tatanka.

Tanka?

Tatanka?

Tanka?

Ta...tanka.

Tatanka.

Tatanka. >

Tatanka. Buffalo.

Tatanka.

< Buffalo.

Buff...

Buff... Buff...

Buff...?

< Buffalo. Tatanka.

'The fierce one, as I call him, is a tough fellow.

'I hope I never have to fight him.

'From what I know, he seems honest and very direct.

'I like the quiet one. He's been patient and inquisitive.

'He's eager to communicate.

'He must be a man of some weight among his people.

Buffalo.

SCRAPING

'I made an even greater impression on their next visit.

'I produced a coffee grinder, something they hadn't seen before.

Is the coffee not good?

It's too strong, maybe. Too strong.

Put in...

Um... Ta...

Taste it. >

Sugar.

You want some?

You want some? >

That's a lot.

'It's good to have company.

'So much goes unsaid. I feel these people, the quiet one especially, want something from me.

'Made presents of coffee and most of the sugar.

'It wouldn't last anyway.

'A foundation for good relations has been laid.'

'Christine!

'Christine!

'Christine!'

Get them chickens, Joe.

Billy, get away from those puppies.

Go to Daddy.

Damn!

Get the kids, get 'em in the house. >

Go on!

Christine!

Christine, where are you? >

Children, get in the house now! >

Come here. (GIGGLES)

Who is it, Willie?

They look like Pawnee.

< My father and your father are talking to them.

What do they want?

< I don't know.

Go on, you heard him. Get outta here!

(SCREAMS)

RUN, CHRISTINE!

I SAID RUN!

< JOHN!

< JOHN!

HORSES NEIGH IN FEAR

< Christine!

INDIANS WHOOP

'Mommy!

'Mommy!

'Mommy!'

(SNIFFS) Mmmm! Mmmm!

Come on, Two Socks. Bacon.

'Two Socks, like Cisco, is now a trusted friend.

'He still won't eat from my hand,

'but his keen eyes and ears always alert me when something is wrong.'

Tatanka.

No.

I haven't seen any buffalo.

Sorry.

Are... Are you hungry?

Are you hungry?

I have food, I have a lot of food.

'Nothing I was told of these people is correct.

'They are not beggars or thieves. Nor the bogeymen they are made out to be.

'They are polite guests and have a familiar humour I enjoy.

'Real communication is slow, and the quiet one is as frustrated as me.

'Our progress has been built on the basis of failure rather than success.

'I've thought to enquire about whether the woman lived or not,

'but it's too complicated a subject, given our limitations.

'It is clear there are no buffalo. It weighs heavy on their minds.

'Yesterday's meeting was the best yet.

'I've been invited to the village and I'm looking forward to going.'

Um...

H...

Hello.

You...

here.

G-g-good.

Thank you. I feel good.

(TRANSLATES INTO LAKOTA)

Um...

T...

The s-s-s...

..soldier fort. You come there...

Wait. What is your names?

Our names?

What is his name?

(TRANSLATES INTO LAKOTA)

H-h-h-he...

(SIGHS) He K...

Kick.

Kick.

Kick? Kick... more.

More Kick? More Kicking?

Kicking... Kicking...

Bird?

Bird. Kicking Bird.

Kicking Bird.

(SAYS NAME IN LAKOTA)

(REPEATS NAME IN LAKOTA)

What does he...? Uh... Is he Chief?

No. H-h-h...

A h-h-h...

(COMPLAINS) >

A...ho-ho-holy man.

Holy...man.

Your name?

I... I don't...

< How are you called?

(LAKOTA)

Ha.

Ha.

G-get up.

Stand up?

< S-stands.

Stands. Stands. Your name's Stands?

S-Stands...

..With...

< With? With. Stands with?

Fist?

Yes.

Stands With A Fist?

Stands With A Fist. I am John Dunbar.

John... John Dunbar.

Dunbar.

Dunbar. John Dunbar.

John Dunbar.

Dun...bear.

No, not Dunbear.

Dunbar. Dun...bar.

Dun-bar. Dunbar. Not Dunbear.

Dunbar. >

'There has been an exciting breakthrough with the Indians.

'A woman among them speaks English and today progress was made.

'But I'm reluctant to answer all their questions.

'Maybe my sense of duty, but something tells me not to say too much.

'It was good to see Fort Sedgwick -

'I look forward to another visit with my neighbours, but this is my home.

'I remain watchful for my relief and hope my negotiations will bear fruit.'

RATTLING, RUMBLING

DISTRESSED NEIGHING

NEIGHING

NEIGHING

STAMPEDING

DRUMBEAT, SINGING

< BUFFALO! BUFFALO!

CHANTING AND SINGING STOPS

< I'VE SEEN BUFFALO!

SHOUTING, WHOOPING

Buffaloes. Buffaloes. Buffaloes.

Tatanka.

Tatanka?

Yeah.

Tatanka! Tatanka!

CHEERS AND WHOOPS

'Riders were sent out to pick up the trail.

'In the time it took to gather my things at Sedgwick, the tribe was on its way.

'The efficiency and speed of the people would impress any military commander.

'Overnight I have gone from a person of suspicion to one of genuine standing.

'I am greeted with open smiles and looks of appreciation. I have become a celebrity.'

Loo-tent-tant.

Loo-tent-tant.

'Scouts picked up the trail where I said it would be.

'It was easy to find. A swath of torn-up ground to the horizon.

'The sheer numbers it took to create this impossible image

'was hard to imagine.'

Loo-tent-tant.

(CALF BLEATS)

(BLEATS)

(BLEATING)

'Who would do such a thing?

'The field was proof that it was a people without value or soul...

'with no regard for Sioux rites.

'The wagon tracks leading away left no doubt and my heart sank as I knew

'it could only be white hunters.

'Voices that had been joyous were now as silent as the dead buffalo

'killed only for their tongues and the price of their hides.'

DRUMBEATS, SINGING

'As they celebrated into the night the coming hunt, it was hard to know where to be.

'I don't know if they understood, but I could not sleep among them.

'There had been no looks and no blame,

'only the confusion of a people not able to predict the future.'

NEIGHING

WHOOPING

GUNSHOT

GUNSHOT

Are you all right? Are you all right?

WHOOPING

CHEERING

LAUGHTER

YAPS

I can't.

No, I'm... I'm full.

I'm full and I can't tell the story any more.

No.

Do you want to try it?

Do you want to try it?

Here.

I can't. This is too much.

Here.

Good trade.

This is... This is a good trade.

No, no, I can't, I'm full, I'm tired.

No!

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

Wa zhi.

Wa zhi? Wa zhi.

CHILDREN SHOUT

No, no, no.

CHILDREN: Loo-tent-tant!

Ah!

Big tatanka. Big tatanka.

-Big

-tatanka!

LAUGHTER

I went... Psshhh!

LAUGHTER

That's my hat.

< Hey!

LAUGHTER

Hey!

You're wearing my hat.

It's my hat.

No. No, you...

My hat.

LAUGHTER STOPS

Washte.

Washte.

Good...trade?

LAUGHTER RESUMES

SOFT MOANING

'It seems every day ends with a miracle here.'

'And whatever God may be, I thank God for this day.'

'To stay longer was useless. We had all the meat we could carry.'

'We had hunted for three days, losing six ponies,

'and only three men injured.

'I'd never known a people so eager to laugh, so devoted to family,

'so dedicated to each other. The only word that came to mind was harmony.'

'Many times I've felt alone, but until this afternoon

'I'd never felt completely lonely.'

DRUMBEATS, WHOOPS

'Though only two days, it seems like a week...

'..and I miss my new friends.'

'I can see all their faces, but it is not enough.'

'Tomorrow I will go unannounced.'

'They are my neighbours. What can it hurt?'

Hey!

God! Go home!

Go!

Go home, Two Socks.

Bad wolf. Bad wolf.

(SHOUTS)

'It is autumn now and I am spending more time than ever with my friends.

'They have given me my own lodge. I feel comfortable there.

'We talk every day but I know Kicking Bird is frustrated with me.

'He wants to know how many more white people are coming.

'I tell him they'll most likely pass through this country and nothing more

'but I speak half-truths.

'One day there will be too many but I cannot bring myself to tell them.

'I'm sure Stands With A Fist knows I am holding back,

'but to her credit she says nothing.'

GIGGLING

'A war party is going against the Pawnee soon and I have asked to go.

'I sense I made a mistake doing so

'but I could not bring myself to take it back.

'They are my friends, and the Pawnee have been very hard on them.

'I hope I have not overstepped my bounds.'

Come in, please.

Sit down?

Kicking Bird wants to know why you want to make war on the Pawnee.

They have done nothing to you. >

They are Sioux enemies.

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

Only... Sioux warriors to go.

Tell him I have been a warrior longer than many of the young men who go.

Tell him.

(EXPLAINS IN LAKOTA)

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

He say that the S-Sioux way of being a warrior is not the white way.

You are not ready.

I know. I understand, but tell him I cannot learn these ways in camp.

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

He also ask that you... watch over his family

while he is gone. >

This thing he ask is a great honour for you.

Tell him that I... would be happy to watch over his family.

(TRANSLATES INTO LAKOTA)

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

He thanks Dances With Wolves for coming.

Who is Dances With Wolves?

It is the name...which all the people are calling you now.

Dances With...

That's right!

That day.

< Dances With Wolves.

How do you say it?

(SAYS NAME IN LAKOTA)

Sugmanitutanka...

Ob Waci.

Washte.

Washte.

(Sugmanitutanka...)

Oh, I... I cut this off.

Oh.

I shaved it off. Go on.

Uh, grass grows on the prairie.

Grass grows on the prairie. Peta ki oblaye el ti.

Wrong. You said "Fire lives on the prairie."

I did?

No, no laughing now.

How did you get your name?

I was not very old

when I came to be with our people.

And I was made to work.

I worked every day very hard.

And there was a wo... one woman

who didn't like me much.

And she used to call me bad names...

..and sometimes she...

..amape... um... beat me?

Uh, one day she was...

..calling me these bad names...

..with her face in my face and...

..I hit her.

I was not very big but she fell down.

She fell hard and didn't move.

And I stood over her with m-my fist...

and I asked if there was any other woman

who wanted to call me bad names.

No-one bothered me after that day.

(CHUCKLES)

No, I... I wouldn't think so.

Show me.

Show me where you hit her.

(LAUGHS)

Why are you not married?

I'm sorry.

I have to go.

I'm sorry.

Can I help you?

No.

I don't und...

Washte yelo.

COCKS GUN

I bet you were thinking "Now, why don't he write?"

Hello, Two Socks.

Come on.

Come on.

Why don't you? Come on, you can do this.

You can do this.

Come on.

Easy. This is easy.

This is easy, Two Socks.

I am in mourning.

No-one can know.

Yes.

We must be careful.

(GASPS)

We must be careful.

OK.

Wait, wait, wait.

What?

Trouble.

SHOUTING, NEIGHING

(TALKING ANIMATEDLY IN LAKOTA)

The Pawnee are coming, a big party of 40 or 50 men.

Cheyenne hunters found them not far north.

I will go.

(ENGLISH) I have guns.

At the fort?

Yes.

(EXPLAINS IN LAKOTA)

(SHOUTS)

Come here.

DOG YELPS

NEIGHING

WHOOPING, SHOUTING

Shoot the gun!

GUNSHOT

SCREAMING

SCREAMS

WHOOPING

SCREAMS

WHOOPING

(YELLS)

'It was hard to know how to feel. I'd never been in a battle like this.

'There was no political objective.

'This was not a fight for territory or riches or to make men free.

'It was fought to preserve the food stores to see us through winter,

'to protect the lives of women and children and loved ones feet away.'

'Stone Calf was a great loss, but even the old men could not remember such a one-sided victory,

'and I looked at it in a new way. I felt a pride I'd never felt before.

'I'd never known John Dunbar.

'Perhaps the name itself had no meaning,

'but as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over,

'I knew for the first time who I really was.'

(CONVERSATION IN LAKOTA)

SINGING, CHANTING

GUNSHOT

WHOOPING

GUNSHOT

GUNSHOT

GUNSHOT

GUNSHOT

LAUGHTER, CHATTER IN LAKOTA

(WOMAN SPEAKS IN LAKOTA)

LAUGHTER

CHANTING, DRUMMING

CHANTING, SINGING

And for me.

'I had never been married before.'

'Maybe all grooms feel the same, but as Kicking Bird began to speak

'about what was expected of a Sioux husband,

'my mind swam in a way that shut out everything but her -

'the tiny details of her costume, the contours of her shape,

'the light in her eyes,

'the smallness of her feet.'

'I knew that the love between us would be served.'

< (KICKING BIRD SPEAKS LAKOTA)

Yes.

Oh, good.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

WHOOPING, SHOUTING

CHANTING, DRUMMING

(CHUCKLES)

(IN ENGLISH) How many?

Like the stars.

Wichampi.

Wichampi. >

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(HUMS)

You have everything from the soldiers' fort?

Yes. There's nothing for me there.

That's good.

The journal.

Stands With, wait!

It is important! The words are like a trail for people to follow.

It tells everything about my life here. I must get it.

I'll catch up. I'll catch up.

GALLOPING

NEIGHS

Injuns!

Get him! Indian! >

NEIGHS

Fire!

No!

Stay. Stay down. Stay.

He ain't hit.

Oh, God.

Hey, boy.

NEIGHS

It's OK.

Oh!

Spivey. >

Spivey!

Yeah, Sergeant?

Tell the Major he's waking up.

Move your worthless ass.

BUGLE PLAYS

You got yourself a hell of a shiner.

< Didn't you?

< Major's comin' through.

Well, does he speak English?

I don't know, sir.

You speak English?

You talk English?

< (KICKS HIM) Talk!

I speak English.

Who are you?

Lieutenant John J Dunbar. This is my post.

Why are you dressed like this?

(SIGHS) I came out from Fort Hayes last April but there was nobody here.

Do you have proof of that?

My journal's on the bunk in my quarters.

My orders are in the journal. It'll tell you everything. >

Spivey, you and Edwards were first here. Did you find a journal?

Nah, we didn't find nothin', sir.

Where's Edwards?

He's outside.

Hey, he didn't find nothin', either!

(LAUGHS)

You turned Injun, didn't ya?

Didn't ya?

Don't look white to me.

Said he's a soldier.

-Soldier? He's an officer.

-Officer? Do you salute or shoot him?

LAUGHTER

You, eyes front!

CAWING

I said, eyes FRONT!

Don't shoot him! Hit him!

Get him!

Get off! Get off!

Why are you out of uniform?

What's the army doing out here?

Lieutenant's askin' the questions.

Bauer.

We're charged with apprehending...

We're charged with apprehending hostiles

and recovering stolen property,

retrieving white captives taken in hostile raidings. >

There are no hostiles.

We will ascertain that for ourselves.

You guide us to these camps and interpret and your conduct will be re-evaluated.

What conduct?

With all due respect...

Your status as a traitor might improve should you choose to cooperate with the US Army.

There's nothing for you to do out here.

Will you cooperate, or not?

Well, speak up!

What's that?

(SPEAKS LAKOTA)

Sergeant, form a detail and take this man down to the river.

Let him clean up his face.

Yes, sir.

Not you, Spivey. >

NEIGHING, VOICES

< Hey, Spivey.

Hey, Spivey, you got paper?

What's it to ya?

Gimme some!

Can you read?

No. What the hell's the difference?

You can't read, either. Now just give me some.

Gimme some!

All right, hold your horses.

(LAUGHS)

Come on, help me. >

(CHUCKLES)

Lap it up, Injun. Go ahead, lap it up.

You...!

Hey, it's all right.

It's all right.

He's gonna get hungrier, that's all, but maybe that don't matter.

Word is they're gonna ship you back to Hayes.

And once you get there, they're gonna hang ya.

(LAUGHS) >

Come on, forget about him. Go, get out of here. >

All right. >

Get up in there. Gee, ho. Come on. Yah!

Get up in there, Toby! Toby!

Yah! Get up in there!

Get up, get up! (WHISTLES)

Yee-ha!

Hey, Spivey, what is that?

Looks like he's followin' us. >

Hell, I'm gonna shoot him. >

GUNSHOT

Ha, you missed him. >

Don't shoot, goddamn it, it's my shot.

I seen him first.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, that's my shot.

Shoot him! >

GUNSHOTS

He's standing there!

Shoot him!

Jesus Christ!

(CHOKES)

He's killin' him!

Bauer!

(GASPS FOR AIR)

He might've killed you.

(CHUCKLING)

GUNSHOT

I'll get you.

GUNSHOT

Sit down now, damn you.

GUNSHOT

YELPS

That's it. I got him! I got him!

YELPS

Dead shot, boys. Come on.

Get up!

SHOUTING

Get up. I'm gonna kill... Get up!

Spivey, that's enough! Spivey!

Come on, get up! Come on! Get up!

-SPIVEY!

-What?!

Bash that prisoner one more time, I'll put those shackles on you.

You men, get back here!

GUNSHOTS

Now!

Goddamn it!

< That goes for you, too, Bauer.

Get down here!

Boo!

It's clear behind that stand of trees.

Hey.

All right, let's go. >

(DRIVER WHISTLES)

I don't see nobody.

(DRIVER WHISTLES)

Indians!

WHOOPS

God!

WHOOPS

BAUER!

BAUER!

BAUER!

WHOOPS

CLICKS

WHOOPING

(GROANS)

(SHOUTS IN LAKOTA & WHOOPS)

BIRDSONG

MURMURING IN LAKOTA

SHOUTING IN LAKOTA

'With Ten Bears it was always more than a while.

'There was purpose in everything he did, and I knew he wanted me to stay.

'But I knew I would be an excuse

'and that's all the army would need to find them.

'I pushed him to move the camp, but he only smiled and talked of simple pleasures.

'He reminded me that at his age a good fire is better than anything.

'Ten Bears was an extraordinary man.'

You have nothing to say?

What can I tell you?

Whatever's on your mind.

You've made the decision.

My place is with you.

I go where you go.

You're not afraid?

No.

I told Ten Bears we'd leave when the snow breaks.

Did you tell everyone?

Not everyone.

(ANGRY EXCLAMATION)

You, er...finish your pipe?

Oh.

Good pipe.

How, er...does it smoke?

I've never smoked it.

We come far, you and me.

I will not forget you.

SHOUTING, NEIGHING

SUNGMANITUTONKA OB WACI!

SUNGMANITUTONKA OB WACI!

SUNGMANITUTONKA OB WACI!

SUNGMANITUTONKA OB WACI!

All right, men, over here! Now!

WOLF HOWLS

PLAINTIVE HOWL

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