All language subtitles for 06 - The Martha Barham Story

All right, Curly, come on out!

You've had your fun!

How you know it was me?

Not the first hat of mine you've
ruined with this fool stunt of yours.

I trail you since sunup.

You think I didn't know?

I think you didn't know.

How could I miss you?
I was downwind.

Dead?

I wonder why the Cheyenne
have turned against me.

You white man. Trouble
coming. Big trouble.

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Almost five years
since I saw it last.

She's still there.

What are you talking about?

Who you talk about.
Major Barham's daughter.

You think you're smart,
don't ya?

Smarter than white man who
build fort enemies can fire down into.

Return this to the duty officer.

Yes, sir.

Uh-uh.

No more.

I'm a lucky man.

Now, what in the world
makes you say a thing like that?

Well, most fathers lose their
daughters when they marry.

But you're a tactician,
aren't you?

Couldn't find a better man
than Wade.

Oh, I know, and for you,
that's perfect,

since you're
his superior officer.

Exactly. If you don't bring me

a nice cup of hot tea every
afternoon, I'm gonna have a...

I know exactly what
you're going to do.

You'll rip off his bars and
drum him out of the regiment.

Ha ha ha.

All I want is what's best
for you, my pet.

Oh, now, you're a fraud.

You want what's best
for you, and you know it.

Papa.

Yeah?

Come here a minute.

Well, by golly,
it's Flint McCullough.

What's he coming here for?

You'll have to ask him that.

I have no intention
of asking him anything.

Oh? I thought you
used to like him.

Who's that with him?

Seems to be that Sioux,
Curly Horse.

Then it's true.

Do you know that Indian
claims that Flint's his friend?

Well, that's nothin'
to get so excited about.

It isn't?

You mean you're
going to see him?

Of course I'm going to see him.

Papa, how in the world
can you sit down

and talk civilly
to a renegade white man?

Now, Martha...

Oh.

Then I can tell my three
wagons of emigrants

that the train will arrive
in four or five days.

Well, that depends.

Curly, tell the major
what you were telling me.

About the trouble.

Between the Sioux
and the Cheyenne?

Not exactly, Major.

There's always been trouble
between the Sioux and the Cheyenne.

Well, this is more
than just trouble.

Go ahead, tell him, Curly.

I Sioux.

Yeah, and I'm a white man
from the Utah territory,

but we grew up together.

You taught me your language,
and I taught you mine.

And I think this is a
good time for you to use it.

Now tell him.

I not be traitor to my people.

You're not being a traitor
if you stop bloodshed.

For many years,
my uncle, Chief White Cloud,

not drive with Cheyenne

who say only good white man,
dead white man.

But he old. His son
Black Panther firebrand.

Blank Panther, yeah...

I know about him.

Wants to impress
himself on the tribe,

hopes to be chief one day.

He have many good arguments.

Always at this season,
buffalo return,

but now when they come back,
white man slaughter them,

strip hide for robe
and let meat rot in sun.

You're talking about the
professional hunters, not the settlers.

Cheyenne and Sioux who hear
their children cry with hunger

only know white man to blame.

My intelligence has been that
the Sioux and the Cheyenne

hate each other even more
than they hate the white man.

Major, there's an old saying that a common
grievance can bring enemies together.

I know, I know.
I'm merely a military man,

stationed in this forsaken
outpost to try and help out people.

If the Sioux and the
Cheyenne band together,

you won't have...

Stop worrying, Flint.

We're always prepared
for emergencies.

Very well, Major.

Oh, uh, by the way,
Major, where's Martha?

I'm afraid she doesn't
want to see you, Flint.

Oh, why not?

Well, there's another man
in Martha's life now.

Only one?

Last time I was here, seems
to me, there were about four.

Curly.

I have nothing to say
to you, Flint.

Well, at least
you remember my name.

If you expect me to berate you

for having stayed away so long...

You wouldn't do that.
It's too obvious.

Nothing's changed.

You've changed.

Same old fort, same old trees,

and you and I
picking wildflowers...

Just like the last time.

I want to forget about that.

Why? Because of
the new man in your life?

The only man in my life.

Do I know him?

No.

Well, what's his name?

Captain Wade Forrest,
and I'm going to marry him.

I'd like to meet him...
and offer my condolences.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I'd feel sorry for any man

that marries a woman
that doesn't love him.

Don't you touch me.

Martha, I'm sorry.

I do love him, and when
he's away, I worry about him,

the way I never used
to worry about you.

Oh, you mean that he's not here.

No, but if you think that
gives you any privileges...

Is he gonna be gone long?

If you think
I'd tell you that...

And, pray, why wouldn't ya?

Because if you knew,
it just might happen

he'd be ambushed by
some of your Indian friends.

All right, give your
horses a drink.

Smith! Carpenter!

Did you hear me give
an order for you to drink?

No, sir. No, sir.

All right, at ease.

Water these horses.

I'll be dogged, Captain,
if I didn't figure...

you was plum serious.

Yeah, that's what I
figured you'd figure.

Well, boys, after five days
of field maneuvers,

how do you think you're going
to like the United States Cavalry?

I guess I can take it.
My horse can.

Say, Captain, if you want
that buffalo hide tanned,

my pa's a tanner
down in Kentucky.

Well, I'm afraid we couldn't send
the green hide back that far, Carp.

No, I mean, I watched
him. I know how.

Oh, fine, thanks.

Some country, ain't it?

Where else could a man kill a
wedding present for his bride?

Ha ha.

Well, two hours more
to the fort.

We'll move out in five minutes!

Get down!

They're dead, sir.
They're all dead!

The Sioux will be back for scalps
as soon as they catch the horses.

Ohh!

What can we do?

You make it back to the fort.

Just leave you here
to be scalped?

No, sir, I ain't gonna do it.

You see the mouth of
that little cave up there?

Yes, sir.

I'll hide there.

I'll help you, sir.

No! Now, you got your
orders. Now move out!

Go on!

WOMAN: It's a wonderful night.

You may be engaged and all that,

but you certainly
remember how we danced.

Why wouldn't I?

Oh, I thought you might forget,

the way you've forgotten me.

I remembered you
for a long time, Flint.

But, you know,
I'm happy to discover

I can dance with you
as if we'd just met tonight.

But we didn't just meet tonight.

I don't like the way you live,
I don't like the way you think,

and I have no words
for your friends.

Pardon me, Mr. McCullough,

the major wants to
see you in the office.

Now? Right off.

You keep thinking about
what you don't like about me.

I'll be right back.

Corporal, what does my
father want to see him for?

Excuse me, I... I mean,
I'm not to say, Miss Barham.

It isn't about
Captain Forrest, is it?

I told you I'm not to say.

I want Mr. Caine to ride
at once to Fort Paxton

with this dispatch.

Detail an escort of two men.

Advise caution and make
all possible haste.

You return here at once.

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

McCullough. Yes, Major?

Five days ago,
I sent out a small patrol

under Captain Forrest
in this area.

They were raw recruits
needed toughening up.

Seems they were ambushed by a band
of Indians some ten miles east of here

at Buffalo Hills Spring.

That's where I had the trouble

I was telling you about
this afternoon, Major.

Oh?

All of the men were killed...

except this man
and Captain Forrest.

Father.

Where's Wade?

My dear, I didn't
want you to know.

Where is he?

What's happened to him?

He made me leave him, ma'am.

He was shot through the leg.

How bad is it?

We won't know until
we get him here.

What are you doing about it?

Martha, I understand
your concern,

but you'd help Wade
by letting us handle this.

Have you any idea what
tribe it was that attacked you?

That's why I asked you
and Curly Horse here.

He thinks they were Sioux.

Sioux?

Is he sure?

Captain Wade, he said...

that them Sioux was
coming back for scalps.

I mean, I don't hardly know
one Indian from another,

but all I can
remember is that...

It was you!

Carpenter!

Get ahold of yourself,
Carpenter!

Easy, soldier. He's a friend.

Not our friend,
your friend! Martha!

Mr. McCullough's a friend
of all the savages.

He understands them.

If they don't like you,
they scalp you.

Was that what you mean
by their point of view?

Leave the room!

Martha!

I'm sorry about all this.

Forget it.

Curly is there any reason that
the Sioux should have any odds

against the army
in this territory?

Our people not attack
without cause.

He said they never
even saw an Indian.

Not until after the boys
were killed, sir.

Did you disturb anything?

Did you pick anything up that
might have belonged to the Sioux?

We just had our gear with
us and that old buffalo hide

on the back of
Captain's horse, that's all.

What buffalo hide?

Well, we saw a stray buffalo,

and the captain shot him,

and we pitched in
and skinned him.

Well, there's
your answer, Major.

Sioux find carcass left to rot.

Major, I know where
the captain's hiding, sir.

There's a cave up there.
I could go with you...

Thanks, Private.

That's why I asked McCullough
and Curly Horse to come here.

If the Sioux are on the
war path against the military,

a civilian and another Sioux
would have a much better chance

to get through
to Captain Forrest.

Will you go?

Yeah, I'll go.

And you?

As a favor to me, Curly.

Big favor.

We go.

Better get back
to your barracks.

Post a double guard
immediately. Yes, sir.

The settlers, they better
remain in the fort tonight.

They'll probably dance till
sunup anyhow, I reckon, sir.

That's right, but if any one
of them should want to leave,

you tell them to stay.

Yes, sir.

Father.

I'm sorry.

Thinking about Wade out there...

Just try not to
think about it, Martha.

Not think about it?

I'm doing everything I can.

I know.

Father.

What are you doing
to rescue Wade?

McCullough and Curly Horse...

are on their way
to fetch him in.

Flint and his Indian friend?

I figure they have the best
chance of reaching him.

But an Indian and a renegade?

Oh, they'll reach him,
all right, but what then?

Martha, I know
what you think of them,

but the fort is undermanned,

especially after
what happened today.

Besides, I happen to
think that you're wrong.

Martha...

if anything should happen,

you'll remember
what you have to do.

I know.

Flint.

They take him alive.

Yeah, those are army
boot heels, all right.

You ride back to fort?

Somebody's gotta tell 'em.

I will ride to my people,
talk to them,

to Chief White Cloud.

I will tell them
that if they follow

the Cheyenne and Black Panther,

the white man will destroy them.

What are the captain's chances?

That depends on whether
my voice is heard.

Even if you release him,
I can't guarantee

that the army won't
move against the Sioux.

This I will tell my chief.

Did you come to kill me, too?

They're dead! They're all dead!

Martha, listen to me!

Aren't you satisfied?
Don't touch me!

Martha, it's me Flint.
Now, listen to me.

Where's my father?

Did you kill him, too?!

We'll find him, Martha.

I wouldn't let you.

I wouldn't let your
bloody hands touch him.

Come on.

Let me go!

Come on.

Let me go. Shh!

Shh.

What's the matter?

They're your friends,
aren't they?

They're Cheyenne.

Would it be different
if they were Sioux?

Be quiet.

They better not touch my father!

I wouldn't let any Injun... Shh!

You get this through your head,

if they find us here,
we're both dead.

Now shut up.

Martha. Martha,
it's all right, Martha.

It's all right.

You think you'll be
able to ride?

Yeah.

We've got to get out of here.

Where are you taking me?

I've got to take us
to the wagon train.

I've got to get the major
to turn south.

Is Wade dead?

I don't know.

I'll help you on, Martha.

No!

I've gotta go back
and bury my father.

That's impossible.

Martha, I know how you feel,

but your father
would understand.

Come on.

We seem to have lost
the Cheyenne.

We can rest here for a while.

I don't even think you
tried to find Wade.

I can't help what
you think, Martha.

I looked for him, he was gone.

Why didn't
your friends kill him?

I don't know. He's an officer.

Maybe they want him
as a... as a prisoner.

I know. To torture.

Well, maybe Curly Horse
can prevent that.

Curly Horse? More likely
he's gone to join in the fun.

But why did it have to be Wade?

I could tell you, Martha, but I
don't think you'd believe me.

That's right.

Couldn't you light a fire?

I've tried to explain, Martha.

The Sioux would spot
a fire in a minute.

I thought you were
a friend of the Sioux.

I'm a friend of Curly Horse's.

So you keep saying. What
are you, blood brothers?

Practically.

I met him at Fort Bridger
when I was 14.

He was as cautious as a young
deer when it came to the fort.

But after a while, he
learned that he could...

trust a white kid, too.

After that, we were
together all the time.

Hunting, fishing.

Wrestling.

We exchanged tokens.
He made me this belt.

And I made him a...

I made him a necklace
with a copper penny on it.

Just a couple of cubs together.

When one of the cubs grew up,

he became a savage beast.

Martha, you don't know
what you're talking about.

All right, I'm willing
to be convinced.

And what's that
supposed to mean?

If you're such a good
friend of the Sioux,

why don't you go to
the village in the morning

and arrange for Wade's release?

They wouldn't do
anything to you,

since you're one of them.

I have to warn the wagon train.

Besides, there's nothing
that I can do at that village

that Curly can't do
better alone.

It's all very convenient,
isn't it, Flint?

And what do you mean by that?

You leave Wade to their
tender mercies and me to yours.

I'm gonna get some sleep.

Ohh.

Let me go!

Flint. Flint, I'm sorry.

Why'd you do it, Martha?

I thought I could get
to Fort Paxton, and...

and they'd rescue Wade.

I didn't understand, Flint,
believe me, I didn't.

Not till I saw you
kill that Sioux.

Do you understand?

Forget it.

What are they saying?

Black Panther wants you
for his squaw.

No. No!

Hold on.

Curly.

Curly.

I'm Wade Forrest.

I'm McCullough.

Major Barham sent me to try
to get you out of here.

Oh? Why'd he send a civilian?

He thought I had a better
chance of getting through.

Oh.

McCullough, huh?

Hey, you Flint McCullough?

That's right.

Yeah, Martha told me about you.

You're the renegade white man,

the friend of the Sioux
that killed my men,

that put torches to my feet.

Look, Captain, I can just barely
stomach that talk out of a woman.

I guess you got to...

forgive her, though,
since her father's dead.

Major Barham killed?

The fort was attacked.
It was a massacre.

Martha.

She's alive.

Get hold of yourself, Forrest.

She's here.

Black Panther's getting ready
to make her his squaw.

Uhh!

Anyway, when we found
that you'd been taken alive,

I headed back to the fort and
Curly headed for the village.

He was gonna talk to White
Cloud and try and get you out,

at least, that's what he said.

And instead he
watched them torch me.

Yeah, I guess Martha was right.

Hmm?

When the cub grows up...

You sure this, this
Curly Horse is reverted?

That's the way it looks.

Well, Curly,
what are your plans?

What did he say?

He said his uncle,
Chief White Cloud,

has given him the honor
of torturing his old friend.

Wade!

Martha!

Aah!

Listen well, Flint.

Torture to begin at daybreak

on hot coals that are left.

But now when they light fire
and flames rise high,

lie flat,

press face to earth
so that you not smothered.

If you still alive,
make way across embers.

When moon set,

meet me at south end of camp
where horses are tied.

Is there a chance for Martha?

If I have luck,
I bring Martha there.

I take boots now.

They not thing you try
to cross embers barefoot.

There, that'll have to do.

Think you can get on your feet?

Nah. You'll have
a better chance alone.

Don't be a fool, Forrest.

Wade.

Wade.

Martha.

Oh, Wade.

Your poor feet.

I'm all right.

But you, Martha...

What have they...

What about you?

I'm all right.

You were... you were
wrong about Flint.

I know that now.

And about Curly, too.

It's a fleet horse.
We can ride together.

I stay with my people.

Well, what if they find out
you helped us escape?

I think of that. I say
that you hit guard at fire pit.

I wake in night, hear noise,
follow you here,

but you knock me out,
steal horse.

You think White Cloud
will believe that?

I learn to lie straight-faced,
like white man.

I've learned a lot from you.

Come along, Curly, you
don't belong here with these...

Savages? I didn't say that.

I guess all men are savages
when they fight for survival.

I not belong with white man.

I Sioux. White man
not let me forget that.

Not many like you, Flint.

Not many like you.

Good luck, Curly.

You forget something.

What?

Good luck, Curly.

Flint.

Well...

go ahead, Flint.

You can take her away from
me if you want to, I know that.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I'll ride ahead.

What is it, Martha?

We may not have another
chance to talk alone, Flint.

We shouldn't talk now.

You should have seen Wade's
face when you called me.

I know, and that's part of it.

Maybe it would be better
if he were unhappy now that...

Martha...

You're all mixed up. These...

These last few days have been...

I think you just feel grateful.

I am, Flint.

That's not enough.

I mean, look at it this way...

You've lost your father
and your home.

What you want
in a man is security.

A man that comes home
to you every night.

You don't want to get
mixed up with a rover like me.

It's not easy to say, but...
Wade's the man for you.

Flint.

Well, there she is,

all tucked in for the night.

What are your plans, Wade?

Well, we'll ride with you
as far as Fort Paxton.

You, uh, think you can fix
it so we can join the train?

Yeah, I'll use my influence
with Major Adams.

Well, what in tarnation
took you so long?

It's a long... story.

Looks to me like you
might have had to leave

someplace in a hurry, huh?

Yup.

What happened?

Girl's father take
after you with a shotgun?

Set a fire under you?

Yeah. Something like that.

Here, have some coffee.

Thank you.

Now...

let's just start
from the beginning.

Well, once upon a time...

Oh, shut up!

Wagon ho!

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