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It's a beauty.

How does it just soar like that?

Silly. Caught a wind current.

It's riding it.

But how does he catch it?

He just splats his wings so he feels it take him.

I wish I could fly.

Next thing we know, you'll be gathering up twigs to build a nest.

People have been dreaming of flying since time began.

Well, it looks so easy.

I'm going to build some wings and try it.

Brian, I don't think that's a very good idea.

Then what happened the last time you tried to fly?

I was younger then. I didn't know any better.

And I didn't have wings.

Icarus had wings. Remember, we read about him in school.

Icarus flew too close to the sun and died.

But he did fly.

That's a myth, Brian.

Maybe if I built some kind of wing, we're big enough.

Maybe built some kind of machine.

Sully, will you help me?

Huh? Build some wings?

I suppose.

Brian, maybe you ought to build a model first.

That way you can tell if it's going to work before you try writing it.

Sully, there's a book in the library that has a picture of a fly machine in

Will you look at it with me?

Sure.

I'll go get it.

Brian?

You think it's wise to encourage him with this?

He could be hurt.

It ain't going to happen.

Why not?

You can't build a machine that flies.

Try for a while, you fed up and quit.

Then why start in the first place?

So he'll give up.

What's going on over there?

Indians.

Sally, this is the man we've been looking for. All right, hold it up right

there.

What are you doing?

Taking these Indians up to their new reservation up there near Palmer Creek.

You can't put Pawnee and you together. They're enemies.

Then we better tie them up.

Robert Hemmings, get some rope to tie their hands.

That won't be necessary.

You just said they'll fight.

I said they shouldn't be living on the same reservation.

These are direct orders from Superintendent Hazen. He said to round

strays.

Where's Hazen now?

He's camped with the army down at Wrightwood.

He said to drive all the strays of every tribe up to Palmer Creek.

And then you're in charge.

I'm in charge.

You're the Indian agent.

Not for long.

This one's called an ornithopter.

It flew 20 yards before... Before what?

It went down in a cornfield.

But nobody got hurt.

But I want to build one with longer, thinner wings.

The book says there'll be less wind resistance.

What do you think, Polly?

The wings look all right.

You got no tail.

Well, I haven't drawn that yet.

You gonna put feathers on it?

No. All birds have feathers.

But the feathers aren't what makes them fly.

What does make them fly?

Lots of things.

How long the wings are, the shape.

I'm about finished here.

All I have to do is deliver this to Hazel at Wrightwood.

Dolly, I wish you'd wait and think about this.

I thought about it.

Well, Sheeta, you've been so worried about me and cloud dancing, you haven't

time to sort things out for yourself.

I know what I've got to do.

About resigning?

You see what's happening.

They're throwing Indians in a camp with other Indians who they don't even know

or understand.

If they want to go someplace, they've got to ask for a path.

And I'm supposed to stand guard, keep order, and make sure that they don't

wander. And make sure that they receive what the government promised them.

Schools, farm tools, the clinic.

You know that ain't going to happen.

Sully, you're their only ally.

If you resign, someone with no sympathy at all will be put in charge.

You can help a great deal by just being there.

If you can make life easier for one Indian, one child, it's worth it.

You know where this is going to end.

Those camps are just a hold in action.

Government ain't going to stop until every Indian has gone from this country.

And I can't be a part of it. I can't just stand and watch it.

So you're going to turn away?

What do you want me to do?

I'll see you all in the morning.

Good night, Sully.

Bye, Sully.

Well,

that's interesting.

What's that?

The government's selling off the land that belonged to the Cheyennes. They

me to put a notice in the paper.

Let me see that.

Dorothy, how much money can you get your hands on?

I don't know.

Do you realize what a boom this is?

Why, that land is going to jump in value when the train starts bringing new

settlers to town.

We got a chance to make a big profit.

I don't believe in speculating. Oh, it ain't speculating.

These prices, it's a sure deal.

The trick is to stake out the best plots for farming or ranching.

You can go after that land if you want.

I ain't interested.

When's this coming out?

Tomorrow.

You couldn't hold it a few days?

Lauren, I can't do that.

Just give me one day's head start.

Otherwise, the whole countryside is going to be swarming with buyers.

I don't like asking you.

And I won't ask again.

But... I need this, Dorothy.

It's like a nest egg.

You know, in case I get sick or have to retire.

I helped you get started with that paper.

Can't you just help me with this?

One day, that's all.

Thank you.

I'll get going right now.

You can't go riding off in the night.

Oh, I got you.

Grabbed up some cold meat.

Did you watch Wolf when you were long gone?

The car's not healed enough to make the spill.

Yes, it was.

You will be careful, please.

I'm always careful.

I'll miss you.

That's a little tall there.

That might make a good body.

It could fit the wings on here.

What are you going to make them out of?

Something light.

Maybe brown wrapping paper? There you are. I've been looking everywhere for

You got any wrapping paper at the clinic?

Possibly. I'll go see.

This isn't actually going to fly, is it? Oh, my.

It'd be amazing if it did.

Well, I'd rather if you didn't help Brian too much.

Why not?

You see the sparkle in his eye?

I know you're worried.

Worried?

When he jumped off that tree and hit his head, he almost died.

It's a miracle he survived.

It won't happen this time.

We're going to be watching him.

I'm not going to let him do anything foolish, I promise.

All right?

Riding out to the army camp. What for?

I'm resigning as Indian agent.

Finally got some sense in you, huh?

What happened to you?

Oh, I was heading back to town.

Probably going too fast.

But I wanted to get my bid in on that land.

What land?

Oh, well, with the railroad coming to town, folks are busy running around,

buying and selling, you know.

What are you buying?

I ain't sure.

In an awful hurry.

It's Cheyenne land.

Government's selling off parcels of 50 cents an acre.

You mean the land they seized after Washita?

You can't buy that land.

It's for sale.

Stolen. Oh, no, it wasn't the way I heard it. The Cheyenne never owned that

land. They were promised it by treaty.

Well, the government's got title to it now.

Got it with blood, Lorne. Oh, look, I didn't have anything to do with that.

I didn't want him dead, but somebody's going to buy that land and make a

You want to make a profit off the massacre? Oh, don't talk crazy.

Here, lift that for me, would you?

I'm sorry.

You take that land.

There'll be blood on your hands.

Then I won't have nothing to do with you. Well, that suits me fine.

Thought you'd get some sense into you. I can see that was too much to hope for.

You're on their side even when they're dead.

That wheel ain't going to...

We got to get help right away.

Leave it here.

Ride back to town. Bring Dr. Mike.

I can't leave you here with all this blood. There's bears and wolves.

I don't think I can move.

I've got to make something to carry on.

Take you over to the army camp.

Army camp?

Yeah, it's closer than town. There's a surgeon there.

No, no, I've got to file my claim. I'll lose that land.

We don't get help fast.

You're going to lose that leg.

It's a nasty break, Lorne.

Give me that whiskey.

We really ought to sew you up so you don't lose any more blood. You ain't

me up.

If you don't, it could get infected and get gangrene.

I could use horsetail to sew it up.

Horsetail? Works good.

Not in your life.

I want to be sewed up by a doctor, proper.

All right.

I'm just going to have to hope for the best.

Most important, I've got to keep it real still.

How am I going to keep her still riding on that thing?

Would you rather ride the horse?

Come on, I've got to get you in the trapezoid.

Are you sure this thing's going to hold?

I am. I've been using them for generations.

How's Brian coming along with his line machine?

Almost got him out a bit.

It's pretty good.

I wish there was a way to stop this.

Why? All boys like to build things.

It's far too dangerous.

There's danger everywhere. Heck, you can get run over by a wagon just crossing

the street.

Of course, but there's no need to expose yourself to unnecessary risk. I know

how you feel. You want to protect your children.

Yeah, but you can't keep them locked up inside, afraid of doing things.

When you came out here by yourself, that was dangerous.

I didn't see it that way.

Could have been attacked by engines?

Had a runaway stagecoach?

Bet your ma was worried.

You're always taking risks.

You ran out in front of a herd of charging horses.

You raced Flash in the Colorado sweepstakes.

You and Sully even jumped off a cliff.

But we had no choice.

If we hadn't jumped, we would have been shot.

Brian had the choice. There were other things he could build.

Maybe Brian's going to be the first person to fly.

Maybe that's his destiny.

You want to be the mother who told him he couldn't fly?

What you stopping for?

Rest. I'm all right.

Good, but the horse needs to blow.

You're still bleeding.

What do you expect, banging along on this thing?

Hold up there.

You mean no harm.

We just headed down the road.

No, you ain't. Turn around, head back where you came from.

You can't order us around.

This here is the Indian agent for the territory.

Is that so?

I don't care who he is. They're trespassing on our land.

Cheyenne land.

Not no more.

They're putting up a homestead.

But the sale just started.

Our daddy is in town right now getting a deed.

So as far as we're concerned, it's ours. Look, this man is injured.

I need to get him to the army camp at Wrightwood. You better find another way.

We need help fast. Turn around!

Take the path along that Ridge didn't I tell you people would be swarming all

over that land Wouldn't you rather let me have it than those twine?

What's the difference?

Once about that thing goes down like a brick

You told Michaela she ought to let Brian do this.

Don't mean I can't make a little sport of it. I bet it flies.

At least for a minute.

Brian, do you have a name for your flying machine?

Moonrider.

Where's Dr. Mike?

He had to go see Will Clark.

I don't think she'll be back before sundown.

Well, the wind's picking up now, and it might be gone by sundown.

So much for Moonrider.

Should have called it Dirt Crasher.

Now, don't make too much of this. It's a toy.

It's not a toy.

That's right, Brian. It's more like a weapon. You ought to show it to the

Don't listen to him, Brian.

I won't.

Wings held on good.

Maybe I made them the wrong shape.

I made them straighter across the top.

It might balance better.

Yeah, that's what I'll do.

Would you please quit singing?

We ain't driving cattle.

Keeps my mind off the pain.

You're giving me pain.

And a headache.

All right, I won't sing.

Road's washed out.

What? I told you we should have gone back to town.

I gotta fix it.

Don't waste time. We got to turn back.

Come on. Get off. Get my leg.

Move it.

Just let me balance on you.

You ain't dragging me across that slope.

We can make it.

After this, the road flattens out.

We got a clean stretch all the way to Wrightwood.

How do you know the rocks ain't gonna slide again?

I'll test them.

It's boring.

I gotta carry a cross myself. Then we'll get to travel out.

I can't do this.

Come on.

There you go.

There you go, good lady.

Up there. I can't look.

Close your eyes.

Sonny, this is the harebrainedest, most idiotic scheme you ever tried.

Why don't you just drop me down the side of the mountain and have it done with

it?

Don't tempt me.

We made it. Thank God.

I grew you some willow bark tea.

What's that, that Indian stuff?

Helps cut the pain.

I'll stick with whiskey.

Thanks for helping me out back there.

I know it wasn't easy with your leg and all.

Sorry I didn't carry you back to town like you wanted, Lorne.

This ended up taking longer.

You had no way of knowing.

If it hadn't been for them squatters there, we'd be back by now.

Maybe I was just too bent on my own business.

Getting that letter to Hazen.

Maybe I just wasn't thinking right.

You really gonna resign?

I can't work for the government as an agent now.

What they're doing is evil.

I gotta wash my hands of it.

Well, one thing I know for sure, I wasn't meant to have that land.

I'll buy it for you.

As soon as we get you to camp, I'll ride back, put your bid in.

We'll probably make good time.

Beat everybody else.

You'd buy that Cheyenne land for me?

Don't matter now.

So, what are you going to do now?

We'll follow that ridge.

No, I mean after you resign.

I don't know. Same things, I guess.

Are there many Cheyenne left aside from cloud dancing?

Some northern Cheyenne.

They'll probably be moved to Palmer Creek.

Well, who's going to look after them?

I don't know.

Seems to me they could use a friend.

I mean, if you was to stay... I can't stay.

They want me to teach them to be farmers. They ain't farmers.

They're hunters and nomads. They gotta move every season. That's how they

survive.

Well, they could change.

Farming ain't so bad.

I don't know anything about farming.

That picked a good day.

He's gonna fly. I can feel him. I'm glad we're doing it out here. We're gonna be

watching. It's his mom.

You ready?

Yeah, you ready?

and I don't think you're ready for that.

Sure I am.

You saw it fly.

Once you put your weight in it, everything will change.

I'm going to build it bigger and heavier to hold me.

Well, let's put it in the wagon. It's time to go home.

Drink some more tea.

I suppose the Cheyenne taught you how to make this stuff, huh?

Dr. Mike got sick with the influenza.

She won't try it either.

She uses it all the time.

It works.

I guess that was pretty hard on you, huh?

What's that?

The Cheyenne.

I don't want to talk about that.

Now, you know I never liked him much, but... What do you think about Brian?

Want to build a flying machine?

Sully, you can't change what happened at Washita.

He's always wanted to fly.

Can't figure it.

The boy needs you.

So do the Indians.

There comes a time when you got to open your eyes, take a deep breath, and

just... Start over. Lorne, please.

You've got so much to look forward to.

Getting married.

Gonna have a whole new family.

Seems like every family I ever had, I lost.

When I was ten, my pa tried living in the city, and then he

just gave up.

Then my ma drowned herself.

Then I come out west.

Found Abigail.

Now Cheyenne.

Oh, Sally.

I hate to see you like this.

Thank you, too. All right.

been watching me? Just now.

You getting ready?

I got the feeling I was born to do this, Matthew.

You ever feel like that?

Not very much.

I've done a lot of things, but mostly I just fell into them.

I know I'm supposed to fly.

That may be, but don't think Dr. Mike's going to let you.

He's got to.

Seems like she made up her mind.

Gotta help me change it. I can't do that, Brian.

Why not?

Because Dr. Mike don't change her mind. Sure she does.

Not very much.

Telling me to quit?

To forget about it?

I'm not saying that.

I just... Maybe I'll wait a few years.

You know, when you're my age, you can fly all you want. Nobody can stop you. I

can't wait that long.

I don't think you have a choice.

I'm gonna go talk to her.

I wish you luck, little brother.

I mean that.

You busy?

Not too busy for you. Go sit down.

Remember how you once told me people would laugh at folks who try new things?

Yeah. Like Columbus.

People thought it was dangerous when he sailed across the ocean.

They thought he'd fall off the edge of the earth or get eaten by sea monsters.

Columbus was a grown man.

You're still young.

I... I don't want to hold you back, but it's my job to protect you from harm. I

won't get hurt.

Please, just think about it.

Young people never imagine that they're ever going to be hurt.

We almost locked you, Brian.

And that was terrible to bear.

I'll fly down onto a haystack.

I've jumped onto them lots of times before.

So has Matthew.

But there are many other things that you could try.

But I've got to do this.

When I see a bird, like that hawk...

I was wondering what it's like up there.

Just way above the ground.

Looking down at the trees.

The meadow.

Brian, I love it that you're curious, but... You'd feel so free.

Just floating there.

In the clouds.

What's it like when you fly through a cloud?

Is it like smoke?

Or is it like cotton?

You think you could sit on one?

I don't think so.

I want to find out.

More squatters up ahead.

How many?

Looks like a married couple.

Sully, that's a burial ground, isn't it?

Yep.

You've got to stop those folks.

They're going to build right on top of it.

So, you're going to build on the land as well.

But this is sacred ground.

You don't care about that.

No, but you do.

At least ways you always did.

You always cared.

You're not the Sully I know.

Like you said, Lorne, we stop them, somebody else will build here.

Stop them too?

The ones that come after that?

They're gonna keep coming and there's nothing we can do about it.

Nothing. There's always something to do.

You know that.

You just ain't got the guts anymore.

That's why you're quitting.

You're giving up.

Just like your pa.

And your ma.

You're quitting because you're a coward.

You're a fool.

I may be a fool, but I'm telling the truth.

You just don't want to hear it.

What's wrong with you?

Did you hear that?

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa!

Easy.

Easy, boy.

Easy, boy. Easy.

Easy.

Over this way.

Easy.

Is he going to come back?

He's gone after that herd.

I'll have to track him later.

Leave me here.

No, I mean, I can't walk.

Yes, you can.

Camp's just over that rise.

It's not far.

You've given up on everything anyway.

Come on.

Get up.

I need

a

big piece of wood for the bar.

Check the scrap pile?

Yeah. I used everything I could find there.

Good morning.

Is this the one you plan to fly on?

Yeah.

Well, where do you sit?

Under here.

my legs up i see and i'm gonna build wings that are shaped like a bird see

that's a very good drawing thanks but i'm afraid that's all it's gonna be for

now drawings like that it's costing way more than i thought i spent

all my savings borrowed money from matthew i say you might be able to do

odd jobs for him i'd have to do an awful lot how much do you think it would cost

you

I want to buy silk for the wings, because it's so light.

Then I need rope.

Glue.

Five dollars.

Well, it's your birthday coming up.

Why don't you consider this your present?

Ma! I was wondering what to give you.

You've solved my problem.

Thank you.

Let me get you cleaned up.

Make sure there's no fragment of bone in there.

Cut away the dead skin.

We'll give you some chloroform.

Doc, the leg, is it going to be all right?

There's some infection, but it doesn't look too serious.

Lucky your friend got you here in time.

Once we get your legs stitched up, it's a deal just fine.

I'm gonna see Hazen, and I'll borrow a horse and ride back to town.

You don't need to go rushing into town.

Why's that?

Because I ain't gonna buy that land.

Why not?

I don't feel like it, that's why.

You heard the surgeon here.

Your leg's gonna heal just fine. It ain't that.

It's just that... Well, I've been thinking about what you said.

I don't want to make a profit off all that killing.

Agent Sully!

Agent Sully!

You wanted to see me.

Sir. As you probably heard, I'm putting you in charge of Palmer Creek.

They have to draw up a plan to keep the peace up there.

No trading guidelines.

The best proposal in about one month's time.

I trust there won't be a problem.

You've stirred up everyone's interest, Brian.

The whole town has flying fever.

Thanks,

but I can't see Rogovitz at all. You'll be able to see just fine.

Please, wear it.

Don't be scared, Ma.

I'm going to climb right down to that hay.

Glad you're back.

You've gone so long.

Lauren?

What happened? Oh, I had an accident with a wagon, but I'm all right. Oh,

Lauren. We borrowed this from the army.

So you saw Hazen?

Yeah.

What's going on here?

Brian's going to fly his machine.

Come on, Lauren. You got it built already?

Oh, third one he built.

Then you're letting him fly it? Oh, there was no stopping that boy. He

quit no matter what.

Looks like he's ready.

All

right.

Here we go.

Everyone clear the path below.

He ain't gonna make it. Sure he is. You gotta have faith.

I got paid. He ain't gonna make it.

Ready to play?

Please let him land safely.

It's all right?

The wind was all right.

Ready?

One,

two, three.

But my flying machine was terrible. Oh, but at least you're safe.

I thought I'd make it through the trees and back.

All I did was go straight down. It was a wonderful effort. You did just fine,

Bri. We're proud of you.

Maybe next time you can make something practical, like a new wagon for me.

But why didn't it fly?

It will. It was your first try. Oh, Sally, folks ain't meant to fly.

Why not?

It's because they haven't found a way yet.

I think I set the wings too far forward.

Maybe that threw the balance off.

Could be. Why don't you go get your drones?

Robert E. has them.

Robert E., can I have those drones?

Yeah, they're right over here.

Good to be back.

You haven't told me.

How did Hazen respond to your letter?

Didn't.