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You boys have any luck?

I'm afraid a needle in a haystack ring a bell?

Try down there by Buck Creek They might have got that far

10-4

I want those bastards found

They killed one of the guards. They cut his throat

Jesus!

What do you figure they'll do?

Keep running Make for the border

Buy a little condo on a lake somewhere and live happily ever after

There's only one thing standing in their way

4000 sq miles of the roughest country God ever put on a map

Not a road, not a town

Hell there are places out there that haven't even seen a foot print

Sheriff?

Who are those guys?

Find Gates

Lewis Gates? But I thought that...

Just find him

Yes sir

Rise and shine Lewis

What are you looking at?

You were supposed to stop me after 3 remember?

Hope you remember where we parked cause I sure don't

Lewis

I didn't do it, and however said I did, is a liar!

A busload of escaped prisoners went off the highway near Logan Pass last night

Three escaped

They headed straight into the Oxbow

I don't do that kind of work anymore

Lewis wait!

The FBI showed up. Lewis, they need one brought out alive

Deegan himself sent me to find you

Tell Deegan he can kiss my ass

You're gonna have to do that yourself

Briggs

Just talk to him Otherwise he'll chew my butt

Lewis please

Deegan I'm telling you what I told your Deputy. Not interested

Now you listen good. I need you on this one.

Drunk or sober you're still the best tracker in the state

You always were a charmer

Briggs, is that mangy dog of his there?

He could use a bath sir

Well I just got a complaint he's been chasing deer again

Now I want you to take Mr. Gates down to the county lockup

15 day for wildlife harassment and failure to obey the leash law

Leash law!

You shouldn't provoke him Lewis

Hell, I shouldn't do a lot of things I end up doing

You going in after those convict fellars?

Yeah, it appears I am

My cousin walked into them mountains 20 years ago

Never come out

Any message in case I come across him?

Tell him I run off with his wife

Come on Zip!

Where'd they go in?

Bottom of the ravine

The dogs lost their trail at the north fork

Armed?

More than likely

A 12 gauge pump and 357 still unaccounted for

That'll be $4000 cash per man plus expenses

You'll get what you're always paid and not a dime more

Come on Zip, I guess we're going to jail

Gates

I don't give a shit about the other 2 Sears comes out alive

If there's one scratch on him you don't even get horse feed

I'll treat him with kid gloves

What you waiting for?

Go on, get to work

Good boy Zip

It looks like we weren't the only ones who got thirsty

Four legs or two? Come on check it out

Goddamit, Zip!

I almost let the air out of you Come on, make some noise next time will ya

Hey, it's my hat you know

Howdy boys

Ah relax

They ain't going anywhere

We'll go up and grab them at first light

Besides I'm beat

Tomorrow we cash in Zippy

Maybe we'll finally get that log cabin built

You think you can handle a real roof over your head?

Course this ain't such a bad roof either

What is it!

Somebody's out there

And the kid?

Leave him

He won't be back

Hell no, Not with a gut full of buckshot

What the hell was that?

Hey! I'm gettin outta here!

Goddamit!

Who are you?

I was beginning to wonder about you

Sears give you any trouble?

No trouble at all

You know we never talked about what happened

We should of

There's nothing to talk about

My daughter is dead

Now, where's my man?

If you want the rest of him

You ride in and find him yourself

What the hell is this?

It's all that's left of your runners

They're died

All of them?

What the hell happened?

I don't know

What do you mean you don't know Goddamit, don't play games

I don't know

I was moving in

Everything was fine. Then I heard gunshots

When I got to where they should have been

All I found was that shirt

And enough blood on the ground to paint this office

No bodies, nothing

You expect me to believe this cock and bull story?

I don't give a damn what you believe

All I know is I wasted 4 days and I'm out 12 grand

Where you going?

I need a drink

I'm not finished with you

I want some answers

That makes two of us

Convicts elude capture in Oxbow

Historian in Native American Studies awarded grant

Archaeological dig to continue near Judith Gap

I look Professor Sloan

Over there

Where is Professor Sloan?

Over that way

Excuse me, I'm looking for Professor Sloan

Excuse me

Where the hell is Professor Sloan? Please don't ask me to go over there

I have already been over there, and over there, and over there

Who wants to know?

Give me a break lady

It took me 3 and a half hours to drive up here to meet this guy

I'm about ready to sick my dog on somebody

You call that a dog?

Will somebody just point out the old fart

L.D. Lillian Diane

You're not the first person to make that mistake Mr...?

Gates, Lewis Gates

Gates... All right, take this to Sandy and have her clean it up by tonight, ok. Good work

So Mister Gates, what can this ol fart do for you?

You don't really look like a professor

- So where did you find this - In the Oxbow

The Oxbow. Wasn't that just in the news? Something about convicts.

Yeah, I was the guy they hired to find them

Bounty hunter?

Please, Civil Service. It's sounds a little less...

Barbaric?

I tracked them for 4 days. The trail ended in a meadow 20 miles in

Somebody got to those men before I did. There was blood everywhere, and that

Quite a story

Do you know what this is?

I call it a wild guess...

An arrow?

Cheyenne arrow. Dog soldier to be exact

Dog soldier?

Within the Cheyenne tribes, there used to be a military society made up of the strongest and bravest men

They were fierce fighters, unyielding

They called themselves, Hotametaneo'o... Dogmen

The cavalry called them Dog Soldiers, they were suicide soldiers

They often acted as rear guards A sort of sacrificial decoy

So the rest of the tribe could escape

You see?

What does it mean?

Nothing

Except maybe another one of your Civil Servant speech to those men

So what about this?

An authentic reproduction. About $15 in any tourist shop

I saw something in that meadow

What, exactly?

I do not know. It was just later I found horse tracks.

And what's unusual about that?

They weren't shod

I checked with the Forest Service and nobodies running stock up in that country

And nobody rides unshod horses except

Indians. That's what you're implying isn't it?

You don't seriously believe Cheyenne Dog Soldiers are running around loose in the Oxbow?

Do you?

No of course not. Just...

I'm not a nut case, ok

I'm sorry I can't help you, but

Drop that bone

Get back here

Is that your dog?

Give it back to him Zip

The group from the Institute are here Doctor

I'll be right there

Mr. Gates... It's been... entertaining

Drive carefully

Somebody killed those men Doctor

Wasn't me, and it wasn't another bounty hunter

Zip! Sorry.

Are you always this persistent?

I got half way home before turning back

Call it gut instinct

And what is this gut instinct of yours telling you?

You're not telling me everything

You want something to drink?

Thought you'd never ask!

Well, I'm not hiding anything

You wouldn't eventually uncover

Give me that. Let go!

So I'm willing to satisfy your curiosity

If you promise not to bother me again

Yep

Mineral water. It's good for you

Here we are

By late1864, Many tribes

were raiding settlements, stealing horses. Making a general nuisance of themselves

But one of the few Cheyenne chiefs

Really trying to make peace Was Black Kettle

He and his people were instructed to make camp at Sand Creek, near Ft. Lyon

They'd been promised protection. So that night they had a feast with dancing and games

To celebrate peace

The following dawn, November 29th was freezing

A group of Colorado volunteers known as the Bloodless Third surrounded the camp

They were instructed to take off their coats

Strange, huh?

Black Kettle immediately raised the American flag and the white flag of peace

People rushing around in great panic and fear and he kept calling out

Not to be frightened, they'd been promised protection, there was no danger

Suddenly, the troops attacked!

Now, two thirds of these Indians were women and children

It was total chaos. It was a massacre

Blood froze instantly on the bodies

Then looting began

Scalps were taken. Fingers, ears, noses cut off

Babies were cut out of the wombs. Women had their uteruses cut off

and the soldiers were them on their hats

As a matter of fact, when they put their clean coats back on,

they paraded through Denver with body parts decorating their uniforms and horses

Among the few that escaped Sand Creek were 20 men, women and children led by

Lone Wolf, leader of the Dog Men

The soldiers chased them northward, through 2 states

Right up into the mountains of northwestern Montana

The blizzard force them to turn back and they left the Indians for dead

Here, Lone Wolf

There

Now you know every thing there is to know

It's late. I'm tired. Good night

Wait a minute. Don't you see? It all adds up

What?

Just suppose...

What if by a fluke, or a miracle

What if Lone Wolf and those Cheyenne did survive?

Isn't it possible their descendents could of remained hidden in the Oxbow?

They didn't survive

How do you know?

They were starving in a hostile environment, winter, only the clothes on their back. They didn't survive.

You sure of that?

If there were Indians in the Oxbow don't you think someone would have seen them by now?

Not necessarily

You are a nut case

Look at the wolf

Now we know wolves exist in the Oxbow, ok?

I've found their tracks. I've heard their howls. I've even found the spot where one watched my camp for half a day

- But I've never seen one - It's not the same

It is the same

It's not the same

Look, Elvis is dead

The government is hiding UFO's and there are no Cheyenne Dog Soldiers living in the Oxbow

Why are you being so goddamed pigheaded?

Because I'm goddamed good at it

I know you saw something out there you can't explain. I do believe that

But I can't invest all this time and energy into your fantasy, I rely on facts

Now, we're both tired. I'm going to bed.

You're welcome to the couch

I should warn you, I tend to walk around naked in the morning

Oxbow Quadrangle

These files contain copies of every issue we ever published

93 years worth

There you are son

Happy hunting

Lost hunter

Friday, March 16, 1935

Search Suspended

Oxbow Claims 6 Lives

Wild Boy Captured

'A half-starved"...

"Nicknamed Jacko"

"Didn't speak a word of English"

Retirement home

How you doing today Mr. Hollis?

When will they put some goddam fish in this river?

I talked to the game warden and he assures me this river is full of fish

Well he's a liar. Why when I was a kid we'd come down here...

Mr. Hollis, this is Mr. Gates

He's going to visit with you for a while

Full of fish, my ass

Who the hell are you?

Wonder that myself sometimes

Hand me one of them night crawlers, will ya?

So I understand you used to work for the railroad

Not just any railroad son

The Great Northern Pacific. 53 years

Mr. Hollis, tell me about Jacko

Well I'll be damned!

- You remember that? - Remember

I caught the little runt!

What happened?

Been a hell of a lot of years since I thought of that

35 I think it was

Me and old Ed Vallee, we was heading up to Kootenay

Spur line needed some work

Sometime past noon, We spotted something run across the track

First I thought it was a deer

Then I seen it was a boy

Well Ed stopped the train We lit out after him

There he is!

We chased him a ways

and finally cornered him down along the river

Soon as we got close, we seen he was an Indian. He didn't speak English

- Just sort of grunted - What did you do with him?

Well, me and Ed didn't know what to do with him

He was cold and tired and so I wrapped him in my shirt

We brung him down to Sheriff Case, He stuck him in a cell

cause he didn't have no other place to put him

We nicknamed him Jacko

Cause his face kinda looked wide eyed and scared

Like a jack-o-lantern

Next morning,

he was gone

We figured he squeezed out through the bars during the night

Well, that was the end of it. Nobody ever seen him again

Course the Sheriff contacted some of the local Reservations,

but nothing ever come of it

Seems like nobody knew who the boy was ner where he come from

Where do you think he came from?

Hell, I don't know

But you tell me,

what's a Indian boy who don't speak a word of English doing way out in the middle of nowhere?

60 miles from the nearest town?

This photo was taken just after these Cheyenne girls arrived

At the Indian School in Carlisle Pennsylvania

The same a girls, 14 months later

Their hair was cut, they were give Christian names

and forbidden to speak in their native tongue

So began the Government's policy in dealing with

the plains tribe

The policy of...

The policy of assimilation

Religious and cultural

We need to talk

Look at this

17 people disappeared

In the Oxbow since 1898. 17 people, doesn't that seem a little odd?

Do you always where that hat?

There's more

In 1935

A young Indian boy was found on the edge of the Oxbow

Didn't speak a word of English

I talked to the man who caught him

An Indian boy who doesn't speak English and vanishes without a trace

Explain that one

You rely in facts, isn't that what you told me?

Well these are the facts

What do you want from me?

I'm going back in

If my hunch is right I don't want to end up on that list

I need someone along who speaks Cheyenne. One of your students?

No... oh no

All I'm asking for is a few days. We ride, we take a look around. We ride back out. Three days

If they're out there I have to know

and goddamit, so do you

Morning

Folks, I'm in a bit of a rush so, come on... come on!

I got a bad feeling about this

Oh relax, he seems capable enough

I don't trust him

Let's mount up, we got a long ride ahead of us

Good luck Doctor

Excuse me! What the hell are you doing?

I checking the stirrup

Oh no,no way! Hey kid get back down here

Don't listen to him John. I'll see you in three days

You go on now

Like you said, if they're in there, I have to know

This ain't going to be a picnic lady

I've seen this country reduce grown men to tears

Ain't no place for a woman

You really are a cowboy, aren't you?

What is it you fellas say?

"We're burning day light"

POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS

Maybe we should rest

If you're tired

Smells, ah...

Interesting. What is it?

Lewis Gates wilderness stew

Ah ha, and what's in Lewis Gates wilderness stew

Anything that ain't nailed down

You know when I was a kid

I hated the idea of camping out

I mean, anything that�s crawls or bugs scared me to death

So what do I do?

I choose a career that keeps me outdoors 80% of the time

You know, funny how things turn out

Now I find being in the wilderness so invigorating, life affirming, really

Jesus... Wonder Woman

I've got some aspirin

I don't need any aspirin, thank you

Boy aren't we in a great mood

Hey look, just because I let you ride along doesn't mean I have to like it

Now stop treating me like a child

I didn't realize I was

Thank you

"A.G.?"

Abraham Gates, My grand-father

You really hang on to things

Some things

- Well? - Not bad

If you don't mind the taste

Alright, I heard that

Now on you cook your own supper. How's that?

Is he always like this?

Good night Gates

Good night Doc

You're ain't going to walk around naked in the morning are you?

I'll try to restrain myself

Oh, this was ah, where I found the arrow and the tracks

I guided elk hunters in this far

but never went beyond that ridge

and that's the direction where the tracks were headed

Wonder how long this weather will keep up?

80% chance of rain though tonight. Clearing by tomorrow

Really?

An old Indian trick?

KQRP all news radio?

Careful of this damn shale

Watch your footing, and I mean it. If your horse goes down

you don't go with him

Thanks for the tip

Don't even move

I told you to watch your step!

You're not in a classroom

Out here one little mistake will get you killed

Feel free to take charge Mr. Gates

Can you see that rope?

Yeah

Well let go and grab it with both hands

What about you?

Don't worry about me Just do it!

- Ready? - Yeah!

On three!

One... Two... Three!

Zip... Zipp!

Lead the horse!

Good boy!

That's it, good boy!

Now pull her up

Keep her up

You ok?

Yeah!

It's just a little disconcerting to realize

the smartest member of our expedition is the dog

Saddle up. We still got 2 hours of day light yet

Zip, you want a taste?

here let me get ya

Is that good?

You want more?

You are really in your element out here, aren't you?

I like the solitude

Lately it seems like the only time I'm at ease is when I

when I got a 100 miles between me and the rest of humanity

Sounds like you were born a century too late

That's what my wife used to say

Used to?

She died a couple years ago

I'm sorry

Was she ill?

We were riding in the back country... making a river crossing

Horse spooked and bucked her. I went in after her

Current was too strong

One second she was there and...

Her dad still blames me to this day

What more could you have done?

Drown

What about you. Ever been married?

Only to my work

Don't get me wrong, they've been plenty of men

Some worked out, some didn't

Just always had to be on my terms

Lady, if I was born a century to late,

You were definitely born a century too early

Russell and his wife came across it berry picking

Mrs. Burtney said Lewis was at the Chronicle the other day

He spent three hours going through old copies of the newspaper

What the hell are you up to, Gates?

Oh ah, want a drink?

Love one

Whiskey. It's good for you

I'm curious about one thing

Why Indians?

Oh, because I admire them

and because we owe them a tremendous debt

How's that?

They gave us romance, myths, legends

They gave us a history

The Indians shaped the character of our entire nation

We picked a hell of a way to say thank you didn't we?

Well what happened was inevitable

The way it happened

It was unconscionable

There be any whiskey left?

My head feels like a punching bag thanks to you

I got some aspirin

Oh great, something chewed a hole in my sleeping bag

Tracks?

What?

On the ground. How many toes?

Four

Ah, it's probably some little chipmunk

Chipmunks, muskrats, squirrels

They all 4 toes in front, 5 in the back, all the others got 5 and 5

Now weasels tho, now they're a different story

They tend to walk on the balls of their feet

The balls of their feet

Look, we've been riding for a week

I agreed to 3 days, I think we should head back

It was romantic idea, Indians in the Oxbow

I admit, I got caught up myself

But...

We have better things to do then go traipsing around these mountains looking for ghosts

If anyone in my department knew what I was doing out here they'd have me committed

I don't know why I let you talk me into this

I have classes to teach

I have a life

As soon as we're packed up we're heading back

Understand?

Gates, have you heard a word I've said?

You want to go back?

Yes! I'm a anthropologist, not Daniel Boone

Have you seen my canteen?

Where is the canteen?

I hate camping

Gates? What is the matter with you?

Here's you damn canteen

Speaking Cheyenne

My God!

Very slowly

Toss down your pistol

Do it!

- Don't move! - Does breathing count?

Look at them

Indian speaking in native tongue

- What are they saying? - I'm... not sure

Speaking Cheyenne

What are you telling him?

I told him we come in a good way. In peace

I also told him you were a great warrior

Who wasn't afraid to fight them all single handedly

You got to be kidding

The Cheyenne admire bravery

Let's just hope they don't put you to the test

If they do, I'm coming after you first

- Zip - Just don't move

No, no,no they'll kill you!

You were right. They're Cheyenne Dog soldiers

In my life

I never would have believed

And yet here we are

A step back into history

My God, I feel privileged

Sorry, guess I'm not so tough after all

Like hell you're not!

She can't walk any further

She needs a horse

A horse!

She's weak, she has to ride!

Lewis I'll be fine

Listen asshole, either she rides

or you're gonna kill both of us right now

You may not understand my words but you get my meaning, don't ya?

What's it gonna be?

Let me take him

Please, you're exhausted, come on

Speaks Cheyenne

Whatever you said I hope it was friendly

Unbelievable!

Yeah, unbelievable

It's no use

The Indian predate the boy scout. The knots are solid

What are they going to do with us?

I don't know

You the expert, remember?

Well they could kill us

But traditionally many Cheyenne prisoners were just absorbed into the tribe

Absorbed?

Yeah, they treated their prisoners so well

they often refused to go home even if they had the chance

Their hospitality overwhelms me

Well you can't blame them really, they're afraid of us

He name is Zip

Lillian how do you say thank you?

Nia'ish

Nia'ish

- He says to follow him - I'm not leaving my dog

You don't have a choice

What?

This is Spotted Elk

The last surviving son of Lone Wolf

He wants to know if we've come to return him to the house of iron bars

Seems when he was a small boy he was captured by some white men and put in a cage

Jacko

Did you get a line on Mr. personality here?

His name is Yellow Wolf

He's leader of the dog soldiers, next in line to be Chief

I guess it take a real man to shoot a dog

You should be happy they didn't eat him

Oh didn't I tell you, it's the other reason they're called dog soldiers

This is where we stay

They tell of many of Cheyenne killed

From his father's flight from the white soldiers

There was a great storm

The Indians were lost and starving

A wolf appeared and lead them to this valley

The wolf spoke

Telling them to remain here

Hidden from the white man for ever

They survived

This was during the moon when the deer shed their horns

128 winters ago

What's going on over there?

I don't know

They were hunting when his son got separated

They were shot by 3 white men

Yellow Wolf and the dogmen killed them

He's burning up

The infection must be spreading

Lillian, tell me what he needs?

Why don't you try and convince them and I'll ride

He says the decisions not his

It's good you offer, but his people survived all this time without the white man's help

To ask for it now might make something bad happen

Penicillin As much as you can get

Isn't that hard to come by without a prescription?

Use your imagination

Right

Tell him I need my pistol

Now my knife

The knife

Oh, one more thing

- What the hell are you doing? - That's for Zip

That was stupid

I'm sorry Lillian

But before I do somebody a favor, the score has to be even

That's just the way I am

He'll ride with you part of the way

Be careful

If you don't come back, I'll be killed

It's just the way he is

Easy girl, easy

You did good girl

With you in a minute

I said I'd be...

That's the problem with this country.

Nobody works anymore

Silent Alarm to Canmore Drugs

Don't do it buddy

I've got grandchildren

Relax will ya. Penicillin, you got that?

Bag it up. Go on!

Briggs.

Don't try anything. I already called for backup

Why'd you go and do that?

Now you just stay right where you are

Put that away before you hurt somebody

No more games Lewis

I taking you in

Stop that man, he just robbed me

Rule number one Briggs, never take your eyes off the suspect

Pull over

You pull over

Get out of the way

What the hell are you doing Lewis?

Sheriff, look at this

Convicts elude capture in Oxbow

The Oxbow Quadrangle

You think he's going to make it?

It's too soon to know

Lewis Gates wilderness stew... good!

And it's good for you too. Here, try that.

Here, you try it then

You don't know what you're missing

It's very nice, but really I couldn't

This is their way of showing thanks. To refuse their gifts would be insulting

Nia'ish... very beautiful

Lillian, what I'm I going to do with all this stuff?

Well, what all rich eligible bachelors do

Find a wife and settle down

Very funny

Are you shocked?

You known about this?

For a while

Spotted Elk brought me here

He was curious about some of the things

When game is scarce they're forced to hunt outside the valley

That's when they run into white men

They hide from most, but those that venture to close

End up here

Wouldn't you kill to protect your family and way of life?

Oh he wants to know about the silver bird with the long white tail

I just told him man walked on the moon

He just called me a wonderful liar

He wants to know about other Cheyenne. How they're living

What are you going to tell him?

The truth

You hear that?

I have waited all my life to hear that

You know something Lillian

We can't let anything happen to these people

No one must ever find out

No one

Who?

My father-in-law

I covered my back trail How did they find it?

How much time do we have?

They're 3 mile from the waterfall. Half a day maybe less

Spotted Elk wants to leave the valley and travel deeper into the mountains

Yellow Wolf says there is no time, they should stay and fight

Jesus, they'll get slaughtered

The Cheyennes or the troopers?

What if we created a diversion?

Maybe it would buy them some more time

From this time on do not mistreat the Cheyenne

Think of us in a good way

All of us are your relations

You exchange gifts at a ceremony

Lillian, they've already got everything I own

From this time on we are one of the like hearted people

You are Cheyenne. Go in a good way

I was just thinking how much I was going to miss your... wilderness stew

Knock it off Lillian. Saddle up

I'm afraid this is another journey you�re going to have to make on your own

I asked Spotted Elk if I can stay with them

Get on your horse Lillian

No, my works just begun

I want a living record set down

A memorial to the last of their kind

Have you lost your mind?

I spent half my life teaching others

Now out here with these people, I'm the student. I'm... living it

I belong with them

I'm staying

Why don't you admit the real reason you're upset

You'll miss me

Let's go Zip

Looks like it's just the two of us

Not you too

I don't believe this

I guess I always knew a woman would come between us

You're better off here anyways

I gotta feeling I'm headed for trouble

Take care of her

He likes to sleep with it

Nia'ish

Nia'ish yourself

This oughta help

That looks ancient. Is it still good?

Dynamite? It's like wine

It only get better with age

Easy... easy!

See this

Over time it sweats

Nitro, big boom!

This is goodbye

Will you promise me something

No matter how bad it gets, no matter what happens

Don't let them eat my dog

I promise

You really walk around naked in the morning?

Do weasels really walk around on the balls of their feet?

What would you say to a goodbye kiss?

I'd say it's about time

What the hell was that? You call that a kiss?

Better

I'm a good student

That too tight?

Sorry about the cheap shot back in town. Nothing personal

There's a cave half way up

It goes all the way through the waterfall

All right men mount up

You're making a mistake

You do this you're going to get these men killed

All right men, let's move out

Drop it! I'll kill you where you stand

Drop that damn gun

Do it now!

Put it down Gates

He's hurt bad

What do we do now Deputy?

We're going back. Come here give me a hand. I need some help here

They tell me you saved my life

You did for me what you couldn't do for my daughter

I wish to God it was the other way

I'm tired of hating you Lewis

When you're ready I think maybe it's time we had that talk

Nobody around here, including me

Wants to see you put away for stealing some penicillin for Christ's sake

So we're dropping the charges

But there is something I have to know

In that tunnel, just before the explosion

I thought that I saw...

What's out there?

- What do you think is out there? - OK.

Fine.

Whatever you're protecting?

I hope it's worth is.

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