All language subtitles for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman S03e24 Washita

Little Thunder says he is much better.

I can't find any signs of congestion at
all.

Would you ask him to breathe more
deeply?

What's that odor?

It smells like garlic.

Cloud Dancing gives it with his tea and
your medicine.

Really? Garlic for the lungs?

Mm -hmm.

He says he is strong like a bear.

Please,

thank Little Thunder for his fine
demonstration.

He says you must listen to Cloud
Dancing.

You know the fancy medicine of the
whites, but he is wise in the old ways.

I will do that. Thank you so much.

Little Thunder?

His name is No Harm Comes to Him.

When the soldiers destroyed our village
at Sand Creek, his mother covered him

with her body.

No Harm Comes to Him, a big name for
such a small boy.

My people call me No Harm.

I am not so small. I'm retired.

Well, perhaps we can find out why.

Cloud dancing.

I have practiced.

Let us hear what you have learned.

It's a very beautiful song.

Cloud dancing teaches me.

He's quite a boy. And very special to my
husband.

Morris has walked on clouds. He is
special to all our people.

You can tell us what is wrong?

I can see what is wrong, but you will
not hear it from me.

No harm.

It's the same symptoms that I've seen in
many of your people.

Dry skin, exhaustion, atrophied muscles.

Speak plain, he is starving.

He's just not getting enough of the
proper food.

Sully's at Fort Lyon trying to retrieve
government supplies. He should be back

any day.

Until then, perhaps no harm could come
home with me.

I could nurse him back, if that would be
all right with your tribe.

Would you like that?

I have a little boy at home. He's about
the same age as you. I know he'd love to

have a new friend.

Come. I'm going to get your bundle.

Cloud dancing. If anyone can bring back
those provisions, I know Sully can.

What makes you think this time will be
different?

The need to have hope.

Do you have a moment?

I tanned it and used the rope just as
you suggested.

Made it much softer.

You have done your work well.

Tully will be pleased.

I hope so.

First time I've made a wedding present
for a husband.

I found the stones I promised.

The hot claws will give him courage to
face the unknown.

You mean marriage to me?

Thank you.

You must go now.

You'll allow them here?

After everything they've done, they
killed your son.

When I killed my son, I will not judge
all by the actions of one.

But it's wrong.

They're all stealing from innocent
ranchers.

They are feeding my people.

Forgive him. My husband is ashamed.

He feels responsible.

Go to Sully.

Snowbird, surely you don't approve of
the dog soldiers' race?

I have never found killing to be a true
path to peace.

Nor has cloud dancing.

Can't find any peas outside.

It's got to be here somewhere.

All I got left in cans.

All right, I'll take five, please.

Hello, Myra. I thought Samantha's crying
had calmed down. Well, she started up

again. Maybe she started teething.

If you come by later, I'll give you
something you can put on a gum.

Thank you, Dr. Mackey.

Oh, Lauren, can I have two pounds of
beans?

Your total is going to be seven dollars.

Ah, here it is.

Palmer Homestead, east of Colorado
Springs, was attacked Thursday morning

Cheyenne war party of dark soldiers. I
knew it. The hostiles are starting up

over again.

Was anybody hurt?

It says two of his best steers were
stolen, along with half a ton of... Oh,

his barn was burned clean to the ground.

Palmer hid in his cellar throughout the
savage attack.

Thank the good Lord my women and girls
was in Denver, Palmer said. Them

bloodthirsty Indians was looking to
scalp us all.

Scalps me like they were looking for
food.

By torturing the barn?

They were just striking out in
frustration.

They wouldn't be raiding farms if the
government kept their promises to

Michaela, you're the last person that I
would expect to defend dog soldiers.

I'm not defending them. I'm merely
suggesting there's more to that story.

That paper presents a very limited point
of view.

Chief Black Kettle and most of the
Cheyenne evil... Oh, excuse me.

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching.

What a beautiful baby.

Dr. Quinn, how lovely it is to see you
again.

I see no need for false pleasantries,
Mr. Carter.

Well... Perhaps this wild territory is
in more need of civility than I even

thought.

Any chance of getting some eggs, Mr.
Bray?

I could have four dozen over to your
camp before nightfall. Well, that's

Can't be making soufflés without eggs.

Now, can we?

You just come to me if you need anything
at all, General.

Goes for me, too.

I'll do that, gentlemen.

Ma 'am.

And a good day to you, Dr. Quinn.

back to Colorado.

Well, I suppose you should ask General
Sheridan that, since it was he who

requested my return.

I thought Custer was court -martialed.
Lucky for us, they changed their

mind. That wasn't anything anyway.

He had his own men shot without seeing
so much as a trial. They was traitors,

cowards. Maybe they had good reason.

There you go again, trying to change
everything all around.

Looks like the government's finally
going to do something about them,

I'm sorry, stupid branch.

You cannot help it. You are not
Cheyenne.

Me and Cheyenne got to do it.

Being silent does everything to us.

If we laugh and the buffalo run off, we
cannot eat.

If we cry and the enemy hears, our
village could be attacked.

Cheyenne babies are taught never to cry.

A baby that never cries?

Go on.

When the blue goats killed my mother, I
made myself very small, and she hid me

under her.

And when she died, I made no sound.

I did not cry.

So I lived.

My real mom died, too.

But I cried.

A lot.

Brian, we can be Nahil.

What's Nahil?

We will hunt together, share things, and
fight for each other in battle.

Sort of like being best friends.

Yes. Here.

My flute.

My knife.

I think it looks crooked.

Do you think it looks crooked?

Fine. I want it to fit right.

Sally's going to love it just because
you made it.

He already knows you're not so good at
sewing.

I'm going to put these claws on his
shoulders and these stones go to the

Star dancing says it gives you a long
life. It can last forever.

Hey, Brian.

Everybody. Welcome back. Hi, Tommy.

No, I didn't expect to see you here.

Brian is my nahio.

We're going to watch after each other.

That's good. That's real good.

I missed you. Me too.

What you reading?

A book.

How was your trip?

You didn't get the supply?

There weren't any.

And they ain't coming either.

The army wants all the tribes moving
south to new Indian territory.

But this is their home now.

I'm afraid I have some bad news, too.

The dog soldiers raided another ranch.

And Custer's back.

You're joking. I wish I were.

You're supposed to be kicked out.

There has to be a way to stop these dog
soldiers from these attacks.

Black Hill can't even stop them. We must
try something.

I ain't going to change nothing.

Pauline, what are you hoping?

Well, the last thing we ought to be
doing is feeding them.

It's never too close to taking money for
all this.

Well, that's business.

It's good business for us to keep our
promises to our Cheyenne neighbors. If

did, perhaps all this fighting would
stop.

Warrens, all them heathens know it's
what they live for.

On more than one occasion, those
heathens have come to this town's

Tried to burn it, too.

Those were dog soldiers, and you know
it. An engine's an engine's an engine,

McKaylin. There ain't gonna be no peace
around here until all of them's dead.

Got enough money for a couple more sacks
of meal.

No harm, is he, Walt?

He's getting stronger every day. And
beating Brian at checkers. Please tell

he has missed.

We will.

And we have beans and cornmeal and dried
beef.

There are no government markets in this.

These did not come from the army.

And how long do you think you can feed
all my people?

The government's shipping supplies to
Port Cobb now.

They want you all moving south.

Come on, Dancy. I know we can find a
way.

And what way is that?

He was hunting by Bear Creek. The
soldiers shot him.

It's Custer.

The long hair is back?

Little Thunder is dead.

It is done.

Where are you going?

I will help my people in my own way now.

By joining the dog soldiers? This ain't
the way.

Listen to me. You're just playing into
their hands. You're giving the army a

reason to fight back.

If your Custer tries to kill me twice,
he will not get another chance.

Red scarves glistening in the sun were a
sight to behold.

There were 1 ,800 of us, all on
horseback.

When the Red saw us coming, their
cannons quaked the earth like it would

wide open.

So what happened?

Sosa learns quickly what he must do if
the cause is just.

Thank you, ma 'am.

You could see that the horses were
skittish under the roar.

So I turned to my musicians and ordered
them to strike up Yankee Doodle.

And then we charged.

I'll bet old Virginia regretted the day
she ever saw the seven.

Well, that she did, Mr. Bray, I can
assure you. Excuse me, General.

Are you finished already, Mrs. Jenner?
Well, I thought you'd like to look it

over before I did the printing.

It is fine work like this that is
helping to build a great America.

This? Oh, this is nothing.

I'm afraid you're wrong, madam.

It is no active chance that God has
chosen us to settle this land.

Always remember that.

Gentlemen.

Let me see that.

With compliments of Major General George
Armstrong Custer, Commander, 7th

Cavalry, United States Army, the honor
of your company and escort is requested

at a dinner.

You can tell him I declined.

Why would you do that?

Well, surely you're not going to accept?

Well, I most certainly am.

He's invited the council and all the
important people in town.

Michaela, General Truster came here to
do a job. He deserves our support.

And what job is that?

Protecting all the communities and the
railroad.

Protecting? Yesterday, his men shot a
Cheyenne in the back.

He must have been doing something.

He was an old, frail man trying to hunt.
He was no threat.

How do you know that? Did you see it
happen?

Michaela, if you're not going, you're
going to have to tell the general

yourself.

Now, maybe it's time you make up your
mind whose side you're really on.

The president, the war department, and
now General Sherman.

They won't listen. You've already tried.

I believe opinions can be changed.

Everyone at school thinks Custer is a
hero.

It just seems like you're all alone in
this.

Standing alone doesn't make the fight
less important, Colleen. You just have

try harder.

And you're not alone.

Cheyenne have been friends to all of us.
Dog soldiers aren't our friends.

No, they're not.

But I have to understand their
desperation.

Seeing their people killed, their land
stolen.

Watching the railroad needlessly
slaughter the buffalo.

Blackhead.

Pauline, Matthew, I want you to watch
the boys.

No harm.

I want you to stay inside.

I want to see my chief.

It's dangerous for Blackhead to be off
the reservation.

You'll see him soon, I promise.

He worries about Cloud Dancing.

He asks if they see him.

He says he knows Cloud

Dancing rides with dog soldiers, but he
hoped to find him here.

His sons no longer listen to him.

He doesn't know how to call Cloud Dance
in the bath.

That's about no harm.

He's fine.

He and my youngest son are not young.

Come on.

He says we are of different nations.

Of one people.

I wish it was always like this.

He says

I

live in hopes.

Hopes.

Oh.

Boy, you fell asleep on the floor.

Just leave them there.

They're warm by the fire.

You warm enough?

It is a little cold.

Good.

It's so hard to imagine cloud dancing,
riding with dark soldiers.

It'd be like seeing you carry a rifle.

Snowbird must be so worried.

Do you think he'll come back?

Not with Custer around.

I figure Sheridan brought him back
because he knows Custer's like a loaded

The question isn't if they're going to
use him. It's when.

Of course, if somebody persuasive was to
talk to him, maybe bend his mind around

a little bit.

Do you think I should go to his dinner?

You might think about it.

He's asked everybody who's got influence
over the town.

Custer's not just here to kill Indians.

He's here to make sure folks think it's
the right thing to do.

I could never sit there eating
government beefsteak, not while the

going hungry over the hill.

A choke.

You're right.

Custer never listened to me.

I'm delighted you changed your mind, Dr.
Quinn.

Actually, I was hoping you might do the
same tonight.

I'll change my mind?

I am intrigued.

Oh, Crystal is just lovely, General.

Well, thank you.

I try to maintain a little oasis of
civilization even out here in the

wilderness.

No, thank you.

Well, I see we finally have something in
common, Dr. Quinn.

You saying you don't drink?

I am, sir.

Unlike many of my fellow officers.

I believe liquor and war do not mix.

Is that what we're at, General?

War? Can't we just enjoy our dinner?
It's all right, Mrs. Jennings.

I'm quite used to sparring with olive
branches in Washington.

I can assure you, debating with a lovely
lady is far more appealing.

You haven't answered my question,
General.

The United States does not wage war on
the Indians.

But if they refuse to abide by our
treaties, they must suffer the

I haven't had turtle soup since my days
in the seminary.

They do suffer the consequences of our
treaties, General.

Your dogs eat better than the Cheyenne
people.

Please try to understand, Dr. Quinn.

The United States has every intention...
to feed Indians who want peace south of

the Arkansas River at Fort Cobb. But
Black Kettle wants peace.

They promised that he could stay north.
That treaty of Medicine Lodge makes no

such promise.

It was given to him verbally.

I was there.

Heard it.

It seems to me if a promise is made, it
shouldn't matter if it was written.

For someone who was abducted by Cheyenne
renegades, your attitude is quite

surprising. I happen to believe hurting
innocent people is wrong.

No matter who the offender.

Sorry to interrupt, sir, but the lady
doctor is needed.

What happened?

Railroad workers got attacked north of
town. They're bringing wounded in now.

Who attacked, corporal? Indian War
Party, sir.

Cheyenne. Perhaps powder and lead will
be the best food for them now.

while it was eaten.

Most of us ain't even got guns.

I know it hurts, but I'm almost done.
Hand me a rifle. I'd have killed them

Stinking devils.

The morphine will help ease the pain.
Now try the lifestyle, please.

It's like an old bird in hell.

When you finish over here, I need you to
help me remove the blood.

I've got a wife in Soda Springs.

She's going to be worried.

You'll be all right. I'm a doctor.
Please put him over there.

Her name is Michelle.

Michelle Haley.

Can you get word to her? Make sure she
knows you're safe.

Now, exactly how did they attack you?

A bunch of shots set fire to the
trestle.

We chased them off.

The rest was right in the grove tent.

How many were in the wolf party?

It was hard to say. They was whooping
and howling.

When they attacked the railroad, they
attacked the very heart of this town.

What we need is action.

And the man to do the job is right here.

People of Colorado Springs, I give you
General George Armstrong Custer.

I like the feel of this.

You can't blame people. What's to stop
that war party from anybody from

I don't think it's going to happen,
Myra. But they've done it before.

My good people, the Cheyenne.

All Indians are enemies to our
civilization.

We must not allow them to carry out this
barbarous warfare under any pretext

they choose to allege. Dr. Mike, we've
got to stop this.

I agree.

And I can assure you, I will use all of
my power to prevent them from doing so.

Everyone, please, please listen. Please
stop.

All Cheyenne are not our enemies.

This attack was just a small...

Kettle wants peace. He's already signed
a treaty.

What the army knows, doctor, is the
seven wounded men lying in your clinic,

attacked by your peaceful Cheyenne.

You know some of these people.

You know they don't want to fight. They
just want to live on their land.

They may have a point.

They don't all cause trouble.

I gotta say, I met some good Indians.

And I agree with my commanding officer,
Mr. Bray.

The only good Indian is a dead Indian.

You have risked much to come here. We
have to talk.

I have been thinking of my son when he
joined the dog soldier.

I think now he was right.

Your father?

Is he wrong?

They have come about the train.

They're going to be able to stop it.

And these attacks are only making things
worse.

When I was a boy, I could ride for many
days, meet only my people.

I could hunt when I wanted.

And the buffalo were as many as the
stones in this creek.

They would fill a valley as far as you
could see.

Now, they tell me where I must put my
lodge, where I can hunt, what I can eat.

And if I do not do as they say, they
want to kill me.

Understand me.

I do not wish for this fight.

I do understand you, Cloud Danson.

And I know what your people have lost.

I can't figure what you think this is
going to accomplish.

In the north, Red Cloud and the
Ogallala, they fight.

They've driven the soldiers off. Only
because the settlers aren't moving

Once a white man wants to powder river
country, Red Cloud doesn't stand any

of a chance than you do.

Is that a reason not to fight?

Because it is impossible.

Is that what you would do?

My brother...

Is there nothing you would not fight
for?

When war breaks out, what happens to the
women and the children and the old

ones? My people have been promised
protection at Fort Cobb.

Tonight, Black Hell will move them south
so they will be safe.

Who is that woman, Blackheather?

His wife, medicine woman later.

When Blackheather gave you your name,
you did not understand how it was

You have been my good friend, medicine
woman.

You have stood with me through many
trials.

You've been a good friend to me also.

For your union with Sally.

It has brought many happy suns over my
lodge with cloud dancing.

Slowly, thank you.

Why does that swing?

One day, perhaps many seasons from now,
my people and your

people will come to understand one
another and no longer be afraid.

I know this truth because I know you.

I will see you soon.

The sun is almost gone. It is time.

This is right to do. You will be safe
with Black Kettle.

You have nothing to say.

You're a foolish man.

You have always been a foolish man.

I do not know why I have slept with you
for so long.

Do not worry, I go.

But I do not have to be happy about it.

Supposed to be a surprise.

What's your wedding present?

It's so beautiful.

It will be when it's finished.

I figured I'm gonna need a bed.

May I watch you work?

Sure.

Here.

I've been

thinking how lucky we are to have this
house.

Can't imagine having to suddenly...

Pack up and leave everything.

They've been gone a week, and I feel
like they've been gone a year now.

I miss them, too.

You think they'll be all right?

They should be safe at Fort Cobb by now.

Once Custer's got his fellow chasing dog
soldiers, we'll move on and maybe

they'll be back.

Sometimes I can't help it.

I wonder if you wish you could have gone
along with them.

I mean, they've been your family for so
long now.

Cheyenne are my family. They always will
be.

So are you.

You can understand.

My heart's yours now.

You better get back to work or we'll
never have a bed.

You're so beautiful.

I never believed I could be this happy.

I love you so much.

Dr. Max got some medicine coming in?
Hold on just a minute. Important

for the army.

Myra Woodhouse. Go shop him now.

Horse.

Medicine. Oh, uh, under the counter. Go
ahead.

Are you certain?

I read it twice.

It said the Custer was ordered to take
the 7th Cavalry south of the Arkansas

River. That's in Indian territory.

The Custer's up to something?

The Black Cavalry will have sanctuary at
Fort Carl.

They won't be in any danger.

You're getting pretty good, Brian.

Not as good as Noah.

Well, he's been practicing much longer.

I'm sure he'll be impressed next time
you see him.

Think he'll be back in time for your
wedding?

I don't know, Brian.

I hope so.

Why don't you go tell Colleen it's time
for spring?

God damn it. Sully, is he here?

Well, we're just about to eat. Will you
join us? There is no time.

I've come for your help.

What's wrong?

Black Kettle has been turned away from
the fort.

What? The agent said he did not have the
power to make peace with the Cheyenne.

He said Black Kettle must make peace
with the big war chief, Sheridan.

Sheridan ordered Custer south of the
Arkansas.

Are you sure of this?

I thought telegram.

Army's not sending Custer in to talk
peace.

Where's Black Kettle now?

They made camp along the Washita.

We've got to warn them.

I'm going with you.

They're my friends, too. They may need
me.

Don't worry about us. I'll sleep in
here.

I feel better if you ask Robert E. and
Grace. I can't.

We're going to be riding for days. Are
you sure about that?

This won't taste like much.

I'm afraid when most little girls were
in the kitchen with their mothers, I was

off with my father, helping him set
broken bones.

Your father, he wanted you to become a
doctor?

It was a mutual decision.

My father passed his medicine on to me
also.

I never heard you speak of your father.

He was once a great warrior and won many
scouts from the enemy.

After the Fort Laramie Treaty, he put
aside his weapons and earned medicine.

What made him decide to change?

The treaty brought many great nations
together, but some were old enemies.

On the way, a Cheyenne war party killed
a snake man, so a council was called.

My people smoked the pipe with the
snake, and our chief called on the

stop fighting. Gifts were passed.

The last gift given was to the grieving
family of the snake man.

I still remember how the grandfather
embraced the warrior who had killed his

grandson.

That warrior was my father.

What became of your father?

He died of whooping cough.

I did not know the medicine for this
white man's sickness.

You must dress now.

We have a long ride to the river.

Fat. Look at me.

I don't hear nothing.

I do smell smoke.

We may be closer than I believe.

We put our lodges here in the spring.

The grass is taller than the river's
slope.

Michaela!

Pull up, Nancy!

I'm here now.

I'm here.

They fell into our camp before the sun.

We could not escape.

Thank you.

They'd be chopping back.

Nothing else alive.

They even slaughtered the horses.

Custer must have taken some prisoners.
There's about 40, maybe 50 women and

children missing.

It went right through. It was the bone.
You were lucky.

The long hair has moved the soldiers
down the river toward the other

But it's not safe here for you. You must
go.

There must be something we can do.

Please.

Help you bury them.

We will leave my people where they fell.

The birds and the wolves will scatter
their flesh over the earth.

There. They can feed our mother again.

Will you watch after this one now?

I'll make certain he's safe.

Sutton.

Where are you going to go?

On the route of my rebel brothers.

To look for Custer?

When is the killing going to stop? Can't
you not see what's before you?

It is finished.

Go.

Before it's too late.

It's tea.

It'll help settle your stomach.

Thank you.

I ground up the corn. I got it soaking
like mud.

The baby's still sleeping.

You ought to get some sleep and start
crushing in the morning.

No. I bet you'll need milk soon. You
should keep pushing on.

All right.

Let me check on your arm before you
leave.

Is everybody all right?

We're fine, but look at you.

Grace. Mom.

Mom.

I'm sorry.

It's Cheyenne, baby.

Her parents got killed.

How?

Custer attacked Blackheadle's village
before we got there.

Oh, my Lord.

Are they all right?

Everyone's gone, Colleen.

Snowbird? Black kettle?

No harm.

Where is he?

Where is he?

No harm was killed with the others.

Take care of these.

We'll take this one home and get him
fed.

If there's anything I can do.

There's nothing anyone could do.

Thank you for looking after the
children.

Cute. Poor little thing. Oh, and he
hardly cried a whoop last night, and I

he's got to be hungry.

Oh, McKay, I'm sorry. I must just feel
awful.

I don't know if it's such a good idea to
be taking care of that around here.

And what do you suggest I do? Oh, no,
don't go starting up on me.

Well, he's just an innocent little baby.

Just going to grow up to hate us like
the rest of them. And what's left of

Custer sure done what he come here to
do.

Lauren, I'd like some coffee and some
flowers, please. All right.

Michaela, are you all right? I'm fine.

Do you have any of that special
chocolate left?

Yes, but... Michaela, I feel awful about
what happened. Oh, your friend. I'd

like two blocks, please.

Grace, how are they?

Oh, you'll be fine soon as I get some
milk in them.

Michaela.

Your Custer took care of our little
engine problem down at the Washita.

Got a real hero's welcome back at Camp
Supply.

Whole command turned out for review.

Just what do you think you're doing?

Just chatting with Michaela about the
General's big victory.

I think you're trying to be cruel.

I'll pick these things up when you're a
little less busy.

Dr. Mike.

Dr. Mike.

You do know not everybody is happy with
what happened to Cheyenne.

I think the sentiment's a little late,
don't you?

Will I see you in church tomorrow?

Aren't you coming?

No harm.

Walk around here.

Don't make a sound.

Because no harm with Cheyenne.

Make it sound like being Cheyenne's a
good thing.

I think it is, don't you?

The giants who got him killed.

Maybe.

You don't think so?

I think bad things happen sometimes,
Brian, and they don't make any sense.

I think they hated him just because he's
Indian.

What's important now, Brian, is how you
felt about him.

You saw no harm for what he was.

A person.

A friend.

He was my Niall.

I know.

I thought... I thought maybe you'd like
to have this with you.

He can't hear me play it no more.

I don't know.

Cheyenne would say that no harm's gone
on to join his ancestors with the Great

Spirit.

But his spirit is still here with us,
too.

I think he's with you every time you
think about him.

Every time you play this.

It's good stew, Colleen.

Yes, it certainly is.

Thanks.

I made cobbler for dessert.

Your favorite apple.

What's going to happen to all the giant
prisoners they took?

Keep them locked up for a while.

We'll probably move them to another
reservation down south.

You think Custer's going to find Cloud
Dancing?

I don't know, Matthew.

Figuring the army will keep attacking
villages hoping to draw the dog soldiers

in.

They know that the dog soldiers will
want to protect the people.

Where are you going?

I have work to catch up on at the
clinic.

Kind of late for that, don't you think?

I'll wait here till you get back.

You don't have to do that.

I won't.

See you in the morning.

Grace?

Horace, I'm sorry to be bothering you so
late. I was wondering if you could help

me. What is this?

Well, it's the baby. I'm trying to give
him his bottle, but he just won't feed

on it.

Well, I can't figure how we could help
you. You should go see Dr.

Mike. He's getting weaker.

And I was hoping... You want

Myra to nurse an Indian baby?

I'm asking you to feed a hungry baby.

Of course I will.

You never came back for your supplies.

I've been wanting to get on with this
for some time now.

I can't imagine how the dust blows in.

Michaela, you can't go on like this.

Like what?

Pretending like nothing's happened.

You've got to. I really don't have time
to visit right now.

You're the dearest friend I've ever
known.

You're not getting rid of me that easy.

I've never seen you the way you were
today.

All the fight gone out of you.

I know that you saw something horrible.

But sooner or later, you're going to
have to talk about it.

Michaela?

There's a lot getting written about that
battle.

Folks who believe in Cuff have done a
good thing.

That he was killing mostly braves and
warriors. That he's a real hero.

Was he a hero, Michaela?

How should I know?

Oh, I think you know more than anybody.

You've seen with your own eyes. I don't
want to be rude, Dorothy.

But I'd really like to finish this
tonight.

Good morning, sonny.

Brought these back.

Appreciate you letting me use them.

How are you folks coming along?

How do you expect us to be?

Maybe you ought to remember just who
you're talking to.

In case you forgot, I got a Cheyenne
baby sleeping in my bed right this

How are you folks coming along?

It's been rough.

How's the baby?

Doing better.

I hope he ain't too much trouble.

Oh, no, he cries at all.

And he sleeps most of the night, too, as
long as Grace keeps her hands off of

him. Oh, she gets threatened and busted.

Well, now that Mara's helping with the
feeding, I reckon it's going to be all

right.

What's Dr. Mike think?

Can't say she ain't been by the thing.

Morning. Morning, Sally.

Some eggs left on the stove.

No, thanks.

Thought we'd go by and see the baby
after church.

We're not going to church.

Why not?

I told them they could go. I have too
much work at the clinic.

But you done all that last night.

Mom!

I got a splinter.

I was raking the barn. It went in deep.

Splinter? It hurts. Get it out.

Sit down.

Colleen, please.

Hold it right there.

Ow, that hurts!

I've got to get it out. Hold still.

You're hurting me!

Give it a chance, Brian.

I can't find anything.

It's in there. I can feel it.

Ow! Honestly, Brian, it's just a
splinter.

Why don't you just soak it in some warm
water?

What are you doing?

Why don't you go in there?

It ain't the right time.

Right time?

Listen to her.

She knows I'm here.

She's gonna do this alone.

You can't just sleep with her. I know
what she's going through. It ain't the

same, Matthew.

It ain't about just losing.

folks you care for. It's more than that.

I have never known anybody like your ma.

She's always trying so hard to find the
good in folks.

She believes she can do anything.

Except she couldn't stop this.

And after what she saw out there, things
ain't never gonna be the same. to be

the same she lost something inside
herself matthew she's gonna find a way

her hope back what if she can't what if
she needs help

i'm gonna take colin and brian into
church what are you gonna do

i'm gonna find some help

How did you know I would be here?

This is where I found you.

When I killed your son.

I was the young one.

Robert E. and Grace have taken real good
care of him.

We had many babies in our village.

I do not know who gave him life.

I do not know his name.

It's very dangerous for you to come back
here.

There's nothing more that can be done to
me.

I have seen my shadow.

Does the shadow always move?

That does not always mean death.

I cannot know what is ahead, but the
spirits told me to return here first.

To finish where that began, Dr. Mike.

She's in a dark place.

I know.

I've been there also.

Jeff was just singing.

As a matter of fact, he said he liked
it.

He did?

He said that I have the prettiest voice
that he ever

did hear.

Want us to look after him, Robert, eh?

Always.

I've been thinking that God didn't give
us a child of our own because he was

saving us for him.

You're talking nuts. Oh, I've seen you
with him.

And we can give him a good home.

Grace, he's Indian. He... He's not...

Colored?

Now, we're going to have ourselves a
family, Grace. Now, I promise.

But to do this in this town?

This is trouble.

We never run from trouble before.

That baby won't know nothing but hate.

He won't have nobody to want to be with.
He'll have us.

And he'll grow up in a loving home.

Now, you tell me, Robert E., who better
to take care of this child?

Who better to understand than us?

This time you're asking too much, Grace.

It's just too much.

I think Brian's got the right idea.

Get some rest.

Night, Mom.

Colleen, you want to help me in the
barn?

I want to finish.

Now?

Ali, where have you been?

Busy.

I'm glad you're here. I want to check on
your arm. My arm's fine.

I still want to examine it. I said it's
fine.

You want some coffee, Al?

No. I don't want nothing to drink.

I don't want you to try fixing nothing.

I just want you to stop, stop, and look
at me. Ali.

Just... Look at me. Why are you doing
this?

I am not trying to hurt you.

Do you make me remember again?

Sully, I know your heart is broken.

Don't you think I hate myself for not
being there for you, for the children?

We're fine.

Whenever you're around, all I can see,
all I can think about is how we let this

happen. We didn't let this happen. But
we should have stopped it.

There are some things that you can't
stop. We could have tried harder.

Sully, these were our friends. We let
them down.

No.

I'm the one that sided with the town. I
wanted the railroad. I let them down.

Cloud dancing don't think that.

He's back and he wants to see you.

Because he don't blame you.

Why does he want to see me?

He wants to finish teaching you about
the medicine.

He needs to do that, Kayla.

If you could help each other.

Like he trusts you.

When a medicine man teaches, he loses
some of his own power.

Cheyenne Customs says that you've got to
offer him a gift.

What kind of gift?

It should be something that speaks your
heart to his.

But I don't have anything.

Cloud dancing would be on it.

I'd like to put it on.

Just this once.

I wish I knew what to say to you.

I know what is in your heart. It is also
in mine.

I should never have let Snowbird go on
without me.

No.

You didn't cause it.

Cloud Dancer was my people that did this
to your people.

I feel so sick.

Ashamed.

One cannot go on living in anger and
blame.

It's time for us both to heal.

I don't know how.

Spirit will help us.

Then we'll talk about the medicine.

I can't say if your spirit succeeded or
not.

I'm not even sure how I feel about my
own God anymore.

Just because we are angry with them does
not mean that they will go away.

There. How is she going to be gone?

However long it takes.

A few days, maybe.

I thought Claude Anderson already tried
his stuff.

Well, he wants to know everything now.

Figures he'll make your ma a better
doctor.

It's kind of his way of making things
right out of something bad.

See, when awful things happen, sometimes
if folks can find something good coming

out of it, it helps.

It keeps them going.

Is that what you do?

Yeah.

Kind of like Ma dying, and us coming to
live with Dr. Mike.

That's right.

When no harm died,

He covered up that baby so he could
live.

Maybe he'll grow up to be a great leader
like Black Kettle.

And work for peace.

Want to help me fit the glass bowl?

Billy? What?

Can we visit the baby?

Sure. As soon as we're finished.

Yeah. Hey, little guy.

Yeah.

He looks happy.

Hi.

Guess you don't know what happened to
him.

It's real awful when you lose your mom
and pa.

Don't worry.

You're going to find people to love you.

Just like me when my ma died.

Yeah.

No harm to save his life.

He hid him from the soldiers with his
body.

His ma saves his life the same way.

So it's real important this baby grows
up good.

He probably said he could even be a
chief someday.

Make it folks to stop being so mad and
fighting all the time.

He could maybe even help save somebody's
life, too.

Maybe he already has.

Do you understand the matter?

You must know how it began.

One day long ago, the animals became
angry at man for killing and eating him.

So they came together in council where
each animal decided on a sickness he

would give man.

The cedars will be found in the high
hills.

They grow short there, close to the
ground.

I've seen it. It has a small berry.

That is right.

If tea cannot be made, they can chew the
berry and swallow the juice.

You must miss them all terribly.

I carry them with me always.

So will I.

A friend once told me we should listen
more to nature's song.

I'd forgotten how beautiful it could be.

Thank you for helping me find it again.

When we close our hearts off to our
pain, as they closed all things around

to the joy as well as the sadness, even
to the ones we love.

All I wanted to do was to forget.

My people need you to remember.

If the truth is not lost, perhaps
something will be learned.

I must leave soon.

Will you bring me the baby tonight?

You're going away.

You have learned all I can teach.

No.

I mean, I still feel... Cloud dancing, I
don't know where I belong anymore.

Sully once used the same words.

The answer is already within you.

Or you would not have had the courage to
come here.

Where will you take him?

Time for my people is short.

Few who are left know the old ways.

In the north, there's a band of Cheyenne
who refuse to live on a reservation.

They hunt the land you call the
Yellowstone.

I know these people.

They were raised to spay me in the ways
of my grandfathers.

What about you?

Where will you go?

He wants him back!

Could you bring him by the old oaks
after dark?

No.

He can't have him.

Robert E. and me decided we're going to
raise him.

Grace.

I'm sorry. I didn't know.

But you said his parents were dead.

He's part of a tribe.

There are other bands.

They share the same way of life, the
same traditions. He'll be raised the

Robert E. and me can raise him right.

I know you can. He would be safe with
us.

Grace. If there were no Cheyenne to take
care of this baby, I don't believe you

could find two more loving people to
care for him.

What kind of life can they give him that
we can't?

Cheyenne life.

Being hunted by soldiers?

Or starving on some horrible
reservation?

I suppose some of that depends on us.

To thank you for all you've taught me
and for your friendship.

They both want you to have it.

You should put stones over the heart to
help protect you.

And the claws of the hawk to give you
the courage to face the unknown.

It fits a bit crooked. I'm afraid my
sewing is not as good as my cooking.

I'll go wear the bride.

Travertine.

What are you doing here?

We wanted to say goodbye to you. And we
wanted to be with you.

And I wanted Cloud Dancing to know that
my prayers are with him and with all of

his people.

Glad that you came.

You better take him, Dr. Mike. We said
our goodbyes.

Thank you.

You must always remember how a Negro
couple took care of you when there was

one.

And a white woman nursed you at her
breath.

Now you grow up to be part of a brave,
proud people.

Sally and I thought of a name.

We'll call you Live in Hopes.

This way you can carry the words of your
chief.

Live in hope.

It is a good name.

It's alright.

Don't worry.

I missed you.

Must be three o 'clock in the morning.

First time I met the Cheyenne people.

They helped me search for Brian when he
ran away.

Later, Thully and Cloud Dancing brought
Chief Black Kettle up to the homestead.

He'd been wounded by the army and they
needed my help.

That's when Black Kettle gave him my
Cheyenne name.

It means medical woman.

I don't think I've ever known a man who
wanted peace more.

I want to tell you about Chief Black
Kettle.

About the Cheyenne Nation.

I want people to know who they are and
what happened to them.

You tell me the truth, Michaela, and
I'll print it.