All language subtitles for The Virginian - 07x07 - The Heritage

Nai'Be!Hello, Mr. Grainger!

[ Laughs ]You look wonderful.

Oh, you're so grown-up, Liz.Look who's talking about
growing up.

- I hardly recognize you.
- I'd like to introduce you
to a friend.

This is Jodie Ashton.
Mr. Clay Grainger.

How do you do? His niece Elizabeth.

- Hello.
- Jodie and I met on the train.

She's on her way home too--
San Francisco.

Well, I'm glad
you had company.

Oh, it was just fascinating.
I've never talked
to an Indian before.

I mean, she doesn't even
seem like--

Oh, dear.
I'm saying it all wrong.

Take care of yourself.
And let me hear from you.I'll write.

Oh. And don't forget,
if you're ever
in San Francisco,

you can stay with me.

My folks would just
love to have you.Thank you.

Well, good-bye, Nancy.

Bye.Bye-bye.

- Nancy?
- [ Chuckles ] It's the name
I picked up in school.

Well, better
see about your bags.

Nai'Be, your dress
is beautiful.

I learned to sew
at the school.

Wait till J.B. sees you.
Will he be impressed.

J.B.?June Bear. The boys
shortened it to initials.

Oh. How is he?

Well, he's been
pretty anxious,
waiting for you to come.

He's turned out to be one of
the best hands on the ranch.
I'm gonna hate to lose him.

What do you mean?

Well, he'll be going back
to the reservation with you
in a few days.

I don't think wild horses
could hold him back.

He's got plans,
that young man.What kind of plans?

Well, he's learned
the cattle business
from the ground up.

He's going to start
his own herd
right on the reservation.

It's supposed to be a surprise,
but Uncle Clay's
giving him a prize bull.

We certainly
owe a lot to you,
Mr. Grainger.

Especially me.

Well, let's just say
it's an investment
in your future.

Yours and J.B.'s.

The future of your people.

Nai'Be![ Clay ]
Here she is!

Oh, welcome home!Whoa!

Thank you, Mrs. Grainger.Oh, it's so nice
to see you again.

Elizabeth,
doesn't she look lovely?

Beautiful.The guest room
is all ready for you.

Oh! You're a young lady.

[ Door Closes ]

Hey, J.B.!
Wait up! Over here.

What's the rush?
The village'll
still be there.

You know what
I think?What?

I think he thinks the sooner we
get to that village, the sooner
he can get back to the ranch.

That makes sense.And Nai'Be, huh?

Nai'Be?
Clean forgot.

Bet your, uh, kind of
anxious to see her again,
aren't ya?

She was only a--
a girl when she left
for that school.

She's a woman now.
[ Chuckles ] Yourwoman.

[ Laughs ]

[ Blusters ]Well,
won't be long now.

I'll bet Den'Gwatzi will be
happy about the cattle
we're bringing up.

He sure will.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Clicks Tongue ]
Hyah!

[ Virginian ]
All right!
That's enough.

Pay attention.
He said that's enough.

[ Panting ]
Caught this redskin
butchering one of our herd.

What herd is that?McKinley.

I'm the foreman.
Name's Russ Doty.

Now look.
What call have you got
mixing in this?

[ Exhales ]What's he have to say
about this, J.B.?

His name is
Enga'Idga--
Red Fox.

Talk to him. He speaks English.Were you butchering
one of his steers?

Cattle was in river.

Shoshone land.

[ Speaking Shoshone ][ Shoshone ]

Hey.

You're one of them.

Yeah.
I'm Shoshone.

To Red Fox, the steer
was just there for the taking.
He didn't understand.

That's why we were kind of
explaining it to him.

This is reservation land.
You have no right here.

Well, this gives me
the right.

Hey, you boys work
for good-hearted
Clay Grainger himself.

What's that supposed to mean?

Grainger loves
his Indian brother so much,

why doesn't he just
give 'em the cattle,

instead of undercutting
everybody's bid?

- Every ranch had a chance
to match the bid.
- And make a decent profit?

I'm on shares with McKinley,

and that government contract
could have made
a nice bonus for me.

What does that
paper say?

Better get on
to the village
and talk to Den'Gwatzi.

Your boss Grainger
doesn't care who he hires,
does he?

That's funny.

I was gonna say
the same thing
about McKinley.

[ Dog Barking ]

[ Man Speaking Shoshone ]

[ Shoshone Continues ]No. There will be
no violence.

[ Barking Continues ]

[ Barking Continues ]

The drums of war died
like the buffalo.

The day of
the painted arrow
is over.

What of this paper
Enga'Idga spoke of?

It gives McKinley
water rights
to the Wind River--

legal access
to the water.

Access? Where?Right here.

But the village is here.

Between McKinley's range
and the river.

When the white man
first came,

he asked for
only enough land
to move his wagons.

He does not ask anymore.

I'm sure Mr. Grainger
will speak to
the Indian agent...

when he comes
to inspect the herd.

Mr. Grainger is our friend.

More than friend
to Tza'Wuda and Nai'Be.

He may talk,
but none will listen.

[ Chuckles ]
I don't think
this is quite me.

You try.Back East
they're smaller.

Oh! That's--There.

[ Laughs ]

[ Giggles ]

Aren't they the most
beautiful little puppies?

[ Whimpering ]Look at this.

[ Giggles ]

[ Chickens Clucking ]

Now that you've had
a day to catch your breath,

I have so many things
I want to ask you.

Details that I didn't get
in the letters.

Did you like school?

Well, it was strange at first,
but I got used to it.

You must have made
a lot of friends.

Yes. Some.

- Finally.
- But you learned.
That was the important thing.

Yes. I was a good student.
I learned well.

But, uh, there were things
you didn't like,
I suppose.

That's only natural.Yes.

What kind of things?

We spoke no Shoshone
at the school.

Only English.

I learned to read
and write and think...

only English.

Well, I envy you knowing
two languages so thoroughly.

By the way, Mr. Nelson
dropped by the other day,
asked to say hello to you.

You remember Mr. Nelson.

You used to call him
"Old Long Face."

Oh!
[ Laughs ]

Yes. The Indian agent.
I must check in with him.

Well, he'll be by tomorrow
to pay his official respects.

[ Horse Whinnies ]

[ Gasps ]
Listen!

The boys are back.Go on, Nai'Be.

Um, I'll take care
of the horses.

Ah. Thank you.Uh, you can help.

[ Speaking Shoshone ]

[ Shoshone ]

You saw the paper yourself?

[ Virginian ]
It was signed by the secretary
for Indian Affairs...

and by Nelson.

That land was guaranteed
to the Shoshones
by the president himself.

It's the third time
they've had to move.

Well, it's gotta
stop someplace.

I can't believe that
Mr. Nelson would go along
with such a thing.

There could be trouble,
couldn't there?Ah, it's already started.

McKinley's foreman
dragging that man that way.
It's lucky you came along.

Red Fox was still
pretty angry by the time
we got him back to the village.

Yeah, his pride was hurt
by the dragging.

Besides, what could he
possibly know about ownership
and riparian rights?

You're not eating
very much.
Aren't you hungry?

Not very.

You always liked
Nehwhu'-dicup.
You haven't touched it.

What's that? "Corn"?

Yes.
[ Chuckles ]

When we were children,
we used to sneak into
Hir'Bidzaw's field...

and eat the corn raw.
[ Chuckles ]

Once we almost got caught.

You should have seen Nai'Be
fly out of there.
[ Laughs ]

She was always the best runner.
We used to call her
Nuh'Kitchi--

"someone who runs fast."
[ Chuckles ]

I won't tell them
what we used to call you.

[ All Laugh ]

Well, if we're finished,
why don't we go into the parlor
and have our coffee?

I'll help with the dishes.You're our guest. Shoo!

Why don't you and J.B.
get some fresh air?

All right.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

[ Coyote Barking, Howling ]

A coyote.

I'd almost forgot
what one sounded like.

Why are you staring at me
like that?

I'm asking myself,

is she really here?

Is she really the same?

Sometimes I find myself
asking that question.

The year before I left,

I used to dream about
how it would be at school.

And after I'd been there
for a while,

all I dreamed of
was how it had been at home.

How's Den'Gwatzi?

Well.

I think he has
missed you.

So have I.

They said the village
might have to be moved again.

That's not what
I wanted to remember.

The moving.

Den'Gwatzi holding my hand,

trying to explain
why we had to leave.

We'll move back and back.

We'll wither and die,
like a tree
that isn't nourished.

We'll disappear,

unless we learn
from the whites.

What can they teach us?
How to think and feel
as they do?

No. No. To survive.

As Indian? As Shoshone?

[ Knocking ]

Come in.

I saw your lamp
was still lit.

I thought maybe you'd like
to have some nice, hot cocoa.
It'll help you go to sleep.

Thank you.
I was feeling restless.

I don't wonder.

After all,
leaving school
and that long train ride.

Now J.B.
and going home.

That's a lot to
deal with all at once.

Yes, it is.

Everything will
take care of itself.

Just give it a chance.

I will.

Good night, Mrs. Grainger.

Good night.

♪♪ [ Piano: Ballad ]

How about letting me in
on some of those thoughts?

[ Chuckles ]

I was just thinking
about Nai'Be.

- What about her?
- She's changed.

In what way?

She's more thoughtful.

More subdued.

Haven't you noticed, Clay?

Well, it's a little soon,
but she does
seem troubled.

About what, I wonder?

I don't know.

I just hope
we did the right thing,
sending her east.

Something bothering ya?

No.Oh.

You get a chance
to talk to Nai'Be?

Yep.

You two getting along
all right?

Well, she--
she seems different.

Ah, you probably seem
a little different
yourself.

And she probably feels
a little strange
about being back and all.

She sure is pretty.

And if I thought I had
a chance against you--
[ Chuckles ]

Well, that should do it.
Thirsty?

Bone dry.

Ah. Well, you worked
so hard today, I'll--
I'll buy the refreshments.

- It's your turn to buy.
- Think nothing of it.

I won't.

[ Chuckles ]Come on.

Hello, Bart.Ah. Afternoon, boys.

The usual?Yep. And leave the bottle. Yo?

Yo.I must have known
you boys were comin' in.

I just got in
a fresh batch.Ah!

Don't get much call
for fresh apple cider
around here.

Cider?That's right.

Come on now.
That ain't no fit drink
for grown men.

Give 'em a couple
of whiskeys-- on me.

No, thanks.
We like our cider.

You boys gotta be
funnin' me.

You're leather pushers.
I can see that.

There ain't no cowpuncher
gonna settle for cider...

when he can wrap hisself
around a big bottle of spirits.

Now you just--
Wait a minute.

You're Injun.

Shoshone?

Yes.Thanks, Bart.

No, wait.
Give this fellow a drink.
He looks all right.

Ain't nobody gonna
tell the sheriff about it.

Forget it, mister.
Thanks anyway.

Settle down.
I never had a drink with
a real, live Injun before.

Take your hands off me.

Why, you dirty redski--

Hey! Come on now!
Cut that out!
Hey! Now watch it!

Look out! Trampas,
now, cut it out!

You're both-- Listen!
You're all gonna
get in trouble!

Now come on! Cut it out!
Trampas, now leave him!

Hey! Come on now!
Cut that out!
Hey! Now watch it!

♪♪ [ Notes Clanging ] Trampas, now cut it out.

Come on! Cut it out!
Trampas!

Trampas, you're gonna
bust my piano!

Trampas!
Cut that out!

All right. Hold it!

♪♪ [ Piano:
Note Strikes ]

♪♪ [ Notes Strike ]

What happened, Bart?

Well, them two over there
brought it on.

How much you figure?

Well, broken table,
couple of broken chairs,
smashed bottles.

Say $10.

All right.
That'll be 2.50 apiece.

- I can't fine you, J.B.
You know that.
- But they started it with me.

You know the law
as well as I do.And so do I.

He's off the reservation.
Where's his pass?

He's supposed to have a pass.Yeah. He's right.
You want to see my pass?

I know you got a pass.
I don't have to see it.

Here's five dollars.
Come on. Let's go.

Here. I want to
give you my half.Forget it. Come on.

I want to pay my share.

All right. Let's see, uh--
I think I threw
four punches.

You threw better than six. [ J.B. ]
Seven.

Oh. And you busted a chair
over his head. That's, uh--
Well, that's worth 50 cents.

You owe me three dollars.All right.

[ Man ]
Injun lover.

[ Groans ]

I owe you for another bottle.Uh, this one's
on the house.

Let's go.Yeah.

[ Cash Register Bell Dings ]

Trampas.Yeah?

I want to ask you somethin'.What?

- How do you think of me?
- Huh?

As Shoshone,
as-- as white?

- Neither one.
- Then, what?

Just a man called June Bear.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

You know, Mr. Grainger,
this was all I had...

from my parents.

My father gave it to me
before he died.

Oh? Oh, I didn't realize.

It's all right.
I wanted you to have it.

And Den'Gwatzi approved.

Well, I'm mighty proud
of that robe--

and of the girl
who brought it to me.

Are you, Mr. Grainger?

Why?

Well, because you came back
from that school equipped,

prepared to help
your people,

prepared to help them
to help themselves.

I think perhaps
you're proud of me because
I proved a point for you.

I don't understand.
What point?

That a Shoshone girl,
uncivilized,

unsophisticated,

can be taught to ring
like the belle of the ball.

No, that's not true, Nai'Be.
I had nothing to prove.

You and June Bear
were fine, young people.

I wanted you
to have the chance to learn,

to bring that learning
back home with you.

You meant well.
I know that.

But when you took me
from the reservation,

put me in that school,
it was like saying...

that to acquire the heart
and mind of a white girl
was the only course open to me.

That anything else
was stupid and inferior.

Oh, you're wrong.
Terribly wrong.

It's the way I feel.

All the time when
I was at that school,

I should have been back here,

singing and laughing
with my people.

Learning from the old women.

Now it's too late.

Well, I hope it's not.

Together, you and June Bear
could accomplish
a great deal for the Shoshone.

[ Knocks ]

Excuse me.

Ed!
[ Laughs ]Clay, how are you?

Come in. Come in.
Nai'Be.Thank you.

Look who's here.

[ Speaking Shoshone ]

Good afternoon,
Mr. Nelson.

My, my, my.
[ Chuckles ]
Aren't you something!

[ Chuckles ]
Come here, girl. Let me get
a good gander at ya.

[ Chuckles ]

My, my, my, my, my.

[ Chuckles ]
Well, now, I ask ya.

What Indian agent ever had
such pleasant work?Do you approve?

You just wait till
Den'Gwatzi sees you.

Whole village has been
talking about you comin' back,

especially your friend
Pa'Guichap.How is she?

Oh, she's doing all right.

That kid of hers
is growin' like a weed.

[ Chuckles ]Pa'Guichap is too young
to be a widow with a child.

Oh, she's not so young
for a Shoshone squaw.

Uh, time that, uh,
you and June Bear...

were settin' up
your own tepee, ain't it?

[ Laughs ]

Clay, you deserve
a lot of credit.

She's a fine young woman.I'm counting on it.

Well, would you like to
see the herd, Ed?

Uh, well, no honest need to,
but I'd be glad
to look at it.

Why don't you come along,
Nai'Be?

I don't think so.
Thank you.
Excuse me.

[ Door Opens ]Ed, uh,

[ Door Closes ]what's all this about...

McKinley having
riparian rights
on the Wind River?

Well, he needs the water.
Drought up there.
All the streams run dry.

Mm-hmm.
Den'Gwatzi's village
is in the way. Is that it?

Well, sittin'
at the mouth of the canyon
like it does, yeah.

They'll have to move
to the other side.

Will it end there?

There is nothin'
that I can do about it.

McKinley wrote
to Washington,
went right over my head.

What do they know about it?

Sittin' in their
soft stuffed chairs.

Playing great white father.
Only Indian they ever saw
was on a penny.

But there must be
something you can do.

Well, there are two things
that I can do:

cuss and pray.

I've been doing
more of one than the other.

Get out of there.

[ Man Whistling ]Get in there!

Get!Get up there!

[ Mooing ]

[ Whistling ]

Hyah!

[ Mooing ][ Doty ]
Mr. McKinley. Mr. McKinley.

Yeah. [ Whistling, Shouting ]

[ Mooing ] Get up there!

Another one just dropped,
Mr. McKinley.

Well, we should reach
the river tomorrow,
next day maybe.

I expect they'll perk up
some once they get a smell
of that water.

We'll head 'em northeast
at the foothills,
through the Cahuega Pass.

Through the Shoshone
village?

If it's still there.

Take a look. [ Man ]
Get up there!

[ Mooing ] [ Man ]
Hyah!

We'd better double
the guard tonight.

You just keep the herd
movin', Doty.
I'll do the worryin'.

- [ Mooing ]
- [ Man ]
Get up there!

Hyah!

[ Mooing ]

[ Mooing ]

[ Virginian ]
Few more strays to round up.

Then we'll cut out
the rest of the herd,
take it over to Den'Gwatzi.

[ Mooing ]

Hmm. How many hours
we used to spend
at the river,

just talking,
wondering.

You were always
full of questions.

"Why can't the air
be seen or touched?"

"Where do rocks
come from?"
and...

"What makes
the water move?"

Trying to imagine
what was on the other side
of the big mountains.

That school,
in the east,

did they give you
all the answers?

Not all.

But I did learn
some new questions.

Nai'Be.

You're the answer
to all my questions.

[ Mooing ]

[ Mooing ]

I'll take care of the horses.
You go get cleaned up.

But you put 'em away
last time.

Hey. Who's givin' the orders
around here anyway?
[ Clicks Tongue ]

Hello.

Good evening.

Have a hard day?Not half as hard
as tomorrow's gonna be.

It's a long way up
to that reservation.

When saddle leather gets hot,
it can burn a hole right through
the seat of a man's dignity.

Hey.

Seems to me I remember you,
uh, puttin' oil on my saddle
once before.

It was the day
before I left
to go away to school.

[ Chuckles ]
I wanted to help you.

[ Chuckles ]
I ended up getting more oil
on my face than on your saddle.

[ Chuckles ]
You sure looked cute.

Long, black hair
of yours in braids.

Rows of beads
around your neck.

Snow-white buckskins.

Ah. Those buckskins.

They were the most
beautiful thing
I owned.

But I'll never forget the look
on the saleslady's face...

when Liz took me into town
to buy my clothes for school.

When I put on
that store dress,

I felt as if a door
were opening...

and as if I was about to
walk through it
into a wonderful new land.

Was it?

Well, it was full of wonder.

And fear.
And wading through
swamps of embarrassment.

But finally, I belonged.
I was one of them.

Not Nai'Be,
the Shoshone Indian
off the reservation.

But just Nancy.

That what you want to be?
Just Nancy?

By your standards,
it's what I'm supposed to be,
isn't it?

- My standards?
- White standards.

Well, the way I see it,
it doesn't...

matter so much
what you are
or what you call yourself.

It's, uh, finding out
who you are
that's important.

Have you ever been in love?

Just once.

What was she like?

Ah, she was
a gentle little thing.

Used to love to have me
hold her and scratch her ears.

And then she'd cuddle in
next to me and wag her tail.

- Her tail?
- Cutest little foxhound
you ever saw.

[ Both Chuckle ]

Come on. I'll walk you
up to the house.[ Chuckling ]

[ Door Opens ]

[ Crickets Chirping ]

Ah. Beautiful night,
isn't it?

Wait a minute.
[ Chuckles ]

Talk about me
getting oil all over me.
You should see you.

[ Both Chuckle ]

Hmm.

Well, better get to sleep
early tonight.
We'll be moving out at sunrise.

I might not be
going with you.

Oh?

I'd like to stay here
a while, if Mr. Grainger
will let me.

I need more time.

To think.

To decide.

Well, havin' you along
would sure brighten the trip.

We'll all be disappointed
if you don't come.

- Especially J.B.
- Tell him for me, will you?

Well, the way I see it,
it's gonna take two more men
besides J.B. and, uh,

the foreman to drive that bunch
up the reservation.
[ Chuckles ]

Well, you know,
a few easy days
in the saddle,

listening to
the low of cattle,

compared to fence-mendin',
posthole diggin', doctorin'.
[ Chuckles ]

Who knows what else,
here at the ranch.

Well, the only thing to do is
ask for volunteers. Not much of
a choice really. Who's goin'?

What about the nights?

The nights?

One thing about being
close to home,
it's also close to town.

Town? With all that noise,
bumpin' into people
trying to get to the bar,

arguin' who's gonna buy
and who isn't.

And you, Harp, always trying to
dance with that redheaded girl
with green eyes and--

- That's what I mean.
- That's--

All right.
We'll draw straws. Fair? [ Door Opens ]

[ Door Closes ]Trampas, you and Harper will be
goin' with us in the morning.

[ Door Opens ]

[ Door Closes ]

Funny how he, uh,
cut right to the heart
of it, isn't it?

Yeah. I noticed that right off.

[ Water Pouring ]

[ Knocks ]Come in.

Howdy, J.B.

Can I see you a minute?Sure.

Hey. Uh, I saw you
outside talking with Nai'Be.

How is she? I mean,
will she be ready to leave
in the morning?

Well, as a matter of fact,
that's what we were
talking about.

Uh, she might not be
goin' with us.

Oh. When we talked together,
I-- I had the feeling
something was wrong.

Nothing's wrong. She just
wants some time to get used
to being back. That's all.

Get used to being home?

She's a woman.

Don't try to figure her out.
Just take her as she is.

Why didn't she tell me,
instead of you?

I just happened to be there.

Look. Even if she does
stay here for a while
with the Graingers,

she'll be champing at the bit
to get back to the reservation
soon enough.

She's up at the house.

Ah, maybe later.

Suit yourself. Come on.
Let's eat.

Maybe after dinner
I'll, uh, play you
a couple hands of blackjack.

All right.

May I come in?Of course.

I hope you don't mind,
Mr. Grainger.

I borrowed a book
from the study.Oh?

Hmm. Pretty deep.

I see you're one of
those people who underscores
certain passages.

Only those phrases
I'd like to remember.

"Trust thyself.

"Every heart vibrates
to that iron string.

Accept the place
that divine providence
has found for you."

Do you believe that,
Mr. Grainger?

Well, not completely.

I think divine providence
sometimes needs a little nudge
in the right direction.

One of my teachers
once told me...

that the answers
to most problems
could be found in books...

written by someone who'd faced
the same problem himself.

Well, I'd say
he's probably right.

People don't change.
Only the world
they live in changes.

But don't you think,
when the world changes,
it changes the people in it?

Do you?

I don't want to
disappoint you,
Mr. Grainger, but...

I'm not sure of anything.

I can't be Nancy
on the reservation.

But I can't be Nai'Be
at all anymore.

And while I'm Nancy here,

I just perform
the tricks I've learned.

Well, Nai'Be,
if you went through
what you did...

just because you believed
in me, then I have been
as misled as you.

I thought you did it
because you believed
in yourself.

There's only one thing
clear to me now,

and that is
whatever decisions
you make from now on,

we must all be sure
they're your own.

I'll remember that.

Night.

Good night,
Mr. Grainger.

[ Plate Clinks ]

Give me a towel.
I'll help ya.I don't need any help.

The tea's still hot.

Did you talk to Nai'Be?Yeah.

I never dreamed
she'd come back...

feeling so unhappy, confused.

Clay, I am not sure
I understand her feelings.

Well, I'm not sure
that I do either.

But I think she feels
we're forcing her
to choose...

between our ways
and the Shoshone--
the Indian ways.

She resents having to
make that choice.

But she can go back now
and teach the children,
as she and J.B. planned.

Teach 'em what?

No. She said it--
or almost.

She's afraid she'll be
teaching them to be white, the
way she feels she was taught,

instead of how to survive
as an Indian
in a white society.

Poor child.

How can she or anybody
hope to make that distinction?

[ Cup Clinks ]

I don't know.
I thought we were helping her
and J.B. to better themselves.

Now, all of a sudden,
that phrase becomes very
inappropriate, even offensive.

But she may be right.

Maybe I was making
her decisions, planning
her life all along,

without meaning to,
without even being aware of it.

♪♪ [ Guitar ] [ Man ]
♪ Lookin' like

♪ Something out of heaven

♪ And I wonder
if she'd know me anymore ♪

♪ Many long nights

♪ I think about

♪ The way it used to be

♪ Back home

♪ I get an awful feeling

♪ I think back home

♪ And I'm so alone

♪ So alone

♪ But now

♪ I have to roam

♪ Lucky is the man
who loves his homeland ♪

Hi.

Hello, Liz.
What are you doing up? ♪♪ [ Continues, Indistinct ]

Warm. I couldn't sleep.

I couldn't either.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

♪ And I wonder
if they'd know me
anymore ♪

♪ I'm lost now
and most likely
forgotten ♪

♪ And I wonder if they'd
know me anymore ♪♪

♪♪ [ Ends ]

Seems like
you just got here,

and now you'll be
leaving again.

I wish you could
stay on for a while.

What would we do?Ride together.

Shop in town.
Go visiting.

Talk.

You don't think
your aunt and uncle
would mind?

Of course not.
They'd love to have you.

- Sounds like fun.
- It would be.

But it would be your life,
Liz, not mine.

And sooner or later,
we'd be saying good-bye.

I guess our lives
aredifferent.

Very different.

Do they have to be?

I mean,
I've wondered sometimes...

if people have a choice,

or if everyone just sort of
lives out the life
that was planned for 'em.

For some people,
there are choices.

For you?

I'm not sure.

But I don't think
there's a place for me
in your kind of life, Liz.

Where then?

The reservation.
The village.

Now, don't push
that herd too hard,
Harper.

We don't want 'em
to lose too much weight.Right, Mr. Grainger.

When you get up there,
ride over to McKinley's
and have a talk with him.

See what
you can do, eh?I'll do that. Bye, sir.

Good luck.

[ Mooing ]

I want to see that herd
doubled by this time
next year, J.B.

- I'll sure be trying,
Mr. Grainger.
- I know you will. Good luck.

These months working for you--

they've been good months
for me, Mr. Grainger.

Well, nobody worked
harder than you, J.B.
You were worth three men.

[ Chuckles ]
Chief Washakie once said,

"A white man
is thankful in his head,
and his tongue talks.

The Shoshone feels it
in his heart,
but the heart has no tongue."

[ Chuckles ]Good-bye, Mr. Grainger.

[ Clopping Hooves Approaching ]

[ Horse Blusters ]

I thought you weren't going.

I might not stay
at the village long,
June Bear,

but I have to go.

I want to go--
to see Den'Gwatzi
and the others.

I'll go tell
the foreman.

[ Clicks Tongue ]Whatever you decide,

you've got friends.

The door to Shiloh
is always open
if you need it.

Thank you-- both of you.

Have I seemed ungracious?

No. Honest.

[ Whistling ] Get in there!

Get up there!

Hyah!
[ Whistling ]

Hyah!

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Man ]
Get in there!

Get up there!

Hyah!

Well, they're all
bedded down for you, Harp.

Nice and cozy.That's how I like 'em.

Good night.Good night.

♪♪ [ J.B. Singing In Shoshone ]

♪♪ [ Singing In Shoshone ]

It's pretty, J.B.
What do the words mean?

Oh, it's an old
Shoshone love song...

about a man
who's lost his sweetheart.

He calls,
"Where are you, my love?"

She answers,
"Here I am. Here I am,

wandering between
light and darkness."

[ Sighs ]

You said, "She's a woman.
Don't try to figure her out."

[ Chuckles ]
I can't help trying.

Yeah, I guess
that's part of it.

She's come
a long way, J.B.

At least she's headed
in the right direction.

For me.
I hope it's right
for her too.

[ Blusters ]

Whoa, son.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

Ah. Evening.

Hello, Trampas.

Nice night, isn't it?

Yes. Beautiful.

It's so peaceful and quiet.

Uncomplicated.

Yeah.

It's a good life.

Sometimes I wonder
why we're always
trying to improve it.

Always hurryin', worryin'.

You think there are some things
that need improving,
though, don't you?

Sure.

The trick is to
improve the bad things...

and leave the good things alone.

And know the difference.

Walk you back to camp?

Yes. Thank you.

[ Man ]
Hyah!
[ Whistling ]

[ Nelson ]
Listen, Mr. McKinley.
[ Clears Throat ]

I'm gonna have to ask you
to hold your herd here
another day.

Let me get things settled.

That's cash crop on the hoof
dying of thirst.

I mean to get 'em
to that river now--
what's left of 'em.

Well, you better get
those Shoshones out of there.

Look. I told you--I'm sorry, Mr. Nelson.

All right.
Let's keep 'em moving! Ho!

[ Men Whistling ]

Hup!

Hyah!

[ Whistling ]

[ Men Whistling, Shouting ]

[ Speaking Shoshone ]

[ Men Murmuring Assent ]Enga'Idga, wait.

I told ya.

Those white men
have got permission
to come in here.

Now don't go stirring up
any trouble.
Do you understand?

This our land!
White man understand?

[ Men Murmuring ]

Den'Gwatzi, you're a man
of peace. You've gotta
talk to your people.

As I have done?Control them, man!

They are free to choose,
each his own way.

Yes, but they'll
listen to you.Yes. They will listen.

Well, then talk to 'em.

[ Whistles ]
Hyah! Hyah! Come on!

[ Whistles ]
Hyah!

[ Whistles ]
Hyah!

[ Whistles ]

[ Whistling ]

Hey. Look up there.

Hey, J.B.

We're on reservation land now.
You think they came to meet us?

With rifles?What do you make of it?

I don't know.

[ Mooing ]

[ Trampas ] We've got the herd
bedded down in a box canyon
about three miles east.

[ Virginian ]
We'll go on in and let
Den'Gwatzi know we're here.

He'll send some men out
to relieve you.Yo.

[ Barking ]

[ Dog Barking ]

I sure am glad you came.

I'm having trouble
keeping the lid on here.

I hope they listen
to you, J.B.

[ Dog Barks ]

[ Both Speaking Shoshone ]

Pretty.

Dah'Bu'Tzi.

This is my child,
Dah'Bu'Tzi.

Hello, little cottontail.

[ Chuckles ]
She's beautiful.

The old ones--
they say it is better
to give her away.

Give her away?

The children--
they are hungry,
but I keep her.

I say soon...

Tza'Wuda will come
and give them beef.

And Nai'Be,
to help the children.

We stay here.
This is our land.

Our river.But there is other land
across the river.

If we do not move,
they will run their cattle
through and kill us.

Den'Gwatzi,
I cannot believe that
a man as wise as you...

would allow innocent women
and children to be killed.

Where will they send us?

Will the new land
have animals to hunt,
fish to eat?

If there is not enough
for us, then the army
must give us more.

Our hands are outstretched,
begging,

taking whatever crumbs
the white man gives us.

With our own cattle,
we will not need the army.

Den'Gwatzi, I've told you.
McKinley has the right to drive
his cattle to the river.

Chief Washakie say
we must honor
the white man's law.

And we must honor
the law of our chief.

There is no tomorrow
for the Shoshone,
only yesterday.

Tell McKinley
we will leave the village
at the rise of the sun.

[ Den'Gwatzi ]
When no more land remains,

what will you do
with our people?

Tie a rope around
our necks and pet us
like the dogs you keep?

[ Dog Barks ]

♪♪ [ Drums Beating ] ♪♪ [ Man Singing In Shoshone ]

Before there was joy
in you-- laughter.

Now you are troubled.

It gives me joy
to see you again, Den'Gwatzi.And Tza'Wuda.

Yes. And June Bear.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

But there are things
I feel that...

he cannot understand,

that I cannot
make him understand.

Perhaps he sees you
as changed.
I do not.

To me,
you are the same,

holding my hand,
asking questions,
laughing.

The joy is still in you.

You must find it again.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

♪♪ [ Continues, Faint ]

What's the singin'
about, J.B.?

Well, yesterday.

The past.

The days before
even the horse came.

The time before the gun,

when the Shoshone
walked the land alone,

with only the birds and buffalo
to hear his footsteps,

when the Shoshone was free.

McKinley says that he'll
hold up the herd till mornin',

but then he don't care
who's in his way.

Indian or white man,
he's gonna come on through.

♪♪ [ Continues ]

♪♪ [ Continues ]

Does the song
make you unhappy?

It's not the song.

The moving again?

Yes. The moving.

It will be all right.

Will it, June Bear?

♪♪ [ Ends ]I try to understand,
Nai'Be,

but ever since you returned,
you-- you seem strange,

as if you were sorry
to be home.

When I kissed you--

I know.
It wasn't your fault.

I thought so much about you
while you were away--

about the day
you would return,

and we'd start
our life together.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

Is there someone else?
Someone back there?

Yes.

There is someone back there.

Nai'Be.

When I first got to
that school,

they all tried
to be nice to me.

But that was the trouble.

They were too nice.

I felt separate.

I wasn't just another student.

I was a Shoshone squaw
off the reservation.

A wonderful curiosity.

I tried so hard to make them
forget what I was.

And they did forget.

How long did it take you
to forget who you were?

I'm not trying
to forget who I was.

I'm trying to find out
who I am.

Can't you see, June Bear?

You and I--
we've made a place
for ourselves in their world,

as they wished.

They told us
our world was dying.

And we believed them.

They said,
"Choose between our life
and your death."

And we chose.

Now they say,

"Go back to your people
and spread our way of life
among them."

Well, how can I go back
and stand as a symbol...

of how a Shoshone
can be redeemed for
having been born a Shoshone?

[ All Laughing ]

[ Clopping Hooves Approaching ]

Could be one of them Shoshones
trying to sneak in.

I'll get him.

- Who are you?
- Leave me alone.

Hey. You're that
fancy Shoshone gal
I heard about, ain't ya?

The one with the schoolin'.

They teach you
it ain't polite to go around
scalpin' people no more?

- Let go of my horse.
- Don't get sassy with me.

Let me see your pass.
Get down.

- Get your hands off me!
- Why, you dirty little--

- Keep away from me!
- Think you're gonna
cut me, huh?

Well, come on.
Just you try it,
you little savage.

[ Chuckles ]

Where did you think
you were running?

Where do you think
youcan run?

You can't run away
from yourself, Nai'Be.

Now, the rest of you,
go on with them.

The cattle's
coming through--
[ Indistinct ]

Most of the people
are going with Den'Gwatzi,

but Red Fox
talked some of them
into staying with him.

McKinley will be bringing
that herd up soon.

Once they smell that water,
there'll be no stopping 'em.

[ Sighs ]
Well, I'll ride out
and find him,

get him to hold off
another hour.

We'll go with you.

You go find Red Fox.
Tell him he's got to get
those people out of here.

You're afraid to live
for what you are.

They're not afraid
to die for it.

You're wrong, June Bear.

Hold it! Hold 'em!

[ Gunshots ]

[ Mooing ]

Gotta try and turn 'em.Yo!

[ Shoshone ]

You tried to stop them.
Instead you stampeded them,

right toward the village.

[ Mooing ]

Hyah!

Hyah!

Hyah! [ Whistling ]

Come on!

Hyah! Hyah!

[ Mooing ]

[ Man Whistling ]
Get in there!

Get up!

[ Man ]Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah! Ho!

Ah! Hyah!

[ Gunshots ]

Come on.
[ Whistles ]
Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

Hey! Hyah!
[ Shouts ]

[ Man ]
Hey there!

Get up there!

[ Shouts ]
Hyah! Ah! Hyah!

[ Mooing ]

[ Shouting ]

[ Whistling ] Get in there!

Get up there!

Hyah!Ho!

[ Whistling ]

[ Mooing ]

[ Mooing ]

[ Mooing ]

[ Nelson ]
Who started it, McKinley?

Them Shoshones tried to
bushwhack us.

They pinned us down
as soon as we started
for the pass.

I tried to warn ya.You think we got 'em
all turned?

We better check the village.

[ Mooing ]

They're coming! Get out!
Get out of here!

They're coming![ All Shouting ]

Dah'Bu'Tzi!
Dah'Bu'Tzi!

[ Woman Screams ]

Dah'Bu'Tzi!

Ho!

Dah'Bu'Tzi!Dah'Bu'Tzi!

Dah'Bu'Tzi!

Dah'Bu'Tzi!

I will take
Dah'Bu'Tzi home.

Home?

Where is home?

Where it's
always been.

In our hearts.

Nai'Be, I don't understand
all your questions,

but we can look
for the answers together.

Come with us.
We will nourish
each other--

and our people.

Come, Dah'Bu'Tzi.