Original subtitles

Laura, voice-over: IT WAS SPRING,

AND PA TOOK ALL OF US WITH HIM TO MANKATO.

IT WAS A WONDER TO SEE THE CITY,

BUT LIKE PA SAYS,

IT'S A FINE THING TO BE GOING HOME,

AND BESIDES, I MISSED MY DOG JACK.

WHOA.

WHAT'S WRONG, CHARLES?

NOTHIN', I'M SURE.

JUST MAKES ME NERVOUS WHEN I SEE MEN IN A HURRY.

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

HI. HOW ARE YOU?

I'M JIM ANDERS, U.S. MARSHAL OUT OF SLEEPY EYE.

MY DEPUTIES HILL AND CURTIS.

I'M CHARLES INGALLS.

THIS IS MY WIFE.

WE'RE CHASING A SAVAGE,

A RENEGADE SIOUX BY THE NAME OF JACK LAME HORSE.

I DIDN'T THINK THERE WERE ANY SIOUX LEFT IN THESE PARTS.

WELL, THERE WON'T BE, SOON AS WE CATCH THIS'UN.

I CAN'T HELP YOU. I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.

MUCH OBLIGED.

IF I WAS YOU FOLKS, I'D START LOOKIN' FOR SHELTER.

THERE'S A BLIZZARD COMIN'.

A STORM, MAYBE. A LITTLE LATE IN THE YEAR FOR A BLIZZARD.

WELL, NOW YOU CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT TO, MISTER.

BUT THAT'S A BLIZZARD WIND.

BOTH OF MY FEET HAVE BEEN FROSTBIT TWICE.

THEY TELL ME WHEN A BAD ONE'S COMIN',

AND THEY'RE TELLIN' ME NOW.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT SAVAGE, Y'HEAR?

I WILL. WHAT DID THIS LAME HORSE DO?

HE GOT BORN.

GOOD DAY, MA'AM.

HYAH!

HE CALLS THE INDIAN A SAVAGE.

HYAH!

[WIND HOWLS]

I COULD CUT ACROSS PARKER POINT,

BUT I'M AFRAID TO TAKE A CHANCE.

THIS WIND'S GOT ME THINKING THAT FELLOW

WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE WEATHER.

THE TEMPERATURE'S DROPPING AWFULLY FAST.

YOU BEST GET INSIDE WITH THE GIRLS.

Charles: YOU ALL SET?

YES.

HERE WE GO! HYAH!

IT SURE IS COLD.

WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SNUGGLE DOWN AND KEEP WARM.

IT'S SNOWING!

I KNOW, DEAR.

PLACE IS DESERTED.

EVERYBODY OUT.

TAKE CARRIE INSIDE.

Mary: OVER HERE. COME ON, HURRY!

LET ME WEDGE THAT DOOR.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOT IT.

WELL, WE GOT 4 WALLS AND A ROOF.

AND A FIREPLACE.

WE'RE IN LUCK.

YOU GOT ENOUGH KINDLING HERE TO GET A FIRE STARTED.

I'LL GO OUT AND GET US A LOAD OF WOOD.

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THIS PLACE'LL BE WARM AS TOAST.

PAPA...

I'M THIRSTY AND HUNGRY.

BETTER GET THIS WINDOW FIXED BEFORE I LEAVE.

Caroline: No, I'LL Do THAT.

GET SOME WOOD BEFORE IT GETS DARK.

YOU SURE?

THE WOMEN IN THIS FAMILY

CAN MANAGE QUITE NICELY.

ALL RIGHT. SOME TOOLS IN THE SUPPLY BOX.

I'LL BE BACK SOON.

MAKE SURE YOU BRACE THIS DOOR GOOD.

MARY, WILL YOU GET THE FIRE STARTED?

YES, MA.

AND, UH...

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT THIS WINDOW.

[WHINNIES]

OOH. WELL, IT'S NOT THE WORK OF A CARPENTER,

BUT IT WILL KEEP SOME OF THE WIND OUT.

IT'S SNOWING HARDER, MA.

OH, I NOTICED A FLAKE OR TWO.

OOH! OH, THAT'S FINE, MARY.

THE CHIMNEY DRAWS VERY WELL, DOESN'T IT?

UH-HUH.

I STILL COLD.

AW. JUST BE PATIENT.

YOU FATHER WILL BE BACK SOON

WITH SOME WOOD,

AND WE'LL MAKE A BIG, WARM FIRE.

WHEW!

WE GONNA HAVE A BLIZZARD LIKE THE MAN SAID?

WE'VE GOT A STORM.

ISN'T A BLIZZARD YET.

WE'LL JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T TURN INTO ONE.

WHAT IF IT DOES?

WELL, WE'LL JUST MAKE DUE.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH COLD WEATHER BEFORE.

- OH! -AAH!

MARY!

BRING THIS BOX OVER.

THAT SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH!

HA HA HA!

Caroline: CHARLES!

GO BACK IN THE HOUSE! I'LL BE DONE SOON!

I WAS WORRIED YOU WERE SO LONG.

I CAN'T MOVE VERY FAST IN THIS.

SUPPER'S READY. CAN'T YOU EAT NOW?

I WANT TO FINISH THIS BEFORE IT'S DARK.

YOU GO ON AND EAT. I'LL BE IN SOON.

Charles: DEAR LORD...

THANK YOU FOR THIS FOOD

AND A PLACE IN WHICH TO EAT IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PROTECTION FROM THE STORM.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR BLESSINGS.

GUIDE US AND SHOW US THE WAY, O LORD. AMEN.

AMEN.

YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE WAITED FOR ME.

YOU MUST BE STARVING.

WELL, IT'S NOT OFTEN WE GET TO HAVE A QUIET SUPPER ALONE.

[CHUCKLES]

[HERE]

IT'S GOOD.

MM-

IT'S YESTERDAY'S STEW.

I JUST WISH WE HAD A BARREL OF IT FOR TOMORROW.

JUST HAD ENOUGH FOOD TO GET US FROM MANKATO.

3 DAYS, 6 MEALS. THERE CAN'T BE MUCH LEFT.

HALF A LOAF OF BREAD, SMALL PIECE OF BACON,

3 APPLES,

SOME CORN MEAL, AND SOME COFFEE.

WINTER WAS OVER A MONTH AGO.

FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW BOX WHEN WE LEFT HOME.

WRONG TIME OF THE YEAR FOR A BLIZZARD.

MAYBE IT WON'T LAST.

CAROLINE, THERE'S BETTER THAN 2 FEET OF SNOW OUT THERE.

IF IT STOPPED RIGHT NOW, WE'D BE IN TROUBLE.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY.

[SOFT GROAN] OH...

NO, NO, DEAR. IT'S NOT TIME TO WAKE UP.

SNUGGLE DOWN AND GO BACK TO SLEEP.

SURE, MA.

THE LONGER THEY SLEEP,

THE LESS TIME THEY'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT BEING HUNGRY.

YOU DIDN'T SLEEP AT ALL.

I CATNAPPED A LITTLE.

THE SNOW STOPPED.

MAYBE IT'S OVER.

'FRAID NOT. I WAS OUTSIDE A FEW MINUTES AGO.

LOOK OF THAT SKY AND THE FEEL OF THE WIND,

I THINK THERE'S MORE COMIN'.

CONSIDERING WHAT YOU HAD TO WORK WITH,

THAT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT.

I'M GONNA NEED 'EM.

WANNA GO HUNTING BEFORE THE STORM HITS AGAIN.

YOU THINK WE'LL BE SNOWED IN A LONG TIME.

IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

I CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE.

GOTTA GET US SOME FOOD JUST IN CASE THE STORM DOES HIT.

I'LL GET YOU SOME BREAKFAST.

NO, NO. I'M NOT HUNGRY,

AND I WANNA GET STARTED.

CHARLES, YOU HAVE TO EAT.

CAROLINE, PLEASE. NOW DON'T ARGUE WITH ME.

JUST GIVE WHATEVER'S LEFT TO THE GIRLS.

HEY...

YOU DID SAY I WAS PUTTING ON A FEW POUNDS, YOU KNOW.

MA?

IT'S STARTIN' TO SNOW.

I FINISHED MY 6s.

I'M ON MY 4s.

LINER. YOU LOSE YOUR TURN.

LINERS ARE GOOD.

NOT THE WAY WE PLAY AT SCHOOL.

WE'RE NOT PLAYING THE WAY WE PLAY AT SCHOOL.

WE'RE PLAYING MAN KATO RULES!

YOU NEVER PLAYED HOPSCOTCH IN MANKATO.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE.

JUST A MINUTE. IT'S MY TURN ANYWAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S MOM'S TURN.

BESIDES, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ARGUE OVER A GAME.

RIGHT, MA?

YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO ARGUE

IF lT'LL HELP YOU TO KEEP WARM.

CARRIE.

Caroline: HOP, HOP!

HOP, HOP!

Caroline: SIMON SAYS MOVE YOUR FACE AROUND.

ALL RIGHT. SIMON SAYS TURN AROUND FAST.

TURN AROUND! ALL RIGHT.

SIMON SAYS JUMP UP AND DOWN.

SIMON SAYS TOUCH YOUR KNEES.

SIMON SAYS TOUCH YOUR EARS.

TOUCH YOUR HEAD.

OOH! HA!

CARRIE, SIMON DIDN'T SAY, SO YOU'RE OUT.

MAMA SAID TO.

Ol-ll-u.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW I WANT YOU TO EAT THAT SLOWLY.

YES, MA'AM.

- YES, MA'AM. - TINY BITES.

YES, MA.

MAKE IT LAST.

DEAR GOD...

PROTECT HIM.

ALL RIGHT, GIRLS.

IT'S GONNA BE TIME FOR BED.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

CHARLES?!

HELP ME.

MOVE THAT!

OH!

OH, YOUR FACE!

HANDS.

EASY.

MY FEET.

EASY.

FEET!

FROZE.

I COULD LOSE MY FOOT.

IT'S FROZE.

YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

I'LL GET YOUR BOOTS OFF.

YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T.

THEY FROZE.

YOUR HUSBAND'LL HAVE TO DO IT.

OH, HE'S NOT HERE.

WE NEEDED FOOD. HE HASN'T COME BACK YET.

HE'S OUT THERE? IN THIS?

GOD HELP HIM.

DO YOUR FEET HURT?

LIKE FURY.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HOW...

FAST A MAN CAN GET IN TROUBLE

IN WEATHER LIKE THIS.

WELL, HOW'D THEY GET THAT WAY?

WELL, MY...

HORSE PULLED OFF THE PICKET LINE,

AND I WENT OUT TO FETCH HIM, AND I...

I JUST GOT TURNED AROUND AND BLIND.

I WAS LOST. I...

COULDN'T FIND MY WAY BACK TO CAMP.

WELL, HOW'D YOU FIND US?

I JUST...

STARTED WALKIN', AND...

STUMBLED ACROSS YA.

OUR PA WON'T GET LOST.

HE KNOWS HOW TO MARK A TRAIL.

WELL, THAT'S PRETTY HARD TO DO IN THIS KIND OF WEATHER.

NOT FOR PA.

HE CAN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

YOU WAIT AND SEE.

I'M SURE HE CAN, LITTLE ONE.

YOU EVER SHOOT PEOPLE?

NOT UNLESS I HAVE TO.

WHEN WE SAW YOU ON THE ROAD,

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AN INDIAN.

JACK LAME HORSE.

WELL, WHAT DID HE DO?

LAURA, YOU'RE BEING A BOTHER.

IT'S NO BOTHER. IT'S HISTORY.

I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THEY SHOULD KNOW,

SOMETHING THEY SHOULD LEARN AND REMEMBER.

WELL, TELL YOU WHAT.

IN '62, THE SIOUX JUST ABOUT WIPED ALL OF US OUT,

FOLKS LIKE YOUR MA AND PA,

CHILDREN LIKE YOU.

THEY ALMOST GOT US.

BUT WE GOT UP...

AND WE FOUGHT...

AND WE TAUGHT 'EM A LESSON.

WELL, ONE OF THEIR CHIEFS...

HIS NAME WAS...

JACK LAME HORSE.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE LEFT.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS?

[LOADING GUN]

THEY'RE DEAD.

GONE.

SOME WE SHOT...

SOME WE HUNG.

I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH HISTORY, MR. ANDERS.

YES, MA'AM.

[POUNDING ON DOOR]

CHARLES!

OH, THANK GOD!

[SOFTLY] LAME HORSE?

LAME HORSE!

PUT THE RIFLE DOWN.

Charles: WAIT...

HOLD IT! RIGHT THERE.

HE SAVED MY LIFE.

I SAID HOLD IT!

IF YOU DON'T WANT HIM SHOT, GET HIM OUTTA HERE!

GET 'EM ALL OUTTA HERE! HURRY UP.

CHARLES.

THE OTHER RIFLE.

EASY.

NOW THE KNIFE.

EASY.

EASY.

THAT'S IT, INDIAN.

ALL RIGHT, WOMAN.

GET OVER THERE AND GET THAT ROPE AND TIE HIM UP.

AND TIE HIM UP TIGHT! HURRY UP!

[SHIVERING]

IT'S GOOD AND HOT.

THE GIRLS ARE ALL RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

I'M FINE.

I WAS AFRAID HE WAS GONNA SHOOT YOU.

SO WAS I. HE'S SO FULL OF HATE.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HE'S THE LAW.

I KNOW, BUT HE IS.

WHEN I WAS OUT HUNTING, I HAD A DEER.

HAD IT ALMOST BACK, AND THEN I LOST IT.

DON'T FRET.

OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED WHEN YOU CAME BACK.

WE'LL NEED FOOD.

I'LL GO HUNTING AGAIN AS SOON AS THERE'S A LULL IN THIS BLIZZARD.

[SIGHS]

AND IF THERE ISN'T A LULL?

THERE'S ALWAYS THE HORSES.

YOU LET HIM GO!

DIRTY INDIAN LOVER! GET UP!

COME ON!

GET IN THERE!

I'M HUNGRY!

I KNOW.

BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

PA'LL GET US SOME FOOD AS SOON AS THE SNOW STOPS.

HOPE MR. LAME HORSE IS ALL RIGHT.

ME, TOO.

WHY DOES MR. ANDERS HATE HIM SO MUCH?

BECAUSE HE'S AN INDIAN, I GUESS.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

HE'S A GOOD MAN. HE SAVED PA.

THAT DOESN'T MATTER TO MR. ANDERS.

PA SAYS PEOPLE THAT HATE NEVER MAKE SENSE.

HE SAYS ALL YOU CAN DO IS PRAY FOR 'EM.

WELL, IT'S HARD TO PRAY FOR A MAN LIKE MR. ANDERS.

BUT I WILL.

THE STORM ISN'T GONNA LET UP.

IT'S GETTIN' WORSE.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE BARN.

I, UH...

COULD USE A BOWL OF THAT SOUP OR SOMETHING.

IT'S ALL GONE. I GAVE THE LAST OF IT TO THE GIRLS.

THERE'D OF BEEN SOME LEFT IF YOU HADN'T OF FED THAT INDIAN.

HE EARNED WHAT HE GOT.

INGALLS, YOU'RE GONNA... RUE THE DAY

THAT YOU LET THAT MURDERER GO.

MURDERER! YOU KEEP SAYING THAT. WHO DID HE MURDER?

WHO?

HE WAS ONE OF THE SIOUX CHIEFS IN THE '62 UPRISING.

TRIED AND CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO HANG!

THEN WHY DIDN'T HE?

WELL, ABE LINCOLN.

HE STUCK HIS NOSE INTO IT.

HE CALLED THEM SIOUX WARRIORS,

SAID THEY BELIEVED IN WHAT THEY WERE FIGHTING FOR.

SO HE PARDONED THE WHOLE BUNCH OF 'EM!

NO DIFFERENT FROM THE MEN WHO WORE CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS

FOUGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN.

THAT WAS DIFFERENT!

PRESIDENT LINCOLN DIDN'T THINK SO.

THIS IS A RESERVATION JUMPER WHO HATES ALL WHITE MEN!

THEN WHY DID HE SAVE MY LIFE?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW, TO GET IN HERE TO GET YOUR KIDS, YOUR WOMAN,

YOUR SUPPLIES! I DON'T KNOW!

IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE THE UPRISING,

AND YOU'RE SO FULL OF HATE, YOU BELIEVE THAT.

YES, I DO.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

OUT TO THE BARN.

YOU WANT TO TAKE A WALK?

[SNORTS SOFTLY]

THANK YOU.

IN THE HOUSE. GET WARM.

GOOD LUCK.

LAME HORSE!

ANDERS!

I GOT HIM.

I GOT HIM!

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK.

HE CAME BACK TO BRING US FOOD!

HE CAME BACK SO YOU WOULDN'T GO HUNGRY!

NOW YOU HELP ME GET HIM INTO THE HOUSE.

WILL HE BE ALL RIGHT?

WELL, I GOT THE BULLET OUT.

THE WOUND LOOKS CLEAN.

HE'LL MAKE IT.

HERE'S MORE SOUP.

NO.

I THINK WHAT HE NEEDS NOW IS JUST REST.

THAT'S ALL.

I'LL GET SOME MORE WOOD FOR THE FIRE.

LOOK, INGALLS, I'VE SAID I'M SORRY EVERY WAY I KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THAT MAN.

HIS FREEDOM...

HIS LAND...

ALMOST HIS LIFE.

DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE SORRY. TELL HIM.

Laura, voice-over: 3 WEEKS PASSED,

AND THE WIND SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH.

MR. LAME HORSE WAS BETTER,

AND PA SAID WE COULD HEAD ON HOME.

Man: HELLO!

IT'S MY BOYS.

HEY, THOUGHT WE'D LOST YOU FOR GOOD!

I GOT LUCKY.

SOME PEOPLE TOOK CARE OF ME.

WAIT RIGHT THERE. I'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU.

WE GOTTA GET GOING.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING OF LAME HORSE.

HOW 'BOUT YOU?

NO, AND...

AND I AIN'T LOOKIN' ANYMORE, EITHER.

'SIDES...

HE'S PROBABLY BACK ON THE RESERVATION BY NOW.

ANYWAY...

WE GOTTA GET GOIN'.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE HAPPENED TO ME?

I ALMOST LOST 10 TOES. HERE, GIMME A HAND.

INGALLS?

NEXT TIME I TELL YOU THERE'S GONNA BE A BLIZZARD,

MAYBE YOU'LL BELIEVE ME.

I WILL!

EVEN IF IT'S THE FOURTH OF JULY.

LET'S GO HOME.