1 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,000 What are you up to, Joe? 2 00:00:44,060 --> 00:00:45,420 I didn't think you'd do this to me. 3 00:00:45,620 --> 00:00:47,180 Don't shoot, Cheyenne. 4 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,020 You knew I wouldn't have brought the captain Benteen 5 00:00:49,020 --> 00:00:50,240 here if I didn't consider it 6 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:50,600 important. 7 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,080 Is this official business, Fred? 8 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:55,780 If I were chasing a deserter, there would be 9 00:00:55,780 --> 00:00:56,520 come with a detachment. 10 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:57,860 This is personal. 11 00:00:57,860 --> 00:00:59,760 Well, if it has anything to do with 12 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:01,480 my return, forget it. 13 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,640 A commission of inquiry will open a research on 14 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,480 the Custer massacre in ten days. 15 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,240 They will punish with the full weight of the law to Major Marcus 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:08,480 Reindeer. 17 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:10,300 I don't know why you come to me 18 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:10,840 with Reno. 19 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:12,880 As far as I'm concerned, both he and 20 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:14,180 Custer gambled and lost. 21 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,960 That's not the real reason why do you want to help 22 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:16,180 to Reno. 23 00:01:36,090 --> 00:01:36,510 Irene? 24 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:39,350 Cheyenne, it seems like a lot has happened time. 25 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:41,650 26 00:01:41,650 --> 00:01:43,330 I know I have no right to ask you, 27 00:01:43,690 --> 00:01:44,690 but I need your help. 28 00:01:45,770 --> 00:01:47,570 The military will base the entire case against 29 00:01:47,570 --> 00:01:49,410 Mark on the information that only a few 30 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:51,290 few hundred Indians participated in the massacre. 31 00:01:51,850 --> 00:01:53,390 You know the Cheyennes, the Sioux. 32 00:01:54,310 --> 00:01:55,550 If you could persuade some of the 33 00:01:55,550 --> 00:01:58,010 warchiefs, such as Dollknife or Crazy Horse, so that they would meet with 34 00:01:58,010 --> 00:02:00,690 General Sheridan under a flag of truce, 35 00:02:00,690 --> 00:02:02,330 could testify that thousands of Indians 36 00:02:02,330 --> 00:02:03,550 They participated in the Battle of Custer. 37 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:04,970 No chance, Fred. 38 00:02:04,970 --> 00:02:05,490 No. 39 00:02:06,590 --> 00:02:08,229 The only thing they would talk to 40 00:02:08,229 --> 00:02:09,789 white man would be from behind the look of 41 00:02:09,789 --> 00:02:10,210 a rifle. 42 00:02:11,470 --> 00:02:13,110 But I will go to Fort Lincoln and 43 00:02:13,110 --> 00:02:15,450 I will clear Mark's name as soon as possible as you have news 44 00:02:15,450 --> 00:02:16,770 of Indian Affairs Commissioner Brady. 45 00:02:19,670 --> 00:02:20,930 What does he have to do with this? 46 00:02:21,410 --> 00:02:23,070 He's the only man who can clean my name 47 00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:24,210 of desertion charges. 48 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:27,830 The night you left the fort, 49 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:29,970 Commissioner Brady suffered a stroke cerebral. 50 00:02:32,050 --> 00:02:32,690 He has died. 51 00:02:40,310 --> 00:02:41,050 I'm sorry, Irene. 52 00:02:41,150 --> 00:02:42,110 I can't help Mark. 53 00:02:43,690 --> 00:02:45,530 Now I can't even help myself same. 54 00:02:45,890 --> 00:02:48,650 But an innocent man will be destroyed when 55 00:02:48,650 --> 00:02:49,830 the truth could save him. 56 00:02:56,970 --> 00:02:58,010 I'm going to look for your horses. 57 00:03:16,670 --> 00:03:18,330 For your sake, I wish there could be 58 00:03:18,330 --> 00:03:18,850 helped Mark. 59 00:03:38,650 --> 00:03:39,110 Sirs! 60 00:03:42,170 --> 00:03:46,620 The commission of inquiry is now in session. 61 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:48,360 62 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:49,600 Presiding is Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan. 63 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:57,860 Gentlemen, this is not advice. war. 64 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,100 It is a commission of inquiry convened for 65 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:02,500 investigate the Battle of Little Bighorn. 66 00:04:03,340 --> 00:04:04,580 We are here to try to find out the 67 00:04:04,580 --> 00:04:05,560 real events of that confrontation. 68 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,200 If at the end of this investigation 69 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,060 70 00:04:11,060 --> 00:04:14,460 It is clearly demonstrated that there has been negligence in the performance of duty or improper conduct by someone official, 71 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:14,960 Formal charges will be filed. 72 00:04:15,519 --> 00:04:16,760 Colonel Bell, if you're ready, you can call 73 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:17,480 to his first witness. 74 00:04:20,740 --> 00:04:21,880 Commander Marcus Reno. 75 00:04:35,770 --> 00:04:37,330 76 00:04:37,350 --> 00:04:38,570 77 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:38,970 Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth, with the help from God? 78 00:04:39,290 --> 00:04:39,730 I swear. 79 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:41,550 Please indicate your name, rank and regiment. 80 00:04:42,110 --> 00:04:44,610 Marcus Reno, Major, 7th Regiment Cavalry, Fort Abraham Lincoln, 81 00:04:44,750 --> 00:04:45,490 Dakota Territory. 82 00:04:48,490 --> 00:04:51,290 Mayor, on the morning of last 25 june, 83 00:04:51,610 --> 00:04:52,950 you were on the battlefield under command 84 00:04:52,950 --> 00:04:55,630 by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, 85 00:04:55,630 --> 00:04:55,870 Isn't that so? 86 00:04:56,150 --> 00:04:56,670 That's how it is. 87 00:04:57,290 --> 00:04:59,390 Now, there on the board, you will find 88 00:04:59,390 --> 00:04:59,770 a map 89 00:05:00,210 --> 00:05:00,950 Do you recognize it? 90 00:05:01,770 --> 00:05:03,310 It is a map of the battle area of 91 00:05:03,310 --> 00:05:03,910 Little Bighorn. 92 00:05:04,850 --> 00:05:07,690 Now, older, remembering that he is under oath, 93 00:05:08,090 --> 00:05:09,070 I want you... 94 00:05:09,070 --> 00:05:09,930 With the permission of the room. 95 00:05:10,290 --> 00:05:12,170 No need to remember 96 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:12,950 to an officer and gentleman his oath. 97 00:05:12,950 --> 00:05:15,490 By doing so, the prosecution seeks to put 98 00:05:15,490 --> 00:05:17,530 in doubt the veracity of the testimony of the witness 99 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:18,970 . The objection is accepted. 100 00:05:20,610 --> 00:05:22,230 Excuse me, Captain Benteen. 101 00:05:22,870 --> 00:05:25,850 Naturally, I withdraw any warning unnecessary. 102 00:05:27,890 --> 00:05:29,910 Now, older, using this map with purposes 103 00:05:29,910 --> 00:05:32,530 clarifications, 104 00:05:32,530 --> 00:05:34,350 105 00:05:34,350 --> 00:05:34,490 Would you be so kind as to offer this court a detailed account of the facts just as you saw them? 106 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:43,800 On the afternoon of June 24, one of 107 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,260 Colonel Custer's Scouts reported that he had found a 108 00:05:46,260 --> 00:05:48,180 great Sioux village on the banks of the 109 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:48,700 Little Bighorn. 110 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,140 He thought it belonged to Caballo Loco 111 00:05:51,140 --> 00:05:51,800 or Sitting Bull. 112 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:53,220 Colonel Custer was elated. 113 00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:55,780 He promised that the next day there would be promotions 114 00:05:55,780 --> 00:05:56,780 for everyone. 115 00:05:57,940 --> 00:06:01,100 After a forced night march, we crown the 116 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:02,340 Bighorn mountains up here 117 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:05,020 118 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,680 119 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,960 120 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,380 121 00:06:13,380 --> 00:06:14,320 122 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:18,120 123 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,340 . At that time, Colonel Custer He divided his command. Captain Benteen, with troops H, D and K, was sent to other side of the river with orders to advance parallel to the river and eliminate all the Indians of the valleys. With troops A, G and M, I advanced along the east bank of the river. 124 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:24,480 Colonel Custer, with troops C, E, F, I 125 00:06:24,580 --> 00:06:26,700 and L, continued along the ridge. 126 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:30,480 Around 2 in the afternoon, we arrived at this 127 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,320 point and we sighted the Indian village here below. 128 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,020 How big was the village, major? 129 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:37,920 It was hard to say. 130 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,660 It was partially hidden by poplars of the 131 00:06:40,660 --> 00:06:43,500 shore of the river, and the Indians had us seen and 132 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:45,180 They were shaking their herds of ponies to lift one 133 00:06:45,180 --> 00:06:45,620 dust curtain 134 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:47,540 Carry on, Major. 135 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,120 Upon receiving Colonel Custer's order to attack 136 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,860 the village and that he would support me, 137 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,840 I crossed the river with my commando and 138 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:57,520 I launched the attack. 139 00:06:57,900 --> 00:06:59,420 How many men did you have under your command, Major? 140 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:05,860 112 cavalrymen, 20 Arakari Indian explorers and three 141 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:06,720 crow explorers 142 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:09,520 Now, continue. 143 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,720 On the edge of the Indian village, we 144 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:15,760 We find a large concentration of sioux 145 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,420 and Cheyennes on horseback. 146 00:07:17,180 --> 00:07:18,980 Wave after wave, they kept coming. 147 00:07:19,460 --> 00:07:21,160 The command was in danger of being rolled over 148 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,480 So we organized ourselves to cross the 149 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:24,700 river at full speed. 150 00:07:25,940 --> 00:07:28,060 With what was left of my command, 151 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:29,400 we reach Split-Tailed Hill, up here. 152 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,740 And we entrenched ourselves, immobilized by a 153 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:33,720 enveloping attack by the Indians. 154 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,600 Until then, Colonel Custer 155 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,360 had made no attempt to support him. 156 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:40,540 No, general, he didn't. 157 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:42,940 Please continue. 158 00:07:46,660 --> 00:07:48,880 After 20 minutes, the Indian attack subsided 159 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,300 and three scouts from the commando Colonel Custer 160 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:54,060 They went down the hill bridge and 161 00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:54,580 They joined us. 162 00:07:56,060 --> 00:07:57,740 Those are the three explorers that are over there. 163 00:07:58,380 --> 00:08:00,200 The one at the end, Marcus and Charlie, 164 00:08:00,340 --> 00:08:01,360 They spoke a little English. 165 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,060 He brought word from Colonel Custer that 166 00:08:04,060 --> 00:08:05,980 was attacking the northern end of the camp 167 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:08,120 and ordered me to continue my attack. 168 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:11,260 169 00:08:11,260 --> 00:08:11,540 And he continued with the attack as described? 170 00:08:11,820 --> 00:08:12,600 ordered him? It was impossible. 171 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:16,240 It only had about 60 troops and 172 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:16,880 many injured. 173 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,500 Then Captain Benteen crossed the 174 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:21,300 river and joined me. 175 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,140 That increased my effective strength to 240. 176 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:28,460 So while Captain Benteen reorganized the command, lieutenant 177 00:08:28,460 --> 00:08:31,000 Thorpe, Sergeant Ballard and I 178 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,919 We ran along the ridge to recognize the terrain. 179 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:35,600 When we reached the top of the ridge, 180 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,520 We heard intense gunshots in the northwest. 181 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,280 We advance along the ridge during approximately one 182 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,240 mile here and we saw a great battle 183 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:44,480 in the distance. 184 00:08:45,180 --> 00:08:47,520 Thousands of Sioux and Cheyennes charged 185 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:48,140 against Custer. 186 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,020 Then, a group of Cheyenne warriors pounced on us 187 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:52,900 and we galloped towards 188 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:53,380 Split-Tailed Hill. 189 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,920 Once your lines have been recovered, 190 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:00,300 191 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:00,640 Did you move with your command to try Help Colonel Custer? 192 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:04,840 I was faced with a command decision. 193 00:09:06,260 --> 00:09:08,620 Or hunker down and wait for the 194 00:09:08,620 --> 00:09:10,700 new enemy attacks after they would have 195 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:14,300 defeated Custer, or abandon about 40 196 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:17,000 wounded men and ride to glory with 197 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,720 flanks and rear exposed, which that would take my command to 198 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:20,340 the annihilation. 199 00:09:24,140 --> 00:09:26,080 I chose to try to save my life 200 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:26,700 of my men. 201 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:31,360 I gave the order to entrench ourselves. 202 00:09:32,340 --> 00:09:35,860 203 00:09:35,860 --> 00:09:37,860 Because of the thousands of Indian warriors that crowded between you and the colonel Custer? 204 00:09:38,460 --> 00:09:39,580 That's why. 205 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,240 I think you claim that they were between 206 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,240 four and five thousand. 207 00:09:45,140 --> 00:09:47,900 And he also states that Lieutenant Thorpe and the sergeant 208 00:09:47,900 --> 00:09:49,400 Ballard saw them too. 209 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,880 And I guess the defense is ready for 210 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,980 present these two important witnesses 211 00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:57,900 212 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:00,680 213 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:00,940 . The prosecution knows very well that the Lieutenant Thorpe and Sergeant Ballard They died upon returning to Split-Tailed Hill. 214 00:10:01,180 --> 00:10:01,600 Indeed. 215 00:10:02,980 --> 00:10:06,960 So, major, you have the honor of be 216 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,100 the only white man alive who saw those 217 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:11,820 thousands of warriors gathered. 218 00:10:13,180 --> 00:10:14,940 How convenient for you. 219 00:10:16,460 --> 00:10:19,580 What an ingenious alibi to cover up the cowardice 220 00:10:19,580 --> 00:10:21,440 of a terrified commanding officer. 221 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:23,300 I will remind the prosecution that, in 222 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:25,420 at least three times during the War civil, 223 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,080 Major Reno was decorated for his bravery and his actions. 224 00:10:28,500 --> 00:10:31,700 The prosecution will withdraw those last comments and 225 00:10:31,700 --> 00:10:34,060 any accusation will be reserved for the final summary. 226 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:38,400 I withdraw any slander that may exist 227 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:39,620 inadvertently dumped on the value of the witness. 228 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,600 Marcus and Charlie, take the stand. 229 00:10:50,060 --> 00:10:51,340 Raise your right hand. 230 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,080 Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth? 231 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:54,640 I swear. 232 00:10:55,220 --> 00:10:56,260 I swear to God. 233 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:57,220 Do you like this? 234 00:10:57,820 --> 00:10:59,660 We will ignore the formalities, Sgt. 235 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:00,440 Sit down the witness. 236 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:10,000 Now, Charlie, you heard Major Reno declare that 237 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,460 Colonel Custer sent him with a 238 00:11:12,460 --> 00:11:12,920 message. 239 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:14,480 Is that correct? 240 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:15,640 Of course. 241 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:19,420 Long-haired Custer sent me, little calf, 242 00:11:19,420 --> 00:11:22,760 broken nose, tell Major Reno that there is very big fight 243 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:23,100 soon. 244 00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:27,020 Now, when Colonel Custer told him sent, 245 00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:29,200 246 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:29,620 Was he in a fight with the Indians in that moment? 247 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:30,320 He doesn't fight. 248 00:11:31,420 --> 00:11:34,320 We're at the top of the hill, below of the people of the sea, we do not see 249 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,400 warriors, only women, old people, children. 250 00:11:38,300 --> 00:11:39,700 Charlie, I want you to think 251 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:40,000 very carefully. 252 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:45,380 During your trip to Greater Reno, 253 00:11:45,380 --> 00:11:46,720 How many Indians did you see? 254 00:11:47,260 --> 00:11:49,400 I saw many, Sioux, Cheyennes. 255 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,480 No, no, when you say many, Charlie, 256 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:52,120 how many are you referring to? 257 00:11:52,220 --> 00:11:53,660 20, 30, 100, 200? 258 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:54,740 I saw many more. 259 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,720 Seven, eight, maybe 900. 260 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,200 261 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:04,560 Are you sure you didn't see four or five thousand? 262 00:12:05,580 --> 00:12:08,020 Seven, eight, maybe nine hundred. 263 00:12:08,980 --> 00:12:09,520 No more. 264 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:10,260 I'm sure. 265 00:12:11,860 --> 00:12:13,300 That's not true. 266 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:17,520 Arrest that man. 267 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:18,920 Bring it here. 268 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:23,710 Your name? 269 00:12:24,050 --> 00:12:27,290 Cheyenne Bodie, Civilian Scout, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Abraham 270 00:12:27,290 --> 00:12:27,610 Lincoln. 271 00:12:27,990 --> 00:12:29,670 Bodie, the deserter? 272 00:12:30,210 --> 00:12:32,990 I understand that I am accused of desertion, general. 273 00:12:33,490 --> 00:12:34,930 We'll get to that later. 274 00:12:35,650 --> 00:12:37,050 Right now, I want to know why 275 00:12:37,050 --> 00:12:38,870 break in here and call 276 00:12:38,870 --> 00:12:39,090 liar to this witness. 277 00:12:39,090 --> 00:12:41,310 I didn't say that Marcus and Charlie are 278 00:12:41,310 --> 00:12:41,710 liars 279 00:12:42,770 --> 00:12:44,210 He may have seen less than a thousand 280 00:12:44,210 --> 00:12:46,530 Indians from the top of the hill, but 281 00:12:46,530 --> 00:12:48,970 the total number of Sioux and Cheyennes who surrounded 282 00:12:48,970 --> 00:12:51,770 to Colonel Custer was between four thousand and 283 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:52,470 five thousand. 284 00:12:53,090 --> 00:12:55,190 I know because I 285 00:12:55,190 --> 00:12:56,110 I myself witnessed the battle of Custer. 286 00:12:56,250 --> 00:12:58,070 This man is a known deserter. 287 00:12:58,870 --> 00:13:01,050 Everything you say is unreliable and 288 00:13:01,050 --> 00:13:01,310 has no value. 289 00:13:01,430 --> 00:13:02,750 Your place is in the dungeon, general. 290 00:13:04,090 --> 00:13:06,290 As you say, colonel, your testimony can 291 00:13:06,290 --> 00:13:08,290 worthless, but if there is some way to unravel 292 00:13:08,290 --> 00:13:10,150 The mystery surrounding the battle of Custer, I want 293 00:13:10,150 --> 00:13:10,870 listen to it. 294 00:13:11,450 --> 00:13:12,810 Take this man to the stand. 295 00:13:15,270 --> 00:13:15,930 Get out, Charlie. 296 00:13:20,830 --> 00:13:21,790 Raise your right hand. 297 00:13:22,610 --> 00:13:23,890 298 00:13:23,930 --> 00:13:24,970 299 00:13:25,010 --> 00:13:25,470 Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth, with the help from God? 300 00:13:25,750 --> 00:13:26,150 I swear. 301 00:13:30,350 --> 00:13:33,130 Now, Mr. Bodie, about 302 00:13:33,130 --> 00:13:36,850 your fantastic statement, I think the records show he deserted 303 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:39,310 from Fort Abraham Lincoln the night before that 304 00:13:39,310 --> 00:13:40,710 the 7th Cavalry will enter combat. 305 00:13:41,490 --> 00:13:44,510 Desertion implies the intention to remain permanently absent. 306 00:13:45,030 --> 00:13:46,250 I had intended to return. 307 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:49,170 Okay, so let's just say 308 00:13:49,170 --> 00:13:49,830 disappeared. 309 00:13:50,970 --> 00:13:53,030 And the thing is, you weren't with 310 00:13:53,030 --> 00:13:55,630 none of the troops under the colonel's command Custer. 311 00:13:55,870 --> 00:13:56,470 No, it wasn't. 312 00:13:56,950 --> 00:13:59,730 So, 313 00:13:59,730 --> 00:14:00,850 How can you claim that you witnessed the Custer's battle? 314 00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:03,790 I was a prisoner of Sitting Bull. 315 00:14:04,890 --> 00:14:07,790 At a time when the Indians were killing 316 00:14:07,790 --> 00:14:10,190 317 00:14:10,190 --> 00:14:12,950 to all the white people who found their way reach, why would they forgive him the life? 318 00:14:13,370 --> 00:14:14,890 I didn't go to 319 00:14:14,890 --> 00:14:15,330 see Sitting Bull as target. 320 00:14:15,410 --> 00:14:17,290 I went as a Southern Cheyenne Indian. 321 00:14:18,030 --> 00:14:19,130 I see. 322 00:14:19,790 --> 00:14:22,730 Then he claims that he went to visit 323 00:14:22,730 --> 00:14:25,690 to Sitting Bull and that he accepted him as 324 00:14:25,690 --> 00:14:28,730 cheyenne despite their 325 00:14:28,730 --> 00:14:29,290 gray eyes, which are not typical of Indians. 326 00:14:29,770 --> 00:14:32,210 Many Indians have light eyes, colonel. 327 00:14:33,050 --> 00:14:36,330 Courtesy of the white merchants and some officers 328 00:14:36,330 --> 00:14:38,510 and soldiers of the United States Army United. 329 00:14:40,190 --> 00:14:42,130 Not to this meeting 330 00:14:42,130 --> 00:14:44,710 you are not at all interested in his theories biological, Mr. Bodie. 331 00:14:44,790 --> 00:14:45,670 All he wants are facts. 332 00:14:45,730 --> 00:14:46,990 He wants to know the truth. 333 00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:48,110 That's why I'm here. 334 00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:49,410 Very good, let's start telling it. 335 00:14:49,630 --> 00:14:52,330 Start by explaining why you defected or disappeared from 336 00:14:52,330 --> 00:14:54,290 Fort Abraham Lincoln when he had orders 337 00:14:54,290 --> 00:14:55,410 leaving with the 7th Regiment of Cavalry. 338 00:14:56,010 --> 00:14:58,310 They asked me to deliver a message to 339 00:14:58,310 --> 00:14:58,930 Sitting Bull. 340 00:14:59,290 --> 00:15:01,790 Who asked you for it? 341 00:15:02,210 --> 00:15:04,210 Mr. Clay Brady, the commissioner for Indian affairs. 342 00:15:06,130 --> 00:15:08,050 Yes I know the night died 343 00:15:08,050 --> 00:15:10,190 that I left, but the fact is that he 344 00:15:10,190 --> 00:15:10,350 sent me 345 00:15:11,750 --> 00:15:13,390 There's only one thing I can say about 346 00:15:13,390 --> 00:15:14,510 this witness, general. 347 00:15:15,330 --> 00:15:17,710 He is a complete liar, and 348 00:15:17,710 --> 00:15:18,290 349 00:15:18,810 --> 00:15:20,650 Also not very good. And he has the audacity to mock 350 00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:22,950 of the intelligence of this court trying to 351 00:15:22,950 --> 00:15:25,690 excuse his desertion with the mythical request for 352 00:15:25,690 --> 00:15:26,150 a dead man 353 00:15:27,570 --> 00:15:29,830 General, if you are really interested in 354 00:15:29,830 --> 00:15:31,870 Major Reno is treated fairly, 355 00:15:31,870 --> 00:15:32,490 listen to me 356 00:15:32,910 --> 00:15:34,950 357 00:15:34,950 --> 00:15:35,610 What makes you think that Major Reno doesn't Are you getting a fair trial? 358 00:15:36,530 --> 00:15:38,770 It is known that all the armies of the history have 359 00:15:38,770 --> 00:15:41,330 sometimes used as a scapegoat cover up a defeat. 360 00:15:43,870 --> 00:15:45,450 Are you friends with Major Reno? 361 00:15:49,130 --> 00:15:50,410 No, sir, I am not. 362 00:15:52,350 --> 00:15:53,770 Let the witness continue. 363 00:15:56,910 --> 00:15:59,130 Colonel Custard sent me on a mission exploration 364 00:15:59,130 --> 00:16:00,910 to the Lower Powder and Tongue region. 365 00:16:01,970 --> 00:16:03,630 He was reporting to Fort Lincoln. 366 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:07,690 Hey, Cheyenne, Commissioner Brady wants see him 367 00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:08,250 At a brisk pace. 368 00:16:08,630 --> 00:16:09,330 Where do I find him? 369 00:16:09,710 --> 00:16:11,050 Next to the settler's store. 370 00:16:12,030 --> 00:16:13,630 I will talk to him as soon as I report 371 00:16:13,630 --> 00:16:14,450 to Colonel Custard. 372 00:16:17,330 --> 00:16:18,130 Thank you, lieutenant. 373 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,140 Hey, Bode, have you found any enemies? 374 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,580 No, sir, I have not found any enemy, but 375 00:16:28,580 --> 00:16:29,740 yes many footprints. 376 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:32,960 Traces of small war parties, entire towns in 377 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:33,280 movement. 378 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,420 Indies, travois, herds of ponies. 379 00:16:35,740 --> 00:16:36,600 Where were they going? 380 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,220 They were all heading northwest. 381 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:41,380 Matches our other reports, huh, gentlemen? 382 00:16:42,140 --> 00:16:43,800 Colonel, with your permission, I would like you to 383 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,260 Bode was assigned to my immediate command. 384 00:16:45,620 --> 00:16:46,120 Okay, major. 385 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,000 It will keep you out of trouble. 386 00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:54,770 What's all the fuss about, Fred? 387 00:16:54,850 --> 00:16:55,710 Tomorrow we get going. 388 00:16:56,130 --> 00:16:58,070 General Sheridan has received orders to Washington of 389 00:16:58,070 --> 00:16:59,650 gather all the enemies and move them to 390 00:16:59,650 --> 00:17:00,170 the reserves 391 00:17:00,530 --> 00:17:01,410 . Or exterminate them. 392 00:17:01,410 --> 00:17:03,069 We will cross the Sioux territory as a 393 00:17:03,069 --> 00:17:03,849 hot knife pierces the butter. 394 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:06,010 Captain, I will take care of informing 395 00:17:06,010 --> 00:17:06,190 to our friend. 396 00:17:06,470 --> 00:17:06,829 Yes sir. 397 00:17:07,890 --> 00:17:09,690 Pampering is over 398 00:17:09,690 --> 00:17:10,290 to your red friends, Cheyenne. 399 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,210 Now the boy rejects her. 400 00:17:12,650 --> 00:17:14,130 We know that most of those hostiles find somewhere 401 00:17:14,130 --> 00:17:15,770 between the Tongue and Bighorn rivers. 402 00:17:16,150 --> 00:17:17,630 So let's go after them with a 403 00:17:17,630 --> 00:17:18,430 attack on three fronts. 404 00:17:18,990 --> 00:17:21,010 And this time they won't escape us. 405 00:17:21,670 --> 00:17:23,069 And what about women and children? 406 00:17:23,190 --> 00:17:24,390 407 00:17:24,390 --> 00:17:24,869 How do you plan to prevent them from being hurt? 408 00:17:25,829 --> 00:17:27,870 As far as I'm concerned, everyone 409 00:17:27,870 --> 00:17:30,730 those red savages, men or women, are one 410 00:17:30,730 --> 00:17:31,790 malignant disease. 411 00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:33,770 Now, how does one get rid of it? 412 00:17:33,910 --> 00:17:34,610 There is only one way. 413 00:17:35,330 --> 00:17:36,230 It must be removed. 414 00:17:36,850 --> 00:17:37,450 Exterminate her. 415 00:17:38,550 --> 00:17:40,230 416 00:17:40,230 --> 00:17:41,470 Why did you ask me to be assigned to your command? 417 00:17:42,210 --> 00:17:43,610 To be able to keep an eye on him. 418 00:17:44,370 --> 00:17:46,250 I've never been quite sure what 419 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:47,770 side his loyalty belongs. 420 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:52,050 Well, gentlemen, you have your orders. 421 00:17:52,370 --> 00:17:52,930 Any questions? 422 00:17:53,650 --> 00:17:55,410 423 00:17:55,450 --> 00:17:55,590 Shall we take the gang with us? regiment, colonel? 424 00:17:55,930 --> 00:17:57,030 Not this time, Mark. 425 00:17:57,030 --> 00:17:58,690 We will leave her here to rehearse for 426 00:17:58,690 --> 00:18:01,970 the great parade down Pennsylvania Avenue after we have 427 00:18:01,970 --> 00:18:02,690 defeated the Sioux. 428 00:18:02,930 --> 00:18:05,050 Boots and saddles at 3 o'clock early morning. Good 429 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:05,490 evenings, gentlemen. 430 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,820 Cheyenne, have you heard what's going on between hands the army? 431 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:31,720 Yes, I just left headquarters. 432 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,040 But you and I know that the Sioux 433 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,940 and the northern cheyennes will fight. 434 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,120 There will be many casualties on both sides. 435 00:18:39,780 --> 00:18:41,160 I want to avoid it. 436 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,540 I'm afraid it's a little late to 437 00:18:43,540 --> 00:18:44,260 That, Mr. Brady. 438 00:18:45,980 --> 00:18:48,780 Cheyenne, I was the main architect of the 439 00:18:48,780 --> 00:18:52,440 Treaty of Larimer of 1868, by which 440 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,200 a large part of Dakota was ceded to the Indians, with our 441 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,900 guarantee that no white man would never enter 442 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:00,680 in the area while 443 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,180 grass would grow and rivers would flow. 444 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:09,160 What beautiful Indian prose, but 445 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,400 so unappreciated and absolutely unworthy meaning for the white man. 446 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:14,600 I think the treaty bosses know that you 447 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,800 acted in good faith, which were the 448 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,080 gold diggers and politicians who they forced the 449 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:20,060 army to break the treaty. 450 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,120 451 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,500 452 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:27,440 Does that mean you still trust me? despite Department orders from the Interior to the army? 453 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,440 Yes, sir, despite that. 454 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,920 Cheyenne, I want you to go to 455 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,500 see Sitting Bull and try to persuade him to carry 456 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:42,820 to his people to the Standing Rock Reservation. 457 00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,380 I will be waiting to receive them. 458 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,180 I will put them under the protection of the 459 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:49,580 Office of Indian Affairs. 460 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,600 In this way, the slaughter can be avoided. 461 00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:54,400 It's no use, Mr. Brady. 462 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:56,760 A white man couldn't come close 463 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:57,920 to Sitting Bull to talk to him and leave alive. 464 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,240 I wasn't going to send a white man. 465 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:06,300 You will go like an Indian from the reservation, like 466 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,580 Chief of the Southern Cheyenne. 467 00:20:13,530 --> 00:20:14,710 That could work. 468 00:20:16,290 --> 00:20:18,090 But I have orders to go out with 469 00:20:18,090 --> 00:20:18,630 the 7th 470 00:20:19,370 --> 00:20:21,350 And I don't think Custer will grant me permission 471 00:20:21,350 --> 00:20:22,970 to get the Indians out of their clutches, 472 00:20:23,090 --> 00:20:23,610 Not Custer. 473 00:20:23,710 --> 00:20:26,770 That's why he has to leave secretly, now, 474 00:20:27,170 --> 00:20:27,530 tonight 475 00:20:28,250 --> 00:20:30,210 You don't realize what's happening to me asking, Mr. Brady. 476 00:20:30,770 --> 00:20:32,170 They would accuse me of desertion. 477 00:20:32,470 --> 00:20:33,590 Just for a few days. 478 00:20:34,390 --> 00:20:37,130 Afterwards, I will send a telegram to the general Sheridan and I'll tell him 479 00:20:37,130 --> 00:20:38,430 who left at my request. 480 00:20:39,610 --> 00:20:43,070 I know it's a big risk, but 481 00:20:43,070 --> 00:20:45,670 it's worth it yes 482 00:20:45,670 --> 00:20:48,030 a tragic loss of life can be avoided lives on both sides. 483 00:20:50,370 --> 00:20:52,950 It could work if the Southern Cheyennes enjoy 484 00:20:52,950 --> 00:20:53,490 the hostile ones. 485 00:20:53,730 --> 00:20:56,230 Well, until now, old boss Grebel has achieved 486 00:20:56,230 --> 00:20:57,890 keep his people in reserve. 487 00:20:57,890 --> 00:21:01,390 But the young people are eager to 488 00:21:01,390 --> 00:21:01,690 fight. 489 00:21:02,170 --> 00:21:04,110 Just an hour ago, I received a 490 00:21:04,110 --> 00:21:07,570 telegram from your agent informing me that Grebel had 491 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:10,770 sent an emissary to Sitting Bull to find out 492 00:21:10,770 --> 00:21:11,770 if he planned to fight. 493 00:21:13,390 --> 00:21:15,010 Does Black Elk know you? 494 00:21:15,970 --> 00:21:16,630 BlackElk? 495 00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:18,230 We grew up together. 496 00:21:18,890 --> 00:21:20,130 There is no affection between us. 497 00:21:20,210 --> 00:21:22,070 He shot me when I was riding a horse in Julesburg. 498 00:21:22,610 --> 00:21:23,990 I heard that you would like to tear off my hair. 499 00:21:24,530 --> 00:21:25,910 Black Elk is the emissary. 500 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:27,870 You will have to intercept it. 501 00:21:28,870 --> 00:21:30,430 But before I can talk to Toro Sitting, 502 00:21:30,510 --> 00:21:31,550 He will have my hair. 503 00:21:33,090 --> 00:21:35,470 So that night, I left Fort Abraham Lincoln 504 00:21:35,470 --> 00:21:37,210 at the request of Commissioner Brady. 505 00:21:37,690 --> 00:21:39,050 I didn't desert. 506 00:21:39,470 --> 00:21:43,110 Mr. Bode, before we continue 507 00:21:43,110 --> 00:21:45,010 With this ingenious fable of his, there is some points 508 00:21:45,010 --> 00:21:46,350 What I would like to clarify, yes 509 00:21:46,350 --> 00:21:47,070 He doesn't care. 510 00:21:47,930 --> 00:21:50,350 511 00:21:50,350 --> 00:21:52,990 512 00:21:52,990 --> 00:21:54,210 Is there any witness you can present? to see him enter or leave the Mr. Brady's quarters the night in question? 513 00:21:54,770 --> 00:21:55,350 No, sir. 514 00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:56,450 Nobody that I know of. 515 00:21:57,510 --> 00:21:58,210 I understand. 516 00:21:59,710 --> 00:22:01,950 Now, Mr. Bode, you consider yourself a 517 00:22:01,950 --> 00:22:03,110 reasonably intelligent man, isn't he like this? 518 00:22:04,150 --> 00:22:04,590 Reasonably. 519 00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:07,170 So, Mr. Bode, being fully aware of 520 00:22:07,170 --> 00:22:09,910 the penalty for desertion, surely 521 00:22:09,910 --> 00:22:12,370 insist that Mr. Brady will submit your application by 522 00:22:12,370 --> 00:22:12,610 written. 523 00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:15,690 His promise that he would match me with 524 00:22:15,690 --> 00:22:17,130 The army was enough for me. 525 00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:20,570 Of course, since I'm just a man reasonably intelligent, 526 00:22:20,610 --> 00:22:22,050 I didn't know I would die before 527 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:22,750 I could return. 528 00:22:22,750 --> 00:22:24,370 I understand. 529 00:22:25,390 --> 00:22:28,590 Well, the next point refers to your proposal 530 00:22:28,590 --> 00:22:29,530 to intercept Black Elk. 531 00:22:30,110 --> 00:22:32,050 Now, as an explorer, you know the vast 532 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:34,690 territory that extends between Standing Rock Reservation and 533 00:22:34,690 --> 00:22:35,450 Bighorn Mountains. 534 00:22:35,990 --> 00:22:38,290 So, 535 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:39,050 How did you expect to intercept Black Elk? 536 00:22:39,210 --> 00:22:41,150 It would be like looking for a needle in 537 00:22:41,150 --> 00:22:42,170 a haystack, right? 538 00:22:43,370 --> 00:22:46,510 The shortest route from the reserve Standing Rock 539 00:22:46,510 --> 00:22:48,830 Even the Bighorns are just a stone's throw away between 540 00:22:48,830 --> 00:22:50,450 the Black Hills and Potter Ridge. 541 00:22:51,290 --> 00:22:54,190 Fort Abraham Lincoln is located 40 miles closer 542 00:22:54,190 --> 00:22:55,690 of the step that Standing Rock. 543 00:22:56,130 --> 00:22:57,650 I thought that, with a little luck, 544 00:22:57,650 --> 00:22:59,350 could reach the pass before Black Elk. 545 00:23:05,930 --> 00:23:06,690 BlackElk! 546 00:23:10,330 --> 00:23:11,270 Drop the rifle. 547 00:23:14,250 --> 00:23:15,990 Now, get off the horse. 548 00:23:16,910 --> 00:23:18,570 I was going to try to reason with 549 00:23:18,570 --> 00:23:20,710 Black Elk, but all the years of hate 550 00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:22,870 that he felt for me suddenly exploded inside 551 00:23:22,870 --> 00:23:23,090 me. 552 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,560 I made a mistake leaving 553 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,300 of Lincoln riding a horse army with iron horseshoes. 554 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,500 The Indians would have given 555 00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:43,700 account and they would have asked questions. 556 00:23:44,620 --> 00:23:46,580 So I let my horse loose and took 557 00:23:46,580 --> 00:23:47,960 Black Elk's barefoot pony. 558 00:23:58,370 --> 00:24:00,810 Mr. Brady had provided me with the war headdress, leggings 559 00:24:01,050 --> 00:24:01,970 and the deerskin shirt. 560 00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:04,630 Black Elk would provide me with the necklace bear claws 561 00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:05,710 and tribal decorations. 562 00:24:06,490 --> 00:24:08,590 But I needed something more to complete 563 00:24:08,590 --> 00:24:09,370 my costume 564 00:24:09,970 --> 00:24:12,330 Black walnut juice to stain me 565 00:24:12,330 --> 00:24:12,890 the skin. 566 00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:22,070 On the sixth day, at sunset, I arrived 567 00:24:22,070 --> 00:24:23,330 to the Little Bighorn River. 568 00:24:24,050 --> 00:24:26,430 And there I saw teepees stretching across kilometers 569 00:24:26,430 --> 00:24:27,670 along the western shore. 570 00:24:28,270 --> 00:24:30,270 All the great hostile tribes were there. 571 00:24:30,730 --> 00:24:33,830 The Dull Knife Cheyennes, the Sioux oglala 572 00:24:33,830 --> 00:24:37,410 of Crazy Horse, the many kanju, the sanzark, 573 00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:38,250 the hunkpapas. 574 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,200 Finally, I arrived at the Grand Lodge 575 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,960 of the Council of Titanka Utonka, the great healer in person, 576 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:50,560 Sitting Bull. 577 00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:52,680 Weapons cannot be brought into the 578 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:53,020 Council Lodge. 579 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,000 The grass is good. 580 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,940 Our ponies are fat, but 581 00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:08,180 There is little meat left in our cabins. 582 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,080 So we must quickly kill the soldiers 583 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,060 to be able to send again 584 00:25:13,060 --> 00:25:13,920 to our bison hunters. 585 00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:18,140 Dull Knife's words are good words. 586 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:20,780 This is a great camp. 587 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,780 The people should not go hungry. 588 00:25:26,260 --> 00:25:27,360 Onehan Warrior. 589 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:30,440 Who is speaking? 590 00:25:31,340 --> 00:25:33,680 Touch the sky of southern Cheyenne. 591 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:36,000 Reserve, Indians. 592 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,680 593 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,660 Has Big Bull decided to take his people to the great fight against the soldiers? 594 00:25:42,340 --> 00:25:44,980 Southern Cheyenne cabins do not 595 00:25:44,980 --> 00:25:46,680 They will leave the Standing Rock Reservation. 596 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,420 Once Crazy Horse goes to the reserve. 597 00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:52,380 To see these wanderers around the Strong, Indians. 598 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:55,160 They are weak, soft. 599 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,120 They are no longer warriors. 600 00:25:57,380 --> 00:26:00,340 Begging his old father for his fine 601 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:01,220 white man blankets. 602 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:06,000 For the sickly meat of their cows stained. 603 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,880 It is true that the blankets are thin. 604 00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:10,800 The meat is bad. 605 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,440 There are no cries in the cabins 606 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,340 for the dead warriors for the coats of the soldiers. 607 00:26:16,940 --> 00:26:18,080 We live in peace. 608 00:26:18,780 --> 00:26:21,100 If the Southern Cheyennes don't help us, 609 00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:24,120 Why is Toca el Cielo here? 610 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,800 Toca el Cielo carries in its mouth the words 611 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,720 from agent Father Brady. 612 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,160 The man from Standing Rock. 613 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:36,460 Words that Sitting Bull, in his wisdom, 614 00:26:36,460 --> 00:26:37,540 will listen and understand. 615 00:26:38,060 --> 00:26:41,000 The treaty bosses, Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, 616 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,800 They heard the words of the father agent Brady. 617 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,000 Now they live with the white man's boot 618 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:46,720 on their necks. 619 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,480 That treaty has been broken many times in small pieces. 620 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:53,660 We know that soldiers' coats They are coming. 621 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,660 Red Nose Gibbon, Star Terry, Squaw Killer Custer. 622 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,220 They come to try to kill us 623 00:27:03,220 --> 00:27:03,460 to everyone. 624 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,620 625 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:08,200 What can the man tell us? Standing Rock that we don't already know? 626 00:27:08,380 --> 00:27:10,060 It was other white men who they broke the 627 00:27:10,060 --> 00:27:10,420 promises. 628 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,400 The heart of the Standing Rock man 629 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,100 He has always been good to us. 630 00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:19,440 We will listen to your words. 631 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,400 Listen to the words of the father agent Brady. 632 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:26,840 I have tried to make the whites comply with the 633 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,760 treaty they signed with my brothers reds. 634 00:27:29,740 --> 00:27:31,740 And many good white men have tried 635 00:27:31,740 --> 00:27:31,980 help. 636 00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:34,820 But this help was not enough. 637 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,700 And now, from three of the big four 638 00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:40,980 directions, many soldier's coats are move against you. 639 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:42,200 Let them come. 640 00:27:43,460 --> 00:27:45,340 Our warriors are as numerous as the 641 00:27:45,340 --> 00:27:45,800 autumn leaves 642 00:27:46,460 --> 00:27:48,160 Our medicine is powerful. 643 00:27:49,180 --> 00:27:51,040 We will expel them from our land. 644 00:27:59,490 --> 00:28:01,610 Just like we expelled Three Stars twisted 645 00:28:01,610 --> 00:28:03,410 Rosebud seven nights ago. 646 00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:10,940 Listen to more words from the father agent. 647 00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:13,880 My red brothers are brave. 648 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:15,100 They are strong. 649 00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:17,380 They have won many battles. 650 00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:18,540 They can earn more. 651 00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:21,040 But in the end, they must lose. 652 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,580 because 653 00:28:24,580 --> 00:28:24,960 many thousands more coats will come soldier 654 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,900 It hurts my heart to tell you that 655 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,260 the old days are over. 656 00:28:30,940 --> 00:28:31,400 They are over. 657 00:28:32,860 --> 00:28:34,000 And now I tell you this. 658 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,440 If you stay and fight, you will die. 659 00:28:38,380 --> 00:28:40,440 And many of your women and young people 660 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:40,960 they will die. 661 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:45,520 But if you quickly dismantle your tents, Touch 662 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,500 the Sky will guide you through a 663 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,800 secret path beyond the shelters of soldier until 664 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:51,740 Standing Rock Reservation. 665 00:28:52,620 --> 00:28:54,020 And I will be waiting. 666 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,840 And you will be under my protection. 667 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,020 And no soldier will come to 668 00:29:00,020 --> 00:29:00,240 kill you 669 00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:04,260 These are the words of the man of 670 00:29:04,260 --> 00:29:05,060 Standing Rock. 671 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,380 Agent Father's promises are written 672 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,120 in the wind 673 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,360 The Cheyennes set up their tents in Sand 674 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,560 Creek, just as another agent told them. 675 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,440 They were at peace. 676 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,340 But the horse soldiers came to kill us 677 00:29:20,780 --> 00:29:23,760 More than 200 women and children died. 678 00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:27,300 Another agent told us that we could live in 679 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:28,340 peace in Washita. 680 00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:32,080 Then, the wife-killer Custer attacked. 681 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,340 Black Kettle was killed. 682 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,900 Many, many women and children died. 683 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,060 684 00:29:44,060 --> 00:29:46,760 685 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,600 686 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,680 687 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:52,440 Have the Sioux ever forgotten how They camped at the Shell River, waiting for the meat and the blankets of the father agent, when the soldiers arrived on horseback and Did they fire their weapons at the cabins? 688 00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:56,800 Conquering Bear and many of his people died 689 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:57,340 that day. 690 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,240 These bad things are true. 691 00:30:02,740 --> 00:30:04,560 But the heart of the standing man 692 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,320 Rock has always been good to us. 693 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,000 His words should not be dismissed. 694 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,180 We will smoke them. 695 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:22,680 Knowing that your story turns 696 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:25,140 increasingly implausible, in its desperation, now resort 697 00:30:25,140 --> 00:30:25,460 to a secret method beyond the layers of the soldiers. 698 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:26,760 A defamatory attack against the colonel Custer. 699 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,000 What is it referring to? 700 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,060 I refer to your suggestion that the Colonel Custer 701 00:30:31,060 --> 00:30:32,920 deliberately killed women and children Indians. 702 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,260 I didn't say that Colonel Custer killed deliberately to women 703 00:30:36,260 --> 00:30:36,780 and children. 704 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,720 I simply said that during his attack to 705 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,200 Many Washita died. 706 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,060 And that between the Sioux and 707 00:30:44,060 --> 00:30:45,420 The Cheyennes are known as the murderer of squaws. 708 00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:49,380 Well then maybe I was implying that the colonel 709 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:52,120 Custer wasn't always so heroic. 710 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,440 Like, for example, in Little Big Horn. 711 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,360 Is that what you're implying? 712 00:30:55,860 --> 00:30:56,540 No. 713 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,200 Based on the information that was received about 714 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,680 the size of the Indian forces, 715 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,600 Custer's battle plan was one that had used many times 716 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:06,060 before. 717 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,820 The problem was that the information 718 00:31:08,820 --> 00:31:10,720 had received was deliberately false. 719 00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,160 Designed to lure you into a trap. 720 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,240 Oh, then perhaps I'll propose to clarify 721 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,200 also this mystery. 722 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:18,580 I could do it. 723 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,680 If the colonel stops interrupting. 724 00:31:21,860 --> 00:31:23,220 Excuse me, Mr. Boddy. 725 00:31:23,220 --> 00:31:25,220 Please tell us more about your noble 726 00:31:25,220 --> 00:31:25,580 red man 727 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,040 While the council deliberated on the message from Mr. Brady, 728 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,880 They took me to a tipi reserved for 729 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:34,780 important guests. 730 00:31:50,890 --> 00:31:52,010 What is your name? 731 00:31:53,370 --> 00:31:54,330 Singing Waters. 732 00:31:54,930 --> 00:31:56,110 Daughter of Dull Knife. 733 00:31:58,830 --> 00:32:01,130 Your father would fight against the soldiers. 734 00:32:01,930 --> 00:32:03,830 Is this what your people want? 735 00:32:04,810 --> 00:32:06,530 Warriors want to fight. 736 00:32:06,530 --> 00:32:08,950 But the older chiefs and women they have 737 00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:09,390 fear. 738 00:32:10,250 --> 00:32:12,170 They only see hunger and death in 739 00:32:12,170 --> 00:32:12,990 the path ahead. 740 00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:19,310 Will Tocar el Cielo return to the reserve? 741 00:32:20,850 --> 00:32:23,230 If Sitting Bull gets the bosses war 742 00:32:23,230 --> 00:32:25,950 Come to your senses, I will lead your people 743 00:32:25,950 --> 00:32:26,850 there, to a safe place. 744 00:32:33,030 --> 00:32:36,670 If Touching the Sky has 30 ponies to 745 00:32:36,670 --> 00:32:40,830 give it to my father, he can take Sing Waters 746 00:32:40,830 --> 00:32:42,710 back to the reservation with him. 747 00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:47,450 30 ponies is a very high price for one 748 00:32:47,450 --> 00:32:47,790 india. 749 00:32:49,490 --> 00:32:52,170 Just a big boss or a white merchant 750 00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:53,010 I would have so many. 751 00:33:03,700 --> 00:33:05,600 For a long time, I waited for a 752 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,080 notice for council meeting 753 00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:09,380 . The delay could mean any thing. 754 00:33:09,820 --> 00:33:12,280 Maybe Sitting Bull was having trouble persuading 755 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,120 war chiefs to go to Standing Rock. 756 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,820 Very soon, Singing Waters will have a husband 757 00:33:29,860 --> 00:33:32,540 758 00:33:32,540 --> 00:33:32,980 Who is this that has 30 ponies for you? father? 759 00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:35,740 Wasna has come. 760 00:33:38,140 --> 00:33:38,860 Wasna? 761 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,960 He promised to give my father something 762 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,860 much, much bigger than ponies. 763 00:33:45,700 --> 00:33:48,680 He has promised to give the squaw killer 764 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:49,260 Custar. 765 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:52,640 Wasna is a good man. 766 00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:54,680 His great promise will vanish like the wind 767 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:55,760 in the bison grass. 768 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,840 Wasna says the squaw killer is in 769 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,600 Bighorn Mountain with only 700 soldiers on horse 770 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,720 Wasna will tell you what she has seen 771 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,640 the village of Sitting Bull and that 772 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,000 There are only a few hundred warriors. 773 00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:11,719 Then the squaw killer will fall into a trap. 774 00:34:13,260 --> 00:34:15,719 775 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:16,500 What makes Wasna think that the murderer of squaws will listen to his words? 776 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,460 Wasna is wearing a soldier's coat. 777 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,060 He is a squaw killer scout. 778 00:34:37,389 --> 00:34:38,429 Because? 779 00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:42,449 Touch the Sky has too many 780 00:34:42,449 --> 00:34:42,889 white friends 781 00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:45,530 Maybe he's going to warn the murderer squaws of that 782 00:34:45,530 --> 00:34:46,610 You are falling into a trap. 783 00:34:47,550 --> 00:34:50,710 Or maybe the custar squaw killer sends Wasna 784 00:34:50,710 --> 00:34:52,070 set a trap for the Sioux and the 785 00:34:52,070 --> 00:34:52,550 Cheyennes. 786 00:34:53,290 --> 00:34:54,250 Take me to Sitting Bull. 787 00:34:54,250 --> 00:34:56,590 Sitting Bull's ears are closed to 788 00:34:56,590 --> 00:34:58,590 the false words of the Standing man 789 00:34:58,590 --> 00:34:58,990 Rock. 790 00:35:00,190 --> 00:35:02,490 Tomorrow, Touch the Sky, we'll see how 791 00:35:02,490 --> 00:35:03,330 brave warriors fight. 792 00:35:04,490 --> 00:35:06,750 Tomorrow, the murderer of women himself will die. 793 00:35:08,130 --> 00:35:08,610 Tie him up. 794 00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:11,570 Mr. Bode, 795 00:35:11,570 --> 00:35:12,490 Where were you going when Dull Knife arrested you? 796 00:35:13,150 --> 00:35:15,670 I was going to see 797 00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:17,130 to Colonel Custard to warn him of the Wasna betrayal. 798 00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:19,150 Let him know that he would be outnumbered numerical, 799 00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:20,110 at least six against one. 800 00:35:20,830 --> 00:35:22,270 Oh, very commendable. 801 00:35:22,830 --> 00:35:24,390 In fact, very commendable. 802 00:35:25,050 --> 00:35:26,490 Except for one detail. 803 00:35:27,550 --> 00:35:30,470 There was no explorer named Wasna attached 804 00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:31,290 to the 7th Cavalry Regiment. 805 00:35:31,710 --> 00:35:34,430 Colonel, all scouts are gives an english name when 806 00:35:34,430 --> 00:35:35,070 they get ready 807 00:35:35,930 --> 00:35:38,710 There were 44 Indian scouts attached to the 808 00:35:38,710 --> 00:35:39,430 command of Colonel Custard. 809 00:35:40,070 --> 00:35:40,910 Many of them are dead. 810 00:35:41,050 --> 00:35:41,710 Some fled. 811 00:35:42,430 --> 00:35:44,070 812 00:35:44,070 --> 00:35:45,970 Do you want us to bring the rest to you? What identifies this mythical Wasna? 813 00:35:46,470 --> 00:35:47,370 It wouldn't be any use. 814 00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:48,170 I never saw it. 815 00:35:49,290 --> 00:35:50,370 Have you never seen it? 816 00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:53,790 General, the story of this man comes back more and more 817 00:35:53,790 --> 00:35:54,310 fantastic. 818 00:35:54,890 --> 00:35:56,530 Now he wants us to believe that 819 00:35:56,530 --> 00:35:59,110 The Custard massacre was caused by a 820 00:35:59,110 --> 00:36:01,010 traitor army scout, whom never saw 821 00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:09,160 Mr. Bode, there were four officers and fourteen 822 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,880 soldiers of Custard's immediate command that disappeared 823 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:12,560 during the battle. 824 00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:14,100 The bodies were never found. 825 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,380 Now if, as you say, it was witness of this 826 00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:19,360 fight, 827 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:19,760 Maybe you can shed some light on the mystery? 828 00:36:23,820 --> 00:36:26,340 When Colonel Custard began to descend the ridge, 829 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:29,720 dismounted two troops, leaving a small patrol with 830 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:30,400 the caretakers of the horses. 831 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,760 When Dull Knife burst into the fight, 832 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,480 He scared away the horses and the patrol. 833 00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:38,480 They disappeared over the ridge with a cloud of 834 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:39,360 Cheyennes after them. 835 00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:42,200 Now the only thing I know 836 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,260 certainty is that the patrol was from the 837 00:36:44,260 --> 00:36:45,000 Gray Horse troop. 838 00:36:48,580 --> 00:36:50,860 The witness will resume his testimony 839 00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:51,700 tomorrow at 9 in the morning. 840 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,760 Until then, the meeting is adjourned. 841 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:56,200 Mister! 842 00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:10,840 Don't get up. 843 00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:13,080 We have a pass from the quarterback to 844 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:13,960 visit the prisoner, sergeant. 845 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:14,940 Okay, captain. 846 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:16,540 Let me know when you're ready to leave. 847 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,360 Cheyenne, I will always be grateful for 848 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:21,120 come help me, mom. 849 00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:23,040 I thank you too. 850 00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:25,340 But unfortunately it's not serving us of a lot. 851 00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:28,600 I wish I had seen the explorer Wassiner 852 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,100 in order to identify it or 853 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:30,960 less describe it. 854 00:37:31,180 --> 00:37:32,460 Let's put the cards on the table. 855 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,000 He didn't come here to help me. 856 00:37:34,340 --> 00:37:35,380 He did it for Irene. 857 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:37,900 And that's what baffles me. 858 00:37:38,720 --> 00:37:40,480 If I had given myself to the wolves, 859 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:41,420 I would have had another chance with her. 860 00:37:41,740 --> 00:37:42,180 Mark. 861 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,600 Well, it's true, isn't it, Cheyenne? 862 00:37:44,940 --> 00:37:45,680 No, it's not. 863 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:48,280 I went to see Sitting Bull to try 864 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:49,160 avoid injustice. 865 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,520 I came here for the same reason. 866 00:37:51,860 --> 00:37:53,020 But not for me. 867 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:55,280 Not for you. 868 00:37:57,240 --> 00:37:59,400 As a man I hate everything 869 00:37:59,400 --> 00:37:59,740 what you represent. 870 00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:08,880 Throughout the morning, the explorers They kept coming, reporting on 871 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,080 the advance of the colonel's troops Custer. 872 00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:14,620 Around noon, it was learned that Custer there was 873 00:38:14,620 --> 00:38:16,320 divided his troops, as he had done many 874 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,700 times before when attacking an Indian camp. 875 00:38:19,940 --> 00:38:21,840 About an hour later, Dull Knife fulfilled his 876 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,740 promise to show me how Custer would die. 877 00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:26,920 Under guard, they took me to a hill 878 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,340 which dominated Little Bighorn. 879 00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:34,850 Around two o'clock, I heard 880 00:38:34,850 --> 00:38:36,630 distant shots coming from the east, which they must have been 881 00:38:36,630 --> 00:38:38,950 Major Reno's troops attacking the indian village 882 00:38:39,610 --> 00:38:41,150 This in itself was not alarming. 883 00:38:41,910 --> 00:38:43,870 but 884 00:38:43,870 --> 00:38:45,590 Yes, the numerous warriors who had seen hidden in the hills and the ravines. 885 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,170 It had to be the trap 886 00:38:48,170 --> 00:38:48,990 of 887 00:38:50,090 --> 00:38:51,910 the one that Dull Knife had spoken about. It was a old Sioux trick that consisted of use 888 00:38:51,910 --> 00:38:54,010 decoys to attract a patrol to a 889 00:38:54,010 --> 00:38:54,550 vulnerable position. 890 00:38:55,530 --> 00:38:57,250 Then, the main force left in flock of 891 00:38:57,250 --> 00:38:58,790 her hiding place and surrounded her to kill her. 892 00:38:59,590 --> 00:39:01,350 It had worked for Dull Knife before, and 893 00:39:01,350 --> 00:39:02,470 I was sure that 894 00:39:02,470 --> 00:39:02,890 I would use it again. 895 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:09,700 He's a serial killer. 896 00:39:10,780 --> 00:39:11,920 Ride into the trap. 897 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,120 He was right. 898 00:39:17,020 --> 00:39:19,860 The decoys arrived and crossed the front of Custer. 899 00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:22,020 I prayed that it would be too much 900 00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:23,060 old enough to fall into the trap. 901 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:24,200 But he did it. 902 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,380 Custer took the bait. 903 00:39:45,290 --> 00:39:47,490 It was terrible to sit there helpless 904 00:39:48,550 --> 00:39:51,090 , watching how Custer pursued the lures and knowing 905 00:39:51,090 --> 00:39:52,830 that at any moment the jaws of steel 906 00:39:52,830 --> 00:39:54,010 trap would close. 907 00:40:02,430 --> 00:40:04,910 When Custer realized 908 00:40:04,910 --> 00:40:06,150 of what had happened to him, they already attacked him since 909 00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:06,870 three directions. 910 00:40:07,710 --> 00:40:09,250 But there was still an escape route 911 00:40:09,250 --> 00:40:09,870 towards the west. 912 00:40:10,770 --> 00:40:12,490 913 00:40:12,490 --> 00:40:14,530 I don't know if Custer saw it or if it was too much. proud to flee. 914 00:40:15,510 --> 00:40:17,230 He gave the order to dismount. 915 00:40:25,030 --> 00:40:33,510 With runaway horses and a 916 00:40:33,510 --> 00:40:36,030 down 10 to 1, Custer had no 917 00:40:36,030 --> 00:40:36,510 no chance. 918 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,040 It was a brave resistance. 919 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,780 All the men, including Custer, 920 00:41:23,540 --> 00:41:25,160 They were heroes. But it was a massacre useless. 921 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,380 By 2:30, Custer's luck had turned sold out. 922 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:41,880 The murderer will no longer fight us. 923 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:42,980 He's dead. 924 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,200 And all his horse soldiers are dead. 925 00:41:46,140 --> 00:41:49,280 Now, coward, go back to your reserve, come back 926 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:50,860 with your people, who are no longer 927 00:41:50,860 --> 00:41:54,180 men, but simple squires, and tell them how 928 00:41:54,180 --> 00:41:55,100 powerful warriors fight. 929 00:42:00,350 --> 00:42:03,010 Tell them quickly that we will expel everyone 930 00:42:03,010 --> 00:42:04,730 the soldiers of the lands of the 931 00:42:04,730 --> 00:42:04,970 Indians. 932 00:42:05,810 --> 00:42:06,170 Go away. 933 00:42:26,740 --> 00:42:28,880 That was in Little Bighorn. 934 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,320 225 cavalry soldiers against more than 4000 Indians. 935 00:42:38,660 --> 00:42:48,540 Colonel Bell, I have 936 00:42:48,540 --> 00:42:51,980 been a member of the Corps of Lawyers Military 937 00:42:51,980 --> 00:42:53,840 for many years. 938 00:42:54,620 --> 00:42:59,720 And never, never in my experience have I 939 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:04,880 heard such a conglomeration of statements like those of 940 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,640 this witness. 941 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,840 Statements without a single hint of evidence that 942 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:12,180 corroborate none of them. 943 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:17,260 He claims that he did not desert, based on 944 00:43:17,260 --> 00:43:20,440 the verbal request of a man who now conveniently 945 00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:21,000 is dead. 946 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,100 He claims that Sitting Bull accepted him as 947 00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:25,180 a southern cheyenne. 948 00:43:25,460 --> 00:43:29,280 He claims that a mythical explorer called Wozner 949 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,780 betrayed Custer. 950 00:43:31,460 --> 00:43:34,440 951 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:34,920 This explorer, of course, was never saw. 952 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,460 He claims that they gave him a 953 00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:41,660 seat on the platform in the massacre of Little Bighorn and that 954 00:43:41,660 --> 00:43:44,740 He saw that Colonel Custer's troops were surpassed 955 00:43:44,740 --> 00:43:46,320 in number at least 10 to 1. 956 00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:50,200 I wouldn't believe this man even if he swore 957 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:51,920 on a stack of Bibles. 958 00:43:52,740 --> 00:43:54,760 Your testimony has no value. 959 00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:00,320 This brings us back to Major Reno. 960 00:44:02,260 --> 00:44:07,120 The only evidence that has been corroborated in 961 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,860 as to the number of Indians were among the largest Reno 962 00:44:10,420 --> 00:44:15,260 and Colonel Custer is the proportionate by Marcus 963 00:44:15,260 --> 00:44:18,440 and Charlie and corroborated by his two companions. 964 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,320 And they calculate that the Indians were less of 965 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:22,980 1000. 966 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,200 Major Reno could have broken through 967 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:28,640 to help Colonel Custer. 968 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,580 Therefore, gentlemen, there can only be one 969 00:44:32,580 --> 00:44:34,200 conclusion by this Board of Research. 970 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,780 Major Marcus Reno must be subjected to 971 00:44:38,780 --> 00:44:42,400 a court martial for cowardice in combat. 972 00:44:47,950 --> 00:44:49,430 Wait a moment, captain. 973 00:44:51,930 --> 00:44:56,070 Last night I examined Mr. Bodie's file like 974 00:44:56,070 --> 00:44:56,970 army scout 975 00:44:57,390 --> 00:44:58,430 It is an impeccable record. 976 00:44:58,930 --> 00:45:01,030 Until this accusation of desertion, no had none 977 00:45:01,030 --> 00:45:01,570 stain. 978 00:45:02,270 --> 00:45:04,810 I know that Army regulations states that no 979 00:45:04,810 --> 00:45:06,770 no testimony can be admitted in a military court without 980 00:45:06,770 --> 00:45:07,290 evidence that corroborates it. 981 00:45:07,950 --> 00:45:10,950 But, for various reasons, I am inclined 982 00:45:10,950 --> 00:45:12,610 to believe his testimony. 983 00:45:13,730 --> 00:45:16,190 Mr. Bodie claims that the commissioner for Brady Indian Affairs 984 00:45:16,190 --> 00:45:17,850 He sent him on a mission to Sitting Bull. 985 00:45:18,270 --> 00:45:20,290 I am inclined to believe it. 986 00:45:23,010 --> 00:45:24,910 Just two months ago, Commissioner Brady came to 987 00:45:24,910 --> 00:45:25,930 my headquarters in Omaha. 988 00:45:26,730 --> 00:45:29,050 He begged me to delay the offensive of the army 989 00:45:29,050 --> 00:45:31,310 while sending a messenger to Toro Sitting 990 00:45:31,310 --> 00:45:32,990 to make one last request that 991 00:45:32,990 --> 00:45:35,270 would take his hostiles to the reserve Standing Rock. 992 00:45:36,490 --> 00:45:38,750 Yes, I was forced to refuse due to 993 00:45:38,750 --> 00:45:39,490 Washington's orders. 994 00:45:40,070 --> 00:45:42,310 But Mr. Bodie's account of his meeting with 995 00:45:42,310 --> 00:45:46,330 Mr. Brady agrees so much with what Brady 996 00:45:46,330 --> 00:45:49,290 He told me I think he sent 997 00:45:49,290 --> 00:45:50,430 to Bodie to Sitting Bull. 998 00:45:52,690 --> 00:45:55,690 Once again, I think Mr. Bodie was witness of 999 00:45:55,690 --> 00:45:57,930 Custer's battle because, when identified 1000 00:45:57,930 --> 00:46:00,350 the four officers and the fourteen missing soldiers as members 1001 00:46:00,350 --> 00:46:02,050 of the Gray Horse troop, was in true. 1002 00:46:02,730 --> 00:46:04,350 They were from the Gray Horse troop. 1003 00:46:04,990 --> 00:46:06,750 There's another thing that makes me 1004 00:46:06,750 --> 00:46:07,350 want to believe him. 1005 00:46:10,470 --> 00:46:13,670 Mr. Bodie has no affection for the eldest 1006 00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:14,010 Reindeer. 1007 00:46:15,090 --> 00:46:17,470 Certainly, it has no link that make you take risks 1008 00:46:17,470 --> 00:46:20,690 to be punished for desertion voluntarily appear before 1009 00:46:20,690 --> 00:46:21,790 this Research Board. 1010 00:46:21,910 --> 00:46:23,430 But he came here, gentlemen. 1011 00:46:25,490 --> 00:46:28,990 He came because he gave more importance 1012 00:46:28,990 --> 00:46:34,070 to truth and justice 1013 00:46:34,070 --> 00:46:35,090 to his own life. 1014 00:46:38,470 --> 00:46:40,270 That's what I believe, gentlemen. 1015 00:46:43,410 --> 00:46:45,790 And, believing that, I can't find any proof that 1016 00:46:45,790 --> 00:46:47,970 Major Marcus Reno will not behave 1017 00:46:47,970 --> 00:46:49,770 in accordance with the best traditions of service, 1018 00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:51,730 and I trust that you, gentlemen, will agree with 1019 00:46:51,730 --> 00:46:52,410 my conclusions. 1020 00:46:53,250 --> 00:46:53,550 Mister! 1021 00:47:05,410 --> 00:47:05,890 Cheyenne. 1022 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:12,220 You disappeared before I had the chance opportunity to 1023 00:47:12,220 --> 00:47:12,700 save him. 1024 00:47:13,300 --> 00:47:14,860 How much we both appreciate it. 1025 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,260 And I have learned that there are more things 1026 00:47:17,260 --> 00:47:19,160 important than fighting for a promotion. 1027 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,220 Mark, I'm afraid your kind will never they learn. 1028 00:47:22,660 --> 00:47:24,280 In a month, you will return 1029 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,000 with the rest of the ambitious trying 1030 00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,840 to push some poor devil to fight 1031 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:29,240 for the next promotion. 1032 00:47:30,580 --> 00:47:31,720 Cheyenne, that's not fair. 1033 00:47:32,340 --> 00:47:34,340 I sincerely hope that time show that I am 1034 00:47:34,340 --> 00:47:34,620 wrong. 1035 00:47:35,660 --> 00:47:38,020 You've been lucky so far, Mark, but 1036 00:47:38,020 --> 00:47:40,080 You won't always have General Sheridan for 1037 00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:40,600 protect you. 1038 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:42,960 There are people in high places who do not 1039 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:44,360 He will accept your absolution without further ado. 1040 00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:46,520 Better be careful. 1041 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:55,820 Where are you going? 1042 00:47:56,420 --> 00:47:58,320 To find a woman named Singing Waters. 1043 00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:00,900 When I find her, I'll find her husband, Wassner. 1044 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:03,560 The explorer who betrayed Custer. 1045 00:48:08,930 --> 00:48:09,490 Wassner? 1046 00:48:11,010 --> 00:48:12,770 I have seen that man before. 1047 00:48:13,610 --> 00:48:15,190 I think I know him. 1048 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:59,020 The wind that blows and comes and goes 1049 00:48:59,020 --> 00:49:03,180 It has been your only home. but 1050 00:49:03,180 --> 00:49:06,640 1051 00:49:06,640 --> 00:49:09,200 Will the wind ever stop blowing wild and will you stop wandering? 1052 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:16,800 Keep going, cheyenne, next one always grassland 1053 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:21,460 It's better. Get up, Cheyenne, don't forget the things you have 1054 00:49:21,460 --> 00:49:27,540 seen. And when you settle down, where 1055 00:49:27,540 --> 00:49:33,780 Will it be, Cheyenne, Cheyenne?