1 00:00:02,051 --> 00:00:05,055 ♪ 2 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,133 ♪ 3 00:02:21,088 --> 00:02:23,132 Headed for Elgin, friend? 4 00:02:23,215 --> 00:02:25,218 Looks that way, doesn't it? 5 00:02:25,408 --> 00:02:27,243 Road you were on goes right by Elgin. 6 00:02:27,326 --> 00:02:32,124 Yeah, well, this trail's about seven or eight miles shorter. 7 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:33,693 Still I don't think I'd recommend it, friend. 8 00:02:33,717 --> 00:02:35,886 - Really? - Big hunting party up ahead. 9 00:02:36,011 --> 00:02:38,306 We wouldn't want a stranger getting himself hurt. 10 00:02:38,390 --> 00:02:41,059 I appreciate it. 11 00:02:41,185 --> 00:02:44,189 After a week in the saddle, this trail suits me fine. 12 00:02:44,301 --> 00:02:46,762 All right, go ahead. It's your neck. 13 00:02:46,846 --> 00:02:48,306 Much obliged. 14 00:03:11,667 --> 00:03:12,752 Whoa. 15 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:20,965 Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 16 00:03:21,091 --> 00:03:23,344 You eagle eyes see any horns on these horses?! 17 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:25,201 What you gotta do, paint signs on the livestock 18 00:03:25,225 --> 00:03:27,186 in this valley?! 19 00:03:58,839 --> 00:04:00,675 Come here. Come here. 20 00:04:00,759 --> 00:04:02,010 Here we go. 21 00:04:06,679 --> 00:04:07,680 Whoa. 22 00:04:20,658 --> 00:04:21,700 Hold it right there. 23 00:04:23,746 --> 00:04:25,666 Now don't be afraid. I won't hurt you. 24 00:04:29,481 --> 00:04:32,275 You're a little hungry, huh? Well, I got plenty of food. 25 00:04:32,358 --> 00:04:33,568 You take what you need. 26 00:04:37,682 --> 00:04:39,226 What are you, Kiowa? 27 00:04:42,605 --> 00:04:43,605 Shoshone? 28 00:04:45,236 --> 00:04:47,071 Don't be afraid. 29 00:06:06,926 --> 00:06:10,555 I'm not one of the hunters. 30 00:06:10,608 --> 00:06:12,444 I'm not after you. 31 00:06:12,527 --> 00:06:14,821 ♪ 32 00:06:35,881 --> 00:06:37,883 What do I gotta do to make you understand? 33 00:06:38,008 --> 00:06:39,923 I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm not one of the hunters. 34 00:06:39,947 --> 00:06:41,949 I'm trying to keep you from getting shot. 35 00:06:44,605 --> 00:06:46,607 I think we both can use a drink of water, huh? 36 00:07:00,230 --> 00:07:01,230 Man: Toby! 37 00:07:08,869 --> 00:07:10,830 You like shooting up the scenery, Toby? 38 00:07:10,913 --> 00:07:12,915 He's hiding down there somewhere, Mr. Gustaveson. 39 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,085 I've got both ends of this place covered. 40 00:07:15,212 --> 00:07:16,797 No use wasting cartridges 41 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,050 until you get a clean sight on your target. 42 00:07:19,177 --> 00:07:21,054 What do we do when it gets dark? 43 00:07:21,179 --> 00:07:23,891 I think... 44 00:07:24,012 --> 00:07:26,848 this will flush that animal out in the open. 45 00:07:30,071 --> 00:07:32,157 What's the matter, none of you got a match? 46 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:36,036 Just never hunted anything with dynamite before. 47 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:40,211 I think it's only fitting and proper. 48 00:07:42,893 --> 00:07:45,855 That powder belonged to my brother. 49 00:07:45,973 --> 00:07:49,936 Now, space yourselves out, and one at a time, Toby. 50 00:07:50,022 --> 00:07:51,940 There's 20 rifles on the opposite ridge. 51 00:07:52,065 --> 00:07:55,278 All we have to do is keep him running. 52 00:08:03,626 --> 00:08:05,377 First-class sportsmen, your friends. 53 00:08:09,352 --> 00:08:10,520 Better get out of here. 54 00:08:18,950 --> 00:08:20,285 You don't hear it, do you? 55 00:08:22,163 --> 00:08:23,581 You don't hear anything. 56 00:09:03,895 --> 00:09:05,857 Hah, come on. 57 00:09:11,567 --> 00:09:13,277 What are you doing here, mister? 58 00:09:13,402 --> 00:09:16,573 I'm trying to stay alive. 59 00:09:16,667 --> 00:09:19,379 We're looking for an Indian. Have you seen him? 60 00:09:19,464 --> 00:09:20,841 One Indian? 61 00:09:20,924 --> 00:09:22,885 You sure you got enough equipment? 62 00:09:22,968 --> 00:09:24,554 I asked you a simple question, son. 63 00:09:24,681 --> 00:09:26,057 Well, I've been shot at and bombed, 64 00:09:26,182 --> 00:09:28,226 and nobody's been civil enough to tell me why. 65 00:09:28,351 --> 00:09:30,521 We're wasting our time here, Mr. Gustaveson. 66 00:09:30,606 --> 00:09:32,190 Slow down, Toby, I'm sure this stranger 67 00:09:32,274 --> 00:09:33,943 would cooperate if he understood. 68 00:09:34,071 --> 00:09:38,577 We're hunting the Indian for a brutal, senseless murder. 69 00:09:38,702 --> 00:09:40,495 Are you positive you got the right Indian? 70 00:09:40,582 --> 00:09:42,876 Any mistake would be kind of permanent. 71 00:09:42,959 --> 00:09:44,170 No mistake, son. 72 00:09:44,254 --> 00:09:46,340 My brother identified the murderer 73 00:09:46,423 --> 00:09:48,091 just before he died. 74 00:09:48,175 --> 00:09:49,936 Most of the ranchers know what he looks like. 75 00:09:50,053 --> 00:09:51,530 Been carrying off their sheep and chickens 76 00:09:51,554 --> 00:09:52,931 for quite a while now. 77 00:09:53,014 --> 00:09:54,210 Which one of you's the Sheriff? 78 00:09:54,234 --> 00:09:56,194 We don't need the law to hunt a rabid animal. 79 00:09:56,278 --> 00:09:58,072 But you do for a human being. 80 00:09:58,197 --> 00:09:59,908 Human being? 81 00:10:00,069 --> 00:10:02,112 Do you know how my brother was killed? 82 00:10:02,237 --> 00:10:05,492 With an ax. His own ax. 83 00:10:05,619 --> 00:10:08,081 You can see why I'm gonna have to insist 84 00:10:08,164 --> 00:10:09,999 on an answer to my question. 85 00:10:13,015 --> 00:10:14,266 He's only a boy. 86 00:10:14,352 --> 00:10:15,895 Where is he? 87 00:10:20,027 --> 00:10:22,572 Down below, hiding near the creek bed. 88 00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:24,574 Maybe you'd better come along with us, 89 00:10:24,660 --> 00:10:27,121 - show us the way. - No thanks. 90 00:10:27,246 --> 00:10:29,165 There's a deer trail leading down to him. 91 00:10:29,293 --> 00:10:31,629 Let's go. 92 00:10:31,755 --> 00:10:34,466 ♪ 93 00:12:09,088 --> 00:12:11,423 There's no reward, least not yet. 94 00:12:11,548 --> 00:12:13,301 I'm not a bounty hunter, Sheriff. 95 00:12:13,426 --> 00:12:14,928 Then why did you bring him in? 96 00:12:15,021 --> 00:12:17,065 Now what chance would he have against 20 rifles? 97 00:12:17,148 --> 00:12:19,193 Well, it might of been kinder. 98 00:12:19,311 --> 00:12:21,939 Quick and clean is the best way with wild animals. 99 00:12:22,064 --> 00:12:24,984 So he's deaf, there may be nothing wrong with his mind. 100 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:27,113 - You a doctor? - I work at Shiloh Ranch. 101 00:12:27,196 --> 00:12:29,074 That's a long ways from Elgin. 102 00:12:29,124 --> 00:12:30,351 I was up north scouting a trail 103 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:32,921 for a cattle drive later this month. 104 00:12:33,046 --> 00:12:35,882 You got any more questions, Sheriff, I'll be at the hotel. 105 00:12:36,001 --> 00:12:38,046 You may get a bed, and then again, you may not. 106 00:12:38,130 --> 00:12:40,298 You know, Burt Gustaveson was about the most loved 107 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:42,680 and respected man in this piece of territory. 108 00:12:42,805 --> 00:12:45,141 I met his friendly brother. 109 00:12:45,193 --> 00:12:47,613 Then don't expect too much from this town, Tate. 110 00:12:47,696 --> 00:12:50,116 All I expect is a fair trial for this boy. 111 00:12:51,818 --> 00:12:53,154 I don't think anybody figured 112 00:12:53,279 --> 00:12:55,239 that Indian was gonna live to trial. 113 00:12:55,323 --> 00:12:57,160 Including you? 114 00:12:57,285 --> 00:13:00,496 Burt was my best friend. 115 00:13:03,253 --> 00:13:05,958 He is gonna get a fair trial, isn't he, Sheriff? 116 00:13:05,982 --> 00:13:08,236 Room and board is all he gets from me, mister. 117 00:13:08,319 --> 00:13:10,988 Trials are up to Judge Fitzroy. 118 00:13:11,115 --> 00:13:12,116 Come on. 119 00:13:14,270 --> 00:13:15,438 Move it. 120 00:13:37,027 --> 00:13:38,528 Where can I find Judge Fitzroy? 121 00:13:38,653 --> 00:13:39,946 During business hours, 122 00:13:40,065 --> 00:13:41,426 the mercantile and dry goods store. 123 00:13:44,455 --> 00:13:47,042 I can smell water 30 or 40 feet deep. 124 00:13:47,167 --> 00:13:48,919 My willer stick points it right out. 125 00:13:49,044 --> 00:13:51,589 It's a God-given gift. Look around you. 126 00:13:51,684 --> 00:13:53,060 It's gonna be another dry year, 127 00:13:53,186 --> 00:13:54,583 and you're worried about your cattle dying, 128 00:13:54,607 --> 00:13:57,027 your forage drying up and blowing away. 129 00:13:57,110 --> 00:13:59,029 Well, I'm willing to share my divine gift 130 00:13:59,158 --> 00:14:01,536 with you forsaken people for a small price. 131 00:14:03,705 --> 00:14:05,249 Hey, mister! 132 00:14:05,407 --> 00:14:07,159 You've heard of water witchers, ain't ya? 133 00:14:07,243 --> 00:14:08,619 People with the gift? 134 00:14:08,744 --> 00:14:11,957 Wouldn't you like cool, fresh water on your property? 135 00:14:18,391 --> 00:14:21,896 I can find freshets, deep wells, underground rivers. 136 00:14:22,014 --> 00:14:24,601 If there's water anywhere, I'll find it 137 00:14:24,695 --> 00:14:27,490 with just this simple willer stick. 138 00:14:27,573 --> 00:14:29,910 When that turns over and points to the ground 139 00:14:29,996 --> 00:14:32,207 with enough power to twist the bark in my hands, 140 00:14:32,290 --> 00:14:34,585 I'll guarantee you there's water right there. 141 00:14:34,704 --> 00:14:37,081 The way you described it, I think it would be beautiful. 142 00:14:40,137 --> 00:14:41,264 Yes? 143 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:44,059 I'm looking for Judge Fitzroy. 144 00:14:44,142 --> 00:14:45,936 Court business or dry goods? 145 00:14:46,021 --> 00:14:47,356 It's court. 146 00:14:47,439 --> 00:14:48,650 Excuse me. 147 00:14:51,604 --> 00:14:52,647 Uh-huh? 148 00:14:52,773 --> 00:14:55,401 - Are you Judge Fitzroy? - Yes. 149 00:14:55,454 --> 00:14:56,956 Judge, under Wyoming law, 150 00:14:57,081 --> 00:15:00,127 shouldn't capital offenses be tried by a circuit court? 151 00:15:00,212 --> 00:15:03,049 Only if a local court waives jurisdiction, 152 00:15:03,133 --> 00:15:06,303 unless of course a federal law is broken. 153 00:15:06,388 --> 00:15:08,057 What if the charge is murder? 154 00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:10,393 Well, murder only becomes a federal crime 155 00:15:10,479 --> 00:15:12,607 if a federal officer is killed. 156 00:15:12,691 --> 00:15:14,151 You got an Indian boy in your jail. 157 00:15:14,278 --> 00:15:15,638 Will you waive jurisdiction on him? 158 00:15:15,696 --> 00:15:19,159 Are you a lawyer, young fella? 159 00:15:19,255 --> 00:15:20,298 No, sir, I'm not. 160 00:15:20,381 --> 00:15:23,051 Then you must be the one who brought him in. 161 00:15:23,135 --> 00:15:25,240 I just want to see that his legal rights are protected. 162 00:15:25,264 --> 00:15:28,560 That animal will get everything that's coming to him. 163 00:15:28,643 --> 00:15:32,481 How do you know he's guilty? Could've been self-defense. 164 00:15:32,608 --> 00:15:34,986 I knew Burt Gustaveson. 165 00:15:35,113 --> 00:15:37,116 He could've drew a gun on the boy. 166 00:15:37,199 --> 00:15:39,952 My uncle never carried a gun in his life. 167 00:15:40,039 --> 00:15:41,809 The day that he was killed, he was trying to deepen 168 00:15:41,833 --> 00:15:43,126 an old dried-up stream-bed 169 00:15:43,209 --> 00:15:45,420 so that the ranchers would have more water next year. 170 00:15:45,536 --> 00:15:48,040 While the other ranchers were worried about a drought, 171 00:15:48,165 --> 00:15:49,958 my uncle was doing something about it, 172 00:15:50,010 --> 00:15:52,513 and not because anybody asked him to, either. 173 00:15:52,597 --> 00:15:54,223 He just always was helping people 174 00:15:54,350 --> 00:15:56,227 because that's the kind of man that he was! 175 00:15:59,734 --> 00:16:01,445 Miss Gustaveson. Karen! 176 00:16:05,034 --> 00:16:07,412 You just cost me a cash sale. 177 00:16:07,537 --> 00:16:08,765 Well, now that's almost as important 178 00:16:08,789 --> 00:16:09,998 as that Indian boy's life. 179 00:16:10,085 --> 00:16:12,545 He'll get a just and fair hearing in my court. 180 00:16:12,670 --> 00:16:14,881 Then you won't mind if it's a jury trial. 181 00:16:15,008 --> 00:16:17,886 Not at all, no problem rounding up 12 local citizens. 182 00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:19,471 Who's the best lawyer in town? 183 00:16:19,558 --> 00:16:22,229 We've only got one, Alex Newell. 184 00:16:22,312 --> 00:16:24,106 His office is right next to the hotel. 185 00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:30,074 You don't really think he's innocent, do you? 186 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,370 I don't know. 187 00:16:31,453 --> 00:16:34,123 Maybe nobody knows for sure except that boy. 188 00:16:34,249 --> 00:16:35,959 Mr. Tate, you just admitted 189 00:16:36,051 --> 00:16:37,928 the boy came at you with the same ax. 190 00:16:38,053 --> 00:16:39,053 Out of panic. 191 00:16:39,097 --> 00:16:41,015 He thought I wanted to kill him, too. 192 00:16:41,135 --> 00:16:42,362 First you have to prove to the court 193 00:16:42,386 --> 00:16:44,097 that the boy is capable of thinking. 194 00:16:44,180 --> 00:16:48,101 Mr. Newell, Indians are wards of the federal government. 195 00:16:48,228 --> 00:16:51,274 Doesn't that mean he has to be tried by a federal judge? 196 00:16:51,327 --> 00:16:53,622 It only applies to Indians living on a reservation. 197 00:16:56,577 --> 00:16:58,621 Indian Act section 38. 198 00:17:02,001 --> 00:17:03,462 You seem to know a bit about law. 199 00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:06,047 Not enough, Mr. Newell. 200 00:17:06,134 --> 00:17:09,972 That's why I came to you. I want you to defend the boy. 201 00:17:10,058 --> 00:17:12,060 Sorry, I can't do that. 202 00:17:12,144 --> 00:17:15,648 Well, I suppose Mr. Gustaveson was your best friend, too. 203 00:17:15,699 --> 00:17:17,492 No, but this town pays me a yearly fee 204 00:17:17,617 --> 00:17:20,037 to prosecute all criminal cases. 205 00:17:21,625 --> 00:17:23,503 It's my job to convict him. 206 00:17:23,628 --> 00:17:25,468 Well, then where can I find a defense attorney? 207 00:17:25,590 --> 00:17:28,093 Here's a list of all the attorneys 208 00:17:28,177 --> 00:17:29,595 in this section of the territory. 209 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,646 The nearest one is three days ride from Elgin. 210 00:17:36,807 --> 00:17:39,353 You may keep the list. 211 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,367 Thanks. 212 00:17:47,083 --> 00:17:49,002 Thank you for telling me the boy had the ax. 213 00:17:49,085 --> 00:17:51,213 I may call on you to testify. 214 00:18:21,056 --> 00:18:25,436 District Court 7, Elgin Township is now in session. 215 00:18:25,497 --> 00:18:29,083 Will the fellas I picked for jury duty move over here? 216 00:18:38,123 --> 00:18:43,546 We are here to arraign and try one John Doe Indian. 217 00:18:43,598 --> 00:18:45,726 Sheriff, bring in the prisoner. 218 00:19:06,630 --> 00:19:08,966 Boyd, turn him around, have him face the court. 219 00:19:12,739 --> 00:19:15,994 John Doe, you are accused of the willful murder 220 00:19:16,111 --> 00:19:17,946 of Burtram Gustaveson 221 00:19:18,030 --> 00:19:20,283 on or about the Saturday morning last. 222 00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:21,536 How do you plead? 223 00:19:27,254 --> 00:19:29,591 How do you plead, guilty or not guilty? 224 00:19:39,608 --> 00:19:41,652 Judge, anybody can see the kid's a deaf mute. 225 00:19:41,735 --> 00:19:44,030 He doesn't even know what you're doing to him. 226 00:19:44,155 --> 00:19:46,074 Well, do you have any suggestions, Mr. Tate, 227 00:19:46,125 --> 00:19:47,878 as to how the court can communicate 228 00:19:47,961 --> 00:19:49,212 with that wild animal? 229 00:19:49,296 --> 00:19:52,132 No, I don't, but I do know he has a legal right 230 00:19:52,216 --> 00:19:53,537 to have somebody to speak for him. 231 00:19:53,594 --> 00:19:54,678 Meaning yourself. 232 00:19:54,838 --> 00:19:56,757 No, but I'm asking for a postponement 233 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,427 to find a defense attorney for the boy. 234 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,317 Mr. Tate, no attorney in his right mind 235 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,321 would ride all the way to Elgin to defend something like that. 236 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:09,125 All I'm asking is time to try. 237 00:20:14,837 --> 00:20:17,007 I don't see that justice would be served 238 00:20:17,091 --> 00:20:19,093 by dragging this thing out. 239 00:20:19,176 --> 00:20:20,928 These people have businesses to run. 240 00:20:21,014 --> 00:20:22,684 Maybe it's better he didn't hear that. 241 00:20:22,767 --> 00:20:25,103 He'll never know his life wasn't worth this court's time. 242 00:20:25,152 --> 00:20:27,113 And when you hang him, at least he'll die 243 00:20:27,197 --> 00:20:28,698 thinking he's a human being. 244 00:20:28,823 --> 00:20:32,662 Fitzroy, are you gonna let this stranger run your court? 245 00:20:32,824 --> 00:20:36,620 Now, we pay you for justice, and in my brother's name, 246 00:20:36,707 --> 00:20:39,042 I'm gonna see we have it. 247 00:20:39,167 --> 00:20:42,046 Mr. Gustaveson, with all due respect 248 00:20:42,205 --> 00:20:45,244 for the deep emotions aroused by this tragedy, 249 00:20:45,268 --> 00:20:46,688 this is a court of law. 250 00:20:46,771 --> 00:20:50,274 My rulings must be based only on legal statutes. 251 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,321 Judge Fitzroy, may I say something? 252 00:20:52,405 --> 00:20:55,241 I don't see why not, Karen, everybody else is. 253 00:20:55,369 --> 00:20:58,455 I don't think that the court has a choice. 254 00:20:58,539 --> 00:21:01,084 The Sixth Amendment is one of those laws, 255 00:21:01,245 --> 00:21:03,247 and I believe that it states that the accused 256 00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:05,212 shall have the right of counsel for his defense. 257 00:21:05,260 --> 00:21:07,512 The court is not denying him that right. 258 00:21:07,595 --> 00:21:10,099 I'm willing to offer anyone in town 259 00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,437 to represent this murderer. 260 00:21:11,562 --> 00:21:14,231 Now if any citizen wants to step forward 261 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:17,110 and assume that responsibility, step forward. 262 00:21:24,331 --> 00:21:26,167 All right, now let's get on with it. 263 00:21:26,252 --> 00:21:29,715 Your Honor, the prosecution has to agree with Mr. Tate. 264 00:21:29,768 --> 00:21:32,062 Mr. Newell, didn't you hear my ruling? 265 00:21:32,146 --> 00:21:34,733 Then the prosecution makes a motion for postponement 266 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:37,145 so that it may better prepare its case. 267 00:21:37,270 --> 00:21:40,191 Well, that's a different cut of cloth. 268 00:21:40,276 --> 00:21:42,695 The court will grant a five-day postponement 269 00:21:42,779 --> 00:21:45,115 on one condition, Mr. Tate, 270 00:21:45,201 --> 00:21:47,119 that if you fail to find an attorney, 271 00:21:47,203 --> 00:21:49,331 you agree to represent the defendant. 272 00:21:51,793 --> 00:21:53,211 I'm not qualified. 273 00:21:53,295 --> 00:21:56,507 Well, you haven't done too badly so far. Agreed? 274 00:22:01,152 --> 00:22:02,152 I agree. 275 00:22:04,533 --> 00:22:07,328 Court is adjourned till Monday morning, 9:00 276 00:22:16,167 --> 00:22:18,003 That shirt's a little big on him. 277 00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:20,172 I'm afraid he won't have it long. 278 00:22:20,267 --> 00:22:21,727 You take care of him, hear? 279 00:22:21,811 --> 00:22:23,146 I will. 280 00:22:28,656 --> 00:22:30,157 Miss Gustaveson. 281 00:22:52,194 --> 00:22:53,194 Any luck? 282 00:22:54,782 --> 00:22:56,118 No. 283 00:22:57,828 --> 00:22:59,705 Looks like the judge was right. 284 00:22:59,758 --> 00:23:02,220 No one was willing to even take the ride out here 285 00:23:02,345 --> 00:23:04,472 for what I could pay. 286 00:23:04,556 --> 00:23:07,142 Well, the judge isn't always right, you know. 287 00:23:07,259 --> 00:23:08,760 Take a look at these. 288 00:23:13,684 --> 00:23:15,604 Looks like the boy won't have anybody. 289 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:18,355 No one 'cept you. 290 00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:21,026 Seems you're the only one left. 291 00:23:21,110 --> 00:23:23,529 How can I help? 292 00:23:23,613 --> 00:23:26,283 I don't even know his name, where he comes from, anything. 293 00:23:30,752 --> 00:23:33,254 Well, you might ride out to Shoshone reservation 294 00:23:33,338 --> 00:23:35,174 and talk to chief Totanka. 295 00:23:35,225 --> 00:23:37,060 He might be able to tell you something. 296 00:23:42,602 --> 00:23:44,103 I'll give it a try in the morning. 297 00:24:27,224 --> 00:24:28,810 Nice beef you got there. 298 00:24:28,893 --> 00:24:30,186 We are learning. 299 00:24:30,313 --> 00:24:33,150 Someday, my people must live by the new ways. 300 00:24:33,234 --> 00:24:34,318 Are you chief Totanka? 301 00:24:34,443 --> 00:24:36,404 I am called Spotted Hand. 302 00:24:36,491 --> 00:24:38,536 Maybe you can tell me if the Shoshone 303 00:24:38,661 --> 00:24:41,455 have had a runaway, a boy about 16? 304 00:24:41,542 --> 00:24:43,336 Many have left the reservation. 305 00:24:43,420 --> 00:24:45,505 Well, this one can't talk. 306 00:24:45,632 --> 00:24:47,844 He is no longer of this tribe. 307 00:24:47,927 --> 00:24:50,221 Well, he needs help. 308 00:24:50,348 --> 00:24:51,349 I thought the Shoshone 309 00:24:51,433 --> 00:24:53,185 always took care of their helpless ones. 310 00:24:53,310 --> 00:24:54,729 The Shoshone do not see crazy 311 00:24:54,855 --> 00:24:56,356 and hide them away from the family. 312 00:24:56,481 --> 00:24:58,067 It is our law not to punish them 313 00:24:58,192 --> 00:24:59,832 but to keep them from the cold and hunger, 314 00:24:59,904 --> 00:25:02,283 for they are children touched by the great Spirit. 315 00:25:02,366 --> 00:25:04,326 Is the white man's law better? 316 00:25:04,410 --> 00:25:06,537 Well, I hope we're learning, too. 317 00:25:06,665 --> 00:25:08,542 Can you tell me when the boy ran away? 318 00:25:08,625 --> 00:25:10,377 He did not run from here. 319 00:25:10,463 --> 00:25:13,050 It was the will of our tribal council. 320 00:25:13,175 --> 00:25:14,652 Then he was sent away from the reservation? 321 00:25:14,676 --> 00:25:18,264 He would strike the other children. 322 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:22,031 When he grew tall and strong, no one was safe from his anger. 323 00:25:22,149 --> 00:25:26,112 Many were hurt. It was forbidden to bind him. 324 00:25:26,206 --> 00:25:30,044 Yet the tribal council is the protector of our people. 325 00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:32,467 When he was among us for 15 summers, 326 00:25:32,550 --> 00:25:37,598 they took him far away to the high rocks 327 00:25:37,757 --> 00:25:39,717 and gave him three days food. 328 00:25:39,772 --> 00:25:41,357 He was left there to die? 329 00:25:41,441 --> 00:25:46,113 High above the tall trees and in the face of the Spirit 330 00:25:46,239 --> 00:25:48,575 because he could not call out and ask to be taken. 331 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:50,411 Well, he's still one of your people. 332 00:25:50,497 --> 00:25:52,165 He needs your protection. 333 00:25:52,248 --> 00:25:54,292 To the Shoshone, he no longer exists. 334 00:25:54,417 --> 00:25:55,669 Not even chief Totanka 335 00:25:55,756 --> 00:25:57,424 could the change the will of our council. 336 00:25:57,549 --> 00:25:59,343 Can you at least tell me the boy's name? 337 00:26:03,265 --> 00:26:05,102 Know the white man's name for your boy? 338 00:26:07,274 --> 00:26:08,818 They call him the animal. 339 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:25,135 I want to see the boy. 340 00:26:25,185 --> 00:26:26,103 No visitors. 341 00:26:26,186 --> 00:26:27,270 I'm not a visitor. 342 00:26:27,395 --> 00:26:29,107 You're looking at the defense counsel. 343 00:26:29,232 --> 00:26:31,692 I'd like to conference with my client. 344 00:26:33,315 --> 00:26:34,693 Well, if we're going by the rules, 345 00:26:34,820 --> 00:26:36,620 then you have to put your gun belt on my desk. 346 00:26:40,921 --> 00:26:42,464 Wait here, I'll put the cuffs on. 347 00:26:59,657 --> 00:27:00,770 What're you doing? Let him alone. 348 00:27:00,794 --> 00:27:02,420 Listen, you may be able to tell Fitzroy 349 00:27:02,504 --> 00:27:03,506 how to run his court. 350 00:27:03,631 --> 00:27:05,967 Nobody tells me how to run my jail. 351 00:27:06,095 --> 00:27:07,857 Look at him, he thinks you're gonna hurt him. 352 00:27:10,376 --> 00:27:13,172 All right, counselor, you can have your conference. 353 00:27:13,255 --> 00:27:14,298 Inside. 354 00:27:30,301 --> 00:27:31,678 All right, nobody's gonna hurt you. 355 00:27:34,598 --> 00:27:36,057 I brought you something. 356 00:27:41,895 --> 00:27:44,231 It may be stale, but it's all they had. 357 00:27:52,253 --> 00:27:53,253 Go on. 358 00:28:01,267 --> 00:28:05,063 I gotta make you understand. I want to help you. 359 00:28:05,149 --> 00:28:07,152 But now you gotta help me. 360 00:28:07,236 --> 00:28:10,406 There was an ax. 361 00:28:10,534 --> 00:28:11,535 An ax? 362 00:28:16,876 --> 00:28:18,044 An ax. 363 00:28:18,127 --> 00:28:21,090 Uh... chop wood. 364 00:28:21,216 --> 00:28:22,425 Wood. 365 00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:33,563 Sheriff, can I have some paper and a pencil? 366 00:28:33,647 --> 00:28:36,401 Uh, what for? 367 00:28:36,485 --> 00:28:38,279 I'm trying to get through to him somehow. 368 00:28:38,404 --> 00:28:41,283 Maybe if I draw him some pictures, he'll understand. 369 00:28:48,596 --> 00:28:50,349 Thanks, Sheriff. 370 00:29:08,297 --> 00:29:09,297 Ax. 371 00:29:57,509 --> 00:29:59,678 You again. Don't you ever give up? 372 00:29:59,803 --> 00:30:01,430 What are you doing with him? 373 00:30:01,551 --> 00:30:03,220 I want him to examine the boy. 374 00:30:03,345 --> 00:30:05,639 I'm not gonna do no such thing, not that killer. 375 00:30:05,723 --> 00:30:07,726 Now do I have to get a court order? 376 00:30:07,851 --> 00:30:10,229 You might as well do what he says, Doc. 377 00:30:10,358 --> 00:30:12,403 Or else none of us gonna get any peace around here. 378 00:30:16,708 --> 00:30:20,295 Well, I'll look in if you can get his jaws apart. 379 00:30:30,471 --> 00:30:33,891 Well. Nice set of teeth. 380 00:30:33,975 --> 00:30:36,270 There. 381 00:30:38,942 --> 00:30:41,654 Vocal cords are unremarkable. 382 00:30:44,868 --> 00:30:48,873 No, there's no obvious reason 383 00:30:48,925 --> 00:30:52,430 why the boy can't talk if he has a mind to. 384 00:30:52,548 --> 00:30:54,300 How can we check his hearing? 385 00:30:54,383 --> 00:30:56,970 Well, I'm gonna get around to that right now 386 00:30:57,054 --> 00:30:59,808 with this tuning fork. 387 00:31:02,781 --> 00:31:05,118 You see any reaction in his eyes? 388 00:31:06,787 --> 00:31:08,205 No. 389 00:31:08,289 --> 00:31:11,209 Well, now, I'll... 390 00:31:11,294 --> 00:31:13,171 put this right up against 391 00:31:13,296 --> 00:31:16,300 the mastoid bone behind his ear. 392 00:31:16,426 --> 00:31:19,597 Maybe he'll hear some of the vibration. 393 00:31:22,477 --> 00:31:26,190 You know, sound is vibration in air. 394 00:31:26,317 --> 00:31:27,317 You know that, don't you? 395 00:31:29,488 --> 00:31:33,326 That bone will carry the sound right to the inner ear. 396 00:31:33,452 --> 00:31:36,830 Put that right there. 397 00:31:36,955 --> 00:31:39,250 You didn't strike it that time. 398 00:31:39,334 --> 00:31:43,172 Well, no, you have to get him used to the feel of it first. 399 00:31:43,260 --> 00:31:44,303 Come on now. 400 00:31:44,386 --> 00:31:46,680 Otherwise, we couldn't judge 401 00:31:46,764 --> 00:31:49,768 his reaction to the... To the sound. 402 00:31:49,851 --> 00:31:52,730 It's all right now. 403 00:31:52,856 --> 00:31:55,859 It's all right. It's all right. 404 00:32:25,414 --> 00:32:26,874 What do you think? 405 00:32:26,958 --> 00:32:31,922 Well, it just might be that there's nothing wrong 406 00:32:31,975 --> 00:32:35,645 with the boy's mind or his... his voice. 407 00:32:35,767 --> 00:32:39,522 Could be that having never heard a human voice 408 00:32:39,606 --> 00:32:43,402 makes it right difficult to learn to talk. 409 00:32:43,454 --> 00:32:45,540 How can we tell for sure? 410 00:32:45,624 --> 00:32:48,336 We can't. 411 00:32:48,420 --> 00:32:50,422 Doctor, I have heard that some deaf people 412 00:32:50,514 --> 00:32:52,225 have been taught to speak. 413 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:56,522 Well, Mr. Tate, that'd take quite some time, 414 00:32:56,642 --> 00:33:01,607 and this... this boy's got a very short life expectancy. 415 00:33:01,693 --> 00:33:07,617 I do seem to remember that the local schoolteacher 416 00:33:07,668 --> 00:33:11,381 did work with some deaf children 417 00:33:11,500 --> 00:33:15,881 when she was a student at some fancy Eastern college. 418 00:33:17,886 --> 00:33:20,181 You might give that a try. 419 00:33:21,443 --> 00:33:22,736 Thanks, Doctor. 420 00:33:27,277 --> 00:33:28,528 Boyd?! 421 00:33:28,654 --> 00:33:30,198 Come get me out of here! 422 00:33:47,409 --> 00:33:49,162 Can I speak with you, ma'am? 423 00:33:49,287 --> 00:33:52,165 I know how you must feel about me, Miss Gustaveson, 424 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,571 but I need your help. 425 00:33:54,697 --> 00:33:57,199 Well, if it's about that Indian boy, 426 00:33:57,293 --> 00:33:58,462 I can't help you. 427 00:33:58,545 --> 00:34:01,840 Then why did you speak up for him in court? 428 00:34:01,999 --> 00:34:05,879 It's one thing, Mr. Tate, to expect a fair trial. 429 00:34:05,963 --> 00:34:07,881 That's common decency. 430 00:34:07,965 --> 00:34:11,469 But it's quite another to actually help the man 431 00:34:11,523 --> 00:34:13,401 who killed my own uncle escape justice. 432 00:34:13,526 --> 00:34:15,695 What kind of justice would it be 433 00:34:15,789 --> 00:34:18,250 to convict that boy without hearing his side? 434 00:34:18,334 --> 00:34:19,710 You said that he can't talk. 435 00:34:19,835 --> 00:34:24,174 Well, that doesn't mean we can ignore his side of it. 436 00:34:24,293 --> 00:34:27,213 Is he to be guilty because he's deaf 437 00:34:27,266 --> 00:34:29,853 or because his defense counsel is too ignorant to help? 438 00:34:32,777 --> 00:34:34,696 I thought he was rather ably represented 439 00:34:34,821 --> 00:34:36,864 at the arraignment, Mr. Tate. 440 00:34:36,994 --> 00:34:39,330 Well, it was you that quoted book and verse 441 00:34:39,414 --> 00:34:41,165 of the law to that judge. 442 00:34:41,251 --> 00:34:44,505 It was you that got him that postponement. 443 00:34:44,588 --> 00:34:45,923 Well... 444 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:47,845 a teacher can't help remembering things. 445 00:34:50,350 --> 00:34:51,519 Did you attend law school? 446 00:34:54,939 --> 00:34:58,777 I got my schooling in territorial prison. 447 00:34:58,905 --> 00:35:01,576 I liked to have read the print right off those law books. 448 00:35:01,661 --> 00:35:05,331 But it didn't get my sentence reduced one day. 449 00:35:05,419 --> 00:35:08,214 Is that why you've taken such an interest in the boy? 450 00:35:08,298 --> 00:35:09,466 I know what it's like 451 00:35:09,591 --> 00:35:12,678 having everyone think you're a crazy killer, 452 00:35:12,730 --> 00:35:16,234 to feel ignorant and alone and facing a know-it-all judge 453 00:35:16,354 --> 00:35:18,315 not knowing what to do or to say, 454 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,651 just standing there being frightened. 455 00:35:20,745 --> 00:35:23,789 But at least I could talk back, 456 00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:26,168 even if nobody believed me. 457 00:35:28,757 --> 00:35:29,841 Were you guilty? 458 00:35:29,924 --> 00:35:32,762 Yes, I was. 459 00:35:32,891 --> 00:35:35,728 Not in the way they said, but all the same, I was. 460 00:35:41,492 --> 00:35:44,286 You're asking me to go against my own family. 461 00:35:44,411 --> 00:35:47,832 All I'm asking you to do is help a boy who may be innocent, 462 00:35:47,959 --> 00:35:51,339 help a boy who maybe shouldn't have to go to prison. 463 00:35:51,467 --> 00:35:54,513 You don't know what it's like. You have to be there. 464 00:35:54,638 --> 00:35:56,807 It's bad enough for any normal man, 465 00:35:56,891 --> 00:36:01,688 but for him, a boy who can't even hear or talk... 466 00:36:03,610 --> 00:36:05,321 They call him an animal now. 467 00:36:05,405 --> 00:36:07,324 In prison, he'll be an animal 468 00:36:07,407 --> 00:36:09,619 locked up in a cage for the rest of his life. 469 00:36:12,291 --> 00:36:14,628 Help me find a way to reach his mind, 470 00:36:14,711 --> 00:36:15,963 teach him a word. 471 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:20,887 All I want you to do is get that boy to stand up in court 472 00:36:21,015 --> 00:36:22,642 and tell them one way or another. 473 00:36:25,573 --> 00:36:29,328 Let him stand up like a thinking being. 474 00:36:29,453 --> 00:36:32,498 Let them stand up and defend himself, 475 00:36:32,617 --> 00:36:35,538 even with a nod of his head. 476 00:36:35,665 --> 00:36:37,918 Let him be a man... 477 00:36:38,043 --> 00:36:39,837 instead of... 478 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,589 instead of what they call him. 479 00:36:46,692 --> 00:36:48,319 I wish my class had heard that. 480 00:36:50,399 --> 00:36:52,276 Counselor... 481 00:36:52,402 --> 00:36:55,030 Would you accept a junior member into your firm? 482 00:37:07,393 --> 00:37:09,729 Why don't you just take up residence here? 483 00:37:09,854 --> 00:37:14,443 Time was when shaving was a private ritual. 484 00:37:17,870 --> 00:37:21,750 Oh, by the way, Mr. Newell left some books for you. 485 00:37:21,835 --> 00:37:24,254 And Doc Housman said you wanted this. 486 00:37:26,593 --> 00:37:27,928 Well, thanks. 487 00:37:28,011 --> 00:37:29,262 You're welcome. 488 00:37:42,865 --> 00:37:44,367 Music? 489 00:37:44,450 --> 00:37:48,330 It's an idea I got from Dr. Housman. 490 00:37:48,457 --> 00:37:50,794 He can hear this, in a way, through the bones in his head. 491 00:37:54,016 --> 00:37:56,227 Come on, son. 492 00:37:56,312 --> 00:37:57,897 The way you can train a wild colt 493 00:37:57,980 --> 00:37:59,440 is you gotta get his attention. 494 00:38:07,956 --> 00:38:11,210 What if one touch meant "yes"? 495 00:38:11,262 --> 00:38:16,226 - And two meant "no." - He might respond to sound. 496 00:38:22,271 --> 00:38:26,610 Smile, nod your head yes. Let him know yes. 497 00:38:26,698 --> 00:38:31,328 Yes. Yes. Yes. 498 00:38:31,415 --> 00:38:33,750 Again. 499 00:38:33,835 --> 00:38:38,339 Yes, yes. Please, yes, yes. 500 00:38:38,424 --> 00:38:39,509 Yes. 501 00:38:41,981 --> 00:38:43,315 Yes. 502 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,485 Yes. 503 00:38:47,897 --> 00:38:49,900 Yes. Yes. 504 00:38:50,026 --> 00:38:53,488 Yes. Yes. 505 00:38:53,574 --> 00:38:56,368 No. 506 00:38:56,421 --> 00:38:58,298 No. No. 507 00:39:01,637 --> 00:39:04,433 No. 508 00:39:04,516 --> 00:39:08,354 No... no. 509 00:39:11,268 --> 00:39:12,394 How's he doing? 510 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:17,192 I don't know, sometimes I feel like he... 511 00:39:17,244 --> 00:39:18,872 Just keep trying. 512 00:39:21,912 --> 00:39:25,374 No. No. 513 00:39:26,587 --> 00:39:28,882 No. 514 00:39:33,938 --> 00:39:35,899 No. 515 00:39:36,018 --> 00:39:38,855 No. 516 00:39:40,734 --> 00:39:42,445 No. 517 00:39:42,570 --> 00:39:44,322 Tate, I think he's doing something. 518 00:39:51,018 --> 00:39:53,521 Try yes. 519 00:39:53,605 --> 00:39:56,692 Yes. Yes. 520 00:39:58,571 --> 00:40:01,533 Yes. Yes. 521 00:40:01,621 --> 00:40:03,414 Yes. 522 00:40:05,041 --> 00:40:07,294 Tate, he's doing it, he's doing it! 523 00:40:07,422 --> 00:40:08,673 Good boy, good boy. 524 00:40:11,307 --> 00:40:14,018 We got to give him a name. 525 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:19,517 Adam. 526 00:40:19,642 --> 00:40:21,645 Why that one? 527 00:40:21,697 --> 00:40:24,742 It's from Milton. 528 00:40:24,826 --> 00:40:28,664 "And the angel ended, and in Adam's ear 529 00:40:28,794 --> 00:40:32,006 so charmingly left his voice that he awhile 530 00:40:32,166 --> 00:40:35,962 thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear." 531 00:40:37,808 --> 00:40:39,769 All right. Adam. 532 00:40:43,525 --> 00:40:44,735 Good. 533 00:40:56,669 --> 00:40:58,796 Tate. 534 00:40:58,881 --> 00:41:00,465 I think he wants the tuning fork. 535 00:41:53,319 --> 00:41:54,320 I wouldn't lie to you 536 00:41:54,403 --> 00:41:57,282 about a thing like that, Mr. Gustaveson. 537 00:41:57,410 --> 00:41:59,371 They went in there together, huh? 538 00:41:59,454 --> 00:42:03,376 Far as I know, they're still in the jailhouse. 539 00:42:03,460 --> 00:42:05,629 - Was Boyd there? - In and out. 540 00:42:05,756 --> 00:42:09,761 Looks like he just seemed to give them the run of the place. 541 00:42:09,844 --> 00:42:12,640 My brother isn't even cold in his grave, 542 00:42:12,768 --> 00:42:15,688 and already Tate has half this town weeping 543 00:42:15,738 --> 00:42:19,284 for that... That murdering animal. 544 00:42:19,409 --> 00:42:21,579 - We could burn it down. - Burn what down? 545 00:42:21,741 --> 00:42:24,911 - The jailhouse. - Oh, forget it, Dolby. 546 00:42:24,995 --> 00:42:29,959 That $20-a-month Sheriff is liable to take it personally, 547 00:42:30,051 --> 00:42:32,680 drop a load of 12 gauge in your vest. 548 00:42:32,765 --> 00:42:34,976 We got three of your hands on the jury. 549 00:42:35,101 --> 00:42:39,064 That's not enough for a hanging verdict. 550 00:42:40,689 --> 00:42:42,858 Could whittle the odds down some. 551 00:42:42,983 --> 00:42:45,945 The odds. 12 to 0 would suit me better. 552 00:42:48,083 --> 00:42:49,876 Dolby... 553 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,630 you tell all those jurors 554 00:42:52,757 --> 00:42:54,885 that if anyone votes not guilty on Monday, 555 00:42:54,969 --> 00:42:58,514 they may never see Tuesday, not in Elgin. 556 00:43:17,341 --> 00:43:18,717 What's that? 557 00:43:18,842 --> 00:43:21,387 Well, I wanna try and show him some more pictures. 558 00:43:21,514 --> 00:43:23,851 Maybe this time, he'll understand. 559 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:28,272 Is that supposed to be Adam leaving the reservation? 560 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,654 I get paid for punching cows, not art drawing. 561 00:43:33,372 --> 00:43:36,501 You're full of surprises, Tate. 562 00:43:36,587 --> 00:43:38,382 In fact... 563 00:43:38,507 --> 00:43:40,425 I think you're dangerous. 564 00:43:40,550 --> 00:43:42,344 To who? 565 00:43:42,431 --> 00:43:44,768 To me. 566 00:43:46,454 --> 00:43:48,498 You had so much faith in Adam. 567 00:43:48,582 --> 00:43:52,711 And you cared enough about him to take on the whole town. 568 00:43:52,907 --> 00:43:55,618 A woman doesn't expect to find that in a man. 569 00:43:55,745 --> 00:43:56,830 She hopes, but... 570 00:43:56,913 --> 00:43:59,583 You know I spent 10 years behind bars. 571 00:43:59,708 --> 00:44:01,085 Maybe you ought to know why. 572 00:44:01,178 --> 00:44:03,681 Tate, credit me with a little faith, too. 573 00:44:03,765 --> 00:44:07,561 I've watched you, and that's all I need to know. 574 00:44:14,109 --> 00:44:16,570 Well, I brought you some more drawing paper, Tate. 575 00:44:16,621 --> 00:44:17,706 Ah, thanks. 576 00:44:43,795 --> 00:44:45,046 Let's give it a try. 577 00:44:51,526 --> 00:44:53,736 You. 578 00:44:53,820 --> 00:44:54,863 Adam. 579 00:45:03,493 --> 00:45:04,494 You. 580 00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:11,806 You. Adam. 581 00:45:13,512 --> 00:45:15,677 Right. 582 00:45:15,701 --> 00:45:17,286 He understands. 583 00:45:17,411 --> 00:45:19,455 Maybe. 584 00:45:19,538 --> 00:45:20,915 Let's try another one. 585 00:45:26,471 --> 00:45:27,680 You. 586 00:45:27,805 --> 00:45:30,309 Adam. 587 00:45:30,434 --> 00:45:32,603 They left you on a mountaintop. 588 00:45:38,855 --> 00:45:42,109 ♪ 589 00:46:12,926 --> 00:46:15,721 Tate, why would they do that to him? 590 00:46:15,847 --> 00:46:18,810 Adam fought the other Shoshone children. 591 00:46:18,893 --> 00:46:20,436 They probably laughed at him, 592 00:46:20,562 --> 00:46:22,815 and that's the only way he could talk back. 593 00:46:36,047 --> 00:46:37,090 You, Adam. 594 00:46:39,427 --> 00:46:42,931 Did you hit the man with the ax? 595 00:46:52,793 --> 00:46:56,297 He... he doesn't understand. He doesn't. 596 00:46:56,424 --> 00:46:57,426 Yes, he does, Karen. 597 00:46:57,551 --> 00:46:58,802 Ask him again. 598 00:47:01,766 --> 00:47:03,602 Adam, did... 599 00:47:03,685 --> 00:47:07,315 Did you kill the man with the ax? 600 00:47:15,580 --> 00:47:16,957 Tate, I'm sorry. 601 00:47:17,086 --> 00:47:18,314 I know how much you wanted to help him. 602 00:47:18,338 --> 00:47:19,464 I wanted to help him, too. 603 00:47:19,589 --> 00:47:21,467 We still don't know if it was murder. 604 00:47:21,552 --> 00:47:23,304 Adam could've acted in self-defense. 605 00:47:23,429 --> 00:47:25,431 Tate, don't you ever give up? 606 00:47:25,514 --> 00:47:28,352 Well, they could've had a misunderstanding or a quarrel. 607 00:47:28,478 --> 00:47:30,564 My uncle wouldn't fight with a deaf boy. 608 00:47:30,648 --> 00:47:32,900 No, Tate, I'm sorry, he's guilty. 609 00:47:32,985 --> 00:47:33,985 He admitted it. 610 00:47:34,028 --> 00:47:35,697 All right, say it was true murder, 611 00:47:35,824 --> 00:47:38,077 but isn't that boy still entitled to a defense? 612 00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,830 Yes, he is, but not from me. 613 00:47:40,927 --> 00:47:42,596 I lived up to my part of the bargain, 614 00:47:42,679 --> 00:47:44,473 but I can't be expected to defend the man 615 00:47:44,598 --> 00:47:45,987 - who killed my own uncle! - All right, all right. 616 00:47:46,011 --> 00:47:47,513 What was that little quote of yours? 617 00:47:47,596 --> 00:47:49,825 The accused shall have the right to counsel for his defense? 618 00:47:49,849 --> 00:47:51,893 Does that say he has to be proven innocent first? 619 00:47:52,019 --> 00:47:55,357 No, it doesn't, and I may be wrong, too, 620 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:56,942 because I loved my uncle, 621 00:47:56,995 --> 00:47:59,457 and I know the kind of man he was. 622 00:47:59,540 --> 00:48:01,876 If family loyalty is prejudice to you, Tate, 623 00:48:02,003 --> 00:48:03,963 then I'm prejudiced, and I'm proud of it. 624 00:48:14,524 --> 00:48:16,025 Looks like you been locked out, Tate. 625 00:48:18,439 --> 00:48:23,403 Anyhow, there's no reason for a big trial now. 626 00:48:23,456 --> 00:48:24,457 Is there? 627 00:49:34,582 --> 00:49:37,545 Boyd Dewey told his wife what happened last night. 628 00:49:37,639 --> 00:49:40,475 And she went out and told the whole town. 629 00:49:40,558 --> 00:49:45,022 You know, about that animal admitting his guilt. 630 00:49:45,118 --> 00:49:46,829 Guess you'll be leaving Elgin now. 631 00:49:49,536 --> 00:49:50,996 Don't bet on it. 632 00:49:51,081 --> 00:49:55,503 Saddle up, Tate. You're riding out. 633 00:49:55,586 --> 00:49:58,047 Ain't gonna be no fancy trial. 634 00:49:58,141 --> 00:50:01,813 I promise you the biggest, fanciest trial 635 00:50:01,901 --> 00:50:04,070 this little old town of Elgin's ever seen. 636 00:50:15,599 --> 00:50:17,518 Newell? 637 00:50:17,647 --> 00:50:19,398 Good evening, Mr. Gustaveson 638 00:50:19,482 --> 00:50:21,485 What's going on over at the jail? 639 00:50:21,636 --> 00:50:23,013 I saw you talking to my daughter. 640 00:50:23,096 --> 00:50:25,808 Oh, Karen wanted to borrow some of my books. 641 00:50:25,862 --> 00:50:29,867 Uncommonly generous, Mr. Prosecutor. 642 00:50:29,950 --> 00:50:31,618 Only a professional courtesy. 643 00:50:31,673 --> 00:50:32,757 No doubt. 644 00:50:32,841 --> 00:50:35,803 Professionally speaking, Alex, 645 00:50:35,886 --> 00:50:39,015 that animal got any real chance of getting off? 646 00:50:39,140 --> 00:50:41,351 If Tate pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, 647 00:50:41,439 --> 00:50:42,607 I'm not sure. 648 00:50:42,691 --> 00:50:45,945 We all know that's a crazy Indian in there. 649 00:50:46,031 --> 00:50:47,575 That's what I mean. 650 00:51:06,734 --> 00:51:08,361 Tate! Where have you been? 651 00:51:08,445 --> 00:51:11,948 I've been looking every place. What happened to your face? 652 00:51:12,108 --> 00:51:14,445 Just some small-town hospitality. 653 00:51:21,089 --> 00:51:23,551 I see you picked up a souvenir. 654 00:51:23,635 --> 00:51:25,428 You want to press charges? 655 00:51:25,553 --> 00:51:28,098 Uh-huh, against the whole town. 656 00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:30,562 New rules, Tate. 657 00:51:30,646 --> 00:51:33,024 You have do your conferring outside the cell, 658 00:51:33,078 --> 00:51:34,705 but he stays inside. 659 00:51:34,788 --> 00:51:35,915 Why? 660 00:51:36,032 --> 00:51:39,536 It's not safe. You proved he's a killer. 661 00:51:44,554 --> 00:51:47,391 Dolby, were gonna save the taxpayers 662 00:51:47,478 --> 00:51:48,812 an expensive trial. 663 00:51:54,689 --> 00:51:57,985 The Sheriff, he's gonna be busy tonight. 664 00:51:58,037 --> 00:52:01,583 I predict a fistfight is gonna break out in the saloon. 665 00:52:05,049 --> 00:52:06,593 There's going to be some shooting, too, 666 00:52:06,679 --> 00:52:09,598 that'll be heard from one end of this town to the other. 667 00:52:09,682 --> 00:52:12,477 No gun-play at the jail. 668 00:52:12,563 --> 00:52:17,027 But you know what happens when you open an animal's cage? 669 00:52:17,157 --> 00:52:18,492 He runs, Dolby. 670 00:52:58,726 --> 00:53:00,979 Take it easy, boy, I ain't gonna hurt you. 671 00:53:29,578 --> 00:53:31,455 Two choices, Tate. 672 00:53:31,582 --> 00:53:33,668 A quick answer or a short prayer. 673 00:53:33,752 --> 00:53:34,878 Where's the Indian? 674 00:53:34,961 --> 00:53:36,755 I don't know what you're talking about. 675 00:53:39,552 --> 00:53:41,471 Now you're down to one. 676 00:53:41,599 --> 00:53:44,436 Tate. Tate, Adam's gone! The door was... 677 00:53:44,561 --> 00:53:46,480 First-rate timing, Miss Gustaveson. 678 00:53:46,607 --> 00:53:49,569 Sheriff, you've gotta believe us, there isn't time. 679 00:53:49,653 --> 00:53:51,530 I admire your style and all, 680 00:53:51,616 --> 00:53:53,994 but I think you'd better go home to your pa. 681 00:53:55,955 --> 00:53:58,458 That mob out there isn't gonna believe Tate either! 682 00:54:03,553 --> 00:54:06,597 Move. Move. 683 00:54:17,242 --> 00:54:18,702 He's mine. 684 00:54:18,827 --> 00:54:21,497 But I'll need a posse to track that Indian. 685 00:54:23,635 --> 00:54:26,055 Just all volunteer. 686 00:54:26,109 --> 00:54:28,444 I want you to get your horses and your supplies 687 00:54:28,528 --> 00:54:30,989 and meet me at the jail in five minutes ready to ride. 688 00:54:33,018 --> 00:54:35,604 Listen, the longer we stand here jawing, 689 00:54:35,687 --> 00:54:38,566 the bigger head start he's gonna get, let's go. 690 00:54:50,148 --> 00:54:53,026 Toby, maybe that animal got through here. 691 00:54:53,187 --> 00:54:55,523 Just keep watching. 692 00:54:55,607 --> 00:54:58,526 We got every road and trail covered. 693 00:54:58,612 --> 00:54:59,863 Yeah. 694 00:54:59,989 --> 00:55:01,560 Well, maybe he ain't coming through here at all. 695 00:55:01,584 --> 00:55:02,835 Shut up, will you? 696 00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,463 He'll never come this way if he hears you jawing. 697 00:55:05,547 --> 00:55:07,507 He can't. 698 00:55:07,626 --> 00:55:09,127 He's a stone deaf, remember? 699 00:55:09,211 --> 00:55:10,671 Well, shut up anyway! 700 00:55:19,990 --> 00:55:21,074 See anything? 701 00:55:21,203 --> 00:55:24,874 Whoever he is, he's riding Indian style. 702 00:55:54,264 --> 00:55:55,599 Toby? 703 00:55:58,231 --> 00:55:59,774 Toby, where are ya? 704 00:56:02,946 --> 00:56:04,697 Answer me! He can't hear us! 705 00:56:09,657 --> 00:56:10,700 Toby? 706 00:56:16,878 --> 00:56:17,879 Toby! 707 00:56:44,805 --> 00:56:48,059 Well, Boyd, I think you can figure this out for yourself. 708 00:56:48,145 --> 00:56:50,939 Well, looks like I'll have to get myself a bigger jail. 709 00:57:28,515 --> 00:57:31,061 - The tuning fork. - Give it to him. 710 00:58:06,046 --> 00:58:07,881 No, Adam, tell us about the murder. 711 00:58:08,040 --> 00:58:09,584 Tell us about the ax. 712 00:58:11,923 --> 00:58:15,428 Sheriff, I thought you promised me some privacy with my client. 713 00:58:15,511 --> 00:58:17,596 Just so long as you follow the rules, counselor. 714 00:58:20,685 --> 00:58:23,021 Adam, tell us. About the ax. 715 00:58:38,561 --> 00:58:39,895 I think it's working. 716 00:58:39,979 --> 00:58:41,730 He knows what we want him to tell us. 717 00:58:47,319 --> 00:58:48,945 He's struggling with the ax, I think. 718 00:58:59,596 --> 00:59:02,141 Good boy, Adam, running. Good. 719 00:59:08,488 --> 00:59:09,906 Why does he keep repeating that? 720 00:59:13,579 --> 00:59:16,500 Adam, no, the ax. Tell us about the... 721 00:59:16,584 --> 00:59:18,503 Adam, the man with the ax. 722 00:59:18,586 --> 00:59:21,840 Adam, Adam, the ax. Tell us about the ax. 723 00:59:25,932 --> 00:59:27,517 Why does he keep repeating that? 724 00:59:31,191 --> 00:59:34,402 Maybe it's something that happened on the reservation. 725 00:59:34,531 --> 00:59:35,533 His mind works, 726 00:59:35,658 --> 00:59:37,701 but we're just asking too much of him. 727 00:59:37,828 --> 00:59:40,039 Adam knows exactly what he's trying to tell us. 728 00:59:43,047 --> 00:59:44,507 He's holding something. 729 00:59:46,529 --> 00:59:48,740 Two sticks? 730 00:59:48,823 --> 00:59:50,576 A forked stick? 731 00:59:52,564 --> 00:59:55,484 A willow stick. The water witcher. 732 00:59:55,568 --> 00:59:57,945 Adam's been trying to tell us the water witcher saw it. 733 00:59:58,041 --> 00:59:59,710 A witness, Karen, a witness! 734 00:59:59,794 --> 01:00:01,629 But that old man's gone. He could be anywhere. 735 01:00:01,715 --> 01:00:03,884 He's up in the hills. I saw him with his mule. 736 01:00:04,009 --> 01:00:05,845 I'm going after him and bring him back. 737 01:00:05,929 --> 01:00:07,472 Wait, Tate, what about the trial? 738 01:00:07,524 --> 01:00:08,884 If I'm not back in time, you start. 739 01:00:08,942 --> 01:00:10,027 You'll be his attorney. 740 01:00:10,110 --> 01:00:12,488 Use all your quotations, anything, stall! 741 01:00:13,692 --> 01:00:16,779 ♪ 742 01:01:14,054 --> 01:01:16,806 Fair warning wasn't good enough for you, huh? 743 01:01:16,861 --> 01:01:19,573 Tinker, I wanna talk to you! 744 01:01:19,656 --> 01:01:22,493 Mite late for that, but don't take it personal. 745 01:01:22,654 --> 01:01:25,531 You saw a murder two weeks ago, 746 01:01:25,657 --> 01:01:27,284 an Indian boy and an old man! 747 01:01:39,223 --> 01:01:43,019 Tinker, I want you to come back to Elgin, 748 01:01:43,115 --> 01:01:44,825 tell the court what you saw. 749 01:01:44,909 --> 01:01:47,788 There's a boy being tried for murder. 750 01:01:47,874 --> 01:01:51,545 I didn't see a murder. It was only a fight! 751 01:01:55,968 --> 01:01:59,305 Tinker, come back and tell the judge what you saw. 752 01:01:59,391 --> 01:02:03,145 You go away and leave me alone, or I'm gonna bury you, mister! 753 01:02:07,989 --> 01:02:09,991 Tinker... 754 01:02:10,075 --> 01:02:12,787 if you don't come back... 755 01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:14,801 I'm gonna have to shoot your mule. 756 01:02:23,934 --> 01:02:25,937 You wouldn't do a thing like that now, would you, 757 01:02:26,062 --> 01:02:27,522 to an old man? 758 01:02:27,607 --> 01:02:29,192 That mule's all I got. 759 01:02:55,740 --> 01:02:56,908 If I'd had me a repeater, 760 01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:00,590 you'd have been noticeably heavier by now. 761 01:03:00,673 --> 01:03:02,258 Ah, Tinker, get your mule, let's go. 762 01:03:05,598 --> 01:03:07,035 Karen: And so the territory of Wyoming 763 01:03:07,059 --> 01:03:09,772 was the first political unit to give women the vote. 764 01:03:09,897 --> 01:03:12,483 Your Honor, this is a courtroom, not a schoolhouse. 765 01:03:12,611 --> 01:03:14,489 Can't we do without her speech-making? 766 01:03:14,614 --> 01:03:17,951 Your honor, I am only trying to show that with the vote 767 01:03:18,037 --> 01:03:19,705 came other duties and responsibilities 768 01:03:19,789 --> 01:03:21,999 for women and that therefore, as a woman, 769 01:03:22,127 --> 01:03:24,255 there should be no discrimination against my acting 770 01:03:24,339 --> 01:03:25,799 as substitute counsel for this boy 771 01:03:25,924 --> 01:03:27,175 in the absence of Mr. Tate. 772 01:03:27,301 --> 01:03:29,554 Miss Gustaveson... 773 01:03:29,638 --> 01:03:32,517 I believe the court conceded that point to you 774 01:03:32,643 --> 01:03:34,228 15 minutes ago. 775 01:03:34,311 --> 01:03:38,608 Now... may we proceed? 776 01:03:41,288 --> 01:03:43,124 In that case, 777 01:03:43,246 --> 01:03:45,164 I would like to ask for a postponement. 778 01:03:45,289 --> 01:03:47,000 Your Honor. 779 01:03:47,127 --> 01:03:49,672 Fitzroy, can't you see she's stalling? 780 01:03:49,797 --> 01:03:51,257 Quiet, order! 781 01:03:51,340 --> 01:03:53,134 We shall have order in this court. 782 01:03:53,219 --> 01:03:56,682 If you can't run this court, we'll get someone who can. 783 01:03:56,735 --> 01:03:59,112 Mr. Gustaveson, please. 784 01:04:00,823 --> 01:04:02,992 Your Honor, as substitute counsel, 785 01:04:03,113 --> 01:04:04,990 I haven't had time to prepare my case. 786 01:04:05,073 --> 01:04:07,577 - Surely the court would... - Please, Miss Gustaveson. 787 01:04:07,705 --> 01:04:10,624 This court will not allow any more delays. 788 01:04:10,708 --> 01:04:14,045 Now if you wish to remain counsel for this boy, 789 01:04:14,138 --> 01:04:16,517 you will proceed with the defense. 790 01:04:16,602 --> 01:04:18,312 Is that clear? 791 01:04:20,691 --> 01:04:21,859 Yes. 792 01:04:24,022 --> 01:04:25,189 All right. 793 01:04:25,273 --> 01:04:27,651 Now how does the defendant plead? 794 01:04:31,041 --> 01:04:32,585 Tate: Not guilty. 795 01:04:40,056 --> 01:04:42,684 That man Gustaveson was fixing to blow up 796 01:04:42,770 --> 01:04:45,566 an old stream-bed with blasting powder. 797 01:04:45,649 --> 01:04:49,613 Well, he lights the fuse and runs back 798 01:04:49,740 --> 01:04:52,701 when along comes this rag-tail Indian. 799 01:04:52,787 --> 01:04:55,625 Well, Gustaveson shouts and shouts. 800 01:04:55,750 --> 01:04:58,586 The boy was almost standing on the blasting powder. 801 01:04:58,671 --> 01:05:00,758 Well, Gustaveson runs back 802 01:05:00,841 --> 01:05:03,636 with the ax up in the air like he's gonna cut the fuse. 803 01:05:03,763 --> 01:05:05,742 The Indian must have thought he was coming after him 804 01:05:05,766 --> 01:05:08,018 'cause he grabbed the ax and hassled him fer it. 805 01:05:08,103 --> 01:05:11,691 I guess they must have kicked the fuse out in the fight, 806 01:05:11,778 --> 01:05:13,613 'cause the explosion never did go off, 807 01:05:13,738 --> 01:05:16,700 but the ax fell and hit Gustaveson 808 01:05:16,788 --> 01:05:18,039 on the side of the head. 809 01:05:21,630 --> 01:05:23,549 Well, I could see Gustaveson was hurt, 810 01:05:23,633 --> 01:05:26,970 but he got up and staggered away. 811 01:05:27,055 --> 01:05:28,683 The boy sees me, he takes the ax 812 01:05:28,808 --> 01:05:30,768 and lights out for the hills. 813 01:05:30,851 --> 01:05:34,064 Tinker, why didn't you come into town and tell the Sheriff? 814 01:05:34,117 --> 01:05:37,788 They was both up walking around last time I saw them. 815 01:05:37,906 --> 01:05:41,616 I didn't know it was murder. All I saw was a fight. 816 01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:44,894 And Burt Gustaveson tried to save the boy's life. 817 01:05:47,308 --> 01:05:49,311 Only Adam didn't know it at the time. 818 01:05:51,817 --> 01:05:53,611 Judge, this wasn't murder. 819 01:05:53,695 --> 01:05:56,864 It was a hard, cruel accident. 820 01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:00,255 The defense asks that the charges be dropped. 821 01:06:03,128 --> 01:06:05,547 Alex, what do you say? 822 01:06:12,608 --> 01:06:14,527 Prosecution concurs. 823 01:07:05,205 --> 01:07:08,542 It's been a long time since I've had to apologize for anything. 824 01:07:08,628 --> 01:07:11,007 I'm not sure I still know how to do it. 825 01:07:14,847 --> 01:07:19,686 I know you won't forget what I tried to do to that boy. 826 01:07:19,773 --> 01:07:21,900 But I want you to know... 827 01:07:24,238 --> 01:07:25,657 I was wrong. 828 01:07:31,755 --> 01:07:33,632 Anyway... 829 01:07:33,757 --> 01:07:38,096 I'd like to thank you for what you did... 830 01:07:38,222 --> 01:07:39,766 for stopping me. 831 01:08:03,642 --> 01:08:05,269 How long will you be gone? 832 01:08:05,352 --> 01:08:08,731 A month or so, long enough to get Adam started. 833 01:08:10,700 --> 01:08:12,340 Will they really be able to teach him to talk? 834 01:08:12,364 --> 01:08:14,951 I've seen them work miracles at the University. 835 01:08:20,209 --> 01:08:23,839 Philadelphia's such a long way from home. 836 01:08:23,967 --> 01:08:27,053 I suppose that when I get back, you'll be at Shiloh. 837 01:08:28,857 --> 01:08:30,150 Yeah, I suppose. 838 01:08:33,656 --> 01:08:34,976 My father put up most of the money 839 01:08:35,032 --> 01:08:36,659 for Adam's schooling. 840 01:08:36,787 --> 01:08:39,331 It was sort of his way of saying that he was sorry to the boy, 841 01:08:39,415 --> 01:08:41,668 and I wish that one day, 842 01:08:41,787 --> 01:08:43,623 you'd drop in and say thank you. 843 01:08:49,681 --> 01:08:52,018 We have pretty good cattle around here when it rains. 844 01:08:52,146 --> 01:08:53,564 Might even interest Shiloh. 845 01:08:53,689 --> 01:08:56,651 I'll speak to the Colonel about it. 846 01:08:56,737 --> 01:08:59,865 ♪ 847 01:10:05,826 --> 01:10:08,913 ♪