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♪

- [TOM-TOM BEATING] - [NATIVE AMERICANS CHANTING]

♪ Hey, yay yay, uh

♪ Hey, yay yay yay, hey, yay ♪

♪ Oh, whoa whoa...

[CHANTING CONTINUES]

Hiya, handsome.

I can't believe I let you talk me into this.

Oh. Why? I thought you'd be into this.

What, wine-drinking rich people

and Hollywood Indians who are trying to sound like Elvis Presley?

[CHUCKLES] It's for a good cause.

And why did you tell me I had to wear a tuxedo?

Do you see anyone else around here wearing a tuxedo?

Because it's your charity,

and besides, you look wonderful.

Great turnout, eh?

Where did you get these guys?

From an agency, why?

I could've got you authentic tribal dancers.

Nobody here will know the difference.

I do.

It's going to be a tremendous success.

The Mayor's here, most of the City Council,

everybody who counts in Dallas.

Trust me, Ranger Walker.

After tonight's auction,

your little charity will be sitting pretty.

Not to mention that your art gallery

is going to make a fortune, Mr. McCumber.

- [HORSE NEIGHS] - [CHUCKLES]

That's the idea, isn't it, Miss Cahill?

One hand washes the other?

What's the matter, Walker?

You hear that?

Hear what?

Horses.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[EXHIBITS CLATTERING]

WALKER: Look out.

[SCREAMING]

[KEENING]

The honored war hatchet of Oconostota

will be returned to sacred ground!

Tommy!

Tommy Bright Hawk!

[SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE]

Walker, you know him?

Yeah, I know him.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ In the eyes of a Ranger

♪ The unsuspectin' stranger

♪ Had better know the truth of wrong from right ♪

♪ 'Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you do he's gonna see ♪

♪ When you're in Texas, look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where the Ranger's gonna be. ♪

TV: There's several thousand dollars in damage,

but no injuries reported.

One thing's for sure,

you can bet a lot of prominent Texans

will remember this day for quite some time.

This is KDW-TV, News on 3.

Good Lord, Cordell. Why didn't you bust this guy?

You had to be there, C.D.

It all happened so fast.

Washo!

Oh, Billy.

- See-yoh. - See-yoh.

I came as soon as I got your message.

Hi, Billy.

Miss Cahill.

- Billy, how are you? - C.D.

You sure it was Tommy?

Yeah. Let's talk.

Billy looks mighty worried.

Yeah. It was his son that led the raid

- at the exhibition. - Oh.

It's my fault, Washo.

All my life, I've been fighting

against the injustice brought upon my people.

He's just following my example.

Well, you never rode a horse into a crowd

with a tomahawk in your hand.

Maybe because I never thought of it.

Do you have any idea why Tommy did that?

Tommy says the white man's law

protects only the whites, not Indians.

Well, how does terrorizing a bunch of rich people change that?

Tommy has a deep-rooted pride in his native heritage.

He feels it's his duty to protect it.

Well, you don't protect it by breaking the law, Billy.

You're right, Washo.

Last month, he left college

and came back to the reservation

when he heard of the robbery and desecration

to the native burial grounds.

He's determined to do something.

What do you know about that?

That it's true.

It's hard to argue with him.

All the words I used when I was young, he used on me--

injustice, intolerance,

indignation.

Do you know where Tommy is now?

I'm not sure.

I'm really worried, Washo.

He stole one of my horses and my trailer,

recruited some followers from different tribes,

and set off to reverse history.

Well, we better find him before he gets in real trouble.

Yeah.

♪

Ever since the Southwestern decor market took off,

our heritage has been disappearing

faster than spotted owls.

And Tommy feels that what he's doing

is taking back what's been stolen from his people.

Miss Cahill, what's in Tommy's heart makes me proud.

Yeah, but the way he's going about it, Billy, is all wrong.

You're right, Washo.

What does the alliance have to say about it?

What alliance is that?

The Alliance for the Preservation

of Native American Heritage.

Several tribes banded together

to try to save what culture we have left.

There's mixed feelings about what Tommy's doing, Washo.

Have you got anything, Trivette?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Here you go.

All right, your trail starts in Lawton, Oklahoma, 10 days ago.

They hit an art gallery and stole some artifacts.

Anyone hurt?

No, they said they just smashed the place up a bit

and scared the hell out of a bunch of people.

What about descriptions?

Five Native Americans in war paint,

but no positive IDs.

Sounds like our group.

Then three days ago, an Archer County sheriff

pulled over three pickup trucks

towing horse trailers.

One of the occupants blew out the Sheriff's tire

with a bow and arrow,

rode off into the sunset.

- Did you get a license? - Yeah.

[TYPING]

That's my trailer.

All right, they hit another art gallery in Denton.

Same thing, stolen artifacts.

Then two days ago,

they hassled some tourists

at an intertribal powwow outside of Fort Worth.

Nothing serious, just some broken cameras.

Yesterday, they hit the art exhibit.

So I'll put the license on the wire.

Maybe we'll get lucky.

Let's go check out this powwow.

Ever been to a powwow, Miss Cahill?

No.

- Let's go. - Great.

- I'll call you later. - All right.

- [DRUMS BEATING] - [CHANTING]

WALKER: You got a lot of tribes here--

Kiowa,

Comanche,

Osage,

Navajo,

Apache,

Cherokee,

Arapaho,

Pawnee,

Caddo.

100 years ago, half these tribes were displaced

and put on reservations next to each other.

They learned to live in peace

and share their cultures.

A lot different than those three guys yesterday, huh?

Hoo hoo!

Oh, stop.

It's so beautiful.

What does it mean?

BILLY: It's just a fancy dance,

showing off some athletic ability.

♪

[BOTH SPEAK IN NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE]

Billy Gray Wolf.

You rabid old dog, you.

Elk Who Walks. You're getting uglier every year.

[LAUGHS] We're proud of you

being elected president of the Alliance.

If the Alliance needs any help,

- you can count on me. - Thank you.

We're going to need all the help we can get.

Thank you.

Oh, that's a beautiful teepee.

WALKER: It belongs to Bright Water,

a revered Osage elder

who's preparing for his final journey.

He's going to die?

No, Miss Cahill. He's going home.

Let's go say hello.

We can't just walk in there.

The flap's open. We're welcome.

♪

From the Great Spirit, I have learned to respect

our Mother Earth and all living things.

I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful.

So you see,

I stand in good relation to all of you.

[OTHER MURMURING APPRECIATIVELY]

[BABBLES]

Washo!

Welcome to my lodge.

It is my honor, Bright Water.

If I had known, I would have come sooner.

These are my good friends,

Billy Gray Wolf and Alex Cahill.

Anyone who lives in Washo's heart

lives also in my heart.

Please, make yourselves comfortable.

I have heard of you, Billy Gray Wolf.

I pray your new work will bear much fruit.

Thank you, sir.

The news of your journey makes me sad.

It is a good journey.

I am merely completing one circle

to join an even greater one.

It is a time to rejoice.

You will be missed.

And that will be my-- my final honor.

♪

Charles, do you know anything about five young braves

harassing some tourists here a couple days ago?

Ah, yes. The young warriors.

Yeah, we're trying to find them.

The leader was my son.

The incident with the tourists

was not the problem.

Tourists were loud and disrespectful to the dancers.

They walked into the middle of the dance

to take each other's picture.

Your son smashed their camera.

Did you talk to Tommy?

Yes.

He claims some white men with heavy machinery

are plundering sacred Indian ground.

♪

It's been going on for months.

They believe their cause is noble, Washo.

If I were 30 years younger,

I would probably be with them.

Thanks, Charles.

Bye.

Got everything unloaded?

Couple more crates.

[GRUNTING]

You catalog those, Ed?

- Yeah. - All right.

Hey... hey, who said you can't take it with you?

Yeah, put it with the rest.

Look at this. Look at this.

What am I looking at?

Retirement.

Hill 939 is that Osage burial ground I've been looking for.

The big one, huh?

Big? Yeah. One of the biggest.

It's worth millions.

All right, you go check it out, and if it looks good,

we'll hit it tomorrow night.

♪

MAN: Yeah. Yeah, that's good...

♪

TRIVETTE: What kind of stuff's in these burial grounds, anyway?

BILLY: It varies from tribe to tribe.

Sometimes the Great Chief was buried

with nothing but a shroud,

Other times, they were buried with

all the wealth of the tribe.

I wish we could anticipate

which site they're gonna hit next.

Billy, which tribes bury with their wealth?

Zuni, Kiowa, and sometimes the Apache.

Caddo and Osage.

Man, that's a lot of ground to cover.

Mm-hm.

I wish there was a way to narrow this down.

Maybe I could get NASA to take some satellite photos

of the area. How will that help?

Well, if they can detect ancient trading routes for Egypt,

they certainly should be able to tell which burial sites

have been ripped apart in the past two months.

I mean, maybe we can pick up a pattern.

That's a good idea.

How about the University of Oklahoma?

They have the largest

Native American Cultural Studies Department in the country.

I'll go online with their computer tomorrow,

see what I can dig up.

♪

Billy, does the alliance have a list of the artifacts

that were stolen from the burial grounds?

Yeah. There are a few hundred items

to be returned to the tribe.

Well, let's check out the art galleries tomorrow morning,

see if we can get a lead.

Something wrong, Billy?

I need to ask a favor, Washo.

I want to go after my son alone.

Why do you want to do that?

I'm the one who taught him to stand up for what he believes.

I should be the one to go after him.

I can't let you do that, Billy. He's broken the law.

White man's law, Washo.

But there's also Indian law in those veins. Can't you feel it?

Yes, I feel it,

but I have to walk a fine line between two worlds, Billy,

and that's the way it has to be.

Maybe you've forgotten what it means to be Indian.

You have no right to talk, Father.

It's you who've forgotten

what it means to be Indian.

I came to give you these.

You can return them to their places of honor.

Son, this has to stop.

I'm just beginning.

The only thing you're gonna accomplish is getting yourself killed

and bringing shame to our family.

You're the one who brings shame!

All those years you spoke the truth.

I was so proud of you.

But now, you've sold out to the other side.

That's no way to talk to your father.

I don't know my father anymore.

I'm going to do what needs to be done.

What's that, terrorizing people and destroying property?

Let me tell you about destroying property.

This morning, about 100 miles from here,

we found an ancient burial ground--

broken pottery,

thousands of bones scrambled together,

all torn up by a backhoe.

I could hear the souls of 100 generations

screaming in my ears.

I still can.

I understand what you're trying to do,

and in some ways, I respect it...

But you've broken the law, Tommy,

and I got to take you in.

You're going to let him do that?

Son, I...

I hoped I was wrong about you,

but I guess I wasn't.

- [WALKER GRUNTS] - [SCREAMS]

[BATTLE CRY]

[SCREAMS]

[GROANS]

- [GRUNTS] - Tommy, stop!

[SPEAKING NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE]

[CRIES CONTINUE]

[GROANS]

You okay?

Yeah.

♪

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

- Why don't you look around, Billy? - Yeah.

Ranger Walker.

Pretty heavy security for an art gallery, isn't it?

Well, what do you expect?

There's a bunch of hooligans on the loose.

I'm not about to let what happened at the exhibition happen here.

That's why I'm here. I'd like to ask you a few questions

about the artifacts that were stolen.

What about them?

Where did you get the Oconostota war hatchet?

Who is Oconostota?

A great Cherokee chief who died in the 1790s.

Well, I'm damned.

I had no idea it was so valuable.

You didn't answer my question. Where did you get it?

Oh, I deal with a variety of traders.

I bought it from one of them.

I can't remember exactly which one, though.

Well, maybe his name's on a receipt.

[CHUCKLES] Sorry.

There's no receipt. With these people, you have to pay cash.

Right.

Did you get anything on the list, Billy?

Yeah.

Spears, shields, pottery,

a Comanche mask from the Nachte burial ground.

Where did you get them?

Uh, from a trader.

For cash, too, I imagine.

Walker, this could be your great-grandfather, or mine!

Get that from him.

Hi-yah!

[GROANS]

Ugh!

[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

Oh!

You're under arrest for receiving stolen property.

Just one damn minute.

You can't walk in here without a search warrant.

You mean one of these?

Come on.

♪

♪

Hey, McCumber say anything?

No. He refuses to talk.

Did you get anything from the University of Oklahoma database?

You were right, man. They got stuff dating back 2,000 years.

Interesting, huh?

These just came off the wire from NASA.

Pretty interesting stuff.

Eight areas have been disturbed in the past two months.

Seems to be a pattern, working from North to South.

Yeah, this is big help. Now I got a lot I can rule out.

You know what I need?

I need your best guess where they will hit next.

You got it.

♪

- MAN 1: I'm going to go back in. - MAN 2: All right.

- Damn. - [PHONE BEEPS]

[SIGHS] That was McCumber's lawyer on the phone.

Some Ranger named Walker is onto us.

How?

How the hell should I know?

Just crate everything up.

We'll move the operation to New Mexico.

Hey! What about the hit tonight

on the Osage burial grounds?

It's too big to pass up.

All right, we'll do the excavation,

but I want to be out of here by tomorrow night.

Done.

[DRUMS BEATING SLOWLY]

♪

[BABY FUSSES]

[SPEAKING NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE]

[CHANTING]

♪

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY IN NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE]

Why didn't you arrest him?

He didn't break any laws.

He got the artifacts from McCumber,

just like the last three places.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Let me help you, Father.

No. You go now.

The last mile is for me alone to walk.

♪

[EAGLE SCREECHES]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[OWL HOOTING]

Move out!

[CHANTING]

[LAUGHS]

How'd you do?

We checked every Native American art dealer

- in Dallas and Fort Worth. - And?

We recovered almost 100 artifacts on the Alliance list.

That's great. Any arrests?

No. No one knew that the artifacts were stolen.

They bought everything from McCumber.

Mm...

Trivette, has McCumber said anything yet?

No, no. His lawyer's got him closed up tighter than C.D.'s wallet,

but I got you narrowed down to three potential sites.

All of them should be loaded with artifacts.

[SMACKS LIPS] If it was me...

I'd say they'd be going to that one first.

Osage burial ground?

Yeah, it's called Ren Tol, right?

- Mm-hmm. - I understand

they've been burying tribal elders there for generations.

Let's go check it out.

- Good luck. - Bye.

♪

[CHANTING]

[ENGINES APPROACHING]

Well, he's out of it.

All right, let's rock 'n' roll!

I want this hilltop scalped clean in two hours. Let's go.

[CHANTING AND DRUMMING, DISTORTED]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!

Hold up!

MAN: Hey, we got something, too.

[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Sanders, get over here and grab some of this stuff.

It's worth a bundle.

[GRUNTS]

[BATTLE CRIES]

Get out of here!

Split up! Take different routes!

Meet at the Hopkins Mountain Junction!

- [BATTLE CRIES CONTINUE] - [HORSE NEIGHS]

Tommy's been hit!

♪

[PANTING]

At least he died in peace.

No!

[SCREAMING]

[SIREN WAILING]

There's lots of blood.

I can't believe this.

He's hurt. I can feel it.

You hear it, Washo?

Yeah, I hear it.

Hear what?

The souls of 100 generations...

screaming in outrage.

TRIVETTE: And the gravediggers left plenty of evidence,

so, it's just a matter of time

before we tie them to your client, sir.

How? My client was in jail at the time.

ALEX: Your client is a direct link

to the kind of stolen property

that was taken from the burial grounds

Mr. McCumber has dozens of contacts

with independent art suppliers.

You can't expect him to authenticate the origin

of every single arrowhead that comes across his counter.

Except that we've retrieved over 100 items

known to have come from unauthorized digs,

and Mr. McCumber sold them all.

Then why don't you arrest the men

who dug up King Tut's tomb or the Mayan Pyramids?

Reclaiming relics from antiquity

is how we learn about our past.

It's been going on for ages.

ALEX: Let me tell you something.

There's a big difference between learning from our past

and ripping off the past.

You are not a scholar, Mr. McCumber.

You are a thief.

So take it from the top, boys.

WALKER: I'm going to find out who did this, Charles.

I promise.

- [HORSE SNORTS] - [SOBBING]

♪

There.

There's blood here.

They're traveling slow.

Go on ahead. I'll catch up.

I was so proud of Tommy when he was growing up.

Who would have thought it would end like this?

It's not over yet, Billy.

Yeah. They headed north here.

♪

Hopkins Mountain Cutoff is three miles away. Let's go.

Swift Deer is dead.

Dead?

Swift Deer.

He died for the cause.

The cause killed him.

Who will ride with me?

It's over, Tommy. Let's go home.

You're right.

Take Swift Deer home, bury him,

and pray they don't dig him up for the gold in his teeth.

I can't do this myself.

Sorry, Tommy.

Swift Deer and I are going home.

Do what you have to do.

[HORSE NICKERS]

[CHATTERING INDISTINCT]

♪

Billy Gray Wolf. Little Bear.

Is it?

Where's Tommy?

He's headed towards the Hopkins Mountain Junction.

Why?

Heard them say that's where they're going to meet up at.

He's going to take them on all by himself?

Something like that. He's been hurt.

Where?

It's just wrong.

[PHONE BEEPS]

Trivette, send the Medevac three miles south of Hopkins Mountain Junction.

It's now murder.

I want you to meet me at...

Hello? Trivette.

Hello!

Hello.

This damn phone.

Billy, wait here till Medevac arrives.

I'm going with you, Washo. Don't bother trying to talk me out of it.

You boys stay put.

♪

We got to get out of here.

We got to move this stuff.

He's leaving a clear trail, Billy.

Yeah. He wants our help.

- Let's go. - [HORSES NEIGH]

There's no way a capital murder rap

will stand up in court.

You can't put him at the scene of the crime.

We don't have to.

We have a prisoner taken at the burial ground.

He ties you to the operation,

and that ties you to conspiracy to commit.

No way am I part of that operation.

I just sell the stuff.

Please, Mr. McCumber.

Who's the witness?

You'll get his name in discovery after the prelim.

The deal's on the table for one minute.

You won't see it again.

Receiving stolen property,

10 counts, and he does minimal.

50 counts, and he does all six years.

Four years.

Done, but he will testify.

He's all yours.

Where's the stuff stashed?

♪

[HORSES APPROACHING]

[NICKERS]

You all right?

I'll live.

You wasted your time if you came here to lecture me.

We're father and son.

That goes beyond what's right or wrong.

You're all I love and treasure,

no matter what you've done.

I left plenty of signs.

Took you long enough to track me.

Next time, respect your elders and travel slower.

You need some yarrow root on that.

I know. When I'm finished.

You are finished, Tommy.

Not till they're stopped.

You saw what they did. It must be avenged.

It will be avenged.

The flatbed truck was headed in this direction.

You two wait here.

♪

I don't suppose asking again

- would make any difference? - Nope.

Nope.

I didn't think so.

MAN: Put those on the other side.

They're moving out.

You stay put. This time I mean it.

We didn't come all this way to sit on the sidelines.

I'm the law. I'll deal with it.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

- Come on, guys. Move it! - Come on. Let's move.

Let's go! Let's get out of here!

[ENGINES REV]

Texas Ranger.

Get out of your vehicle. You're under arrest.

I'm going to run him down.

[MACHINE-GUN FIRE]

It's on fire! We're going to blow!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

[MACHINE-GUN FIRE CONTINUES]

He's only one man, you idiots! Get him!

Oh!

♪

Ow!

Yeah!

[LAUGHS]

♪

Hook them up, guys.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Hey, why did you hang the phone up on me?

I didn't hang up the phone. The dang battery went dead.

You throw that phone away again?

Walker!

Well, where did you throw it?

I appreciate everything you've done

to get Tommy off the hook, Miss Cahill.

Oh, he's not completely off the hook, Billy.

He and his friends are going to have to make financial restitution

and put in six months community service

helping you and the Alliance.

I'll keep him busy every minute.

I'm sure you will.

Thank you for having this benefit, Washo.

It's our pleasure.

Now, ladies--

Hiya, Pete.

Now, ladies and gentlemen,

it gives me a great deal of pleasure

to present one of America's greatest singers,

Mr. Lee Greenwood.

Come on out here, Lee.

Thank you, C.D. Thank you.

I'm proud to be here in support of the Alliance.

All right, guys. Let's pick.

All right!

- Yeah! - [AUDIENCE CLAPPING]

♪ There's a calm before the storm ♪

♪ In the deep blue of your eyes ♪

♪ So many danger signs

♪ I've come to recognize

♪ I should go, but I hold on

♪ I swallow back my pride

♪ Leavin' should be natural

♪ But how can I decide?

♪ Between a rock

♪ And a heartache

♪ There's just no place left to turn

♪ Way down deep

♪ I know I can't win

♪ With the choice I've got to make ♪

♪ Between a rock and a heartache ♪

♪ Every mornin' when I wake up ♪

♪ I rise to face the day

♪ I swear this time it's over ♪

♪ There's nothing left to say ♪

♪ If you call me up sweet talkin' ♪

♪ And say, "Can we be friends?" ♪

♪ Even though it's crazy

♪ I know I'm trapped again

♪ Between a rock

♪ And a heartache

♪ There's just no place left to turn ♪

♪ Way down deep

♪ I know I can't win

♪ With the choice I've got to make ♪

♪ Between a rock and a heartache ♪

♪ I look ahead

♪ And all I see is bad news ♪

♪ It tears me up to know

♪ I've got to choose

♪ Between a rock

♪ And a heartache

♪ There's just no place left to turn ♪

♪ Way down deep

♪ I know I can't win

♪ With the choice I've got to make ♪

♪ Between a rock and a heartache ♪

♪ Between a rock and a heartache. ♪

[CHEERING]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ 'Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you ♪

♪ Any wrong you do, he's gonna see ♪

♪ When you're in Texas, look behind you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's where the Ranger's gonna be ♪