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This is the Territory of Wyoming
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the year 1866.
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On this soft sunlit day
of early Summer,
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men of two different worlds
have come together to talk.
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There is bitterness,
suspicion and distrust.
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You remember your friends and
loved ones who have been killed.
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You've seen the bones of
settlers on the trail
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and the bleached ribs
of their wagons.
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And still they come, pushing West
with a vision.
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A vision of farm and town
on land they can call their own.
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They come to reclaim the
wilderness under your protection:
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the Army of the United States.
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And in your hearts and minds
there is also bitterness and hate
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because you also
have a vision
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of sacred hunting grounds
silent and empty
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of buffalo, elk and beaver.
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Your food, clothing and shelter
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vanished forever.
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Of starvation and sickness
where once there was plenty.
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This is the Laramie Conference
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a powder keg that may
explode at any moment.
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It would take little
to light the fuse.
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There are important
and powerful men here.
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On one side,
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The leaders of the Sioux Nations.
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On the other side,
representatives of the US.
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On this day, it will take
a great man to see both sides.
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Jim Bridger, pioneer,
trapper and scout
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is such a man!
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If I remember right this is the
4th time the American government
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has talked treaty with the Sioux.
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The first treaty pushed the Sioux
back into Wyoming,
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then we pushed him back further.
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Last year we shoved him back
some more into the river basin,
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in the country east
of the Big Horns.
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That was supposed to be final.
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Mr. Bridger, we're not discussing
previous treaties.
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I am Mr. Davis.
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I'm sorry but I am talking
previous treaties.
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I rode over 200 miles to say my say
and it'll get said my way.
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You're planning to build a road
over a trail Bozeman mapped out
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that runs through the middle of
the Sioux's last hunting lands.
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Gold has been discovered in Montana.
Thousands of people are waiting.
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But if wagons and troops start
moving up that road,
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that's the end of the buffalo
in Wyoming,
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and that's the end of the Sioux.
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The buffalo means everything
to these people. Their food,
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their clothing, skin for tipis,
bones for weapons.
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We've been told it's
the only feasible route.
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You've been told wrong Mr. Davis.
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Last year Bozeman and
I ran a race with wagons.
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He went over his trail, I over
one they call the Bridger trail
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west of the Big Horns,
outside Sioux Territory.
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34 days to get to Virginia City,
just two days longer than Bozeman.
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If we want peace with these
Indians it'll cost us something.
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The Sioux has already paid plenty
we can pay 2 days extra travel.
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Sounds feasible.
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- Now we'II...
- One moment gentlemen.
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Before you're swept off your feet
you should consider
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where Mr. Bridger's sympathies lie.
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Monahseetah is Cheyenne.
She's from Kansas.
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The Powder River country
is of no concern to her.
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But she is of great concern to you.
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And your friend Sol Beckworth,
hasn't he lived among Indians?
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Chief Two Bears asks,
if no one will listen to Bridger,
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will they listen to anyone else?
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The purpose of this conference
is to reach an agreement.
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Tell him we're here
in all good faith to...
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In all good faith?
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That the American Cavalry's
been ordered to build a fort
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above the Powder River?
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Are Col. Carrington and his men
here to prove your good faith?
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- Who told you?
- Mr. Bridger,
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one of these chiefs
may know English.
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I am Sioux Chief.
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I am called Makhpiya Luta,
which means "Red Cloud".
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I understand and speak your language.
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I understand even
what you do not say.
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We certainly didn't expect
to keep the fort a secret.
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No, we would have learned of it
after we signed the Treaty.
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See this warrior of
the Great White Father.
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You pretend to parley with us
for a road through our lands,
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but soldiers are here to steal
a road before we say yes or no.
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- What did he say?
- What did he say Mr. Bridger?
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He said the white man's promises
are written in water.
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In other words, he said
you're a pack of liars
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and this peace conference is a fake.
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- Does this mean they'll fight?
- Not exactly.
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Though the Sioux have been betrayed
Red Cloud said they want peace.
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- But if war is forced on them...
- Forced? Meaning the Fort?
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No, you can put through your road
and you can fortify it,
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but if one white man kills one Indian,
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that road's gonna come
unraveled in your face.
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Jim! Beckworth!
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Jim, how did you know
about the fort?
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We put a few rumors together.
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They didn't order your outfit
out of Kansas for nothing.
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- How many going altogether?
- One cavalry troop,
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a squad from the Quartermasters,
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four officer's wives including
Mrs. Carrington and six young ones.
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Don't you know Red Cloud has
the whole Sioux Nation under him?
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- The Oglalas, the Brules...
- 4,000 fighting men easy.
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It's not a military expedition.
We're going to maintain a fort.
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We'll provide escort for wagons,
carry mail and things like that.
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I still need good scouts.
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- What about you two?
- I'm through scouting for the Army.
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Can't make a living at it.
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Five dollars a day and your keep?
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Five dollars? It'll cost you more
for whiskey to drown the boredom.
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Beck's afraid I'll back out
on our fur trading deal.
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We're expecting a lot of
Indian villages this year.
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Why not join us later?
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Fur trading's pretty slow
by the middle of summer.
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Sergeant, get those wagons rolling.
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- You know the Lieutenant?
- No.
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Monahseetah likes his horse.
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He's Lt. Rob Dancy,
just been transferred to my command.
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- About that scouting job...
- Well if you can't, you can't.
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I don't want to let Beck down but...
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Chances are we wouldn't do any
trading from June to the first snow,
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I think we could join you
by midsummer.
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Good.
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Exactly where is the fort
going to be?
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Say this is where we are
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just west of Fort Laramie here.
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The North Platte runs here,
Bozeman's trail is here
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and the Powder River
branches off here...
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- Never seen skin like this year.
- The cold winter that did it.
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No, Beck, let it go.
He's drunk.
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You ought not let that buck
get away with that Jim.
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- Now he thinks you're scared.
- Let him think.
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Now is no time to start a fight.
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All battened down Jim.
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It's good you showed no anger,
Tachahngpe.
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Sit down.
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Not one of our chiefs
signed the treaty.
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Yet the fort has been built
and my young men are angry.
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I know but for the sake of your people
you must keep them from war.
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Today there are a hundred soldiers,
tomorrow there'll be thousands.
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You can't hold back a flood.
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But if something happens,
if blood is shed on the road,
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I may have to go to war.
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I see what lies ahead.
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I would teach my people to change
from the ways we have lived
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and to learn the ways
of the white man,
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if the white man would
only give us time.
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They push us too fast.
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What is it Corporal?
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I been telling him there's nothing
from here to Virginia City
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except the fort and Indians.
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He should wait until more
wagons come along.
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You didn't say how long
that might be?
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Caravan might roll up tomorrow
or a month from tomorrow.
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Can't we have cavalry escort now?
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There's only one cavalry troop
at Fort Phil Kearney.
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We haven't got the men to escort
every contraption that comes along.
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The rule is no escort
for less than five wagons.
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Every day I'm not in Virginia City
it's costing me 500 dollars.
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If you are riding into the fort
why can't we come along with you.
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We're the mail detail.
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This wagon can't do 30 miles a day
and we have to ride fast.
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You could likely
get through all right alone
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if you're a good shot.
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You better take the long way round...
Go back to Laramie, cut due north.
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- That would take a month longer.
- Well as he said, we're in a hurry.
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Sergeant, who's commanding
this detail?
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I decide how fast we travel.
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We can escort you as far
as Fort Kearney.
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Why that's...
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That's acting like
a perfect gentleman.
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Cavalry men are well known
for their gallantry.
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We'll return the favor
by giving a free show at the fort.
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The Colonel will be glad
for the diversion Ma'am.
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If you're ready?
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We're ready.
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Think we'll get to the fort soon?
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I'm in no hurry. Are you?
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No, but Uncle Dan thinks that
gold in Virginia City
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is melting away like butter.
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It's not just that.
I have to keep moving.
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I got iron in my blood.
If I sit still I rust.
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Somebody's messing
with the horses.
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Come on.
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Don't shoot Lieutenant.
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You shouldn't have done that.
You know the Colonel's orders.
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Just a kid.
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Just a scrawny little kid.
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If anyone asks Sergeant
it was a fox.
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A fox was scaring the horses.
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I shot and I missed.
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Now let's get him out of sight.
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Get your ropes!
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I'll take the lines.
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Dan and I would have just sat here.
We wouldn't have known what to do.
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Tricks of the trade.
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How long have you been in the army?
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Seven years off and on.
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I was wounded in '63
and got a medical discharge.
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I joined up again last year.
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And got shipped out to
this howling wilderness.
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I asked for this assignment.
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I got a taste for Indian fighting
while I was out of the army.
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How?
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Ever hear of Chivington?
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No.
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He was a preacher who had
a volunteer Indian fighting outfit.
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I served with him for
two solid years.
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We really cleaned up
that part of the country.
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Chivington was quite a man.
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We had a high time.
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All ready Lieutenant.
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Giddy up!
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Hold it!
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Lieutenant.
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What do you make of that?
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Indian sign of some sort.
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Warning do you think?
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We're too near the fort.
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Looks like there's gonna
be a little trouble.
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Julie, it's awful nice of that
young lieutenant to escort us.
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- You mean Rob?
- So it's Rob now, is it?
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- The lieutenant's crowding you.
- He thinks he is.
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Rob!
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Rob!
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Stay with the wagon.
Come on, Sergeant!
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They never went down there.
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Where'd those Sioux go?
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I didn't see anybody.
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How about you Beck?
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You must have seen them.
They made off behind those rocks.
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Gully on the other side?
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Sheer cliff. They couldn't
have gone down there.
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The Sioux are good horsemen.
They can ride where you couldn't
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or I couldn't.
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Is she Sioux?
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No. She's Cheyenne.
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Sure don't know
your Indians, do you?
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Let's get back to the wagon.
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We'll push on.
There's a doctor at the Fort.
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Take it easy with that wagon.
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That's a fool thing to do.
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Likely kill that old man to
bounce around with an arrow in him.
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Rob, maybe he's right.
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- There's nothing we can do.
- You can take that arrow out.
245
00:23:26,947 --> 00:23:30,625
That's a job for a doctor.
246
00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:34,957
Go on. I'll ride behind.
247
00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:48,340
We can manage from here.
248
00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:58,479
The Colonel hired us as scouts.
We'll ride along with you.
249
00:23:58,479 --> 00:24:01,315
Is the Colonel expecting her?
250
00:24:01,315 --> 00:24:04,401
I think so. She was with us
when we were hired.
251
00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:10,261
I doubt it'll go down with the men
to have an Indian in the Fort.
252
00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:17,623
That Sioux arrow should
have got him.
253
00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:22,378
No, I wouldn't want any Indian
to kill that pretty soldier boy.
254
00:24:22,378 --> 00:24:24,713
Oh, he's the one.
255
00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:28,550
He's the guy Monahseetah
spotted in Laramie.
256
00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:33,764
He looks so young. She was
just a kid when this happened.
257
00:24:33,764 --> 00:24:36,183
- She could be wrong.
- I know that.
258
00:24:36,183 --> 00:24:39,395
That's why I'll wait
until I'm sure.
259
00:24:39,395 --> 00:24:43,440
After all these years,
you still trying to track him down?
260
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,859
Wouldn't you be?
261
00:24:45,859 --> 00:24:48,765
Come on. Let's beat it.
262
00:24:52,783 --> 00:24:55,160
Mail detail approaching.
263
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,829
Open the gates.
264
00:24:56,829 --> 00:24:59,865
Mail detail approaching.
265
00:25:45,461 --> 00:25:47,046
Jim!
266
00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,548
- Jim! I'd about given up on you.
- Hello Colonel.
267
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,800
Major, you know Jim Bridger.
268
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,573
Is that Jim Bridger?
269
00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:58,307
My mean have done
a good job here Jim,
270
00:25:58,307 --> 00:26:01,012
and a fast one.
271
00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:07,258
- What do you think of it?
- It's well placed Colonel.
272
00:26:08,776 --> 00:26:12,370
We built this fort in 34 days.
273
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:17,371
Hurry up with the mail Parr.
274
00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:22,331
We had a brush with the Indians.
A man in the wagon was wounded.
275
00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:24,833
- How many Indian casualties?
- None. They all got away.
276
00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:28,378
I want a full report.
Go to my office. You too Sergeant.
277
00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:31,298
Parr, Lt. Brown will help you
sort the mail and distribute it.
278
00:26:31,298 --> 00:26:34,718
- Yes sir.
- Major, take care of the wounded man.
279
00:26:34,718 --> 00:26:37,423
Right sir.
280
00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:49,858
There's not much I can do Miss.
281
00:26:49,858 --> 00:26:54,354
- Doctor, please.
- I won't risk an operation.
282
00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:05,415
If the doctor's brain was put
in a jaybird, he'd fly backward.
283
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:08,335
- Say, you THE Jim Bridger?
- That's right.
284
00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:11,213
What's that Indian name I heard?
"Techa" something?
285
00:27:11,213 --> 00:27:13,340
- Techahngpe.
- "The chump"?
286
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:17,052
No, "Techahngpe". That's
Sioux for Tomahawk.
287
00:27:17,052 --> 00:27:19,513
You must've been in this country
quite a while I reckon.
288
00:27:19,513 --> 00:27:22,015
- I've been out here a while.
- Yeah, Jim says that
289
00:27:22,015 --> 00:27:27,567
when he first came west them hills
was nothing but holes in the ground.
290
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:31,024
The Adjutant said you men can bunk
in the Quartermaster Barracks.
291
00:27:31,024 --> 00:27:36,410
He couldn't figure what
to do about the squaw.
292
00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:39,283
We'll wait here until
he can figure.
293
00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:41,869
She can't sleep in the barracks
and the wives in the fort...
294
00:27:41,869 --> 00:27:43,287
Mr. Bridger?
295
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:47,569
The Colonel says you should
report to the office.
296
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:55,961
They kept hidden until
we were nearly past.
297
00:27:56,383 --> 00:28:00,220
They made a fast attack and ran.
There was no provocation.
298
00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:02,556
I left Red Cloud's village
four days ago.
299
00:28:02,556 --> 00:28:05,017
He said they wouldn't fight
unless they were pushed.
300
00:28:05,017 --> 00:28:07,769
And an Indian's word
is Gospel?
301
00:28:07,769 --> 00:28:11,231
In fact Indians don't lie.
It's part of their religion.
302
00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:14,985
Lieutenant, were you with that
wagon all the way from Laramie?
303
00:28:14,985 --> 00:28:17,154
All the way from the outpost.
304
00:28:17,154 --> 00:28:22,367
- And nothing happened?
- To the wagon? No sir.
305
00:28:22,367 --> 00:28:26,353
And no other incident
was reported to us.
306
00:28:26,622 --> 00:28:30,000
- And you Sergeant, hear anything?
- Not a thing.
307
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,823
What about it Jim?
308
00:28:33,086 --> 00:28:38,686
Let the Lieutenant have it his way.
They attack out of pure cussedness.
309
00:28:50,979 --> 00:28:53,690
Let's have it now.
Let's have the whole story.
310
00:28:53,690 --> 00:28:59,071
Don't lie. I can read your face
as plane as that buffalo skull.
311
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,365
Those Indians had a reason
for making that attack.
312
00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:05,369
Something happened on the road,
something Dancy didn't tell.
313
00:29:05,369 --> 00:29:08,080
I got to serve under Lt. Dancy.
If I make him out a liar...
314
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:13,210
The Colonel will nail your hide
unless you spit it out now.
315
00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:15,915
Let's have it.
316
00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:19,129
Dancy killed a Sioux.
317
00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:25,931
One of the horses whinnied and
we went to have a look see.
318
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,892
Two Indian kids were trying
to steal the horses.
319
00:29:28,892 --> 00:29:31,186
Dancy went and shot one.
320
00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:34,484
I told him he hadn't ought to.
321
00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:39,950
It was just two puny,
scared, little kids.
322
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:45,244
What are you telling the Colonel?
323
00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:49,471
Nothing.
324
00:30:04,094 --> 00:30:06,680
Lights been flashing out there
all last night.
325
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,600
Never seen them before.
Now smoke signals.
326
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:16,606
The Sioux are having a conversation.
They're calling in the hunters.
327
00:30:16,606 --> 00:30:20,117
Maybe you'll get an invitation.
328
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:33,790
Misery loves company?
329
00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:35,459
Or maybe you'd rather be alone?
330
00:30:35,459 --> 00:30:38,628
No, you're very welcome company.
331
00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:43,895
What's your misery? The old fellow?
How you call him? Dan?
332
00:30:44,134 --> 00:30:47,471
I imagine he'll be all right.
He'll pull through.
333
00:30:47,471 --> 00:30:50,265
The doctor says Dan's going to die.
334
00:30:50,265 --> 00:30:54,770
He won't operate. He says the
arrow is too close to his heart.
335
00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:57,731
That doctor...
336
00:30:57,731 --> 00:31:02,277
- He could be wrong.
- You said you could take it out.
337
00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:06,198
I had before. I said he shouldn't
be left the way he is now.
338
00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:09,034
Would you?
339
00:31:09,034 --> 00:31:11,912
Do you think the old fellow
is game?
340
00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:18,495
- I can't promise anything.
- But you'll try.
341
00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:21,938
I'll try.
342
00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:34,684
I won't be responsible.
343
00:31:34,684 --> 00:31:37,638
Dan's willing.
344
00:31:39,147 --> 00:31:42,658
As long as I can't stop you.
345
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:48,782
Drink as much of this as you can.
346
00:31:48,782 --> 00:31:52,981
I never turn down a free one.
347
00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:59,548
When we get this over with
I'll have one with you.
348
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,539
Hold on Dan.
349
00:32:32,325 --> 00:32:34,494
That's it.
350
00:32:34,494 --> 00:32:39,624
Nothing to do now but wait until
the shock wears off.
351
00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:43,515
Don't worry. He's tough.
He'll make it.
352
00:33:06,026 --> 00:33:08,730
Hold it!
353
00:33:11,156 --> 00:33:13,617
- Williams, James!
- Here.
354
00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:17,454
- William, John...
- Morning assembly.
355
00:33:17,454 --> 00:33:21,950
Come on, maybe we can get
some coffee in the mess hall.
356
00:33:24,085 --> 00:33:28,298
You're a strange man.
The things you know!
357
00:33:28,298 --> 00:33:33,678
Like what you did for Dan.
You were better than any doctor.
358
00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:36,473
You don't have to live wild
like you do.
359
00:33:36,473 --> 00:33:38,433
You could be a big man.
360
00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:42,312
I have my idea of bigness.
361
00:33:42,312 --> 00:33:45,440
Then why do I somehow
feel sorry for you?
362
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,486
You shouldn't. I live
the way I like to live.
363
00:33:49,486 --> 00:33:51,947
But you miss so much.
364
00:33:51,947 --> 00:33:55,617
For every way of living
something has to be given up.
365
00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:58,748
What do you give up?
366
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:04,602
Crazy notions like...
367
00:34:06,086 --> 00:34:08,255
- Miss.
- Yes?
368
00:34:08,255 --> 00:34:11,132
There's something you could do
that I'd take as a favor?
369
00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:12,676
Yes?
370
00:34:12,676 --> 00:34:17,639
It's for Monahseetah.
She's just a kid and she's scared.
371
00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:23,853
I'll be away scouting.
Would you look after her for me?
372
00:34:23,853 --> 00:34:27,482
Well, Dan and I are leaving
as soon as he's able.
373
00:34:27,482 --> 00:34:30,819
That'll be weeks.
374
00:34:30,819 --> 00:34:34,364
- But don't you see...
- Yes. I think I do.
375
00:34:34,364 --> 00:34:40,698
I'm sorry Miss Madden.
376
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:42,664
Wait.
377
00:34:42,664 --> 00:34:45,083
Has he been bothering you?
378
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:48,214
No, not really.
379
00:34:53,758 --> 00:34:56,970
They say he cut
the arrow out of Dan.
380
00:34:56,970 --> 00:34:58,597
He saved Dan's life.
381
00:34:58,597 --> 00:35:03,143
If he lives he can thank
his own toughness, not Bridger.
382
00:35:03,143 --> 00:35:06,855
Has that sqaw man been asking
any questions about me?
383
00:35:06,855 --> 00:35:11,568
No. Why should he?
What do you mean, sqaw man?
384
00:35:11,568 --> 00:35:15,672
Why a man who marries a sqaw.
385
00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:20,243
Is she...
386
00:35:20,243 --> 00:35:22,120
Is she his wife?
387
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,373
I doubt if any preacher
mumbled over them.
388
00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:29,586
The Colonel is worse than innocent
to bring him here to the fort.
389
00:35:29,586 --> 00:35:33,006
Bridger is a spy for Red Cloud.
390
00:35:33,006 --> 00:35:36,176
- No.
- He saw where the Sioux went.
391
00:35:36,176 --> 00:35:38,803
He lied to save their skins.
392
00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:41,806
Any trouble we have with Indians
from here on out
393
00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:47,619
I'll bet a month's pay can
be traced right back to Bridger.
394
00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:18,942
Jim, over here.
395
00:37:28,371 --> 00:37:30,206
- Jim.
- Colonel.
396
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:33,543
Someday I'll get it through
my head you always get back.
397
00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:35,587
- Beck get in alright?
- Rode in three days ago.
398
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,756
He scouted as far south
as Red Fork.
399
00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:40,425
I'll finish with Dan here
and I'll be right with you.
400
00:37:40,425 --> 00:37:42,260
- How do you feel Dan?
- Fit as a fiddle.
401
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,558
- Alright?
- Fine.
402
00:37:45,638 --> 00:37:49,267
Dan, the show would be good
for the men. It'd cheer them up
403
00:37:49,267 --> 00:37:52,145
and make them forget their worries
at least for an hour.
404
00:37:52,145 --> 00:37:53,980
That's if you make it
good and lively.
405
00:37:53,980 --> 00:37:58,234
We'll do our best, of course
I can't do my juggling yet
406
00:37:58,234 --> 00:38:00,612
but I'll figure out something
else to do
407
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:03,156
and Julie's singing here will
liven things up plenty.
408
00:38:03,156 --> 00:38:06,618
I'm sure it will.
Is that alright with you Miss?
409
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:09,120
- Oh yes. That'll be fine.
- Good.
410
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,207
I'll tell them at assembly.
411
00:38:12,207 --> 00:38:16,544
- Jim, you cover a lot of country?
- I got as far as Montana.
412
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:21,090
A lot of them, an awful lot,
camped along the Big Horn.
413
00:38:21,090 --> 00:38:24,427
Winter is months off and they're
already storing away meat.
414
00:38:24,427 --> 00:38:27,597
Those young braves seem to be
getting kind of impatient.
415
00:38:27,597 --> 00:38:29,557
It doesn't look very good.
416
00:38:29,557 --> 00:38:33,186
Dancy claims you load
the reports to scare us.
417
00:38:33,186 --> 00:38:34,896
What do you think?
418
00:38:34,896 --> 00:38:37,816
You can't make me think it's
any worse than I know it is.
419
00:38:37,816 --> 00:38:40,902
Every day there's another incident.
420
00:38:40,902 --> 00:38:43,863
While you were gone
we lost three more troopers.
421
00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:45,824
Trail wagon escort.
422
00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:47,659
They sending reinforcements
up from Laramie?
423
00:38:47,659 --> 00:38:52,121
They haven't answered. They did
close the road to settlers.
424
00:38:52,121 --> 00:38:54,916
- That's good.
- Last week I sent another request.
425
00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:58,586
If they can't send men I asked
for ammunition and rifles.
426
00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:01,671
Mail detail's due now.
427
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,384
Hold it!
428
00:39:15,395 --> 00:39:18,122
Halt!
429
00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:46,037
Open up! It's Hanna.
430
00:39:52,724 --> 00:39:57,020
- Where's the Colonel?
- In his quarters.
431
00:39:57,020 --> 00:40:01,107
The other men sacrificed themselves
so Hanna could bring us the mail.
432
00:40:01,107 --> 00:40:05,695
Including the latest answer
from Commissioner Davis.
433
00:40:05,695 --> 00:40:09,040
"Our informants"...
434
00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:13,620
"have convinced us that you
exaggerate your situation.
435
00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:16,623
Additional forces are
unnecessary at Fort Kearney.
436
00:40:16,623 --> 00:40:19,626
However we have dispatched some
of the equipment you requested.
437
00:40:19,626 --> 00:40:23,963
Signed: Russel E. Davis
Commissioner for Indian Affairs."
438
00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:25,590
Three men died to bring me that.
439
00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:29,510
- At least we're getting equipment.
- Let's hope it's rifles and powder.
440
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:33,181
It could be a new mowing machine
for the parade ground lawn.
441
00:40:33,181 --> 00:40:35,808
I'd like to speak my piece again.
442
00:40:35,808 --> 00:40:38,186
Davis is right.
We don't need reinforcements
443
00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:41,314
considering the caliber of our men.
They're all seasoned veterans.
444
00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:44,567
One Cavalry troop, a handful
against 4000 Sioux.
445
00:40:44,567 --> 00:40:49,238
The only answer to these Indian
outrages is an immediate campaign.
446
00:40:49,238 --> 00:40:51,449
I agree with Capt. Fetterman sir.
447
00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:56,412
Send out every man we can spare,
surprise the Sioux in his camp...
448
00:40:56,412 --> 00:40:57,997
What's so funny?
449
00:40:57,997 --> 00:41:02,877
I imagine he's laughing at the idea
of surprising the Sioux camp.
450
00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:06,381
That camp stretches more than
20 miles along the Big Horn River.
451
00:41:06,381 --> 00:41:08,508
We've only your word for that.
452
00:41:08,508 --> 00:41:11,886
Your own experience should tell you
that I'm right Lieutenant.
453
00:41:11,886 --> 00:41:14,222
You've done a little
Indian fighting, haven't you?
454
00:41:14,222 --> 00:41:18,142
Weren't you in that
Colorado campaign in '64?
455
00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:23,492
In 1864 I was in
a Military Hospital in Washington.
456
00:41:24,941 --> 00:41:27,443
- Let's have your advice Jim?
- I don't know.
457
00:41:27,443 --> 00:41:33,074
Prayer and those chuckleheads
like Davis find out this fort
458
00:41:33,074 --> 00:41:37,245
has no business being here and
maybe you'll be ordered out in time.
459
00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,622
Shouldn't somebody ride down
and hurry that equipment?
460
00:41:39,622 --> 00:41:41,249
If it is on the road.
461
00:41:41,249 --> 00:41:43,459
Otherwise they'll take their
own sweet time.
462
00:41:43,459 --> 00:41:46,796
- Jim?
- I'll go if you want me to.
463
00:41:46,796 --> 00:41:49,841
And pay your friend Red Cloud
a visit?
464
00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:51,342
Gentlemen!
465
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,428
It was my idea Lieutenant.
466
00:41:53,428 --> 00:41:56,431
Jim's friendly with the Indians.
He's sure to get through.
467
00:41:56,431 --> 00:42:00,935
- Maybe I ought to go instead.
- You seem anxious to volunteer.
468
00:42:00,935 --> 00:42:03,396
Meaning I might pay a visit
to Red Cloud?
469
00:42:03,396 --> 00:42:05,023
Could be.
470
00:42:05,023 --> 00:42:06,274
But that's a gamble.
471
00:42:06,274 --> 00:42:10,403
Less of a gamble to send a soldier
down the road.
472
00:42:10,403 --> 00:42:12,405
But that's up to you Colonel.
473
00:42:12,405 --> 00:42:17,411
I'll take a chance on you Beckworth.
I'll come back to it later.
474
00:42:22,749 --> 00:42:26,252
Dan, you think you're
fit enough to travel?
475
00:42:26,252 --> 00:42:30,131
I am but the Colonel won't let
us leave before it's safe.
476
00:42:30,131 --> 00:42:32,300
I'm sick of this fort.
477
00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:34,594
The Lieutenant getting
hard to handle?
478
00:42:34,594 --> 00:42:39,974
- Rob Dancy?
- Or is that Jim Bridger?
479
00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:44,562
You don't think I'm so blind
I don't know what ails you?
480
00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:48,941
- What ails me?
- The way you've been banging around.
481
00:42:48,941 --> 00:42:50,610
There's no special reason.
482
00:42:50,610 --> 00:42:54,030
Yes there is honey.
A man's got you surrounded.
483
00:42:54,030 --> 00:42:57,283
Only he's a man who can't be
harnessed to your kind of life,
484
00:42:57,283 --> 00:42:59,577
who won't go near
the big, bright cities.
485
00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:01,245
That isn't what's wrong Dan.
486
00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:05,458
Even if it breaks your heart I'd
rather Bridger than that Lieutenant.
487
00:43:05,458 --> 00:43:08,589
That isn't what ails me.
488
00:43:09,879 --> 00:43:13,758
Only I never could say
I'm sorry.
489
00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:18,054
How does a girl go about
saying she's sorry!
490
00:43:18,054 --> 00:43:23,143
If she's really sorry,
it'll get said.
491
00:43:23,392 --> 00:43:25,728
I'm going out for a while.
492
00:43:25,728 --> 00:43:28,272
- Out where?
- Riding.
493
00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:32,080
They won't let you ride
outside the fort.
494
00:43:33,027 --> 00:43:35,850
Monahseetah.
495
00:43:40,493 --> 00:43:43,363
Come here dear.
496
00:43:44,664 --> 00:43:48,459
I want you to go the Commissary.
497
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:53,172
Bring this food from the store.
498
00:43:53,172 --> 00:43:55,716
Do you understand?
499
00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:57,844
Yes.
500
00:43:57,844 --> 00:44:03,391
Bring food from store.
501
00:44:03,391 --> 00:44:06,178
That's right.
502
00:44:06,561 --> 00:44:09,730
I'd never have the patience
to teach her English.
503
00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:11,941
And I'd never feel safe.
504
00:44:11,941 --> 00:44:15,862
I bless the Christian impulse
I had to take her in to my home.
505
00:44:15,862 --> 00:44:18,197
She's really a very sweet girl.
506
00:44:18,197 --> 00:44:21,075
I only wish someone could adopt her
and see to her schooling.
507
00:44:21,075 --> 00:44:24,620
But isn't she that
Mr. Bridger's squaw?
508
00:44:24,620 --> 00:44:26,914
Or... wife I guess I should say.
509
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:30,164
Rubbish, she's no such thing.
510
00:44:35,548 --> 00:44:41,361
- You ain't aiming to ride outside?
- No, just around the parade ground.
511
00:45:39,195 --> 00:45:41,364
Shouldn't you wait until night?
512
00:45:41,364 --> 00:45:45,952
Dark don't mean nothing to Sioux.
Even the kids are half bloodhound.
513
00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:47,912
Besides I can make 20 miles by night.
514
00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:50,373
If they sent those breech loaders,
every hour counts.
515
00:45:50,373 --> 00:45:51,707
- Goodbye Colonel.
- Goodbye.
516
00:45:51,707 --> 00:45:54,627
- Beck.
- What?
517
00:45:54,627 --> 00:45:57,588
If you're not back tomorrow
I'll be out looking for you.
518
00:45:57,588 --> 00:45:59,966
You know Jim, I haven't
looked at a calendar in months,
519
00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:04,627
but I got a feeling
tomorrow'll be an awful day.
520
00:46:04,804 --> 00:46:07,056
Jim,
521
00:46:07,056 --> 00:46:09,976
what is it between you
and Lt. Dancy?
522
00:46:09,976 --> 00:46:13,938
You went after him like a mink
going after a chicken.
523
00:46:13,938 --> 00:46:15,898
I can't say that I care for him.
524
00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:18,859
I think it goes deeper than that.
525
00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:25,064
You were gonna turn down the job
until you saw Dancy.
526
00:46:25,992 --> 00:46:28,369
Alright Jim, I won't press you.
527
00:46:28,369 --> 00:46:31,872
It's your business as long as
there's no trouble on the post
528
00:46:31,872 --> 00:46:36,210
but there are a few questions
I don't dare let die.
529
00:46:36,210 --> 00:46:40,881
In the case of a showdown,
which side are you on?
530
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,883
You mean yours or Red Cloud's?
531
00:46:42,883 --> 00:46:45,094
I mean your country's
or it's enemy's?
532
00:46:45,094 --> 00:46:49,557
This is Red Cloud's country
and yours and mine.
533
00:46:49,557 --> 00:46:52,560
It takes facts to make a word
like enemy real.
534
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:56,689
- Too late to argue that.
- Too late for you, but not for me.
535
00:46:56,689 --> 00:47:01,152
I've tried to do the job
you hired me to do and...
536
00:47:01,152 --> 00:47:08,163
I'm a fight. If it comes,
you can't be on both sides.
537
00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:13,666
I'll cross that bridge
when I have to.
538
00:47:15,374 --> 00:47:18,627
I'll promise you one thing though
539
00:47:18,627 --> 00:47:22,381
when I decide you'll
be the first to know.
540
00:47:22,381 --> 00:47:27,767
Present sabers!
541
00:48:15,267 --> 00:48:17,978
Let's go after them sir.
We're all saddled up.
542
00:48:17,978 --> 00:48:21,816
Don't be a fool. That's what
they want. It's an ambush.
543
00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:22,983
Open up!
544
00:48:22,983 --> 00:48:27,196
Don't open that gate.
Nobody's to leave the fort.
545
00:48:27,196 --> 00:48:30,197
Get that man to the hospital.
546
00:48:30,366 --> 00:48:34,423
Alright. Detail dismissed!
547
00:48:53,556 --> 00:48:54,765
Open up!
548
00:48:54,765 --> 00:48:57,476
- Nobody is to leave the post.
- Open up. I'm not in this army.
549
00:48:57,476 --> 00:49:00,857
- But the Colonel's orders...
- Get that gate open!
550
00:51:29,795 --> 00:51:33,473
Get off! Get off and hurry up!
551
00:51:34,425 --> 00:51:36,969
Let's hope they track that horse
and not us.
552
00:51:36,969 --> 00:51:40,991
Come on, get down in here
and keep quiet.
553
00:51:42,266 --> 00:51:45,769
If we shake those Sioux
we can start hiking.
554
00:51:45,769 --> 00:51:50,431
If we're lucky enough
to shake them.
555
00:51:59,158 --> 00:52:02,408
We'll wait here a while.
556
00:52:09,627 --> 00:52:12,463
- I'm very grateful to you for...
- Forget it.
557
00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:16,800
I owe you a lot. You saved Dan
and mine.
558
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,637
I said forget it.
559
00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:23,265
Don't you know this is no country
to go pleasure riding in?
560
00:52:23,265 --> 00:52:29,313
This isn't like your big cities.
A lot of trouble because of you.
561
00:52:29,313 --> 00:52:31,815
Because I had to kill
that young brave.
562
00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:36,195
Not knowing what side you're on
must make things complicated.
563
00:52:36,195 --> 00:52:39,031
In fact it does.
564
00:52:39,031 --> 00:52:42,409
Anyway it's Monahseetah
that saved your life.
565
00:52:42,409 --> 00:52:44,036
She saw you riding out like a fool
566
00:52:44,036 --> 00:52:49,469
and saw the war party riding
the same way and told me.
567
00:52:51,001 --> 00:52:54,856
Then please thank your wife for me.
568
00:52:55,673 --> 00:52:57,758
My what?
569
00:52:57,758 --> 00:53:01,387
Your wife. What do you call her?
Monahseetah.
570
00:53:01,387 --> 00:53:04,553
She's not my wife.
571
00:53:04,723 --> 00:53:09,353
- But I was told that she...
- You talk to the wrong people.
572
00:53:09,353 --> 00:53:13,884
There's some at the fort that
could have told you different.
573
00:53:14,316 --> 00:53:17,820
I imagine the people you talk to
call me a sqaw man, don't they?
574
00:53:17,820 --> 00:53:22,241
- Yes.
- I am a sqaw man.
575
00:53:22,241 --> 00:53:25,491
My wife is dead.
576
00:53:26,787 --> 00:53:30,916
I'll tell you a story to help
you pass the time.
577
00:53:30,916 --> 00:53:36,296
There was a Cheyenne Chief,
Black Kettle, a great chief.
578
00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:41,885
A few years back he signed a treaty
with the American government.
579
00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:47,391
He put an American flag on his tipi
to show he meant to keep it
580
00:53:47,391 --> 00:53:51,246
and the US government kept it.
581
00:53:51,603 --> 00:53:58,105
Then four years ago,
a bunch of drifting, no good scum
582
00:53:59,278 --> 00:54:03,365
god up what they called
the Colorado volunteers.
583
00:54:03,365 --> 00:54:06,994
They were very brave,
big heroes.
584
00:54:06,994 --> 00:54:11,665
They were gonna make the West
safe for the white man.
585
00:54:11,665 --> 00:54:17,254
Their leader was a sanctimonious,
blood-thirsty, so-called preacher
586
00:54:17,254 --> 00:54:21,062
named Chivington.
587
00:54:22,176 --> 00:54:24,428
I've heard of him somewhere.
588
00:54:24,428 --> 00:54:29,224
The only good thing you could
have heard is that he's dead.
589
00:54:29,224 --> 00:54:31,852
Well this...
590
00:54:31,852 --> 00:54:35,689
Chivington and his volunteers
591
00:54:35,689 --> 00:54:39,735
rode out to Black Kettle's village
early one morning,
592
00:54:39,735 --> 00:54:42,112
and had themselves a little fun.
593
00:54:42,112 --> 00:54:48,035
More than 200 of them charged down
on a sleeping Indian village.
594
00:54:48,035 --> 00:54:50,788
They rousted the people out and then
595
00:54:50,788 --> 00:54:56,293
they shot and hacked and killed
until they'd had enough fun.
596
00:54:56,293 --> 00:55:00,130
Men, women, old people
597
00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:02,917
and kids.
598
00:55:02,925 --> 00:55:08,388
Monahseetah was Black Kettle's
youngest daughter.
599
00:55:08,388 --> 00:55:11,809
She saw her mother and father shot,
600
00:55:11,809 --> 00:55:17,716
her sister cut down with a saber
along with a baby she was holding.
601
00:55:18,649 --> 00:55:22,753
Her sister's name was Nantah,
602
00:55:22,861 --> 00:55:26,290
and Nantah was my wife.
603
00:55:26,406 --> 00:55:28,742
And the...
604
00:55:28,742 --> 00:55:32,206
The baby was my son.
605
00:55:32,496 --> 00:55:35,924
I was away trapping.
606
00:55:36,542 --> 00:55:40,396
When I came home I buried them
607
00:55:40,462 --> 00:55:46,014
and then I started hunting
the butcher who did it.
608
00:55:46,552 --> 00:55:49,458
I'm sorry.
609
00:55:50,430 --> 00:55:53,559
You're sorry the way you'd be
610
00:55:53,559 --> 00:55:59,898
if I told you my pet dog was killed,
for me but not for her.
611
00:55:59,898 --> 00:56:03,148
She was only an Indian.
612
00:56:04,903 --> 00:56:07,197
Come on.
613
00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:10,281
Let's start hiking.
614
00:57:10,886 --> 00:57:14,776
It's Bridger and Miss Madden.
615
00:57:18,185 --> 00:57:20,729
Miss Madden's horse
came back hours ago.
616
00:57:20,729 --> 00:57:23,148
Then those drums started up.
617
00:57:23,148 --> 00:57:28,070
The Colonel was going to send out
a scouting party at daybreak.
618
00:57:28,070 --> 00:57:31,490
Maybe there's no use in my saying so
619
00:57:31,490 --> 00:57:33,367
but I'm not like you think I am.
620
00:57:33,367 --> 00:57:37,371
Don't bother yourself over
what I think.
621
00:57:37,371 --> 00:57:42,673
You're as blind in your way
as the others are in theirs.
622
00:57:46,338 --> 00:57:48,983
Julie!
623
00:57:49,257 --> 00:57:51,760
Julie, we were heartsick.
624
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:55,889
I was worried about you Jim.
What about those drums?
625
00:57:55,889 --> 00:57:59,142
That Sioux war party caught up
with Miss Madden.
626
00:57:59,142 --> 00:58:03,397
I tried to get her without a fight
but I had to kill one of them.
627
00:58:03,397 --> 00:58:10,183
I killed Lone Elk.
He was Red Cloud's favorite son.
628
00:58:24,626 --> 00:58:27,045
My leave starts in ten days
629
00:58:27,045 --> 00:58:30,465
so I might ride with you to
Virginia City.
630
00:58:30,465 --> 00:58:34,636
Looks more like you'll spend
your leave here in the fort.
631
00:58:34,636 --> 00:58:37,764
We'll have our show down with
Red Cloud before the week's out.
632
00:58:37,764 --> 00:58:42,644
It'll be over as soon as it starts,
now that Bridger lit the fuse.
633
00:58:42,644 --> 00:58:44,604
The Colonel is not happy
about it.
634
00:58:44,604 --> 00:58:48,525
Carrington's been ducking a fight
ever since we got out here.
635
00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:54,943
He's a good officer but too
squeamish for an Indian campaign.
636
00:58:57,325 --> 00:58:59,995
They're asking for it.
637
00:58:59,995 --> 00:59:05,876
He's up against the Indians.
He's too old to learn new tricks.
638
00:59:05,876 --> 00:59:09,517
Like you learned
from Chivington?
639
00:59:15,343 --> 00:59:18,847
I thought all my chatter had gone
in one of your lovely ears and
640
00:59:18,847 --> 00:59:21,266
right out the other.
641
00:59:21,266 --> 00:59:24,053
Julie,
642
00:59:24,686 --> 00:59:28,023
- what's the matter?
- I'm tired.
643
00:59:28,023 --> 00:59:33,195
- I'll see you to the wagon.
- No, don't!
644
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:36,321
Don't you touch me.
645
00:59:37,282 --> 00:59:40,077
I'm sorry.
646
00:59:40,077 --> 00:59:43,587
You better go to bed.
647
00:59:55,509 --> 00:59:58,804
You took an awful sudden fancy
for sewing Julie?
648
00:59:58,804 --> 01:00:01,389
It keeps me from hearing
those drums.
649
01:00:01,389 --> 01:00:03,975
How long have they been going now?
650
01:00:03,975 --> 01:00:07,771
About four days I reckon.
651
01:00:07,771 --> 01:00:11,149
- It didn't get said, did it?
- What?
652
01:00:11,149 --> 01:00:15,432
You asked me how a girl says
she's sorry.
653
01:00:15,654 --> 01:00:18,952
No, it didn't get said.
654
01:00:19,282 --> 01:00:23,221
And now there's something else
I can't say.
655
01:00:23,578 --> 01:00:26,401
You want to tell me?
656
01:00:26,665 --> 01:00:30,769
I know what you'd tell me
because you're a man.
657
01:00:31,086 --> 01:00:35,132
But this is something
that might cause a killing.
658
01:00:35,132 --> 01:00:39,153
Well, then talk to a woman.
659
01:00:46,518 --> 01:00:50,939
- Where are you going?
- To fetch firewood from the pinery.
660
01:00:50,939 --> 01:00:53,650
I thought nobody was supposed
to go outside the fort.
661
01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:58,229
We got to have firewood.
We got to cook.
662
01:00:59,823 --> 01:01:02,284
Martha.
663
01:01:02,284 --> 01:01:05,011
Mar...
664
01:01:08,957 --> 01:01:11,780
Monahseetah...
665
01:01:15,672 --> 01:01:18,884
I wish I could tell you.
666
01:01:18,884 --> 01:01:22,869
I wish you could understand.
667
01:01:24,806 --> 01:01:26,766
Listen, do you know "thank you"?
668
01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:31,271
Jim, your Jim, told me
669
01:01:31,271 --> 01:01:34,438
and I thank you.
670
01:01:47,537 --> 01:01:50,242
Please.
671
01:02:01,468 --> 01:02:04,195
Thank you.
672
01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:12,646
- It's lovely to hear you laughing.
- You're so pretty Monahseetah!
673
01:02:12,646 --> 01:02:15,523
I wish the pin was prettier.
674
01:02:15,523 --> 01:02:18,068
I didn't know Monahseetah
was learning English.
675
01:02:18,068 --> 01:02:21,238
She's learning wonderfully fast.
676
01:02:21,238 --> 01:02:24,157
Did you ever notice trouble
seems to make us women
677
01:02:24,157 --> 01:02:26,201
forget differences?
678
01:02:26,201 --> 01:02:30,910
With men it seems to turn them
into snapping dogs.
679
01:02:34,584 --> 01:02:38,439
I haven't seen my wife in a year.
680
01:02:38,505 --> 01:02:43,385
It'll be doomsday before
any of us see our folks.
681
01:02:43,385 --> 01:02:45,470
What's the Colonel waiting for?
682
01:02:45,470 --> 01:02:48,181
Bridger claims we haven't
got a chance outside the fort.
683
01:02:48,181 --> 01:02:51,768
He wants us penned up here where
Red Cloud can push us over.
684
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:55,790
I wish they'd attack!
I want to see some action.
685
01:02:58,942 --> 01:03:02,112
Anything new from our
Indian friends Mr. Bridger?
686
01:03:02,112 --> 01:03:03,822
Nope. Nothing new.
687
01:03:03,822 --> 01:03:08,034
When you don't see Indians,
that's when you have to watch out.
688
01:03:08,034 --> 01:03:10,704
There's a lot of truth
to that old saying.
689
01:03:10,704 --> 01:03:15,757
I say you have to watch out more
when they got spies sneaking around.
690
01:03:20,046 --> 01:03:24,509
- What's that supposed to mean?
- That you shouldn't snoop around.
691
01:03:24,509 --> 01:03:27,053
And your friend Beckworth.
692
01:03:27,053 --> 01:03:30,098
Funny how the drums began
the day he left.
693
01:03:30,098 --> 01:03:33,478
And he ain't been heard of since.
694
01:03:35,770 --> 01:03:39,232
Listen! They've stopped!
695
01:03:39,232 --> 01:03:41,877
What does that mean?
696
01:03:42,569 --> 01:03:44,946
Rifle fire.
697
01:03:44,946 --> 01:03:48,624
That wood detail's in trouble.
698
01:03:55,290 --> 01:03:59,836
May I go? It may be my last chance
for action before my leave.
699
01:03:59,836 --> 01:04:01,755
- Go ahead.
- This may be a trap.
700
01:04:01,755 --> 01:04:05,425
They should go and come straight
back, and not over that ridge.
701
01:04:05,425 --> 01:04:07,344
Nobody over that ridge Captain,
that's an order.
702
01:04:07,344 --> 01:04:10,475
Yes sir.
703
01:04:29,199 --> 01:04:31,451
Jim,
704
01:04:31,451 --> 01:04:36,122
I have to tell you something.
You have a right to know.
705
01:04:36,122 --> 01:04:40,835
It's no proof but when you
told me about Chivington,
706
01:04:40,835 --> 01:04:43,630
I knew I'd heard his name before.
707
01:04:43,630 --> 01:04:45,673
Later I remembered.
708
01:04:45,673 --> 01:04:52,847
Traveling from Laramie, Dancy said
he'd served in his volunteers.
709
01:04:52,847 --> 01:04:56,488
You sorry now you warned them?
710
01:04:57,227 --> 01:05:03,252
No, there are other men out there
besides Dancy.
711
01:05:13,827 --> 01:05:17,635
Looks like Hanna bringing
the good news.
712
01:05:21,418 --> 01:05:23,253
We figured the Colonel was
sending help.
713
01:05:23,253 --> 01:05:27,132
We held off about ten charges then
they sort of skedaddled up the hill.
714
01:05:27,132 --> 01:05:28,299
- How many?
- About 20.
715
01:05:28,299 --> 01:05:32,154
We got two of them and not
one of us was even nicked.
716
01:05:34,013 --> 01:05:36,558
Look Captain.
717
01:05:36,558 --> 01:05:39,102
Let's take a crack
at those up there.
718
01:05:39,102 --> 01:05:42,147
I want to get one scalp
719
01:05:42,147 --> 01:05:45,101
Sitting ducks Captain.
720
01:05:46,818 --> 01:05:49,779
You've been in the Army long
enough to follow orders.
721
01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:52,157
Wait Captain.
722
01:05:52,157 --> 01:05:56,536
If we take care of them Carrington
couldn't bring charges against us.
723
01:05:56,536 --> 01:06:00,457
The way they feel in Laramie
we'd get a promotion.
724
01:06:00,457 --> 01:06:03,126
It's the oldest rule in the Army.
725
01:06:03,126 --> 01:06:06,546
Don't disobey orders
when you can't win,
726
01:06:06,546 --> 01:06:10,401
But when you can't lose!
727
01:06:28,776 --> 01:06:31,599
Bridger!
728
01:06:39,287 --> 01:06:41,706
I'd have bet my life on Fetterman.
729
01:06:41,706 --> 01:06:45,561
I wouldn't have bet mine
on Dancy.
730
01:07:44,477 --> 01:07:47,775
Sitting ducks.
731
01:07:51,150 --> 01:07:53,736
Draw!
732
01:07:53,736 --> 01:07:56,382
Swords!
733
01:07:56,864 --> 01:07:59,569
Charge!
734
01:09:50,269 --> 01:09:54,468
Jim! Jim!
735
01:10:05,243 --> 01:10:11,019
- Laramie didn't send equipment.
- Three wagons full.
736
01:10:12,959 --> 01:10:17,704
They sent
the breech loading rifles too.
737
01:10:19,132 --> 01:10:23,794
Now?
Now they send the ammunition.
738
01:10:24,137 --> 01:10:29,012
Well their wagons will be
useful to carry back our dead.
739
01:10:43,114 --> 01:10:46,329
Get a stretcher.
740
01:10:47,618 --> 01:10:48,953
Colonel sir...
741
01:10:48,953 --> 01:10:54,125
Son, why did Fetterman
countermand my order?
742
01:10:54,125 --> 01:10:58,573
- Is the Captain dead?
- Everyone but you.
743
01:10:59,130 --> 01:11:02,258
It was Lt. Dancy sir.
744
01:11:02,258 --> 01:11:07,263
He ragged the Captain.
He wouldn't take no.
745
01:11:07,263 --> 01:11:10,822
He said they'd get promoted.
746
01:11:12,894 --> 01:11:15,605
Dancy got away.
747
01:11:15,605 --> 01:11:19,150
He threw away five men to give
himself that one chance.
748
01:11:19,150 --> 01:11:22,987
Which way? Which way?
749
01:11:22,987 --> 01:11:26,202
Up through those hills.
750
01:12:35,268 --> 01:12:39,894
Chivington said I should
kill that sqaw.
751
01:12:40,106 --> 01:12:43,451
I had to follow orders.
752
01:12:43,651 --> 01:12:45,570
Afterwards...
753
01:12:45,570 --> 01:12:51,367
He told me she was
the one you married.
754
01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:55,780
Get up! Get up!
755
01:13:25,067 --> 01:13:29,196
- What happened to Dancy?
- A kid got him.
756
01:13:29,196 --> 01:13:32,150
A little Indian kid.
757
01:13:35,786 --> 01:13:39,790
- Only one?
- There'll be more.
758
01:13:39,790 --> 01:13:42,578
You better get ready.
759
01:13:46,380 --> 01:13:52,015
Keep the ammunition wagons here
and the others back to the fort.
760
01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:06,567
Sergeant. Dismount!
761
01:14:06,567 --> 01:14:08,694
Distribute the rifles,
behind the wagons.
762
01:14:08,694 --> 01:14:14,388
Yes sir. Dismount men!
Get those rifles!
763
01:14:47,650 --> 01:14:51,779
- What are they singing?
- Death chant.
764
01:14:51,779 --> 01:14:56,145
They always sing that just before
they start a ruckus.
765
01:15:12,925 --> 01:15:17,221
- What are they waiting for Jim?
- Red Cloud.
766
01:15:17,221 --> 01:15:20,602
Waiting for him to give the orders.
767
01:15:20,641 --> 01:15:24,520
It's a pity. These
new breechloaders will wipe him out
768
01:15:24,520 --> 01:15:27,732
- he hasn't got a chance.
- What do you think he'll do?
769
01:15:27,732 --> 01:15:30,602
How will he attack?
770
01:15:33,654 --> 01:15:36,949
Probably come at you in waves.
771
01:15:36,949 --> 01:15:41,370
He'll try to draw a volley
with the first and keep hitting you,
772
01:15:41,370 --> 01:15:44,081
before you get a chance to reload.
773
01:15:44,081 --> 01:15:51,005
He doesn't know with these breech
loaders reload three times as fast.
774
01:15:51,005 --> 01:15:52,715
Thanks Jim.
775
01:15:52,715 --> 01:15:57,293
At my command fire by volley and
reload as fast as possible.
776
01:16:09,899 --> 01:16:12,721
It's Red Cloud.
777
01:16:24,497 --> 01:16:29,752
That means back to earth.
They'll fight till they die.
778
01:16:29,752 --> 01:16:32,480
Get ready.
779
01:17:08,374 --> 01:17:11,019
Fire!
780
01:17:16,507 --> 01:17:19,212
Fire!
781
01:17:58,924 --> 01:18:01,570
Fire!
782
01:18:27,286 --> 01:18:29,931
Fire!
783
01:18:30,497 --> 01:18:33,225
Fire!
784
01:18:47,556 --> 01:18:48,974
Well, it's finished.
785
01:18:48,974 --> 01:18:53,636
Red Cloud's coming down
to pick up his dead.
786
01:19:20,714 --> 01:19:24,301
You had him in your sights.
787
01:19:24,301 --> 01:19:27,088
I know.
788
01:19:27,680 --> 01:19:31,267
Red Cloud is a great man.
789
01:19:31,267 --> 01:19:36,901
We'll need great men on both sides
when this ruckus is over.
790
01:19:43,946 --> 01:19:46,490
It's a mixed up business.
791
01:19:46,490 --> 01:19:50,869
Red Clod wins his in Washington
after we beat him on the field.
792
01:19:50,869 --> 01:19:53,914
We didn't beat him.
It was those breechloaders.
793
01:19:53,914 --> 01:19:58,877
- It was a mechanical thing.
- But he is getting a new treaty.
794
01:19:58,877 --> 01:20:01,297
We're closing the road
and giving up the fort.
795
01:20:01,297 --> 01:20:06,552
Maybe you're right.
Maybe this treaty will be kept.
796
01:20:06,552 --> 01:20:09,888
For the sake of the Sioux Nation
I hope so.
797
01:20:09,888 --> 01:20:16,145
Victory for the Sioux and
their great leader, Red Cloud.
798
01:20:16,145 --> 01:20:20,190
The year, 1868.
799
01:20:20,190 --> 01:20:22,443
Fort Kearney is abandoned
800
01:20:22,443 --> 01:20:26,530
and the US government
signs a peace treaty.
801
01:20:26,530 --> 01:20:28,991
The offiicial document reads:
802
01:20:28,991 --> 01:20:34,163
"From this day forward all war
between the parties
803
01:20:34,163 --> 01:20:36,749
shall forever cease.
804
01:20:36,749 --> 01:20:39,960
The white man is leaving
and the red man is left with
805
01:20:39,960 --> 01:20:44,214
a bitter memory of dead
and wounded.
806
01:20:44,214 --> 01:20:48,427
So now he moves to destroy
that memory,
807
01:20:48,427 --> 01:20:54,391
to destroy the last
remaining symbol of another world.
808
01:20:54,391 --> 01:20:58,979
There will be dances,
feasting and singing.
809
01:20:58,979 --> 01:21:04,610
The sacred hunting ground
has not yielded to the plow.
810
01:21:04,610 --> 01:21:10,991
For another 30 years the sun will
rise on the world of the Sioux
811
01:21:10,991 --> 01:21:14,703
the world of Red Cloud
and Sitting Bull,
812
01:21:14,703 --> 01:21:21,073
the world of Jim Bridger,
pioneer, hunter, scout, American."
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