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Tell you a story, and it's a true one

And I'll tell it like you'll understand

And I ain't gonna talk like some history man

I look out and I see a land

Young and lovely, hard and strong

For fifteen thousand years we've danced her praises

Payed our thanks and we've just begun

This, this is my country

Young and growin' free and flowin', sea to sea

Yes, this is my country

Ripe and bearing miracles in every pond and tree

I can stand upon a hill at dawn

Look all around me, feel her surround me

Soldier Blue, can't you see her life has just begun?

It's beating inside us, telling us she's here to guide us

Ooh, Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue

Can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Yes, this is my country

I sprang from her and I'm learnin' how to count upon her

Tall trees and the corn is high country

Yes, I love her and I'm learnin' how to take care of her

Ooh, Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue

Can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Soldier Blue Soldier Blue

Can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Stupid frilly hat!

Honus Hey, Honus!

Did you see 'em?

Did you see the shape of them boobs?

Well? Well, where is she? Where's the woman?

Ah What the devil?

Who put here in there?

She's yours Captain, you've got her

Bitch!

Detail Forward, ho!

Look at her, settin' in there

Two years captive with them red bucks Don't it make you wonder though?

What?

How many of 'em got to her Don't it get you all worked up?

Wadesometimes you talk like a pervert Me?

It's not her fault the Cheyenne grabbed her

Well, I'm not sayin' it is, but by guff

I'd sure like to get my hands on some of that

You can keep your hands to yourself when we get to Fort Reunion

Why? He's waiting for her there

Who? Her financ�e

Spingarn!

Spingarn!

We need flankers

Sir?

You ought to put out some flankers.

Are you advising me Captain? Me?

Huh? I'm only the Pay Master

You get no 'advice' from me soldier. I'm telling you put out some flankers.

What're you afraid of Sir? Road agents?

Cheyenne!

Excuse me Cap'n, but I ain't heard yet about no Injuns comin' after a Pay Master's detail.

they got no use for that money chest. Flankers!

Yes Sir.

Get

All right I guess we're out far enough.

Why pick on us?

Why not?

Just getting up real close you can almost see her

you could take your hand and you could put it right around

one of her pretty little ankles.

You could Honus an' you're a snot nose

You're a good friend the best friend I ever had

but you're snot nosed and you always will be

Willie!

Take cover! Take cover!

Spingarn you stupid son of a bitch

Dismount! Take cover and fire at will

Oh, my God

Lieutenant, the woman the woman!

Get up.

Stupid cocking murdering bastards

Imbeciles the American.

fire you now I advise you to try to control

I told you

Oh my God we're the last

We can treat with them

What? -White flag!

talk to them we can make 'em listen!

Captain, those bloody butchers want nothing more than our hides.

I'm gonna talk to them I'm gonna talk to them

Captain come back here! You Indians No Kill

No kill

Aiii!

Iaiii!

Fire! Fire! woods are on fire

Fire!

won't take 'em long now

Hey! Hey, up here

come on!

Come on!

Well, don't just stand there Get your ass up here!

Gee You it!

What?

You all that's coming? I don't know

Well, follow me!

Wait!

Hey! Get down come on

Well, there goes the wagon

They'll be looking for us.

Nah.

Not for long. Not him!

Not who?

Spotted Wolf!

In case you didn't know what hit you, they're Cheyenne

How can you tell it's Spotted Wolf?

I saw him.

You know him by sight?

I know him.

What's your name?

Honus Gent.

Cresta Maribel Lee.

Are you wounded there? What? Are you wounded?

Oh? .. No that's not my blood

Good 'cause we've got a long wait. They are gonna be messin' with those bodies down there for hours.

Ah, what do you doing? I'm takin' off my pants.

Why? 'Cause it's hotter than hell an' they're ichin'

Oh

Ahh We'd better take it easy get comfortable

I sure as hell wish I hadn't lost my hat.

Ah Miss?

Huh?

about Spotted Wolf? how do you? ah

I'm his wife

Oh

Hey, look here,

come on.

Hey what're you doing there?

nothing

Look, I don't want to rush you soldier, but it's going to be dark in a couple of hours

and we can't hang around here.

You're you're robbing the dead

My God You're robbing the dead!

Yep! Well I sure as hell ain't getting much. A little hard tack mostly, but that'll keep

us going for a while You find anything better?

My God

it was you Me?

He was looking for you! What the hell are you talking about?

Spotted Wolf He was out to bring you back.

Bull shit! The Cheyennes would..

What? You heard me. I've nothing to do with it.

The Cheyennes would never attack a Pay Master's detail

Bull shit!

He was looking for you! Ah, he wouldn't trouble himself

Don't flatter me, Soldier Blue I'm not worth any chest of gold.

They've got no use for gold.

Well, what the hell do you think they were fighting with?

Rifles cost money, see and if you don't believe me

then try and find the pay chest go ahead find it!

any more questions?

I want to say something Yea? well hang on to it, we're leaving

For them!

Huh?

Something must be said for them.

You mean a kind of service, huh? Ah, what the hell; go ahead.

Should be a prayer. Right! A prayer

I bet you know a hundred prayers.

I should be here.

Huh?

I should be here, lying with them, with my company.

Why? I mean, you've come out pretty good it seems to me. See

they're all lying here dead, and you're still walking.

Murdering savages Yeh, you go right ahead.

You can howl at the moon if you want to, but it's not going to get us back to Fort Reunion.

Now, you say your something, or let's get the hell out of here.

Theirs not to make reply,

Theirs not to reason why,

Theirs but to do and die,

Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred,

Storm'd at with shot and shell,

Boldly they rode and well,

Into the jaws of

of Death,

Into the mouth of Hell

Rode the six hundred.

Flash'd all their sabres bare,

Flash'd as they turn'd in air,

Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd:

Theirs not to reason why,

Theirs but to do and die:

Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

Jesus.

Throw them out.

What?

Your socks. Why do you bother?

Here

What's the matter?

It's mud! It's a little dirty

Where's the canteen? Oh, no

You're not gonna' touch something that was robbed from the dead, are you?

All right

we might be needing them later. That's using your head Soldier Blue.

Would you like some more mud?

Isn't it Can't you do something with that dress?

Huh? Can't you pull it together some way?

Couple of days, I'll lose a few pounds I won't be showin' through so much

Uh it never did fit me anyway one of hers Whose?

that woman at the Snake Flats agency Right off, she stripped me down naked.

stuck me in a tub, and gave me this here dress.

Hey! Hey, did you see the hat?

Big bright yellow hat she gave me covered my whole face.

I did love that hat, though. I'm sick at heart about losin' that

sick at heart You can say that now!

What's the matter? What'd I say

21 men lying dead back there and you sit here mourning a yellow hat.

21 men! A drop in the old bucket.

A what? It's not the army, Soldier Blue

They're not the ones getting killed off

in this damn fool country Our country, Miss Lee, is neither damned or foolish

Balls!

Mrs. Lee, you have a most profane way of speaking You should hear me in Cheyenne. Do you want to?

No!

good brave lads comin' out here to kill themselves a real live injun

puttin' up their forts in a country they've got no claim to

So what the hell do you expect the indians to do? Sit back on their butts

while the army take's over their land You saw for yourself what they did, taking off scalps

Yea, and who taught them that little trick? The white man!

and cutting off hands and cutting off feet and cutting off

I know what they cut off, but at least they don't make tobacco pouches out of them

uhah that's something else you soldier boy's made up You're lying.

You ever seen an Indian camp after the army's been there?

Huh? You ever see the women and what was done to them before they where killed?

Ever see the little boys and girls stuck on the long knifes?

Huh? Stuck and dying?

WelI, I have.

Fine.

Go to sleep.

You're lying.

My true love sleeps o'er the hillside Hey, ho, tiddle-um-dey

My true love sleeps o'er the hillside Hey, ho, tiddle-um-dey

Hey, ho, tiddle-um-dey A few more jumps and I'll be with him Hey, ho

I'll tell you about that hat that hat was just like the one my Daddy gave me

on a Sunday morning a long time ago, he knelt down and he kissed me

then he put that hat on my head. That's the last I ever saw of him.

You mean he died? Hell no, he ran off and left me

put me in an orphanage on Canal Street.

Eh what the hell. Whoever asked to get themselves born anyway huh? Who?

I'm going a sleep. You do that soldier

and you try to keep your mind off me

Miss Lee, I certainly have at no Oh, I know

If you get too all-fired horny during the night

just, ah go soak your head in the stream over there.

My true love sleeps o'er the hillside Hey, ho, tiddle-um-dey

My true love sleeps o'er the hillside Hey, ho, tiddle-um-dey

Well

That's it Over there

What? The old Garvey wagon road.

Oh, what about it? We'll be sticking close to it.

Why? Well it's a straight shoot right into Fort Reunion

Maybe, uh, four days at the most

There we are, right out there in the open

and there they come a-whooping it, out of nowhere.

They'll have us hanging feet high, and let the crows pluck out our eyes.

You may not be aware, Miss Cresta Lee,

but I'm a professional soldier, and I happen to be well experienced in this part of the country

How long have they kept you private, Private

No one's kept me, Miss Lee. It was my father's wish

You take that road, Soldier Blue, and you'll get your father coming out here to bury you.

My father's dead.

He was killed at Little Big Horn, last year murdered by the Sioux

I wonder if that General Custer took your father's advice

well, it's a sure thing I ain't takin' yours

Listen, you keep the rifle

the jerky you can have, just give me some of this hard tack

There, there we are

good luck, Soldier Blue, I'll tell them at the Fort it wasn't my fault

Hey, Private Gent!

Miss Lee!

Well get lost? Couldn't do it!

Huh? Leaving you all alone

I couldn't forgive myself if something happened to you.

Well thank you!

Heh!

What could I say to your financ�e

Oh! You know about him, huh?

How could I face him? How could I look him in the eye?

Yeh, I see. A soldier's duty for another soldier, and to hell with me.

A matter of principle, Miss Lee.

It's a matter of crap. Have some berries

Berries make me sick.

Well, Christ Naah!

Look at that, another rip.

God dammit.

Do you talk in front of him that way? Who?

Your fianc�e?

Huh!

That's a funny thing, you know We don't talk.

I can't remember one conversation we ever had

He'd just grab hold and I'd hold off, and

Thank goodness I held off long enough

So he, uh, joined the army Boy, that did it.

six long months at Fort Reunion, and no women

I was sent for, to come out and have a military wedding.

Here I am, still trying to get there.

You sure he's still waiting? He said so in the telegraph.

The way you put it, well

Uh A person gets the idea you're marrying him for money.

Yeh, I am!

Lose something?

My sock. Awww.

It's gone! I'll tell you soldier

It's gonna cut your washing in half.

I'm going back a way You're not! It won't take but a moment

I promise I won't report you for being out of uniform.

Jesus Christ

A hundred miles ahead of us, and you're going back back!

What the hell am I doing Twenty-one soldiers, and I get you!

Don't touch it. Don't you lay a finger on that rifle! You hear me?

It's hidden there under the jacket You just let it stay like that

Cheyenne? Kiowa!

Oh! And they want to kill us, but not too quick

Where'd they come from From one lousy sock.

Well, we've got to do something. You can watch

What're you talking about?

They're going to rape me Soldier Blue and then they're gonna kill us afterwards.

Oh, my God!

Did I see you? I spit..

Well, how could you? Ssshhh

What;s going on? I insulted them

Oh no!

I told them they were five old women

I said that they were afraid of you

that you were tall and strong and feared nothing

You

Wait don't pick it up take off your clothes

Not me! Look at him, Soldier Blue. He can move twice as fast as you can

in those stupid army pants. Take 'em off!

I can't fight my long johns

Take them of too!

He can hold you with them.

Look, it's my life as well as yours You want to kill us both? Take them off!

I can't! Take 'em off!

No! You bastard!

Shut up!

Kill him!

You've won. They expect you to kill him.

Hey Honus! You did it!

You did it!

Honus!

Hey, Honus wait for me!

Honus!

Honus Wait up!

Wha what're you doing?

I'm freezing my ass off

You you can't sleep here.

Why not?

Well I'm here

Turn over and close your eyes, we'll be warm in no time.

Honus what're you doing?

I can't!

You can't what?

I can't do it.

What do you want to do, Honus?

Oh man Take it! You take it

I want the rifle Honus

What for?

It's a goat..

What?

honest to God, it is a real live goat

Now don't argue with me give me the rifle

I want to see for myself

Oh, no Honus!

Give me that rifle sshh, you'll scare him

He can hear is and you're gonna miss him by three hills

I'll get him You'll miss him

I'll get him

He's gone

Look, you dumb gun soldier he's gone.

You stupid, beardless, tenderfoot!

I hope you choke on berries Do you hear me? I hope you throw up all night.

Owwww!

Miss Lee

Cresta

Brain shot dead on. Oh, oh Honus

It's beautiful

Oh, Honus

I've got to tell you the truth, Honus He was a tough old bastard

Please, I've asked you not to All right, all right, I'm sorry.

It's not that I'm a prude or anyth Oh, I know you're not, Honus

I've really gotta be more careful.

Well, I guess it's time we turned in.

Honus

it's stupid

you over there, and me over here

Honus?

All right, I guess you're right.

Honus

will you be all right I mean

I know what you mean Will you?

I'll make it some how

Listen, I'll try not to move much

That'll help. I will

smells like rain

Well, there isn't a cloud in the sky.

'Night, Honus.

Good night, Miss Lee.

Shut up!

It's a white man's fire

How do you know?

It's different from a red man's fire

Oh.

Gosh Almighty!

I hope you'll forgive the intrusion sir

I'm Private Honus Gent, of the Calorado 11th Cavalry

Lord, declare

and uh

this young lady is Miss Cresta Lee, from New York City

So 'tis, so 'tis We're trying to get to Fort Reunion.

You see, uh my troop was wiped out by the Cheyenne

Devils Devils It was a Pay Master's escort

and Miss Lee had joined us to meet her Fianc�e

Good hah good for you

yeh

Where is your guns?

Guns? Guns you're the hunting type?

Oh no Uh, we lost our rifle in the flood

Hey! That was a ripple, wasn't it?

Come near drownin' my two beauties, there

They been 16 years with Isaac Cumber.

Huh Heh

I'm pleased to meet you Mr. Cumber

Isaac Q the Q part was my daddy's joke

being as he calls me Cumber sayin' Q Cumber

but I kinda like it

Oh.

That's a quite a wagon you travel in style

Yeh, I do, ah, I surely do

I got grub and tools and blankets and, ah, bolts of calico

just in case In case of Indians, huh?

Take a look

Take a look in these eyes, Soldier. That's honesty you see there

hard rock honesty!

I treats 'em fair, and I treats 'em square

and they don't fool none with Isaac Q!

What about hostiles? Hostiles! 'Ya think I trade with hostiles?

Devils Devils

Hey, you look kinda' peek'd, Missy

You don't talk much, huh?

Well, that's alright A man would rather look at a woman than

talk to her, any day, and you uh

I can see more of you right now

than I seen of my wife in 27 years

God rest her soul

her frosty-faced soul.

We could use some food, Mr. Cumber. Yea, you could, you surely could.

I'm ah I'm partial to rabbit, myself.

That'd be fine.

If you don't mind, I could use some of your calico.

Help yourself in back of the wagon

Are we met? What?

I get the feeling we met No, I don't think so.

In my rucksack, help yourself, good lye soap you can, uh, scrub each other off, or, uh

whatever else you have a mind to

Are you sure you haven't met him before?

I'm sure! Think about it

Why?

because there's something wrong. What?

I don't know

the man's a Devil, right?

he's a pots trader, right? Yeh, is something wrong?

pots traders don't go out looking for gold

and especially not in Indian country So he wants to get rich quick

who doesn't? Well, uh, I still think

Oh no! Please don't think! Not now!

We have got food and a nice warm fire What if he uh

Wait a minute

How do we know you didn't meet through Spotted Wolf's camp?

He doesn't trade with hostile Devils That could be it

trading with the Cheyenne. Bolts of cloth?

I mean guns Rifles

Well, there's the wagon Go look for 'em

Ah eh!

'Ya like it? It's different.

Boy Honus, you sure know how to flatter a girl

'Must be a born gift

They must be hidden somewhere else!

you know the type tal Here

What? Take a bath.

Listen to me that old man is trading off rifles for the pay cheques we had

Honus, if I'm gonna look different, you might as well smell different now take the soap

maybe it's got a false bottom

I'm going to take a look No!

right now, before he get's back

No! Oh, get out of my way

Honus, you've got no right

Get down! Get off me!

Stop it!

You've known it all along

The rifles are inside

and you have met him before

Twice

selling guns!

Yes.

to the Cheyenne Yes!

to kill American soldiers

and you wouldn't stop him?

I couldn't then I wouldn't now!

What?

For your own people?

Most people I know live in New York City

For your country then Whose country then?

This isn't my country we're in Indian country.

OK

Why?

Tell me, why did you ever leave the Cheyenne?

All right you really want know?

Because they tallk different

they dress different and they eat different

because I am not a Cheyenne, Solider Blue, and I never will be

but I can tell you right now that I'd rather be one

than any rump butt soldier

of any blood thirsty army you can name!

You're a traitor, Miss Lee.

Well at least that's settled!

Cresta?

Got a good look, did you? I thought you would.

Where is she? Clunkered! Got her with my rifle butt

over there, by the fire.

Don't worry soldier She ain't marked now and that won't show a bit.

I've got a heart full of love For every star in the sky,

I've got a heart full of love For every bird on the wing,

I've got a heart full of love For every bird that can sing,

'Tellin' you, I've got a heart full of love That wants to get up and fly

Bite it

What?

Use your teeth

Not there!

Honus?

What're you doing?

Oww!

Sorry!

Never mind keep at it!

Are you all right?

Eww!

Eeww!

Look at it, would ya! Nature's wonderland.

Out here I feel I'm close to the great secret of life itself.

Honest to God, ah

I get sort of choked up inside

Maggot! Eh what?

I called you a Maggot!

A maggot?

Heh, heh! Maggot!

Huh, the tiniest creature in God's universe

and which one of us is any better? You? Me? Him?

I wouldn't count on it. There's only one thing certain right now Missy

pretty soon you're gonna be back in the arms of your loved one, and

you can bet ol' Spotted Wolf is gonna be just a-itchin' to get his hands on you

Are you planning to starve us for

If I know Spotted Wolf, he's gonna want somethin' real plump to get his hands on

Hah, Hah, how about it Missy?

What about a juicy rump steak? Huh?

Heh, heh ought to be a young pronghorn around here somewheres

heh, heh

You got any sweet nothin's left, soldier, you'd better say 'em now.

Quick! Come on, get at 'em! I can't!

Why not? I haven't got any spit left to chew with

Chew dry! Come on!

That's it!

Come on!

It's coming, I can feel it!

A little harder

Pull! Pull!

Good!

Come on Honus!

It's coming

Pull!

A little I got it Honus!

Give me your feet, soldier What?

I'll cut your feet loose, but that's all Then we get right out of here.

What about the guns?

They stay where they are.

You're going to let him bring those guns in now, when you know what they will be used for?

I'm giving the Cheyenne something to keep them alive

Nobody's going to murder them. They'll be given land, a place to live in peace

Bull shit!

Cut me loose! Cut me loose.

Not your hands, just your feet.

He's got the only saddle we'll have to ride out bareback

What the hell are you doing?

What do you want? A medal?

Come on!

Get up!

Get up!

Get the horse!

Ahh! -Honus?

Honus! Come on, get up here.

You can make it.

Ride! Go on, get out of here Get up here you son of a bitch.

Get up boy!

Get up!

Giah!

Lookooh.

Oh, eh!

Get up! Get up!

Honus we gotta to keep going.

Honus, he's following us.

Hang on, dammit Hang on!

Whoa, come back here, come on back Wait!

Honus, shut up

for God's sake Shut up, dammit!

How's your leg?

Still moves!

You're lucky That bullet went clean through.

it's my, ah, head that hurts. Oh?

Here I want you to eat some of these It'll make you feel better.

It's good What is it? Have some more.

I chewed up some roots and packed them right there, in your wound It kills the poison.

Big 'Injun medicine, you know Wouldn't think your everyday savage would have time for medicine, would you?

No, I guess not Anyway, you're lookin' um pretty good now, Honus.

How about you?

Me?

Oh, ah Here, have some more of this.

Hah, you haven't told me what it is Hocheeka.

It's snake

Snake?

You've got to cook it just right

I bet you do

So

You look. better than I've ever seen you before

you look all shiny and and beautiful

like an angel

Cresta

What the hell you doing?

God, what was in that snake

No

It's not the snake

You've got your fever back No

Hey! Look at me I'm a traitor, remember?

Uh huh I know

And for God's sake, look at the way I swear all the time.

That's true

Well

Well, how the hell how can you tell I'd rather not tell you anything

Huh?

I'd rather hold you, Cresta Maribel Lee

Damn

Cresta

Don't! Please to God, don't

Not unless you mean it

the whole shaboodle

Cresta!

Cresta!

Cresta!

Come on! Honus!

I'm trying to be serious I am serious

Naa I've been thinking I should just go on

What, alone? I can travel a lot faster alone

and then I'd come back here for you with real food, and a horse, and clean socks

We are going back together

You and me we're here Honus don't you see?

the two of us, right here That's all

We can't be any place else

When we go back, it's not 'we' anymore

Excuse me Sir, I'm sorry to break in on you like this

My name's Cresta Maribel Lee

Cresta!

Johnny?

Cresta!

I could'ave swore

Cresta, I can't I just can't believe it

My God! I'm only asking for two lousy troopers

How hard is that then?

It's out of the question, Miss Lee I'm sorry, it can't be done.

He'll last two weeks if he's lucky Yes, well perhaps by that time

I may be able to send some help.

Well, that's mighty big of you buster.

Cresta! Give me a horse and supplies

I'll go myself

Miss Lee, this is wild country

I'm sorry; I can't allow you to go out there by yourself.

Well, how the hell do you think I got here?

Cresta!

Excuse me sir, but do you think I could have a few moments alone with Miss Lee?

I think you should, McNair I suggest a long and sober talk

Yes well, thank you Sir. If you'll excuse me Indeed!

You know, Mitchel Yes Sir?

When I see young people, today, behaving like that, I just

I can't help wondering what this God-damned country is coming to?

When we get home we're going to be married, aren't we? What's so terrible about wanting to

get together with my bro Well, nothing, but, I mean, don't we

even get to say hello first? Oh, for Christ's sake!

you got no reason to swear Swear?

Me swear? You can send someone after Honus.

We can't Not for a while. Why not?

Cheyenne and you, more than anyone ought to appreciate that.

You'll never find 'em Oh, we already have

We know exactly where they are. Where?

Oh just just a little West of here up by the twin rock pass, the Jewels Pass

Are you sure of that? Of course.

We should be inside of their campground by tomorrow

You know there's only one thing wrong with me Johnny

It's been so long so very long

Oh yea! But now we're together

Yes!

Well, it's just that I haven't had anything to eat in two days, and I'm just so hungry

I don't know what I'm saying Hungry?

If we could just have a little something out on the tall grass, there.

Oh yea of course I'll I'll be right back.

Excuse me Miss? What are you doing?

Ah Shit!

It's all right He's my fianc�e

By

Uh!

Whoa boy

Whoa boy

Whoa

Cresta Wantehemo

Right, men put into your minds the dark abominations of these Godless barbarians

Murder

Rape

Torture

And when you think of your comerades fallen, butchered comerades

ask yourself Are we going to give them the same mercy?

You just be we are

Major Phillips Take over.

Advance!

McNair? Move out!

Any word about your uh

Financ�e? No sir.

I'm afraid she's

well, I think she's hopelessly infatuated with Private Gent

Ah, that's too bad I'm going to ride in the wagon

my back is killing me again

Yes, we'll rally round the flag boys, we'll rally once again

Shouting the battle cry of freedom

We will rally from the hills, and we'll gather from the plains

Shouting the battle cry of freedom.

The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah, Down with the traitor, up with the scythe,

Yes, we'll rally round the flag, we'll rally once again,

Shouting the battle cry of freedom. We will rally from the hills

and we'll gather from the plains, shouting the battle cry of freedom.

Well? It could be the two rear flankers, Sir

Except that there's three of them. Let me have those

We found this man riding through Lever's Pass, Sir.

It's not a cavalry mount

No Sir. If I may, Sir

I'm attached to the Colorado 11th Volunteers We're the Colorado 11th Volunteers

Yes Sir! I'm Private Honus Gent, reporting

You?

Cannons Many soldiers and guns

You must leave

We want no war

Your people gave me

a flag

and a medal of friendship

I do not trust them

they will kill our people

we will fight

I say peace

you do not wear your necklace my gift of love

you gave it to someone

Yes and I must go to him.

my heart torn by all this Behavo

If you'd let me talk to her for just a few minutes she might convince Spotted Wolf to give up without a fight

Without a fight?

We destroyed the rifles they were counting on, so they can't possibly win.

There's just no sense to it Private Gent!

I don't know what sort of relationship you and this woman have had.

but I can assure you that my men are prepared to move

against the enemy at daybreak.

and move they will Sir!

Twenty-one of your own comerades murdered cut to pieces

I know, Sir The price will be paid, soldier.

Is it worth it? -Dismissed!

Yes Sir.

Prepare to fire

There just seems to be normal activity over there, Sir

The cannon will commence firing at seven thirty six rounds apiece until we find the range.

and I know, McNair I know she's in there someplace

no matter what we might think of her she's still a white woman

that can't be helped.

No, Sir

Can I depend on you?

I will do my duty Sir.

Good Good

All right, Lieutenant Give the order

They're coming out Sir! What? What's that?

I think it's Spotted Wolf! My God Sir, he's got a flag of truce

Yes Sir, it's a white flag Nonsense!

Will you see for yourself I told you Lieutenant Give the order!

Sir?

Well, give the order!

Yes Sir.

Open Fire!

Ready

Cover ears Fire!

All pieces, increase elevation one degree

Fire when ready

They've the range now

Stop!

Stop!

Gent!

Stay away from that cannon!

No!

Arrest him!

Stop!

Arrest that man!

No! No There's a white woman in that

Colonel look. They're attacking

Bugeler, sound Alert.

Soldiers! After those bastards!

main troops form covering party brace for incoming

company ride, Forward!

Form three ranks

Charge!

line up the front

Troops Rally to your Guidons.

McNair, form these troops in two columns on the left and right

advance at full gallop attacking the village on both flanks

You take the left, I'll take the right.

Artillery pieces, cease firing.

We'll attack right of the village

Troops, at the front March!

Troops, by the front, March

Halt!

Charge!

Are you OK, Colonel?

I'm all right,

McNair Raze the village!

burn this pestilence!

Keewa!

Keewa!

Keewa!

Keewa!

Keewa!

Cresta!

Cresta!

Cresta!

hold his legs

Please, pleaseplease

Please

please please

Yah hoo!

Get that white woman out of there

I'll put one poor devil out of its misery.

Damn you!

What are you doing?

Why? Why? Why? Shut up, Honus!

He's gone mad

Cresta

Got a prayer, Soldier Blue?

a nice poem?

Say something pretty

And to each of you

To officer and soldier alike,

I offer my most profound admiration,

my deepest affection,

and my overwhelming gratitude for a job well done.

You men here today

have succeeded at making another part of America

a decent place for people to live.

We have given the Injun

a lesson he will not soon forget.

But more than that

for the rest of your lives

You men will hold your heads proud

when this day is mentioned

and you will say

Yes! I was with Iverson!

The Eleventh Colorado Volunteers Move out!

Cresta

On November 29th, 1864,

a unit of Colorado cavalry, numbering over 700 men,

attacked a peaceful Cheyenne village at Sand Creek, Colorado.

The Indians raised the American Flag and a white flag of surrender.

Nevertheless the cavalry attacked massacring 500 Indians,

more than half of whom were women and children.

Over one hundred scalps were taken

bodies dismembered

plus numerous reports of rape.

General Nelson A. Miles,

Army Chief of Staff

termed the massacre

perhaps the foulest and most unjust crime

in the annals of America.

Subtitles recorded by Graham Lindsay