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Three 10s.

Four sixes.

You love losing, don't you boy?

The evening's still young, gents.

Still young.

You oughta come to town every day, boy.

Could make a living off of you.

Four kings.

I got four kings.

Wait a minute, I got four kings.

Four aces.

You lose.

Yes, sirree, gentlemen, wouldn't be no winners

if we didn't have any losers.

He dealt.

That's right.

You been dealing all night.

Don't let him get away!

Get ahold of him!

♪ On a warm summer's evening ♪

♪ On a train bound for nowhere ♪

♪ I met up with a gambler ♪

♪ We were both too tired to sleep ♪

♪ So we took turns a-starin' ♪

♪ Out the window at the darkness ♪

♪ The boredom overtook us ♪

♪ And he began to speak ♪

♪ He said, Son, I've made a life ♪

♪ Out of readin' people's faces ♪

♪ Knowin' what the cards were ♪

♪ By the way they held their eyes ♪

♪ So if you don't mind my sayin' ♪

♪ I can see you're out of aces ♪

♪ For a taste of your whiskey ♪

♪ I'll give you some advice ♪

♪ So I handed him my bottle ♪

♪ And he drank down my last swallow ♪

♪ Then he bummed a cigarette ♪

♪ And asked me for a light ♪

♪ And the night got deathly quiet ♪

♪ And his faced lost all expression ♪

♪ He said, If you're gonna play the game, Boy ♪

♪ You gotta learn to play it right ♪

♪ You've got to know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to walk away ♪

♪ And know when to run ♪

♪ You never count your money ♪

♪ When you're sittin' at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for countin' ♪

♪ When the dealin's done ♪

♪ Every gambler knows ♪

♪ That the secret to survivin' ♪

♪ Is knowin' what to throw away ♪

♪ And knowin' what to keep ♪

♪ 'Cause every hand's a winner ♪

♪ And every hand's a loser ♪

♪ And the best that you can hope for ♪

♪ Is to die in your sleep ♪

♪ And when he finished speakin' ♪

♪ He turned back toward the window ♪

♪ Crushed out his cigarette ♪

♪ And faded off to sleep ♪

♪ And somewhere in the darkness ♪

♪ The gambler he broke even ♪

♪ But in his final words ♪

♪ I found an ace that I could keep ♪

♪ You've got to know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to walk away ♪

♪ And know when to run ♪

So, where you headed for, Billy?

Well, sir, I hope to join up with

the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.

They're formin' up over at Bismarck.

Buffalo Bill.

You know him?

Everybody knows Buffalo Bill!

Greatest showman who ever lived!

I took Bess to see his show back in Chicago.

Had Sittin' Bull with him.

Yeah, I'll bet that was really something.

The Wild West?

Hmm.

Yeah, it's changing.

Railroads, telegraph going all the way out to California.

Progress.

Closing in on us.

All the trouble we've been having lately,

I've been thinkin' about pickin' up

and moving out to the Pacific.

Oregon.

I hear there's land out there a white man ain't...

I never seen 'em just ride up like this.

Guess we better go see what they want.

It's a baby.

You know they're never going to come here

and the only way they're going to listen to you

is if you got to them.

Miss Collins, your job is teaching Indian children,

it's not setting Indian policy.

McLaughlin, you can't hold hearings and give away

Sioux land without including Sitting Bull and Iron Dog.

They refused to come in.

Then if they don't come in, what is stopping you

from going to them?

We are talking about nine million acres of land, McLaughlin,

nine million acres!

Excuse me, Mr. McLaughlin?

What do you want?

Well, there's a man with a baby to see you.

A man with a what?

A baby?

Well, what am I supposed to do?

Well, you're the Indian agent, aren't you?

I am, who are you?

Billy Montana.

May I?

Oh, please ma'am.

There you go.

Bunch of Indians rode in to the Boatwright place last night

and gave us this baby, a little white baby boy.

I'm Mary Collins.

What kind of Indians were they?

A group of braves painted for war,

I don't know who they were.

It was Iron Dog.

Where did you get that?

The McDonald place.

Iron Dog and his renegades burned down the house

and murdered Tom McDonald and his wife.

How do you know this is Iron Dog's?

It's got ghost dance markings, same as his shirts.

You can't be sure it's his.

Lady, I know Indians.

I got this from the Sioux.

That belonged to Iron Dog and his ghost dance warriors.

Ghost dance, what's that?

Oh, it's a new kind of religious ceremony.

It's got Sitting Bull and his followers all riled up

and now they won't come in to the reservation.

Because we never kept our word.

They don't trust us.

Some Sioux believe that the ghost dance

is the last chance they have to regain their land,

bring back the buffalo, and live in peace.

Iron Dog is Sitting Bull's medicine man.

He's a fanatic.

He's got his warriors convinced if they wear

these ghost shirts, they can't be killed.

He's a dangerous man, and now he's gonna get

what he's wanted all along, and that's war.

Well, good luck to him.

I ain't never seen a shirt I can't put a bullet through.

I wonder who wants this war the most.

Sergeant Grinder, I want the Sioux police

and every trooper on the fort in the saddle and riding.

Yes, sir.

If they were this Iron Dog's warriors,

why didn't they attack Mr. Boatwright and me?

Hell, I don't know, they're unpredictable.

Where'd they get this baby?

Jane McDonald gave birth to a baby about five months ago.

And I have a feeling that this is her son.

I'll find a wonderful home for him.

Thank you, Mr. Montana.

Thank you ma'am.

Well, I reckon I should be heading on to Bismarck.

You take care of this little feller now.

Oh, I will.

Goodbye all.

Here you go, partner.

Thank you sir.

We got Indian trouble out there, boy,

I'd watch my hair if I were you.

Well, I'll try to do a better job of it than you have.

Howdy son.

Listen, you take good care of this horse for me?

Yes, sir.

All right then.

I'll be staying yonder at that hotel.

Thank you sir.

You bet.

Somebody help me!

Somebody help!

Help!

Somebody help me please!

Help!

Help, help me!

Oh please!

Somebody help me!

Please!

Oh.

Well, looky here, Lonnie.

Just like you said.

A good Samaritan.

A nice tall handsome one too.

Kinda hoping you'd be a little older.

And a lot richer.

Another move and you're a dead Samaritan.

Ooh.

Lovely watch.

You know, it's a pity you and me didn't meet

under different circumstances.

Go on.

Hi Brady.

Billy, Billy.

Will you ever change?

Aww, come on, Brady.

She was in trouble, you know.

She sure was.

Ooh.

Were you saving her from him

or was he saving her from you?

She stole my granddaddy's watch.

And my wallet too.

What brings you here to Bismarck?

Remember Missouri Jack Taylor?

Yeah, blind in one eye, deuces always wild?

Well, this time I had all the deuces.

Took his money and his horses.

And I heard the cavalry was looking for mounts,

so I came here to sell 'em.

Yeah, well I just got here from Fort Yates.

The way things look over there, the Army's gonna need

all the horses they can get.

You remember telling me about a Sioux medicine man,

friend of yours?

Iron Dog.

Last I heard he joined up with Sitting Bull

and he's in Canada.

Well, he's back.

There was a massacre near Fort Yates,

Iron Dog's been accused of murdering

a homesteader and his wife.

I'm telling ya, Brady, it doesn't look good for him.

That doesn't sound like the Iron Dog I know.

Yeehaw!

Woohoo!

Woohoo!

Woo!

Woo!

Woohoo!

Ha, you see that?

Oh!

Woohoo!

That's him.

Buffalo Bill.

Ladies and gentlemen and small children of Bismarck,

lend me your ears.

I have the honor to announce the formation

of Buffalo Bill's traveling wild West show!

I have immediate openings for cavalry and Indians,

wild buffalo and bucking broncos!

Trick fighters and sharp shooters!

If you can ride, rope, shoot, or throw a knife,

I will personally meet, greet, and audition you

at the Grand Livery Corral each day this week,

starting tomorrow from sunrise till sunset.

Tell your friends and neighbors, come one, come all!

And I thank you for your attention.

Gentlemen, my horses meant you no harm.

Allow me to introduce myself.

Colonel William F. Cody.

I know, sir.

You know sir, you look familiar,

are you perchance a man of cards?

Brady Hawkes is my name.

Hawkes!

Hawkes.

Nope, never heard of you.

Come on boys, I'll buy you a drink.

It certainly has been a great pleasure

to meet you, Colonel Cody. - Sir.

My name is Billy Montana,

and I was just on my way to see you.

What can I do for you?

Well, I was hoping to join up with you.

I've always wanted to see Paris, France.

Ah, indeed.

Paris is a grand city. - Yeah.

What skills can you offer me, Billy?

Well, I'm pretty fast with a gun, you know.

He's accurate too.

Fast draw, huh?

Yup.

Nope, I already have plenty of fast draw artists.

You know, you would make a right handsome Indian though.

Can you dance?

Can he dance?

Show him, Billy.

I have an appointment with General Miles

for a friendly game of cards, would you gentlemen

care to join us?

Well, I've been invited, but thanks just the same.

Oh no no.

One Indian or 10,000 Indians, they won't touch

a hair on my head.

And you know why?

Because I sell their women what they want, pots and pans.

They want their child to grow up on the land,

our land, our fields of corn and wheat.

Uh-huh.

And cattle. - Yeah.

Cattle grazing as far as the eye can see.

Then let me just say one word to you.

Plows.

It's plows that'll be the future of this country,

plows cuttin' through just as straight as a Sioux's arrow.

The latest report on the massacre

is that two of the Indian renegades have been captured

and taken to Fort Yates.

That's $50 to you, General.

If there is nothing else, Senator, I shall feed the dog.

Be packed and ready, Peebo, first thing in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Gentlemen.

General, I may be able to help you

with this Indian problem.

Before you end up with a full-scale war on your hands.

Iron Dog may be a friend of yours, Hawkes,

but this is a military matter.

All I'm really asking for is a letter of authorization

that will allow me to ride through Sioux country on my own.

The Army hardly needs a civilian

to do their work for them.

You hear that, Bill?

When I was civilian scout for the Army, Senator,

I saved a lot of scalps and a lot of heads.

They were all military.

I'd just like to talk to Iron Dog.

Maybe I can convince him to come in

and tell you his side of the story.

Hawkes, you knew this man a long time ago.

Times change.

And your renegade friend won't change with them.

Gentlemen, I have a full house.

Threes over jacks.

Eights.

Over fours.

Guess my house was fuller than yours.

Iron Dog is just a medicine man,

Sitting Bull is the chief, and he's old.

Why risk a war if all the other chiefs

are leaning towards doing business?

These chiefs could just as easily

follow Iron Dog into war.

I'm certain it will be the government's policy

that when this savage Iron Dog is brought to justice,

he can be made an example of.

Then the chiefs will be sure to follow into line.

Hawkes.

Do you really believe that Iron Dog

will remember you that well?

Well enough to give himself up even?

I'm willing to bet on it.

I'm not.

General Miles, you call yourself a gambling man?

One hand, me and you.

All of this cash against your letter of authorization.

What do you say?

You're on, Hawkes, I never pass up a free hand.

General Miles, you're gambling with government policy,

I must protest this breech of administrative protocol.

Your protest is duly noted, Senator.

My deal, five cards, two under, three up, no draw.

You sure you wanna do this?

I came to play poker.

I guess you're not unbeatable after all, Hawkes.

I tell you what, General.

I'll play you double the pot against

Brady's letter of authorization.

That's a lot of money there for a little

teeny piece of paper.

How do you plan on doing this?

Brady, she took my wallet.

But carry my spending money in my hat.

All right, you sit right down here, son.

I may retire after this hand.

Deal 'em up, General, I'm your man.

I'm your man?

Yeah.

We'll play the same game, we'll have the same dealer,

we'll have the same winner.

Three ladies.

Montana?

I only have two small pair.

All fours.

Most sacred number of the Sioux.

Four directions of the wind.

Four corners of the Earth.

Fair enough, Hawkes.

You get your letter of authorization.

Mister, I am sorry, I didn't mean to spill this drink.

Down the hall to the left.

You know, my best friend got killed

for spilling a drink on a man once.

Killed?

Yes, sir, I am drunk, and I do apologize.

Of course, I hated to kill him.

You see, I just bought some cattle today

and it's sort of a celebration.

Well, any sod buster can raise a few cows.

My wife's gonna have a little baby.

And any whore can have a baby.

What?

Who you talkin' about?

Your wife.

I want you to take that back right now, Mister.

No, Frank, no!

Stay outta this, Lisa!

I want you to take that back now.

No!

No, you killed him.

You killed him!

You murdered my husband!

Maybe you'd like to try that

with someone more your own size, Mister.

Or do you just fight drunks and women?

No, sometimes I kill a dog or two.

Sir, you've done enough damage for today.

You may wanna let this one go.

This boy's a lot faster than you think he is.

Well, he better be.

'Cause some day, he's gonna have to prove it.

I'm real easy to find.

I'm sorry about the accommodations, Senator,

but this is after all the frontier.

Billy, I know you won the letter

that gives me the right to go,

but don't feel like you have to come along

if you don't want to.

One of us has always needed the other to watch his back.

Why change a good thing now?

Well, that means you won't get to sign up

with Buffalo Bill, and you're gonna miss

that trip to Europe.

Aww heck, I ain't seen all of this country yet.

Well, I'll be.

That's Reva.

Who?

Reva Dickey.

That may be the best friend a riverboat captain ever had.

Let me introduce you.

Morning, Mrs. Dickey.

Brady?

Can this be my lucky day, is that Brady Hawkes?

Sure is.

What are you up to this time, Reva?

I'm in the soap and scrubbin' business.

Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

Denise, I want you to meet one of my oldest friends.

It's a pleasure, Mr. Hawkes, I've heard a lot about you.

I hope some of it was good.

This is Billy Montana.

Ma'am.

Brings you to this part of the country, Brady?

We're on our way to Fort Yates, same as you.

Doubt if it's the same as me.

Well, it's probably not the same as you.

See you later, Reva, ma'am.

You boys come back now.

If Iron Dog is in cahoots with Sitting Bull,

they could destroy the progress we've made

toward negotiating a fair and honorable land bill.

Iron Dog represents but a small band of radicals, Senator.

He can be dealt with.

And Sitting Bull?

The younger Christian chiefs feel that he represents

the old ways, old ways that don't work anymore.

We have any trouble with Sitting Bull,

I'm sure our Indian agent Mr. McLaughlin

would be most pleased to take care of it.

You seem quite certain of that.

Most of my adult life, Senator, has had to do with war.

Seldom have I known one man's hatred for another

to run as deep as James McLaughlin's for Sitting Bull.

There wasn't a finer boat on the river.

Ah, Brady, it was dark as the night.

Folks said that the end of an era was comin',

that the Della Jewel had overstayed her welcome.

We had some great games on that boat.

Yep, I'm gonna miss it.

See something you like?

No, no.

Just riding along, you know.

Mighty warm day, isn't it?

Yeah.

You'll get to see all of Mrs. Dickey's girls

you want to see when we get to Fort Yates.

Mrs. Dickey's girls?

Speaking of that Mrs. Dickey, is she really--

Blind?

Not so's you'd notice.

♪ Wish I was in Carrickfergus ♪

♪ Only for night time in Ballygrand ♪

♪ I would swim over the deepest ocean ♪

♪ Only for night time in Ballygrand ♪

Sit.

Down, down.

Down, nice.

Stay, stay, stay.

Good dog.

Fine obedience.

Senator Colton will be most demanding

when it comes to his laundry.

I've made some notes for you.

Starch is a necessity.

He likes his things stiff.

Creases are also very important.

In all of Washington, no one has more

or finer creases than the senator.

Finally the hangers.

He prefers each item hung separately.

The pants hanging from the waist, not the leg.

The senator is most unhappy when he is not well hung.

Whoa, whoa, allow me to do that, ma'am.

Oh, thank you very much.

No, it's my pleasure.

That's very kind of you.

Whew.

You!

Wait, hold it now.

Let go of me!

Ow! - You get back here.

Ow!

Just where do you think you were gonna

run off to out here, huh?

Sir, I don't believe we've met!

Oh yes we have, and you damn well know it!

Now you have something that belongs to me.

I don't know what on Earth you're talking about!

Oh?

I've never seen you before in my entire life!

Oh, all right.

But it was not my fault.

It was that man, he forced me to do it,

he said he'd kill me if I didn't do it.

All right.

I had no choice. - All right.

I've never done anything like that in my entire life.

Oh, but please don't tell Mrs. Dickey.

It would hurt her so much if she knew.

Promise me you won't tell, and if there's

ever anything I could do for you.

Anything?

Uh-huh.

There is one thing.

Really.

And just what one thing did you have in mind?

Give me back my watch, and my wallet.

Please.

Oh, all right.

Peebo.

Take a letter.

My dear Mrs. Colton, period.

Comma.

Personal letter.

Comma.

We are in the most uncomfortable of conditions, period.

But, comma, primitive as this country is, comma,

I am faring quite well, period, new paragraph.

Do you suppose we'll meet up with any Indians?

I don't know.

They couldn't be any worse than those

church ladies back in St. Jo.

Hands up!

Don't you move a muscle.

Just blanks.

It's me, Buffalo Bill.

I always did wanna play an outlaw.

You nearly scared these young ladies half to death.

My apologies, ladies, I couldn't help it.

Bill, what in blazes are you doing here?

I know you're a practical joker,

but even you wouldn't ride all day

to sneak up on a wagon train.

These boys are on their way to see Iron Dog,

and where there's Iron Dog, there's Sitting Bull,

so I decided I'd postpone my auditions

and go pay a visit to my old friend.

I believe Sitting Bull was quite an attraction

when he toured with your show.

If he signs up with me, I'll sell out every show

between Bismarck and Berlin!

Now, which of you beautiful young ladies

could provide me with some sustenance?

What happened to the music?

You know an Irish jig?

Come on over here.

Get in here, Irish, get in here.

Come on, girls, get over here.

The London press was very kind to me.

Called me the greatest showman on Earth.

Gallant soldier and Indian fighter,

last of a breed, exploring the wild West.

On the other side, where it says

"vast uncharted Northwest territory."

Yeah, it's gotten so you can't believe

half of what they print in the newspapers.

We're all the way from St. Jo.

Where are you from, Bill?

Wherever this horse and a game of cards takes me.

Oh, Mrs. Dickey says no man alive

works a room or table equal to Brady Hawkes, is that true?

You can bet on it.

You know, I was once acquainted

with the Wonderland Laundry Service, outside of Abilene?

Cleaned up many a dusty cowboy.

Well, you drop by our laundry in Fort Yates,

I'll clean you up real good.

Yeehaw.

Listen to her.

The railroad will cut through those mountains.

Save 40 miles of travel by wagon.

A straight line from Bismarck to Fort Yates.

Fort Yates will remain and prosper

as the major cattle delivery point for feeding the Indians,

not to mention connecting with Chicago

to bring in hundreds upon thousands

of farmers and merchants.

Ah, such General is the final bountiful harvest

of manifest destiny in this great century.

Well, that's all very interesting, Senator,

but I think you're forgetting one important issue.

Oh, what's that?

The 6000 Indians that own that land.

I don't think they're gonna share your enthusiasm

for manifest destiny.

Oh, but they will, General.

They will when they understand we're trying to help.

Bring civilization to them, progress

they so desperately need.

♪ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪

♪ Life is but a dream

Get in back.

Put the baby in the back.

Whoa!

Looks like she's in trouble.

Children, get down!

Hyah!

Whoa.

Whoa.

Whoa.

Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Come on, stop, stop!

Whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa.

Whoa!

Whoa.

What happened, ma'am?

I was just taking my class back to the fort,

and some men, Indians, came running down on us,

and when they saw your party of wagons, they just took off.

But by then my team was spooked and running.

Why don't you follow us back to the fort?

Thank you, I'd like that very much.

Aren't you the man with the baby?

Yes, ma'am, Billy Montana.

Yeah.

Well, I found him a fine home.

He was adopted by a young officer and his wife

and transferred back east.

Well, that's real good, ma'am.

Mary Collins, meet Brady Hawkes.

How do you do. - How do you do, Mr. Hawkes.

Brady, please.

Why don't you follow us the wagons are just over the hill.

Oh Billy, that was splendid!

Boy, the way you stopped that wagon put me in mind

of doing the same thing in my act.

You got a job.

We need some spark, though, some fire.

Fire, that's it, we'll set the wagon on fire!

Well, it's not exactly what I had in mind.

It's brilliant, son, and it's

the opportunity of a lifetime.

You'll be seeing the world with

Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill!

Nightly the crowned heads of the world,

notable personages will witness

your spectacular feats of daring do

in the greatest show that's ever been

created on Earth by man!

Whatever you say, Bill.

What do you say?

80 bucks a week, 11 shows a day!

The most incredible experience you'll ever have

in your life!

Take charge of your life, Billy!

Come with me, you'll love it!

There's been a hanging, Mrs. Dickey.

Two savages hung and dead.

Trooper, get these children

to their parents immediately.

Yes, ma'am, right away.

General Miles.

Welcome back home, sir.

Who gave the authority to do this?

Who?

Oh, those are a couple of renegade Indians, sir,

Sergeant Grinder-- - Answer my question.

Well, they were found riding US cavalry horses, sir,

so I used my authority and had them hanged.

Then you've done one hell of a job

of exceeding your authority.

You did all of this on Sergeant Grinder's say so?

Well, the point is, I wanted to send a message

to Sitting Bull and Iron Dog, and I sent it.

Why don't you tell the truth?

You're only sorry because Sitting Bull

isn't hanging up there.

Mr. McLaughlin, it may be too late now,

but I've given Mr. Hawkes here permission

to go and see Iron Dog.

Senator Henry Colton.

Mr. McLaughlin?

Senator Colton, welcome to the fort, sir.

Seems Mr. Hawkes claims he knows Iron Dog.

Thinks he can bring him back in.

Well, I agree with the general, I think it's too late.

That may be, but I'd sure like to try.

We are trying to stop a war, not to start one.

Sir, begging your pardon, sir,

the feeling around here is that it's already started.

Well, that doesn't happen to be in my theater.

Mr. Hawkes has my permission to go see Iron Dog

and he is going. - Thank you, General.

Lieutenant. - Sir.

Cut them down.

Yes, sir, Sergeant Grinder. - Sir.

Take your men, cut them down,

get the Sioux police to arrange

for the disposal of the bodies.

Yes, sir.

Men.

Iron Dog was a student of mine.

That was 20 years ago.

The first year I came out here.

He had this fierce to learn.

He wanted to learn about everything.

He would've been what, 12, 13?

Something like that.

He was so special.

Everything I taught him about our ways,

he insisted that I learn about his ways.

All right, cut 'em down.

Hey, baby finder.

What about you?

You gonna chase after Iron Dog too?

Yeah, as a matter of fact I am.

You know when Brady Hawkes and I set our minds

to do something, we usually get her done.

You do, huh?

Well, you were warned.

Yeah, I remember.

Hey!

Don't cut that, that's a good rope, untie 'em.

Easy boy.

No need to be afraid.

The way the boy told me the story at school was that

he had stolen 200 head of the finest horses in the country.

What else did he tell ya?

Just before he got back to his tribe,

he was captured by a posse of 100 men.

200 head of horses and 100-man posse?

Mm-hmm.

I don't remember any of that.

What I do remember is a mayor and a couple old pack mules

he'd taken from some miners.

He was so proud of those horses.

I convinced the old timer that the Sioux

don't hang young boys for stealing horses.

They honor them.

You convinced him?

Well, granted, it was at gunpoint, but I mean,

they soon became very sympathetic to Indian tradition.

So that's how you and Iron Dog became friends.

I saved his life, I can't say we became friends,

he was a young boy and I was a grown man.

And now you're the enemy because you're a white man.

Like so many others who promised

to bring peace and never did.

Billy.

I was thinking maybe you and me

could plan some time together.

Yeah.

Why not?

Say, why don't we sit over here and I'll buy you a drink?

All right.

Hey, cowboy.

I hear you and your friend are gonna solve all the problems

that the whole damn Army hasn't been able to take care of.

What's your point, soldier?

Well, the way I look at it, this here what's his name,

Iron Dog?

He's just one more murdering renegade.

I supposed it doesn't matter to you

whether he's innocent or not.

No ma'am, it sure don't.

We're gonna catch him, and we're gonna hang him.

One more thing, cowboy.

Or gambler, whatever the hell you call yourself.

If you're with them, we're gonna string you

right up alongside of him.

And then this pretty thing is gonna have to

keep me after school.

Ain't that right, darlin'?

Would you wanna join me over here for a minute?

Excuse us, ma'am.

Get your hands off of me!

No!

Oh, Brady!

Oh no!

Oh, Billy!

Misdeal.

Lock 'em up.

Get your hands off of me.

My goodness, boys.

You got two counts here of assaulting military personnel.

Three counts of resisting arrest,

two counts of disorderly conduct,

destruction of federal property.

Make yourselves right at home here,

boys, in your new quarters.

You gonna be in there for a long time.

The provost does not take kindly to civilians

picking on the cavalry's finest.

Rest you well.

He's talkin' like we don't have any rights at all!

We don't.

We didn't start that fight.

Yes, we did.

All right, but we didn't get to finish it.

That's because someone wanted us to start that fight.

And not finish it.

Why?

Who?

I don't know.

I'd like to get outta here so I can find out.

That's easy enough.

All we gotta do is escape.

Three!

Bad girl, bad girl.

Whoa whoa.

All right, now here's the plan.

First I'm gonna ride out, find Sitting Bull,

convince him to go to Europe with me.

I think I might just take you along too.

Oh!

And then I'm gonna come back--

Oh, but you can't. - Hmm?

No, I mean go to Sitting Bull.

Oh, Chief's an old friend of mine, sweetheart.

No, one of my friends told me the Army's just waiting

for Iron Dog to show up at Sitting Bull's camp.

Huh?

What else did this friend tell ya?

That until they're arrested and thrown in the stockade

nobody, not even Buffalo Bill, is safe outside this fort.

We'll see about that.

Hell.

I'd just love to see Paris.

Brady, I got it, I have got it!

Believe me, this one will work.

You start over here by the door, right?

You're just doing something to trick the guard.

Meanwhile, I could be hanging by a rope

between the ceiling and the rafters.

Now we string another rope from that corner to that corner.

You start a-hollerin' and raisin' a ruckus,

you get the guard to come in here,

I swing down from that rope, I get ahold of that--

Billy, Billy, Billy.

We don't have a rope.

Good point.

One little thing, you gotta admit that'd work.

Yeah, it'd work.

Oh, it would.

I'm tellin' ya, if we just had a rope,

we'd be outta here in no time.

Well, come on, boys, what you waitin' for?

You see, Brady?

I told ya, all we needed was a rope.

We got country to see and things to do!

Go, go, stop them!

Hyah, hyah!

Hyah, hyah, hyah!

They've stopped.

Sacred burial ground.

What's it mean?

It means they don't get to kill us.

But they can.

Boys, boys!

Boys, I brought the hard candy.

Salt water taffy, all the way from Ocean City, New Jersey.

The shores of the great eastern ocean,

it's the best in the world, and tobacco,

shiny, direct from Havana, Cuba.

You can chew it or smoke it.

Sure have changed, used to be a little tobacco'd go

a long way with these boys.

What are they saying?

The little one wants to kill us right now,

the big one says he has to take us to Sitting Bull,

let him decide.

I like the big one.

What are they saying now?

You don't wanna know.

Oh come on, Bill, what are they saying?

They're arguing over who gets your scalp.

You're right, I didn't wanna know.

At last it is the day of the grizzly.

Once when the grizzly was a cub,

he is nearly killed except for a white man who saves him.

Now the grizzly has found the same white man,

and saves his life.

I was that cub.

We are even, Brady Hawkes.

Iron Dog.

Yeah.

You fight for your land and you fight for your people.

And I respect that.

But you've been accused of killing

a homesteader and his wife.

I am as guilty of killing this man and his woman

as the men who are hanged for doing it.

My people do not kill white farmers.

But your people hang innocent men.

I believe you.

That's why I'm here.

When my warriors came to the house,

they found it burned, the man and his woman dead.

There was a child.

It was still alive.

And they took this child to the Boatwrights,

and Billy was there.

He says they wore war paint.

Why?

They were on their way to our camp,

to join in the ghost dance.

Why do you forsake the ways of the grandfathers,

and the things the Black Rope taught you?

It is easy to be fair and honest

while pointing a rifle at another man's heart.

It is easy to be fair and honest

and starve my people to death.

A white man will call this fair, he will call this honest.

He will hang my people and ask me for peace?

Our scouts picked up their trail this morning.

Hawkes, his friend, and Buffalo Bill

are believed heading for Sitting Bull's camp.

All right, thank you Lieutenant.

Sir.

Could your Sioux police into Sitting Bull's camp.

Hawkes may be a fugitive from us,

but his mission is peaceful to the Sioux.

Your police have every right to arrest Hawkes,

and Montana and Buffalo Bill as well.

Senator, if I send my police in there,

even those chiefs that are friendly to the land bill

are gonna take it as a war-like act.

Sitting Bull and this Iron Dog

could be the biggest obstacle we have

in getting that land bill through.

Now what are you gonna do about them?

Whatever I do, I'm gonna do on my terms,

Senator, in my way.

As to how much of an obstacle Sitting Bull can be.

The last time a land bill came up,

the government offered a fair price of 50 cents an acre.

Sitting Bull personally held the government up

by persuading his people not to accept less than $1.25--

Peebo!

An acre.

When I want your arithmetic, I'll ask for it.

I understand, Agent McLaughlin,

that you have hopes of seeing yourself

being promoted up through the ranks of our government.

Of course I do.

Ah.

I'd hate to see

an old chief and one renegade Indian

ruin such a promising career.

It all began over 140 winters ago.

Can anyone tell me the name of this man with his kite?

Yes, Small Deer.

Benjamin Franklin?

Very good.

The first study of electricity began

with Benjamin Franklin and his kite.

And now we're going to study about how electricity

is going to change your lives, and mine.

How are we going to use electricity?

And what are you going to use it for?

For our homes, for our schools, and for our villages.

No, no, you can't take them!

Iron Dog, what is it you want here?

Let go of me!

These children have a right to learn.

They will learn the ways of my people.

Living in the past is not going

to save you or your people.

Is that what you teach my children?

That it is too late for them to return to the old ways?

Iron Dog, it's too late to turn back.

Too many of your people have already begun

to live the ways of the white man.

Then let them fight alongside of the white man,

and let them die with him.

Iron Dog, we live today, the children live

with the tomorrows.

These children will not return to your school.

They must learn what tomorrows will bring them,

and how they will live with it.

If they return to this school, I will burn it down.

Go ahead, and if you burn it down I'll rebuild it.

And if you burn it down again,

I'll build it again with my own hands!

When I was a boy of five,

I came to sit in your house and learn.

I also heard you speak of the future and its promises.

What I learned is the promise that one white man

makes to another is the lie that he will tell to my people.

, Chief Sitting Bull.

This is the finest horse I've ever owned,

and he's the best trained too.

Brought him all the way from Chicago to give to you.

Ah.

Your great white show horse.

Ah.

Chief Sitting Bull, I'd like you to meet

Mr. Brady Hawkes and Mr. Billy Montana.

Sir.

Mr. Hawkes is a friend of Iron Dog's.

Welcome to our camp.

Gentlemen, you will be made comfortable.

If you will excuse us just for a moment,

I'd like a word with Sitting Bull alone.

Well, sure, Bill.

We'll go water the horses, huh?

Thank you.

It's hard to believe, Brady.

Sitting Bull.

The man who helped defeat Custer,

who went all the way to see the president,

who packed 'em in with Buffalo Bill, the last great chief.

These are the last of his followers.

He's in a war he doesn't want, and one he can never win.

Here is your fan mail.

Ah.

All of it wanting you to come back to the show.

Still a big star.

Still a very famous man.

You could use your fame to benefit your people.

Come to Europe with me.

No.

No,.

It is too late.

Our world is coming to an end.

Out there, my people are starving.

I will not go off and leave the old

and the little children to die.

I will not let the young braves fight alone.

I would like to believe that my people

would have the hope of a better new world.

I will fight to return the buffalo.

Even die for it.

Friend, the other chiefs are being told

of the great benefit that will come to their people

if the land bill is signed.

They seem to accept that.

If the other chiefs do sign, you do not,

what will happen to you and your people?

Then there will be no real Indians left but me.

Okay, you keep that horse, and when you ride him,

think of us, you and me.

We were friends.

I had a son once.

Carson Cody.

When he died, it was the saddest day of my life,

next to this.

I don't think I'll ever see my old friend again.

Yeehaw!

Well, look here, it's our Indian schoolteacher.

Ma'am.

How come you're not teaching them little savages

to read and write today?

Oh, I forgot, that's right.

Iron Dog has rung the recess bell, hasn't he?

Permanently.

Sergeant Grinder, why aren't these people

receiving the amount of cattle that was promised to them?

It's not my business.

I hear that the government's cutting back.

You ask me, ma'am, I'd say it's a real waste of good beef.

Nobody's asking you, Private.

If I had my way--

Bob, help them boys, will you, over there?

Hey, get that little spotted calf outta there!

I think there are many cattle missing from the shipment

and I intend to find out why.

Cattle wander off, they die on the trail.

They disappear.

Not this many.

Now friends, this is only the beginning,

and this banquet is just a way for me to say thank you

and to show that I appreciate your cooperation.

And very soon we'll be giving you your cattle.

Beef on the hook, gentlemen.

Prime Texas beef.

All part of the continuing responsibility

Agent McLaughlin has in feeding the Indians.

This is no good.

What, Charlie, what's no good?

You promised us cattle, more grain.

We cannot live like this!

The government sends the cattle, Charlie, you know that.

I can't control the shipments or the amount.

It's my job to take what arrives here

and make sure that it's distributed properly.

What do you want, Charlie, you expect us

to bring the buffalo back?

Charlie, if it weren't for the great white father,

your people would be starving to death.

Mr. McLaughlin, Morgan of the New York Times.

Is it true that the government's ordering

another cutback in the amount of beef

being shipped to the Indians?

Well, I don't know if that's true,

but if it were, it's because the government wants to make

the food program more efficient.

These Indians seem to be wanting more grain.

Why aren't they getting that?

You asked for grain?

Come.

Follow me, gentlemen.

The red man makes a request, the white man

keeps his promise.

Come here, come here!

Come and looky here, looky here!

Tell you what I'm gonna do.

You buy this here plow from me,

and I'll throw in this mule for half price.

I'm talking about the genuine purebred hard-working

sure-footed Malora mule.

See his teeth, he ain't a day over three years old,

he's good for workin', ridin', or eatin'.

Speaking of sewing.

What love lady of the house would begin to use

the needle and thread without the protection

of this tiny, resourceful, all-purpose thimble!

Let's show America who keeps their promises.

There's no finer, more progressive Indian agent

in this country than James McLaughlin.

Thank you, Senator.

Here, here, please, please.

Ease on in here beside us and we'll have our picture taken.

Face this way, that's it.

And don't move.

Easy, huh?

Join me.

Take the rifle.

Let their code and the agent McLaughlin try to stop us.

You and I will lead our young men against the soldiers.

Our ghost shirts will protect us, and we will kill them all.

I do not believe that anyone who dies

can come back to life.

Then I will lead our warriors without you.

Sitting right there, in the back of the bathhouse.

Look, I know you've been here

a lot of times Billy, but I'd appreciate it

if just one time, you'd pay attention to business, okay?

Promise.

Brady, you can count on me, you know that.

Billy!

Mr. Hawkes! - Shh.

What are you doing here?

You'd best get outta here, the Army's

looking everywhere for you.

I know.

We're real popular all of a sudden.

We're looking for general Miles.

We thought maybe you could help us find him.

General Miles?

Yeah.

Could you go and find him and bring him here to us?

It's real urgent, we need to speak to him

as soon as possible.

Well, I think that can be arranged.

General Miles.

Hey, I think we've come at a bad moment.

Maybe we have. - Yeah.

Hawkes, this had better be good.

I think it is, sir.

We've just left Iron Dog.

You've seen Iron Dog?

Yes, sir.

I got men tracking him from one end of the Black Hills

to the other, they ain't seen so much as a teepee,

and you've seen him?

And he says he did not kill the McDonald family.

Frankly I believe him.

Well, if you believe him, why didn't you

bring him here with you so he can clear himself?

He's not gonna come in here.

You've already hung two innocent men.

He's not fool enough to be the third.

If I bring him in, it's an Indian's word

against the entire military.

Everyone already thinks he's guilty.

Hawkes, I'm gonna tell you something.

Until somebody proves otherwise, Iron Dog is guilty.

I've got no reason to disbelieve

the military investigation into this matter.

I do have some reason to doubt your intentions, however.

You come into my fort, you bust up a saloon,

you call my Army men liars.

I'd put you in jail right now except that

you and Buffalo Bill put a big hole in the wall.

Reva, what in blazes, that's cold water!

And you put out my cigar!

Now Nelson, why don't you hush up

and listen to what Mr. Hawkes has to say?

General, I need more time.

I'll prove to you that Iron Dog is innocent.

But this goes way beyond Iron Dog and his men.

I've been to Sitting Bull's camp,

I've seen how we're starving his people.

We've taken away their food, we've taken away their pride,

and we're on the verge of taking away

the one thing they got left, their land.

You back 'em into a corner, sir, and they are gonna fight.

All right, Hawkes.

All right, I'll call off the dogs.

But you bring me proof, not hearsay,

and I'll overturn every rock in hell

to find out who is guilty.

Now unless you intend to come in here with me,

will you please get the hell outta here?

Yes, sir, thank you sir.

Reva, get this fine man a fresh cigar.

Billy.

Billy?

He's not in here.

I'm really leaving this time, General.

Billy?

Hi.

You seen Billy?

Just looking for Billy.

Oh, hi Brady.

Oh Brady, I have to tell ya.

This, you gotta try this.

This is a sure cure for saddle sores.

I know what I said, Brady, but you tell me,

how could anybody look into the eyes

of such a beautiful girl and refuse her invitation?

Billy, you are hopeless.

General Miles is giving us another chance.

He's not gonna take Iron Dog's word for this,

he wants proof.

The only way we can do that is to find out

about this McDonald killing.

Yeah, but we know a lot about Iron Dog,

but we, oh darn, but we don't know anything

about the McDonalds.

I know one thing for sure.

Somebody wanted 'em dead.

Well, we could talk to ooh, Mary Collins.

I mean she knew 'em.

It's as good a place as any to start.

They only lived around here for about a year.

Tom McDonald was quite a goldsmith.

He made this bracelet for me.

I'd heard he was thinking about opening a store at the fort

once the land bill passed.

They ever have trouble with the Indians in the fort?

Not that I know of.

They were very religious people.

But like most people new to this part of the country,

they spent the first year of their life

just learning how to survive.

You know, after what iron Dog did at the school,

I'm not all that sure that he is innocent.

Well, we'll ride over there and take a look.

See what we can find.

Now you ride west over the ridge about five

to not more than six miles.

That's the McDonald house.

Won't be able to miss it, it sits out

all by itself on a point.

Well, thank you very much for your help, ma'am.

Judging by these tracks, eight, maybe 10 braves.

People never stood a chance.

Hey Brady.

Looky here.

She was a pretty girl.

Yeah, young too.

It's a shame, Billy.

You know, these people come west

hoping for a new opportunity.

They become victims of a conflict they have no say in.

Brady, could I...

Yeah, it's Sioux all right.

Why would they want to raid this farm?

It's not on Indian land, these people couldn't be

a threat to the Sioux.

Maybe Iron Dog has changed.

I don't think so.

All the tracks I see here have shoes on them.

Sure, they Army come by and picked up

the McDonalds' bodies.

Okay.

But if the Indians were here, where are the unshod tracks?

I don't see any.

What are you getting at?

That if Iron Dog didn't do this,

someone went to a lot of trouble

to make it look like he did.

What is that?

Well, well, well, look at this.

You know, it could be the McDonalds were killed

because they found out someone was stealing

government cattle.

More likely because they found out who was stealing them.

Just hold it right there, boys.

Well, Grinder.

Just ease 'em on out and throw 'em over there in the dirt.

Now you're getting smart.

Of course, you are a couple of smart fellas,

I'm surprised you let us sneak up on you.

Matter of fact, I'm downright disappointed in you, Hawkes.

Yeah, we did that real good.

You mighta thought we was real Indians.

Right boys?

Come on, let's go.

Someone is stealing cattle from the Indians.

Stealing cattle?

I know how many cattle are rationed out to the Indians

and today they didn't get all of their beef.

You are aware of the unfortunate government cutbacks.

Yes, I heard your speech.

Mrs. Collins, I am here as a friend to the Sioux.

If you have proof of any corruption

in the food allotment program,

I promise you I'll take it all the way to Washington.

I believe Sergeant Grinder's behind all of this.

You have evidence?

Not now, but I will, and when I do, you'll have something

to take back to Washington with you.

I'm very grateful for your offer of help.

Not at all.

Why Sergeant Grinder?

I've been out here long enough to know

why and how the white man steals from the Indians.

Grinder hates the Indians.

He's found a way to line his own pocket

and get back at them all at the same time.

He could even be wanting to start an Indian war as well.

Simply adding fuel to what's already happened

at the McDonalds'.

I'm afraid so.

I told her you were occupied.

On the contrary, Peebo.

I'm pleased she came to see me.

You are?

Oh yes.

That gunfighter in Bismarck.

Wade Friendly.

Wade Friendly.

Get me Wade Friendly.

Well, boys, I sure hope these buzzards keep away from you

until the sun finishes you off.

Grinder, you must sleep well at night.

Killing innocent families, stealing food

from starving people.

Yep, you done the Army real proud, boys.

They can identify us.

I say we shoot 'em.

Shoot 'em?

You don't think that'll point the finger

in the wrong direction, Bob, two men lyin' out here shot?

The whole idea is to make it look like Indians.

If you want it to look like the Indians did it,

let's scalp 'em, I sure as hell don't trust

just leaving 'em here to die.

Bob.

Just follow orders, get on your horse.

Yeah, Bob, just get on your horse.

Follow orders.

This, boys, is a symbol of Sioux justice.

You were told not to mess in military affairs,

it's too bad you didn't listen.

I don't know what the Army's paying them fellas, Brady,

but it sure seems like a misuse of government funds.

You know, Brady, it's not the dying that bothers me.

It's the suffering.

It takes so long.

Maybe I can solve it then.

What?

Brady.

Sorry, Billy.

Brady, no!

Sioux justice, huh?

Here.

What's that?

I believe it's called a stampede.

Who's side are we on here?

Kill me first, before you take possessions of my lands!

Hi.

Hi, yourself.

And if he tried to kill you and Billy once,

he'll try again.

As soon as I kill this boy, I'm gonna kill you.

He's stealing our cattle.

No, son, he's feeding his people.

♪ You've got to know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to walk away ♪

♪ And know when to run ♪

♪ You never count your money ♪

♪ When you're sittin' at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for countin' ♪

♪ When the dealin's done ♪

♪ You've got to know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ You've got to know when to hold 'em ♪ ♪ When to hold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em ♪ ♪ When to fold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to walk away ♪

♪ And know when to run ♪

♪ You never count your money ♪

♪ When you're sittin' at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for countin' ♪

♪ When the dealin's done ♪

♪ You've got to know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to walk away ♪

♪ And know when to run ♪

♪ You never count your money ♪

♪ When you're sittin' at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for countin' ♪

♪ When the dealin's done ♪

Iron Dog and his renegades burned down the house

and killed Tom McDonald and his wife.

Now he's gonna get what he

wanted all along and that's war.

Gentlemen, I might be able to help you

with this Indian problem.

Iron Dog might be a friend of yours, Hawkes,

but this is a military matter.

All I'm really asking for is a letter of authorization

that will allow me to ride through Sioux Country on my own.

Who you talking about?

Your wife.

I want you to take that back right now, mister.

No.

Maybe you'd like to try that with someone

more your own size, mister?

You may want to let this one go.

This boy's a lot faster than you think he is.

Well, he better be.

'Cause some day he's gonna have to prove it.

Iron Dog represents but a small band of radicals, Senator.

And Sitting Bull?

I'm sure our Indian agent, Mr. McLaughlin,

would be most pleased to take care of it.

General Miles, welcome back home.

Who gave you authority to do this?

Who?

I wanted to send a message to Sitting Bull

and Iron Dog and I sent it.

Mr. Hawkes has my permission

to go see Iron Dog and he is going.

I'm telling you, if we just had a rope

we'd be out of here in no time.

Well, come on, boys. - You see, Brady?

I told you, all we needed was a rope.

Sitting Bull and this Iron Dog

could be the biggest obstacle

we have in getting that land bill through.

Now what are you going to do about them?

Whatever I do, I'm going to do on my terms,

Senator, and my way.

Hey, cattle wander off and down the trail.

They disappear.

Not this many.

Until somebody proves otherwise, Iron Dog is guilty.

I'll prove to you that Iron Dog is innocent.

I've been to Sitting Bull's camp

and I've seen how we're starving his people.

We're on the verge of taking away

the one thing they've got left, their land.

You back them into a corner sir, they're going to fight.

Join me.

Take the rifle.

I do not believe that anyone who dies

can come back to life.

That gunfighter in Bismark--

Wade Friendly.

Get me Wade Friendly.

If Iron Dog didn't do this, someone went

to a lot of trouble to make it look like he did.

Just hold it right there.

This, boys, is a symbol of Sioux justice.

You were told not to mess in military affairs.

It's too bad you didn't listen.

You know, Brady, it's not the dying that bothers me.

It's the suffering.

Maybe I can solve that then.

What?

Brady, no.

I'm sorry, Billy.

Sioux justice, huh?

Here.

What's that?

I believe it's called a stampede.

Brady, I've said it before

and I hoped I'd never have to say it again.

That was close.

How'd you know that was what I was going to say?

It is the belief of the great white father in Washington

that this land bill will become the most historical

and trustworthy treaty ever signed

between your people and mine.

And by signing this land bill,

you'll be receiving not only money

and our guarantee that you're going to keep your land,

but you'll receive the continuing benefits

of the most enlightened Indian policy

of any agency in the United States, mine.

Now, I know you want to know why the great white father

and myself have said that it's against the law

to kill wild game on the reservation.

Well, the reason for that is that very soon

you're going to be receiving many, many cattle

and then there won't be any need

to depend on wild game for food.

Why isn't Sitting Bull here?

Why isn't he? - Well, he was invited.

He refused the invitation.

For over 22 years we've offered to include him

in all of our talks with the Sioux.

And he has turned us down every time.

Now I'd like to get started

with a discussion about the price

that we're going to pay you for each acre of land.

McLaughlin, what's going on here?

Miles, what's the meaning of this?

I don't know, we'll have to ask Hawkes and Montana.

Look out for that.

Hawkes, what the hell is going on here?

We're having a meeting.

It's your evidence, sir.

75 head.

The stolen cattle from the Indian food allotment

and we know who stole 'em.

And who might that be?

Sargent Grinder. - Now just a minute.

Not only did he steal these cattle,

he staked us out and left us out there to die.

I happen to know that Sergeant Grinder

is a professional soldier.

If he left someone out to die, they'd be dead.

Maybe so normally, but this time he wanted it

to look like the Indians did it.

Just like he did when he killed the McDonalds.

I'm getting sick and tired of all these wild accusations.

So you hold it right there, mister.

There's no trooper in the entire Seventh Cavalry

that has a more outstanding record than Sergeant Grinder.

And no one is going to question the integrity

and the honor of any of my men

unless they have very strong evidence.

So you give me some real hard facts right now

or you get the hell out of here!

Hard facts, general?

What do you call these things standing right here?

General Miles, if I'm not mistaken,

I thought Sergeant Grinder already reported

finding the stolen cattle. - That's right, Hawkes.

The man you're accusing reported his findings yesterday.

He's out with patrol right now trying to bring them back.

I'm sure they'd appreciate your help.

I just bet he would.

You know, General Miles, aside from being a liar, a killer,

and a thief, your Sergeant Grinder

is a lot smarter than I gave him credit to be.

Let me tell you, Hawkes, it's like

these press people here would say,

your finding these cattle is yesterday's news.

Grinder tried to murder you

and make it look like the Indians did it?

Why?

Well we caught him with the stolen cattle.

But as you saw for yourself,

the army would rather believe that he was out finding them

for the Indians than stealing them for himself.

Senator Colton promised he would investigate.

We can take this all the way to Washington.

Well Senator Colton is much more interested

in the nine million acres of land

he can get from the Indians than a few stolen cows.

And what about Grinder?

Sergeant Grinder is another story.

He's interested in what's good for Sergeant Grinder.

There's got to be a way we can stop him.

Well he covers himself pretty well.

So until I can find some hard evidence,

he's pretty much free to do what he wants to do.

But I know Grinder.

And if he tried to kill you and Billy once, he'll try again.

The truth is, I'm counting on that.

My mother used to work for Miss Dickey.

I was raised there.

But then when she died, Miss Dickey took care of me.

She's a good woman.

What about you, Billy?

You always been out west?

Mostly.

Traveling?

Mostly town to town.

Stopping wherever I could find a good game.

Something that, you know, catches my interest.

You ever think about settling down?

You are very fast.

I'm sorry about that.

I reckon this Grinder business

has got me a might too touchy.

Are you all right?

Uh-huh.

Know what I heard?

What did you hear?

There's a nice little swimming hole

just down the road a ways.

Oh, well I don't really have my bathing costume with me.

Oh, neither do I.

So after New York City, where did you go?

Oh, New Orleans. - Oh, dear.

We worked the river boats on the Mississippi for a while.

Had us a bath house in Memphis, too.

Until the sheriff and the mayor decided

it was time for us to move on.

Funny thing,

they were our best customers, too.

And then Saint Louis, Independence, Saint Joe.

Then Miss Dickey got a great idea,

opening the laundry at an army base.

Supply and demand Miss Dickey always says.

Yeah.

They demand it, so we supply it.

Yeah.

Hi.

Hi yourself.

Where'd you get this?

Well, a man gave it to me.

What man, who? - An admirer.

Deborah, who?

Sergeant Grinder.

Grinder gave you this?

It was a gift.

I knew I'd seen it before, Brady.

It's the very same Mrs. McDonald is wearing in the picture.

I've seen this on Jane before.

Her husband made it.

Now, I say we pay Sergeant Grinder a visit.

I'd sure like to know how he got that.

It wouldn't help.

You know, unless he's wearing it,

he'll just deny it like he did stealing the cattle.

Well it's Deborah's word and that tin type against his.

Well, we may need more than that.

See actually Sergeant Grinder didn't--

Give it to you as a gift.

He was in the laundry taking it off.

It was just lying there inside his pocket.

So I, look, please don't tell Miss Dickey.

Actually it doesn't matter how you got it.

The fact is you've got it.

And it will give me something to talk to Grinder about.

You think that was hot?

You ought to be staked out in the canyon sometime.

That was a pretty good story you told General Miles.

It's too bad he didn't believe you.

He didn't believe me because I underestimated you.

But I'll never do that again.

You know, you may well get away with the McDonald killings.

And you may get away with stealing cattle from the Indians.

But you will not get away with what you tried to do to me.

You recognize this?

Take a good look.

Because this little piece of gold

is going to be the death of you, soldier.

And if the jury doesn't convict you with this,

I plan on shoving it down your throat.

I thought you had enough of my stockade.

You see this uniform?

I'm protected by military justice.

You can't touch me.

The hell I can't.

You know, a sergeant, no matter how clever he is,

could not have done all of this alone.

There's somebody bigger than you in this

and you're going to tell me who it is.

Brady?

Brady, it's Iron Dog.

I am not through with you.

Come on, they're up at the stock fence.

What's all the noise?

The Indians are stealing our cattle.

That's good.

Listen, Hawkes knows more than we thought.

I don't know about you, but if this thing goes bad,

I'm not taking it alone.

Calvin, just calm down.

I'll take care of it.

Call the boys, let's go!

Get away from there.

Over here.

That's one Indian you don't want to shoot, boy.

But they're stealing our cattle.

No, son, he's feeding his people.

The other way!

Bonaparte.

Speak Bonaparte.

Speak.

Bonaparte.

This isn't helping my career.

Bonaparte!

Bona--

Great.

Jesus, what else can go wrong?

Any of you gentlemen seen a large, white dog?

That's it.

Come on, Snookie.

Come on.

Sit.

Senator.

We have to talk.

Not here.

We're making every effort to rescue Mr. Kirby.

Mac, I'm sorry I'm late.

That's all right, General.

Will you gentlemen take your seats, please?

It's our intention to arrest Iron Dog,

to bring him here to Fort Yates,

and charge him with the crime of stealing cattle

from the United States government.

I think we all know that Iron Dog is simply

returning to his people what is already theirs.

As Senator Colton is well aware,

more cattle are still due the Sioux.

And as Mrs. Collins knows,

if the great white father in Washington

learns that you are not receiving

all the cattle that you are due,

he will correct this injustice.

It's important to remember that these cattle

that were stolen last night were brought here

for you to feed your families, and your children.

And Iron Dog stole them to feed the Ghost Dance Warriors.

Now I assure you that he will be

treated fairly and with justice.

The same as if a white man had stolen cattle

from you Indian people or from another white man.

If I steal what belongs to me, how can I be stealing?

Even at this very moment, my trusted associate,

Mr. Kirby, is a captive of these renegades.

We do not know whether he is dead or alive.

How can you call this Iron Dog anything else

but a thief and a killer?

Men, halt!

That's Hawkes. - This time we kill him.

Either they need to slow down or we need to hurry up.

Let's go.

Whose side are we on here?

I got a feeling we could get killed

on either side of this fight.

You all right?

You will stay here tonight.

You will see what no white man has ever seen.

Tonight you will see the ghost dance.

We are honored.

And we are working very hard to prove

you're innocent of these killings.

Why is it so hard to prove my innocence?

In my world, my word alone is enough.

But you've stolen cattle and soldiers were killed.

You are guilty of that.

All right, what about this man?

What are you going to do with him?

He will stay here.

That's just going to make things worse.

What pride can you have in killing this man.

He's no warrior.

Let him go back to Fort Yates with us.

And what will I tell the families of the men

that were hanged at Fort Yates?

That I am trading this man's life so that a white man

will say I have done no wrong?

No.

You tell them you're saving their lives.

If every Indian kills three white men, still more will come.

They'll fill these hills with soldiers.

They'll kill everyone.

Is that what you want?

So this is what we must choose between?

Living like the white man

or having the soldiers come for us?

A new Earth will let my people choose

to live without the white man.

The ghost dance will show us the way.

It is our last hope, Brady Hawkes.

Our last chance to be free.

Please, you have to help me.

Partner, there's nothing I can do.

Look, I can talk to the senator.

He can help you.

Senator Colton is a very powerful man.

Not out here.

I'm only a messenger,

as my grandfather's were, and the black robes are.

And the message that's been given to me

is to speak to my people of a new Earth,

where the buffalo will return

and all the tribes will come together as one,

and the dead of our grandfathers shall live again,

and when those who live today shall never die.

Then the Earth will be rid of the white man.

Yeah, who is it?

Oh, Senator, come in.

I do apologize for coming down

here so late and unannounced.

No, my friend was just going.

I told her to come back later.

Those are my two cousins.

First cousins.

I was raised with them.

They're in the Seventh Cavalry.

They died with Custer.

I can understand how you must take

a personal interest what happens to the Sioux.

Sitting Bull's people who killed your blood kin.

What can I do for you, Senator?

I'm sure you didn't come here to talk to me about my family.

I want to tell you how much I admire and appreciate

the efforts of you and your men to help find

and free Mr. Kirby.

Well, we lost four fine men today.

We will get Mr. Kirby back.

I can assure you.

And we'll bring in Iron Dog dead

or alive while we're doing it.

These accusations by Brady Hawkes

that you were involved in stealing government cattle?

Yeah, well I heard he even said that I tried to kill him.

Yes, he did.

He did say that.

General Miles knows better than to take the word

of a damn gambler over mine.

Well, not so long ago Mrs. Collins happened

to also suspect you of stealing cattle.

Well she's a liar, too.

I promised her a full and complete investigation.

A government investigation.

Good.

Senator, nobody wants to clear this up anymore than I do?

You want me to testify?

I'll testify.

Well, there's no telling where

such an investigation will lead.

I didn't steal any cattle.

Is that what you were telling Hawkes

in the saloon last night?

You better ask him that.

Sergeant, you may be in a lot of trouble.

I'd like to help you.

I think I can.

I won't let you take the fall for this alone.

Very well.

Senator.

Close the door.

Chief Sitting Bull, you've got to come back

to the hearings with me.

The press will be there.

General Miles and Mr. McLaughlin

may not want to listen, but they will.

You forget, I was once a part of the white man's circus.

I know these newspapermen.

They only write about Indians to sell their papers

and to scare white people with their big headlines,

they only try to make one paper richer than the other.

The agent McLaughlin wishes Chief Sitting Bull dead.

Whatever words he speaks will be turned against him.

I don't agree with that at all.

Chief Sitting Bull is the most

well known Indian in this country.

Now Brady is right.

What he says, the press will take town.

Every town in this country will read

what he has to say and know his cause.

You must let them know you're a man of peace not war,

and that there are people among the Sioux

who wish only to keep their land

and will not sell their heritage at any price.

It has already been sold.

And our own people have sold it.

I say that if you go and speak,

the agent McLaughlin and General Miles will listen,

and then they will find a way to kill you.

You have asked to speak with me.

I have listened.

I hear your words.

Tell General Miles that this is

the only white man's life that I will spare.

My friend, I cannot say if you try to come back here again

if you will leave alive.

I saw you leave, Denise.

Well, I don't know if he's coming back, but he left these.

Mrs. Dickey.

Ladies.

Oh, my god, there's trouble. - You know that man?

A couple years back in Miss Dickey's place

in Saint Louis that man killed one of our guests.

Gun fight? - No.

Shot him through the wall for snoring too loud.

His name's Wade Friendly.

He's a hired gun.

Sheriff run me out of town for it.

That man is trouble wherever he goes.

I want you to read a letter

I have received from the president.

Chief Sitting Bull, this is not from the president.

It has his mark.

The eagle.

This is the eagle of a newspaper, not the president.

Read the letter.

Dear Chief Sitting Bull, in the white man's world,

the pen is mightier than the sword.

And the power of the press is one thing politicians

and generals fear most.

This man is a reporter for the New York Times.

I will be attending the hearings at Fort Yates

and wish to arrange an interview with you at that time.

Ah.

I thought the president was ready to hear my words.

Chief Sitting Bull, your words should be heard.

You must speak at the hearing.

And if you do, your words will be heard by the president.

And my own people, will they hear me, too?

I have had a vision.

A meadowlark appeared.

"You will die by the hands of your own people," he told me.

Do you trust this man, Brady Hawkes?

Yes, I trust him.

Read the letter again.

The part about the white man's pen

is mightier than his sword.

Today should simply be a formality.

Then you can be off to Bismarck.

By the time you bring our

distinguished guests back from Washington,

the only formality will be the signing.

Well, I'd agree with everything you say,

Senator, with one exception.

Which is?

The one chief who hasn't been heard.

Sitting Bull. - He's just been too quiet.

Sitting Bull has been beaten and he knows it.

A good politician never admits

that he's beaten, does he, Senator?

I'd be more concerned about Iron Dog, if I were you.

Senator.

Peabo.

He's back.

Peabo, thank god you're safe.

Mr. Hawkes, Mr. Montana saved my life.

My thanks and appreciation are certainly in order.

Iron Dog spared his life.

We didn't save it.

It's his way of saying there's still a chance for peace.

Of course there is once the land bill is signed.

Senator Colton is right.

We can have peace talks with with Iron Dog,

but not until after the land bill is signed.

General, you do what you have to.

This is your show.

But I think you're making a bad mistake

to underestimate Sitting Bull or Iron Dog.

Well the senator is sure-- - How could you do this?

How could you be so stupid?

Do you know what you've done?

Do you?

You get yourself captured.

You put these hearings at risk.

You very nearly start a war.

There's been fighting and killing because of you.

Brave young soldiers from this fort

out to save your life lost their own.

I ought to ship you back to Washington.

Take this.

Be careful with them.

Yes, sir.

Shall we, General?

We're very grateful that you're back safely, Mr. Kirby.

Thank you, sir.

I propose a toast to my early retirement

from the best damn soldiering outfit

in the United States Army.

Ah, ah, ah.

And to the best sergeant in that outfit.

Oh yeah.

I'm going to miss you boys.

Ah.

While I'm trying to console myself as I stroll

about my thousands of acres of cattle domain.

Oh, boy.

The smooth hands and the soft and tender touch

of the lovely Miss Deborah are calling to me.

Mm-hm.

Mike!

Give these boys a drink on me.

Oh and one for my friend over here in the corner.

Thank you, Calvin.

Good man.

He is.

I'm going to miss him.

Mr. Hawkes and Mr. Montana risked

their lives to save Mr. Kirby.

And they'll keep us at peace and not at war.

We owe these two our gratitude and our admiration.

Here, here.

Now this will be our final meeting

until we join as friends and sign the land bill.

So if there's anything that anyone wants to say,

well this might be an appropriate time to speak up.

I will speak.

Sitting Bull, you were asked to come here

and you refused, therefore you are not on the agenda.

He changed his mind.

It's too late to do that.

I thought this hearing was open to any chief of the Sioux?

This commission appointed these men, chiefs,

and they will speak for the tribes.

We will hear from Sitting Bull.

All right.

According to the rules of parliamentary procedure

you have two minutes to speak.

What treaty has the white man kept

that the red man has broken?

Not one.

What treaty has the white man

ever made with us that he has kept?

Not one.

When I was a boy, the Sioux roamed over all this land.

The sun rose and set on Sioux country.

Our fathers sent 10,000 horsemen into battle.

Where are the warriors today?

Who killed them?

Where are our lands?

Who owns them?

What white man can say I stole his land

or a penny of his gold?

But you say I am a thief?

What laws have I broken?

Is it wrong for me because I love my own people?

Is it wicked because my skin is red?

Because I am a Sioux?

Because I was born where my fathers lived?

Because I would die for my people and for my country?

I appreciate your thoughts.

You and I, Bear Coat, we have fought one another.

Do you remember what I told you?

No Indian who ever lived loved the white man.

And no white man who ever lived loved the Indian.

That's enough now.

The Earth is our mother.

Do we cut her breasts with a plow

and allow her to bleed to death?

Your time is up.

McLaughlin, you let him finish.

I wish all to know,

I do not propose to sell any part of my land.

Nor will I have whites cutting timber on the rivers.

This is my land and I intend to stay here.

We did not give our lands to you.

You stole them.

You have come here to speak lies.

And when you go home, take them with you.

You have no authority to say these things.

He has every right.

He has more right to speak for his people than any man

here who calls himself a Sioux.

Hear me, my brothers.

Shall we submit?

Or do we say kill me first before you

take possessions up my lands?

Wait a minute, where are you going?

Sit down.

We have heard Chief Sitting Bull.

We wish to talk among ourselves.

What do you mean talk among yourselves?

What are you talking about?

We will talk about what Chief Sitting Bull has said here.

Hawkes.

You claim you want to help these people.

So do we.

And you come here and disrupt everything we're trying to do?

Well, what have I disrupted?

For years you said you wanted Sitting Bull

to come in and talk to you.

But when he comes in, you don't want

to hear what he's got to say.

You want to tell me what to say.

Just like these chiefs, these puppets, that you've bought

and paid to believe everything you tell them.

I've been to Sitting Bull's camp.

And I've seen his people dying, starving to death.

If you had any conscience, which I doubt,

you'd go there too instead of holding these hearings.

Something to make your stealing look legal.

Frankly I'm embarrassed of what we've done to these people.

What do you stand to gain from all of this, Hawkes?

Land?

Money?

Or is it political power you're after?

No, Senator Colton, I've seen what that can do to a man.

Miss Deborah, when I get rich,

I'm going to buy me a private railroad car

and I'm going to put a tub in that car

big enough for both of us.

Oh, I can't wait for that.

You like to have your back rubbed?

Oh, that feels good.

That's what I like to do for you.

This lady's with me, mister.

She was.

Miss Dickey.

Miss Dickey, it's him!

It's Wade Friendly!

Wade Friendly?

Who are you?

What do you want, mister?

I heard you were a coward.

Hey, you're way out of line, mister.

I heard how you got that war wound, Grinder.

You played dead.

You let yourself be scalped.

That's right.

While the rest of your men were fighting for their lives.

That's a damn lie.

No, it isn't.

You're nothing but a low down yellow bellied coward.

Yeah, that's right.

Use it.

Turn around, mister.

Real slow.

What happened, Reba?

You'd better come on inside, Brady.

Reba, wait here.

The only lead we had.

It's a beautiful morning. - Yes, sir, it is.

I think I'll take Bonaparte for a walk

by the pond before I eat breakfast.

Very good idea, sir.

I'll have your meal waiting when you return.

Where is Bonaparte?

He was in your room last night, sir.

I know where he was.

Where is he now?

He is not still in your room?

They've stolen my dog.

Someone has stolen my dog.

Peabo, I want you to get him back.

Yes, sir.

Tell everyone I will pay a $500 reward

for Bonaparte's safe return.

Right away, sir.

Peabo?

Yes, sir.

Let me know who collects the reward money.

Yes, sir.

Why aren't the lamps lit? - I don't know.

This looks like his desk.

I'll start here.

Close that window. - Yeah.

There are some personal letters,

some commendations from the military.

Ah, there's nothing here.

Huh.

Kickapoo Indian Salve.

For barber itch and scalded heads.

Must be he wanted his scar to grow some hair, huh?

Brady.

What, did you find something?

You bet I have.

Here.

Billy, you look like you've seen a ghost.

I'll be.

I don't know about you, but I feel a little strange.

I mean I didn't mind going through

someone's personal belongings

when I thought they weren't here.

Well he is dead. - But he is here.

Yeah.

Maybe we ought to check him, huh?

That's a good idea.

I'll hold the lamp.

Yep, nothing here. - Billy, you didn't check.

Check for a wallet.

Why are you being so gentle?

Roll him over.

Well, you don't have to bruise him.

No wallet.

No wallet?

I was going to give it back.

But he was dead.

He didn't need it anymore.

Makes sense to me.

All the money's there.

Look at that.

That's a lot more than a sergeant's pay.

Where do you suppose Grinder gets this kind of money?

From right here.

For services rendered paid to the account

of Calvin S. Grinder.

Signed Harvey Higgs, President Empire Cattle Company.

Bismarck, North Dakota.

No.

You don't think he's the same?

It's got to be.

I mean, how many Harvey Higgs can there be

in this part of the country in the cattle business?

You mean you know this man?

Well, if it's who we think it is,

we not only know him, we know his wife.

Do you remember her?

Oh, do I.

He was married to this very wealthy but very large woman

who had absolutely no appreciation

for finer points of gambling.

Especially after we won her favorite horse and buggy

and $15,000 of her money from him.

And she gave you the money?

Oh, she gave it to us, all right.

And then proceeded to give him the beating of his life.

For services rendered?

What do you say we make a trip to Bismarck,

check into this Empire Cattle Company,

see what Sergeant Grinder was up to?

All right.

I'm concerned that we're never going

to be able to tie Grinder to the Empire Cattle Company

if we don't see something in writing.

We need to look at those records.

Why don't we just go over there

and tell Higgs we want to see them?

Nobody is going to let us just waltz in there

and look at their records.

Especially because Higgs will remember you and me.

Yeah.

Just give me five minutes alone with Higgs.

I'll get him so distracted you could carry out

his desk and he wouldn't notice.

Well, I knew by the way those Indians jumped

on their horses that they spotted me.

The only chance that I had for my life

was to make a run for it.

So immediately I wheeled around

and I set off for the railroad.

My horse comprehended what was going on

and he struck off as if he had been struck by lightning.

That Buffalo Bill.

He's got to be the greatest showman on Earth.

All right, boys.

No smiling.

Look fierce.

Hold still.

And he may have just given us the answer to our problems.

Presenting if you will, Dalrimple,

Sweetwater. - And Associates.

Hello. - Photographing artists.

We capture the present.

So that in the future you may be able to appreciate--

The past.

Excuse me, sir, would you like the chance to--

There you are.

Mr. Higgs.

Mr. Higgs.

The man of honor.

I'm going to put you in the seat right here in the center.

Just what is going on here?

The Chicago office has asked you for a picture.

They really want you on the wall.

A wonderful complement.

But I've had no instructions from the Chicago office.

Higgs, Mr. Higgs, please.

Don't say I told you this, but I will tell you,

the last person whose picture I took

became president of the company.

Oh, well, if the home office insists.

I have a subject.

Yes, a beautiful young lady.

Beautiful.

And you young lady.

Turn your shoulder this way, that's wonderful.

Head still.

Hands in between.

Be sure to take a very good looking photo.

Come over here.

I want to make sure we get you in the picture.

What do you do with the company, sir?

I don't work here.

Would you mind leaving our picture, please?

It's going to look wonderful.

May I help you? - No.

Thank you.

Now look forward into the camera.

Thank you very much.

Hawkes!

Brady Hawkes.

I didn't know you were a photographer.

Hi, Billy.

By golly, you're in more businesses than I am.

Mr. Higgs!

Mr. Higgs!

You'd better see what's happened to office.

You said Sitting Bull would make a wrong move.

He did.

He opened his mouth and you let him.

I'm doing my best to get the chiefs back to the hearings.

I submit your best is not good enough.

The only way you're going to get those chiefs

back here is with a show of strength.

Power.

Our power.

Arrest Sitting Bull.

My Indian police won't even go near Sitting Bull's camp.

They're superstitious and their terrified

of the ghost dance.

Your career is on the line, McLaughlin.

I could make you or break you.

Do I make myself understood?

You do.

Come in!

What do you want? - Telegram, sir.

It's from Harvey Higgs about Brady Hawkes.

I can hardly wait to see that picture of Higgs

and his staff that we took for the office wall.

Well, now, hold on a minute, Brady.

You didn't actually expect me to take a picture.

I never put a plate in that camera.

Oh, he's really going to be hot then.

Not only did we take his papers,

the least we could have done is give him a picture.

Billy, what do you make of this?

It says 1,200 Chinamen are coming to lay a railroad

right through the heart of Sioux territory.

This doesn't make much sense to me.

I thought Harvey Higgs was involved in cattle.

This has something to do with a land company.

Look at the other side.

Stock owners.

General Nelson Miles.

Sergeant Grinder.

You don't think these two are involved

in this thing together?

I don't know.

Every time we bring evidence against Sergeant Grinder,

General Miles he's always dismissed it pretty quickly.

I can't believe General Miles would be

involved in anything illegal.

Well, I don't want to believe it.

But we're not going to know till we ask him some questions.

Gentlemen, article 10 of the Treaty of 1868

specifically requires us to provide

the Sioux with a full shipment of cattle.

But Washington keeps cutting back on that shipment.

Now that's in direct violation of the treaty.

Gentlemen, I have a very thirsty idea.

Let's continue this in the bar.

I'll join you in just a couple of minutes.

What do you two want?

Well general we were a bit confused

and we thought maybe you might be able to help us out.

We've been trying to take your advice

to prove that Sergeant Grinder stole those cattle

and tried to kill us.

I think it's rotten luck the way he got himself killed.

Oh, it was rotten luck, all right.

Pretty bad timing, too.

I mean, the man stood a chance to become very wealthy.

Of course you're not going to miss your chance,

are you General?

What are you talking about?

Ever hear of the Dakota Land Company?

Of course I have.

I'm one of the stockholders.

Why?

So was Sergeant Grinder.

So were a lot of people.

But if this Indian land bill passes,

you stand to make a lot of money, don't you?

Hawkes, don't try that on me.

That company was formed last year

when North Dakota became a state.

It's purpose is to help Dakota grow by building roads

and dams and towns and cities.

And railroads. - And railroads, naturally.

Ask Senator Colton.

He'll verify what I say.

Senator Colton?

What's his involvement in this?

He's what you might call a friend in court.

He knew I was looking around for an investment

to help with my retirement.

He recommended the Dakota Land Company,

which is not in the business

of stealing cattle and neither am I.

Now, you will excuse me.

Think he's telling the truth?

I don't know.

Senator.

You understand what has to be done?

You want me to go back to Bismarck?

Right away.

By the way,

how's your dog?

Ladies and gentlemen and small children!

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

The most glorious, thrilling,

and realistic war spectacle ever seen.

Go boys, go boys!

Go!

Spread out!

That could be you out there, Billy.

With all of Paris watching on.

Get into it!

I want four horses straight in a line.

Let's go!

Shooting guns that don't kill.

Fighting battles you can't lose.

Not bad work.

I want to hear you yell boys, hear you cry!

Pow, pow.

Pow. - Take control!

Somebody help that man out.

Not the Indians chasing the army!

Get going.

You're supposed to be an army unit.

Get together.

You, you in the red.

You.

You're firing blanks!

Brady, what do you suppose would happen

if he just let the Indians win one?

Nobody would ever believe it was true.

What do you want, Higgs?

Not here.

Not this way.

You'll have another chance.

And soon.

I don't know.

Why do I keep doing this?

It's your money.

And now there is talk that Sitting Bull

is bringing together the Arapaho

and the Cheyenne for one last final ghost dance.

If this happens, it's going to start a war.

And there will be much bloodshed and many will be killed.

And you, Sioux Police, must be

the peacemakers among your people.

Now I'm going to ask for volunteers.

I choose not to do this.

I have many cousins.

My niece, she is with Sitting Bull.

We're arresting Sitting Bull so that your cousins

and your niece will have a chance to live in peace.

Many will die.

Making this arrest?

No, no, no, no.

No one's going to die.

You see world as you want.

I see world as it is.

I'm simply asking you to go into Sitting Bull's

camp to arrest Sitting Bull peaceably

and then to bring him here.

I will not do this.

All right.

Who's going to volunteer?

This is an important thing for you to do

because I'm going to give extra money

to those who volunteer.

And there will be promotions for all of you.

All right then.

I'm going to make it an order.

Do you hear me?

This is an order.

You will arrest Sitting Bull.

No, wait.

Pick those up.

No.

You pick them up.

It belongs to you.

I do not.

But just how do you go about accusing

a United States senator?

You don't.

Not without proof.

You know the one man that can tell us what Colton

is really up to is the man that got him

in the land business in the first place.

Yeah.

Harvey Higgs.

Seems to me that if this land bill passes,

anyone connected with the Dakota Land Company

is going to make a pretty profit.

Sure, that's why they want to build

that railroad through there.

But how can they build a railroad

on land they don't even know?

They must be pretty certain that bill is going to pass.

There's only two ways this Bill can pass.

One is if the Sioux nation signs that treaty.

And you know that Sitting Bull and Iron Dog

are not going to agree to that.

Then there is going to be a ware.

Miss Collins?

Yes? - I need your help.

What is it?

Sitting Bull trusts you.

You must warn him.

Agent McLaughlin is sending Sioux Police to arrest him.

They do that, there surely will be a war.

That's exactly what Colton wants.

We've got to get to Sitting Bull

before McLaughlin's police do.

Billy, I wish I could help.

I'm sorry.

Brady, be careful.

I understand how difficult this decision was for you.

It wasn't my decision, Senator.

Came from the army. - All the better for you.

This will do well for you, McLaughlin.

Could be that promotion all the way to Washington.

Well, if you'll pardon me,

I've got some business to attend to.

Senator.

Senator.

Senator, could I speak with you for a moment, please?

Yes, of course. - Hey, boy.

Good boy, good boy.

I'm afraid sir I have some bad news.

What are you doing with that dog?

Ah, Senator, this is Blue Boy.

Blue Boy is a direct descendant

of one of General Custer's favorite hounds.

That's all very interesting, Peabo.

Yes, sir.

I thought you would like Blue Boy as a pet.

Kirby, what's happening to you?

Senator, I have found out about Bonaparte.

Bonaparte?

Where is he?

He's dead.

Dead?

He was killed by some of

your railroad construction workers.

Foreigners.

Why?

Why?

Did he do something?

Did he bite someone?

They ate him.

They ate my dog?

You see, sir, he's a delicacy where they're from.

I'm sure he was well received, sir.

The wagon you ordered is being loaded right now.

Good.

The driver has been instructed to meet Hawkman

and your police at Grand River.

And how much whiskey are we sending along to them?

A full wagon load.

Well they should be pretty well fortified by the time

they reach Sitting Bull's camp.

Yes, sir.

Just full of courage.

Good, well done, Lieutenant.

When I am a young man, I offer myself to the sun pole.

There the ,

the grandfathers, speak to me in a vision.

In my vision I see a great victory over the white soldiers.

The same vision also brings with it a warning.

I speak to my people about the vision and about the warning.

The tell me,

kill the white soldiers,

but do not take their guns or their horses.

If you set your hearts on the goods of the white men,

a curse will come over all of your people.

After the great victory over Custer and his men,

my people took the guns, took the horses,

they also took clothing from the soldiers.

Now that I have brought this vision to my people,

I must also bare the curse.

Maybe this vision can be wrong.

But I do not think so.

I must sleep.

Brady, we just can't let him stay here.

We've got to make him understand that he's in danger.

I think he understands.

He can't leave.

This is his home.

Stay back!

Quiet, please.

Let me speak.

Quiet, quiet!

You two do not belong here.

We have come to take Sitting Bull to the agent.

The agent has promised to build a house

for him near the agency.

And whenever the people need food, he may get it for them.

I say you're a liar.

I say you are a drunken white Indian.

This is not the way of the Sioux.

This is the way of the white man.

Next you will arrest the old women and the children.

Hold him!

Push them back.

Push them back.

Order.

We must have order.

Order, please.

Now, hold on.

You have no cause to treat him like that.

You betray your own people.

He is our chief.

Do what you will with me here.

I will not go with you.

I will stay here with my people.

Arrest him.

Get him.

No!

The spirit of our chief now returns

to the land of our grandfathers.

Now we see the truth in his vision.

You're late, Peabo.

I am aware of that, Senator.

I wanted to be there 20 minutes ago.

I'm aware of that also, Senator.

However we have received a report that

the Sioux Police attempted to arrest Sitting Bull.

He resisted arrest and was shot,

dead.

Good.

As your Indian agent, I'm proud to tell you

that these gentlemen bring you greetings

from the great white father in Washington.

We also want to express our deep sorrow

at the death of your great leader, Chief Sitting Bull.

Hurry, they're about ready to sign.

Now, Chief Strong Deer, perhaps you'd like

to have the honor of signing first.

Before you sign that, you may want to know the truth

about why Chief Sitting Bull was killed.

You're out of order, Hawkes.

You may also want to know that man, Senator Colton,

stands to make millions of dollars

off the sale of your land.

Even before you have agreed to sell it.

What?

That's a lie.

I suppose it's also a lie that you're involved

with the Dakota Land Company.

I don't know what you're talking about.

How long have you been in business with Harvey Higgs?

I never heard of this Higgs.

I think they might be interested to find out

who employed Sergeant Grinder to steal their cattle.

And you, McLaughlin, you sit there

like you're so much about all this.

When, in fact, aren't you the one that's responsible

for sending the whiskey to the Sioux Police

when they went to arrest and kill Chief Sitting Bull?

Hawkes, I'm warning you.

Indirectly you may be responsible--

Yeah, yeah come on!

At ease, soldier.

Brady!

That's enough!

There will be no more gun play inside my fort.

Lieutenant, take those weapons and empty them.

Somebody take care of that wounded man.

Mr. Hawkes, could you please explain

to us what's happening here?

Gentlemen, this is not a circus.

Will you please sit down?

Senator, these two men have made some very

strong accusations against you.

They have indeed.

If you'll bear with me for a second, General.

I think I can explain this for you.

All right, Hawkes.

But this had better be good.

See, sir, the reason this man needs

an Indian war is because the one,

single obstacle between him

and his precious land bill is Chief Sitting Bull.

He had to have him killed.

Are you saying that a United States senator

would authorize a murder to get a land bill signed?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

See the government would deed them their property.

And it was his plan all along to starve them,

then buy their land at a cheap price

and sell it at an inflated price and make a huge profit.

It was blood money.

Don't you see that?

These people were made to suffer

so that this man could get rich.

That's what all this is about.

I will not listen to anymore of these lies.

Let's find out who is really lying, Senator.

Why not ask your partner, Harvey Higgs?

Higgs?

You know him?

What do you know about this, Higgs?

Nothing.

I don't even know why I was brought here.

But I do know that these two men invaded my office

and stole some of my files.

Yes sir, we did.

But if you ask me, one or both of these men

planned the murder of the McDonalds.

So you won't have to hang an innocent man.

Hang?

I didn't kill anybody.

Senator Colton.

It was his idea.

He's lying.

I hired Grinder on his say so.

I don't know what he's talking about.

He promised me the government cattle contract

for the Indian food program if I went along.

Well what's wrong with that?

Somebody has to supply beef to feed these people.

I thought you said didn't know this man.

I'm a public servant.

I meet a lot of people.

I can't remember everyone.

What about this Dakota Land Company?

He said we could make a fortune buying up the Indian land

and selling it to the railroad.

But I never had anything to do with any killings.

You have no proof of this.

You haven't a shred of physical evidence.

Not one single piece of documentation.

I do.

Peabo?

Senator Colton is the founder and major stockholder

of the Dakota Land Company.

All the evidence you'll need is right here.

Idiot.

Senator, when I was in that Indian camp,

what I saw, it's not right.

I can explain.

I mean, can't you see it was for their own good?

Sitting Bull didn't understand.

He wouldn't listen.

He was not a reasonable man.

I wanted to help these people,

to bring civilization to them.

I can explain.

Senator, you can talk all you want,

at your trial.

Lieutenant, I'm going to need

a detail to escort these two men.

These hearings are now recessed until

we can get to the bottom of this.

I am a United States senator!

Hawkes, I owe you a profound apology.

And I'm offering it now.

Thank you, General.

Just glad we could do this before it was too late.

Does this mean that Iron Dog can go back to his people?

I sincerely hope so.

After what I've heard today,

I will make it my very strong recommendation.

Thank you. - Hey, come on, you two.

Let's celebrate.

Ooh.

General, how long have you known Senator Colton?

Many, many years.

Hawkes.

What you've done is not going to stop the land bill.

It's going to go through and these people

are going to do just as they're told.

And you know something?

There isn't a damn thing you could do about it!

McLaughlin, you consider yourself very lucky

because I've always found it hard

to hit a man smaller than me.

You went to all that trouble, Hawkes,

and all you've accomplished is to get Sitting Bull killed.

Brady.

I said hard, not impossible.

Mr. Hawkes!

Mr. Hawkes.

Thank you, son.

Just how did you and old Harvey Higgs

become such good friends, huh?

Oh, there's nothing like a nice hot bath

and a good lathering to get a man to talking about himself.

Yeah.

Well, you know, I think I'm in the mood

for a good conversation.

I've been looking for you.

Well, it's like I said.

I ain't hard to find.

Good to see you too, Hawkes.

As soon as I kill this boy, I'm going to kill you.

Well, I'm not too worried about that

because I'm not sure you can kill this boy.

Billy, your gun's not loaded.

The soldiers emptied his gun.

Then load it.

You drew first.

Everybody saw it.

I had a dream about you last night, Montana.

You outdrew me.

'Course it was just a dream.

No, Friendly, don't!

Never did like that man.

He was always bad for business.

Phew.

I thought you said she was blind?

I said not so as you'd notice.

Hold up there, whoa, whoa.

Friends, it's time to bid adieu to Fort Yates.

My destination is the ancient

and beautiful city of Paris in distant France.

And so, my soon to be young and lovely Indian princesses,

you'll be needing a ride.

Hop aboard, ladies.

The old world waits upon the new.

Mr. Montana, the jobs still open if you want it.

And Brady, you'd make a fine old white haired Indian.

Come on, go with me.

No, thank you, Bill.

I think we've had enough excitement together.

How about it, Billy?

You coming with me?

Maybe I'll catch up with you later, all right?

You see, Brady and I have some business in San Francisco.

Ain't that right, Brady?

Oh, lots of business.

Yeah.

Well then Mr. Billy Montana this isn't goodbye.

Hawkes, one of these days I'll see you on the Delta Jewel.

Save me a table, Reba.

Au revoir, and goodbye.

Woo-ha!

Well there goes Debra, Billy.

You might want to check for your wallet.

Oh, come on Brady.

She wouldn't have done that to me.

My watch.

She took my watch.

Looky here.

You could have made an honest woman out of her.

Maybe I will.

I hope they play poker in Paris.

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