" Is this the Iast one?" " I don't know." "There's no ether, either." "Jesus Christ." "You, there!" "Is this the Iast one?" "God, what a mess." "Well, at least there's no gangrene." "There will be if it doesn't come off soon." "Well, I can't saw if I can't keep my eyes open." "I'm sorry." "Let's coffee up." "He can wait a few more minutes." "(distant shouting)" "(soldier outside) Come over here, now!" "Oh!" "(exhales)" "(soldier) Come here, move it!" "(grunts)" "(groans)" "(whimpers)" "Oh, God!" "(screams in pain)" "Glass." " That Tucker's man?" " Yes, sir, I think it is." "How long has it been like this?" "We just found them this morning, sir." "They've been here for two days." "That you, Lieutenant?" "(gunshots)" "Sons of bitches." "Hey, come on." " You better take cover." " (gunshot)" "I ain't kidding', these boys are shooters." "Come on, go under cover." " There we go." " (soldiers chatter)" "You went to hospital?" "It was no good." "What's goin' on here?" "(chuckles) What's goin' on here?" "Seems to be the question all right." "See, you could ask the Major." "But he don't know." "He's busy." "Busy tryin' to figure out how the officers' mess ran out of peach ice cream." "Then of course you got the general." "He come up to see the show." "AII he knows is there ain't no show." "The Major, he's looking at the general." "He's thinking "I better do something."" "You know what that means?" "I sure don't wanna be the first one across this field." "They're supposed to be beat up just like us." "Tucker's men are tough as cobs." "So far the only thing been killed out here is three milking' cows." "Course, that's about to change." "(shoots)" "You son of a bitch." "You know, some of the boys are sayin' if we ain't gonna fight,... ..we could just settle this whole business with a little high-stakes poker." "(chuckles) Wouldn't that be a sight?" "Bunch of fellas sittin' in the middle of this field,... ..drawing cards, huh?" "What is it, sir?" "Looks like a suicide." "Tucker!" "(gunshot)" "What's he doing?" "(gunshot)" "Shoot him!" " What'd you say to him?" " I didn't say nothin'." "(shouting, cheering)" "(cheering continues)" "Come on back, you son of a bitch!" "Come on back!" "Come on back!" " You won't make it no second time!" " AII right by me." " Come on back!" " Get over here!" "Forgive me, Father." "(shouting, cheering)" " Ray!" " I got him." "(shouting, battle cries)" "(bugle)" "Don't..." "Don't..." "Don't take off my foot." "You rest easy, son, you'II keep your foot." "As God is my judge, you'II keep it." " Bring up my ambulance." " Sir?" "Bring up my ambulance and bring my surgeon with it!" "We got an officer who's worth something lying here." "The strangeness of this life cannot be measured." "In trying to produce my death, I was elevated to the status of living hero." "I was also awarded Cisco, the trusty mount that carried me across the field." "And on full recovery, was given transfer to any station I desired." "The bloody slaughter continues in the east as I arrive at Fort Hayes,... ..an island of men and materiel... ..surrounded by a never-ending sea of prairie." "(men chatter)" "Lieutenant." "Lieutenant John J Dunbar." "Lieutenant John J Dunbar?" "Yes, sir." ""Yes, sir."" "Indian-fighter, huh?" "Excuse me?" "It says you're to be posted on the frontier." "The frontier is Indian country." "I deduced that you're an Indian-fighter." "I did not ascend to this position by being stupid." "No, sir." ""No, sir."" "It says here that you've been decorated." "Yes, sir." "And they sent you here to be posted?" "Actually, sir, I'm here at my own request." "Really?" "Why?" "I've always wanted to see the frontier." "You want to see the frontier?" "Yes, sir." "Before it's gone." "Such a smart lad coming straight to me." "Sir... ..Knight." "I am sending you on a knight's errand." "You will report to Captain Cargill at the furthermost outpost of the realm." "Fort Sedgewick." "My personal seal... ..will assure your safety through many miles of wild and hostile country." " I was wondering..." " Yes?" "How will I be getting there?" "You think I don't know?" " No, sir." " You think I don't know." " No, sir, it's just that I don't..." " hold your tongue." "I happen to be in a generous mood." "See that peasant out there?" "He calls himself Timmons." "He's going to your Fort Sedgewick this very afternoon." "You can ride with him." "He knows the way." "Thank you, that is all." "Sir Knight?" "I just pissed in my pants,... ..and nobody can do anything about it." "(tapping on window)" "To your journey!" "(tapping)" "To my journey!" "Haw!" "Gee-up a little bit, Jim." "Gee-up a little bit, Jim." "The King is dead." "Long live the King." "(gunshot)" "Haw a little bit, Jim and Jake!" "Haw a little bit, Jim!" "Haw a little bit!" "Gee a little bit, Jim!" "Gee a little bit, Jim!" "Gee a little bit!" "Gee over a little bit!" "What you got there?" "(chuckles)" "Some..." "Somebody back east is sayin' "Why don't he write?" (chuckles)" "You stupid bastard." "(chuckles, mumbles indistinctly)" "Easy now." "Easy now." "What the hell was that?" "What is that?" "(Timmons scrabbles about)" "What the hell is that?" "(chuckles)" "(coughs)" "(clears throat, spits)" "(breaks wind)" "(chuckles)" "Why don't you put that in your book?" "(laughs loudly)" "Were it not for my companion, I believe I would be having the time of my life." "I know he means well, but he is quite possibly the foulest man I have ever met." "(snoring)" "Get up, Timmons." "Timmons." "Get up." "Get up." "Come on, get up." " Get up!" " Ow!" "Somethin' poked me in my butt." "Was that you?" "Goddamn it!" "Damn it!" "Gonna have a welt." "How come we haven't seen any buffalo?" "You can't figure the stinkin' buffalo." "You can't." "Sometime you won't see any for days." "Other times they'II be thick, Iike curls on a whore!" "(chuckles)" " Ho!" " What about Indians?" "Indians?" "Goddamn Indians!" "You just as soon not see 'em less'en the bastards are dead!" "Nothin' but thieves and beggars." "Ho, up there!" "Not what you would call much of a goin' concern, now, is it?" "(Timmons chuckles)" "Go down there." " Why?" "There ain't nothin' down there." " Because I said." "Go down there." "Ha!" "Haw!" "Hey, there, son of a bitch!" "There ain't nothin' here, Lieutenant." "Hey!" "There ain't nothin' here, Lieutenant." "Lieutenant!" "Everybody's run off or got killed." "AII right." "Let's unload the wagon." "What?" "!" "What, and leave it all here?" "I'm staying, too." "(spits) There ain't nothin' here, Lieutenant." "No, not at the moment." "We don't know what's happened." "So, so, I..." "Things being' as they are, we might as well just turn around and get headed back." "This is my post." " "This is my post"?" " This is my post." ""My post"?" "Jesus H Christ, boy." "What, are you crazy, boy?" "Lieutenant?" "That son of a bitch." " Jesus H Christ!" " This is my post." " AII right, put it down." " These are the post's provisions." " Now get your ass off the wagon..." " Put it down." "..and help me unload." "We're just havin' a conversation, put it down!" "I'II let 'em know where you are." "Good." "Good luck, Lieutenant." "Thank you." "Jake and Jim!" "Good mule!" "Good, Jim!" "Come on!" "Hard up there, now!" "Haw!" "Haw!" "Haw, Jim!" "Haw, Jake!" "Good boy." "Come on, now!" "Get on up, there!" "Haw, now!" "Good mule!" "Good mule, good girl." "(faint) Haw on up, now." "(Timmons' voice recedes)" "Have arrived to find Fort Sedgewick deserted." "Am now waiting for garrison's return or word from headquarters." "The post is in exceedingly poor condition... ..and I have decided to assign myself clean-up duty beginning tomorrow." "Supplies are abundant and the country is everything I dreamed it would be." "There can be no place like this on earth." "(birdsong)" "(snores softly)" "(footsteps)" "(shuffling)" "(shuffling)" "(whinnies softly)" "(sighs)" "Bad horse." "Bad horse." "Come on, Cisco, one more time." "Come on." "Gid-up, Cisco." "Gid-up." "Gid-up." "There you are." "(in Pawnee) Only a white man would make a fire for everyone to see." "Maybe there's more than one." "There might be three or four." "I know three or four who will not make the trip back home." "We have nothing to show for this trail." "We have no rifles." "White men are sure to have rifles." "It's hard to say how many might be down there." "We should forget this and go home." "Then go." "I would rather die... ..than argue about a single line of smoke in my own country." "He will not quit until we are all dead." "(hums)" "(inhales and exhales)" "(screams)" "(whimpers)" "(screams fearfully)" "(screams)" "(gasps)" "(groans)" "(groans)" "(groans)" "(screams)" "(gasps)" "(groans)" "(groaning) Oh, look at me." "(pants) Don't... hurt my mules." "Stop." "Stop it." "Please don't hurt my mules." "(Timmons screams)" "(whooping)" "Men had been living in these caves." "But why?" "Were they frightened?" "Had there been some sort of revolt?" "I can make no sense of the clues left me here." "Perhaps my relief will provide the answers." "It's been almost thirty days." "Still no sign of Captain Cargill's command." "Communication can only take place if I leave." "And I don't want to abandon my post." "Though well supplied, I have decided... ..to ration my goods as if I were part of a post rather than the whole affair." "There is a wolf who seems intent on the goings-on here." "He does not seem inclined to be a nuisance,... ..and aside from Cisco, has been my only company." "He has appeared each afternoon for the past two days." "He has milky white socks on both feet." "If he comes calling tomorrow, I will name him Two Socks." "(hums)" "How can I marry" "A pretty little girl When I got no cloak to put on?" "Oh, soldier, oh, soldier Won't you marry me" "Before the fight comes home?" "How can I marry a pretty little girl" "When I got no shoes to put on?" "How can I marry a pretty little girl" "When I got no hat to put on" "Oh, soldier, oh, soldier, won't you marry me" "Before the fight comes home?" "How can I marry an ugly little girl" "When I got a pretty wife back home?" "(neighing)" "(cajoles in Lakota)" "You there!" "Hey!" "(shovelling)" "Have made first contact with a wild Indian." "One came to the fort and tried to steal my horse." "When I appeared he became frightened and ran off." "Do not know how many are in the vicinity but where there is one,... ..there is sure to be another." "Have decided to bury excess ordnance lest it fall into enemy hands." "My afternoon rides have been pared down to short patrols, keeping the fort in sight." "I am still alone, however,... ..and unless troops arrive soon all may be lost." "It's been two days now and nothing." "My presence here must have been reported by now." "Have made all preparations I can think of." "Cannot mount a good defence alone... ..but will try to make a big impression when they come." "Waiting." "Postscript." "The man I encountered was a magnificent-looking fellow." "(snores)" "(interjections of assent in Lakota)" "(in Lakota) I do not care for this talk about a white man." "Whatever he is, he is not Sioux and that makes him less." "When I hear that more whites are coming, I want to laugh." "I took a hundred horses from these people." "There was no honour in it." "They don't ride well." "They don't shoot well." "They're dirty." "These soldiers could not even make it through one winter here." "And they are said to flourish?" "I think they will all be dead soon." "(murmur of assent)" "I think this fool is probably lost." "(laughter)" "Wind In His Hair's words are strong and I have heard them." "It's true the whites are a poor race and hard to understand." "But make no mistake." "They are coming." "Even our enemies agree on this." "So when I see one man alone without fear in our country, I do not think he is lost." "I think he may have medicine." "I see someone who might speak for all the white people who are coming." "I think this is a person with which treaties might be struck." "(murmur of assent)" "Kicking Bird is always looking ahead and that is good." "But this man cannot cover our lodges or feed our children." "He is nothing to us." "I will take some men." "We will shoot some arrows into this white man." "If he truly has medicine, he won't be hurt." "If he has no medicine, he will be dead." "(murmur of assent)" "No man can tell another what to do." "But killing a white man is a delicate matter." "If you kill one, more are sure to come." "(murmur of assent)" "It's easy to become confused by these questions." "It's hard to know what to do." "We should talk about this some more." "That's all I have to say." "(neighing)" "Yes, sir, I have." "No, I'II ask, sir." "(voices outside)" "(clanging)" "(loud thud)" "(whooping, neighing)" "(in Lakota) We'II be heroes!" "(cheering and laughing)" "They'II write songs about us." "They'II write songs about us!" "(Cisco neighs)" "(neighing)" "(in Lakota) What happened?" "What happened?" "I don't know, my arm doesn't work." "(winces)" "You shouldn't have fallen off." "Now we'll get into trouble." "It was your idea." "My idea was only to take the horse, not fall down." "What happened?" "What happened?" "Otter hurt himself." "What are you looking at?" "I'm the one who's hurt." "I will be when my father finds out." "His bow will be across my back." "(groans)" "Oh, God." "(neighs softly)" "(neighs)" "(whooping)" "(screams)" "(in Lakota) I am Wind In His Hair." "I am Wind In His Hair." "Do you see that I am not afraid of you?" "Do you see?" "(screams)" "(neighs)" "(neighs)" "(screams)" "I realise now I have been wrong." "All this time I've been waiting." "Waiting for what?" "For someone to find me?" "For Indians to take my horse?" "To see a buffalo?" "Since I have arrived at this post I have been walking on eggs." "I am sick of it." "Tomorrow morning I will ride out to the Indians." "I do not know the outcome or wisdom of this thinking,... ..but I have become a target, and a target makes a poor impression." "I am through waiting." "What are you lookin' at?" "(distant singing)" "(woman sings in Lakota)" "(clears throat)" "Son of a bitch." "Wait." "Wait." "Wait, wait, wait, wait." " (whimpers)" " You need help, you're hurt." " You need help." " (screams) No!" "Let me..." "You need help." "You need help." "You're hurt." " Let me help you." " (mutters in Lakota)" "Let me help you." "You're..." "You're hurt." "You're hurt." "Don't!" "(shouts in Lakota)" "(chatter and laughter)" "(laughter)" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "Wasicu!" "She's hurt." "She's hurt." "(in Lakota) You are not welcome here!" "You are not welcome here!" "No, she's hurt." "Go away from here." "You are not welcome." "Go away from us." "(whooping)" "Stop." "The soldier did not come here to fight." "He is going away and we will let him." "(chatter in Lakota)" "I am in agreement... ..with Kicking Bird." "We will go down and talk to the white man... ..and find out... ..and find out why he is here." "If this council decides to talk to the white man, then it will be so." "But in my mind it's not right a chief as great as Ten Bears... ..goes to ask the business of a puny, trespassing white man... ..who has only a smart horse and a few white man's clothes." "I will not go." " (murmurs of agreement)" " I will not go." "You will go." "And you will go." "That is all I have to say." "Welcome." "Welcome." "Hi!" "Come." "Please, sit down." "Sit down." "Wait." "Just a..." "Just a minute." "(snorts)" "His mind is gone." "(snorts)" "Tanka." "Tanka." "Tanka?" "Tatanka?" "Tanka." "Ta..." "Tatanka." "Tatanka." " Tatanka." " Tatanka." "Buffalo." "Buffalo." " Tatanka." " Buffalo." "Buff..." "Buff..." "Buff..." " Buff..." " Buffalo." "Tatanka." "The fierce one, as I call him, is a tough fellow." "I hope I never have to fight him." "From the little I know, he seems to be honest and very direct." "I like the quiet one immensely." "He's been patient and inquisitive." "He seems eager to communicate." "He must be a man of some weight among his people." "Buffalo." "(scraping)" "I made an even greater impression on their next visit." "I produced a coffee grinder, something none of them had seen before." "Is the coffee not good?" "It's too strong, maybe." "Too strong, maybe." "Put in... ..the... in..." "Um..." "Ta..." "Taste it." "(laughs)" "Sugar." "You want some?" "You want some?" "That's a Iot." "It's good to finally have company." "So much goes unsaid, though,... ..and I have the feeling these people, the quiet one in particular,... ..want something from me." "Made presents of coffee and most of the sugar." "It didn't figure to last anyway." "I think I'm right in saying a foundation for good relations is being laid." "(in Lakota) Stands With A Fist." "We will talk awhile." "(drops knife)" "(in Lakota) Your wounds are healing well." "Yes, they are." "You are happy here, with my family?" "I am glad to be here." "I am missing my husband." "Perhaps you will marry again when the time is right." "Perhaps." "We have word from many places that the whites are coming." "They are coming into everyone's country." "I think they will soon be in ours." "This white man who lives at the old soldier fort..." "I have visited him and I believe his heart is a good one." "I am afraid of the white man at the fort." "I am afraid he will tell others that I am here." "I am afraid they will try to take me away." "I have heard they take people away." "Every warrior in camp would fight them if they tried." "I cannot make the white man language." "He cannot speak Sioux." "It has been a Iong time since I made the talk." "I want you to try." " I don't know how." " Yes, you do." " I can't." " You can." "I can't." "It's dead in me." "I don't ask this for myself." "I ask this for all my people." "He knows things about the whites which we do not." "Now, you must remember." " You must remember!" " I can't." "Will she make the white words?" "She won't try." "She is being difficult." "She's the one who's crying." "Perhaps the difficulty is yours." "Mine?" "Christine!" "Christine!" "Christine!" "Get 'em, Bill." "Get them chickens." "Billy, get away from those puppies now." "Go to Daddy." "(neighing)" "Damn." "Get the kids, get 'em in the house." "Go on, now." "Christine!" "Christine, where are you?" "Children, get in the house right now." "Who is it, Willie?" "They look like Pawnee." "My father and your father are talking to them." " What do they want?" " I don't know." " Go on, you heard him." " Get outta here!" " (screams) - (whoops)" "(neighing)" "Run, Christine!" "I said run!" "(woman) John!" "John!" "(neighing)" "(woman) Christine!" "(Indians whoop)" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "(sniffs) Hmmm." "Mmmm." "Come on, Two Socks." "Bacon." "Two Socks, like Cisco,... ..has become a trusted friend." "He still won't eat from my hand,... ..but his eyes and ears always alert me when something is wrong." "Tatanka." "No." "I haven't seen any buffalo." "Sorry." "Are..." "Are you hungry?" "Are you hungry?" "I have food, I have a Iot of food." "Nothing I've been told is correct." "They're not beggars and thieves." "Nor the bogeymen they are made out to be." "On the contrary, they are polite guests and have a familiar humour I enjoy." "Real communication is slow, however,... ..and the quiet one is as frustrated as I am." "Most of our progress has been built on the basis of failure rather than success." "I've thought to enquire about the woman, whether she lived or not,... ..but it seems far too complicated a subject, given our limitations." "One thing is clear, however." "There are no buffalo." "It weighs heavy on their minds." "Yesterday's meeting was the best yet." "It seems I've been invited to the village." "I'm looking forward to going." "(Kicking Bird in Lakota) We were waiting for you." "(quietly) We were waiting for you." "Now tell him we are glad that he is here." "Um..." "H..." "Hello." "You... ..here." "Good." "Thank you." "I feel good." "Wopilaeniciya." "Washte." "Ask him why he is at the soldier fort." "Um..." "T..." "The sss... ..soldier fort." " You come there..." " Wait." "What is your names?" " Our names?" " What is his name?" "Uncajepi ki slolya cin." "He's right." "Introductions should come first." "He... (sighs) He K..." "Kick." "Kick." " Kick?" " Kick... more." "More Kick?" " More Kicking?" " Kicking..." "Kicking..." "Bird?" "Bird." "Kicking Bird." "Kicking Bird." " Zintka Nagwaka." " Zintka Nagwaka." "What is he...?" "Uh..." "Is he Chief?" "No." "H-H-H..." "A h-h-h..." "Yan Ka!" "A... ho-ho-holy man." "Holy... man." "Your name?" " I..." "I don't..." " How are you called?" "Mei saja." "Ha." "Ha." "G-Get up." "Stand up?" "S-Stands." "Stands." "Your name Stands?" "S-Stands... ..With..." "With?" " With." " Stands with?" " Fist?" " Yes." "Stands With A Fist?" "Stands With A Fist." "I am John Dunbar." "John..." "John Dunbar." " Dunbar." " Dunbar." "John Dunbar." "John Dunbar." "Dun...bear." "No, not Dunbear." "Dunbar." " Dun...bar." " Dun..." "Dunbar." "Not Dunbear." "Dunbar." "There has been an exciting breakthrough with the Indians." "A woman among them speaks English and today clear progress was made." "For some reason, I'm reluctant to answer all their questions." "Maybe it's my sense of duty but something tells me not to say too much." "It was good to see Fort Sedgewick again." "I look forward to another visit with my neighbours, but this is still my home." "I remain watchful for my relief and only hope my negotiations here will bear fruit." "(rumbling, rattling)" "(neighing)" "(neighing)" "(neighing)" "(stampeding)" "(drumbeat, singing)" "Buffalo!" " (chanting, singing stops)" " Buffalo!" "I've seen buffaIoes!" "(shouting, whooping)" "(man shouts order, Indians fall silent)" "(thud)" "Buffaloes." "Buffaloes." "Buffaloes." "Tatanka." "Tatanka?" "Yeah." "Tatanka!" "Tatanka!" "Tatanka!" "(shouting, whooping)" "Riders were sent out to pick up the trail." "In the time it took to gather my things at Sedgewick, the tribe was well on its way." "The efficiency of the people and the speed at which they move... ..was enough to impress any military commander." "Spirits are high and overnight I have gone from a person of suspicion... ..to one of genuine standing." "I am greeted with open smiles and looks of appreciation." "In short, I have become a celebrity." "Loo ten tant." " Loo ten tant." " Loo ten tant." "Scouts picked up the trail exactly where I said it would be." "It was not hard to find." "A gigantic swath of torn-up ground extending to the horizon." "The sheer numbers it took to create this impossible image... ..was hard to imagine." "Loo ten tant." "Loo ten tant." "(bells jingling)" "(jingling stops)" "(screeching)" "(screeches)" "(screeching)" "Who would do such a thing?" "The field was proof enough... ..that it was a people without value and without soul,... ..with no regard for Sioux rites." "The wagon tracks leading away left little doubt... ..and my heart sank as I knew it could only be white hunters." "Voices that had been joyous all morning were now as silent as the dead buffalo... ..left to rot in this valley,... ..killed only for their tongues and the price of their hides." "(drumbeats, singing)" "As they celebrated into the night the coming hunt,... ..it was hard to know where to be." "I don't know if they understood, but I could not sleep among them." "There had been no looks and there was no blame." "There was only the confusion of a people not able to predict the future." "(neighing)" "(whooping)" "(whooping)" "(whooping)" "(whooping)" "(whooping)" "Oh!" "(neighs)" "(gunshot)" "Are you all right?" "Are you all right?" "(whooping)" "(cheering)" "(whooping)" "(loud chatter)" "(laughter)" "(yaps)" "I can't." "No, I'm..." "I'm full." "I'm full and I can't tell the story any more." "No." "Do you want to try it?" "Do you want to try it?" "Here." "I can't." " This is too much." " Here." "It's a good trade." "This is..." "This is a good trade." "No, no, I can't, I'm full, I'm tired." " No." " (speaks Lakota)" " No." " (speaks Lakota)" " Wa zhi?" " Wa zhi." " Wa zhi?" " Wa zhi." "(children shout)" "No, no, no." "Ah!" "Big tatanka." "Big tatanka." "Big tatanka!" "(laughter)" "I went..." "Psshhh!" "(in Lakota) He left it on the prairie." "He didn't want it." " Well, you can see he wants it now." " (laughter)" "We all know that it's a soldier hat." "(laughter)" "That's my hat." "(Dunbar) Hey." "(laughter)" " Hey." " (laughter)" "You're wearing my hat." "It's my hat." "(in Lakota) We all know it's a soldier's hat." "(laughter)" "No." "No, you..." "My hat." "(laughter stops)" "(in Lakota) That hat belongs to Loo ten tant." "I found it on the prairie." "He didn't want it." "Well, you can see he wants it now." "We all know that it's a soldier's hat." "We all know who wears it." "If you want to keep it, that's all right, but give something for it." "Washte." "Good... trade." "(laughter)" "(sighs)" "(soft moaning)" "(soft moaning)" "It seems every day ends with a miracle here." "And whatever God may be, I thank God for this day." "To stay any longer would have been useless." "We had all the meat we could possibly carry." "We had hunted for three days, losing half a dozen ponies,... ..and only three men injured." "I'd never known a people so eager to laugh,... ..so devoted to family, so dedicated to each other." "And the only word that came to mind was harmony." "Many times I've felt alone, but until this afternoon... ..I never felt completely lonely." "(drumbeats, whooping)" "Though only two days, it seems like a week... ..and I am missing the company of my new friends." "I can see all of their faces, but somehow it is not enough." "Tomorrow I will go unannounced." "They are my neighbours." "What can it hurt?" "Hey!" "God." "Go home!" "Go!" " Go home, Two Socks." " (yelps)" "Bad wolf." "Bad wolf." "(screams)" "It is autumn now and I am spending more time than ever with my friends." "They have given me my own lodge and I feel comfortable there." "We talk every day, but I know Kicking Bird is frustrated with me." "He always wants to know how many more white people are coming." "I tell him they will most likely pass through this country and nothing more,... ..but I am speaking in half-truths." "One day there will be too many, but I cannot bring myself to tell them." "I'm sure that Stands With A Fist knows I am holding back,... ..but to her credit she says nothing." "(giggling)" "(faint drumming)" "A war party is going against the Pawnee soon and I have asked to go." "I sense that I made a mistake in doing so,... ..but I could not bring myself to take it back." "They are my friends and from what little I gather,... ..the Pawnee have been very hard on these people." "I hope I have not overstepped my bounds." "Come in, please." "Sit down?" "Kicking Bird wants to know... ..why you want to make war on the Pawnee." "They have done nothing to you." "They are Sioux enemies." "Lakota keywakte ni Ia pe sni caheun." "(speaks Lakota)" "Only..." "Sioux warriors to go." "Tell him I have been a warrior longer than many of the young men who will go." "Tell him." "Teca eya ob ni kte ki Iena wanietu ota wicisanm lye akicita opa keye." "(speaks in Lakota)" "He say that the S-Sioux way of being a warrior... ..is not the white way." "You are not ready." "I know." "I understand, but tell him I cannot learn these ways in camp." "(speaks Lakota)" "He also ask that you... watch over his family... ..while he is gone." "This thing he ask is a great honour... ..for you." "Tell him I would be happy to watch over his family." "(translates)" "(speaks Lakota)" "He thanks Dances With Wolves for coming." "Who is Dances With Wolves?" "It is the name... ..which all the people are calling you now." "Dances With..." "That's right." "That day." "Dances With Wolves." "How do you say it?" "Sungmanitutonka Ob Waci." "Sungmanitutonka Ob..." " Ob" " Waci." " Washte." " Washte." "Sungmanitutonka..." "(in Lakota) Keep on with the white man talk, if it pleases you." "I Iike to make the talk." "Oh, I..." "I cut this off today." " Oh." " I shaved it off." "Go on." "Uh, grass grows on the prairie." "Grass grows on the prairie." "Peta ki oblaye el ti." "Wrong." "You said "Fire lives on the prairie." (laughs)" "I did?" "No, no laughing now." "How did you get your name?" "I was not very old... ..when I came to be with our people." "And I was made to work." "I worked every day very hard." "And there was a wo... one woman... ..who didn't like me much." "And she used to call me bad names... ..and sometimes she... ..amape..." "Um..." "Beat me?" "Uh, one day she was... ..calling me these bad names... ..with her face in my face and... ..I hit her." "I was not very big but she fell down." "She fell hard and didn't move." "And I stood over her with m-my fist... ..and I asked if there was any other woman... ..who wanted to call me bad names." "No-one bothered me after that day." "(chuckles)" "No, I..." "I wouldn't think so." "Show me." "Show me where you hit her." "(both chuckle)" "(Stands With A Fist laughs)" "Why are you not married?" " I'm sorry." " I have to go." "I'm sorry." " Can I help you?" " No." "(kicks ground)" "(in Lakota) Some of your words are wrong, but you are learning fast." "So what can you tell me today?" "(in Lakota) I want to know about Stands With A Fist." "Why is there no man with her?" "She is in mourning." "(in English) I don't und... (in Lakota) I do not understand "mourning"." "She cries for someone." "Cries for who?" "It is not polite to speak of the dead." "But you are new, so I will tell you." "She cries for her husband." "He was killed not long ago." "That is how you came to find her on the prairie." "How long will she cry?" "It is Kicking Bird's place to say when she is finished." "He's the one that found her when she was very little." "Washte yelo." "People are talking about you." "What are they saying?" "They are proud of the medicine... ..you are making with Dances With Wolves." "I have hurt him, and I should go talk to him." "You can't." "He is gone." "He left this morning." "(gasps)" "(exhales)" "(rustling)" "(cocks gun)" "I bet you were thinking "Now, why don't he write?"" "Hello, Two Socks." "Hmm?" "Hmm?" "Come on." "Come on." "Why don't you?" "Come on, you can do this." "You can do this." "Come on." "Easy." "This is easy." "This is easy, Two Socks." "I am in mourning." "No-one can know." " Yes." " We must be careful." "(sighs)" " We must be careful." " OK." "Wait, wait, wait." "Wait, wait, wait." "(sighs)" "(moans)" "(neighing, shouting)" "What?" "Trouble." "(shouting, neighing)" "(talking in Lakota)" "The Pawnee are coming, a big party of 40 or 50 men." "The Cheyenne hunters found them not far to the north." "(in Lakota) Stone Calf, wait, I will follow you." "The Pawnee do not come for horses, they come for blood." "Get your weapons and come to the lodge." " I will go." " I will get them." "(in Lakota) Stone Calf, wait." "(in English) I have guns." "(in Lakota) I have many rifles." "I have many rifles." " At the fort?" " Yes." " (translates)" " The ride is long, we can spare no men." "(in Lakota) Guns would make one warrior like two." "Take one man and go quickly." "(in Lakota) I will take smiles A Lot." "(shouts in Lakota)" "Come here." "(dog yelps)" "(neighing)" "(whooping, shouting)" "Shoot the gun!" "(screams)" "(gunshot)" "(shouting)" "(screaming)" "(screaming)" "(Pawnee warrior and woman scream)" "(grunts)" "(screaming)" "(screams)" "(screams)" "(screams)" "(whooping)" "(screams)" "(whooping)" "(piercing cry)" "(whooping, shouting)" "It was hard to know how to feel." "I'd never been in a battle like this one." "There was no dark political objective." "This was not a fight for territory or riches or to make men free." "It had been fought to preserve the food stores that would see us through winter,... ..to protect the lives of women and children and loved ones a few feet away." "Stone Calf was a great loss,... ..but even the old men could not remember such a one- sided victory,... ..and I gradually began to think of it in a new way." "I felt a pride I'd never felt before." "I'd never really known who John Dunbar was." "Perhaps the name itself had no meaning." "But as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over,... ..I knew for the first time who I really was." "(speak in Lakota)" "(singing, chanting)" "(gunshot)" "(whooping)" "(gunshot)" "(gunshot)" "(gunshot)" "(gunshot)" "(gunshot)" "(gunshot)" "(laughter, chatter in Lakota)" "(in Lakota) Where are you going?" "There is gambling tonight." "Horseback's games are always good." "Lela, lela, lela blugo welo." "(in Lakota) I'm tired." "Horseback already has a good rifle of mine." "Good night." "(woman speaks Lakota)" "(laughter)" "(Kicking Bird grunts contentedly)" "(woman clears throat)" "How long will Stands With A Fist mourn?" "I don't know." "I hope it will not be long." "Has something happened?" "What?" "She has found love again." "With who?" " Who do you think?" " Tell me." "Dances With Wolves." "Dances With...?" "Are you certain of this?" "When you see them together, you will know." "What are people saying?" "They like the match." "No-one is angry?" "It makes sense." "They are both white." "I suppose I will be the one to say something." "She's your daughter now." "I know." "Relax." "You can't see everything coming." "Stop it." "Quit your playing." "Stands With A Fist." " Han." " You will mourn no more." "(in Lakota) Turn around." "You look good." "You know, the man she mourned for,... ..he was my best friend." "I didn't know that." "He was a good man." "It has been hard for me to like you." "I am not the thinker Kicking Bird is." "I always feel anger first." "There were no answers to my questions." "But now I think he went away because you were coming." "That is how I see it." "(chanting, drumming)" "(drumming stops)" "This is a good day for me." "(in English) And for me." "If you want this man, take his hand in yours." "(speaks in Lakota)" "I had never been married before." "I don't know if all grooms have the same experience,... ..but as Kicking Bird began to speak... ..about what was expected of a Sioux husband,... ..my mind began to swim in a way that shut out everything but her." "The tiny details of her costume, the contours of her shape,... ..the light in her eyes,... ..the smallness of her feet." "I knew that the love between us... ..would be served." "(Kicking Bird speaks in Lakota)" "(in Lakota) Have you heard all that I have said?" "(in English) Yes." "(in Lakota) Good, then take her inside." "She is your wife." "She is your wife." "(in English) Oh, good." " (in Lakota) Thank you." " (children giggle)" "(in English) Goodbye." "(children giggle)" "Goodbye." "(whooping, shouting)" "(chanting, drumming)" "(honking)" "(Dunbar in Lakota) It's good to be out." "(Kicking Bird) Yes, it must be." "We are trying for a baby." "No waiting?" "No waiting." "I was just thinking that of all the trails in this life,... ..there is one that matters most." "It is the trail of a true human being." "I think you are on this trail,... ..and it is good to see." "We call you the Busy Bee." "(Dunbar chuckles)" "You always ask about the white people." "You always want to know how many more are coming." "There will be a lot, my friend." "More than can be counted." "(in English) How many?" "(in English) Like the stars." "Wicahpi." "(Dunbar) Wicahpi." "It makes me afraid for all the Sioux." "We should tell this to Ten Bears." "(sighs)" "The men who wore this came in the time of my grandfather's grandfather." "Eventually, we drove them out." "Then the Mexicans came." "They do not come here any more." "In my own time: the Texans." "They have been like all the others." "(sighs)" "They take without asking." "I don't know if we are ready for these people." "But I think you are right." "I think they will keep coming." "When I think of that, I Iook at this helmet." "Our country is all that we have, and we will fight to keep it." "Tomorrow we will strike the village and go to the winter camp." "(hums)" "(in English) You have everything from the soldiers' fort?" "Yes." "There's nothing for me there." "That's good." "The journal." "Stands With, wait." " It is important!" " It isn't!" "No!" "The words are like a trail for people to follow." "It tells everything about my Iife here." "I must get it." "(in Lakota) Enough." "We cannot wait for you." "OK. (panting)" "I'II catch up." "I'II catch up." "(neighs)" "Injuns!" "Injun!" "Get him!" "(neighs)" "Fire!" "No!" "Stay down." "Stay." "He ain't hurt." "Oh, God." "Hey, boy." "(neighs)" "It's OK." "Ah!" "Something has happened." "Dances With Wolves is not coming." "He must have trouble." "(Kicking Bird) Pick two good men... ..and send them back to the soldier fort." "Spivey." "Spivey." "Yeah, Sergeant?" "Tell the Major he's waking up." "Move your worthless ass." "(bugle plays)" "You got yourself a hell of a shiner." "Didn't you?" "Major's comin' through." "Well, does he speak English?" "I don't know, sir." "You speak English?" "You talk English?" "(kicks him) Talk!" "I speak english." "Who are you?" "Lieutenant John J Dunbar." "This is my post." "Why are you dressed like this?" "(sighs) I came out from Fort Hayes last april but there was nobody here." "Do you have proof of that?" "My journal's on the bunk in my quarters." "My orders are in the journal." "It'II tell you everything." "Spivey, you and Edwards were the first ones here." "Did you find anything?" "A journal?" "Nah, we didn't find nothin', sir." "Where's Edwards?" "He's outside." "Hey, he didn't find nothin', either." "(the Major) Find me Edwards." "(laughs)" "You turned Injun, didn't ya?" "Didn't ya?" " Don't look white to me." " Say he's a soldier." " Soldier?" "He's an officer." " Officer?" "Do you salute or shoot him?" "(laughter)" "(birds caw)" "You, eyes front." "(cawing)" "I said, eyes front." "Oh!" "Don't shoot him!" "Hit him!" "Get him!" "Get off!" "Get off!" "Why are you out of uniform?" "What's the army doing out here?" "Lieutenant's askin' the questions." "Bauer." "We're charged with apprehending..." "We're charged with apprehending hostiles and recovering stolen property,... ..retrieving white captives taken in hostile raidings." " There are no hostiles." " We will ascertain that for ourselves." "Now, if you'II guide us to these camps and serve as an interpreter,... ..your conduct will be re-evaluated." "What conduct?" " With all due respect..." " Your status as a traitor... ..might improve should you choose to cooperate with the US army." "(sighs) There's nothing for you to do out here." "Are you willing to cooperate, or not?" "Well, speak up!" "(in Lakota) I am Dances With wolves." "What's that?" "Sungmanitutonika Ob Waci miye yelo." "(in Lakota) I have nothing to say to you." "(in Lakota) You are not worth talking to." "Sergeant, form a detail and take this man to the river." "Let him clean up his face." "Yes, sir." "Not you, Spivey." "(neighing, voices)" "Hey, Spivey." "Hey, Spivey, you got paper?" " What's it to ya?" " Well, give me some, shit bird." "Can you read?" "No, I can't." "What the hell's the difference?" "You can't read, either." "Now just give me some." " Gimme some!" " AII right, hold your horses." "(laughs)" "(laughter)" "(soldier outside) Come on, help me." "(chuckles)" "Lap it up, Injun." "Go ahead, lap it up." " You son of a bitch, I'II kill ya." " Hey, hey, hey." "It's all right." "It's all right." "You're just gonna get hungrier, that's all, but maybe that don't matter." "Word is they're gonna ship you back to Hayes." "And once you get there, they're gonna hang ya." "(chuckles)" "Come on, forget about him." "Go, get out of here." "AII right." "Yee-ha!" "Yee-ha!" "Yee-ha!" "Get up in there." "Gee, ho." "Come on." "Yah!" "Get up in there, Toby!" "Toby!" "(whistles)" "Yee-ha!" "Get up in there!" "Get up, get up!" "(whistles)" "Yee-ha!" "Hey, Spivey, what is that?" "Looks like he's followin' us." "Hell, I'm gonna shoot him." " (gunshot)" " Ha, you missed him." " Don't shoot, goddamn it, it's my shot." " Hey, wait, I seen him first." "Look at that stupid bastard, he ain't even moving'." "(gunshot)" "Wait a minute, wait a minute, that's my shot." "Shoot him!" "Get him, Edwards, he's standin' there!" " He ain't hurt, is he?" " Shoot him!" "(gunshots)" "Jesus Christ!" " Holy shit!" " (croaks)" " He's killin' him." " (croaks)" "Bauer!" "(gasps for air)" "He might've killed you." "(chuckling)" "God." "(gunshot)" "I'II get you, you son of a bitch." " (gunshot)" " You missed him!" "Sit down now, damn." "(gunshot)" " (yelps)" " That's it." "I got him!" "I got him!" "(yelps)" "Dead shot, boys." "Come on." " Son of a bitch." " Spivey!" "Get up!" "(shouting)" " What are you doing, Edwards?" " Get up." "I'm gonna kill..." " Get up!" " Spivey, that's enough!" "Spivey!" "Come on, get up!" " Spivey!" " What?" "!" "Bash that prisoner one more time, I'II put those shackles on you." " You men, get back here!" " (gunshots)" "Now!" "Goddamn it!" "(Elgin) That goes for you, too, Bauer." "And I do not want to see that prisoner touched again!" "Get down here!" "(Elgin) Let's move it!" "Boo!" "(laughs)" "(laughter)" "Stay behind that stand of trees." "(chuckles)" "Hey." "All right, let's go." "(driver whistles)" "I don't see nobody." "(chuckles)" "(driver whistles)" "Ah!" "Indians!" "(whooping)" "(screams) God!" "(whoops)" "(whoops)" "Bauer!" "Bauer!" "Bauer!" "(whoops)" "(screaming)" "(groans)" "(whooping)" "(speaks Lakota, whoops)" "(birdsong)" "Dances With Wolves is quiet these days." "Is his heart bad?" "(in Lakota) Killing the soldiers at the river was a good thing." "I didn't mind killing those men." "I was glad to do it." "But the soldiers hate me now, like they hate no other." "They think I am a traitor." "(murmuring)" "And they will hunt for me." "And when they find me, they find you." "I think it wouId be wise to move the village now." "I will be leaving." "I must go and talk with those who would listen." "(murmuring in Lakota)" "(shouting)" "Quiet, you are hurting my ears." "Leave us alone." "You are the only white man I have ever known." "I have thought about you a Iot, more than you know." "But I think you are wrong." "The man the soldiers are looking for no longer exists." "Now there is only a Sioux, named Dances With Wolves." "Let's smoke awhile." "With Ten Bears it was always more than a while." "There was purpose in everything he did, and I knew he wanted me to stay." "But I was sure of myself." "I would be an excuse... ..and that's all the army would need to find this place." "I pushed him as far as I could to move the camp,... ..but in the end he only smiled and talked of simple pleasures." "He reminded me that at his age a good fire is better than anything." "Ten Bears was an extraordinary man." "You have nothing to say?" "What can I tell you?" "What's ever on your mind." "You've made the decision." "Hmm." "My place is with you." "I go where you go." "You're not afraid?" "No." "I told Ten Bears we'd leave when the snow breaks." "Did you tell everyone?" "Not everyone." "(speaks Lakota)" "(in Lakota) It's all right." "(in English) You, er, finish your pipe?" "Oh." "The pipe,... ..how, er, does it smoke?" "I've never smoked it." "We come far, you and me." "I will not forget you." "(shouting, neighing)" "(in Lakota) Dances With Wolves!" "I am Wind In His Hair!" "Do you see that I am your friend?" "Can you see that you will always be my friend?" "Dances With Wolves!" "Dances With Wolves!" "Dances With Wolves!" "Dances With Wolves!" "Dances With Wolves!" "AII right, men, over here!"