"Is this the last one?" "I don't know." "There's no ether, either." "Oh, Jesus Christ." "You there!" "Is this the last one?" "God, what a mess." "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." "Uh..." "Ohh..." "Come here!" "Move it!" "Uh!" "Uh!" "Oh!" "Uh!" "Oh!" "Oh, God!" "Ohh..." "Aah!" "Glass." "Is that Tucker's men?" "Yes, sir." "How long has it been like this?" "We found them this morning." "They've been here two days." "Is that you, Lieutenant?" "Sons of bitches." "Hey, come on." "You better take cover." "I ain't kidding." "These boys are shooters." "Come on." "Go under cover." "There you go." "You went to the hospital?" "It was no good." "What's going on here?" "What's going on here?" "That seems to be the question, all right." "See, you could ask the major, but he don't know." "He's busy." "He's busy trying to figure out how come the officers' mess run out of peach ice cream." "The general come up to see the show." "All he knows is there ain't no show." "Now, the major, he's looking at the general." "He's thinking to himself," ""I better do something."" "You know what that means." "I don't want to be the first one across this field." "They're supposed to be beat up just like us." "Everybody knows Tucker's men are tough as cobs." "So far the only thing killed out here is three milking cows." "That's about to change." "You son of a bitch." "Some of the boys are saying if we ain't gonna fight... we could just settle this whole business with a little..." "high-stakes poker." "Wouldn't that be a sight?" "A bunch of fellas sitting in the middle of this field... drawing cards, huh?" "What is it, sir?" "Looks like a suicide." "Tucker!" "What's he doing?" "What did you say to him?" "I didn't say nothing." "You showed him, Lieutenant!" "Yay!" "Yay!" "Come on back, you son of a bitch!" "Come on back!" "Come on back!" "All right by me." "Get over here!" "Forgive me, Father." "He's coming again!" "Here he comes!" "Ray!" "I got him." "Don't..." "Don't..." "Don't take off my foot." "You rest easy, son." "You'll keep your foot." "As God is my judge, you'll keep it." "Bring up my ambulance." "Sir?" "Bring 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 own death," "I was elevated to the status of a living hero." "I was also awarded Cisco, the trusty mount that carried me that day, and was given transfer to any station I desired." "The bloody slaughter continues in the east as I arrive at Fort Hayes, a tiny island of men and material surrounded by a never-ending sea of prairie." "Lieutenant." "Lieutenant." "Lieutenant John J. Dunbar." "Lieutenant John J. Dunbar?" "Yes, sir." ""Yes, sir."" "Indian fighter, huh?" "Excuse me?" "You're to be posted on the Frontier." "The Frontier is Indian country." "I deduced that you're an Indian fighter." "I didn't get here 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?" "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." "It's just that I don't know" "Hold your tongue." "I happen to be in a generous mood." "See that peasant out there?" "He calls himself Timmons." "He's going to Fort Sedgewick this very afternoon." "Ride with him." "He knows the way." "Thank you." "That is all." "Sir Knight?" "I've just pissed in my pants... and nobody can do anything about it." "To your journey!" "To my journey!" "Haw!" "Gee over a little bit, Jim!" "Gee over a little bit, Jim!" "The king is dead." "Long live the king." "Haw, Jim and Jake!" "Haw a little bit, Jim!" "Haw a little bit!" "Gee over a little bit, Jim!" "Gee a little bit!" "Gee over a little bit!" "What you got there?" "Somebody back east is saying," ""Why don't he write?"" "You stupid bastard." "What the hell was that?" "What is that?" "What the hell is that?" "What is it?" "Why don't you put that in your book?" "Were it not for my companion," "I would be having the time of my life." "He is quite possibly the foulest man I have ever met." "Get up, Timmons." "Timmons." "Get up." "Get up." "Come on." "Get up." "Oh!" "Ow!" "Someone poked me in my butt." "Was that you?" "God damn it!" "Damn it!" "I'm going to have a welt." "How come we haven't seen any buffalo?" "You can't figure the stinking buffalo." "Sometimes you won't see any for days." "Other times, they'll be thick," "Like curls on a whore." "Ho!" "What about Indians?" "Indians?" "Goddamn Indians!" "You just as soon not see them unless they're dead." "They're nothing but thieves and beggars." "Ho up there!" "Not what you would call much of a going concern now, is it?" "Go down there." "Why?" "There ain't nothing down there." "Because I said." "Go down there." "Haw!" "Haw!" "Hey, there, son of a bitch!" "There ain't nothing here, Lieutenant." "Hey!" "There ain't nothing here, Lieutenant." "Lieutenant!" "Everybody's run off or got killed." "All right." "Let's unload the wagon." "What!" "And leave it all here?" "I'm staying, too." "There ain't nothing here, Lieutenant." "No, not at the moment." "We don't know what's happened." "So, so... things being as they are, we might as well turn around and get headed back." "This is my post." ""This is my post?"" "This is my post." ""This is my post?"" "Jesus H. Christ." "What, are you crazy, boy?" "Lieutenant." "Fast son of a bitch." "This is my post." "Put it down." "And these are the post provisions." "Get your ass off the wagon and help me unload." "Put it down!" "I'll let them know where you are." "Good." "Good luck, Lieutenant." "Thank you." "Jake and Jim!" "Good mule!" "Good mule!" "Haw, Jim!" "Haw up there now!" "Haw!" "Haw, Jim!" "Haw, Jim!" "Come on, now!" "Get on up in there!" "Haw, now!" "Good mules!" "Good mules!" "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 assigned 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." "Bad horse." "Bad horse." "Come on, Cisco." "One more time." "Git up!" "Come on!" "Git up, Cisco." "Git up!" "Git up!" "There you go!" "Easy." "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 be making 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." "¶ And if I... ¶¶" "Aah!" "Uh!" "Uh!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Uhh!" "Uhh!" "Uhh!" "Aah!" "Uhh!" "Oh, look at me." "Don't...hurt my mules." "Stop it." "Stop it." "Please don't hurt my mules." "Aah!" "Whoo!" "Whoo-whoo!" "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 30 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's a wolf who seems intent on the goings on here." "He doesn't seem inclined to be a nuisance, and aside from Cisco, has been my only company." "He has appeared each afternoon for two days." "He has two milky white paws." "If he comes calling tomorrow," "I will name him Two Socks." "¶¶" "¶ 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?" "¶" "¶ 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?" "¶¶" "You there!" "Hey!" "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 more are in the vicinity, but assume where there is one, there's sure to be another." "Have decided to bury excess ordnance" "Best it fall into enemy hands." "My afternoon rides have been pared down to short circular patrols, always keeping the post 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 the preparations I can think of." "Cannot mount an adequate defense, but will try to make a big impression when they come." "Waiting." "Postscript" "The man I encountered was a magnificent-looking fellow." "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." "We took a hundred horses from these people." "There was no honor in it." "They don't ride well." "They don't shoot well." "They're dirty." "Those soldiers could not even make it through one winter here." "And these people are said to flourish?" "I think they will all be dead soon." "I think this fool is probably lost." "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." "The whites 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." "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 will not be hurt." "If he has no medicine, he will be dead." "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." "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 is all I have to say." "Yes, sir, I have." "No." "I'll ask, sir." "We'll be heroes!" "They'll write songs about us." "What happened?" "I don't know." "My arm doesn't work." "You shouldn't have fallen off." "Now we'll get in trouble." "It was your idea." "My idea was only to take the horse, not fall down." "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." "Oh, God." "Eeeaaaah!" "Eeeaaaah!" "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?" "Whoo!" "Whoo!" "Aah!" "I realize now that 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, I will ride out to the indians." "I do not know the wisdom of this thinking, but I've become a target, and a target makes a poor impression." "I am through waiting." "What are you looking at?" "Ahem." "Son of a bitch." "No." "Wait." "Wait!" "Wait." "Wait." "Wait." "You need help." "You're hurt." "Aah!" "Uh!" "Uh!" "Let me" "You need help." "You need help." "Let me help you." "Let me help you." "You're hurt." "You're hurt." "Uh!" "She's hurt." "She's hurt." "You are not welcome here." "No." "She's hurt." "Go away from us!" "You are not welcome!" "Go away from us!" "Stop." "The soldier did not come to fight." "He is going away and we will let him." "I am in agreement with Kicking Bird." "We will go down and talk to the white man." "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... that 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." "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 minute." "His mind is gone." "Tatanka." "Tatanka." "Tanka?" "Tatanka." "Tan-tanka." "Tatanka." "Tatanka." "Tatanka." "Tatanka." "Buffalo." "Buffalo." "Tatanka." "Buffalo." "Buff?" "Buff--Buff" "Buff" "Buffalo." "Tatanka." "The Fierce One, as I call him, seems very tough." "I hope I never have to fight him." "He seems honest and very direct." "I like The Quiet One immensely." "He's patient, inquisitive, and seems eager to communicate." "I would conclude he's a man of weight among his people." "Buffalo." "I believe I made a 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." "Sugar." "Put in." "Um..." "Ta" "Taste it." "Sugar." "You want some?" "You want some?" "That's a lot." "It's good to have company." "So much goes unsaid." "I feel these people, The Quiet One in particular, want something from me." "Made presents of coffee and most of the sugar." "Don't believe I'd go too far in saying a foundation for good relations is being laid." "Stands With A Fist." "We will talk a while." "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've 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 long time since I made the talk." "I want you to try." "I don't know how." "Yes, you do." "I can't." "I can't." "It's dead in me." "I don't ask this for myself." "I ask this for all the people." "He knows things about the whites which we do not." "Now, you must remember." "I can't." "Will she make the white words?" "She won't try." "She is being difficult." "Well, she's the one who's crying." "Perhaps the difficulty is yours." "Christine!" "Christine!" "Christine!" "Get 'em, Joe!" "Get them chickens!" "Billy, you get away from those puppies!" "Mommy!" "I need my puppy!" "Go get him!" "Damn!" "Get the kids, and get them in the house." "Go on!" "In the house." "Christine!" "Christine!" "Where are you?" "Joe, 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 out of here." "Run, Christine!" "I said run!" "Joe!" "Joe!" "Christine!" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "Mommy!" "Mmm." "Mmm." "Come on, Two Socks." "Bacon." "Two Socks, like Cisco, has become a trusted friend." "He won't eat from my hand, but he never fails to 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 lot of food." "Nothing I've been told about these people is correct." "They are not beggars and thieves or the bogeymen they've been made out to be." "They are polite guests with a familiar humor I enjoy." "Real communication is slow, however, and The Quiet One is as frustrated as I am." "Most progress has been built on failure rather than success." "I've thought to inquire about the woman I found on the prairie, but it's a complicated subject, given our limitations." "One thing is clear." "There are no buffalo." "It weighs heavy on their minds." "Yesterday's meeting was the best." "I've been invited to the village." "I'm looking forward to going." "We were waiting for you." "We were waiting for you." "Now tell him we are glad that he is here." "Um..." "H-H-Hello." "You... here... good." "Thank you." "I feel good." "I feel good." "Ask him why he is at the soldier fort." "Um... the--the s-s-soldier fort." "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "What is your names?" "Our names?" "What is his name?" "He's right." "Introductions should come first." "H-H-He..." "He Kick" "Kick." "Kick?" "More." "More Kick?" "More Kicking?" "Kicking." "Um..." "Bird?" "Bird Kicking Bird." "Bird Kicking Bird." "What is he..." "Is he Chief?" "No." "H-H-H" "H-H-H" "A ho-ho-holy man." "Holy man." "Your name?" "I--I-- I don't" "What are you called?" "Get--Get up?" "Stand up?" "Stands?" "Stands?" "Stands." "Your name's Stands?" "Stands." "Stands." "With." "With?" "With." "Stands With?" "With." "Fist?" "Yes." "Stands With A Fist?" "Stands With A Fist, I'm John Dunbar." "John--John Dunbar." "Dunbar." "John Dunbar." "John Dunbar." "Dumb Bear." "No, not Dumb Bear." "Dunbar." "Dumb..." "Dumb..." "bar." "Not Dumb Bear." "Dun-bar." "There's been an exciting breakthrough with the Indians." "The woman I found speaks English, and today, clear progress was made." "I'm reluctant to answer all their questions." "Something tells me not to say too much." "It was good to see Fort Sedgewick again," "Yet I look forward to another visit with my new neighbors." "This is still my home, and I remain watchful for my relief and hope my negotiations will bear fruit." "Buffalo!" "Buffalo!" "I've seen buffalo!" "Buffaloes!" "Buffaloes!" "Tatanka?" "Tatanka?" "Tatanka?" "Yeah." "Riders were sent to pick up the trail." "By the time I gathered my things, the entire tribe was well on its way." "Their efficiency and the speed at which they moved was enough to impress any military commander." "I've 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." "Lieutenant!" "Lieutenant!" "Lieutenant!" "Scouts picked up the trail where I said it would be." "It was not hard to find-- a gigantic swath of torn-up ground extending to the horizon." "The numbers it took to create this image was hard to imagine." "Lieutenant!" "Lieutenant!" "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 rights." "The wagon tracks leading the way left little doubt, and my heart sank, as I knew it could only be white hunters." "Voices that had been joyous were now as silent as the dead buffalo left to rot, killed only for their tongues and the price of their hides." "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, no blame." "There was only the confusion of a people not able to predict the future." "Are you all right?" "Are you all right?" "I can't." "No." "I'm--I'm-- I'm full." "And I can't tell the story anymore." "Ah!" "No." "Do you want to try it?" "You want to try it?" "Here." "I can't." "This is too much." "It's a good trade." "This is-- This is--a good trade." "No, no!" "I can't." "I'm full." "I'm tired." "No!" "Wa zhi." "Wa zhi." "Wa zhi?" "Wa zhi." "Wa zhi?" "Wa zhi." "Lieutenant!" "No!" "No!" "Ahh..." "Tatanka." "Big tatanka." "Big tatanka." "Big tatanka!" "That's my hat!" "Hey." "Hey!" "You're wearing my hat." "It's my hat." "I found it on the prairie." "It's mine." "No, no." "My hat." "That hat belongs to Lieutenant." "He left 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 hat." "We all know who wears it." "If you want to keep it, that's all right." "But give something for it." "Washte." "Washte." "Good...trade." "It seems every day ends with a miracle here." "And whatever God may be, I thank God for this day." "To stay longer would have been useless." "We had all the meat we could possibly carry." "We had hunted for three days, losing six 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 had never felt completely lonely." "Though only two days, it seems like a week." "I am missing the company of my friends." "I can see their faces, but it isn't enough." "Tomorrow I'll pay them a visit." "After all, they are my neighbors." "What can it hurt?" "Hey!" "God!" "Go home!" "Go!" "Go home, Two Socks!" "Bad wolf!" "Bad wolf!" "Aaahh!" "It is autumn now, and I'm spending more time than ever with my friends." "They have given me my own lodge." "We talk every day," "But I know Kicking Bird is frustrated with me." "He wants to know how many more white people are coming." "I tell him they will most likely just pass through this country." "I am speaking in half-truths." "One day there will be too many." "I cannot tell them that." "I'm sure Stands With A Fist knows I'm holding back." "To her credit, she says nothing." "A war party is going against the Pawnee, and I've asked to go." "I sense I made a mistake in doing so, but I couldn't bring myself to take it back." "From what 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." "Only Sioux warriors to go." "I have been a warrior longer than many of the young men who will go on this war party." "Tell him." "He said that the Sioux way of being a warrior is not the white way." "You are not ready." "I understand." "Tell him I cannot learn these ways in camp." "He also asks that you watch over his family while he is gone." "This thing he asks is a great honor for you." "Tell him that I..." "would be happy to watch over his family." "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?" "Shumanitutonka Ob Wachi." "Shumanitutonka Ob Wachi." "Washte." "Washte." "Shumanitutonka Ob Wachi." "Keep on with the white man talk, if it pleases you." "I like to make the talk." "Oh, I cut this off." "I shaved it off." "Oh." "Go on." "Grass grows on the prairie." "Grass grows on the prairie?" "Peta ki oblaye el ti." "No." "You said "Fire lives on the prairie."" "I did?" "No laughing, though." "How did you get your name?" "I was not very old when I came to be with the people, and I was made to work." "I worked every day very hard." "There was a wom-- one woman who didn't like me much." "She used to call me bad names, and sometimes she-- amapre" "Beat me?" "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." "Then I stood over her with my fist and asked if there was any other woman who wanted to call me bad names." "No one bothered me after that day." "No, I-- I wouldn't think so." "Show me." "Show me where you hit her." "Why are you not married?" "I'm sorry." "I have to go." "I'm sorry." "Can I help you?" "No." "Some of your words are wrong, but you are learning fast." "So what can I tell you today?" "I want to know about Stands With A Fist." "Why is there no man with her?" "She is in mourning." "I don't underst" "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." "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." "Bet you were thinking... now, why don't he write?" "Hello, Two Socks." "Hmm?" "Come on." "Come on." "I won't hurt you." "Come on." "You can do this." "You can do this." "Come on." "This is easy." "This is easy, Two Socks." "I am in mourning." "No, we cannot." "Yes." "We must be careful." "We must be careful." "O.K." "Wait, wait, wait." "Wait, wait, wait." "Wait." "What?" "Trouble." "The Pawnee are coming-- 40 or 50 men." "Hunters found them not far to the north." "Stone Calf, wait." "I will follow you." "The Pawnee do not come for horses." "They come for blood." "Get your weapons and come to my lodge." "I will go." "I will get them." "Stone Calf, wait." "I have-- I have guns." "I have many rifles." "At the fort?" "Yes." "No." "The ride is long, and we can spare no men." "Guns would make one warrior like two." "Take one man and go quickly." "I will take Smiles A Lot." "Come here." "Aah!" "Shoot the gun!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "It was hard to know how to feel." "I'd never been in a battle like this." "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 winter food stores, to protect the women and children." "Stone Calf was a great loss, but even the old men could not remember such a one-sided victory." "I gradually began to look at 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." "Where are you going?" "There is gambling tonight." "Horseback's games are always good." "I'm tired." "Horseback already has a good rifle of mine." "Good night." "How long will Stands With A Fist mourn?" "I don't know." "I hope it will not be too long." "Has something happened?" "What?" "She has found love again." "With who?" "Who do you think?" "Tell me." "Dances With Wolves." "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." "You will mourn no more." "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." "This is a good day for me." "And for me." "If you want this man, take his hand in yours." "I had never been married before." "I don't know if all grooms have the same experience, but as Kicking Bird spoke about what was expected of a Sioux husband, my mind began to shut out everything but her-- the 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." "Have you heard all that I have said?" "Yes." "Good." "Then take her inside." "She is your wife." "Oh, good." "Thank you." "Bye." "Bye." "It's good to be out." "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." "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." "How many?" "Like the stars." "It makes me afraid for all the Sioux." "We should tell this to Ten Bears." "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 anymore." "In my own time, the Texans." "They have been like all the others." "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 look 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." "You have everything from the soldier fort?" "Yes." "There's nothing for me there." "That's good." "The journal." "Stands With--Wait!" "It was important." "The words in the book are like a trail for people to follow." "It tells everything about my life here." "I must get it." "Enough." "We cannot wait for you." "I'll catch up." "I'll catch up." "Injun!" "Injun!" "Get him!" "No!" "Stay down." "Stay." "Oh, God." "Oh, my God." "It's O.K." "Oh." "Something has happened." "Dances With Wolves is not coming." "He must have trouble." "Pick two good men and send them back to the soldier fort." "Spivey." "Spivey." "Yes, Sergeant." "Tell the major he's waking up." "Move your worthless ass." "You got yourself a hell of a shiner, didn't you?" "Major's coming through." "Well, does he speak English?" "I don't know, sir." "Speak English?" "Talk English?" "Talk!" "I speak English." "Who are you?" "Lieutenant John J. Dunbar." "This is my post." "Why are you dressed like this?" "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 will tell you everything." "Spivey, you and Edwards were the first ones here." "Did you find a journal?" "No, we didn't find nothing." "Where's Edwards?" "He's outside." "Hey, he didn't find nothing either." "Ha ha ha." "You turned Injun, didn't you?" "Didn't you?" "He's a white man." "They say he's a soldier." "He's an officer." "Do you salute him or shoot him?" "Here, you." "Eyes front." "I said eyes front!" "Don't shoot him!" "Hit him!" "Get him!" "Get him!" "Why are you out of uniform?" "What's the Army doing here?" "Hey!" "Lieutenant's asking 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." "If you'll guide us to these camps and interpret, your conduct will be re-evaluated." "What conduct?" "Your status as a traitor might improve should you choose to cooperate with the United States Army." "There's nothing for you to do out here." "Are you willing to cooperate or not?" "Well, speak up!" "I am Dances With Wolves." "What's that?" "I have nothing to say to you." "You are not worth talking to." "Sergeant, form a detail and take this man down to the river." "Let him clean up his face." "Yes, sir." "Not you, Spivey." "Hey, Spivey." "Hey, Spivey." "You got paper?" "What's it to you?" "Give me some, shit-bird." "Can you read?" "No, I can't read." "You can't read either." "Now just give me some." "Quick, give me some!" "All right." "Hold your horses." "Bauer!" "Bauer!" "Hey, let go of me!" "Lap it up, Injun." "Go ahead." "Lap it up." "You son of a bitch!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey!" "It's all right." "It's all right." "He's going to get hungrier, that's all." "But maybe that don't matter." "Word is they're going to ship you back to Hayes." "And once you get there, they're going to hang you." "Come on." "Forget about him." "Go on." "Get out of here." "Hyah!" "Hyah!" "Hyah!" "Hyah!" "Get up in there!" "Hyah!" "Get up in there!" "Hyah!" "Hey, Spivey, what is that?" "Looks like he's following us." "Hell, I'm going to shoot him." "Dang." "You missed him." "Don't shoot." "It's my shot." "Look at that stupid bastard." "He ain't even moving." "Wait a minute." "That's my shot." "Shoot him!" "He's standing there." "Shoot him!" "Aah!" " Jesus Christ!" " Holy shit!" "Bauer!" "Aah!" "Bauer, get him off him!" "He might have killed you." "I'll get that son of a bitch." "You missed him." "Sit down, God damn it!" "That's it." "I got him!" "I got him!" "Dead shot, boys." "Come on." "Son of a bitch!" "Spivey!" "Get up!" "What are you doing?" "Edwards!" "Get up!" "I mean it!" "Get up!" "Spivey!" "Get up!" "Spivey!" "You bash that prisoner again," "I'll put those shackles on you." "You men get back here!" "Now!" "God damn it!" "Get down here." "Boom." "Clear behind that stand of trees?" "Hey!" "All right." "Let's go." "I don't see nobody." "Indians!" "Aah!" "Bauer!" "Bauer!" "Bauer!" "Dances With Wolves is quiet these days." "Is his heart bad?" "Killing the soldiers at the river... was a good thing." "I did not 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." "And they will hunt for me." "And when they find me, they find you." "I think it would be wise to move the village now." "I will be leaving." "I must go and talk with those who would listen." "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 lot." "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 a while." "With Ten Bears, it was always more than a while." "There was purpose in everything he did." "He wanted me to stay." "But I was sure of myself." "I would be an excuse for the Army to find this place." "I pushed him to move the camp, but he only 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." "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." "It's all right." "You, uh..." "finish your pipe?" "Ah." "Good pipe." "How, uh..." "does it smoke?" "I've never smoked it." "We come far, you and me." "I will not forget you." "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?"