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ALL RIGHT, LET'S QUIT LOLLYGAGGING AND GET A MOVE ON.

I'LL HAVE US ON THE TRAIL IN 20 MINUTES.

WHAT IS IT NOW ALFRED?

WHAT-

IT- IT'S THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING, MR. BRIDGER,

OR THAT IS, NOT MAKING.

WELL, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.

WE'RE AT LEAST A WEEK BEHIND.

UH, WELL THE THING IS THEY TOLD US AT FORT LARAMIE,

NO MONEY COULD BE BETTER SPENT THAN HIRING YOU TO GET US

TO THE GOLDFIELDS AT VIRGINIA CITY IN JUST A MONTH'S TRAVEL.

WELL, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR MONEY IF YOU DON'T LISTEN.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WOULD REST AND WATER THE HORSES WHEN

I SAY SO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE SO MANY LAME ONES SLOWING US DOWN.

INDIANS!

-ALL RIGHT. -LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S NOT MAKE THIS A PROBLEM.

UNLESS IT NEEDS TO BE.

WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT THEY WANT.

WASHAKIE, CAN YOU RIDE OUT THERE?

I HEARD THE INDIANS OUT HERE WILL FLAY THE SKIN

RIGHT OFF YOUR BONES.

YOU HEARD, HUH?

YOU EVER ACTUALLY MET ONE?

THREE.

THOSE TWO SCOUNDRELS OUT THERE AND YOUR FRIEND,

TALKIN' TO THEM.

ALL RIGHT, WASHAKIE,

WHAT'D THEY HAVE TO SAY FOR THEMSELVES?

LOOKING FOR BUFFALO.

I TOLD 'EM WE'VE SEEN NONE SINCE THE BIGHORN RIVER.

"BUFFALO," IS IT?

THE WAY I SEE IT, THEY COULD BE SCOUTS FROM A WAR PARTY.

ALFRED, STOP PLAYING THE FOOL.

COME ON, LET'S GET THESE WAGONS MOVING.

WE GOTTA GET OUR GUNS READY.

WE GOTTA CHASE THOSE HEATHENS DOWN BEFORE

THEY FIND THEIR FRIENDS.

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND, HUH?

THEY'RE HUNTERS!

WASHAKIE TALKED TO THEM.

YOU SAW IT YOURSELF.

WHAT I SEEN WAS THREE INDIANS HAVING

A POW WOW, TWO OF 'EM RIDE OFF, AND THIS ONE HERE,

NOW HE AIN'T GOT MUCH TO SAY DOES HE?

NO, THE WAY I SEE IT, MR. BRIDGER'S INDIAN FRIEND

COULD BE LEADING US RIGHT INTO A TRAP.

AND YOU ALL BELIEVE HIM, DO YOU, HUH?

YOU TRUST HIS JUDGMENT OVER MINE?

WE TRUST YOU MR. BRIDGER.

WE DON'T TRUST SOME INDIAN WE JUST MET TO JOIN

OUR SIDE OVER HIS OWN KIND.

WELL,

SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL HAVE A CHOICE.

YOU CAN EITHER RIDE OFF WITH ALFRED AND MAYBE GET

KILLED, OR YOU CAN SIT HERE

AND YOU CAN LISTEN TO WHY

I TRUST WASHAKIE WITH MY LIFE.

EVEN THOUGH HE TRIED TO KILL ME

THE FIRST TIME WE EVER MET.

BRIDGER, VO: BACK IN 1845, WELL I FOUND MYSELF

DEEP IN INDIAN COUNTRY,

LOOKIN' FOR A PLACE TO SET MY TRAPS.

BUT WHEN I SPOTTED AN ELK, WELL WITHIN RANGE,

THE IDEA OF FRESH MEAT WAS TOO GOOD TO PASS UP.

THIS WARRIOR WAS A SHOSHONE.

AND ALL THAT TIME I'D BEEN AIMIN' AT THAT ELK,

WELL HE'D BEEN AIMIN' AT ME.

BUT WHOEVER HE WAS, THIS WARRIOR WAS THE TOUGHEST ADVERSARY

I EVER FOUGHT, BEFORE OR SINCE.

COME ON, COME ON.

BRIDGER, VO: AS IF THINGS COULDN'T GET WORSE,

ME AND MY SHOSHONE FOE NOW FACED A BLACKFOOT WAR PARTY,

LED BY A FEARSOME CHIEF CALLED WOLF'S HEART.

BUT I KNEW THE SHOSHONE WERE BITTER FOES OF THE BLACKFEET,

SO JUST MAYBE, I COULD TURN THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY INTO A FRIEND.

LISTEN.

HIS NAME, WOLF'S HEART.

I KNOW HIM, HE IS NOT

A FRIEND OF YOU AND ME.

YOU AND I, WE FIGHT TOGETHER.

I UNDERSTAND THE POINTNDERE

OF YOUR TALE, MR. BRIDGER.

EVERY INDIAN IN THE STORY IS TRYIN' TO KILL

THE ONLY WHITE MAN IN IT.

I'M SITTIN' HERE ALIVE,

AREN'T I?

I'M SURE THERE'S A HECK OF A YARD COMIN'

THAT EXPLAINS WHY, BUT HE'S JUST WASTING TIME.

YOU DON'T WANNA LISTEN, FINE.

JUST GO RIDE ON OUT THERE.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

- TELL IT THEN. -WELL,

YOU PROBABLY ALREADY GUESSED,

BUT THAT WARRIOR THAT I WAS FIGHTING,

WELL,

THAT WAS WASHAKIE.

BRIDGER, VO: RIGHT THEN, I LEARNED TWO THINGS

I WAS GLAD TO KNOW.

THEY ARE MANY, BUT WE CAN KILL WOLF'S HEART

IF WE WORK TOGETHER.

BRIDGER, VO: FOR ONE, WASHAKIE SPOKE ENGLISH.

AND TWO, WELL HE ALSO WANTED TO KILL WOLF'S HEART.

WHAT IS YOUR FEUD WITH WOLF'S HEART?

HE HATES ME BECAUSE I

DECEIVED AND SHAMED HIS FATHER.

A GREAT CHIEF OF THE BLACKFEET, NAMED "THUNDER?"

THAT WAS HIM.

I WOUND UP IN A FIGHT WITH HIM,

NEARLY COST ME MY LIFE.

BUT I TRICKED HIM INTO THINKING HE'D KILLED ME,

AND I ESCAPED.

THUNDER...

WELL, HE BECAME FAMOUS.

WELL, FOR KILLING ME.

UNTIL,

UNTIL I TURNED UP ALIVE.

FOR BEING DECEIVED...

HE VOWED TO TRACK ME DOWN.

HE WAS GONNA TAKE MY SCALP.

HE DIED IN BATTLE

BEFORE HE GOT THE CHANCE TO DO THAT.

NOW HIS SON, WOLF'S HEART,

WELL, HE'S VOWED TO SEEK REVENGE.

ALREADY TRIED TO KILL ME ONCE.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE,

MAYBE WE CAN WORK OUR WAY AROUND 'EM.

BRIDGER, VO: BUT THEN I RECALLED

THAT THIS WARRIOR WAS STILL A STRANGER,

AND THOUGH WE SHARED AN ENEMY,

WE WERE BY NO MEANS FRIENDS.

I'VE HEARD THIS STORY, OF THE DECEITFUL TRAPPER

WHO TRICKED THE GREAT CHIEF THUNDER.

WHY SHOULD I TRUST A MAN WHO'S KNOWN FOR TRICKERY?

BRIDGER, VO: I'D JUST ASKED A WARRIOR I BARELY KNEW TO FIGHT

A COMMON ENEMY, BUT APPARENTLY, I HADN'T GAINED HIS TRUST.

BRIDGER, VO: WELL, I COULD ONLY HOPE THAT AFTER SAVING

EACH OTHER'S LIVES, WE COULD FINALLY

TRUST EACH OTHER AS WELL.

COME WITH ME.

BRIDGER, VO: WE TRIED ONE MORE TIME TO ESCAPE

FROM WOLF'S HEART,

BUT HE'D SENT HIS WARRIORS TO ENCIRCLE US IN EVERY DIRECTION.

I'M OUTTA POWDER.

YOU GOT ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO GET OUTTA THIS MESS?

SURRENDER.

TO ME.

KILLIN' ME IS NOT GONNA HELP YOU ESCAPE FROM THE BLACKFEET.

I HAVE A TRICK.

I WILL TELL WOLF'S HEART THAT YOU ARE MY CAPTIVE

AND I WILL TRADE YOU FOR MY LIFE.

THEN WE CAN TAKE THEM BY SURPRISE.

BRIDGER, VO: NOW I HAD TO ADMIT, WELL HIS PLAN COULD WORK

AS LONG AS I COULD TRUST HIM NOT TO TRADE MY SCALP

IN ORDER TO SAVE HIS OWN.

YOU MUST TRUST ME.

I KNOW YOU THINK I WAS TRYING TO KILL YOU,

BUT I WAS ONLY AFTER THE SAME ELK YOU WERE HUNTING.

ALL RIGHT,

I TRUST YOU.

YOU BE SURE TO GIVE THIS BACK TO ME WHEN IT'S TIME TO ATTACK.

YA HA!

WOLF'S HEART!

I AM WASHAKIE, GREAT CHIEF OF THE SHOSHONE!

AND I HAVE CAPTURED THE GREAT LIAR, JIM BRIDGER!

BRIDGER, VO: BUT WHAT WASHAKIE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ME

IS THAT I SPEAK SHOSHONE, AND WHAT HE SAID NEXT,

WELL IT FILLED MY HEART WITH DREAD.

BRIDGER.

THE LIAR.

YOU KNEW MY FATHER.

DO YOU KNOW ME?

I AM WOLF'S HEART, THE SON OF THUNDER.

CAN YOU GET IT OUT?

COME ON, GET IT OUT.

DO IT.

AND TO THINK, THIS MORNING,

ALL I WANTED WAS A NICE FRESH ELK STEAK.

AH...

OH, EASY.

IF WE CAN GET TO MY PEOPLE'S CAMP,

THERE WILL BE FOOD

AND MEDICINE FOR OUR SHARED WOUNDS.

ALL RIGHT.

WE TOOK FOUR DAYS

BEFORE SHOSHONE WARRIORS FOUND US,

DODGING AND HIDING AS WOLF'S HEART

SCOURED THREE FORKS IN THE RAGE.

I LEANED ON WASHAKIE'S SHOULDER WHEN MY PAIN WAS TOO GREAT.

AND HE ON MINE, WHEN HE NEEDED TO.

AND THAT-

THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN THESE LAST 20 YEARS.

OH.

SHOT THROUGH BY THE SAME ARROW.

IS THAT IT?

IT'S A MIGHTY FINE STORY, MR. BRIDGER.

THE THING IS,

YOU BEEN TELLIN' TALL TALES EVERY SINGLE DAY

OF THIS TRIP, ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

YEAH, IF EVEN ONE PART OF THIS ONE IS TRUE, WHY DON'T

WASHAKIE HERE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT?

WELL, I ALREADY SPOKE ENOUGH ON WASHAKIE'S BEHALF.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUST

ASK HIM YOURSELF?

HEY, SEE THAT?

BRIDGER'S INDIAN FRIEND WON'T EVEN SAY IF ANY OF THIS IS TRUE.

NOW GET A PARTY TOGETHER AND CHASE THOSE ARAPAHOES DOWN.

MY FRIEND,

JIM BRIDGER,

BEARS THE MARK OF THAT ARROW ON HIS BACK,

RIGHT AT HIS SHOULDER.

AND MY FRIEND WASHAKIE,

WELL HE HAS TWO SCARS

FROM THAT SAME ARROW.

NOW, ONLY A FOOL MAKES AN ENEMY OF EVERY INDIAN

HE MEETS JUST BECAUSE HE THINKS THE WORST OF ALL OF 'EM.

SOME WILL FIGHT US.

OTHERS ARE GONNA FIGHT ALONGSIDE US.

SO, ALFRED YOU GOT THIS ALL FIGURED OUT.

GO ON, GO RIDE AFTER 'EM.

AND FELLAS, NOW'S THE TIME TO CHOOSE.

BECAUSE I'M GETTIN' THOSE WAGONS MOVING WITH OR WITHOUT YOU.

WASHAKIE WILL BE YOUR FRIEND TOO, ALFRED.

IF YOU LET HIM.

HE TRULY IS A FOOL,

BUT HE'S RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING.

AND WHAT'S THAT?

IT IS A FINE TALE, OLD FRIEND.

VERY FINE INDEED.

COME ON,

GET THESE WAGONS MOVING.

MAKE SURE WE GET THESE PACKS LOADED UP TO, OKAY?

YES, SIR.

I HATE TO SEE YOU GO, WASHAKIE.

IF YOU'RE BOTHERED BY ALFRED, YOU KNOW I CAN-

I CAN SEND HIM BACK TO FORT LARAMIE.

HE IS A SMALL MAN NOT WORTH MY ANGER.

EVEN IF I AGREED,

WOULD THERE NOT BE ANOTHER ALFRED BEHIND HIM?

YEAH, I SEEM TO SEE MORE AND MORE MEN LIKE

HIM EVERY TIME I MAKE THIS JOURNEY.

I HAVE MADE PEACE WITH THE GREAT FATHER,

AND THE SHOSHONE HAVE THEIR OWN LAND FOR NOW.

BUT THIS TRAIL, THIS IS LAKOTA LAND.

AND THEIR CHIEF, RED CLOUD, IS A GREAT WARRIOR.

AND THEY WILL FIGHT FOR THIS TRAIL.

THERE'S NO WAY TO STOP IT THEN?

IF THERE WERE MORE MEN LIKE US, PERHAPS.

BUT I FEAR WE ARE TOO FEW, MY FRIEND,

TO STOP THE WAR THAT LIES AHEAD.