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I am Washakie, of the great Shoshone Nation.

I wish to share with you the story of Nick Wilson,

or Yagaichi, as he is best remembered among the Shoshone people.

The legend of the white Indian boy

took place within our familiar valleys and mountains,

known as "Wind River."

Yah!

Damn.

Shoshone.

Aah!

Yagaichi!

He's a comin'.

Take him.

- Pretty good time. - I've been riding like hell.

What happened to you?

Shoshones. Pocatello's band again.

- Did you get 'em? - I didn't have to.

You didn't have to?

Kid, you ain't too smart taking them Injuns lightly.

Ain't gonna be safe around here

until they're all dead and buried.

Yeah, well, as I recall, they were here first.

Say, that's a nasty one, we'd better take care of it.

There's a message from your ma'.

There's some old woman staying at your house

with a funny name. Anaba?

Anuba.

- Apparently... - Don't take that! I got

to go to Grantsville!

Nick. Nick.

Niii-iiick!

Nick! Nick!

- Whoa! - Hey! It's my turn!

Whoa, aah!

Someday I'd like to ride a real fast horse.

You have trouble to ride the sheep.

Someday I'll be a great rider.

Maybe you could learn on your muuda.

My what?

Muuda.

I taught you. Donkey.

I'd rather ride a Bu... bungo,

and be a great Da... dagwahni.

You learn fast.

But white cannot be great warriors. Only Indians.

Like my brothers to the north.

I'll be a great explorer then,

like Louis and Clark.

Anything but a sheep-herder.

The great Shoshones of the Wind River.

My father ride with them.

He tell me they scalp Crow and Sioux

while they ride on their horses.

Golly.

Pantsuk,

maybe we could leave this place.

We could run away.

We could live with your brothers in the north.

What about our families?

What about the sheep?

We can let Sylvester take care of everything,

since he knows so much.

Come on, let's make a pact.

What is pact?

A promise... or an agreement.

Blood brothers.

Pact.

Lots of hunts, and fishing.

We'll need horses and packs for the trip.

And much jerky.

That's for sure.

Pantsuk, you're my best tsaa hainj.

You are my best friend, too.

Aah! What'd you do that for?

I should do worse. And you...

Why aren't you helping your father?

- Get goin'. - Leave him alone.

This is your job...

to make sure the coyotes don't kill the sheep.

When grown, that lamb could have kept us for a month.

If I ever catch you slacking off again,

I'll kick your scrawny hide to Salt Lake and back,

- you hear me? - I can't do it all by myself.

I hate this place.

Before the dreams,

My mother Anuba,

a shaman and healer among our people,

could not speak for a very long time.

A mighty avalanche had taken her two sons, my brothers.

When mother started having the visions,

the power was understood.

She knew the boy in her dreams

was good medicine for our nation.

And we must find him.

I sent my finest warrior,

Morogonai.

- What are you looking at? - Don't do that.

You wanna wake the dead? Then hush.

- What are you looking at? - Shh!

It's Louis and Clark if you must know.

What's it about?

It's about Louis and Clark.

- Who are they? - Surveyors.

- What's surveyors? - Explorers.

They mapped out all the western territory with Sacajawea.

She was a Shoshone.

Shoshones can scalp a person with one hand

- while riding a horse. - They ride a horse

- with one hand? - No,

- they scalp with one hand. - How do you know?

I just do. Listen, why are you so nosy, anyway?

You writing a book?

Shh, shh.

Why don't you just go to sleep before you make me catch hell?

Don't cuss, Nick.

Never you mind. Just go back to sleep.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

- Sleep tight. - Okay.

Don't let those bed bugs bite.

I'm gonna bite you.

- Prissy. - 'Night, Nick.

Nicholas.

Our Father, bless this food

so it may nourrish and strengthen our bodies

and do us the good we need. We say these things in the name

- of Jesus Christ, Amen. - Amen.

I think you set a record.

Nicholas.

Criminy, Ma.

I think you boys are turning into heathens.

It's hotter than hell out there.

Sylvester, I don't want any cussing in this house.

If your father were here...

Who do you think I learned it from?

I never saw ground so full of rocks.

Yeah, they must be growing more every year.

Sylvester, your boots are caked with mud.

Take them outside.

Chicken coop needs mending.

Chickens got out last night.

Why you looking at me? What about Jake?

Just shut up and mend the fence.

Can't. Got to watch the sheep.

You'll watch the sheep after you mend the fence.

Why can't you do it?

- I got to plow. - I'll plow.

- You ain't man enough. - Yes, I am.

You don't even know how, you dumb jackass.

- That's enough of that. - Just fix the fence!

If I don't get them crops in, you don't eat.

I wouldn't be missing much.

- You ain't starving, are you? - I might as well be!

Stop it, you two! I'll mend the fence.

You got too much work. Nick'll do it.

He does little else around here. He'll do it after you eat.

- No! - I said do it!

You can't tell me what to do, you're not my father!

I hate it here, and I hate you!

Eliza Nicholas!

When's father coming home?

Only the Good Lord knows.

Nicholas!

Nicholas, no!

Yah!

Whoa! Ahh!

Benjamin, stop! Wait, Benjamin!

Benjamin, stop! Stop!

Nick, no!

Help! Benjamin stop, please stop!

Stop!

Nick!

Stop!

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done, on earth,

as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil,

for Thine is the power, and the kingdom,

and the glory, forever. Amen.

We dedicate this final resting place

as a place of peace and tranquility,

until the morning of the first resurrection,

in Jesus' holy name,

Amen.

Stay back, I'm warning you!

I'm not a yagaichi!

What you say?

I said I'm not a crier.

You know Shoshone?

No, just some Gosiute.

How you learn?

My friend.

Pantsuk.

Pantsuk.

What are you gonna do to me?

- You gonna scalp me? - Scalp?

Don't you scalp white people sometimes?

We scalp you?

Aaah! Ahh!

No! No yell. No yell.

I no scalp you.

Be still.

You be still.

Look.

You see him? He stand tall.

He strong. You like him?

If you come with us,

you keep him.

- You mean, just leave? - He is fast.

Fast like the wind.

Are you gonna kidnap me?

- Kidnap? - Force me to go with you?

Force? No, no, no.

No, no, we no force you.

We couldn't just go. My mother would miss me.

I couldn't hurt her like that.

We will not take you.

Not take you.

But, maybe... maybe...

the wind calls you,

and you come.

If you feel

the wind,

you be here

when the sun goes up.

If you no here,

we go.

You are chosen.

Chosen.

You come with us,

you ride this horse.

You learn hunt good.

You live life

like a great man.

Great man.

The wind calls you.

The great Shoshones

of the Wind River.

My father ride with them.

Nicholas!

Nicholas!

The wind calls you.

# Close your eyes #

# And see #

# A world awaits you #

# A road sets you free #

# A journey will take you #

# To places unknown #

# When dreamers dream #

# The legend goes #

# It's then you'll know #

# The wind calls #

# Your name... #

Can I call him Spirit?

Spirit?

Mmm, Spirit.

# The journey will take you #

# To places unknown #

# When dreamers dream #

# The legend goes #

# It's then you'll know #

# The wind calls #

# Your name #

# Take the time, #

# Just be #

# Beneath the stars, #

# Your night's canopy #

# A vision of future #

# The truth to behold #

# When dreamers dream, #

# The legend goes #

# It's then you'll know, #

# The wind calls #

- # Your name. # - Whoa! Hey!

Hey, stop! Stop!

Stop!

Aaah!

This...

no good way to ride horse.

I know that, I told you, I can't ride without a saddle.

You must learn.

I want to go back.

No.

You are scared...

to fall.

I will make it...

I will fix it.

Up.

Come on, up.

Here, here.

Now, your feet no dance.

You no scared, you no fall.

We must ride.

We rest

when the sun goes down.

Come.

All right, men.

You know why we're here. We're looking for the boy.

All right?

Sylvester,

why don't you take those first three men,

and head out on top of the ridge?

You two men take the bottom, and the rest of you

follow me through the canyon and we'll fan out.

Let's go get him. Move out.

Stop, please stop.

Ohh.

- Why you not talking? - I did!

You didn't hear.

Come down.

How you say? Take off this,

take off this.

Aaah! It's stuck.

- Sit down. - What did he say?

He say you...

very brave.

We must cut off your legs.

- Don't cut my legs off! - No, no, we must cut off...

not your legs,

your pants.

Okay. Be still.

Aaah!

Be strong. Strong.

And your leg?

It hurts.

We need sleep.

We must ride when the sun goes up.

I don't want to go.

Then you keep.

What's it for?

Mountain lion.

And coyotes. Many.

Also, many Crow Indians.

This Indian fast and strong.

You need to keep hiding in trees.

Crow Indian sees you,

- kill you. - Can't you take me back?

No.

Many white people looking for us.

I am feel bad

your leg.

When the sun rises up,

we go.

Who was that?

Pocatello.

He is Shoshone also.

But he goes away from us.

He is a leader

among the people who...

hate the white man.

What did he say?

He want me to make a trade...

you for two horses.

What did you say?

Not enough.

Looks like someone's clothes.

What is it?

It's Nick's trousers. There's blood on them.

Let's go.

Yah!

Well, brother, we'd better go after him. Come on.

- Yah! - Yah!

This great man.

Washakie.

He speak

for these people.

You live with him.

This boy

- Yagaichi? - Yagaichi.

We have been waiting, Yagaichi.

This woman

Anuba.

She's to be

your mother.

Come.

Come.

I have business to attend to.

This place is nice and flat.

We'll camp here.

It's not even sun down. We got a good hour yet.

We've been going since sun up.

We'll camp here.

Maybe if you aren't so mad at it, it'll cooperate.

Sylvester,

we're heading back tomorrow.

We've been at it 10 days, and we ain't found

nothing but those britches.

Here could be anywhere in these mountains,

and he could be nowhere.

We have families we have to tend to,

and so do you.

Your mother needs you at home.

We go back tomorrow.

Yagaichi. Yagaichi.

Oh, Yagaichi.

Ahwo.

- Ahwo. - Ahwo? Ahwo.

Bowl.

Bowl.

- Bowl. - Bowl. Bowl.

Ehhe.

Ehhe? Ehhe. Ehhe.

Blanket.

- Blanket. - Blan-ket.

Yeah, you'll be speaking English in no time.

What's the matter? It's just an old wolf,

- esa. - Ha ah.

I think my mother would like you.

You're tough, but you care.

My mother cares a lot.

She's never really that tough, though.

It's hard on her.

Anuba.

Yagaichi.

Nick. Nick.

Anuba, Nick.

Yagaichi.

- Nick! - Yagaichi.

- Nick! - Yagaichi!

Nick!

Yagaichi. Yagaichi.

Ho.

This...

ang...

- an... ange... ang... - Anger?

Anger. No. Feet.

Feet. Feet.

Feet.

Feet, feet, head.

Woooo, feet. Do it.

Do it. Feet. Feet, feet.

Head, feet, feet.

Woooo, feet. Wooo.

Woooo.

Anger will not help you.

Get it.

Hah!

No good.

Good.

Thank you.

- A... an... - Anger.

- No. - Okay.

Feet.

Are you all right? I gave you a pretty good whack.

Sorry.

My name's Ya... Nick.

What's your name?

Oh, damn it, how do you say it?

Nick.

- Toma. - Toma.

Toma, that's nice.

- Sir? - Mmm.

How come the women do so much work around the camp?

- It is what they wish. - Why?

The women cut and haul the wood,

pack the meat, take care of the children,

tan the hides, make the clothes,

and they do all the cooking.

Some of what you say is true.

Our mother says the women want it done correctly.

- Boo! - Prissy,

what the devil are you doing out here?

I could've caught you with the axe.

No, you can't see me 'cause I'm a ghost.

And ghosts are spirits without bodies.

- How do you know that? - Sunday school.

Hey, don't get too close.

Nah, you can't hurt ghosts.

An arrowhead! Sylvester, look!

Maybe the Indians took Nick,

and they dropped it here.

Nah, I think he just ran away.

Do you think he'll ever come home?

- He might be dead. - Shut up, Jake, just shut up!

And what are you doing out here? You should be helping Ma.

I turned into a ghost, and floated out.

Sylvester, look.

First of the season.

Yup. First of the season.

Winter's just around the corner.

Yup. Just around the corner.

Priscilla? Priscilla?

Don't let her see me.

I thought no one could see you.

Mothers can see everything.

- Prissy, I can see you there. - I told you.

Come in this instant.

Or you'll wish you had.

Sure wish Nick was here.

- Where would you look? - Everywhere.

That's a lot of territory to cover.

Martha, your bread is delicious.

Let me pour you some more Brigham tea.

How do you know who took him?

I think it was the Bannocks. They're the only ones

- who come down this far. - Why the Bannocks? Why not

the Gosiutes or the Utes or the Crow or the Shoshone?

They were the first ones I thought of.

- I have to start somewhere. - And how do you know

they're not going to take you?

Or worse, kill you? Will that help your mother?

Good heavens, boy, you're a farmer.

You'd be eaten alive up there.

If not by savages, then by the bear or mountain lion,

- or by the elements. - I gotta try.

Don't you understand? I gotta try.

Can't you wait until your father comes back?

It'll be too late then.

You think Nick's dead.

That's not what I'm saying.

Martha?

He's gotta try.

I suppose if Brother Miller takes your south field,

and Brother Cannon and I take your north,

I suppose we could manage.

You leave Benjamin, and take my horse Buck.

- Yes, sir. - On one condition.

- You come back to your ma. - Yes, sir.

Oooh!

You have ears.

Use.

So what are you doing?

- Walking. - That's what I was doing.

I've been practicing with that bow you gave me.

- Good. - I think I'm getting better.

- Feet. - I remember.

Morogonai, why'd you tell everyone my name was Yagaichi?

That's causing me some awful trouble.

Good name, Yagaichi.

To be a white man family Washakie,

you need to be strong.

This name, Yagaichi,

is hard name.

Teach you be strong.

What are you looking at?

Bad days.

What do you see?

We hunt them. Making war.

You can see all that in the sky?

Sometimes the sky...

is open.

When does the sky say this will happen?

Hunt always this...

- what is word? Seas... seas... - Season?

Season. Hunt always this season.

But is hard, this time.

- No many buffalo. - Why?

These Indian people living over there.

No keep their land. No keep their home.

Come here now.

They're hungry. Need to eat.

Is it 'cause of the whites?

Many white people.

Morogonai,

do you hate the whites?

No. Morogonai no hate.

Hate make man...

I hated my brother Sylvester.

Is no good, Yagaichi.

Keep... keep this,

Yagaichi, keep this.

This life no is long.

No hate.

No hate.

- Morogonai? - Mmm, Yagaichi.

How do I find my vision?

Be still.

Quiet.

No words.

Listen.

Your heart...

vision...

comes.

He tried to do the right things,

but his help was not always wanted, or understood.

Morogonai gave the boy love, friendship,

and taught him the way of the Shoshone.

And the way from boy to man.

In battle, you are no longer.

- Do again. - I'm trying!

If you'd stop throwing those rocks...

Aaah! Ah!

# Far away #

# You've learned #

# About the world #

# And that we are all one #

# Look to your spirit #

# To show you the way #

# When dreamers dream #

# The legend goes #

# It's then you'll know #

# The wind calls #

# Your name #

# You will always find a friend #

# Just open up your heart #

# If you believe #

# Then love will raise you to new heights #

# See how your love runs deep #

# Like the rivers of the wind #

# Let it soar on wings #

# And bring you home again. #

Morogonai!

Look, it's the Indian from the road.

Pocatello.

- Haata. - Haata? Poisoned?

- What did he say? - He want you.

White men trade maybe four, five horses for you.

Good price.

"Dearest Mother,

once again, I'm afraid there is no good news to tell you.

I have followed many leads, but still have no sign of Nick.

It is September now.

I will soon have to make a choice,

to come home, or endure another winter.

I wish you could advise me what to do.

I will write again as soon as I can.

Send everybody my love,

and tell them not to worry about me.

I'm doing fine.

Your loving son, Sylvester."

Huh?

White men.

Ya ha.

The Mormons and the Indians

have one spirit Father.

And He is sad that we fight.

We do not kill white people.

No, but some of your brothers do.

Some of yours do also.

Yes.

And our Father in heaven is full of sorrow.

The white man comes in peace.

Of course, there are bad white men,

just as there are bad Indians.

But for the most part,

these are poor, honest folk,

searching for a home.

Your friend Brigham is concerned for you.

He believes it will not be many snows

before the game in your country is gone

and there will be no food for your families.

Would you change the color of our skin?

No, but we do not desire for your people to starve.

We will bring seed and tools,

and teach you what you must learn.

Send my thanks to my new friend Big Ham,

and tell him we will council on his words.

From brother Brigham.

Brother Brigham wanted to know your words

about this gift.

This is good.

He wanted to know how you felt about the gift.

Whites have words for everything.

But they are just words from here.

But this...

cannot speak.

Sir, am I ever going to find out why I'm here?

Soon, you will know.

But I don't understand. You don't teach me anything

like medicine, or war, or the like.

Never mind.

Soon I will know.

For strength.

You should see my real mother.

She's quite pretty.

Anyway, I think she is.

She's probably calling everybody in from the field,

and hollering at Jake, "Get Blackie outta the house."

Jake has this ugly old dog and he...

What am I doing?

You don't understand a word I say.

Yagaichi.

When the summer moved into fall,

we would go to our winter home to escape the heavy snows.

Yagaichi traveled with us at a difficult time.

As the snow came early that year,

the hunting grounds were scarce.

We were forced even further south,

to find the abundance needed for our survival.

What is it?

Is what the sky has told me.

So?

Crows come. Fight.

Isn't that good?

I do not like fight.

No good comes. But Crows

will take our horses,

our women. We do not keep our horses, women,

we will die.

We must go, make battle.

Morogonai,

I want you to have this,

for strength.

Morogonai!

Morogonai!

Morogonai.

Morogonai?

Morogonai?

Morogonai.

I go now.

- No, I don't want you to go. - I need go.

I need my father.

Stay here, I'm gonna go get some help.

No, Yagaichi, no.

Yagaichi,

make a goodbye me now.

I am your friend,

always.

Morogonai.

Identify yourself.

Sylvester Wilson, from Grantsville,

- Utah territory. - You wouldn't be kin

- to Elijah Wilson? - Yes, sir. He's my father.

All I ask is to share your fire.

Please, come.

You're more than welcome.

May we offer you some fish?

They're small, but they're tasty.

Thank you, I'm fine.

It'd be a shame to waste them.

We've already eaten, we'll leave them for the varmints.

Well, if they'd just go to waste.

Go ahead, do yourself up.

Thank you.

Thank you. To be honest, I am still hungry.

So...

tell us, brother Wilson,

you look like...

you've been away from home for quite a while.

Near on to 18 months.

I'm searching for my brother.

Your brother?

We think the Indians took him about two years ago.

Here,

wash it down with this.

Which ones?

Don't know. Can't find a trace of him.

Why would you continue?

Because...

I know he's out here. I can feel it.

So what does this brother of yours look like?

He'd be about 15 now.

Maybe near my height,

light colored hair, blue eyes.

Last fall we were up in Wind River country,

up at Washakie's camp.

We saw a young boy that appeared to be white.

He had light hair. Didn't get a look at his eyes.

We weren't convinced he was white.

He was wearing tribal clothes.

Didn't look like he was any kind of a prisoner.

Did you find out his name?

No, didn't have a chance to ask.

Why didn't you?

I'm sorry.

It's just that l... It's been so long.

Where is the Wind River country?

Pocatello!

This was it, wasn't it?

You have good aim, my brother.

I was aiming for his head.

Heard it in the wind, Washakie.

Morogonai could read the sky.

He knew what would happen to him if he had to fight the Crows.

Morogonai is missed.

He would be proud of you today.

You are a warrior now, my brother.

I had council with the elders today.

I know.

We are worried about the posse.

I understand.

I know that I'm done here.

I must go back to my family.

I want to go back.

Do you understand?

The head understands,

the heart...

cannot speak.

Follow the river, it will lead you back to your people.

I promise to return again to see my Shoshone mother.

You will return.

Yagaichi.

# Many moons #

# Have passed #

# Turn the page #

# As you look out and see #

# A world of adventure #

# That you've yet to live #

# When dreamers dream #

# The legend goes #

# The wind calls #

# Your name. #

What is it, Spirit?

Let's go!

- I got you covered. - And I have you covered.

You speak English?

Who are you?

I asked you first.

No, you didn't.

Nick?

Sylvester?

Yeah.

What the devil are you doing up here?

Looking for you.

- You were looking for me? - For two years.

Can you forgive me?

It's me that needs to be forgiven.

I guess we're even then.

You know, if we start riding now,

we could get a couple hours closer to home before sunset.

Why you in such a hurry?

You're just going to have to herd sheep and fix fences.

I think I can handle that.

We're going home.

Welcome home, my young brother.

This is where our mother wanted to be.

I promised I'd come back.

I'm just sorry...

I'm just sorry it wasn't...

while you were still alive.

You are still Yagaichi.

In 1857,

Yagaichi returned home.

He mended fences, and plowed fields.

In 1861,

Nick Wilson went on to become one of the founders

and original riders of the Pony Express.

# Embrace the same earth #

# And their spirits #

# Will never die #

# Cherish #

# The moment #

# And stay in present time #

# All of #

# The ancients #

# To the mountain we must climb #

# Breathe the same air #

# Walk in the same sunshine #

# Touch the same sky #

# Embrace the same earth #

# And the river #

# Will never dry #

# Listen #

# To the wind #

# See it in the sky #

# Feel it #

# From the ground #

# There are answers #

# All around #

# Enter #

# The circle #

# You will see #

# Through our father's eyes #

# Walking #

# Their footsteps #

# They are many, old and wise #

# Breathe the same air #

# Wade through the same river #

# See the same sky #

# Embrace the same earth #

# And their spirits #

# Will never die #