All language subtitles for S04E24 - One Spring Like Long Ago

[ theme music playing ]

[ rumbling ]

It isn't what
you expected, is it, boy?

Never seen such
empty lookin' eyes.

What have they got
to look at?

They sure lost
themselves a war,
didn't they?

We didn't beat them.

We didn't?

We burned the world
out from under them.

Burned it
for ourselves, too.

We're gonna
miss it someday.

I've been ridin'
for quite a ways

and I haven't seen
any ashes.

They're there.

You'll see them
someday.

Let's move.
We got cattle to sell.

Oh. Starr,
you made good time.

Hi, Weatherby.Sit down.

This is Randy Benton.

He'll be leading
the drive.

I brought him along
to show him the route.

That's quite
a responsibility
for a young fella.

Your first drive?

Yes, sir. I've never been
a trail boss before.

Hmm. You had dinner yet?

Yes, we ate on the trail.
Thank you.

Good. Then we can get
right down to business.

I've got the contract
all ready.

Fine.

Here you are.

Only 500 head?

That's all
we could afford.

The government
guarantees them a cow a man.

Head for head.

You've got
3,000 Ogallala here.

Starr, you know
as well as I do

the difference between
what Congress is supposed
to appropriate

and what actually gets here.

It's not as great as
the difference

between what
actually gets here

and what you spend
on the Indians.

What makes you the champion
of the downtrodden?

Don't put a tag on me,
Weatherby.

I came here to sell
3,000 head, not 500.

Starr, no one's
twisting your arm.

Now, I couldn't care less.

I'm a very busy man.
Either you want to sign,
or you don't.

We'll camp by the creek
and leave in the morning.

You'd better sleep
in a stockade,

or those Indians
will rob you blind.

I don't have anything
they want.

Suit yourself.

I'll inform
the Indian police.

Sleep well.Thanks.

Well, well.

What have we
got here?

Good work, Bowers.

He gave himself up.

First time one of 'em
ever did that.

Oh? Did he say why?

He said he'd
seen the light.

A great spirit
gave him the word.

What do you think?

Why do you think
he came back?

I've been askin' him
that for four days--

sometimes hard
and sometimes soft.

You know as much
about it as I do.

It's just like
Ghost Dance
all over again.

Some old fool
comes up with a dream
or a prophecy,

and it gives him the will
to resist again.

They're tired and old.

I want 'em
to stay that way.

You tie him to the post.

No food, no water.

And we'll ask him tomorrow
why he came back.

[ chuckles ]

We'll ask him every day

until he tells us.

All right.
Give me my bounty.

Huh? Oh, yeah.

$5. Don't spend it
all tonight, now.

At least I work
for mine.

Oh. Don't let him
talk to anyone--

especially Two Hawks.

He might be
planning something.

Hold it, Indian.

You the cattle man
from up in Medicine Bow?

Yeah.

What'd he do?

Runnin' off.

I heard he gave
himself up.

Yeah.

First time one of 'em
ever did that.

It's kind of hard
to figure.

Get back there!
Get back there!

You old fool.

You get back over there
where you belong!

Hold it.

That old fool has led
more good men into battle

than you could
clean up after.

How did Bowers
ever get that way?

His father was
a comanchero.

He was killed trading
guns and whiskey
to the hostiles.

I suppose
that's part of it.

Did you know him?

Heh. Everybody knew him.

Why don't they fight back?

Weatherby would
only hold back

on the food
and blankets.

The women and kids
would be the first
ones to suffer.

But don't sell
Bowers short.

He knows his business.
He's real good at it.

I am Tonka.

This is Two Hawks,
my father.

You're welcome
in my camp.

Are you hungry?

No. Thank you.

My father wants me
to ask a favor of you.

Yeah? A favor?

He wants to speak
with High Sun--

the one tied to the post.

It is very important.

I came here to sell cattle.

Nothing else
is any of my business.

It was before.

That was different.
That was between
Bowers and me.

What you're asking
is between Two Hawks
and Weatherby.

Will you ask Mr. Weatherby
on our behalf?

That's all we ask.

Just to let
two old friends talk.

What I think...

and what I have a right
to do about it...

are two different things.

You're a lucky man.Lucky?

To have rights.

Even little ones.

Thank you anyway.

They're in for it,
ain't they?

They fought a war
and lost.

What do you expect?

I thought you said
they didn't lose.

They lost sure enough.

But what I said was
that we didn't
beat them.

Boy, don't bite on me
if something's going on
you don't like.

Just fix it yourself.

I don't know how.

I guess we could
walk on over there.

Sort of see
what happens.

[ speaking
in native language ]

Shut up!

My father is going to
talk to High Sun.

Weatherby said no.

Weatherby has made
a mistake.

Trouble, Bowers?

[ chuckles ]
You new friend here

forgot his place
for a minute.

And you get paid to
remind him, don't you?

Go ahead.

I'll watch.

I just may learn
something.

What's goin' on here,
Bowers?

Them Indians are tryin' to
talk and stir up trouble.

Okay, let 'em talk.

That ain't smart.

I don't like this
any more than you do.

They're serious about this,
but I don't know why.

I do know I don't want
to make any trouble
I can't handle

until the Indian police
get here.

You get them
Indian police down here,

and you're gonna have
more trouble than you know
what to do with.

[ speaking
in native language ]

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in native language ]

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native language ]

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in native language ]

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in native language ]

[ speaking
in native language ]

[ all cheering ]

What are they
talkin' about?

All in all...

he said the buffalo
are returning.

What do you say, Tonka?

What do you say?

I say nothing.
I'm an eldest son
of an honored chief.

I speak his words.

[ speaking
in native language ]

[ speaking in
native language ]

He says he will go to
where the buffalo are.

There he will talk
to the Great Spirit.

He will come back
and lead his people.

You tell him I say
he's not goin' anywhere.

You tell him
the Great Spirit
is right here!

I hope you decide
more reasonably.

I truly hope so.

I'll wire the Indian police.
They'll be here by morning.

You're makin' a mistake.
You shouldn't
have done that.

No? Heh heh.
What would you
suggest I do, huh?

I assume you've had
some experience
in these matters.

Haven't you?

Look, no one's ever asked
to see my credentials.

How much did it
cost you, Weatherby?

Plenty! Look,
let's stick to the point.

We got trouble here!

We ain't got
half as much trouble.

If them Indian police
come down here,

you're gonna see
some real trouble.

Well, they're already
on their way.

You go tighten up
the guard.

You won't need this.

We'll have to
wait this out.

[ knock on door ]

Who is it?

Morgan Starr.

What do you want?

I came to tell you

I heard that
the Indian police

have been called out.

I just thought
you should know.

I thought it was
none of your business.

Well...

I remember the plains
the way your father does,

and I'd almost forgotten
what it was like.

If there is
a buffalo herd...

it belongs to him.

It's right
that he should...

live to enjoy
the view again.

We're going, whether
they let us or not.

You'll be killed.

Your father knows that.

He's my father,
and I'm his eldest son.

I must obey him.

It isn't even certain
there is a buffalo herd.

Bowers didn't see it.

And he's
a trained woodsman.

High Sun didn't want him
to see it.

Have you told your father
he can't win?

You don't understand.

I've never killed
an enemy in battle.

I never will, most likely.

The old days
will never come back.

The war is over.

And the old men don't
have enough pride left

to face the future.

But their sons
must follow them anyway

because that's
the way it is.

To him, I will never
be a whole man

if I never kill an enemy.

And Jesuit school
or no Jesuit school,

I still need
my father's respect.

Does that mean
that you'll follow him?

I must.

It'll be the waste
of a good man.

Maybe it'll be the waste
of a better one

if I don't.

I told my father
that I don't believe

this path will
lead us to God.

And he told me...

if it is true that God
is peace within,

and our path gives us
inner peace,

then...we will
have found God.

Ask him what he'll do

if there is no herd.

[ speaking
in native language ]

[ speaking
in native language ]

He says
if there is no herd,

we will be proved
a forsaken people.

Hope will be dead.

He will seek
an honorable death then,

rather than
this living one.

This...is hell.

I've always been taught
that hell's in your heart...

if you make it that way.

We believe that
a man's heart
is in his house.

This one doesn't even
feel the wind.

Did you ever see...

a big herd of buffalo?

Nope, never did.

I once rode three days

without seeing
the end of the herd.

And they were moving
the other way.

We figured there
must've been around
a million animals.

We came over a rise,
looked down to the plain.

It seemed like
the earth itself.

There was just
so many of 'em.

And they were
packed so tight

that they just didn't
seem to move.

Except for
the edge of the herd--
it would spread out,

and then tighten up
as the stragglers
came home.

They blacked out
the world the way...

passenger pigeons
black out the sky.

It was truly a sight.

It'd sure be nice
to see another herd
of buffalo again.

What do you think those
Indian police will do?

To Two Hawks, I mean.

It was Indian police
that killed Sitting Bull.

You think they'd
stick together.

Heh.

An Indian said that
to me once.

I was telling him
about Gettysburg.

There's nothing new about
brother against brother.

Better get
some rest, boy.

We'll be heading out
at first light.

Wake up.

Eh, wake up.

Near sunup.

You go look after
the horses, will you?

Hey! Wake up!

You sure are gruff
in the morning.

[ both speaking
in native language ]

You over there!

[ speaking in
native language ]

More police come soon.

Go back now.

Take off war charms.

Or big trouble come.

You're betraying
your blood.

It is you who betray.

You bring trouble
to your people.

It is you who are
the trouble.

My father wishes
to see the buffalo

once more
before he dies.

You followed him once.

You owe him this.No!

Bring more soldiers.

Kill many women,
many children.

You go back.

I obey him.

Put up your hands.

We don't want to hurt you.
We need horses.

Please stand back.

I had that saddle
going on 15 years.

I hope they make it.

There's your receipt.

Your Indian friends
fixed you good.

No worse than what
you're charging us
for two horses.

They're good ones.

They better be.

I lost them
in the creek bed.

I'll have to track 'em
north tomorrow.

I've decided to make
an example of them.

$100 each,
dead or alive.

Do I hear you right?

Now, they don't have
that coming.

He'd bring back scalps.

You know that.

I need an example.

You'll get one.

You just
committed murder.

Look,
I'm tired, Starr.

Are we goin' home now?

I'm kind of fond
of that saddle.

We'll be taking
the long way home, boy.

Yes, sir.

Ain't got
much stock left.

What can I do
for you?

We need some provisions.

Sold the last
of my provisions
a couple of days ago.

They're doin'
a right brisk rate.

Oh?Yeah.

All these
huntin' parties.

Been talk of buffalo
to the north.

Nah. There's no buffalo.

Maybe so. But there
sure are a heap of people

talkin' about
Miniconjou Glade.

Did you see a fella
named Bowers

come through here?

Bounty hunter?
After two Injuns?
Yeah.

Told him the same thing
I told you.

He was here yesterday.

Well...

is there any place
up the line we could
stock up?

A couple of farms maybe.

I can serve some lunch,
if you're hungry.

Much obliged. How much?

$10. Each.

Heh. It's a seller's market.

In that case, I'll just
have a glass of milk.

A dollar a glass.

A dollar a glass?

A dollar
for a glass of milk?

How much is the kerosene?$20 a can.

And how much are matches?A dollar a box.

What's he got,
a gold cow?

Uh, what do you want
with kerosene and matches?

I mean, way out here
and all.

There's an old
cure for deafness
my mother taught me.

You don't seem deaf to me.

You seem to hear
right well.

Well, when you told me
the price of lunch,

I couldn't hear at all.

All right.

Here is your $41.

I figure it'll take
about two cans.

Uh...

lunch is down to 50 cents.

And the milk?

Goes with the lunch.

Pretty powerful cure.

Didn't even have to take
the tops off.

Put it away!

Drop that gun belt!

Get down!

I said get down
there, boy!

Why are you followin' me?

Why are you walkin'
in front of us?

My horse went lame.
I had to shoot him.

Get back there.
Get back!

Hyah![ neighs ]

You think you're gonna
get the reward?

Well, I got my claim
on that.

You got a claim to
fire and brimstone,
is what you got.

I spent my whole life

chasin' after them
moth-eatin' savages.

Herd 'em back into that
government compound

at $5 a head.

But I got a chance
at something worthwhile--

$200, $300.

And I find you two
doggin' my heels.

What was you gonna do?

Sneak up behind me
in the middle of the night,

take my scalps off of me?

Scalps?

I'm gonna take
your horse.

And if you don't stay
out of my way,

I'm gonna kill you.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Uh, we're hoping
that you'd sell us
some provisions.

Maybe a horse?

You buffalo hunters, too?

I think he's lookin'
for a lost saddle, ma'am.

Was there
an Indian on it?

How did you know that?

A fella named Bowers
was askin' me about...

a dressed-up Dakota
on a fancy Mexican saddle.

I'll tell you
what I told him.

I may be a weather-beaten
old widow

who's forgotten
how to talk to people,

but I got my peace of mind,
and this shotgun's gonna
help me keep it.

Just in case you're
gettin' any ideas.

My name's
Margaret McKinley.

I'm Morgan Starr.

This is Randy Benton.

Are you bounty hunters?

No. We just keep
losin' our horses.

[ laughs ] I guess
that was your horse

Mr. Bowers was riding?

We were hoping
that we could
buy one from you

and some
provisions, too.

I'll feed you.

If you don't mind
getting talked to death.

No, ma'am. I always say
that if a man

don't love the sound
of a woman's voice
for its own sake,

he ain't worth talkin' to...
or feedin'.

Now, listen,
young man.

I've forgotten how
charming a handsome,
young fella can be.

Don't go reminding me

and makin' it any more
lonely out here
than it already is.

It won't get you
any more than beans,

and that's just about
all I got.

That's more than fine, ma'am.
We're obliged to you.

The well's over there.
Wash up good.

Do like she says.

She wasn't fooling.

Thank you.

The blizzard back in '81.

Cruel year.Yeah.

Michael was late.
The boys went out
lookin' for him.

They died not 300 feet
from this house.

Never knew
where they were.

Why did you stay on?

Well, we took this place
to be our home.

This land didn't come easy.
We died for it.

I ain't about
to give it up so fast.

Six months, a year--

it'd all be grown over,
not a trace.

Not a memory.

That's an awful lot
to give up.

A lot of love
and a lot of cryin'.

All for nothin', if I
give it back to the land.

I'm sorry I don't have
no fancy dessert for you.

No. That dinner
almost made me forget

what it was
we came here for.

What did you come for?

It wasn't no saddle.

[ chuckles ]

The saddle will do
for now.

The worst
that can happen is,

the boy will see
his first herd of buffalo.

Or his last herd,
you figure?

Yeah, I figure.

That's too bad.

Took so long to make 'em.

So little time to kill 'em.

[ speaking in native language ]

[ speaking in
native language ]

MARGARET: "And whose belly
thou fillest with thy treasure,

"who hath children in plenty,

"and who leave their abundance
to their babes.

"As for me, I shall behold
thy face in righteousness,

"and I shall be satisfied

"when I awake

with thy likeness."

When this herd is gone--

like my children--

where will his likeness
be then, Mr. Starr?

I don't know, ma'am.

Read some more.
That sounds nice.

Oh. I can't ready, Randy.

Michael used to read to me.

I remember
some of the parts.

"A woman of valor,
who can find?

"For her price
is far above rubies.

"The heart of her husband

doth safely trust in her."

How long doth the heart
of a husband

safely trust, Mr. Starr?

I don't know.

I never asked that
question before.

Not even to myself.

I didn't mean
to upset you.

No, no, you didn't.

You've lost people, too.
I reminded you.

You won't find them
looking out there.

When Mike
and the boys died,

I left this place.
I hated it.

I went home
to stay with my folks
for a whole year.

Then I came back.

Why?

I cried that whole year.
Never stopped crying...

until I got back
right to where
I'm standing now.

The only thing that
makes me sad is...

thinking it might
all end with me.

The land doesn't end.

Only the people on it.

People may poison it
or burn it.

Or make holes in it.

But they can't
make it stop being.

You aren't the first one
to lose folks to this land.

And you won't be the last.

Some people bury
the folks they lose.

Other people let
their dead bury them.

♪♪

♪ Rivers flow

♪ Birds fly away

♪ Sometimes I wonder

♪ Why I stay

♪ That dusty road

♪ Just seems to say

♪ I'll be movin' on
someday ♪

Well...

thank you for the loan
of the horse...

and the rifle.

Good luck.

So long.

RANDY: Wow.

STARR:
There they are, boy.

That many wouldn't have
filled the shadow
of one side

of the herds
I used to see.

[ gunshots ]

Is that a fight?

[ gunshots continue ]

Sharps .50.

Buffalo gun.

[ gunshots continue ]

We want to parallel
the line of migration.

That'll take us out of
Miniconjou Glade.

Should have the place
to ourselves.

The hunters will be
farther up the line.

What happens
when we get there?

We look for my saddle.

[ gunshots continue ]

[ speaking
in native language ]

[ speaking
in native language ]

[ gunshots continue ]

[ gunshots continue ]

The shooting's stopped.

Yeah.

How much further?

Miniconjou Glade
is up ahead.

It sure sounds quiet
after all that noise.

Seems like
the end of the world.

[ speaking
in native language ]

Hmm?

[ speaking
in native language ]

[ screams ]

[ speaks
in native language ]

They're gonna attack.

We didn't kill
the animal.

We can run.
We're not their enemy.

It's deeper than that.

[ gunshots ]

[ gunshot ]

We could've run away.
It would've been
all right.

It's like a bad dream.

Can't believe
it happened.

It's too late
for running.

No, we could've
run away.

I didn't want to hurt
either one of these men.

Is this what
you brought me here for?

He was gonna
kill you, boy.

Don't try to
understand it yet.
Just try to believe it,

because it's true.

He was going
to kill you.

What's he
doin' that for?

He's mourning his son...

by shedding his own blood.

It's his way of saying
that there is more to come.

[ speaking
in native language ]

What'd he say?

I guess he...

warned you that he's
gonna kill you.

Grab his legs.

Easy, boy.

Maggie?

The bullet
only grazed him.

These cuts
in his arms--

mourning wounds.
Give me your knife.

What happened?

There was one animal left.

And the bounty hunter
got it.

The Indians went berserk.

And I killed his son.

There's some witch hazel
out in the shed.

I'll need it.

I'll go get it.

Does he know
that this old man

has to kill him
or die trying?

He knows.

Did you get
what you went for?

Nobody did.

I knew that'd happen
before you went.

I tried to tell you.
I didn't know how.

I guess smarter women
than me have tried, too.

Well...

it's been a long time
since I've seen a Dakota

all dressed up like this.

Must've been a very
special occasion.

It was.

What are we
gonna do with him?

What do you want
to do with him?

I'd like to set him free.

No. We can't do that, boy.

Why not?

One of you will only
wind up killing the other.

He won't live long
in any case.

He has nothing
to live for.

You didn't want to
take him back before now.

What if Bowers gets him?

He'll just take a scalp
back for the reward.

What if Bowers found Tonka?

Bowers make be closer
than I thought.

I'll take a look.

He's out there.

I don't even care.

You can come with us,
if you like.

Can you understand me?

Well, I got a feelin'
you can.

I'm sorry
what happened to Tonka.

Mr. Starr and me
didn't figure on that.

You understand?

Now, Mr. Starr says
we gotta take you back.

Because if we don't,

you'll try to kill me.

But I don't believe that.

And I don't want to
have to take you back.

So I'm gonna let you go.

And we gotta
get out of here before
Starr gets back.

Do you understand?

Now, Bowers is out there.

And he's gonna try
to kill you.

You take my horse.

It's got enough food
in the pack

to last you three days.

You can get to Canada,
and nobody will
bother you there.

You young fool.

I never saw a man
so strong.

You never saw a man
with more reason
to be strong.

You turned him loose,
didn't you?

Don't you do that
again, boy.

Did you hear me?!

I was tryin' to show him
it didn't have
to be this way,

that the world
was still here,
and it's still his.

It isn't!
Can't you see that?

No, sir, I don't.
Buffalo or no buffalo,

he's still alive,
and that's something.

Maybe you respect
his right to kill
himself, but I don't.

All right.
Let me say it again.

If you want
to let him kill you,

that's okay with me.
But you just make sure

that you don't take
anybody with you.

Do you understand that?

Yeah. I understand.

That fool kid.

You're the fool,
Morgan.

Making him feel
like it's a crime
to feel civilized.

That's a lie.

Then tell him
you understand.

Is it gonna help him
live with himself?

He has to do that alone.

No, don't do that, Randy.
You want to keep warm.

Get inside before
I take a broom to you.

Maybe you'd better
come in, too.

Oh, Randy,
I've lived alone here
for so many years.

I know every branch
and stone

and every sight
and sound.

There's nothin' around here
I'm afraid of.

Well, maybe that's
not so good.

Leave me alone, Randy.
I'm all talked out.

I'm sorry.

I'll be inside
in a minute.

Thanks for worrying.
It feels good.

[ gasps ]

I don't want
to hurt you,
so be still.

Did you see Maggie
out there?

I got the woman!

You hurt her, Bowers,
and I'll tear you up!

You ain't gonna
do nothin'.

You're gonna listen
to me right now,

that's what you're
gonna do.

And don't go sneakin'
around outside that house!

I hear one sound,
I'll shoot this woman!
You hear me?

Answer me!

All right, Bowers.

That Indian's mine, Starr!

It's my duty
to bring him back!

Them other Indians
will laugh me blue
if I don't.

And you ain't gonna
do that to me.

You listen to me!
And listen to me good!

We're goin' to trade!

The Indian for the woman!

You bring the Indian,
I'll bring the woman.

And I want that Indian
bound proper!

You got that?

Yeah, I got it.

Take him out.

He won't have a chance.

Come on.

Is he tied up?

Yes, he's tied!

You got my word.

He'd better be.

Doesn't mean he's
gonna stay tied.

This is all I can do
for you, Two Hawks.

I'm sorry.

All right, lady.
Go...slow.

Come on, Indian.

As far as Two Hawks
is concerned,

nothing's changed.

It can't. You--

It doesn't matter.

I remember you once sayin'

that the only difference
between the winner
and the loser

was how he feels
about it afterwards.

Right?

Boy, you've got
problems.

Which one did you find?

Bowers.

He had a fresh scalp
in his belt.

Yeah, I figured it'd
be something like that.

Well, will Two Hawks
make it?

For the sake of
his son's spirit?

He'll say all
the right words.

I guess funerals are
for the living, anyway.

You know, it turned out
just like I wanted it to.

Now I'm scared.
I surely am.

You'll be leaving now.

You can still leave here.

I got nothin' to go to.

And I can't let go
of what I've got.

If there's something
I could say to change
your mind,

I'd sure say it.

Well...good-bye, Randy.

Good-bye, Maggie.

Well, I'm not one
to tell folks

how to lead
their lives, Maggie.

But that boy thinks
a lot of you.

So do I.

Whatever it is that
we feel for you, Maggie,

we want you to live.

Your dead ones
wanted you to live.

Don't betray them
by dying, Maggie.

Hmm?

Move on, Maggie.

Well, it's like
it'll never be over.

Not as long as
he's back there

and that poor old man's
alive with his misery.

Not as long as I'm
as scared as I am
right now.

If it happens...

you have to kill him.

Have you
learned that yet?

I hope I never
have to learn it.

What should I do,
Mr. Starr?

Nothing.

He's thinking it over.

Why doesn't he
make up his mind?

He has.

I wanted to live.

Now I gotta bury him.

Why'd he make me
be the one?

He had no place
to go, boy.

He's been dead
a long time.

He knew it better
than any of us.

No, he sinned
the greatest sins

the Dakota can know.

To lose a son in battle,

to return
from battle alone,

his comrades killed.

Those are unbearable
sins for him, boy.

This is the first peace
he has known in...

longer than you've
been alive.

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