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Matt? Matt?

Matt!

They got the pouch, kid.

Who?

What happened, Matt?

Snake Man.

It's okay, man. Just save your strength.

Snake Man?

Snake Man?

Is that what you're trying to say, Matt?

This new Frenchie circus guy, what's his name?

Lyotard. Right.

Now, he gets way up high.

I'm swinging from one bar to another. Uh-huh. Well, hell, that ain't nothing

back in St. Joe. I've seen Jimmy do that all the time.

Yeah, drinking sarsaparilla.

Like all good Pony Express boys.

Hey, we got a pack of Indians heading this way.

What? What?

Right, uh, Sioux War Party out near Broken Fortress now.

There must have been 20 or more of them. They come riding at me straight out of

hell like a pack of banshees.

Did he say he broke in the fort?

I pulled arrows out of these hides. They're probably ruined with holes in

them now, but at least they saved my life.

Hey, mister, which way are they headed?

West. Better put them near Shaughnessy's way station. That's too close. We better

go warn the others.

I tell you, none of us will be safe as long as them devils are running around

loose. Treaties don't mean nothing to them. We need to clean them all out for

good. That's what we need to do.

Cut it out.

I said cut it out. What are you doing?

Preparing to die.

Stop it.

I ain't gonna kill you.

Hear what I said? I ain't gonna kill you.

No?

Hell no.

I'm gonna take it in the law so they can kill you. I did nothing. Right.

Suppose you stood around and watched while your brothers butchered these

people. They were my friends.

Where are the others? I don't know. I tell you, I did nothing.

I was hunting buffalo when I saw the smoke.

I came to help, but it was too late.

There ain't buffalo around here for miles.

I said hunting, not finding.

White man used up all these buffalo.

Now my people must ride many days to find meat.

Why'd you come at me with a knife?

You had a gun.

Stand up.

Who's Snake Man?

I don't know.

He's an Indian, ain't he? You know all white men by name.

You got a smart mouth.

How'd you learn to speak such good English?

My mother taught me many tongues.

Forked is only one of them.

I knew you were white. I'm Hung Papa.

My mother was white.

And she was a slave.

Until my father made her his wife.

I have a friend, a Kiowa friend, whose mother was raped by whites.

Where your people go, nothing remains pure.

What's this?

Looks like an arrow to me.

It's a Sioux arrow, ain't it? We have a treaty.

Treaties can be broken.

By your people.

Anyway, no hung papa did this.

Is that so?

Too many arrows.

Hell, any judge would buy that.

Tell you what, though, hangman's got plenty of rope.

Come on.

This is not right.

Me on foot, you riding? You could have brought my horse.

If you were my prisoner, I would treat you with honor and respect.

If I were your prisoner, I'd be a scalp on your belt.

A place of honor and respect.

I knew something was wrong. Kid should have been back hours ago.

I say we ride out after him.

Now, hold your horses, boys. We ain't going nowhere till we talk it over with

Mr. Spoon. We got to.

The kid could be in trouble.

Yeah, and he might be avoidin' it. You ever think of that?

Somebody's gotta warn him, Emma. The kid can take care of himself.

Not if the Sioux got a hold of him.

And what's your big plan, Jimmy? You gonna go ridin' into the war camp with

your guns a-blazin'? Might as well scalp yourself and send it to him on a lodge

pole. I ain't gonna sit here and do nothin', Emma.

I gotta do somethin'. Me too.

Well, if they're going, best to have somebody along who knows what they're

doing.

Now, don't you two go getting no ideas. We're gonna find Mr. Spoon, see what

this is about.

Indian stuff makes people crazy.

Should be in Sweetwater by nightfall.

You'll get a fair trial.

You got a better chance than Matt O'Connell and the Shaughnessys did.

What's your name?

Your tongue can't hold it.

Try me.

Curly to you.

Get to the rocks.

Come on, Katie.

Snakes. Snakes.

Shoshone hunting blood.

You can't fight them alone. Who said anything about fight?

What

did

you say?

They were cowards.

You crazy?

It was a good day to die.

I should have killed you when I had the chance.

You still can.

Sorry, you don't get off that easy now.

Good day to die. Good day to die for you, maybe. What about me? How do I ever

say no?

Cut the ropes.

Give me a gun. No.

They'll kill you. You'll kill me.

Then you'll have nothing to lose.

Swear to God you'll give it back. Who's God? My God.

All right.

I swear.

There's a gun in my saddlebag.

Good shooting.

Seems today is not the day after all.

All right, Curly, let's have it.

You scored a guide. Yours.

Not mine.

It's Matt O'Connell.

God Almighty.

Kid, what kind of trouble are you in?

Welcome back.

Did you have a nice sleep?

I was asking the gods for a sign.

What kind of sign?

Show us the way out of here.

I thought today was a good day to die.

Tomorrow is better.

You think they'd reconsider killing us if you took back that coward business?

Too late.

Don't worry.

They're a hunting party.

They won't kill us till they get us back to their main camp.

Wouldn't want to spoil the fun for the rest of the tribe.

That makes me feel a lot better, thanks.

I gotta hand it to you, Curly. You really got away with people.

Yes.

You know her?

White fox woman.

The Shoshones stole her when they raided our camp two summers ago.

We grew up together.

She doesn't seem like a prisoner.

Yes, she's not anymore.

Now she's as one of their own.

Were you close?

We were to be married.

I'm sorry.

Why? Why?

Isn't it hard seeing her like this?

Hard as being trapped like an animal.

What is it?

Don't make sense, damn it. It just don't make sense.

Yeah, the Sioux are proud people, you know that.

White's been pushing them off their lands for a long time now.

Mike's right.

They wouldn't break their treaties.

Unless someone pushed them. Mac and Bessie Shaughnessy.

Well, didn't that Indian agent say there weren't no reports of Sioux activity in

the area?

Yeah, but who's gonna believe Walker, Emma?

He's on their side.

Yeah. At least the kid got away.

Don't know that.

Don't know nothing.

That's the damn problem.

Excuse me.

You'll be all right.

I don't know, Buck.

I'm scared.

What if the Sioux did get him?

What if he's... He's fine, Lou.

I know it.

How can you be so sure?

You didn't see what they did to the Shaughnessys.

They're savages.

Because they're murderers?

Or because they're Indians?

What are you doing?

A warrior never leaves his enemy alive.

You could have tied him up, Curly. You didn't have to kill him.

I bet you could kill anybody if you had a mind to it.

Isn't she coming? No. This is her home now. She says her husband is a good man.

I don't understand you, Curly.

You should show me your planning attack on Fort Laramie.

You should warn your people.

When?

When the moon is dark.

This is where I leave you.

Hold it, Curly. I still gotta take you in. I'm sorry.

Don't make me.

I thought you understood.

I don't know anymore.

It's for the law to decide.

If you're innocent, they'll set you free.

You really believe that?

I have to believe it.

I should have known better than to trust a white man, especially one with

principles.

Well,

well, lookie what we got here. A real live Indian.

Hey,

boy.

Where's that a girl you got underneath all that pretty curly hair?

I never seen hair like that on no man before.

Y'all have a nice day.

Kid!

Hey, kid!

Am I glad to see you. You all right?

Seems these folks heard about the Shaughnessys.

Yeah, when you didn't show up back there, we went out looking for you.

You saw Matt?

Can you do it?

Found him there.

That's all I know.

Bring him up. I say we get the hangman right now.

Yeah, get him through.

He ain't no good.

You ought to teach your boy not to be throwing rocks, man.

The folks here will think you ain't a good Christian.

He's a bad man.

Let me through. Let me through, damn it.

What you waiting for?

Indian lover!

Next person who throws something's gonna get locked up with him.

Go on about your business.

Did he have something to do with the Shaughnessy killings? I found him there.

You

look

like hell, kid.

You have to get back to Emma's and look after yourself.

Sam, I promised him he'd get a fair trial.

He'll get one. He'd better.

He saved my life.

He also said the Shoshone are planning an attack on Fort Laramie. You might

want to send word.

That true?

Damn it, boy, I asked you a question.

Would you believe my answer?

I'd believe him if I were you.

You got something I can clean off with?

Take care of that thick head of yours, Curly. I'll be back to see you later.

Would you worry none about justice being served?

Because I got me a rope, got justice written all over it.

We know what to do with him.

We're going to hang that Indian.

We're going to see to it.

What about me?

I'll tell the others you're back.

Scalp and all.

You all right?

You look terrible.

I'm fine, really.

I was kind of worried.

Thought I'd never see you again.

Just about gave up on you.

All right, kid.

What the hell happened?

We were just going to divvy up on your worldly goods.

I guess you all know what happened out at the Shaughnessy's.

Well, I found a Sioux Brave out there and brought him in.

In between, we ran into some Shoshone, which is why I look like this.

Emma, I could sure use a hot bath and a meal.

Come to see the prisoner.

Go over there.

My name's Walker.

I'm the Indian agent for this territory.

I know you. You're Tataki Yotaka's half-brother.

Brother. Of course.

Unlike the Hunk Papa, I'm afraid I still see men in terms of color. Red, white,

yellow.

Please accept my apologies.

Did you kill those people, son?

No. Do you know who did?

Those were hung Papa Arrows, you know.

Well, I'm gonna do my best to get you out of here.

Is there anything you can tell me that might help your case?

No.

I see. Well, in the meantime, I'll have someone notify your family that you're

all right.

At least I can do.

See any trouble out there? No.

Why?

I don't know. Just wondering.

Emma, could I have a little more bacon?

Mm-hmm.

Why don't you just give him the whole pig?

And you never found out nothing else about this Snake Man fella?

Nope.

I was hungry. I couldn't tell so what are you gonna do about curly?

If you could take a look at the Shaughnessy's could you tell what tribe

did it mm-hmm?

And that's what we're going. Let's go

Yeah,

he grind bucks back could be trouble buck ain't sue his Kiowa no times like

this some folks don't see different shades of red

You ready, Buck?

Yep.

Yeah!

Emma, I know I said I'd reshoot Lightning today, but... Yeah?

Well, I'd kind of like to go in town and tell Curly that the kid's trying to help

him. Yeah, all right.

But that horse's got to be shot this week. I promise.

I'll go with you, Lou.

I want to see this light-haired Indian for myself.

There was over a hundred Apaches in that one. And it butchered them all and

scalped them every one.

You think the Apaches were bad?

You know what Sioux do to white women?

That's what I love about Sweetwater.

Whips are so sweet.

Curly?

We're friends of the kids.

I'm Lou and this is Jimmy.

He wanted us to look in on you, see if you're okay.

Well, are you?

I thought the kid said you were white. Uncle Papa.

So you do talk.

When a wolverine is caught in a white man's trap, he chews off his leg to get

free.

He does not talk about it.

The kid's trying to find something that'll clear you.

He should have looked in his heart.

You took Papa, all right.

Show me where you found Matt.

He was right there.

Looks to be about six riders.

Was it the Sioux?

No.

Shoshone? Not Shoshone either.

What tribe was it?

Yours. Mine?

White men.

That horseshoe mark there?

Indian ponies ain't shod.

They tried to cover up the hooves with rawhide.

I've seen that before.

Why?

Why does anyone do something and try to make it look like someone else?

We better tell Sam before that mob gets to Curly. Come on.

Friends, I don't believe in the law.

What I believe in is doing what's right.

If a man steals your horse, you just shoot him, because that's the right

thing to do. It ain't written down nowhere.

And you don't go to prison for it, because it is the right thing to do.

I'm sure to see you as a good man.

Then a band of them black-hearted, bloodthirsty... Just one minute. One

minute. rode into his station and massacred his whole family.

Stole everything that they could and tore up what they couldn't pack.

And they got one of them now, right there over in that jail. And they say

he's got to have a trial.

Now I ask you, what good is a trial going to do Max Shaughnessy?

Is a trial going to breathe life back into his dead wife?

No, I say that Indian's got to hang. That's what I say.

Will, you get out of there and let a man have a piece of that action.

All right, son, now you get ready to fire your best shot.

Game's over.

We just finished this one.

I think I just saw Snake Man.

Where? The trapper.

Are you sure?

You folks remember what I tell you now, like the good book says, an eye for an

eye and a tooth for a tooth.

You lost.

Or just unlucky.

One more time.

Who sent you?

I told you before.

We got lost.

What are they doing here? My guess is they followed you.

Why?

I wanted to buy my mother a fur for her birthday.

Man who don't want to talk doesn't need a tongue, now does he? Wait.

Gallagher killed the Shaughnessys.

I don't know what the kid's talking about.

Me neither.

From what I hear, the Sioux are responsible for that unfortunate

incident. In fact, one of them is in jail now, even as we speak.

Who knows you're here?

Marshal Kane, Teaspoon, Cody, they're right behind us. Kid's lying!

He's lying!

Well, I'll find out the truth.

And that's a promise.

Either way, I'm afraid you'll be meeting the same fate as the Shaughnessys.

Why are you stirring up trouble for the Indians?

See, the Indians don't appreciate the real value of things.

Like land, for instance.

You'll find that throughout history, people that don't appreciate what

they've got usually lose it.

The Sioux were to break the treaty because, let's say, the chief's half

-brother were to die unjustly at the white man's hands, its terms would no

longer apply.

And then those of us who do appreciate the real value of things stand to

benefit.

Mr. Gallagher, I'd like a word with you.

Need I remind you you've done quite well for yourself?

After you trade those rifles to the Shoshone, you'll possess a veritable

fortune and fur.

Make sure the Indian hangs today.

Stu? It ain't half bad.

Hey,

Stu ain't half bad.

Sam!

You gotta let Curly go. He didn't do it. Well, that's for a trial to decide.

There ain't gonna be no trial.

Hey, Kane!

Kane, bring that Indian out now, or we're gonna come in and get him.

Key's in the middle drawer.

You take Curly out the back way to Emma's.

Here's the Indian, Kane.

No one's getting anywhere.

Indian's getting a fair trial and that's the end of it.

Why don't you all just settle down and go on home?

Kane, nobody wants to see you get hurt.

But one way or another, that Indian's gonna hang tonight.

Are

we

gonna let this Indian lover stop us from seeing justice served?

Well, if it's a war you want, Gallagher, you got it.

Buck, go get the horses.

Indian agent Walker.

He did this. Why?

Wants our land.

It's not the first time.

Did you tell anyone?

Didn't know to trust.

I'm sorry, Curly. I should have believed you.

Let's move.

What's the count?

Damn.

We're short.

Well, you must have made a mistake.

Now I want you to count them all again.

Shawnee will be here soon.

Jimmy, I almost got my hands freed. See what you can do with the ropes.

The ropes, Jimmy, the ropes. I'm sorry, Lou.

When it comes to women, my hands just got a mind of their own.

There.

I have some water.

Good going, Lou.

Shows you what teamwork will do.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry about it.

No one will believe him anyway.

Besides, my business will be over before those two can cause any more trouble.

Where the hell you been?

The old Scotsman's place, near Condor's Bend. It's Gallagher's now.

Yeah, he's Snake Man, and he's working for Walker, who wants that treaty broke

with the Sioux so he can steal their land.

How'd you get him out?

He made bail.

Walker's got the rifles that were taken from the Shaughnessys.

Did you see the pouch?

No, but I know it's there.

Walker and Gallagher are trading the rifles to the Shoshone for furs.

When? Soon.

The soldiers at Fort Laramie will be badly outgunned.

Well, then we gotta stop that trade.

Emma, get Sam. Tell him to get as many men as he can and get him up to the

Scotsman's. We'll meet him there.

Be careful.

Take one of the horses.

Ride it out to your camp.

Send it back when it's safe.

Well?

You're free. Go on. Get out of here.

A hung papa would not deprive his brother revenge.

Fine.

Get your fool head shot off. See if I care.

Be right in the morning.

It's a good day to die.

I love this guy's attitude.

Val con Dios, Zach.

All right, we better get going.

We wouldn't want to keep the chief late.

Get out of the way!

Kid dies. Shoot him, kid!

Oh, God! Hey!

Carly, no!

He dies now.

If you kill him now, no one will know what he did to your people. It'll happen

again. It will happen again anyway.

I can't promise you that it won't.

But I swear it'll stop him from carrying out his plan.

When you say you swear, whose god do you swear to, yours or mine?

Both.

You can't prove a thing.

Better get a good lawyer, Walker.

You're gonna need it.

Move.

I must return now to my people and my destiny.

What destiny?

Well, my brother Satanka Iyotanka has taught me that the Great Spirit has

written in the stars a path for each of us. It's a path we are bound by the

heavens to follow so that God's dreams for us may be fulfilled.

I learned of my destiny in the last moon of the leaves falling.

I had a dream of a man with yellow hair who brings a terrible storm into the

sacred circle of the earth.

But my brothers of the Hunk Popeye will help steal his thunder and defeat him.

that he will rise again and have many sons.

I don't understand that last part.

I must dream some more.

I'm gonna miss you.

Let us sit.

Now we are as brothers.

May our...

God smile upon you until we meet again, my brother.

You too.

Curly to you.

Have a good destiny.

I had no idea his brother was Tatanka

Iotanka. You know him?

I know of him.

Don't you?

Who is he?

Great chief and medicine man.

Sitting bull.