All language subtitles for Killers.of.the.Flower.Moon.eng.srt

Tomorrow we bury it.

This human pipe.

Our messenger to Wah-kon-tah.

It is now time to bury
this pipe with dignity

and put away what
it has taught us.

The children outside
are listening to us.

They want to learn
another language.

They will be taught
by white people.

They will learn new customs.

They will not know our customs.

THE OSAGE PEOPLE

THE CHOSEN PEOPLE OF LUCK

WORLD'S RICHEST
PEOPLE PER CAPITA

MORE PIERCE ARROW CARS THAN ANY
OTHER COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES

AND DRIVERS TO SERVE THEM

- Phillips Oil workers over here!
- Kraceon Oil, over here!

People to Phillips
Oil! The truck there.

Get rich. You can
get rich. Get rich...

People to Phillips Oil!

Ernest!

And?

Ernest Burkhart? Henry Roan.
I'll drive you to your Uncle Hale.

Come on, we're here.

Stop it!

Whose land is this?

My earth.

My earth.

Now, the war hero has arrived.

Welcome home, Ernest.

- It is good to see you again.
- I'm glad you came.

Bro.

- Thanks for the letters.
- Good to see you again.

Ernest, this is Aunt Myrtle
and little cousin Willie.

- Welcome.
- Hasn't she grown up?

It's a cattle farm.
There is no oil here.

No oil? No, no oil, no fear. I
am comfortable without fear.

Time will pass.
Prosperity will dry up.

Drier than the seven years of
famine that befell the pharaohs.

It's a sick people.

Kind people with big
hearts, but they are weak.

What about you? Did
you see any bloodshed?

Anyone.

But I was... I was a
cook in the infantry.

- Did you see Kelsie Morrison? He was over there.
- Yes.

And Otis Griggs and the
others, if you remember them.

Soldiers must have food. You
provided for those who won the war.

I now saw more
people dying of the flu.

- What happened to your stomach?
- My belly. It jumped.

You almost lost your life.

They gave me a belt and told
me not to lift anything heavy.

It was a good decision to come out
here, because here the money flows freely.

Yes... I am happy
with money, sir.

You don't have to say "sir". Call me
"uncle". Or "King" as you did before.

- Shall I call you King? - Yes.

King.

You didn't get any
diseases over there, did you?

- No. - Are you sure?

For sure. Not that I know of.

- Did you wrap it properly?
- I did that.

- As best you could. - Exactly.

And...

Do you like women?

You know I can.
Women are my weakness.

- What kind do they have over there?
- Only whites. I only saw whites.

- Do you like the red ones?
- Red?

So the kind of red?

I like the reds, the whites,
the blues. I like them all.

I do not care. I'm greedy.

I like the thick ones. The thick
ones, the nice ones, the soft ones.

The ones that smell good.

I guess we'd better keep an
eye on you. You are unruly.

Speaking of which...

Hi Byron.

It is good. It's really good.

You must not walk around
under the influence of alcohol.

Then you get into trouble.

- Right, Byron? - Namely, King.

No. Neither do I.

Most people out
here are scammers.

Some of them are decent, most
of them are bad, so don't be stupid.

- No.
- No trouble about small things.

If you're going to make a fuss, it has to
be something big. So the payoff is great.

Bleach.

I am officially the reserve
deputy sheriff of Fairfax.

- I want to avoid unwanted looks.
- I don't make trouble.

- I don't do stupid things.
- And you didn't lose your mind over there?

Of course not. I'm not
an idiot. I am strong.

I have a place for you.
You must drive a car.

You can't do much
else with that stomach.

You don't read, do you?

- Reading? - Do you read a lot?

I can read well.

You have to learn something.
Give him the Osage book, Byron.

- This? - Yes.

- Learn something.
- I can read well.

The Osage Indians. They
got the worst land there was.

But the Lord deceived them all.

There was oil in the
ground. Black gold.

But they are smart people.

They made sure they themselves
decided who got the oil and the rights.

The Osage Indians are nimble.

They don't say much, so you feel like
you have to blurt out to fill the silence.

Especially when
you've been drinking.

Better keep quiet if you don't
have anything smart to say.

Don't be fooled. They
call it "sunflower talk".

Blackbird talk.

Their silence does not mean that they
do not know everything about everything.

The Osage people are the finest and
most beautiful people on God's earth.

John Whitehair, aged 23.

No investigation.

Bill Stepson, 29 years old.

No investigation.

Anna Sanford, 41 years.

No investigation.

Rose Lewis.

25 years.

No investigation.

And Sara Butler, 21 years old.

Suicide.

- What is your name?
- My name is Mollie Kyle. Incompetent.

- What is your lottery number?
- 285.

You have requested an
additional amount of 752 dollars

to pay the doctor for the
removal of an abscess.

- Yes.
- Was the operation successful?

- Yes. - And your diabetes?

I have a prescription at Fairfax Pharmacy.
My housekeeper collects the medicine.

You have to be
careful with that.

Now, Mollie,
there's your mother.

After all, she is also limited, so
we have to account for every penny.

It says here that she has spent
319 dollars and five cents on meat...

at the grocery store.

Isn't that an awful lot
of meat for her needs?

Jo, mr. Beaty.

Well, but you're looking
at that, aren't you?

Jo.

Okay, get in line
for lottery payment.

Only for unlimited.

The disabled must be accompanied
by a guardian. He must sign the check.

Find your guardian.
Just like you usually do.

30 dollars! A photo for posterity! Don't
you want to preserve family history?

- What about them?
- He knows nothing. A pure amateur.

You must have a proper
photo of you and the family.

What about them? 40 dollars.

How much? 40 dollars?
I can give you 35 in cash.

It's a deal. Let's
get it taken. Came.

It should be a nice
picture. This way.

My wife is lazy. The doctor
says it's her weakness.

The boy has asthma. It limits
him. He just needs the chance.

You have your checks.
You are unlimited. Come on.

We'll take one. In that color.

Yes. Yes!

And if you run out of gas or have a
puncture, come and buy another one.

- Do you need a ride? My cart stops there.
- Thanks.

Be careful. There
are many types here.

- Hello! Ernest!
- Kelsie Morrison!

We were at the front
together in France.

- How are you? Good to see you.
- You too.

- My wife, Catherine Cole.
- It was a pleasure.

Thoroughbred.

Sky people, right?

The midwaters.

I have bet money.

Have you played the race?

- No. - So let's drive.

And.

I'm sorry she's sick.

- She is as stubborn as ever.
- I pray for your mother.

- Take care.
- Thank you, father.

You know who Mollie Kyle
is, right? Her with the sisters.

- I know who it is. Molly.
- Yes. She lives with her mother, Lizzie.

I know, uncle. I know
her. I have driven with her.

Driven with her?

Matt Williams joined her. He doesn't
do that anymore. So that means…

that you could volunteer
if it occurred to you.

You want... You want
me to take care of her.

She is one of my
regular customers.

I guess she's fond of me too.

- Her Mollie, she is easy to like.
- Yes.

And of thoroughbred blood.

- Thoroughbred? - Thoroughbred.

It can then be
used for something.

You have a nice face.

- Are you the type to get married?
- The guy who's marrying me?

- What do you mean?
- If we mix the families,

and the family's money
flows the right way, we get it.

It is a thoroughbred property. And she
gets the money from her mother, Lizzie.

Look, it's a good business. And
completely legal. Nothing illegal.

It is a wise investment.

People say you got together
with Matt Williams for a while.

You talk too much.

No, I don't talk too much.

I just need to figure
out which horse to beat.

Is it a race?

I don't like horse racing.
- I'm not like other horses either.

What? What did you say?

That's how you are.

I didn't get it, but it must be
"nice guy" in Native American.

“I am an Osage warrior.

Long ago, the Osage people took their
name from the Missouri and Osage rivers.

Ni-U-Kon-Ska,
Children of Midwaters.

'Move, ' said the
big white father.

From Missouri, from
Arkansas, from Kansas.

We ended up in yet
another foreign country.

Oklahoma, where famine went
by day and hungry wolves by night.

Can you find the
wolves in the picture?"

Okay, come on.

"The Osage were never
one of the five civilized tribes."

- Do you remember Blackie Thompson?
- Hey, boys.

"The Five Civilized Tribes,
Cherokee, Chickasaw,

choctaw, creek og seminole."

Stand still!

That stone shines in
the dark. Give it to me.

Take the car, not the
ring. It is from my father.

We don't want the car. Jewelry
only. You have not earned them.

- Do you like them?
- Rich Indians!

Come now!

Come now!

- All in, boys.
- What about you, Ernest?

- No! You are crazy.
- I love money! Flip the card!

- Yes! Such. - Take the chance!

Kind of Fairfax shit.

- The queen gets the jewels.
- Piss!

"Dawn was always a
sacred time for prayer."

"They call the
sun 'grandfather.'

And the moon 'mother'.

The fire 'father'.

They call it "flower moon",

when little flowers spread
over the hills and the prairie.

There are many.

So many that it feels as if Wah-kon-tah
has looked down upon the Earth,

smiled and sprinkled
candy over it."

"Wah-kon-tah means 'God.'

You get your Osage name."

Your name is the Sunhawk Woman.

"That's what it's
called in the next world.

No one can take your
Osage name from you."

Here. Put it on.

Do you want food?

And.

- Don't you want a bite to eat?
- I have too much sugar.

You can never be
too nice, can you?

It makes me sick.

Do you live here
alone with your mother?

I'll take care of her.

- And you live with your uncle?
- Yes. Do you know him?

- As long as I can remember.
- He is a nice man.

- Why have you come? - To what?

- To live here.
- Yes. I am living here.

Why?

Because of my
uncle. I work for him.

And your brother's
name is Bryan?

- Byron, yes. - Byron.

- Are you afraid of him?
- My brother? Who?

Your uncle.

No.

No, he... He's the
king of the Osage Hills.

The world's weirdest man. But
if you cheat him, I don't know.

No. I am self-employed.

I am a businessman.

I do.

Her.

What is your religion?

I am Catholic.

You don't go to church.

Yes, I... I've been away.

Why don't you have a husband?

I'm a man. Why doesn't a
woman like you have one?

You have a nice skin tone.

What color is it?

My color.

Yes, I think... I
think it's really nice.

You have a nice skin tone. You
have... You have a nice house.

You're just pretending to be
strict. I bet you're soft inside.

You called me a
coyote, didn't you?

Coyote.

The coyote wants money.

Yes, money is nice to have. Really
rare. Especially when you're lazy like me.

I'd rather sleep all day
and party when it's dark.

- What is so funny?
- Do you know lidepeh-tseh nee?

Whisky.

No. I love whiskey.

I have good whiskey.
Not bad whiskey.

Let's taste and find out.

No no, you must not close.

What?

We need to be quiet for a bit.

The storm is...

It is powerful.

So we have to
be quiet for a bit.

- It is good for the crops.
- Just be quiet.

Bill Smith.

Bill Smith.

- Ernest Burkhart.
- Nice to meet you, Ernest.

I'm Minnie's husband.

Maybe you'll feel better
if you eat something.

Not again!

He's not that quick. But
he is a handsome man.

- He looks like a snake.
- No he does not. He looks like a coyote.

The blue eyes.

His brother is also handsome.
I like the brother better.

The red-haired rat?

That's better than your possum
who plays dead all the time

and moping around at home.

To you he is a possum,
but to me a rabbit.

Be quiet! The coyote looks.

He wants our money.

Of course he wants money,
but he wants to settle down.

He is not restless.

His uncle has money, so
it's not money he's after.

He loves you.

Calm.

Your hand on my skin.

You will marry me, Mollie.

You must be my wife.

Do you want that?

Can you stand her kind?

I love her. Molly. Uncle, I
really think she is a lady.

Then you have found a wife.

Mollie.

Ernest.

I've known Mollie and her sisters
since they were little mischief makers.

Mollie's late father,
Nah-kah-e-se-y,

was one of my close friends.
A much loved heart friend.

He told us whites
to call him Jimmy,

but I always called him by his
proper name, Nah-kah-e-se-y.

We had great
respect for each other.

You and me.

Continue! Round to the right!

Minnie.

Are you missing
something, Minnie?

- No.
- Will you be taken care of?

And.

Are you getting
the right medicine?

You need to know that you
can get the best care if you want.

Do not be afraid.

So much trouble we've
caused you all. Pardon.

I'm really sorry about that.

Minnie. My sister.

Sickle cell disease.

Anna.

- Ernest? - Me.

Maybe it's best
if you sit outside.

What... Why that?

That's just how it is.

Please.

"That's just how it is"? Are
you saying I should go outside?

Yes please.

Okay.

Bill Smith.

And.

It's clear Bill Smith didn't take as
good care of Minnie as he could have.

That she got sick and died?
So he got her plots of land?

The oil should go to her sisters, your wife.
He takes money that Mollie is entitled to.

The mother, Lizzie.

- She doesn't feel very well.
- She won't last.

Few Osage Indians live past 50. The
women die. They get a lot of diseases.

Make sure the plots
of land end up with you.

Do you understand?

And.

Minnie is gone now.
After her there is…

Reta. Anna.

And then of course
there is Mollie.

And.

- How is Mollie?
- She is doing very well.

She looks after the little one.

- She also has diabetes. - Yes.

I'm worried about her.
She's sick most days, King.

Of course she is. That
diabetes is a heavy yoke.

As it is written in the Book of Job:
The days of misery are upon her.

Mollie's still going
strong, King. She is strong.

Yes, for now. We
hope forever, but…

What about Anna? Do you
know she has a gun in her bag?

What the hell?

I know you are about you…

Pis!

- What the hell? - Insane squaw!

I love Anna, but one day she gets
into trouble with the wrong person.

So what?

- Stop it!
- Put it on the table.

- Behave nicely.
- No one behaves nicely here.

Did you see the owl?

No.

When you see the...

is the sign that one must die.

Because of you.

You all marry white men.

Our blood turns white.

Where is Anna?

- I want Anne in here.
- I'm here.

I don't want you. I want Anna.

Take them all together.

The one that is whiter than that.
You can't tell that he is a half-breed.

They are both a pair of
uncivilized brats in my opinion.

The poor little things. They
can't do anything about it.

One dark and one
light. It's like an eclipse.

The Lord laid his hand upon the Earth
and caused it to tremble without cause.

Oh, you gentle.

- Thank you, Anna.
- You're welcome.

- Are you laughing?
- Not yet, but...

I have blankets for mother.

- Are you already drunk?
- I'm drunk from yesterday. You woke me up.

- Mother shouldn't see you like that.
- Now leave me alone.

- Good day, Anna. Can you go straight?
- I'm snarky.

- Do you have whiskey?
- You drank it yesterday.

Only my husband
can drink my whiskey.

- I'm not your husband.
- Maybe you have no choice.

Are you going to threaten me?

- So! - Be nice in here, Anna.

You are doing the right thing.
- You threaten. Do not do that.

I confide in you. Do you think
I'm spreading legs for everyone?

It feels that way.

So! Stop! Go in next door.

- You are no different, Ernest!
- Get her in next door!

Big sister, take it easy.

You are so pretty.

Do you know me?

- Yes.
- What do you know about me?

Forgive me, Byron Burkhart.

Anna! Stop it!

You must not speak to my
husband. I'll kill you both!

- Stop. - I'm not your husband.

Get her out of here!

- She has a gun!
- Give it to me!

Stay away from white
women! Wahk' oh nohn-hohn!

Ud!

Out with you!

Wild animals!

Come on, Charlie.
It's right here.

A French soldier came over
and wanted to take the pot.

I saw his leg being blown away.

Many of them came back
like this. They trembled.

Of.

Did you hear they found
Charlie Whitehorn dead?

- Yes. Who had done it?
- I do not know.

- Was it his wife?
- Most likely.

Anna...

I'm taking her home now.

You are...

wild.

Anna? Anna, mahn-theen
eh-txahn. Byron venter. Com.

Come now.

You are my best gift.

Am I your favorite?

And.

Stay here with me.

- Anna, come on.
- Stop knocking.

Shall I go now, Ernest?

And.

You don't want me here, do you?
You want to get rid of me, snake.

You're afraid I'm
saying too much.

Yes, I can see you're scared.

- You look better.
- Thanks for that, sister.

You are my wealth,
you know that?

- Stay home tonight.
- You worry too much, oh-theh-zhoo.

- Came. Let's drive. - Okay.

Let's get some more to drink.

- No, I'll drive you home, Anna.
- No, you drive me to Whizbang.

Byron drives her home.

- I'm too drunk.
- You do not say.

He drives her home.

Molly. This is
your sister, Anna.

Come here. Come
honey. Come here.

Come on.

Is that your sister, Anna Brown?

Pardon. Is that your
sister, Anna Brown?

And.

Two members of the tribe, Anna
Brown and Charles Whitehorn,

have both been murdered.
Deahn-shdah-hehmurder us.

Anna Brown's family
has collected money,

a sum of between 2,000 and 5,000 dollars to
have the murderer arrested and convicted.

Mollie Burkhart has
hired a private investigator.

When the money started coming in, we
should have known something was coming.

It's the white man's money.

That's not what we learned in
Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas.

What has come to our reserve
that does not belong here?

It is them. They are like
vultures circling our people.

They peel the bones clean
and leave nothing behind.

When we left Missouri, we didn't
even leave behind our dead infants.

We buried them and our
warriors rode over them

to show everyone that we will
never leave this place again.

We die here to the last of us.

Next.

Molly. My grief cannot
be expressed in words,

but now she is with the
Lord. She is with the Lord.

They marry our young women.

I employ some of them.

They say they are my
friends, but I don't believe that.

Some of them do nothing. They
walk around like they own it all.

- Stand still, gentlemen. - Yes!

They are land raiders.
Nee-shdah-heh, simple vagabonds.

We can't count on
help from the county.

We can't ask the state
of Oklahoma for help.

Why did we think they would?

We were here before them. It is
the land of our birth that we came to.

And.

We have our children here because
Mother Earth has allowed us to.

No one removes us from this
earth until God calls us all home.

And.

We must understand that, and we
must understand the evil that has come.

- You have something it wants.
- Yes.

It didn't want you when
we came from genocide.

But now we gather the
original 25 families in this space.

- Yes.
- And we will follow along with you.

According to the old saying, the enemy is
to blame for the death of the Osage people.

Don't let them die
alone. Join them.

So we can go to
heaven as warriors.

We must change, but before we
do, we must be like fire here on earth

and remove everything
that stands in our way.

I am asking for the
council's support.

All you men. And our women,
these mothers, theseee-nahnher.

All our elders have come
through this landscape,

and all we know is
that we have each other.

We have the Lord who
has been good to us.

Everything else... We
never asked for the good life.

We were just asking for life.
And I want to ask for that now.

That we get a life for
the children who come.

Our time is over.

We are approaching sunset,
but their time has just begun.

I want them to be Osage
like the gift Grandma gave me.

Like the gift grandma gave you.

Thank you, Chief.

I'd like to put a thousand
dollars on top of that bounty.

For all information
about the murders.

So if anyone knows anything
about them, please come to me.

You know where I
am. I'm easy to find.

Thank you, mr. Tail. Their
friendship has always been valued.

I will do anything to help the
Osage people in their time of need.

In their wailing valley.

I suggest we send Barney
McBride to Washington.

- I support the proposal.
- Mr. McBride, Mrs. McBride.

Yes, chief.

Resolution 23. Mr. McBride
travels to Washington

and the Office
of Indian Affairs,

where he will ask for private
investigators and extra police,

so they can investigate
all these deaths.

- Do you accept the assignment?
- Yes.

Bill. Reta.

Good day, Ernest.

So you're... You're here now?

Reta comforted me
when Minnie died.

Leave the jewelry on her here.

I do it so no one notices.

No, come on, Frank. Let them
be this one time. For my sake.

- It's my wife's sister. - Here.

25 dollars for the
rental of a rusty car?

$1,650 for a mahogany casket?

- These are Osage prices. Do you think I am stupid?
- No, everyone pays the same.

Stop it. McAllister's entire
funeral cost no more than 300.

- Two thousand dollars, Frank?
- McAllister's daughter was only a child.

I'll talk to King Hale about
it. We'll see what he says.

I can put her in a
wooden box if you want.

I don't want a wooden
box. You take osage prices.

Your wife even
wanted an open casket.

After all, there is no face.
Why would she want it open?

- Are you trying to steal our money?
- It is not...

It's not your money.

You can easily get more
money and pay my bill.

I work for my money.

As the Lord says: You
sow and you reap, Ernest.

When was the last time
you saw an osage work?

Your sister, Anna, leaves behind a
fortune of approximately 100,000 dollars.

They are bequeathed to your mother,
Lizzie Q, and you, Mollie, and you, Reta.

That is a considerable
sum of money.

Tall Chief has hired Emmett Miller's
blackface variety show for his birthday.

So I thought, "Why don't we do
something like that with the money?"

We can have a town party
and invite an orchestra...

It's no use talking to that man.

Evil surrounds my heart.

Often I cry, and the evil of
my heart comes out of my eyes.

I close my heart and keep the
good inside. But the hate comes.

They say I should kill the
white men who killed my family.

Mrs. Burkhart. Bill
Burns. I solve crimes.

Here is my business card. I have
addresses in New York, London, Paris,

Montreal, Chicago, Los Angeles, Cairo,
Berlin, Boston, where law-abiding citizens...

- Mr. Barney McBride? - Ja.

There is a telegram for you.

- BE CAREFUL - STOP

at Anna's to confirm
Byron's story.

I went there and I found
her alligator skin bag.

This suggests that Byron is
not lying, but drove her home.

My brother doesn't lie.

Your youngest sister, Minnie,
who died of leprosy two years ago,

- was married to a Bill Smith.
- Yes.

And this is the same Bill Smith who
is now married to your sister Reta?

And.

Samme Bill Smith.

Two sisters.

Mr. Smith is a busy man.
He talks to people in town

and investigates
Anna's death himself.

- Thanks for that, Sheriff.
- It was a shame it was so little.

Did you know?

Did you?

And.

- You drove straight home to Mollie?
- Not directly.

- So where did you drive?
- To the cemetery outside Florer's shop.

She wanted to see her
land and visit her father.

I can't visit my father
with the flyaway hair.

Do you know I'm going
to have a little one?

- Oh my gosh. No. - It is true.

She should also
be called Minnie.

Say hello to Minnie from me.

Did you know Anna was pregnant?

Anna?

And.

Anna was pregnant.

- She was pregnant.
- Did he say it was Byron?

No.

Me?

No. No.

Make sure we don't
get mixed up in it.

Mr. Smith is pretty sure
who killed your sister.

He says he'll tell us all
when he has the evidence.

And what... What
has he found out?

I do not know yet.

- What has he found out?
- Nothing.

I'm going out to Blackie's.

Regarding what we talked about…

- About that, yes.
- To see what he says.

In fact.

Yes. Yes! Man, how rich
are we going to be tonight!

- Ernest. - Where's Blackie?

- So there it is. - Yes.

Osage graves. It's disgusting
work. It's dirty. Dung dirt.

Do you want to do
something that gives good?

Don't work with those thugs.
Use your head. Use your brain.

Hale has talked
about us joining forces.

Do you know Bill Smith? He
walks around and talks a lot.

Now if someone... necked
Bill Smith and Reta...

If she was gone, all the money
would go to my mother-in-law, Lizzie Q,

and then my children inherit
them. It's good business. Very good.

- For you, yes. - To everyone.

They are often away from home.
You just have to come in and apply,

and then when they
come home, you take them.

Reta has a three-four diamonds.
She has several earrings.

Bill Smith always has 2-300 in
his pocket. You must have them.

You'll get them, and I know
Hale will pay a grand for it.

Doesn't that sound
good, Blackie?

You know my little
Buick roadster?

- The red one you always look at.
- Yes?

I throw my Buick on
top. It is insured for value.

I get the insurance
money and you get the car.

It's just a little trade between the two of us.
Hale doesn't need to know anything about that.

- It is very comprehensive.
- You are a bloody greedy Jew, Ernest.

I just love money.

That's right. Almost as
much as I love my wife.

Ernest?

And.

Come here.

What is it?

- Are you feeling better than this morning?
- A little.

Yes. You just need to sleep.

Sleep is the most
important thing now.

I don't sleep anymore.

I know. Just try. Try
to get some sleep.

Try now.

I don't even know if
you love me anymore.

Mollie, of course I love you.

I need you.

I'm right here,
Mollie. I'm right here.

I love you.

Trying to wake up the kids?

You wake the children.

They call it "insulin". It is
from Toronto and is expensive.

There are only five
who can afford it.

It's not officially for sale
yet, but Bill Hale got it for you.

Did you hear that, honey?

- Give it to me. - The one.

From the pancreas of a cow.

We get it delivered once a week.

Hold that up.

I must say. The
pancreas of a cow.

Diabetes can be nasty.

- Have you eaten in the last hour?
- No.

Lift up the blouse, please.

- Have you had anything to drink?
- Goat's milk. Pancakes.

She has also had caramel
and bacon. Now just tell them.

They must know.

If you eat sweets,
it won't work.

You'll lose your feet or
worse if you eat like a white.

Did you hear that?

It is okay.

God damn.

- Blackie, stop! - Pis!

- Damn it, Blackie. Stop!
- Where are you going?

So catch me!

Just look at you.

Good day.

You've brought out the Buick.

Sit down. Sit in!

Byron.

Brother, come here.

- The? - Yes, here.

Get down on your knees, Ernest.

Down on your knees.

Did you deal with
Blackie Thompson,

that he had to steal your
car so you got the insurance?

I...

Yes, I did.

Yes. Blackie has been
arrested for stealing your car.

What were you supposed to do?

I had to send a feeler
out around Bill and Reta.

Now who fixes Bill
Smith and his carpet?

I do not know.

Take the book away.

Pardon.

Okay, stand up.

Get up.

Elbows on the table.

I am a 32nd degree Freemason.

I am soulful...

of serenity, trust and
responsibility, among other things.

And.

Do you know what it is?

No.

God damn.

Get up. Sit over there.

Do you have trouble
controlling your wife?

No.

She has hired a private investigator
who sniffs and brings unwanted glances.

She got the tribal council to pay for
Barney McBride's trip to Washington.

She is a very steep woman
and she makes it harder for you.

Sorry, King. She's
just... She's just stubborn.

Ernest, my handsome boy.

What do you think will happen
to Mollie and the others?

I love them, but the earth
turns and they disappear.

Their time is over.

It is over. Away.

Ernest, lightning doesn't strike and
prevent that from happening. It will happen.

The oil rights
must go to Mollie.

Not to her mother, not to
her sister Reta or Bill Smith.

- Yes.
- You must have control over your home.

Do you hear me?

Yes, King.

RACE EVENTS.

175 KILLED, 300 SHOT.

NEGRO TOWNSHIP IN FLAMES.

EVEN THE NEW METHODIST
CHURCH WAS NOT SPARE.

NEXT DAY "LITTLE
AFRICA" LOOKED LIKE THIS.

World lasso champion,
Henry Grammer.

The County's finest
and largest liquor store.

See all those tapes.
Is that gold, Henry?

Better than gold. Recognition.

Henry, I need someone
who can handle a task.

One who can undertake to
fix an old man and his carpet.

Not just anyone. Someone
who can do it properly.

It should be both at once.

So it won't do with poisoned
whiskey. It must be foolproof.

-John? - Yes.

Put it up in the house for me.

- Maggie must not see it.
- So she has eyes, Henry.

She spotted me last time and…

Give it to me.

Why don't you ask
Blackie Thompson?

- Yeah... - Blackie?

He... He's in jail right now.

Tell him why.

I quailed and... You can tell.

He got the foolish idea of getting
busted for insurance fraud with the car.

- It was unfortunate.
- You have to say that.

What about Dick Gregg?

No. Dick is wanted in Arkansas.

And in Kansas. He lives so
hidden, he can't even find himself.

You need dynamite.

With explosives, you are
sure to get them both at once.

A few bars under the house.

Nitro or dynamite.

Then they smoke.

Acie Kirby can handle that.

A line? - Yes.

- Where is he?
- Have no idea. He farts around.

He might know.

-John? - Yes.

Where is Acie Kirby
currently hiding?

I do not know. He's probably
hiding in his old hole somewhere.

Then sneak up to the barn
for a shovel and dig him out.

Not?

Okay, I'll see
if I can find him.

Acie Kirby.

Acie. Get hold of him.

Clear?

Come on.

- Good day. - Mrs. Burkhart.

Just put it here.

What?

Gentlemen, I must ask you
to step outside for a moment,

while talking to my wife.

- Outside? - Naturally.

Just a moment.

Reach? What now?

We need that insulin.
Now what, Mollie?

Okay.

Okay...

If you just give it to
me, I'll probably do it.

- Do you want to give her the syringe?
- Yes.

- Bill Hale has entrusted us with the task.
- Yes, but that's just the way it is right now.

- We still need payment for the visit.
- For the trip out here. Petrol, time...

- Clean me up. Are you taking money for that robbery?
- It is only fair.

Give it to me.

You get it back. Off
with you guys. Smut.

God damn.

Here you go.

You made me send the
doctors away. The doctors.

Am I a doctor? Are you?

Stubborn bitch. Let
them do their job though...

Am I a doctor? I am
both a doctor and a nurse

and housekeeper and
nanny and everything else.

It does not help.

It is no use.

King Hale has given it to
you. It was a gift from him.

Five people in the entire world
get it, and you are one of them.

You are one of the lucky ones. Think of the
children. The thing that saves your life.

But no, you know everything.
With your Indian customs.

Do you think medicine
men will make you well?

And all their roots and
herbs? And all that shit?

You won't be, Mollie!
That is real medicine!

Do you think... Do you
think someone will harm you?

Do you think I will harm you?

Are you not going to answer?

Now just give it a chance.

Maybe it has to get worse
before it gets better, Mollie.

I'll take care of you.

Nobody... Nobody is going to do
anything to you when I'm in front.

Open.

- How are you, Henry?
- Well. Sometimes I'm sad.

It is not a disease.

He is healthy as a sea eagle.
Right, Henry? Healthy as a horse.

It is him.

- What are you about to do? Kill an Indian?
- How do you know that?

You better watch out.

No, he just needs to be insured.
A mere formality, but necessary.

- What about my melancholy?
- Whiskey helps.

Beware.

It might not look so good,
Bill. It is difficult to justify.

He owes me a lot of money.

My guardian will not
give me my share.

- What do you need?
- I want to buy some booze.

- No, it's not healthy for you.
- That's what the doctor said.

He doesn't know
what he's talking about.

- Come on, Henry.
- Hello, Pearl.

- My wife watches Roy Bunch.
- What?

- My wife watches Roy Bunch.
- So what?

You have lots of
luck with women.

Be content with what you
have. Don't do anything stupid.

- I want to hurt myself.
- There is no way out for a man.

A man has a right to his wife's
respect. I don't want to be here anymore.

I am ashamed to
be an Osage Indian.

Give me some booze
or give me a gun.

Henry, you're doing well with
Pearl. Now don't do anything stupid.

I need you my friend.

Henry, no... What
are you doing here?

- What do you imagine? - Henry!

- Are you going to touch my wife?
- Get him out!

Stay away from my wife!
You stay away from my wife!

I haven't done anything to you.

I'm tired of asking for things
when I can afford it myself.

- Henry, your guardian is coming.
- Who decides over your money?

- Stop it.
- My ancestors were free before you came.

- Do you think you are better than me? Do you?
- Come on.

You shouldn't do anything
stupid. You beat Roy Bunch.

I knocked him
down, Reverend Hale.

- Why are you taking care of him?
- Because he is melancholic.

- He tried to take his own life last year.
- Did he?

I take care of the man because
he is my neighbor and best friend.

There is 25,000 dollars.

I have taken out insurance on
him. Against what he owes me.

If he manages to pass away
before the New Year, I'll lose them.

He needs to be kept alive
for a few more months.

Maybe I'll even
get his oil rights.

There is something
you need to know.

It is Mollie's first man
lying there on the floor.

- What do you mean by "first man"?
- Osage Indians don't get divorced.

And they were married. They were
married in a ceremony on the reservation.

What do you mean? Is
she still married to him?

No, they were only 15. It's
a tradition. Means nothing.

I would say that if I were
married. She said nothing.

Is she good to you?

She treats me well.
She is a good woman.

Let her have her secrets.
Then you can have yours too.

Are there others?

Pitts Beaty wants the
clan to find Anna's killers.

He said... they help remove
the lazy men from the city.

Pitts and his clan are trying to gain
authority here and they are not getting it.

They should let the
police do their job.

I don't care about the
Ku Klux Klan, Mollie.

They are sick of power.

And they don't get it.

Are there others?

The tribe tried Barney McBride.

He didn't come back.

We hired a private
investigator, but...

Did he get paid?

- Yes. - I guess he ran away.

Ernest, he ran away.

Yes. It seems so,
King. It looks like it.

Guess we need to be more careful
about how we spend Mollie's money.

It's not a criticism.
I am just saying.

- You bought a farm. - Yes.

Without asking me. You probably
should have. I'm here for you, Ernest.

For both of you.

You met Mollie because of
me. You are here because of me.

Let me help you. Let me give
you some good advice. Guide you.

Judson hadn't told me about
the swine disease that harbors

but I learned a lesson,
King. It will not happen again.

It was just a bad investment.

Mollie?

You seem different
tonight. What is it?

Yes, it might as well be now...

- Mollie is pregnant. - What?

You best! Well, though.

- Now, is she? - Yes.

Yes, we have been told
that Mollie is with child, King.

You best.

It is a blessing to the home.

- How nice it is. Congratulations.
- Thanks.

- Congratulations. - Thanks.

- How nice it is.
- Thanks, Willie.

Henry! Come on in. We just
got some wonderful news.

Mollie is pregnant again.

I think it's a girl.
I'm never wrong.

Congratulations.

We have to get started
on a blanket for the child.

Congratulations.

Excuse me for interrupting.
Uncle, I need to talk to you.

Of course. Sit over there.
I just need to talk to them.

- Wait for me over there.
- Thanks.

Have you slept with
her during the illness?

She is my wife, King. That's
the kind of thing that happens.

Maybe it's just your perversion.

Yes, God bless you and the baby.

First man?

Can he then claim the family?

- Henry. - Uncle.

Ramsey, I know you're
having a hard time.

A lot of children. A
seven or eight pieces?

Yes, I have a whole bunch.

King Bill Hale asks if you want
a job. One that needs fixing.

I can not. I have not
agreed to this kind of work.

It's an Indian.

It is something else.

- Do you know Henry Roan? - Nah.

Well, what do you say?

Listen up. You come with me.

I'll buy you a car so you
can drive out and fix it.

A car is not enough
to get my life on track.

We'll figure out something.
And don't worry too much about it.

Him the Indian,
he is melancholy.

He has attempted
suicide twice, says Hale.

It should look like
Roan did it himself.

Right in the forehead. Do you
understand? In the forehead.

- Then the knights will come marching, Pitts.
- Hello, Ernest.

Ernest arranged a meeting
with the Indian in Fairfax.

- This is John Ramsey.
- Henry. Good day.

We sat down. He
smelled of whiskey.

Are you after some booze?

- I said I sold.
- Then you have come to the right place.

We were to meet on the road that goes
through Sol Smith's field at ten o'clock.

Look here, mate. Look
what I found down the hole.

Just take care of yourself.

It turns the liver inside out.

When I had met the Indian a few
times, we came to like each other.

You have to
respect his problems.

We also went to mrs. Mackie.

He took it! What kind of sheriff
goes around selling cocaine?

Frankly!

It continued for some time. I
tried to gather some courage.

One day I decided to do it when
the opportunity presented itself.

I agreed with the Indian to
get some booze and some girls,

and then we were supposed
to meet out on Smith's field.

It tastes better than
the last one we got.

God damn.

- Do you have time?
- Yes. Watch out for Cowboy.

- What is it? - Where is Hale?

I do not know. Whizbang,
Pawhuska. Why?

- It is done.
- Is it? Where did you do it?

Out on the road that goes
through Sol Smith's field.

Here, I don't want it anymore.

- John.
- I do not want this anymore.

Henry Roan is dead.

Did he take his own life?

I do not know.

He was always sad.

Always.

- You knew him well, didn't you?
- Since we were children.

Does your uncle know?
They were friends.

Yes. He knows it well.

Was he murdered?

Have no idea.

He tried to take his
own life last year.

Did you know?

Was he murdered or did he
take his own life? Do you know?

I do not know.

Roy Bunch has talked
a lot about killing him.

He is having sex with his
wife, so... It goes without saying.

Maybe he just took his
own life like you said.

It had to be suicide. He
had to leave the gun behind.

I told him that too. Just
as you informed me.

I don't know why he
brought it. I told him so.

Did you say it was supposed to be
in the forehead? It was in the neck.

It is otherwise easy enough.
The forehead is not the neck!

It would look like suicide.

It looks like murder. It wasn't
supposed to be like that.

I said the forehead. Just like you asked
me to. I promise. I swear by my children.

- Do not do that. Calm.
- I swear by my children.

You shall not swear by
your children. It sounds silly.

I'm no fool.

What is it, King?

Fear lamps. They put up
lights to keep the murders away.

There he is. Hang in here.

Hi, Roy. Roy!

You shouldn't be
staying here right now.

You better get out of here, because the
sheriff is going to charge you with murder.

They know you
wanted to shoot Henry.

If I run away, I look
guilty. And I'm not.

If you run away...

If you don't run away, you'll
end up in jail, guilty or not.

It's just an advice from a
friend. I wanted to run away.

Thanks Bill. I don't think I do.

And you are not my friend. I'll
take the chance and stay in Fairfax.

You are of the sky people.

Little Anna.

Your name is Wah hre lum pa.

What is leprosy, Mollie?

Are you getting
sick? Creeping away?

Minnie died from it.

Mom died from it too.

Anna was shot.

The carpet is a
target on our back.

Can't we just move?
To Colorado Springs.

Look at me though. I
can't make the journey.

- Who will take care of you, Mollie?
- I have Ernest and my children.

Ernest takes care of
me. As best he can.

- Nettie? - Yeah.

Can my sister have toast?

- Yes. And another sip of coffee?
- Thanks.

Little sister.

So.

- So now you and Mollie also live in the city?
- Yes, now we are here.

You live nicely
here, Bill. Really nice.

Thank you, Ernest. The Shoun
brothers made us a good offer.

- They left some nice things for us.
- Well, did they?

Not as nice as the stuff you
bought, but good enough for us.

Yes, you know Mollie.
She likes nice things so...

Not as much as you.

It almost sounds like you're
calling me a squaw man.

No, I would never
call another man that.

No.

No sour faces.

Need a quickie?

Yes, I'd be happy to
take one if you have one.

No.

- Then why did you ask?
- You just seem nervous.

The thing is, Bill, I
have no nerves. None.

I just don't like talking
to you. That's mostly why.

- Have I bothered you, Ernest?
- Bothered me? No, then.

It's just your demeanor that
bothers me. Nothing else.

This is how the Lord made me.
I can't do anything about that.

No, you can not.

Unless you kill me. Or is
it your older brother's job?

Molly? We're going
home now, honey.

- Jim? - Myrtle?

If you have something special
in the house, get it out in a hurry.

Bleach.

David?

- Everything is alright?
- Yes. I'm going to an animal show in Fort Worth.

Find Acie Kirby and
tell Smith to fix now.

Do you hear me?

I don't know him. I
don't know Acie Kirby.

- Where will he find Acie?
- Find John Ramsey. He knows it.

Find John Ramsey. Tell him to tell Acie
that it is now. We drive to Fort Worth.

We drive to Fort Worth.

Show me you understand.

Yes, I have understood.
I'll find Ramsey and tell him.

- John? - Yes it is me.

I have a message from King Hale.

You need to find Acie Kirby
and ask him to fix Bill and Reta.

- It is now, John.
- I can not. My wife is sick.

- My wife is also ill.
- Why don't you do it yourself?

Why does someone like me
always have to do your job?

Because I don't know Acie Kirby.

I don't know what he looks like.

I would like to, but I don't
know what he looks like. Sorry.

Okay, I will, but
I can't right now.

Not right now? This must happen
immediately. Hale can't wait.

It must be immediate. Now.

You are very pushy, Ernest.
I have to go back to work.

You get one more chance,
John. Then it's over. A chance.

I tell King Hale you do it now.

- I don't want to lose my job.
- You do not have a choice! It is now.

- I'm trying to be smart, John.
- I'll probably arrange it.

- I'll do it.
- Yes, you must. Right now, John.

A line? A line?

- Yes.
- It's John. You must not shoot.

Do you have poles with you?

Mother! Mother!

Where have you been?

- At Reta's.
- You were supposed to stay at home.

Come here.

- Cowboy's ears hurt.
- Oh, no, though.

And Bill is not so nice to
Reta when I'm not there.

Listen, Mollie...

You don't have to go out so
much, with all that going on.

- I was just staying with my sister.
- You and the children must stay at home.

Okay?

- You of peace! - What was it?

I do not know!

Vera!

Vera?

Lizzie?

- What happens?
- Cowboy for mom.

It's like in Tulsa.

- There is glass everywhere!
- What happened?

Whose house is it?

Whose house is it?

- It's Bill and Retas!
- Bill and Reta's house!

- Nettie lives in the back room!
- Nettie Berkshire lives here!

- Nettie! - It's Bill Smith!

Shoot me! Shoot me, dammit!

Shoot me!

There's Reta! Reta is over here!

It's Reta. Hurry up!

- Can you hear me, Reta?
- Teasing?

Letter?

I think she's dead.

Mother! Mother! Mother!

Mother! Mother!

Ernest?

Welcome to the Fort Worth
Animal Show and Rodeo.

You can go over to lane 1 and meet
rodeo champion Henry Grammer.

Get an autograph and
talk to him over at Lane 1.

Too much dynamite.

You're being too obvious, Bill.

Nettie, the maid. They
still find pieces of her.

Mollie Burkhart,
incompetent. Lot number 285.

Three, two, one.

You want $300 to
go to Washington for?

And.

It's a rough ride for a
weakened woman, Mollie.

I can't give you the
money or let you travel.

I would be doing you and
your children a disservice.

I want to travel now because
I don't live much longer.

It might be the last thing I do.

- Good to see you. Thank you, Chief.
- Chief Bonnicastle.

President Coolidge, ladies
and gentlemen, look here.

Three, two, one.

Sir. president, Mollie
Burkhart. They must send help.

People are being murdered in
Osage. The police do nothing.

I lost my mother and sisters.

Many Osage Indians
are killed for the oil money.

I. Yes.

Thank you.

Give your wife the insulin.

And... a little of this.

The bottle here.

- Make sure you dose it right, Ernest.
- Give it to her regularly.

- It just calms her down.
- Nothing else. She just keeps calm.

Same time every day.
Half an hour before meals.

The whole bottle.

Ernest, do you
believe in the Bible?

- Yes. - The old miracles?

Do you think a miracle
will make it go away?

That kind of thing
doesn't happen anymore.

I know.

I don't know, King. She's
gone to Washington, so...

I just have to… calm
her down, right?

- Yes. - Just calm her down.

I'm scared, Sho-meen-kah.

What are you afraid of?

I'm afraid to eat at home.

Why are you afraid to
eat in your own house?

I'm afraid.

Do you know who
will do you harm?

I want the bed put
down in the back room.

We only eat food prepared
by Vera. Nobody else.

Little Anna has whooping cough.

She needs to be cared for.

She will live with brother
and sister Bigheart.

Then she will feel better.
It will cure her cough.

Mor!

Ernest, you pick up my
insulin at the train. Only you.

You must not accept it
from the Shoun brothers.

Yes, Mollie.

My mother came to me. She
asked me to dance with her.

I replied that I can
no longer dance.

She said I'm dying.

She didn't want me to die alone.

Dreams can feel like dying...

a little while, and then...
then you come back.

She said the man is here.

Which man?

The man with the hat.

I want to talk to the
man with the hat.

Yes, but there are
many men with hats.

Rest now.

Mr. Burkhart?

Who is it?

Tom White. I come
from the federal police.

Good day.

Federal... What? What is it?

They sent me from Washington
to look into the murders.

Look... Look at
what around them?

Who is behind it.

Are you an investigator?
From Pinkerton or what?

No, I've been a Texas Ranger.

I now work for the government.
It is called the federal police.

Look, if you have any questions,
you need to talk to the sheriff.

- He can probably help you.
- Yes, I have spoken to him.

I came to talk to Mollie Burkhart,
whose sisters and mother are dead.

Molly? Yes, she is
my... She is my wife.

She is sick, very sick right now. I'm
her husband, Ernest Burkhart, so...

Come back another time, but
right now she's not feeling so well.

- How about tomorrow?
- Tomorrow? No... it's too early.

It's just... As I said,
she's not feeling very well.

But you can come back on Friday.

Is she at home?

She has diabetes, you see.

- Does she have it? - Yes.

She rests and I
take care of her.

Come back on Friday, okay?

- Friday? - Yes, Friday.

I do. Thank you.

It's John Wren. A
friend of Cousin Mary's.

- Welcome to Osageland.
- Thanks.

Welcome to Fairfax.

Welcome to Wahzhazhe.

Thanks. I was told I have
Osage relatives in Hominy.

Where are you from?

I need to talk to
you, King. Pardon.

- Not now. You have to wait.
- I can not. They came to my house.

- What now?
- I need to talk to you.

What is it?

Ernest?

I'm scared, King. They came to
my house. Private investigators.

- Home to you? - Yes.

- What did they say?
- I don't know what they want. They came.

- What did you do?
- I'm concerned. They know something.

They know we've done something.

- King, we need to talk about it.
- Now you have to take it easy.

- Do you understand? Pull yourself together.
- Yes.

- Pull yourself together and calm down.
- I'm trying.

- Calm down. Now! Right now.
- When can we talk...

- We'll talk about it later. Not now.
- Okay.

- King... - Not now.

Are you here because McBride
was killed? Him the white one.

Or because we went to Washington
and gave the US government $20,000?

It is not too late
to find out who it is.

Who? We have so many
deaths that we cannot count them.

- Several hundreds.
- In the old days we resisted.

20 years ago when I fought
during the Boxer Rebellion,

I could see the enemy.
I knew who to kill.

If we could find the
killers, we would kill them.

No no no. I owe
Henry Roan $25,000.

He's been dead for months. Monthly!
Now give me my Henry Roan money.

Talk to Denver about it.
They dispute the report.

- Who are they?
- JT Jones of the Denver branch.

Now you have to listen, JT Jones.
The problem is in Fairfax, not Denver.

- Denver received the report and disputes it.
- We're not in Denver. We are in Fairfax.

I want my Roan
money. Write that check.

Sorry, but before I
hear from Denver...

- Do you know who I am? - Yes.

Don't you comply? Am
I not getting the money?

- No. - You will regret it.

You will regret it,
Mr. Insurance Man.

The gentlemen. Come on in.

Mr. Tail? CJ
Robinson has arrived.

Mr. House. - CJ.

Would you give a price for them?

Yes. I just wanted to
take a look at them first.

So hurry up.

She has no face.

They took her head.

We didn't smoke her into heaven.
Wah-kon-tah cannot know her.

We smoked the house.

We smoked the house,
baby. You just can't remember.

We were over there with Bill
and Reta and Joseph and Bertha.

We were all there. We
were there for several hours.

You just can't remember it.

Mollie?

Rest now.

James and David
Shoun? The federal police.

We have some questions
about the death of Anna Brown.

Get dressed and wait here.

I guess you should talk
to the justice of the peace.

He has the coroner's report
on Anna Brown's death.

The papers have
disappeared for him.

- Then you must get hold of the undertaker, Turton.
- Turton.

He has all the details you need.

- He kept the skull, didn't he, David?
- Yeah.

We have asked him, and that
is why we have ended up here.

Did you guys drop the
bullet that killed her?

No, because it was never found.

Was that the one you were looking
for when you took the brain apart?

Yes, it was.

The body was very involved
because she had been dead for five...

Six. - ... or six days.

And then we dug her up.

Why did you cut the body into small pieces
and chop the flesh off the bones with an axe?

We were looking for the bullet.

We couldn't find it. Yes...

It is a matter for the Indian Tribal
Council. You should talk to Chief...

- Bonnicastle.
- ... Bonnicastle.

What will he say?

This is Indian country.
Talk to the Indians.

You must have excused us.

You can see there.

Why are you only coming now?

I only got the
assignment a week ago.

- Who did you get it from? The president?
- No, by J. Edgar Hoover.

I don't know him.

I hear you are the King of the Osage
Hills and the man I am to speak with.

They can get my point. Presumably
they will be the death of the brain

committed by a group of
outside men, possibly Negroes.

- Did you see what happened in Tulsa?
- Yes.

It could also just be bad luck.

Anna Brown, dirty mouth. A friend,
but dirty mouth. It had to happen.

Henry Roan was melancholic.
You probably know that.

And then there was Charlie Whitehorn,
one of the strangest people in the world.

What about the other
dead Osage Indians?

- 25, if it's not almost 30 now.
- Yes.

It seems more like an
epidemic than an accident.

Yes, you should probably
talk to our justice of the peace.

I have been to him.
He wasn't much help.

- Wasn't he? The head chief?
- I have also spoken to him.

They said I should talk to you.

We will have put an end to
those deaths, but not here.

I would like to answer your questions. We
can meet somewhere else. Not right here.

Then I'll just find you later.

Thank you. Sorry, I
disturbed the shave.

Shame it doesn't
matter. I hear from you.

Blackie.

Look ahead.

Government people
go and mess things up.

I got my punishment.

It's stupid to stay
where there's trouble.

I owe you because you helped my nephew. You
kept your mouth shut about the car theft.

Go somewhere else for a
while. Stay away from the city.

You can go to Drumright.

- Drumright? - Yes.

Try to be there early. The
Negro opens at sunrise.

We thank you for the favors.

God damn!

Hands up!

Damn it.

Fold and up. Fold and up.

Thank you, Bill, for your support of the town
and all you have done for the people here.

And now this
beautiful dance school.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Bill Hale, our sponsor.

We have a gift for you and invite you into
our home as a thank you for the medicine.

Have you made it?

Did your girls get a pony?

- Yes. Thanks Bill.
- No problem.

Bob, you need to mind
your business tonight.

I heard they are planning
to rob your store at 11pm.

Maybe it's the gems
you've been saving.

Two whites and a Negro.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Acie, here's the money I owe
you. With great appreciation.

Do you know the
federal police are here?

They're investigating
that explosion.

This is Indian country, so
it's not going to be a problem.

You should take some time off.

I have a good opportunity
for you if you will listen to me.

- Of course. - Okay.

Stop, thieving swine!

Good day.

Is it Henry Grammer's camp? Do
you know where we can find him?

An angel came and wrapped
her great wings around his chest.

Now he's down with the snakes.

- When did it happen?
- Yesterday.

Give it to me.

- What? - Come outside.

Now, I'm stepping.

What is it?

Byron?

- What is it? - Ernest.

If you are charged, you
win the case. It will be OK.

- What... - You win.

What are you talking about? What
were they going to charge me with?

Ernest, I have many
friends. Many, many friends.

So I have the best lawyers. They
protect me and they will protect you.

So don't worry. No
one is coming for you.

Thank you, King.

- What? - It is just...

- What is it?
- His stomach is in knots.

- Are you okay?
- Yes Yes. Myrtie is shaken.

Willie is hysterical.
And I don't know how...

I do not know what to do.

But you must sign here.

If something happens to you, the plots of
land must stay in the family. We have to.

They must stay in the
family. You know that.

If something happens to me?

What could happen?

Nothing happens
then. It's just a formality.

Nothing happens because I
make sure nothing happens.

Have you signed?

- Yes, he has signed.
- My wife is not sick.

She's not sick, but he
signed. We must all sign.

That way, we are sure that
the money stays in the family.

Listen up.

- Byron, let's be a little bit.
- Yes.

- Are you okay? - Yes I...

I'm fine enough.

You are not afraid? Because
there is no reason for that.

No I...

- Are you giving her the syringes?
- The syringes? Yes.

Yes, I do what I have to do.

- Are you giving it all to her?
- Yes.

- Remember to give her everything.
- So do I, King.

I'm doing as we agreed. I
keep her calm. She is calm.

Just take care of it.

Ernest, I know you love
Mollie and I love her too.

But the truth is…

She will die soon.

You know that. We can do
nothing. It is in God's hands.

And he is waiting for her.

You must stay by her side and
give her medicine for the pain.

You will never regret your time
with her until she returns to eternity.

You will never regret it.

And you are strong now.

- Does not? You are strong.
- Yes.

Be there for her.

And sign here.

- Shall I sign? - You have to.

Okay, King.

Good evening, boys. John.

Here's what I've found out.

I was over in Ralston yesterday. I
met a man named Alvin Reynolds.

He could tell many things.

I knew all the murdered Indians.

They gave poisoned liquor to
dogs, just to see what would happen.

And they killed coyotes.
I don't care for coyotes,

but it is not right, when they
could die a natural death.

My son-in-law tells me
to keep my mouth shut.

That they kill me too.

But I'm going to die soon anyway,
so now I'll tell you who it was.

I was sitting right here,

and I saw Byron Burkhart drive
Anna Brown down that road.

Kelsie Morrison and his
wife were in the back seat.

They got Anna
well and truly drunk.

They were all there.
Kelsie, Byron and Anna.

I'm not lying.

Kelsie Morrison?

Kelsie Morrison smuggles drugs and whiskey
from Fort Worth to New Orleans to Dallas.

Do you remember Bill
Stepson, the lasso swinger?

Bill Stepson died of corn
whiskey. It was not investigated.

Bills kone hed Tillie Stepson.

Kelsie left his first
wife, Catherine,

and married Tillie two
weeks after Bill's death.

Two months later
Tillie died of poison.

Kelsie takes Tillie's
kids to Mexico,

but comes back because a
wise lawyer advises him against it.

My late wife has two children
and they bear my name.

So if I adopt them correctly and the two
children die, do I inherit their estate?

They are Osage Indians. One of
them half-breeds, but they have oil rights.

Kelsie, it sounds like you plan
to adopt and kill the children.

Not if it's illegal and I don't get
the money. Then I don't do it.

Kelsie Morrison?

- Who? - Kelsie Morrison.

- My name is Lloyd Miller.
- Come here, Lloyd. We need to talk to you.

I admire Kelsie's ambition.

He thanked me.

- Kelsie, I admire your ambition.
- Thanks.

What can you tell us about Byron
and Ernest Burkhart and the murders?

Byron and Ernest Burkhart?

I guess we can help each other.

I have settled in well. The
Wahzhazhe people tell me things.

I am also Father Albert's
friend. He confided in me.

He told me all about
Mollie Burkhart.

She fears for her life.

Did he say who
she fears the most?

Now hold it.

It's easier to get people convicted
of kicking a dog than killing an Indian.

It's Bill Hale's ranch.

I have fire insurance
on him for $30,000.

You must be busy
tomorrow, Mr. Insurance Man.

You will be next.

Now...

This is it.

That seems to be the case now.

I have something
to tell you. In...

I have something to tell you.
My wife... My wife is very ill.

I have to go home and see
my wife. She is very sick.

Come, my boy.

I'm going home to my wife.
She... She is not very well, so...

Now we go home and... We
go home and take care of her.

Come here, boy.

You are completely wrong. Everything
you think you know... you know nothing.

Follow him, my boy.

My wife is very sick! Very ill.

Do I have to...

May I sit down?

You're fine there.

We want to talk to you about the murders
of Reta and Bill Smith and Anna Brown.

I want to sit down.

Yes, you will, but
now you stand up.

I'm getting up now, but I
need to get some sleep.

You can't keep me
here much longer.

Did you put the explosives under the house
yourself, or was Blackie Thompson there too?

- Whom? - Blackie Thompson.

No, he wasn't there.

I don't know him very
well. Only from around town.

- And did you put the explosives under the house?
- I don't know anything about that.

You guys didn't
rob a bank in Oilton?

No.

But you helped Blackie Thompson

with stealing your
own Buick back in 1921,

so you could get the
insurance money paid out, right?

Huh?

I let him borrow it for a
while. I let him drive it, but...

- What was he going to do with it?
- I do not know.

That's none of my business. I
guess he was going out to have fun.

If a man borrowed my car, I
would ask what he was going to do.

Sometimes people just want to go
for a ride. I'm not asking anything.

So you lent it to him? You didn't
ask what he was going to do?

And.

You're just a good guy.

You got me there.
I lent it to him.

I lent it to him. It's
obviously illegal.

Well.

How are you, Ernest?

Blackie.

Can I talk to him?

Can I talk to him
alone for a bit?

Have they turned you around?

Me turned?

No, they haven't
turned me around.

Say it then. What
have you told them?

That when I got out of jail and had
to settle with you, you gave me $1.50.

You said we all knew the risk.

We did that too. But
I gave you a twenty.

- No, it was 1.50.
- Not $1.50. I would have given...

No, I gave you a
twenty. I remember it well.

- Nonsense. - Listen up.

You must... You must tell
me what you said to them.

- I said it all. - All?

I told them you and your
uncle are some fucking Jews.

Jews?

I got life for him the
striper in Drumright.

I tell you, Ernest. You
couldn't handle being in prison.

Tell them what you know for your own sake
and that of your family. For your well-being.

- You are as stupid as a washboard.
- Well, am I?

Yes, you babble as soon
as you get the chance.

We were supposed to be
partners. It's not my fault...

- Partners?
- That you were taken with that car.

Are we partners? You
didn't give me a shit.

Now, however, Hale
has made a plan.

I tell him you shouldn't join
because you're so stupid in the head.

He always said you were stupid.

It is because of his plan
that I am sitting here.

Mollie?

Are you for real?

Maybe I am.

Okay, that's enough.

Ernest, you are a
good man, aren't you?

Yes, I am. I think so then.

Do you think? Are
you or aren't you?

I am.

Do you love your
wife and children?

And.

You have served your country. I don't think
your life should have ended like this.

I have the impression
that your family at home

is a greater blessing to you
than your uncle, King Bill Hale.

We both know that he appears
to be a very upright man.

And he isn't.

He has done nothing for you.

Except...

to make you do bad things and take advantage
of you because of your... disposition.

Shouldn't we start over?

I...

I want to go home to my wife.

Did you see...

Tell me what to do.

Do you know who
killed Henry Roan?

Stay where you are.

I'm going to arrest you.

You know anything about
the Henry Roan murder?

I know nothing about that.

I have a man here who says he is your
friend and that you know something about it.

Who?

So I hang on to it?

And.

Find the pencil.

Where is my husband

- Does she have a doctor?
- No, she doesn't want to see them.

We'll take her with us.

- Are you real? - Are you ready?

Early

where is my husband

We get help.

Mrs. Burkhart? She needs
heroin, two milligrams.

Do you want to be protected?

Against whom?

Against... Against my uncle.

- Hello, Harve. - Bill.

I can understand, I'm
wanted. I have come to register.

- What should you have done?
- Killed people, they say.

- Well, that sounds unlikely, Bill.
- Arrest me.

- We don't need that.
- It is fine. Just do it.

Mr. Hale, may we have a comment?

- What do you know about the murders?
- Just a comment? "I am innocent"?

Innocent as a newborn. More.

Mr. House!

When can I talk to my wife?
You promised that if I testified.

She is in the
hospital in Pawhuska.

- At the hospital? Is she okay?
- It doesn't seem that way.

Tell me to write to her.

- Where are they taking you?
- I'm going somewhere else now.

Where are they going?

Where are we going?

We are not charging you
with anything for testifying.

You want to go home
to Mollie and the kids,

but it is best that you get far away so
that you escape Hale and his wolves.

Are you following?

Where do you live?

In jail.

- How long do you have to serve?
- I got a life sentence.

- For the coup in Drumright?
- Yes.

And it was William
Hale who arranged it?

He did, yes. Funny
enough, right?

Write down.

"Judge not" by William K. Hale.

- Who told you to kill Bill and Reta Smith?
- William Hale and Ernest Burkhart.

- Have you had contact with mr. Tail side?
- Yes, I actually have.

He sent a message to my cell.

- He asked me to kill his nephew, Ernest.
- Mr. Thompson.

Even the most illiterate
criminal has a right to

to prove his innocence
before a jury trial. Don't judge.

Yes, he wrote that he
could help me escape.

When I got out, I was going to
take Ernest to Mexico and kill him.

I replied that I would not
testify if he got me out.

- And how did it go?
- How did what?

Mr. Hale's promise of escape.

I'm sitting here talking to
you. It didn't go terribly well.

Don't judge.

Put it in the Pawhuska
Daily Journal, Fairfax Chief,

- Hominy JournalogOsage County News.
- Ja, mr. Hale.

Your mother is leaving.

Isn't it lovely?

This is it.

Craving is the way.

I demand to confer with
mr. Burkhart in private!

- Completely unheard of.
- Ernest Burkhart is my client!

- It's against the rules.
- I demand to speak with mr. Burkhart!

He cannot represent both the accused and the
witness. There is a conflict of interest.

He's been gone for two months!

I have not been able to
communicate with him until he testifies.

It's witness influence!

Mr. Burkhart, is this
man really your attorney?

I do not know. I don't have
any contract with him, but...

I want to talk to him.

The rules forbid
it, Your Highness.

The prosecution does not allow conversation
between mr. Hamilton and the witness,

before the trial begins!

The Wahzhazhe
people deserve justice!

Give him to us! Then I
shall be his executioner!

Mr. Burkhart will be remanded
in custody. Get him out of here.

The court is adjourned until ten
o'clock tomorrow. Clear the courtroom.

Pardon...

all the problems.

I'm taking you home now.

Brother.

Brother.

Freeling and Hamilton will see you at
Hale's tonight. And talk things through.

- Sherif. - Ernest.

Tante Myrtie.

Ernest, you know
mr. Soloway? From Solowey Oil?

And of course Mr. Kraceon
from Kraceon Oil.

Sit down.

If you testify
against your uncle,

you should know that it can be used
against you for the rest of your life.

And you could be convicted
of the Smith murders

and spend the rest of your
days in prison. Can you see it?

No, I probably hadn't
thought that through.

They give you the rope to
hang yourself. Can you see it?

He can't see it.

- Ernest! - Me.

If you do this, you're
murdering your uncle.

Ernest, do you want it?

Do you want him to die in
prison? Will you, Ernest?

No, of course I won't,
Myrtie. You know that.

Yes. You have the
power to save his life.

He saves you, you stupid boy!

- Would you like to go home now?
- Yes I will.

- Do you want to see your wife and children?
- Yes.

These men from the government...

They beat you and
they tortured you.

No, they didn't. But they kept
me awake for several days.

No! They beat
you! They beat you.

- Yes, they beat me. - Thanks.

I dreamed. - Yes?

We went to Colorado Springs.

You told me all your secrets
and I put them in a box for you.

We went down to the
river and threw them all in.

We were happy.

Have I told you how beautiful
you are now? Just look at you.

You are radiant.

The insulin works, doesn't it?

So you had to get worse
before you got better.

What happens next?

I just know that it...
It's very complicated.

The white man's laws are just…

Sometimes you have to do one
thing, even if you want something else.

I know it's hard to
understand as an Osage, but...

Now I have to come
in and tell the real truth.

About what the government
men do to make me lie.

Do you know they beat me?
They beat me and tortured me.

They kept me awake
for days to make me lie.

And say my uncle did
these terrible things.

Now I think clearly
again. I think clearly and...

I won't lie. I want
to do the right thing.

I want to protect my uncle
because he needs that.

What?

What is it?

When will you be home?

In a few days. I'll be
home in a few days.

Now listen here.

They arrest me and
all that just for a sight.

But I don't have any
problems. Not at all.

I haven't done anything wrong.

They can just arrest me.

Make sure you know the way.

- Are you testifying for us?
- No I do not.

You don't want to
testify for the state?

Exactly. Everything
I told you was a lie.

Turn around.

You are under arrest for the
murder of Reta and Bill Smith.

Why did they kill Anna Brown?

- I was hired by WK Hale.
- And what did he say?

I would get a thousand
dollars, plus the 600 I owed him.

- So you say you killed Anna Brown?
- Yes.

They took her out into what they
call the Tremil Gorge, didn't they?

- Yeah.
- What did you shoot her with?

- An automatic pistol.
- And where did you shoot her?

On top of the
head. She died of it.

- They say you were pretty drunk.
- Yes.

- But you knew very well, you killed her?
- Yes.

And how did you get Anna Brown
down there where you killed her?

- Byron and I carried her down there.
- Did you get her drunk first?

- Yes.
- Was she lying down when you killed her?

- No.
- How was she then positioned?

Hun sad op.

Byron lifted her up. He
pulled her up and held her.

So you showed him how to hold
a drunk, helpless Indian woman

at the bottom of the ravine while
you put a bullet through her brain?

- Yes.
- What happened afterwards?

- He let go of her so she fell.
- Did she scream?

- No.
- And did you stand and watch her die?

- No.
- Were you satisfied with your work?

- Yes.
- So you turned around and left?

And.

Have you seen the ravine
where you killed Anna Brown?

I must have seen
it a hundred times.

Since then? Did you go out to
see where you shot Anna Brown?

- No. - No?

- No.
- Then why did you go out there?

It's alright. Just
tell the jurors.

It is a good...

It's a great place to drink and
party. You can't see it from the road.

Where did you go after
you shot Anna Brown?

I spent the night
at Bill Hale's.

- And what did you do?
- We continued to drink.

Where did Byron go?

Home to Mollie.

No, Molly.

You are welcome.

- Be careful where you step.
- Be careful... If you want to kill me,

- I'll kill you.
- Stop it. Sit here.

Come on. Get up.

- Hold her upright.
- Straighten up.

- Such. Hold her up. - Yes Yes.

- I'll kill you... - Like that.

Ernest.

Wake up.

And.

What?

What is it?

It is not easy to say.

I have to tell you...
that your child is dead.

- Which child?
- I don't know the name.

Whose? Is...

Cowboy? Which one of them?

Did one of the children
have weak lungs?

- Yes. - Whooping cough?

No... Who told you
that? Who said that?

One of our agents
in Fairfax notified me.

Mollie took care of it...
and brought the baby home.

- There's no one...
- It's Anna. Is it not?

It is not easy.

No! Goddamn! They
have taken my child.

May god be with you.

I am sorry.

What now?

The child died.

- Which one of them?
- The small.

The small?

Oh, my boy.

Oh God! They have taken...

No.

Ernest.

Little Anna is
with the Lord now.

Ernest.

Lord be gracious to
us. Lord, Lord, Lord.

Good day, King.

How are they?

- Not that good.
- No. I can feel it too.

You know I have to take care
of the two kids and Mollie now.

So...

- What do you mean?
- You know what that means.

I... I testify.

It is a fierce choice to make
in the midst of all that adversity.

- Are you sure you want it?
- Yes.

I have to.

- Will they let you go?
- They let me go, yes.

They do not comply with that.

Yes, it is the state, and
that is what they said.

It is the state.
That's why I say it.

All this will only lead to the family
being divided. Do you want to do that?

It makes no difference, and I
say that completely sincerely.

If there's one thing my life has taught me,
it's that this doesn't make a difference.

You know things are
different now, right?

No Osage will support you.
No one supports you anymore.

- They love me then.
- No, they don't listen.

They know who
gave them the roads,

and who gave them the hospitals
and the schools. They know that.

I have brought them
into the 20th century.

They don't support you, Bill.

- Yes, they do.
- No. It is over.

There might be some
insurrection for a while.

But then people forget that.

They don't remember
and they don't care.

It will be another
ordinary everyday tragedy.

Yes, but this is not common.

Now don't do something you'll
regret for the rest of your life.

- You will regret...
- I regret everything, Bill.

You have a family.

Children. You have lost one.
Don't make it more tragic...

It's already a damn tragedy.

You must not come near
my family. Not anymore.

I am sorry to hear.

- It is over.
- You must not throw everything away.

- I can not.
- I'm sorry. I love you.

I can't, Bill.

Don't throw it away.

Mr. Burkhart, You are
here of your own free will?

- Yes.
- Nobody promised you anything?

No.

Did you seek out John Ramsey on
your uncle's behalf to kill Henry Roan?

And.

Did you drive from
Fairfax to Ripley

and told John Ramsey to
tell Asa Kirby to do an errand?

- Yes.
- And who asked you to do it?

Bad Uncle, William Hale.

Can you see him?

- Yes. - Please point to him.

Yes. He sits there.

Move for record that the witness has
identified the accused, William Hale.

And what was the task
your uncle had for Asa Kirby?

He was going to... blow
up Reta and Bill Smith.

Why did he want that?

To get their money.

Are they married?

- Yes.
- What is your wife's name?

- Mollie Burkhart.
- Is she Reta's sister?

And.

And the sister of Anna
Brown, who was murdered?

And.

And her mother is
Lizzie Q, who is dead?

- Yes.
- And her sister Minnie is dead too?

And.

And all these dead women are
Native American women, right?

Jo.

If Mollie, your wife, died,

so who gets her oil money?

Me and our children.

Did your uncle present a plan,

according to which you would profit
from the death of all these Indian women?

And.

And you chose to help
your uncle yourself?

And.

It was part of the plan that
you met and married Mollie Kyle

and killed her family and
her for their Indian oil money?

No.

I met and married my wife because I
was driving with her in my rental car.

Not because your
uncle demanded it?

No.

I loved my wife from...

It happened to us when I
picked her up in my rental car.

How's Cowboy?

Well.

Does he miss his father?

And.

Also Elizabeth.

Do they... Do they
know what happened?

Not really.

Have you told all the truths?

Yes, I have.

My soul is pure now, Mollie.

It's a relief to
be out of it all.

I wouldn't let him
near you and the kids.

What did you give me?

What?

What was in the syringes?

My medicine, which you gave me.

What was in it, sho-mee-kah-see?

Insulin.

Justice had won.

True Crimes airs

with the support of J. Edgar Hoover
and the Federal National Police.

Thus ends the true story of the
murders of the Osage Indians.

Before we leave the Osage
people, we can conclude:

The doctors, the Shoun brothers, were
never prosecuted for poisoning Mollie.

Ernest's brother, Byron Burkhart, was
prosecuted as an accomplice in Anna's murder.

Kelsie Morrison
said during the trial:

"Byron got her drunk...
and I did the rest."

Byron was released
after a deadlocked jury.

William Hale, mastermind
of the deadly schemes,

was found guilty and
sentenced to life in Leavenworth.

He wrote letters to
his Osage friends.

“Dear friends, how are you?

I never had better friends
than the Osage Indians,

and I was a true friend to them.

I'd rather live in Gray
Horse than anywhere else.

I'll be back with you shortly.

How is my friend,
Dah-kah-hee-ke?

Din sande ven, W.K. Hale."

Hale was released in 1947.

The committee justified the
early release with good behavior,

but not everyone was happy.

"He was released because
he bribed the politicians.

No one cares about Osage life.”

Hale was not allowed to appear in Oklahoma
again, but he often visited his relatives.

"Do you want lunch, William?"

"If that fool of Ernest's had shut
up, we'd have crowned days."

William Hale died in a
nursing home in Arizona.

He lived to be 87 years old.

Ernest Burkhart was sentenced to
life in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

"Wasn't it you who tried to kill
your Indian wife for oil money?"

A few years later he was pardoned
and moved back to Osage County,

where he ended his days with Byron
in a scavenger hunt north of the city.

"Hand me a beer, bro."

"Do you have fire
for my Lucky Strike?"

Mollie divorced Ernest

and lived with her new husband,
John Cobb, on the reservation.

She died of diabetes
on June 16, 1937.

The obituary simply said...

"Mrs. Mollie Cobb, aged 50,

passed away at eleven o'clock
Wednesday evening at his home.

She was full-blooded Osage.

She was buried in the
cemetery at Gray Horse

beside his father, his mother,

his sisters and his daughter."

The murders were not mentioned.

DISTRIBUTOR UIP

BASED ON DAVID GRANN'S BOOK

IN MEMORY OF ROBBIE ROBERTSON

THANKS TO THE OSAGE PEOPLE

AND THE INHABITANTS OF GRAY
HORSE, PAWHUSKA AND HOMINY

IN MEMORY OF JOHN WILLIAMS

Texts by: Lisa
Kristensen Villeneuve