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- Subtitles by explosiveskull
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- [CATHERINE] 'Dear sir,
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- 00:01:06,740 --> 00:01:08,943
- 'my name is Catherine Weldon
- and I live in New York City.
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- 'I studied portrait painting
- as a young woman,
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- 'but when I married,
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- 00:01:15,985 --> 00:01:18,221
- 'it was deemed unsuitable
- for me to pursue a profession.
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- 00:01:21,823 --> 00:01:23,958
- 'Recently, I visited
- an exhibition
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- 'of George Catlin paintings
- of American Indians
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- 00:01:26,829 --> 00:01:28,298
- 'and my breath was taken away.
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- 'It was the freedom
- that struck me.
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- 'Even inside the paintings,
- the people were free.
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- 00:01:40,045 --> 00:01:42,178
- 'I discovered that
- no portrait of you,
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- 'the great Chief Sitting Bull,
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- 'exists in any
- of our public galleries
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- 00:01:46,986 --> 00:01:48,756
- 'and I intend
- to rectify the situation.
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- 00:01:52,793 --> 00:01:56,462
- 'Almost one year ago,
- my husband died
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- 00:01:56,464 --> 00:01:58,200
- 'and I've been in mourning
- ever since.'
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- No.
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- [CATHERINE] Please stop here.
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- [CATHERINE] 'Now my deep grief
- has finally passed.'
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- Aah!
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- 'And I can find consolation
- in my work.
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- 00:02:44,051 --> 00:02:45,483
- 'I've not sought
- the permission of my father
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- 'or my husband's family
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- 'so you may think I am
- something of a renegade.
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- 00:02:50,256 --> 00:02:52,361
- 'I assure you, this is not
- by nature but by circumstance.
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- 00:03:01,470 --> 00:03:03,973
- 'I've written to the Agent
- to say I'm on my way.'
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- [CHASKA] "Dear Mr. McLaughlin,
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- 00:03:09,545 --> 00:03:12,346
- "I have painted many portraits
- of senators, congressmen,
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- "and even a vice president.
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- "But lately I took
- a decision to head west,
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- "with the intention of
- painting portraits of Indians
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- "who've made their own
- mark on history.
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- "In particular, I'm keen
- to capture on canvas
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- "the last of the great Sioux
- war chiefs, Chief Sitting Bull."
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- Tell her, hell, no.
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- She's also enclosed a letter
- addressed to Sitting Bull
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- to be delivered in person.
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- New York liberals
- stoking the flames.
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- When she gets here, arrest her.
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- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
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- Hello?
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- - Fresh linens, ma'am?
- - Oh, yes, please.
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- How long till we get to Omaha?
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- Half a day.
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- - You're an Indian, aren't you?
- - Yes, ma'am.
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- - Which tribe?
- - Presbyterian.
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- I'm heading to
- Standing Rock Reservation.
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- I'm going to paint
- Sioux Indians.
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- Have you ever been
- to Standing Rock?
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- The Sioux hunted my people
- like rabbits,
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- cut out their hearts
- and fed 'em to the dogs.
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- You call if you need
- any more towels.
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- 00:05:33,774 --> 00:05:35,808
- [MEN TALK INDISTINCTLY]
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- - Ma'am.
- - [MAN LAUGHS]
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- Hm.
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- Thank you.
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- Forgive me, ma'am,
- but, uh...
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- very few unaccompanied ladies
- travel beyond Omaha.
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- Then they are missing
- some rare beauty.
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- - You're not a soldier's wife?
- - No.
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- Soldiers' wives don't see
- the beauty of the prairie,
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- only its hazards.
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- 00:06:17,557 --> 00:06:19,326
- Well, are you gonna
- make me guess?
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- You seem very good at it.
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- You're a missionary.
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- Oh. No, unfortunately,
- I don't have the certainty.
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- Well, the only stop left is
- Standing Rock Reservation.
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- If you're not a soldier's wife
- and you're not a missionary...
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- ...what other business
- could you possibly have?
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- - I'm a painter.
- - A painter?
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- Yes, a full-time painter.
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- I'd guess you came here
- out of New York City.
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- Why?
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- 'Cause New York is
- the headquarters
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- of the National Indian
- Defense Association.
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- From time to time, they send
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- their political agitators
- out west
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- to stir things up
- on the reservations.
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- I guess that's closer
- to the truth.
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- I just told you,
- I'm a... a painter.
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- Painters can be agitators too.
- Often are.
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- So, now I'm a spy?
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- I'd guess you're traveling
- to Standing Rock
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- to promote opposition
- to the Allotment Act treaty.
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- Sir, if I knew what
- the Allotment treaty was,
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- which I don't,
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- I probably would oppose it.
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- Well, you sure as hell
- couldn't paint it.
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- I met you two minutes ago,
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- and already you have accused me
- of being a spy and a liar.
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- I work for the War Department,
- darling.
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- I didn't mean to be
- presumptuous,
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- but you do have
- that certain look.
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- What look is that?
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- The look of someone
- filled with good intentions.
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- Oh!
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- And that's bad?
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- West of Missouri,
- it can be lethal.
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- Would you mind if I gave you
- some practical advice?
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- I don't really care
- for practical advice
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- from someone who's such
- a poor judge of character.
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- May I take your order, ma'am?
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- No, I'll... I'll eat in
- my compartment. Thank you.
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- Yes, ma'am.
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- Ma'am.
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- [MAN 1] Okay, I've got it.
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- [MAN 2]
- What have you got in here?
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- [MAN 1] Get my bag, will you?
- Bring it. Grab a hold of...
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- Porter!
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- Hey, not her. I need you here.
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- Yes, sir.
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- I'll give you a hand with that.
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- Oh! Thank you.
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- - Sounds good, Charlie.
- - Colonel.
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- This lady here, she came
- all the way from New York
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- to paint Indians.
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- Is that a fact?
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- - Oh!
- - I hope they fuck you.
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- Cut the baby out, like they did
- the Robinson girls.
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- Indian-loving bitch.
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- I'm sorry, Colonel.
- My blood boils.
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- If you had any sense at all,
- you'd get back on that train.
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- Return east with it today.
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- [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
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- 00:09:47,592 --> 00:09:48,996
- [SHE GRUNTS]
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- [SHE PANTS]
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- Uh!
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- [INSECT BUZZES]
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- 00:10:30,842 --> 00:10:31,909
- Hello.
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- Do you know somewhere
- maybe I could...
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- 00:10:36,647 --> 00:10:38,849
- [SHE PANTS]
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- 00:10:38,851 --> 00:10:39,519
- ...hire a wagon?
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- 00:10:55,135 --> 00:10:57,037
- [INSECT BUZZES]
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- Oh.
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- 00:11:29,974 --> 00:11:31,945
- This is really very kind of you.
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- 00:11:43,923 --> 00:11:46,657
- So, is the weather...
- often this bad?
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- Or is this unusual?
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- Please be careful. There are
- bottles of turpentine in there.
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- Wait!
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- Slow down!
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- 00:12:13,023 --> 00:12:16,157
- Good afternoon.
- Agent McLaughlin?
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- Colonel Groves. War Department.
- Special Envoy for General Crook.
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- Where's the rest of it?
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- 00:12:21,899 --> 00:12:24,032
- Yeah, General Crook's ordered
- a 50% cut in rations
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- of flour, bacon and sugar
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- to take effect immediately.
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- When a new treaty
- needs to be ratified,
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- it's our experience that hunger
- concentrates the Indian mind.
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- This is my wife Susan. Susan?
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- 00:12:44,893 --> 00:12:46,862
- Do you find that hunger
- concentrates your mind?
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- 00:12:56,272 --> 00:12:59,606
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
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- We don't encourage
- the use of the old language
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- on the reservation.
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- Thank you, dear.
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- 00:13:12,790 --> 00:13:14,756
- [DOOR SHUTS]
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- Hot as hell out there.
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- You fucking idiots in Washington
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- want to start another war?
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- No, sir.
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- 00:13:23,769 --> 00:13:26,102
- [HE TALKS INDISTINCTLY]
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- 00:13:26,104 --> 00:13:27,804
- [GROVES] Mr. McLaughlin,
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- did you give permission
- to that crazy woman to
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- come onto the reservation?
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- Oh, Agent McLaughlin.
- It's a pleasure to meet you.
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- Sorry. I... I look a mess.
- It's kind of dusty out here.
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- 00:13:43,058 --> 00:13:45,657
- Well, we're in the middle
- of a three-month drought.
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- Sorry if it inconvenienced you.
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- You got my letter?
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- Didn't wait for a reply?
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- 00:13:52,334 --> 00:13:54,702
- Why would you refuse?
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- Mrs. Weldon, I order you
- to be on the train
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- when it returns east
- tomorrow morning.
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- You order me?
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- Find her a cabin for the night.
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- Escort her back to the train
- in the morning.
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- 00:14:08,219 --> 00:14:09,684
- Can I help you
- with your luggage?
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- Her luggage was stolen.
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- Mrs. Weldon,
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- I hope you made a sketch
- of the thief before he got away.
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- 00:14:17,696 --> 00:14:18,965
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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- If I gave you money,
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- would you get word
- to Sitting Bull I'm here?
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- 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,655
- I'll be back
- tomorrow morning at dawn.
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- 00:14:41,657 --> 00:14:43,125
- You'll be here, right?
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- 00:16:02,346 --> 00:16:03,817
- [LOUD KNOCKS AT DOOR]
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- 00:16:06,384 --> 00:16:08,419
- - Who is it?
- - [GROVES] It's me.
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- Go away. I'm writing
- to my congressman.
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- 00:16:13,092 --> 00:16:14,828
- You really should
- lock this door.
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- 00:16:16,829 --> 00:16:18,098
- Lot of thieves around.
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- I'll be upcountry
- in the morning
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- 00:16:21,836 --> 00:16:23,739
- so I came to say goodbye.
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- 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,375
- Maybe arrange to meet
- for dinner,
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- next time I'm in New York.
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- 00:16:29,978 --> 00:16:32,982
- Why would I want to
- have dinner with you?
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- 00:16:37,521 --> 00:16:39,987
- I don't know.
- We might get along.
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- I paint a little myself.
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- Landscapes.
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- 00:16:45,929 --> 00:16:47,298
- You're an admirer
- of George Catlin.
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- You know his work?
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- You bet.
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- I can't look at these
- the way most people do, though.
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- The scalp dance.
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- 00:17:06,218 --> 00:17:08,855
- Saw my first scalp dance
- in the Black Hills back in '75.
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- 00:17:12,927 --> 00:17:15,231
- But when I saw it,
- there were little blonde scalps.
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- 00:17:17,164 --> 00:17:18,898
- The warriors had stumbled across
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- some Swedish immigrant children
- walking to school.
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- 00:17:27,242 --> 00:17:30,179
- The little girls had blue
- ribbons tied up in their hair.
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- 00:17:34,952 --> 00:17:38,920
- Mr. Groves, I've no doubt...
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- 00:17:38,922 --> 00:17:41,457
- ...terrible things have
- happened here in the past.
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- The past?
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- You ever wish you were
- young again, Mrs. Weldon?
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- I mean really young, 18.
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- No mistakes.
- Still strong, still free.
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- 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,142
- Well, on this reservation
- there's a whole nation
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- wants to be young again.
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- 00:18:00,112 --> 00:18:03,381
- But their youth
- isn't in the past.
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- Their youth lives in a log cabin
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- 20 miles west of here
- down a dirt road.
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- Their youth
- is called Sitting Bull.
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- This is my other reason
- for dropping by.
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- 00:18:29,979 --> 00:18:32,147
- I'm afraid there's a...
- a little blood.
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- Blood?
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- That old Indian stole your
- trunk, drank the turpentine,
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- 00:18:36,688 --> 00:18:39,988
- so, when the police
- went to get your stuff,
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- 00:18:39,990 --> 00:18:45,028
- he was drunk, pulled a gun,
- so they shot him.
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- Maybe you want to put that in
- your letter to your congressman.
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- 00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:50,334
- [DOOR SHUTS]
- 229
- 00:18:50,336 --> 00:18:53,038
- - [BIRDS TWEET]
- - [CARRIAGE PASSES]
- 230
- 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,572
- [DOOR BANGS]
- 231
- 00:18:54,574 --> 00:18:56,277
- [CHASKA] Mrs. Weldon!
- Time to go.
- 232
- 00:18:58,278 --> 00:19:00,214
- I'm not leaving.
- 233
- 00:19:06,687 --> 00:19:07,456
- Oh!
- 234
- 00:19:25,342 --> 00:19:27,176
- Did Sitting Bull even get
- the letter I sent him?
- 235
- 00:19:27,178 --> 00:19:30,079
- No. Agent burnt it.
- 236
- 00:19:30,081 --> 00:19:33,382
- He burnt it?
- 237
- 00:19:33,384 --> 00:19:36,453
- Well, naturally.
- He's God Almighty here, right?
- 238
- 00:19:36,455 --> 00:19:39,390
- I read it, though,
- before he burnt it.
- 239
- 00:19:39,392 --> 00:19:41,726
- Is it true
- you've painted senators?
- 240
- 00:19:41,728 --> 00:19:43,226
- Before I married,
- I used to paint commissions
- 241
- 00:19:43,228 --> 00:19:45,262
- for the Smithsonian.
- 242
- 00:19:45,264 --> 00:19:46,464
- I wanted Sitting Bull to know
- 243
- 00:19:46,466 --> 00:19:48,469
- that I've painted
- important people before.
- 244
- 00:19:51,372 --> 00:19:53,471
- [DOG BARKS]
- 245
- 00:19:53,473 --> 00:19:55,644
- This isn't the way
- I came from the station.
- 246
- 00:19:57,612 --> 00:19:59,949
- Where are we?
- 247
- 00:20:01,348 --> 00:20:03,485
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- 248
- 00:20:12,428 --> 00:20:14,229
- [KNOCKS]
- 249
- 00:20:14,231 --> 00:20:16,096
- - [DOOR OPENS]
- - [CHASKA SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 250
- 00:20:16,098 --> 00:20:17,367
- [SHE SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 251
- 00:20:21,105 --> 00:20:22,137
- He's in the fields,
- digging potatoes.
- 252
- 00:20:22,139 --> 00:20:23,772
- - Who is?
- - My uncle.
- 253
- 00:20:23,774 --> 00:20:26,308
- Sitting Bull.
- 254
- 00:20:26,310 --> 00:20:27,112
- [GRUNTS]
- 255
- 00:20:29,782 --> 00:20:31,451
- There he is.
- 256
- 00:20:37,724 --> 00:20:39,560
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 257
- 00:20:44,064 --> 00:20:47,134
- My name's Catherine Weldon.
- I'm deeply honored to meet you.
- 258
- 00:20:48,736 --> 00:20:51,540
- [THEY SPEAK LAKOTA]
- 259
- 00:21:11,694 --> 00:21:14,831
- What happened?
- 260
- 00:21:14,833 --> 00:21:16,502
- Don't I get an explanation?
- 261
- 00:21:23,209 --> 00:21:25,441
- I had this stupid idea
- you might be able to help us.
- 262
- 00:21:25,443 --> 00:21:28,312
- Help with what?
- 263
- 00:21:28,314 --> 00:21:32,317
- I've got friends from Indian
- school, Kiowas, Comanches,
- 264
- 00:21:32,319 --> 00:21:35,854
- and last summer a new treaty
- took half their land,
- 265
- 00:21:35,856 --> 00:21:40,326
- and this winter it's our turn
- but no-one here gives a damn.
- 266
- 00:21:40,328 --> 00:21:41,726
- The young ones just get drunk
- and the old ones,
- 267
- 00:21:41,728 --> 00:21:43,230
- they dance a ghost dance.
- 268
- 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,136
- [CHASKA] My uncle?
- He says his day is done.
- 269
- 00:21:49,138 --> 00:21:50,606
- He'd rather dig damn potatoes.
- 270
- 00:21:53,809 --> 00:21:56,213
- What good
- do you think I could do?
- 271
- 00:21:58,881 --> 00:22:01,916
- I thought you could get
- a message to your senators.
- 272
- 00:22:01,918 --> 00:22:03,886
- Maybe they would listen
- if it came from Sitting Bull.
- 273
- 00:22:03,888 --> 00:22:05,553
- Let's go.
- 274
- 00:22:05,555 --> 00:22:07,424
- I want to speak to him.
- 275
- 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:13,563
- So, speak to him. He speaks
- English well enough.
- 276
- 00:22:13,565 --> 00:22:15,101
- When he wants to.
- 277
- 00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:27,715
- Excuse me.
- 278
- 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:34,288
- I have traveled many miles
- from the east...
- 279
- 00:22:36,423 --> 00:22:38,660
- ...across many...
- 280
- 00:22:40,395 --> 00:22:43,663
- ...rivers and hills...
- 281
- 00:22:43,665 --> 00:22:47,300
- ...for the honor
- of speaking with you.
- 282
- 00:22:47,302 --> 00:22:49,569
- You got a train
- from New York, right?
- 283
- 00:22:49,571 --> 00:22:51,207
- Did you get a Pullman?
- 284
- 00:22:52,474 --> 00:22:55,276
- - Yes.
- - Nice.
- 285
- 00:22:55,278 --> 00:22:57,281
- They gave me free cigars too.
- 286
- 00:22:58,749 --> 00:23:00,715
- I have a proposition.
- 287
- 00:23:00,717 --> 00:23:03,284
- So, who have you painted before?
- 288
- 00:23:03,286 --> 00:23:06,288
- Oh, Congressman Tom Ochiltree
- from Texas
- 289
- 00:23:06,290 --> 00:23:08,992
- and Senator Eamonn Brooks
- from Idaho.
- 290
- 00:23:08,994 --> 00:23:10,859
- So, how much?
- 291
- 00:23:10,861 --> 00:23:12,561
- How much for what?
- 292
- 00:23:12,563 --> 00:23:13,862
- For painting someone's picture.
- 293
- 00:23:13,864 --> 00:23:17,368
- Oh, I usually charge $40
- but in this case...
- 294
- 00:23:17,370 --> 00:23:19,206
- I mean how much
- would you pay me?
- 295
- 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,611
- I'd be happy to pay you $50.
- 296
- 00:23:28,582 --> 00:23:29,851
- $100.
- 297
- 00:23:31,452 --> 00:23:33,354
- [SINGS LAKOTA SONG]
- 298
- 00:23:35,990 --> 00:23:37,489
- $500.
- 299
- 00:23:37,491 --> 00:23:39,195
- $1,000.
- 300
- 00:23:42,731 --> 00:23:44,233
- That's a lot of money. I...
- 301
- 00:23:47,804 --> 00:23:48,605
- I don't have that kind
- of cash with me.
- 302
- 00:23:53,743 --> 00:23:55,246
- There's a First National Bank
- in town.
- 303
- 00:24:01,019 --> 00:24:02,888
- $1,000 it is.
- 304
- 00:24:04,889 --> 00:24:06,358
- Do we have a deal?
- 305
- 00:24:17,637 --> 00:24:18,974
- What?
- 306
- 00:24:20,908 --> 00:24:22,441
- It's raining.
- 307
- 00:24:22,443 --> 00:24:25,077
- [RAIN POURS]
- 308
- 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:26,916
- How long has it been
- since it rained?
- 309
- 00:24:31,719 --> 00:24:33,586
- When Lakota first meet,
- we don't speak for a while.
- 310
- 00:24:33,588 --> 00:24:34,655
- Oh.
- 311
- 00:24:34,657 --> 00:24:37,590
- Words get in the way
- of getting to know each other.
- 312
- 00:24:37,592 --> 00:24:38,961
- Sorry.
- 313
- 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:43,431
- You could throw some wood
- on the fire, though.
- 314
- 00:24:43,433 --> 00:24:44,835
- Lakota likes a woman
- who works hard.
- 315
- 00:24:50,074 --> 00:24:54,009
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 316
- 00:24:54,011 --> 00:24:54,977
- That's not firewood.
- That's furniture.
- 317
- 00:24:54,979 --> 00:24:56,815
- Oh! Oh.
- 318
- 00:25:04,690 --> 00:25:06,557
- Maybe I could make some coffee?
- 319
- 00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:09,760
- Well, to make coffee,
- you'd need coffee.
- 320
- 00:25:09,762 --> 00:25:10,830
- - [DOOR RATTLES]
- - [LAUGHTER AND CHATTER]
- 321
- 00:25:16,604 --> 00:25:21,606
- [WHISPERING]
- 322
- 00:25:21,608 --> 00:25:23,879
- The children want to see
- the woman who brought the rain.
- 323
- 00:25:37,860 --> 00:25:38,726
- I've cleared this cabin for you.
- 324
- 00:25:38,728 --> 00:25:41,629
- Oh!
- 325
- 00:25:41,631 --> 00:25:43,866
- What will you tell McLaughlin?
- 326
- 00:25:43,868 --> 00:25:45,537
- That I put you on the train.
- You climbed off again.
- 327
- 00:25:47,005 --> 00:25:49,472
- He trusts you?
- 328
- 00:25:49,474 --> 00:25:51,741
- He thinks I spy on my uncle
- for the Agency.
- 329
- 00:25:51,743 --> 00:25:53,346
- But it's the other way around.
- 330
- 00:26:22,545 --> 00:26:24,413
- [SCREAMS]
- 331
- 00:26:30,654 --> 00:26:31,955
- [WHISPERS] What do you want?
- 332
- 00:27:18,173 --> 00:27:19,843
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 333
- 00:27:30,187 --> 00:27:32,124
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 334
- 00:27:41,066 --> 00:27:42,935
- Who was that?
- 335
- 00:27:46,137 --> 00:27:47,774
- Shell King.
- 336
- 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:55,050
- This used to be his cabin
- until I told him to leave.
- 337
- 00:27:57,083 --> 00:27:58,619
- He looked so...
- 338
- 00:28:03,291 --> 00:28:04,894
- ...magnificent.
- 339
- 00:28:14,236 --> 00:28:17,104
- - [BELL CHIMES]
- - [PEOPLE CHATTER]
- 340
- 00:28:17,106 --> 00:28:20,676
- [WOMAN] I needed to go to
- the store the other day, but...
- 341
- 00:28:20,678 --> 00:28:22,179
- Kira! Kira, you come back here.
- 342
- 00:28:51,378 --> 00:28:53,712
- Do you always walk this fast?
- 343
- 00:28:53,714 --> 00:28:56,215
- Why?
- 344
- 00:28:56,217 --> 00:28:58,684
- I'm trying to get ahead of you
- before someone sees us.
- 345
- 00:28:58,686 --> 00:29:00,287
- You don't walk ahead of a chief.
- 346
- 00:29:00,289 --> 00:29:01,824
- Should I walk behind?
- 347
- 00:29:03,826 --> 00:29:06,627
- Side by side is fine.
- 348
- 00:29:06,629 --> 00:29:08,229
- [BREATHES HARD]
- 349
- 00:29:08,231 --> 00:29:11,399
- Are you alright?
- 350
- 00:29:11,401 --> 00:29:13,701
- Walking so fast
- has loosened my bullets.
- 351
- 00:29:13,703 --> 00:29:17,373
- Oh. What bullets?
- 352
- 00:29:17,375 --> 00:29:20,241
- I have four bullets
- still in my body.
- 353
- 00:29:20,243 --> 00:29:21,980
- They move around.
- 354
- 00:29:27,284 --> 00:29:28,851
- What does your husband think
- about you coming here?
- 355
- 00:29:28,853 --> 00:29:31,989
- I'm a widow.
- 356
- 00:29:31,991 --> 00:29:34,261
- - I'm sorry.
- - I'm not.
- 357
- 00:29:47,208 --> 00:29:49,676
- Mrs. Weldon.
- 358
- 00:29:49,678 --> 00:29:51,213
- May I speak with you in private?
- 359
- 00:30:00,422 --> 00:30:02,423
- - What do you want?
- - I'm here to rescue you.
- 360
- 00:30:02,425 --> 00:30:03,958
- Rescue me?
- 361
- 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,226
- Hear you got yourself kidnapped.
- 362
- 00:30:05,228 --> 00:30:07,195
- These men are gonna
- escort you to Cannon Ball,
- 363
- 00:30:07,197 --> 00:30:09,197
- catch the next train
- heading east.
- 364
- 00:30:09,199 --> 00:30:12,034
- That's very kind of you,
- Mr. Groves. Go to hell.
- 365
- 00:30:12,036 --> 00:30:14,969
- Mrs. Weldon,
- Dakota territory is hell.
- 366
- 00:30:14,971 --> 00:30:17,073
- Since I've been here,
- I've seen deplorable conditions
- 367
- 00:30:17,075 --> 00:30:19,041
- and I hear the treaty
- you are here to serve
- 368
- 00:30:19,043 --> 00:30:20,777
- will only make things worse.
- 369
- 00:30:20,779 --> 00:30:23,212
- Look here, it's time
- you get on that train
- 370
- 00:30:23,214 --> 00:30:25,347
- and report back
- to your seditionist friends
- 371
- 00:30:25,349 --> 00:30:28,051
- in Greenwich Village.
- 372
- 00:30:28,053 --> 00:30:29,319
- Well, If I take the train,
- 373
- 00:30:29,321 --> 00:30:31,489
- I can be in Washington D.C.
- by Thursday.
- 374
- 00:30:31,491 --> 00:30:33,356
- The editor of "The Post"
- 375
- 00:30:33,358 --> 00:30:35,394
- is an investor in my father's
- shipping business.
- 376
- 00:30:35,396 --> 00:30:37,462
- From his office I will go
- direct to the Senate,
- 377
- 00:30:37,464 --> 00:30:39,932
- then to the Bureau
- of Indian Affairs,
- 378
- 00:30:39,934 --> 00:30:42,402
- and finally accept a
- long-standing dinner invitation
- 379
- 00:30:42,404 --> 00:30:43,368
- with former
- Vice President Buckley.
- 380
- 00:30:43,370 --> 00:30:45,070
- [WHISTLES]
- 381
- 00:30:45,072 --> 00:30:46,806
- You know, it'd be
- kind of unfortunate
- 382
- 00:30:46,808 --> 00:30:48,974
- to meet all those important
- people without all the facts.
- 383
- 00:30:48,976 --> 00:30:53,347
- So, the truth is important
- to both of us. Good.
- 384
- 00:30:53,349 --> 00:30:55,349
- Maybe you should stick around
- till General Crook gets here
- 385
- 00:30:55,351 --> 00:30:57,353
- and I have the final draft
- of the treaty.
- 386
- 00:31:00,823 --> 00:31:04,091
- [LOWERS VOICE] Mrs. Weldon,
- do not give him reason to hope.
- 387
- 00:31:04,093 --> 00:31:06,361
- No-one here's forgotten
- and forgiven,
- 388
- 00:31:06,363 --> 00:31:09,364
- least of all General Crook
- and the Seventh Cavalry.
- 389
- 00:31:09,366 --> 00:31:10,801
- Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
- 390
- 00:31:11,833 --> 00:31:12,235
- massacred the Seventh
- at Little Bighorn.
- 391
- 00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:13,503
- I don't need a history lesson.
- 392
- 00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:14,974
- It's not history
- till it's over...
- 393
- 00:31:17,442 --> 00:31:19,243
- ...and for the Seventh,
- 394
- 00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:22,447
- [WHISPERS] ...this isn't over
- until Sitting Bull's dead
- 395
- 00:31:22,449 --> 00:31:23,847
- and if they kill him, half the
- Sioux Nation'll throw themselves
- 396
- 00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:26,517
- against the American Army
- 397
- 00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:27,986
- and Little Bighorn
- will be avenged.
- 398
- 00:31:27,988 --> 00:31:30,989
- You follow?
- 399
- 00:31:30,991 --> 00:31:33,260
- I'm just here
- to paint a painting.
- 400
- 00:31:44,807 --> 00:31:46,343
- Whoa!
- 401
- 00:31:54,017 --> 00:31:56,417
- Welcome to Fort Yates,
- General Crook.
- 402
- 00:31:56,419 --> 00:31:57,054
- Mr. McLaughlin.
- 403
- 00:32:00,925 --> 00:32:03,893
- - Where's the Bull?
- - A painter came from New York.
- 404
- 00:32:03,895 --> 00:32:06,495
- Seems to appeal
- to Sitting Bull's vanity.
- 405
- 00:32:06,497 --> 00:32:08,197
- He's having
- his portrait painted,
- 406
- 00:32:08,199 --> 00:32:10,301
- while his people
- dance with ghosts.
- 407
- 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:11,401
- He's not gonna be
- a problem, sir.
- 408
- 00:32:11,403 --> 00:32:14,905
- He's shown no interest
- in opposing the commission.
- 409
- 00:32:14,907 --> 00:32:16,573
- Get a message to this painter
- 410
- 00:32:16,575 --> 00:32:19,043
- and tell him I'd like him
- to join me for dinner.
- 411
- 00:32:19,045 --> 00:32:22,112
- It's a woman, actually.
- 412
- 00:32:22,114 --> 00:32:26,052
- Man, those New York ladies
- love a bad man, don't they?
- 413
- 00:32:26,054 --> 00:32:27,790
- Invite her to dinner anyway.
- 414
- 00:32:51,883 --> 00:32:53,281
- This is the suit I wore
- 415
- 00:32:53,283 --> 00:32:54,385
- to meet the President
- of the United States.
- 416
- 00:32:55,952 --> 00:32:59,021
- It's beautiful.
- 417
- 00:32:59,023 --> 00:33:01,828
- But I was hoping for something
- a little more traditional.
- 418
- 00:33:09,402 --> 00:33:12,435
- The Agent doesn't like us
- to wear buckskins.
- 419
- 00:33:12,437 --> 00:33:14,106
- If the white farmers around
- here see an Indian in skins,
- 420
- 00:33:14,108 --> 00:33:16,140
- they get scared.
- 421
- 00:33:16,142 --> 00:33:19,978
- Well, okay, then.
- The suit's fine.
- 422
- 00:33:19,980 --> 00:33:21,316
- The Agent said we should burn
- all the old stuff.
- 423
- 00:33:32,394 --> 00:33:33,929
- Some we burnt.
- 424
- 00:33:36,332 --> 00:33:38,002
- Some we hid.
- 425
- 00:33:43,073 --> 00:33:46,879
- For $1,000, you should
- get what you want.
- 426
- 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,178
- You're gonna need a horse.
- 427
- 00:33:50,180 --> 00:33:53,181
- No.
- 428
- 00:33:53,183 --> 00:33:56,452
- - I don't ride.
- - What?
- 429
- 00:33:56,454 --> 00:33:58,223
- In New York City,
- we don't need to ride horses.
- 430
- 00:34:01,693 --> 00:34:02,929
- [WHISTLES]
- 431
- 00:34:14,742 --> 00:34:17,041
- This is Rico.
- 432
- 00:34:17,043 --> 00:34:19,446
- Buffalo Bill gave him to me.
- 433
- 00:34:19,448 --> 00:34:21,183
- He's a circus horse.
- 434
- 00:34:24,118 --> 00:34:27,253
- It'd be just like
- sitting on a chair.
- 435
- 00:34:27,255 --> 00:34:29,056
- When you click
- your tongue...
- 436
- 00:34:29,058 --> 00:34:30,661
- [WHINNIES]
- 437
- 00:34:32,261 --> 00:34:33,728
- ...he paws the ground.
- 438
- 00:34:33,730 --> 00:34:35,233
- When he hears a gunshot...
- 439
- 00:34:37,066 --> 00:34:39,066
- ...he dances.
- 440
- 00:34:39,068 --> 00:34:41,068
- Come on, stroke him.
- 441
- 00:34:41,070 --> 00:34:43,739
- No, I don't want to stroke him.
- 442
- 00:34:43,741 --> 00:34:44,976
- Wherever it is we're going,
- I'll walk.
- 443
- 00:34:48,078 --> 00:34:52,349
- - Your shoes.
- - My shoes are walking shoes.
- 444
- 00:34:52,351 --> 00:34:54,287
- I paid $1,000. If I want to
- walk, I will damn well walk.
- 445
- 00:35:05,131 --> 00:35:08,233
- Does the snow stay
- on the mountains all year round?
- 446
- 00:35:08,235 --> 00:35:10,237
- It's not snow. It's bones.
- 447
- 00:35:11,572 --> 00:35:14,540
- Buffalo bones.
- 448
- 00:35:14,542 --> 00:35:18,511
- When the buffalo hear a gunshot
- they don't run. They stand.
- 449
- 00:35:18,513 --> 00:35:20,647
- So, the white hunters
- could just shoot and shoot
- 450
- 00:35:20,649 --> 00:35:24,652
- until they were all dead.
- 451
- 00:35:24,654 --> 00:35:27,722
- We used to spend our lives
- following the buffalo herds.
- 452
- 00:35:27,724 --> 00:35:32,127
- Now they've all gone and
- we have to live in one place
- 453
- 00:35:32,129 --> 00:35:34,199
- and ask the earth
- to grow potatoes.
- 454
- 00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:44,808
- You'll never be free on
- the prairie if you don't ride.
- 455
- 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:47,544
- Freedom's in the head.
- 456
- 00:35:47,546 --> 00:35:50,214
- - And in the feet.
- - Oh.
- 457
- 00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:51,585
- My feet are just fine.
- 458
- 00:35:56,556 --> 00:35:58,192
- Try these.
- 459
- 00:36:00,594 --> 00:36:02,497
- My old ones, soft buckskin.
- 460
- 00:36:08,570 --> 00:36:12,172
- Uh!
- 461
- 00:36:12,174 --> 00:36:14,373
- You got big feet for a woman.
- 462
- 00:36:14,375 --> 00:36:16,245
- You got small feet for a man.
- 463
- 00:36:18,447 --> 00:36:22,749
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 464
- 00:36:22,751 --> 00:36:25,055
- It means big feet. Maybe that
- could be your Indian name.
- 465
- 00:36:27,859 --> 00:36:30,228
- They called George Catlin
- "Mystery Spirit Painter".
- 466
- 00:36:32,497 --> 00:36:34,233
- Think of something like that.
- 467
- 00:36:42,774 --> 00:36:44,410
- Whoa.
- 468
- 00:36:56,389 --> 00:36:58,226
- You gettin' on that
- damn horse yet?
- 469
- 00:37:05,267 --> 00:37:09,170
- You walk behind me, looks
- like I've taken you prisoner.
- 470
- 00:37:09,172 --> 00:37:11,572
- Behind. In front.
- So many rules about walking.
- 471
- 00:37:11,574 --> 00:37:13,643
- Can't I just walk?
- 472
- 00:37:33,532 --> 00:37:37,568
- Rico's taken it pretty badly
- you don't like him.
- 473
- 00:37:37,570 --> 00:37:41,306
- It's okay, Rico.
- She's from New York.
- 474
- 00:37:41,308 --> 00:37:42,806
- I thought you liked New York.
- 475
- 00:37:42,808 --> 00:37:45,542
- Too many people with too much.
- 476
- 00:37:45,544 --> 00:37:49,548
- Too many people
- with nothing at all.
- 477
- 00:37:49,550 --> 00:37:52,220
- Your society values people
- by how much you have...
- 478
- 00:37:54,756 --> 00:37:56,692
- ...ours by how much
- we give away.
- 479
- 00:38:33,032 --> 00:38:34,868
- [SIGHS]
- 480
- 00:38:58,028 --> 00:38:59,763
- Soft. Feel.
- 481
- 00:39:05,803 --> 00:39:09,638
- We used to use the buffalo's
- brains to soften the hide.
- 482
- 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,576
- Every animal has exactly enough
- brains to tan its own hide.
- 483
- 00:39:14,378 --> 00:39:16,079
- Never too much.
- 484
- 00:39:16,081 --> 00:39:17,817
- Never too little.
- 485
- 00:39:49,685 --> 00:39:50,987
- You can look now.
- 486
- 00:40:15,113 --> 00:40:16,849
- You think you could
- wear your feathers?
- 487
- 00:40:20,018 --> 00:40:20,988
- Why not?
- 488
- 00:40:23,723 --> 00:40:25,526
- Same reason you don't
- wear your wedding dress.
- 489
- 00:40:31,498 --> 00:40:33,499
- I need you to
- come outside, though.
- 490
- 00:40:33,501 --> 00:40:35,768
- You can paint me in here.
- 491
- 00:40:35,770 --> 00:40:37,339
- There's no light in here.
- 492
- 00:40:38,906 --> 00:40:40,142
- You can't see my face?
- 493
- 00:40:44,012 --> 00:40:46,780
- When you've smoked,
- 494
- 00:40:46,782 --> 00:40:50,952
- you'll come outside, yes?
- 495
- 00:40:50,954 --> 00:40:54,156
- Mrs. Weldon, don't talk to me
- like you don't know who I am.
- 496
- 00:40:54,158 --> 00:40:56,394
- I'll be outside.
- 497
- 00:41:06,639 --> 00:41:08,640
- [CATHERINE TAPS SKETCHBOOK]
- 498
- 00:41:19,652 --> 00:41:20,420
- [SIGHS]
- 499
- 00:41:23,691 --> 00:41:25,927
- So, Mrs. Weldon...
- 500
- 00:41:30,466 --> 00:41:31,067
- ...how come you're scared
- of horses?
- 501
- 00:41:40,543 --> 00:41:44,010
- I got locked in a stable.
- 502
- 00:41:44,012 --> 00:41:47,616
- My dad's best saddle horse
- called Sultan.
- 503
- 00:41:47,618 --> 00:41:49,087
- I was eight years old.
- 504
- 00:41:50,821 --> 00:41:53,822
- My father...
- 505
- 00:41:53,824 --> 00:41:55,593
- locked me in there on purpose.
- 506
- 00:41:58,730 --> 00:42:01,032
- Since then,
- I haven't ridden horses.
- 507
- 00:42:03,836 --> 00:42:05,772
- [SITTING BULL]
- Why would he do that?
- 508
- 00:42:08,140 --> 00:42:10,978
- Decided I needed to be
- taught to obey...
- 509
- 00:42:14,047 --> 00:42:15,449
- ...broken like a horse...
- 510
- 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,588
- ...because I wasn't...
- 511
- 00:42:22,590 --> 00:42:23,992
- behaving like a lady.
- 512
- 00:42:31,132 --> 00:42:32,601
- It was the way
- I wiped my mouth...
- 513
- 00:42:39,876 --> 00:42:42,877
- ...at the dinner table,
- our country place, and some...
- 514
- 00:42:42,879 --> 00:42:44,748
- some grand people
- came to dinner.
- 515
- 00:42:49,887 --> 00:42:51,422
- I was eight years old and...
- 516
- 00:42:55,293 --> 00:42:57,497
- ...I wiped my mouth
- with my sleeve.
- 517
- 00:43:03,569 --> 00:43:04,571
- [CATHERINE] I was traded
- from father to husband.
- 518
- 00:43:08,641 --> 00:43:10,842
- I've decided to change.
- 519
- 00:43:10,844 --> 00:43:13,912
- I'm trying...
- 520
- 00:43:13,914 --> 00:43:16,718
- not to care
- what people think of me.
- 521
- 00:43:21,323 --> 00:43:24,127
- That's why I'm out here
- on my own in the...
- 522
- 00:43:27,663 --> 00:43:29,065
- ...middle of nowhere.
- 523
- 00:43:36,073 --> 00:43:37,676
- At my age, it's kind of stupid.
- 524
- 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,549
- It's damned hard being brave.
- 525
- 00:43:46,818 --> 00:43:48,153
- [STIFLES SOBS]
- 526
- 00:43:55,395 --> 00:43:57,131
- [SNIFFS]
- 527
- 00:44:16,852 --> 00:44:18,255
- So, anyway,
- 528
- 00:44:20,389 --> 00:44:23,023
- ...I'd really prefer
- to work outside,
- 529
- 00:44:23,025 --> 00:44:24,293
- if that's okay with you.
- 530
- 00:44:31,167 --> 00:44:35,204
- [INSECT BUZZES]
- 531
- 00:44:35,206 --> 00:44:36,905
- You're not good
- at keeping still, are you?
- 532
- 00:44:36,907 --> 00:44:39,775
- Shoot me, then I will be still.
- 533
- 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:42,278
- What would be the point
- of shooting you?
- 534
- 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,149
- Bullets don't seem to have
- any effect.
- 535
- 00:44:50,156 --> 00:44:52,924
- [SIGHS] God damn.
- She really is a painter.
- 536
- 00:44:52,926 --> 00:44:55,029
- [EAGLE CALLS]
- 537
- 00:45:01,369 --> 00:45:04,171
- The eagle is telling
- Sitting Bull we're here.
- 538
- 00:45:12,980 --> 00:45:14,918
- What?
- 539
- 00:45:17,454 --> 00:45:19,789
- [SINGS LAKOTA SONG]
- 540
- 00:45:26,062 --> 00:45:29,465
- You're gonna paint me now?
- 541
- 00:45:29,467 --> 00:45:32,936
- In New York, I draw
- naked people all the time.
- 542
- 00:45:32,938 --> 00:45:36,740
- I can see without looking.
- 543
- 00:45:36,742 --> 00:45:38,241
- So, would you take
- your clothes off in front of me?
- 544
- 00:45:38,243 --> 00:45:39,977
- You're not a painter.
- 545
- 00:45:39,979 --> 00:45:41,381
- No?
- 546
- 00:45:48,154 --> 00:45:50,957
- I've painted a painting
- for every year of my life.
- 547
- 00:45:56,997 --> 00:45:58,997
- This was the first man
- I ever killed in battle,
- 548
- 00:45:58,999 --> 00:46:03,237
- a Crow on the Powder River.
- 549
- 00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,304
- My name then was Hunkesni.
- It means "slow".
- 550
- 00:46:05,306 --> 00:46:06,840
- Slow?
- 551
- 00:46:06,842 --> 00:46:07,977
- I thought before I spoke...
- 552
- 00:46:10,847 --> 00:46:13,381
- ...and on this day
- I became a man.
- 553
- 00:46:13,383 --> 00:46:15,783
- You became a man
- by killing someone?
- 554
- 00:46:15,785 --> 00:46:18,888
- Someone who would have killed
- my mother and sister.
- 555
- 00:46:18,890 --> 00:46:20,759
- - How old were you?
- - 13.
- 556
- 00:46:24,328 --> 00:46:28,465
- This is the death
- of my father...
- 557
- 00:46:28,467 --> 00:46:30,202
- ...and this is how I killed
- the man who killed him.
- 558
- 00:46:33,205 --> 00:46:36,007
- This is the year when
- the measles first came.
- 559
- 00:46:36,009 --> 00:46:37,277
- Half our village died.
- 560
- 00:46:40,879 --> 00:46:42,083
- Is that General Custer?
- 561
- 00:46:50,058 --> 00:46:54,160
- I met with Tashunka Witko,
- Crazy Horse.
- 562
- 00:46:54,162 --> 00:46:56,562
- We decided we needed
- to all be together,
- 563
- 00:46:56,564 --> 00:46:58,833
- if we were to survive.
- 564
- 00:46:58,835 --> 00:47:01,068
- The Hunkpapa, Oglala, Blackfeet,
- 565
- 00:47:01,070 --> 00:47:03,173
- Minneconjou, Cheyenne, Arapaho.
- 566
- 00:47:06,443 --> 00:47:09,109
- Crazy Horse was a religious man.
- 567
- 00:47:09,111 --> 00:47:11,580
- He said the people needed a sign
- 568
- 00:47:11,582 --> 00:47:12,850
- for them to believe
- in their own strength.
- 569
- 00:47:17,054 --> 00:47:19,090
- I went to seek a vision
- that year.
- 570
- 00:47:20,491 --> 00:47:22,926
- This was my vision,
- 571
- 00:47:22,928 --> 00:47:25,595
- white soldiers...
- 572
- 00:47:25,597 --> 00:47:27,199
- falling from the sky.
- 573
- 00:47:30,402 --> 00:47:34,107
- Two days later, Long Hair,
- Custer, came with his army.
- 574
- 00:47:37,544 --> 00:47:39,814
- We didn't leave
- a single one of them alive.
- 575
- 00:47:43,017 --> 00:47:44,152
- After that year...
- 576
- 00:47:47,388 --> 00:47:49,955
- ...they tracked down every
- chief who fought in that battle,
- 577
- 00:47:49,957 --> 00:47:51,526
- killed them all.
- 578
- 00:47:52,995 --> 00:47:54,398
- Except for you.
- 579
- 00:47:57,233 --> 00:47:58,836
- So, you see?
- 580
- 00:48:00,269 --> 00:48:01,372
- I am a painter too.
- 581
- 00:48:04,642 --> 00:48:06,140
- This is one of the most
- exquisite pieces of work
- 582
- 00:48:06,142 --> 00:48:07,578
- I've ever seen.
- 583
- 00:48:10,114 --> 00:48:13,249
- Then why does it make you sad?
- 584
- 00:48:13,251 --> 00:48:15,985
- Because you've lived all this
- 585
- 00:48:15,987 --> 00:48:18,158
- and turned it into
- something beautiful.
- 586
- 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,196
- The only battle I ever fought
- against is insignificance.
- 587
- 00:48:25,299 --> 00:48:27,201
- So, live more.
- 588
- 00:48:29,469 --> 00:48:30,871
- [WHISPERS] Live more. Yes.
- 589
- 00:48:33,941 --> 00:48:34,943
- That's what I want to do.
- 590
- 00:48:43,953 --> 00:48:47,219
- Must have been hell to be in
- jail after living like this.
- 591
- 00:48:47,221 --> 00:48:49,624
- I was never in jail.
- 592
- 00:48:49,626 --> 00:48:52,292
- This body full of bullets
- was in jail.
- 593
- 00:48:52,294 --> 00:48:55,229
- But I was out there.
- 594
- 00:48:55,231 --> 00:48:57,366
- The guards thought
- I was sleeping.
- 595
- 00:48:57,368 --> 00:48:59,337
- But I'd made myself
- into an eagle.
- 596
- 00:49:21,094 --> 00:49:22,462
- Is there something wrong?
- 597
- 00:49:25,999 --> 00:49:28,335
- It's cold.
- Why are there no fires?
- 598
- 00:49:45,655 --> 00:49:47,022
- This morning at Fort Yates,
- 599
- 00:49:47,024 --> 00:49:50,124
- they issued copies
- of the new treaty.
- 600
- 00:49:50,126 --> 00:49:53,628
- Then they announced
- the new winter rations.
- 601
- 00:49:53,630 --> 00:49:57,632
- Everything's cut in half.
- The beef, flour, sugar.
- 602
- 00:49:57,634 --> 00:50:00,235
- They're gonna starve us
- into signing.
- 603
- 00:50:00,237 --> 00:50:01,437
- When people heard the news,
- 604
- 00:50:01,439 --> 00:50:04,307
- they came running here
- asking for you,
- 605
- 00:50:04,309 --> 00:50:06,012
- even Arapahoes and Cheyennes.
- 606
- 00:50:08,180 --> 00:50:11,248
- The Shell King came.
- 607
- 00:50:11,250 --> 00:50:14,252
- He asked where was Sitting Bull
- when his people needed him.
- 608
- 00:50:14,254 --> 00:50:15,685
- He said you were off
- with the white woman,
- 609
- 00:50:15,687 --> 00:50:17,722
- a government spy,
- 610
- 00:50:17,724 --> 00:50:20,027
- who arrived on the same train
- as the man who cut the rations.
- 611
- 00:50:22,396 --> 00:50:24,199
- He said you abandoned them.
- 612
- 00:50:28,136 --> 00:50:29,835
- When Shell King left, most
- of the villagers left with him.
- 613
- 00:50:29,837 --> 00:50:32,571
- They went off to join
- the ghost dance.
- 614
- 00:50:32,573 --> 00:50:34,410
- What's... what's the ghost dance?
- 615
- 00:50:40,483 --> 00:50:42,850
- An Indian from the south
- had a vision.
- 616
- 00:50:42,852 --> 00:50:44,819
- He said if the Lakota
- wear certain clothes
- 617
- 00:50:44,821 --> 00:50:46,421
- and dance a certain dance,
- 618
- 00:50:46,423 --> 00:50:49,858
- then the old ways will return.
- 619
- 00:50:49,860 --> 00:50:52,295
- The buffalo will come running,
- 620
- 00:50:52,297 --> 00:50:54,831
- scattered across the prairie,
- like they used to.
- 621
- 00:50:54,833 --> 00:50:59,435
- The Indians who died of hunger
- and measles, they will return
- 622
- 00:50:59,437 --> 00:51:02,106
- and the white man
- will leave us alone.
- 623
- 00:51:02,108 --> 00:51:06,110
- They dance until they fall.
- 624
- 00:51:06,112 --> 00:51:07,344
- There's nothing left for them
- but to dance.
- 625
- 00:51:07,346 --> 00:51:09,349
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 626
- 00:51:31,474 --> 00:51:33,343
- [DRUMMING AND CHANTING]
- 627
- 00:51:47,758 --> 00:51:50,295
- [DRUMMING AND CHANTING]
- 628
- 00:53:13,789 --> 00:53:15,225
- [CARRIAGE APPROACHES]
- 629
- 00:53:30,674 --> 00:53:32,942
- Mrs. Weldon, last night
- I asked the spirits for help.
- 630
- 00:53:32,944 --> 00:53:36,012
- What did they say?
- 631
- 00:53:36,014 --> 00:53:38,881
- They told me it was time
- for you to go into town,
- 632
- 00:53:38,883 --> 00:53:40,485
- do some shopping.
- 633
- 00:53:42,787 --> 00:53:44,788
- People get scared
- when Indians dance.
- 634
- 00:53:44,790 --> 00:53:47,491
- Dancing was scalps and war.
- 635
- 00:53:47,493 --> 00:53:51,496
- They see dancing,
- they want soldiers.
- 636
- 00:53:51,498 --> 00:53:54,932
- By the way, General Crook and
- McLaughlin are having a dinner.
- 637
- 00:53:54,934 --> 00:53:57,572
- They told me to tell you
- you're invited to the party.
- 638
- 00:54:01,643 --> 00:54:05,078
- I can only give you 32 sacks of
- white flour, ma'am. That's it.
- 639
- 00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:06,779
- The rest is earmarked
- for the Army.
- 640
- 00:54:06,781 --> 00:54:09,550
- Very well, then.
- 32 will have to do.
- 641
- 00:54:09,552 --> 00:54:13,521
- And beans, I've only got
- black beans in that quantity.
- 642
- 00:54:13,523 --> 00:54:15,555
- Black beans is fine.
- 643
- 00:54:15,557 --> 00:54:18,727
- 100 large sacks, please.
- 644
- 00:54:18,729 --> 00:54:20,665
- And 50 barrels of molasses.
- 645
- 00:54:27,871 --> 00:54:31,007
- All set.
- 646
- 00:54:31,009 --> 00:54:32,277
- Alright, keep 'em coming.
- 647
- 00:54:37,816 --> 00:54:39,418
- [DOG BARKS]
- 648
- 00:54:42,121 --> 00:54:43,887
- Whoa, whoa.
- 649
- 00:54:43,889 --> 00:54:47,124
- And this is all for
- the Sioux police barracks?
- 650
- 00:54:47,126 --> 00:54:49,830
- So, how come
- the white woman's paying cash?
- 651
- 00:54:52,499 --> 00:54:53,901
- No English. Hup.
- 652
- 00:55:04,847 --> 00:55:05,882
- Aah.
- 653
- 00:55:21,499 --> 00:55:23,599
- Catherine Weldon.
- 654
- 00:55:23,601 --> 00:55:25,003
- [SCREAMS]
- 655
- 00:55:49,964 --> 00:55:51,567
- There you go, whore.
- Now you're red, just like him.
- 656
- 00:55:57,773 --> 00:55:59,409
- [GRUNTS]
- 657
- 00:56:01,845 --> 00:56:03,547
- [GRUNTS]
- 658
- 00:56:08,118 --> 00:56:09,954
- [SNIFFS]
- 659
- 00:56:11,788 --> 00:56:14,056
- [SOBS]
- 660
- 00:56:14,058 --> 00:56:15,694
- [SOBS]
- 661
- 00:56:22,968 --> 00:56:25,139
- You'd better go.
- They're looking for rope.
- 662
- 00:57:21,867 --> 00:57:25,036
- Woman Walks Ahead.
- 663
- 00:57:25,038 --> 00:57:26,540
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- 664
- 00:57:36,551 --> 00:57:38,884
- - Right, we all ready?
- - [SHE MURMURS ASSENT]
- 665
- 00:57:38,886 --> 00:57:40,522
- Good morning.
- 666
- 00:57:42,623 --> 00:57:44,758
- Yeah, we'll see. Right.
- 667
- 00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:46,829
- [THEY SPEAK LAKOTA]
- 668
- 00:57:50,767 --> 00:57:52,935
- Number 21, please.
- 669
- 00:57:52,937 --> 00:57:54,505
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 670
- 00:57:58,576 --> 00:58:01,343
- Yeah, wait, she does understand
- 671
- 00:58:01,345 --> 00:58:03,046
- that her beef and flour rations
- have been cut in half,
- 672
- 00:58:03,048 --> 00:58:05,180
- doesn't she?
- 673
- 00:58:05,182 --> 00:58:06,818
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 674
- 00:58:12,357 --> 00:58:14,857
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 675
- 00:58:14,859 --> 00:58:17,061
- What did she say?
- 676
- 00:58:17,063 --> 00:58:19,132
- She said she already
- has enough flour.
- 677
- 00:58:21,969 --> 00:58:23,137
- - From where?
- - [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 678
- 00:58:25,205 --> 00:58:27,806
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 679
- 00:58:27,808 --> 00:58:29,944
- [SUSAN] She said
- from the Great Spirit.
- 680
- 00:58:39,954 --> 00:58:41,559
- [GUNSHOT]
- 681
- 00:58:44,827 --> 00:58:47,828
- General Crook.
- 682
- 00:58:47,830 --> 00:58:51,367
- We have a problem
- at Standing Rock.
- 683
- 00:58:51,369 --> 00:58:53,302
- Mrs. Weldon is buying
- food for the Indians,
- 684
- 00:58:53,304 --> 00:58:55,574
- thereby... thereby undermining
- the ration system.
- 685
- 00:58:59,845 --> 00:59:01,711
- I recommend we arrest her,
- 686
- 00:59:01,713 --> 00:59:03,113
- keep her locked up
- until after the vote.
- 687
- 00:59:03,115 --> 00:59:06,717
- [GUNSHOT]
- 688
- 00:59:06,719 --> 00:59:08,252
- Thought you said I didn't need
- to worry about Sitting Bull.
- 689
- 00:59:08,254 --> 00:59:10,054
- I was wrong.
- She's agitating him.
- 690
- 00:59:10,056 --> 00:59:11,989
- She has him wearing
- buckskins and feathers.
- 691
- 00:59:11,991 --> 00:59:16,128
- You can't arrest someone
- for spending their own money.
- 692
- 00:59:16,130 --> 00:59:19,865
- Sir, with all due respect,
- our job here
- 693
- 00:59:19,867 --> 00:59:21,003
- is to deliver a ratification
- of the Allotment Act.
- 694
- 00:59:23,872 --> 00:59:25,937
- I bet my old friend Sitting
- Bull feels about potatoes
- 695
- 00:59:25,939 --> 00:59:28,174
- the way I feel about you,
- Mr. Groves.
- 696
- 00:59:28,176 --> 00:59:30,343
- She's agitating the Bull, sir.
- She's agitating him to act.
- 697
- 00:59:30,345 --> 00:59:33,213
- No, she's a painter
- painting what she sees.
- 698
- 00:59:33,215 --> 00:59:37,018
- When she sees the Bull,
- she sees a warrior.
- 699
- 00:59:37,020 --> 00:59:40,321
- I, too, am a warrior. Our
- destinies appear to be entwined.
- 700
- 00:59:40,323 --> 00:59:42,290
- Sir, I fear that for some
- among your regiment,
- 701
- 00:59:42,292 --> 00:59:44,760
- this return to Dakota
- is about revenge.
- 702
- 00:59:44,762 --> 00:59:48,697
- Vengeance is
- for the Lord to take.
- 703
- 00:59:48,699 --> 00:59:52,101
- But maybe our good Lord
- sent us Mrs. Weldon.
- 704
- 00:59:52,103 --> 00:59:54,470
- Sir...
- 705
- 00:59:54,472 --> 00:59:56,108
- Permission to issue
- an arrest warrant is denied.
- 706
- 01:00:07,721 --> 01:00:10,089
- Do you remember who did this?
- 707
- 01:00:10,091 --> 01:00:11,393
- [CATHERINE] The whole town.
- 708
- 01:00:24,941 --> 01:00:27,209
- I guess I really
- made them mad, huh?
- 709
- 01:00:31,814 --> 01:00:33,214
- The local paper...
- 710
- 01:00:33,216 --> 01:00:35,417
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- 711
- 01:00:35,419 --> 01:00:39,487
- ...seems to have gotten
- the idea that...
- 712
- 01:00:39,489 --> 01:00:42,293
- you and me are somehow
- romantically connected.
- 713
- 01:00:45,530 --> 01:00:47,298
- Some joke, huh?
- 714
- 01:00:52,971 --> 01:00:53,973
- They also think that...
- 715
- 01:00:57,443 --> 01:00:59,713
- ...you and me are planning
- some kind of uprising.
- 716
- 01:01:02,983 --> 01:01:03,918
- Imagine.
- 717
- 01:01:06,921 --> 01:01:09,857
- A painter of a certain age
- and an old potato farmer.
- 718
- 01:01:18,534 --> 01:01:21,135
- Once, I would have
- taken 100 warriors
- 719
- 01:01:21,137 --> 01:01:23,004
- and finished that whole town.
- 720
- 01:01:23,006 --> 01:01:25,138
- But I've learnt to swallow it,
- 721
- 01:01:25,140 --> 01:01:27,010
- like swallowing rocks.
- 722
- 01:01:34,284 --> 01:01:36,889
- If we fight,
- they'll massacre us all.
- 723
- 01:01:38,823 --> 01:01:42,057
- We can fight it in an election.
- 724
- 01:01:42,059 --> 01:01:43,325
- They have to put
- the treaty to a vote.
- 725
- 01:01:43,327 --> 01:01:45,899
- There won't be any need
- for violence.
- 726
- 01:01:53,574 --> 01:01:55,075
- Where are you going?
- 727
- 01:01:57,510 --> 01:01:59,246
- To get someone to saddle Rico.
- 728
- 01:02:01,049 --> 01:02:02,484
- [GRUNTS]
- 729
- 01:02:43,962 --> 01:02:45,364
- [SHE GRUNTS]
- 730
- 01:03:38,224 --> 01:03:41,592
- Sometimes, the sadness I feel
- for the passing of the old days
- 731
- 01:03:41,594 --> 01:03:43,561
- is such that I find it
- hard to swallow.
- 732
- 01:03:43,563 --> 01:03:46,432
- The Dakota wind,
- 733
- 01:03:46,434 --> 01:03:50,301
- the smell of buffalo
- and churned-up grass,
- 734
- 01:03:50,303 --> 01:03:55,041
- smoking pine,
- burning fat, tobacco,
- 735
- 01:03:55,043 --> 01:03:57,480
- Indian girls wearing cut sage,
- sleeping on soft furs.
- 736
- 01:04:02,718 --> 01:04:04,521
- But, you see, it is time.
- 737
- 01:04:06,488 --> 01:04:09,324
- Time cannot be resisted.
- 738
- 01:04:09,326 --> 01:04:11,625
- Change comes
- the way the rain comes.
- 739
- 01:04:11,627 --> 01:04:13,463
- Those days cannot return.
- 740
- 01:04:18,635 --> 01:04:22,204
- But, still,
- 741
- 01:04:22,206 --> 01:04:25,509
- there are rocks inside a man
- that the rain won't wash away.
- 742
- 01:04:25,511 --> 01:04:28,011
- - Meaning what exactly?
- - Meaning debts remain.
- 743
- 01:04:28,013 --> 01:04:30,147
- You reckon
- you're owed something?
- 744
- 01:04:30,149 --> 01:04:32,550
- Should we serve the soup?
- 745
- 01:04:32,552 --> 01:04:35,486
- General Crook,
- since the arrival of your men,
- 746
- 01:04:35,488 --> 01:04:39,124
- I must say, there's been an air
- of sourness about the place.
- 747
- 01:04:39,126 --> 01:04:43,029
- Yes. Because debts remain.
- 748
- 01:04:43,031 --> 01:04:45,634
- Those beautiful days are
- not quite gone. Not quite.
- 749
- 01:04:48,137 --> 01:04:49,706
- Yes, Susan, why don't you
- bring the soup?
- 750
- 01:04:54,576 --> 01:04:56,280
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]
- 751
- 01:05:01,450 --> 01:05:03,386
- I got your invitation.
- Sorry I'm a bit late.
- 752
- 01:05:06,556 --> 01:05:08,690
- I have decided to help
- with the democratic process.
- 753
- 01:05:08,692 --> 01:05:10,391
- What happened to you?
- 754
- 01:05:10,393 --> 01:05:12,127
- I've already written
- to Senator Fracks
- 755
- 01:05:12,129 --> 01:05:14,263
- about my presence here
- at the reservation.
- 756
- 01:05:14,265 --> 01:05:16,066
- I posted the letter
- in Cannon Ball,
- 757
- 01:05:16,068 --> 01:05:17,801
- where certain
- wild rumors about me
- 758
- 01:05:17,803 --> 01:05:20,670
- led to a very violent reception.
- 759
- 01:05:20,672 --> 01:05:23,273
- Mrs. Weldon,
- if you have been assaulted,
- 760
- 01:05:23,275 --> 01:05:25,543
- I will take the matter up with
- the police and the military.
- 761
- 01:05:25,545 --> 01:05:28,146
- I've decided to help
- the campaign against the treaty.
- 762
- 01:05:28,148 --> 01:05:30,182
- I've a democratic right
- to do this
- 763
- 01:05:30,184 --> 01:05:31,850
- as part
- of the political process.
- 764
- 01:05:31,852 --> 01:05:35,086
- Any violent move against me
- 765
- 01:05:35,088 --> 01:05:36,721
- or any of the people
- I campaign with
- 766
- 01:05:36,723 --> 01:05:39,592
- will be reported
- to the Senator by wire.
- 767
- 01:05:39,594 --> 01:05:41,426
- You really should see
- a doctor about that.
- 768
- 01:05:41,428 --> 01:05:43,731
- I have been to a doctor.
- Good evening.
- 769
- 01:06:31,285 --> 01:06:34,219
- Maybe you should begin by
- explaining what the allotment is
- 770
- 01:06:34,221 --> 01:06:36,623
- and show them how much land
- will be taken away
- 771
- 01:06:36,625 --> 01:06:38,226
- if they agree.
- 772
- 01:06:42,365 --> 01:06:44,633
- I can't be seen taking
- orders from you.
- 773
- 01:06:47,403 --> 01:06:49,107
- Now we will have to wait.
- 774
- 01:06:56,447 --> 01:06:57,782
- [HE SNIFFS]
- 775
- 01:07:07,792 --> 01:07:09,394
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- 776
- 01:07:15,268 --> 01:07:17,403
- [THEY WHOOP AND YELL]
- 777
- 01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:27,581
- [THEY WHOOP AND YELL]
- 778
- 01:07:46,703 --> 01:07:49,971
- How's it going?
- 779
- 01:07:49,973 --> 01:07:52,441
- These elders, they don't
- care to be told what to do.
- 780
- 01:07:52,443 --> 01:07:53,845
- How do we convince them to vote?
- 781
- 01:07:55,713 --> 01:07:57,482
- With food. I hope it's good.
- 782
- 01:08:04,022 --> 01:08:05,257
- [LAUGHTER]
- 783
- 01:08:18,272 --> 01:08:18,873
- Mm-hm.
- 784
- 01:08:32,621 --> 01:08:34,290
- [LAUGHTER]
- 785
- 01:08:50,909 --> 01:08:53,443
- - [LAUGHTER]
- - What are they saying?
- 786
- 01:08:53,445 --> 01:08:56,916
- The older ones, the new ways
- of resisting may take some time.
- 787
- 01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:38,696
- [THEY YELL AND WHOOP]
- 788
- 01:09:44,737 --> 01:09:46,605
- [MAN SINGS IN LAKOTA]
- 789
- 01:10:02,989 --> 01:10:04,725
- [CROWD YELLS AND WHOOPS]
- 790
- 01:10:33,525 --> 01:10:34,893
- [THUNDER ROLLS]
- 791
- 01:11:13,869 --> 01:11:16,073
- The crowds are getting bigger
- every time.
- 792
- 01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:26,715
- Getting angrier too.
- 793
- 01:11:26,717 --> 01:11:28,687
- They've been angry
- for a long time.
- 794
- 01:11:59,654 --> 01:12:01,191
- Are we here for the night?
- 795
- 01:12:08,598 --> 01:12:10,167
- You are here for the night.
- 796
- 01:12:14,871 --> 01:12:16,675
- Where are you going?
- 797
- 01:12:18,609 --> 01:12:21,643
- Can't you hear?
- 798
- 01:12:21,645 --> 01:12:25,648
- The thunder spirits
- have returned.
- 799
- 01:12:25,650 --> 01:12:27,619
- I read that
- the thunder spirits bring war.
- 800
- 01:12:33,625 --> 01:12:34,895
- They will vote for us.
- 801
- 01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:49,078
- [DRUMMING AND SINGING]
- 802
- 01:13:34,860 --> 01:13:36,163
- [BIRDSONG]
- 803
- 01:14:01,190 --> 01:14:03,157
- What's happening?
- 804
- 01:14:03,159 --> 01:14:04,761
- My campaign committee.
- 805
- 01:14:29,923 --> 01:14:31,291
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- 806
- 01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:34,959
- [BANGS GAVEL]
- 807
- 01:14:34,961 --> 01:14:38,897
- People of the Sioux Nation...
- 808
- 01:14:38,899 --> 01:14:41,336
- ...I declare this commission
- open for submission.
- 809
- 01:14:43,706 --> 01:14:46,238
- Let me introduce
- the commission's mediator,
- 810
- 01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:47,209
- Colonel Silas Groves.
- 811
- 01:14:51,314 --> 01:14:54,047
- Good afternoon.
- 812
- 01:14:54,049 --> 01:14:56,452
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 813
- 01:14:56,454 --> 01:14:58,087
- Before I ask the General
- 814
- 01:14:58,089 --> 01:15:00,189
- to give his own testimony
- to his commission,
- 815
- 01:15:00,191 --> 01:15:02,725
- I have a list of council elders
- 816
- 01:15:02,727 --> 01:15:06,463
- who've all agreed to share
- their opinions with us
- 817
- 01:15:06,465 --> 01:15:08,330
- and, to begin, I'd like to start
- 818
- 01:15:08,332 --> 01:15:10,835
- by calling Sioux Chief Black
- Bear of the Sans Arc Sioux.
- 819
- 01:15:15,742 --> 01:15:17,077
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 820
- 01:15:32,293 --> 01:15:33,728
- [YELLING AND WHOOPING]
- 821
- 01:15:53,517 --> 01:15:55,020
- [YELLING SUBSIDES]
- 822
- 01:16:01,392 --> 01:16:02,160
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 823
- 01:16:11,004 --> 01:16:12,936
- Chief Black Bear, please
- carry on with your testimony.
- 824
- 01:16:12,938 --> 01:16:14,441
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 825
- 01:16:20,447 --> 01:16:23,415
- He's saying
- that's all he has to say.
- 826
- 01:16:23,417 --> 01:16:25,054
- Guess the cat got his tongue.
- 827
- 01:16:27,555 --> 01:16:29,455
- Next we'll hear from, uh...
- 828
- 01:16:29,457 --> 01:16:31,428
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- ...Chief Yellow Hand.
- 829
- 01:16:38,367 --> 01:16:40,071
- Yellow Hand?
- 830
- 01:16:48,612 --> 01:16:50,314
- Then can we hear from
- John Grass of the Minneconjou?
- 831
- 01:16:53,183 --> 01:16:54,385
- Come on, John!
- 832
- 01:17:00,192 --> 01:17:02,325
- Sir, maybe
- we should call this off.
- 833
- 01:17:02,327 --> 01:17:04,128
- I thought you bribed
- these people.
- 834
- 01:17:04,130 --> 01:17:06,464
- I have a list of six more
- chiefs who gave me their word
- 835
- 01:17:06,466 --> 01:17:08,532
- they'd speak here today
- in favor of the Allotment Act.
- 836
- 01:17:08,534 --> 01:17:10,201
- [CROOK] Are any of them
- prepared to stand up?
- 837
- 01:17:10,203 --> 01:17:11,470
- We have a real chance here.
- 838
- 01:17:11,472 --> 01:17:13,605
- Maybe we should just adjourn
- till tomorrow.
- 839
- 01:17:13,607 --> 01:17:17,076
- - I would like to speak.
- - [SPEAKS LAKOTA] No, you won't.
- 840
- 01:17:17,078 --> 01:17:19,479
- He's not a registered member
- of any tribal council.
- 841
- 01:17:19,481 --> 01:17:20,947
- We have the power to say no.
- 842
- 01:17:20,949 --> 01:17:23,382
- Power?
- 843
- 01:17:23,384 --> 01:17:27,253
- [LAUGHS] You wanna speak, Bull?
- 844
- 01:17:27,255 --> 01:17:29,990
- - You go ahead.
- - General.
- 845
- 01:17:29,992 --> 01:17:32,094
- Let the man speak, for Christ's
- sake. This is a free land.
- 846
- 01:17:35,031 --> 01:17:36,400
- What do you have to say,
- my old friend?
- 847
- 01:17:46,645 --> 01:17:48,147
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 848
- 01:17:58,124 --> 01:18:02,260
- Since the white man came...
- 849
- 01:18:02,262 --> 01:18:05,398
- ...and broke up the grassland
- with his ploughs...
- 850
- 01:18:07,166 --> 01:18:09,134
- ...the earth has turned to dust.
- 851
- 01:18:09,136 --> 01:18:10,471
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 852
- 01:18:14,574 --> 01:18:18,445
- In this dust, there is
- the body of Crazy Horse...
- 853
- 01:18:18,447 --> 01:18:20,414
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 854
- 01:18:20,416 --> 01:18:22,348
- ...American Horse...
- 855
- 01:18:22,350 --> 01:18:24,551
- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 856
- 01:18:24,553 --> 01:18:26,086
- ...Spotted Tail...
- 857
- 01:18:26,088 --> 01:18:28,288
- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 858
- 01:18:28,290 --> 01:18:29,957
- ...Black Kettle...
- 859
- 01:18:29,959 --> 01:18:32,962
- - [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- - ...Sword...
- 860
- 01:18:32,964 --> 01:18:35,631
- - [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- - ...Two Moons...
- 861
- 01:18:35,633 --> 01:18:38,066
- - [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- - ...Rain in the Face.
- 862
- 01:18:38,068 --> 01:18:40,035
- - [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- - When the wind blows...
- 863
- 01:18:40,037 --> 01:18:44,039
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 864
- 01:18:44,041 --> 01:18:46,343
- ...it blows our heroes
- in our faces.
- 865
- 01:18:46,345 --> 01:18:48,611
- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 866
- 01:18:48,613 --> 01:18:50,046
- Our diplomats.
- 867
- 01:18:50,048 --> 01:18:51,952
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 868
- 01:18:53,519 --> 01:18:54,451
- [SUSAN] Our doctors.
- 869
- 01:18:54,453 --> 01:18:56,123
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 870
- 01:18:58,191 --> 01:18:59,224
- [SUSAN] Our priests.
- 871
- 01:18:59,226 --> 01:19:01,496
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 872
- 01:19:10,504 --> 01:19:12,207
- Our dead children.
- 873
- 01:19:16,746 --> 01:19:19,082
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 874
- 01:19:27,425 --> 01:19:30,792
- The Great Spirit speaks to us
- in clouds of dust.
- 875
- 01:19:30,794 --> 01:19:33,297
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 876
- 01:19:38,102 --> 01:19:38,769
- [SUSAN] You cannot sell...
- 877
- 01:19:38,771 --> 01:19:41,238
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 878
- 01:19:41,240 --> 01:19:42,238
- ...pieces of the earth...
- 879
- 01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:43,543
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 880
- 01:19:46,780 --> 01:19:50,114
- ...because the earth
- belongs to God.
- 881
- 01:19:50,116 --> 01:19:51,453
- [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 882
- 01:19:54,154 --> 01:19:57,255
- We must tell these people
- to go home...
- 883
- 01:19:57,257 --> 01:20:00,527
- - [SITTING BULL SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- - ...back to Washington,
- 884
- 01:20:00,529 --> 01:20:02,728
- and not hurt the earth any more.
- 885
- 01:20:02,730 --> 01:20:05,133
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 886
- 01:20:07,736 --> 01:20:09,271
- [SUSAN] Enough. Enough.
- 887
- 01:20:20,416 --> 01:20:22,285
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 888
- 01:20:32,163 --> 01:20:34,565
- We will give no more
- of our land away.
- 889
- 01:20:34,567 --> 01:20:35,566
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 890
- 01:20:35,568 --> 01:20:38,835
- Not even this much.
- 891
- 01:20:38,837 --> 01:20:40,474
- [CROWD WHOOPING AND YELLING]
- 892
- 01:20:48,316 --> 01:20:49,651
- [WHOOPING STOPS]
- 893
- 01:21:04,733 --> 01:21:07,200
- [CROOK] Anybody else
- care to speak?
- 894
- 01:21:07,202 --> 01:21:09,203
- [WHISPERS] You're not
- helping me, General?
- 895
- 01:21:09,205 --> 01:21:11,740
- - We have to adjourn.
- - Adjourn?
- 896
- 01:21:11,742 --> 01:21:14,543
- Why don't we go
- straight to a vote?
- 897
- 01:21:14,545 --> 01:21:16,277
- Sir, if we vote now, they'll
- vote against. You know that.
- 898
- 01:21:16,279 --> 01:21:17,478
- It's called democracy,
- Colonel Groves.
- 899
- 01:21:17,480 --> 01:21:19,618
- This is a mistake, General.
- 900
- 01:21:26,757 --> 01:21:29,894
- All those in favor
- of the Allotment Treaty,
- 901
- 01:21:29,896 --> 01:21:31,630
- line up at the red circle.
- 902
- 01:21:34,432 --> 01:21:37,369
- Those against it,
- line up at the blue.
- 903
- 01:21:37,371 --> 01:21:39,707
- [SPEAKS LAKOTA]
- 904
- 01:21:48,248 --> 01:21:50,719
- What the hell are they doing?
- They're handing us a victory.
- 905
- 01:22:04,301 --> 01:22:07,836
- You don't get it, do you?
- Don't you understand?
- 906
- 01:22:07,838 --> 01:22:11,472
- This is what the General
- wanted all along.
- 907
- 01:22:11,474 --> 01:22:16,279
- If we lose the vote, they'll
- have an excuse to go to war.
- 908
- 01:22:16,281 --> 01:22:18,417
- And deep down,
- that's what the Bull wants too.
- 909
- 01:22:44,012 --> 01:22:47,513
- To find our way on the open
- prairie, we stop sometimes
- 910
- 01:22:47,515 --> 01:22:49,920
- and look, remember.
- 911
- 01:22:52,621 --> 01:22:54,191
- With people too.
- 912
- 01:22:57,728 --> 01:23:00,230
- You stop sometimes
- and look and remember.
- 913
- 01:23:03,534 --> 01:23:05,337
- It's called cantognake.
- 914
- 01:23:07,038 --> 01:23:08,807
- To place and hold in your heart.
- 915
- 01:23:12,343 --> 01:23:13,812
- This moment.
- 916
- 01:23:15,513 --> 01:23:16,882
- Our power returning.
- 917
- 01:23:18,484 --> 01:23:20,220
- Young again.
- 918
- 01:23:23,490 --> 01:23:24,892
- Hold it in your heart.
- 919
- 01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:28,563
- You are already in my heart.
- 920
- 01:23:33,367 --> 01:23:37,370
- So, you should know...
- 921
- 01:23:37,372 --> 01:23:40,706
- ...the spirits have told me
- that this is the winter
- 922
- 01:23:40,708 --> 01:23:42,310
- I'll cross over
- into the spirit world.
- 923
- 01:23:48,051 --> 01:23:50,684
- No. I don't want...
- 924
- 01:23:50,686 --> 01:23:52,453
- [SNIFFS]
- 925
- 01:23:52,455 --> 01:23:54,258
- Don't tell me that.
- 926
- 01:24:01,332 --> 01:24:03,001
- Cantognake.
- 927
- 01:24:27,361 --> 01:24:29,127
- I've finished it.
- 928
- 01:24:29,129 --> 01:24:30,731
- Come and see.
- 929
- 01:25:05,737 --> 01:25:07,406
- You've made me look too old.
- 930
- 01:25:27,029 --> 01:25:29,031
- [HORSE WHINNIES]
- 931
- 01:25:40,576 --> 01:25:42,512
- [DOOR BANGS]
- 932
- 01:25:46,850 --> 01:25:49,851
- Congratulations.
- 933
- 01:25:49,853 --> 01:25:52,088
- It's a beautiful painting.
- 934
- 01:25:52,090 --> 01:25:53,458
- Get out of my house.
- 935
- 01:26:07,540 --> 01:26:08,877
- What did he say?
- 936
- 01:28:26,096 --> 01:28:30,232
- What is it?
- 937
- 01:28:30,234 --> 01:28:33,139
- Don't forget about our dinner
- in New York City, Mrs. Weldon.
- 938
- 01:28:34,839 --> 01:28:36,275
- [DOOR SHUTS]
- 939
- 01:29:10,079 --> 01:29:12,316
- Jesus, it's so quiet.
- I wish a dog would bark.
- 940
- 01:29:18,221 --> 01:29:20,626
- They really can't charge you
- with sedition...
- 941
- 01:29:24,194 --> 01:29:27,033
- ...and I'm a witness you never
- took part in any violence.
- 942
- 01:29:31,804 --> 01:29:33,172
- When does the river freeze?
- 943
- 01:29:34,974 --> 01:29:36,840
- When the geese fly.
- 944
- 01:29:36,842 --> 01:29:38,311
- We have to leave
- before then or...
- 945
- 01:29:41,047 --> 01:29:43,849
- ...we'll be stuck here
- all winter.
- 946
- 01:29:43,851 --> 01:29:44,919
- We'll leave tomorrow...
- 947
- 01:29:49,824 --> 01:29:52,193
- ...and when we go to New York
- we can stay in my apartment.
- 948
- 01:30:06,944 --> 01:30:08,813
- [SHE SOBS]
- 949
- 01:30:14,953 --> 01:30:16,818
- [SOBS]
- 950
- 01:30:16,820 --> 01:30:18,356
- My parents will have a fit.
- 951
- 01:30:19,824 --> 01:30:21,360
- [SNIFFS]
- 952
- 01:30:27,499 --> 01:30:32,236
- There's lights in the streets
- now, since you've been there.
- 953
- 01:30:32,238 --> 01:30:33,838
- It never really
- gets dark any more.
- 954
- 01:30:33,840 --> 01:30:35,710
- [SNIFFS]
- 955
- 01:30:39,180 --> 01:30:41,045
- Fire needs more logs.
- 956
- 01:30:41,047 --> 01:30:42,983
- [SOBS] I'm warm enough.
- 957
- 01:30:53,895 --> 01:30:55,398
- [SIGHS]
- 958
- 01:31:00,035 --> 01:31:02,740
- Go. The Lakota like
- a woman who works hard.
- 959
- 01:31:34,173 --> 01:31:36,208
- [SHE GASPS AND SCREAMS]
- 960
- 01:31:36,210 --> 01:31:38,610
- No! No!
- 961
- 01:31:38,612 --> 01:31:40,249
- No! No!
- 962
- 01:31:49,325 --> 01:31:50,959
- [CHASKA] What's happening?
- 963
- 01:31:50,961 --> 01:31:53,227
- Corporal?
- 964
- 01:31:53,229 --> 01:31:54,264
- Where are you going?
- 965
- 01:32:11,282 --> 01:32:15,418
- We're off the reservation.
- You're free to go. You're safe.
- 966
- 01:32:15,420 --> 01:32:17,490
- Mrs. Wel... Mrs. Weldon,
- you'll never make it!
- 967
- 01:32:39,181 --> 01:32:41,250
- [SHE PANTS]
- 968
- 01:33:07,046 --> 01:33:08,414
- [GRUNTS]
- 969
- 01:33:17,690 --> 01:33:19,326
- [PANTS]
- 970
- 01:33:58,737 --> 01:34:00,373
- [CRIES]
- 971
- 01:34:47,458 --> 01:34:49,461
- [SINGS LAKOTA DEATH SONG]
- 972
- 01:35:17,092 --> 01:35:19,062
- [EAGLE CALLS]
- 973
- 01:36:39,273 --> 01:36:44,273
- Subtitles by explosiveskull
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