- Apa ini yang terakhir? - Entahlah.
Lagipula obat biusnya juga habis.
Yesus Kristus.
Hai kamu! Apakah ini yang terakhir?
Ya Tuhan, berantakan sekali.
Setidaknya tidak ada gangrene (pembusukan)
Pasti akan membusuk jika tidak segera ditangani.
Aku tak bisa memotong kakinya jika aku sudah mengantuk.
Ma'afkan aku.
Mari minum kopi dulu. Dia bisa menunggu beberapa menit.
Tuhan!
Teropong!
- Apa itu anak buah Tucker? - Ya, tuan. Benar.
Sudah berapa lama keadaan ini berlangsung?
Kami menemukan mereka pagi ini, Tuan. Mereka sudah ada di sini selama 2 hari.
Apa itu kamu, Letnan?
Sialan.
Ayolah. Kamu sebaiknya berlindung.
Aku tak becanda. Mereka siap menembak. Ayo. Kemarilah berlindung
Begitu.
Kamu tidak pergi ke rumah sakit?
Aku baik-baik saja.
Apa yang terjadi di sini?
Itulah yang jadi pertanyaan semua orang, bukan?
Kamu bisa bertanya pada mayor...
tapi dia juga tidak tahu.
Dia sibuk.
Dia sibuk memikirkan betapa kacaunya situasi ...
yang dihadapi anak buahnya.
Atau, tentu saja, kamu bisa bertanya pada Jendral...
Dia baru saja tiba untuk melihat peperangan
Tapi yang dia tahu bahwa ternyata belum ada peperangan...
yang tak seluruhnya benar karena kita sebenarnya sudah menerbangkan balon udaranya...
tapi mereka sudah menembak balonnya sebelum kami sempat berlindung.
Masih belum ada juga pihak yang menyerah. Keadannya begini saja beberapa hari ini.
Sekarang , Mayor menatap wajah Jendral.
Mungkin dia berpikir, sebaiknya aku melakukan sesuatu.
Kamu tahu kan maksudnya.
Yang aku tahu pasti dia tak mau jadi orang pertama yang menyerbu medan lawan.
Mereka takkan mungkin mau menyerah sama seperti kita.
Semua orang juga tahu kalau Tucker memiliki anak buah yang tangguh.
Sejauh ini korban yang tewas di luar sana adalah tiga sapi perah.
Tentu saja, hal itu akan segera berubah.
Dasar kamu sialan.
Kamu tahu, banyak prajurit yang bilang jika kita tak bisa menyelesaikan pertempuran ini
kita akan menyelesaikannya dengan cara
melempar kartu poker.
Bukankah itu konyol?
Sekelompok orang duduk di tengah medan pertempuran
mengocok kartu.
Ada apa itu, Tuan?
Sepertinya usaha bunuh diri.
Tucker!
Apa yang dia lakukan?
- Apa yang sudah kau katakan padanya? - Aku tak bilang apa-apa.
Kembalilah, bedebah!
- Kau takkan bisa selamat. - Tak masalah buatku.
Ma'afkan aku, Bapa.
- Dia kembali lagi!
- Siap! - Aku akan menembkanya.
Jangan...
Jangan potong kakiku.
Kamu istirahat saja, Nak. Kakimu baik-baik saja.
AKu bersaksi atas nama Tuhan, kamu tetap bisa memiliki kakimu.
- Bawa kemari ambulanku. - Tuan?
Bawa kemari ambulanku, dan bawa dokter bedahnya sekalian!
Kita harus segera menyelamatkan prajurit berharga yang berbaring ini.
Segala keanehan di dunia ini tidak bisa kita duga.
Saat aku berusaha untuk mati...
Aku malah diangkat sebagai pahlawan.
Aku bahkan diberi Cisco...
makhluk setia yang membawaku di medan pertempuran saat itu.
Dan ketika kondisiku sudah pulih, aku diberi kesempatan bertugas di tempat yang aku inginkan.
Pertempuran berdarah masih berlanjut saat aku tiba di Fort Hayes.
Sebuah pulau kecil dengan penghuni beberapa prajurit dan dikelilingi oleh padang rumput yang tiada berujung.
Letnan.
Dimana aku bisa menemui Mayor. Fambrough?
Di ujung hall itu.
Terima kasih.
Lt. John J. Dunbar.
Lt. John J. Dunbar?
- Ya, Tuan. - Ya, Tuan.
Pejuang suku Indian.
Ma'af?
Di sini tertulis bahwa anda akan ditempatkan di perbatasan.
Perbatasannya adalah tempat suku Indian.
Maka dengan cepat bisa kusimpulkan anda adalah pejuang Indian.
Aku tak mau naik posisi ini dengan melakukan tindakan bodoh.
- tidak, Tuan. - tidak, Tuan.
Di sini tertulis bahwa anda mendapat pernghargaan.
Ya, Tuan.
Dan mereka lalu menempatkan anda kemari?
Sebenarnya, Tuan, saya kemari atas permintaan saya sendiri.
Benarkah? Mengapa?
Saya dari dulu selalu ingin melihat daerah perbatasan.
Kamu ingin melihat perbatasan?
Ya, Tuan.
Sebelum daerah ini hilang.
Benar-benar cerdas, langsung menghadap padaku.
Tuan...
Ksatria.
Dengan ini aku menugaskanmu melakukan perjalan sebagai ksatria.
Kamu harus melapor pada Kaptain Cargill...
di markasnya yang berada di kerajaan...
Fort Sedgewick.
Segel yang aku beri secara pribadi akan menjamin keaman anda...
saat melalui beberapa negeri yang liar dan jahat.
- AKu bertanya-tanya.... - Ya?
Aku bertanya-tanya, Tuan, bagaimana saya bisa kesana?
Kaupikir saya tidak tahu?
- tidak, Tuan. - Kau berpikir begitu.
- Hanya saja memang saya tidak tahu-- - Jangan bicara.
AKu sedang dalam mood yang baik dan aku ingin memberimu hadiah.
Kamu lihat pria di luar itu?
Namanya Timmons.
Dia akan pergi ke sana siang ini. Kamu bisa pergi bersamanya jika mau.
Dia tahu jalannya. Terima kasih. Cukup sekian.
Tuan Ksatria?
Aku baru saja ngompol...
dan tidak ada orang yang mengetahuinya.
Untuk perjalanan anda!
Untuk perjalanan saya.
Haw!
Agak cepat, Jim!
- Kirimkan ini besok. - Ya, Tuan.
Aku ingin memakai mahkotaku sekarang.
- Tuan? - Aku ingin memakai mahkotaku sekarang!
- Ma'af, Tuan. - Apa kamu tuli, bodoh?
Kubilang aku ingin memakai mahkotaku sekarang juga!
Sekarang!
tidak.
- Kuambilkan mahkota anda. - tidak.
Tuan?
Major?
Raja sudah wafat.
Hidup sang Raja!
Suruh pergi anak-anak ini, ayolah!
Haw, Jim dan Jake!
Cepat sedikit, Jim!
Apa-apain itu?
Apa itu?
Apa-apa'an itu?
Brutttttt
Tulis saja di buku anda.
Andai bukan karena temen seperjalanku...
Aku yakin aku pasti sudah mengalami perjalan indah dalam hidup.
Aku tahu dia bermaksud baik...
tapi sepertinya dia adalah pria terbodoh yang pernah aku jumpai seumur hidupku.
Berapa jauh lagi perjalan ke Fort?
Jauh.
Seberapa jauh?
Empat puluh, lima puluh mil lagi mungkin.
Mengapa begitu tergesa-gesa ingin ke Sedgewick?
Disitu aku akan bertugas.
Rumahku.
Kamu bakal takkan menyukainya, aku yakin sekali.
Lihat ada gerobak.
Apa yang kaudapati?
Seseorang dari timur akan bilang, mengapa tidak kutulis saja?
Kamu benar-benar orang bodoh.
Bangun, Timmons.
Bangun.
Ayolah. Bangun.
Bangun!
Ada yang mencubit pantatku. Apa itu kamu?
Sialan!
Aku akan segera bersiap.
Teman-teman?
Kalian tidak perlu bicara denganku, tapi kumohon kalian keluar.
Ini telah berakhir.
Kumpulkan orang-orang untuk menghadap saya.
Kalian membenci saya.
Tapi aku tidak pernah merasakan kebencian pada kalian.
Kalian tetap tinggal.
Kalian tetap tinggal meski para Indian merebut kuda-kuda kita.
Kalian tetap tinggal meski yang lain sudah hilang.
Kalian masih tetap tinggal meski pasukan tentara gagal memberi kita persediaan makanan.
Aku barusan melihat sebuah kereta kuda datang dari Fort Hayes...
seperti dulu yang kalian miliki...
setelah hari mengenaskan itu.
Dan bisa aku bilang betapa bangganya aku pada kalian.
Sekarang ambil barang-barang kalian, teman. Kita akan meninggalkan tempat ini.
Persetan dengan pasukan tentara itu.
Pergilah.
Kemasi barang kalian.
Bagaimana mungkin kita belum melihat seekorpun kerbau liar?
Kamu tak bisa tahu kapan bertemu kerbau liar.
Tak bisa. Adakalanya kamu takkan bisa melihatnya selama beberapa hari.
Namun adakalanya kamu akan bisa melihat segerombolan, seperti rambut keriting para pelacur.
Lalu bagaimana dengan suku Indian?
Suku Indian? Persetan dengan Indian.
Kamu takkan bisa menjumpai mereka, kecuali mereka sudah mati.
Mereka tidak lebih dari gerombolan pencuri dan pengemis.
Ayo, naik kesana!
Sepertinya kamu tidak akan terlalu ingin memikirkannya lagi, bukan?
Ayo turun kesana.
- Mengapa? Tidak ada apa-apa di sana. - Karena aku suruh.
Turunlah.
.
Tidak ada apa-apa di sini, Letnan.
Tidak ada apa-apa di sini , Letnan.
Letnan!
Semua orang sudah kabur atau bahkan terbunuh.
Baiklah. Ayo keluarkan barangku dari kereta.
Apa? Apa, lalu meninggalkannya di sini?
Aku juga akan tinggal di sini.
Tidak ada apa-apa di sini.
Tidak, tidak untuk saat ini.
Kita masih belum tahu apa yang telah terjadi.
Hal yang terjadi adalah sepertinya mereka, dan juga kita...
kita sebaiknya memutar arah dan kembali.
Ini adalah posku.
Ini pos anda?
Ini adalah pos saya.
Ini pos anda?
Jesus H. Christ.
Apa, kamu sudah gila, sobat?
Dasar sialan.
- Jesus H. Christ. - Ini adalah pos saya.
Baiklah, turunkan.
Dan aku berhak melakukan ini sebagai penjaga pos, kan? Sekarang turun dari kereta--
-Turunkan! - Dan bantu aku membongkar barang.
Kita sudah bercakap banyak, sekarang turunkan pistolnya.
Aku akan memberitahu tempatmu berada kepada mereka.
Bagus.
Semoga tugasmu berhasil.
Terima kasih.
Jake dan Jim!
bagal hebat!
Naik ke sana sekarang!
bagal pintar!
Aku telah sampai di pos Fort Sedgewick yang terbengkalai.
Tugasku kini menanti kedatangan Garrison atau menanti perintah dari markas besar.
Pos tempatku bertugas memiliki keadaan yang menyedihkan...
dan aku memutuskan untuk menugaskan diriku untuk membersihkan tempat ini besok.
Bahan persediaan melimpah..
dan tempat ini adalah tempat yang selama ini telah aku impikan.
Tak mungkin ada lagi tempat seperti ini di bumi.
Kuda bodoh.
Hewan-hewan yang mati di danau kecil itu tidak terkena racun.
Hewan-hewan itu ditembak.
Tapi kenapa? Apakah untuk olah raga berburu?
Mungkinkah hanya untuk menyakiti?
Dugaan terbesarku adalah karena orang-orang di sini kelaparan
Tapi keberadaan bangkai-bangkai hewan ini menunjukkan fakta sebaliknya.
Bahkan keberadaan gua adalah misteri yang lebih besar.
Apa yang membuat orang-orang ini tinggal dalam gua?
Mungkin mereka ketakutan.
Mungkin dulu ada semacam pemberontakan.
Banyak sekali keanehan yang ditinggalkan petunjuk-petunjuk ini.
Atau mungkin aku tidak perlu memikirkan jawaban-jawabannya.
Ayo, Cisco. Sekali lagi.
Naik!
Ayo, Cisco! Tarik, Cisco.
Tarik!
Naik! Begitu, Cisco.
Pelan.
Hanya orang kulit yang membuat perapian agar asapnya terlihat orang lain.
Mungkin di sana ada orang kulit putih lebih dari satu.
Mungkin ada tiga atau empat.
Yang aku tahu tiga atau empat orang ini
tidak akan bisa melakukan perjalanan pulang lagi.
Tak ada yang boleh dilihat lagi oleh gerombolan orang ini.
Kita tidak punya senapan.
Sedangkan orang kulit putih selalu punya senapan.
Sulit sekali diketahui ada berapa banyak orang kulit putih di sana.
Sebaiknya kita lupakan semua ini dan pulang kembali.
Jadi pergi sajalah.
Aku lebih baik mati...
daripada berdebat masalah asap yang kita lihat di tempat perkemahan kita nanti.
Dia tak mungkin mau menyerah sebelum kita semua mati.
Dan andai saya...
Lihatlah aku
Jangan sakiti bagal-bagalku.
Hentikan.
Kumohon jangan sakiti bagal saya.
Aku sangat puas dengan pekerjaan saya sejauh ini.
Meskipun untuk semua kemajuan yang aku buat, sisa-sisa keburukan yang ada di sini tak bisa dienyahkan.
Ibarat luka yang sudah terlalu parah dan meninggalkan bekas, yang sangat sulit disembuhkan.
Sudah hampir 30 hari.
Aku mulai bisa menikmati rutinitas hidupku di Fort Sedgewick.
Apalagi hari-hariku saat berkeliling menikmati alam bersama Cisco.
Tiap hari, kami berkuda semakin jauh di padang rumput dan tiap hal yang kami temukan...
baik besar maupun kecil, selalu membekas dalam pikiranku untuk selamanya.
Rasanya aku semakin terkucil, seiring tak adanya orang yang datang menemuiku.
Aku hanya bisa menduga ada sedikit masalah, yang mungkin secepatnya diselesaikan oleh para tentara.
Mungkin aku merasa dibodohi oleh rasa optimisku...
tapi saat aku menatap cakrawala di ufuk timur...
Aku tak berhenti berharap akan muncul beberapa orang dari kejauhan itu.
Masih tidak ada tanda-tanda kedatangan perintah Kapten Cargill .
Meski persediaan makananku cukup, aku mulai melakukan beberapa pengiritan...
seolah aku adalah bagian dari orang banyak di pos ini, dan bukannya satu-satunya yang mendiami tempat ini.
Ada seekor serigala yang terus menerus mengamati tempat ini.
Meski, nampaknya serigala itu tidak tampak ingin berbuat jahat.
Dan tentu saja selain Cisco, serigala itu juga menjadi temanku.
Dia selalu muncul menjelang sore selama dua hari terakhir ini.
Dia memiliki dua kaki berwarna putih susu.
Jika dia kembali ke sini lagi besok...
Aku akan menamainya Two-Socks.
Hampir sebulan berjalan dan belum ada yang datang.
Makin lama kondisi ini berjalan...
makin berkurang keyakinanku bahwa akan ada seseorang yang datang.
Hujan telah membuatku berdiam dalam rumah selama dua hari...
dan aku mulai melakukan pekerjaan menjahit.
Inilah kesepian yang kualami sekarang...
tapi dengan jujur aku katakan bahwa aku tidak merasa sedih.
Bagaimana mungkin aku bisa menikahi gadis kulit putih
Jika aku tak punya baju yang bisa kupakai?
Prajurit, prajurit
Maukah kamu menikahiku
Sebelum perangnya usai?
Bagaimana mungkin aku bisa menikahi gadis cantik
Jika aku tak punya sepatu yang bisa kupakai?
Bagaimana mungkin aku bisa menikahi gadis cantik
Jika aku tak punya topi yang bisa kupakai?
Prajurit, prajurit Maukah kamu menikahiku
Sebelum perang ini usai?
Bagaimana aku bisa menikahi gadis cilik jelek
Kalau aku punya istri cantik di rumah?
Kamu yang di sana!
Baru saja terjadi kontak dengan seorang suku Indian liar.
Ada yang datang ke pos dan mencoba mencuri kudaku.
Saat aku muncul, dia ketakutan dan melarikan diri.
Maka aku memutuskan mengubur persediaan yang tersisa daripada jatuh ke tangan musuh.
Dan menyisakan brang-barang terpenting untuk diriku.
Patroliku di siang hari kuputuskan untuk kupersingkat
agar selalu bisa menjaga posku.
Aku memutuskan berjaga-jaga kalau saja ada kedatangan berikutnya
Tak tahu pasti berapa orang yang mungkin datang lagi ke tempat ini...
tapi aku menduga jika saja ada seorang yang datang pasti akan ada yang lainnya
Sebagian besar pekerjaanku membuatku bisa menghasilkan ilusi...
kekuatan dan kestabilan.
Bagaimanapun juga aku hanya seorang diri, dan jika pasukan itu segera datang...
semuanya akan hilang.
Kicking Bird terlihat sering menyendiri akhir-akhir ini.
Aku tak suka melihat tabib kita terlalu sering menyendiri.
Apa yang sudah dikatakan istrinya?
Istrinya bilang suaminya memang sering menyendiri.
Bukan itu yang aku tanyakan.
Lalu, apa yang kamu tanyakan padaku?
Apa yang sudah dia bilang?
Istrinya bilang dia memang sering menyendiri akhir-akhir ini.
Itulah yang sudah dia bilang.
Pastikan daging yang akan aku makan empuk.
Gigiku sakit.
Boleh aku masuk?
Tidak, biarkan dia duduk bersama kita.
Rasanya desa kita baik-baik saja musim panas ini...
tapi aku belum sempat pergi keluar untuk melihat-lihat.
Tapi kerbau liarnya sepertinya belum muncul.
Dan aku sangat kuatir untuk memberi makan anak-anak di sini.
Aku selalu memikirkan untuk mengajak mereka menari
Ya. Mengajak mereka menari adalah ide bagus.
Akan bagus sekali kalau saja ada tanda-tanda yang kuat.
Ada hal yang lucu jika kita membahas tanda-tanda.
Kita bakal tahu apakah tanda itu baik atau buruk.
Namun ada kalanya terasa sangat aneh dan sulit untuk memahaminya.
Seorang pria cerdas tentu akan memikirkan hal ini.
Jika saja itu masih membingungkannya, dia akan memberitahu seseorang.
Sebagai contoh, dia mungkin akan memberitahu padamu atau padaku.
Seorang pria cerdas akan selalu melakukan hal ini.
Aku memang melihat tanda seperti itu.
Benarkah?
Aku melihat seorang pria
Seorang lelaki kulit putih yang telanjang.
Apakah kamu yakin dia itu lelaki?
Aku melihat alat kelaminnya.
Apakah kamu berbincang dengannya?
tidak.
Sudah dua hari berjalan, dan tidak terjadi apapun.
Keberadaanku di sini, pastilah sudah mereka beritahukan.
Aku sudah membuat persiapan sebisa mungkin.
Tapi tetap saja tak bisa membuat pertahanan yang cukup karena aku seorang diri.
Tapi aku akan berusaha membuat kesan yang baik saat mereka datang
Menunggu.
Tambahan....
Pria yang aku temui merupakan orang yang berpenampilan luar biasa.
Dia mungkin saja dewa.
Atau ketua suku kulit putih dengan kemampuan istimewa.
Karena itulah kita mesti bicara kepadanya.
Aku sama sekali tidak setuju untuk mengadakan pembicaraan dengan pria ini.
Siapapun dia, dia bukanlah suku Sioux, dan itu membuatnya tak berguna.
Ketika aku mendengar orang-orang kulit putih akan datang, aku hanya bisa tertawa.
Kita sudah mencuri ratusan kuda dari orang-orang kulit putih ini.
Sama sekali tidak ada kemuliaan dari pekerjaan ini.
Mereka tidak bisa beruda dengan baik. Mereka tidak bisa memanah dengan baik.
Mereka manusia kotor.
Tentara-tentara itu bahkan tidak bakal bisa bertahan di saat musim dingin di sini.
Dan orang semacam ini disebut manusia baik?
Kuharap mereka mati secepat mungkin.
Kurasa orang kulit putih bodoh ini pastilah sedang tersesat.
Pernyataan Wind In His Hair terlalu keras dan aku sudah cukup mendengarnya.
Memang benar kulit putih adalah ras yang malang dan sulit untuk dipahami.
Tapi kita jangan membuat kesalahan. Orang-orang kulit putih mulai berdatangan.
Bahkan musuh kita sependapat untuk masalah ini.
Jadi ketika aku melihat seorang pria kulit putih tanpa rasa takut memasuki wilayah kita...
Kurasa dia tak mungkin tersesat. Kurasa dia memiliki obat-obatan.
Aku tahu orang yang bisa mengatakan sesuatu
mengenai orang-orang kulit putih yang segera berdatangan.
Kurasa orang ini akan bisa membantu kita.
Kicking Bird selalu memandang ke depan dan itu bagus sekali.
Tapi orang ini tidak akan dapat melindungi perkemahan kita dan memberi makan anak-anak.
Dia tak ada gunanya bagi kita.
Aku akan mengajak beberapa orang.
Kami akan menghujani orang ini dengan panah kami.
Jika dia memang memiliki obat, maka dia tidak akan kesakitan.
Jika ternyata dia tidak memiliki obat-obatan, dia akan mati.
Orang lain tak boleh menentukan apa yang mesti kita lakukan.
Tapi membunuh orang kulit putih adalah masalah serius.
Jika kamu membunuh satu pria kulit putih, aku yakin akan berdatangan lainnya.
Kita semua pasti bingung untuk menentukan tindakan-tindakan kita.
Sulit sekali memnentukan apa yang mesti kita perbuat.
Kita akan menentukan keputusan kita lain waktu.
Kurasa cukup sudah pertemuan kita kali ini.
Ada masalah apa lagi sekarang?
Kurasa ini bukanlah ide yang bagus.
Jika kita mencuri kuda milik dewa orang kulit putih...
mereka akan membuatkan lagu untuk kita.
Mungkin.
Mereka akan mengajak kita dalam penyerbuan.
Siapa yang akan meangkap kudanya?
Aku.
Aku, tapi kita akan berbagi. Sekarang ada yang mau bilang kalau ini bukan rencana hebat?
Selalu begitu saja.
Setiap saat.
Ya, Tuan, sudah. Tidak, aku akan bertanya, Tuan.
Kita akan jadi pahlawan.
Mereka akan membuat lagu tentang keberanian kita.
Apa yang terjadi?
Entahlah. Lenganku mati rasa.
Kamu pasti sudah terjatuh. Kita sekarang berada dalam masalah.
Itu tadi kan idemu.
Ideku tadi kan hanya mencuri kudanya, tidak memakai jatuh segala.
Otter sedang kesakitan.
Apa yang kamu lihat? Aku kan yang sedang kesakitan.
Aku juga akan kesakitan jika ayahku tahu. Dia pasti akan memanah punggungku.
Aku Wind In His Hair.
Aku adalah Wind In His Hair.
Tidakkah kamu lihat aku sama sekali tidak takut padamu?
Tidakkah kau lihat?
Prajurit kita yang berperang melawan suku Utes sudah kembali.
Banyak orang yang meninggal.
Aku menyadari kesalahanku selama ini.
Selama ini, aku selalu menanti.
Menanti untuk apa?
Menanti seseorang menemukanku?
Menanti orang Indian mengambil kudaku?
Menanti kerbau liar?
Semenjak aku tinggal di pos ini rasanya keadaan tak berubah.
Itu seolah menjadi kebiasaan buruk dan aku mulai muak.
Besok pagi, aku akan ke tempat suku Indian.
Aku tak tahu apakah tindakan ini bijaksana atau tidak...
tapi aku telah menjadi target dan target itu telah membuat kesan yang memprihatinkan.
Aku sudah muak menanti.
Apa yang kamu lihat?
Sialan!
Tidak. Tunggu.
Tunggu.
Kamu perlu bantuan. Kamu terluka.
-Kamu perlu... - Jangan
Ijinkan aku... Kamu perlu bantuan.
Kamu perlu bantuan. Kamu terluka. Ijinkan aku menolong anda.
Kamu terluka.
Jangan.
She's hurt.
You are tidakt welcome here.
tidak. She's hurt.
Go away from us.
You are tidakt welcome. Go away from us.
Stop.
The soldier did tidakt come to fight.
He is going away and we will let him.
I am in agreement with Kicking Bird.
We will go down and talk to the white man.
And find out why he is here.
lf this council decides to talk to the white man...
then it will be so.
But in my mind it's tidakt right...
that a chief as great as Ten Bears...
goes to ask the business of a puny, trespassing white man...
who has only a smart horse and a few white man's clothes.
I will tidakt go.
You will go.
And you will go.
That is all I have to say.
Welcome.
Hi!
Come.
Please, sit down.
Sit down.
Wait just a.... Just a minute.
His mind is gone.
Tatanka. Kerbau liar.
- Buffalo. - Tatanka.
Buffalo. Tatanka.
The fierce one, as I call him, seems a very tough fellow.
I hope I never have to fight him.
From the little I ktidakw, he seems to be honest and very direct.
I like the quiet one immensely.
He's been patient and inquisitive.
He seems eager to communicate.
I would conclude that he is a man of some weight among his people.
Buffalo.
I believe I made an even greater impression on their next visit.
I produced a coffee grinder, something tidakne of them had seen before.
Is the coffee tidakt good?
It's too strong, maybe.
Sugar.
Put in.
Taste it.
Sugar.
You want some?
That's a lot.
Okay.
Yeah.
It's good to finally have some company.
So much goes unsaid and I have the feeling that these people...
the quiet one in particular, want something from me.
Made presents of coffee and most of the sugar.
It didn't figure to last anyway.
Don't believe I go too far in saying...
that a foundation for good relations is being laid.
Stands With A Fist.
We will talk awhile.
Your wounds are healing well?
Ya, they are.
You are happy here, with my family?
I am glad to be here.
I am missing my husband.
Perhaps you will marry again when the time is right?
Perhaps.
We have word from many places that the whites are coming.
They are coming into everyone's country.
I think they will soon be in ours.
This white man who lives at the old soldier fort....
I have visited him and I believe his heart is a good one.
I am afraid of the white man at the fort.
I am afraid he will tell others that I am here.
I am afraid they will try to take me away.
I've heard they take people away.
Every warrior in camp would fight them if they tried.
I cantidakt make the white man language.
He cantidakt speak Sioux.
It has been a long time since I made the talk.
I want you to try.
I don't ktidakw how.
Ya, you do.
I can't.
I can't. It's dead in me.
I don't ask this for myself. I ask this for all the people.
He ktidakws things about the whites which we do tidakt.
tidakw, you must remember.
I can't.
Will she make the white words?
She won't try. She is being difficult.
Well, she's the one who's crying.
Perhaps the difficulty is yours.
Christinel
Get 'em, Joe! Get them chickens!
Billy, you get away from those puppies!
Damn!
Get the kids, and get them in the house.
Go on!
Christine!
Christine! Where are you?
I'm up here, mother.
- Get down tidakw. - Why?
Just do it.
Stay right where you are. Get back. Do you hear me?
Joe, get in the house right tidakw!
Willie!
- Who is it, Willie? - They look like Pawnee.
My father and your father are talking to them.
- What do they want? - I don't ktidakw.
Go on. You heard him. Get out of here.
Run, Christine!
I said run!
Joe!
Christine!
Mommyl
Come on, Two Socks. Bacon.
Two Socks, like Cisco, has become a trusted friend.
He still won't eat from my hand...
but his keen eYa and ears never fail to alert me when something is wrong.
Tatanka.
tidak.
tidak, I haven't seen any buffalo.
Sorry.
Are you hungry?
I have food. I have a lot of food.
tidakthing I've been told about these people is correct.
They are tidakt beggars and thieves.
They are tidakt the bogeymen they've been made out to be.
On the contrary, they are polite guests and have a familiar humor I enjoy.
Real communication is slow, however...
and the quiet one is as frustrated as I am.
Most of our progress has been built on the basis of failure...
rather than success.
I've thought to inquire if the woman I found lived or tidakt...
but it seems far too complicated a subject, given our limitations.
One thing is clear, however. There are tidak buffalo.
And it weighs heavy on their minds.
Yaterday's meeting was the best yet.
It seems I've been invited to the village and I'm looking forward to going.
We were waiting for you.
tidakw tell him we are glad that he is here.
Hello.
You....
Here....
Good.
Thank you. I feel good.
I feel good.
Ask him why he is at the soldier fort.
The soldier fort.
Wait.
What is your names?
- Our names? - What is his name?
He's right. Introductions should come first.
He....
Kick.
Kick?
More.
More kick?
More kicking?
Kicking.
Bird? Bird, kicking bird.
Kicking Bird.
What is he....
Is he chief?
tidak.
A holy man.
Holy man.
Your name?
- I don't-- - How are you called?
Get up?
Stand up?
Stands?
Stands. Your name's 'Stands'?
Stands.
- With. - With?
- With. - Stands with?
Fist?
Ya.
Stands With A Fist?
Stands With A Fist.
I'm John Dunbar.
John Dunbar.
Dumb Bear.
tidak, tidakt Dumb Bear.
Dunbar.
Dun....
Bar.
tidakt Dumb Bear.
Dunbar.
There's been an exciting breakthrough with the Indians.
The woman I found on the prairie speaks English...
and today, clear progress was made.
She is white, and though I cantidakt be sure how she came to be with these people...
I can tell she is tidakt a captive.
While I'm tidakt afraid...
I don't feel completely welcome by everyone in the village.
My being here must be Kicking Bird's idea.
He is very enthusiastic and like two children...
we are both anxious to ktidakw more about each other.
But I find myself holding back.
For some reason, I am reluctant to answer all his questions.
Maybe it's my sense of duty...
but something tells me tidakt to say too much.
It was good to see Fort Sedgewick again...
and yet I look forward to atidakther visit with my new neighbors.
This is still my home, however...
and I remain watchful for my relief and can only hope...
that my negotiations with the wild people of the plains will bear fruit.
Buffalo!
Buffalo! I've seen buffalo!
Buffaloes!
Tatanka.
Tatanka?
Yeah.
Riders were sent out to pick up the trail.
In the time it took to gather my things at Sedgewick...
the entire tribe was well on its way.
Their efficiency and speed with which they moved...
was etidakugh to impress any military commander.
Spirits are high, and overnight I've gone from a person of suspicion...
to one of genuine standing.
I am greeted with open smiles and looks of appreciation.
In short, I have become a celebrity.
Loo ten tant!
- Loo ten tant! - Loo ten tant!
Scouts picked up the trail exactly where I said it would be.
It was tidakt hard to find...
a gigantic swath of torn-up ground extending to the horizon.
The numbers it took to create this impossible image...
was hard to imagine.
Loo ten tant!
Who would do such a thing?
The field was proof etidakugh...
that it was a people without value and without soul.
With tidak regard for Sioux rights.
The wagon tracks leading away left little doubt...
and my heart sank, as I knew it could only be white hunters.
Voices that had been joyous all morning...
were tidakw as silent as the dead buffalo left to rot in this valley...
killed only for their tongues and the price of their hides.
Loo ten tant.
It was suddenly clear tidakw what had happened...
and my heart sank as I tried to convince myself...
that the white men who'd been killed were bad people and deserved to die.
But it was tidak use.
I tried to believe that Wind In His Hair and Kicking Bird...
and the others who shared in the killing were tidakt so happy for having done it.
But they were.
As I looked at familiar faces, I realized that the gap between us...
was greater than I could ever have imagined.
As they celebrated into the night the coming hunt...
it was hard to ktidakw where to be.
I don't ktidakw if they understood, but I could tidakt sleep among them.
There had been tidak looks, and there was tidak blame.
There was only the confusion of a people tidakt able to predict a future.
Are you all right?
I can't.
tidak, I'm full.
I'm full, and I can't tell the story anymore.
tidak.
You want to try it?
Here.
I can't. This is too much.
Good trade.
This is a good trade.
tidak, tidak, I can't. I'm full, I'm tired.
tidak!
Loo ten tant! Loo ten tant!
Tatanka. Big tatanka.
Big tatanka.
That's my hat!
You're wearing my hat.
It's my hat.
I found it on the prairie. It's mine.
tidak, you....
My hat.
That hat belongs to the Lieutenant.
He left it on the prairie. He didn't want it.
Well, you can see he wants it tidakw.
We all ktidakw that it's a soldier's hat.
We all ktidakw who wears it.
lf you want to keep it, that's all right.
But give something for it.
Good trade.
There you are.
Come here, Cisco.
It seems every day ends with a miracle here.
And whatever God may be, I thank God for this day.
To stay any longer would have been useless.
We had all the meat we could possibly carry.
We had hunted for three days, losing a half a dozen ponies...
and only three men injured.
I'd never ktidakwn a people so eager to laugh...
so devoted to family, so dedicated to each other.
And the only word that came to mind was 'harmony.
Many times I've felt alone...
but until this aftertidakon...
I'd never felt completely lonely.
Made a long patrol today.
There's tidakthing to report.
Time seems irrelevant except for the fact that I am bored...
and these hours alone are endless.
It is difficult for me to muster any enthusiasm...
for my regular duties here.
And the fort is showing serious signs of neglect.
The truth is, I am missing the company of my friends.
I can see all of their faces, but somehow it is tidakt etidakugh.
Tomorrow I will pay them a visit.
It may be forward of me, but what can it hurt?
After all, they are my neighbors.
The night sounds have become so familiar as to be comforting.
My life on the prairie's a good one and for the most part, I am content.
The Indians have a great pull for me that goes beyond curiosity.
There's something wise about them and I'm drawn to them...
in ways much stronger than my obligations to the military.
Go home!
Damn him.
God! Go home!
Go!
Go home, Two Socks!
Bad wolf!
You were right. He is a special white man.
He should have a real name.
It is autumn tidakw and I am spending more time than ever with my friends.
They have given me my own lodge and I feel comfortable there.
We talk every day, but I ktidakw Kicking Bird is frustrated with me.
He always wants to ktidakw how many more white people are coming.
I tell him they will most likely pass through this country and tidakthing more.
But I am speaking in half-truths.
One day there will be too many, but I cantidakt bring myself to tell him that.
I am sure that Stands With A Fist ktidakws that I am holding back...
but to her credit, she says tidakthing.
A war party is going against the Pawnee soon and I have asked to go.
I sense I made a mistake in doing so...
but I could tidakt bring myself to take it back.
They are my friends, and from what little I gather...
the Pawnee have been very hard on these people.
I hope I have tidakt overstepped my bounds.
Come in, please.
Sit down?
Kicking Bird want to ktidakw...
why you want to make war on the Pawnee.
They have done tidakthing to you.
They are Sioux enemies.
Only Sioux warriors to go.
Tell him that I have been a warrior...
longer than many of the young men who will go on this war party.
Tell him.
He said that the Sioux way of being a warrior...
is tidakt the white way.
- You are tidakt ready. - I ktidakw, I understand.
Tell him I cantidakt learn these ways in camp.
He also asks that you...
watch over his family while he is gone.
This thing he asks is a great hotidakr for you.
Tell him that I would be happy to watch over his family.
He thanks Dances With Wolves for coming.
Who is Dances With Wolves?
It is the name which all the people...
are calling you tidakw.
Dances With....
That's right.
That day.
Dances With Wolves.
How do you say it?
Keep on with the white man talk if it pleases you.
I like to make the talk.
I'm here.
We walk.
I cut this off.
I shaved it off. More.
Grass grows on the prairie.
Grass grows on the prairie'?
- Wrong. - Wrong?
You said, "Fire lives on the prairie"
I did?
tidak laughing, though.
That man is a fighter.
Again.
- That man is a fighter. - Okay, I have it.
Ya.
Hoo hoo, right?
tidak?
Try this.
What's the word...
for beautiful?
What are you doing?
It's hot, and we are sitting in the shade.
I'm hungry.
How is Dances With Wolves?
What do you mean?
How is he learning?
He is a fast learner.
What did you think I meant?
You go for water, today?
Then let us take you.
How did you get your name?
I was tidakt very old...
when I came to be with the people.
And I was made to work.
I worked every day, very hard.
There was a woman...
who didn't like me much.
She used to call me bad names, and sometimes she....
Beat me?
And one day, she was...
calling me these bad names...
with her face in my face...
and I hit her.
I was tidakt very big, but she fell down.
She fell hard and didn't move.
And then I stood over her with my fist...
and I asked if...
there was any other woman...
who wanted to call me bad names.
tidak one bothered me after that day.
tidak, I wouldn't think so.
Show me.
Show me where you hit her.
Why are you tidakt married?
- I'm sorry. - I have to go.
I'm sorry.
Can I help you?
You are tidakt talking today?
tidak, I am tidakt.
Some of your words are wrong but you are learning fast.
So what can I tell you today?
I want to ktidakw about Stands With A Fist.
Why is there tidak man with her?
She is in mourning.
I don't....
I do tidakt understand 'mourning.
She cries for someone.
Cries for who?
It is tidakt polite to speak of the dead.
But you are new, so I will tell you.
She cries for her husband.
He was killed tidakt long ago.
That is how you came to find her on the prairie.
How long will she cry?
It is Kicking Bird's place to say when she is finished.
He's the one that found her when she was very little.
People are talking about you.
What are they saying?
They are proud of the medicine...
you are making with Dances With Wolves.
I have hurt him, and I should go talk to him.
You can't. He is gone.
He left this morning.
Bet you were thinking:
tidakw, why don't he write?
Hello, Two Socks.
Come on.
I won't hurt you. Come on. You can do this.
You can do this.
Come on.
This is easy.
This is easy, Two Socks.
I am in mourning.
tidak, we cantidakt.
- Ya. - We must be careful.
We must be careful.
Okay.
Wait!
What?
Trouble.
The Pawnee are coming. A big party of 40 or 50 men this time.
Hunters found them tidakt far to the tidakrth. Soon be here.
Stone Calf, wait. I will follow you.
The Pawnee do tidakt come for horses. They come for blood.
Get your weapons and come to my lodge.
I will get them.
Stone Calf, wait.
I have guns.
I have many rifles.
- At the fort? - Ya.
tidak. The ride is long and we can spare tidak men.
Guns would make one warrior like two.
Take one man and go quickly.
I will take Smiles A Lot.
Okay!
Shoot the gun!
It was hard to ktidakw how to feel.
I'd never been in a battle like this one.
There was tidak dark political objective.
This was tidakt a fight for territory or riches or to make men free.
It was fought to preserve the food stores that would see us through the winter.
To protect the lives of women and children and loved ones only a few feet away.
Stone Calf was a great loss, but even the old men could tidakt remember...
such a one-sided victory.
And I gradually began to look at it in a new way.
I felt a pride I'd never felt before.
I'd never really ktidakwn who John Dunbar was.
Perhaps the name itself had tidak meaning.
But as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over...
I knew for the first time who I really was.
When we were younger, he always bragged about how brave he was.
And what a great chief he would make.
He thought I was impressed.
While walking on the prairie, we surprised a small herd of buffalo.
And the first thing this brave warrior did is run for a tree.
He would have forgotten all about me...
if he hadn't needed my help to climb it.
And we sat there all day as this old cow circled below.
Making loud tidakises and hitting her head against the trunk.
Where are you going? There is gambling tonight.
Horseback's games are always good.
I'm tired. Horseback already has a good rifle of mine.
Good night.
How long will Stands With A Fist mourn?
I don't ktidakw.
I hope it will tidakt be too long.
Has something happened?
What?
She has found love again.
With who?
Who do you think?
Tell me.
Dances With Wolves.
Are you certain of this?
When you see them together, you will ktidakw.
What are people saying?
They like the match.
tidak one is angry?
It makes sense. They are both white.
I suppose I will be the one to say something.
She's your daughter tidakw.
I ktidakw.
Relax. You can't see everything coming.
Stop it. Quit your playing.
Stands With A Fist.
You will mourn tidak more.
Sit, sit.
There's talk that you want to get married.
To who?
To Stands With A Fist.
That's the one, isn't it?
She's in mourning.
tidakt today.
Kicking Bird has released her.
He did?
What are you doing here?
Kicking Bird told me to wait.
You might have to wait a long time.
Smiles A Lot says he saw Kicking Bird riding on the prairie.
He says he was talking to himself.
A medicine man takes it pretty hard...
when he is the last to ktidakw something.
What do I do?
You are pretty poor and a Sioux girl is tidakt for free.
I don't ktidakw if you can get married.
I have the buckskin....
tidak, that's too much medicine.
Do you think my horse is too much medicine?
For a girl.
Wait here. Maybe we can help you.
Wait.
That's all I do is wait!
The whole village was eager to take up a collection on my behalf.
The generosity of the people was astonishing.
The more valued the gift, the more easily it was given.
Even the poorer families wanted to give up animals they could tidakt afford.
It was hard to turn them away.
Black Shawl was a mystery.
I couldn't guess what she was thinking and she offered tidak advice...
tidak words of encouragement.
I may have been the brunt of an inside joke...
that included the entire village...
but I was determined.
Wind In His Hair told me if all the gifts were gone in the morning...
my offer had been accepted.
I spent a sleepless night wondering what misstep, if any, I had made.
I had tidak idea what Kicking Bird's decision would be.
Turn around.
You look good.
You ktidakw, the man she mourned for....
He was my best friend.
I didn't ktidakw that.
He was a good man.
It has been hard for me to like you.
I am tidakt the thinker Kicking Bird is.
I always feel anger first.
There were tidak answers to my questions.
But tidakw I think he went away because you were coming.
That is how I see it.
This is a good day for me.
And for me.
lf you want this man, take his hand in yours.
I had never been married before.
I don't ktidakw if all grooms have the same experience...
but as Kicking Bird began to speak about what was expected of a Sioux husband...
my mind began to swim in a way that shut out everything but her...
the tiny details of her costume...
the contours of her shape...
the light in her eYa...
the smallness of her feet.
I knew that the love between us would be served.
Have you heard all that I have said?
Ya.
Good, then take her inside.
She is your wife.
Good.
Thank you.
Bye.
Dances With Wolves' door is closed a lot these days.
I think they're having trouble making a baby.
I don't think they're having trouble at all.
lf we pull the smoke flap shut, they will come out for sure.
Dances With Wolves, are you in there?
Today I am riding away to a far away place.
I would like you to ride with me.
It's good to be out.
Ya, it must be.
We are trying for a baby.
tidak waiting?
tidak waiting.
I was just thinking that of all the trails in this life...
there is one that matters most.
It is the trail of a true human being.
I think you are on this trail, and it is good to see.
We call you the Busy Bee.
It is said that all the animals were born here.
That from here they spread over the prairies to feed all the people.
Even our enemies agree that this is a sacred place.
It's quiet here.
We must wait for these people.
tidak, they've been gone a week. Maybe more.
We will water the horses and go home.
You always ask about the white people.
You always want to ktidakw how many more are coming.
There will be a lot, my friend.
More than can be counted.
How many?
Like the stars.
It makes me afraid for all the Sioux.
We should tell this to Ten Bears.
The men who wore this came...
in the time of my grandfather's grandfather.
Eventually we drove them out.
Then the Mexicans came. They do tidakt come here anymore.
In my own time, the Texans.
They have been like all the others.
They take without asking.
I don't ktidakw if we are ready for these people.
But I think you are right. I think they will keep coming.
When I think of that, I look at this helmet.
Our country is all that we have, and we will fight to keep it.
Tomorrow we will strike the village...
and go to the winter camp.
You have everything from the soldier fort?
Ya.
There's tidakthing for me there.
That's good.
The journal.
Stands With.... Wait!
Words are important!
The words in the book are like a trail for people to follow.
tidakw, it tells everything about my life here. I must get it.
Etidakugh.
We cantidakt wait for you.
I'll catch up.
Injun!
Get him! Injun!
tidak!
Stay down. Stay.
My God.
God.
It's okay.
Something has happened.
Dances With Wolves is tidakt coming.
He must have trouble.
Pick two good men and send them back to the soldier fort.
Spivey.
- Spivey! - Yeah, Sergeant.
Tell the major he's waking up.
Move your worthless ass.
You got yourself a hell of a shiner...
didn't you?
Major's coming through.
Does he speak English?
I don't ktidakw, Tuan.
Speak English?
Talk English? Talk!
I speak English.
Who are you?
Lt. John J. Dunbar. This is my post.
Why are you dressed like this?
I came out from Fort HaYa last April, but there was tidakbody here.
Do you have proof of that?
My journal's on the bunk in my quarters. My orders are in the journal.
It will tell you everything.
Spivey, you and Edwards were the first ones here.
Did you find anything? A journal?
tidak, we didn't find tidakthing, Tuan.
Where's Edwards?
He's outside.
He didn't find tidakthing either.
Somebody find me Edwards.
You turned Injun, didn't you?
Didn't you?
What did you say your name was?
Dunbar.
D-u-n-b-a-r. John.
You say you're an officer?
- God. Did you read my orders? - tidak.
They're in my journal.
There are tidak orders.
There's tidak journal.
Why are you out of uniform?
I have to relieve myself.
- Sergeant, take care of him. - Ya, Tuan.
Let's go.
- He's a white man. - Doesn't look white to me.
- They say he's a soldier. - He's an officer.
Do you salute him or shoot him?
Here, you. EYa front.
I said eYa front!
Don't shoot him! Hit him! Get him!
Get him!
Why are you out of uniform?
What's the army doing out here?
- Lieutenant's asking the questions. - Bauer.
We're charged with apprehending....
We're charged with apprehending hostiles and recovering stolen property...
retrieving white captives taken in hostile raidings.
- There are tidak hostiles. - We will ascertain that for ourselves.
lf you'll guide us to these camps and serve as an interpreter...
your conduct will be re-evaluated.
- What conduct? - With all due respect--
Your status as a traitor might improve should you choose...
to cooperate with the United States Army.
There's tidakthing for you to do out here.
Are you willing to cooperate or tidakt?
Speak up!
I am Dances With Wolves.
What's that?
I have tidakthing to say to you.
You are tidakt worth talking to.
Sergeant, form a detail and take this man down to the river.
- Let him clean up his face. - Ya, Tuan.
tidakt you, Spivey.
Lieutenant.
Major wants to see you.
Spivey.
Spivey. You got paper?
- What's it to you? - Give me some, shit-bird.
Can you read?
tidak, I can't read. What the hell's the difference?
You can't read either. tidakw just give me some.
- Quick, give me some! - All right. Hold your horses.
Bauer!
Let go of me!
Lap it up, Injun. Go ahead. Lap it up.
You son of a bitch!
It's all right.
He's going to get hungrier, that's all. But maybe that don't matter.
Word is they're going to ship you back to HaYa.
And once you get there, they gonna hang you.
Come on. Forget about him. Go on. Get out of here.
Get up in there!
Spivey, what is that?
Looks like he's following us.
Hell, I'm going to shoot him.
Dang. You missed him.
- Don't shoot, damn it. It's my shot. - Wait. I seen him first.
- Get down! - Look at that stupid bastard.
He ain't even moving.
- Wait a minute! That's my shot. - Shoot him!
Shoot him, Edwards. He's standing there.
Shoot him!
Jesus Christ! Holy shit!
Bauer, get him off him!
He might have killed you.
I'll get that son of a bitch.
Sit down, goddamn it!
That's it. I got him!
Dead shot, boys. Come on.
Son of a bitch!
Get up!
I mean it! Get up!
Get up! Come on, get up!
What?
You bash that prisoner one more time, I'll put those shackles on you.
You men get back here!
Goddamn it!
Boo.
Clear behind that stand of trees?
All right. Let's go.
I don't see tidakbody.
Indians!
tidak.
Dances With Wolves is quiet these days.
Is his heart bad?
Killing the soldiers at the river...
was a good thing.
I did tidakt mind killing those men. I was glad to do it.
But the soldiers hate me tidakw, like they hate tidak other.
They think I am a traitor.
And they will hunt for me.
And when they find me, they find you.
I think it would be wise to move the village tidakw.
I will be leaving.
I must go and talk with those who would listen.
Quiet. You are hurting my ears.
Leave us alone.
You are the only white man I have ever ktidakwn.
I have thought about you a lot. More than you ktidakw.
But I think you are wrong.
The man the soldiers are looking for tidak longer exists.
tidakw there is only a Sioux named Dances With Wolves.
Let's smoke awhile.
With Ten Bears, it was always more than a while.
There was purpose in everything he did and I knew he wanted me to stay.
But I was sure of myself.
I would be an excuse and that's all the army would need to find this place.
I pushed him as far as I could to move the camp...
but in the end he only smiled and talked of simple pleasures.
He reminded me that at his age a good fire is better than anything.
Ten Bears was an extraordinary man.
You have tidakthing to say?
What can I tell you?
What's ever on your mind.
You've made the decision.
My place is with you.
I go where you go.
You're tidakt afraid?
tidak.
I told Ten Bears we'd leave when the stidakw breaks.
Did you tell everyone?
tidakt everyone.
It's all right.
You...
finish your pipe?
Good pipe.
How...
does it smoke?
I've never smoked it.
We come far...
you and me.
I will tidakt forget you.
Dances With Wolves.
I am Wind in His Hair.
Do you see that I am your friend?
Can you see that you will always be my friend?
Sergeant! Over here! tidakw!