( Men vocalizing )
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told. ♪
Narrator:
There were four gatling g*ns
With the infantry column
Supporting custer's
Seventh cavalry.
But custer didn't think
The gatling g*n important.
Had he waited, the battle
Of the little big horn
Might have turned
Into a m*ssacre
Of sitting bull
And his indian forces.
And it was ironic
That chief joseph,
Brilliant young leader
Of the nez perce tribe,
Thought better of
The gatling g*n
Than the white men
Who invented it.
Take gatling g*n
On the wagon.
Let the soldiers go.
Marshal earp?
Yes, sir?
I'm captain stewart.
I have a letter from
General sherman.
Yes, sir.
A secret matter.
It's probably what
We were talking about.
Why don't you check
The horses outside, hmm?
Sit down, captain.
( Door closes )
You, uh, trust
A cheyenne?
Captain, you probably
Have a letter
Telling me about the break
Out of nez perce in idaho.
Chief joseph stole
A gatling g*n
And , rounds
Of amm*nit*on.
You're right.
Mr. Cousin,
The cheyenne that
Just left here,
Knew about it
Before general sherman.
We can't let hostile indians
Keep a gatling g*n, sir.
Well, captain,
Mr. Cousin is my advisor
On indian affairs.
Why don't you give me
A few minutes to have
A powwow with him on this?
Certainly.
The general
Remembers you for
Having done him
A big favor.
Yeah, I sure did.
I kinda saved the general
From being imposed upon
To make a speech here
In dodge city.
I heard about that.
Why don't you join me
For lunch in about an hour
Over at the dodge house?
My pleasure, sir.
And bad white men
With some indians
Steal nez perce land
In idaho.
Chief joseph
Is smart young man.
He no go on w*r path.
He just make threat
To get land back.
That won't work.
Did you ever hear
Of indians getting
Their land back?
Then chief joseph fight.
You'd think he'd
Take ponies
For that gatling?
No. Not , .
I guess
I'm cornered.
You must talk
To joseph.
Did you ever hear
Of general sherman
When he loses
His temper?
Bad medicine.
Maybe if I make
My conditions tough enough
With general sherman,
He'll send somebody else.
You go find mr. Gibbs.
Tell him we may be
Long riders.
He'll know how
To pack for us.
And I want army scout
Credentials for
Mr. Cousin.
$ A day
For each of us--
Subsistence.
I must have
Complete freedom
From interference
From the army
Until I can report
To general sherman.
Granted.
What?
General sherman
Likes you very much.
He never forget
A man he likes.
Write your own
Ticket.
Good luck, marshal.
Thanks,
We'll need it.
Colonel, the army
Is sending a u.s.
Marshal
And an injun in
To make talk with
Joseph.
They're probably
At the fort by now.
Corporal, didn't you
Forget something?
Oh, that's right.
Excuse me, sir.
Well...
I'll let it go
This time.
But I want you men
To remember:
We're territorial
Militia.
You'll salute
Your officers
And observe the customs
Of the service.
Yes, sir.
Now go find
Major hanley for me.
Tell him to report
To me at once.
Major?
Major hanley?
The colonel wants
To talk to you!
Yeah! Just a second.
Right now!
Go finish saddling
His horse for him.
Y-yes, sir.
You keep your
Shirt on, mike.
You know, you've been
Overdoing this colonel
Stuff.
Oh?
- Indeed?
- Yeah.
You know,
We elected you colonel.
But the boys can hold
Another election.
Now, what's on
Your mind?
The regulars are sending
A u.s. Marshal
To powwow with the indians.
Get a detachment
And go arrest him.
Oh, just like that?
Mm.
And where are we
Supposed to find
This marshal?
Well, he and his scout
Just left the fort
According to sloppy--
I mean, uh, corporal...
- Nazrick.
- Yeah.
Well, they're probably
Headed for the badlands.
But if they were sent
By the regulars,
You sure we got
Authority?
I'll take care
Of that, joe.
You just go get 'em.
I guess it ain't such
A crazy notion at that.
We don't want no
Peacemaking with joseph.
All right, mike.
I and the boys
Will bring them in.
Why, now that's
Real kind of you, major.
Major?
We're a bunch
Of land grabbers,
The whole kit
And caboodle of us
And you grabbed
The most as usual.
Major?!
Militia.
Colonel, ha!
There.
What do you think
Of our chances of
Finding chief joseph?
Not good.
He will find us.
Yeah?
Why should he?
Chief joseph knows
All about us.
He is peaceful man.
He will want to hear
What general sherman
Say.
- Yeah well,
I sure hope that--
- ( Horses approaching )
Uh-oh.
Visitors.
Pony soldiers.
Well, if they are it's
The crummiest-looking outfit
Of cavalry I've ever seen.
Maybe we better run, eh?
No.
Looks like they might
Be those land grabbers
Colonel grimes
Warned me about.
I'm joe hanley.
Major hanley.
Territorial militia
Of idaho.
Howdy.
My name's earp.
United states
Deputy marshal.
This is mr. Cousin,
My scout.
Well, for once,
Big mike got it straight.
I'm sorry, but we've
Got orders to arrest you.
Whose orders?
Colonel dunfey.
He's our commanding officer.
Did you check with
Colonel grimes at the fort?
Take him.
His name's earp.
He says
The regulars ain't
Gonna like this, mike.
It's colonel dunfey.
Now if you and your men
Will excuse us, major.
All right, but you
Better be sure of
What you're doing.
Come on.
We're a militia outfit.
I haven't shaken him
Down to discipline yet.
Hm. Well, you have
No authority as militia.
Who says I haven't?
Colonel grimes,
Fort boise.
Says you're bunch
Of land grabbers,
Stole half of idaho
From the nez perce.
I don't like
Your accusation, sir.
Well, I don't like
Being arrested by
A bunch of thieves.
Why you indian-loving
Whipper snap--
Ah!
Guard guard!
Well, sh**t him!
sh**t him!
No, you fat fool.
He's a prisoner
Till the boys
Can vote on
This deal.
Mike:
Now you've all heard what
Joe hanley had to say.
But his argument,
My friends, plays
Right into the hands
Of those indian-loving
Pumpkin heads back east.
Now we settled
This range.
We staked our claim
On it.
What have the indians
Ever done for idaho?
- Nothin'.
- ( Men murmuring )
They use it for
Buffalo hunting ground,
Then go off into
Montana and the dakotas.
No, sir.
We're the true pioneers,
- The real settlers.
- That's right.
Now we're not letting any
Regular army tell us what
To do.
We're gonna fight for
Our homes and our land.
And if anybody
Don't like it--
( g*nshots )
Indians!
Fall in.
Fall in!
Nez perce.
Chief joseph sure
Got this thing organized.
( g*nf*re continues )
Ask him if I could
Talk to chief joseph.
We talk, but not here,
Marshal earp.
My warriors sh**t
In air.
We do not want to fight
Land grabbers or k*ll them.
We leave now.
Let's go.
Where are they?
Where are they?
I don't know!
Why don't you
Go find them?
Marshal, the nez perce
Have never k*lled one
Of your people.
Our cheyenne brother
Will tell you it is so.
True.
The nez perce belong
In wallowa valley,
Mr. Earp.
Land grabbers make
Government move them
To lapwai reservation.
General sherman
Has promised to take
This to president grant.
White soldiers
And indian warriors
Understand.
But men who still
Have valley in oregon,
Have only greed
And hatred.
Didn't your men
Steal a gatling g*n?
White bird
And rainbow do that.
They want to fight.
The nez perce have
No big chief, mr. Earp.
They all have right
To vote for peace...
Or w*r.
My brother
Julio coto and I
Vote to move tribe
To canada.
We have been
Laughed at.
Mr. Cousin,
Will you please explain
To chief joseph
What is in my heart?
Mr. Earp is sad.
He must tell you
The truth.
Let him speak.
General sherman
Wants the g*n returned.
He also wants
The nez perce to return
To the lapwai reservation
While he's explaining this
To president grant.
I think the canada idea
Is bad.
All the white settlements
Between here and canada
Will be up and arms
Yelling for the army.
You mean there is
No land for indian.
Except for what
Your people do not want.
Right now, yes.
Later on, the people
Who are ashamed of how
The indians have
Been treated,
Will see that you
Get a better deal.
Later on?
How long, mr. Earp?
...
, Perhaps years.
You tell the hard truth.
Too hard, mr. Earp.
I cannot lie
To this man.
We will give g*n back.
We will take g*n
To fort boise.
( Shouting in
Native american language )
( Speaking in
Native american language )
It's a long way
To the fort.
Those land grabbers--
They call themselves
Militia--
Have to
Be dealt with.
But how?
Earp:
Can your men
Operate that g*n?
Joseph:
Not well, no.
That's why warrior chiefs
Give me g*n.
When something
Requires thought,
I'm appointed big chief.
But I am never
Big chief for long.
What is thought compared
To winchesters and fast ponies?
And the coup stick?
Well, what are you
Stalling for, mike?
You won your vote
To go after the injuns.
We don't know
The terrain, major.
If you ask me, I think
They went up into oregon.
Have the trumpeter
Sound officers' call.
Oh, your memory's bad.
That fool dutchman
Lost his bugle.
Well, tell him
To whistle it.
Do something!
Assemble them!
( g*nshots )
We're att*cked!
Yeah, sounds like
A gatling g*n.
Indians!
Form a line
Of skirmishers!
It is a gatling g*n!
All right,
Give them another burst.
Closer this time.
We'll all be k*lled!
Oh no, we won't!
Hold your fire!
Hold it!
( g*nf*re ceases )
Where'd joseph
Get the gatling g*n?
None of your business.
He's agreed to
Take it back
To the fort.
We can't fight
That w*apon.
Is this a demand
For surrender?
No.
For peace.
I've guaranteed
The chief safe conduct
Back to fort boise.
I want your word
You won't interfere
With us.
Well--
Tell him yes, mike.
If they don't m*ssacre us
With that gatling g*n,
They can whip us
In a running fight.
Very well.
( Clears throat )
You have my word
As colonel of militia.
Good.
You see that
You keep it.
Because, mister,
Next time,
The indians are
Gonna sh**t to k*ll.
All right, men.
Dismissed.
Fall out.
Oh, go away!
They'll have to use
The good trail for
That g*n.
We'll cut across
And bushwhack 'em
In piute canyon.
I gave him my word
As an officer and
A gentleman.
You ain't neither one.
That injun-lover
Will report on us
To the regulars.
And if joseph
Really does break loose,
Old sherman
Won't help us any.
You got thousands of acres
Of good grazing land in idaho.
Want to give it back
To the injuns?
What? Hmm?
No no,
Of course you don't.
Do you think they
Will break their word?
Well, if they do,
They'll have a line
Across that canyon.
Then we ride
Into ambush.
You sound like
You don't much care.
Ambush.
Reservation where
We starved,
Prison stockade where
We die of sickness.
Perhaps ambush
Is a gift from
The great spirit.
Well, I don't like
People that break
Their word to me.
And I don't aim
To die quickly, chief.
Perhaps you and cheyenne
Should go on alone.
Chief joseph,
You're gonna have to
Surrender in the end.
You know that
And I know that.
But surrender
To the u.s. Army.
Not a bunch of
Land-grabbing renegades
Who stole your valley.
If it must be.
Your heart is good
And you have hope.
Tell me what to do.
Well sir, if I was
The chief of the nez perce,
I'd never send my men
Under the flat of a canyon.
I'd divide my warriors
And send them along
Both sides
Of those ridges.
And the gatling?
I'd take that to
Higher ground too.
And use it to k*ll,
Marshal?
You have a right
To defend your lives
When you're obeying
The law.
Now mr. Cousin and I
Have army orders to
Return the gatling g*n.
We're moving to
Higher ground, mr. Cousin.
You and I will be
In charge of the gatling g*n.
Ambush?
Maybe.
But this time
If they jump us,
We'll sh**t to k*ll.
I hope they
Do not jump us.
Yeah, me too.
Now this is
My decision, chief.
If we do run
Into trouble,
I'll take the
Responsibility.
Don't you join
The fight until
I yell for you.
We will come fast.
( Shouts in
Native american language )
( Speaks in
Native american language )
Halt!
Dismount!
Hide your horses
In the brush.
Hurry up, men.
I don't mind
k*lling a few injuns.
But I don't know
About a u.s. Marshal.
They won't even
Find his grave.
Up there, mike.
It's that marshal
And his scout
Trying to make
A sneak.
We can't let them
Get away with that g*n.
Detachment!
Get that g*n.
Rush them!
Pull up in there!
Pull up in there,
Hurry up!
Here.
Unharness the horses.
I help fight.
Put them over there!
Take care of the horses.
What's the matter,
You men?
I told you to charge.
Get that g*n!
Come on, men!
Get in there!
- Rush 'em!
- Come on, you soldiers!
Get in there!
Give up! You ain't got a chance!
Come on,
Charge 'em!
Charge 'em!
Crawl to his flank.
He can't turn
That g*n sideways.
Come on!
Hurry it up, men.
It's too hot.
Cease firing.
Bugler,
Sound the retreat.
We ain't got
No bugle.
Halt, or I'll sh**t closer!
Everybody out
Of here!
Yeah, head for
Your horses!
( g*nf*re continues )
Joseph! Joseph!
Indians!
k*ll 'em, k*ll 'em!
No no!
Cease firing!
Cease firing!
Stop sh**ting!
Stop! Stop!
- Stop sh**ting!
- We surrender.
All right, I'm gonna
Take your men back
To the fort.
You can explain
Your story to colonel
Grimes there.
No.
I ask you,
Turn them loose.
These men stole your land
And tried to k*ll me.
I am sick of argument.
Fighting, k*lling.
I beg this of you,
Marshal.
There's a mistake,
Joseph.
Other chiefs hear this,
They will go on w*r path.
We accept no favors
From indians.
Shut up, mike.
They could have scalped
Every one of us.
Marshal,
Indian is taught
To show no mercy in w*r.
That is wrong.
Grant me this gift
Of mercy.
All right.
Take your men on back
To oregon.
I give you my word
As an officer and
A gentleman.
Your word's no good,
Mister!
Chief joseph and his men
Are gonna escort me
Close enough to the fort
So you can't bushwhack
Me again.
Now bury your dead
And get out of here.
Thanks, earp.
Thank you, chief.
It's a better deal
Than we deserve.
I wish I could
Promise you justice.
But you won't
Get that.
But I do want you
To believe that
There are many
White men
Who have
A bad conscience.
Like I said before,
There will still be
Many years
Until the indians are
Treated as human beings.
I understand that now.
Well, chief,
We're close enough
To the fort now.
All right, my friend.
If you hear that
The nez perce tried
To escape to canada,
Think kindly of us.
We have no place to go.
I'll make a full report
To general sherman.
Chief, the world is often
A place of cruelty
And injustice to men
Of all colors.
But us christians
Believe that
All will be
Treated fairly
In the paradise of god.
What you say is true.
I will think of it
Many times.
( Speaks in
Native american language )
♪ Well, he cleaned up
The country ♪
♪ The old wild west country
♪ He made
Law and order prevail ♪
♪ And none can deny it
♪ The legend of wyatt
♪ Forever will live
On the trail ♪
♪ Wyatt earp, wyatt earp
♪ Brave, courageous and bold
♪ Long live his fame
♪ And long live his glory
♪ And long may
His story be told ♪
♪ Long may his story...
♪ Be told. ♪