03x21 - The Tom Tuckett Story

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The story of Tom Targett

properly belongs here
along the banks of the river in 1854.

He was ten years old.

He had another sound, a little devil roar.

At your throat.

Artemis With dogs and g*ns,

they don't need assistance from the.

Likes of you mind.

You're not a sound.

You know what a fire is?

You get it?

Bring it here.

Some food You haven't eaten for two days.

You mind what I say?

You bring me what I need
and don't tell anybody what you're doing.

Creeping your house in the dark and I.

Roast you alive.

I want to know more.

Back to Tuck, sir.

Tuck.

I did better than that for you.

What's the rest of it?

Tom took?

Which father do.

My fathers did? And my mother.

Who's raising.

My sister. To.

I won't forget you, Tom.

Oh, sir, I wish you would

put that.

Ha ha.

You run along home now, boy.

I won't bother you. So

keep my.

File.

You can't.

My file.

Major Adams? Yes.

My name is Tucker.

Tom Tucker.

Well,
Tom Tucker, I'm sure glad to see you.

All right, guys.
I was told to present myself to you.

I've been expecting you for a week.

Well, a trip from New York took longer
than I would have believed.

Possible.

I was told by you, wagon and supplies

and get a driveway for an all. Yes. Here.

This will tell you where you're supposed
to go when you get to San Francisco.

I don't suppose you're going to tell me
who made these arrangements?

Well, they were made
by an attorney in Saint Louis. Yes.

They're always made by an attorney
somewhere.

I was given to understand

that your benefactor didn't want his
or her identity made know.

Just out of curiosity, measure.

Do you know who it is?

Well, son, if I did, I wouldn't tell you.

I know it's always the same as well.

Your wagons right down here.

I'll show it to you.

You know, Major,
when I was still a youngster,

a lawyer
suddenly appeared at our home in Kansas

and told my sister
that I had a mysterious benefactor

who wanted me to be well-educated
and have a good start in life.

Well, we asked then who the benefactor was
and got the same answer

you just gave me. I was 15 years ago.

It's a long time
to be getting the same frustrating answer.

Yes, I suppose it is, but you don't seem
to have suffered any by it.

Oh, no, I can't say as I have.

I've been raised
by a series of schoolmasters.

I've had not only the necessities
but many of the luxuries of life.

Now there's another one for you.
Your wagon.

Well, that's very nice.

Driver.

I heard his name.

The West single is an old tyrant.
He's a good man.

Oh, yes.

There's some friends of yours from your
hometown, traveling with the train.

A miss Stevenson and her niece, Elizabeth.

Gosh, Two girls.

And they're just four wagons down
if you want to see them.

You know,
I wonder if Miss Stevenson could.

Beat the wagons down.

Well, thank you, Major.

Is this the Stevenson wagon.

To. Elizabeth?

It's good to see you talk, Alice.

What?

Is that all you have to say to me
after all these years?

Well, you'd you be time.

I haven't seen you since you were.

Well, how old were you the last time?

Stevenson brought you to New York? 14.

And you're going
to San Francisco, too? Yes.

I can't believe it.

Do you remember
the first thing you ever said to me

when you told me I was a common

little laboring boy with thick boots?

Well, I could hardly say
anything like that about you now.

Anyway, I've learned better manners.

I'm awfully glad to see you again,
Elizabeth.

Come in and see Miss Stevenson.

Can you imagine
going to California at her age?

What made you decide to go, Elizabeth?

Well, we're coming, Miss Stevenson.

She's been asking for you every day.

How did she know I was coming?

Major Adams told us when he found out
we were from the same town.

Hello, Miss Stevenson.

Well, talk.

Well, well.

So you're a man now.

You've improved since you were a boy.

I'll say that for you.

Do you find him improved, Elizabeth?

I find him charming.

Why wouldn't I?

Not so course and company.

You're surprised to find us
here, aren't you, Tuck?

Yes, I am.

I didn't think you'd ever leave
your house.

I didn't.

I brought it with me.

Look, about you.

One clock

I used to watch when I was young.

I stopped at the hour
when my heart stopped

beating.

When candelabra.

It used to light
the face that turned toward mine

to remind me that light can mask

a hundred treacherous

one pillow.

I wish I used to dream to remind me

that tears are the scalding aftermath
of dreams.

These from the walls that struck me.

And this is my house.

Look at it, Tuck.

It's what a man leaves a woman if she's a
silly creature who loves and trusts.

Who is all so long ago. Yes.

So long ago.

You've improved.

You've learned how to dress, how to talk,

how to look at a woman.

He's learned more than that.

He's a lawyer now who had a benefactor.

I'm told.

I was hoping you could tell me
the name of that benefactor, Mr.

Lonesome.

And Elizabeth.

Would you say Elizabeth had improved luck?

I would say Elizabeth is more beautiful

than even my memories.

That love her,

love her.

If she favors, you'll love her. Don't.

Please don't.

I adopted her to be loved.

I read her, educated her to be loved.

I love,

love,

love.

Love her.

When she was young and beautiful,

she stood waiting in her wedding gown,

waiting and waiting and waiting.

Finally, when she realized

she went into a room,
she shut the door and drew the curtains

and year after year she sat there, hating,

withering away.

When I was first sent to New York,
I thought perhaps

she'd made the arrangements.

She was the only one I knew. I mean.

Why would she do it?

Well, she
she seemed to like me as a boy like you.

She would destroy all men
if she thought she could.

Elizabeth.

The last time you were in New York,
I told you someday I'd come after you.

We were children.

I've loved you from the first moment
I saw you.

I have no comprehension of the word love.

It seems to me a delusion that people
grasp and cling to has no reality When.

You find it. It's the only reality.

I will never love anyone.

I've been brought up without a heart.

I can't believe that's
possible. And you're a fool.

Be warm talk.

I do not desire love
And I have no love to give.

I've been raised by a woman who wanted me

to learn just one thing how to hurt.

I've learned that lesson very well.

The man who loves me

will pay for the man who did not love her.

Forget me, Talk.

And that's the kind of thing
I'll ever say to you.

Forget you.

I thought I found a friend in you talk.

If you're not my friend
and I have no friend anywhere.

And I'm your friend.

I must be honest between friends.

Hear those drums?

Yeah. There. I don't.

I don't want in this part of the country.

They range from here to Canada to send.

And what about us? What kind of world?

We're going

to be in the territory
for the next 20 moons.

We want to.

Sam. Hell, does that mean?

I mean,
just somebody wants to keep track of us.

You think there's anything bothering him?

I don't know.
I haven't seen any sign of a w*r party.

But when I heard if I write up,
I hadn't seen what's going on.

I want to do that.

Oh, well,

here on Earth, as we call it.

Checking on those drums.

Yeah.

Glad to go with him
if there's any trouble.

Well, Colonel, I think of McCullough
getting into any trouble.

He's a lot better off alone
than he would be With a half a dozen U.

Cavalry boys riding along with it.

Alice, your outfit.

We're just passengers like anyone else.

I want to say
we're ready to help in any way we can.

Thanks a lot.
I hope we don't have to call on you.

The message you're

waiting for is come wagon train,
unite the whole country.

Good. I'm already.

You're in danger if you cross the border.

It's been 15 years.

Army offer a big bounty for your capture.

Even among Indians, it is known the.

Army's forgotten all about me by now.

Let the drummer share that Black Hawk

chief of the altar wall begs all tribes
to protect the life of Beckett.

Friend of all Indians.

Let the shoo
the Comanche, the Kiowa, the Cheyenne.

They all do. Well, watch over his journey.

And if he is in danger,
let all Indians rise up to protect him.

Watch him, guard him, protect him.

And if need be, attack.

Well, I thought you was at the border
a few more hours.

I didn't know you were watching tonight.
Why don't you tell somebody?

I'm just doing my own personal things,
that's why.

I'll be right
back. Never mind. Never mind.

Hey, Charlie.

I didn't know it was tonight.
It's not much night.

A man can have a personal time.
His own caddie.

You know, I wondered why you've not gone
quiet tonight.

Don't you sell them dirty things
that I've been part of my coach for hours.

Charlie, these calls aren't dirty.

You watched them for me Last mile.
Are you stopping now? You grip.

Stay with my underbrush.
What are you mad, White Castle?

You know, I saw a ruckus.

What's going on out
here? Johnny is washing clothes tonight.

Oh, jump rehearsal.

Fred, wait for me, big blabbermouth.
Look out, Charlie.

Oh, now you've got to spoil everything.

I've got it. Don't forget

why, Charlie, this is yours.

My, I'm not a doggone dirty trick.

That's what it is.

You like my watch
now, Charlie, you're not going to refuse

to show your soap and water with a buddy,
are you? Yes, I am.

Nobody shares our water with me.

Well,
we don't have any hot soap and water.

Shepard Bill, if we had soap and water,
we'd share it with Charlie, wouldn't we?

That's right. Charlie's our little pal.

Yeah, but remember one thing, you
little pal, He has two hands and two feet.

Yeah, we do. Heads to Charlie.

All right, keep it up.
Just keep it up. Keep one solemn ceremony.

Now, I want to look around here. Charlie.

You want your friends to be clean,
don't you?

Well, you don't want to be dirty
on the same night, do you?

One thing you can always say about Charlie
when he watches.

He watches what? I quit. I quit.

Why don't

you pick bullies, pick on somebody
your own time?

Well, I'll stick to one for a while

till it cools off.

The drums again.

Yeah, but these are Comanche drums.

It says somebody arrived at the camp.

Who arrived?

Who? They say arrived.

And only they know more about it
than I do.

They just said he arrived
safely over and over again.

He said.

Well, this is not a w*r party.

No, it isn't.

And we've got to check the camp anyway.

You take that side, I'll take this.

I Hello,

said Nat.

Nat Burkett.

Why, you son of a g*n?

I should have known the minute
I heard those drums.

I should have known.

Oh, it's good.

Now. You're a fool to come here.

I tried not to come.

I did my level best to stay away.

But once I knew the boy was on the
train, I just had to come.

Set. Howdy, Turner.

What's he like?
Oh, he's a fine looking boy.

I think he's in love.

Nat, you can't stay here.

I've got a bunch of cavalry officers
traveling with me.

Well, who's going to remember
after all these years? Who?

Anybody that ever saw you?

These men I reserve with me.

How do I know?

A couple of my senior officers.

They've been around a long time.

You don't think I'm going back
without seeing the boy?

You listen to me.

If the army ever gets his hands on you
again, you're going to hang me.

I can never go to San Francisco.

You know that.

I may never get another chance
to see the boy.

Is it worth risking your neck, your life?

Yes, it is.

What are you going to tell the boy?

The truth.

All right.

His wagons. Number 11 of the line.

Thanks, Seth.

Don't thank me.

If there was any way to stop you,
I'd sure stop you.

If there's any trouble,
I won't let you get involved.

And I'm not worried about me.

I'm worried about you, Warren.

And see if you got to get it over with.

But you stay out of sight of that camera,
You understand?

Talk.

I'm sorry.

I don't quite place.

Sit down.

Sit down.

But this isn't an easy moment
for either of us.

Well,

if you don't mind, I think some sort of
an explanation is in order.

Here.

What are you doing in my wagon?

What do you want?

I wanted a hundred times.

What? We'd have to sail
as small and finally arrive

now. Well, here it is.

And I don't know what to say.

Obviously,
you aren't going to be any help.

Well, who are you?

My name's Nat Burkett.

Am I supposed to recognize that name

here? Yeah.

I still haven't.

Yeah, that's the file that you brought me.

I kept it all these years.

You're. You're that convict.

The man I met in the marshes.

I told you I wouldn't forget you.

Well, it's if you've looked me up to thank
me, and it really isn't necessary.

And I'm sure you understand.

I really can wish
to renew our acquaintance.

Well,

you know, Tuck, my boy,

I'd never once occurred to me.

Look here. I'm sorry.

That sounded very rude and harsh.

I didn't mean it that way.

Maybe it's a

disappointing welcome after coming so far.

You're not the boy.

Well,

sit down.

How have you been living?

More than making an honest living.

I've had quite a nice business and furs.

I live in Canada now. Oh.

May I?

Makes a bold is to ask
how you've been doing since we met

on those lonely, shivering marshes. How?

Yes, how?

Well, I.

I came in some property.

By the mere environment.

Ask whose. Property?

Well, I don't actually know that either,

although I can really see that it's
any of your visit. It.

There was a guardian.

I think

there had to be a guardian
while you were a minor.

Was it a lawyer named Pennyworth?

Yes. Yes.

Then when Pennyworth died and Mr.

Miles took over for him,

you. You?

Yes. Letty,

I made you a gentleman.

I swore that time that you have made it.

Sure. As ever I earned a dollar.

That a dollar would go to you.

But why?

I needed help. You gave it to me.

Then on you were my son.

Your son?

That's the way I feel about.

Didn't
you just once think that it might be me?

Oh, no, no, no.

Never.

I've got a nice business for you
in San Francisco.

A partnership in the best
law firm in town.

You'll be going to San Francisco with me.

No, I can't do that.

I'm just going to ride along with you

for a day or two,
and then I've got to go back.

Don't worry.

I didn't come here to embarrass
you or cause you any trouble.

What do you expect to get.

Out of this?

Get out of this?

Well, yes.

You. You.

You paid for my life.

Planned.
Laid it out to suit yourself. You.

You must have some purpose.

You must expect something.

All right, my boy.

I'll tell you what I expect.

Satisfaction.

And how am I expected to furnish this?

You've already done it.

You're a rare satisfaction boy.

You've come a long way.

You're going a long way.

And I did it

when I was first over
the border in Canada.

I worked as a common laborer.

Quality would pass me by.

I think

I'm making a better gentleman
than you'll ever be.

I may not be a gentleman, but

I am the owner of such.

You're what I have made of you, Tuck.

That's my satisfaction.

I see

what you made of me.

I thought Mr.

Stephenson was my benefactor.

I thought

you'd sent me away to be educated
because she wanted me to marry Elizabeth.

It seems to me

you're disappointed.

I hope you didn't let not see what I see.

Well, how could I help it?

How would you like to have a convict
look at you and say that he made you,

that he owned you? Convict.

That's a strange word to apply in that,
but it does.

The last time I saw him,
he had a ball and chain around it.

And you were ten years old
and you brought him a file.

And for that,
he'll bless you the rest of his life.

And to repay you,
he gave you a life far and beyond anything

you had a right to expect.

Because of that, you're disappointed.
You dislike him.

You hate him.

I made you Adams.

I don't like myself any
more right now than you do.

Perhaps
eventually I'll be able to be grateful.

But at this moment, talk.

This is the most crucial moment
of your life. Boy.

Suddenly
all the loose ends are pulled together.

You've got the answers
you've wanted so long

you've got to face up to those answers.

Let me tell you something, Sonny.

Mr. Wilson is not your benefactor.

She never was.

She's not your friend. She never was.

She doesn't intend you to marry Elizabeth.

She never did.

As a matter of fact,

she's taking Elizabeth
to San Francisco to marry somebody else.

Marry? Yes.

That's not true.

She told me so herself. It can't be true.

It is true.

Talk.

I'm going to San Francisco to be married.

Oh, Why didn't you tell me?

I told you what I considered
to be far more important.

But I can never love anyone.

And you'd marry a man you don't love? Yes.

And you are with Miss

Stevenson created? Yes.

And I am with a convict.

Created a laboring boy wearing the clothes

and the manners of a gentleman.

My life and this moment,

no matter how long I may live.

My life is over now,

Tucker.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself.

Like I said, a man only begins to live
when he discovers the truth about himself.

My values have been false,

even my dreams False.

What else is left?

What's left is up to you.

As a matter of fact, it's the only thing
that's been completely left to you.

You ask for the truth.

You got it.

Now let's see what you can do with it.

But to be taken over

like a piece of merchandise is bought
and paid for by a common criminal.

And then to find.

Burkett is no common criminal.

Didn't he tell you anything about himself?

About his past life? No.

Didn't he tell you the risk he ran?

Coming here to see you risk?

If he's caught by the army, he'll hang.

What did he do?

In some people's eyes, he's a.

Just tell me, Major.

But in other people's eyes and I
number of myself among those other people.

He's not only not a criminal,
he's a master.

What did he do?

You'll have to ask him.

Major

Adams told me
you took quite a risk in coming here.

I asked him
what the charge was against you, and

he said I'd have to ask you.

Charge.

Charged with treason.

Treason?

Yeah.

A couple of days before you found me,

I'd been convicted by Army court martial.

The charges were false, of course. No.

I was guilty as charged.

You were guilty? Yes.

I've been sitting on that board
and judgment.

I would have had a pass down
the same verdicts myself.

You may as well know this to Larry.

I'm unrepentant.

If time were to roll back
and I had to face those moments again,

I still do exactly the same.

Well, what did you do?

That's more than 15 years now.

I was a lieutenant

stationed at an Army post
out here in the West

Times with troubles.

We had treaties with the Indians, but

we weren't paying very much attention
to our side of the bargain.

The results were pretty much
what you might expect.

Washington's and monopolies

didn't know the first thing
about dealing with the Indians.

Things got steadily worse.

Finally, Major

named Anderson came out to take charge

the most fanatical, sadistic man
would ever want to be.

Washington sent me out here to establish
order, and I intend to establish it.

Is that clear, Lieutenant Burkett?

Yes, sir.

Perfectly clear.
We're not dealing with human beings.

We're dealing with wild animals.

And that's the way
we're going to treat them.

I scouts

tell me there's a Cheyenne village
two days ride from here at Stormy Creek.

It doesn't amount to very much.

Mostly women and children.

The old people.

Maybe a few wounded bucks.

What are all available men in the saddle
at daybreak?

You're not planning to attack
a helpless village.

The Indians are going to find out
right now who's running this country.

Running it or annihilating it?

Lieutenant Burkitt.

I do not allow insolence in my command.

If you ever forget yourself again.

You'll be on your way to Fort Leavenworth.

Under arrest?

Yes, sir.

In five oil companies.

We right at daybreak?

Yes, sir.

My to believe you on.

Your friends, Lieutenant. Burkett.

The village is empty, sir.

Contemptible man.

I shall.

I escaped on my way to the Army prison.

Fort Leavenworth.

Guards in the prison wagon hated Anderson.

Maybe they made it easy for me to get away

there on a foggy night by that Kansas
River.

Little boy saved my life.

After I left,

you swam the river, and the Indians had me
in one of their villages.

Later on,
they passed me from village to village.

And till I ended up with the auto was on
the other side of the Canadian border.

I wondered if I'd been in your place,
if I'd have had your courage.

Thank you, my boy.

And what's the matter, Major?

You like your supper?

No charge on his fines to stew.

Well,
that's Prairie chicken out on Wooster.

I went out and shot a special for you.

If you're going to keep your strength,
you know you've got to eat.

Charlie, you're not my mother.

I know, but I'm your cook.

And that's almost as bad.

Charlie, you got some good? Sure.

And I'm glad somebody around here
has an appetite.

And you fix me completely. Sure will.

Major, I run into Colonel Bartlett.

He wanted to know who the new man was
on the tug of land.

Would you tell him?

I tell him to check with you.

Place.

Here's your supper, Flint.

Oh, thanks, Charlie.

Hey, Charlie.

That's good.

Still, are you trying to be funny
or just plain insulting?

Well, I said it was good.

Still pretty. What?

That is prairie chicken, not stew.

Well, everybody else fried
chicken makes the best two in the world.

I know that.

But I'm getting tired of everything
I concoct around here.

People calling Stu. Oh.

Well, Charlie, you know,
I didn't say to hurt your feelings.

Well, good.

Night.

I tell you, he's already asking questions.

All right.

Since I leave tonight,

have a good look at the Colonel myself
today.

I remember.

And there's a good chance is remembering
me. Why?

He was a presiding officer in my court
martial for me.

I stop worrying.

Said I was born with nine lives.

I hope you haven't used them all up.

I'll make it back to Canada.

And I'm going with you.

You're going to San Francisco.

After I see you safe in Canada.

All right, boy.

Well, are you in the camp?

Settled down for the night.

Shall
I read another chapter, Miss Stephenson?

Elizabeth? Yes.

I've come to say goodbye.

You're leaving the train? Yes.

Will we see you in San Francisco?

No, I don't think so.

I think at last I have come
to accept things the way they really are.

What does that mean?

It means, Miss Stevenson,
you've won your victory.

I'm every bit as unhappy as you could have
wished.

You reproach me.

Did you expect kindness from me?

Who am I?

In the name of heaven.

That I should be kind.

A lot of things have ended for me
in the last few days,

but I'm not going to lock myself up with
my regrets the way you have.

I don't think we'll meet again.

So in parting,
I will tell you, for the last time,

I've loved you long and deeply.

I am sorry, Tucker.

I did try to warn you.

Warn me?

Well, why don't you try to warn the wind?

Stop blowing.

Leaving the earth to stop turning.

You have a lot to learn about
reality yourself, Elizabeth.

You can't change what is.

My love lives within me.

You can't, Commander, to end
no more than you could commanded to begin.

And I have no responsibility
in the matter.

None whatsoever.

You can refuse to be warmed by my love.

You can refuse to share my love.

But that's all you need.

It's mine and mine alone.

It was born and will die within me.

No more talk, please. No more.

All right, girl.

Let that man with the Tuck it wag.

And I just realized who he is.

That's Matt Burkhardt.

That market.

You know the case.

Well, maybe you better refreshment,

Colonel.

You better be mighty sure of your facts.

You haven't seen Burkhardt in 15 years.

You say the record plainly states
that he was drowned in the river.

Yes, but the body was never recovered.

The case was cut and dried.

Burkhardt admitted his. Guilt.

Seems to me that there were some

exten waiting circumstances.

Wasn't there a side that was never heard?

What side?

The Indian side.

The Indian side?

Yes, Humanity side.

You're an army man.

Are you taking Burkhardt spot? No,
I am not.

But the way I see it,
Burkhardt was taking the Army's part.

He kept the army from making a mistake.

A tragic mistake.

He disobeyed his superior officer.

You know, the Army is run by regulations.

Yes, I know that.

And I also know.

And so do you, that a situation can arise
that is so special

and so extraordinary
that the regulations don't apply.

Sorry.

I'm sorry to interrupt, Colonel,
but Burkhardt and the boy are gone.

Gone?

One of the outriders told me that
they left camp about a half an hour ago.

You tell them to saddle up.
We're going after them. Yes, sir.

Colonel.

You know this is Comanche territory.

They have no love for the army.

Burkhardt is guilty of treason.

He got away from me once.

He's not getting away again.

Excuse me.

If she was the girl

I wanted, I wouldn't give up so easily.

Well,
it became a question of facing reality,

excepting things as they really are.

Accepting defeat is what you really mean.

That's what you learned at that
fancy law school I sent you to? Yes.

If you're defeated, recognize it.

Oh, balderdash.

Then you put it out of your mind.

You go on to something else.

It's only logic. Logic?

I thought we were talking about love.

Logic can and must be applied
to every human emotion.

And that includes love.

I like that notion.

I asked that school for a rebate.

Logic
can be applied to every human emotion.

Indeed.

Well, let's advance thinking.

I'll grant you.

Man is a human creature
with a divine right to be.

Illogical if he chooses.

Well, I don't choose.

Love is important.

Boy, I wish you'd go back
and fight for yours. Now.

That door's closed behind me now.

Oh, I expect to suffer for a time,

but I'm resolved to recover.

What is it?

I've got to go back.

Go back?

Yeah. Calories following us.

Indians are preparing an ambush.

You can't go back now. You'll be captured.

Will that be wiped out?

Well, then you'll be free.

With them on my conscience.

Oh, but they're after you.

All the more reason
why I. Should help them.

If I can come. Up on it,

I wait.

Hold your fire.

You all right?

Yeah.

I'm came back to save you.

Never mind.

Now you Nathaniel Burkett.

He heard the drums.

He knew it was an ambush.

Yes. I'm Nathaniel Burkett.

Are you my prisoner, sir?

Or am I yours?

I'm your prisoner.

If you're like that.

I'm not certain that any of us
would leave this place alive today.

There'll be talk to them.

I'm afraid I.
Have no choice at the moment.

I'm afraid you haven't.

I am Burkitt

blood brother of Black Hawk,

Chief of the Order One

I address.

The seven Council fires the mighty.

Soon I ask for Red Cloud

Noble leader of a noble nation.

The time for talking friendship.

I call for Bright Eagle,

Noble chieftain of the Kiowa.

I ask for Bright Eagle
to come fast to speak in friendship.

I call for Storm Cloud.

No, the leader of the Comanches.

I ask for strong cloud to come forth
to talk in friendship with his brother,

the Chieftains

he has summoned in Friendship
Face Birkett,

friend of all Indians.

I ask the five chieftains
to withdraw their men

and to permit these officers
to pass with safety.

If one arrow is sent winging

through the morning,
it will call back a thousand b*ll*ts.

Not today.

Nobody Knows better than you
how helpless these men are.

But I beg you to consider tomorrow morning
and all the mornings to come.

One b*ll*ts
will surely answer this morning's arrow.

The Indian and the white man

must ride with safety
through the same forests and rest

without fear.

Beside the same rivers.

The world changes.

You must change with it.

Ah, you will be swept
from the face of the earth.

I asked the great chieftains
to consider these thoughts.

Black Hawk Chief of the Order was as asked

all the tribes
to protect the life of Burkitt.

Is he ready to leave this valley
with us? No.

I have some unfinished business
with the Army.

Is it the wish of Burkitt
that his brothers withdraw

and he remain here?

It is.

That I speak for the Cheyenne.

The Comanche, the Sioux,

the Kiowa, the Ottawa.

We would have the white man's army know

that we have no fear of their b*ll*ts,

or that tomorrow, if it is to be,

that tomorrow is theirs.

But this day is ours

and we will surrender it
because it has been asked

for in the name of friendship by Burkitt,
a white man

who knows the honor of the word,
we will leave

as he has asked,
but we will ask of the white man's army.

This one thing

the life of Burkitt a man of peace.

Are these your terms. Terms?

Let there be no talk of terms.

You are not in a position to bargain.

We have agreed to Bearcats wish

we will go.

We will permit you to go.

But before we part we beg for his life

that we may know there is kindness
and the white man that we may know.

There is just a tool

that we may know that a man who has shown
that can be so much good,

then the white man will not be punished
for that

goodness,

help.

I believe the.

Record states that Nathaniel Burkett
drowned in the river.

Oh, yes.

This is what I was.

Say goodbye

and I was going
to see you safely to Canada.

Thoughts appreciated.

Well,
I want you to get on with your own life.

I'm grateful
for the things I have learned from you.

Learned?

You're the gentleman.

You're the one with the book learning.

I have the book learning.

And you have the knowledge and the wisdom

and courage.

I just hope I can measure up to you.

Thank you, sir.

No son could love a father any more.

And as for my being a gentleman,

there is no fine a gentleman anywhere.

And you are?

Jack, I'm so glad you came back.

Are you really glad, Elizabeth?

I was in error when I said I had no heart.

When I saw you right away,
I realized how sadly an error

I was.

Things are beginning
to look better around here.

That's good.

Will it be all right for them? No.

I didn't ruin their lives.

You almost did.

So did not Burkett.

Except
his intentions were the best in the world.

You just can't live
other people's lives for

sure. Oh.