A Man Called Horse Page #2

They say you kill|two Shoshone.

C'est vrais? Is true?

And I took these horses!

Ah! And scalps! Scalps!

Whoo-hoo!

Big chance!

La chance!

-I can't hear you!|-Horses! Scalps!

Wife! Now-- wife!|Then-- warrior!

Then soon-- Chief!

The wife sounds good|right now.

Let's get straight|to her!

Oui, oui, oui, oui!

And then war party,|and then we go!

Oui, oui! We go!

Yoo-hoo!

We go!

We go, we go, we go!

No, no. Do not look mother in|face-- taboo, or you be 'cinksi'.

Cinksi?

''Son,'' yes. You'll be|her son till she die.

Oh. That suits me|perfectly.

-Horses.|-Hmm?

Horses!

Does that mean we're married?

Not yet, not yet.

What the hell's|going on now?

Saying ''No scars, no vows.''

Scars, vows?

Yes, scars, vow to sun.

Say you make vow to sun,|then he vow you brother.

But I just bought her.

I just bought her, didn't I?

What the hell did I do?

Marriage is good.

But, uh, must be|made sacred first.

Sun Vow.

If no pain,|nothing good is born.

Even seed burst to make grass.

Now, make vow for courage.

I vow to prove my courage...

to withstand all tests of pain.

You stand in sun all day,|all night...

until sun come again...

then suffer much pain.

God watch you now.

Now you ready for Sun Vow in...|holy lodge.

Hope for courage.

Pray Wakantanka|let you live.

I will live, Batise.

Oh, yes, and after|we get war party.

And England we go.

England?

Wherever you go, I serve you.

I serve you well, oui?

Oui, Batise.

You have served me well.

When do I kiss the bride?

You prove you man in Sun Vow,|and then she kiss...

Oh!

She kiss plenty... in white|teepee women make for you.

-That one?|-Mm-hmm.

She must make|pure in sweat bath.

Sweat bath?

Yes. Indian way.

She sweat, sing,|pray, make pure.

Medicine man pray|to Wakantanka,

that no bad things|come for she and you.

And then you have...|peace... and love.

Chief... Chief want me, too ...|need my tongue.

He speak about Shoshone.

Counted 'coup' scalps--|big medicine.

Oh, c'est bon, c'est bon.

Must show God you brave.

Must prove courage.

Now, you say why you should be|permitted to make Sun Vow.

Yellow Hand...

when you first|brought me here...

you said I was a horse...|an animal!

And to me, you were--|all of you-- mean...

vicious...

...ignorant, superstitious...

-No, no.|-...ugly, benighted savages.

No...

-No!|-Repeat it.

No.

Repeat it!

Repeat it.

Accurately.

To me, you are no different

from men all over the world.

When your stomachs are full|and you sleep the long night,

you know you must hunt again

for food.

And when you fight your enemies

and their arrows|pierce your skins,

you bleed like all men.

But it seems to me that you only|live to hunt your buffalo...

to fight the Shoshone...

and to have your women.

I know you would say to me,|''What else is there?''

Yellow Hand say your words good.

But, Medicine man say|your words not good.

Now, tell them this--

one day I will be a chief.

One day, I will be a chief!

Say, what proof you brave?

Suffer pain, yes.

Give up, now. Out.

He said because you white,|you weak, you give up.

Shame before Wakantanka.

Oh...

Medicine bag, bones, beads.

Good luck things. Great honor.

Jesus!

I am Tatankaska,|spirit animal, buffalo, white.

Speak the truth in humility|to all people.

Only then can you be a true man|and free of your chains.

I want you. My hunger is real.

But freedom|is what you mean to me.

When the chance comes,|I shall go.

I know. I know.

Grouse.

What did you say?

Grouse.

It's a small bird, Batise.

I used to shoot it in England,|a long time ago.

Hmm.

Batise!

What's the matter|with Yellow Hand?

Yellow Hand|take Bear Skin belt,

he swear to Wakantanka|never to retreat in battle.

He now want brave death...|to save his honor because

Black Eagle take Thorn Rose.

He was her first man.

Injun law. So...

that means Black Eagle|can take Yellow Hand's woman

when he wants her.

If Yellow Hand complains,|he's weak.

Ay. Only...

this may be good.

He die, you be|made chief quicker.

Get war party, and we go.

Five years you've lived here

and you've learned nothing|about these people!

All his death is to you,

is a means of escape.

Take her away from this.

Take her away from this!

Oh... you're making it|very, very difficuIt for me,

Little Freedom.

Very, very difficult.

Free... Free...

Freedom?

Freedom.

You... are Little Freedom.

Freedom.

Freedom.

Mother?

Oh...

Little Freedom...|now is the truth.

You are part of me.

When I go, you go.

Forever.

Lakota Lake, mountains...

Peace River, south...

Adirondack.

Medicine man say|buffalo go after winter.

Village move.

This place bad medicine now.

Oh, 'malheurs'!

Move west.

Away from home.

You'd better finish that map,|Batise.

He say something is wrong.

Go and get your weapons.

Dear God!

Get the weapons!

Shoshone Chief take Bear Belt!

Batise!

Get everyone|to the Ceremonial Lodge

and get the bows and arrows!

Line them up there!

Face the Shoshone!

Form two lines!

One in front and one back here!

First line-- to their knees!

Second line remain standing!

First line fire only!

Fire!

Now we go! Anywhere...

Oh, no...

Hiya!

Hiya!

Little Freedom.

John!

Oh, my God...

you've got nobody left|to provide for you.

You'll give|everything you have away.

You'll scavenge for offal...

With winter coming,|you won't last a month.

Son.

I will be your son.

Good-bye, Little Freedom.

Hiya! Hiya!

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