Broken Arrow Page #4
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String him up!
What are we waiting for?
Release that man.
Release that man.
- I'm grateful to you, General.
- I don't want your gratitude.
you or anybody else.
- I don't want you to.
- What then?
I want you to take me to see Cochise.
If anybody can do it, you can.
I know you have reason to be angry.
But please hear me out.
You don't like
Army officers apparently.
Does this also prejudice
you against me?
That depends on how you read it.
The Bible I read preaches brotherhood.
Suppose their skins aren't white.
Are they still God's children?
the pigmentation of the skin.
There was a General
served under Grant...
...the Christian General.
Yes, also Bible-Reading-Howard.
Why do you want to see Cochise?
To make a peace treaty with him.
Who sent you here?
The President of the U.S.
- With what power?
- Full power to make a fair treaty.
To be changed later.
My treaty will stand.
I have the President's word.
I'll do nothing, General,
to betray Cochise.
Why all this change of
heart in Washington?
President Grant is eager for a
fair peace with the Apaches.
- What is a fair peace?
- Suppose you tell me.
Equality.
The Apaches are a free people.
They have a right to stay free...
- ...on their own land.
- The whole southwest?
No.
No, even Cochise wouldn't ask
for that now. He's a realist.
But a clear territory
that's Apache...
...ruled by Apaches
that's what I mean.
No soldiers on it.
Yes, I'll agree to that. What else?
You can talk the rest
over the Cochise.
- You'll take me to him alone?
- Without soldiers?
- Is that the best way?
- That's the only way.
I'll go alone.
I'll see Cochise.
I'll get in touch with you.
Read your Bible for me too.
I like the way you read it.
Welcome.
Your signals were seen and they
have been told to Cochise.
He is in the other stronghold.
He asks you to wait
and be comfortable.
He will return.
I will wait.
My feet are tired from trying
to find you by accident.
Waiting for you, I...
...I have washed my hair twice
and my clothes three times.
How is this soap made?
We grind it up.
Sonseeahray...
...there's something I need to know.
I've been away almost a moon.
Has anything changed with you?
No.
When you went away I...
...I became frightened.
I thought...
...he won't come back...
...and if he does, when he returns
from his own people...
...he will look at me with cool eyes.
But then I...
...in here.
You're trembling.
You're not frightened of me?
No.
Only you put such new
feelings in my heart.
I am trembling inside too.
Should I hide it?
No.
Tom!
Here they come and
he rides before them.
It will be told at our campfires...
...how the Chiracahuas fought.
How the great Cochise led us.
A great wagon train destroyed.
Their wagons and horses taken.
Corn for the whole winter...
...blankets, guns!
In a battle there are losses.
Some of our men have gone to
live with their fathers.
They were brave.
They died honorably.
Now for the last time,
listen to their names.
They will be angry if their names
are ever mentioned again.
Ponce.
Victorio.
Pionsenay and his son Machogee.
Naratena.
Big Chee.
No, thank you.
If I make a peace with
this General...
No, he speaks for the Chief.
There's no one bigger.
- Can I trust them?
- Will they trust you?
My word is my life.
I do not break it.
I know that. They do not.
There can be no peace
without good will.
Try it.
All Americans are not
like that lieutenant.
You trust me, Cochise.
There are Americans that I trust.
There are Indians that
I would not trust.
Me too.
After eating, wipe the
hands on the arms.
The grease is good for them.
Among white men we wash it off.
What a waste.
My friend, all evening your eyes
have gone to that same maiden.
You must understand...
...any man may be friendly with a
woman whose husband is dead...
...but not with a maiden
like Sonseeahray.
Cochise, I...
This girl has been asked for already.
I think she will be married soon.
You have been chosen.
It will be an insult not to go.
We should not be seen together, Tom.
If that is true, why did you
choose me to dance with?
I could not help it.
With me it's the same.
I'll speak to your parents tonight.
No, Tom. It will cause deep trouble.
- You must not.
You have not acted like my brother.
I told you that she is a maiden,
and yet you came here.
I want her for my wife.
I will do all the things expected
of a husband here.
I will again.
I am glad it is the right way...
...but it will not be easy for you.
You are an American.
Where will you live? Here?
Apaches who have suffered from
white men will hate you.
Tucson, maybe?
Won't the whites hate your wife for
of the color of her skin?
You will go far away maybe...
...in new places...
...but your eyes will see nothing.
Always they will be
turned backwards...
...toward home.
And you, Sonseeahray...
...they will look at you as
at a strange animal...
...and make jokes.
Hear me, Tall One...
...I ask you to think on it.
Your way will be filled
with bitterness.
Think...
...is it not better to
live with your own?
Though you are my friend, Cochise,
nothing can change it.
I will marry Sonseeahray.
What he says does not have to be.
You are young. You do not know.
With him I do not tremble...
...even before you.
But it won't be easy.
Her parents. You will need
a strong go-between.
Will you be my go-between?
No other can do it.
I will speak for you tonight,
otherwise it will be worse.
Already everyone knows of this.
Your secret was as quiet
as the thunder.
Also I will speak to Nahilzay.
He has bad luck. It has happened
before to other men.
You wait in your wickiup maybe.
Walk up and down.
It is good for people in love.
Well?
You have no luck with women.
They refused.
I'll take her away from here!
She'll go with me too.
They did not refuse.
I make a joke.
It is always a good joke.
It is all arranged. Three horses
and saddles to the parents.
I'll get them in Tucson.
No. You will let me
give them for you.
- No.
- No, I want to.
They come from your people.
I want to do this for you.
You marry next full moon.
Why the delay?
Her mother decided. It is her right.
Listen now.
Go to Tucson.
Look into the heart of this general.
Bring him back if you believe him.
I will send out runners, Apaches
from all tribes will come here.
To talk of peace is a big thing.
My people may not want it.
I make no promises.
That is not expected.
Good sleep, my brother.
Remember, no promises.
I heard noise.
It is not your knife.
It is an Apache knife.
To attack someone who has been
given safety here is forbidden.
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