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Buffalo Bill Page #5
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Yes, sir! It's a big...
Here. But the president...
- Where is my son?
- He's upstairs, sir.
No!
What killed my son?
Bill!
Diphtheria.
What's that?
It's a germ.
Where does it come from?
From water systems. From sewage.
It's a crowd disease.
A disease of civilization.
Civilization.
Bill!
The West wasn't
good enough for him.
If you'd left him there,
he'd be alive today.
Oh, Bill!
you didn't show up, Bill.
goes with that medal.
That's what they give you
for killing Indians.
Indians that can live against nature...
...and feed and clothe themselves
with nothing but their bare hands.
Don't you think we ought to leave?
And who gives it to you?
They're pot-bellied, civilized citizens...
...who couldn't walk a mile
with an Indian. They give you medals.
Try to control yourself.
The people are listening.
Well, let them listen.
Anybody who can hold his own against
Indians doesn't have to shut up for them.
Any 10-year-old kid who was born
and raised like an Indian...
...could whip the daylights
out of them.
Any kid.
Any kid.
Come on, partner.
Civilization,
Mr. President, creates its own forces.
And if I had been one of them, I have
no apologies to offer and no regrets.
My ambition to see civilization move
westward on tracks of steel...
...has been severely criticized
by elements of the press...
...and even on the floor of Congress.
On the other hand, there are those
better-qualified to express an opinion.
Who believe, like General Sherman...
...that the only good Indian
is a dead Indian.
We have here a guest who knows
more about the frontier...
...than any man living, and who,
if we hold with General Sherman...
...has made more good Indians
than any other man in the West.
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen,
Buffalo Bill.
Read it slowly. Don't get nervous.
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen.
I was afraid I was gonna make a fool of
myself in front of you tonight.
But that would be all right...
...because a man can make himself a fool
when he's off his own stamping ground.
But when a man makes a fool of himself
on his own stamping ground...
...there's no excuse for him.
I don't hold with General Sherman
that a good Indian is a dead Indian.
From what I've seen,
the Indian is a freeborn American...
...who'll fight for his folks,
for his land and for his living...
...just like any other American.
Holy Jupiter, this is dynamite.
If you knew the Indians, if you could
see them for yourselves...
...how they live against nature
with nothing but their bare hands...
...you'd never force them to break
treaties to keep from starving.
But the trouble is, you Easterners
don't know what you're doing.
That's why we Westerners
and the Indians have had to suffer.
There's only one Indian you know,
or that you ever thought about.
And here he is, Mr. Vandervere.
The Indian on your pennies.
You realize what you're up against?
Do you think Vandervere is gonna let you
get away with a thing like this?
You're crazy. There's nothing
Vandervere won't do.
- What can he do to me?
- I don't know, but it'll be plenty.
- Uh-huh.
- Now, look, Bill, I like you.
I don't wanna see
him tear you down.
Oh, I'll take care of myself.
All right.
If you insist on being a martyr,
good luck to you, Bill.
I'm off to Mexico.
But I'm warning you...
...Vandervere will stop at nothing.
Buffalo Bill is all right, a good hunter,
a good Indian scout.
But to give him all the credit
for our victory at War Bonnet Gorge...
...well, that's going a little too far.
I tell you, Buffalo Bill's a fraud.
I was at War Bonnet Gorge myself.
He didn't have any more to do
with killing Yellow Hand than I did.
Have you met Galima?
Princess Galima from faraway Persia.
the sultan at the risk of her life.
Inside she dances...
Try your eye, mister,
a dime will get you a dollar.
What's the matter, ain't you
Maybe. Haven't you?
Sure.
I haven't got a dime, but I'll gamble
this against your dollar.
What's that?
Judas.
Hey, Muldoon, come here.
Will you look what this bobo
wants to sell for a dime?
Holy St. Patrick!
The Congressional Medal!
- Where did the likes of you get this?
- War Bonnet Gorge.
War Bonnet Gorge.
Well, well, think of that now.
I'm taking you to a place
called the station house.
What? It's my medal,
I'm Buffalo Bill Cody.
And I'm Jenny Lind.
Walk with me or I'll sing you
a lullaby with me nightstick.
I am Buffalo Bill Cody.
If I was pretending to be someone,
I wouldn't be that faker.
- Set them up again.
- That's some shooting.
I wouldn't have missed it for a dollar.
Whoa! Wow.
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Cody.
Just the king of Siam, you are,
if you're saying so.
I guess the laugh's on me.
Here is your medal.
Well, thanks.
How about the dollar?
- I'd like to eat.
- On the level?
Yeah.
Say, maybe me and you
can do a little business.
Louisa...
...you can't go on torturing
yourself like this.
He's gone.
Make a new life for yourself.
Divorce him.
No.
I can't stand
seeing you suffer, my dear.
Why don't you go to him?
That's really what you'd like to do.
Forget your pride. He's worth it.
I wish I had the courage
to stand up to Vandervere...
...when I found I'd been deceived.
Do you know where he is now?
No.
How he's earning his living?
No.
He's posing at the Wonderland Museum
in New York.
On a wooden horse.
No!
Step up, ladies and gentlemen.
Step up for a moral...
...and educational exhibition of
marksmanship by the King of the Plains.
Killer of Cheyenne war chief,
that human tiger, Yellow Hand!
A hero.
The hero of War Bonnet Gorge!
Introducing Buffalo Bill!
Why, he never saw
an Indian in his life!
- Never on the plains.
- Just a minute! Please, please.
Management is aware of a difference
of opinion as to Mr. Cody's exploits.
Be that as it may,
ladies and gentlemen...
...in order to prove that he is well able
to do anything he claims to have done...
...the management makes this standing
offer at each and every exhibition:
It will give the sum of $ 1000 in gold...
...should Mr. Cody fail to shoot
a silver dollar...
...from between the fingers of any man,
woman or child...
- ... who will volunteer to hold the same.
- Why don't you hold it yourself, mister?
Because it is an unfortunate weakness
of human nature...
...to distrust a man of my profession.
Ladies and gentlemen,
you'd think it was a trick.
That is why the offer is made to you.
I furnish the dollar,
you furnish the fingers.
Now, are there any volunteers?
Step right up!
Anyone at all? Come on,
any volunteers in the crowd?
Anybody at all...?
I'll hold it.
The management assumes no liability.
Now, madam, if you'll step
back on that little platform.
And there's no reason
for you to be nervous.
Now, madam, hold out the dollar.
Wait, don't fire. She's holding a penny!
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