Dances with Wolves Page #15

EXT. VILLAGE OUTSKIRTS - DAY

Dunbar has stopped on the slope leading down to the village,

taking it all in. No one has seen him. He can hear human

voices drifting up from the camp.

Stands With A Fist coughs lightly against his tunic and the

lieutenant moves Cisco ahead at a walk.

EXT. VILLAGE - DAY

A woman and her children have come out of the breaks along

the river and are marching back to the village when one of

the kids sees him. With an ear-splitting shriek, the woman

grabs up her children and runs screaming for the safety of

the village.

There's pandemonium amongst the lodges. Everyone seems to be

running everywhere at once.

Dunbar pulls Cisco to a halt a hundred yards from the first

of the conical houses and slides off, taking the girl up in

his arms.

The people of Ten Bear's village, realizing now that there

is only one white man and that he is carrying someone, are

massing with great curiosity on the outskirts of the town.

Warriors, some of them mounted, have taken the front ranks.

The women and children and elderly are standing just behind.

Initial panic has given way to a steady buzzing as everyone

jockeys for a better look.

Still holding Stands With A Fist in his arms, Dunbar suddenly

stops on a familiar face... Wind In His Hair.

He lifts the girl resting in his arms and holds her out...

as in offering.

DUNBAR:

She's hurt.

The Sioux buzz is stronger now. The mounted warriors are

getting excited.

Suddenly, Wind In His Hair breaks ranks and starts for Dunbar

at a determined walk. A nasty war club is held tightly in

hand.

Dunbar stands his ground.

Wind In His Hair halts only a few steps in front of Dunbar.

He barks at the intruder as he takes another step or two.

WIND IN HIS HAIR

You are not welcome here.

Another step and he is close enough to touch the white man.

WIND IN HIS HAIR

Go away from us...

Dunbar doesn't flinch. And Wind In His Hair's harangue is

definitely part bluster. He's very curious about the woman

in Dunbar's arms and now he peers down at her face.

The lieutenant looks down too and in a flash she is torn out

of his grasp.

Holding her in one strong arm, Wind In His Hair backs a pace

or two and shouts once more at the lieutenant.

WIND IN HIS HAIR

Go away from us... go now.

He raises his club and shakes it at Dunbar.

Though he doesn't understand the words, Dunbar gets the

message. As he goes for his horse, Wind In His Hair marches

back to his people with Stands With A Fist.

There is great commotion as the crowd surges in around Wind

In His Hair.

With a look of profound disappointment, Dunbar walks away on

Cisco.

EXT. VILLAGE - DAY

Otter, Worm and Smiles A Lot are riding in, drawn by the

ruckus in the village. They see the white soldier oh his

horse leaving the camp. They see the tumult in the village

and realize they are in trouble, again.

Some of the young, mounted warriors are shouting taunts at

the departing soldier, calling for him to come back and fight.

They seem set to take out after him when Kicking Bird suddenly

appears in front of their ponies.

KICKING BIRD:

The soldier did not come to fight --

he is going away and we will let

him.

No one is going to argue with one of the band's leading men.

The young warriors shout a few more taunts and turn away.

The medicine man glances after the boys who just came in.

Each boy, confronted now by an angry father or uncle, is

being jerked off his pony. There's going to be discipline.

Kicking Bird looks back at the lieutenant.

Dunbar's head is down and his shoulders are slumped. It is a

sight that makes the wheels in Kicking Bird's head turn.

INT. TEN BEARS' LODGE - NIGHT

Another council is in progress. As before, the leading men

are seated around Ten Bears' fire while the other warriors

stand packed in the shadows. Wind In His Hair is seated close

to the elders.

TEN BEARS:

I am in agreement with Kicking Bird.

We will go down and talk to the white

man and find out what kind of white

man he is.

Wind In His Hair jumps into the conversation.

WIND IN HIS HAIR

If this council decides to talk with

the man at the soldier fort then it

will be so. But in my mind it is not

right that a Sioux chief, a chief as

great as Ten Bears, goes to ask the

business of a puny, trespassing white

man... a white soldier who has only

a smart horse and a few white man

clothes.

There are many yeses in response to this. As is his custom,

Ten Bears lets the outburst subside, seeming unruffled all

the while. Casually, he pops a piece of meat into his mouth

and begins to chew.

TEN BEARS:

I will not go... you will go... you

and Kicking Bird. That is all I have

to say.

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