Dances with Wolves Page #27

DUNBAR (V.O.)

But I am speaking to him in half-

truths. One day there will be too

many, but I cannot bring myself to

tell him that. I am sure that Stands

With A Fist knows.

INT. DUNBAR'S LODGE - NIGHT

His surroundings are completely Indian, Dunbar is cleaning

the big navy revolver.

DUNBAR (V.O.)

A war party is going against the

Pawnee soon and I have asked to go.

I sensed that I have made a mistake

in doing so but I could not bring

myself to take it back. They are my

friends and from what little I gather

the Pawnee have been very hard on

these people. I hope I have not

overstepped my bounds.

The lodge flap rustles and in comes Stands With A Fist and

Kicking Bird. Dunbar stands to greet them.

DUNBAR:

I'm glad to see you... please sit.

Kicking Bird speaks and Stands With A Fist translates.

STANDS WITH A FIST

(translating)

Kicking Bird wants to know why you

want to make war on the Pawnee. They

have done nothing to you.

DUNBAR:

They are Sioux enemies.

STANDS WITH A FIST

(translating)

Only Sioux warriors will go.

DUNBAR:

I asked that he would think about my

going.

STANDS WITH A FIST

He has.

DUNBAR:

Then tell him this. I have been a

warrior for longer than many of the

young men that will go on this war

party. Tell him.

STANDS WITH A FIST

(translating)

He says that the Sioux way of being

a warrior is not the white way. You

are not ready.

DUNBAR:

I know, I understand. But I cannot

learn these ways in camp.

She translates this to Kicking Bird. The medicine man

hesitates then speaks once more.

STANDS WITH A FIST

He asks that you watch over his family

while he is gone.

Dunbar looks to Kicking Bird then to Stands With A Fist unable

to mask his disappointment.

STANDS WITH A FIST

(on her own)

This thing he asks you... it is a

great honor for you.

Dunbar thinks a moment longer and speaks directly to Kicking

Bird.

DUNBAR:

I will be happy to watch over your

family.

STANDS WITH A FIST

(translating)

He thanks Dances With Wolves for

coming.

DUNBAR:

Who is Dances With Wolves?

STANDS WITH A FIST

It is the name which everyone is

calling you now.

He thinks and remembers the night with Two Socks.

DUNBAR:

Dances With Wolves... that's right.

(to Stands With A

Fist)

How do you say it?

STANDS WITH A FIST

(in Sioux)

Dances With Wolves.

DUNBAR:

(in Sioux to Kicking

Bird)

Dances With Wolves.

The medicine man smiles.

EXT. KICKING BIRD'S LODGE - DAWN

Black Shawl is hurrying out of the lodge with her husband's

bow and arrows.

A war party of twenty warriors is mounted and everyone except

sleeping children is out to say goodbye.

Stands With A Fist is helping to load Kicking Bird's horse

with last minute preparations. Out of the tipi comes Kicking

Bird's eldest child. He is sleepy but almost on the verge of

tears as he knows what is happening.

Kicking Bird picks up the boy. What is said is between father

and son. And it is just a look.

He hands the child to Stands With A Fist, and pauses to speak

with his wife. She comes close to tears but there will be no

crying. None from Kicking Bird either. He steps back to his

horse.

KICKING BIRD:

(to Stands With A

Fist)

Keep on with the white man talk if

it pleases you.

STANDS WITH A FIST

I like to make the white man talk.

Dances With Wolves is standing alone in front of his lodge.

Wind In His Hair is riding past. He reaches down and shakes

Dances With Wolves' hand. The big warrior smiles.

Dances With Wolves watches the warriors go by, but his eyes

begin to wander. He's looking for someone among the faces of

the women. Who ever it is, he can't find her.

INT. ARBOR - DAY

Dances With Wolves sits alone in the arbor. He's fidgety.

Now he hears a light tinkling of bells, the sounds he's been

waiting to hear.

Her feet appear in the doorway.

STANDS WITH A FIST (O.S.)

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