Devil's Doorway Page #5

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Are you deaf? Wake up!

Ed Johnson has been knifed!

Jimmy!

Here's the gun you wanted.

Take good care of it.

Let's go!

The U.S. Cavalry?

- Who's in command here, Miss?

- Stop this attack on innocent people!

Everyone in that house will e dead.

There are women and children.

I don't like it any better than

you do, but I have my orders.

- The Indians can stop at any time they

want to by surrendering. - All right.

Make the posse stop this slaughter,

and I'll go in to talk to them.

- I used to be Lance Poole's attorney

- I'll stop the posse, but I still got my orders.

- The Indians must go back to the reservation.

- Thank you. - Good luck!

In there.

Well?

0h, Lance!

You think it's all over with us,

we might as well give up.

With the cavalry here, it's hopeless.

- You got any suggestions?

- Yes, I have.

If you surrender to the Federal

Troops you'll get a fair trial.

You still got your religion, haven't you?

What do you think the court will do with

a bunch of Indians who fought for their land?

At least as you give up to the cavalry, you'll

get a trial. That's more that Coolan would've done.

That's why I telegraphed Fort Laramie.

I wondered how to troops got here.

That was thoughtful of you.

Coolan wanted to lynch all of you.

Does it make much difference which way?

If you're determined to die,

that's your choice.

But what about the women and children?

What about them, Orri?

- They have a right to live.

- On a reservation?

All right. On a reservation.

The children were happy here.

They didn't want much to be happy.

They've to eat, medicines

if they got sick...

...listen to the old men

stories about the past.

They speak their own language, worship

their own God, know they were loved.

You tell them to go back

to the reservation.

But be sure you tell them they don't get any

of those things there. Tell them to go back.

You tell them something too.

Try to tell them why they die and

see if the babies understand you.

- Even a baby has a right to know why he's dying.

- Dying because... - Because you say they should!

Who are you to ordain who

shall live and who won't?

It's good to have advice. It's just

what I needed. Especially now.

Nothing an Indian needs like a speech

from a lawyer telling him to give up.

Well, now you made it.

Your conscience is clear.

It's much more than conscience, Lance.

And it's more than

the women and children.

If you're trying to say

it's feeling for me,

...than I don't believe you.

The color of my hide means just as much

to you as it does to them out there.

If you've found out that I could be lonely for

a woman, you stay on the safe side of the fence.

How much does my life mean to you, Orri?

What would you give to see me live?

Would you let an Indian

put your arms around you?

Would your conscience say

it's worth kissing me?

You better go back now.

What are you going to do?

Tell Lieutenant he'll have

to come and get us.

But Lance, can't you see?

Don't you understand?

Don't cry, Orri. A hundred years

from now it might have worked.

Poole! Poole, it's over!

Get out. Give yourself up!

We'll give up...

... If you let the women and

children go back to reservation!

It's a deal!

Jimmy!

You're the man now, Jimmy.

- Take them back to the reservation.

- I'd rather stay and fight.

You're the only man left.

Take good care of the children.

Where are the others?

We're all gone.

It would be too bad,

if we ever forgot.

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