One Little Indian Page #5

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to the reservation,

the army will grab him

for sure.

They'll need a home for him.

I ran onto this widow woman up in

the mountains where we stopped.

She had a little daughter.

They were headed toward Colorado.

Place called Mountain creek.

Her name is Doris mciver.

Now?

Just a minute.

Uh, one minute, please.

I want you to know that I'll do

everything I can to find that boy.

Thank you.

You...

would you, uh, like me

to go up there with you?

It's funny.

I memorized whole books of words

to say at a time like this.

I just can't remember

any of them.

I've had to live with this

for a long time, chaplain.

I won't need any words.

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Hold on!

Look out! Run on the porch!

Get out of the way!

Get keyes!

- Clint!

- Here, mark!

- Let's go, mark!

- Hey, you! Come here!

Go, Rosie!

Let's get after him!

Gotcha! You're not gettin'

away this time! Come on!

G'yup there! G'yup!

Come on! Come on!

Come on! Hyah!

Come on! Come on! Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Come on, Rosie! Hyah! Hyah!

Move! Let's go!

Ho.

Sergeant, that camel's

faster than the horses.

Never gonna catch 'em this way.

Gimme that Springfield!

On the double!

Missed.

Let's get back to the fort.

Rose, come on, now.

You can outrun 'em. Come on,

don't quit on me now, Rosie.

Come on, Rosie. Don't quit...

All right, Rosie. Easy.

Okay, okay, girl.

Okay. I ain't going anyplace.

It's all right, girl.

I know he's in the guardhouse, John.

I ordered him put there.

If you think you're taking him back

to the chapel, you can forget it.

No. Only temporarily, sir.

Now, I have an idea...

John, you...

excuse me, captain.

It's urgent.

I need fresh horses and more men.

Sergeant...

he outrun us, sir,

but he can't keep runnin'.

When he stops to rest, why, we'll jump him.

There'll be no more horses.

No more men.

Your manhunt is over.

Sir, you read

general crook's orders.

General crook's orders call for

the hanging of corporal keyes.

A noose was placed

around his neck,

the trap was sprung,

the man was hung.

It is my personal view, sergeant,

that corporal keyes...

Has more than paid for his

misdeeds, such as they were.

I have no intention of hanging a

man twice for the same crime.

Dismissed, sergeant.

Tell him I won't

give him any trouble.

I came to tell you you're free.

I don't think I understand.

Well, the captain says you've

been hung once already anyway.

He's sending that patrol

back onto general crook.

That's mighty good news,

reverend.

Real good news.

Uh, reverend, what about mark?

Oh, he's fine.

I brought your things.

Look, if the cavalry

doesn't want me,

is there any reason

why I can't see the boy?

Well, he's a ward of the army.

I'm supposed to, uh,

find a home for him.

I told you about

that Mrs. Mciver.

The home he really

wants is with you,

only he's afraid

that you don't want him.

That ain't true. I offered to take

him with me once. He knows that.

Yes, but was that because you wanted

him or because you just had no choice?

Well, things

were different then.

Look, how do you truly feel

about the boy now?

Well, I don't know if anybody will

trust me with my record and all,

but if I could have the boy,

reverend, well,

you bet I want him.

We do good, huh, Clint? Yeah,

you did just great. Just great.

Well, I guess I'd better be

gettin' on back.

This, uh, arrangement

was my decision.

I might have some explaining

to do to the captain.

Thank you, chaplain.

Thanks for everything.

That's all right.

She's dead.

Yeah, well...

she wasn't much to look at.

Pure impossible to

get along with, but...

She saved both our lives

more than once.

You know,

there near the end,

I think she...

Even kind of enjoyed hatin' me.

Well, maybe

a little anyway, huh?

Clint. Yeah?

When you take me

to see blue feather?

Well, how about next summer?

We'll go visit her on the

reservation, the both of us.

After we go to Mexico?

Yeah, well, Mexico, uh...

you know, seein' how

I'm a free man,

I've been thinking

maybe we could, um,

oh, run up maybe to...

Mountain creek, Colorado,

someplace like that instead.

What do you think?

All right, come on.

Well, looks like we're back

to ridin' double again.

Come on, thirsty.

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