The Outlaw Josey Wales Page #3

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...then walk through quiet.

Here, have some beef jerky.

Don't swallow nothing but the juice.

I'll go have a look-see.

You feel all right?

I feel real good, Josey.

We got them whupped.

-Josey, I want to thank you.

-For what?

For saving my life.

Forget about that, Jamie.

You know something, Josey?

I ain't scared no more.

All right.

We can start working our way

through now, boy.

This rain is giving us the--

This boy was brought up in...

...a time of blood and dying,

and never questioned a bit of it.

Never turned his back

on his folks or his kind.

I rode with him, I got no complaints.

The bluebellies will give you

a better burial than I can, boy.

MAN:

Halt!

-What's going on?

-Come on, get him.

JOSEY:
Howdy.

-Howdy.

Name's Josey Wales.

I've heard of that name.

Some said you'd be headed this way.

And they said a man could get rich

on reward money...

...if he could kill you.

Seems like you was looking

to gain some money here.

Actually, I was looking

to gain an edge.

I thought you might be someone who

would sneak up behind me with a gun.

Where'd you ever get an idea like that?

It ain't supposed to be easy

to sneak up behind an Indian.

I'm an Indian, all right.

But here in the Nation,

they call us the civilized tribe.

They call us civilized because

we're easy to sneak up on.

White men have been sneaking up

on us for years.

Cherokee, huh?

Yeah.

They sneaked up on us and they

told us we wouldn't be happy here.

They said we would be happier

in the Nations.

So they took away our land...

...and sent us here.

I have a fine woman...

...and two sons.

But they all died on the Trail of Tears.

And now the white man

is sneaking up on me.

Again.

Seems like we can't trust

the white man.

You bet we can't.

I wore this...

...frock coat in Washington.

Before the war.

We wore them because we belonged to...

...the five civilized tribes.

We dressed ourselves up

like Abraham Lincoln.

We got to see the

Secretary of the Interior.

And he said:

"Boy! You boys sure look civilized!"

He congratulated us...

...and he gave us medals

for looking so civilized.

We told him about how

our land had been stolen...

...and our people were dying.

When we finished,

he shook our hands...

...and said:

"Endeavor to persevere."

They stood us in a line.

John Jumper, Chilly McIntosh...

...Buffalo Hump...

...and Jim Pock Mark and me.

I'm Lone Watie.

They took our pictures.

And the newspaper said:

"Indians Vow to

Endeavor to Persevere."

We thought about it for a long time.

"Endeavor to persevere."

And when we had thought

about it long enough...

...we declared war on the Union.

[JOSEY SNORES]

Sergeant said this kid tried to ride

through their camp. They got him.

-They did, did they?

-Mm-hm.

They've had men on guard here

night and day.

No way Wales could get to the Nations.

Where are you going, Fletcher?

I'm heading into the Indian Nations.

Why don't you stay here, Redlegs?

Wales may be back in a year or two.

When we get to the Nations,

I want you men to fan out.

Five thousand dollars

to the one who gets him.

A horned toad can tell you

which way to go.

I used to know these things

when I was young.

But when I got civilized,

I forgot all these things.

I didn't know which way to go.

The horned toad says

we should go to Mexico.

Well, Mr. Lone Watie...

...you can take your horned toad

down Mexico way.

I've got some unfinished

business in Missouri.

I heard General Joe Shelby...

...and some men refused to surrender.

They're going down to Mexico.

I think I'll join them.

Shelby, huh?

I didn't know others

hadn't surrendered.

I didn't surrender, neither.

But they took my horse

and made him surrender.

They have him pulling a wagon

up in Kansas, I'll bet.

You haven't got a horse.

What do you plan on doing,

walking to Mexico?

No, there's a trading post

right near the Creek Nation.

They got horses to trade.

You have any food here?

All I have is a piece of hard rock candy.

But it's not for eating.

It's just for looking through.

Alrighty.

I'll get you a horse.

What have you got there?

Muskrat.

Muskrat?

What the hell's that?

Muskrat.

No. No, sir.

You got to come up with something more.

-Beaver?

-Beaver ain't no good no more.

Get me 10 muskrats...

...and 30 beaver pelts...

...and I'll give you red cloth.

Now that's a very good bargain for you.

Here.

You go have a drink

and think about it.

Spilling!

[HORSE NEIGHS]

You bring some drink inside, you hear?

I'll tell you, this jerky?

Put it on our bill.

What about these cougar pelts?

Going to put them on our bill too?

This is what you give those Indians.

Where's the real stuff?

[DOOR CREAKS]

What do you take for the squaw?

She ain't for sale.

I mean, she ain't mine.

She works here.

See that nose scar?

Know what that means to a Cheyenne?

One too many bucks.

Little squaw likes the bucks, huh?

Tell you, Zukie, you put her

on the bill too.

I'll be looking for a horse.

A horse?

The horses belong to these gentlemen.

More than likely-- That is...

...I'm sure they'd sell you one.

Look, I've got some beer.

Some good brewed choc.

It's on the house.

You suppose these gentlemen will be...

...available to discuss business

before long?

Give me a bucket of that choc.

I got him!

I got me Josey Wales!

Yoke.

Five thousand gold simoleons

walked right in.

-Right to us.

ZUKIE:
Wait a minute!

He's in my place.

I recognized him too.

I'm due an even split.

Mr. Chain-Blue Lightning himself.

Well, the one that everyone's

so scared of.

Well, Mr. Lightning...

...move a muscle, twitch a finger...

...and I'll splatter your guts

all over the wall.

YOKE:

Mr. Lightning.

When I say move...

...you move real slow...

...like molasses in wintertime...

...or I drop that hammer.

Now, just ease your hands down.

Take them guns out, butt first

so's you can get hold of them.

You understand?

Nod, damn you!

Now...

...ease them pistols out.

Well, let's see...

...you say those horses belong

to them pilgrims?

-Howdy.

-Howdy.

I'm getting better at sneaking up

on you like this.

Only an Indian can do

something like this.

That's what I figured.

You figured?

Only an Indian could do

something like that.

It's not right, this damn woman

doing something like this to me.

I used to have power.

Now old age is creeping up on me.

JOSEY:
I think it's more like

old habits than old age.

Who the hell is this woman?

She was back at the trading post.

Got in some kind of trouble.

-She's not going to Mexico with us.

-With us?

Now wait a minute. I got you a horse.

You're on your own now.

I've seen a lot today.

I've seen patrols of soldiers all day.

Everybody's looking for you.

She's not going with us.

[SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]

She says she's Navajo...

...but she was captured

by the Cheyenne.

She was violated by one of the bucks

of the Arapahos.

Their sign is the dirty nose sign.

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