The Plainsman Page #5

You've been actin'

like you didn't care,

and all the time--

Tie up that tongue of yours.

Look at their faces.

Let her go.

She doesn't know anything.

You too quick to say

she not know.

Hickok will not tell,

but Yellow Hand will know.

Now is hour

of Great Bear rising.

When moon in sky here,

Yellow Hand will know.

What's he talking

about the moon for?

What does he mean?

What are you

thinking about?

I'm thinking about

John Lattimer's farming tools...

that came up on the boat.

Oh, rifles.

Better rifles than we have.

Seven shot repeaters,

and each shot may mean

the life of a white man.

But what do you think

they're fixin' to do to us?

I think maybe you gave them

an idea what to do.

Hear them drums?

That's taps for us,

ain't it, Bill?

Won't be so hard,

goin' out together.

It'll be harder

than you know.

Calamity, there are

only two of us.

Two lives against

all those men on

the ammunition train.

But I don't want to die!

I don't want you to die!

Hang onto yourself.

You'll have to help me.

Just like you did

the first time

I saw you, remember?

I was just a kid and no more

sense than I got now,

headin' down the grade

with no brakes on.

I loved you then, Bill,

just like I do now.

Looks like that moon's

gettin' ready to show.

You never even gave me

a picture, but you kept mine.

I know you care for me a little.

Couldn't you say it just once?

Maybe they'll let us go

after all.

Bill Hickok!

You ornery son of a mule!

You wouldn't

give a bad dime

to a sick kid, would ya?

You may be right,

Calamity.

No, I ain't.

I know it.

I ain't worth a bad dime.

Bill-- Bill, every night

I talk to ya.

Wantin' ya.

I know you feel the same.

Won't you tell me?

What difference

would that make now?

If only I could hear ya

say it once.

It would give me

somethin' to keep...

like it was kind of holy,

like I could

keep it forever.

Calamity--

Yellow Hand find out now

which way soldier go.

Bill.

Yes, Calamity, I do.

I--

I love you.

You wait.

Yellow Hand

no want to kill Hickok...

but must know which way

soldier go with bullet.

When he know,you go free.

Hickok go free.

Don't talk to him,

Calamity!

Don't trust him!

Bill.!

Bill!

If you no tell which way

soldier go with bullet,

Hickok soon be dead.

Bill Cody's with

that ammunition train!

Forty-eight men

are there, Calamity!

Oh, Bill! I can't!

You tell?

No.

Which way?

Oh, no! No! Don't!

Don't let them do it!

Don't! Please! Don't!

Oh!

Which way?

Don't forget Cody--

And all those men!

Remember what I told you!

They're burning him!

They're killing him!

Put out the fire!

Put out the fire!

Oh.!

Put out the fire!

Which way soldier go

with bullet?

Deep Valley

through the upper ford.

Squaw no lie.

Yellow Hand no lie.

You free. Go.

I couldn't help it, Bill.

Won't you look at me?

I hope

I'll never have to

look at you again.

Look out, Bill!

Look out!

Thing ain't right here,

Captain Wood.

See anything?

No, but I feel it.

Things ain't right here.

We can halt over there

while you take a look around.

They're caught,

like rats in a trap.

They're all around us,

on both sides of the river!

- We'll hold this island!

Throw your horses!

Get those ammunition packs off.

Get them out of the line of fire!

I can't see nothin'

to shoot at but smoke.

Where are they?

They'll never get out now.

I gotta go down there.

You ain't goin' down there.

Get behind this tree

and wait.

You've got to reach

General Custer.

I'll get there, somehow.

Head down Prairie Dog Creek.

Get a fresh mount tomorrow

from the Pony Express

at Simpson's.

And if Custer finds out

you told Yellow Hand,

he'll give you the firing squad.

He won't find out.

I'm gonna tell him.

Tell him you brought

a thousand Cheyenne

against his 48 men!

Set up that barricade with those

saddles! Those saddles on

those barricades, and hurry!

Don't go too deep with

that hole or you'll get

that ammunition in water!

All right, sir.

Burned through the legs.

It feels like

it broke the bone.

Your knife, Bill.

Give me that scabbard

for the splint.

Watch 'em, men!

They may rush us!

Never saw

such rifle-fire

from Indians!

They haven't let up

for a minute.

There's either a million of'em,

or they're using those

new repeating rifles.

Look out!

They're firin' powerful fast.

It ain't like what

we had at Gettysburg.

Were you at Gettysburg?

I was on the other side in that.

Then you must've been--

- Stop talkin', you two!

- Get down there!

Aim well and fire slowly.

Hold your fire, men!

That's a white man!

Cover him, McGinnis!

Cover him!

What would a white man

be doin' out there?

Holy mackerel!

He hasn't got a chance!

He's still ridin'.

Drop some of them Injuns

back of him!

That fellow must have

nine lives!

He'll need every one of'em.

They got him!

No, they haven't!

Come on, Bill.!

Run for it.!

Keep those long legs goin'!

Hi, Bill.

Sufferin' cats!

Wild Bill!

I'll tell the captain

you're here.

Tell him I expect to

be here for a long time.

Hi, Bill.

You guidin'

for Yellow Hand?

Where's your feathers?

Captain Wood,

Wild Bill Hickok.

Touch 'em up in those trees.

Range about 200 yards!

Hickok?

Wild Bill Hickok?

Yes, sir. He just dropped

in from Yellow Hand.

Wha--

I thought Custer sent you

to locate Yellow Hand.

I located him, didn't I?

Him and a few Cheyenne.

You sure did a good job.

I notice you're using

his equipment.

You'll notice it's

better than yours too.

Where did you get that mark

on your wrist? Bracelet?

Ha. Squaw bracelet.

Takin' Bill Hickok prisoner

just don't sound right to me.

No? What about Bill Cody

following his nose

into a Cheyenne ambush?

Hmm.

Looky here.

These Injuns were waitin'

for us. They knew we

was comin' to this ford.

You didn't

tell 'em, Bill?

Then who did tell 'em?

I said,

who did tell 'em?

I've something more important

than that to tell you.

You're gonna be a father.

Huh?

A daddy.

Well, but, uh--

How did you know?

Mrs. Cody told Calamity.

Calamity told me.

Well, somebody

mighta told me.

Well, uh... the news

didn't leak out till

after we left.

Oh, well then how--

Where did you see Calamity?

Oh, uh... around.

Has she got rawhide marks

on her wrist too?

What's your guess it'll be,

a boy or a girl?

It's bound to be one

or the other, isn't it?

That's customary.

From what I've seen of you

lately, my guess is a girl.

Girls are all right.

If it's a boy,

I suppose he'll be a bellboy

in that hotel of yours.

If it's a girl,

we'll keep her out

of Yellow Hand's camp.

Oh!

Hey, Bill.

Hey, soldier.

Wait till I knock the tail

feathers off of that turkey.

Help me over

to the wagon with him.

They got Buffalo Bill,

Captain.

Keep down

or they'll get you.

Where's the doctor, Captain?

They got him

in the first volley.

Bandages are

in the box there.

Here's a fresh one.

Sort of parted your hair,

Bill. Flesh wound.

Looks like that little

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