The Plainsman Page #8

You can never tell.

I gotta get out of here too

after what I done.

Well, I guess

this is good-bye, eh, Bill?

Where are you going?

Oh, up around Deadwood

someplace, I guess.

I don't give a hoot

where I go.

You're well-named.

A child of calamity.

Always gettin' yourself

into trouble.

Bill--

Bill, I reckon

maybe you don't hate me.

Do you?

Maybe you're just bein'

nice to me because you think

you won't ever see me again.

Sure. Sure,

I'll see ya again.

This is a big country,

and trails cross...

sometimes.

Thought these

Big Horn Mountains

was full of Indians.

Well, I ain't seen

any Indians yet,

but I'll swear to Moses

there's somethin' followin' us.

Git!

Want your coat back,

Bill?

No. I want some grub.

Well, how do you

like your eggs?

I like 'em very much.

You got any?

No.

I got some jerky

and a little bacon

and a little coffee.

You must've been mighty frugal

over the last six weeks

since you been gone.

I haven't any grub left.

Well, you're welcome

to anything I got, Will.

I know that, Bill.

Build up a little fire

and we'll have coffee.

Given up

ridin' a horse?

Indians got it.

Mine too.

I see you got holes

in your boots.

That's from followin'

a long-legged man.

Me?

You.

What were you

followin' me for?

Did you have something

you wanted to tell me?

I reckon I did.

I thought you were

off with Custer.

Custer sent me

to bring you back.

Slice up some of

that bacon, Bill.

Have a piece of jerky.

Thanks, Bill.

Well, I guess we got

a few coffee beans left.

Enough for about two cups

if we make it weak.

How's Lou?

I ain't seen her, Bill,

for weeks.

She went home to St. Louis

the day after you left.

She wanted to be

with her mother when--

And what have you

decided to call it?

I guess Lou

will decide that.

Yeah. She's

a fine woman, Bill.

She fixed my arm,

so I can pull a gun

as quick with my left

as I can with my right.

Well, that's fine,

Bill.

It might come in handy

for you.

It will.

This is

a hostile country.

If you get some water,

we'll get this coffee

goin' quick.

Can't understand

why Custer sent you.

He says I'm the only man

you wouldn't kill.

Seems to me Custer's takin'

a whole lot for granted.

Well, there it is.

I have an order from

the United States Army

to bring you back.

So I gather.

Dead or alive.

Which way do you

aim to do it?

Alive.

No, Bill.

It's too bad they had to

send you. I'm sorry.

But they did, Bill.

Did you hear that?

What's that Indian doing with

that Seventh Cavalry stuff?

That flag's

shot to pieces.

- Where'd you get that flag?

That's an officer's coat,

and there's a bullet hole

through it.

Do you understand him?

He says

Custer's dead!

Wiped out

with his whole battalion.

He says Yellow Hand's

comin' up from the south

with his Cheyenne...

to join Sitting Bull.

He says there'll be

no more white man.

If the Cheyenne

reach Sitting Bull,

he's right.

Where's

the nearest regiment?

Merritt.

He's moving up

to join Crook.

You know

his line of march?

He's coming up

through Deadwood.

Find him.

He says the white man friend

is bringing rifles to Sitting Bull.

- That's Lattimer.

To the new village

in the canyon.

That's Deadwood.

You go for Merritt

and tell him to get between

Sitting Bull and the Cheyenne.

Remember, Bill,

you're my prisoner.

I'll see ya in Deadwood.

We'll settle it there.

[''Oh.! Susanna'' On Piano ]

- I seen it myself.

- One nugget?

Yes, sir.!

Twenty-three ounces.

The biggest nugget I seen

in Deadwood yet.

Dave, the biggest liar

I've seen in Deadwood yet

is you.

I ain't tryin'

to sell you the claim.

I'm caught.

Now, Calamity,

what did you

wanna do that for?

Drinks ain't free, Dave.

If you was a man,

Calamity--

I ain't,

so plunk down four bits.

You're a good barkeep,

Calamity, but you're

awful ornery.

Hello, Calamity.

Sherry and egg.

Eggs are

a dollar apiece.

I said egg

and sherry.

You'll get whiskey

and egg.

Would you like

to try runnin' me out

of this town too,Jack?

No, Calamity.

I don't bear you a bit

of hard feeling anymore.

Well, that's just fine.

'Cause I bear you a-plenty.

Now, say, Calamity.

You oughta be

makin' up to me.

I'm gonna be

a big man

in this country.

You'll have to grow

about a foot, won't ya?

When I get hold of a pile

of money-- which I aim to,

and soon--

you'll be

treatin'me right.

So, you staked a claim?

Nah, not me.

Those fellas are lookin'

for gold in the ground.

I aim to find it on top.

If it ain't in the ground,

where is it?

I ain't sayin'!

[ In Normal Voice ]

I ain't sayin'.

All I'm sayin' is

I'm gonna be a big man

in this Black Hills country.

Yes, sirree, a big man,

like Wild Bill Hickok.

Say, whatever

become of Bill?

I couldn't tell ya.

For all I know,

he may be dead.

[ Whistling ]

The man that killed him

must be ridin' high.

The man don't live

that could kill him.

Though you done your best.

You told Lattimer, Bill

was looking for him in Hays City.

Hickok don't know that,

does he? It ain't true.

There ain't a word

of truth in it.

Lucky for you

Bill ain't here.

You can throw this old outfit

away or burn it.

I don't think

they'll burn.

Hey.

You like-a the haircut?

No, no haircut.

Have you seen any freighting

or hauling around here?

No, no freighting.

No hauling.

Everybody got a mine.

Everybody dig and a-dig.

Nobody got-a time

for Tony no more.

Nobody take

a bath no more!

Hey, don't you ever put

tobacco in that pipe?

Smells like an octopus.

Hello,Jack.

What's that army horse

doin' here?

There ain't been any soldiers

around here in weeks,

Mr. Lattimer,

but the Fifth Cavalry's

comin' in.

We'll be gone

before they get in.

My wagons oughta be

here in a few minutes.

I need some barberin'.

I ain't seen

no Indian guide.

Give him time.

Sitting Bull said he'd send him.

Take it easy.

Mr. Lattimer.

I'm gettin' kinda jumpy

about those wagons.

I'll buy ya one.

That's nice of you,

Mr. Lattimer.

A drop of rye will

set me up just fine.

You don't happen

to have seen any wagons

going through...

loaded with

farming tools?

Now what does anybody

want-a with-a farming tools?

They got no time

to farm.

Hey. Why don't you want

to get the haircut?

Short hair makes

the Indians mad,

and they're

mad enough already.

Thank-a you too much.

He's-a fine fellow.

Bill!

Hello, Calamity.

Ah, Bill.

Gee, you're back.

I been watchin' and askin'

and nobody's seen ya.

Nobody's heard.

I haven't been out

in what you call society.

I had one caller,

though. Bill Cody.

He found you, then.

Say, Bill,

you didn't--

No.

No, he's all right.

I'm meetin' him here.

I'm sure glad of that.

Wasn't your fault,

them three soldiers gettin' killed.

Say, Bill. You won't

have to move on, will ya?

No, I got a hunch

this is gonna be

my last camp.

You're settlin' down?

You're gonna stay here?

I got a feelin'

I'm gonna stay here.

Bill, you need a drink.

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