West of Thunder Page #4

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Flim?

KIPPY:

Flim?

You punch drunk turd

rambler it is "film"...film.

F..I..L...L.M

BARTENDER ZEKE:

Gentleman I'm sure Miss Wanda

is very impressed with your

bilateral, chronically

diminished mental

acuity...but why don't we

give Ms. Wanda a little bit

of breathing space.

COLIN:

Thank you very much sir

for your heartfelt compliment...

KIPPY:

Yeah,

yeah I appreciate that.

My daddy he used to say

my brains were a thing of

beauty...and now I

know they're "a cutie."

Thank you. Thank you.

BARTENDER ZEKE:

....Yeah....you're welcome...

WANDA:

I like your jewelry Henry.

It is very handsome.

HENRY SEED:

Thank you Miss Wanda.

It is Lakota made.

The warriors of their tribe

wear it as a sign of honor

and respect.

WANDA:

Gosh how....French of them.

COLIN:

Hey where I'm from the only

males who wear jewelry are

steers with those big ol'

pins in their noses and

flagholes who like to bump

butts with other animals.

HENRY SEED:

Guys leave Wanda alone.

Leave me alone.

Or I will literally

let hell loose on you.

KIPPY:

You know that whore was right

about you.

You are a French tickler

and...a....oh Colin!

COLIN:

Oh damn you got me good

Kippy.

KIPPY:

You want a drink?

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

Pastor can you make

anything of this drawing?....

I think it may have some

religious significance.

PASTOR CALMES DOYLE:

I've seen drawings like this

before.

It reminds me of the

visions of Little Thunder.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

The Lakota medicine man?

PASTOR CALMES DOYLE:

I tend to think of him as a

modern day St. Paul

with a touch of St. Peter

thrown in.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

Well what makes you that he's a

modern day Paul?

PASTOR CALMES DOYLE:

Paul originally chose a path of

hatred and vengeance.

The Lord split Paul's

sword of hatred in two with a

blinding flash like terrible

thunder and lightning,

leading Paul to a new

path of peace and love.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

Are any of his

visions like Peter's?

PASTOR CALMES DOYLE:

Instead of a cornucopia his

visions involve circles or

hoops. Each circle represents a

different race or creed of

mankind. The beautiful part

about his visions are each

circle becomes concentric

and connected to each other.

They all become brother

circles, all connected to,

and under, the eyes of

our Heavenly Father.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

But this circle here

seems to be broken.

PASTOR CALMES DOYLE:

Yes it does...

HENRY SEED:

Dr. Fixer I am in dire

need of your medicine.

DR. FIXER:

Hold your horses I'll

be out in a minute.

Now, how many

bottles do you desire sir?

HENRY SEED:

I actually need 12

bottles.

DR. FIXER:

Twelve! That's a healthy bill

of sale...

let me see that'll

be 3 dollars.....three sir.

HENRY SEED:

There you go.

DR. FIXER:

Now, what is your ailment

sir If I may inquire?

HENRY SEED:

None! I am as fit as

a fiddle.

DR. FIXER:

Really? Well then you must have

someone in your household who

is suffering from a liver

problem or maybe the

yellow disease.

HENRY SEED:

Actually no... as a matter

of fact I just thoroughly

enjoy the taste of

your elixir.

DR. FIXER:

Oh...OK.....

HENRY SEED:

Would you mind joining

me for a few pulls?

DR. FIXER:

Well I have been feeling

a little under the weather

so to speak so I don't mind if I

do... I could use a little

shot of the cure-all

you know...

HENRY SEED:

A toast...

DR. FIXER:

A toast....

HENRY SEED:

May you be in heaven

a half an hour before

before I know you're dead.

DR. FIXER:
AAhh...

I feel better already.

HENRY SEED:

So you are a doctor...

you are a medical doctor?

DR. FIXER:

Ah no but I do have

P.H.D.

HENRY SEED:

A P.H.D in what?

DR. FIXER:

In philosophy...but

that does allow me to say

that I am actually a doctor.

HENRY SEED:

Well doctor,

what medicinal qualities

does your elixir have?

DR. FIXER:

Well it has been known

to treat anybody that

has liver disease or that

horrific yellowing of the

skin that may accompany it.

HENRY SEED:

Are you sure your

elixir isn't causing the

cirrhosis of the liver and

the yellowing of the skin.

DR. FIXER:

Now sir to suppose that...

HENRY SEED:

...to suppose that this

is actually 80 percent

alcohol and 20 percent

taproot?

DR. FIXER:

Well there is a small

percentage of alcohol in

there as a soporific...

but that is actually a

proprietary blend of the

medicinal herbs and roots

and proteins and vitamins.

Yep.

HENRY SEED:

Who do you sell this to?

DR. FIXER:

Every man and woman

of every walk and

talk of life.

HENRY SEED:

Do you sell these to

the Indian people?

DR. FIXER:

Yes we do in fact, I've been

told that it helps them to

think straight and, you know,

be more healthy and

have better self esteem!

HENRY SEED:

Do you know that it is

illegal to sell alcohol

on the reservation?

DR. FIXER:

Sir, this is not an alcohol...

this is not classified as an

alcohol, I'm telling you this

has been classified as a

medicinal by the medical

council of the sovereign

state of South Dakota.

HENRY SEED:

I've seen what your

"medicinal" has done

to the Indian people.

I've seen the putrid

condition that your alcohol

has left them.

I've seen them give

you their last monies...

DR. FIXER:

...well...

HENRY SEED:

...I've seen them spend their

monies on your

alcohol instead of blankets

and food...

DR. FIXER:

...Sir, that is their choice.

That is their choice.

HENRY SEED:

That is true...that

is 100 percent true,

that is their choice...but it's

an interesting choice on

your behalf.

DR. FIXER:

How so?

HENRY SEED:

That you actually see...

that you actually bear

witness to their seeds of

despair and then

water them with your elixir.

DR. FIXER:

Now sir. Sir, I take

no moral responsibility

for what certain people...

they abuse my medicines...

HENRY SEED:

And I sir have no moral

responsibility with the way I

am going to leave you after I

make you drink every one

of those bottles......

DR. FIXER:

...thank you...

HENRY SEED:

...you're welcome....

PASTOR CALMES DOYLE:

Good afternoon...Little

Thunder this is Sheriff

Chapman...Sheriff Chapman,

Little Thunder. The sheriff

would like you to take

a look at this drawing.

LITTLE THUNDER:

Who has done

this?

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

A man named Henry Seed.

LITTLE THUNDER:

I had a vision this

morning..this is what I

drew...

this man is a Thunder

Being, they watch over two

spiritual roads. One is

rain and thunder, the other

is the growth and the peace

that comes with the rain.

He is only one road.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

He obviously isn't

the peaceful road.

LITTLE THUNDER:

He wants to break

your people's circle which

in turn breaks all circles.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

This X on his chest...

is there any

significance to that?

LITTLE THUNDER:

A spear took his

heart, replaced it with hate

and left a scar of revenge.

SHERIFF CHAPMAN:

I need you to talk to him.

LITTLE THUNDER:

I will, after I talk to my

people.

HENRY SEED:

My name is Dr. Henry Seed

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