Get amoving hurry up anxious chatter mrs. Omalley, you just stop worrying. Everythings gonna be all right. Sure quiet out there tonight. Yep, i just hope it stays that way. Man major adams. Yes . Isnt there some way we could move around them . Medidine mark . Hes chief of the cheyenne. Hates white men any white men. Ive sent mccullough on to getet military escort. That means well be losing a lot of time. Its better than losing our scalps. Anybody ever try to make peace with this medicine mark . Peace . As far as i know, no whihi mans ever set eyes on him and lived to tell about it. Its a funny thing most indians wont attack at night, but not this fella. Hell attack any time at all hes got a chance to kill a white man. owl hooting those goldarn owls give me the creeps, especially this kind. Why . This kind different . Yeah, this kind dont fly. Ought to be daylight in about another hour. I dont think theyll jump us rustling man im looking for a fella namemeFrancis Mason wellllyou better show yourself, mister. Or youll be dead before you get a chance to lay eyes on him im bije wilcox. Are you out of your head, comin through a cheyenne war party at night up to a wagon train thats waiting to be attacked . Them cheyenne dont want this tough old hide. They like white meat, fresh and tender, from the east. Scalps is a lot nicer, too they aint been burned to shoe leather. You ramroddin this outfit . I am. Coulda been right in the middle of this whole wagon train without you knowing it. O all right. Now, sir, where is this Francis Mason . Im Francis Mason. I writ you a letter. I didnt expect to meet you until later. What youre looking for is around these parts, so we can get started right now. Started for where . Its a great big country, mister, man cant tell where hes g gna end up. The cheyenne dont give you much choice. Im alive, aint i . Got a long ways to go. Lets get started. Im not going anywhere yet. With your permission, sir, id like to talk to mr. Masas alone. Go ahead. You didnt seem very anxious. You didnt write me much proof. If id have told you all i knowed in my letter, youd knowed more than me. Now,w,aybe you think you dont need me, but you need me, mister mason. Im not going out there with you unless you give me some good reasons. You want to find your brother, dont you . Thats what the advertisement said. 5,000 reward. To the man who takes me to him. Not a cent till then . Thats right. I aint so young anymore. I got the rheumatism. Settin in the suns a lot easier than setttt in the saddle. And i aint risking aches and pains and my scalp for just a ride in the hills. I want that 5,000, mr. Mason, and i intend earning it by taking you to your brother. You seem very sure. Just as sureres i know medicine mark is setting up in them hills waiting to massacre every man, woman and child on this wagon train. All right. Ill go with you. I want to see the 5,000. Ive got it. I said i want to s s it. The driver will take my wagon to the fort. What about you . Im going with mr. Wilcox. Mason, youre a fool. You cant stop me. No, i dont reckon i can, unless i tie you down. But do yourself a favor, will ya . Whats that . Waitll the cavalry gets here. They can tell you where the cheyenne are the thickest and where youre g gna get the most trouble. Ah i been hunting and trapping these hills for 25 years. Mmhmm. Lookie here. Its all there, every hair of it. And thats the way its gonna be till it gets put in a pine coffin with the rest of me. Quickest way i know of getting killed is getting mixed up with them thickheaded soldiers. Confound the luck. Always poking their blue noses into other peoples business. I know a way to lose em. Come on. No. They mustnt waste time. The wagon trainss depending on them. Had my say, id set them cheyenne on that whole wagon train. Yeah. Migig even lift a couple of hair locks myself. Howdy, mr. Mason. Hello, flint. You shouldnt be this far from the wagon train. Its too dangerous. Im looking out after him. Why . What are you up to, bije . For me, perhaps. I dont like to butt into your affairs, mr. Mason, but i know this part of the country i know bije wilcox, and theres nothing he wouldnt do for money. That includes murder, gunrunning to the indians, horse stealing you name it, bije has done it. Then how come you aint hung me yet . How come you havent been scalped yet . Aint nobody slick enoughh to catch me. Theres your answer, mr. Mason. Now, do you still propose to go out there alone with this man . Yes. No. You can stop bije wilcox. You can arrest him for trying to swindle mason. Wait a minute. Aint no swindle. Youre leading him right into the heart of medicine marks country. I know where im leading him. No white man can go in there and live. Hmm. Ive lived there. Maybe ive got a secret. All right, bije. Bubuim sending a couple of men along with you. No, you aint, captain. You aint trackin me, neither. Dont ever take your eye off this man, mr. Mason, bebeuse hes liable to rob you and leave you in the hills to die. He might even sell you to the indians. Twentytyears ago you wouldnt have said that to me and lived. Twenty years ago i might not have had a reason. Good luck, mr. Mason. I do, but its not important. I intend to live until i see my brothers face. The Smoke Signals are gone. Been gone for some time. Maybe they left when they saw the cavalry. No, theyre still following us. Theres some out there less than 100 yards from us now. Donnwatch for em. Lets make out like this is just a sunday ride to church. Come on, mr. Mason. Were stopping here. Couldnt have picked a more exposed spot. Been looking for it all afternoon. Get down off your horse, mr. Mason. Youre fixin to become bait. Bait . Just a minute, friend. Medicine marks the onlylyan alive can take you to your brother. Medicine mark . thats what i said. Now, you wanna run along, go ahead. I dont understand. You mean my brothers a captive . Your brothers got a scar on his face. Something like a cut . More like a burn. Red. No beard will grow over it. Like a burn . Yes. It wawa a burn. Made with a hot coal from the fireplace. Did you do it . how long do o u think well have to wait . Just as long as he wants us to wait thats what they sing about him sent by the great spirit to save em from the white man. Great spirit. With all his hate and all his glory, hed never catch old bije wilcox. Exceptin when i let him. So come on, lets build a fire. Build a big un, big enough to light up a mountain, big enough to warm all them c cyenne wholl be watching us all night long from behind them rocks. Why do you hate him so . Cant think of a white man who dont. Yours is a different kind of hate almost as if you were jealous. Jealous . I had more and better chances than him to turn indian, but i stayed with my own people. Are you telling me that. Wanting to live where no white man ever lived before. He knowed. How to hunt, how to keep his scalp he come out here whitefaced and weak as a baby chick. Oh, he was a quiet un. What little he spoke was against all man. And a hundred times, at night, in his sleep, until i knowed the words myself hed moan. Cain said to the lord, my punishment is more than i can bear. i must go straying and stumbling all over the world, and everyone that catches me will kill me. rustling shh. Tell medicine mark i bring him his blood brother whos been s srching for him these past 20 years varmints. Guess they aint ready yet. To prevent anyone catching and killing him. And cain left the presence of the lord. Sure did, mr. Mason. He sure did. rustling thats just some little ol night critter out there. Indians dont make no noise, mr. Son. Front of you. Then your insides get to whipping around like a snake in barrel. What is it . The horses are gone. Second nature for a cheyenne to steal a horse, but they didnt even leave any hoof marks. They sure were quiet about it. Make less noise than a ghost sometimes. Then brother you afraid, wilcox . Of nothing i can see, hear, or smell. Its just that i i never did think iilive to see the day when somebody steal old bije wilcoxs horse right out from under his nose yeah, they make less noise than a ghost. Now theres no chance of our getting away even if we wanted to. We never did. Its just. I dont like to be made a fool of especially by him you sure itt medicine marks doing . Sure im sure i teached him how to steal a horse, didnt i . Hes out there probably laughing at us. Tell me more about him. Tell you what . He ever say he hated me . Derstand you know, big talk, big words, and sometime in a foreign language. Go on, keep talking. Not much more to talk about. I had my knowledge and he took it from me as fast as i could show him. You must have been a good teacher. In a year he knowed more than i did. And then he left . Mmhmm. He left. Why . He didnt tell me. He never talked much when we were kids, either. He was different from the other boys, and from me. He stayed by himself. Asked only to be left in peace. They said my brother had no fight in him. Her tried to make what he called a man of him. And i was ashamed of him. No, i didnt tell you. Confounded heathens. They dont act like sensible human beings. Tell medicine mark i bring him his blood brother i know youre out there my brother learned hate very young. He believed we were all against him and it was true. No man was kind to him. Except you. You re kind to him, werent you, bije wilcox . Well, he come to me and i teached him all i know. I told you that. What havent you told me . What else is there to tete . If id done him harm hed have killed me by now. Hes had plenty of chances. Then why are you afraid . Because you are. And lose 5,000 . Mmhmm. And maybe lose you. You blackhearted heathens thats all the water we got you want us to die of thirst . tell my brother i come with love tell em tell em youre medicine mamas are you my brother . . Tell him you got the mark i seen it when you first the cheyenne are my people. I cannot see your face. My brother. See it, and youll never see again. Were ready to start any time you are. What about the cheyenne . My scouts tell me theyve faded back into the hills. They havent fadeded very far, captain. The cheyenne stick with a wagon train, even with an escort, waiting for a break. Well, it could be that mededine mark has got Something Else on his mind. I suggest we get started as early as possible. Tell me one thing, captain. What do you propose to do about that fellow mason . Mr. Mason is no longegeour business. Our job is to get this wagon train safely to the fort. Do you need my help, captaiai if i do, ill call on you. You still look pretty worried, major. Well, im not very happy. Mccullough. In your humble opinion if you ever had a humble opinion to mason . Yep. From what i hear, when bije wilcox smells money, theres nobody as dangerous. Hmm. If you really want my humble opinion you dont get paid for your opinions, you get paid for being out in front there teling me whats gonna happen to us you heard what the captptn said. Whos paying you, him or me . now go on out there and do your job, will ya . Yes, sir, major. Sir. Charlie, give me another cup of coffee. Tell him to have everybody ready to pull out as soon as its daylight. Yes, sir, major, sir. Charles. You say you are medicine marks brother . Yes. I know him by the mark on his cheek. Ive been looking for you, charles, ever since father died to bring you home. Where the cheyenne go, there is my homeme i do not know your father. If i die for it. He is my brother. Untie him. Are the bravest warriors ofofhe cheyenne nation so afraid of an old man tha they keep me tied up like a dog . A dog is a dog. The mad dog must be roped and tied until cured by death. He allowed himself to be taken, to my brother. I got other reasons, too. They will be lies. We will not hear them. Sit down. My father bull man, greatest of the cheyenne, is old. Therefore, listen and remember that you may tell your children and they, theirs. My brother was kind and gentle. And while he read his books, i thought only foolish things. I was jealous of him. It seemed to me my mother loved him more than me. She saw in him the gentleness that my father and i took for weakness. S. She protected him from our cruelty. But she died too soon. W a father or mother can love one son more than another. Our father wawaa strong man too strong. His hand was of iron. His slaves hid from him whenene came into the fields. He was angry with you, charles. When you spoke against slavery. My brother stood alone and said god would not have given any man life but his own people turned aainst him. They said he wanted to destroy his brothers, and we called him cain. Because i was ignorant, i hated my brother. And then one day we brave young men b bnd him. And burned the mark of cain on his cheek. And even then he defied us. And suddenly i reaeazed how brave he was, you didnttell him of your shame. No. Why not . I did not know how not then. Among the cheyenne, a man who harms his brother is put away from the people. Were you sent away . No, my brother was sent away. By a father who did not understand. Did you try to stop your brother from going . No. I was afraid of my father. It is a bad thing to be afraid, but telling about it cleanses the heart. Then came the war. Many men died. Among them our father. No man fought more bravely. I held him in my arms as he was dying, and he said, find charles, and beg him totoorgive me. And. And me . And come home . My father is bull man, wisest of the cheyenne. I wear the war shirt. He who wears it is first into battle, last to leave it. Whwhe man kills the buffalo. My people go hungry. He shoots my young men, and our women wail in the lodges. Our children have no fathers to make meat. He who wears the war shirt must take care of his people, give them what they need. Once i went to war with only a lance to show i was not afraid to die. I wear the war shirt, and it is a heavy burden. I would put it off. But my people need me. indians agreeing i will wear it. As long as i can. Your people are in virginia. Come home. The e ite man throws away his son. The white man steals from his own kind, leaves him to die in the desert. It was your fault. You was the devil tempting me. You had 5,000 in gold totoake into the wilderness where it wouldnt do you no good you was mad, anyway mad with hate. I shoulda killed you dead instead of just leaving you u ere. You think to help a brother . You come too late. Charles, what can i do . Tell him youre his brother, cain. And ill give it to you youll have back what i took from you and ill go to sleep one night without wondering why you dont kill me even if its my last night on earth. For he harms only his sworm enemies. I am not your enemy. You are a white man. Your brother. The cheyenne are my brothers i died they helped me to be reborn. Then i, too, will die, to b breborn as your brother. I haha no more words, my father. It will be for you to decide. Who wishes to make medicine with the spirit cannot be denied. We will not deny h h, then. Once i have fixed these to your skin, the leather thong will atttth them n the tree. And aftetethat, you will walk four times to the left, and then you will turn and go four titis to the right. Remember always four to the left, four to the right. Three times before the sun goes down you are permitted to rest against the tree for a brief period. But you may not eat, you may not drink. If you have heard the spirit, then try to break free of these. If you cannot, i will cut you loose after sundown. What you dream will come true. I saw myself living to an old man among my brothers the cheyenne that was my dream. The tree is ready. The cheyenne do not show pain. The cheyenne honors the brave man. We will return you to your people. It is not necessary that you swing from the pole. It is necessary. Yoyo spirit may be different from ours. He may not hear you from this place. He will hear me. I am ready. Kneel. Four times to the left, fou times to the right. Your brother has the blood of a warrior. He is stubborn. I would be proud to call this man brother. I hated you from the first minute i saw the mark of cain on your face. And i hated you more when i seed you had more money than i had ever seed before. And the brains to learn in a year i curse the day i left you out there to die instead of finishing the job myself. Now i curse you for denying your own broroer i curse you for being the devil mason screams hes your brother youre killing him in my Fathers House are many mansions. Flint medicine mark my rifle is pointed at your heart. You will be the first dead, even if we a a die. No one will die not today, nor in the days to come. The warrior medicine mark only talks of peace. It was his dream. Your brother . Carry my brother to the horses of the white men. See they make their journey safely. My children will sing of him to their children. I hope the warrior medicine mark is as great in peace as he has been in war. It will take no greatness to lead in peace once we have learned to live without hatred. Can i tell him you called him brother . He knows. What can i say to you . What you say to yourself is more important. Hold up ho hey, captainin look there. You see what i see . Theres a couple of indians with two white men with em. Thats flint mccullough, aint it, mr. Mason, i i know , bije. You kept your promise. Mmhmm. And ill keep mine. The moneys in my wallet. I think you know where it is. Five thousand. Yes, sir. Well, go ahead and take it. Susu do thank you, mr. Mason. Now, what could i do with 5,000 . Well, captain, good luck to you. So long, major. Ill see ya. Detail, forward ho well, mr. Mason, how ya doin . Fine, major. You goin back to richmond right away . No, i think not. I rather like this part of the country. I want to begin a new life, and this seems like a good place. Nice and. Peaceful. Peaceful . . Roll along . . Wagag train . . Rollin over prairie where there aint no grass . . Pullin over mountains where there aint no pass . . Sittin on a board, eyein the weather . . Prayin to the lord we Stay Together . . Side by side on the wagon train . . Wagon train . . Pickin up a passenger ininvery town . . Wonderin if hes ever gonna shoot you down . . Lookinnor a pal, aint it a pity . . Lookin for a gal, neednt be pretty . . If shell ride on the wagon train . . Wagon ho . . Gotta keep em on the run . . Time to go . . And follow the sun . . Wagon train . . Never had a cabin near the general store . . Only had a wagon and a. 44 . . Sittin on a board, eyein the weather . . Praran to the lord we Stay Together . . Side by side .