Geronimo
- APPROVED
- Year:
- 1962
- 101 min
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By the year 1880, all but one of
the scattered bands of the Apache nation
had been forced to surrender.
This one band,
inspired by their leader Geronimo,
tried to defy the odds and hold out.
But driven by starvation and under
the attack of Mexican and American troops,
even they realised
they must compromise or die.
In the summer of 1883
they left their hiding place in Mexico
to surrender at the United States border.
It's them all right. What's left of them.
Here.
Have you ever seen Apache before?
No, sir.
Take a good long look
and keep facing front.
You might keep your hair.
They seem pretty peaceful now, Captain.
Nothing but a pack
of wild and dirty animals.
Don't you forget that, Lieutenant Delahay.
Fall in.
Here's your horse, sir.
Prepare to mount.
Mount!
Company, forward, ho!
Company, halt!
Geronimo, under the terms of this treaty...
I'm not Geronimo. I'm Natchez.
Geronimo sends word he will
surrender at sundown. He asks you to wait.
- Why sundown?
- Because the treaty says sundown.
- Where is he now?
- He has unfinished business.
Oh? What sort of unfinished business?
He's keeping a promise.
Get back.
You have your own horse now, Giantah.
You're a man.
- From now on you act like a man.
- Yes, Geronimo.
Ride with your shoulders back
and your head held proud.
When anyone asks you who you are, say,
"I am an Apache" and they won't ask again.
Yes.
It's time.
Do we have to surrender?
They won't change us.
I won't let them. I promise you that.
You've got a man for a son, Showshawn.
I wish he were mine.
Company, ho.
Geronimo?
Lieutenant John Delahay,
C Company, Third Cavalry.
This is Captain William Maynard.
Geronimo, under the terms of this treaty,
you and your tribe hereby
relinquish rights to all lands
except those
at San Carlos Reservation, Arizona.
You allow yourselves to be escorted under
military supervision
to said reservation,
and once there promise
to live peaceably and without conflict.
In recognition of this sacred promise,
agrees to give you food, shelter
and the aforementioned land,
which will belong to you
and your tribe forever.
Signed General George A Crook,
Department of Arizona.
Is something wrong?
Where does it say on the paper
that we are Apaches?
That's understood.
You'll be treated accordingly.
We proceed immediately to San Carlos.
Come in.
Ah-ah-ah. Take off the moccasins,
my child.
Fine rich carpeting.
Mustn't soil it with the dust of the world.
What is it you want to tell me?
Geronimo's coming?
Get me the Bible, Mother.
- Do you think there'll be trouble?
- Trouble? I don't think so.
It'll take more than a child of the devil
to beat the Lord.
- Mr Burns.
- Captain Maynard.
My name is Jeremiah Burns.
I'm in charge here.
Tell your braves to dismount.
We'll hold the ponies in the back corral
until we can determine the rightful owners.
- Yes.
- Wait.
These ponies belong to my people.
You are wrong, brother.
Those ponies belong to the hard-working
settlers you stole them from.
The Lord says
what's stolen must be returned.
Then how do we hunt and live?
You won't have to hunt. The government
takes care of everything. You will see.
We are children of God here in San Carlos.
We work the ground.
You'll have no need of a horse.
- Captain Maynard.
- Wait.
Take them away.
I'll go see if the book came in.
If you have any problems, let me know.
My door's always open
for love and understanding.
Sergeant, divide them into three groups.
I'll take the first to Turkey Creek.
- This way.
- All right.
I'll show you where you're quartered.
What about a man's dignity?
Does the government take care of that too?
It was the government sent out Mr Burns.
Does that answer your question, sir?
We issue rations once a week here.
Beef, flour, sugar.
You're getting special treatment today.
Next week you'll have to wait in line,
just like the others.
- Geronimo.
- Porica.
I remember how it used to be.
Over here.
Hello, Captain.
Got me some new customers?
This is Geronimo, Mr Henry. He'll be up
at Turkey Creek with Mangus and his tribe.
Welcome to San Carlos.
Each week we issue you
sugar, flour and beef.
Teela. When are you going
to teach me to read?
Captain, I don't think
I need to teach you anything.
May I take the book, please, Mr Henry?
- Is that the new reader?
- Yes, it is.
All right, Teela.
You go on. I'll mark it down.
Books.
I wouldn't laugh. Books are
very good for you. Yes, indeed they are.
Yes, they certainly are.
Put out your hand, please.
It'll wash off.
It just means you got your ration.
I'm not an animal that has to be branded.
Let him go.
I said let him go.
Don't you ever touch a white man again.
You savvy?
You behave yourself. That's
all you have to do. We'll get along fine.
Otherwise I'll lock you in a cage
where you belong.
I'll get this group on their way.
Maybe he'll learn to read now,
like the other children.
Food, shelter, land.
Better than starving in the mountains,
Geronimo.
Geronimo?
Geronimo, you coyote!
You son of a coyote,
you son of two coyotes!
Mangus!
Oh! Oh!
You look fine. Just fine.
- What are you doing?
- I'm growing corn.
See? Here, look. Look at this sprout.
Did you ever see such a sprout? Huh?
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