Tomahawk Page #2

- No.

Monahseetah likes his horse.

He's Lt. Rob Dancy,

just been transferred to my command.

- About that scouting job...

- Well if you can't, you can't.

I don't want to let Beck down but...

Chances are we wouldn't do any

trading from June to the first snow,

I think we could join you

by midsummer.

Good.

Exactly where is the fort

going to be?

Say this is where we are

just west of Fort Laramie here.

The North Platte runs here,

Bozeman's trail is here

and the Powder River

branches off here...

- Never seen skin like this year.

- The cold winter that did it.

No, Beck, let it go.

He's drunk.

You ought not let that buck

get away with that Jim.

- Now he thinks you're scared.

- Let him think.

Now is no time to start a fight.

All battened down Jim.

It's good you showed no anger,

Tachahngpe.

Sit down.

Not one of our chiefs

signed the treaty.

Yet the fort has been built

and my young men are angry.

I know but for the sake of your people

you must keep them from war.

Today there are a hundred soldiers,

tomorrow there'll be thousands.

You can't hold back a flood.

But if something happens,

if blood is shed on the road,

I may have to go to war.

I see what lies ahead.

I would teach my people to change

from the ways we have lived

and to learn the ways

of the white man,

if the white man would

only give us time.

They push us too fast.

What is it Corporal?

I been telling him there's nothing

from here to Virginia City

except the fort and Indians.

He should wait until more

wagons come along.

You didn't say how long

that might be?

Caravan might roll up tomorrow

or a month from tomorrow.

Can't we have cavalry escort now?

There's only one cavalry troop

at Fort Phil Kearney.

We haven't got the men to escort

every contraption that comes along.

The rule is no escort

for less than five wagons.

Every day I'm not in Virginia City

it's costing me 500 dollars.

If you are riding into the fort

why can't we come along with you.

We're the mail detail.

This wagon can't do 30 miles a day

and we have to ride fast.

You could likely

get through all right alone

if you're a good shot.

You better take the long way round...

Go back to Laramie, cut due north.

- That would take a month longer.

- Well as he said, we're in a hurry.

Sergeant, who's commanding

this detail?

I decide how fast we travel.

We can escort you as far

as Fort Kearney.

Why that's...

That's acting like

a perfect gentleman.

Cavalry men are well known

for their gallantry.

We'll return the favor

by giving a free show at the fort.

The Colonel will be glad

for the diversion Ma'am.

If you're ready?

We're ready.

Think we'll get to the fort soon?

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