Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson Page #3

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We just signed the most futurable act

in our history. I don't want problems.

Who's the act?

Sitting Bull.

That's quite a coup.

But you tell Bill Cody

that I don't leave

until he personally invites me out.

The great chief of the Sioux tribe

Sitting Bull, is here with us.

And he'll be in the same arena

with the noblest white skin of all.

I'm speaking about...

...the great counterpoint...

Sitting Bull and William F. Cody!

Nate, John's going to ride to

the top of Bill's list for this one.

Charm, sincerity, sweetness and

youthfulness speak of the man

as the recreation of God

in human form.

Uncle Will

you only got a few minutes.

He must be the big one in

the red blanket. No ordinary Indian.

I ain't buying no ordinary Indian.

Go help Nate

with the welcoming committee.

Great, great event.

He's got more scalps

than any other Indian chief alive.

Ready?

No.4, "Major Burke's Return."

We have met the enemy and he is ours.

That gentle Sweeny

a melody for every momentous moment.

Where's Bill?

I don't know.

Come here and look at Sitting Bull.

That sumbitch must be 7 feet tall!

He's getting smaller every year.

I'm ready to dispose of my prisoner.

McLaughlin, you are now in Codyland.

Sitting Bull is no prisoner, he is

a star in the Buffalo Bill heavens.

He's a murderer and my responsibility

till I turn him over to Cody.

Let me introduce Mr. Nate Salsbury.

Nate, this remarkable character

is James McLaughlin.

I trust you had a pleasant trip.

I hate horsebacking, especially

to deliver Indians to some circus.

The Wild West Show is not a circus.

This is show business

and Buffalo Bill has an unerring

sense of theatrical timing.

That's my star.

He belongs to all of us, Nate.

Our star. America's.

Chief Sitting Bull

Killer of Custer.

I hope you had

a comfortable journey, Major.

Gentlemen, this is a moment

fraught with friendship

with

history humming harmonic overtones.

Bill, I have the distinct pleasure

of presenting Chief Sitting Bull.

Chief, I'm pleased to present to you

the Honorable William F. Cody

Buffalo Bill!

I would like to

congratulate you on your arrival

and extend a titanically momentous

welcome to Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

Now me and my staff are

the best at what we do.

And what we do

is make the best look better.

Hiya, Chief!

It's the runt.

My name is William Halsey.

Sitting Bull speaks through me.

His long incarceration

has emptied his strength

and he wishes to rest.

What's incarceration?

Jail.

Halsey's a white name, isn't it?

Got some white blood in you, Halsey?

Halsey, tell your chief

that the people standing here

are part of the finest spectacle

in show business.

I've watched them grow

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