West of Thunder Page #3

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Matthew my name is Henry Seed.

Nice to meet you.

MATTHEW RODGERS:

Nice to meet you too.

KATHRYN RODGERS:

Thank you for the blankets,

they're lovely.

HENRY SEED:

Thank you and you're welcome,

they're very talented artisans.

No grace, no thanksgiving?

EUGENE RODGERS:

You'll have to excuse us, Henry,

we just aren't into that habit

anymore... but you are more

than welcome to have a silent

prayer if you wish.

HENRY SEED:

To be honest with you it's been

a very long time for me

as well...

What do you do for a

living Eugene?

EUGENE RODGERS:

I am a rancher. Got the state's

only long horn cattle.

I've got over 200 head.

HENRY SEED:

You must have a hell of

a lot of land.

EUGENE RODGERS:

Well... we started with 160

acres deeded to us by the

government and then we were

able to buy up another 640

acres per the Treaty of 1873.

HENRY SEED:

Let's see... if memory serves

that was the amended treaty of

the Nez Perce Treaty of 1873

that stated,

once Indians were removed

either peaceably or forcibly,

the land was then given...

I'm sorry, sold to ranchers and

homesteaders.

EUGENE RODGERS:

Yeah I guess that was it.

HENRY SEED:

Did you have any problems

getting them off your land?

EUGENE RODGERS:

I had no problem whatsoever...

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HENRY SEED:

Matthew do you like drawings?

MATTHEW RODGERS:

Yeah...I've got a big book of

them.

HENRY SEED:

I'd like to share these drawings

with you.

They were done by a friend

of mine.

He's a Lakota medicine man. He's

a spiritual man...

a man who has visions.

Do you like them?

MATTHEW RODGERS:

Yeah!

HENRY SEED:

Do you want to know a

little bit about the story?

MATTHEW RODGERS:

Sure!

HENRY SEED:

OK.

This drawing represents

mankind and the space right

there means that the circle

is broken...

And these are Lakota people.

MATTHEW RODGERS:

Are they sleeping?

HENRY SEED:

In a sense they are

Matthew... But these are yours.

MATTHEW RODGERS:

Thank you Mr. Seed.

HENRY SEED:

You are welcome. Well, I must be

off.

Thank you so much for the meal.

EUGENE RODGERS:

Thank you for the nice gifts.

We appreciate the kindness.

HENRY SEED:

It was no problem

whatsoever...

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ELIZABETH JANE:

Hey Gusty I got this book in

town for you.

GUSTY LITTLE THUNDER:

Thank you and I got this

necklace for you...

ELIZABETH JANE:

Oh, Thank you. It's beautiful!

I wonder if I'll ever get to use

these things like my father did?

GUSTY LITTLE THUNDER:

Do you ever wonder what he was

like?

ELIZABETH JANE:

He died when I was so young.

My mother doesn't really

like to talk about it,

but she says that he was a

good and handsome man.

She says he was a dreamer

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