But this wasn't just another day to the Cheyenne. Far from their homeland, as out of place...
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[narrating] Capt. Thomas Archer:
But this wasn't just another day to the Cheyenne. Far from their homeland, as out of place in this desert as eagles in a cage, their three great chiefs prayed over the Sacred Bundles that at last the promises made to them more than a year ago would today be honored. The promises that had led them to give up their own way of life in their own green and fertile country... 1500 miles north
But this wasn't just another day to the Cheyenne. Far from their homeland, as out of place in this desert as eagles in a cage, their three great chiefs prayed over the Sacred Bundles that at last the promises made to them more than a year ago would today be honored. The promises that had led them to give up their own way of life in their own green and fertile country... 1500 miles north
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But this wasn't just another day to the Cheyenne
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Far from their homeland
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as out of place in this desert
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as eagles in a cage
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their three great chiefs
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prayed over the sacred bundle
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that at last the promises made to them
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when the white man sent them here
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more than a year ago
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would today be honored
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The promises that had led them
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to give up their own way of life
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in their own green and fertile country
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1 500 miles to the north
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Movie Summary
The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.
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Capt. Thomas Archer
