'Soft', listen to him. 220 pounds of skin and bone. These natives, I'll never get used to...
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Ed Guyac:
Hello. Jim Thorpe:
They sent me up here to bunk with you. Ed Guyac:
Sure, come on in. I'm Ed Guyac. Jim Thorpe:
Jim Thorpe. Ed Guyac:
This untamed aborigine here is Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear. Kind of a mouthful, so I just call him Little Boy. Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
How. Ed Guyac:
Not 'how'. What have I been teaching you? Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
[Little Boy stands up]
Oh. Hi. Ed Guyac:
He's full-blooded Chippewa, his old man's chief. Nothing like bunking with royalty. Where are you from? Jim Thorpe:
Oklahoma, Sac and Fox. Ed Guyac:
I'm Mohawk, heap smart New York Injun. Study law, make plenty wampum, take mortgage off tepee. How about you? Jim Thorpe:
What about me? Ed Guyac:
What are you going to prepare for? You know: doctor, lawyer. Indian chief, rich man, poor man? Jim Thorpe:
I don't know. Ed Guyac:
Well, you've come to the right place to find out. This is your cot right here. Jim Thorpe:
Thanks. Ed Guyac:
Matter of fact, you can take this one if you like; Little Boy never uses it. Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
Bed too soft, make Little Boy soft. Ed Guyac:
'Soft', listen to him. 220 pounds of skin and bone. These natives, I'll never get used to them
Hello. Jim Thorpe:
They sent me up here to bunk with you. Ed Guyac:
Sure, come on in. I'm Ed Guyac. Jim Thorpe:
Jim Thorpe. Ed Guyac:
This untamed aborigine here is Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear. Kind of a mouthful, so I just call him Little Boy. Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
How. Ed Guyac:
Not 'how'. What have I been teaching you? Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
[Little Boy stands up]
Oh. Hi. Ed Guyac:
He's full-blooded Chippewa, his old man's chief. Nothing like bunking with royalty. Where are you from? Jim Thorpe:
Oklahoma, Sac and Fox. Ed Guyac:
I'm Mohawk, heap smart New York Injun. Study law, make plenty wampum, take mortgage off tepee. How about you? Jim Thorpe:
What about me? Ed Guyac:
What are you going to prepare for? You know: doctor, lawyer. Indian chief, rich man, poor man? Jim Thorpe:
I don't know. Ed Guyac:
Well, you've come to the right place to find out. This is your cot right here. Jim Thorpe:
Thanks. Ed Guyac:
Matter of fact, you can take this one if you like; Little Boy never uses it. Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
Bed too soft, make Little Boy soft. Ed Guyac:
'Soft', listen to him. 220 pounds of skin and bone. These natives, I'll never get used to them
Full Transcript
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Hello They sent me up here to bunk with you
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Sure Come on in I'd Ed Guyac Jim Thorpe
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And this untamed aborigine here is Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear
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It's kind of a mouthful so I just call him Little Boy
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Not hau What have I been teaching you
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Hi
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He's full blooded Chippewa His old man's chief
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Nothing like bunking with royalty
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Where you from Oklahoma Sac and Fox
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I'm Mohawk Heap smart New York Injun
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Study law make plenty wampum take mortgage off teepee
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How about you What about me
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What are you going to prepare for
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You know Doctor lawyer Indian chief rich man poor man
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I don't know
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Well you've come to the right place to find out
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This is your cot right here Thanks
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Matter of fact you can take this one if you like Little Boy never uses it
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Bed too soft make Little Boy soft Soft Listen to him
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Two hundred and twenty pounds of steer bone
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These natives I'll never get used to them
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Movie Summary
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
