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Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish:
Those people use this fort to buy their supplies in. They lie in their teeth about where they're going. They go into Sioux territory, slaughter their game, foul their water, and shoot every Indian they see if he's old or harmless enough. The treaties, they don't mean anything to them. They're just words on paper. Gen. Wilford Howell:
Admitting every word of that to be true, it's outside your province as a soldier. We are all here to obey orders. Col. Custer:
And orders seem to be something of a stumbling block for you. Major, you've been a burr under my saddle ever since you came west. You were an aide to General Grant when I first knew you, a colonel! Now you seem to be traveling downwards in rank. Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish:
Well, we seem to be traveling in the same direction, Colonel Custer. You used to be a general
Those people use this fort to buy their supplies in. They lie in their teeth about where they're going. They go into Sioux territory, slaughter their game, foul their water, and shoot every Indian they see if he's old or harmless enough. The treaties, they don't mean anything to them. They're just words on paper. Gen. Wilford Howell:
Admitting every word of that to be true, it's outside your province as a soldier. We are all here to obey orders. Col. Custer:
And orders seem to be something of a stumbling block for you. Major, you've been a burr under my saddle ever since you came west. You were an aide to General Grant when I first knew you, a colonel! Now you seem to be traveling downwards in rank. Major Robert 'Bob' Parrish:
Well, we seem to be traveling in the same direction, Colonel Custer. You used to be a general
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an those people use this fort to buy their supplies in
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in then they lie on your teeth about where they're going
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They go into Sioux territory and slaughter the game
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Fowler why you shoot every indian they see
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if he's older harmless enough
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and the treaties
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They don't mean anything to them
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words on paper
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admitting every word of that to be true
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It's outside your providence as a soldier
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we are all here to obey orders
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An order seemed to be something real stumbling block for you
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major you've been a burr
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under my saddle ever since you came west
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You were an aide to General Grant when I first knew you a colone
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Now you seem to be traveling downwards in rank
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Well We seem to be traveling the same direction Colonel Custer
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You used to be a general
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Movie Summary
A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-ta

