The sign of the Comanche, that will be on our lodge. And every spring, when the grass turns green, and the Comanche moves north, you can rest here in peace, butcher some of our cattle, and jerk beef for the journey. Now we'll only hunt what we need to live on, same as the Comanche does. The bear lives here, the wolf, the antelope, the Comanche. I came here like this so you'll know my word of death is true, and my word of life is then true. Well, I've come here to give you either one or get either one from you. With governments, you don't always get a fair word or a fair fight. Governments don't live together-people live together. It's living that's hard when all you've ever cared about has been butchered or raped. Dying ain't so hard for men like you and me. Josey Wales: I came here to die with you. Got no place else to go Ten Bears: Then you will die. You would not make peace with the Bluecoats. Josey Wales: You be Ten Bears? Ten Bears: I am Ten Bears. Josey Wales: Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy. You a bounty hunter? First Bounty Hunter: A man's got to do something for a living these days. Fletcher: There's another old saying, Senator: Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.įirst Bounty Hunter: You're wanted, Wales. And Fletcher, there's an old saying: To the victors belong the spoils. Now we must busy ourselves winning the peace. You know, she thinks I'm some kind of a Cherokee chief.ĭialogue Jamie: Whupped 'em again, didn't we Josey? Josey Wales: I reckon so.All I have is a piece of hard rock candy.they have him pullin' a wagon up in Kansas, I'll bet. But they took my horse and made him surrender. We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union.And the newspapers said, "Indians vow to endeavor to persevere." When we finished he shook our hands and said, "endeavor to persevere!" They stood us in a line: John Jumper, Chili McIntosh, Buffalo Hump, Jim Buckmark, and me - I am Lone Watie. We told him about how our land had been stolen and our people were dying. We only got to see the Secretary of the Interior, and he said: "Boy! You boys sure look civilized.!" he congratulated us and gave us medals for looking so civilized. We dressed ourselves up like Abraham Lincoln. We wore them because we belonged to the five civilized tribes. I wore this frock coat in Washington, before the war.Always wanted to face down one of these pistol fighters they raise all the fuss about. You pull his teeth, he's harmless as a heel hound.He's mean as a rattler, and twice as fast with them pistols.Anything from Missouri has a taint about it. Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle 'Dixie'?.Carpetbagger we've got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean.
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