Josey: I came here to die with you. Or live with you. Dying aint so hard for men like you and me, its living thats hard; when all you ever cared about has been butchered or raped. Governments dont live together, people live together. With governments you dont always get a fair word or a fair fight. Well Ive come here to give you either one, or get either one from you. I came here like this so youll know my word of death is true. And that my word of life is then true. The bear lives here, the wolf, the antelope, the Comanche. And so will we. Now, well only hunt what we need to live on, same as the Comanche does. And every spring when the grass turns green and the Comanche moves north, he can rest here in peace, butcher some of our cattle and jerk beef for the journey. The sign of the Comanche, that will be on our lodge. Thats my word of life. Ten Bears: And your word of death? Josey: Its here in my pistols, there in your rifles. Im here for either one. Ten Bears: These things you say we will have, we already have. Josey: Thats true. I aint promising you nothing extra. Im just giving you life and youre giving me life. And Im saying that men can live together without butchering one another. Ten Bears: Its sad that governments are chiefed by the double-tongues. There is iron in your word of death for all Comanche to see. And so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron, it must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life. (he takes his knife and cuts his hand. Josey does the same and they grasp each others hand.) So shall it be.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:27:13 +0000
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