Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Bonanza

2 Bannocks fight over injured white man. 1 says, "If a white man is scalped, all the Bannocks will be blamed. We must learn to live in peace."

One who saves Ben Cartwright is married to a Shoshone who wears a cross and says, "You followed 'Love thy neighbor'".
Ben: "It was an injun that tried to kill me, I know that."
the two who saved him (man & wife) are accepted ny neither Shoshone nor Bannock because they married. Ben is accepting of them, offering to give them land.
Visitor to the Cartwrights: "I ain't staying in a place where injuns is welcome."
Adam: "Then why don't you leave?"

Ben: "The red man knows more about hunting...fishing...the white man knows more about farming. Together there is more than enough to live."
After Ben offers a large piece of land, Matsoh says, "I never thought such an offer could be made. The white man only takes!"

To farm instead of hunt and fight is ..."...to STOP BEING AN INDIAN! And I don't know if I can do it!"
Reasons his neighbor hates Indians
"Can't work, they are dirty, filthy...they have black hair and red skin!"
Ben: "Some day people will have something to say to people like you. I am treating them like PEOPLE."

Indians kill Ike's wife, then flee. Ike kills Matsoh's wife (who was pregnant). Indians capture and kille Ike. Captures Ben who is justified by his belief.

(inaccuracy: The Bannocks live in tepees in the mountains)

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