CUSTER! by George Custer

CUSTER! by

Dale Newman And

Thom Goddard

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Characters GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER - Highly decorated veteran of the American Civil War, the 37 year old was a brave, experienced warrior. Although he led the expedition that discovered gold in the Black Hills in 1872, the disastrous Battle of the Little Bighorn would be his legacy. LIEUTENANT FREDERICK ‘FRANK’ CALHOUN - Called the ‘Adonis of the Army’, the 27 year old was well educated from a rich family but an unsuccessful soldier. THASUNJKE WITKO / CRAZY HORSE - The 33 year old Chief of the Oglala Sioux was a keen fighter, advocating war with the white man. Was essentially the General of the Sioux at Little Bighorn. THATHANKA IYOTAKA / SITTING BULL - The 44 year old medicine man of the Hunkpapa Sioux became de facto ‘Supreme Chief of the Sioux Nation’ in 1867 in their fight against the white man. WINONA / FIRST BORN DAUGHTER - Adopted 26 year old daughter of Sitting Bull and his third wife Seen-By-Her-Nation. COMMANDER JAMES CALHOUN - Fred’s older brother and Custer’s brother-in-law. The 31 year old was also well educated, loved the Army life and was a fanatical Indian killer. He died at Little Bighorn. MAHPIYA LUTA / RED CLOUD - The old chief of the Oglala Sioux had won crucial battles over the US Army in the 1860s but since advocated peace. BLOODY KNIFE - Born a Hunkpapa Sioux, he left the tribe due to bullying and became Custer’s chief scout. He died at Little Bighorn age 35 years old. SERGEANT WILLIAM CARNEY - Seasoned veteran of the American Civil War and the Indian wars. The 40 year old black man was the first recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honour and knows plenty of war stories with the scars to prove he was there. MO-NAH-SE-TAH - Widow of Cheyenne Chief Little Rock, the 26 year old was an outcast because she had a child out of wedlock. With General Custer. YELLOW BIRD - Mo-Nah-Se-Tah and General Custer’s child with golden hair.

SETTING Act 1 and Act 2 are set in the Mid-West plains of Montana, close to the Black Hills. TIME The year is 1876. Global context: John Hopkins University founded, Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call, internal combustion engine invented by Nikolas Otto and ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ by Mark Twain is published.

ACT I Scene 1 - Battle of the Little Bighorn Scene 2 - US Cavalry Camp, ‘Fort Kearny’ Scene 3 - Native American camp Scene 4 - Gun Detail bivouac INTERVAL ACT II Scene 1 - Across the plains of the Mid-West Scene 2 - US Cavalry Camp, ‘Fort Kearny’ Scene 3 - Native American camp

ACT 1 SCENE 1 The stage is black and empty. There is silence. The full moon rises in the back of set. The moon is a burnishing gold but does not illuminate the stage. A Native American drum begins to thump. The beats grow in intensity, noise and frequency. The beat is slowly joined by another, at first untraceable, sound. This sound grows in volume to be unmistakable as horses hooves. The horses hooves become harmonized with the Native American drumming. This collective beat grows until it is thundering. The stage explodes in flashing lights, smoke and people fighting. This is the BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN. The set is the open plains of the Mid-Western USA. The back drop is the Black Hills of South Dakota. A quarter of the people on stage are US Cavalry. Three quarters of the people on stage are Native Americans. Both groups are in battle dress. Only two figures are clearly identifiable - Crazy Horse in his feathered war headdress and General Custer with long, blonde hair and white stetson hat. Both groups have guns but the Cavalry have sabres and the Native Americans have tomahawk hatchets. The US Cavalry become surrounded in the centre of the stage. While the intensity of the battle doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t diminish, more and more US Cavalry soldiers are killed. Until General Custer is stood alone amid the pile of bodies. Crazy Horse stands at one side of the stage. Crazy Horse raises his tomahawk, screams a war cry and runs at General Custer. Crescendo of drumming, horses hooves, gun fire and the screams of battle. Then silence.

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The stage is black except for the golden moon. The moon shimmers and becomes a film. A spotlight appears on General Custer. TRACK 1: GUN OVERTURE General Custer speaks to the audience while the film plays his life history. History will remember me Not just for what I was, But for what I did. As if I alone created the myth. You must understand Much like you, I felt love once But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different story. Everything was different then It was summer in what the Lakotas called Paha Sapa that day The dust rose quietly from a broken troop. The film shows George Custer joining the US Army. Custer is given his iconic, white hat by his white wife, Elizabeth. Custer leads a heroic cavalry charge at the Battle of Gettysburg and he is promoted to General, the youngest in US Army history. The Black Hills rose like fortresses In the western sky, And the cries heard thereafter Faded with the reality of the morning. The film continues by showing clouds on the horizon of the great plains. The clouds become the Black Hills, the home of the Native American Sioux. On stage General Custer is ominously joined on stage by a Gatling gun on cart wheels. Something had happened. Blackout

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ACT 1 SCENE 2 The moon has become the sun. It rises, revealing a United States Army fort at midday. There is a lot of commotion, a sense that battle is near. Crowds of men clean their guns and sharpen their knives. At the front, stage right, stands a group looking at photos. There are two white officers, a black sergeant and a Native American who are talking and laughing. General Custer enters stage left. The fort becomes noticeably quieter. The General surveys the fort and smiles. He is content with his men’s preparations. He points to one of the officers and motions him to come. The officer leaves the group and joins the General in the middle of the stage. The group look on with avid interest. The hustle and bustle of the fort returns as the men know their General is happy. The General speaks to the officer who nods in agreement. The General waves the officer away and the General moves rear stage right. The General stands on a wagon, triumphantly looking over his troops. The officer rejoins the group at the front of the stage. The group wait for the officer to speak. LT CALHOUN Well? What did he say? SGT CARNEY Jeez, don’t leave us like this. CM CALHOUN pauses He’s happy... SGT CARNEY hits the Lt in the arm See, I told you...

CM CALHOUN to Sgt Carney Oh no, not with you. to Lt Calhoun Or you, little brother. Bloody Knife points and I have done what the General has ordered. Our fort he points around is efficient and effective. My troops have been here 3 days and are ‘ready’. We are ready to use this base to fight the Indian threat. Soon we can go out and kill them all. Bloody Knife looks uncomfortable. SGT CARNEY Wha... but we been... LT CALHOUN cutting in Did he mention us specifically? CM CALHOUN No, you are lucky. There is a supply train even further behind than you are. But you’d better catch up quick. The General doesn’t take laziness lightly. SGT CARNEY raising his voice Laziness? Why Commander we been workin’ our butts off... LT CALHOUN Alright Sergeant. to the Commander James, the Sergeant is right. We have been working all the hours God sends us to move that gatling gun over this wasteland. Through swamps, over rivers, mountains and the back of beyond! CM CALHOUN I don’t want to hear your excuses, little brother. LT CALHOUN I’m not giving you excuses. You move too quickly. Three days you’ve been here. And now you’re talking of moving out? Most of your supplies haven’t arrived... CM CALHOUN Our job is not to question our leader. LT CALHOUN ignoring him And you must wait for our artillery. CM CALHOUN Hmph, we’re the 7th Cavalry. We don’t need a machine to do our fighting for us. LT CALHOUN The gatling gun will change the face of war. No more hand-tohand fighting. We don’t need to see the ‘whites of their eyes’. We don’t need to slaughter hundreds of our own men to kill hundreds of the enemy. Going into battle without it is madness. CM CALHOUN he speaks in reverence pointing to General Custer The General expects... © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

SGT CARNEY ...the impossible. General Custer exits. CM CALHOUN General Custer expects you to do your jobs. LT CALHOUN Your so-called General needs to wait for us. For the last 7 weeks my gun detail of 6 men has been dragging, lifting and moving a halfton gun through the worst country imaginable. If only you’d slow down. CM CALHOUN What did you say? LT CALHOUN We are not too slow - you’re going to fast. CM CALHOUN No! The other thing... LT CALHOUN I’m not attacking your precious, so-called General. CM CALHOUN louder What did you say? LT CALHOUN Brother, I don’t want to fight with you any more. CM CALHOUN General Custer is a General. LT CALHOUN patronising Not according to the US Army, he ain’t. Commander Calhoun becomes angry. LT CALHOUN he grabs Sgt Carney This is my Sergeant. he grabs Bloody Knife This is our chief scout. he flicks Cm Calhoun’s shoulder epaulets You are my Commander and I am your Lieutenant. he points to where Custer was standing And that is a United States Army Lieutenant Colonel. CM CALHOUN Why you son of a b... The Commander launches himself at the Lieutenant and they fight. After a short amount of time the Sergeant grabs the Lieutenant and Bloody Knife holds the Commander. CM CALHOUN shouting He is my General... and yours. He’s ten times you, ‘Brother’. Your superior in every way. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN He might be leading this expedition, Commander, but he’s no General. And he’s certainly not my “superior” for all the innocent women and children he’s slaughtered over the last few months while we moved across the plains . The Sergeant and Bloody Knife slowly release the officers. CM CALHOUN Innocent? Innocent! These savages, these spits Sioux, are our enemy. They’d kill you as soon as look at you. LT CALHOUN Don’t let your connections cloud your judgement. Just because you’re married to the ‘General’s’ sister does not mean he is any better than your own flesh and blood. CM CALHOUN General Custer is more family to me than you ever will be, ‘Brother’. Lieutenant Calhoun is obviously hurt by this. CM CALHOUN We may share the same mother but make no mistake I am your commanding officer. My orders, from GENERAL Custer, are clear. We will hunt down the savages and kill them. with real malice Because they deserve it. LT CALHOUN If that were true, why do we have people like Bloody Knife working with us? Doesn’t your ‘General’ call Bloody Knife his brother? Bloody Knife nods at this but says nothing. There is silence as Commander Calhoun feels outwitted. CM CALHOUN Don’t try and change the subject Frankie. You’re team has fallen behind and this time big brother can’t help you along. LT CALHOUN Don’t talk to me like that. CM CALHOUN We are not back home in Cincinnati now, Frankie. You can’t go crying to momma when 4 thousand Indians want your scalp. LT CALHOUN Shut your mouth, Jimmy. CM CALHOUN Always the same little Frankie. nastily mimicking “I’m not strong enough to help out at home”. “I’m not strong enough to help Pop”. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN I’ll tell you once more. Shut your mouth, Jimmy. CM CALHOUN mimicking again “I’m not strong enough to fight on the front line”. “I’m not strong enough to carry a little gun”. LT CALHOUN Yes. Yes! I’m not strong like you. I just want to be free of you. Free of everyone. CM CALHOUN Ha, you want to be free? And you joined the Army? LT CALHOUN sorrowful At home I wanted to be free from the house. Free from all the ‘expectation’ of being a ‘Calhoun’. Free from fighting with mom. And pop. CM CALHOUN laughing And now look where you are. In hostile Indian country. Where every day could be your last. I know I’d rather be fighting mom. LT CALHOUN I can’t go on... fighting. Always fighting. Commander Calhoun misses the point. The Cmdr hugs his brother. CM CALHOUN We’re here to fight. That’s what you and I are doing. You and me, little brother. That’s why you’re here. To be with me. Us together. Fighting together. LT CALHOUN I don’t care. I really don’t... care. Any more. I don’t know what I’m doing. I don’t know what my fight is. CM CALHOUN Then what ARE you fighting for? TRACK 2: INDEPENDENCE DAY Sung by Lieutenant Frank Calhoun. The soldiers of the fort listen in the background. My Independence Day. Fighting for my independence! I won’t be able to explain away More than I know my inventions can do. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

My life without you Much the same as my life with you. It’s a game we cannot choose That will have to do. I feel a difference I encounter no resistance Try to keep it all to myself That will have to do That will have to do. The soldiers of the fort begin to dance a country waltz behind the Lieutenant. Now my Magellan days Tossed with my ships, all around in the waves There must be a better way Lost in the sea and there’s no one to save. Caught in the weather At the end of my own private tether. Try to keep it all to myself That will never do. My life in pieces, On my own my body seizes. Anything that I can cling to. That will never do. That will never do. Whaaaaaaaooooooooooooo! My life without you Much the same as my life with you. It’s a game we cannot lose That will never do. My Independence Day. Fighting for my independence! (Chorus: My Independence Day) The fort soldiers sing the chorus in brackets. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

My Independence Day. Fighting for my independence! (Chorus: My Independence) My Independence Day. Fighting for my independence! (Chorus: My Independence Day) The scene continues in the US Army fort. CM CALHOUN Well woopty-doo. he slow claps None of that matters unless you hurry up with that gun. SGT CARNEY Sir, we movin’ as fast as we can. CM CALHOUN Well, it’s not fast enough. LT CALHOUN What’s the rush? Why does the Colone... (said Kerna...) why does Custer want that gatling gun here so quickly? CM CALHOUN repeating verbatim The United States Army must be ready to respond to any threat from the indigenous population. LT CALHOUN wary But the gatling gun is not for defence. The gatling gun is designed for battle... designed for slaughter. CM CALHOUN General Custer has heard that a great many Indians want to fight. Very well then - we are here. And we come prepared for war. If they are for peace, they know the conditions they must accept. If they are for war, they will know the consequences. SGT CARNEY to the Lieutenant Sounds like the Indians don’t have much choice. BLOODY KNIFE to the Commander What do you plan to do? CM CALHOUN losing the veil of professionalism Plan? The plan is to attack. The plan is to attack and kill every living Indian over the age of 10! BLOODY KNIFE Over the age of 10? LT CALHOUN That’s why you need our gun here. You’re not going to work out a lasting peace with the Indians. The real plan is wholesale slaugher. On an industrial scale. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

CM CALHOUN I have come here to kill Indians and I will use any means under God’s heaven to carry out my duty to the best of my ability. The Lieutenant and Commander are face-to-face. The Lieutenant laughs at the truth being revealled and walks away. Sgt Carney breaks the tension. SGT CARNEY Have you fought in many battles, Commander? LT CALHOUN What? sarcastically to the Sergeant The great Commander Calhoun? “Kill ‘em all Calhoun”? How many men have you killed, brother? Commander Calhoun is visibly angry but says nothing. LT CALHOUN to his brother Come on. Tell us about your illustrious military career. Sergeant Carney here he grabs the Sergeant is a Civil War hero. Fought at the centre of the Union line and led the charge at Fort Wagner. CM CALHOUN Is that true? SGT CARNEY Yessir. CM CALHOUN in awe The famous 54th Regiment charge at Fort Wagner. SGT CARNEY Yessir. I was the flag bearer, sir. CM CALHOUN almost in disbelief YOU led the attack on Fort Wagner. SGT CARNEY embarrassed Yessir. CM CALHOUN A quarter of your regiment were killed! And you went through all that carnage, UNARMED, and lived to tell the tale. SGT CARNEY I just did my duty, sir. Made sure the old flag never touched the ground. LT CALHOUN to the Commander And what have you done? CM CALHOUN ignoring the Lieutenant I have not had the honour of full battle. Yet. I can’t wait to saviour the glory of victory. The General and I have been in many scurmishes - I do have 6 Indian kills attributed to me... © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN to himself Women and children don’t count. CM CALHOUN ignoring And I have escaped death a number of times. But battle and the chance to prove myself against a formidable enemy... that is the ultimate distinction for a soldier like me. There is a pause on stage. The Commander is the bloodthirsty personification of Custer. SGT CARNEY There ain’t no honour in battle, sir. And there’s certainly no glory. TRACK 3: GETTYSBURG Sung by Sgt. Carney. They were dressed in Blue and Grey, All were battle torn. Old and young, they looked the same Faces dry and worn. They came through the wilderness, Forests now destroyed. Weary in their battle dress Some were only boys... Too young to know, Or wonder why. Too soon, Too old, Too innocent to die. They were bound for Gettysburg To end the Civil War. The Generals had sent down the word. Fate was that in store. While they waited for the sun, The nation held its breath. Wind together once again, History and Death. Too young... to know, Or wonder why. Too soon, too old, Too innocent to die. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Our fathers at Yorktown had only begun, So many at Shiloh and twice at Bull Run. Horseshoe Bend saw the Creeks over run. Why do we sacrifice our young? All that’s left of some of the them Are cigarettes and smoke. The life is gone, the legend born. Stories to be told. The courage and the bravery, the legacy bestowed. The children of the fallen man Tell stories of their own. Too young To know Or wonder why. Too soon Too old. Too innocent to die.

During the final seconds of the song a soldier joins the Commander and hands him a note. The Commander reads and nods. The scene continues in the US Army fort. CM CALHOUN Be that as it may, Sergeant, General Custer’s orders are explicit. Once you slouches get that gun here we are to proceed south to the fork of the Bighorn Rivers. This is the summer encampment of the hostile tribes. We will destroy their villages, kill or hang all warriors and women, and bring back the children. The Commander shows the written orders to the group. Bloody Knife takes the order paper and nods. The Lieutenant is horrified. LT CALHOUN shaking his head But we can’t... we can’t wipe them out. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

CM CALHOUN The Indians are a race that I look upon as cruel, treacherous and bloodthirsty. The manifest destiny of the Anglo-saxon race is civilize this land. The destiny of the aborigines will be decided by the barrels of the gatling gun. The red man of America must learn to fear the white man. SOLDIER And we’re gonna use the black man to kill the red man, eh, Commander? The Commander is shocked to hear a Civil War hero spoken about like that. CM CALHOUN shouting at the soldier Get back to work! The Commander throws the soldier backwards, kicks him and the soldier exits. He looks apologetically at Sgt Carney. CM CALHOUN I’m sorry, that’s no way for a Civil War hero to be... spoken to. SGT CARNEY Don’t worry, I’m used to it. CM CALHOUN Disrespectful little shi... LT CALHOUN But don’t you see brother. The hatred the South had for the blacks is now our contempt for the Indians. CM CALHOUN Don’t you compare US Army heroes like the Sergeant here with the dirty savages out there. LT CALHOUN And Indians like points Bloody Knife? CM CALHOUN feeling trapped A bit of civilization helps Bloody Knife to be above the rest of his race. LT CALHOUN And didn’t Custer, your great General, marry an Indian woman? They had a child too. Will you kill Custer’s only child? Commander Calhoun is frustrated at being trapped again. CM CALHOUN So? © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

SGT CARNEY So... sir? CM CALHOUN So... for me, the only good Indian is a dead Indian. TRACK 4: TOGETHER REACH Sung by Bloody Knife, Sgt Carney and Lieutenant Calhoun. They sing ‘at’ Commander Clahoun, who is unimpressed throughout. Bloody Knife sings alone. Standing on the edge of time Gathered here where no-one cries. No refusals, no replies Purpose leading, no denials; All sing together. Barricading, dreams are made Then break for our own safety. Bloody Knife sings alone. Don’t look back to the bolted gate There’s a chance we can hold the tide. Celebrate throughout the night Finding solace, in a harmless... Way of meeting Truth with light. All sing together. Together Reach. Together find... A place in time Together way So slowly unwind. Together ways So often lead... Never alone. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Sgt. Carney sings alone. Endless are the fields in sight Constant harvest, constant light. Beating deep within my heart Times I’ve grown And times I’ve started All sing together. Barricading dreams are quiet. Forever Reach Forever find. Forever why Forever way. So slowly unwind. Forever ways Should often lead Bloody Knife sings this line alone. But end alone. Bloody Knife says his good-byes to Lieutenant Clahoun and Sergeant Carney. Exit Bloody Knife. Epilogue sung by Lt. Calhoun to his brother. When all is gone, will you be moving ever on to every moment though days grow long. When years have passed and grown upon your face too fast will you believe me? Will you belong? Throughout the song the sun has been setting. This creates a fiery halo behind the US Army fort. The sun sets, creating darkness on stage as the song ends. Blackout

ACT 1 SCENE 3 The sun rises at dawn. An orange glow bathes the right side of the stage. The back drop is the wilderness of the American Mid West. A Native American enters stage right. He is dressed only in a loin cloth and moccasins. He carries a coup stick (ceremonial staff). He moves slightly into the stage but is essentially stage right and stands, still, before the sun, as if in a trance. The Native American ‘prays’ to the sun. Crazy Horse chants Wakan Tanka Tunkasila Wakan Tanka Tunkasila Tasunike Witko pilamaye ye Canupa wakan ca mayakuwe Pilamaya ye, pilamaya ye Wicozani wa mayaku we Pilamaya ye, pilamaya ye Canupa wakan ca maya kuwe Pilamaya ye Wicozani wa mayaku we Tasunike Witko pilamaye ye Translation: Great Spirit, Grandfather Great Spirit, Grandfather Crazy Horse thanks you. You have given me a sacred life Thank you, thank you. You have given me good health Thank you, thank you. You have given me a sacred life Thank you. You have given me good health Crazy Horse thanks you.

Crazy Horse raises his arms in thanks. He then turns and sits with cross legs. Crazy Horse is now facing the audience. He closes his eyes and chants.

Heches Iktomi karkhena tokne-echarcha omani ya-han skay. Paha wan karkhel iyahin kta hanl Íya is-eya unma echiyatanhan hiyahan chanke Ikto lila nihinciyin na “E! Anpetu lechekaka cha el matin kta hunsay”, echin hingla skay... Translation: Iktomi was wandering off in a certain direction, walking along at random. Just as he reached a hill top, Iya, the eater, also reached it, coming up from the other side; so Iktomi was much frightened and, “Ah! So it is on a day like this that I am to die, is it?” he though suddenly.

Bloody Knife appears rear stage right. BLOODY KNIFE I know this song. looking around Today would be a good day to die... Crazy Horse instantly awakes from his trance, grabs his coup stick and stands, ready to defend himself. Bloody Knife steps towards Crazy Horse. He is armed with a new repeating rifle. Crazy Horse relaxes but does not lower his guard. Bloody Knife continues walking until he stops holding the rifle pointed at Crazy Horse. Bloody Knife stares but says nothing. Crazy Horse takes a step back and relaxes. They stand stage right. CRAZY HORSE So you remember the songs of the Lakota but not how to be a Lakota? BLOODY KNIFE I may have lost my family and friends but not my memories. CRAZY HORSE You never had friends here. And still don’t. Leave. Crazy Horse turns his back on Bloody Knife. Bloody Knife cocks his rifle. BLOODY KNIFE I live as a white man. But I did not choose this path. I just wanted to live. If you still have your memories you will remember that it is you that forced me into this points at the US Army uniform he is wearing life. Your anger that led to the death of my father and two brothers. You beat me, humiliated me and left me for the after-life. Crazy Horse turns in defiance. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

CRAZY HORSE And you! You led the bluecoat soldiers to my village and while they held me down you stuck the knife-of-the-gun into my side 3 times. You were going to shoot me but a foolish white man believed I was already dead. And now I am a Sioux warrior chief. What are you? BLOODY KNIFE I am still Lakota. Crazy Horse is disgusted. Crazy Horse whips his coup stick up and disarms Bloody Knife. Bloody Knife is surprised. Crazy Horse now holds the rifle. CRAZY HORSE You are not Lakota. Leave. BLOODY KNIFE I come with a warning. General ‘Golden Hair’ Custer means to destroy the Lakota Sioux. His orders are to ‘pacify’ the Indians. But Bloody Knife takes out the order paper Custer is really searching for his child, his only child. His only living son. Born to a young Cheyenne called Mo-Nah-SeTah 8 years ago. CRAZY HORSE So? BLOODY KNIFE General Golden Hair knows the Cheyenne are now under the protection of the Sioux. Under your protection. You could hand over the boy. CRAZY HORSE I will never willingly give an Indian to the white man. in disgust Or to one who serves the white man. BLOODY KNIFE If you do not, General Golden Hair will kill every warrior, elder and squaw in his search for the child. All the Sioux will die. CRAZY HORSE I am not afraid to die. When I die my enemies will be beneath my feet. BLOODY KNIFE General Custer brings a new weapon. So powerful you will not get close enough to kill even one white man. CRAZY HORSE Nothing is more powerful than the Great Spirit. And the Great Spirit has told Sitting Bull the Lakota Sioux will have a glorious victory over General Golden Hair.

BLOODY KNIFE You do not see. The battles have changed. We bring with us a weapon of such power. A power to rain death on all who stand in it’s way. This is a new gun - a mechanized gun. With this new weapon General Golden Hair will kill hundreds, thousands of Indians. Fighting Custer, armed with the gun-of-a-hundred-barrels, with this pointing to the rifle in Crazy Horse’s hands is like an ant attacking a bear. Your belief and honour for fighting man-to-man is gone. CRAZY HORSE To you... maybe. Not to me. I will stand and fight. BLOODY KNIFE Your vision is clouded by your hatred. This is a warning for our people... CRAZY HORSE Our people? OUR PEOPLE? You are no longer one of us. A Sioux that serves General Golden Hair. spits You may have red skin but your heart is white. My skin is red and my heart is red. Your skin is red but your heart is white. BLOODY KNIFE I hear you. You are the great warrior: ‘Crazy Horse’. Who invented the tricks and decoys that taunted and infuriated a hundred soldiers, and lured them to their deaths. But now you are Chief, a leader. Heed my warning. Do not lead our people to their destruction. CRAZY HORSE You no longer understand the ways of the Indian people. You were born a Lakota so I will not kill you now. But go before I have one of the braves take your scalp. Crazy Horse raises the rifle and points it at Bloody Knife. BLOODY KNIFE That you could do. You are now a leader. You are also a great warrior. But you can’t run from your obligation to your people. So... are you their Chief Warrior? Or the Chief who will lead them NOT into war. Crazy Horse cocks the rifle, ready to fire. CRAZY HORSE Go. Now! Bloody Knife turns and walks to stage right. He turns at the edge of the stage and raises his right hand in farewell. Crazy Horse turns his back on Bloody Knife. Exit Bloody Knife. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

CRAZY HORSE I am but one man. I am not the voice of my people. TRACK 5: THE WARRIOR Sung by Crazy Horse. He uses the rifle as a sign of war and the coop stick as a sign of leadership. The Warrior stops, he doesn’t know which way to go. But his mind in limbo regarding the choices at hand. He stands to fight when others are given to follow He’ll never see the picture in quite the same light To think he knew what he would have to do Tesanke looking at reflection. To think he shares what we were feeling there Tesanke looking on reflecting. His eyes are still, the moon on a windy night. His hand is steady, unmoving like the root of the tree. A waterfall more likely to change in direction A river bed more often to run a new course You’ll never see his confidence ever waiver And you’ll never know him to listen to what you say. The subject moves, the mirror reflecting is broken No, we’ll never see the picture in quite the same light. To think he knew what we were going through Will never tell it. The sun rises so the whole stage is visible. Crazy Horse has been standing on the edge of a large Indian encampment. Enter two older Indians stage left. Red Cloud is very elderly and walks with a cane. Sitting Bull is in ceremonial dress. They walk towards the middle of the stage. Crazy Horse walks stage left to meet them. SITTING BULL Lila tarnyan wahkin yankay Tasunike Witko. Translation: It is good to see you Crazy Horse.

CRAZY HORSE angry and serious I have just met with the traitor Bloody Knife. Red Cloud nods, sagely. SITTING BULL And yet you are still speaking his white man’s dialect. So be it. What did our former brother have to report? CRAZY HORSE General Golden Hair is ready for war. He must be close. Sitting Bull and Red Cloud think silently. CRAZY HORSE And Bloody Knife said General Golden Hair is searching for a boy. The son of ‘Mo-Nah-Se-Tah’. pause I do not know this woman. Have you heard of that name? SITTING BULL obviously lying No CRAZY HORSE frustrated Then we must prepare for battle. SITTING BULL Crazy Horse you are no longer just a warrior. What must we do as tribal leaders? Crazy Horse is angry but thinks quietly. SITTING BULL Crazy Horse, Red Cloud was once a great warrior such as yourself. He won many battles against the bluecoats and the greycoats. But then Red Cloud became Chief. He had to decide not only his path but the path his entire tribe were to tread. He met with the white man. He even met the Great Father, “President of these United States Useless S. Grant”. Red Cloud whispers in Sitting Bull’s ear. They smile. Indian warriors enter stage left but they are not part of the conversation. SITTING BULL he shrugs his shoulders Ulysses. he turns back to Crazy Horse and points Red Cloud has been to the ends of the world and met the most powerful of white men. He was a great warrior who killed many men. But in becoming a leader, Red Cloud had to save his people. And I have put many white men in the ground... © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

CRAZY HORSE interrupting And you used to say “If white men come into my country again, I will punish them again”? SITTING BULL And, it is true, I did punish them. I do not break my word, if I should do so I would not care to live longer. CRAZY HORSE And now? SITTING BULL Now... it is summer. It is the time for communicating with the Great Spirit, for beseeching his mercy and seeking visions of what is to come. CRAZY HORSE And in those visions you have seen our triumph against General Golden Hair. In one great victory we could rid this land of the white man. SITTING BULL It is true, one victory could rid the land of ‘these’ white men. Sitting Bull takes the rifle from Crazy Horse It is also true that The Great Spirit has shown me we will have one great battle against the bluecoats. Their soldiers will fall like rain and rivers will run red with their blood. Crazy Horse turns to the warriors at the rear of stage. He pumps his fist and they are ready for the fight. CRAZY HORSE to the warriors The great Sitting Bull has seen that we will slaughter the white man! The warriors cheer. SITTING BULL holding up his hands But the white man comes from the East faster than a prairie fire in a high wind. One victory will not bring you the paradise of this land free of the white man. pause then reminiscing I know General Custer. You know him as “Golden Hair”. But when he was chasing Red Cloud and I through the Powder River country we called him “Chief Hard Backside”. Red Cloud smiles He would chase us over many days and over long distances without ever leaving the saddle. Custer is a man who will never give up, never stop. Until all of us are in the ground. CRAZY HORSE So the only way is to kill him first. SITTING BULL Because he is unique to his people? No. We can no longer continue to fight if we want to survive. I will not tell our people to go to the reservations but I also cannot continue to make war. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

TRACK 6: IT’S NOT FOR ME Sung by Sitting Bull. There’s another place where I would rather be Another time, another sign is there for me. You’d better know I will go until I break If this is paradise... Another face, another look, another name. Another chance to get to see you all the same. If you don’t hear you’re not alert to what I say Inside your paradise... It’s not for me. It’s not for me. It’s not for me. No, it’s not for me. You’d better think before you cut into the hay Who put the seed into the crop you reap today. Is he the one to use a gun and run away Inside your paradise. Sitting Bull points the rifle at the assembled warriors and they run from his shot. He does not fire the rifle. Before you know he’s in a storm and blown away You give the ghost up but it has to be that way. You pay the price that only you are going to pay Inside your paradise... Sitting Bull has convinced the warriors. They join in. All warriors sing. It’s not for me. It’s not for me. It’s not for me. No, it’s not for me.

Sitting Bull silences the warriors. He alone sings to Crazy Horse. A beautiful Indian squaw enters. It’s not for me. It’s not for me. It’s not for me. CRAZY HORSE angry at Sitting Bull So... you turn my own warriors against me? Crazy Horse pushes passed the Indian woman. He stands, sulking, by the side of the stage. WINONA Crazy Horse? What is happening? she turns to Sitting Bull Father? SITTING BULL Winona! First-Born-Daughter. they hug Do not worry yourself. How are you today? How are the children? WINONA Father, I grow tired of looking after the children of the camp. I want to go out on a war party! Red Cloud shakes his head but smiles. Exit Red Cloud. SITTING BULL Are you the sister of Crazy Horse? while Winona is confused, Sitting Bull explains He also wants to go out and fight the white man. I cannot allow that to happen. WINONA But why father? Why are you so stubborn on this? SITTING BULL As stubborn as you and Crazy Horse for the fight? WINONA I do not have the visions that bless you. I am not guided by The Great Spirit as you are. But I live in the real world. In the “now”. All the young men and woman of the Sioux nation do. The only vision I see is that I must protect my child from the white soldiers. SITTING BULL And I must protect you. I do not need a vision to see that.

WINONA You cannot protect me forever. Or protect our people forever. The only way is to kill them before they kill us... kill me. Sitting Bull sits down, defiant. SITTING BULL angry You will do nothing. That is my decision. That is my order. WINONA How can the great seer, Sitting Bull, not see what is before his people? TRACK 7: ANOTHER WORLD Sung by Winona. You’re in a race. You’ve made up your mind. I know a place That you’ll never find. You’ll never follow. You’ll never believe. You’ll never put Faith in something you don’t achieve. No more going back now I see What your dreams were doing to me. It’s a hard choice but you made up my mind for me. No excuses now I know I was blind. You showed me. I’m living in another world. There’s not so much that you can do. Yes, living in another world I know I’ve got to see it through. The stone you turn Has so much to show The bridge you burnt Was all ready to go. The tide is turning Back out to the sea And now I know the truth It has a hold over me. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

No more going back now I see What your dreams were doing to me It’s a hard choice but you made up my mind for me No excuses now I know I was blind. You showed me. I’m living in another world. There’s not so much that you can do. Yes, living in another world I’ve got a chance to see it through. I’m living in another world. There’s not so much that you can do. Yes, living in another world I’ve got a chance to see it through. I’m living in another world. There’s not so much that you can do. Yes, living in another world I’ve got a chance to see it through. During the song Crazy Horse becomes interested. He moves closer to centre stage to listen. At the end of the song there is silence on stage. Sitting Bull stands. While Winona looks on pleadingly, Sitting Bull turns and walks away. Exit Sitting Bull. Winona is saddened. Crazy Horse moves beside her. CRAZY HORSE You are brave to challenge the great Sitting Bull. WINONA He lets me challenge him. But he would never let me win. It is easy to be brave against your father. CRAZY HORSE I wish I had your bravery in my warriors. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Winona looks at Crazy Horse admiringly. CRAZY HORSE You have always been like a sister to me. We are from different families of the tribe but I have felt a bond between us grow over the years. You want to fight the white man? WINONA affirming Is there another way? CRAZY HORSE I have heard reports General Golden Hair... Winona looks confused Custer Winona is open eyed but Crazy Horse doesn’t notice carries with him a gun of such power it alone can destroy entire armies. Sitting Bull forbids us to kill the white man but we can review what we may meet in battle. WINONA I will go with you. Exit Winona and Crazy Horse. Blackout

ACT 1 SCENE 4 The stage is dark. The sun rises stage left but only so we see part of the stage. Lieutenant Calhoun and Sergeant Carney enter stage left. SGT CARNEY Sir? LT CALHOUN Yes, Sergeant. SGT CARNEY Why do you let him talk to you like that? The Commander, I mean... your brother. LT CALHOUN It’s always been that way, I suppose. Isn’t that what younger brothers do? Take trash from their older brothers. SGT CARNEY I don’t know, sir. I am a’ only child. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN Where are you from, Sergeant? SGT CARNEY The South, sir. LT CALHOUN I meant how did you grow up? stammering I mean, if you don’t mind talking about... SGT CARNEY It’s ok, sir. I was born on a plantation in Virginia. seeing an anxious look from the Lieutenant Yes, born a slave. I escaped to the North, joined the Army and here I am. LT CALHOUN And a hero of the Civil War along the way. they laugh I think our ‘Commander’ would rather have you as a brother than me. SGT CARNEY What about you, sir? LT CALHOUN thinking What? Oh me. The Commander and I are from a wealthy family in Cincinnati. The complete opposite from you. We went to the best schools and were bred ‘to achieve’. laughs to himself Our mother was horrified when James... the Commander... joined the Army. But he loves the soldier life. Then when I followed him... it broke our mother’s heart. I’d give anything to go back to those old times. Before the Indian wars. Before Custer and... SGT CARNEY alert Sir! Sergeant Carney raises his rifle. Bloody Knife steps out of the darkness in front of them. SGT CARNEY Damn. I almost shot you. Bloody Knife greets the Lieutenant and Sergeant. LT CALHOUN Any news? BLOODY KNIFE The Sioux, and tribes who have gathered with them, will fight. I did not meet with the elders but chief Crazy Horse is determined for war. The sun rises showing the whole stage. 6 men are asleep on the ground, without tents. They surround a gatling gun on cart wheels. The gun is covered by a tarpaulin but the audience can see what it is. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

The Lieutenant, Sergeant and Indian Scout walk into the temporary camp. LT CALHOUN Are you sure? BLOODY KNIFE My brother Crazy Horse is many things but not a liar. LT CALHOUN Your brother? BLOODY KNIFE smiles We do not share the same mother but we are of the same tribe. I am Lakota Sioux of the Hunkpapa. LT CALHOUN Then why are you here? With us? BLOODY KNIFE Crazy Horse. When we were younger he believed I was beneath him because I was not his equal as a warrior. One day he decided to teach me how to be a warrior and he beat me until I could see no more. The next day I left the tribe. There is an uneasiness between the Lieutenant and Bloody Knife. BLOODY KNIFE But even so he is still my brother. LT CALHOUN I can see. turning to Sgt Carney Sergeant, wake the men. pause And prepare for the routine test fire to make sure the gun is operational. SGT CARNEY Yessir Sgt Carney wakes the men. LT CALHOUN to Bloody Knife Before you return to my brother can I say... I wish everything could be as it once was. I am not an Army man like him, my brother. I can’t slaughter your people just because Custer says I should...

TRACK 8: FOR OLD TIME’S SAKE Sung by Lieutenant Calhoun. Memories all turn to go When yesterday The house was sold. At the corner I stopped to take One more look for old time’s sake Another chance to learn to walk away. You said I should chase my dream Apply myself, I could, Do anything. At the top remember to find a break. One more thought for old time’s sake Another chance to learn to walk away. And now I know I’m going To make it through Cause that’s what you taught me to do. At every corner I’ll stop and take One more look for old time’s sake. Another chance to learn to walk away. In the 1’ 04” musical interlude the Lieutenant helps wake the men. Crazy Horse and Winona crawl on stage from stage right. They stop behind a clump of grass and watch. Now here I stand a wisened man, thinking The whole world is changing. The mountain top seems so high above Sometimes I take One more step for old time’s sake. Another chance to learn to walk away. And now I know I’m going to make it through Cause that’s what you taught me to do. At every corner I’ll stop and take One more look for old time’s sake. Another chance to learn to walk away. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

At the end of the singing the Lieutenant joins his men to prepare the gun. In the final 1’ 20” of the song the gatling gun is set up by the gun detail. Sgt Carney shouts at the men. Lieutenant Calhoun looks on in sorrow. Coincidentally the gun is pointed at Crazy Horse and Winona. The stage lighting darkens. SGT CARNEY We’re ready, sir. LT CALHOUN looks at his watch Good Sergeant. Fire. The gatling gun is fired. The noise is terrifying and deafening. The firing creates a visual strobe effect. In this Winona and Crazy Horse stand. They are afraid. Winona is hit by a bullet and falls. Crazy Horse is shocked and bends down to her. The firing stops. The stage lights return. The audience can see Winona has been hit. She has blood over her face and body. The gun detail celebrate while Crazy Horse holds Winona weeping. Track 9: WILD HORSES Sung by Crazy Horse and Lieutenant Calhoun. The defining song of the musical - Crazy Horse’s mind is made up to fight and the Lieutenant will no longer follow Custer’s orders. Crazy Horse sings while holding Winona. Far away Lives another day A distance place A fist not made of clay Far away © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Within my memory We lived Our father’s dream Where the children played Where are we now? So many summers gone Since we were free To live our lives in peace How did this happen? When did we give our land up? Where are we going? We’re so far away So far away So far away So far away So far away So far, so far away During the repeat of “So far away” Crazy Horse lowers Winona’s head to the ground. He believes she is dead. Crazy Horse kisses her good-bye on the forehead. He stands and raises the rifle he took from Bloody Knife. Crazy Horse sings the last line and shoots. Sgt Carney is hit in the leg. He shouts and falls. The Lieutenant points at Crazy Horse and the gun detachment run across the stage, leaving the Sergeant by the gun. Crazy Horse turns and runs. Exit Crazy Horse. The gun detail follow Crazy Horse off stage. Exit gun detail. The Lieutenant has run across the stage but he spots Winona and stops. The Lieutenant bends down on one knee as the music quietens. He wipes the blood from her face and is astounded at Winona’s beauty. The Lieutenant checks Winona’s pulse. He is shocked she is still alive. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

This is a life changing moment for the Lieutenant. As the beat thumps in again the Lieutenant grits his teeth, determined to act. He picks Winona up in his arms. The Lieutenant sings. One more time I will say it One more time it will be. One more battle to save a life One more march to the sea. I’m going to see it all happen Put your faith in me God won’t save you from dying But you have to believe. One more time you must pay the price One more home you leave. One more place to not lose our sight One more passion in me. I do this for your people That they then can see. I will no longer follow Where my General leads. The stage lights lower. The Lieutenant stands centre stage with Winona in his arms under a spotlight. You must fight To hold on Do not die Cause that’s what we need to ignite The fire to survive We must win in the end. I do this for your people That they then can see Now I am going to follow Now my heart will lead. Blackout CURTAIN End of Act 1 Act 1 Total Song time: 00:41:03 © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

ACT 2 SCENE 1 The sun slowly rises as a blood red disc at dawn. The sun reveals the wilderness of the American western plains. Enter rear stage right the Lieutenant carrying a bloodied Winona. The Lieutenant is exhausted but determined to reach the US Army fort. Enter rear stage left Crazy Horse. He is running for his life. The audience does not see the soldiers chasing him but we hear their shots fired at him. The two men are racing through the wilderness. One to save a life and one to save his own life. They are separate and never interact. TRACK 10: THE CHASE There are no lyrics. This song highlights the determination of the two men for survival. Instumental The Lieutenant sometimes stops and staggers under the weight but struggles on. Crazy Horse stops to take cover and fire back on his pursuers. The sun reaches its zenith. Both men stop and take in the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s energy. Exit Lieutenant and Winona, and Crazy Horse.

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ACT 2 SCENE 2 The sun continues to rise. It reveals the US Army fort. There is lots of activity. Commander Calhoun and Bloody Knife enter stage right. They are talking as they walk to centre stage. They stand over a table looking at a map. CM CALHOUN General Custer has given the order... we move out in 3 days. BLOODY KNIFE Why do we not move now? Are we waiting for the gun-of-athousand-barrels? CM CALHOUN The gatling gun? Yes, my brother will have it here in the next 48 hours. The Indians are massing by this river, here he points to the map. The gun will mean we can defeat them however many there are. BLOODY KNIFE What did the General think of my estimate of the Lakota Sioux numbers? CM CALHOUN waving him away Oh, the General thinks there can’t be three thousand warriors here. And I agree with him. But if we have the gatling gun with us we have nothing to fear. So we going to move... The Commander and Bloody Knife look at the map as the Commander’s voice drifts so it cannot be heard. There is a shout from off stage left. SOLDIER shouting Open the gate! The Commander and Bloody Knife look up stage left in surprise. Enter Lieutenant Calhoun carrying a bloodied Winona and a limping Sgt Carney following. The Lieutenant rushes to the table and places Winona down on top of the map. Sgt Carney collapses stage right. The Commander runs to Sgt Carney. Bloody Knife stays with the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant tries to look after Winona. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN shouting at no-one in particular Get me the doctor! And some water! A soldier in the background exits. CM CALHOUN to the Sgt What happened? SGT CARNEY We were attacked by a band of Indians. Big group of them. Right after the morning test firing. So we were out of ammunition for the gatling gun. I was shot. The Lieutenant there fired back and managed to hit one before the rest ran away. We brought her back as a trophy. A soldier returns with a bucket of water. The Lieutenant cleans Winona’s face of the blood. He is taken with her beauty. The Commander walks to centre stage. CM CALHOUN slaps the Lieutenant on the back Well done, little brother. LT CALHOUN rounds on the Commander Get your stinking hands off me. The Commander stands back. The Lieutenant turns back to helping Winona. CM CALHOUN regaining his composure Of course. You will have regained General Custer’s faith in us, in our family, by bringing in a hostile prisoner. LT CALHOUN not turning IF she survives. CM CALHOUN Well, yes. IF she lives, we can give her to the General. The Lieutenant attacks the Commander. The Commander does not fight back. The Lieutenant holds the Commander up. LT CALHOUN snarling I will never give this beautiful, innocent creature to that butcher. Your madman of a master. Now go and get the doctor. The Lieutenant throws the Commander towards stage left. The Commander staggers and stops himself from falling. The Commander turns to the Lieutenant but decides not to say anything. The Commander waves at Bloody Knife, turns and leaves. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Exit Commander Calhoun and Bloody Knife. SGT CARNEY Damn! The Lieutenant goes back to Winona. The stage lights dim but the audience can clearly see the action. Exit Sgt Carney. The Lieutenant and Winona are in a spotlight. The Lieutenant continues to tend to Winona. Out of the spotlight there is lots of movement and energy to symbolize the passage of time. The audience see soldiers putting on their uniforms and generally preparing for war. Commander Calhoun and Bloody Knife re-enter with an instantly recognisable General Custer. Custer gives unheard orders and energizes the men. In the spotlight a soldier brings the Lieutenant a bandage, a pillow and blanket, and then leaves. The Lieutenant tenderly puts on the bandage, places the pillow under Winonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head and wraps her in the blanket so the table becomes a bed. The Lieutenant continues to tend to Winona. Outside the spotlight a tent is slowly erected around the Lieutenant and Winona. The tent is open to the audience. The back of the tent is towards the rear of the stage and has a flap for an opening. When the tent frame is upright Winona awakes. WINONA Tuktenitanhan hey? Translation: Where are you from?

The Lieutenant stops Winona from getting up. The area around the tent becomes darker focusing attention on the interior. Exit Custer, Cm Calhoun, Bloody Knife and any extras. ÂŠ Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN You are safe. Rest. facing the rear of the tent/stage rear Bloody Knife! Come quickly. WINONA exhausted she murmurs Tarku enikiyapi hey? Translation: Who are you?

LT CALHOUN Rest. The rear tent flap opens. Bloody Knife enters. LT CALHOUN Ah, Bloody Knife. Can you speak to her? Bloody Knife looks at Winona’s clean face. He is shocked. Bloody Knife looks worriedly at the Lieutenant and then at Winona. BLOODY KNIFE English iya woglaka yey? Translation: Do you remember how to speak English?

WINONA I can speak English. The Lieutenant pushes Bloody Knife out of the way. Bloody Knife allows the Lieutenant to push him and stands warily watching. The Lieutenant takes Winona’s hand. LT CALHOUN speaking very slowly I. AM. LOO-TEN-ANT CAL-HOOOOON. WINONA she smiles I understand. LT CALHOUN WHAT. IS. YOUR. NAME? WINONA her smile grows I am not a child. I understand you. I am Winona. The First-Born-Daughter. LT CALHOUN First born of who? WINONA Where am I? LT CALHOUN You are safe. I saved your life. And brought you here to my tent. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

WINONA tenderly You saved me? LT CALHOUN You were badly wounded. Who are you the first born of... I mean, who is your father? I can take you back to him. BLOODY KNIFE in the background Sir, I should speak to you. The Lieutenant does not hear. He puts out a hand to Winona. WINONA You would do that? For me? Winona holds his hand. LT CALHOUN clearly smitten Yes. Anything. WINONA My father is Tatanka Iyotaka, the great Sitting Bull. BLOODY KNIFE putting a hand on the Lieutenant’s shoulder Sir, I must speak to you. LT CALHOUN to Bloody Knife Ok, ok. to Winona I will be back in a moment. Don’t go anywhere... Winona smiles. The Lieutenant smiles and releases her hand. The Lieutenant turns, annoyed, and moves to the back to the tent with Bloody Knife. LT CALHOUN What is it? BLOODY KNIFE This woman is special... LT CALHOUN Yes, she said. Her name is “Winona”. Her father’s “Sitting... Bull”. thinking Sitting Bull. I know the name. Is he one of the Lakota leaders? BLOODY KNIFE Sitting Bull was a great Lakota Sioux warrior. He is now one of the leaders of the Sioux nation along with Red Cloud and Crazy Horse. LT CALHOUN Then we must return her. And we could avert this war.

The Lieutenant turns to return to Winona. Bloody Knife grabs his arm. The Lieutenant turns back to Bloody Knife. BLOODY KNIFE No!... Sir. It is OUR leader who will want her. Sitting Bull has changed her name; somehow made her forget. But she is Mo-Nah-SeTah. The mother of Custer’s only child. LT CALHOUN laughing What? This young girl? Never. BLOODY KNIFE Sir, I have served with General Custer for 10 years. I was at the Battle of Washita River when Mo-Nah-Se-Tah was captured. She then became Custer’s ‘wife-on-the-trail’. LT CALHOUN No... she. pause She can’t be. Winona sits up in bed. She swings her legs towards the audience. BLOODY KNIFE I know it to be true because I am the one who taught her to speak English. This is the Indian woman General Custer is searching for. And is willing kill anyone who stands in his way. The Lieutenant is released by Bloody Knife. The Lieutenant reels from the news. He composes himself and returns to Winona, taking her hand and kneeling. The Lieutenant looks down at the floor, despondent. When he looks up, into Winona’s eyes, he smiles. The Lieutenant stands and helps Winona out of bed. They stand centre stage. LT CALHOUN I will protect you. Everything will be ok. WINONA Everything will not be ‘ok’. Life will not be ‘the same’. Everything has changed. You have changed everything.

TRACK 11: BEFORE YOU CAME Sung by Lieutenant Calhoun and Winona. During this song Winona and the Lieutenant fall in love. Lt. Calhoun sings I hear you say that nothing stays the same I wonder what you mean Your auburn hair still flows down your back You’re here with me Winona sings The wind is sighing through the Linden trees. The water moves below And I will not remember who I was Before you came. Lt Calhoun and Winona sing I didn’t know Life could be this good I never understood I didn’t know my name I’m never going back that way again. Lt Calhoun sings I believe in everything I see Now I’m not alone. Your silent lips will tell me the truth I’m going home. Lt Calhoun and Winona sing The sparrow flies, the wild horses roam. The grassy meadows grow. I see in your eyes there’s a peace I want to know the way to go. I love you so. Winona sings the first line alone. She strokes the Lieutenant’s face. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Myanmo Mississi Kiwani Lt Calhoun joins in as Winona sings. Myanmo Mississi Kiwani Winona and the Lieutenant sing together. Myanmo Mississi Kiwani Myanmo Mississi Kiwani Kiwano At the end of the song Sgt Carney limps, on a crutch, through the flap and into the tent. His leg is bandaged. SGT CARNEY Boy! Someone’s had more fun than I have in the last 12 hours. The Lieutenant and Winona split, embarrassed. Sgt Carney limps forward but still behind Bloody Knife. SGT CARNEY Don’t worry, kids. BLOODY KNIFE I must report her presence here to the General. WINONA and LT CALHOUN No! Sgt Carney holds up his crutch, blocking Bloody Knife’s path. SGT CARNEY Hold on there. Winona holds her hand towards the Lieutenant as if to say “leave this to me”. Bloody Knife turns to face Winona. She walks slowly up to Bloody Knife. Winona holds a hand to his face.

WINONA I do remember you... Bloody Knife of the Hunkpapa Sioux. You shielded me in my past life. You were the spider over my soul when I was taken by General Golden Hair. Your web of protection let the nightmares pass through the holes. The good moments were trapped and became my solitude. Thank you. Winona backs away from Bloody Knife. BLOODY KNIFE Mo-Nah-Se-Tah I... WINONA That woman is dead. The spirit killed by General Golden Hair. I am “Winona” - First born daughter of Sitting Bull. And your sister of the Hunkpapa Sioux. Bloody Knife is in tears at the memories. The Lieutenant goes to Winona and takes her hand. Winona and the Lieutenant walk through the flap in the tent. The whole stage lights up. It reveals the busy US Army fort. Winona and the Lieutenant walk stage left engrossed in each other. Sgt Carney and Bloody Knife exit the tent after them but do not follow. Sgt Carney and Bloody Knife melt into the noise of the base. The rear of the Lieutenant’s tent is removed. The frame of the tent at the front of the stage is converted into the gateway to the fort. A soldier with his rifle and bayonet stands guard. Winona and the Lieutenant turn and make their way back to stage centre as if touring the fort. TRACK 12: MORE AND MORE As Winona and the Lieutenant walk through the fort exit the music for the song begins. They are still hand in hand. Winona smiles at the freedom. And then smiles at the Lieutenant. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Enter General Custer and Cm Calhoun stage right. Custer sees Winona and the Lieutenant. Custer points and gives unheard orders to the Commander. Commander Calhoun waves at two men who join him. The group walk towards Winona and the Lieutenant at the exit. Winona sees the group of soldiers first. She is shocked. The Lieutenant turns, sees his brother and turns back to Winona. LT CALHOUN Go! As the guitar begins to play the Lieutenant then freezes. As does the Commander, the soldiers and General Custer. Winona then sings to the Lieutenant. The song is a visualization of her thoughts. Sung by Winona. I know it’s late I’m on my way If only another hour To tell you I still love you more than before. My heart beat Runs from me like its yours Custer exits stage right. I throw away my doubt I didn’t know what to say Human emotion no longer in my way. I’ll tell you why I still love you more than before. My heart beat Runs from me more and more © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

The last 1’ 40” sees Winona saying good-bye to the Lieutenant and slowly walking off stage. Just before leaving she blows a kiss to the Lieutenant. This breaks the ‘spell’ of her thoughts. The action on stage returns to normal. The Lieutenant knocks the guard to the ground and takes his rifle with bayonet. Exit Winona stage left. The Commander and soldiers reach the gate. The Lieutenant blocks the way, waving the bayonet at them. LT CALHOUN Get back! CM CALHOUN to the soldiers Alright, alright to the Lieutenant What are you doing. What’s going on Frankie? LT CALHOUN Brotherly love? It’s a bit late for that. CM CALHOUN It’s never too late. Let us through. We need to bring that girl to General Custer. LT CALHOUN Never. The Commander steps forward to the Lieutenant’s left. The Lieutenant is nervous. CM CALHOUN Come on Frank... brother. The Commander holds out his hand. The Lieutenant has the bayonet pointed at his brother. A soldier moves to the right. CM CALHOUN Well, then you’re gonna have to stick me. The Commander lowers his hands. The Lieutenant is caught off guard. The soldier on the right lunges for the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant is overpowered by the rest of the soldiers. The Commander fights his way past. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

He runs stage left and looks for Winona. The Commander lowers his shoulders and walks slowly back to his brother being held down by the soldiers. CM CALHOUN Where has she gone? Enter Bloody Knife and Sgt Carney stage right. They walk towards the centre of the stage. The soldiers release the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant stands. The Commander takes the rifle and points the bayonet at the Lieutenant. CM CALHOUN I won’t ask you again. Tell me. LT CALHOUN So... looks like the roles have reversed. What did you say? Oh yeah immitating “you’re gonna have to stick me”. CM CALHOUN I’ll do it! Don’t think I won’t. Tell me. Or I will kill you. The Commander raises the rifle and bayonet. He screams. As he is about to strike the Lieutenant Bloody Knife puts a hand on the Commander’s shoulder. The Commander stops. BLOODY KNIFE sympathetically Don’t. The Commander drops the rifle and bayonet to his side. Sgt Carney drops his crutch and grabs the rifle. He points it at the group of soldiers. SGT CARNEY All right you boys, show’s over. The soldiers look at each other. SGT CARNEY shouts Get out of here! Exit soldiers. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Sgt Carney nods to Bloody Knife. Bloody Knife steps in front of the Commander. He puts a hand on the Lieutenant. BLOODY KNIFE We meaning himself and Sgt Carney always knew you were brave. Because the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, it is conformity. The Lieutenant turns and steps towards stage left. The Commander pushes past Bloody Knife. CM CALHOUN You’re going to the large Indian gathering on the river, aren’t you? Don’t go. LT CALHOUN I must. CM CALHOUN She doesn’t need you. LT CALHOUN Maybe... but I need her. CM CALHOUN Please stay. Brother? Now Custer has seen the mother of his child he has ordered me to do everything in my power to bring that woman and her boy to him. In a few days we will attack that large Indian camp, wipe out the Sioux nation and return to the General what he so desires. We need you. We need your gatling gun. LT CALHOUN shocked You’re going to slaughter them? I don’t care! I must go. CM CALHOUN drawing his pistol If you do, I will shoot you. We need you. LT CALHOUN Do what you have to do, brother. And I will do what I feel I must do. CM CALHOUN Alright... I need you. LT CALHOUN No. You don’t. She does. Good luck. Lieutenant Calhoun turns towards stage left and runs. Exit Lt Calhoun. CM CALHOUN We will need it... at the Little Bighorn. Blackout © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

ACT 2 SCENE 3 TRACK 13: THE MEETING The sun is setting stage right as the music begins. Sitting Bull enters stage right in full ceremonial dress he wears a hundred-feather warbonnet and his face is painted. Sitting Bull stands proud. Four Indian warriors enter behind Sitting Bull and line up in front of him as an honour guard. Sitting Bull then walks slowly towards the centre of the stage. As he moves more of the stage is illuminated. The four Indian warriors sing. He moves with the spirit of Michikinakwa Acuqenacke’s children in his care. His brown eyes stare. He guided their survival. It started with a storm. His silent movements gain respect from each passing face. Where could he be going? To the right of the centre of the stage is a large fold of canvass. This separates the right of the stage from the rest of it. A young boy with bright yellow hair enters. He runs passed Sitting Bull and holds open a flap of the canvass. Sitting Bull ruffles the boy’s hair and walks through the fold. The four Indian warriors continue to sing. A secret door lets him into the wooden house from the back. The boy says his friends are all waiting for him. As Sitting Bull enters the Grand Teepee is fully illuminated. The audience see a large, colourful totem pole and a central fire. Sitting around the fire are 9 Indian elders. Red Cloud is sat at the rear as if at the head of the meeting. Crazy Horse sits stage left in the same full warrior dress he wears in Act 1, Scene1. The elders slowly rise as Sitting Bull enters. Sitting Bull stands in the doorway. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

The four soldiers continue to sing. Gathered round the totem. Summoned there to talk. Some come to run, some come to walk. What could they be saying? On the guitar pulse the tension eases. The elders move to greet Sitting Bull. The lights fade outside the teepee and the Indian warriors exit. Sitting Bull sings. Ten friends together, never alone. Sitting Bull continues to move and greet his friends. Sitting Bull sings alone. You know me well I know you can tell thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an urgency. A new situation, it needs a decision be reached today. My brother here beside me has a tale to tell. He speaks in my name of this white man emergency. What are we all going to do? By the guitar pulse all the greetings are done. Sitting Bull takes his place at the meeting. All the elders, including Sitting Bull, sing together. Ten men together, Never alone. Ten friends together. The elders look towards Red Cloud at the rear of the gathering giving homage to him. Red Cloud stretches out his hands to the group. Red Cloud sings alone. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been together, No-one to obey. I trust we will see how to meet this insurgency. What are we all going to do? ÂŠ Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

All the elders sit. Only the sound of the fire can be heard from stage. SITTING BULL Crazy Horse. What did you see when you went to spy on General Golden Hair? Crazy Horse is surprised Sitting Bull knows. But he realises Sitting Bull doesn’t know everything. Crazy Horse nods to Sitting Bull in respect. CRAZY HORSE The white army, led by General Golden Hair, are ready for battle. Your prophecy, Sitting Bull, becomes reality - the bluecoats will come and, as you said, their men will fall like rain creating new rivers... rivers of blood. SITTING BULL nodding in understanding So there is no hope for peace? CRAZY HORSE In General Long Hair’s eyes the only peace we Indians can expect is when we are buried in the ground. The only way forward is to kill them before they slaughter us. SITTING BULL We cannot learn to live together by killing each other’s children. I will talk to Bloody Knife and General Golden Hair. The elders nod in agreement. CRAZY HORSE Peace? There is no peace from the white man. Where today are the Mohicans? Where are the Pequot, Pakanoket and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the greed and oppression of the white man just as snow before a summer sun. he stands When the white man promises peace we now know he means war. I think they ask us to ‘be passive’ so it gives them more time to hunt us down and wipe us out. One great victory will make the white man fear the Indian. And then the white man will stop entering our land. Crazy Horse sits down. SITTING BULL General Golden Hair will never stop. If you strike at his soldiers he will turn on you and devour you. And your women. And your children. The devastation will be as the locusts who fall on the trees and devour all the leaves in just one day. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Crazy Horse sneers. CRAZY HORSE The children? Our children? This devastation you talk of has already begun. SITTING BULL The cryptic language of the whites does not fit you, Crazy Horse. Speak your mind. CRAZY HORSE Winona is dead. Your child is dead. Shot by the white man. Sitting Bull is stunned. Crazy Horse stands. Crazy Horse picks up a large knife. TRACK 14: THE WARNING Sung by Crazy Horse. He dances round the sitting group as he sings. My friends I stand at the edge, I speak of what I have seen. Quicksand and daggers at hand, The danger frightens me. We’d better be ready Each hand must stand alone yet steady. If we’re to survive We must gather our strength together and fight. From the East they carry a beast With power beyond the skies. I see it pointed at me Right between the eyes. We’d better get ready. Each hand must stand alone yet steady. Crazy Horse shows the handle of the knife to an elder. On the second line he flips it so the blade is pointed at the elder.

Watch the knife. The hand will move and take your life. Crazy Horse has returned to his original position. He takes out a ceremonial bowl but does nothing with it. The wind is saying to me That the fighting is soon to come. If we don’t prepare for the worst We may have to run. We’d better get ready Each hand must stand alone yet steady. If we’re to survive We must gather our strength together and fight. Crazy Horse dips his fingers into the ceremonial bowl. Crazy Horse then puts war paint on his face. Watch the knife The hand will move and take your life. Crazy Horse shows the handle of the knife to another elder. On the second line he flips it so the blade is pointed at the elder We’d better get ready Each hand must stand alone yet steady. Watch the knife The hand will move and take your life. Watch the knife. Watch the knife. Watch the knife. Watch the knife. Watch the knife. Watch the knife. Watch the knife. The elders join in and sing with Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse is beginning to win them over to his way of thinking. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Watch the knife. Watch the knife. The meeting erupts in shouting. Crazy Horse sits, a big smile on his face in triumph. ELDER 1 Crazy Horse is right! We must kill before we are killed. ELDER 2 If we strike now that will send them a message. ELDER 3 War is the only way. CRAZY HORSE to Sitting Bull See? Our people are with me. We will not grovel to General Golden Hair for peace. SITTING BULL I show respect for all men but grovel to none. It is no longer enough to cry for peace. We must act peaceful to live in peace. CRAZY HORSE WE do live in peace. Look at the tribes who have gathered here for this Sundance. he points at various elders The Blackfoot. The Cheyenne. The Minneconjous. The Bules. The Sans Arcs. My Oglalas. And your Hunkpapa tribe of Sioux. The most powerful gathering of Indians the world has ever seen. Hundreds of different tribes living together in harmony. This unity also brings with it the power of three thousand brave warriors. With this power we can rid the plains for the white man forever! SITTING BULL Just more tribes in one place for General Golden Hair to kill. Like salmon in the net. You do not see that the white menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming is like the inevitability of the seasons. You may kill one. Or two. Or even ten. But ten times ten will then come to kill you. Count your fingers all day long and the number of white people with guns will come faster than you can tally. CRAZY HORSE Where would you have us go? I prefer to die by fighting than by starvation on a reservation. There is a murmur of approval from the rest of the elders. Then silence.

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SITTING BULL I have never told this tale. Twelve years ago I took a long walk. I left my tribe, my warriors and my family. For 2 whole seasons I travelled. My destination was the Santee reservation at Crow Creek. I took pity on our Santee cousins and listened to their tales. They arrived on the reservation in the fall of 1863. By 1864 a third of their number were dead. The soil was barren, wild game scarce and the water unfit to drink. When I arrived the hills were covered in more graves than trees. pause in sadness I discovered what the white man does to those who surrender. CRAZY HORSE Then why now does your red skin turn yellow? SITTING BULL beats his own chest and jumps to his feet Tatanka Iyotaka is not a coward. When have I run from my enemies? When did you go on the warpath and leave me behind in my teepee? But Tatanka Iyotaka is also not a fool. You are like dogs in the full sun of summer - running mad and snapping at your shadows. I will not surrender but do not want to die like a dog either. The buffalo have gone and we will follow if we continue to live like this. CRAZY HORSE jumps to his feet and shouts directly at Sitting Bull What else do you suggest? We cannot turn our backs like the she-bear protecting her cubs. Tatanka Iyotaka is not a coward but to run from his enemies? Those are the actions of a fool. SITTING BULL You are the fool! Your eyes are full of smoke. And you? pointing to the rest of the elders Call yourselves “Braves”? You are like little children. You too are fools. You will die like rabbits when the hungry wolves hunt in the darkness of winter. The room explodes into shouting and recriminations. Some of the elders think they are being called cowards. Some of the elders think they are being called fools. Red Cloud strikes a match and lights a ceremonial pipe. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, and the rest of the elders, stop talking. They look down at their feet, ashamed. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse sit. There is an expectant silence. RED CLOUD My friends... my sun is set. Red Cloud’s day is done. The shadows are long in front of my eyes and darkness is stealing over me. I am going to leave you to return to my home, my reservation. It is not a lot but it is mine. And I wish my last days to be on my land. Before I lie down to rise no more, I will speak to my people. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

TRACK 15: SWEET DAY Sung by Red Cloud Red Cloud struggles to stand as the music begins. He brushes aside any assistance. Red Cloud walks to Sitting Bull. Red Clouds’ hands clasp Sitting Bulls’ shoulders as he sings. Sweet day. Sweet union of our way. Balloon to ride away From an empty, sweet day. Frail day. Frail union of our way. Balloon to ride away From an empty, sweet day. Red Cloud releases Sitting Bull and walks away. He sings as he walks. I remember children, ten of them it seems, Some barely old enough to dream. I recall the fire that was once my happy home. I remember crawling to save my soul. I can see the blood before me That shook my mother’s mind. I can see her eyes As she went blind to life. Red Cloud walks to Crazy Horse. Red Clouds’ hands clasp Crazy Horse’s shoulders as he sings. My brother fell before me Giving his life for mine. Sometimes I can’t help But wonder: why? I found you all the next day With the sun shining so clear. Everyone had lost © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Everyone near to them. And I found that life must go on I learned that we are one. Killing the enemy doesn’t mean a thing To me. Red Cloud releases Crazy Horse. He sings to the group. We only can hope Our children won’t feel the pain we’ve seen. We only can give our children dreams. For me, I’ll follow where I’m to follow. I’ll lead where I’m to lead. To kill I’ll have to find divine need. These hands are the hands of a man They won’t hold what isn’t mine It isn’t mine to take a life. Red Cloud moves round the group to say good-bye. He finishes the loop and stands, proud, to sing the last line. That will never leave you. Red Cloud moves towards the door. He looks back once and then leaves. Exit Red Cloud. Sitting Bull jumps up and runs to the door. TRACK 16: YELLOW BIRD’S DANCE INSTRUMENTAL As Sitting Bull reaches the entrance he is shocked as the cover opens from the outside. The young, blonde boy, Yellow Bird, sticks his face into the meeting. Yellow Bird is nervous. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Sitting Bull smiles at him. Yellow Bird exits. Sitting Bull looks confusingly at the door. As the beat begins Yellow Bird marches into the meeting. Yellow Bird is followed by the rest of the Indian children. Now 9 Indian children are in the teepee with the 9 elders. The mood of the meeting lightens. Yellow Bird pretends to be a mighty hero while dancing. The elders interact with Yellow Bird’s moves. Yellow Bird becomes serious at 2’ 46”. The child pretends to kill the rest of the children one-by-one. As the beat ends Yellow Bird is the only one standing. He turns to the group as if to say “What now?” as everyone is ‘dead’ except for Yellow Bird. Sitting Bull walks to Yellow Bird. SITTING BULL Thank you. We needed to see. To view things through the eyes of a child. The other children get up from the floor. The elders stand and congratulate the children. Off stage there is a chattering of excitement. Winona bursts into the teepee. She is out of breath and exhausted. Winona takes a moment and then stands proud. Crazy Horse is shocked that she is back from the dead. Sitting Bull is excited she is alive. SITTING BULL You’re alive! looking up Oh thank you Great Spirit. Sitting Bull moves towards Winona. Winona holds up her hand stopping him. WINONA I am fine father. SITTING BULL Are you sure? How did you survive? he smiles It doesn’t matter. Now you are here we can leave. My tribe, my family can leave. CRAZY HORSE Flee, you mean. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

SITTING BULL shouting at Crazy Horse Be careful, I am not a coward. to Winona But I must lead my tribe away from General Custer to save my family’s lives. WINONA No. You don’t need to lead us away. This is the land of our fathers YOUR land. Look at me. You were raised in this land. Yes, your first steps as a child were where the sun rises and now we live where the sun sets. But... I don’t think you want to leave. Father... I remember. I remember who I am. Not a child of Sitting Bull’s Hunkpapa Sioux but of the Cheyenne. Now I am Winona and forever shall be. But once I was Mo-Nah-Se-Tah. TRACK 17: THE DAY Sung by Winona. The day you first recall The way the shadows fall. The page, one you can believe. I don’t think you want to know. I don’t think you want to go. The day we stood alone The way they took our home. And now we don’t know what to do. I don’t think you want to know. I don’t think you want to go. The race, I was afraid I know. The pace, I was running too slow. But maybe we will never know. I don’t think you want to know. I don’t think you want to go. Names, from where we all know All they stand for is interest and gold If we answer, it’s because we’ve been told. I don’t think you want to know. I don’t think you want to go. Sitting Bull and Winona hug. There is shouting and commotion outside the teepee. Winona looks shocked after hearing one of the voices. Winona leaps to the left and out of the teepee. The light brightens outside the teepee. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

The audience see Lt Calhoun has followed Winona. The Lieutenant is being held by 2 of the Indian warriors. He stops struggling the moment he sees Winona. LT CALHOUN I had to come. WINONA I know. Winona is followed out of the teepee. First by Sitting Bull and then Crazy Horse. The rest of the elders follow with the children. The teepee moves to the left and eventually off stage. This leaves the setting in the middle of the Indian encampment. Sitting Bull stands behind Winona. Crazy Horse leaps forward. CRAZY HORSE recognising the Lieutenant You! to the Indian warriors Kill him. WINONA NO! SITTING BULL to the Indian warriors Wait! to Winona Winona, my daughter, who is this white man? WINONA to Sitting Bull This is the man who saved me. to the Lieutenant The blue angel responsible for my survival. And the man I love. There is a murmur through the Indians. WINONA He is also the man who rescued me when Crazy Horse left me in the clutches of Death. A louder murmur goes through the camp. Sitting Bull moves forward and pushes Crazy Horse. SITTING BULL Is this true?

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CRAZY HORSE My actions are not being questioned here. pointing This is one of our enemy. He came here to kill. Maybe not today but I have seen the weapon he uses to fight. It is a ‘gun-of-a-thousand-thunders’. It would kill all the warriors gathered here in as little as an hour. I want him dead. Sitting Bull holds up his hand. He turns to Winona. SITTING BULL Is this true? WINONA Yes. General Golden Hair has a gun of such power. And he, points my love, is its owner. Sitting Bull walks to the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant is still being held by two warriors. Sitting Bull looks into the Lieutenant’s eyes. SITTING BULL Do you love my daughter? LT CALHOUN confused ...yes. I... Sitting Bull motions the Lieutenant to be quiet. SITTING BULL to the warriors Release him. Crazy Horse bristles but says nothing. The Indian warriors release the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant rushes to and hugs Winona. SITTING BULL What is General Golden Hair’s plan? LT CALHOUN I... I don’t know. CRAZY HORSE This is a mistake. Kill him now. SITTING BULL White man, My face is red, yours is white. The Great Spirit has made you read and write but not me. However, I have learned that wisdom comes from knowledge AND experience. I have shown you mercy. I expect something in return.

LT CALHOUN I don’t know General Custer’s Crazy Horse spits plan but it is true we do have a gun that is unlike anything you have seen. It is a mechanized cannon that fires thousands of bullets every minute. And you have no equal for it. CRAZY HORSE No equal! You think you are superior to us? I will show you who is below who. Crazy Horse draws his knife and walks towards the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant lets go of Winona and moves backwards. Crazy Horse moves between Winona and the Lieutenant. LT CALHOUN panicking I didn’t mean any disrespect. to Sitting Bull I love your daughter. to Crazy Horse And feel myself in the presence of superior human beings. You have spared me but I knew Custer wasn’t going to let Winona leave my base with her life. Crazy Horse pauses. He is confused. CRAZY HORSE You respect the Lakota Sioux? Because I have a knife? LT CALHOUN No. I was not afraid to come here. As long as I got to see Winona one last time. And yes. I do respect the Sioux. And all the tribes of the Indian nations. But not because of weapons. Because you live in harmony... and peace. Winona is overjoyed at this. She breaks from behind Sitting Bull and runs into the Lieutenant’s arms. SITTING BULL This does not help us and leaves the question of what to do about Chief Golden Hair. With this white man arriving here we know the bluecoats are close. What can we do? CRAZY HORSE We must attack. I know their weaknesses and can take down many of General Golden Hair’s men. LT CALHOUN moving Winona aside and speaking to Sitting Bull And I know their tactics and how I can help you defeat General Golden... Custer. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

The rest of the people in the Indian village laugh at the Lieutenant. But Sitting Bull is serious. SITTING BULL talking to the Lieutenant and Crazy Horse We must connect our knowledge and understanding, and join together TRACK 18: I KNOW Sung by Sitting Bull, Lt Calhoun and Crazy Horse Sitting Bull sings to the Lieutenant and Crazy Horse. I know It will take three times. That I know. The Lieutenant sings to Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. I know It will take three signs. That I know. Sitting Bull sings alone to Crazy Horse. See Who you can believe? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never know. Crazy Horse sings. I know Soldiers march in spring. That I know. The three sing together. I know All who can, will sing. That I know.

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See Who you can believe You’ll never know. See Who you can believe You’ll never know. Sitting Bull sings the last line alone. I know. A loud, slow clap rises from rear, stage right. Out of the shadows steps Commander Calhoun. He is alone but carries a rifle. CM CALHOUN Well... this is nice. Crazy Horse grabs a spear from a warrior and makes a move with it. The Commander sees him and points the rifle at Crazy Horse. CM CALHOUN Uh, uh, uh. LT CALHOUN If you’ve come to take me back you can forget it. CM CALHOUN laughs For you? Come for you? Same old Frankie. Thinking your big brother is here to rescue you. deadly serious I’m not here for you. points at Winona I’m here for her. WINONA and LT CALHOUN No! Winona hugs the Lieutenant. CM CALHOUN Come on now. Sitting Bull steps forward. But is quickly blocked by the Lieutenant. SITTING BULL What are you doing? © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN to Sitting Bull Trust me. The Lieutenant turns to his brother. He walks up to him so the rifle is pointed at his chest. LT CALHOUN I know you have no compassion for the Indians and would gladly shoot one of them to get what you want. But will you kill me? Your own flesh and blood? CM CALHOUN If I have to kill you then I will. I followed you here, brother, for that reason. You left a trail so obvious I wondered if you did it on purpose so the US Army can find this camp. LT CALHOUN pause in thought I did. There is shock amongst the Indians. LT CALHOUN But you won’t kill me. You’re here on your own. Custer would never have sent you. Your General is a glory hunter who sees himself as a Crusading knight against the infidel. Custer dreams of romantic combat where he can paint himself as the hero. So come back tomorrow. Bring General Custer and he can have his ‘honour’. The Indian warriors and Crazy Horse walk towards the Commander. The Commander realises he is outnumbered. He slowly steps backwards. CM CALHOUN I will return tomorrow. And there will be no honour for you. Our judgement will be swift. Exit the Commander. SITTING BULL shocked What have you done? CRAZY HORSE I am beginning to like this man. WINONA Why? The Lieutenant calms everyone. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

LT CALHOUN Crazy Horse, how many warriors are here? CRAZY HORSE Three thousand are ready to fight. LT CALHOUN Custer... what did you call him? General Golden Hair... has three hundred men. CRAZY HORSE Yes! SITTING BULL So? We have more men. Do they not have this “gun-ofthousand-thunders”? LT CALHOUN The gatling gun, “my gun”, has not yet reached Custer’s fort. And without me and my Sergeant it won’t be there before tomorrow. SITTING BULL So? LT CALHOUN My brother will return and report back to Custer. He will tell Golden Hair where we are and, more importantly, that Winona and Yellow Bird can be found here. Custer is brave but rash. In his rage he will charge out tomorrow unprepared for battle. You don’t need to defeat the gatling gun as Custer won’t have it. General Custer craves immortality but tomorrow you will show him how mortal he really is. CRAZY HORSE It is a trick worthy of me. I like it. SITTING BULL It is dangerous. LT CALHOUN Fighting Custer when he is armed with the gatling gun would be suicide. This way you can have your victory. It is not a perfect plan, sir, but it will work. SITTING BULL The plan compromises the women and children of the Lakota Sioux nation. WINONA But father we - your women and children - are already in danger. I have brought danger to the camp. If you wish I will give myself up to General Golden Hair - give him what he desires. SITTING BULL No. WINONA By giving Custer Yellow Bird and me we could avoid battle and our family could survive. SITTING BULL shouting I said NO! © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Sitting Bull takes Winonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands in his hands. SITTING BULL to Winona You know... you are my first born daughter. You came into the tribe at eighteen. You had already lived more than most people experience in their whole lives. I took you in as my daughter because... because you brought a shimmering energy to the tribe. I had only sons. So people assumed you were my first... my Winona. We loved you and loved your name. Taking you meant I gained my first grandson. he smiles And Yellow Bird is a born leader - look what he did at the meeting of the elders. pause He takes after his mother. It is not a perfect world. But we must do what we can with what the Great Spirit provides. TRACK 19: PERFECT WORLD Sung by Sitting Bull, Winona and Lt Calhoun. Sitting Bull sings. A perfect love Is an imperfect love. A perfect life Is impossible to find. But we can live together Looking all the time. Mining the answers, Panning what we find. Winona sings. A perfect world A world of many colours. A perfect time Is impossible to find. Man and woman Winona hugs Lt Calhoun. Mother and child. Winona hugs Yellow Bird. Sister and brother ÂŠ Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

Winona and Yellow Bird hug Sitting Bull. A family reconciled. Smiling faces Hiding places Watching children grow. Body graces Running races Round and round they go. Winona and Sitting Bull sing together. See the difference From a distance. People we don’t know. Reaching higher Than the wire The longest mile to go. Lt Calhoun sings. Living in a perfect world, A world of many colours. A perfect life Is impossible to find. The more we learn together Looking all the time. Mining the answers Panning what we find. Crazy Horse sings. First the wagon train, on the great plain Iron horses run from out of the sky. As the white face Sees the red face Upon this Earth For what it’s worth Take what’s known And make it grow. Like flowers in the sun. We’ve only begun. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

All sing. So together We can weather Any storm below. Living in a perfect world Living in a perfect world. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m living in a perfect world With you. Living in a perfect world An imperfect world. Living in a perfect world An imperfect world. Living in a perfect world An imperfect world. Living in a perfect world An imperfect world. Living in a perfect world An imperfect world. Living in a perfect world An imperfect world. Crazy Horse walks to Sitting Bull. Crazy Horse is in his face but not intimidating. CRAZY HORSE So? What is your decision? The great elder Red Cloud has gone today and Custer will be coming tomorrow. I am the leader of the Sioux warriors but you are now the Supreme Leader of the whole Sioux nation. Do we flee or fight? Sitting Bull thinks. He walks across the stage. Sitting Bull turns and faces all the Indians on stage.

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SITTING BULL speaking as if to a thousand people When I was a boy the Lakota Sioux owned the world and the great plains. Now we are what we see. A vision given to me by the Great Spirit has shown a great victory for the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and other tribes gathered here today. But I cannot see what is beyond. I once believed the Indians had to be strong to stop the white man from taking our land. Now the buffalo is gone. My heart was strong but we still could not stop them. So soon I am going to take my Hunkpapa tribe north to the land of the Great Queen. There we will forge a life away from the persecution of the bluecoats. But tomorrow... tomorrow we will show General Custer and their Army that there is no-one greater than the Indian. Tomorrow we FIGHT! There is a roar of cheering on stage. Crazy Horse and the warriors celebrate and dance. Sitting Bull moves and hugs Winona and Yellow Bird. Sitting Bull then takes Winona’s hand and leads her to the Lieutenant. The warriors continue to celebrate in the background. SITTING BULL to the Lieutenant What is your name? LT CALHOUN Lieutenant Calhoun, sir! SITTING BULL smiles What is your real name? LT CALHOUN Oh erm, Frederick Calhoun. But everyone calls me Frank. Winona moves from Sitting Bulls arm to the Lieutenant. Winona whispers in the Lieutenant’s ear. The Lieutenant is surprised but smiles. Winona moves back to take Sitting Bull’s arm again. The Lieutenant stands proud and answers. LT CALHOUN My given name is Myanmo Mississi Kiwani. SITTING BULL Myanmo. This is Mo... Winona touches his arm. She whispers in his ear. Sitting Bull smiles. © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

SITTING BULL Myanmo. This is Winona, the First-Born-Daughter of Sitting Bull, Supreme Chief of the entire Lakota Sioux nation. Sitting Bull joins Winona and the Lieutenantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands. SITTING BULL to Frank You now belong to her. And she to you. Love and keep her safe. Sitting Bull moves back. Winona and Frank hug and kiss. Yellow Bird runs and joins in the hug. As Sitting Bull moves back he is grabbed by Crazy Horse. CRAZY HORSE I am sorry for calling you a coward. I know the great Sitting Bull fears no man. SITTING BULL You are forceful and direct... a natural leader. Remember these already-dead soldiers who are coming are a gift from the Great Spirit. Kill them but do not take their clothes or horses. Do not touch the spoils of the battle. If you set your hearts on the goods of the white man it will prove a curse on the Sioux nation. CRAZY HORSE This great nation of ours cannot be cursed. pointing at Sitting Bull We have the Great Tatanka Iyotaka who sees victory before it happens, beating his own chest we have the brave Thasunjke Witko who knows success before the battle has begun and now pointing at Lt Calhoun we have the man of the gun-of-a-thousand-thunders. he moves to the Lieutenant Do you want to fight your brother and see you family blood on the earth? LT CALHOUN I renounce the blood of my father and the blood my brother intends to spill. CRAZY HORSE But what of the blood YOU may spill? LT CALHOUN That will be out of my hands. I am not a great warrior but I will fight for what I believe to be right. Crazy Horse laughs. ÂŠ Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

CRAZY HORSE I like this white man. Crazy Horse clasps his arm around the Lieutenant and leads him to the other warriors. Crazy Horse introduces the Lieutenant to the Indian warriors. Winona goes to Sitting Bull. Sitting Bull is not celebrating. WINONA Does the ‘Great’ Sitting Bull not celebrate? Sitting Bull looks thoughtfully at Winona. WINONA Are you not happy I am back? And at my union with our newest warrior, Myanmo? SITTING BULL Yes, my child. WINONA Then what is it? The Great Spirit gave you a vision that we will triumph over General Golden Hair... didn’t he? We have nothing to fear. SITTING BULL It is true that I have seen the bluecoats will drop like leaves in the fall. And this is because Myanmo has tricked them into coming without the gun-of-a-thousand-thunders. But this battle will have far reaching consequences. Across this land of America and long into the future. Every Indian will pay for our victory tomorrow. WINONA Pay? How will we pay for victory? SITTING BULL This will be the Indians’ last stand. After tomorrow the Indian in these United States will know only subjugation. Truly we are the last of the free Indians of the plains. Our victory will live in eternity. Not because we stopped the white man from taking our land. But it will be the last day the Indians joined in such large numbers, lived free from persecution or the reservation and were one with our land. Winona looks puzzled at Sitting Bull.

SITTING BULL After tomorrow we will go north, out of these United States. The Hunkpapa Sioux will not flee but will find new lands in which to prosper. I hope you will come with me and your tribe. Winona is ecstatic and hugs Sitting Bull. She leaves him to dance with the warriors and celebrate. The Lieutenant breaks away from Winona. He walks to Sitting Bull. The Lieutenant and Sitting Bull move to one side of the stage while others celebrate. LT CALHOUN Can you see? Will brother battle brother tomorrow? Will I kill him? SITTING BULL It is not so simple. LT CALHOUN And beyond? A life with Winona? And Yellow Bird? SITTING BULL I think there is a life for you beyond tomorrow. You will see many a sunrise and sunset. LT CALHOUN We have a future? SITTING BULL You do... TRACK 20: BETTER DAYS AHEAD Sitting Bull sings. Better days lie ahead Better days lie ahead Better days lie ahead There are better days ahead So much is shared between us Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something on your mind Just come with me instead To better days ahead. ÂŠ Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

We’re living on the line So many reasons lost in time We all have some regrets But come with me instead To better days ahead. Better days ahead Better days ahead Better days ahead Better days ahead Better days ahead Better days ahead Better days ahead Better days... Lt Calhoun sings. It’s been with me all the time Waiting for the story to unwind There’s nothing left unsaid Please come with me instead To better days ahead All sing brackets. Lt Calhoun continues to sing. (Better days lie ahead) Better days ahead (Better days lie ahead) Better days ahead (Better days lie ahead) Better days ahead I am so glad to say it (Better days lie ahead) Better days ahead (Better days lie ahead) Better days ahead (Better days lie ahead) Better days ahead Blackout © Dale Newman and Thom Goddard 2012

The sun rises slowly. The stage is empty. As the sun rises it shows the stage as the plains of the Mid-West. The back ground is the Black Hills. TRACK 21: Song Medley During the end of the medley General Custerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shadow grows in prominence in the background. It gets ever larger until the blackout. Blackout CURTAIN End of Act 2 Act 2 Total Song time: 00:48:09 (minus Medley) Total Song time: 01:29:12 (minus Medley)

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