:47:01
now belonged to the white man,
:47:04
and he would never give it back.
:47:09
Loved by the buffalo had
begun to see the truth
:47:13
of growling bear's vision,
and it pained his heart.
:47:17
He felt the loss of the power of wakan tanka
:47:21
and knew that the time was soon coming
:47:23
to return to his people without having
found the answers he had sought for so long.
:47:46
Mr. Wheeler.
:47:49
Captain pratt.
:47:51
You remember.
:47:53
Well, not likely to
forget our last encounter.
:47:56
"Exception to the rule"
I believe you called me.
:48:00
Not only that, I see,
but a man of many skills.
:48:02
Nah, this just keeps
breath and bone together.
:48:05
I come from a family of wheelwrights.
:48:09
Your business prospers?
:48:12
Ice storm killed most
of the cattle last year.
:48:15
Destroyed most of the wheat.
:48:17
Drought finished off the rest.
:48:18
Farmers who bought goods on credit,
:48:20
they had nothing left to sell or barter.
:48:22
Nature can be a stern taskmaster.
:48:26
The whole idea of a general
store's becoming obsolete.
:48:29
Man can find everything he needs nowadays
:48:31
in montgomery ward or sears
and roebuck catalogues.
:48:35
Everything but purpose, mr. Wheeler.
:48:42
I guess.
:48:47
Well, can I offer you a
brandy and cigar, captain,
:48:50
or do you abstain from ardent spirits?
:48:52
I should, but I do not.
:48:54
Thank you, mr. Wheeler.
:48:57
I had occasion to observe
your classroom today, mrs. Wheeler.