I'm surprised that no one ever wrote a review on this particular episode. It was very sympathetic to the plight of the American Indian and the injustices that they endured (and to a small extent, still do).
Someone has already written a synopsis of the episode and did a fairly good job of it, so I won't bother too much with that. What they didn't do is cite how well the episode was done. Hense this "review".
What's left of the Sioux tribe is a handful of warriors, starving and just hoping for a plot of decent ground that will enable them to live off the land as their ancestors did in the past. The foil is a white man who was adopted by the tribe decades earlier and had adopted the Indian way of life. And, he would rather go out in a blaze of glory. He is jailed by the lawmen (to keep him safe), and he spends time speaking to deputy Johnny in a very kindly way. Ultimately, he escapes the jail, and ends up taking a lance from his chief who wants only to live in peace. He is then allowed to ride into the hills where he will die a warrior's death. It's then implied that the small band of Sioux will be allowed to live in peace which we all know is not how things for the Indians usually went.
Someone has already written a synopsis of the episode and did a fairly good job of it, so I won't bother too much with that. What they didn't do is cite how well the episode was done. Hense this "review".
What's left of the Sioux tribe is a handful of warriors, starving and just hoping for a plot of decent ground that will enable them to live off the land as their ancestors did in the past. The foil is a white man who was adopted by the tribe decades earlier and had adopted the Indian way of life. And, he would rather go out in a blaze of glory. He is jailed by the lawmen (to keep him safe), and he spends time speaking to deputy Johnny in a very kindly way. Ultimately, he escapes the jail, and ends up taking a lance from his chief who wants only to live in peace. He is then allowed to ride into the hills where he will die a warrior's death. It's then implied that the small band of Sioux will be allowed to live in peace which we all know is not how things for the Indians usually went.
