Nez Perce : Aftermath
Genre : Historical
Showrunner: Scott Cooper
Writer : Dwight Gallo
Cast: Adam Beach, Matthew Rhys, Gil Birmingham, Julia Jones, Tatanka Means, Zahn McClarnon, Ben Schnetzer, Lily Gladstone, Ray McKinnon, Luke Wilson, Irene Bedard and Zach Gilford
Plot:1877. General Oliver O. Howard (Matthew Rhys) arrives to find Gibbon's camp turned into a makeshift hospital filled with wounded and dying soldiers. A handful of army medics struggle to save those they can. Howard finds Col. John Gibbon (Luke Wilson) on a gurney in the middle of the room. Gibbon struggles to speak, but manages to say that the Indians drove them back. A medic yells that he needs a tourniquet. Howard looks up. A young soldier is about to have his leg amputated. Several soldiers are attempting to hold him down. Howard unfastens his belt and hands it to the medic, who wraps it tightly around the soldier's wounded leg. The medic then picks up a rusty saw, already caked with blood. Howard tells him to give the soldier something to bite down on. A small piece of wood is placed in the soldier's mouth. The medic begins cutting off the limb like firewood. Howard cringes, and looks over where his missing arm should be.
Toohoolhoolzote (Gil Birmingham) stares at the distant American camp from a hillside. He can hear the soldier scream as his leg is cut off. He turns and heads back to the Nez Perce camp. Joseph (Adam Beach) watches as medicine men attend to his wife Springtime (Julia Jones). Toohoolhoolzote cautiously approaches, asking if she'll live. Joseph tells him the medicine men don't know. Toohoolhoolzote tells Joseph that General Howard has arrived to the American camp. Joseph takes a deep breath, not sure what to say. Suddenly he sees something off in the distance. Running Feet is coming down the hill. Joseph runs over and picks up his daughter in his arms. He holds her tightly as tears stream from his eyes.
Later, Joseph slowly walks through the camp. Nearly everyone has been wounded. The air is filled with funeral chants. Joseph discovers Little Bird's mother (Irene Bedard). She sits all alone. Joseph then hears a baby crying. He makes his way through the bodies and discovers an infant in the arms of a dead mother. He stares down at the crying child. Oyema (Lily Gladstone) sits, mourning the death of her husband in addition to the child she already lost. Joseph approaches with the crying baby. Oyema looks up and immediately understands. Without words she takes the child from Joseph and unbinds her breasts. She puts the child's mouth to her nipple and the baby stops crying. Joseph turns and leaves.
Howard and Captain David Perry (Ben Schnetzer) walk quietly among the fallen bodies on the battle field. Perry takes in the slaughter and slowly comes to the realization that this was the plan all along. They would keep the Indians at a slow pace so that Gibbon could intercept them and massacre them. Howard doesn't answer. He just stares at the bodies littering the ground. Up ahead he sees the Bannock Scouts scalping Nez Perce corpses. Howard chases them away.
At the American camp, Lt. James Bradley (Zach Gilford) is having a nightmare. He jolts awake. He leaves the camp and walks across a peaceful meadow. He hears something up ahead. He sees a riderless horse covered in blood. He wonders aloud if it is the same horse from Little Big Horn. He approaches carefully and gently strokes the horse's mane. Bradley is so caught up in thought that he doesn't hear the sound of galloping horse hooves approaching behind him. Bradley suddenly turns around just in time to see a pipe tomahawk slam into his face. Six Nez Perce warriors charge past Bradley's dead body and disappear into the night.
The next morning, General William T. Sherman (Ray McKinnon) is reading a newspaper. The front page story is all about Chief Joseph. Sherman is not amused and orders a young soldier to bring him in a different newspaper. This paper has a cover story about Joseph as well. Sherman knocks everything off of his desk in a burst of anger.
Joseph watches as his tribe begins to move. Slowly, silently, their spirits have been broken. Nearby Springtime sits on a horse. She looks pale and sick. Joseph asks her if she is capable of riding. Springtime manages a nod. The Nez Perce tribe marches across the endless Montana landscape. Looking Glass (Zahn McClarnon) rides over to Joseph. Looking Glass tells him that he needs Joseph to come with him. Joseph follows Looking Glass through thick forest trees towards a clearing. They see smoke first, and then they see a cabin being consumed by flames. Joseph dismounts. He walks towards the burning house where he finds a family of five slaughtered, flayed with arrows. Joseph stares at the bodies for a moment, then turns and leaves. Joseph walks back to the woods and disappears behind some trees. He falls to the ground and begins to cry.
The Nez Perce tribe slowly begins to make its way across the beautiful terrain of Yellowstone National Park. The tribe comes over the pass and goes around Henry Lake, moving deeper into Yellowstone. The colors are beginning to turn as Fall quickly approaches. The Nez Perce look tired wounded. This is no longer the tribe that scaled the Bitterroot Mountains and crossed the Snake River. The mighty geyser, Old Faithful, explodes into the sky. Some Nez Perce watch with wonder, but most are too tired to notice.
Joseph holds his daughter close and rides beside Springtime. He asks her if she's still with him. Springtime nods. Joseph sees Red Grizzly (Tatanka Means) riding nearby. The two men stare at each other for a moment. Joseph turns back to his family and keeps moving forward.
Toohoolhoolzote (Gil Birmingham) stares at the distant American camp from a hillside. He can hear the soldier scream as his leg is cut off. He turns and heads back to the Nez Perce camp. Joseph (Adam Beach) watches as medicine men attend to his wife Springtime (Julia Jones). Toohoolhoolzote cautiously approaches, asking if she'll live. Joseph tells him the medicine men don't know. Toohoolhoolzote tells Joseph that General Howard has arrived to the American camp. Joseph takes a deep breath, not sure what to say. Suddenly he sees something off in the distance. Running Feet is coming down the hill. Joseph runs over and picks up his daughter in his arms. He holds her tightly as tears stream from his eyes.
Later, Joseph slowly walks through the camp. Nearly everyone has been wounded. The air is filled with funeral chants. Joseph discovers Little Bird's mother (Irene Bedard). She sits all alone. Joseph then hears a baby crying. He makes his way through the bodies and discovers an infant in the arms of a dead mother. He stares down at the crying child. Oyema (Lily Gladstone) sits, mourning the death of her husband in addition to the child she already lost. Joseph approaches with the crying baby. Oyema looks up and immediately understands. Without words she takes the child from Joseph and unbinds her breasts. She puts the child's mouth to her nipple and the baby stops crying. Joseph turns and leaves.
Howard and Captain David Perry (Ben Schnetzer) walk quietly among the fallen bodies on the battle field. Perry takes in the slaughter and slowly comes to the realization that this was the plan all along. They would keep the Indians at a slow pace so that Gibbon could intercept them and massacre them. Howard doesn't answer. He just stares at the bodies littering the ground. Up ahead he sees the Bannock Scouts scalping Nez Perce corpses. Howard chases them away.
At the American camp, Lt. James Bradley (Zach Gilford) is having a nightmare. He jolts awake. He leaves the camp and walks across a peaceful meadow. He hears something up ahead. He sees a riderless horse covered in blood. He wonders aloud if it is the same horse from Little Big Horn. He approaches carefully and gently strokes the horse's mane. Bradley is so caught up in thought that he doesn't hear the sound of galloping horse hooves approaching behind him. Bradley suddenly turns around just in time to see a pipe tomahawk slam into his face. Six Nez Perce warriors charge past Bradley's dead body and disappear into the night.
The next morning, General William T. Sherman (Ray McKinnon) is reading a newspaper. The front page story is all about Chief Joseph. Sherman is not amused and orders a young soldier to bring him in a different newspaper. This paper has a cover story about Joseph as well. Sherman knocks everything off of his desk in a burst of anger.
Joseph watches as his tribe begins to move. Slowly, silently, their spirits have been broken. Nearby Springtime sits on a horse. She looks pale and sick. Joseph asks her if she is capable of riding. Springtime manages a nod. The Nez Perce tribe marches across the endless Montana landscape. Looking Glass (Zahn McClarnon) rides over to Joseph. Looking Glass tells him that he needs Joseph to come with him. Joseph follows Looking Glass through thick forest trees towards a clearing. They see smoke first, and then they see a cabin being consumed by flames. Joseph dismounts. He walks towards the burning house where he finds a family of five slaughtered, flayed with arrows. Joseph stares at the bodies for a moment, then turns and leaves. Joseph walks back to the woods and disappears behind some trees. He falls to the ground and begins to cry.
The Nez Perce tribe slowly begins to make its way across the beautiful terrain of Yellowstone National Park. The tribe comes over the pass and goes around Henry Lake, moving deeper into Yellowstone. The colors are beginning to turn as Fall quickly approaches. The Nez Perce look tired wounded. This is no longer the tribe that scaled the Bitterroot Mountains and crossed the Snake River. The mighty geyser, Old Faithful, explodes into the sky. Some Nez Perce watch with wonder, but most are too tired to notice.
Joseph holds his daughter close and rides beside Springtime. He asks her if she's still with him. Springtime nods. Joseph sees Red Grizzly (Tatanka Means) riding nearby. The two men stare at each other for a moment. Joseph turns back to his family and keeps moving forward.
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