Nez Perce : Compassion
Genre : Historical
Showrunner: Scott Cooper
Writer : Dwight Gallo
Cast: Adam Beach, Matthew Rhys, Julia Jones, Zahn McClarnon, Ben Schnetzer, Lily Gladstone, Ray McKinnon, Damon Herriman, Josh Wiggins and Michael Madsen
Plot:1877. Col. Nelson A. Miles (Damon Herriman) stares down at the Nez Perce camp, and then orders his men to fire the canons. All three canons fire at once. Joseph (Adam Beach) runs through the camp yelling for everyone to get down. A nightmare bombardment, killing men, women, and children with every single volley. The American soldiers watch the Nez Perce camp light up in the distance. They can hear the scream of dying women and children over the canon's roar. Miles suddenly orders his men to cease fire, his face betraying a hint of regret.
Joseph holds Springtime (Julia Jones) for dear life. As the smoke begins to clear, Joseph opens his eyes. Body parts lie all over the ground, the camp is in ruin. Joseph takes a deep breath, anticipating another volley of hellfire. But instead he hears the sound of galloping horse hooves. The Americans hear it to. Everyone stops and turns as the thundering horses come closer. The ground begins to shake. Nobody knows if the horses belong to Sitting Bull or General Howard. Nez Perce warriors in rifle pits steady themselves. Looking Glass (Zahn McClarnon) stands, trying to get a better view. Behind him there is a distant flash, followed by the crack of a rifle. A bullet then explodes into Looking Glass' head. Milan Tripp (Josh Wiggins) lowers his rifle a smoking rifle off in the distance.
Joseph kneels beside Looking Glass' corpse in shock and disbelief. He looks out towards the distant bluffs to see General Howard's cavalry charging around the bend. Six hundred riders surround the camp, joining Miles' army. Joseph watches stoically. He knows it's finally over.
General Oliver O. Howard (Matthew Rhys) dismounts his horse in the American camp. He stares at the distant Nez Perce camp, then he sees the smoking canons. His eyes narrow. In his tent, Miles pours himself a shot of whiskey. Howard sits down with a cup of coffee. Howard demands to know how long Miles has been pounding the Nez Perce camp with those canons. Miles says three days. Howard asks Miles if he knows that the camp is mostly women and children. Miles says they're at war. He says he doesn't enjoy it, but war is ugly and he's fighting to win. His men are freezing and Sitting Bull is reportedly in the area. Howard asks if that is a reason or an excuse. Miles tells Howard he's out of line. Howard throws a letter on the table and tells him it's a wire saying that Sitting Bull is in Canada and has no idea of what's happening here. Miles tells Howard that he wants his men in it until the end. Howard says that the Nez Perce can surrender to Miles' men, if that doesn't get Miles a general's star, nothing will. Miles nods, satisfied. Howard then tells Miles that he wants to talk to Chief Joseph, alone. The American Army is now more than a thousand soldiers strong. They all stare down at the Nez Perce camp, waiting. Howard makes his way toward the front lines.
Joseph holds Springtime (Julia Jones) close. She's mumbling, hallucinating. Distant shouts cause him to look up. General Howard is making his way through the battlefield alone, with his single arm raised. Joseph gets to his feet. He steps past the rifle pits and approaches Howard. The two men stare at each other for a long time. Snow falls down all around them in the open battlefield. The two men greet each other. Howard steps forward and observes the gray woolen shawl Joseph is wearing, with five bullet holes in the cloth. Howard comments that clearly Joseph has had some close calls, and asks Joseph if he realizes how close to Canada they are. Joseph manages a faint smile. Howard says Joseph wouldn't like Canada anyway. The winters are terrible. Howard asks Joseph if he realizes they're at the end of the line. Joseph mentions Sitting Bull, but Howard tells Joseph that Sitting Bull isn't coming. He's still in Canada. Joseph says nothing as Howard's words sink in. Howard asks how Joseph's family is doing. Joseph looks up tears in his eyes. Joseph says his daughter is out there somewhere and that his wife does not have long left. Howard steps closer to Joseph and asks him to listen. He knows Joseph must be thinking about a final stand. He is the Chief of the Nez Perce people and his responsibility is to those who are alive. Howard says that they can give Joseph's people food and medicine. They can even search for Joseph's daughter. But Joseph must surrender. Joseph asks if Howard can help them go home. Howard looks at Joseph, knowing that's a tall order, and says he will do what he can. Joseph stares at Howard through the falling snow, then turns around and heads back towards the Nez Perce camp.
Joseph comes back into the camp. The remaining Nez Perce surround him. Up ahead, Springtime lies still and peaceful. Joseph approaches and kneels beside her. Here eyes are open, but vacant. She's dead. Joseph stares at her body for an agonizing moment. He stands and turns to face the remnant of his people. He says he knows they all have thoughts of Sitting Bull, but he can only think of his daughter. He doesn't even know if she's alive, but he wants to find her. He is tired of fighting. Looking Glass is dead. Ollokot is dead. Joseph glances down at Springtime's body. It is cold and they have no blankets. The children are freezing to death. Joseph looks to the heavens and yells that he is tired and will fight no more forever. Everybody absorbs Joseph's speech. Nobody says a word.
Howard and Miles pace back and forth near the front lines when a soldier announced that Chief Joseph is approaching. Howard and Miles rush out to meet him. Joseph slowly rides up the hill and dismounts. With his head bowed, Joseph offers his rifle to Howard, who hesitates, then steps aside. Miles comes forward and accepts the rifle. Soldiers surround Joseph, guns raised, and take him away. Howard and Miles watch Joseph disappear over the hill. They turn back and freeze. The surviving Nez Perce are now approaching. Nearby soldiers watch, horrified. Women, children, elderly, wounded and dying. They are shocked that these are the people that evaded them so successfully.
The Nez Perce are given food and medicine. Soldiers watch the survivors with deep sympathy and sadness. Some soldiers even play with the Nez Perce children. Joseph sits all alone, watching. Howard quietly sits in his tent. Captain David Perry (Ben Schnetzer) enters. Howard tells him to take down a wire to send to General Sherman. He says the fugitive Nez Perce tribe has been apprehended. Chief Joseph surrendered. Norton Ranch murderers all dead. No need for further retribution. Perry nods, then leaves. Howard remains, deep in thought.
General William T. Sherman (Ray McKinnon) enters his office and receives a thunderous applause. Smiling ear to ear, he shakes hands and receives pats on the back as he makes his way through the celebration.
The Nez Perce are being escorted onto a waiting train. Nearby Howard and Miles supervise on horseback. Hundreds of spectators and reporters rush toward the tribe. The soldiers fight their way through the crowd, ushering the Indians onto the train. As Joseph is about to board, he glances back at Howard. The two men stare at each other for a moment, much like they did in the courtroom back in Wallowa. Joseph climbs on the train and disappears from Howard's view. Joseph finds an empty row and sits by himself. Oyema (Lily Gladstone) comes down the isle with her baby and sits nearby. Joseph turns and sees her. Joseph turns and stares out the window, first at the massive crowds, then north towards the distant mountains of Canada. The train suddenly lurches forward and picks up speed. The train glides down the endless track, carrying the Nez Perce away into the sunset.
1897. Twenty years have passed and the world has changed. Thousands of people pour into Madison Square Garden in New York City to watch Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Buffalo Bill (Michael Madsen) addresses the audience through a bull horn. He tells them it is his great pleasure to present a dramatization of one of the most exciting and thrilling chases in the history of the frontier, the historic flight of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians. Howard sits in the audience. He's older and he has a thick grey beard and sad, sunken eyes. The crowd applauds as the show begins.
An actor playing Chief Joseph delivers the speech Joseph gave to his people before they surrendered. The audience applauds. Howard watches sadly as the actors all take a bow. Buffalo Bill then returns to the stage. He thanks the audience and says they have a special guest tonight, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. Howard's face drops as a spotlight finds Joseph in the audience. Old and sad, Joseph stands and reluctantly waves to the crowd. Howard gets up and leaves.
Joseph makes his way through the giant crowds leaving the stadium into the city. Howard comes outside and sees Joseph walking away. Howard calls out to him, but Joseph doesn't appear to hear him. Howard fights through the crowd to get closer. He calls out Joseph's name again, but still no response. Finally, Howard calls out Joseph's real name, Hinmuutu-Yalatlat. Joseph abruptly stops and turns around. Howard approaches. They greet each other and Joseph comments that Howard pronounced his name well. Howard asks Joseph if he ever found his daughter. Joseph looks at Howard for a long time, then slowly shakes his head. He says his family is all gone. Howard is speechless. The two old men stand on the busy city street. Their bodies are weary, their spirits broken. Joseph slowly turns and walks away.
- Of the 800 Nez Perce who began the flight towards Canada, less than 370 remained alive at the time of their surrender. They had traveled more than 1,300 miles and were less than 40 miles from the Canadian border. The Nez Perce had eluded the army for 113 days, an accomplishment still studied by generals at West Point today.
- The surviving Nez Perce spent the next eight years in captivity on reservations in Oklahoma and Kansas. More than 100 died from disease and starvation.
- In 1885, under intense pressure from the public, including written support from General Howard and Colonel Miles, the American government granted the remaining Nez Perce permission to settle in Washington.
- Joseph was never allowed to return home to the Wallowa Valley. He continued to lobby the government unsuccessfully for the rest of his life.cChief Joseph died in 1904. He was 64 years old. He was survived by no one. It is said that he died of a broken heart.
Joseph holds Springtime (Julia Jones) for dear life. As the smoke begins to clear, Joseph opens his eyes. Body parts lie all over the ground, the camp is in ruin. Joseph takes a deep breath, anticipating another volley of hellfire. But instead he hears the sound of galloping horse hooves. The Americans hear it to. Everyone stops and turns as the thundering horses come closer. The ground begins to shake. Nobody knows if the horses belong to Sitting Bull or General Howard. Nez Perce warriors in rifle pits steady themselves. Looking Glass (Zahn McClarnon) stands, trying to get a better view. Behind him there is a distant flash, followed by the crack of a rifle. A bullet then explodes into Looking Glass' head. Milan Tripp (Josh Wiggins) lowers his rifle a smoking rifle off in the distance.
Joseph kneels beside Looking Glass' corpse in shock and disbelief. He looks out towards the distant bluffs to see General Howard's cavalry charging around the bend. Six hundred riders surround the camp, joining Miles' army. Joseph watches stoically. He knows it's finally over.
General Oliver O. Howard (Matthew Rhys) dismounts his horse in the American camp. He stares at the distant Nez Perce camp, then he sees the smoking canons. His eyes narrow. In his tent, Miles pours himself a shot of whiskey. Howard sits down with a cup of coffee. Howard demands to know how long Miles has been pounding the Nez Perce camp with those canons. Miles says three days. Howard asks Miles if he knows that the camp is mostly women and children. Miles says they're at war. He says he doesn't enjoy it, but war is ugly and he's fighting to win. His men are freezing and Sitting Bull is reportedly in the area. Howard asks if that is a reason or an excuse. Miles tells Howard he's out of line. Howard throws a letter on the table and tells him it's a wire saying that Sitting Bull is in Canada and has no idea of what's happening here. Miles tells Howard that he wants his men in it until the end. Howard says that the Nez Perce can surrender to Miles' men, if that doesn't get Miles a general's star, nothing will. Miles nods, satisfied. Howard then tells Miles that he wants to talk to Chief Joseph, alone. The American Army is now more than a thousand soldiers strong. They all stare down at the Nez Perce camp, waiting. Howard makes his way toward the front lines.
Joseph holds Springtime (Julia Jones) close. She's mumbling, hallucinating. Distant shouts cause him to look up. General Howard is making his way through the battlefield alone, with his single arm raised. Joseph gets to his feet. He steps past the rifle pits and approaches Howard. The two men stare at each other for a long time. Snow falls down all around them in the open battlefield. The two men greet each other. Howard steps forward and observes the gray woolen shawl Joseph is wearing, with five bullet holes in the cloth. Howard comments that clearly Joseph has had some close calls, and asks Joseph if he realizes how close to Canada they are. Joseph manages a faint smile. Howard says Joseph wouldn't like Canada anyway. The winters are terrible. Howard asks Joseph if he realizes they're at the end of the line. Joseph mentions Sitting Bull, but Howard tells Joseph that Sitting Bull isn't coming. He's still in Canada. Joseph says nothing as Howard's words sink in. Howard asks how Joseph's family is doing. Joseph looks up tears in his eyes. Joseph says his daughter is out there somewhere and that his wife does not have long left. Howard steps closer to Joseph and asks him to listen. He knows Joseph must be thinking about a final stand. He is the Chief of the Nez Perce people and his responsibility is to those who are alive. Howard says that they can give Joseph's people food and medicine. They can even search for Joseph's daughter. But Joseph must surrender. Joseph asks if Howard can help them go home. Howard looks at Joseph, knowing that's a tall order, and says he will do what he can. Joseph stares at Howard through the falling snow, then turns around and heads back towards the Nez Perce camp.
Joseph comes back into the camp. The remaining Nez Perce surround him. Up ahead, Springtime lies still and peaceful. Joseph approaches and kneels beside her. Here eyes are open, but vacant. She's dead. Joseph stares at her body for an agonizing moment. He stands and turns to face the remnant of his people. He says he knows they all have thoughts of Sitting Bull, but he can only think of his daughter. He doesn't even know if she's alive, but he wants to find her. He is tired of fighting. Looking Glass is dead. Ollokot is dead. Joseph glances down at Springtime's body. It is cold and they have no blankets. The children are freezing to death. Joseph looks to the heavens and yells that he is tired and will fight no more forever. Everybody absorbs Joseph's speech. Nobody says a word.
Howard and Miles pace back and forth near the front lines when a soldier announced that Chief Joseph is approaching. Howard and Miles rush out to meet him. Joseph slowly rides up the hill and dismounts. With his head bowed, Joseph offers his rifle to Howard, who hesitates, then steps aside. Miles comes forward and accepts the rifle. Soldiers surround Joseph, guns raised, and take him away. Howard and Miles watch Joseph disappear over the hill. They turn back and freeze. The surviving Nez Perce are now approaching. Nearby soldiers watch, horrified. Women, children, elderly, wounded and dying. They are shocked that these are the people that evaded them so successfully.
The Nez Perce are given food and medicine. Soldiers watch the survivors with deep sympathy and sadness. Some soldiers even play with the Nez Perce children. Joseph sits all alone, watching. Howard quietly sits in his tent. Captain David Perry (Ben Schnetzer) enters. Howard tells him to take down a wire to send to General Sherman. He says the fugitive Nez Perce tribe has been apprehended. Chief Joseph surrendered. Norton Ranch murderers all dead. No need for further retribution. Perry nods, then leaves. Howard remains, deep in thought.
General William T. Sherman (Ray McKinnon) enters his office and receives a thunderous applause. Smiling ear to ear, he shakes hands and receives pats on the back as he makes his way through the celebration.
The Nez Perce are being escorted onto a waiting train. Nearby Howard and Miles supervise on horseback. Hundreds of spectators and reporters rush toward the tribe. The soldiers fight their way through the crowd, ushering the Indians onto the train. As Joseph is about to board, he glances back at Howard. The two men stare at each other for a moment, much like they did in the courtroom back in Wallowa. Joseph climbs on the train and disappears from Howard's view. Joseph finds an empty row and sits by himself. Oyema (Lily Gladstone) comes down the isle with her baby and sits nearby. Joseph turns and sees her. Joseph turns and stares out the window, first at the massive crowds, then north towards the distant mountains of Canada. The train suddenly lurches forward and picks up speed. The train glides down the endless track, carrying the Nez Perce away into the sunset.
1897. Twenty years have passed and the world has changed. Thousands of people pour into Madison Square Garden in New York City to watch Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Buffalo Bill (Michael Madsen) addresses the audience through a bull horn. He tells them it is his great pleasure to present a dramatization of one of the most exciting and thrilling chases in the history of the frontier, the historic flight of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians. Howard sits in the audience. He's older and he has a thick grey beard and sad, sunken eyes. The crowd applauds as the show begins.
An actor playing Chief Joseph delivers the speech Joseph gave to his people before they surrendered. The audience applauds. Howard watches sadly as the actors all take a bow. Buffalo Bill then returns to the stage. He thanks the audience and says they have a special guest tonight, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. Howard's face drops as a spotlight finds Joseph in the audience. Old and sad, Joseph stands and reluctantly waves to the crowd. Howard gets up and leaves.
Joseph makes his way through the giant crowds leaving the stadium into the city. Howard comes outside and sees Joseph walking away. Howard calls out to him, but Joseph doesn't appear to hear him. Howard fights through the crowd to get closer. He calls out Joseph's name again, but still no response. Finally, Howard calls out Joseph's real name, Hinmuutu-Yalatlat. Joseph abruptly stops and turns around. Howard approaches. They greet each other and Joseph comments that Howard pronounced his name well. Howard asks Joseph if he ever found his daughter. Joseph looks at Howard for a long time, then slowly shakes his head. He says his family is all gone. Howard is speechless. The two old men stand on the busy city street. Their bodies are weary, their spirits broken. Joseph slowly turns and walks away.
- Of the 800 Nez Perce who began the flight towards Canada, less than 370 remained alive at the time of their surrender. They had traveled more than 1,300 miles and were less than 40 miles from the Canadian border. The Nez Perce had eluded the army for 113 days, an accomplishment still studied by generals at West Point today.
- The surviving Nez Perce spent the next eight years in captivity on reservations in Oklahoma and Kansas. More than 100 died from disease and starvation.
- In 1885, under intense pressure from the public, including written support from General Howard and Colonel Miles, the American government granted the remaining Nez Perce permission to settle in Washington.
- Joseph was never allowed to return home to the Wallowa Valley. He continued to lobby the government unsuccessfully for the rest of his life.cChief Joseph died in 1904. He was 64 years old. He was survived by no one. It is said that he died of a broken heart.
Most shows suffer from a second season slump, but Nez Perce's second season was able to capture the essence of its first season, giving us a wild ride and a vast array of emotions, all thanks to Dwight Gallo's script.
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