Lee
Hey, Marvin.
Marvin
What?
Lee
How come Dickinson’s telegram didn’t give no description of the horse this murdering fucker stole?
Marvin
It did, Lee. A pinto, just like that one. White legs, brown ass, brown sides.
Lee
It did? I don’t think it did, Marvin.
Marvin
Well, you asshole! You got the damn telegram on you. Take it out and look.
Lee
That’s right. Yeah, I got it here. I’ll check it. Maybe I been thinking of them wanted posters.
Marvin
Lee! It’s him! You William Blake?
Blake
Yes, I am. Do you know my poetry? ‘Some are born to endless night’.
Twill
Well, Rome weren’t built in a day, Cole. Of course, I wasn’t overseeing that particular job.
Wilson
Fresh kill.
Twill
Yeah. No damn tobacco, that’s for sure. This some, some kind of telegram or something? What’s that say?
Wilson
Dickinson again.
Twill
Oh, goddamn Dickinson. You mean to tell me he’s even got the law involved in this now? Jesus. Tell you one thing, though. If that there Blake fellow keeps on shooting marshals, I’ll wind up liking the bastard.
Wilson
Looks like a goddamn religious icon.
Twill
Anyhow, getting back to the beginning of the story, my granddaddy, come over from Scotland, you see. He was actually part of the MacTwill clan. The clan tartan was a kind of gold and purple, if I remember correctly. I never wore a lick of it myself. Dropped the ‘Mac’ part of the name when he decided to come out west on account of he figured it’d get him more work and all. How about your family history there, Cole? Let me guess. Kind of figured you for a, a German, huh? I mean, am I right? Am I close? Austrian?
Blake
I’d like to speak with Mr Dickinson, please. I insist on speaking with Mr Dickinson.
Wilson
Goddamn redskins.
Blake
Nobody?
Nobody
William Blake.
Indian Girl
(Speaks in native language).
Nobody
(Speaks in native language).
Blake
She’s upset.
Indian Girl
(Rants in native language).
Nobody
(Speaks in native language).
Indian Girl
(Rants in native language).
Nobody
(Speaks in native language).
Indian Girl
(Shouts in native language).
Nobody
(Speaks in native language).
Blake
She’s beautiful.
Nobody
(Calls in native language). Now, she didn’t mean to call you that.
Blake
Huh?
Nobody
But you sure interrupted a very romantic moment, William Blake.
Blake
Oh. I’m sorry.
Nobody
You just stay here, till I return. (Calls in native language). Don’t let the sun burn a hole in your ass, William Blake. Rise now and drive your cart and plough over the bones of the dead.
Blake
Do you still have my eyeglasses?
Nobody
No, I traded ’em.
Blake
You traded them?
Nobody
Do you have any tobacco?
Blake
No. I traded it.
Nobody
For what?
Blake
I’m not telling.
Nobody
Liar.
Blake
Thief.
Nobody
(Sings in native language). I don’t care if you were married sixteen times, I still love you. (Sings in native language). I will take you to the bridge made of waters. The mirror. Then you will be taken up to the next level of the world. The place where William Blake is from. Where his spirit belongs. I must make sure that you pass back through the mirror at the place where the sea meets the sky. White man’s trading post. Indians get diseases there.
Blake
What do you mean?
Nobody
Smallpox, consumption. Blankets are infected. It spreads through the villages. I see you have acquired a new weapon.
Blake
Oh, yes. A Winchester. Here. Take it.
Nobody
No.
Blake
No, really. Take it. I took it off a dead white man.
Nobody
Did William Blake kill this white man?
Blake
Yes. William Blake killed the white man.
Nobody
We need a canoe. Water.
Blake
For the brutal murders of Charles Dickinson and fiancée, Thel Russell, Also the murders of the following territorial marshals, M Thornbury, deputy L Hazelwell, Big George Drakoulious, Benmont Tench, and one Salvatore ‘Sally’ Jenko.
Nobody
It’s not bad.
Blake
Huh?
Nobody
It’s not a bad illustration of you, William Blake.
Blake
Well, I want you to have it. It’s a present.
Missionary
Good morning. May you serve the Lord, and may His Holy Dominion guide you through your dismal life. How can I be of assistance, my poor man? All our ammunition is guaranteed. This latest batch was, in fact, personally blessed by the Archbishop of Detroit. Good morning. May our Lord Jesus Christ wash this earth with His Holy Light, and purge it’s darkest places from heathens and Philistines.
Nobody
The vision of Christ that thou dost see, is my vision’s greatest enemy. Do you have tobacco?
Missionary
We sure don’t.
Nobody
Aren’t those tins of tobacco right there behind you?
Missionary
Sure are, but those cans are empty. There’s no tobacco in them. Perhaps I could interest you in some beads, or possibly a blanket.
Nobody
Blanket?
Missionary
Yes, my fine fellow. Ammunition.
Blake
Er, I’d like some tobacco, please.
Missionary
Well, I may have, one or two twists left, from my personal supply you understand. For good friends only. Good Lord. You’re William Blake.
Blake
Yes, I am.
Missionary
By the Grace of the Lord Almighty. Sir, would it be presumptuous of me to ask you for. . . for your autograph? Please, kind sir. It would be a great honour.
Blake
Pardon me. There’s my autograph.
Missionary
God damn your soul to the fires of hell.
Blake
He already has.
Nobody
(Speaks in native language)
Blake
I’m tired.
Nobody
I’ll free the horses. I see you’ve collected some more white man’s metal.
Blake
Yes. I seem to be a magnet for it.
Nobody
Good day for a canoe ride.
Blake
Nobody? Is this the boat. . . that’ll take me across the mirror of water?
Nobody
No. This boat’s not strong enough, William Blake. (Chants in native language). William Blake is a legend now, He’s a good friend of mine. (Chants in native language)
Men
(Calling in native language).
Nobody
(Calling in native language). (Speaks in native language). Stand up William Blake. William Blake. Walk proudly William Blake. That man there? I know him. He’s a great builder of sea canoes. (Speaks in native language).
Elder
(Speaks in native language).
Blake
Hello.
Nobody
I prepared your canoe with cedar boughs. It’s time for you to leave now, William Blake. Time for you to go back to where you came from.
Blake
You mean Cleveland?
Nobody
Back to the place where all the spirits came from. And where all the spirits return. This world will no longer concern you.
Blake
I found some tobacco.
Nobody
The tobacco is for your voyage, William Blake.
Blake
Nobody. I don’t smoke.
Nobody
(Speaks in native language). William Blake.
