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Races toward it, leaps on the dead man and begins pulling a pistol from the dead man’s holster as an arrow slams into his back. She looks back at a Lakota warrior staring down at her. He shakes his head ‘no’. Her hand is on the pistol butt. The warrior knocks another arrow ... WARRIOR I said no. ELSA Will you let me go? WARRIOR I will sell you. She pulls the revolver from the holster. He raises the bow. WARRIOR (CONT’D) Or I will kill you. ELSA You speak English ... HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?!?!?!?! WARRIOR You speak English. And all your people do this ... She raises the pistol as she stands. He fires an arrow that pounds into her side as she pulls the trigger and blasts the man backwards off his horse ... Three more Lakota warriors ride toward her at a gallop, firing as they approach. She walks toward them, screaming like an animal and firing in return ... ELSA (V.O.) But if this is Hell, and I’m in it, I must be a demon too. And I’m already dead ... She runs toward the men shooting as the men race toward her doing the same -- raping the silence with bullets and screams. EXT. FARM HOUSE -- SEGUIN, TEXAS -- 1881. Giant oaks spread their branches over the roof of a house like worried parents shielding it from the sun. Not a mansion or a manor, but not a peasant’s house either: it’s a home ...
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