Wagon Train (TV Series)

The Patience Miller Story (1961)

Michael Ansara: Chief North Star

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Quotes 

• Chief Spotted Horse : [Overlooking the Arapaho Indian Mission are a group of Indians in the trees watching the arrival of the Miller wagon]  We kill now.

  Chief North Star : Not yet.

  Chief Spotted Horse : Him have fine horse.

  Chief North Star : When missionary man die, horse belong to me.

  Chief Spotted Horse : When he die?

  Chief North Star : When I say. Missionary man's die before I say you make ready go with him to Land of Ancestors.

• Chief North Star : In Arapaho, man go first, protect woman. I don't know big snake not in wigwam, live buffalo, hungry lion.

  Patience Miller : Mr North Star, I do not fear big snakes, live buffalo or angry lions. They fear me.

• Chief North Star : You not talk Quaker at me. You talk United States.

• Chief North Star : I Mighty Chief of Mighty Nation. I command 5,000 Mighty Warriors. I speak English when I choose, not when you choose.

• Chief North Star : Son cannot think like White Man and be good Chief.

• Chief North Star : Mm, mm. This my fur?

  Patience Miller : Yes.

  Chief North Star : I not know I have so many white ones.

• Chief North Star : You teach son all people's good. How he know enemy?

  Patience Miller : Must he have enemies?

  Chief North Star : When Ararapo born, they born with enemies. Soon we go on warpath. Son of Chief must protect his people.

  Patience Miller : Against whom?

  Chief North Star : Commanche.

  Patience Miller : Why?

  Chief North Star : Commanche enemy, always enemy. You tell her so.

  Evening Star : It has always been so.

  Chief North Star : Commanche, murderer, thief. Every year they attacks, steal, kill. Bad people.

• Chief North Star : I not like you should agree.

  Patience Miller : Why?

  Chief North Star : When you agree I think you have purpose I do not know and I sure not like. You not afraid of me?

  Patience Miller : Indeed I'm not.

  Chief North Star : But I Mighty Warrior.

  Patience Miller : O, yes. I'm aware of that. I've been looking at your war record.

• Chief North Star : I NOT BROTHER TO COMMANCHE. I ARAPAHO. I like no one else and no one like me.

• Chief North Star : I invite you to LEAVE.

  Patience Miller : And I accept your invitation.

• Patience Miller : Killing this boy will not bring Evening Star back. It will only dishonour his name.

  Chief North Star : If Evening Star was to die young, he should have die on battlefield. Evening Star robbed of this glory. I have son of Dark Eagle, Leader of all Commanche. I give son to him like he give son to me.

• Chief North Star : Sometime life teach lesson filled with pain. Arapaho and pain very old acquaintances.