All listed scripts (and their writers) have agent representation.
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Sand Point [Domestic Drama]
A granddaughter returns to her hometown to help her grandfather with legal problems. A medical doctor, who runs a free clinic, wants to develop a closed Naval Base into a Low Cost Housing Group for the poor and disadvantaged. The Coastal Commission steam rolls over all who dare to oppose them. The granddaughter and her high school classmates are more than a match for the Commission. Eight years after high school graduation, with the help of a judge and a banker and numerous volunteers, the Low Cost Housing Group prevails over the Costal Commission. -
Sins of Venus [Mythological Drama]
Venus and her entourage return to Greece after her father's assassination. She returns to a hero's welcome. The crowds and well wishers fill the docks. Among her friends are a sculptor and her father's best friend. Against the best advice, Venus insists on carrying democracy forward. She is not deterred even after her father's best friend is assassinated. Under threat of imprisonment, Venus still has secret meetings. Finally, Venus is put in prison and put on trial for her life. The sculptor gets permission to make a sculpture of Venus in court. A Roman Senator gains banishment to Rome for her instead of life imprisonment or death. A riot breaks out in the court room. Venus is spirited away by the Roman Senator to fulfill the myth of her armless stone likeness. -
Vegas Nights [Crime Thriller]
On the one year anniversary of his most costly mistake, Undersheriff Larry Vadasy finds himself at the mercy of an insane man known as Paul Caddell. A man he’s known once before. After Larry mistakenly takes the life of Paul’s sister, Paul has turned into a man without fear or reason. On the day Larry receives the great honor of becoming the cities’ second in command, Paul sends him a cryptic and threatening letter outlining the gruesome and violent events to come. Larry disregards this warning and Paul’s odious plan begins to unfold. He seeks retribution from Larry as well as his family. At first it appears Paul’s only motivation is revenge for his sister’s murder, but his plot is much deeper and malicious. Through his evil and deceitful acts, he slowly reveals what his real intentions are. -
Autumn's Bounty [Cultural Drama]
There is talk that the fate of the reservation is in peril as a congressional committee decides what to do about the ancient reservation. The old man is Chief and fights to keep it "alive". However, when a child is mauled by a mountain lion, the old man is called upon to join a hunting party. Before the old man can join the hunt, a gang of youths attack and beat him within an inch of his life. While he recovers in hospital, the hunting party goes in search of the cougar. Interpreting the series of events as a "message" the old man goes on the hunt but he does not go alone. Recovered, the boy joins him. They take to the hunt and head up Cougar Mountain with his old horse and antiquated snare.Things do not go well right off. A pack of rabies infected coyotes are running wild and are on the attack. Nevertheless, the old man's skill leads him to the cougar. He corners the cougar but the table gets turned as the snared cougar drags the old man up the canyon wall. In a fight for dominance, the old man wins. The cougar is defeated. The coyotes smell blood from the fight and strike. Out of respect the old man and boy defend the dead cougar from being ravaged.
In the mean-time, the fate of the reservation is moving from bad to worse. The boy suggests he tell the "government coyotes" about their experience with the cougar and prove it as a sign to keep the reservation open. The old man offers a very passionate telling of his experience which swings the vote against termination of the reservation.
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The Don of Bed-Styu [Psychological Thriller]
An agoraphobic Donald Jones is chosen for experimental aversion therapies develop by the government in an effort to rehabilitate soldiers to civilian life… but not all goes to plan. Soldiers return home from The Vietnam War traumatized. The US Army tries to rehabilitate them to civilian life. They choose Donald Jones 43, the perfect candidate for aversion therapy. You see Donald believes that he killed his brother, but the army knows differently. They want Donald to fight his fear and discover the truth. -
To Bear False Witness [Period Drama]
A morality play about racial divisions in a farming community in the vein of To Kill a Mockingbird. In the 1930's, a midwestern farming community has a rodeo celebration to begin the wheat harvest. Mark Forester ropes the calf but the horse does not cooperate. Frustrated, Mark removes the rope from the calf and chases his horse toward the cutes. Mark grabs a chain and beats the horse. Hub Smith, a Black man, see this and knocks Mark down. Mark start after Hub but Hub grabs the chain and strikes him. Toni Smith, Hub's niece steps between Hub and Mark taking the chain from Hub. Doctor Lew treats Mark's bleeding forearm. The racists Preacher, Preacher Jim consoles Mark. Later that week the Preacher visits Hub's farm. The Preacher is envious of Hub's success. The two men talk but Hub is suspicious of the him. Later that day as Hub repairs the backyard fence at Doctor Lew's house, he witnesses the Preacher undress the doctor's wife. Unluckily for Hub, the Preacher sees him too. Hub retreats. Amy, the Doctor's young daughter see the act runs away. Search parties are formed but it's Hub's old dog that finds Amy in a tall growth of weeds. In order to cover his crimes the Preacher tells everybody that will listen that Hub Smith is a child molester. Doctor Lew examines Amy and finds she is not a victim of molestation. However, there are witnesses of other child molestation cases against Hub. Hub is arraigned. Trial is set for two months away but the grain harvest takes two months to complete. -
The Good Samaritan [Period Drama]
Pastor Grant gives a stirring sermon on The Good Samaritan. That night he assumes that role as he rescues a stranger from the roadside. The stranger regains consciousness at the hospital but is paralyzed with amnesia. The Pastor takes the stranger into his home to recover with his wife and son Mike. Under recommendation of the doctor he finds the stranger a job. Eventually, the police track down the car that struck the stranger and the two men responsible are extradited to Okanogan, WA. However, the car's owner is registered as John Peterson. The stranger is John Peterson. At the trial, we find out about the convoluted life of John Peterson and how his life intersects with his savior, Pastor Grant. -
Elena Rising [Bio-Pic]
Based on a true story of an impoverished Cuban girl in the 1960's with dreams of being a dancer who experiences one harrowing ordeal after the next: running from Castro's soldiers with her family; being molested repeatedly by a priest; attempting suicide but being saved by destiny and finding herself at a music school in Hollywood (that actually exists); driven into the dark world of erotic dancing; beaten and raped by a child pornographer; and, lastly, risking her life by confronting the pornographer while protecting a young girl from his lurid grasp, fighting him off as he tries to kill her. An unswerving Elena rises to become a master classical guitarist. -
Dr Sky:The Relationship Guy [Romantic Comedy]
Dr. Robert Sky, marries his best friend Sherri in order to land a dream job as a L.A. based TV Psychologist. Trouble begins when he falls in love with female guest and aspiring country singer, Arianna Madison. Afraid to jeopardize his new career, Rob goes incognito to date her. Dr. Sky, The Relationship Guy, has big problems, but won't listen to his friends, who beg him to avoid Arianna. He can't help himself, "love is blind as well as deaf!" Opposites attract and Arianna and Rob fall in love, until Arianna's ex-boyfriend, famous country singer Travis Davis, appears in town to record his latest CD. Dr. Sky, who has never been in love, decides to fight for her, so he and Travis compete romantically. Rob loses this round, sending him into a tailspin, so now the Relationship Guy gets a Relationship Guy. The therapy works...for now. Rebounding, Rob finally consummates his relationship with his best friend/wife, Sherri, but when Arianna sees Rob kiss Sherri passionately in public, her jealously runs wild. She realizes she loves Rob and invites him to a New Year's Eve celebration, but he takes his own advice and refuses...kinda. However, he can't stay away from her, and Travis won't have it, so a battle of the lovers ensues, pitting the singer against the psychologist for Arianna's love. This story may sound like Country, but it looks like Hollywood and is a funny homage to those many "crazy hearted" country music songs. -
Guess My Name [Drama]
After the murder of eighty-seven people Homeland Security interview the family and friends of the prime suspect, James Reynolds. They recount his story. As James nears the end of a drug fueled, ten year party he reunites with his high school sweetheart, a Muslim woman, Ava Chantik. The two fall back in love curing James and Ava of their demons. With a wedding and a happily-ever-after on the horizon tragedy strikes, sending James spiraling back to his destructive old habits while fighting his need for revenge. His family rally round only for James to fall further before hitting bottom where he finds a new purpose, a new steel. He converts to Islam. James changes his lifestyle and behavior, drifting away from his family and friends. The night before the murders he visits his brother detailing his plan for vengeance in the form of finding and killing Osama Bin Ladin. Is James a mass murderer or a man on a righteous path or can both hold true. -
Smothered [Romantc Comedy]
Mark’s mother, Gina, has always kept him close to her chest. He is her only child and she wants grandchildren. Her zeal drove away his high school girlfriend and continually looms over him. Mark is enjoying life on his own at college when Gina calls with big news – she bought a house three blocks away. Determined to get him married, she sets him up on a series of disastrous dates. When Mark meets the girl of his dreams and Gina disapproves things get crazy and hilarity ensues. -
Night Creeps [Horror]
The peaceful Midwestern town of Parmissing Valley is besieged by alien creatures and the mutant army they create. Sheriff Justin Bowles, the docile town sheriff, must take the fight to the aliens before the horror spreads beyond the borders of his town. When his men are killed or mutated, Justin enlists the aid of Dr. Joseph Beauchamp, the town doctor. Things become complicated as the doctor’s wife, Suzie, mysteriously appears after the initial onslaught and Justin suspects something is not right about her. He fears a terror worse than the aliens themselves might be waiting for an opportunity to strike. Night Creeps is a shocking story which adds a new meaning to “a woman scorned”. The story is adapted from the novel Night Creeps from Az Publishing. -
First The Horses [Period Drama]
The Star coal mine in Hobart, Montana, is being mechanized long after the process was completed in the rest of the nation. All horses were being removed. Dynamite, a black horse of Arabian descent, was the first horse brought to the surface, He had never seen the light of day. When his blindfold was removed, Dynamite took off in a wild charge pulling a buggy down a county road. He never stopped running until he crashed through the front window of the company store. Dynamite died on the spot. Blacky, the driver of the buggy, was severely injured. The horse was loved by the whole community, so his death compounded the difficulties facing Big John Murphy, the union president. Shortly there after a young miner plunged 500 feet to his death while oiling the mine's lifting mechanism. Mechanization meant major layoffs with all the usual difficulties. John was supported by Sam Gergich, a strong union man, and Pat Malone, a wild Irishman who would rather fight than talk. Murphy was happily married to Mary, a beautiful red head. They had two sons. Like all small towns in the mining industry, gossip played a major role in the daily activities. Big John was supposedly having an affair with Rosie, the bar maid at Casey's saloon. To add to Big John's problems, a leftist group of miners created a major incident where gun play entered the action. Lingering in the background was the possibility of a methane explosion. So, would mechanization go ahead as planned? Could Big John keep the support of fellow miners? Would John's secret romance be revealed? -
Revenged Eye [Psychological Thriller] www.buysabinesscript.com
Revenged Eye is a psychological thriller, a story of the futility of revenge based on power, corruption of diamonds and blackmail. The main character becomes afflicted by three twists that are the base of the story, a medical twist, a criminal twist and a romantic twist. Through the thrilling acts of vengeance that Vanessa decided to fight against and win, her acts become more corrupted and psychotic and she earns that by taking revenge, backfires. Therefore, after a long battle to reach a certain goal, by acting on vengeance, no one really wins, no matter what game you decide to play with fate, you will always end up in the same position, when you can not accept your destiny. -
-18 [Horror]
-18" is the second scariest movie every made, the first? is it's sequel; -18: The Cold Snap. "It's obvious we have a franchise in the works here". In terms of a franchise we have created a new monster/character, the Ice Zombie or Iceman. He's young, quick witted and loves to wield an ice axe. He's forced to live in extreme cold, cold that freezes human blood. The Iceman is like a vampire who controls his victims, first his friends and later the citizens of Sugarglenn Resort. Created by a soon to be ASC cinematographer and a Horror film expert, -18 is written to accommodate the specific demands of the genera in both form and content. The form presents cinematic killings so specifically designed that they could be seen as trademarkable events. The content offers a female protagonist in a story where she is figuratively and literally forced to fight oppressive male dominance but this is not "chicklit", what we have is far deeper; symbolism and visual metaphor abound. The premise? Injun Joe places a curse on Terry Schott, a newly fired and vengeful ski team captain, who in a drunken state kills Joe's wife in a car accident. Schott seeks revenge on Joe for turning him into the Iceman by targeting his daughter Jolind. She is sent on a mission to kill the Iceman before he kills her. But how do you kill a man who thrives in a sub-zero environment, eats dry ice and will stop at nothing to get his hands on liquid nitrogen?... "that stuff is crazy tasty!". Serious, yet full of comic relief, -18 takes inspiration from classic horror in which all story points and actions support a unique hunt and capture climax and the kicker are the visuals which remind us of an action packed winter sports film. Running time is 110 minutes. -
Remembering Hypatia [Historical Drama]
The Roman Empire is crumbling, the fragments of the classical world regrouping in Egypt, when Thasos, son of an ill-fated scholar, meets Hypatia of Alexandria. Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher at a time when women were shunned from learning, Hypatia is a daring visionary in a world about to change forever. An insidious power-struggle erupts between church and state, led by the influential Archbishop Cyril. The powerful Governor Orestes tries to quell increasing violence from religious fundamentalists, and Hypatia slowly finds herself drawn in, trying to preach her own message of free thought. As the conflict escalates, her students become her allies, and as the battle reaches its inevitable and horrific conclusion, the legacy of Hypatia becomes cemented in history forever. -
Tank Farm [Horror]
As asphalt pumper, Kevin Gustin and head operator, Walt Mullen report for the night shift duty at the Peedmont Refinery, a bluish-green vapor cloud, that looked like it came from our atmosphere, but didn't, enters the Earth's atmosphere and envelopes their workplace. Their co-workers disappear under strange circumstances, and one, Steve Noon, is taken over by the evil entity. With Noon making their job immeasurably more difficult, Mullen, Gustin, and the surviving crew must obliterate the entity before it destroys them all. When the situation looks the bleakest and Walt Mullen may have become another victim, the exhausted Gustin must summon the strength to finish the job. -
The Wolf [Crime Drama]
This is the true story of a midnight rider, a rookie motorcycle cop whose beat is a four mile stretch of New England's Boston Post Road. It takes us back to a disasterous attempt in American history to legislate morality in what was called the prohibition era. As the number of our hero's arrests and daring exploits rise, the area newspaapers speculate: When will lhe get his?' The townsfolk wait through the long nights as they begin their vigil in the wake of his siren's lonely wails. Believe it or not, their small Connecticut town is incredulously posed to rival the most notorious of all places, Chicago. -
Dearly Beloved [Domestic Drama]
This 1960 domestic drama is set in the small town of Willowtree, Connecticut. A deeply disturbing marriage is played out against the 'perect' famiily plots of the current televisions screenwriters. Among them 'Father Knows Best' and 'My Three Sons.' It's also a time of little or no help for such troubled family member, particularly the women. Slowlly, but surely, the psychological breakdown that takes place among the four member of this family turns into a slow burn as the wife takes advantage of a murderous opportunity to rid her family the feckless husand and father. The outcome of what happens in the town's swamp on that snowy cold night depnds on a neighbor's on-going diary of the wife's woeful disclosures to her. Some might think of it as a viewer's choice. -
My Aphrodite [Coming of age Romance]
Alena Acencio is a popular girl with an inner beauty that matches her outward appearance. She is also the catalyst in a high school baseball rivalry between her boyfriend, Jimmy Daryl, and Josh McGuire, who has unwittingly fallen for her. With help from an enigmatic school councilor and Alena herself, Josh hopes to overcome his inner stumbling blocks including his fear of falling in love. -
Autumn's Dream [Drama]
Davey Corcoran is a senior at Galledette University, a school for the deaf in Washington, D.C. Corcoran is a great athlete and the star quarterback of the school's football team. He is so good, in fact, that if he were not deaf, he would have been drafted by a National Football League team. After graduation and going against the advice of family and friends, Corcoran writes the NFL teams requesting a try out. He gets one with the St. Louis Cardinals. -
Everything Falls Into Place [Coming Of Age]
A gifted hockey player's life takes a musical spin in a new direction when he is hurt during his final high school game. Throughout David Collins' youth and teenage development, his father pushed him to be the best hockey player that he could possibly be. As a little boy, David's grandmother pushed him to be the best piano player that he could be. However, David's father did not approve of David's musical interest and informed both David and his grandmother that David is no longer allowed to play the piano. Nonetheless, David disobeys his father's wishes and secretly continues to pursue his interest in music. David's career- ending injury is the first of several life-changing events in his young adult life. David's injury causes severe trauma to his spinal chord, as well as nerve damage in his limbs. David's physical therapist suggests playing a musical instrument to improve the sensation which has been lost in his fingers. This is perfect for David because it becomes a reason for him to practice the piano. Soon after, David's long-term girlfriend, Jessica, breaks up with him just before they leave for college. David gives Jessica a necklace that night, and explains to her that: "if this necklace makes its way back to me, then we're meant to be." While at college, David becomes the manager of the Boston College hockey team. His grandmother dies of a heart attack in the beginning of his first semester. This becomes a catalyst for David to pursue his piano talent. While hockey came exceptionally natural to David, the piano does not. He has musical talent, yet he struggles time after time at becoming a great musician. David and Jessica spend their first year of college just missing the sign of each other's interest. A new girl, Natalie, soon enters David's life and it becomes very apparent that their personalities compliment each other extremely well. The primary focus of the screenplay is on David's struggling journey to find his life's calling, upon losing both hockey and Jessica. David finds his true niche as a pianist. The screenplay examines the extremely difficult transitional period in which teenagers enter on their way to becoming college students, and more importantly, adults. The decisions that David makes end up shaping his life forever. The story demonstrates that no matter how awful of a tragedy one might encounter, there is always good that can transcend from it. Also, while we might initially think that someone is causing us great emotional pain, they might, in turn, be doing us a favor. The story clashes the most masculine of sports (ice hockey) against the most placid of musical instruments (the piano); while at the same time, intertwining a love story maze among David, Jessica, and Natalie. The key questions are: if and how the necklace will return to David. -
Birds of Prey [Crime/Suspense]
San Francisco Chief of Police Jack Dorsey is a man on the verge of retirement, who's fighting to save everything he's worked for. Dorsey has ruled San Francisco with an iron fist for 25 years. He is used to making his own rules, but now he must catch a serial killer before his whole world falls apart. District Attorney Mitchell Bain knows where Dorsey's skeletons are buried. Bain teams up with Chronicle reporter Marty Shott to put Chief Dorsey on the hot seat and keep him out of the Mayoral race. Dorsey finds himself falling for Deputy D.A. Stephanie Brogan and feels control slipping away. He is now in a desperate battle with a blackmailer, a killer and a nosey reporter. But his biggest battle rages within. Can he face down his past and trust those who can help him, or will his own demons be his downfall? Jack Dorsey has become the prey. -
In the Fold [Drama /Thriller]
In the solitude of the Wyoming wilderness biologist Katie Kennedy observes the predator wolf but unbeknownst to her she is the subject of observations by another predator, a serial killer. Katie's tranquil life is turned upside down first when she fights to protect the wolf pack she loves from ranchers who want the predators killed. Kennedy, along with her friend Lloyd, whose romantic advances are constantly thwarted, try to prove the pack of wolves are innocent of killing cattle. In so doing her quest leads her to Peter, her ex-brother-in law, who is slaying kidnapping and terrorizing women in the high country of Wyoming. But the prize this psychotic seeks is the woman he could never have, Katie. In the end though, it is the predators Kennedy dutifully protects and loves that take down the predator that relentlessly stalked her. -
She Walks In Beauty [Drama]
Inspired by a true events, She Walks in Beauty is the story of an outsider looking in at America. Johnnie Odetto is a wealthy New York real estate developer, world traveler, and art connoisseur. He meets Suriya, an idealistic young woman of the third world, on a tour of her country, which is in the throes of a Marxist insurgency. Fascinated by her good looks and abiding altruism, Odetto invites her to return with him to the United States to see a world without war and suffering. Suriya works for the Ministry of Refugees, and is distraught by the ongoing civil conflict. She sees in Odetto a savior for her people and the embodiment of the American dream, which she believes is the inalienable right of all people. She accepts Odetto's invitation, as a respite from the prolonged agony of war; with the condition that Odetto will return to her country to build housing for the campesinos, who are increasingly displaced by the growing social upheaval. Almost from the moment of her arrival in New York , Suriya begins to see the same inimical forces in her country are insidiously at work in America. Her disillusionment leaves the couple with life altering choices. Odetto’s privileged world crumbles and his true character is revealed as his business enterprise encounters a sudden market collapse. Ultimately, the lovers lose the American Dream, but gain something much more valuable. -
The Porampo [Action/Adventure]
Would you put your life on the line to film a killer documentary? To ride along with the porampopirates who take no prisoners? Filmmaker Nick Lakewood does just that in this story inspired by true events. Hes joined in Southeast Asia by friend and ex-SEAL Bobby BK3 Kahrl and young cameraman Lucky Bunnell. They work the docks and villages to make contact with a pirate gang, but no ones talking in a world of cover-up. Even more difficult for Nick are the antics of his own out of control crew. Luckys wanderlust nearly gets him killed and BK3 secretly cuts his own deal with a crime lord to split the booty from a pirate raid. When the filmmakers ride along on a nighttime pirate mission, BK3 shocks his partners by pulling a mask over his head and becoming a porampo, the Indonesian word for pirate. Cast adrift by the porampo, the malaria-ravaged Lucky slips to the bottom of the sea. Left for dead on a cushion in the ocean, Nick survives to embark on a revenge-fueled quest to hunt down his ex-friend turned traitor. -
Trail of Terror [Terror]
Investigator Norris takes over a bombing case from the L.A.P.D. when it iis learned that there is a Middle Eastern connection. Two of the four terrorists trick another homeless person into carrying a suicide bomb. Ironically, the homeless become homing devices. Unbeknown to Norris the other two terrorists are on a sniping rampage in the Mid Atlantic area copying the Beltway Snipers. Investigator Norris does not feel he is doing his job unless people feel secure. The four terrorists explode a bomb at a Washington D.C. policeman's funeral. Norris is sent to Washington D.C. where he links the two groups of terrorists. While he is investigating a bombing in New York City he enjoys victory when the two snipers are arrested. It is short lived when the two escape from jail. After some good detective work Norris gets a bead on Jalal. While pursuing Jalal, Jalal sees his own death. Calm and patience lead to victory for Investigator Norris. Jalal and his partner are vaporized when a bomb explodes in Jalal's SUV while they are on their way to their target. - Yatsue (Yacht-soo-ee) [Historical Drama]
Yatsue is an autobiographical adventure based on the true story of Yujong Choe, a young Korean soldier who is pressed into service by the Japanese empire during World War II. In Hiroshima, Yujong falls in love with the beautiful young Yatsue, only to be separated by the winds of war. When the city is destroyed by the atomic bomb, Yujong attempts to find Yatsue but is unsuccessful and believes the worst. He is ordered home and remarries back in Korea, only to discover eight years later that Yatsue is alive with his son. The reconciliation is bittersweet, as Yujong's second wife demands her place. Yujong's family, in order to make peace, sends Yatsue to America to attend university. Yujong, now a merchant marine captain, is broken-hearted and unable to reconcile his two lives, and his will to live deteriorates. The story-movingly sad, epic in scope, and written by Captain Choe himself who still lives in South Korea-is driven by the beauty of its characters as they try to live lives wrecked by war with a faithful, enduring love. -
The Last Indian War [Historical Drama]
"I will fight no more forever". Memorable words by Chief Joseph, Nez Perce, but what happened that forced him to say them. The Last Indian War chronicles the life of Chief Joseph as a warrior and a peace maker and the events that led to his historic speech. We open with Joseph who leads 750 men, women and children in a retreat forced upon him by the US Calvary, because Young Braves in Joseph’s tribe wanting revenge killed a homesteader and his family. With General Howard hot on the Nez Perce’s trail, the first engagement with the Cavalry takes place on June 17, 1877 at White Bird Canyon. News of the Indian uprising spreads like wild fire throughout the northwest. As Chief Joseph withdraws to fight again, he has not lost his compassion for peace. He comes upon a settler and his family whose only horse is lame. Joseph orders his men to replace the horse. Major Gibbons joins General Howard for the battle at Clearwater on July 11-12, 1877. The Cavalry suffer many casualties. When Joseph asks for a Parley, General Howard agrees. The Parley is at Camas Meadows on August 20, 1877. It is decided that Joseph return to the Treaty Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho and surrender the Young Braves who are responsible for the death of the homesteader and his family. The Nez Perce refuse to surrender the Young Braves. Major Sturgis’ infantry joins Major Gibbons and General Howard for the battle at Cow Island Landing on September 23, 1877. Joseph withdraws after the Nez Perce suffer many casualties. Among the dead are Ollocot, Looking Glass and other chiefs and braves. The Nez Perce retreats to Bear Paw Mountain, forty five miles from Canada. Because of his personal losses at Cow Island Landing, Joseph decides to surrender. White Bird and Yellow Wolf oppose the surrender and trek to Canada on October 5, 1877. General Howard informs Major Gibbons and Major Sturgis of Joseph’s impending surrender. Colonel Miles is not informed of the surrender. The following morning in a pre-dawn raid with canon fire, Colonel Miles attacks the sleeping Nez Perce. Their encampment is cut to shreds with teepees burning and the people bleeding and dying. General Howard dismounts and walks toward the burning teepees. Chief Joseph fashions a surrender flag on a teepee pole, staggers toward General Howard and gives his legendary surrender speech. Chief Joseph dies on September 21, 1904. A year later, General Howard visits Joseph’s grave site: My old friend time was not kind to you. However, you are at peace now, farewell
