Lone watie biography of abraham

          This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer.

        1. This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer.
        2. The Outlaw Josey Wales is a American revisionist Western DeLuxe Color and Panavision film set during and after the American Civil War.
        3. Lone Watie's character appeals to me so strongly because his fatalism never stands in the way of his willingness to do what he sees as the right thing.
        4. Lone Watie: I'm an Indian, all right; but here in the nation they call us the "civilized tribe." They call us "civilized" because we're easy to sneak up on.
        5. He is a Native American that is hoping to tag along with Josey on his journey.

          6. Lone Watie's character appeals to me so strongly because his fatalism never stands in the way of his willingness to do what he sees as the right thing..

          Forget Clint Eastwood, What About Lone Watie?

          All the fuss about Clint Eastwood's performance art piece at the Republican National Convention got me thinking less about empty chairs and invisible adversaries, as intriguing as they are, and more about some of the great anti-authoritarian moments in Eastwood's movies over the years.

          One of my favorite, perhaps because I love grand and futile gestures, is Lone Watie's monologue right after he meets Clint's Josey Wales in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Played by the always excellent Chief Dan George, Lone Watie packs plenty of punch into a few spare sentences.

          I wore this frock coat to Washington before The War.

          We wore them because we belonged to the five civilized tribes. We dressed ourselves up like Abraham Lincoln.

          You know, we got to see the Secretary of the Interior. And he said, "Boy, you boys sure look civilized."

          He congratulated us and he gave us medals for looking so civilized.

          We told him about how our land had been stolen