Children of the Dust

The story

Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train of events begins that finally lead to that 'good day to die'. White Wolf, only a child, is one of the few survivors of the massacre of his tribe that day, and Gypsy brings him to live with the Maxwell family, where he grows up not fully Indian and not really white but a bit too close to Rachel, the Maxwell daughter.

Gypsy now reappears, leading a group of Black settlers from the post-Civil War South to start a new life in a town of their own - Freedom in the Oklahoma Territory, its first black settlement. White Wolf (or Corby as a 'white' name') is now with his people, but all of these parts come back together in conflict, violence, loss, and Pyrric triumph.

Cast

S Sidney PoitierGypsy Smith M Michael MoriartyJohn Maxwell F Farrah FawcettNora Maxwell K Katharine IsabelleYoung Rachel J Joanna GoingRachel B Billy WirthCorby/White Wolf R Regina TaylorDrusilla R Robert GuillaumeMossburger J Jim CaviezelDexter J John Pyper-FergusonSonny Boy G Grace ZabriskieRose B Byron Chief-MoonChief Walks-The-Clouds

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S Shirley KnightAunt Bertha B Basil WallaceFulton K Kevin McNultySheriff Harriman M Mitchell LaPlanteYoung Corby Z Zachary SavardYoung Dexter J Jesse LipscombeClarence L Lindsey CampbellMiranda B Brent StaitBallenger C Charles AndreNez E Eric KeenleysideBoss Beeson T Tom SchanleyCavalry Office B Brian JensenLieutenant D Dale WilsonRenfro M Michael EliasReporter C Crystal VergeMrs. Tibbens D Donna BellevilleMrs. Clarksdale M Michelle ThrushRainbow Woman E Edward C. K. Richardson IIICharlie J Joshua MyersRachel's Child H Hart BochnerShelby Hornbeck J Jack AckroydFarmer Tully W Wilma PellyNita