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"We Cheyenne called him Hi-Es-Tsie, Long Hair. The Arikara called him Creeping Panther, who comes in the night. The Crow called him Son of the Morning Star, who attacks at dawn."
Kate Bighead regarding George Armstrong Custer, Son of the Morning Star

Ax: Why must we attack at dawn?
Marco: Tradition. You have shootouts at high noon, you stretch in the seventh inning, and you attack at dawn.
Cassie: You also get executed at dawn.
Marco: (Beat). Well there's a cheerful thought.

"I told you those savages couldn't be trusted! Smith tried to befriend them, and look what they've done to him! But now I say it's time to rescue our courageous comrade. At daybreak, we attack !!"
Governor Ratcliffe, Pocahontas

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