"I saw two Indians hold one of another's hands, chased until they were exhausted, when they kneeled down, and clasped each other around the neck and were both shot together."
-Silas Soule
logline
"A cocksure Army Captain driven to help the Cheyenne finds the only way to succeed is to disobey his commanding officer’s order to fire on them."
synopsis
The Captain (Silenced Hero) (Working Titles/Synopsis)
By Donald L. Vasicek
SILAS SOULE, a witty and driven man with a penchant for helping out others without thinking through the dangers to himself, helps JOHN BROWN facilitate escape for slaves from Southern landowners. He is lured to the Colorado Territory by the exodus of his friends who have left “Bleeding Kansas” to search for gold. He works claims in the mountains until the onset of the Civil War in 1861. His abolition blood begins to boil...
By Donald L. Vasicek
SILAS SOULE, a witty and driven man with a penchant for helping out others without thinking through the dangers to himself, helps JOHN BROWN facilitate escape for slaves from Southern landowners. He is lured to the Colorado Territory by the exodus of his friends who have left “Bleeding Kansas” to search for gold. He works claims in the mountains until the onset of the Civil War in 1861. His abolition blood begins to boil...