00:23Hello up there, Peabody down here.
00:26What's wrong with the wayback machine, Mr. Peabody?
00:28Oh, there's nothing wrong with it, Sherman.
00:29I had it lubed yesterday, and I'm checking the fittings.
00:32Set the indicator for the year 1889.
00:35Are we going to make a test?
00:36No, we're going to take a trip to the Yellowstone region of Wyoming,
00:39where we'll strike up a short but lasting acquaintance
00:42with that distinguished Sioux Indian chieftain, Tatanka Yotanka.
00:46Who?
00:47You know him better as Sitting Bull.
00:49The recently lubricated wayback transported us through time and space
00:52faster than it ever had.
00:54But instead of an Indian village,
00:55there in the middle of the plains sat a huge, luxurious hotel.
01:00We're at the wrong place, Mr. Peabody.
01:02Sherman, the wayback is infallible.
01:04And sure enough, upon entering the lobby,
01:07we discovered our quarry, Sitting Bull,
01:09sitting outside a tent in the lobby.
01:11How?
01:12How are you?
01:12Me, fine.
01:14But pale face and very poor spirit.
01:16The pale face he referred to was the hotel manager.
01:19We're in trouble, man.
01:21We haven't had a guest in a week.
01:23And it's all because of that redskin.
01:26Tell me, chief, why are you in this hotel?
01:29Me got him reservation here.
01:31Great white father in Washington say this land my home.
01:36Engineers come, build building around me.
01:39Does the hotel manager know this?
01:41Manager no talk'em with Sitting Bull.
01:44Him got him mad on.
01:45And at exactly three that afternoon,
01:47a state of war existed between the hotel and Sitting Bull.
01:51Can you see them, Mr. Peabody?
01:53Not yet, Sherman.
01:53The soldiers are still in their barracks.
01:56Soldiers? Barracks?
01:57Bellhop, Sherman, in the elevator.
01:59Oh.
01:59Men, at 1303, we attack.
02:01Now, here's the plan.
02:03Finster, take this suitcase.
02:04Keep under cover of the foliage.
02:06Foliage, sir.
02:09Flowerpots, you idiot.
02:10I'll be in back of the lobby desk.
02:12When I ring for a bellhop,
02:14that'll be your signal to open the suitcase
02:15and throw what's inside into the Redskins' tent.
02:19Now, it just so happened that Sherman and I
02:21were on a scouting expedition when the attack began.
02:24The manager's plan of attack was all too clear.
02:26A skunk should certainly drive Sitting Bull from the premises.
02:30Ah, but Sitting Bull experienced sinus trouble
02:32and his sense of smell left a great deal to be desired.
02:37Emerging from the tent,
02:38he crossed no man's land and
02:40returned the bomb to the bomby.
02:43Round one went to Sitting Bull.
02:47Soon, the hotel manager and his staff
02:49were on the verge of another attack.
02:51All right, men.
02:52This time, it's going to be different.
02:53This time, we'll blow that Indian out of the hotel.
02:57Dynamite, sir.
02:58Heh, heh, heh.
03:00Vacuum cleaners.
03:01We'll turn the reverse power on
03:03and it'll be like hitting them with a hurricane.
03:06A short time later,
03:07four bellhops sneaked up on the rear of the tent
03:09and slipped four vacuum cleaners inside.
03:12All right, Finster.
03:13You may flick the switch
03:15and watch that Indian go.
03:18Sitting Bull went all right.
03:20Out of the tent,
03:20across the lobby,
03:21into the revolving doors.
03:22Out of the revolving doors,
03:23across the lobby,
03:24and into the main desk.
03:28That did it!
03:29That did it!
03:31Get my elephant gun!
03:33Just one moment, sir.
03:35I believe this affair can be settled quite peaceably.
03:37Well, I wish you'd tell me how.
03:38Oh.
03:39You believe that Chief Sitting Bull
03:41is responsible for keeping customers away, true?
03:43True!
03:44Then you call off the war for just 24 hours
03:46and I'll prove you're wrong.
03:48Fair enough.
03:49But how?
03:50And if you say how,
03:51I'll get my gun?
03:53Fifty-four hours, sir.
03:54That's all I need.
03:55Like most large hotels,
03:57this one had its own telegraph line.
03:59I composed a short message
04:00and had it sent out
04:01to every city in the vicinity.
04:02Twenty-three hours
04:03and fifty-nine minutes later...
04:05Time's almost up, Peabody.
04:07Then it's back to the front.
04:09Sir, sir, you won't believe this,
04:12but there are thousands of guests
04:14driving up to the hotel.
04:15In a matter of minutes,
04:16the hotel was booked capacity.
04:18How did you do it, Mr. Peabody?
04:20Was it the message?
04:21Exactly, Sherman.
04:22I merely placed an ad
04:23in every big city newspaper
04:25advertising the fact
04:26that Sitting Bull
04:27was now appearing in the lobby.
04:29Well, that did the trick.
04:31Chief Bull sure looks happy, doesn't he?
04:33False display of humor, my boy,
04:35because you see his wife
04:36and twin sons
04:37are living with him in his tent.
04:38And the boys,
04:39both named Thomas,
04:40are quite impossible.
04:41Yes, there goes the chief now
04:43into the tent
04:43to administer a paddling.
04:44Gee, what a shame!
04:46Oh, I don't know, Sherman.
04:47At least Sitting Bull
04:49gets credit for being
04:49the first Indian
04:50to beat a tom-tom.
04:53Bee routine playing in the morning.
05:01Check out the jotter
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