After a Choctaw Indian is convicted of murder and is sentenced to
be executed, he is allowed to go free and play baseball for his
team if he will promise to return after his final game to be shot.
He agrees. In 1897 in the Indian Territory (now the state of
Oklahoma) a young Choctaw Indian, Walla Tonehka, attends a local
dance. When his girlfriend turns up accompanied by another man,
Tonehka, in a fit of jealous rage, draws his pistol and in full
sight of others, shoots his rival dead with a single shot. He is
quickly convicted by a Choctaw court and sentenced. However, since
he is the outstanding player on the Choctaw baseball team which is
so important to the Choctaw Nation's sense of accomplishment, the
deal is struck. The situation garners great national interest and
is reported by newspapers across the country. Questions abound.
Will he honor his promise and agree to be executed? Should he? If
he does, is he a hero or a fool? At the last minute will he run
off? Is the Choctaw sense of honor stronger than that of others? Is
the greater sin preferring life to honor, and for the sake of
living to lose what makes life worth having? Who really has the
authority in this case, the U.S. government or the Choctaw Nation?
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