"Into the West" Manifest Destiny (2005)

Director:

Simon Wincer

Writers:

William Mastrosimone (writer)
Cyrus Nowrasteh (writer)

TV Series:

"Into the West" (2005)

Original Air Date:

17 June 2005 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Western | Adventure | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Cast

Allen Belcourt	...	Crow Leader
Dylan Bird-Papin	...	One Horn Bull
Morris Birdyellowhead	...	Good Shield
Summer Rae Birdyellowhead	...	Margaret Light Shines 8yrs
Beau Bridges	...	Stephen Hoxie
Chantry Bruised Head	...	Margaret Light Shines 4yrs
Judith Buchan	...	Mrs. Hoxie
Colin A. Campbell	...	Bull Harry
Jessica Capshaw	...	Rachel Wheeler
Tonantzin Carmelo	...	Thunder Heart Woman
Samuel Patrick Chu	...	Jacob Jr.
Travis Dugas	...	Bear Blood
Neville Edwards	...	Absalom Jones
William Joseph Elk III	...	'Young' - White Crow
Chris Enright	...	Leland
John Ferguson	...	Josiah Bell
Jim Finkbeiner	...	Meeks
Virgil Frencheater	...	Scout
Aaron Francis Gould	...	White Chow
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	James 'Jim' Ebbets
Emily Holmes	...	Leah Wheeler
Serge Houde	...	Enoch Wheeler
Joshua Kalef	...	Ezra
Kathryn Kerbes	...	Mrs. Hobbes
Tinsel Korey	...	Blue Bird
Tamara Lashley	...	Sally Jones
George Leach	...	Loved by The Buffalo
Derek de Lint	...	Preacher Hobbes
Sean Wei Mah	...	Heavy Shield
Joseph M. Marshall	...	Loved By The Buffalo (as Joseph M. Marshall III)
Zahn McClarnon	...	Running Fox
Robert Moloney	...	John Charles Fremont
Anthony Parker	...	Howling Coyote
Wilma Pelly	...	Burnt By The Sun
Jonathan Reimer	...	Marquis Jones
Ryan Robbins	...	'Skate' Guthrie
Keri Russell	...	Naomi Wheeler
Thom Schioler	...	Trader Gates (as Tom Schioler)
Matthew Settle	...	Jacob Wheeler
Benjamin Smoke	...	Abraham High Wolf / Abe Wheeler 3yrs
Michael Spears	...	Dog Star
Jay Tavare	...	Chief Prairie Fire
Maureen Thomas	...	Margaret Wheeler
David Trimble	...	Trader Stratton
Skeet Ulrich	...	Jethro Wheeler

John Terry	...	Older Jacob Wheeler
Sage Galesi	...	Margaret Light Shines
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Clara Wheeler
Tyler Christopher	...	Jacob Wheeler Jr. / Touch the Sky
Daniel Gillies	...	Ethan Biggs
Sheila Tousey	...	Older Thunderheart Woman
David Richmond-Peck	...	Sergeant
Paul Adkins	...	Background
George Aguilar	...	Chief Big Foot
Christopher Ahmie	...	White Bird
Marcos Akiaten	...	Bareback Horse Rider
Lew Alexander	...	Good Thunder
Rio Alexander	...	Grabber, Translator
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Henry Foster
Todd Anderson	...	Angry Man
Ricardo Andres	...	Mounted Town, Military all phases 4, 5, and 6, Railroad Dignitary
Dax Ansley	...	Jedediah Wheeler
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Brings Horse
Scott Arnold	...	Union Sergeant
Sean Astin	...	Martin Jarrett
Gerald Auger	...	Soaring Eagle
Russell Badger	...	Man Afraid
James Baker	...	Captain
Dave Bald Eagle	...	Two Arrows
Nicholas Ballas	...	Fort Hayes Guard
Christian Baste	...	Good Iron
Joseph Bell	...	Log Keeper (uncredited)
Tom Berenger	...	Colonel J. Chivington
Ace Big Child	...	Morning Star
Gil Birmingham	...	Older Dogstar
Jeremiah Bitsui	...	Sgt. Red Tomahawk
Sean Blakemore	...	Ben Franklin
Christian Bocher	...	Bloody Bill Anderson
Hamish Boyd	...	Preacher
Michael T. Boyd	...	Himself / Costume Designer
Mark Brooks	...	Lookout
Terry Everett Brown	...	The Prospector
Chris Browning	...	Trooper Long
Joshua Bryant	...	Gen. William T. Sherman
Jack Burning	...	White Antelope
Keith Carradine	...	Captain Richard H. Pratt
Julius Chapple	...	Lt. Grattan
Mo Cheng	...	Chinese Railroad Worker
Artur Ciastkowski	...	Russian Prospector
Jim Clark	...	Locomotive Engineer
Tokala Clifford	...	Black Coyote
David Cowley	...	Sharpshooter
Paul Cowling	...	Pitchman
Rutherford Cravens	...	Charles Crocker
Richard Danielson	...	Deserter
Jason Douglas	...	Tom Cooper
James Dugan	...	Priest
Iain Dunbar	...	Angry Prospector
Jacob F. Duran	...	Scout
Kirk Ellis	...	Stage Passenger
Geoffrey Ewert	...	Rider #2
Kyle Falls	...	Reporter, Gambler & Calvary Soldier
Felix Fan	...	Chinese Railroad Worker
Gustavo Febres	...	Juan del Campo
Stewart Finlay-McLennan	...	Patrick Doonagan
Gabriel Folse	...	Col. James Forsyth
Forrest Fyre	...	Thomas Durant
Brian Keith Gamble	...	Buffalo Soldier (as Brian Gamble)
Dennis E. Garber	...	Duffy (uncredited)
J.D. Garfield	...	Jack Casement
Harlyn Geronimo	...	Chief One Eye (uncredited)
Tom B. Gleason	...	Cavary Soldier (uncredited)
Errol Cerpa Gomez	...	Italian Prospector
Glen Gould
Wesley R. Gowen	...	Kurtz
Teach Grant	...	Mountain Man #1 (as Teach)
Graham Greene	...	Conquering Bear
Pat Judge Hall	...	Volunteer Sergeant
Richard Halliday	...	Drunken Mountain Man
Kevin Hansen	...	Young Man
John Hardman	...	Frontiersman
Jerry Hardy	...	Col. John Gibbon
Bill T. Head	...	Straight Foretop
Scott Heindl	...	Thomas Lebeck
Lance Henriksen	...	Daniel Wheeler
Jason E. Hill	...	Royer's Assistant (uncredited)
Greyston Holt	...	Aaron Wheeler
Wally Houn	...	Chinese Prospector
Trevor Howe	...	Gen. Custer's Aid
Hank Hustus	...	Extra gambler
Mylo Ironbear	...	Voice over
Tim Janis	...	Trooper 34
William T. Johnson	...	Refugee Child
Shaun Johnston	...	William Mathers
Jonathan Joss	...	Wovoka / Jack Wilson
Dylan Kenin	...	Capt. Fetterman
Jon-Paul Khouri	...	William Quantrill
Terry King	...	Gold Seeker
James Kirk	...	Jeremiah Wheeler
Warren Kole	...	Robert Wheeler
Alexander Kuznetsov	...	Kurchenko
Nakotah LaRance	...	Young Voices That Carry
Tyler Labine	...	Larkin
Brent Lambert	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Matt Langseth	...	Teamster
Darcy Laurie	...	Lucien Auguste
Terry Lawrence	...	Station Hand
Greg Lawson	...	Farmer
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse	...	Sleeping Bear
'Yellowbird' Leonard Lethbridge	...	Indian Father
David Longworth	...	Mountainman
Fredrick Lopez	...	Rev. Cook
Deryle J. Lujan	...	Lead Crow Scout
Dale Malley	...	Irish Ben
Gerard Maloney	...	Cavalry trooper
Jason McDonald	...	Deserter #1
Bruce McIntosh	...	Bystander
Mike McKenney	...	Bar Patron, Buffalo Trader
Kevin McNulty	...	Thomas Fitzpatrick
Russell Means	...	Running Fox
Billy Merasty	...	Yellow Bird
Johnston Michael	...	Union Veteran
David Midthunder	...	White Crow
Marc Miles	...	Spectator
Will Miles	...	Freighter
Red Hawk Mirabal	...	Orphan Boy
Matthew Modine	...	Samson Wheeler
Sean Montgomery	...	Gunner
Aldred Montoya	...	Bareback Horse Rider
Byrne Murray	...	Irish Worker
Chad Nobert	...	Cavalry Officer
John Novak	...	James Lane
Brandon Oakes	...	Kicking Bear
J. Michael Oliva	...	Mr. Downing
Pony Boy Osuniga	...	Young Dog Star
David Paymer	...	Mr. Daniel Royer
Joe Peracchio	...	Reporter Kellog (as Joe Pesce)
Tyler Posey	...	Young Abe Wheeler - 12
Lou Poulos	...	Bartender
Jon Proudstar	...	Yellow Earring
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Josiah Bell
Kalani Queypo	...	White Bird
Francesco Quinn	...	Captain Salamanca
Alejandro Rae	...	Prosecuter
Dorsey Ray	...	Doctor
Steve Reevis	...	Older Loved By The Buffalo
Judge Reinhold	...	Douglas Hillman
Trevor Roberts	...	Trooper
Clayton Rohner	...	Strobridge
Rod Rondeaux	...	Roman Nose
Lucas Ruggles	...	Railroad Work #1
Myrton Running Wolf	...	Lt. Bull Head
W. Nicholas Sabato	...	Emigrant Father
Charles Sanders	...	Sen. William B. Allison
Brandon Sanderson	...	Two Horns
Lawrence Santiago	...	Young Chief
Jonathan Scarfe	...	General George Armstrong Custer
Julian Schamp	...	Brule Man
Dylan Scheller	...	Hans
Eric Schweig	...	Sitting Bull
Richard Sellers	...	Bugle Boy
Craig Sheffer	...	Older Robert Wheeler
Arron Shiver	...	Maj. Edward W. Wynkoop
Stephen Shutt	...	Angry Prospector
Geno Silva	...	Padre Sanchez
Mark Sivertsen	...	Cavalry Sergeant
Peter Skagen	...	Mountain Man
Pinto Smallboy	...	White Bird - Teen
Brandon Smith	...	Gov. John Evans
Rodney Smith	...	Old Coyote
Kurt Sorenson	...	Thomas Wheeler
Boots Southerland	...	Indian Agent
Eddie Spears	...	Red Lance
Richard Speight Jr.	...	Rupert Lang
Chaske Spencer	...	Voices That Carry - Old
Royal Sproule	...	Cavalry Officer
Brent Stait	...	Royce
Mark Steffen	...	Prospector
William Sterchi	...	Photographer
Clif Stokes	...	Trooper
Mathew Strongeagle	...	Young Running Fox
Wes Studi	...	Black Kettle
Keith Szarabajka	...	Gov. L. Stanford
Adam Taylor	...	Gen. Alfred Terry
Talon Tippeconnie	...	Kit Fox
Raoul Trujillo	...	Red Cloud
Malachi Tsoodle-Nelson	...	Red Lance
Jake Walker	...	Col. H. Carrington
Jason Wallace	...	Mark Kellogg
Garrett Wang	...	Chow-Ping Yen
Stephen Warner	...	Gunner
George Wesley	...	Lakota Man
Charlie White Buffalo	...	Agency Reverend
Tony Whitecrow	...	Translator
Lewie Wickham	...	Mounted Cavalry
Kevin Wiggins	...	McKenna
Chris Wynters	...	Union Lieutenant
Chris Yee	...	Chinese Prospector
Alexander Youvella Junior	...	Talking Bird
Ernestine Armstrong	...	Orphan Sister
Avu	...	Lakota Woman
Grace Baine	...	Indian woman kanto
Irene Bedard	...	Margaret Light Shines
Sierra Concha	...	Star Woman
Sandy Cooper	...	Townsperson
Joanna Going	...	Clara Wheeler - Old
Jane E. Goold	...	Esther Wheeler (as Jane Goold)
Miranda Gottlieb	...	Alvetina
Allison Hensel	...	Politcians Wife (uncredited)
Ayla Jacobs	...	Corn Flower 4yrs
Rebecca Jenkins	...	Susannah Wheeler
Christine Kilpatrick	...	Pioneer Woman
Debbie Letteau	...	Lieutenant's Wife & Salloon Hall Hooker
Nicole Lovato	...	Dying Lakota Woman
Lauralita Lozano Garcia	...	Eagle Woman
Sandra Martinez	...	Yellow Hawk
Renae Morriseau	...	Yellow Hawk
Star Nayea	...	Young Lakota Woman
Yolanda Nez	...	Rainbow
Camille Nighthorse	...	Medicine Woman Later
Annabella Piugattuk	...	Dancing Water
Leslie Powell	...	Pioneer girl
Lori Ravensborg	...	Landlady
Julienne Reed	...	Sitting Bull's Wife
Tarra Riley	...	Prostitute
Chloe Russell	...	Libby Custer
Yvonne Russo	...	Voice Over
Bailey Ann Scheller	...	Immigrant Child
Mia Stallard	...	Lilly Wheeler
Rae-Lynn Strawberry	...	Wind in the trees
Alyssa Vargas	...	Columbia
Chantelle Webster	...	Cornflower Wheeler
Sarah Weston	...	Teenage Thunder Heart Woman

Quotes:

Jacob Wheeler: Grief was a luxury none of us could afford.