smitten with her soon-to-be V.I.P. Back at Glenda's Place, Billie Mae seductively interprets the latest jukebox hit. Clearly for Glenda's benefit, she shows off a souvenir - the solid gold belt buckle Joe won in the rodeo - which she received last night (along with promise of the Buick). Glenda drives Billie Mae out of the bar just as Joe slinks in, saying car trouble held him up and inventing another telegram that instructed Glenda not to meet him. Glenda says she never went to meet him in the first place: She wrote him off the day he proposed, went to change his shirt, and disappeared for two years. Joe tries to soothe her and Glenda tries to keep from falling for his flattery. She's brought back to reality when Joe can't come up with six bucks for a round of drinks and asks for credit. Glenda wants to see the gold belt buckle he's offered as collateral. Joe submits a set of headlights from the Electra instead. Glenda takes the lamps in lieu of the money and, before he knows it, tells the customers that Joe is buying another round. At the same time, Glenda has Rock Medicine lift more lights and a bumper from the Electra as payment for the whisky dispensed by Joe. While Glenda distracts Joe by making him dance with her, the Indians progressively dismantle the car, applying each piece against the cost of the booze Glenda and Joe quaff down. Soon, every removable part of the car is behind the bar. Only slightly less drunk than she, Joe vows his undying love for Glenda, who promptly announces closing time. When she passes out, Joe lays Glenda on the bar with his jacket as a makeshift pillow. Billie Mae appears, sizes things up, and lures Joe away. After their date, George tells Mary that he's contrived an invitation for himself and Mr. and Mrs. Kellenbach to meet Mary's family at their ranch on the reservation. Furious that George has butted into her family life without first consulting her, Mary argues that the Indians should not be made to prove themselves. George urges her to be proud of her heritage. Annie Champlain is flustered over the Kellenbachs' visit: She's bought Gran'Pere a new suit (shoes, too), and has put a lamp on the porch even though there's no electricity. Only as the guests arrive does Annie catch sight of Billie Mae and Joe, who have spent the night in Gran'Pere's teepee, and she tries desperately to keep Louis from taking the Kellenbachs inside. During some strained small talk, a neighbour approaches to request payment of a thirty dollar loan. Kellenbach worries when Louis confesses that he spent all but his last cent to fix up the ranch in honor of the white man's visit. The hungover Glenda enters with Joe's jacket, looking for her man and her missing motorcycle. Kellenbach begins to suspect that Joe is broke and, to stop his questions, Louis steers him into the teepee. Billie Mae, in bra and half-slip, and Joe sneak out, but not before Kellenbach sees them. When the duo escape on her motorcycle, Glenda gives chase firing a shotgun and Mrs. Kellenbach faints. Once his wife has been revived, Kellenbach storms out, demanding the immediate return of the Buick. Louis attributes Joe's recklessness to the white blood in him. ACT II Thrown out by his mother, Joe runs up a tab in the hotel where Mary lives. He mails a letter to the government to get back at Glenda. George comes after the Buick, hinting that Kellenbach won't do business with Indians. Mary sends him away, promising he'll have the car in half an hour. Joe pleads innocent, blaming everything on other people, mostly Glenda ("I Wash My Hands"), but when Mary finds out what happened to the Electra, she tearfully checks out of the hotel, quits her job, and moves back to the ranch. Joe makes a mysterious call to the county surveyor. Gun-slinging Glenda shows up, yields her rifle, and warns Joe to stay away from her. Her tirade becomes a full scale quarrel when Joe, Stephenpierre, and the hotel proprietor join in. Annie scolds Mary when the girl says she's come home to whoop it up like the rest of the tribe. With herself as an example, Annie begs her daughter not to feel sorry for herself. Kellenbach, Walschmidt, and George spy on Glenda's Place, waiting to steal back the car. George threatens to quit if Kellenbach does not stop his Indian innuendos. When he sees Mary, George bolts away. Outside Glenda's, women are "roped" by lariat-wielding cowboys in a wild dance and George bursts in just as Mary is about to be tied. When she tells him that white men and Indians don't mix, George begs to talk to Mary and gets five minutes. He manages to blurt out that he is in love with her. As the whoop-up resumes, Joe is seen in his new habitat: The skeleton of the Buick, complete with stove, chimney, and clothesline. Glenda orders
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