Analyse the character of Sharon Pollock's title character in Walsh.

In 's
play,
Walsh, what most defines Walsh's character is summed up by
his
realization late in the play:

Honour, truth, the
lot...They're just words...They don't exist. I
gave my life to them and they don't
exist.

James Walsh, a superintendent of the NWMP (the
North West Mounted
Police--of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) is in charge of a group of

military men in Canada. He is a man of conscience and strong character. Canada is home
to Native
Americans (called Indians in the play) who are native to the area,
as well as some that have
moved from the United States.

When General George Custer attempts (as is his
custom) to attack Indians at
4:00 am at Little Big Horn (known to the Sioux as Greasy Grass),
his 500 men
are greatly outnumbered by 4,000 Sioux warriors. Taking eight hours before he

actually engages the Sioux (having given his men orders of "take no
prisoners"),
Custer and his men are all killed. The Sioux are tired of the
lies of the American government
that have...