So I saw an English-language color movie somewhen between 1980 to 1982. I believe it was on HBO, since I remember multiple showings in a month. I was about 11, so forgive the short descriptions.
It takes place possibly during the late 1700’s to early 1800’s. A father and son, who’s a young man around 19 or 20, survive through frontier conflicts between settlers and Indigenous peoples of the Americas. However, we don’t get to see much of that, as his father dies, and he somehow meets up with a native American woman. They hit it off, fall in love and it seems that they do need each other. They teach each other a few things, such as language and survival, with the man building a cabin where they can live together.
At one point, they are attacked by native Americans, but she talks them down, informing of something in their language. They go away, and when her partner asks her what she said, she says ” I told them I have a baby from you.” Neither he nor us, the audience, knew she was pregnant.
I have not been able to find anything about this movie but i remember liking it so much because the actors were good looking, it was well made, and it did not look like the old 60’s or early 70’s color filters. It had that ‘updated’ look for the new decade as I think was made either in the late 70’s or early 80’s. I remember that the movie had some nice scenery. Sadly, I couldn’t tell you any actors that were in it. Any help would be appreciated!