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Hyah!

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Keep movin', movin', movin' ♪

♪ Though they're disapprovin' ♪

♪ Keep them dogies movin' ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Don't try To understand 'em ♪

♪ Just rope, throw And brand 'em ♪

♪ Soon we'll be livin' High and wide ♪

♪ My heart's calculatin' ♪

♪ My true love Will be waitin' ♪

♪ Be waiting at the end Of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide ♪

♪ Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out ♪

♪ Cut 'em out Ride 'em in ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

Hyah!

Hyah!

♪ Rawhide! ♪

Hyah!

Every once in a while,

somebody comes up with the idea

that a cattle drive is like a military campaign.

They also think the trail boss has the power of a general.

They're a little wrong.

For one thing, his pay is lower.

For another thing, his men can quit when they want to.

And finally,

you can order 3,000 head of cattle to do anything,

but you can't court-martial them if they don't obey.

I found that out. My name's Favor, trail boss.

Hey, I found some water.

Just over that rise, about three miles.

Open range?

It's open except for an Indian village.

Comanches?

Yeah, but they're feeling peaceful these days.

I talked to the chief, he said it's all right

for us to graze the herd here three or four days

as long as we don't make trouble.

After five days of dry drive, who's going to make trouble?

That's what I say.

Hey, Wish.

Get the rifle, let's go hunting.

Comanches?

Rabbits. The hills out there are full of them.

Hey, you ever taste my rabbit stew?

Yeah, but I'm willing to go get ourselves some anyway.

Five for me. When are you going to get one?

Right now.

Hey, Pete.

Wishbone, leave him be.

He's not only sick, he's starving to death.

He had some food and water, but it's all gone.

You just leave him alone.

Why, he's bad off.

Maybe dying.

Ain't nothing you can do about it.

There mighty well is.

That's something that you ain't gonna cure him.

Now, what do you got against a sick old Indian?

That old Indian ain't sick, he's dead.

Dead? Yeah, he's just as good as dead.

He was put in that cave to die by his own people.

Well, that was mighty nice of them.

It's a custom the Comanches have.

When an old man like that gets sick,

they just count him off as dead.

Well, they made a mistake.

Well, their medicine man decides these things,

and he don't make mistakes.

Far as the tribe's concerned,

the old man's no longer alive.

Well, he is alive.

Wish, I know how you feel,

but we can't get mixed up in these Indian things.

If I could just get him back to camp.

You'd have the whole tribe down on us.

Look, we gotta graze that herd here three or four days.

We can't take any chances having trouble with them Comanches.

Well, I ain't sure about what I want trouble with them.

If it was me laying in there,

and somebody could help me but just walked off...

Well, this is different.

He seen it happen to others.

He knew when his time came this is what they'd do.

He'd probably want it this way. Come on.

Well, nobody wants to just lie down and die,

not when they got a chance.

Eh?

One thing about it. He's alone.

Yeah, you'd better follow him in though, Quince. Behind him.

Right.

Coffee's ready. Uh, later.

Say, Pete, uh,

you did say those Comanches are friendly, didn't you?

They said they were.

How come one of their top men is riding in here.

Well, we got nothing to worry about.

Comanches don't attack one-of-the-bunch of them.

Yeah.

I'll have that coffee now.

Hey, Wishbone.

What's the matter with you?

Welcome.

I have come for Sankeno.

Who is that?

The one whose body you have stolen.

I don't know what you mean.

You took Sankeno from the cave of the dead.

Oh. Maybe he just got up and walked away.

The dead do not walk.

Well, maybe he wasn't as dead as you thought.

I mean, maybe he was just a little bit dead.

Two men took him from the cave of the dead

and brought him here.

I followed their tracks.

Wishbone?

You know anything about this?

I gotta get breakfast ready.

I see no reason why any of my men

would bring a dead body here.

I think you lie.

No.

If I find a body in my camp, though, I will let you know.

You have my word on that.

The body must be back in the cave

by the time the sun sets.

If it is not,

we have no wish to shed blood,

but we will come upon you and take back our own.

Wishbone?

Wishbone?

How am I gonna get my work done

with everybody talking to me all the time?

What do you know about bodies and medicine men?

I ain't familiar with neither of them.

Now, Wish, you might as well tell Mr. Favor

about that fuss you made at the cave.

I didn't make any fuss.

I just wanted to cure that Indian.

You said don't, so I didn't.

Not then you didn't.

Wishbone.

Well, I was going to tell you about it, boss, this morning...

Then you did interfere.

Well, just a little bit.

What did you do with the body?

Well, it wasn't a body at all. He was hardly sick.

He's alive and doing very well, thank you.

Where is he?

In the supply wagon.

He said there were two of you who took him from the cave.

Who helped you?

I went back there last night with Mushy.

Well, it wasn't his idea.

That's the only thing you didn't have to tell me.

Let's take a look at that patient of yours.

What is your name?

I am Sankeno.

Your medicine man was just here.

How you feeling?

Good. A couple more days,

you'll feel better than that.

Ossolo has said that I die. He is very strong medicine man.

Ossolo don't know nothing about medicine.

All you had was a little touch of the fever.

I do not wish to... To go against medicine man.

Against ways of my people.

I should not be found alive.

To my people, I am dead.

The way he's acting you'd think I did something terrible.

Maybe you did.

In any case, he can't stay here.

You strong enough to ride?

All right, Pete, have a couple of horses saddled.

Take him back to his village.

Whether they like it or not, huh?

What's done is done.

What's done is done?

Well, there it is, old-timer. Home.

Home?

Yeah, let's go.

Asunta, Chief Wiggimachi.

I bring you Sankeno.

I see no one.

He's standing right here.

The man Sankeno is dead.

He cannot be here.

Well, there was a little mix-up about that.

One of our men, he didn't know what he was doing was wrong,

but he brought Sankeno to our camp.

I know nothing of what you speak.

Has anyone come into this tent except the white man?

No.

I understand your tribal customs,

but my chief told me to bring Sankeno to you.

Your chief lied when he said the body was not at the camp.

No, my chief didn't even know

that Sankeno was with us when you were there.

The body is not yet back at the cave.

The body's standing right here.

I see only you.

All right, so I'm the only one here,

you figure out what you're going to do with Sankeno.

Asunta. The white man laughs at us.

No, I'm not laughing.

You have said our medicine man does not know what is true.

You say Sankeno is not dead. You shame us.

You shame Ossolo before our people.

Well, I didn't mean to do anything like that.

You will return to your camp.

You will tell your medicine man to undo that which he has done.

You will return as you came with what you came.

All right, Sankeno, let's go.

Mr. Wishbone?

What are they gonna do with that old Indian?

How do I know?

You think they're gonna kill him?

Let them do what they want.

What's an old Comanche to me?

Mr. Wishbone.

Well, they let him go, huh?

Yeah, they let him go.

Hey, what are you looking so sore about?

Well, now you've got them Indians

thinking you're a white medicine man

with very strong magic.

Oh, they do, huh?

As a matter of fact, they want you to back up

on some of your magic, and...

Well, and what?

They want him dead like they believe he is.

Well, what do they expect me to do? Kill him?

Well, what are you wagging your head about?

You make it right.

You make me dead.

He tries to breathe but it is hard. Please.

Another one.

My magic does not work.

If the Great Spirit does not get Sankeno,

he will take all the young ones from us.

What's everybody looking at me for?

Just trying to figure how a little fellow like you

could get us into such big trouble.

Well, I didn't do anything.

All I did was...

Now, look at that.

The healthiest Indian I ever saw.

He's gonna outlive us all.

Yeah.

Yeah, he sure is...

them Comanches come down on us.

What are we gonna do with him?

We may not have to do the deciding.

There is no body in the cave of the dead.

If you'll just look right over there,

you'll see him.

And if you want to know who cured him,

I can tell you. I did.

You are a medicine man?

And a trail cook too.

A man who does a woman's work.

Wish.

He does not know the ways of the Comanche.

He is sorry for what he did.

There is no time.

Bad things are happening in my village.

There is a great sickness now among the very young.

The Great Spirits want some of them in exchange

for the old man you have stolen from him.

We honor your customs.

We did return Sankeno to you.

It is for you to do with your people as you will,

but do not ask us to kill him for you.

What's he saying, Pete?

Some kind of a curse.

It's supposed to be bad for the old man.

Señor Boss.

He ask for death.

Yeah, I know.

But he...

Sankeno is still with us.

That is not good, señor.

You got some ideas on how to get rid of him?

Oh, not I, señor.

But I am afraid.

Of what?

The curse of the medicine man.

One should not laugh at it.

Nobody's laughing.

We better all get some sleep.

Sí, señor.

Boss, you think we ought to double the guard on the herd?

What for?

Well, those Comanches started out being friendly,

but they sure ain't anymore.

You think doubling the guard

is gonna keep away Indian spirits?

I don't believe in Indian spirits, boss...

Then you'd better get some sleep.

We'll be moving out in the morning.

If they let us.

What was that medicine man of yours doing?

He was calling on Great Spirits to destroy you.

Well, I'm willing to take my chances

against any of his spirits.

Great, medium-sized or small.

What's the matter with you, anyway?

Don't you like living?

I liked life when I lived.

I was tall and straight.

I rode and hunted and fought.

But time for living has passed.

Do all of you want to die with me?

Boss, the old man thinks they're gonna come down on us.

Not much we can do about it now.

That medicine man will be making spells for a while.

By the time he finds out they don't work,

we'll be through grazing and on our way.

The beeves are getting restless.

Yeah, so am I.

What do you got to be restless about?

Same thing as them.

I seen that medicine man cast a spell on us, Joe.

You don't believe in spells, do you?

I don't know what I believe in.

All I know is them beeves are restless and so am I.

This ain't for us.

Better get in there and quiet them down.

Yeah. If we can.

Whoa.

Whoa, son.

Whoa. Whoa, son.

Whoa, now, boy.

Whoa, Lex. Whoa, whoa.

Whoa, Lex. Whoa, boy.

Whoa! Whoa!

Mr. Wishbone.

Stop nagging.

Mr. Wishbone.

Mushy, in the future, will you stay out of my dreams?

Pete, Teddy,

watch your saddles.

All right. On your feet. Everybody up.

All right, let's get a move on. Hey Soos.

Get down to the remuda, help Bailey.

Sí, señor.

Wishbone, have some coffee ready.

Kind of spooky, ain't it?

Only thing spooky around here is you.

Now, you heard what he said. Get the water.

Sankeno, why ain't you in the wagon?

Listen.

I don't hear nothing I never heard before.

Ossolo call on Great Spirit and he answers.

You give me the willies.

Well, the beeves have got over it, whatever it was.

Just a desert wind come up, I guess.

Sure that's the only reason, boss?

What other reason could there be?

Asunta.

Let him go.

I said let him go.

What's happened?

He was gonna kill Wishbone.

Not with any spell neither.

With this.

Some medicine man.

I thought it was Sankeno you wanted dead.

Why did you try the knife on him?

It is the white medicine man

that holds Sankeno's spirit prisoner.

What are we gonna do with this jasper, boss?

Let him go.

Wishbone, the knife.

You can get back to your village,

but try and remember

you're a medicine man. Stick to medicine.

There is no water in the stream.

The Great Spirit is angry with us.

He has taken the water from our lips.

He will soon take the breath from our lungs.

The white men made a dead man walk,

but you said he meant no harm.

The young ones in our village are dying,

but again you said the white men meant no harm.

Now that the water has dried up in the river,

do you still say that the white men meant no harm?

I see that now the time for the shedding of blood is here.

I don't know how long it's gonna take

for that medicine man to decide

that his magic spells ain't working,

but we don't want to be here when he does find it out.

We'll be moving the herd and moving it fast.

I want every man to stay in the saddle

until we're safely through the valley.

What I've been trying to tell you

is they ain't waiting any longer.

Can you read it?

Yeah, they're asking for war parties from other tribes.

We don't have a chance getting out of this valley.

Tribes coming in, they'll be hitting us from all sides.

Hey Soos, saddle my horse.

Sí, señor. Where are you going?

You and me are going to that Indian village.

Mr. Favor. You know that river where

we've been watering the cattle? What about it?

There ain't no more water.

Impossible.

The waterline was high on the river bank yesterday.

I know that.

The only trouble is today there ain't

a drop of water in the river.

Take months for that to dry up.

Mr. Favor, it didn't take months.

It took overnight.

Now, I don't know what kind of magic

this medicine man's got,

but offhand I'd say it's pretty powerful.

If there ain't no water there,

there ain't any in the Indian village.

Maybe that's why they decided not to wait.

The only thing is I'd like to take a look

at that river with my own eyes.

Me too. Let's take a look at it.

Now, what are you jumping around about?

There is something I remember.

Well, there's something I'd like to forget:

that's you and your whole tribe.

If water come back, I believe tribe would not attack.

And if it'd start raining stew I could stop cooking.

No, there is something I remember about the river.

Yeah, what?

My people believe water vanish because of you,

but it has done this before.

When I was small boy.

You sure of that?

Come on, boy, you and me are going for a ride.

Dry as a bone.

We were watering our cattle here only yesterday.

Like magic.

In a manner of speaking.

Indians must be thinking it's magic all right,

but ours, not theirs.

No wonder they sent out smoke signals

to call in the other tribes.

Wishbone don't know his own strength.

Whatever chance we had for making a run for it's gone now.

Yeah.

No use hanging around here.

Water ain't going to come back by itself.

Mr. Favor.

Me and Sankeno, we got something to say.

Go on. My friend here,

he thinks he knows where the water went.

It was long time ago.

I'm not sure I remember.

Water went away once. I was small boy then.

It went away, but then they find it again.

They found the water? Where was that?

It had not truly gone away.

It had gone under the earth.

Yeah, from what he told me coming here,

it went into an old underground bed upstream of here.

How'd they ever find it again?

Many men dig for it.

When they had dug far enough,

the water come back into river again.

You know where it is?

No. I am not sure.

Well, there's an awful lot of country to dig up up there.

If we go upstream

maybe we find something to help me remember.

Well, let's get at it.

Sankeno.

No.

Recognize the place?

I think so.

That fallen tree.

I sit in it and watch men of tribe dig.

You sure?

After so many years, how can I be sure?

Well, it'll have to do.

Teddy, get back to the herd.

Leave six men guarding it,

bring back the rest with shovels, start digging.

Right.

Wishbone, you stay here with Sankeno.

Show the men where to dig.

Where are you going?

Pete and I are going back to that Indian village.

What for? Let's go, Pete.

Have you come to beg?

We've come here to speak with the chief of the tribe.

I am the chief.

You must know this isn't the first time

the water has disappeared.

I know of no such thing.

But the man you set out to die does.

He remembers from when he was a small boy.

Maybe the others have forgotten.

We have heard enough.

I would hear more of this.

Every once in a while the water goes under the ground.

My men are digging to find it now.

What I want from you is time.

Time to run?

We could not get more than a mile away

before you cut us off.

We have read your smoke.

I am not thirsty for blood.

If the water comes back,

you and your men will be allowed to leave in peace.

Only the blood will bring the water back.

You will have blood if we don't get the water.

The water will not come back

because the white men dig in the ground.

I will decide.

I will give you till the sun is straight up in the sky.

No luck yet, huh?

Not a sign of water yet, boss.

By the looks of things we're digging our own graves.

Dig with your shovel instead of your mouth, Teddy.

What'd you find out?

They gave us till noon.

That's only a couple hours yet.

Wait a minute, boss,

we don't even know if we're digging in the right place.

Sankeno says

this is the place he remembers.

Well, I'll tell you one thing,

I hate to rely on the memory of a man 80 years old

to save my life.

You know, we could settle this whole thing real easy.

If we kill that old Indian.

No.

Even if he died on his own now,

they wouldn't be satisfied.

They want to see water running through this stream again.

Teddy, you want to take off, go ahead.

Wouldn't be much chance unless all of us went.

Well, all of us ain't going.

Ha!

What are you grinning at?

The Indians got their hands on you,

they probably wouldn't even bother with the rest of us.

All right, come on. We're wasting time.

Wishbone, get out of there. I'll spare you.

Now, Wishbone, you and Mushy get on back to camp,

fix up some grub.

Got it. Take a break.

Well, what are you waiting for? Huh?

You heard Mr. Favor. Get on back to camp.

Hey, I thought you was coming too.

You ain't paid to think.

Now, go on and do what you're told.

No water yet.

I am so old.

Maybe I do not remember right place.

I guess it isn't your fault.

But if they don't strike water...

Sankeno, supposing the white medicine man with the big magic,

the one that made you live again,

was to show up in your village.

What do you think would happen to him?

You would die.

Well, yeah, but aside from that.

Do you think your tribe would be satisfied?

Would they let the rest of the white men go?

Well, guess there's only one way to find out.

Long life, old-timer.

Greetings.

Greetings.

I came to make you an offer.

You call off the war party and I'll stop making magic.

I do not think you are the one who made the magic.

No?

Well, who do you think is?

Back.

Easy.

Mushy, what are you doing here?

I ain't doing nothing, Mr. Wishbone.

He says he is the witch who took Sankeno from the dead.

Him? He couldn't even fix a hangnail.

Then why did he come?

That's what I'd like to know.

Well, I heard what Mr. Teddy said.

I thought if I got here first...

Well, didn't you know what they'd do to you?

We cannot know which of you has the great magic,

but we will find out.

Oh, I...

What are we fooling ourselves for?

There ain't no water here.

Even if there was, we'll never get down to it

before the Comanche come down on us.

Pete?

Go ahead, we'll have to take a chance

on the herd doing some running.

Jim, take those horses back up on the hill.

Hey, Scarlet, dig me a hole about here.

The rest of you better get out of here.

All set?

All set.

Not even a trickle.

If that didn't do it, nothing will.

So we dig some more.

Hey, then it's getting pretty close to noon, boss.

You thinking of killing the Indian again?

No, sir.

It's just that if I'm gonna meet those Indians,

I'd rather do it with a gun in my hand, not a shovel.

Mr. Favor, we stick with the herd, we ain't got a chance.

Well, if we stick together, head out of that valley,

them Indians might think twice before jumping us.

What do you say, Pete?

We might have a chance if we leave the herd.

All right.

My memory not good anymore.

Sankeno.

Look.

We'll be breaking camp,

all of us are going out of the valley.

You want to go with us?

Not all of you are going.

Hm?

The one who took me from the cave,

he did not go back to your camp.

Wishbone?

Where did he go?

To my village.

Did he say why he did?

He hoped to buy your lives.

We can't let them do anything to Wishbone.

We better go get him.

Wait.

You don't have to do anything of the sort.

Wishbone was dumb enough to think he could buy off

the Comanches with his scalp, that's his business.

Who do you think you're talking for, Teddy?

I guess I'm talking for all of us, boss.

Leastwise I got a right to find out.

Now, listen, all of you.

We got a chance to make a run for it.

Who wants to take it?

Now, look, I got nothing against Wishbone,

but he got us into this.

Why do we have to die on account of him?

Nobody's keeping you from going.

Not you or anybody else that wants to go with you.

Any of you coming with me?

You're the one that's gonna kill us all keeping us here.

So why don't you get out?

You been good to me, Mr. Favor.

Now I gotta knock you down.

For your own sake as well as ours,

I gotta knock you down.

Don't try that, Teddy.

I got to, Mr. Favor.

Gee, I'm sorry, Teddy.

Boss, look at that.

Boss, that sand... That's wet send!

Right.

Sankeno knew what he was talking about.

There's water here, all right.

Quince, get the men back to camp.

Get the herd ready to move.

Pete, you and me are going to the Indian village.

I'll be jiggered and flabbergasted.

Come on to the village with us, Sankeno.

No, not Sankeno.

My place is not in village.

Now, look, old-timer,

you're not going back to that cave,

you're going back to that village.

Where you belong.

Your magic is very good.

Well, you mighty well have told.

You can make the waters come and go as you wish.

Now are you gonna untie us?

Do you think we're fools enough

to let such a powerful medicine man live?

Now, just a minute.

I'm glad to see you're cutting my men loose.

Pete?

He is too powerful a medicine man to live.

He didn't have anything to do with the water coming back

into the river.

I can tell you who did, though.

Who?

One of your own people.

He was the one who remembered

when the water disappeared once before.

He was the one who showed us where to dig for it.

He is dead.

We are grateful to you.

You ought to be grateful to Sankeno.

Maybe you are right.

I will send signals to the other tribes.

You'll have a safe journey.

I'll leave Sankeno here.

Where he belongs.

Well, no hard feelings.

And, uh,

from what you told me about those sick kids of yours,

uh, I think they got the colic.

Now, you... You try a couple of these on them.

Hey, boss, that's the cave where we found old Sankeno.

What are you doing here?

I am where I belong.

Well, I guess things don't change easy.

I wish you a safe journey.

We wish you the same, old-timer.

What do you make of that?

Who's to know? Say, Pete.

Let's get out of here before Wishbone finds out.

Head 'em up!

Move 'em out!

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin' Rollin' ♪

♪ Keep rollin', rollin' Rollin' ♪

♪ Though the streams Are swollen ♪

♪ Keep them dogies rollin' ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Through rain and wind And weather ♪

♪ Hell-bent for leather ♪

♪ Wishin' my gal Was by my side ♪

♪ All the things I'm missin' ♪

♪ Good vittles Love and kissin' ♪

♪ Are waiting at the end Of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up Rawhide ♪

♪ Let 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, let 'em out ♪

♪ Cut 'em out Ride 'em in ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

Hyah!

Hyah!

♪ Rawhide! ♪

Hyah!

Hyah!

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪