1 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,680 I'm going to shoot that place to pieces if you don't come out of there. You 2 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:49,680 understand me, Stokes? 3 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:09,300 Well, what about it? 4 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,340 Barney Hunter, listen to me. 5 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:14,120 You let me go. 6 00:01:14,860 --> 00:01:16,580 And I'll give you twice the reward the Army's offering. 7 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:18,460 $2 ,000. 8 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:21,500 $5 ,000. 9 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:22,840 You hear? 10 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,000 $5 ,000. You let me go. 11 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,100 How many people do you have to kill, Stokes, to get $5 ,000? 12 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:30,060 Just Indians. 13 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,980 I never killed nobody. Just Indians. 14 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:34,020 That's the truth, I swear. 15 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,660 Now, when you come out, Stokes, keep your hands high where I can see them. 16 00:02:30,890 --> 00:02:31,890 Good job. 17 00:03:09,770 --> 00:03:12,050 All right, Randall, the captain will see you now. 18 00:03:12,610 --> 00:03:13,610 What's the matter with you? 19 00:03:13,790 --> 00:03:17,190 I thought bounty hunters couldn't see beyond the dollar sign on a wanted 20 00:03:17,890 --> 00:03:20,490 You got a rock on your boot or you got something on your mind? 21 00:03:21,450 --> 00:03:22,450 Strictly army business. 22 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:25,510 You know, here you got a brand new commanding officer here less than a 23 00:03:26,090 --> 00:03:28,490 Emergency fuel ration for the troops and lots of ammunition. 24 00:03:29,010 --> 00:03:30,350 So? Hold on. 25 00:03:30,950 --> 00:03:34,550 Captain Phelps will see you now. 26 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:49,560 Sit down. 27 00:03:58,780 --> 00:03:59,980 What can I do for you, Mr. Randall? 28 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:02,900 Well, I got a prisoner here that the Army wants, and they owe me some money. 29 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:04,480 Well, you should have taken him to Fort Carson. 30 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,020 We don't have the authority nor the means for jailing a wanted man or paying 31 00:04:09,020 --> 00:04:11,420 bounty. Yeah, well, his horse broke a leg. I had to shoot him. 32 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,640 Fort Carson's a long way to be riding double. 33 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:16,220 Randall caught his man in the Kiowa Reservation, sir. 34 00:04:16,670 --> 00:04:18,430 South Pass was the nearest army post. 35 00:04:18,709 --> 00:04:21,910 If you give me a receipt, I can go ahead and pick up the money myself up Fort 36 00:04:21,910 --> 00:04:22,910 Carson. 37 00:04:23,090 --> 00:04:26,890 Of course, we don't know who your prisoner is or whether, in fact, he is 38 00:04:26,890 --> 00:04:28,890 by the army. I can vouch for that, sir. 39 00:04:29,510 --> 00:04:30,950 I know Stokes by sight. 40 00:04:31,250 --> 00:04:32,650 Everybody on the frontier does. 41 00:04:33,050 --> 00:04:37,090 He's been stealing from the Kiowas. He killed at least three of them. The army 42 00:04:37,090 --> 00:04:41,290 should be real pleased to have him in custody here or Fort Carson. 43 00:04:41,670 --> 00:04:42,670 Lieutenant Pierce. 44 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:47,400 As my executive officer, it's your responsibility to carry out orders, not 45 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:48,400 question them. 46 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:51,560 You're new out here, sir. You don't know what we've been going through. 47 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,300 Five years of killing and getting killed. 48 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:58,100 Five years of proving to these savages that we're their friends and not their 49 00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:59,100 enemies. 50 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:01,300 Five long years, Captain. 51 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,160 Just to sign a peace treaty with the Kiowa tribe. 52 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:05,380 That's enough, Lieutenant. 53 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:10,060 It just doesn't make sense, sir. We can't mount a punitive expedition 54 00:05:10,060 --> 00:05:11,060 friendly tribe of Indians. 55 00:05:11,550 --> 00:05:13,730 Less than a month after we signed a peace treaty with them. 56 00:05:14,610 --> 00:05:15,610 Lieutenant Pierce. 57 00:05:16,130 --> 00:05:17,930 All those years of work. 58 00:05:18,490 --> 00:05:22,270 And now we get orders to sneak out, ambush them, and wipe them out? 59 00:05:22,270 --> 00:05:25,130 Pierce, there are civilians present. 60 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:31,630 Yes, sir. 61 00:05:32,710 --> 00:05:34,270 There's no rock on your boot at all. 62 00:05:34,650 --> 00:05:35,830 You've been walking on a mountain. 63 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:39,790 Am I to be honored with a comment from you too, Mr. Randall? 64 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:43,680 None of my business, sir. It just seems to me that Indian War right now would 65 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:44,599 close the frontier. 66 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,600 There'd be a lot of people killed. 67 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:47,040 No sense to it. 68 00:05:47,620 --> 00:05:51,920 I take it you're not only a bounty hunter, but enough of an expert to 69 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,500 with the president and the chief of staff of the United States Army. 70 00:05:55,660 --> 00:05:58,460 Look, I don't care one way or the other what the Army does. All I want to do is 71 00:05:58,460 --> 00:05:59,780 get a receipt, and I'll get on out of here. 72 00:06:03,980 --> 00:06:05,480 The prisoner's name is Stokes. 73 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,160 Yes, sir. Alan Stokes. 74 00:06:09,390 --> 00:06:13,170 Since he's given the Kiowas so much trouble, he's probably very familiar 75 00:06:13,170 --> 00:06:14,170 the reservation. 76 00:06:14,330 --> 00:06:15,950 Well enough to homestead, I imagine. 77 00:06:16,270 --> 00:06:17,270 Uh -huh. 78 00:06:18,110 --> 00:06:21,230 I'm very sorry, Mr. Randall. I'm afraid you'll have to forget about your bounty 79 00:06:21,230 --> 00:06:22,229 and your receipt. 80 00:06:22,230 --> 00:06:26,090 We'll need Stokes and his knowledge of the reservation in order to position the 81 00:06:26,090 --> 00:06:27,090 detachment effectively. 82 00:06:28,250 --> 00:06:30,030 He'll act as our guide in the campaign. 83 00:06:33,450 --> 00:06:37,170 I'm sorry, too, but horse or no horse, I'm going to take my prisoner and get 84 00:06:37,170 --> 00:06:38,170 of here. Let's go. 85 00:06:38,350 --> 00:06:39,630 Just a moment, Mr. Randall. 86 00:06:40,490 --> 00:06:42,570 You seem to forget that you're on a military post. 87 00:06:43,730 --> 00:06:44,730 Carson! 88 00:06:49,010 --> 00:06:50,010 Yes, sir? 89 00:06:51,630 --> 00:06:54,670 Carson, Lieutenant Pierce is relieved of duty as executive officer. 90 00:06:55,110 --> 00:06:56,190 You will replace him. 91 00:06:58,890 --> 00:06:59,890 Yes, sir. 92 00:07:00,510 --> 00:07:01,890 Where does that leave me, Captain? 93 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:04,290 Right here at South Pass. 94 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,050 Under arrest. 95 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:10,720 I've been on the frontier so long, I'm not up on my spit and polish, sir. 96 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,200 Has it become a military crime to discuss an order? 97 00:07:14,780 --> 00:07:15,780 Discuss? 98 00:07:16,380 --> 00:07:20,720 Or question and debate in front of unauthorized civilian personnel? 99 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,560 You're a commissioned officer in the United States Army. 100 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:25,520 I'm also a human being. 101 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:29,040 That'll be all. Consider yourself confined under arrest to the camp area. 102 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:30,880 Yes, sir. 103 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,520 Will that be all, sir? 104 00:07:32,780 --> 00:07:34,280 Well, if it won't disturb you. 105 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:39,020 Either as an officer or as a human being, you might find in provision 106 00:07:39,020 --> 00:07:40,100 for my wife and child. 107 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:41,960 They're expected within the week. 108 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:43,780 Yes, sir. 109 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,580 Carson, see that Mr. Stokes is provided for. 110 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,480 Issue him a horse and arms. 111 00:07:53,220 --> 00:07:55,960 Find him on the detachment roll to the contract civilian guide. 112 00:07:56,300 --> 00:08:00,020 Yes, sir. Wait just one minute. This is my prisoner. I brought him in. I advise 113 00:08:00,020 --> 00:08:03,860 you to leave peacefully, quietly, and alone, Mr. Randall. 114 00:08:04,090 --> 00:08:05,090 Yeah? 115 00:08:05,550 --> 00:08:10,770 And if I don't? Well, I can only assume that you intend to interfere with and 116 00:08:10,770 --> 00:08:14,830 harass a duly authorized military unit in the performance of its ordered 117 00:08:14,830 --> 00:08:16,650 assignment during a state of war. 118 00:08:17,190 --> 00:08:18,190 Make that a little clearer? 119 00:08:18,530 --> 00:08:21,730 Well, if you stay, I'll have no recourse except to order you placed before a 120 00:08:21,730 --> 00:08:22,730 military firing squad. 121 00:08:23,190 --> 00:08:24,610 That's all there is to it, Mr. Randall. 122 00:08:27,010 --> 00:08:28,010 Seems your way, don't it? 123 00:08:28,750 --> 00:08:30,330 Carson, will you show these gentlemen out, please? 124 00:08:30,780 --> 00:08:33,620 And pass the word. We'll be moving against the Kiowas in the morning at 125 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:34,760 daybreak. Yes, sir. 126 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:36,020 Mr. Randall? 127 00:08:36,380 --> 00:08:37,380 Yeah. 128 00:08:38,140 --> 00:08:40,980 Here's the key to his cuffs. He ought to have both hands free when he starts 129 00:08:40,980 --> 00:08:41,980 shooting those Indians. 130 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:43,620 You ought to enjoy this, Stokes. 131 00:09:13,230 --> 00:09:14,230 I'd like to get out of here. 132 00:09:14,430 --> 00:09:15,630 What are you sore about? 133 00:09:15,890 --> 00:09:17,650 I waited for you all day yesterday. 134 00:09:19,690 --> 00:09:23,090 Gentlemen, I'll hear the orders from Washington. 135 00:09:24,210 --> 00:09:26,830 Captain William Phelps has been appointed to the staff at West Point. 136 00:09:27,530 --> 00:09:30,630 Captain Amos Dennison has been appointed to command the cavalry detachment at 137 00:09:30,630 --> 00:09:31,630 Phelps Pass Encampment. 138 00:09:31,850 --> 00:09:35,170 His name is Phelps, not Dennison. Are you sure there's nothing wrong with 139 00:09:35,170 --> 00:09:37,430 orders? There's nothing wrong with these orders. 140 00:09:37,690 --> 00:09:41,530 But these, these orders were prepared by the post adjutant. 141 00:09:41,770 --> 00:09:45,290 Captain Phelps, now listen to this. Captain Amos Dennison has been appointed 142 00:09:45,290 --> 00:09:46,290 the staff at West Point. 143 00:09:47,430 --> 00:09:50,730 Captain William Phelps has been appointed to command the cavalry 144 00:09:50,730 --> 00:09:51,730 South Pass. 145 00:09:52,310 --> 00:09:55,450 Captain Phelps switched appointments and had himself sent to South Pass. 146 00:09:55,930 --> 00:09:58,070 Well, what about his orders to attack the Kiowas? 147 00:09:58,290 --> 00:09:59,370 He had no orders. 148 00:09:59,730 --> 00:10:01,630 The Army isn't at war with the Kiowas. 149 00:10:02,030 --> 00:10:03,090 We're not at war with anybody. 150 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:05,910 It's a murderous attack without justification. 151 00:10:06,710 --> 00:10:10,550 Could lead to disastrous results, not only for the Kiowas, but for all the 152 00:10:10,550 --> 00:10:11,550 Indians. 153 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:14,640 Well, why would he deliberately want to go out and start a war with the Indians? 154 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,440 Let me read you something. 155 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:19,660 Now, this is dated six months ago. 156 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:25,740 William Phelps, Army captain, on his way to Fort Carson, was the sole survivor 157 00:10:25,740 --> 00:10:29,380 of an Indian massacre in which Phelps' wife and child were killed. 158 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:33,560 Phelps went completely out of his mind. 159 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:36,640 Doctors had him under lock and key for over a month. 160 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,320 He's out of his mind, so the Army lets him write his own orders, huh? 161 00:10:41,530 --> 00:10:42,530 Well, he got better. 162 00:10:42,590 --> 00:10:43,950 Or at least he seemed to. 163 00:10:45,090 --> 00:10:46,950 According to the doctors, he was completely recovered. 164 00:10:47,810 --> 00:10:49,530 Certified fit for administrative duty. 165 00:10:50,730 --> 00:10:51,730 Good officer. 166 00:10:51,870 --> 00:10:52,870 Fine record. 167 00:10:54,110 --> 00:10:55,510 I made him post -adjutant. 168 00:10:56,950 --> 00:10:59,690 Listen, a minute ago you mentioned something about his wife and child being 169 00:10:59,690 --> 00:11:03,250 killed. Well, you know, at South Pass, I remember him ordering quarters for the 170 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:04,250 night for them. 171 00:11:04,950 --> 00:11:06,950 His wife and child are dead, Mr. Randall. 172 00:11:07,510 --> 00:11:08,630 I attended the funeral. 173 00:11:09,610 --> 00:11:13,430 In other words, he forged his way into a command at South Pass so he could get 174 00:11:13,430 --> 00:11:15,150 some sort of revenge against the Indians. Is that it? 175 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:21,190 From what you tell me, his behavior now is just like it was that first month 176 00:11:21,190 --> 00:11:22,089 after the massacre. 177 00:11:22,090 --> 00:11:23,910 A man like that leading a detachment. 178 00:11:25,270 --> 00:11:26,310 I don't envy you, Colonel. 179 00:11:27,310 --> 00:11:28,670 You'll envy me even less. 180 00:11:30,210 --> 00:11:34,310 You know, gentlemen, I have two undermanned regiments out here. 181 00:11:35,210 --> 00:11:38,930 Not only that, but they're scattered over 5 ,000 square miles of territory. 182 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,140 I'm going to take a whole regiment and just get one fellow. 183 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,400 I haven't a troop, a squad, a single man available right now. I don't know where 184 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:45,979 I'm good. 185 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:49,800 Well, I'm sorry to bring all this bad news to the Army, but I'm sure that they 186 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,300 can solve their own problem. 187 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:54,800 Yeah, well, look, all I need, Colonel, is the paper, and I'll go to the 188 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:55,800 paymaster and get it. Ronald. 189 00:11:57,180 --> 00:11:58,180 I'm sorry. 190 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:00,180 What? 191 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:02,000 Somebody has to stop Captain Phelps. 192 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,380 Somebody has to carry orders to the detachment replacing Phelps. 193 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:07,800 Somebody that knows that territory. 194 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,560 Somebody who knows where this outlaw Stokes might lead the detachment to set 195 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:12,259 an ambush. 196 00:12:12,260 --> 00:12:13,260 Congratulations, Josh. 197 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,360 You've just been elected. 198 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,380 Look, Colonel, if I go back here, this Captain Feltz is going to have me shot. 199 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:20,000 And if he doesn't, I'm going to end up in the middle of an Indian war and get 200 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 head blown off. 201 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:22,360 No, thank you. 202 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,340 Randall, this is a militarily supervised territory over which I have full 203 00:12:26,340 --> 00:12:30,280 command. Now, in the case of extreme emergency, my powers include the right 204 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:31,380 conscript civilian personnel. 205 00:12:32,140 --> 00:12:34,640 I am conscripting you, Mr. Randall, as of right now. 206 00:12:35,210 --> 00:12:38,310 And if you refuse to take orders, I will have you placed under arrest and court 207 00:12:38,310 --> 00:12:40,510 -martialed for dereliction of duty in the face of danger. 208 00:12:43,210 --> 00:12:44,250 Why be a piker? 209 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:47,250 Captain Phelps threatened to have me put in front of a firing squad. 210 00:12:47,730 --> 00:12:50,130 That could be the easy way out, Mr. Randall. 211 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:53,670 With me, you can look forward to spending the rest of your life in a 212 00:12:53,670 --> 00:12:54,670 prison. 213 00:12:55,670 --> 00:12:59,530 I'll have orders prepared replacing Captain Phelps and ordering the 214 00:12:59,530 --> 00:13:00,530 back to South Pass. 215 00:13:12,140 --> 00:13:13,940 If the colonel doesn't get me, the captain will. 216 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:16,980 If the captain doesn't get me, the Indians will. 217 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,380 Yeah, and if you don't go and the captain isn't stopped, the way I got it 218 00:13:21,380 --> 00:13:25,600 figured, a lot of innocent people, both Indians and whites, are going to get 219 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,600 themselves killed. 220 00:13:27,020 --> 00:13:28,020 Yeah. 221 00:13:28,780 --> 00:13:30,340 Boy, I sure hear people shooting at me. 222 00:13:31,780 --> 00:13:32,940 Well, we best get at it. 223 00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:59,910 You head straight for the South Pass. Find Lieutenant Joe Pierce. Have him 224 00:13:59,910 --> 00:14:01,070 some men of me up to the reservation. 225 00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:02,470 Where? 226 00:14:02,930 --> 00:14:06,390 Yeah, well, I can't guarantee anything, but, uh, have him meet me at the old 227 00:14:06,390 --> 00:14:08,190 blockhouse where I picked up Joe Stokes. He'll know where. 228 00:14:08,750 --> 00:14:10,150 You gonna be able to stop a captain? 229 00:14:10,390 --> 00:14:12,610 I don't know, Jase, but I'm sure gonna try. Go ahead. 230 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,560 By now they must have gotten the captain's message. 231 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,920 Two and a half, maybe three hours. 232 00:14:55,380 --> 00:14:56,700 They'll come right through that canyon. 233 00:14:57,380 --> 00:14:58,600 The whole Kiowa tribe. 234 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:02,780 You set your men along the tops of these two cliffs. 235 00:15:03,540 --> 00:15:04,540 That's all there is to it. 236 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:06,920 Like shooting ducks in a gallery. 237 00:15:08,060 --> 00:15:09,060 You like the idea. 238 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:10,720 Why not? 239 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:11,920 They're just Indians. 240 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,260 I wish you were one of them. 241 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:20,160 That's more world, isn't it? 242 00:15:21,260 --> 00:15:23,400 You know, you've got quite a job ahead of you. 243 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,500 Wiping out a whole Indian tribe. 244 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,240 Captain's orders were to place you under arrest if you showed up here again. 245 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:30,860 I got some orders myself this time. 246 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,140 And I think these are a little bit... He was going for his gun. 247 00:15:36,180 --> 00:15:37,180 From his shirt? 248 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:45,240 He dead? 249 00:15:45,580 --> 00:15:47,560 No. And you can be thankful he isn't. 250 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,740 Let's get him back to the blockhouse. 251 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:14,360 Vita! 252 00:17:03,020 --> 00:17:04,020 these, Mr. Randall? 253 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:16,420 The mission contained in my orders, Mr. Randall, 254 00:17:16,460 --> 00:17:18,060 is of the utmost importance and urgency. 255 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:22,819 Nothing, absolutely nothing, can or will prevent the successful completion of 256 00:17:22,819 --> 00:17:23,819 that mission. 257 00:17:23,859 --> 00:17:25,240 Not you, Mr. Randall. 258 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:28,940 Not these obviously false and forged orders. 259 00:17:33,130 --> 00:17:34,130 The plan is set. 260 00:17:34,850 --> 00:17:36,450 The tribe is already on the move. 261 00:17:37,310 --> 00:17:40,850 Within an hour, the Keoa tribe will be wiped out. 262 00:17:43,310 --> 00:17:44,310 And you're a traitor. 263 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:47,730 Giving aid and comfort to the enemy. 264 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:52,290 I warned you, Mr. Randall. You saw fit to ignore that warning and try to stop 265 00:17:52,290 --> 00:17:53,290 us. 266 00:17:53,350 --> 00:17:54,350 Lieutenant Carson? 267 00:17:57,150 --> 00:17:58,150 Yes, sir. 268 00:17:58,870 --> 00:18:00,290 My order's been carried out, Lieutenant. 269 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,040 The firing squad is ready. 270 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,720 You really gonna shoot me? 271 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:11,400 Take him away. 272 00:18:11,660 --> 00:18:12,660 Now, listen to me, Lieutenant. 273 00:18:13,060 --> 00:18:16,180 My life depends on this. This man's crazier than a hoot owl. They had him 274 00:18:16,180 --> 00:18:19,360 up back in Fort Laramie. He hasn't got any authority to attack any Kiowa 275 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,580 Indians, much less have me shot. He belongs in a hospital. 276 00:18:22,220 --> 00:18:25,620 Have you finished, Mr. Randall? I came here with orders from Colonel Bradley 277 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:28,180 you to relieve him of his command and take his detachment down to the South 278 00:18:28,180 --> 00:18:29,180 Pass. 279 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,380 Well, he sat here right in front of me and burned those orders. 280 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:34,700 This man is dangerous, Lieutenant. 281 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,800 Suggest you draw your sidearm. Keep him under constant watch. 282 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,640 You have your orders? 283 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,520 Yes, sir. 284 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,640 Listen to me, Lieutenant. I'm telling you the truth. 285 00:19:04,170 --> 00:19:05,170 Sergeant Jones! 286 00:19:14,850 --> 00:19:15,689 Yes, sir. 287 00:19:15,690 --> 00:19:16,690 Take the prisoner. 288 00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:18,330 Yes, sir. 289 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,480 By the trail, two's right. 290 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,360 Arch. Detail. Halt. 291 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,400 Right. Dress. 292 00:19:56,060 --> 00:19:57,060 Front. 293 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,120 Sergeant Jones, hold your fire. 294 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:06,820 Order. Arm. 295 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:09,760 Lieutenant Pierce! 296 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,880 I gave you explicit instructions to remain in South Pass. 297 00:20:15,350 --> 00:20:18,450 I trust you have an adequate explanation for this flagrant breach of discipline. 298 00:20:19,310 --> 00:20:21,890 Well, sir, I... I'm afraid it's my fault, Captain. 299 00:20:22,550 --> 00:20:23,550 I don't know this man. 300 00:20:23,970 --> 00:20:27,870 My name is Jason Nichols, courier from Fort Carson with an urgent message for 301 00:20:27,870 --> 00:20:28,870 the Captain. 302 00:20:29,350 --> 00:20:31,410 Lieutenant Pierce is good enough to bring me here, sir. 303 00:20:32,510 --> 00:20:35,090 Your wife and child, sir, have been seriously hurt in an accident. 304 00:20:35,510 --> 00:20:38,170 Colonel Bradley requests that you return to Fort Carson immediately. 305 00:20:40,770 --> 00:20:42,030 My wife and child hurt? 306 00:20:43,010 --> 00:20:44,010 Seriously hurt, sir. 307 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,760 They're in the hospital in Fort Carson. 308 00:20:46,220 --> 00:20:47,480 I was sent to bring you back. 309 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,040 Yes, of course. 310 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:54,880 My wife and baby. 311 00:21:00,220 --> 00:21:02,720 Lieutenant Pierce, you're the senior officer here. You will assume command. 312 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:04,580 Proceed with the military mission. 313 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:07,980 I must return at once to Fort Carson. 314 00:21:08,260 --> 00:21:09,260 Yes, sir. 315 00:21:32,910 --> 00:21:34,190 A wife and child are dead. 316 00:21:35,290 --> 00:21:36,750 I was there. I saw it. 317 00:21:37,690 --> 00:21:39,910 But you ordered Pierce to prepare quarters for them. 318 00:21:44,290 --> 00:21:45,550 Very clever, Mr. Nichols. 319 00:21:45,850 --> 00:21:47,610 What will I tell the colonel, sir? Stop it! 320 00:21:47,850 --> 00:21:48,769 They're safe. 321 00:21:48,770 --> 00:21:49,770 They're both safe. 322 00:21:49,890 --> 00:21:51,450 At the South Pass encampment. 323 00:21:52,630 --> 00:21:53,589 Tell him, Carson. 324 00:21:53,590 --> 00:21:54,590 You too, Pierce. 325 00:21:54,810 --> 00:21:57,490 You dined with us only yesterday. You saw my wife. You saw my baby. 326 00:21:57,730 --> 00:21:58,910 They're well. You know they're well. 327 00:21:59,270 --> 00:22:00,270 Captain Phelps. 328 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,280 I'm sorry, sir. 329 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:05,060 You're too ill to know what you're doing. 330 00:22:05,860 --> 00:22:07,240 I'm relieving you of command. 331 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:12,040 Lieutenant Carson, Captain will be confined to his quarters pending further 332 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,040 notice. 333 00:22:13,140 --> 00:22:14,140 Yes, sir. 334 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Captain? 335 00:22:23,060 --> 00:22:27,220 Withdraw the detachment from its battle positions and prepare them to return to 336 00:22:27,220 --> 00:22:28,220 South Pass. 337 00:22:36,140 --> 00:22:38,980 It takes one step to prevent the detachment from wiping out those 338 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:41,760 Drop those rifles! 339 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,360 Dismiss the detail. 340 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:18,560 Detail dismissed. 341 00:23:20,420 --> 00:23:22,520 Get to the detachment and pull them back. 342 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,460 Tell the Kiowas it was all a mistake. 343 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,600 Tell them the army will leave their reservation as they came. 344 00:23:28,020 --> 00:23:29,020 In peace. 345 00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:31,300 Yes, sir. 346 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,860 You can present this to the paymaster. 347 00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:51,620 He'll give you your bounty money. 348 00:23:51,940 --> 00:23:54,020 Well, to tell you again how grateful I am to you. 349 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:59,260 Wait a minute. This isn't right. That's not enough money right there. 350 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,420 What's for $1 ,000? That's the posted bounty. 351 00:24:03,020 --> 00:24:06,280 I'm not authorized to pay any... Listen, Colonel, you force me into this army of 352 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,660 yours, and I expect prevailing rate of pay on each and every day I serve. 353 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:13,320 You know, I didn't get this playing horseshoes. 354 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:27,120 Mr. Randall? 355 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,600 Much obliged. 356 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,560 Uh, Randall. 357 00:24:32,780 --> 00:24:34,860 You know, we could use a good scout here on the post.