1 00:00:20,888 --> 00:00:23,091 ** 2 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:35,803 * Quincannon, Quincannon, Quincannon * 3 00:00:35,836 --> 00:00:39,707 * remember the name Quincannon 4 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:43,311 * Quincannon of the west 5 00:00:43,344 --> 00:00:48,849 * Quincannon of the west 6 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:52,620 * a fighter, a battler, and fast as a rattler * 7 00:00:52,653 --> 00:00:56,490 * when danger was about 8 00:00:56,524 --> 00:01:00,128 * a good man, a fair man, a two-fisted square man * 9 00:01:00,128 --> 00:01:04,865 * Quincannon, frontier scout 10 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:07,201 * a frontier scout is a man 11 00:01:07,235 --> 00:01:10,704 * who rides to see what lies ahead * 12 00:01:10,738 --> 00:01:13,841 * he bosses the wagons, and he keeps 'em in line * 13 00:01:13,874 --> 00:01:17,145 * and watches the trail for an injun sign * 14 00:01:17,145 --> 00:01:18,546 * an overturned pebble 15 00:01:18,579 --> 00:01:22,716 * can tell him where an injun's tread * 16 00:01:22,750 --> 00:01:25,186 * a frontier scout is a man 17 00:01:25,219 --> 00:01:28,556 * who knows where the buffaloes will graze * 18 00:01:28,589 --> 00:01:31,759 * his rifle's a legend, and his gun is law * 19 00:01:31,792 --> 00:01:34,728 * there ain't a man livin' that he can't outdraw * 20 00:01:34,762 --> 00:01:41,369 * and the ladies all agree that he has the winnin'est ways * 21 00:01:41,402 --> 00:01:44,638 * Quincannon, Quincannon, Quincannon * 22 00:01:44,672 --> 00:01:48,576 * remember the name Quincannon 23 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:52,613 * Quincannon of the west 24 00:01:52,646 --> 00:01:58,619 * Quincannon of the west 25 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:03,657 hey, Sonny. 26 00:02:03,691 --> 00:02:05,359 Driver: Giddap! Ha! 27 00:02:06,694 --> 00:02:08,896 Know anyone around here named Quincannon? 28 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:11,899 Yeah, he's in the saloon. 29 00:02:34,555 --> 00:02:36,724 Quinny, them fellers are lookin' for ya. 30 00:02:36,757 --> 00:02:38,559 I gathered as much. 31 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:40,628 You... you an outlaw? 32 00:02:41,795 --> 00:02:42,763 What'd they give ya? 33 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:44,232 Couple of coppers. 34 00:02:44,232 --> 00:02:45,833 Couple of coppers? 35 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:48,669 Trade ya for a silver cartwheel. 36 00:02:48,702 --> 00:02:49,703 Okay? 37 00:02:49,737 --> 00:02:50,704 Okay. 38 00:02:50,738 --> 00:02:51,872 Thanks. 39 00:02:53,674 --> 00:02:55,309 So long, Dickie. 40 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,618 Say, boy. You, little shaver. 41 00:03:04,652 --> 00:03:06,654 Come here a minute. I wanna talk to ya. 42 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:12,260 Son, there's nobody by the name of Quincannon in there. 43 00:03:12,260 --> 00:03:14,462 Sure, I saw him go in. 44 00:03:14,495 --> 00:03:16,364 What did he have on, son? 45 00:03:16,397 --> 00:03:17,598 What'd he look like? 46 00:03:17,631 --> 00:03:19,267 Don't you guys know him? 47 00:03:20,634 --> 00:03:22,270 There. That's him. 48 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:28,276 It is. 49 00:03:28,309 --> 00:03:29,677 Now, you wouldn't wanna joke... 50 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:33,481 He's around here someplace. We'll find him. 51 00:03:35,416 --> 00:03:38,386 Fine, quinny, I'll have that black horse saddled up before you get back. 52 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:40,754 That'll be in five minutes. Soon as I pack. 53 00:03:40,788 --> 00:03:41,789 Right. 54 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:00,774 (Footsteps approaching) 55 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,324 Would you please get out of here? 56 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:18,759 (Screams) 57 00:04:18,792 --> 00:04:22,330 Sorry, ma'am, just trying to avoid an emergency. 58 00:04:22,330 --> 00:04:23,331 (Muffled screams) 59 00:04:23,331 --> 00:04:24,765 You hit pleasantly. 60 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:26,033 Now, if you'll stop spitting, 61 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:28,402 little bobcat, I'll let you go. 62 00:04:28,436 --> 00:04:30,671 Is that a treaty? Huh? 63 00:04:33,407 --> 00:04:36,744 (Screams) 64 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:38,479 (Screaming continues) 65 00:04:45,519 --> 00:04:47,421 So, Quincannon, here you are. 66 00:04:47,455 --> 00:04:48,389 Am I? 67 00:04:48,422 --> 00:04:50,758 Would you gentlemen please get this polecat 68 00:04:50,791 --> 00:04:51,492 out of my room? 69 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:53,361 We'll do that, ma'am. Maybe. 70 00:04:53,394 --> 00:04:55,596 We're glad to find him here. 71 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,698 Happy as bears in a Berry patch. 72 00:04:57,731 --> 00:04:59,900 Would you mind telling me, gentlemen, 73 00:04:59,933 --> 00:05:02,436 what's all this trackin' and trailin' about? 74 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:04,705 From col. Conover, sir. 75 00:05:04,738 --> 00:05:06,907 He'd like to talk with you. 76 00:05:06,940 --> 00:05:08,909 Oh, the army, eh? 77 00:05:08,942 --> 00:05:11,379 I thought you were from down Kansas way. 78 00:05:11,379 --> 00:05:12,613 Had a little trouble down there. 79 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:13,981 Nothing important. 80 00:05:14,014 --> 00:05:16,684 Give the colonel my respects. 81 00:05:16,717 --> 00:05:19,453 Tell him the army'll have to do without me. 82 00:05:20,454 --> 00:05:21,822 In the name of the United States, 83 00:05:21,855 --> 00:05:23,557 I herewith arrest you. 84 00:05:23,591 --> 00:05:24,825 Using force if necessary. 85 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:27,895 Force is necessary. 86 00:05:31,732 --> 00:05:33,734 (Grunting) 87 00:05:38,806 --> 00:05:40,641 (Grunting) 88 00:05:48,749 --> 00:05:52,085 Oh, seven years bad luck. 89 00:05:58,025 --> 00:05:59,793 (Door opens) 90 00:06:02,496 --> 00:06:04,798 Ramrod's on his way up, sir. 91 00:06:05,933 --> 00:06:08,702 I mean the colonel, bless him. 92 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:11,705 (Footsteps approaching) 93 00:06:16,644 --> 00:06:17,811 (Knock at door) 94 00:06:19,647 --> 00:06:20,648 Colonel. 95 00:06:23,484 --> 00:06:24,718 Where is he, lieutenant? 96 00:06:24,752 --> 00:06:25,919 In the next room, sir. 97 00:06:25,953 --> 00:06:26,954 Never mind. 98 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:35,496 You make seeing an old friend 99 00:06:35,529 --> 00:06:36,864 a very difficult manner, quinny. 100 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:37,698 Friend? 101 00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:39,767 You should have answered my letters. 102 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,603 Correspondence is one of my many weaknesses. 103 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:44,672 That's very inconsiderate of you. 104 00:06:44,705 --> 00:06:46,640 I've had men out looking for you 105 00:06:46,674 --> 00:06:48,709 as far South as forts fetterman and Reno. 106 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:52,580 That's very friendly of you. 107 00:06:52,613 --> 00:06:54,882 So are these ties of friendship. 108 00:06:56,116 --> 00:06:57,150 Burke! 109 00:06:59,787 --> 00:07:01,622 Release Mr. Quincannon. 110 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:07,695 This the only way you could handle the situation, lieutenant? 111 00:07:07,728 --> 00:07:10,564 Your orders were, sir, for me to find Mr. Quincannon 112 00:07:10,598 --> 00:07:11,565 and then to hold him. 113 00:07:11,599 --> 00:07:14,668 To hold him, sir, this action was necessary. 114 00:07:15,736 --> 00:07:18,038 Mr. Quincannon has a habit of hitting people 115 00:07:18,071 --> 00:07:20,173 with anything he can get his hands on, colonel. 116 00:07:20,207 --> 00:07:23,711 Burke, out west here, people don't put handcuffs on grizzly bears 117 00:07:23,744 --> 00:07:24,745 unless they don't know. 118 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:27,147 I wouldn't mention this to anyone. 119 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,149 They might not believe you. 120 00:07:29,182 --> 00:07:30,818 How'd you do it anyway? 121 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:34,154 I say, how'd you do it? 122 00:07:34,187 --> 00:07:35,689 Well, sir, it was like this. 123 00:07:35,723 --> 00:07:36,690 We entered the room... 124 00:07:36,724 --> 00:07:38,225 No hard feelings, lieutenant. 125 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,161 Dismissed. Stand by. 126 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,107 I know how much the army meant to you, quinny. 127 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:56,810 It was your whole life. 128 00:07:56,844 --> 00:07:58,779 You had a great career ahead of you. 129 00:07:58,812 --> 00:08:01,248 You smashed it. Why? 130 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:04,017 Get to the point, Harry. 131 00:08:04,051 --> 00:08:06,720 A shipment of rifles is missing. 132 00:08:06,754 --> 00:08:10,558 New Henrys. Lever-action repeaters. 133 00:08:10,558 --> 00:08:12,125 Eight hundred of them. 134 00:08:12,159 --> 00:08:14,728 And 10,000 rounds of ammunition. 135 00:08:14,762 --> 00:08:16,129 Where'd it happen? 136 00:08:16,163 --> 00:08:18,098 Near fort c.F. Smith. 137 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:19,767 Those rifles were to rearm 138 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,002 the garrisons of the bozeman trail forts. 139 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:23,036 Hmm. 140 00:08:23,070 --> 00:08:24,905 That's red cloud's country. 141 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:27,608 Cheyenne, sioux, and arapaho. 142 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:29,743 The shipment was secret. 143 00:08:29,777 --> 00:08:31,945 I was the only one in the command that knew about it. 144 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:34,815 The word was brought direct by courier from Washington. 145 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,217 None of my subordinates knew about it. 146 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,787 The shipment was sent by ordinary freight. 147 00:08:39,820 --> 00:08:43,323 The rifles were packed in flour barrels. 148 00:08:43,356 --> 00:08:45,793 The guards were armed civilians. 149 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,828 The hostiles raided and... 150 00:08:50,230 --> 00:08:53,834 Do you realize what 800 rapid-fire repeaters 151 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:57,705 could mean in the hands of savages like the arapaho and the Cheyenne? 152 00:08:58,906 --> 00:09:01,609 When we fight, we're patriots. 153 00:09:01,642 --> 00:09:03,744 When the Indians fight for their homes, 154 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:04,812 their savages. 155 00:09:04,845 --> 00:09:08,048 By the great horn spoon, you sound happy about it. 156 00:09:08,081 --> 00:09:10,718 You're getting to be part Indian. 157 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,853 Please, quinny, I didn't come here for a sermon. 158 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:14,254 I need your help. 159 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:17,190 Who got the rifles? 160 00:09:17,224 --> 00:09:18,726 Arapahos, I think. 161 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:20,260 Iron wolf's band. 162 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,762 Iron wolf, huh? 163 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:23,664 He's very ambitious. 164 00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:26,634 His people run with dull knife's cheyennes. 165 00:09:26,634 --> 00:09:30,771 He'll use those rifles to build himself up politically into a big chief. 166 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:34,007 He wants to outdo dull knife and red cloud. 167 00:09:34,041 --> 00:09:36,143 You see, quinny, that's why I need you. 168 00:09:36,176 --> 00:09:37,778 You know these things. 169 00:09:37,811 --> 00:09:40,280 You know the arapaho and the Cheyenne. 170 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:42,750 You speak their lingo. You've lived with 'em. 171 00:09:42,783 --> 00:09:43,717 You know how they think. 172 00:09:43,751 --> 00:09:46,720 Please, will you take this scout mission? 173 00:09:46,754 --> 00:09:49,723 Find these rifles before they can be used against us. 174 00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:51,792 You have good scouts. 175 00:09:51,825 --> 00:09:53,827 California Joe, Johnny redwing. 176 00:09:53,861 --> 00:09:56,697 Well, they're not 10% of Quincannon for this job. 177 00:09:56,730 --> 00:09:58,065 No, Harry. 178 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:01,635 You gone yella, quin? 179 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,739 Quinny, I... 180 00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:09,042 Quinny, I'm sorry! 181 00:10:09,076 --> 00:10:10,043 Quinny! 182 00:10:10,077 --> 00:10:13,013 Quinny. I apologize. 183 00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:15,783 I didn't mean that. Please listen to me. 184 00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:18,852 Col. Conover? 185 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:20,988 At your orders. 186 00:10:21,021 --> 00:10:23,824 Lt. Burke told me you were here. 187 00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:26,326 Miss Mason, may I present col. Conover. 188 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:28,161 How do you do, miss Mason. 189 00:10:28,195 --> 00:10:29,429 You'll excuse me. 190 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:33,400 Quinny, will you have the courtesy to wait and hear me out? 191 00:10:33,433 --> 00:10:35,803 Miss Mason, won't you sit down? 192 00:10:37,705 --> 00:10:39,840 Now, is there anything I can do for you? 193 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:41,742 I'm on my way to ft. Smith, colonel. 194 00:10:41,775 --> 00:10:43,811 Oh, are you? Very interesting... 195 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:45,913 And very dangerous. 196 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:48,849 You'll have to have a very good reason 197 00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:50,751 for me to authorize such a request. 198 00:10:50,784 --> 00:10:51,985 From gen. Sheridan. 199 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:53,821 Asking you to help me. 200 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:02,763 And the general leaves it to my discretion. 201 00:11:02,796 --> 00:11:04,998 Why do you want to go there? 202 00:11:05,032 --> 00:11:08,135 My brother, corp. Mason, was stationed at ft. Smith. 203 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,738 He's being held for $2,000 ransom, 204 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:11,972 and I've brought the money. 205 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:14,274 Oh, who is holding him and where? 206 00:11:14,307 --> 00:11:17,344 Indians. Arapahos, I think. 207 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:19,747 I was given a message in Washington telling me 208 00:11:19,747 --> 00:11:21,782 to bring the money to ft. Smith. 209 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:24,184 Was that in the incident you mentioned, Harry? 210 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:25,819 No, that was earlier. 211 00:11:25,853 --> 00:11:28,889 Lt. Hostedder and a sergeant had a patrol out. 212 00:11:28,922 --> 00:11:30,791 It was ambushed. 213 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:33,894 Only the lieutenant and the sergeant escaped alive. 214 00:11:33,927 --> 00:11:38,198 Wasn't a paymaster's guard wiped out and a month's payroll stolen? 215 00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:41,769 You know the Indians have no use for money, Harry. 216 00:11:41,802 --> 00:11:44,004 They give it to their children for toys. 217 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:47,307 Oh, miss Mason. Have you received any report 218 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:50,443 from the department of the army on your brother? 219 00:11:50,477 --> 00:11:52,846 He was reported killed in action. 220 00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:58,786 Madam, I regret to say that if you have received such a notice, 221 00:11:58,819 --> 00:11:59,787 it is true. 222 00:11:59,787 --> 00:12:03,891 The army never makes mistakes, miss Mason. 223 00:12:04,825 --> 00:12:07,394 Is capt. Bell still in command at ft. Smith? 224 00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:09,162 He was my brother's commanding officer. 225 00:12:09,196 --> 00:12:12,032 Yes, he is still in command there. 226 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:13,901 I met capt. Bell in Washington last summer 227 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:15,068 when he was on leave. 228 00:12:15,102 --> 00:12:16,904 He's a fine man. 229 00:12:16,937 --> 00:12:18,238 And a fine officer. 230 00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:20,507 And I would like to hear from his own lips 231 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:22,175 that my brother is dead. 232 00:12:22,209 --> 00:12:24,044 Perhaps there's still a chance he is alive 233 00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:24,912 with the Indians. 234 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:28,515 Madam, I can save you a useless trip 235 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:31,451 and possibly your life. 236 00:12:31,484 --> 00:12:33,086 Your request is denied. 237 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,155 Then I will have to go back to gen. Sheridan 238 00:12:35,188 --> 00:12:36,356 and have him order you to... 239 00:12:36,389 --> 00:12:37,424 Your privilege. 240 00:12:37,457 --> 00:12:39,559 Give the general my compliments. 241 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,561 Good day, sir. 242 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:43,196 I am sorry, miss Mason. 243 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:44,431 Good day. 244 00:12:48,535 --> 00:12:52,072 I couldn't let her risk her life on a wild goose chase. 245 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:54,574 There's more to this than meets the eye. 246 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:56,043 Yes, there is. 247 00:12:58,011 --> 00:13:00,413 And I didn't change my own mind, Harry. 248 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,115 What the girl said did it. 249 00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:04,952 I'm going, and I'm taking her with me. 250 00:13:04,985 --> 00:13:07,554 Looks like you've got a lot of white skunks 251 00:13:07,587 --> 00:13:09,890 in the Garrison at ft. Smith. 252 00:13:09,923 --> 00:13:12,559 Iron wolf is an Indian skunk 253 00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:14,427 if there ever was one, 254 00:13:14,461 --> 00:13:15,896 and I'll do anything I can 255 00:13:15,929 --> 00:13:17,097 to keep him from arousing 256 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:18,365 the Cheyenne and the sioux 257 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:21,201 and arming them with those Henrys. 258 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:24,437 I'll also try to uncover any mess at the post. 259 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:26,974 There are people who try to provoke the Indians 260 00:13:27,007 --> 00:13:29,542 so they can kill 'em off faster. 261 00:13:29,576 --> 00:13:32,445 If I can prevent another washita massacre, Harry, 262 00:13:32,479 --> 00:13:33,513 I'll do it, 263 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:35,615 and I'll kill any man, 264 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:36,884 Indian or white, 265 00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:38,919 gets in my way. 266 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:41,554 No regrets. 267 00:13:41,588 --> 00:13:43,356 The girl is a decoy, then, 268 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:46,626 so you can uncover a mess at the fort? 269 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,896 Prettier pigeon I've never seen. 270 00:13:48,896 --> 00:13:51,464 Revenge is what you really want. 271 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:54,634 I don't want you blackening the good name of the army. 272 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,436 Won't be me, Harry. 273 00:13:56,469 --> 00:13:59,139 If it's blackened, it's been done already. 274 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:00,540 Well, I can't believe 275 00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:03,410 that any of our men at ft. Smith could... 276 00:14:04,611 --> 00:14:08,181 If you do find anything out of line, 277 00:14:08,215 --> 00:14:10,550 let me know about it. 278 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:12,019 I will. 279 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:16,656 Now write me out a military pass for miss Mason. 280 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:20,360 Put her in my custody and under my orders. 281 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:22,329 How many men do you want? 282 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:23,330 Two. 283 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,232 Two what? 284 00:14:25,265 --> 00:14:28,335 Two squads? Two troops? 285 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:30,170 Two men. 286 00:14:30,203 --> 00:14:31,204 Are you joking? 287 00:14:32,539 --> 00:14:34,074 Is that safe? 288 00:14:34,107 --> 00:14:36,243 No, it's less dangerous. 289 00:14:36,276 --> 00:14:39,346 It's your party. 290 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:42,249 I'll take that shave-tail Burke, 291 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:44,484 and that sergeant Calvin. 292 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:46,119 Your bosom friends. 293 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:49,556 They were smart enough to find me, 294 00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:51,558 had enough gumption to jump me. 295 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:54,094 They'll work out fine. 296 00:14:54,127 --> 00:14:56,596 I'll need four good mounts and a pack horse. 297 00:14:56,629 --> 00:15:00,300 I'll give you an army voucher to the liberty stable owner. 298 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,302 Oh, and I want Calvin and Burke 299 00:15:02,335 --> 00:15:05,305 dressed as cowhands or buffalo hunters. 300 00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:07,574 You'll break Burke's heart taking away his uniform. 301 00:15:07,607 --> 00:15:09,977 I don't think so. 302 00:15:09,977 --> 00:15:13,546 You know, it's fun giving the colonel orders. 303 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:16,583 Have 'em ready in front of the stable at daybreak. 304 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:19,619 I gotta get the pigeon ready for flight. 305 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,663 (Rooster crows) 306 00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:32,665 Detail reporting for duty, sir. 307 00:15:32,699 --> 00:15:34,567 Skip the "sirs" from now on. 308 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:36,203 This stays here. 309 00:15:36,236 --> 00:15:39,572 But... but I'll need some indication of rank or uniform. 310 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:40,640 Listen, Burke, 311 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:42,575 the academy is still on the Hudson 312 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,411 2,000 Miles east of here. 313 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:47,647 My advice is to leave it there. 314 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,516 Now, the saddles are in the stable. 315 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:50,617 Bring 'em out. 316 00:15:54,187 --> 00:15:56,289 Oh, Burke, 317 00:15:56,323 --> 00:15:58,391 take that ramrod out of your back. 318 00:15:58,425 --> 00:15:59,726 You'll ride much easier. 319 00:16:08,201 --> 00:16:09,702 Man: Quinny. 320 00:16:13,373 --> 00:16:15,108 Morning, ma'am. Morning. 321 00:16:15,142 --> 00:16:17,177 Hi, colonel. Morning, quinny. 322 00:16:17,210 --> 00:16:19,546 How you gonna ride in an outfit like that? 323 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:20,613 Side-saddle. 324 00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:22,282 You'll do better walking. 325 00:16:24,684 --> 00:16:25,752 What are you doing? 326 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:28,421 Could've at least put on the riding boots I gave you. 327 00:16:28,455 --> 00:16:30,757 They were too large. 328 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:32,092 Everything here? 329 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:34,627 Yes, and you can have it all back. 330 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:37,730 No lady would be seen in these. 331 00:16:37,764 --> 00:16:41,768 Ma'am, you'd like a lady in anything or nothing. 332 00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:46,406 What, uh, what makes you think they'll fit? 333 00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:48,675 I've given the matter a lot of study. 334 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:50,277 Here, put these on. 335 00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:51,344 I will not. 336 00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:53,080 Want me to go with ya? 337 00:17:10,163 --> 00:17:12,299 You all have to stare at me? 338 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:15,468 Still the prettiest thing I've seen this morning. 339 00:17:15,502 --> 00:17:16,503 Now mount up. 340 00:17:24,211 --> 00:17:27,580 You wanna reconsider, quinny? What? 341 00:17:27,614 --> 00:17:28,648 Your commission. 342 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:30,483 I can get her reinstated. 343 00:17:30,517 --> 00:17:33,120 The army could sure use ya. 344 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,454 They have already. 345 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:37,724 What do I do now? 346 00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:40,627 You're a lady knows how to kick. 347 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:43,163 Well, kick. 348 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:49,669 ** 349 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:54,307 You know, I think I'll get his reinstatement ready, 350 00:17:54,341 --> 00:17:55,508 just in case. 351 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:56,543 What did you say? 352 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,445 Oh, I didn't hear you, colonel. 353 00:17:58,478 --> 00:17:59,612 Uh, nothing. 354 00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:01,748 Where's the telegraph in this town? 355 00:18:01,781 --> 00:18:03,283 It's in the express office, 356 00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:04,584 but they ain't open yet. 357 00:18:04,617 --> 00:18:06,586 Well, you get a man to open it up. 358 00:18:06,619 --> 00:18:09,656 I want to telegraph the department of the army 359 00:18:09,689 --> 00:18:10,723 in Washington. 360 00:18:10,757 --> 00:18:11,724 Yes, sir. 361 00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:19,226 How ya doin'? 362 00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:24,231 Why don't you stop trapping people? 363 00:19:24,231 --> 00:19:25,565 Ma'am, a horse softens you up 364 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:26,966 before he hardens you up. 365 00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:28,301 May I help you mount? 366 00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:29,369 No, thank you. 367 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:31,371 I can manage myself. 368 00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:32,772 Very well. Mount. 369 00:19:32,805 --> 00:19:34,274 We're movin'. 370 00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,279 We're crossing that Ridge over there 371 00:19:39,312 --> 00:19:42,249 before the country gets too open. 372 00:19:42,282 --> 00:19:44,384 It's easier country on this side. 373 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:45,652 That's why the Indians use it 374 00:19:45,685 --> 00:19:48,488 as a high road for hunting and war parties. 375 00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:49,756 I don't see any road. 376 00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:51,824 You're not an Indian. 377 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:53,960 Now, follow me, 378 00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:56,263 ride where I ride, 379 00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:58,331 and stay below the skyline. 380 00:19:58,365 --> 00:20:00,600 What hair I've got I want to keep. 381 00:20:14,747 --> 00:20:16,483 I'll build a squad fire. 382 00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:17,984 How 'bout me makin' us some 383 00:20:18,017 --> 00:20:19,652 hot con pone and boiled coffee 384 00:20:19,686 --> 00:20:22,455 like neither one of ya tasted west of bullocksee? 385 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:24,391 Pullin' stakes in 20 minutes. 386 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:26,593 Supper is buffalo jerky and water. 387 00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:28,595 Pass it around, huh? 388 00:20:28,628 --> 00:20:30,630 Twenty minutes, why? 389 00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:32,465 Indians around. 390 00:20:32,499 --> 00:20:34,601 Think we'll have a skirmish maybe? 391 00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:35,602 Not if I can help it. 392 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:37,604 Besides, it's a hunting party. 393 00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:39,439 Did you see them? 394 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:40,507 How do you know? 395 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:42,442 What are you trying to do, scare us? 396 00:20:42,475 --> 00:20:44,744 That's my sideline, ma'am, 397 00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:45,812 scarin' women. 398 00:20:54,921 --> 00:20:56,989 Cheyenne buffalo arrow. 399 00:20:57,023 --> 00:20:58,124 How do you figure it? 400 00:20:58,157 --> 00:21:01,661 Well, a buffalo arrow flies with the blades vertical, 401 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:04,731 so it can enter a buffalo's ribs which are vertical. 402 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:07,934 War arrow flies with the blades flat. 403 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:10,637 A man's ribs are horizontal. 404 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:12,739 So are a woman's. 405 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:15,342 Come on, we can chew on the way. 406 00:21:47,707 --> 00:21:48,808 Dismount. 407 00:21:48,841 --> 00:21:52,044 Calvin, you stay here with miss Mason and the horses. 408 00:21:52,078 --> 00:21:53,980 Hold their muzzles so they can't whinny. 409 00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:54,981 What is it? 410 00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:57,750 Small party of Indians in that gap down ahead. 411 00:21:57,784 --> 00:21:59,686 We've gotta go through there. 412 00:21:59,719 --> 00:22:01,020 Burke, you're going with me. 413 00:22:01,053 --> 00:22:02,088 Yes, sir. 414 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:04,657 No, if there's a fight, 415 00:22:04,691 --> 00:22:06,493 it's got to be a quiet one. 416 00:22:06,526 --> 00:22:08,094 Got a sheath knife? 417 00:22:08,127 --> 00:22:09,929 No. 418 00:22:16,769 --> 00:22:18,938 An officer to fight with a hatchet? 419 00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:22,409 Just think of yourself as a man who might have to save his own life. 420 00:22:26,546 --> 00:22:28,748 If an owl hoots, bring up the horses. 421 00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:30,983 If a coyote barks, hightail it out of here 422 00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:32,652 and head for ft. Kearny. 423 00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:33,686 All right. 424 00:22:39,826 --> 00:22:43,630 Oh, I hope nothing happens to him. 425 00:22:43,663 --> 00:22:45,498 To them, I mean. 426 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:47,900 Ma'am, with God ridin' herd, 427 00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:49,636 a man can do much. 428 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:52,672 Quinny there can do more than most. 429 00:22:52,705 --> 00:22:54,040 You know, it's funny. 430 00:22:54,073 --> 00:22:55,942 He seems to me to be so much more 431 00:22:55,975 --> 00:22:58,945 than a Indian scout buffalo hunter. 432 00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:00,613 Best scout on the bozeman trail, 433 00:23:00,647 --> 00:23:02,449 and he used to be an army captain, too, 434 00:23:02,449 --> 00:23:03,650 and a larrupin' good one. 435 00:23:03,683 --> 00:23:05,117 What in the world made him give up 436 00:23:05,151 --> 00:23:06,686 a position like that? 437 00:23:06,719 --> 00:23:07,820 Well, I don't figure it. 438 00:23:07,854 --> 00:23:10,189 He must have had his reasons, though. 439 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,158 He was in on that massacre 440 00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,026 of black kettle cheyennes. 441 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,795 Guess he didn't like it. 442 00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:18,130 I hate the west. Barbaric... 443 00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:21,701 Yes'm, anything can happen hereabouts. 444 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:24,771 Three things a man has to have handy in the west... 445 00:23:24,804 --> 00:23:27,507 A dry rifle, somethin' to eat, 446 00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:28,475 and a prayer, 447 00:23:28,508 --> 00:23:31,744 and many a time a prayer is the only answer. 448 00:23:31,778 --> 00:23:34,747 I haven't prayed since since I was a little girl. 449 00:23:34,781 --> 00:23:36,549 Well, you're a big girl now. 450 00:23:36,583 --> 00:23:39,085 They'll do the best they can. 451 00:23:39,118 --> 00:23:42,121 You and me, we'll pray the best we can 452 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,524 and hope for a hornswoggle miracle. 453 00:23:44,557 --> 00:23:46,726 What's that? 454 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:49,696 Ma'am, that's when you come out of it alive. 455 00:24:08,014 --> 00:24:09,015 Four. 456 00:24:09,048 --> 00:24:12,819 Got a blanket over the fire to hide the light. 457 00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:15,221 Can't tell what tribe it is from here. 458 00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:02,969 Don't. Don't what? 459 00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:04,070 Don't scalp him. 460 00:25:28,027 --> 00:25:31,664 (Imitates bird call) 461 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:36,302 Put that hatchet in your belt. 462 00:25:47,614 --> 00:25:50,817 Wide-eyes are friends to the crows. 463 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:52,151 (Speaks native language) 464 00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:54,020 The crows are friends to the wide-eyes. 465 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:00,727 Arapaho. 466 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,762 He was watching you. 467 00:26:02,795 --> 00:26:04,163 We surprised him. 468 00:26:04,196 --> 00:26:05,765 We had to kill him. 469 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:07,734 Buffalo hump says this wide-eye 470 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,802 is brother to the crows. 471 00:26:09,836 --> 00:26:10,870 He thanks him. 472 00:26:19,145 --> 00:26:21,748 (Imitates owl hooting) 473 00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:26,052 (Imitates owl hooting) 474 00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:43,770 I never heard of oak soup before. 475 00:26:43,803 --> 00:26:45,071 Neither did I. 476 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,944 You barbarian. 477 00:26:51,978 --> 00:26:53,713 Aren't we all? 478 00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:55,682 Only I don't bother to hide it. 479 00:26:55,715 --> 00:26:57,684 To scalp a man in cold blood. 480 00:26:57,717 --> 00:26:59,686 I didn't scalp him. 481 00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:02,388 What do you call those? 482 00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:04,891 Well, I just borrowed his hair. 483 00:27:04,924 --> 00:27:08,427 Thought I might need it. 484 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,763 What do you call scalp? 485 00:27:10,797 --> 00:27:14,967 Skin where the hair grows out. 486 00:27:15,001 --> 00:27:17,804 See any skin on those? 487 00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:19,706 Stop. 488 00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:24,110 What are you making? 489 00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,012 An Indian stagecoach. 490 00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:27,847 For you, chiquita. 491 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,049 Chiquita? 492 00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:31,784 Yeah. 493 00:27:31,818 --> 00:27:35,121 Means you're cuter than a Fawn's ears. 494 00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:40,827 All right, get the saddles off the horses. 495 00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:46,966 Calvin told me you used to be an army officer. 496 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,434 I was. 497 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:50,469 Captain. Seventh cavalry. 498 00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:53,139 Don't you ever regret it? 499 00:27:53,172 --> 00:27:57,810 I mean, army life is so exciting and glamorous. 500 00:27:57,844 --> 00:27:59,779 Is it? 501 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:02,782 I'm sorry. 502 00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:04,016 I didn't mean to pry. 503 00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:07,453 All right, stash it behind those trees 504 00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:08,821 and cover 'em with branches. 505 00:28:08,855 --> 00:28:10,890 These are government property. 506 00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:12,324 So are you, lieutenant, 507 00:28:12,358 --> 00:28:14,226 if I can keep you alive to ft. Smith. 508 00:28:47,093 --> 00:28:49,328 Why are we leaving the saddles here? 509 00:28:49,361 --> 00:28:52,832 'Cause Indians ride bareback. 510 00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:54,834 We're goin' into open country. 511 00:28:54,867 --> 00:28:56,903 It's swarming with Cheyenne, arapaho, 512 00:28:56,936 --> 00:28:58,170 and red cloud sioux, 513 00:28:58,204 --> 00:29:01,507 so the change of tactics is in order. 514 00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:04,310 Here, put this dye on your hands and faces. 515 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:08,280 From now on into ft. Smith, 516 00:29:08,314 --> 00:29:09,381 we're Indians... 517 00:29:09,415 --> 00:29:11,383 Or corpses. 518 00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:18,991 Here now, put these duds on. 519 00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:21,060 You have to make a squaw out of me? 520 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,830 I have known a lot of fine squaws. 521 00:29:23,863 --> 00:29:25,464 I should imagine you have. 522 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:28,400 This belong to your wife? 523 00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:29,902 No, I bought it for you. 524 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:34,073 I couldn't afford to marry a squaw, too expensive. 525 00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:36,142 Now, you take a blackfeet woman. 526 00:29:36,175 --> 00:29:38,077 She can cut down lodge poles, 527 00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:39,345 make and break camp, 528 00:29:39,378 --> 00:29:42,314 tan buffalo hide, sew moccasins. 529 00:29:42,348 --> 00:29:43,582 She'd bring between 530 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,886 10 and 15 buffalo ponies to her father. 531 00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:47,854 That's a lot of gold. 532 00:29:47,887 --> 00:29:48,921 I haven't got it. 533 00:29:48,955 --> 00:29:50,589 Oh? 534 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,391 Put these on. 535 00:29:52,424 --> 00:29:54,493 You can't order me around. 536 00:29:58,164 --> 00:29:59,899 Read the last paragraph. 537 00:30:05,371 --> 00:30:07,239 "And at all times miss Mason 538 00:30:07,273 --> 00:30:09,108 "will be in the custody and under the orders 539 00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:11,410 of Mr. Linus Quincannon." 540 00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:12,979 Why should I be under your orders? 541 00:30:13,012 --> 00:30:14,113 I'm an American citizen. 542 00:30:14,146 --> 00:30:15,314 Isn't this a free country? 543 00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:16,548 Sure, it's free to everyone... 544 00:30:16,582 --> 00:30:18,584 Sioux, Cheyenne, and arapaho. 545 00:30:18,617 --> 00:30:20,853 And they all like a woman's scalp. 546 00:30:28,294 --> 00:30:30,529 I guess I am in your hands. 547 00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:32,364 I wish you were. 548 00:30:48,147 --> 00:30:51,617 I give 20 fine ponies for this squaw! 549 00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,961 Well, what's so funny? 550 00:31:01,994 --> 00:31:03,662 I'd give 20 fine ponies 551 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,564 to see you out of that outfit. 552 00:31:05,597 --> 00:31:06,598 I thought you'd like to see 553 00:31:06,632 --> 00:31:08,367 what an Indian chief looked like. 554 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,435 Chief who? 555 00:31:09,468 --> 00:31:11,637 Oh, I don't know his name. 556 00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:13,605 Hey, hey, you've got to put this stuff 557 00:31:13,639 --> 00:31:14,606 on your face and hands. 558 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,175 Oh, no, please. It's filthy. 559 00:31:16,208 --> 00:31:17,376 Now, hold a second. 560 00:31:17,409 --> 00:31:18,444 Oh, no! 561 00:31:18,477 --> 00:31:19,611 I don't want that on... 562 00:31:19,645 --> 00:31:21,247 Keep your eyes closed. 563 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,314 Let go. 564 00:31:22,348 --> 00:31:24,616 Hold still. 565 00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:26,385 No, I... 566 00:31:33,192 --> 00:31:34,226 Quinny, 567 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:37,563 when do we get to ft. Smith? 568 00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:38,998 Tomorrow at daybreak, 569 00:31:39,031 --> 00:31:40,967 if we're lucky. 570 00:31:40,967 --> 00:31:44,136 Thanks for shortening my name. 571 00:31:44,170 --> 00:31:45,337 I like it. 572 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:17,736 War party on that mesa to our left. 573 00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:20,206 I don't wish them no harm, 574 00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:23,109 only maybe a little case of smallpox. 575 00:32:23,142 --> 00:32:24,310 Don't look at 'em. 576 00:32:24,343 --> 00:32:26,612 One of 'em has field glasses on us. 577 00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:28,014 Keep moving. 578 00:32:28,014 --> 00:32:30,582 ** 579 00:32:35,654 --> 00:32:37,456 (shouts in foreign language) 580 00:32:47,133 --> 00:32:49,101 What the devil did you tell 'em? 581 00:32:49,135 --> 00:32:50,569 That wide-eyed pony soldiers 582 00:32:50,602 --> 00:32:52,071 are coming to fight 'em. 583 00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:53,672 What were they? 584 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:54,673 Sioux. 585 00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:56,575 Santee or yankton. 586 00:32:56,608 --> 00:32:59,278 How could you tell from such a distance? 587 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,646 By how scared I was. 588 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:33,179 (Gun fires) 589 00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:35,381 Somebody's shooting at somebody. 590 00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:36,648 Somebody's shooting at us. 591 00:33:36,682 --> 00:33:38,217 Man: Who goes there? 592 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:41,087 Quincannon and party from ft. Kearny. 593 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,155 You look like Indians from here. 594 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:46,258 Can you give us more identification? 595 00:33:46,292 --> 00:33:50,096 My respects to your commander, capt. Bell. 596 00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:53,332 Ask him if his hammertoe still hurts. 597 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:54,633 Open the gate. 598 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,696 You say you're Quincannon. 599 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:27,399 Look more like a Cheyenne to me. 600 00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:29,835 Get off that beat horse, and let's take a look at you. 601 00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:35,607 (Both laugh) 602 00:34:35,641 --> 00:34:37,576 Quinny. Bell. 603 00:34:37,609 --> 00:34:39,145 Sergeant, show these men 604 00:34:39,178 --> 00:34:41,413 some hot water and decent quarters. 605 00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:45,484 Quinny, what in man's name are you doin' out here? 606 00:34:45,517 --> 00:34:46,718 Brought you a pretty girl. 607 00:34:46,752 --> 00:34:48,720 The devil you say. 608 00:34:54,493 --> 00:34:57,763 Mason: You remember me, captain? 609 00:34:57,796 --> 00:35:01,800 Miss Mason, maylene, 610 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:06,638 what a wonderful surprise. Wonderful. 611 00:35:06,672 --> 00:35:08,207 Sergeant. Sergeant: Yes, sir. 612 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:10,376 Remove lieutenant Richards from his quarters. 613 00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:12,244 Make room for miss Mason. 614 00:35:12,278 --> 00:35:13,812 Thank you. 615 00:35:13,845 --> 00:35:16,615 Yes, sir. 616 00:35:16,648 --> 00:35:17,683 Come on, quinny. 617 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:20,452 It's been a long time. 618 00:35:20,486 --> 00:35:22,821 Yep, an awful long time. 619 00:35:24,823 --> 00:35:27,793 Thought you swore off the army for good, quinny. 620 00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:30,729 Last I heard you were down in Kansas. 621 00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:33,399 Col. Conover talked me into this scout. 622 00:35:33,432 --> 00:35:35,601 It's a chance to make a few dollars. 623 00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,469 And your mission? 624 00:35:37,503 --> 00:35:38,704 To find the whereabouts 625 00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:40,939 of a shipment of missing rifles. 626 00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:43,209 All I know is the Indians got 'em. 627 00:35:43,242 --> 00:35:44,743 Well, I wasn't even informed 628 00:35:44,776 --> 00:35:45,844 of any shipment of rifles. 629 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:46,845 I didn't know of it. 630 00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,747 You weren't supposed to. 631 00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:51,350 And you're gonna scout 632 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:54,553 and try and find them in some Indian camp, hmm? 633 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:57,256 Why, that'll take all my troopers at least. 634 00:35:57,289 --> 00:35:59,758 I'll just take the two men I brought with me. 635 00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:03,295 You'll lose your hair. 636 00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:04,963 (Laughs) 637 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:07,399 Lots of us will miss you. 638 00:36:07,433 --> 00:36:08,467 How'll ya do it? 639 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,602 Knowing Indians, 640 00:36:10,636 --> 00:36:14,906 perhaps with the use of a little whiskey. 641 00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:16,975 You try anything like that, 642 00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:18,477 and I'll have to arrest you. 643 00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:21,480 First you'll have to catch me. 644 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:24,750 The whiskey traders are a Thorn in my side. 645 00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:28,554 Particularly a fellow called blackfoot Sam 646 00:36:28,587 --> 00:36:29,521 and his crew. 647 00:36:29,555 --> 00:36:34,260 If I could ever catch him on Indian land... 648 00:36:34,293 --> 00:36:35,894 I suppose miss Mason's here 649 00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:38,264 because of her brother. 650 00:36:38,264 --> 00:36:39,898 Wild goose chase, I suspect. 651 00:36:39,931 --> 00:36:42,268 He was her only relative. 652 00:36:42,268 --> 00:36:44,370 She had to be sure. 653 00:36:44,403 --> 00:36:47,306 He was killed, all right. Hostedder swears to that. 654 00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:49,508 One of those unfortunate things 655 00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:50,642 where a small band of Indians 656 00:36:50,676 --> 00:36:51,977 breaks away from the others 657 00:36:52,010 --> 00:36:53,445 and raids for glory. 658 00:36:53,479 --> 00:36:55,281 You know how it is. Yeah. 659 00:36:58,750 --> 00:37:00,586 Well, I gotta get to my stall. 660 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,421 I could use a night's sleep. 661 00:37:02,454 --> 00:37:04,423 It's been good seein' ya, bill. 662 00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:05,624 Same here, quinny. 663 00:37:05,657 --> 00:37:08,327 Ah, it's a pleasure to have some fresh faces 664 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,729 around this forsaken outpost. 665 00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:11,797 Like maylene's? 666 00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:13,565 Yeah. 667 00:37:14,766 --> 00:37:16,635 (Laughs) 668 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,710 Sorry I'm late, captain. 669 00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:27,513 Miss Mason, may I present lt. Hostedder. 670 00:37:27,546 --> 00:37:28,747 How do you do? Lieutenant. 671 00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:30,549 Lt. Burke. Lieutenant. 672 00:37:33,585 --> 00:37:34,653 He was the one in charge 673 00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:36,021 of that patrol Jack was killed on. 674 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:37,723 Yes, he was. 675 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:38,790 Hiya, quinny. 676 00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:40,726 Hi, hostedder. 677 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:43,729 And rumor has it you're taking an Indian scout. 678 00:37:43,762 --> 00:37:45,664 Could be. 679 00:37:45,697 --> 00:37:47,499 Wish you'd take me along. 680 00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:49,868 Getting bored with Garrison duty, Phil? 681 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:52,338 I've got a personal score to settle. 682 00:37:52,371 --> 00:37:54,906 I was in charge of that patrol they wiped out. 683 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:56,041 Almost wiped out. 684 00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:58,610 Yeah, except for sgt. Wilson and me. 685 00:37:58,644 --> 00:38:00,446 You were lucky. 686 00:38:00,479 --> 00:38:01,813 We were about a half a mile ahead 687 00:38:01,847 --> 00:38:03,349 scouting for an all-clear. 688 00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:05,851 They must have come in fast. 689 00:38:05,884 --> 00:38:07,686 And out. 690 00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,721 By the time I got back, the massacre was over. 691 00:38:09,755 --> 00:38:11,690 And for what? Some piddling supplies? 692 00:38:11,723 --> 00:38:14,693 Any particular tribe? 693 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:16,595 If I knew, we'd certainly go after them. 694 00:38:16,628 --> 00:38:18,697 Renegades, if you ask me. 695 00:38:18,730 --> 00:38:20,031 Used war-clubs and lances. 696 00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:22,734 Didn't leave a single arrow behind. 697 00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:24,670 They're panthers or rattlesnakes! 698 00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:26,705 They ought to be wiped from the face of the earth. 699 00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:29,641 That kinda attitude will only cause more killings 700 00:38:29,675 --> 00:38:30,742 on both sides. 701 00:38:30,776 --> 00:38:31,610 What else can we do? 702 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,745 We made treaty after treaty with them. 703 00:38:33,779 --> 00:38:36,047 And we've broken nearly every one of them. 704 00:38:38,750 --> 00:38:40,719 Whose side are you on, Quincannon? 705 00:38:43,422 --> 00:38:45,023 I'm beginning to wonder. 706 00:38:48,827 --> 00:38:50,095 Lt. Hostedder, 707 00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:52,130 my brother, corp. Jack Mason 708 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:54,600 was with you on that patrol you mentioned. 709 00:38:54,633 --> 00:38:56,835 I received word that he'd been killed. 710 00:38:56,868 --> 00:39:00,439 Is there any chance that he might have been captured? 711 00:39:00,472 --> 00:39:02,508 I'm sorry, ma'am, there isn't. 712 00:39:02,541 --> 00:39:04,643 He was definitely killed in action. 713 00:39:16,722 --> 00:39:17,989 (Knocks) 714 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:23,729 Who is it? 715 00:39:23,762 --> 00:39:25,764 Put out that lamp. 716 00:39:25,797 --> 00:39:26,965 Anything happen? 717 00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:28,434 I've been waiting for you. 718 00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:29,968 Somebody pushed a note under my door. 719 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:31,570 Who was it? I don't know. 720 00:39:31,603 --> 00:39:33,739 When I opened the door, there wasn't anybody there. 721 00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:34,606 And the note? 722 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,642 The note says I have to put the money 723 00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:37,909 under a saddle in the stable 724 00:39:37,943 --> 00:39:39,611 hanging on hook number three. 725 00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:41,447 I have to be there at 11:00. 726 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:42,448 I'll do it. 727 00:39:42,448 --> 00:39:44,115 No, the note says I have to do it myself 728 00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:45,451 or the deal's off. 729 00:39:45,484 --> 00:39:46,552 Give me the money. 730 00:39:50,956 --> 00:39:53,158 Here. 731 00:39:53,191 --> 00:39:54,493 Be there at 11:00. 732 00:39:54,526 --> 00:39:55,794 Go through the motions. 733 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:56,995 Please be careful. 734 00:39:57,028 --> 00:39:57,929 Don't worry. 735 00:39:57,963 --> 00:40:00,666 I'm always careful about trapping skunks. 736 00:40:09,641 --> 00:40:11,510 Evenin', Mr. Quincannon. Oh, howdy. 737 00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:13,445 One of my mounts needs a little attention. 738 00:40:13,479 --> 00:40:14,880 Shall I call the hustler, corporal? 739 00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:16,682 Never mind. I'll handle it myself. 740 00:40:16,715 --> 00:40:17,716 Yes, sir. 741 00:40:41,072 --> 00:40:42,808 (Metal scrapes) 742 00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:00,285 (Horse whinnies) 743 00:42:38,957 --> 00:42:40,992 Quincannon: Psst. Maylene. 744 00:43:28,006 --> 00:43:29,140 ** 745 00:43:45,390 --> 00:43:46,391 Quinny. 746 00:44:01,172 --> 00:44:02,240 (Yells) 747 00:44:06,845 --> 00:44:08,714 Call the corporal of the guard. Yes, sir. 748 00:44:08,747 --> 00:44:09,748 Maylene. 749 00:44:13,284 --> 00:44:14,753 Corporal of the guard! 750 00:44:14,786 --> 00:44:16,788 Corporal of the guard! 751 00:44:22,961 --> 00:44:25,396 When are you gonna get that cut fixed up? 752 00:44:25,430 --> 00:44:26,732 It's all right. It'll dry. 753 00:44:26,732 --> 00:44:28,166 It's awfully bad. 754 00:44:35,741 --> 00:44:36,742 Quinny. 755 00:44:48,954 --> 00:44:50,055 Count it, Calvin. 756 00:44:50,088 --> 00:44:51,122 Yes, sir. 757 00:44:51,156 --> 00:44:52,290 Maylene, you watch this. 758 00:44:57,095 --> 00:44:58,797 What the devil is going on here? 759 00:44:58,830 --> 00:44:59,998 Good evening, captain. 760 00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:03,268 I understand you put lt. Hostedder in the guardhouse. 761 00:45:03,301 --> 00:45:04,770 I did. 762 00:45:04,803 --> 00:45:08,406 100 $20 gold pieces. 763 00:45:08,439 --> 00:45:11,509 Quinny, man could buy a county of land with that. 764 00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:14,345 $2,000. 765 00:45:14,379 --> 00:45:16,514 Whose money is that? 766 00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:19,484 Found it in hostedder's hat box. 767 00:45:19,517 --> 00:45:21,286 Gold. 768 00:45:21,319 --> 00:45:22,954 The army pays in gold. 769 00:45:22,988 --> 00:45:25,456 The Indians held up a paymaster's train in this area. 770 00:45:25,490 --> 00:45:27,258 Couldn't have come from that robbery. 771 00:45:27,292 --> 00:45:30,295 There are no survivors. You know that. 772 00:45:30,328 --> 00:45:31,797 We found it in this bag. 773 00:45:31,830 --> 00:45:34,332 What tribe, captain? 774 00:45:34,365 --> 00:45:36,835 Well, how would I know a thing like that? 775 00:45:36,868 --> 00:45:39,170 Arapaho. 776 00:45:39,204 --> 00:45:41,472 Arapahos held up the train, 777 00:45:41,506 --> 00:45:42,808 killed the guards, 778 00:45:42,808 --> 00:45:44,810 and stole the gold. 779 00:45:44,810 --> 00:45:48,179 Only they have no use for gold. 780 00:45:48,213 --> 00:45:50,816 Did hostedder know of that shipment of rifles? 781 00:45:50,849 --> 00:45:51,883 I doubt it. 782 00:45:51,917 --> 00:45:53,484 I didn't even know. 783 00:45:53,518 --> 00:45:56,087 Now what are you suggesting? 784 00:45:56,121 --> 00:45:58,957 That the arapahos used that captured payroll 785 00:45:58,990 --> 00:46:00,859 to buy information on those rifles. 786 00:46:00,892 --> 00:46:03,561 That is ridiculous. 787 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:04,429 That gold isn't. 788 00:46:04,462 --> 00:46:07,298 Nor the fact we found it in this room. 789 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:11,837 How are you mixed up in this, maylene? 790 00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:13,404 I received word in Washington 791 00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:14,973 that my brother was still alive, 792 00:46:15,006 --> 00:46:16,842 that I could buy his freedom, 793 00:46:16,875 --> 00:46:18,576 so I came here and brought the money. 794 00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:19,577 That's right. 795 00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:22,513 We put the money where the blackmailers said. 796 00:46:22,547 --> 00:46:24,916 Hostedder was the man who picked it up. 797 00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:27,318 Here it is. 798 00:46:27,352 --> 00:46:29,087 It's all marked. 799 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,456 Col. Conover marked it himself. 800 00:46:35,961 --> 00:46:39,264 What a foul thing for hostedder to do. 801 00:46:39,297 --> 00:46:41,599 What a cruel thing. 802 00:46:41,632 --> 00:46:43,068 I'm sorry, maylene. 803 00:46:43,101 --> 00:46:45,236 Hostedder knows your brother was killed. 804 00:46:45,270 --> 00:46:46,872 I'll work with you on this, quinny. 805 00:46:46,905 --> 00:46:49,941 I'll see to it that hostedder gets a general court. 806 00:46:49,975 --> 00:46:51,476 So will I. 807 00:46:51,509 --> 00:46:52,543 Orderly. 808 00:46:52,577 --> 00:46:55,480 Have lieutenant hostedder report to my quarters 809 00:46:55,513 --> 00:46:57,582 immediately... Under guard. 810 00:46:57,615 --> 00:46:59,517 Yes, sir. 811 00:46:59,550 --> 00:47:03,521 That such a thing should happen in my command. 812 00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:06,157 Oh, captain. 813 00:47:06,191 --> 00:47:08,193 See that you return him to the guardhouse 814 00:47:08,226 --> 00:47:10,195 after you've questioned him. 815 00:47:10,228 --> 00:47:12,097 Don't worry, I will. 816 00:47:13,999 --> 00:47:15,566 That was stupid, 817 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,602 trying to blackmail a girl over her brother. 818 00:47:17,635 --> 00:47:19,971 Not half as stupid as selling rifles to the Indians 819 00:47:20,005 --> 00:47:21,039 for $8,000. 820 00:47:21,072 --> 00:47:22,107 Shut up. 821 00:47:22,140 --> 00:47:24,109 And all I got out of it was 2,000. 822 00:47:24,142 --> 00:47:28,279 Get me out of this, bell, before I drag you into it. 823 00:47:28,313 --> 00:47:30,115 All right, all right. 824 00:47:30,148 --> 00:47:32,450 I'll get you out of it. 825 00:47:32,483 --> 00:47:35,620 I always said I'd take care of my friends, didn't I? 826 00:47:35,653 --> 00:47:37,989 I guess what happened tonight 827 00:47:38,023 --> 00:47:40,191 convinced you about your brother. 828 00:47:40,225 --> 00:47:42,160 I'm afraid so. 829 00:47:42,193 --> 00:47:45,030 Guess I had a long trip for nothing. 830 00:47:45,063 --> 00:47:47,298 Well, it gave me a chance to meet you. 831 00:47:47,332 --> 00:47:49,935 What are your plans? 832 00:47:49,935 --> 00:47:52,971 Back to kearny and ft. Supply... 833 00:47:53,004 --> 00:47:54,539 And then east. 834 00:47:54,572 --> 00:47:56,574 I wish you'd wait til I return from this scout. 835 00:47:56,607 --> 00:47:58,409 I'd like to see you through myself, 836 00:47:58,443 --> 00:48:00,178 make sure that you're safe. 837 00:48:00,211 --> 00:48:02,113 Thank you for asking, 838 00:48:02,147 --> 00:48:04,515 but if a stage comes through, I'll have to take it. 839 00:48:04,549 --> 00:48:05,383 But you can't. 840 00:48:05,416 --> 00:48:09,020 You're in my custody, under my orders. 841 00:48:09,054 --> 00:48:11,957 I wish it was always. 842 00:48:11,990 --> 00:48:13,591 Do you, quinny? 843 00:48:13,624 --> 00:48:16,561 (Gun fires, dog barks) 844 00:48:22,700 --> 00:48:25,470 Hostedder tried to jump me. 845 00:48:25,503 --> 00:48:27,572 I had to shoot. 846 00:48:27,605 --> 00:48:28,639 Dead? 847 00:48:28,673 --> 00:48:30,976 Yeah. 848 00:48:32,243 --> 00:48:34,212 Have the body removed from my quarters. 849 00:48:34,245 --> 00:48:35,213 Dismissed. 850 00:48:35,246 --> 00:48:37,548 Back to your barracks or duty on the double. 851 00:48:45,090 --> 00:48:48,259 Well, he had something coming, 852 00:48:48,293 --> 00:48:51,262 selling Henry repeaters to the arapahos. 853 00:48:51,296 --> 00:48:53,064 How do you know? 854 00:48:53,098 --> 00:48:55,633 Know what? 855 00:48:55,666 --> 00:48:58,436 That he sold those rifles to the arapahos? 856 00:48:58,469 --> 00:49:00,338 Hostedder told me. 857 00:49:00,371 --> 00:49:02,607 Said he made his deal with iron wolf. 858 00:49:05,143 --> 00:49:06,644 Aren't you tired? 859 00:49:06,677 --> 00:49:10,548 Yes, I think I am. 860 00:49:14,019 --> 00:49:16,354 That's one thing hostedder didn't know... 861 00:49:16,387 --> 00:49:17,288 Hmm? 862 00:49:17,322 --> 00:49:20,025 That those rifles were Henry repeaters. 863 00:49:20,058 --> 00:49:21,226 How did you know? 864 00:49:21,259 --> 00:49:22,560 I w... 865 00:49:23,661 --> 00:49:25,730 You must have told me. 866 00:49:25,763 --> 00:49:27,598 No, I didn't. 867 00:49:27,632 --> 00:49:29,434 I was careful not to. 868 00:49:31,602 --> 00:49:34,639 Can you prove a foul accusation like that? 869 00:49:34,672 --> 00:49:38,609 It'll be hard now that you've killed your accomplice. 870 00:49:38,643 --> 00:49:42,080 There's only one witness left against you. 871 00:49:42,113 --> 00:49:45,050 I'm going on that scout tomorrow for those missing rifles. 872 00:49:45,050 --> 00:49:47,052 If I get back, 873 00:49:47,052 --> 00:49:49,054 I'm bringing iron wolf with me. 874 00:49:49,087 --> 00:49:52,457 He'll be at your trial, capt. Bell. 875 00:50:20,418 --> 00:50:21,686 You know blackfoot Sam? 876 00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:25,190 Whiskey man. Curly know him. 877 00:50:25,223 --> 00:50:27,425 Go to blackfoot Sam. 878 00:50:27,458 --> 00:50:28,426 Where he? 879 00:50:28,459 --> 00:50:29,594 Maybe in cottonwood canyon. 880 00:50:29,627 --> 00:50:32,097 Find him. Give him this. 881 00:50:32,130 --> 00:50:34,699 Ride... Fast. 882 00:50:34,732 --> 00:50:37,168 Curly always ride fast. 883 00:50:39,104 --> 00:50:41,272 See anything? 884 00:50:41,306 --> 00:50:43,674 Nothing that moved. 885 00:50:43,708 --> 00:50:46,344 Anything that didn't? 886 00:50:46,377 --> 00:50:48,679 There's a drag-tail comin' out of that valley 887 00:50:48,713 --> 00:50:49,414 over that Ridge. 888 00:50:49,447 --> 00:50:52,283 Trail boys and horse tracks. 889 00:50:52,317 --> 00:50:54,552 Looks like the whole Indian tribe passing though, 890 00:50:54,585 --> 00:50:55,720 heading northeast. 891 00:50:55,753 --> 00:50:57,088 (Mumbles) 892 00:50:57,122 --> 00:51:00,158 That's all right, Burke, you'll learn. 893 00:51:00,191 --> 00:51:02,627 I wasn't born in a teepee either. 894 00:51:02,660 --> 00:51:05,130 What are you watchin' for anyway, quinny? 895 00:51:05,130 --> 00:51:08,599 Whiskey trader named blackfoot Sam. 896 00:51:08,633 --> 00:51:12,203 Well, what do you want whiskey for? 897 00:51:12,237 --> 00:51:14,639 Oh, that's a right foolish question. 898 00:51:14,672 --> 00:51:16,441 I want the whiskey for a little scheme. 899 00:51:16,474 --> 00:51:19,177 It has power over Indians. 900 00:51:19,210 --> 00:51:21,679 That's against army regulations. 901 00:51:21,712 --> 00:51:23,148 It's a court-marshal offence, 902 00:51:23,148 --> 00:51:24,282 and it can mean hanging. 903 00:51:24,315 --> 00:51:25,283 I'm not in the army. 904 00:51:25,316 --> 00:51:28,153 Before I ran into you, I was a good officer. 905 00:51:28,153 --> 00:51:30,621 Since then I fought with my bare hands 906 00:51:30,655 --> 00:51:31,856 like a common trooper. 907 00:51:31,889 --> 00:51:33,624 Been always out of uniform, 908 00:51:33,658 --> 00:51:35,726 stood by while you killed an Indian, 909 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:37,895 and now you want me to engage in this... 910 00:51:37,928 --> 00:51:40,565 Well, this reprehensible whiskey business. 911 00:51:40,598 --> 00:51:42,633 What's that big-caliber word mean? 912 00:51:42,667 --> 00:51:44,702 I don't know. 913 00:51:44,735 --> 00:51:48,439 Well, it means despicable, contemptible. 914 00:51:48,473 --> 00:51:50,641 All right then, criminal. 915 00:51:50,675 --> 00:51:51,709 Criminal, huh? 916 00:51:51,742 --> 00:51:53,444 Listen, Burke. 917 00:51:53,478 --> 00:51:54,845 It would take a thousand troopers 918 00:51:54,879 --> 00:51:56,614 to recapture those rifles, 919 00:51:56,647 --> 00:51:59,184 and even then I'm not sure they could. 920 00:51:59,217 --> 00:52:01,652 A Henry repeater in the hands of one Indian 921 00:52:01,686 --> 00:52:03,688 is equal to 15 troopers. 922 00:52:03,721 --> 00:52:07,225 Those rifles shoot 15 shots at a load. 923 00:52:07,258 --> 00:52:09,727 There's a lot of work ahead, 924 00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:11,596 and you've got a lot to learn. 925 00:52:11,629 --> 00:52:13,698 If you wanna stay alive in the Indian country, 926 00:52:13,731 --> 00:52:16,734 you better start learnin' now. 927 00:52:16,767 --> 00:52:19,604 I don't want any lame warriors in this war party. 928 00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:22,840 You have my permission to turn back. 929 00:52:22,873 --> 00:52:26,777 Sir, are you questioning my courage? 930 00:52:26,811 --> 00:52:29,247 Never had occasion to. 931 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:32,417 I don't expect to from now on. 932 00:52:32,450 --> 00:52:35,753 I'll go with you. 933 00:52:35,786 --> 00:52:37,655 I knew you would. 934 00:52:37,688 --> 00:52:39,757 Whiskey's just a tactic. 935 00:52:40,858 --> 00:52:43,661 Wish I had a little of that tactic right now. 936 00:53:19,897 --> 00:53:21,832 Shod horses. 937 00:53:21,866 --> 00:53:24,769 Yeah, that means white men's tracks. 938 00:53:38,316 --> 00:53:39,650 There's a fire up there. 939 00:53:39,684 --> 00:53:42,720 Yeah, that'll be blackfoot Sam. 940 00:53:42,753 --> 00:53:44,722 I'll go follow it. 941 00:53:44,755 --> 00:53:46,357 Keep your rifles in the scabbards. 942 00:53:46,391 --> 00:53:47,958 When you get closer, keep callin' out, 943 00:53:47,992 --> 00:53:49,660 "blackfoot Sam." 944 00:53:49,694 --> 00:53:51,562 Where'll you be? 945 00:53:51,596 --> 00:53:53,798 There are ten horses in this cavern. 946 00:53:53,831 --> 00:53:57,034 Four are pack horses, six are for the riders. 947 00:53:57,067 --> 00:54:00,305 Only five men around that fire. 948 00:54:00,338 --> 00:54:01,739 Go on in. 949 00:54:21,626 --> 00:54:23,328 Blackfoot Sam? 950 00:54:23,328 --> 00:54:25,663 Blackfoot Sam. 951 00:54:25,696 --> 00:54:26,731 Blackfoot Sam? 952 00:54:26,764 --> 00:54:27,798 Blackfoot Sam. 953 00:54:39,744 --> 00:54:41,446 Wait a minute. 954 00:54:41,479 --> 00:54:43,714 Don't do anything foolish. We're customers. 955 00:54:43,748 --> 00:54:46,351 Put that gun down. Let's go on into camp. 956 00:54:57,795 --> 00:54:59,597 Who wants blackfoot Sam? 957 00:54:59,630 --> 00:55:01,031 We're here to do business with you. 958 00:55:01,065 --> 00:55:02,500 Put down your guns. 959 00:55:02,533 --> 00:55:05,470 We don't want any trouble with you. 960 00:55:09,540 --> 00:55:11,376 How they call you? 961 00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:12,877 Quincannon. 962 00:55:12,910 --> 00:55:14,979 Blackfoot Sam hears this name 963 00:55:15,012 --> 00:55:16,914 all over the bozeman country, 964 00:55:16,947 --> 00:55:18,616 but this is not for sale. 965 00:55:18,649 --> 00:55:19,817 They go to St. Luis. 966 00:55:19,850 --> 00:55:21,686 There they bring much money. 967 00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,087 You've done very well. 968 00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:27,592 Blackfoot Sam, he is a smart trader. 969 00:55:27,625 --> 00:55:29,660 If a tin cup full of whiskey 970 00:55:29,694 --> 00:55:31,596 means more to an Indian than a fine beaver pelt, 971 00:55:31,629 --> 00:55:32,930 you'll help 'em, huh, Sam? 972 00:55:34,699 --> 00:55:36,801 It's whiskey we want. 973 00:55:36,834 --> 00:55:38,836 You want to trade with the Indians for fur? 974 00:55:38,869 --> 00:55:40,104 No, that's your job. 975 00:55:40,137 --> 00:55:42,740 We want it for the soldiers at ft. Smith. 976 00:55:46,010 --> 00:55:47,712 Five dollars a gallon. 977 00:55:47,745 --> 00:55:49,414 Four. 978 00:55:49,414 --> 00:55:53,584 Four? Four seventy-five. 979 00:55:53,618 --> 00:55:55,486 Four twenty-five. 980 00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,789 Four seventy five. 981 00:55:58,823 --> 00:56:00,758 Go. Go, goodbye. 982 00:56:04,194 --> 00:56:05,663 Four seventy-five! 983 00:56:07,998 --> 00:56:09,033 Goodbye. 984 00:56:09,066 --> 00:56:10,535 Four fifty? 985 00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:11,569 Four fifty. 986 00:56:13,804 --> 00:56:17,642 It's four five-gallon kegs, $90. 987 00:56:17,675 --> 00:56:18,909 And for the kegs, I will only... 988 00:56:18,943 --> 00:56:21,746 How were we supposed to carry that whiskey, in our pocket? 989 00:56:21,779 --> 00:56:22,947 You made your deal. 990 00:56:22,980 --> 00:56:24,782 Blackfoot Sam is a man of honor. 991 00:56:24,815 --> 00:56:26,684 The kegs go with the whisky. 992 00:56:26,717 --> 00:56:28,453 I need a good pack horse. 993 00:56:28,486 --> 00:56:30,755 How 'bout that one? 994 00:56:30,788 --> 00:56:32,857 This horse was once a famous buffalo runner. 995 00:56:32,890 --> 00:56:34,058 He runs like the wind. 996 00:56:34,091 --> 00:56:36,093 I haven't got time for horse-swappin' talk. 997 00:56:36,126 --> 00:56:36,894 How much? 998 00:56:36,927 --> 00:56:42,099 I was thinking 50, but I take 40. 999 00:56:42,132 --> 00:56:44,134 Then 25 is the price. 1000 00:56:44,168 --> 00:56:45,636 Why don't you steal him? 1001 00:56:45,670 --> 00:56:49,206 (Mumbles) 1002 00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:50,975 There's 90 for the whiskey, 1003 00:56:51,008 --> 00:56:52,743 25 for the horse. 1004 00:56:52,777 --> 00:56:54,111 Mr. Quincannon, 1005 00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:56,681 I think you are a robber. 1006 00:56:56,714 --> 00:56:59,149 You ought to know. 1007 00:56:59,183 --> 00:57:01,218 Burke, bring me my horse. 1008 00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:04,655 Load up the kegs. See that they're full. 1009 00:57:04,689 --> 00:57:05,723 You like a drink? 1010 00:57:05,756 --> 00:57:08,225 No, thanks. Gotta get goin'. 1011 00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:12,763 Say, I saw a Cheyenne trail back a ways. 1012 00:57:12,797 --> 00:57:13,998 They lookin' for buffalo? 1013 00:57:14,031 --> 00:57:16,066 No, pow wow with red cloud sioux. 1014 00:57:16,100 --> 00:57:17,835 Oh? That's right. 1015 00:57:17,868 --> 00:57:19,837 At the valley of the two smokes. 1016 00:57:19,870 --> 00:57:21,739 Well, if the cheyennes are there, 1017 00:57:21,772 --> 00:57:23,641 the arapahos will be dogging along with 'em. 1018 00:57:23,674 --> 00:57:25,976 I gotta mosey along. 1019 00:57:26,010 --> 00:57:28,112 Gotta keep those soldiers happy. 1020 00:57:28,145 --> 00:57:30,147 Drunken soldiers, 1021 00:57:30,180 --> 00:57:31,782 the only kind I like. 1022 00:57:46,030 --> 00:57:47,698 There's gonna be an ambush. 1023 00:57:47,732 --> 00:57:49,934 Two of his men just slipped out of camp. 1024 00:57:49,967 --> 00:57:51,669 Look at this hitch. It's loose! 1025 00:57:51,702 --> 00:57:52,803 Gotta tighten it! 1026 00:57:52,837 --> 00:57:53,871 Ride into the bush. 1027 00:57:53,904 --> 00:57:55,673 Keep well apart. 1028 00:57:55,706 --> 00:57:56,907 I'll meet you over the Ridge. 1029 00:57:59,777 --> 00:58:01,211 I'll have that drink with you 1030 00:58:01,245 --> 00:58:02,647 another time, Sam! 1031 00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:05,950 Yes, if you are around. 1032 00:58:32,142 --> 00:58:34,211 (Horse whinnies) 1033 00:58:40,818 --> 00:58:43,020 (Gun fires) 1034 00:58:56,366 --> 00:58:58,836 Sounds like they got Burke pinned down. 1035 00:58:58,869 --> 00:59:00,270 Swing over that way. 1036 01:00:25,089 --> 01:00:26,256 Hold it! 1037 01:01:17,742 --> 01:01:19,343 Well, that's five of 'em. 1038 01:01:19,376 --> 01:01:20,845 The Indian got away. 1039 01:01:25,515 --> 01:01:26,751 And you? 1040 01:01:26,784 --> 01:01:27,985 I got off easy, quinny. 1041 01:01:28,018 --> 01:01:31,455 You won't be as pretty from now on. 1042 01:01:33,490 --> 01:01:36,026 Let's get him fixed up, huh? 1043 01:01:36,060 --> 01:01:39,129 Imagine those gentlemen, 1044 01:01:39,163 --> 01:01:41,498 thinking they could shoot us in the back. 1045 01:01:41,531 --> 01:01:44,835 Get me one of saintly Sam's bullet molds. 1046 01:02:04,154 --> 01:02:05,990 Here, drink this. 1047 01:02:12,162 --> 01:02:13,998 (Coughs) 1048 01:02:14,031 --> 01:02:15,399 I thought you were gonna say, 1049 01:02:15,432 --> 01:02:17,034 "on duty, I never drink." 1050 01:02:17,067 --> 01:02:19,804 I took it as an order. 1051 01:02:19,804 --> 01:02:21,205 Calvin, bring up the horses. 1052 01:02:21,238 --> 01:02:23,040 Pick out the best one of those for Burke. 1053 01:02:23,073 --> 01:02:24,174 Right. 1054 01:02:32,582 --> 01:02:34,952 Here, put this between your teeth. 1055 01:02:34,985 --> 01:02:36,420 Careful you don't swallow it. 1056 01:02:54,071 --> 01:02:56,040 Sorry I screamed when I was hit. 1057 01:02:56,073 --> 01:02:58,408 Put that between your teeth. 1058 01:02:58,442 --> 01:02:59,844 This is gonna be rough. 1059 01:03:07,284 --> 01:03:08,953 (Groaning) 1060 01:03:15,325 --> 01:03:16,393 Well, go ahead and yell. 1061 01:03:16,426 --> 01:03:18,062 That's what you're supposed to do. 1062 01:03:18,095 --> 01:03:20,430 (Groans louder) 1063 01:03:33,210 --> 01:03:34,879 Looks like what blackfoot Sam 1064 01:03:34,912 --> 01:03:36,981 called valley of the two smokes. 1065 01:03:38,248 --> 01:03:40,417 Lot of Cheyenne and sioux teepees. 1066 01:03:40,450 --> 01:03:42,586 Some chief is giving a medicine talk. 1067 01:03:42,619 --> 01:03:44,588 I'm goin' down where I can here. 1068 01:03:44,621 --> 01:03:47,157 I'd like to go along with you, quinny. 1069 01:03:47,191 --> 01:03:48,959 No, you stay here and rest that leg. 1070 01:03:54,131 --> 01:03:56,333 (Indistinct voices) 1071 01:03:59,436 --> 01:04:01,405 Red cloud of the sioux spoke well 1072 01:04:01,438 --> 01:04:03,607 when he spoke of peace with the long knives. 1073 01:04:03,640 --> 01:04:07,277 Dull knife of the Cheyenne spoke well. 1074 01:04:07,311 --> 01:04:10,915 Now it is iron wolf of the arapahos who speaks. 1075 01:04:10,948 --> 01:04:12,049 It is well and wise 1076 01:04:12,082 --> 01:04:13,583 to have peace with the white man 1077 01:04:13,617 --> 01:04:15,519 when our lodges are empty of food, 1078 01:04:15,552 --> 01:04:17,554 when our young men have poor weapons. 1079 01:04:17,587 --> 01:04:19,623 Hear iron wolf. 1080 01:04:19,656 --> 01:04:21,658 His medicine is great. 1081 01:04:21,691 --> 01:04:25,262 Here is iron wolfe's medicine. 1082 01:04:25,295 --> 01:04:27,965 Here is the medicine to drive the wide-eyes 1083 01:04:27,998 --> 01:04:29,566 from our lands, 1084 01:04:29,599 --> 01:04:30,935 to chase the pony soldiers 1085 01:04:30,935 --> 01:04:32,036 and the walking soldiers 1086 01:04:32,069 --> 01:04:34,138 from the forts on the great trail 1087 01:04:34,171 --> 01:04:36,673 to the land of the shashanis. 1088 01:04:36,706 --> 01:04:39,944 To kill all the white men who take the earth from us. 1089 01:04:45,649 --> 01:04:48,218 (Speaking native language) 1090 01:04:54,191 --> 01:04:57,527 Iron wolf does not speak with two tongues. 1091 01:04:57,561 --> 01:05:00,397 In his camp on the antler horn 1092 01:05:00,430 --> 01:05:03,000 he has 800 of this many shooting gun. 1093 01:05:03,033 --> 01:05:06,070 The white pony soldiers and the walking soldiers 1094 01:05:06,103 --> 01:05:07,237 do not have them. 1095 01:05:07,271 --> 01:05:09,439 Iron wolf has them. 1096 01:05:09,473 --> 01:05:11,441 He took them from the white man 1097 01:05:11,475 --> 01:05:12,977 in the great deed of war. 1098 01:05:16,546 --> 01:05:19,083 Let there be a council. 1099 01:05:19,116 --> 01:05:22,419 Let it be decided. 1100 01:05:22,452 --> 01:05:25,155 Will the Cheyenne and the sioux 1101 01:05:25,189 --> 01:05:28,025 join the arapaho to kill all the white men? 1102 01:05:28,058 --> 01:05:30,060 (Murmuring in native tongue) 1103 01:05:34,164 --> 01:05:35,465 The temper of the tribes 1104 01:05:35,499 --> 01:05:38,002 are about to gulp iron wolf's medicine. 1105 01:05:38,002 --> 01:05:39,436 If they do, the bozeman trail 1106 01:05:39,469 --> 01:05:41,005 will be a river of blood. 1107 01:05:41,005 --> 01:05:42,572 I don't know how much time we got, 1108 01:05:42,606 --> 01:05:44,041 but it isn't much. 1109 01:05:44,074 --> 01:05:46,176 Where do you think the rifles are now, quinny? 1110 01:05:46,210 --> 01:05:47,477 They're on the antler horn. 1111 01:05:47,511 --> 01:05:49,279 Southwest. 1112 01:05:49,313 --> 01:05:50,380 Come on, let's go. 1113 01:06:14,604 --> 01:06:17,707 (Dogs barking) 1114 01:06:43,733 --> 01:06:45,802 Give us a little time to start the uproar. 1115 01:06:45,835 --> 01:06:47,704 Then go on about your work. Right. 1116 01:06:47,737 --> 01:06:49,073 We'll meet back here. 1117 01:06:49,106 --> 01:06:50,140 Good luck. 1118 01:06:50,174 --> 01:06:52,442 Yeah, good luck. 1119 01:06:56,313 --> 01:06:57,514 I'll get the bait. 1120 01:07:11,795 --> 01:07:12,829 (Dog barks) 1121 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:14,664 whiskey! Whiskey. 1122 01:07:14,698 --> 01:07:17,367 Lots of fine whiskey for furs. 1123 01:07:17,401 --> 01:07:20,104 Whiskey here. Whiskey! 1124 01:07:20,104 --> 01:07:21,671 Lots of fine whiskey. 1125 01:07:30,347 --> 01:07:31,581 Whiskey. 1126 01:07:40,257 --> 01:07:41,658 Here it is. Very good. 1127 01:07:41,691 --> 01:07:43,160 Drink it. 1128 01:07:46,763 --> 01:07:48,198 Whiskey. 1129 01:08:09,686 --> 01:08:11,555 That teepee with the two guards in front, 1130 01:08:11,588 --> 01:08:13,757 that's where the rifles are. 1131 01:08:13,790 --> 01:08:15,592 How you gonna get rid of the guards? 1132 01:08:15,625 --> 01:08:17,227 You just keep these braves happy. 1133 01:08:30,940 --> 01:08:33,177 Here. Drink, drink. 1134 01:08:48,492 --> 01:08:49,726 Good. 1135 01:09:02,672 --> 01:09:04,274 (Tribe carousing) 1136 01:10:56,620 --> 01:10:57,754 Look. 1137 01:11:00,957 --> 01:11:04,661 That's iron wolf. 1138 01:11:04,694 --> 01:11:05,729 I want him. 1139 01:11:05,762 --> 01:11:07,564 Let's make him take out after us. 1140 01:11:07,597 --> 01:11:09,399 That won't be hard. He wants us, too. 1141 01:11:09,433 --> 01:11:11,000 Especially dead. 1142 01:11:54,811 --> 01:11:56,613 Quincannon: I'm afraid we've lost 'em. 1143 01:11:56,646 --> 01:11:58,882 Afraid? I'm afraid we ain't. 1144 01:12:04,053 --> 01:12:06,089 (Horses running) 1145 01:12:06,122 --> 01:12:07,791 There they are! 1146 01:12:13,497 --> 01:12:15,799 (Yelling) 1147 01:13:18,595 --> 01:13:20,964 We'll never cut that chief out of his herd. Yes, we will. 1148 01:13:20,997 --> 01:13:22,899 We'll keep leadin' him on till we catch him. 1149 01:13:22,932 --> 01:13:24,167 Or they catch us. 1150 01:14:29,666 --> 01:14:30,867 Whoa. Whoa. 1151 01:14:32,869 --> 01:14:35,271 Old stone fort up ahead. 1152 01:14:35,304 --> 01:14:36,773 Nobody there to help us, quinny. 1153 01:14:36,806 --> 01:14:38,775 That place is deserted. Has been for years. 1154 01:14:38,808 --> 01:14:42,712 I know. We'll ride through it... (Guns fire, tribe yelling) 1155 01:15:16,846 --> 01:15:17,881 The gate! 1156 01:15:17,914 --> 01:15:20,149 The gate's closed. We're trapped. 1157 01:15:54,751 --> 01:15:56,653 Cover me, quinny. 1158 01:16:33,356 --> 01:16:35,224 Thanks, Burke. Better I do it alone. 1159 01:16:35,258 --> 01:16:36,793 Get me my rifle, will ya? 1160 01:16:44,100 --> 01:16:45,168 Take a bad one? 1161 01:16:45,201 --> 01:16:46,670 Long as I can shoot sittin' down, 1162 01:16:46,703 --> 01:16:47,871 I'll be with you, quinny. 1163 01:16:55,879 --> 01:16:57,080 Get some more shells. 1164 01:17:07,724 --> 01:17:09,693 How many we get? 1165 01:17:09,693 --> 01:17:12,095 Two dead out there, quinny. 1166 01:17:15,131 --> 01:17:16,299 Shh. 1167 01:17:24,974 --> 01:17:26,810 (Yells) 1168 01:17:32,949 --> 01:17:35,752 Well, quinny, there's nine out there including the chief. 1169 01:17:35,785 --> 01:17:38,187 Looks like they're gonna stay for a while. 1170 01:17:38,221 --> 01:17:39,823 Here, you take over here. 1171 01:17:39,856 --> 01:17:41,791 Give me your Smith and Wesson. 1172 01:17:41,825 --> 01:17:43,226 What do you want two handguns for? 1173 01:17:43,259 --> 01:17:44,460 Gives me 12 chances. 1174 01:17:44,493 --> 01:17:45,829 You want to get a medal? 1175 01:17:45,862 --> 01:17:46,896 No, I want to get iron wolf. 1176 01:17:46,930 --> 01:17:48,397 You'll get a belly full of lead. 1177 01:18:31,207 --> 01:18:33,142 (Screams) 1178 01:20:26,990 --> 01:20:28,291 Come on. Come on. 1179 01:20:47,410 --> 01:20:49,979 Came a little late, captain. 1180 01:20:50,013 --> 01:20:51,580 I don't think so. 1181 01:20:51,614 --> 01:20:54,250 Take these men into custody, lieutenant. Hold it. 1182 01:20:54,283 --> 01:20:56,585 What are your charges, captain? 1183 01:20:56,619 --> 01:21:00,356 Murder of blackfoot Sam and his party. 1184 01:21:00,389 --> 01:21:02,025 Murder? 1185 01:21:02,058 --> 01:21:04,360 You may be my superior, but you're wrong, sir. 1186 01:21:04,393 --> 01:21:05,661 They tried to ambush us. 1187 01:21:05,694 --> 01:21:07,330 Arrest them! You heard my order. 1188 01:21:07,363 --> 01:21:08,631 You're wrong, captain. 1189 01:21:08,664 --> 01:21:10,366 I'm arresting you. 1190 01:21:10,399 --> 01:21:12,168 There's a slip of paper in this pocket. 1191 01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:13,937 Take it out and read it. 1192 01:21:19,575 --> 01:21:21,244 "To all commanding officers, 1193 01:21:21,277 --> 01:21:22,545 "all units in my command, 1194 01:21:22,578 --> 01:21:23,679 "Mr. Linus Quincannon 1195 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:25,448 "is on a special scouting mission 1196 01:21:25,481 --> 01:21:26,615 "under my direct orders. 1197 01:21:26,649 --> 01:21:29,485 "He has authority to conduct independent investigations 1198 01:21:29,518 --> 01:21:31,020 "where he deems necessary. 1199 01:21:31,054 --> 01:21:32,555 "Within the scope of this mission, 1200 01:21:32,588 --> 01:21:34,023 "his authority is to be regarded 1201 01:21:34,057 --> 01:21:35,658 "as a direct order from me. 1202 01:21:35,691 --> 01:21:37,026 "Signed, Wayne conover, 1203 01:21:37,060 --> 01:21:39,495 colonel, army of the west." 1204 01:21:39,528 --> 01:21:42,065 You're within the scope of this mission. 1205 01:21:42,098 --> 01:21:43,599 I'm arresting you now. 1206 01:21:44,968 --> 01:21:46,669 Did you hear my order, lieutenant? 1207 01:21:50,106 --> 01:21:53,342 You better have pretty strong reasons for this, Quincannon. 1208 01:22:20,269 --> 01:22:24,373 You captured a wagon load of those rifles? 1209 01:22:24,407 --> 01:22:27,610 Who told you about them? 1210 01:22:31,247 --> 01:22:33,016 Who gave you the gold for them? 1211 01:22:40,223 --> 01:22:41,524 Who? 1212 01:22:45,461 --> 01:22:47,696 ** 1213 01:22:53,669 --> 01:22:55,604 Have I told you how happy I am 1214 01:22:55,638 --> 01:22:56,772 you came back to base? 1215 01:22:56,805 --> 01:22:58,174 Not nearly enough. 1216 01:22:58,207 --> 01:23:00,043 Mr. Quincannon? 1217 01:23:00,043 --> 01:23:02,278 Two telegraph dispatches for you. 1218 01:23:02,311 --> 01:23:04,213 Thank you. 1219 01:23:07,050 --> 01:23:08,451 It's from col. Conover. 1220 01:23:14,323 --> 01:23:15,424 Bad news? 1221 01:23:20,129 --> 01:23:21,664 "For services rendered, 1222 01:23:21,697 --> 01:23:24,167 "the commanding general of the department of the army 1223 01:23:24,200 --> 01:23:27,236 "herewith reinstates the commission of Linus Quincannon, 1224 01:23:27,270 --> 01:23:29,538 with advancement to the rank of major." 1225 01:23:29,572 --> 01:23:31,674 Oh, I think that's wonderful. 1226 01:23:31,707 --> 01:23:34,077 Are you going to accept? 1227 01:23:34,110 --> 01:23:36,412 I don't know. 1228 01:23:36,445 --> 01:23:38,414 If a fella wants to get married, 1229 01:23:38,447 --> 01:23:39,682 it's a steady income. 1230 01:23:40,783 --> 01:23:45,688 Do you think I'm worth 20 fine ponies, major? 1231 01:23:45,721 --> 01:23:47,390 I do. 1232 01:23:47,423 --> 01:23:49,758 ** 1233 01:23:55,864 --> 01:24:02,105 * Quincannon, Quincannon, Quincannon * 1234 01:24:04,507 --> 01:24:08,677 * remember the name 1235 01:24:08,711 --> 01:24:16,552 * Quincannon of the west 1236 01:24:16,585 --> 01:24:19,688 * ooh 1237 01:24:19,722 --> 01:24:27,196 * Quincannon