1 00:00:23,315 --> 00:00:25,100 SLIM: Dispatch for Colonel Barrington, sir. 2 00:00:25,230 --> 00:00:27,406 Special Dispatch Rider Sherman from Fort Laramie, sir. 3 00:00:28,625 --> 00:00:30,061 Orders from headquarters. 4 00:00:30,192 --> 00:00:31,846 They are important, sir. 5 00:00:31,976 --> 00:00:34,501 Hey, Sergeant, get this man away from me. 6 00:00:34,631 --> 00:00:35,502 But they're urgent, sir. 7 00:00:37,068 --> 00:00:39,157 Sergeant, I'm planning an attack. 8 00:00:39,288 --> 00:00:41,551 I want no orders and no interference from anyone. 9 00:00:41,682 --> 00:00:43,205 Get this man off the hill. 10 00:00:43,292 --> 00:00:44,946 SLIM: But that's what these orders are about, sir. 11 00:00:45,076 --> 00:00:46,730 They want you to cancel the attack on the Indians. 12 00:00:46,861 --> 00:00:48,471 You heard the colonel. Get. 13 00:00:52,649 --> 00:00:53,955 Battle position has been taken, sir. 14 00:00:54,085 --> 00:00:55,260 The skirmish parties are moving in. 15 00:00:55,347 --> 00:00:56,523 Proceed with the attack. 16 00:00:56,653 --> 00:00:58,176 Yes, sir.The orders, sir. 17 00:00:58,263 --> 00:00:59,787 I said attack! 18 00:01:05,793 --> 00:01:07,490 [ trumpet blowing ] 19 00:01:10,058 --> 00:01:11,538 There are women and children in that village. 20 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:13,714 [ gunfire ] 21 00:02:36,535 --> 00:02:38,625 Colonel Barrington, I must ask you to think 22 00:02:38,755 --> 00:02:41,192 carefully before you answer. 23 00:02:41,323 --> 00:02:43,020 You've testified that you were aware of the peace 24 00:02:43,151 --> 00:02:44,718 negotiations with the Indians, 25 00:02:44,848 --> 00:02:46,807 before your attack on their village at Wounded Knee. 26 00:02:46,937 --> 00:02:50,114 If the court pleases, I did not so stipulate. 27 00:02:50,245 --> 00:02:51,855 I merely said that I'd heard a peace treaty 28 00:02:51,986 --> 00:02:53,988 was going to be negotiated. 29 00:02:54,118 --> 00:02:56,425 I've heard the same thing at least once a year, 30 00:02:56,555 --> 00:02:58,296 since I enlisted in 1950. 31 00:02:58,427 --> 00:03:00,559 Very well, sir. 32 00:03:00,690 --> 00:03:03,301 Why didn't you follow the orders to cancel that attack? 33 00:03:03,432 --> 00:03:05,956 Because, sir, I did not receive them in time. 34 00:03:06,087 --> 00:03:07,001 That's a lie. 35 00:03:07,131 --> 00:03:08,045 [ gavel bangs ] 36 00:03:10,439 --> 00:03:13,137 Then, Colonel, it's your opinion the fault lies 37 00:03:13,224 --> 00:03:14,965 with the dispatch rider Mr. Sherman? 38 00:03:15,096 --> 00:03:17,707 It's not the first time I found non-military 39 00:03:17,794 --> 00:03:19,709 personnel unreliable. 40 00:03:23,104 --> 00:03:24,061 Sergeant Bailey. 41 00:03:26,107 --> 00:03:28,283 Sergeant, you were with the colonel before the attack? 42 00:03:28,413 --> 00:03:30,851 Yes, sir. That's right, Captain. 43 00:03:30,981 --> 00:03:32,940 I was with him on the hill overlooking the valley. 44 00:03:33,027 --> 00:03:35,333 Did the colonel receive those dispatches? 45 00:03:35,464 --> 00:03:37,684 No, sir. 46 00:03:37,814 --> 00:03:39,207 This fellow come riding up too late. 47 00:03:39,294 --> 00:03:40,948 But not too late for you to lie about it. 48 00:03:43,167 --> 00:03:43,994 Lieutenant Harmon. 49 00:03:44,125 --> 00:03:45,822 Sir? 50 00:03:45,953 --> 00:03:49,217 Did you see the dispatch rider on the hill with the colonel? 51 00:03:49,347 --> 00:03:51,045 Yes, sir, I saw him. 52 00:03:51,175 --> 00:03:52,437 However, I don't know about those orders. 53 00:03:52,568 --> 00:03:54,004 I was only there a few seconds. 54 00:03:54,091 --> 00:03:55,876 Sir, I'd like to state that I've been 55 00:03:56,006 --> 00:03:57,138 with the colonel since my commission. 56 00:03:57,268 --> 00:03:58,530 I doubt if there's a more respected 57 00:03:58,661 --> 00:04:00,184 or capable officer in the west. 58 00:04:00,315 --> 00:04:02,970 I believe it's exactly as the sergeant stated, sir, 59 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:04,754 the dispatches arrived too late. 60 00:04:04,885 --> 00:04:05,755 That's all, Lieutenant. 61 00:04:09,063 --> 00:04:12,066 Mr. President, I would like permission 62 00:04:12,196 --> 00:04:13,850 for Mr. Sherman to call a witness of his own. 63 00:04:13,981 --> 00:04:14,895 Granted. 64 00:04:18,202 --> 00:04:18,899 Sergeant Wells. 65 00:04:26,036 --> 00:04:28,038 Sergeant Wells, are you the mess sergeant 66 00:04:28,169 --> 00:04:29,736 assigned to Colonel Barrington's outfit? 67 00:04:29,866 --> 00:04:33,261 That's right. I'm behind the lines generally. 68 00:04:33,391 --> 00:04:36,351 I ain't seen a battle in 20 years of soldiering. 69 00:04:36,438 --> 00:04:38,440 I sure saw this one though. 70 00:04:38,527 --> 00:04:40,355 Did you see me on the hill with the colonel? 71 00:04:40,485 --> 00:04:42,139 I sure did. 72 00:04:42,270 --> 00:04:43,619 I wanted to move the cook wagon up near the hill, 73 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:45,795 figuring that'd be safer. 74 00:04:45,926 --> 00:04:47,362 And I seen you try to give them 75 00:04:47,449 --> 00:04:48,580 dispatches to the colonel, 76 00:04:48,711 --> 00:04:49,625 just before the fighting started. 77 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:51,453 And what happened? 78 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:52,802 He wouldn't take 'em. 79 00:04:52,889 --> 00:04:54,108 He's lying. 80 00:04:54,238 --> 00:04:54,935 [ gavel bangs ] 81 00:04:55,065 --> 00:04:56,632 That's enough, Sergeant. 82 00:04:59,504 --> 00:05:02,203 Oh, I wouldn't lie about anything like this, sir. 83 00:05:02,290 --> 00:05:04,118 Them Indians didn't have a chance. 84 00:05:04,248 --> 00:05:07,469 Squaws, kids, shot down just like in a duck shoot. 85 00:05:07,599 --> 00:05:09,210 Sir, I wish permission to speak. 86 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:11,255 You're not to intimidate the witness, Colonel. 87 00:05:11,386 --> 00:05:13,388 I have no intention of doing so, sir. 88 00:05:13,518 --> 00:05:16,434 I merely wish to clear up one thing. 89 00:05:16,521 --> 00:05:18,088 This court has made a point of my men 90 00:05:18,219 --> 00:05:20,569 shooting down squaws and children. 91 00:05:20,699 --> 00:05:22,005 No one can lie about that. 92 00:05:22,136 --> 00:05:23,311 The Indian graves are out there for anyone 93 00:05:23,441 --> 00:05:24,834 who wants to see 'em. 94 00:05:24,965 --> 00:05:25,835 And better the enemy should lie in them, 95 00:05:25,966 --> 00:05:28,098 Mr. Sherman, than my own men. 96 00:05:28,185 --> 00:05:30,927 General, we all know there's no time in battle 97 00:05:31,058 --> 00:05:32,799 to distinguish between braves and squaws. 98 00:05:32,929 --> 00:05:34,409 They dress the same, 99 00:05:34,539 --> 00:05:36,150 and they're all capable of using weapons. 100 00:05:36,237 --> 00:05:37,238 Children too? 101 00:05:37,325 --> 00:05:39,414 Children too, Mr. Sherman. 102 00:05:39,544 --> 00:05:41,590 Their bullets unfortunately are just 103 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,940 as deadly as those of adults. 104 00:05:44,027 --> 00:05:46,856 Also, they grow up to be braves or squaws. 105 00:05:46,943 --> 00:05:48,510 And our children would be fighting them, 106 00:05:48,597 --> 00:05:49,685 the same as we are. 107 00:05:49,816 --> 00:05:51,992 Amen to that, sir. 108 00:05:52,122 --> 00:05:54,559 Order in the court. 109 00:05:57,649 --> 00:05:58,999 You've had your say, Colonel. 110 00:05:59,086 --> 00:06:00,609 Do you wish to challenge the witness? 111 00:06:00,739 --> 00:06:02,045 No, sir. 112 00:06:02,132 --> 00:06:03,960 Sergeant Wells is a good soldier. 113 00:06:04,091 --> 00:06:06,702 He's doing his duty as he sees it, 114 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:09,139 just as I'm doing mine. 115 00:06:09,270 --> 00:06:11,750 Yes, I did refuse to accept those dispatches, 116 00:06:11,881 --> 00:06:13,796 and I should be thanked for it. 117 00:06:13,927 --> 00:06:16,494 Our skirmish parties were already advancing. 118 00:06:16,625 --> 00:06:17,844 Without cavalry support, 119 00:06:17,974 --> 00:06:19,410 they would have been wiped out. 120 00:06:19,541 --> 00:06:22,457 Do you mean to say they could not have been recalled? 121 00:06:22,587 --> 00:06:27,288 I mean to say, sir, I don't honestly know. 122 00:06:27,418 --> 00:06:28,550 To have found out would have meant 123 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,204 risking the lives of my own men. 124 00:06:30,334 --> 00:06:35,470 Colonel, lying under oath is a serious offense. 125 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,559 Now why didn't you state the whole truth 126 00:06:37,689 --> 00:06:39,082 right from the beginning? 127 00:06:39,213 --> 00:06:41,780 The result would have been the same, sir. 128 00:06:41,911 --> 00:06:44,522 I would not have withdrawn from battle, 129 00:06:44,653 --> 00:06:46,568 even if Mr. Sherman had brought his dispatches 130 00:06:46,698 --> 00:06:48,135 an hour before he did. 131 00:06:48,222 --> 00:06:50,137 That's a strange statement 132 00:06:50,267 --> 00:06:52,574 for a man of your service record to be making, Colonel. 133 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:55,751 And it would be stranger still if I did not make it. 134 00:06:55,882 --> 00:06:58,406 There's only one way to deal with the Indian problem, 135 00:06:58,536 --> 00:07:00,103 full and total war upon them 136 00:07:00,234 --> 00:07:03,150 at every means at our disposal. 137 00:07:03,237 --> 00:07:04,847 No one can negotiate but bullets fired 138 00:07:04,978 --> 00:07:07,154 from 100 ambushes, and a tomahawk 139 00:07:07,284 --> 00:07:09,460 in their back is a poor substitute 140 00:07:09,591 --> 00:07:11,462 for our lasting treaty. 141 00:07:11,593 --> 00:07:13,377 The only good Indian is a dead one, is that it, colonel? 142 00:07:13,464 --> 00:07:15,031 I happen to think, Mr. Sherman, 143 00:07:15,118 --> 00:07:17,164 that my way is best for our country, 144 00:07:17,294 --> 00:07:19,035 and there are many men of importance 145 00:07:19,166 --> 00:07:21,124 who believe the same. 146 00:07:21,255 --> 00:07:24,040 I love this land but in it, 147 00:07:24,171 --> 00:07:26,390 the Indian is a continuing menace. 148 00:07:26,521 --> 00:07:28,392 The only continuing menace I know of, Colonel, 149 00:07:28,479 --> 00:07:31,482 are men like you, murderers in uniform. 150 00:07:31,613 --> 00:07:32,831 Sergeant! 151 00:07:32,962 --> 00:07:34,398 Break it up! Break it up! 152 00:07:34,485 --> 00:07:35,617 Order in the courtroom! 153 00:07:35,747 --> 00:07:37,880 Order in the court. 154 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:42,058 This is a court, gentlemen, 155 00:07:42,189 --> 00:07:44,017 not a place for a barroom brawl. 156 00:07:45,844 --> 00:07:48,108 We'll be in recess until 8:00 tomorrow morning. 157 00:08:07,083 --> 00:08:08,432 Well, it seems to me, Chato, 158 00:08:08,519 --> 00:08:10,130 that after what happened in court today, 159 00:08:10,217 --> 00:08:11,392 you've got nothing to worry about. 160 00:08:11,522 --> 00:08:15,483 My people have told it to me, "Chato, 161 00:08:15,613 --> 00:08:17,789 go see this punishment for Barrington." 162 00:08:17,876 --> 00:08:19,574 It'll be done. 163 00:08:19,704 --> 00:08:23,186 Long time now you, me, friends. 164 00:08:23,273 --> 00:08:26,102 So I tell you this now... 165 00:08:26,233 --> 00:08:28,017 until there's punishment for him, 166 00:08:28,104 --> 00:08:29,845 we don't talk peace. 167 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:31,760 Post number five! 168 00:08:31,890 --> 00:08:33,501 Sherman?What's up, Captain? 169 00:08:33,631 --> 00:08:35,372 Some men from Barrington's outfit helped him escape. 170 00:08:35,503 --> 00:08:37,331 We'll need your help. You too, Chato. 171 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:39,681 Escaped? 172 00:08:39,811 --> 00:08:41,117 Maybe saw somebody free. 173 00:08:41,248 --> 00:08:43,250 I prove to my people you sincere now. 174 00:08:43,337 --> 00:08:44,947 You help us find Barrington, Chato. 175 00:08:45,034 --> 00:08:45,817 Then I'll answer that question. 176 00:08:45,948 --> 00:08:47,428 How?You know. 177 00:09:09,580 --> 00:09:11,974 Bailey, give Corporal Harris a hand. 178 00:09:12,105 --> 00:09:13,454 Reece, Bell, cover our flanks. 179 00:09:35,084 --> 00:09:36,564 How is he? 180 00:09:36,694 --> 00:09:38,696 Not good, sir, the bullet's still in him. 181 00:09:40,176 --> 00:09:42,570 Sure, it's still in me. 182 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:45,007 Just haven't had time to get it out, that's all. 183 00:09:45,094 --> 00:09:47,270 Your surgical packet, sergeant. 184 00:09:47,357 --> 00:09:48,315 Whiskey, if you have it. 185 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:50,491 Easy. 186 00:09:56,018 --> 00:09:57,150 Fifteen years, colonel. 187 00:09:58,803 --> 00:10:00,327 Fifteen years I've been shot at. 188 00:10:02,633 --> 00:10:04,722 Blackfeet, 189 00:10:04,853 --> 00:10:07,508 Apaches, Confederates. 190 00:10:09,771 --> 00:10:13,427 The slug that does it to me is government issue... 191 00:10:15,864 --> 00:10:16,865 and in the back at that. 192 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:19,302 I know, corporal, I know. 193 00:10:30,879 --> 00:10:32,359 [ coughs ] 194 00:10:37,407 --> 00:10:38,191 [ coughs ] 195 00:10:43,631 --> 00:10:46,155 Not very pretty, is it, sir? 196 00:10:46,242 --> 00:10:48,201 The front of a man who's been shot in the back. 197 00:10:53,554 --> 00:10:54,816 I've seen worse. 198 00:10:54,946 --> 00:10:56,339 Nothing worse than a man that's been... 199 00:10:58,124 --> 00:10:59,951 shot in the back running away. 200 00:11:00,082 --> 00:11:01,692 Corporal Harris, 201 00:11:01,823 --> 00:11:05,348 we've both been the soldiers too long 202 00:11:05,479 --> 00:11:08,003 not to know the value of a military withdrawal. 203 00:11:08,134 --> 00:11:11,224 We've been in more than one retreat together. 204 00:11:11,354 --> 00:11:13,487 This ain't the same, is it, sir? 205 00:11:13,617 --> 00:11:14,836 Exactly the same. 206 00:11:16,272 --> 00:11:17,795 You remember Manassas? 207 00:11:17,926 --> 00:11:19,232 [ chuckles ] 208 00:11:19,362 --> 00:11:21,321 We all ran away then, didn't we? 209 00:11:21,451 --> 00:11:26,064 Shilo, it was a pretty fair retreat. 210 00:11:26,195 --> 00:11:28,763 You were wounded there, too. 211 00:11:28,893 --> 00:11:31,505 And decorated, weren't you, Tom? 212 00:11:31,592 --> 00:11:33,507 Yeah. 213 00:11:33,637 --> 00:11:38,251 Well, this wound is every bit as honorable. 214 00:11:39,730 --> 00:11:41,428 You're a fine soldier, corporal. 215 00:11:41,558 --> 00:11:44,387 I'm proud to serve with you. 216 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:47,173 Thank you, sir. 217 00:11:49,784 --> 00:11:55,137 You know, somehow it don't seem to hurt so much-- 218 00:12:03,058 --> 00:12:07,802 Another good man gone, killed by stupidity. 219 00:12:07,932 --> 00:12:11,022 A shallow grave, Bailey, beyond those boulders. 220 00:12:11,109 --> 00:12:12,328 Reece and Bell will help you. 221 00:12:12,459 --> 00:12:14,635 The lieutenant and I will stand lookout. 222 00:12:14,765 --> 00:12:16,550 Yes, sir. 223 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:18,334 We shouldn't take too much time, sir. 224 00:12:18,465 --> 00:12:19,770 That patrol is closing in fast. 225 00:12:19,901 --> 00:12:21,381 We lost them an hour ago. 226 00:12:21,511 --> 00:12:23,252 I wouldn't have stopped if we hadn't. 227 00:12:23,383 --> 00:12:24,906 That's right, lieutenant. 228 00:12:25,036 --> 00:12:27,561 Corporal Harris would have died in the saddle. 229 00:12:27,691 --> 00:12:28,475 Are you shocked? 230 00:12:37,310 --> 00:12:38,702 Bell, Reece, come on. 231 00:12:38,833 --> 00:12:39,703 We'll take these. 232 00:12:39,790 --> 00:12:40,965 Yes, sir. 233 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,841 Thank you, sir. 234 00:12:46,928 --> 00:12:49,626 They don't teach you things like this in West Point. 235 00:12:49,757 --> 00:12:51,585 No, sir. 236 00:12:51,715 --> 00:12:53,456 The word "casualty" in the military manual is... 237 00:12:55,197 --> 00:12:57,243 well, there's a difference. 238 00:12:57,373 --> 00:12:59,245 Colonel, that was very considerate, 239 00:12:59,375 --> 00:13:00,333 the way you spoke to Corporal Harris. 240 00:13:00,463 --> 00:13:03,074 I simply told him the truth. 241 00:13:03,205 --> 00:13:06,208 I happen to be one of those men who believes with all his heart 242 00:13:06,339 --> 00:13:09,733 that soldiering is one of the noblest professions on earth. 243 00:13:09,864 --> 00:13:11,648 Harris felt that way too I think. 244 00:13:12,823 --> 00:13:14,782 Yes, sir. 245 00:13:14,912 --> 00:13:17,132 What about you? 246 00:13:17,219 --> 00:13:19,265 Well, sir, I wouldn't have enrolled at the Point 247 00:13:19,395 --> 00:13:21,092 unless I did feel that way. 248 00:13:21,223 --> 00:13:23,269 There's glory in it and there's death... 249 00:13:24,357 --> 00:13:25,662 in about equal amounts. 250 00:13:26,968 --> 00:13:27,708 That may be. 251 00:13:30,014 --> 00:13:32,800 Unfortunately, I haven't seen too much of the glory. 252 00:13:32,930 --> 00:13:37,326 You will, oh, not in parades or anything like that... 253 00:13:37,413 --> 00:13:40,503 but when one day you look around this wilderness 254 00:13:40,634 --> 00:13:43,637 and realize you had a part in taming it. 255 00:13:43,767 --> 00:13:45,595 Then you know a kind of glory that's worth more than 256 00:13:45,726 --> 00:13:47,293 all the medals in the world. 257 00:14:01,350 --> 00:14:02,525 Well, I hate to see you leave, Chato, 258 00:14:02,612 --> 00:14:05,528 but I don't blame you. 259 00:14:05,659 --> 00:14:07,008 I must return to my people. 260 00:14:07,138 --> 00:14:11,012 Already the braves make rage because our men 261 00:14:11,142 --> 00:14:12,883 don't find Barrington. 262 00:14:13,014 --> 00:14:14,102 SLIM: Can you stop them? 263 00:14:15,190 --> 00:14:17,323 CHATO: Indian is angry. 264 00:14:17,453 --> 00:14:20,195 We talk peace, people are slaughtered. 265 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:42,913 Jess, it's Slim! 266 00:14:43,044 --> 00:14:44,132 Jess! 267 00:14:55,230 --> 00:14:56,274 Hiya, Jess. 268 00:14:56,405 --> 00:14:57,319 Slim. 269 00:14:57,450 --> 00:14:58,929 Hiya, Mike. 270 00:14:59,060 --> 00:15:00,148 Oh. 271 00:15:04,761 --> 00:15:07,373 Hey, you look kind of beat, partner. 272 00:15:07,460 --> 00:15:09,418 I am, Jess. 273 00:15:09,549 --> 00:15:10,724 Bone tired and plum out of luck. 274 00:15:12,813 --> 00:15:14,031 Where's Daisy? 275 00:15:14,162 --> 00:15:16,599 She's midwifing. Miss Harris is due. 276 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:17,861 You know, you look hungry enough to eat 277 00:15:17,992 --> 00:15:19,428 some of my grub. 278 00:15:19,559 --> 00:15:21,212 Sounds good to me. 279 00:15:21,343 --> 00:15:23,911 Boy, you must really be hungry, Slim. 280 00:15:24,041 --> 00:15:25,260 Get in there. 281 00:15:28,306 --> 00:15:29,264 All the peace talks with the Indians 282 00:15:29,351 --> 00:15:30,657 are really off, huh? 283 00:15:30,787 --> 00:15:31,962 Yeah, and they even suspect the army 284 00:15:32,049 --> 00:15:33,355 deliberately freed him. 285 00:15:33,486 --> 00:15:34,704 And I guess that means 286 00:15:34,835 --> 00:15:37,315 the tribes are getting in the hills. 287 00:15:37,446 --> 00:15:38,404 It's bad, Jess, real bad. 288 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:41,232 We got to find Barrington to prove 289 00:15:41,363 --> 00:15:43,147 we want peace. 290 00:15:43,278 --> 00:15:45,280 Sounds like we're sitting on a nice little powder keg. 291 00:15:50,851 --> 00:15:52,461 So what do you reckon when Daisy comes back, 292 00:15:52,548 --> 00:15:53,984 we ought to take her and Mike into town? 293 00:15:54,115 --> 00:15:55,377 Yeah, I plan to. 294 00:15:55,508 --> 00:15:57,945 You can take her, she's a woman. 295 00:15:58,075 --> 00:15:59,903 But I figure to stay on. 296 00:16:00,034 --> 00:16:01,688 Just figure on doing what you're told, huh? 297 00:16:04,255 --> 00:16:05,387 [ gunfire ] 298 00:16:10,131 --> 00:16:11,872 [ Indians yelling ] 299 00:16:17,486 --> 00:16:18,661 You stay inside, out of sight. 300 00:17:03,924 --> 00:17:04,838 Okay, get inside. 301 00:17:14,238 --> 00:17:15,849 Want an escort back into town, Hank? 302 00:17:15,979 --> 00:17:17,720 Not if they'll hit here again. 303 00:17:17,851 --> 00:17:20,418 Just give me a fresh team, that's all I want. 304 00:17:20,506 --> 00:17:21,681 Get them unhitched, Ernie. 305 00:17:21,811 --> 00:17:22,551 Coming up, Hank. 306 00:17:24,379 --> 00:17:27,513 Hey, who is your friend? She looked kind of pretty. 307 00:17:27,643 --> 00:17:29,123 Didn't have a chance to find out. 308 00:17:29,253 --> 00:17:31,125 Mike beat me to her. 309 00:17:31,255 --> 00:17:32,169 Give Hank a hand, will you? 310 00:17:35,956 --> 00:17:37,827 Thank you, kind sir. 311 00:17:37,958 --> 00:17:40,395 You know, what you did was very brave. 312 00:17:40,482 --> 00:17:42,223 Well, that's all right. 313 00:17:42,353 --> 00:17:45,487 Slim, can I pick up some of those shell casings? 314 00:17:45,618 --> 00:17:48,011 There sure was a lot of shooting. 315 00:17:48,142 --> 00:17:49,230 You pick 'em up and we'll see. 316 00:17:52,189 --> 00:17:53,626 How's that ankle? 317 00:17:53,713 --> 00:17:55,715 Oh, it's fine, I just turned it. 318 00:17:55,802 --> 00:17:57,412 How long are you gonna be staying in Laramie? 319 00:17:57,543 --> 00:18:00,502 Well, not very long. I'm just passing through. 320 00:18:00,633 --> 00:18:03,418 HANK: Better get loaded, we got to roll. 321 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:06,943 Well, thank you for everything. 322 00:18:13,341 --> 00:18:14,429 Thank you again. 323 00:18:22,219 --> 00:18:26,136 Hey, wake up, part. Your thoughts are showing. 324 00:18:26,223 --> 00:18:28,574 Why is it the nice ones are always passing through? 325 00:18:28,704 --> 00:18:29,792 Slim! 326 00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:32,839 Look what I found. 327 00:18:34,492 --> 00:18:36,016 Why, it's a locket. 328 00:18:36,146 --> 00:18:39,715 I found it over there where the lady fell down. 329 00:18:39,802 --> 00:18:41,369 Say, that's just what you needed. 330 00:18:42,805 --> 00:18:44,285 Well, now you can take it to her. 331 00:18:49,856 --> 00:18:51,335 Why, it's Barrington. 332 00:18:51,422 --> 00:18:54,034 Colonel John Barrington. 333 00:19:43,257 --> 00:19:44,824 Oh, howdy, Slim. 334 00:19:44,954 --> 00:19:46,652 Howdy, George. The town's kind of quiet. 335 00:19:46,782 --> 00:19:48,088 Where's Sheriff Corey? 336 00:19:48,175 --> 00:19:49,611 Well, him and about everybody else 337 00:19:49,742 --> 00:19:50,743 is looking for that colonel. 338 00:19:50,873 --> 00:19:52,353 Yeah, that's what I figured. 339 00:19:52,483 --> 00:19:53,963 Any army men in town? 340 00:19:54,094 --> 00:19:55,356 Not right now. 341 00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:59,273 All of 'em ought to be back come sundown though. 342 00:19:59,403 --> 00:20:02,668 Uh, anybody lay over off the morning stage? 343 00:20:02,798 --> 00:20:05,192 Say like a young lady? 344 00:20:05,322 --> 00:20:07,542 Mighty like one, Slim. 345 00:20:08,978 --> 00:20:11,241 Name Margret Ken, room 7. 346 00:20:11,372 --> 00:20:12,373 Is she in? 347 00:20:12,503 --> 00:20:14,810 As far as I know. 348 00:20:14,941 --> 00:20:17,900 Right pretty girl, friend of yours? 349 00:20:18,031 --> 00:20:19,119 That's what I'm gonna find out. 350 00:20:30,217 --> 00:20:32,480 WOMAN: Yes. Who is it? 351 00:20:32,567 --> 00:20:34,351 Miss Ken, it's Slim Sherman, 352 00:20:34,482 --> 00:20:35,962 from the relay station outside of Laramie. 353 00:20:40,053 --> 00:20:42,664 I had to come to town, so I thought 354 00:20:42,795 --> 00:20:44,579 maybe you'd have supper with me. 355 00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:46,146 Well, Mr. Sherman, come in. 356 00:20:58,593 --> 00:20:59,637 No, Mr. Sherman. 357 00:21:05,643 --> 00:21:06,688 Looks like I made a good guess. 358 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,999 That's where you're wrong, mister. 359 00:21:13,129 --> 00:21:15,131 It was a bad one for you.Wait! 360 00:21:15,262 --> 00:21:17,177 He's one that caused the colonel all this trouble. 361 00:21:17,264 --> 00:21:18,918 You can bet he was trailing you to find your father. 362 00:21:19,048 --> 00:21:20,180 I'm gonna take care of him. 363 00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:21,877 Father doesn't approve of murder. 364 00:21:22,008 --> 00:21:23,400 I wouldn't count on that, Miss Barrington. 365 00:21:23,531 --> 00:21:25,838 You're blind. 366 00:21:25,968 --> 00:21:27,361 You're just like all the rest. 367 00:21:27,491 --> 00:21:28,884 Am I? 368 00:21:29,015 --> 00:21:30,494 I could see that massacre at Wounded Knee 369 00:21:30,625 --> 00:21:31,539 pretty good. 370 00:21:31,669 --> 00:21:33,236 That's quite enough. 371 00:21:33,367 --> 00:21:34,760 Sorry, miss. 372 00:21:36,109 --> 00:21:37,240 What are we gonna do with him? 373 00:21:39,416 --> 00:21:42,158 He's the insurance that will get us out of town. 374 00:21:42,245 --> 00:21:43,812 We'll take him with us and let Father decide 375 00:21:43,899 --> 00:21:44,813 what to do with him. 376 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:46,772 That's very good, miss. 377 00:21:46,902 --> 00:21:49,122 You think more like the colonel every day. 378 00:21:49,252 --> 00:21:50,993 He'll be pleased to get Sherman as a gift, 379 00:21:51,124 --> 00:21:52,603 all tied up with ribbons. 380 00:21:55,041 --> 00:21:56,738 Then keep an eye on him. 381 00:22:05,573 --> 00:22:07,575 Any word from Washington for your father, miss? 382 00:22:09,185 --> 00:22:12,623 Yes, I have word for him, and the money. 383 00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:14,234 Well, it's fine, the colonel will be pleased. 384 00:22:15,888 --> 00:22:17,977 Can I carry the money and a message? 385 00:22:18,107 --> 00:22:21,458 That's all right, Bailey, I'll just put it in my bag. 386 00:22:21,589 --> 00:22:23,504 I have to tell Father. The message, it isn't written. 387 00:22:26,246 --> 00:22:27,682 Ready? 388 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:30,206 On your feet, Sherman. We'll use the side door. 389 00:22:33,209 --> 00:22:35,298 One wrong move and they'll carry you out 390 00:22:35,429 --> 00:22:37,039 on a board. 391 00:22:37,126 --> 00:22:39,999 Uh, Mr. Sherman, please don't make this 392 00:22:40,129 --> 00:22:41,304 any more difficult than it has to be. 393 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:44,742 No, I don't think you'd have to ask him 394 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:45,874 twice to put a slug in my back. 395 00:22:46,005 --> 00:22:47,267 That's about it, Sherman. 396 00:22:47,397 --> 00:22:48,964 You're going to the colonel as a gift, 397 00:22:49,095 --> 00:22:50,183 and it's up to you whether you get there 398 00:22:50,313 --> 00:22:51,271 dead or alive. 399 00:22:51,401 --> 00:22:52,663 Let's go. 400 00:23:17,079 --> 00:23:19,777 Well, this is where it happened. 401 00:23:19,908 --> 00:23:25,435 The very spot, 25 years ago during the winter detail. 402 00:23:25,522 --> 00:23:28,308 I was the lieutenant then. I've never forgotten. 403 00:23:30,136 --> 00:23:32,486 That's why I chose this cave here. 404 00:23:32,616 --> 00:23:34,836 It's like making good a promise to men 405 00:23:34,967 --> 00:23:36,011 of your first command. 406 00:23:37,795 --> 00:23:39,536 Did you come that same trail, sir? 407 00:23:39,667 --> 00:23:41,625 The snow was deep and the cold bitter. 408 00:23:41,756 --> 00:23:46,717 Then down from this cave spring a dozen squaws, hungry, 409 00:23:46,848 --> 00:23:48,197 shivering Indian women. 410 00:23:48,328 --> 00:23:49,720 They wept. 411 00:23:49,851 --> 00:23:52,593 They knelt in the snow and begged for food. 412 00:23:52,723 --> 00:23:53,942 They pointed up to this cave and said there were 413 00:23:54,073 --> 00:23:57,380 old women and children starving... 414 00:23:57,511 --> 00:24:00,644 but I was a young man then, and it came quick. 415 00:24:00,731 --> 00:24:04,213 I ordered my platoon to ride up with food. 416 00:24:04,344 --> 00:24:06,868 My sergeant advised against it, said it was a trap. 417 00:24:06,999 --> 00:24:09,436 I wouldn't listen. 418 00:24:09,566 --> 00:24:11,960 I wanted to help those starving Indian women. 419 00:24:12,091 --> 00:24:14,571 Then braves appeared from around those rocks 420 00:24:14,702 --> 00:24:16,443 and opened fire. 421 00:24:16,573 --> 00:24:19,794 It was slaughter. Only a few of us got away. 422 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:22,753 Yes, I owe them something. 423 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,060 That's why I wanted to start my campaign 424 00:24:25,147 --> 00:24:30,631 from this cave, the way I feel about the Indians began here. 425 00:24:41,076 --> 00:24:42,034 At ease, corporal. 426 00:24:43,818 --> 00:24:44,819 Oh, there's coffee inside. 427 00:24:44,906 --> 00:24:46,255 I've had some, sir. 428 00:24:46,386 --> 00:24:47,213 Good. 429 00:24:56,962 --> 00:24:59,225 Checking stores, sir.What's the situation? 430 00:24:59,355 --> 00:25:00,966 Arms and ammunition are plenty, 431 00:25:01,053 --> 00:25:02,402 food and water for close to a month. 432 00:25:02,532 --> 00:25:05,318 You miss your family, don't you, Bell? 433 00:25:05,448 --> 00:25:07,581 Well, yes, sir. 434 00:25:07,711 --> 00:25:09,844 But being with you makes it worth it. 435 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:11,672 Thank you, sergeant. 436 00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:12,978 I know I can count on you. 437 00:25:15,763 --> 00:25:18,244 They're good men, Harmon, and loyal. 438 00:25:18,374 --> 00:25:20,594 They believe in what you're doing, sir. 439 00:25:20,724 --> 00:25:23,727 Yeah, when the time comes, I'll see they're well rewarded. 440 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:27,905 And when it comes, I'll be ready. 441 00:25:28,036 --> 00:25:30,212 Well, your plans for a campaign 442 00:25:30,343 --> 00:25:31,779 against the Indians are certainly complete, sir. 443 00:25:31,909 --> 00:25:33,650 In detail. 444 00:25:33,737 --> 00:25:36,131 I'm only awaiting word from my friends in Washington. 445 00:25:36,218 --> 00:25:39,091 Perhaps Madge will bring those, 446 00:25:39,178 --> 00:25:41,267 providing she and Bailey made contact in Laramie. 447 00:25:44,618 --> 00:25:46,315 You know, I have a feeling, lieutenant, 448 00:25:46,446 --> 00:25:48,317 that your interest in Madge's arrival, 449 00:25:48,448 --> 00:25:50,537 it goes beyond the news she may bring. 450 00:25:50,624 --> 00:25:52,974 Is it that obvious? 451 00:25:53,105 --> 00:25:56,195 Around the edges. 452 00:25:56,282 --> 00:25:57,892 You know, when this campaign is finished, 453 00:25:58,023 --> 00:25:59,676 seems to me there should be a time for a wedding. 454 00:25:59,807 --> 00:26:03,550 We'd like that, sir. 455 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,768 It's been a long wait. 456 00:26:04,899 --> 00:26:08,294 Yes, it's been a long wait. 457 00:26:08,381 --> 00:26:11,297 When a man believes in something or loves someone, 458 00:26:11,427 --> 00:26:13,342 delay is hard to live with. 459 00:26:13,473 --> 00:26:15,562 But I guess the nation is built by men 460 00:26:15,649 --> 00:26:19,131 who take a stand, fight for what they believe in, 461 00:26:19,218 --> 00:26:21,655 no matter how long it takes or how unpopular 462 00:26:21,785 --> 00:26:23,135 they may be. 463 00:26:23,265 --> 00:26:25,572 In the end, you're either a hero 464 00:26:25,659 --> 00:26:26,964 or a scoundrel. 465 00:26:27,052 --> 00:26:28,488 But you've done your best. 466 00:26:28,618 --> 00:26:29,750 Yes, sir. 467 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,621 MAN: Colonel Barrington, sir. 468 00:26:31,708 --> 00:26:32,448 Come in, corporal. 469 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:36,365 It's a signal, sir, 470 00:26:36,496 --> 00:26:37,540 there's a party coming up the path. 471 00:26:37,671 --> 00:26:38,846 Right, corporal. 472 00:26:40,152 --> 00:26:41,370 Madge and Bailey, sir. 473 00:26:41,501 --> 00:26:42,589 Excellent. 474 00:26:42,719 --> 00:26:45,853 Well, full uniform, eh, lieutenant? 475 00:26:45,983 --> 00:26:47,637 We must look good for Madge. 476 00:26:47,768 --> 00:26:48,856 Yes, sir. 477 00:27:06,178 --> 00:27:07,396 All right, get down, Sherman. 478 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:14,186 Madge. 479 00:27:16,884 --> 00:27:18,320 Well, the riding must have agreed with you. 480 00:27:18,451 --> 00:27:19,495 You look prettier than ever. 481 00:27:19,626 --> 00:27:20,975 It's wonderful seeing you. 482 00:27:21,062 --> 00:27:23,325 Have you any news for me? 483 00:27:23,456 --> 00:27:26,720 Yes, I have some news and I have the money. 484 00:27:26,850 --> 00:27:28,069 I knew I could count on you. 485 00:27:29,201 --> 00:27:30,376 We'll talk later. 486 00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:36,947 Your orders have been carried out, sir. 487 00:27:37,078 --> 00:27:37,948 You have a prisoner. 488 00:27:38,079 --> 00:27:39,689 Well done, sergeant. 489 00:27:39,820 --> 00:27:41,387 You seem to have a knack of showing up 490 00:27:41,517 --> 00:27:42,649 at the wrong time, Mr. Sherman. 491 00:27:42,779 --> 00:27:44,520 He was following Miss Madge, sir. 492 00:27:44,651 --> 00:27:46,522 We didn't want to leave him behind to cause trouble. 493 00:27:46,653 --> 00:27:48,394 In case you're interested, colonel, 494 00:27:48,481 --> 00:27:50,178 there are more than a thousand men looking for you. 495 00:27:50,309 --> 00:27:51,788 And you're the lucky one to find me. 496 00:27:51,919 --> 00:27:54,922 Well, actually, Mr. Sherman, I'm glad you came here. 497 00:27:55,052 --> 00:27:56,532 I want to talk to you. 498 00:27:56,663 --> 00:27:58,621 I don't think we've got anything to talk about. 499 00:27:58,752 --> 00:28:01,058 I'll decide that, and you'll listen. 500 00:28:01,189 --> 00:28:03,583 I'm gonna warn you only once. 501 00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:05,846 If you try to escape or in any way interfere 502 00:28:05,976 --> 00:28:07,282 with what I'm doing here, 503 00:28:07,413 --> 00:28:08,979 you'll be shot without hesitation. 504 00:28:11,765 --> 00:28:12,505 Bring him in. 505 00:28:23,559 --> 00:28:25,648 I don't blame you for the past, Sherman, 506 00:28:25,735 --> 00:28:27,389 that's why I'm giving you a choice. 507 00:28:29,086 --> 00:28:30,392 Is this a recruiting speech, colonel? 508 00:28:30,523 --> 00:28:32,002 In a way, I suppose it is. 509 00:28:33,395 --> 00:28:35,180 As you can see, my campaign if properly 510 00:28:35,310 --> 00:28:36,964 executed is bound to succeed. 511 00:28:37,965 --> 00:28:39,488 Organized slaughter. 512 00:28:39,619 --> 00:28:42,143 No, war. 513 00:28:42,274 --> 00:28:45,755 A precise thought of civilized man. 514 00:28:45,886 --> 00:28:48,018 These notes here were made during meetings 515 00:28:48,149 --> 00:28:49,455 with Senator White, 516 00:28:49,542 --> 00:28:51,587 with generals and cabinet members. 517 00:28:51,718 --> 00:28:54,242 They backed me all the way. 518 00:28:54,373 --> 00:28:56,157 That's why I'm waiting here, 519 00:28:56,244 --> 00:28:59,029 until a change is made in the Military Affairs Department, 520 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,075 restoring my command. 521 00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:03,904 If they can't find you to take you back as a prisoner, 522 00:29:04,034 --> 00:29:06,211 how are they gonna find you to take you back as a commander? 523 00:29:06,341 --> 00:29:09,910 Well, that's been taken care of, Sherman. 524 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,608 Sergeant Bailey posted a dispatch to the senator 525 00:29:12,739 --> 00:29:13,566 when he was in Laramie. 526 00:29:13,696 --> 00:29:14,828 Father? 527 00:29:14,958 --> 00:29:16,569 Just a minute, Madge, let me finish. 528 00:29:16,656 --> 00:29:19,093 Join us now, Sherman, you'll be serving 529 00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:20,964 your country and yourself. 530 00:29:24,577 --> 00:29:26,883 You may believe in what you're doing, colonel, 531 00:29:27,014 --> 00:29:28,755 but you're wrong. 532 00:29:28,885 --> 00:29:31,018 And I'm going to do everything I can to stop you. 533 00:29:31,148 --> 00:29:33,281 You're a fool. I could have you shot now. 534 00:29:33,412 --> 00:29:34,674 Father.Just a minute, Madge. 535 00:29:34,804 --> 00:29:36,937 There's something I have to tell you. 536 00:29:37,067 --> 00:29:38,678 I collected the funds that you've asked for. 537 00:29:38,765 --> 00:29:39,679 Thank you, Madge, I... 538 00:29:39,809 --> 00:29:41,507 But there is something else. 539 00:29:41,637 --> 00:29:42,986 Senator White and the others in Washington 540 00:29:43,117 --> 00:29:45,641 want you to retreat across the border into Canada, 541 00:29:45,772 --> 00:29:47,252 and to await word from them there. 542 00:29:48,383 --> 00:29:49,732 I don't believe it. 543 00:29:49,819 --> 00:29:51,038 It's true. 544 00:29:51,168 --> 00:29:52,387 A special courier contacted me 545 00:29:52,518 --> 00:29:53,867 and unless you leave the country, 546 00:29:53,997 --> 00:29:55,347 there is nothing they can do. 547 00:29:55,477 --> 00:29:58,872 They want me to turn tail and run? 548 00:29:59,002 --> 00:30:02,919 Their plan to reorganize the Military Affairs Department 549 00:30:03,050 --> 00:30:05,313 has--well, it's been defeated. 550 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,534 No, and they were so sure... 551 00:30:09,883 --> 00:30:11,885 encouraging me to go out on a limb, 552 00:30:12,015 --> 00:30:14,975 then letting a handful of politicians saw it off. 553 00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:16,063 We don't need them, sir. 554 00:30:16,193 --> 00:30:18,544 Unfortunately we do. 555 00:30:18,674 --> 00:30:20,807 Without their backing, that campaign 556 00:30:20,894 --> 00:30:23,070 isn't a worth the paper it's written on. 557 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,724 Bailey, stop him! 558 00:30:24,811 --> 00:30:26,073 Stop him, Bailey! 559 00:30:26,203 --> 00:30:27,379 Stop him! 560 00:30:29,729 --> 00:30:30,730 Fire! 561 00:30:38,259 --> 00:30:39,347 After him! 562 00:30:39,478 --> 00:30:40,653 Colonel.Are you all right? 563 00:30:40,783 --> 00:30:41,610 Of course, I am. 564 00:30:49,444 --> 00:30:51,141 Bring me a horse, Harmon. 565 00:30:51,272 --> 00:30:53,535 I'm going to take care of Mr. Sherman personally. 566 00:30:53,622 --> 00:30:55,407 Yes, sir. Sergeant. 567 00:32:47,606 --> 00:32:49,085 If you're in the mood for killing, 568 00:32:49,216 --> 00:32:50,522 you're gonna have plenty of company. 569 00:32:55,788 --> 00:32:57,485 Sioux war party. 570 00:32:57,572 --> 00:32:59,487 Get up here, Sherman, I'll take you on behind me. 571 00:33:15,721 --> 00:33:16,678 How many rounds for each? 572 00:33:16,809 --> 00:33:18,767 Two hundred, sir.Good. 573 00:33:18,898 --> 00:33:20,290 Hold your fire until they appear below 574 00:33:20,421 --> 00:33:21,248 within close range, understood? 575 00:33:21,378 --> 00:33:22,771 Yes, sir. 576 00:33:22,902 --> 00:33:24,773 This day will be a day of revenge for those 577 00:33:24,904 --> 00:33:26,993 brave men who were killed here before. 578 00:33:27,123 --> 00:33:28,255 See how Madge is doing with Sherman. 579 00:33:28,385 --> 00:33:29,561 Yes, sir. 580 00:33:36,655 --> 00:33:38,918 Everything all right?Mm-hmm. 581 00:33:39,048 --> 00:33:41,181 We're waiting for the Indians to appear in the pass. 582 00:33:41,311 --> 00:33:44,271 Another massacre by the great military hero, huh? 583 00:33:44,401 --> 00:33:46,795 You'll speak respectfully of my father. 584 00:33:46,926 --> 00:33:48,971 Not as long as he lives just for the sake of killing. 585 00:33:49,102 --> 00:33:51,060 He's going to Canada, he'll be out of it. 586 00:33:51,191 --> 00:33:52,279 Will he? 587 00:33:52,366 --> 00:33:53,802 Well, even if he does make it, 588 00:33:53,933 --> 00:33:55,238 he'll live for the rest of his life 589 00:33:55,369 --> 00:33:57,023 with death on his conscience. 590 00:33:57,153 --> 00:33:58,677 The death of hundreds of people that'll die in a war 591 00:33:58,807 --> 00:34:00,156 that he started almost single-handed. 592 00:34:00,287 --> 00:34:03,159 Well, that isn't true, is it, Paul? 593 00:34:03,290 --> 00:34:05,640 I don't know, Madge. 594 00:34:05,771 --> 00:34:08,121 I only know you'll never get him to go to Canada. 595 00:34:08,251 --> 00:34:09,601 He must go. 596 00:34:09,731 --> 00:34:11,341 Why must he go, Miss Barrington? 597 00:34:11,472 --> 00:34:12,995 Lieutenant Harmon? 598 00:34:13,126 --> 00:34:14,823 Yes, corporal. 599 00:34:14,910 --> 00:34:16,912 The colonel wants you, sir. The Indians are in the pass. 600 00:34:17,043 --> 00:34:19,306 All right. You be careful. 601 00:34:20,481 --> 00:34:21,569 Corporal. 602 00:34:23,310 --> 00:34:26,008 Huh, real noble kind of war, isn't it, 603 00:34:26,139 --> 00:34:28,010 Miss Barrington? 604 00:34:28,141 --> 00:34:28,968 Ambush and murder. 605 00:34:30,883 --> 00:34:32,754 Mr. Sherman, to save my father, 606 00:34:32,841 --> 00:34:34,582 I wouldn't hesitate to pull this trigger. 607 00:34:36,323 --> 00:34:38,151 Get ready to fire. 608 00:34:38,281 --> 00:34:39,282 [ guns cock ] 609 00:34:55,429 --> 00:34:56,822 [ speaking in foreign language ] 610 00:34:56,952 --> 00:34:57,866 Fire! 611 00:35:01,827 --> 00:35:04,351 Cut them down! Don't let them escape! 612 00:35:09,138 --> 00:35:11,010 Let's see some marksmanship! 613 00:35:11,140 --> 00:35:12,533 They've found cover, sir, we're wasting ammunition. 614 00:35:12,664 --> 00:35:13,578 Keep firing! 615 00:35:13,665 --> 00:35:14,666 [ gunfire ] 616 00:35:16,711 --> 00:35:18,191 Sounds like they're too smart 617 00:35:18,278 --> 00:35:19,888 to fall into your father's trap. 618 00:35:19,975 --> 00:35:21,411 Well, that pleases you, doesn't it? 619 00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:23,631 If it'll stop your father, yes, it does please me. 620 00:35:25,372 --> 00:35:26,503 White flag, sir. 621 00:35:26,634 --> 00:35:27,548 Cease fire. 622 00:35:27,679 --> 00:35:29,115 Could be a trap, sir. 623 00:35:29,245 --> 00:35:31,508 Don't worry. I'll demand they parley up here. 624 00:35:35,469 --> 00:35:37,471 They're signaling back, Bailey. You'll go with me. 625 00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:39,125 Watch us closely, Harmon, 626 00:35:39,255 --> 00:35:40,430 at the first sign of treachery, have the men fire. 627 00:35:40,561 --> 00:35:42,128 Yes, sir. 628 00:35:42,258 --> 00:35:44,304 They're probably Sioux. Who speaks the dialect? 629 00:35:44,434 --> 00:35:45,914 I'm afraid Sherman is the only one, sir. 630 00:35:46,001 --> 00:35:48,830 Madge! Bring out the prisoner! 631 00:35:48,917 --> 00:35:50,310 Mr. Sherman's going to work for us 632 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:51,572 whether he wants to or not. 633 00:36:25,867 --> 00:36:28,696 So it's you, Colonel Barrington. 634 00:36:28,827 --> 00:36:31,046 At your service, Chato. 635 00:36:31,177 --> 00:36:32,004 You wish to parley? 636 00:36:33,745 --> 00:36:35,137 You with them? 637 00:36:35,224 --> 00:36:37,574 He's my prisoner. You'll deal with me. 638 00:36:41,013 --> 00:36:43,537 That is all? Five, six? 639 00:36:43,624 --> 00:36:45,800 With enough supplies and ammunition to wipe out 640 00:36:45,931 --> 00:36:48,281 your band, if you attempt to take us. 641 00:36:48,368 --> 00:36:50,152 I would, of course, accept your surrender. 642 00:36:50,283 --> 00:36:56,071 Wind blows not for you, today wind for us. 643 00:36:56,158 --> 00:36:59,335 This is a military parley, not a wigwam visit. 644 00:36:59,466 --> 00:37:01,424 Now if you wish to parley in your own tongue, 645 00:37:01,555 --> 00:37:03,513 my prisoner here will translate. 646 00:37:03,644 --> 00:37:06,125 Go make noise in tribe. 647 00:37:06,255 --> 00:37:08,910 Now what is that supposed to mean? 648 00:37:09,041 --> 00:37:10,999 It's better you surrender. 649 00:37:11,086 --> 00:37:12,784 [ laughs ] 650 00:37:12,914 --> 00:37:14,568 Inform the chief the parley is over. 651 00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:17,484 Wait a minute. Why, Chato? 652 00:37:17,614 --> 00:37:19,965 Why should the colonel surrender? 653 00:37:20,095 --> 00:37:25,797 My braves, we go to gathering place on ridge tomorrow. 654 00:37:25,927 --> 00:37:31,367 There'll be many of us there. When sun high, we ride to fight. 655 00:37:31,454 --> 00:37:33,195 A battle? 656 00:37:33,326 --> 00:37:37,460 Many battles, 'cause you, our braves 657 00:37:37,591 --> 00:37:40,507 strike ranches, farms, towns. 658 00:37:40,637 --> 00:37:43,336 Yes, war begins. 659 00:37:43,423 --> 00:37:45,251 It should make you feel very proud, colonel. 660 00:37:45,381 --> 00:37:47,166 I welcome it. 661 00:37:47,296 --> 00:37:50,865 That kind of war will make it just so much easier for me. 662 00:37:50,952 --> 00:37:52,519 Is there no way this could be stopped? 663 00:37:52,649 --> 00:37:56,001 Yes, let him pay for crime. 664 00:37:56,131 --> 00:37:58,351 Would you escort the colonel to the nearest army post? 665 00:37:58,481 --> 00:37:59,744 I would do this. 666 00:37:59,831 --> 00:38:01,093 That's enough. 667 00:38:01,223 --> 00:38:03,182 I'd be a fool to surrender now. 668 00:38:03,312 --> 00:38:04,531 You'd have hundreds of your own people 669 00:38:04,661 --> 00:38:06,272 killed instead, is that it? 670 00:38:06,402 --> 00:38:08,970 The prize of war is victory. 671 00:38:09,101 --> 00:38:10,929 The cost of winning it is often taken in lives, 672 00:38:11,059 --> 00:38:14,802 Mr. Sherman, but lasting peace will follow. 673 00:38:14,933 --> 00:38:15,847 The parley is finished. 674 00:38:15,934 --> 00:38:17,544 [ speaking in foreign language ] 675 00:38:17,631 --> 00:38:20,939 I'm sorry you are with him. 676 00:38:21,069 --> 00:38:23,985 If it's massacre you want, you'll get it. 677 00:38:24,116 --> 00:38:25,639 Also those in cave. 678 00:38:25,726 --> 00:38:27,423 Back inside, Bailey, on the double. 679 00:38:38,130 --> 00:38:39,914 Keep a sharp eye on him, sergeant, 680 00:38:40,045 --> 00:38:41,133 I'm gonna attend to this wound. 681 00:38:41,263 --> 00:38:42,264 I'll do it. 682 00:38:42,395 --> 00:38:43,831 Bring Sherman inside, lieutenant, 683 00:38:43,918 --> 00:38:45,180 I want to talk over my plans with you. 684 00:38:45,311 --> 00:38:46,573 Yes, sir. 685 00:38:46,703 --> 00:38:48,662 You'll be happy to learn, lieutenant, 686 00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:50,838 that the colonel is willing to sacrifice all of us 687 00:38:50,969 --> 00:38:54,146 for his cause, including his own daughter. 688 00:38:54,276 --> 00:38:56,713 Tomorrow there's gonna be 500 Indians out there. 689 00:38:56,801 --> 00:38:58,541 Doesn't bother him though. 690 00:38:58,672 --> 00:38:59,716 After you, Mr. Sherman. 691 00:39:02,110 --> 00:39:04,156 It's what I've wanted, Madge. 692 00:39:04,286 --> 00:39:05,810 Throughout the territory, 693 00:39:05,940 --> 00:39:07,942 hostiles are gathering, won't be long 694 00:39:08,073 --> 00:39:11,250 until everything I fought for is proved right. 695 00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:12,860 You actually want a war? 696 00:39:12,991 --> 00:39:16,081 It's the only way out. 697 00:39:16,211 --> 00:39:21,347 Father, it's a terrible price to pay just for being right. 698 00:39:21,434 --> 00:39:24,393 We'll hold our position at all cost, lieutenant. 699 00:39:24,524 --> 00:39:26,134 Madge will guard Sherman. 700 00:39:26,265 --> 00:39:28,006 You and I will take up rifles with our men. 701 00:39:28,093 --> 00:39:29,616 Yes, sir. 702 00:39:29,746 --> 00:39:31,531 Colonel, there maybe other hostiles coming. 703 00:39:31,618 --> 00:39:33,098 Well, let them come. 704 00:39:33,228 --> 00:39:34,969 We'll give a good account of ourselves. 705 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:36,753 I'd like to talk to you. 706 00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:38,451 Going to change your mind now, Sherman? 707 00:39:38,538 --> 00:39:40,845 No. I'd like to change yours. 708 00:39:40,975 --> 00:39:42,324 If you rode out with Chato and me now, 709 00:39:42,455 --> 00:39:44,326 we could stop those attacks by tomorrow. 710 00:39:44,457 --> 00:39:47,634 I have no intention of stopping the attack. 711 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:50,898 Guard him well, Madge. 712 00:40:02,997 --> 00:40:04,694 Have you ever seen a full-scale Indian war, 713 00:40:04,825 --> 00:40:06,392 Miss Barrington? 714 00:40:06,479 --> 00:40:11,658 Civilians, soldiers, men, women, children, 715 00:40:11,788 --> 00:40:14,704 red and white, they'll all die. 716 00:40:14,791 --> 00:40:16,184 Show them we're here! 717 00:40:16,315 --> 00:40:17,664 [ gunfire ] 718 00:40:17,794 --> 00:40:18,883 Uh-uh-uh. 719 00:40:39,686 --> 00:40:40,905 Good shooting, men. 720 00:40:49,217 --> 00:40:50,871 Queue all those horses, Harmon. 721 00:40:51,002 --> 00:40:52,264 They'll cover you.Yes, sir. 722 00:40:52,394 --> 00:40:53,308 Bailey. 723 00:40:55,136 --> 00:40:56,224 Keep them busy, men. 724 00:40:56,355 --> 00:40:57,660 [ gunfire ] 725 00:41:04,711 --> 00:41:05,625 He made it, sir. 726 00:41:05,755 --> 00:41:06,756 Prepare the cover. 727 00:41:06,887 --> 00:41:08,193 [ gunfire ] 728 00:41:24,557 --> 00:41:25,906 He's coming back. 729 00:41:28,735 --> 00:41:29,866 Lieutenant has been hit, sir. 730 00:41:31,390 --> 00:41:32,869 He needs help. Can I try for him, sir? 731 00:41:35,568 --> 00:41:38,614 No, sergeant, we can't afford another casualty. 732 00:41:38,745 --> 00:41:40,921 We need every fighting man we've got. 733 00:41:41,052 --> 00:41:42,662 If Harmon is strong enough to fight, 734 00:41:42,792 --> 00:41:44,490 he's strong enough to find his way back. 735 00:41:44,620 --> 00:41:45,795 Try to pick them off. 736 00:41:45,926 --> 00:41:47,841 You keep yourself from shooting me in the back, 737 00:41:47,972 --> 00:41:49,016 maybe I can help him. 738 00:41:49,147 --> 00:41:50,975 Father wouldn't allow you to. 739 00:41:51,105 --> 00:41:52,672 So the lieutenant is killed 740 00:41:52,802 --> 00:41:54,239 because of your father's stiff necked ideas, huh? 741 00:41:54,369 --> 00:41:56,328 You ought to be real proud of him. 742 00:41:56,458 --> 00:41:59,722 All right. Please try to help him. 743 00:42:01,855 --> 00:42:03,161 Stop him! 744 00:42:03,291 --> 00:42:04,989 No, he's only trying to save Paul! 745 00:42:07,382 --> 00:42:08,470 Your idea? 746 00:42:08,601 --> 00:42:09,732 Yes, it was. 747 00:42:09,863 --> 00:42:11,256 Keep firing! Give him a chance! 748 00:42:25,052 --> 00:42:27,185 It's all right, Madge. 749 00:42:27,315 --> 00:42:30,405 Cease fire. We've driven them back for now. 750 00:42:30,536 --> 00:42:31,711 Bailey. 751 00:42:32,755 --> 00:42:34,496 Bailey. 752 00:42:34,627 --> 00:42:36,324 Bailey, let me see. 753 00:42:36,411 --> 00:42:39,240 Don't bother, sir. I'll be all right. 754 00:42:39,371 --> 00:42:41,938 Check your ammunition, Bell. Keep an eye on them. 755 00:42:42,069 --> 00:42:42,983 They'll be back. 756 00:42:43,070 --> 00:42:44,811 Yes, sir. 757 00:42:44,941 --> 00:42:46,508 You go ahead, sir. 758 00:42:46,639 --> 00:42:49,163 You ordering me around, sergeant? 759 00:42:49,294 --> 00:42:51,818 Now keep it quiet in the ranks. 760 00:42:51,948 --> 00:42:53,211 I have got to patch you up. 761 00:42:55,430 --> 00:42:57,128 Is it worth it, Miss Barrington? 762 00:42:58,564 --> 00:43:00,392 He's a man dedicated to death. 763 00:43:00,522 --> 00:43:02,437 He'll kill hundreds of people including the man 764 00:43:02,524 --> 00:43:04,048 his own daughter loves if it serves his purpose. 765 00:43:04,178 --> 00:43:06,789 It's all for nothing. 766 00:43:06,876 --> 00:43:08,617 But I can't tell him. 767 00:43:08,748 --> 00:43:11,185 What can't you tell him? Believe me, it's now or never. 768 00:43:11,316 --> 00:43:13,970 I so hoped I could get him safely into Canada 769 00:43:14,101 --> 00:43:16,234 before I had to tell him but... 770 00:43:16,364 --> 00:43:18,149 he won't listen, he-- 771 00:43:18,279 --> 00:43:19,933 Darling, if it's important enough, 772 00:43:20,064 --> 00:43:22,370 we can make him listen. 773 00:43:22,501 --> 00:43:24,459 Oh, Paul. 774 00:43:24,590 --> 00:43:27,680 Senator White and the important men backing him, 775 00:43:27,810 --> 00:43:29,682 not only have they withdrawn their support 776 00:43:29,812 --> 00:43:34,339 but they've branded him a traitor publicly. 777 00:43:39,387 --> 00:43:43,217 I received this letter from Senator White. 778 00:43:43,348 --> 00:43:44,479 Is what you told us is in that letter? 779 00:43:45,785 --> 00:43:47,656 Yes. 780 00:43:47,743 --> 00:43:49,136 Then you've got to give it to him. 781 00:43:50,616 --> 00:43:54,707 Oh, I can't, I just can't. 782 00:43:54,837 --> 00:43:56,491 If you won't, I will. 783 00:43:56,622 --> 00:43:57,405 No!Madge. 784 00:43:58,928 --> 00:44:00,060 He's got to know. 785 00:44:01,627 --> 00:44:04,151 Sooner or later, he's got to know. 786 00:44:09,548 --> 00:44:12,464 Don't talk to me about slaughter, Sherman. 787 00:44:12,594 --> 00:44:16,859 Bailey is dead. Fine soldier and a loyal friend. 788 00:44:16,990 --> 00:44:20,515 Better than a thousand of your redskin friends. 789 00:44:20,646 --> 00:44:21,516 I'm sorry to hear that. 790 00:44:21,647 --> 00:44:22,778 But like you said, 791 00:44:22,909 --> 00:44:24,519 that's the risk a man takes in war. 792 00:44:24,650 --> 00:44:26,217 Yes, and when I am finished, they'll never have 793 00:44:26,347 --> 00:44:28,175 to take anymore risks like that. 794 00:44:28,306 --> 00:44:29,872 Too many good men like Bailey have died 795 00:44:30,003 --> 00:44:31,222 because of the Indians. 796 00:44:31,352 --> 00:44:33,006 I've had enough of killing. 797 00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:37,663 It all began right here in this very spot 25 years ago. 798 00:44:37,793 --> 00:44:40,144 And this is where's it gonna end. 799 00:44:40,274 --> 00:44:42,015 You daughter was afraid to show you this. 800 00:44:42,146 --> 00:44:44,191 But I think it's about time you know the truth. 801 00:44:44,278 --> 00:44:45,410 What are you talking about, Sherman? 802 00:44:45,540 --> 00:44:46,933 This ought to make it plain enough. 803 00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:50,110 "From the office of Senator White, 804 00:44:50,241 --> 00:44:51,459 Washington D.C. 805 00:44:51,590 --> 00:44:54,767 Colonel John Barrington, Fort Laramie. 806 00:44:54,897 --> 00:44:56,551 Contents of this communication have been 807 00:44:56,682 --> 00:44:58,510 made public in order to dispel rumors 808 00:44:58,597 --> 00:45:00,294 that I and my associates have ever 809 00:45:00,425 --> 00:45:02,601 in any way supported you on your plans 810 00:45:02,731 --> 00:45:06,692 for an all out campaign of war against the Indians in the west. 811 00:45:06,779 --> 00:45:09,434 It is sincerely believed by right thinking men 812 00:45:09,521 --> 00:45:12,088 that your views are inhuman and if carried out 813 00:45:12,219 --> 00:45:14,221 will bring disgrace to our nation. 814 00:45:14,352 --> 00:45:16,832 Signed M.V. White, United States Senator." 815 00:45:16,919 --> 00:45:18,007 See for yourself. 816 00:45:27,495 --> 00:45:29,193 I expect you're enjoying this. 817 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,020 No, I'm not. 818 00:45:31,151 --> 00:45:33,153 For a man who's been as wrong as you have, 819 00:45:33,284 --> 00:45:34,807 I can only feel sorry for you. 820 00:45:34,937 --> 00:45:36,504 Spare your pity. 821 00:45:36,591 --> 00:45:38,767 I'm not just thinking about you. 822 00:45:38,898 --> 00:45:41,379 What are you gonna do now? Force your way into Canada? 823 00:45:41,509 --> 00:45:44,556 Make fugitives of your men? And your daughter? 824 00:45:44,686 --> 00:45:46,514 No, I... 825 00:45:46,601 --> 00:45:47,994 I have a different idea in mind. 826 00:45:53,173 --> 00:45:55,001 You will tell them at Fort Laramie, Mr. Sherman, 827 00:45:55,131 --> 00:45:57,786 that the responsibility for the Wounded Knee 828 00:45:57,917 --> 00:45:59,701 massacre was mine alone. 829 00:45:59,788 --> 00:46:02,835 As for the men who followed me here, 830 00:46:02,965 --> 00:46:05,577 they only obeyed my orders. 831 00:46:05,707 --> 00:46:09,755 Tell Madge I'm sorry for what's happened. 832 00:46:09,885 --> 00:46:13,628 If I can save her life, mine won't be completely wasted. 833 00:46:13,759 --> 00:46:15,239 What are you going to do, colonel? 834 00:46:15,369 --> 00:46:18,590 Reece, Bell, hold your fire. 835 00:46:18,677 --> 00:46:20,026 Mr. Sherman is in command now. 836 00:46:20,156 --> 00:46:21,201 Colonel! 837 00:46:23,595 --> 00:46:25,771 No! 838 00:46:25,858 --> 00:46:27,555 His last orders were to hold your fire. 839 00:46:41,700 --> 00:46:42,527 [ clicks ] 840 00:47:42,848 --> 00:47:44,502 Slim! 841 00:47:44,632 --> 00:47:46,504 Hello, trooper. Don't you know the war is over? 842 00:47:46,634 --> 00:47:48,854 We heard you stopped it. 843 00:47:48,984 --> 00:47:51,509 Well, this might come as a shock but I had a lot of help. 844 00:47:51,639 --> 00:47:52,901 The Indians are talking 845 00:47:52,988 --> 00:47:54,033 peace again now, aren't they, Slim? 846 00:47:54,163 --> 00:47:55,687 That's the main thing. 847 00:47:55,817 --> 00:47:57,732 Yeah, they sure are. Talks started this morning. 848 00:47:57,819 --> 00:47:59,430 Well, what do they plan to do with those men 849 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:00,866 that went with Barrington? 850 00:48:00,996 --> 00:48:03,172 It looks like the army is gonna discharge them, 851 00:48:03,259 --> 00:48:04,739 for the good of the service. 852 00:48:04,826 --> 00:48:06,872 Yeah, their big mistake was obeying orders 853 00:48:06,959 --> 00:48:08,221 from the wrong man. 854 00:48:08,352 --> 00:48:09,962 When are we going home, Slim? 855 00:48:10,092 --> 00:48:12,312 I'm getting tired of staying in this hotel. 856 00:48:12,399 --> 00:48:13,922 You know, I'm thinking the hotel 857 00:48:14,053 --> 00:48:16,708 probably feels pretty close to the same way about you. 858 00:48:16,838 --> 00:48:19,580 Like bunking with a cougar in a chicken coop. 859 00:48:19,667 --> 00:48:21,060 [ chuckles ] 860 00:48:21,147 --> 00:48:23,845 Well, Mrs. Cooper is taking a nap right now. 861 00:48:23,976 --> 00:48:26,587 She's plum wore out from this little wild Indian. 862 00:48:26,718 --> 00:48:28,284 You're the Indian! I'm the trooper! 863 00:48:28,415 --> 00:48:29,982 Whoa, whoa, now. Whoa, whoa, whoa. 864 00:48:30,112 --> 00:48:31,070 The fighting's over. 865 00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:32,506 Let's settle down 866 00:48:32,637 --> 00:48:34,160 with some nice peace and quiet, huh? 867 00:48:34,290 --> 00:48:35,640 Let's get Daisy and go home.