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from The Archives of the United States

Cavalry the true stories of Colonel

ranold McKenzie and the cavalryman he

led McKenzie's Raiders his secret orders

from the president of the United States

clean up the Southwest make it a fit

place for Americans to live Wipe Out the

Renegades Outlaws and murderers if

necessary cross the Rio Grand knowing

capture means hanging by the enemy

Discovery Court Marshal by the United

States

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Army Southwest Texas

1873 harsh violent punishing country a

territory in the grip of savage Warfare

waged between settler and Indian raid

upon raid exacted a toll of misery and

death Colonel McKenzie and his thinly

spread fourth Cavalry found it all but

impossible to help the territory to the

peace that was needed so badly on both

sides however one Plan offered a

possible solution to the problem it was

a long range experiment to turn the

Indian from warrior in to Peaceful

farmer one that could bring lasting

peace or if it failed a return to bloody

Warfare Corporal where's the next

spot come on Corporal what'd you do go

to sleep

Corporal but there was one man whose

purposes were best served by seeing the

experiment utterly destroyed go through

his pockets make it look like a

robbery

McKenzie will be hopping mad when he

finds out about this what can McKenzie

do about it nobody's going to bring a

bunch of filthy Indians into this Valley

not while there's a breath of life left

in

me and so Chief Seno if your people

succeed it'll be an example for other

tribes uh Mr Marcy your Advan party

ready to leave ready to go Colonel Mr

Marcy is an expert in land cultivation

he's been sent out here to teach your

people how to take their food from the

soil you have chosen well Colonel

McKenzie I know this land it is strong

and Rich there is no Buffalo to

hunt ah grey wolf you must turn from the

Buffalo and learn to take your food from

the soil to till the soil is the work of

a squa the commanche is a warrior a

hunter and now you you will make him a

man without honor my son our ways must

change or there will be no kamachi no

one will ever say that Sako was a chief

without honor Colonel I've already

chosen a temporary campsite plenty of

water we can start plowing our Fields

north of there I'll leave all the

technical details in your hands Mr Marcy

just get started as soon as you can the

rest of the tribe will be arriving

within the week oh and when commissioner

Cameron comes out he'll want to come out

and take a look around too when does he

do at the Fort sometime tomorrow morning

McKenzie wishes his friend

success good luck thanks

Colonel come

in Colonel the two men we sent to post

signs at Clear Fark were found murdered

about 3 mil from Grayson's Place Ramsay

and Hall yeah they must have been jumped

for their money they were strip

clean sometimes I wonder if the world is

based on reason or on

Madness all right get our

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horses

what is it Kirk a couple of our boys

just spotted McKenzie coming down the

trail he'll be here in a few minutes I

told you messing with the government

means trouble now you listen to me Kirk

I spent 15 years of sweat making this

the best Ranch in the valley and I'm not

going to stop now well you got

everything around here at the valley do

you want that too yes I do I tried to

buy that Land from the government and

they refused to sell it to me well maybe

you'll be able to make a deal now a deal

with who a bunch of Redskins playing

farmer the river runs right through that

Valley onto my spread and they'll be

using it for irrigation the only deal

I'll make now will be a one-way deal we

can't take on the whole United States

Army we don't have to take on the whole

United States Army I've got 40 good men

with 40 good rifles they'll be able to

handle the commes and as for McKenzie

he's got a th000 miles to patrol and he

won't be worrying about a few Warriors

now you go out there and greet

him

hello Colonel come in thank

you won't you sit

down thank

you what brings you here

Colonel two of my men were robbed and

murdered at Clear Forks oh that's

bad when did it happen yesterday I

thought maybe one of your men might have

seen or heard something no we don't

often get over to the valley except to

look for Strays do you hear anything

about this no maybe there's a couple

saddle tramps or Indians they're always

wandering through here giving us

trouble well I do hope you'll have your

men keep their eyes open I wouldn't like

anything to happen to the government

experiment

experiment yes the government is trying

out an Indian Farm over at Clear Forks

well what do you know that'll never work

McKenzie Indians are lazy you can't

trust them either they're A thieving

murderous

Savage frankly I don't like the idea of

them being next to me first thing you

know they'll be stealing my cattle not

necessarily not if we teach them how to

work the land a man who's not hungry is

seldom a thief trying to change an

Indian is like trying to take the smell

out of a skunk you can't do it we can

try Mr Grayson it's the waste of the

taxpayers money I guarantee you they'll

hide tail it out of here with their

first little bit of sweat you'll

see I'm afraid those Indians are going

to be your neighbors for some time

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sir and I'll expect your

cooperation do you wish to cooperate

Kirk I think it'd be real

neighborly

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now that's the way it's

done now you try it grey wolf remember

straight and

steady

all

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right let him plow nice neat rows and

tonight we'll do the

planting Dynamite a new new word a new

force it could help man carve a nation

from the Wilderness or in the wrong

hands destroy

him you must learn well you will have to

teach the others a commo was meant to

ride a horse not to follow behind one in

the dirt when I taught you to use the

bow you did not master that the first

day

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either Ray wolf

when you see that first green living

thing break through the Earth all your

work will be

rewarded tomorrow when the seeds arrive

I will teach you how to

plant seed and supply wagon you sent out

this morning represents an investment of

$2,890 we estimate it will cost us 50

cents per de Improv Lon to keep them

going until the first

crop now our total investment will be

$59,000 in terms of my Department's

budget this represents an exorbitant sum

therefore we must insist you make no

unauthorized expenditures well I I

really don't have time for the

bookkeeping commissioner Cameron I'm all

in favor of the program but uh I must

warn you that turning a commanche into a

farmer is no easy task Colonel during

the past 12 months more than 4 million

Buffalo were slaughtered in in 5 years

the Indian's food supply will vanish

completely that's right that's right

either he learns what we have to teach

him or he faces ultimate starvation and

Extinction the Indian has no choice he

must cooperate well I wouldn't explain

it to a commanche brave in just those

terms they're are very proud people well

you talk to them any way you like we're

interested in results at the lowest

possible cost I understand Mr

commissioner pardon Sir Mr Marcy's

outside says it's urgent haven't come in

what's up Mr Marcy it's unbelievable

Colonel last night when we finished

plying one of the fields it blew

up blew up what do you mean it blew up

it's just what it did ruined a whole

day's work what's this man talking about

Colonel that's what I'm trying to find

out commissioner are you commissioner

Cameron that's right I'm Dave Marcy I

can't explain it I've never seen

anything like it before in my life it

was like 10 kegs of gun powder going off

all at once gun Powter

yeah it may have been gun powder it may

have been something else anybody hurt no

but plenty scared I did all I could to

calm him down greay wolf was all for

leaving but senle promised they stay

put Sergeant yes

sir organize a patrol we've got trouble

over in clear Forks I'll ride with you

we've got to catch that seed and supply

Wagon on the double you said it might

not have been gunpowder Colonel what

else could it be do you ever hear of a

new explosive called

Dynamite beautiful stuff you could move

mountains with this Kirk you sure you

got a long enough fuse remember what

happened when we damn the waters up in

the North Canyon you worry too much Kirk

Big IDE is take big men and power and

this is all the power I want here comes

a

wagon

it

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oh

McKenzie's orders clean up the Southwest

at all costs make the territory safe

help to settle the kamanche in clear

Forks see that they are taught how to

farm but McKenzie had yet to realize the

ruthlessness of Matthew Grayson a man

driven by power and Prejudice determined

to blast the commanches from Clear

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porks

they were they were blown off the face

of the

Earth Sergeant come Mary to come over

I'll dictate a report

later I must say colonel McKenzie I

don't understand this it's very simple

your department just lost

$2,900 and when you enter it on your

books you might also enter the cost of

the lives of two men no need to get

tested Colonel I'm just trying to find

out what the devil

happened yeah I'm

sorry it was Dynamite all right I saw an

ordinance test back East I'll never

forget it this just doesn't make sense

who'd have Dynamite out

here Matt Matthew Grayson he's been

using it for months to clear roads and

divert water on his lands will you think

this uh Grayson is responsible for the

wagon could be and he could have blown

up that plowed field and he could have

murdered the two men I sent out to post

signs at cler Fork I wouldn't put

anything past him he hates Indians then

what are we waiting for let's Place him

under

arrest the Army's taught me one thing Mr

commissioner never go off half cocked

that Dynamite might have been stolen

from Grayson on the other hand if it is

Grayson

if he does have a plan to take over that

Valley and drive out the commanches then

I better have a better plan to trap

him Colonel the sergeant told me what

happened what are we going to do now

there's only one thing we can do keep

those Indians in clear forks and make it

apparent they're going to stay there

after what happened last night they're

afraid to go out in those fields and

work they'll work they'll work if you

and the commissioner go over there and

pitch in set an example try to try to to

show them that there's nothing to be

afraid of well what a that accomplish

and won't take care of Grayson I'm not

so sure maybe we can make him bite if we

use the right bait Grayson is a greedy

bigoted man he's obsessed with the

hatred of the Indian if we can convince

him those Indians are going to stay in

that Valley we can sting him into doing

something

drastic well why use subterfuge I say

let's go in and arrest him I have no

proof the dynamite is the only link to

Grayson I've got to catch him actually

planting it how you leave that to me but

what am I going to say to Washington

I'll take the

responsibility

gentlemen

Sergeant yes sir

Sergeant have a detail of men ready to

leave for Clear Forks at

sundown we're going to move into that

Valley under cover of night on foot the

men are to be deployed around the plowed

field and the camp there to be be

concealed at all times but I want them

to keep their eyes open the lives of the

people in that camp depend on their

vigilance now they're to communicate

with each other by signal only but

remember if even a field mouse gets in

there tonight I want to know it I

understand

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sir

to all outward appearances the farm

experiment continued normally however

the area was now sealed off by Colonel

McKenzie and his Raiders a small group

of highly trained Specialists experts in

the art of violence whose duties were

dangerous whose orders were

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Secret

thank you I haven't worked this hard

since I was a boy back on a farm in New

Hampshire now when the Indians leave the

valley we'll bring in our men and go to

work on the headquarters if we blast

here in this narrow spot and build a dam

we'll have a controlled flow from the

wed Kirk when I take over clear Forks

you can stand on the highest Ridge and

see nothing but my land no matter which

way you

turn the Indians left no two men came in

and the Indians pitch Camp again now

they're back out plowing the fields look

like they're going to stay what I don't

know what's going on I knew it

well we let them break their backs a

little Dynamite placed in the right spot

perhaps on the slope overlooking their

Camp will bring down half the mountain

side we'll bury them all with one clean

sweep H get a case of dynamite and put

put it in the cave near the headquarters

we'll work out of

there I don't like it it's too

quiet you think McKenzie's out there I

guess he's out there someplace maybe we

ought to turn

in well one night I won't get much

sleep

how long we've been here now

Sergeant 2 hours and 45 minutes sir

yeah

hold it

what do you want I'll ask the questions

what are you doing

here Grayson sent you didn't he to blow

up the

camp look if you want to question me

let's go somewhere else you're not going

anywhere you're going to stay right here

if that Dynamite goes up you go up

too all right man take cover but keep

him in your

sights

no please don't leave me here you

haven't got much Choice Mister take one

step and you'll die by my rifles stay

here and you'll die by your own

Dynamite it's Grayson's

Dynamite where is he up there in a cave

will you take us to him yes anything as

long as we can get out of here before

it's too late

Sergeant all clear sir all right lead

the way

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why don't you sit down what's keeping

him so long why don't you go out and

have a look for yourself it'll make you

feel any

better

is

did you see anything no something wrong

the dynamite should have gone off by

this time oh maybe he didn't plan it

right not hog he knows how to handle the

stuff oh maybe the Indians planted a

guard and he couldn't get through will

you stop behaving like a frightened

woman somebody's out there

h ah there's nobody out there I tell you

I heard something Grayson you're trapped

you're bottled up come on out give me

the

rifle you try to get me I'll put a

bullet in your

head

Grayson what are we going to do that

wait us

out

I'll take care of

them Grayson this is McKenzie we've got

your man now we're taking you come on

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out

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with the threat of Matthew Grayson

removed the valley of clear Forks became

the new home of the Warriors who worked

the soil and for McKenzie another step

toward helping the territory

grow and you will be pleased to learn

commissioner Cameron no strike that

commissioner Cameron you'll be pleased

to learn that the Indians are already

planning to double their acreage for

next year you got that yes ah final

paragraph uh you will also be pleased to

know that we have stayed well within our

budget there have been no unauthorized

expenditures underline unauthorized your

obedient servant so forth fourth Cavalry

commanding uh don't disturb me until I

let you

know hey wait a minute you can't go in

there we wish to see the colonel I'm

sorry the colonel can't be disturbed I

told you I didn't want to be disturbed

what's this commotion they insisted

sir it's all right Sergeant you will

honor us my white brother if you accept

this offering from the kaman's first

harvest I am

honored uh

Sergeant thank you thank

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you

McKenzie's Raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest make it a decent place for

people to live ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the Blazing pages

of history in the

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making

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la

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from The Archives of the United States

Cavalry the true stories of Colonel Rand

McKenzie and the cavalryman he led

McKenzie's ERS his secret orders from

the president of the United States clean

up the Southwest make it a fit place for

Americans to live Wipe Out the Renegades

Outlaws and murderers if necessary cross

the Rio Grand knowing capture means

hanging by the enemy Discovery Court

Marshal by the United States

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Army

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West Texas close to the Rio Grand fall

1877 harsh Relentless land of the

pioneer land that was still To Be Tamed

and land two of the fourth United States

Cavalry under the command of Colonel

ranold Sidell

McKenzie the secret orders had been

simple enter chuma Valley encounter an

apprehend James buan

harus the Raiders are ready Colonel

good I want you to circle around behind

harus and his men through the medicine

Wells area and we'll have him in a visce

I'll give you an hour and a half to get

in position then we'll move in from the

other side yes sir I

understand

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the plan had been simple two units of

MacKenzie's Raiders would attack

simultaneously from opposite sides but

again harus had been alerted he was

escaping too far away to be of

assistance were the other

Raiders it was left to McKenzie to

complete the capture to do this meant

crossing the Rio Grand and viol in

Mexican sovereignty for it was in Mexico

harus sought his

Escape it was there he believed he was

safe from Pursuit it was there scant

hours later he was being tracked to

Earth for months harus and his men had

terrorized the settlers of chuma Valley

for months they had been free to Rob and

pillage

come my man let's

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go McKenzie's Relentless Pursuit gave

Haus no choice but to make a

stand

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go

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so death came to these men of Fort Clark

the report of a federalist Patrol sent

harus and his men back across the Rio

Grand to safety but fate had decreed

that Rand McKenzie would survive this

Carnage to fight

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again

sorely wounded but alive McKenzie faced

the terrible problems

ahead miles of trackless waste lay

before him the danger of Discovery by

Mexican soldiers existed and once the

Great River was crossed there was chuma

Valley haass' domain but find his other

Patrol he must then one man harus must

be made to

pay

where is

he it's harus wants to talk to

you you can tell your friends it didn't

work I didn't have nothing to do with it

Mr har what you knew about about it and

you didn't say anything Mr Haus please

you made your choice you stick with it I

didn't make any choice nobody told me

nothing I just thought it was talk well

this ain't just talk you telling from me

that McKenzie and his soldiers are dead

I'm back in chuma Valley back to stay

everything is just as it was and if you

and your friends don't like it you can

move out your land won't be vacant long

please Mr Haus that didn't have anything

to do with the soldiers

coming

Sly don't look at me like

that what was I supposed to have

done what can one man do against

him like the lamp C it'll be dark

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soon

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I need help please help me

Soldier I'm

hurt I'm tired it ain't safe

here I can't help you please go away for

your own sake go away I need

help there's no help here for

anyone he's an officer maybe MacKenzie

herself McKenzie's dead Harker said so

but don't you see no matter who it is if

I tell harcus but you wouldn't tell

harus you just relax Soldier I'm going

to fetch a

doctor be back directly

Soldier

get out get out while there's still time

no doctor's coming there is no doctor in

chuma Valley do you understand he's gone

back to get haers he's gone to bring

Haus back to kill you he figures he can

save our land by turning you over to

him please please there's nothing you

can do just go and

hurry

yeah thank you I'm I'm

sorry he's

gone was it McKenzie

I don't

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know we'll find him he can't have gone

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far

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you want need this

here my name is McKenzie yes and my name

is Albert

pen you don't seem to understand

somebody's looking for me I do

understand that's the way in this land

the Hunter and the hunted but in this

case the hunter is James buan harus who

else in chuma

Valley you're not afraid of him very

much but I'm an old man and I have

learned to live with many things I can

live with

fear if I can get this shoulder fixed I

I've got a patrol somewhere in this

Valley it'll take a steadier hand than I

have to fix that shoulder have you seen

a Cavalry Patrol at least the bleeding

stopped no I haven't seen them but John

Leonard said he saw some shoulders this

morning a few miles east of here there's

no another Cavalry post within miles

they must be from Fort

Clark I've got to find them in your

conditions in the dark that bullet's

scraping against the bone it's got to

come out and soon right now get a knife

I told you I can't do it son it's not

fear this time but age if I dug for that

piece of lead you might never use that

arm again

get a knife I'll dig it out myself

that's for story books no man

could

harus who else at this

hour

Come Through the Wood you may be able to

loose him that

way

come right in Mr H you're up kind of

late aren't you pen establishing a

curfew you've been alone all night most

of the time I was over at Leonard's

earlier I don't like to play games pen

has anybody been here nobody well then

you don't mind if we look

around

been alone all night huh since one of

you started carrying a Cavalry

pistol you're lucky old man your days

are numbered or else I'd kill you right

now

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morning in chuma Valley country of the

oppressed McKenzie fought to escape the

Relentless pursuit of James bu and harus

to live he had to find his Patrol or

friends willing to face the brutal Wrath

of the man who ruled this

Valley

don't turn around or I'll

shoot ah drop the

rifle now walk ahead

slowly

all right stop right

there mister you picked the poorest man

in chuma Valley to Rob turn

around well now isn't that clever of you

I'm not dead yet I'm a long way from

dead well I'm happy to hear that I hope

you'll be just as happy when you're

swinging at the end of a rope Mister

what are you talking about I'm talking

about you and harus and all the rest of

that gang oh well now two things one I

ain't one of harus men and two that gun

ain't

loaded spent my last shell on a deer

missed him

too hey I hope you you don't feel as bad

as you

look if I look as bad as I feel you

better start digging a hole well here

come

on keeps cool down the well how you

feeling I don't know

yet

there I guess I'm supposed to say I

needed that well I can't speak for you

Colonel

but I know that I sure

do you know my M be right proud of me

now always wanted I should be a doctor

off hand I'd say you made a pretty fair

one I'd say we both been pretty lucky

you ever done anything like this before

yeah once during the war operated on my

horse he lived though

that's

reassuring all fooling aside though

Colonel about this lost Patrol yours how

do you reckon to go about finding them I

was in the hopes they'd find me well if

harus don't find you

first harcus has had several chances now

he's missed every one of them harus

needs not to miss just once

yeah I've got to find that Patrol you

wouldn't get two miles Colonel without

that shoulder yours bleeding like a

stuck

hog I was figuring maybe you might help

me why not it's your fight too I had me

AP part of the big fight

Colonel when I got out of that the only

thing I had was a pair of Butternut

jeans and that gray jacket you were

wearing and that was 12 years

ago but it taught me one thing when you

got next to nothing it don't hurt if

you're going to lose it harcus can have

my land I'm all through fighting but

don't you realize that if just a handful

just a dozen of you men would stand

together against harus you could drive

him and his kind out of chuma Valley

Colonel did you know that in one of the

Apache dialects the word chuma means

C there aren't too many places left you

two head nor check the Brownfield Ranch

in Jay Lawrence's Farm if you don't find

that soldier in 3 hours meet me at Chad

cin look at me

suly

McKenzie's very presence in chuma Valley

was bringing courage back to its people

there was still a chance with their aid

to end the terror of James

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harus then why'd you help me at all

why'd you take the chance on hark is

finding me here Colonel remember I said

get next to nothing well I'm in it it

ain't worth

it but got to have some place to bed

down this here's as good as any few of

them soldiers can get rid of Harkness

that's fine to

me oh I

see and I couldn't have done that lying

out there in those woods something like

that

no you saying what you thinking Colonel

it's been 12 years and it's all been

said

before I'm sure it

has I'm just wondering what you do right

now if harus rote up been 12 years

colonel open that door real easy if it

is harkus step back I wouldn't want you

to get

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hurt I have ridden half the valley

looking for Haus Chad you've got to help

me Colonel Mckenzie was at my

place thank heavens you're alive you'll

help us won't you

how many shells you got for this rifle

only three I

think yep load

it one shotgun one rifle and three

shells we wouldn't have a

chance get a horse

saddled come on come on we've got the to

find my

troops I've been waiting for you harus I

saw you heading this way from the

ridge why did you hit

suly I can't see harcus he's around the

other side of the house put that gun

down and go home tomman I

won't I'm going to kill

you go inside and get

Carl

let him come in I'll keep him covered

you got his

weapon you made a mistake Chad McKenzie

are you in there too I did make a

mistake do you reckon it's too late

Colonel no Chad it's not too

late cover

me the odds are evening up if I can get

that

pistol

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Mr Penn you all right Mr Penn yeah he

just winged

me did you get him I got

him we did it colonel we did it

like you said didn't even take a dozen

of

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us to the people of chuma Valley the

short but bloody fight at kin's

Homestead meant the end of Oppression to

those Troopers who lost their lives in

the Ambush the New Freedom in chuma

Valley was their offering to a country

still growing and for Colonel Rand

McKenzie it meant the successful

completion of another Secret order which

added to all the others brought the

promise of a safe frontier nearer

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reality

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McKenzie's Raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest make it a decent place for

people to live with McKenzie's Raiders

as they relive the Blazing pages of

history in the

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making

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la

from The Archives of the United States

Cavalry the true stories of Colonel rold

McKenzie and the cavalryman he led

McKenzie's Raiders his secret orders

from the president of the United States

clean up the Southwest make it a fit

place for Americans to live Wipe Out the

Renegades Outlaws and murderers if

necessary cross the Rio Grand knowing

capture means hanging by the enemy

Discovery Court Marshal by the United

States

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Army

June 13th

1874 morning a lone Courier and a

punished animal sped through the vast

waste of Southwest Texas The Courier

bore a message so vital so secret that

it could not be relayed by Telegraph or

mail the man for whom it was intended

the commander of Fort Clark Colonel

ranold Sidell

McKenzie the man from whom it came the

president of the United

States Sergeant I did like the colonel

said sir that Curry asleep for a week uh

stadies did you see toon got something

to eat well Colonel I made the mistake

of showing him his bed roll first he

sure must have rode a long way he did

Sergeant I'll need you and three other

Raiders volunteers for my group yes sir

there's uh me and Dixon Brown Sergeant I

said

volunteers yes sir uh volunteers for

what sir we're going to take a ride into

Mexico yes sir about 340 mi into Mexico

yes

sir I must say you took it better than I

did took what sir 340

mil that means there can't be any quick

Dash back across the real grand if we

get into trouble yes sir

all right Sergeant organize the

volunteers right away sir oh and

Sergeant you will be sure there are

volunteers won't you oh yes

sir private Lewis

Corporal Brown Corporal

Dixon thank you for the volunteers

Sergeant

edes there's every possibility that we

may fail in the mission we're about to

undertake there's every need that we do

not fail because if we do the United

States will probably be at war with

Mexico I imagine that you've all heard

of Michael Lucas

O'Hara General Michael Lucas O'Hara

right the Yankee who sold out his

Battalion at Pine Ridge well he

disappeared in ' 64 he's reappeared in

San Rodrigo

Mexico our orders are to go in and get

him further our orders are to bring him

out and within a week's time and without

being seen by

federales San Rodrigo is 340 Mi below

the Mexican

border I think I'll understand what that

means

now I'll understand if any of you wants

to withdraw from the

mission private Lewis ready

sir Corporal Brown ready

sir corpal Dixon ready

sir

Sergeant thank you

man dismiss dismiss

sir if the colonel will pardon my asking

if you'll close the door the colonel

will pardon you for

asking sir why the weak time

limit Sergeant we've gotten word that

O'Hara is part of a scheme to overthrow

the Mexican Government on the 16th our

information says also he's uh letting

word get around that he has the support

of the United States well why can't The

Mexican government do something about

O'Hara I'm sure that question's been

asked before whatever the answer is the

fact remains the president has ordered

us to act I'd almost rather stay in

Mexico than come back without O'Hara

when do we leave sir immediately we'll

carry our own food and water and how

much

ammunition well if we're spotted by

federales we can't stay and fight we've

got to run for it on the other hand

we'll be going through mascolo aache

territory it's Aid country water will be

just as valuable as bullets let's say

only 20 rounds per man yes sir have the

men ready to leave singly in 30 minutes

yes

sir so McKenzie and his Raiders

assembled secretly on the American side

of the border the task before them was

an almost impossible challenge but the

orders from their commanderin-chief were

specific return with John Lucas

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O'Hara for 36 hours they rode deep into

Mexico the Border was now 200 gruelling

miles behind them on the second night

now in Mescalero country they

rested

the

horses

P yeah they cut the hbls and made off of

the horse

what are we do now sir they'll run till

they think they're

safe and where they think they're

safe get the Saddles we're going to

climb those

rocks McKenzie's position was now

desperate to push deeper into Mexico

without horses was to invite certain

disaster yet their could be no turning

back only one slim chance remained to

McKenzie and on this chance he had to

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gamble what's the matter kid my poor

horse huh to think he has to carry me

too

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Colonel how far do you figure we've come

on

foot 30 Mi maybe still Le 100 to go and

345 mil back let's get some rest while

we

can

purple is impossible is it the colonel

seems to think so that's good enough for

me

come

on come

on

for

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finally after three and a half torturous

days their goal was in

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sight

leis bring my blanket blanket

sir

for

not even one guard maybe they weren't

expecting us suppose we ought to wake

them let them know we're here no let

them sleep they're probably tired no

telling how many there are inside

Sergeant what are we going to

do after 345 miles you're still asking

that all

right while they're still sleeping we'll

go in there and take him Sergeant bring

that

blanket leis you stay here and cover us

coming and going all right follow

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me

having come 340 perilous miles McKenzie

and his Raiders had now to breach

O'Hara's stronghold to find the man who

would willfully destroy the growing

peace between Mexico and the United

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States give me a night

Dixon

yeah

for

so har girl that room is all

man move that

over

suppose he was guarding somebody

important only one man I know that needs

a bodyguard I'm seeing as he ain't going

to be able to guard anybody for a time

I'd like to volunteer for his

job

Xavier is that you bring me a fresh

towel will you

please your unb had nothing on you

mister Just Give Me A

Reason time him

up go ahead General O'Hara for me just

one little

sound tie his boots around his

ni if we're spotted make sure that you

get him before they get us your boot sir

all right quiet let's

go

get him up on that horse Sergeant you

ride double with him and be careful

Dixon you and brown Mount double on the

other horse and ride to where we left

ours if it's all the same sir I'll stay

with you it's not all the same Mount up

come on come

on

good work son now let's get out of here

it's been too easy gets tougher as we go

along go

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on

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Dixon give me a knife

well I'm much obliged to you but aren't

you afraid I might

Escape

no this is Mescalero Apache country one

man alone wouldn't have much

chance you get me to Washington I'll

have no chance here at least I can what

I've heard about you Mr O'Hara you're

not a man who likes to take chances with

his own personal safety and what have

you heard Colonel that rather than die

needlessly I capitulated to the enemy

that you sacrificed the trust of your

men in order to secure your own safety

they could have enjoyed that safety as

much as I instead they chose something a

soldier calls

honor they died at

Andersonville it was their choice tell

me Mr O'Hara was it easier to sell out

your country down here in Mexico than to

sell out your own men at Pine

Ridge Colonel I found out when I was

quite

young a man's conscience is too often a

barrier to personal

gain I have simply denied

mine it's

interesting I've never talked to anyone

like this before it's too bad you

haven't maybe those men wouldn't have

had to die at Andersonville

prison

Indian

sir two more

Cel

yeah let's get out of here out a

gallop

[Applause]

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watching

they're going away why is that

Colonel I don't

know I don't

know he's

dead the Indians must have known that's

why they ran off won't those Apaches

come back

they wanted our horses maybe our scalps

but they won't come within miles of this

place now this man died of small pucks

we better get out of here no I think

it's all right he's probably been dead

24 hours wouldn't be much chance of

contamination after that everyone remain

just where they are I have a knife at

this boy's

back sure enough has sir your

information about the Indians is most

comforting Colonel it'll ease my mind on

the way back to San Rodrigo it's a bad

triara we all of us came on this Mission

expecting death just say the word this

one will get it first go ahead and take

him Colonel I'll take my

chances this makes the odds just a

little bit better I can get two of you

maybe three don't let him get away do

something don't make a

move get away from that

door I'm not afraid sir sge

Nixon where you get your son it's all

right sir he got me in the

hand I grabbed the

blade but it

hurts sure it does strange I never

figured on his loyalty to

you loyalty is something you know very

little about Mr O'Hara

how about you

sir

oh it

Hurts by all reckonings the mission

should have failed but it didn't at best

the casualties should have been high but

they

weren't

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in the daily reports McKenzie's journey

into Mexico was listed simply mission

accomplished for their part in the raid

on San Rodrigo the Raiders received

commendations from the man who had led

them Colonel ranold Sidell mckeny fourth

Cavalry commanding Fort Clark

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Texas

McKenzie's Raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest make it a decent place for

people to live ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the Blazing pages

of history in the

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making

la

[Music]

from The Archives of the United States

Cavalry the true stories of Colonel Rand

McKenzie and the cavalryman he led

McKenzie's Raiders his secret orders

from the president of the United States

clean up the Southwest make it a fit

place for Americans to live Wipe Out the

Renegades Outlaws and murderers if

necessary cross the Rio Grand knowing

capture means hanging by the enemy

Discovery Court Marshal by the United

States

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Army

October 1870 the third consecutive month

in which officers men civilian Scouts

attached to Fort Clark had been without

pay but at long last the accumulated

payroll of three bitter months was

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arriving

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now suppose you all just take your guns

out nice and easy like and drop them

right there in the

road

now you in that wagon you find a certain

box supposing you just go back there and

grun and toted down onto the

road better do it

wetherby I feel a little sorry for you

mister not much just a little you're

robbing McKenzie's fourth Cavalry well I

didn't take you for

Navy now suppose you get back up on your

horse

now the whole bunch of you just ride

right on down the road just as though

nothing ever

happen

goodbye

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all

the Scout weather be spread the word

like hot butter all bracketville is

Gossip talking about your

holdups my holdup oh I'm sorry sir I

mean the hold up they didn't know you

were the Bandit the uh little boy you

arrive yet he arrived this morning sir

that kid's like having a pet Panther for

a

mascot this ought to be bait enough

Colonel if I may I've been

thinking well the Army Lieutenant does

not forbid Junior officers from thinking

but it hardly approves

besides which you were thinking about

joining me oh yes sir I was thinking

that when you get the girl in case

there's trouble and one of us could take

care of the girl while the other took

care of the trouble sorry Lieutenant

that' be risking two officers instead of

one no we'll do it as planned we've got

to get that girl out of Mexico in the

process we can also hope that we'll get

Lionel

fer that's the girl Lieutenant Mrs

Wagner

I've got to know her when I see her if I

see her she's awful pretty to be so

important to Washington she's the key

witness in the Senate investigation

without her no

investigation now that we've got that

little boy safe here we can move I've

waited a long time to deal with Lionel

fer that expensive hide out of his has

been harboring criminals long enough

it's going to be Risky Business sir our

security reports indicate that the

Mexicans have greatly increased their

border patrols yeah can't be helped

we've got to get Mrs Wagner out of

Mexico our orders are specific on the

subject let's hope we also get Lionel

fuler the Raiders they'll be ready to

leave it Dawn yes sir all close-mouthed

men sir telling them a Secrets like in

bombing

it the Pet

Panther I'm an

Indian is Mom here uh not yet mik but

I'll have her here for you I promise you

oh I wonder if You' reconsider sir the

answer is no Lieutenant bang bang you're

both dead besides you've got to stay

here and take care of Michael see that

nothing happens to him take that that

dead I don't think it's him you have to

worry about sir I see what you

mean see you later

Mike

sir quarter of a mile since we cross the

river all right we'll stop here

Lieutenant are you clear on your orders

for the next 48 hours yes sir Colonel I

have my civilian going on leave close

right here sorry Lieutenant we've been

over that before the answer is still

no

you guessed right sir there is a man up

in that Hill looks like a century for

folder he couldn't see us cross the

River from up there but he can sure see

us come out this draw here good I'd like

to have a little audience Lieutenant

chase me for about a quarter of a mile

no farther then turn around and go back

into the United States yes sir all right

man I want you to shoot at me make it

look good uh not too good however I just

assume none of you won a Marksmanship

medal on me all right let's go good luck

sir

come on

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man as McKenzie had anticipated the

Sentry intercepted and escorted him to

the sanctuary of Lionel

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fer

[Music]

Mr fer will see you sir if you'll wait

here please delighted your hat

sir

good day to you

sir my man Reed here has instructions to

bring you and uh all strangers to see me

I am Lionel fer delighted as a matter of

fact Mr fer I was on my way to see you

we have certain mutual friends their

names aren't pertinent who recommend you

as a charming and a trustworthy host and

uh your name

sir uh Perhaps it is perent well what

would you like Smith Jones brown or

shall we say

O'Brien uh algeron O'Brien a little less

common H may

I I'm I'm

God I uh I may be a little

[Laughter]

rusty may I compliment you on your

residence sir thank you but I simply

copied it from a home I visited once in

Boston and may I compliment you on your

fencing sir thank you

I studied at at one time in Europe at a

period when it was expedient for me not

to be in the United States very much

like now a woman you

[Laughter]

understand very good Mr fer a woman

you're a liar Reed saw you chased on

Mexican soil by a unit of McKenzie's

Cavalry I find it hard to believe they'd

all be interested in the same woman

search him Reed search him and see if

there's a valid reason for his continued

existence now that looks like a tidy

some what about his gun well he's our

guest who would he

shoot Small Wonder the Cavalry was so

keenly interested in you after You'

relieved it of its

payroll but I heard about the incident

of course I must admit it showed up a

certain amount of Daring in imagination

a woman you

said a woman now please sir well I'll

probably end up spending it on a woman

that's my usual pattern what every man

has his faults the remainder of the

payroll Mr uh O'Brien where have you

concealed it now Mr foler you wouldn't

want me to lie to you again well as you

choose it really doesn't matter in the

end you'll have paid me the greater part

of it anyway in order to remain here

you probably understand that I uh

guarantee immunity from the law any law

but my price is rather steep for example

this will be just sufficient to uh

afford you Refuge here for one week

one well I've learned Mr folder that if

one can't control a situation one can at

least accept it that's very wise and now

I'll arrange your accommodation with

Samson our Butler oh yes uh do you have

many guests a few but everyone has his

own quarters so you won't be bothered we

assure privacy at no additional cost oh

uh good afternoon Mrs Wagner and how has

your day been like all other days here

Charming yes well of course you're young

and lovely and this place must be rather

confining Mrs Maria Wagner may I present

a man who chooses to call himself Mr Al

El Janan

O'Brien I'm honored Mrs Wagner I'm

not well it didn't take me long to make

a bad impression did you expect to make

a good one

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here in order to fulfill his secret

mission McKenzie had to First gain the

confidence of Maria Wagner then second

find a way to get her safely out of the

hands of Lionel Fier good morning Mrs

Wagner may I join you in your walk you

may not I have something of interest to

discuss with you you could discuss

nothing of interest to me Mr O'Brien not

even your son Michael what about Michael

is he is he all right the boy's in good

health I see we have company is there

somewhere around here where we could

talk with comparative privacy

yes tell me Mr obrien tell me what you

know about just in a minute in a

minute first I want to take out an

insurance

policy the kind that I hope will ensure

privacy that's far enough Mister you

stay right where you are I uh I just

wanted to say though that you're not

nearly as attractive as the lady fig on

impressing her forget it she don't like

none of us she won't like you no better

well maybe I'll have beginner's luck but

I won't have any chance at all if you

insist on sticking close to me like a

chaperon look O'Brien Mr folder says for

me to tag you too when he says it you're

tagged all right tag us keep us in sight

if you like but uh remember I'm a paying

guest and I'd like the privilege of

talking to the lady privately all right

go tell her your lies won't do you no

good but don't you try scampering away

all of a sudden why should I Mr Reed I

like it

here if we talk quietly Reed can't hear

us you said something to me about my

little boy yes what can you know about

him

I know that you put him in an expensive

School in the East all paid for by

certain criminals that hope that you

won't testify against them I put him

there they did the criminals did exactly

and that's the way they're trying to

bribe you not to testify against them

they made me they made me stay here

until the hearing's over they made me by

threatening my son's life if I

didn't what's the use what's the use of

talking to you Michael's eyes flash just

like yours especially when he's excited

how do you know oh when did you see him

night before last night before last

you're a liar Michael school is in

Conneticut Michael's School is but

Michael isn't he's just across the Rio

Grand in Fort Clark being guarded by a

very capable Regiment of cavalrymen who

are

you Colonel ranold McKenzie ma'am At

Your Service Colonel McKenzie the

officer I don't believe you I'll tell

you something else about Michael when he

tries to wink one eye he can't do it

both eyes closed that's Michael what my

son now if your safety is guaranteed and

Michael's of course would you be willing

to come back to the United States and

testify immediately immediately and

eagerly all right we'll leave tonight

midnight I'll have some horses ready

we'll make a ride for it now slap me

hard slap you come on slap me me for

Reed's benefit make him think I insulted

you then flounce out of here and I'll

follow you and in the process I'll lose

Reed when I all the men who need

slapping Mrs Wagner Mrs

[Music]

Wagner keep going and keep complaining

loud don't don't touch me don't you dare

touch me Mr O get away from me

[Music]

don't leave me alone don't touch me

don't you ever touch me again Mr you

stay away

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from following his instructions from

McKenzie Lieutenant Paxton made

preparation to lead the Raiders into

Mexico

yes well you look worried sir puzzled

Samson puzzle that O'Brien O'Brien sir

what about him nothing definite nothing

I can touch something I vaguely feel

about him something

wrong I suppose it's my imagination you

have news Well nothing important sir

just gossip from bracketville about

Colonel McKenzie I suppose it's too much

to hope that he's dead well not quite

sir but he must be very ill because he

hasn't been seen in the fort or any

place else since the payroll holdup

since the payroll holdup are you sure

he's there are you sure he's ill well no

sir but if I may be permitted to say so

you'd be ill too if someone stole that

much of your money another coincidence

and I distrust them O'Brien shows up

here the day after the payroll robbery

McKenzie hasn't been seen since that day

do you think Colonel McKenzie would dare

come here from what I've heard he dare

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anything in accordance with MacKenzie's

timetable the Raiders left Fort Clark

crossed the Rio Grand and headed for the

appointed rendevu the next move and the

success of the mission now depended on

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McKenzie

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Mr

fer I lost

O'Brien you lost him how I tagged him

and Mrs Wagner like you said when I came

up he was gone I couldn't help it sir

where's Mrs Wagner just

outside Mr Mr fer as long as I'm here I

demand protection from men beasts like

Mr O'Brien where is Mr O'Brien I don't

know he ran away when I screamed and I

hope he stays gone read if O'Brien isn't

found in 10

minutes just Where Have You Been

O'Brien uh well these didn't grow in my

hand Mrs Wagner I looked all over at

these are the prettiest I could

find by way of apology Mr O'Brien

there's only one thing you can do for me

stay away from

me oh Mr Reed Mr Reed you're right she

doesn't like any of us Mr O'Brien I can

hardly claim that any of us here is a

gentleman but each of us tries to act

like one I'd appreciate a similar

attempt on your

part I can appreciate that sentiment sir

and uh to try and make amends I'll

apologize to

you you take the

flowers you should be thankful Reed he

made an appearance and saved your life

for the

present I wish I knew I wish I knew you

what Mr

fer if he's Colonel

McKenzie

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you know what to do almost Colonel but

not

[Music]

quite

get read we've got to catch them before

they cross the

river they're

coming sound happy I am my orders were

to get you my hopes were to get fer

too come

on

I've got a place picked

out

here we

are

here hold these hide behind

[Music]

this looking for me

gentlemen don't fire

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Samson I very much wanted to take you

alive Mr fter this is Mexico you have no

jurisdiction here no but I soon will

have in about 15 minutes the real grand

is just 15 minutes behind us shall we

uh shall we ride to Fort Clark Mr

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fuler where's

Michael when is he coming oh Mrs Wagner

Mrs Wagner take it easy I've sent for

him

there you are come

in got a report on fer yes sir he's in

the Marshall's custody good that ends

his

Lieutenant you any explanation for your

appearance Mister how about that

shoulder board oh yes sir there's my

explanation I'm lucky I have a uniform

left Michael Michael let's see you wink

McKenzie's Raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest make it a decent place for

people to live ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the Blazing pages

of history in the

making

[Music]

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