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BANNED IN THE WEST Brutal Cowboy Action Not for Kids Watch If You Dare Western Movie 18
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00:00:00Rugged, wide-open, handsome, lazy, and itching to be tamed.
00:00:05A wild kind of place, maybe, but in the year of our Lord, 1855,
00:00:09even the Indian tribes was willing to stay peaceful.
00:00:12That is, until Black Cat got here.
00:00:15Then it wasn't so peaceful anymore.
00:00:19There was something special about Black Cat.
00:00:21He'd had some book learning in American schools
00:00:24because he was half red man and half white man.
00:00:27Only the way Colonel Robert E. Lee said it,
00:00:30Black Cat was half Indian and half devil.
00:00:34But to Mrs. Wilson, her son Danny in the United States of America Cavalry,
00:00:39I reckon he was all devil.
00:00:47And now every army post in Texas
00:00:50know that Black Cat was hiding out some warriors in the Puerto Cedas Mountains,
00:00:54further north, about 50 miles in the Rio Grande.
00:00:59That's why Colonel Robert E. Lee sent for me and the lieutenant
00:01:02to come to headquarters at Fort Mason.
00:01:05Only I was left outside shopping and my boy
00:01:08while the lieutenant was inside getting his ears blistered good.
00:01:16You don't have much enthusiasm for the assignment, Lieutenant Elliot.
00:01:20No, sir.
00:01:22You're quite frank.
00:01:24I don't know much about being diplomatic, Colonel Lee.
00:01:27I never got to West Point.
00:01:28Perhaps if you had, I wouldn't have sent for you.
00:01:31Ever since Black Cat broke his Seminoles out of the Florida reservation
00:01:34and made his way into Texas,
00:01:36we've been trying to find him.
00:01:38I know, sir.
00:01:39You also know he's somewhere in the Puerto Cedas Mountains.
00:01:43I've heard it.
00:01:44Lieutenant, you lived with Black Cat when you were a boy.
00:01:46You know his habits, and you know how he fights.
00:01:49I want Black Cat, and you can get him.
00:01:52Is that all, sir?
00:01:53No.
00:01:54You can't possibly have any sympathy left for that half-breed.
00:01:58Not after the atrocities he's committed up north.
00:02:00Black Cat's fighting for his life, sir.
00:02:02Only he's going about it the wrong way.
00:02:04He can't win.
00:02:05Then you admit he's wrong.
00:02:07I'm also the wrong man to send to Fort Clark, sir.
00:02:10Oh.
00:02:12Is it you object to serving under Colonel Hannah,
00:02:15or is his daughter your personal objection?
00:02:18I see you've heard of the incident.
00:02:20Colonel Hannah is an army man above everything else.
00:02:23He'll give you full cooperation, Elliot.
00:02:26You say so, sir.
00:02:28Fort Clark is the closest outpost to the Puerto Cedas Mountains.
00:02:32Orders are already on their way to Fort Stoddard
00:02:34to have your men join you at Clark.
00:02:36Catching Black Cat is your responsibility.
00:02:39The entire region won't be safe
00:02:41until Black Cat is either dead or back on the reservation.
00:02:46That's all, Elliot.
00:02:48Thank you, sir.
00:02:49One more thing.
00:02:51Susan Hannah is now engaged to another man.
00:02:54We don't want any more trouble on this score.
00:02:57It's said in that territory, Colonel,
00:02:58that I'm half Indian and half white, like Black Cat.
00:03:03Let's just say that Miss Hannah didn't know which half she wanted.
00:03:06He won't have any trouble with me, sir.
00:03:14Sir, he should be clapped into irons
00:03:17for talking like that to a superior officer.
00:03:19You want manners or Black Cat?
00:03:22You want to do some talking to me, Cam,
00:03:50or are you going to moat clear to Fort Clark?
00:03:53What's the matter?
00:03:54Are you getting curious about Susan Hannah, too?
00:03:56I might if I was a heap younger.
00:03:58It ain't often Colonel's daughters get to be that good-looking.
00:04:01Well, I'll be glad you're not younger or good-looking.
00:04:04I've known some women in my time.
00:04:06Never learned but one thing about them.
00:04:08Them as don't know what they want is poison.
00:04:10Of course, with an ordinary coot like you,
00:04:13a gal might have some real romantic ideas one minute
00:04:16and be scared deathier the next.
00:04:19I'm telling you, Cubby,
00:04:19I don't want to hear any more about Susan Hannah.
00:04:22Now go to sleep.
00:04:23Just saying you was taking it out on your horse this afternoon
00:04:26like he was the fella Susan was engaged to.
00:04:30Horse won't last a four o'clock that way.
00:04:33Show's all over me, eh?
00:04:34When an Indian wants a squaw, he takes it.
00:04:39You want Susan bad, Cam.
00:04:43But maybe you're blaming her for not making up your mind
00:04:46whether you're going to act like an Indian or not.
00:04:49Now look, Cubby, you've said your piece.
00:04:52Now let's forget it.
00:04:54This here knife belonged to Jim Bowie himself.
00:04:57I found it in the Alamo, covered with dirt and so rusted up.
00:05:01Looked like it weren't fit for nothing else but the trash heap.
00:05:03Now look at her.
00:05:06Shining like a new penny.
00:05:08Polishing done it.
00:05:09A heap of polishing.
00:05:11Just telling you, in case you think things twixt you and Susan Hannah is too rusty.
00:05:18Better stick to whiskey.
00:05:20Won't be any more fresh water or we hit the Lippin' Village.
00:05:23I was hoping you'd think of that.
00:05:25Here's to money, love, and keeping your scalp.
00:05:29Well, that must change to any of them in the army.
00:05:34Nothing left.
00:05:55Not a living thing.
00:05:56Somebody sure didn't like the Lippins.
00:06:02Seminole arrow.
00:06:05That one looks like he's been shot.
00:06:06Guns, too.
00:06:13Got more trouble, you figure?
00:06:16Yeah.
00:06:17Here's his old black cat don't like nobody.
00:06:19White or red.
00:06:21It wasn't just an attack.
00:06:23This was a good-sized village.
00:06:25I wonder where they could have gone.
00:06:27It ain't like a Seminole to take prisoners.
00:06:30Black cat would have all he could do to feed his own people in these mountains.
00:06:33Yeah, but hollow villages don't just disappear in the air.
00:06:37This one did.
00:06:38The Lippins been friendly with the whites?
00:06:41Reports I got, they've been selling corn and meal to Fort Clark.
00:06:45We ain't no more than about 25 miles from Fort Clark now.
00:06:49Cur to you that black cat's pretty strong to be hitting that close.
00:06:53Yeah.
00:06:55Fire talk.
00:06:58They've spotted us.
00:07:00Then this ain't healthy territory.
00:07:05There's the answer.
00:07:07That would be black cat's camp.
00:07:09Devil pass?
00:07:10Can't be.
00:07:11We just come through there.
00:07:12We didn't see nothing.
00:07:13No tracks, cook fire, dashes, horses, nothing.
00:07:16Well, he's there.
00:07:16I don't know just where, but he's down there.
00:07:19How in blazes did we...
00:07:22We've got company.
00:07:29Yeah.
00:07:29Let's go.
00:07:59Let's go.
00:08:29Let's go.
00:08:59Let's go.
00:09:29Let's go.
00:09:59Let's go.
00:10:29I don't think so, Lieutenant.
00:10:32If you men will mount up, we'll see that you get to Fort Clark without any further interruptions.
00:10:35Sure, Captain.
00:10:36Let's go.
00:10:43Let's go.
00:10:50Hello, Philip.
00:11:14Lieutenant Elliot.
00:11:21Lieutenant, when you get through with Colonel Hanna, you and I had better talk.
00:11:31Just stay out of my way, Dudley, and I'll stay out of yours and Susan's.
00:11:36Nice friendly place you got here, Captain.
00:11:43Lieutenant, Lieutenant.
00:11:50Lieutenant Elliot, sir.
00:11:51All right, Sergeant.
00:11:52I'm glad to have you with us again, Lieutenant.
00:11:56Thank you, Colonel.
00:11:57My orders, sir.
00:11:59Colonel Lee's having your troop join us.
00:12:06We should be here by tonight.
00:12:07Yes, sir.
00:12:08Our quarters here aren't as spacious as the ones we had at Fort Stoddard, Lieutenant.
00:12:12We'll be crowded.
00:12:13Lieutenant, I'll have no choice but to put you in with two other officers.
00:12:17It'll do.
00:12:18I'll try to make the campaign against Black Cat as brief as possible, sir.
00:12:22You have my assurance that Captain Dudley and I will give you all the help you need, sir.
00:12:26Thank you, sir.
00:12:28I'm sure Captain Dudley and I will get along all right.
00:12:31Perhaps.
00:12:32I hope so.
00:12:34Though he's not a man who forgets things easily.
00:12:37As for me, I don't harbor any past resentments, Lieutenant, nor to Susan.
00:12:41You see, she told me the truth.
00:12:46True, sir?
00:12:47She admitted that she asked you to ride with her that night outside the fort
00:12:50and that what happened was as much her fault as yours.
00:12:54The gossips blamed you and there was little Susan or I could do about it.
00:12:59It isn't always easy for a man to know just what a girl expects or wants.
00:13:05Sir, Susan had absolutely no reason to...
00:13:07My daughter's lived around men in army camps all her life, Lieutenant.
00:13:10She's a decent girl, but she's not a shrinking violet.
00:13:14Let's just say that she was impulsive and you were presumptuous and forget the matter.
00:13:21Thank you, sir.
00:13:22She's engaged to marry Captain Dudley now, and there it all ends.
00:13:26Yes, sir.
00:13:37Fettis rolled in and shot the lock off from the guardhouse door.
00:13:40Plugged the prisoner, too.
00:13:41They got themselves holed up inside.
00:13:43Wilson!
00:13:43Don't none of you try and take us.
00:14:02He paid us to do it.
00:14:03Wilson did.
00:14:04And he had a right.
00:14:05Them Indians got his wife and kid.
00:14:07Wilson had a right.
00:14:08Can't even find their buddies.
00:14:12But if Black Cat's gone alive, I wish they was dead.
00:14:15How bad is it?
00:14:16The Indian was hit in both legs, Colonel.
00:14:18Sergeant, take this man to the doctor.
00:14:20Yes, sir.
00:14:22That prisoner is one of Black Cat's men.
00:14:25We were counting on him giving us information.
00:14:27He'll tell us nothing now.
00:14:29You've had him three days and he hasn't told you a thing.
00:14:32Wilson can hardly be blamed, sir.
00:14:34Not after what happened to his family.
00:14:35May I speak, sir?
00:14:38The Black Cat situation is in your hands, Lieutenant.
00:14:43Any prisoner we take is entitled to protection.
00:14:47That's army law.
00:14:49You'd kill that Indian, I'd see you hang.
00:14:53Who are you, soldier?
00:14:55Have him put away that gun and I'll talk.
00:14:58Stay where you are, all of you.
00:15:00We're leaving the fort.
00:15:01Then you'll leave without your guns.
00:15:03We're private citizens, soldier.
00:15:05We don't take your orders.
00:15:13Now we can talk.
00:15:15Taking matters into your own hands won't help.
00:15:18There's more happening in those mountains than you know about.
00:15:20But it concerns all of us.
00:15:22All of us here.
00:15:24Not just you or your troubles.
00:15:27Where do you live?
00:15:28I got a ranch up at the Cuyula Waterhole.
00:15:31Stay there.
00:15:33And keep out of our way.
00:15:34If your wife and son are still alive, we'll get them back.
00:15:38That's all.
00:15:40I'll clear up.
00:15:45Wilson supplied a lot of provisions for this camp, sir.
00:15:47He deserves better treatment.
00:15:49He gets paid for those provisions, Captain.
00:15:51We had our chance with Black Cat, Captain Dudley.
00:15:54Lieutenant Elliot gets every cooperation.
00:15:57Yes, sir.
00:15:57Nearly arrived officers usually dine at headquarters the first night.
00:16:05Why, of course, Lieutenant.
00:16:06We'll expect you.
00:16:07I'll see what delicacies I can find for dinner.
00:16:11I do all the cooking for my father.
00:16:13You see, I can do other things besides get a man into trouble.
00:16:17Um, I have a lot of important matters I'd like to discuss with you, Colonel.
00:16:21And if you, uh, if you have the time now.
00:16:23Why, certainly, Lieutenant.
00:16:29The rest of the Lippins in that village were taken somewhere by the Seminans.
00:16:34I'm afraid Black Cat's doing more than just hide from you, Colonel.
00:16:37Well, yes, guns.
00:16:38Where he gets them, I don't know.
00:16:40But I'm afraid we'll never get close enough to him to find out what he's up to.
00:16:44Well, there's one person who might know.
00:16:46Wilson's wife.
00:16:48She's still alive to tell it.
00:16:50As a prisoner among other prisoners, she may have learned a lot.
00:16:52In heaven's name, Lieutenant.
00:16:53We've scarred these mountains trying to find her.
00:16:56If we could capture some of Black Cat's people,
00:16:59Black Cat would make an exchange of prisoners.
00:17:01He'll do anything to keep his people out of our hands.
00:17:04You believe Black Cat's really in Devil Pass, Lieutenant?
00:17:07Yes, sir.
00:17:08Think you could crystallize your plans by tonight?
00:17:11Well, there's a possibility.
00:17:12If I could study the maps of the terrain this afternoon.
00:17:17Here they are, Lieutenant.
00:17:20That'll be all.
00:17:21Thank you, sir.
00:17:21A workable plan, Lieutenant.
00:17:29If Black Cat will be fooled by your diversionary tactics.
00:17:32He'll have no other choice, sir.
00:17:34My force will present a threat to him.
00:17:36He'll have to come out to attack.
00:17:37Leaving Devil Pass weakly defended.
00:17:40And Captain Dudley can go into the pass with a small party and take the hostages.
00:17:43Then if your troop arrives tonight, you'll leave in the morning, huh?
00:17:48Right, sir.
00:17:48Better have it out with her, Elliot, before this turns into a mess.
00:18:00I have nothing to say, sir.
00:18:02She's ready to explode.
00:18:03So are you.
00:18:04So is Dudley.
00:18:06Dudley once threatened to kill you because of that night at Fort Stoddard.
00:18:09If he loses his temper again, I can't answer for him.
00:18:12The captain has more sense than that, sir.
00:18:15Has he?
00:18:16I wish I were so sure.
00:18:18The man's head over heels in debt.
00:18:21He's like a spring, drawn too tight.
00:18:23He's her choice.
00:18:25Yes, yes, I know.
00:18:27And the only thing holding up the marriage is his debts.
00:18:30Susan insists that he pay those off first.
00:18:33Well, every day he gets more nervous, more irritable.
00:18:37And with you here, he might...
00:18:40Who knows?
00:18:42You mean something to her, Cam.
00:18:45Infatuation, perhaps.
00:18:47Danger, maybe.
00:18:48She's been raised on danger.
00:18:50But whatever it is, it's affected her normal feelings towards Dudley.
00:18:54She's not sure of herself.
00:18:57Cam, if you're going to be worse for her than Dudley, get out of her life and stay out.
00:19:02I've already been worse for her.
00:19:05Be frank with me, son.
00:19:06You love her.
00:19:07I don't know.
00:19:14I know I wanted her then, and...
00:19:17Well, I want her now.
00:19:19Maybe love means other things, though.
00:19:21Well, thanks for your honesty.
00:19:24Perhaps that explains the way Susan feels, too.
00:19:28Yes, sir.
00:19:30Lieutenant, you're sending Captain Dudley into Devil Pass with a small force of men.
00:19:35If your plan should misfire, he could be killed.
00:19:38You'd be blamed.
00:19:39I thought of that, sir.
00:19:42Still want to go through with it?
00:19:44He's a soldier, sir.
00:19:46But I'll do all in my power to see that he doesn't get killed.
00:19:49Good night, sir.
00:19:50Good night.
00:19:51You finished with Dad?
00:19:58Uh-huh.
00:19:59You had a lot to talk about?
00:20:02Yeah, a lot.
00:20:04I wanted to know if I...
00:20:05If I loved you.
00:20:08It's a little late for such a question, isn't it?
00:20:12What did you tell him?
00:20:14Nothing much.
00:20:15You're going to marry Dudley.
00:20:16Cam,
00:20:18why didn't you ask me to marry you at Fort Stoddard?
00:20:20The colonel's daughter doesn't marry a half-breed.
00:20:26But you made love to me.
00:20:29Any man would want to do that.
00:20:32Thanks.
00:20:34I think that's a compliment.
00:20:37Do you think because we fight the Indian people, I hate them?
00:20:41I don't even hate Black Cat.
00:20:43I can understand why he's fighting.
00:20:45So can Dad.
00:20:47They've got to try to understand us, too.
00:20:50If more people felt like that, there'd be no Indian wars.
00:20:55It's a big country, Cam.
00:20:56There's room for everybody.
00:20:59You know, it's too bad Black Cat can't hear some of your ideas.
00:21:04Right now, it's more important that you've heard them.
00:21:06If I kissed you now, it would start all over again.
00:21:13Isn't that the way it's supposed to be?
00:21:18Let Dudley answer that.
00:21:19Cam!
00:21:19They got here on time.
00:21:34Maybe it's just as well.
00:21:35Figured you'd make it, Chris.
00:21:41I told my men you'd make it, all right.
00:21:43They said they could do anything an officer could do.
00:21:46Any trouble?
00:21:47No, I didn't see nothing but rattlesnakes in that country we came across.
00:21:51Lieutenant, meet my brother Tony.
00:21:53Dern fool signed up for a hitch in San Antone.
00:21:55Welcome, Tony.
00:21:56Thank you, sir.
00:21:57What's he packing?
00:21:58Violin.
00:21:59Plays real good.
00:22:01That's his business.
00:22:02Joined the Army as a hobby.
00:22:04Attention!
00:22:14Colonel Hannah, sir, I'd like to present Sergeant Christopher Zenova.
00:22:18Captain Dudley, Sergeant Christopher Zenova.
00:22:21Not much room here, Sergeant.
00:22:23You'll have to do the best you can at the barracks.
00:22:25Yes, sir.
00:22:25That's all.
00:22:26Lieutenant Elliott will give you your orders.
00:22:28Very good, sir.
00:22:30Forward!
00:22:31Help!
00:22:34I'll brief the men, sir, if you'll brief Captain Dudley on our plans.
00:22:49Very well.
00:22:50Good night, Lieutenant.
00:22:51Good night, sir.
00:22:52Good night, Captain.
00:22:53Good night.
00:22:53Good night.
00:22:53Captain Dudley.
00:23:01Lieutenant Elliott's plan is for you to capture the hostages.
00:23:04If you're successful, it'll give me a basis on which to recommend your promotion.
00:23:07Yes, sir.
00:23:08Good night, sir.
00:23:09Good night, Colonel.
00:23:10Good night, Colonel.
00:23:10Good night, Colonel.
00:23:10Good night, Colonel.
00:23:11Good night, Colonel.
00:23:12Good night, Colonel.
00:23:23We hadn't wasted no time, that's for sure, but no blackhead had guns, didn't give us any
00:23:29time to waste.
00:23:31We was setting a trip, and I don't reckon any of us felt too good about being the bait.
00:23:36Well, this is where we separate, Captain.
00:23:50Make no attempt to enter Devil Pass until you hear gunfire from below.
00:23:54Then you'll know that Black Cat has attacked us.
00:23:57Good luck to you, sir.
00:23:57And to you, Lieutenant.
00:23:59Forward!
00:23:59Forward!
00:24:00Forward!
00:24:00Forward!
00:24:14What do we do now?
00:24:15They're splitting up.
00:24:17Captain Dudley's in command.
00:24:19We'll follow him.
00:24:49We're below Devil Pass now.
00:25:10Black Cat's gonna come out.
00:25:12He'll come out quick.
00:25:13Stay close to me, kid.
00:25:15There's a river on the other side of those trees.
00:25:17If he hits us, we'll take up position there.
00:25:20River crossing.
00:25:21River crossing.
00:25:22River crossing.
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00:25:52Something big going on down there.
00:25:58We'll stay with you, Captain.
00:26:08One trip, one.
00:26:11Fish, mount!
00:26:22Fish, mount!
00:26:52Some of them are going up river, Lieutenant.
00:27:12They're loud flankers.
00:27:15Bugler, blow retreat.
00:27:20Take cover of those rocks back there.
00:27:22Get out of here.
00:27:42Aren't you going to like a new hobby, kid?
00:27:43If I live long enough.
00:27:45Sure more noise than a symphony.
00:27:47Yeah, they got a bigger orchestra than we have.
00:27:49So keep your head down.
00:27:50Hold your fire.
00:28:20Think they'll come back again, sir?
00:28:22Yeah, maybe twice.
00:28:27Just wet your whistle, kid.
00:28:29Take too much water and this sun will cook your gizzard.
00:28:30Let's get higher.
00:28:36Let's get higher.
00:28:49Miss Miles.
00:28:50What do you suppose is going on down there?
00:28:54We'll wait here and find out.
00:28:55Take it up.
00:29:06Keep here.
00:29:14Keep here.
00:29:15Let's go.
00:29:45Let's go.
00:30:16Better than the ones we have.
00:30:17They're good ones, all right.
00:30:19I can't figure out where they'd get them.
00:30:21Something else, Captain.
00:30:23Blonde woman and a child.
00:30:27Mrs. Wilson was a blonde.
00:30:29Yes, sir.
00:30:29Tell me the truth.
00:30:34Was it the Wilson woman?
00:30:39Tell me the truth.
00:30:40It was.
00:30:42The Wilson woman and her little one.
00:30:47Bring them along, Sergeant.
00:30:48Put the woman and the child on her horse.
00:31:11The man will take turns riding double.
00:31:12Yes, sir.
00:31:13What are you doing here, Wilson?
00:31:22Not making any trouble, Captain.
00:31:24Just searching the way we've been doing the past couple of weeks.
00:31:26You followed me.
00:31:27It's my wife and boy you're looking for, Captain Dudley.
00:31:30Just thought we might be of some help.
00:31:32I'm afraid I have bad news for you.
00:31:34You found them?
00:31:36We're not entirely sure.
00:31:38You know what my wife looked like?
00:31:39She...
00:31:40They've been scalped.
00:31:43I'm sorry.
00:31:44If they were still alive, we might have gotten them back with these hostages.
00:31:47Black Cat Squaw and Son.
00:31:52No call to take them in now.
00:31:56Can I talk to you a minute, Captain?
00:31:58Alone?
00:31:59Sure.
00:32:00Sure.
00:32:00Sure.
00:32:10What are you going to do with them redskins?
00:32:13That decision is up to Colonel Hanna.
00:32:15We're taking them in.
00:32:16What's the use?
00:32:18Why not let me have them?
00:32:19You?
00:32:20You can't get my wife and boy back with them now.
00:32:22You've got no need for prisoners.
00:32:24Just turn them loose.
00:32:26That's all you have to do.
00:32:30You owe me a lot of money, Captain.
00:32:32I know you stuck up for me at the fort and I ain't forgetting it.
00:32:35But I'd be willing to cancel out your whole debt in exchange for her.
00:32:38No.
00:32:40Colonel Hanna might find out about it.
00:32:41How could he?
00:32:42You and I are the only ones that know about it.
00:32:44As for your excuse, you can say you found the scalps and you didn't see any reason to bring back the hostages.
00:32:48Who can question that, Captain?
00:32:50What are you going to do with them?
00:32:52You're going to worry about what happens to a couple of murdering redskins?
00:33:02All right, Wilson.
00:33:04You made a good deal, Captain.
00:33:08Tell the colonel that's the way I feel about it.
00:33:17My wife and kid are gone and nothing's going to bring them back.
00:33:20Using women and children, that's engine style.
00:33:23We ain't engines.
00:33:24Tell him I'm plumb grateful for the way you boys got out and hustled.
00:33:27I'm just sorry that we were too late, Wilson.
00:33:29Maybe be seeing you at four o'clock in a week or so.
00:33:32Got business south.
00:33:33Let the woman go, the child too.
00:33:46You're not taking them in, Captain?
00:33:47You're in my orders.
00:33:48There's no point in it now.
00:33:50Perhaps we can reach Clark by nightfall.
00:33:52Yes, sir.
00:33:52We will argue no more, High Cloud, to charge the white eyes on the rocks again.
00:34:04We would only lose more men and fail.
00:34:06We will wait until tonight.
00:34:13An Indian chief did not make war at night.
00:34:16The sun god would be angry.
00:34:17Since my father was a white man, perhaps the sun god will only be half angry.
00:34:22Why have you left the canyon?
00:34:39Only I, of all the women, could ride swift enough.
00:34:41What has happened?
00:34:43This squad, little one of Black Cat, have been killed.
00:34:49Amawa.
00:34:50Amawa.
00:34:52How?
00:34:56Soldiers from the fort came to the caves and took her.
00:34:59Later we found her and the boy.
00:35:03The knives of the white eyes.
00:35:08Now will you charge the rocks?
00:35:12No.
00:35:14There is a different way.
00:35:16Then we will retreat now, like women.
00:35:17We will leave.
00:35:19But first there is something I must do.
00:35:22Do not go until I return.
00:35:35See anything?
00:35:36Nope.
00:35:37Chicken, a tarantula, just minding his own business.
00:35:40The boys are getting restless, Lieutenant.
00:35:46How long are you going to sit this one out?
00:35:48We'll give the captain as much time as possible.
00:35:51Could be he'll bring reinforcements from the fort.
00:35:53Maybe.
00:35:55Take another 12 hours if he does.
00:35:56I wish words with my brother, Gray Eagle.
00:36:06Gray Eagle?
00:36:07I ain't heard you call that in years.
00:36:09It must be Black Cat himself.
00:36:16Under a flag of truce.
00:36:17Hold your fire.
00:36:21Black Cat, this is Cam Elliott.
00:36:25You won't be fired on.
00:36:26What do you want?
00:36:27Come out where I can see you, so we may speak as brothers.
00:36:30Keep saying brother.
00:36:32Getting to be a real family affair.
00:36:34You going down there?
00:36:36Black Cat respects the flag of truce as much as we do.
00:36:39There won't be any tricks.
00:36:40Hello, Black Cat.
00:37:06I hoped never to make war on Gray Eagle.
00:37:08But you have come to find me as an enemy.
00:37:12I'm not known as Gray Eagle in the U.S. Army, Black Cat.
00:37:15Each man goes by his own lights.
00:37:19Sometimes it is hard for a man to stay with those lights.
00:37:23No matter where it may lead.
00:37:27I came here to ask you a question, Gray Eagle.
00:37:29And you must answer me with words of truth.
00:37:33I have no reason to lie to you about anything.
00:37:36I believe you, my brother.
00:37:39Soldiers from Fort Clark killed my wife and son at Devil Pass today.
00:37:44What?
00:37:45Were you responsible for that?
00:37:47I know nothing about this.
00:37:49We set a trap here to draw you out of the pass.
00:37:52So we could get hostages to exchange for Mrs. Wilson and her boy.
00:37:55It would have done you no good.
00:37:57Mrs. Wilson was killed when she tried to stab one of our women.
00:38:00Her boy died when he tried to help her.
00:38:02There was nothing I could do.
00:38:05But Malawa was harming no one.
00:38:08The Seminoles were talking of a new treaty with Colonel Hanna.
00:38:12Now there will be no treaty.
00:38:13We will keep fighting in every way we can.
00:38:19Goodbye, my brother.
00:38:22Goodbye, Black Cat.
00:38:23Get the men down and start rounding up the horses.
00:38:39All right, men, let's go!
00:38:40It's all over?
00:38:41Just the beginning.
00:38:42Black Cat claims Captain Dudley's outfit killed his wife and son.
00:38:46What?
00:38:46Look.
00:38:48Look.
00:38:48Look.
00:39:16Troop... power!
00:39:24Looks like they've been hit bad, sir.
00:39:26Stay with the wounded.
00:39:28Wounded bomb!
00:39:30Troop... forward!
00:39:46Halt with the fire!
00:40:07Where's the colonel?
00:40:08He's inside, sir.
00:40:16Black Cat, sir?
00:40:18Less than an hour ago. He's taken Susan with him.
00:40:20Susan?
00:40:21But why, Cam?
00:40:23Revenge, sir.
00:40:24Black Cat thinks that his wife and son were murdered by Captain Dudley and his men.
00:40:28Murdered?
00:40:29In heaven's name, Elliot.
00:40:31We took them, but we realized there was no point in bringing them in.
00:40:33Mrs. Wilson and the child were dead.
00:40:36Then who could have killed them?
00:40:37Wilson. It must have been Wilson. He followed us.
00:40:40Wilson?
00:40:41With a man like that in the vicinity, you left that woman and child alone?
00:40:44You acted like a fool, Captain.
00:40:47I never should have allowed Wilson to leave the fort.
00:40:50The issue lay with your judgment yesterday, Captain Dudley.
00:40:53You knew he was dangerous.
00:40:54Cam, you know Black Cat.
00:40:56What will he do to her?
00:40:59Miss Hannah will be of great value to them, sir.
00:41:01She's a woman.
00:41:02A beautiful woman.
00:41:03She'll buy many guns.
00:41:06You think they sell their prisoners?
00:41:08They don't have money to buy guns, Captain.
00:41:10Colonel, my guess is that Black Cat will try to take his people south.
00:41:15Across the Capote Desert.
00:41:17Impossible.
00:41:18There's not a trace of water for over 500 miles.
00:41:21Indians have ways of crossing that desert without water, Captain.
00:41:24I don't know how they do it, but they sure do it.
00:41:26Captain Dudley, give me that map over there.
00:41:29Now, the key to the march would be the San Esteban Lake.
00:41:41It runs bone dry in mid-August, sometimes earlier.
00:41:44Colonel, my men could carry enough water to catch up with Black Cat.
00:41:49If Captain Dudley could meet us at the lake with water, on our return we could make it.
00:41:54Very well, Lieutenant.
00:41:55How long am I supposed to wait in that desert for your forces?
00:41:59Give me 72 hours.
00:42:01You're not back by then?
00:42:03Well, you know we're not coming back.
00:42:05You have full authority to use whatever tactics you think best, Lieutenant.
00:42:09Thank you, sir.
00:42:17Lieutenant.
00:42:18You arranged that very nicely for yourself.
00:42:22Did I?
00:42:23You're fully aware that the only way a half-breed could get anywhere in this army is by marrying the right woman.
00:42:30I could be court-martialed for hitting a superior officer.
00:42:34You'd like that to happen, wouldn't you, Captain?
00:42:45We was off again.
00:42:46I've known Cam Elliott a long time.
00:42:49It always seems that wherever he goes, there's trouble.
00:42:53And me moochin' long, thinkin' this time can never be as bad as the last.
00:42:56Chris Zenova's younger brother, Tony, was left with Captain Dudley in the water barrels about 15 miles back.
00:43:04Figurin' this was gonna be a mite too rough for the boy.
00:43:07So now we was on our own.
00:43:10All we had to do was get over the Capote desert, capture Blackcat, get back Susan Hanna and make it back to Dudley's supply trade without dying a thirst or a seven-hole bullet.
00:43:21The nearest I could see didn't aim to be no church social.
00:43:25Have we much further to go?
00:43:41I can't ride anymore.
00:43:43I just can't.
00:43:47Please.
00:43:48We've been riding since morning.
00:43:50We only stopped because you're a woman and need rest.
00:43:52You may sleep for two hours.
00:43:56I won't be able to sleep.
00:43:57My legs hurt.
00:43:58Rub them.
00:43:59They will be all right.
00:44:00But...
00:44:01Rub them!
00:44:06An injured woman is worth nothing to me.
00:44:07Do as I say.
00:44:14When your legs are better, we will ride again.
00:44:17Won't you tell me where you're taking me?
00:44:19Tomorrow we will rejoin the other people of my tribe.
00:44:23The day after that, you will see for yourself where we're taking you.
00:44:27My father will find you.
00:44:29I will be ready for him.
00:44:31See if you can stand now.
00:44:32See if you can stand now.
00:44:42You are a woman of much beauty.
00:44:45It is strange that your father, who is my enemy, gave you such fairness.
00:44:49Or now it will destroy him.
00:44:56We camped the troop for the night, and then Cam, Chris and me took a walk around to see what kind of defense we could make if we was attacked.
00:45:04And this is what we found.
00:45:05You think maybe they're the scalps of Black Cat's squaw and kid?
00:45:16That's my guess.
00:45:18Only it doesn't figure.
00:45:20How did Wilson get into Black Cat's hideout without Captain Dudley knowing it?
00:45:24Interesting question.
00:45:26Any opinions?
00:45:28Nothing that will make me like Captain Dudley any better.
00:45:31Well, we'll find out in due time.
00:45:34After the men rest, order a detail to bury them.
00:45:40We found out later this is where Black Cat had taken Susan.
00:45:44A place that the Seminoles call the Valley of Tears.
00:45:48Good name for it.
00:46:00Why do I have to wear this?
00:46:04My dress is torn, but it's still good.
00:46:07Answer me, you can talk.
00:46:09I'll answer you.
00:46:11This is as far as we go.
00:46:13We're going to stay here in this valley?
00:46:15For a while.
00:46:16There is only one way in.
00:46:18Through the canyon leading into this valley.
00:46:20Even if your soldiers find the canyon, my braves will stop them from coming through.
00:46:25But you still haven't told me why I have to dress like an Indian squaw.
00:46:27You are a prisoner.
00:46:29You will be traded for guns and ammunition to white men who will meet us here.
00:46:33Paiutes, Navajos, Lipans.
00:46:36We capture them and trade them for guns here in this valley every August.
00:46:39You dare to sell me?
00:46:41Like an animal?
00:46:43These men own silver mines and must have slaves to work in them.
00:46:46But you are a handsome woman.
00:46:49One of the younger men will pay well for you.
00:46:50This is a valley of sadness, Miss Hannah.
00:46:55We call it the valley of tears.
00:46:58The valley of misery.
00:47:01We send slaves to the misery of whips and hard labor.
00:47:05Then we take the guns we have traded for them and go back to our misery.
00:47:09But the white men have offered you an honorable peace.
00:47:15You could send your children to schools.
00:47:18Peace.
00:47:20Peace we would accept.
00:47:22But not the slow death of a reservation.
00:47:24Will the sons of the Seminoles forgive you for having kept them from becoming civilized?
00:47:28I no longer have a son.
00:47:34I no longer have a son.
00:47:56Fatter's feet show gets tired riding all day.
00:48:05Well, we know where the entrance to the valley is, Cam.
00:48:08But ain't we standing a good chance of getting ambushed if we try to go through?
00:48:11Black Cat could hold us off without too much trouble, all right?
00:48:14If we went through.
00:48:16If?
00:48:17I had a good look at the rock formations around there today.
00:48:20We're not going through, we're going over.
00:48:22Over?
00:48:24Uh-huh.
00:48:25If we can get to the top, we can see what's happening down below.
00:48:28I'd sure hate to get trapped on top of them table rocks.
00:48:31Still better than just walking head on into an ambush.
00:48:34We'll let the men sleep another four hours and then pull out.
00:48:37That should get us to the base of the cliff while it's still dark.
00:48:40We'll leave the horses there and start climbing.
00:48:43Better get some sleep.
00:48:44The lieutenant split up the troop into small details and had him take different trails up to the top.
00:48:55He knowed that when you fought engines, it was a good idea not to put all your eggs in one basket.
00:49:00Eh?
00:49:02Only trouble with this kind of fight.
00:49:05My ma didn't raise me after being no mountain goat.
00:49:07Be careful, mountain goat.
00:49:08That's the cold mountain goat.
00:49:09Yeah!
00:49:10That's the cold mountain goat.
00:49:11That's the cold mountain goat!
00:49:12So, let's go.
00:49:42Squads are coming in all right.
00:49:52Good.
00:50:08We went up that canyon, we'd have been slaughtered.
00:50:10Black Cat's got his brave spotted all up there.
00:50:13Any sign of that village?
00:50:14No.
00:50:15Must be further up in the valley.
00:50:17Better hold up here until we make sure.
00:50:20Chris, take some of your men and gather up all the rocks and wood they can find.
00:50:25Better make it fast.
00:50:27Might have spotted us by now.
00:50:28Yes, sir.
00:50:45Grey Eagle and the soldiers did not come through the canyon.
00:50:48They're on top of the mesas.
00:50:49My brother is a good officer.
00:50:54Attack them.
00:50:56Get them down.
00:50:57Come on.
00:51:27Oh, I should give them something to think about.
00:51:40Yeah, but...
00:51:41Lieutenant, here they come.
00:51:55They'll try to surround us.
00:51:58Spence.
00:52:00Take your men and cover the back trails.
00:52:02Yes, sir.
00:52:04Chris, see that your men hold position.
00:52:06Yes, sir.
00:52:08Detail, follow me.
00:52:11Take your position, men. Start firing.
00:52:13Let's go.
00:52:19Let's go.
00:52:22Let's go.
00:52:23Let's go.
00:52:24Let's go.
00:52:26Let's go.
00:52:56Let's go.
00:53:26Let's go.
00:53:57Bottled up and bottled up tight.
00:53:59There's a trail along this side.
00:54:01Maybe I can stay out of sight till I hit bottom.
00:54:03It's the first time you ever went out looking for trouble and left me behind.
00:54:06You'll have all that trouble you could handle right here.
00:54:09Take it.
00:54:10Maybe she'll like meeting up with Blackhead.
00:54:12Lieutenant Elliot!
00:54:20They're coming up, sir.
00:54:22Get them to Cliff Waugh.
00:54:23All right, the rocks first.
00:54:28The enforcement.
00:54:45The enforcement.
00:54:45Get the rest of those rocks.
00:54:56Get the rest of those rocks.
00:55:26you want the others now sir light them up that'll keep them busy and give me a chance to get down
00:55:35i'm expecting you to bring my knife back i'll try
00:55:39light them up boy
00:55:42hide the todgers man
00:55:51sign the devil
00:56:12no
00:56:15no
00:56:17no
00:56:18no
00:56:20man
00:56:21no
00:56:23no
00:56:29no
00:56:30no
00:56:31no
00:56:32no
00:56:33no
00:56:37Ah!
00:57:07i am glad i found you alone gray eagle i could kill you now my cat there has been enough killing
00:57:16every time i see a man die i ask myself why why was that man killed what are your terms of
00:57:25surrender you asking for peace if you want to call it that yes my orders were to bring you
00:57:34back to fort clark your people are to go back to the reservation immediately i agree where's the
00:57:41colonel's daughter she's in the valley she is unharmed it's not like you to give up so easy
00:57:48many fathers have died today their children will not thank me
00:57:54the war is over
00:58:01so we started back over the capote desert with black cat and susan hannah
00:58:09but the war wasn't quite over now there's a battle with the sun
00:58:14we still have to reach captain dudley in his barrels of water
00:58:18so
00:58:26I don't know.
00:58:56I don't know.
00:59:26We're staying out here and dying of thirst ourselves.
00:59:29We'll start back for the fort after breakfast.
00:59:31Tell the men to get ready.
00:59:33Yes, sir.
00:59:34All right, men, saddle up.
00:59:35We're pulling out in a little while.
00:59:37We can't leave.
00:59:38Not yet.
00:59:41Captain Dudley, sir.
00:59:42Sir?
00:59:44Yes?
00:59:45You gave orders to break camp.
00:59:47I'm perfectly aware of my orders, Private Zenova.
00:59:50But Lieutenant Elliott's company won't have enough water to reach the fort, sir.
00:59:54Even if he were to show up now, there's no water.
00:59:56You saw that barrel.
00:59:57If we shared ours with them, sir, they'd be able to get back...
00:59:59You probably haven't been in the army long enough to know, Private Zenova.
01:00:03Every man obeys the orders of his superior officer, without question.
01:00:07My brother's with Lieutenant Elliott, and they're all going to die.
01:00:10You know that.
01:00:11Are you going to pack your gear, or am I going to recommend a court-martial?
01:00:15No.
01:00:17Murderer.
01:00:21Clips!
01:00:27You're in the order.
01:00:27Saddle up.
01:00:29Sergeant.
01:00:32Yes, sir.
01:00:33Captain!
01:00:33Look out!
01:00:45Something must have happened in the water barrel.
01:00:5915, 20 hours ago, maybe.
01:01:01Captain Dudley pulled out and left us.
01:01:03We're never going to make it.
01:01:15A kid.
01:01:26Your brother.
01:01:28Tony?
01:01:30No, somebody's joking.
01:01:32Nothing happened here.
01:01:33The captain's company wasn't attacked.
01:01:35Besides, they don't...
01:01:36What's it figured?
01:01:52If we ever get back to Clark, maybe we'll find out.
01:01:55You going to tell the gal?
01:01:55Fighting's one thing, but when an officer has to tell a man his friend or his brother's dead,
01:02:10they tell a woman their man is gone.
01:02:13I'm kind of glad I never tried to be anything but what I am.
01:02:17That ain't much, but a sleep night's.
01:02:23We kept going without water.
01:02:24It looked like even the weather was trying to keep us from getting back.
01:02:32Many of the men was walking now, because the horses was too weak to carry them.
01:02:37There was going to be a lot more graves in the Capote Desert before we could reach Fort Clark.
01:02:44What do you expect to find, Gray Eagle?
01:02:46You have taken your Seminoles across this area many times without water.
01:02:50No.
01:02:51There is water here.
01:02:52Where?
01:02:53My brother.
01:02:55I can save the girl and your men.
01:02:57There is something I wish in return.
01:02:59I want you to set me free.
01:03:01My orders are to take you back to Clark.
01:03:05When water becomes more important to you than orders, I will tell you how to get water.
01:03:12We heard what Black Cat said, Lieutenant.
01:03:14It's our lives against his.
01:03:16Don't seem much sense.
01:03:17All us die in the thirst just to try to bring him back to Fort Clark.
01:03:22The decision isn't mine, Spence.
01:03:23I'm following orders.
01:03:25It is a brave man who can be stubborn when he is dying.
01:03:29Mount up.
01:03:30We're pulling out.
01:03:32And a pity that their bones should be bleached by the sun, now that the war is finished.
01:03:35Don't count on it, Black Cat.
01:03:37We'll get back to Clark and you'll stand trial.
01:03:39Let's go.
01:03:42Forward.
01:03:43Help.
01:03:46Lieutenant.
01:03:47Lieutenant.
01:03:47i don't think she can make it lieutenant see if anyone has any water left
01:03:57i'm sorry cam better not do too much talking boys are going to try to scare up some water
01:04:05if you'd asked me i would have married you at port started cam
01:04:11just wanted you to know i've never cared what you are better not say anything you may be sorry for
01:04:19later tell her there is no indian blood in you my people found you in a wagon your mother and father
01:04:27were dead strange how simple and easy it sounds the way he says it just a mouthful maybe all right
01:04:39now easy
01:04:45ain't another drop in the hull outfit
01:04:49we're gonna put you back on your horse now susan
01:04:52try to keep going we may be able to catch up with the other troop
01:04:55all right chris
01:04:56black cat
01:05:01what's that fool indian up to
01:05:05hold on to her
01:05:15what are you doing here these strips of hard packed sand are called cienegas
01:05:21the command she's taught me about them they will save the lives of you and your men
01:05:25look
01:05:37look
01:05:39what
01:05:47thanks
01:05:59there aren't many such as you and miss henna who have given their heart to the indian
01:06:01what you feel and what you do
01:06:03could never help my people if you were to die here
01:06:07when your trial comes up i'll tell them how you helped us
01:06:09maybe you'll have what you want
01:06:11perhaps
01:06:13so we follow our lights once again
01:06:17water men water
01:06:31and after all the fighting and killing it felt kind of funny to know he was going to live out
01:06:55of days because of black cat but like i said this is a country itching to be tamed maybe black cat
01:07:02finally realized it had to happen sooner or later well that was that we know we was going to make it
01:07:09now i kind of got in the habit of sharing things with the lieutenant but i reckon there's some
01:07:16things a man just don't share
01:07:18you
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