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00:00From the archives of the United States Cavalry, the true stories of Colonel
00:12Randall McKenzie and the cavalrymen he led. McKenzie's Raiders. His secret orders
00:18from the President of the United States. Clean up the Southwest. Make it a fit
00:22place for Americans to live. Wipe out the renegades, outlaws, and murderers. If
00:27necessary, cross the Rio Grande. Knowing capture means hanging by the enemy.
00:32Discovery, court-martialed by the United States Army.
00:37May 1873, deep in southwestern Texas. An area overrun by renegade outlaws and
00:58marauders. Without roots since the end of the Civil War. Fighting ruthlessly,
01:03stealing and killing as they pleased.
01:12Such a man was Roger Forsyth. He called himself Major and led a band of vicious
01:18criminals. Riding roughshod, Forsyth's bloody trail pushed farther and farther
01:23to the north.
01:39There, I'll take that. Only Colonel Randall McKenzie, commanding the 4th U.S.
01:46Cavalry, stood in Forsyth's way. McKenzie's orders, clean up the Southwest
01:51regardless of cost to yourself and your men. To help accomplish the job, McKenzie
01:56had in his command tough, well-trained civilian scouts. Men familiar with the
02:02remote reaches of southwest Texas. We found the Indian girl Forsyth's been
02:06seeing. She lives in the cabin right here. On his last raid, Forsyth got some
02:10women's clothing, so it's logical to suppose that he'll be showing up at that
02:14cabin before the day's out. What's the best way to attack it? From back here on
02:18the mountain. Is the cabin visible from there? No, but it is from over here. All
02:23right, Willis, you and a trooper take up this position. As soon as you see Forsyth
02:27enter that cabin, signal me back here on the mountain. Yes, sir. In the meantime,
02:30Burgess, take up a position on this road. That should block his only other route
02:34of escape, shouldn't it? Yes, sir. All right, boys, that's it.
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03:28He's there. All right, let's go.
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03:53Woman, you better let me catch you if you want to keep that dress.
03:58Come on, now. Come here.
04:00No, no.
04:07No, no.
04:17Gunshot
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04:38Find the others. Be at the fort tonight.
04:43Well, Colonel, this is an unexpected pleasure.
04:46Pleasure is mine, Major Forsyth.
04:49Colonel, the other two got away. Shall we go after them, sir?
04:53No, let them go for now. Colonel, this horse has got the cavalry brand on it.
04:58Indeed. Well, in that case, let's walk Major Forsyth back to the fort.
05:03Wait a minute, Colonel. I bought that horse.
05:06I'm sure you did. See that he keeps up with the column.
05:10Yes, sir.
05:14Detail at a walk.
05:16Ho!
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05:52The morning of May 12th, 1873.
05:56While McKenzie was away from Fort Clark,
05:59General Miles Donovan, office of the Adjutant General,
06:02arrived from Washington on an inspection tour.
06:08Well, dear, did you have a nice ride?
06:10Well, if you call cantering around the drill area a ride.
06:14It seems that no woman is to ride from the post unescorted
06:18by order of Colonel McKenzie.
06:20Perhaps he had a good reason for issuing that order.
06:23Any sign of the Colonel? No, not yet.
06:25Father, I'm sure if Colonel McKenzie knew you were coming here on an inspection tour...
06:29It wouldn't have made any difference.
06:32General Sheridan put McKenzie in command of this post
06:35because he thought he was the right man for the job.
06:38Perhaps he is.
06:40He's an individualist and does things in his own way.
06:43And that's what's needed to bring some sort of civilization to this part of the country.
06:47A man who isn't afraid of anything.
06:49Not even of a three-star general.
07:05Search him.
07:07Yes, sir.
07:09Take off that jacket.
07:17Nobody's to talk to this man.
07:19Nobody's to go near him unless it's absolutely necessary.
07:22Understood?
07:24Yes, sir.
07:26Turn around.
07:28Understood?
07:30Yes, sir.
07:32Turn around.
07:58With General Donovan at the fort, McKenzie was faced with a dilemma.
08:02Only two men, General Sheridan and the President of the United States,
08:06knew of McKenzie's secret orders.
08:08Cross the Mexican border when necessary.
08:11At the risk of court-martial,
08:13these orders could not become known to General Donovan.
08:16These reports, Colonel.
08:18April the 9th, ranch burned, five Americans killed, no retaliatory action taken.
08:22April the 15th, freight wagon attack.
08:24Driver, two others burned alive,
08:26and there are many more here with the same phrase,
08:28no retaliatory action taken.
08:30Why not, Colonel? You seem to have enough men and supplies.
08:33Well, we could always use more, sir.
08:35Well, then, what is it?
08:38Are they going over the border?
08:40Yes, sir.
08:42They hit and then they duck back across the river.
08:44Oh, the river, the river.
08:46Would you suggest that I cross the river, sir?
08:48And risk a war with Mexico?
08:50Get yourself court-martialed out of the army?
08:52Exactly, sir.
08:54Come in.
08:56Oh, I hope I'm not interrupting anything important.
08:59Not at all, my dear. Come in, come in.
09:02General McKenzie, my daughter Margaret.
09:04And?
09:05Colonel McKenzie.
09:06Well.
09:08Miss Donovan's entrance brought a welcome halt
09:10to the dangerous discussion of the river.
09:12Later that afternoon,
09:14the routine of the fort back to normal,
09:16McKenzie inspected his mounted compliment.
09:24Unknown to McKenzie,
09:26Forsythe's henchman, following his instructions,
09:29rode to a rendezvous outside of Fort Clark.
09:32Unknown to McKenzie,
09:34Forsythe's henchman, following his instructions,
09:37rode to a rendezvous outside of Fort Clark.
09:53We'll wait here until night.
09:55We'll wait here until night.
10:09Of course, of course,
10:11you couldn't do laundry like a crewwoman,
10:13but it was good enough for him.
10:17That's a real good one.
10:19Hey, did you see the general's daughter?
10:21Oh, yeah, a real nice girl.
10:23I understand.
10:24Lieutenant Bowers is so mad at her
10:26for confiscating his quarters,
10:27he's spitting spikes.
10:29Well, he shouldn't be mad.
10:30After all, if he was General Donovan's daughter,
10:32he'd be asking for the colonel's quarters.
10:34Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
10:48Oh!
10:50Oh!
10:58Oh!
11:20Hey, talkie.
11:22You want to make $1,000 gold?
11:28Come on, talkie.
11:31Give me some water.
11:33This is empty.
11:50Come on.
12:20Come on.
12:50Come on.
13:20Come on.
13:34The blunder of underestimating
13:36Forsythe's resourcefulness
13:38cost one trooper his life
13:40and McKenzie his long-sought prisoner.
13:50Come on.
14:12Yes?
14:14I have a message for you, Miss Donovan.
14:16Oh? Well, just a minute.
14:20Yes?
14:22Don't make a sound.
14:25If you scream, I'll kill you, understand?
14:27Now get your coat.
14:30Go ahead. That shawl will do. Move.
14:50That's close enough, soldier.
14:56I said hold it.
14:59Don't you recognize this lady?
15:01Why, Miss Donovan, what are you...
15:03You've got one second to open that gate, trooper.
15:05Otherwise, I'll kill you.
15:07I'll kill you.
15:09I'll kill you.
15:11I'll kill you.
15:13I'll kill you.
15:15I'll kill you.
15:17I'll kill you.
15:19Otherwise, I'll put a bullet right through her head.
15:24Please.
15:26Please do as he says.
15:28Please.
15:58He's coming.
16:01Come in.
16:05You sent for me, sir?
16:07Yes. Did you hear that coyote?
16:09Yes, sir.
16:11It was too close.
16:13I can't believe there's a coyote that close to the fort.
16:15We're going to have a look.
16:17Yes, sir.
16:28It was four minutes
16:30before another sentry
16:32discovered the unconscious soldier.
16:34Forsyth had completed his daring escape
16:36and had taken with him
16:38as hostage General Donovan's daughter,
16:40bait to draw McKenzie
16:42out of Fort Clark.
16:44Miss Donovan?
16:52She won't be missed till reveille.
16:54That's seven hours.
16:56No. No.
16:58If I were Forsyth, I'd head for Mexico
17:00as fast as I could travel.
17:02If I have to cross the river after him,
17:04the General can't know about it.
17:06Suppose we can't pick up the trail.
17:08We won't come back until we get that girl.
17:10Yes, sir.
17:12See that the horses are ready.
17:17Oh, General.
17:21Good evening, sir.
17:23What's all the commotion, Colonel?
17:25One of the prisoners escaped from the stockade, sir.
17:27Oh, I was concerned about my daughter.
17:29Oh, I... I wouldn't disturb her, sir.
17:31She's probably asleep.
17:33It's routine. We'll get him.
17:35Very well, Colonel. I'm sure you can handle it.
17:38Oh, uh,
17:40you won't forget our talk of this afternoon.
17:42Uh, no, sir.
17:44Good hunting, Colonel.
17:46Thank you, sir.
17:55Here.
17:57We'll camp here.
18:05I'm gonna write a message to Colonel McKenzie.
18:07When it gets to be daylight,
18:09I want you to deliver it.
18:11What kind of a message?
18:13You might say it's a price tag
18:15on you.
18:17What?
18:19He wants you back in the stockade.
18:21What?
18:23He wants you back?
18:25He's gonna have to pay for you.
18:27He doesn't?
18:29Your father's gonna be mighty put out.
18:36Once again, McKenzie had faced
18:38the fateful decision.
18:40He had crossed the Rio Grande.
18:42Detection meant hanging,
18:44with his government powerless to help him.
18:46Woman,
18:48get some blankets for my guest.
18:50She'll be your slave.
18:52Let her make her own bed.
18:54Listen, you brought me a horse,
18:56but that don't mean you got a cinch and bridle on me.
18:58Now get the blankets.
19:02The blankets will keep you comfortable, ma'am,
19:04which is how I prefer my guests.
19:06The tracks are headed that way, sir.
19:08I guess he's camped down by that lake.
19:10Mexican soldiers coming, sir.
19:12Mexican.
19:14Take cover, fast.
19:22Come on.
19:24Come on.
19:26Come on.
19:28Come on.
19:30Come on.
19:32Come on.
19:34Come on.
19:50Burgess.
19:52This is what we'll do.
19:54You and I will change clothes.
19:56You ride my horse.
19:58Approach the lake down through this canyon.
20:00Let yourself be seen, but don't get within range.
20:02With a five-minute head start on you,
20:04we'll circle the lake and approach the camp from behind.
20:06Now, because of those Mexican soldiers,
20:08this all has to be done absolutely silently.
20:10No orders, no guns, understood?
20:12All right, let's go.
20:32Come on.
21:02If anything happens to my man,
21:04you won't live to find one for yourself.
21:21Well, what do you know?
21:23We didn't even need a note.
21:25He followed us right into Mexico.
21:27I'm sure we'll find him.
21:29He followed us right into Mexico.
21:31I think we got the colonel now.
21:45Wait a minute.
21:47I want the pleasure.
21:59Colonel McKenzie.
22:02Stay here.
22:18I'll wait until he gets real close
22:20so I can't miss.
22:29Come on.
22:59Come on.
23:17You all right, sir?
23:19Yes, I'm all right.
23:21Mexican soldiers coming this way, sir.
23:23Get out of sight.
23:29Come on.
23:59Uh, good morning, General.
24:03Well, Colonel, did you recapture your prisoner?
24:05Uh, yes, sir.
24:07Yes, sir, it was quite routine, sir.
24:09Well, I'm glad you got him before he crossed the river.
24:11Oh.
24:13Yes, I'm afraid our hands would have been tied
24:15in that case, sir.
24:17Won't you join my daughter and myself for breakfast?
24:19I'd consider that an honor, sir.
24:25Yes?
24:27Yes?
24:29Good morning, Father.
24:31Good morning, dear.
24:33Colonel McKenzie?
24:35Good morning, ma'am.
24:37Colonel McKenzie's going to join us for breakfast.
24:39How nice.
24:41You're looking very fresh this morning.
24:43You must have rested well.
24:45Yes, Father, quite well.
24:57McKenzie's Raiders did ride again
24:59and again, carrying out
25:01the secret orders of the President of the United States.
25:03Do whatever necessary
25:05to clean up the Southwest.
25:07Make it a decent place for people to live.
25:09Ride with McKenzie's Raiders
25:11as they relive
25:13the blazing pages of history
25:15in the making.
25:27¶
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