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02:25 At 24, he had been the youngest general in the Civil War.
02:30 Within five years, he had been reduced in rank and sent west to be forgotten.
02:34 But he was not the kind of man to let the world forget.
02:37 His name, George Armstrong Custer.
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04:20 I thought you was part of them.
04:22 Come back to finish me off too.
04:24 Do we look anything like the people who attacked you?
04:27 It was dark and...
04:30 After what I seen tonight, anything that moves looks like an engine.
04:34 Then they were Indians.
04:36 Can you tell us anything that will help us identify the tribe?
04:40 There wasn't no time to ask for their call and cards.
04:44 Think hard. Is there anything you might remember?
04:47 Yes.
04:49 I remember how much they enjoyed their looting and burning and killing.
04:55 How did they happen to overlook you?
04:58 I'd gone to fetch some water.
05:00 It was just me and my husband and my kid brother.
05:05 They murdered them both.
05:08 Sergeant, get your shovel.
05:11 Yes, sir.
05:15 How did you happen to be out here all by yourselves?
05:18 We was traveling to California.
05:21 There were three wagons in our party and...
05:24 We had trouble with a wheel and fell behind.
05:28 Then we was jumped.
05:30 My men folks never had a chance.
05:34 What are you soldiers gonna sweep this country free of them once and for all?
05:38 If you'd been doing your work, this couldn't have happened.
05:42 Hey, take it easy. Come this way.
05:45 No.
05:48 Not before I buried them.
05:51 We'll take care of everything.
05:53 My name's Vanessa Ravenhill.
05:57 What's yours?
05:59 Custer.
06:02 Custer?
06:05 I wish I had killed you.
06:08 Five small immigrant parties in one month.
06:17 Massacred, burned, looted.
06:21 All right, then who were the raiders? Ghosts?
06:24 I only wish I knew, sir.
06:26 Come in.
06:31 Major Frederick W. Benteen.
06:33 Reporting as ordered, sir.
06:35 Yes, Major. This is Colonel Custer.
06:37 Colonel Custer, Major Benteen.
06:39 Colonel. Major.
06:41 You two have met before?
06:44 I was a prosecution witness at the court-martial of Colonel Custer.
06:48 Perhaps someday I'll be able to return the favor.
06:52 Major Benteen's been sent out here by the War Department...
06:55 to prepare a report on how effectively we're dealing with the Indian tribes out here.
07:00 He'll be back at the end of the week to report back to the Secretary of War.
07:04 I'll do my utmost not to delay him, sir.
07:07 Unless you want the Department of War to come to the conclusion...
07:10 that we're lying down on the job out here...
07:13 you have five days to get to the bottom of this.
07:17 I have five days, sir.
07:19 The 5th Cavalry's not ready to move, so I'm giving this assignment to the 7th.
07:24 Yes, sir.
07:25 Now, just a minute.
07:27 Major Benteen will be attached to your unit as an official War Department observer.
07:32 Yes, sir.
07:34 He'll not be required to take orders from you.
07:36 He will assist you whenever necessary.
07:39 And who's to decide when his assistance is needed?
07:42 You.
07:44 Yes, sir.
07:47 (Door opens)
07:49 Easy, Dandy.
08:04 That's a boy.
08:06 One day we'll get our chance to run, huh?
08:09 And we'll show them.
08:11 We'll really show them.
08:14 I'll say one thing, Custer.
08:16 You always had a gift for picking horses.
08:19 And men.
08:21 I didn't do so well in your case, did I, Benteen?
08:23 I don't have to like a man to admire some of his traits.
08:27 You forgive me, but I've never noticed your admiration for me before.
08:31 Oh, one thing more, Custer.
08:33 I hold no ill will towards you.
08:36 Considering that I was the one who was court-martialed, that's pretty big of you.
08:41 General Terry informs me that you don't believe that War Eagle is responsible for these attacks.
08:46 That's right.
08:47 But you do know War Eagle.
08:49 He's a friend of mine.
08:50 A friend of yours?
08:52 Is this your reason for believing his innocence?
08:56 No.
08:58 And those arrows you found.
09:00 What was there about them to make you so sure?
09:03 Right here.
09:07 I'll show you.
09:09 This is a Kiowa hunting arrow.
09:11 The point is vertical, like the notch, to pass between the ribs of an animal.
09:15 But a man stands upright.
09:17 Therefore, a war arrow, the point is at right angle to the notch.
09:20 Passed between the ribs of a man.
09:23 I see.
09:26 But you could be wrong.
09:29 I could be, but I'm not.
09:31 You're always so positive about everything you make up your mind to, Custer.
09:35 But just the same.
09:37 You are going to check War Eagle's village for the loot from these killings.
09:41 That's right.
09:43 And...
09:45 if you're wrong about the Kiowa, Custer...
09:48 That's a possibility I'll face when it occurs, Major.
09:52 Now, ladies and gentlemen.
09:59 Hold to me $4 for this marvelous piece of cloth.
10:01 $4 is all I'm asking.
10:03 Ah, there's a sensible young lady.
10:05 Thank you very much.
10:07 Now, I'm going to make this offer once and only once.
10:10 Now, who among us does not cherish that abiding appreciation...
10:15 for the things of culture, for the works of handicraft and artisanship...
10:19 for the nostalgic mementos of that noble civilization...
10:23 upon which we have turned our backs in order to become pioneers?
10:27 Now, $20.
10:29 Do I hear $20 for this splendid piece of machinery?
10:32 Consider, if you will, the time and effort alone...
10:35 to be saved by the use of this marvelous machine...
10:38 in the making of beautiful clothes, in the sewing on of patches...
10:41 in the darning of socks.
10:43 Yes, darning.
10:45 At the end of a weary day in the wilderness, every woman should have one.
10:48 $17.50. Do I hear $17.50?
10:50 Quick now, before I change my mind and pack up the whole thing.
10:53 I'd like to take a look at that machine.
10:55 Why, I'd be the last man in the world to stop you from that, ma'am.
10:58 Go right ahead. Ain't that a beauty?
11:00 $15.00. $15.00 if you will swear to my good wife...
11:04 that her good-for-nothing husband as much as give it away.
11:07 I recognize this sewing machine.
11:09 Well, of course you do, ma'am. We've all seen them here and there.
11:12 $12.50. $12.50, and you can tell my wife if you can find her.
11:17 My sister-in-law. I helped her pack it up when they moved west.
11:21 I'd swear to it.
11:23 Well, did it ever occur to you, ma'am, that she may have sold it to me...
11:26 or that she may have traded it off to me for something?
11:29 If you want to buy it back, I'll tell you what I'm going to do.
11:31 $10.00 in hand, and it's yours.
11:34 My sister-in-law was in one of the wagon parties that was massacred.
11:38 [Groaning]
11:40 Surely, ma'am, you ain't accusing me of something.
11:43 Well, it was my distinct impression, ma'am, that these good folks...
11:49 was slaughtered out of hand by a band of red savages.
11:53 I want to get to the bottom of this.
11:55 Where'd you get that machine, mister? I want to know.
11:58 Well, ma'am, I know how you must feel, losing your family and all.
12:03 But you got to admit that one piece of sewing apparatus...
12:06 is pretty much like the next one, at least on the surface.
12:10 Where did you get that machine?
12:12 Well, the truth is, ma'am, I don't like to tell too much where I get my stuff.
12:18 But you know how it is.
12:20 Folks heading west, they're subject to delay and difficulty.
12:24 And sitting there with an empty belly,
12:26 the prospect of having to sell their prized possessions...
12:29 begins to make sense to them.
12:31 We had money.
12:33 Until we was jumped and my menfolk killed,
12:36 there was no need for my sister-in-law to sell anything.
12:39 Well, be that as it may, ma'am, that's where I come by this machine.
12:43 Look, here, let me show you something. Right here.
12:46 Yes, sir. It's right here inscribed on the back side of it.
12:49 There's the name of the family, Douglas. Keever Douglas.
12:52 Yes, sir, that's the fam-- Is that your family, ma'am?
12:55 No, that wasn't their name.
12:58 I, uh, I guess I owe you an apology, mister.
13:02 Well, I am a forgiving man, and I'll accept your apology, ma'am,
13:06 seeing as how you jumped, obviously, to some kind of a conclusion.
13:10 Now, back to this here machine.
13:19 Mrs. Ravenhill.
13:22 I'm sorry.
13:24 We was told the army had tamed the tribes,
13:29 and it was safe to travel west.
13:32 Otherwise, we wouldn't have been trying it all by ourselves that way.
13:36 If there's anything I can do to help.
13:40 I aim to get revenge for the death of my menfolk.
13:44 No, there's nothing you can do, Colonel Custard.
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14:56 Major Benteen, I require your assistance.
15:01 I beg your pardon?
15:03 You will see to the making of temporary camp.
15:06 Temporary camp? That's your sergeant's duty.
15:08 I'm assigning it to you.
15:10 Now, look here, Custard.
15:12 Colonel Custard!
15:14 Are you giving me an official order, Colonel Custard?
15:17 If that's the way you want it.
15:19 Sergeant, follow me.
15:22 All right, you men.
15:24 Go rest your horses up there in the shade.
15:27 Spur it up, Sergeant.
15:41 Now, Sergeant, I want you to dismount...
15:44 and wander over to that big rock right behind you on your right.
15:48 Will you be the watch, Colonel?
15:50 Two of them as far as I can make out.
15:53 When did you spot them, sir?
15:55 A few minutes ago, behind that big rock over there.
15:58 Now, I don't want anyone hurt.
16:00 See if we can take them alive.
16:02 Now, dismount and move over.
16:04 Yes, sir.
16:06 Hey!
16:16 Yellowhair is a great chief, but his horse does not seem to know that.
16:20 We've seen enough. We must go to my father.
16:23 Father, look.
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17:46 (HORSE NEIGHING)
17:54 (GUNSHOT)
17:56 All right. Let's go.
17:59 May I ask the colonel to explain?
18:10 In a minute, Mr. Ben King.
18:12 You belong to the people of Oregon.
18:14 Can't you get them to talk, Hussar?
18:17 No, Major.
18:19 Well, what are we going to do? Set them free?
18:22 There seems to be another alternative, Major.
18:25 And what is that?
18:27 I have every confidence in your ability to figure it out, Major.
18:30 Now mount the detail and let's move out.
18:33 All right, men. Mount up.
18:36 And guard these redskins.
18:39 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
18:42 (HORSE NEIGHING)
19:10 Pass is clear. Why are we holding?
19:12 Sergeant Bustard. Yes, sir.
19:14 Bring up the prisoners. The prisoners, sir?
19:16 Now. Yes, sir.
19:17 What do you plan to do? Set them free. We don't need them anymore.
19:20 They'll warn the others.
19:24 The others have been aware of our arrival for a half an hour, Major.
19:29 Any advance past that stake means war.
19:38 What tribes post such meaningless warnings?
19:40 The Kiowa mean it.
19:43 Sergeant Bustard. Yes, sir.
19:46 Let's pay a little visit to the chief.
19:49 You two alone?
19:51 And if they kill you?
19:54 In our profession, that's always a risk, isn't it, Major?
19:57 And if they do kill you, I intend to attack.
19:59 I'm touched by your solicitude.
20:02 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
20:05 (HORSE NEIGHING)
20:07 (GUNSHOT)
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20:32 My son has hot blood.
20:48 I ask your forgiveness.
20:51 I grant it willingly.
20:54 My friend brings these soldiers to our lands.
20:59 I see you were prepared to meet us.
21:01 We wish to be peaceful, not to be foolish.
21:06 The great father in Washington doesn't expect his children to be helpless.
21:10 Doesn't he? Then why doesn't he let us roam these lands free?
21:14 There are many bad men in both our nations.
21:17 To be helpless is to invite their greed.
21:20 Five times in the last two moons, peaceful white men in wagons have crossed these lands.
21:26 Five times they've been killed to the last man, woman and child.
21:29 And are you saying that those things were done by my people?
21:33 No, but others are saying it.
21:36 That's why I'm here, to silence their voices.
21:39 You are innocent.
21:41 And if we betrayed that treaty we signed with you and did those things you say?
21:48 Then I would remain silent, and the other soldiers would speak with their guns.
21:55 When I signed that treaty, I broke my war lands.
22:00 It is still broken.
22:09 (Horse whinnying)
22:11 Kiowa hunting arrow. But my people did not attack those wagons.
22:22 You wish to look at the lodges of my people for what does not belong to them?
22:27 I am not a man of my word.
22:30 I am a man of my word.
22:34 You wish to look at the lodges of my people for what does not belong to them?
22:38 No, War Eagle. Your word's good enough for me.
22:43 Yellow hair. My son will go with you.
22:48 Why?
22:53 He will scout for you until you've found those who use my arrows.
22:57 Until you have destroyed them.
23:00 But I have soldiers in my command who could see no further than the color of his skin.
23:06 And they would behave to him as they would toward an enemy.
23:10 You are their chief?
23:12 Yes.
23:14 Then I know that you will punish those who look badly at my son.
23:18 I'll do my best. I thank you.
23:23 (Horse whinnying)
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23:28 (Horse whinnying)
23:55 You brought that young savage back with you. Custer, you were...
23:58 Major Benteen.
23:59 I have the honor to present Blue Antelope, son of the chief of the Kiowa.
24:03 He'll be our scout until the raiders are brought to book.
24:06 Isn't that like putting the fox to watch the chickens?
24:09 I'm convinced now that his people had no part in these raids.
24:13 On the basis of a thorough investigation, I trust.
24:16 I'm satisfied if you're not.
24:19 Sergeant, we're returning to Fort Hayes. Move 'em out.
24:22 Lead 'em out!
24:24 (Hooves clopping)
24:26 Fort Hayes!
24:33 Give me what plan? What are you talking about?
24:47 I think better than telling you, sir. I should show you.
24:52 (Hooves clopping)
24:54 -Cut 'em! -Ho!
25:01 You can't send 'em out like this. Without an escort, they'll be slaughtered.
25:05 Allow me, sir.
25:08 I think I have something you might be interested in seeing, sir.
25:18 (Hooves clopping)
25:20 (Dog barking)
25:23 Any mouse trap in the world, sir, is no good at all unless you have some cheese to bait it.
25:32 (Suspenseful music)
25:35 Looks like pretty ripe cheese to me.
25:41 Well, I'll admit, sir, she's not much to look at.
25:46 But under the circumstances, I couldn't afford to be very choosy.
25:49 Is Major Benteen going with you on these amateur theatricals?
25:54 Yes, sir, but I can't imagine why,
25:57 unless it's together more evidence for my next court-martial.
26:01 -I'm glad you're amused. Where is he? -He's in the wagon, sir.
26:05 -Major Benteen? -Sir?
26:10 Colonel Custer is seen fit to employ an Indian scout who's loyal.
26:15 At least as far as I'm concerned, there's still a closed book.
26:18 I hold you responsible for seeing to it that the young man remembers
26:22 which side he's expected to serve on.
26:25 Yes, sir.
26:28 (Hooves clopping)
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26:34 (Sighs)
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27:09 -Where's your Indian? -He went along. I don't know.
27:12 Don't you think we should know?
27:15 He's a good man, Major Benteen, and a superb scout.
27:18 -Let him do his job, hmm? -I'd be glad to,
27:22 if I knew what it really was.
27:25 (Suspenseful music)
27:28 (Hooves clopping)
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27:42 (Gunshots)
27:45 Take your positions! Get a couple men on that gun!
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28:21 -Hold your fire! Cease fire!
28:24 -Sergeant! -Sir!
28:27 -Detail some men to pick up any horses that ran off.
28:31 -Let's get after them and end this once and for all.
28:33 -Relax, Major. That was no raid.
28:36 -Well, what was it then? A little get-acquainted party?
28:39 -Pretty much. They were just checking us out, see what they were up against.
28:42 There were less than a dozen men involved. Not enough to tempt me.
28:46 I want them all. -But we could follow them right now.
28:49 Back to their base. -We can't trap them very well at night.
28:52 Not without giving them enough time to set up a trap for us.
28:55 -Then what do you propose, Colonel? That we sit here on our hands
28:59 until a more convenient time? And why weren't we ready tonight?
29:01 -Sir! -Colonel, this was sticking out of the sentries' back.
29:05 -Well, what do you say to that?
29:08 -Kaiowa. -But you're still not convinced?
29:11 -No, I'm not. -And where was that little Indian friend scout of yours all this time?
29:16 -Major, he knows his business. -I have no doubt of that.
29:19 I only wonder, what is his business? To get us all wiped out?
29:23 -Maybe. But as far as I'm concerned, that still remains to be proven.
29:29 -Yes, sir.
29:31 -Colonel? -Yes, Sergeant, what is it?
29:38 -It's about the men, sir. -What about the men?
29:41 -Well, Major Benteen may have a point. There's a feeling among the men
29:44 about Blue Antelope, and they don't trust him.
29:47 Well, I mean, sir, that... Well, if you're wrong about him...
29:50 -I know, Sergeant.
29:53 If I'm wrong, it could mean all of our lives.
29:57 -Yes, sir. -Sergeant.
29:59 -Sir.
30:02 -Thanks for telling me. -Yes, sir.
30:06 All right, come out of there, you...
30:25 Just what in blazes are you doing in there?
30:27 -Well, I... I figured I'd be useful here. -In what way?
30:31 Well, I'm the only one who saw those murderers,
30:35 and with me along, your colonel won't be able to cover up for 'em this time.
30:40 -Cover up for who? -Those murderin' Kiowas.
30:44 What makes you think he'd want to do that?
30:47 You think I'm ignorant? I've read about that precious boy general of yours.
30:53 And his disgraceful record.
30:55 He's got no future in the peacetime army, and he knows it.
30:59 I wouldn't count on that, ma'am.
31:02 You know, he's got his eye on Washington as the man of peace.
31:06 The man who understands the Injuns.
31:09 I sure hate to be you when I take you to him.
31:12 Save your sympathy for him.
31:15 Trooper!
31:18 (footsteps)
31:20 Colonel?
31:37 A stowaway.
31:40 Sergeant.
31:43 All right, you got better things to do. You've seen a girl before. Move!
31:48 If this were a vessel, madam, I'd be very tempted to throw you overboard.
31:52 Afraid of the influence I might have on the men?
31:55 Yes. They're confused enough as it is, without your blind vengefulness pushing them further.
32:00 You think they need me to persuade them it's Indians we're after?
32:04 I suppose we'll have to keep you for now.
32:08 But say one word to undermine my authority, and I'll have you bound and gagged.
32:16 You don't frighten me one bit, Colonel.
32:18 Perhaps not. But, madam, you frighten me.
32:23 Sergeant, detail a man to keep an eye on the lady.
32:27 Yes, sir.
32:44 (men laughing)
32:46 Be no killing, Blue Antelope.
32:56 Always the bluecoats talk of how they fight with their hands.
33:00 Let this man fight me now.
33:04 (yells)
33:12 (panting)
33:14 (yells)
33:30 Sergeant! Take care of that man.
33:34 Major! Move those wagons over by the rocks and have the men turn in.
33:39 Get what rest they can. They're gonna need it. We've got a rough day ahead of us.
33:42 You are protecting those savages.
33:45 What are you saving them for? To loot and murder more settlers?
34:08 You had your chance. Now help move those wagons and turn in.
34:11 Sir, if we're dropping the masquerade, how about letting them get out of this female dress?
34:30 We're not dropping the masquerade, Sergeant.
34:33 I'm going on a scouting party alone, and not after the raiders.
34:37 I'm going to look for the Indian.
34:38 You know, sir, it occurred to me that if he had a clear conscience, why did he lie down?
34:42 I thought I'd ask him why.
34:45 Maybe you better tell Major Van Tien you're leaving, that he's in charge, just in case.
34:50 I don't want the Major getting any ideas of his own, especially about that stowaway that turned up.
34:55 Mrs. Ravenhill's undoubtedly afraid we'll catch her murderers, and I'll send them on their way, with my most abject apologies.
35:02 I don't know what to do with her, sir.
35:06 Neither do I, Sergeant.
35:07 That makes her no less dangerous.
35:10 You know, Major Van Tien could report you for leaving.
35:13 I'll be back before he knows I'm gone.
35:17 (SIREN WAILING)
35:19 (CAT MEOWING)
35:45 (CAT MEOWING)
35:47 (BIRDS CHIRPING)
35:49 (BIRDS CHIRPING)
35:50 (HORSE GALLOPING)
36:17 (HORSE GALLOPING)
36:18 (GLASS SHATTERING)
36:42 (HORSE NEIGHING)
36:45 My father has spoken of his brother Yellowhair's strength and skill.
36:48 Now I believe what he has said.
36:50 He also taught you never to take anything for granted, apparently.
36:54 Why did you leave camp without permission?
36:57 I answer only to my father. I stout for him, not you or them.
37:01 Are you afraid of the soldiers?
37:03 I am not frightened by the barking of dogs.
37:06 While you were gone, we were attacked.
37:08 One of my men was killed.
37:10 If nothing else, you were guilty of leaving your post without permission.
37:14 I need no permission from white men. This is our land.
37:16 Blue Antelope, the job we're on requires secrecy and discipline.
37:20 Your father understands that, even if you don't.
37:23 (HORSE NEIGHING)
37:26 Why did you run away from us?
37:29 My father gave me to you to prove my people's innocence in my own way.
37:33 Don't you realize that running away proved just the opposite?
37:36 Even to you?
37:38 Not quite.
37:40 Then I am satisfied.
37:43 You may be satisfied, but I'm not.
37:44 - You will be. - When?
37:46 I saw the men who attacked you.
37:48 Who were they?
37:50 I don't expect you to believe me.
37:52 Never mind what I believe. Who were they?
37:55 Not my people.
37:57 Can you lead us to them?
37:59 There. In the canyon beyond that ridge is where they hide.
38:02 But you cannot defeat them. There are too many.
38:04 If you and your father help us, we can.
38:06 Why should we?
38:08 Because it's not just our problem.
38:10 It's yours and your people.
38:12 Do you think your people can live at peace
38:14 while these raiders have their way with everything that rides across this land
38:17 and blames it on your tribe?
38:19 It's your problem.
38:39 I understand the colonel went off somewhere in uniform.
38:42 Didn't even have the courtesy to inform you.
38:45 When one thinks of Custer,
38:47 courtesy is not the first word that pops to mind.
38:50 So you're just gonna sit here and wait on him
38:53 till he comes back in his own good time?
38:55 Look on the bright side, Mrs. Ravenhill.
38:57 He also left no instructions for me to put you in irons,
39:00 as he very well might have done with some justification.
39:04 Oh, uh, coffee?
39:06 Please.
39:09 You know what the boys were saying, don't you?
39:11 Must have been.
39:13 Like women, no doubt.
39:15 They're saying you're afraid of him.
39:17 Custer's got you bulldozed.
39:19 He's still the commanding officer of this unit.
39:22 Nothing ever stopped him going his way
39:24 when some order didn't suit him.
39:27 I'm afraid I don't happen to have his reckless temperament.
39:31 Mm.
39:33 Yes, I imagine you've followed the books.
39:37 Kept your nose clean.
39:38 Still young as he is, he outranks you.
39:42 Because the army still values the one thing he has got.
39:46 Initiative.
39:48 Just what are you trying to suggest?
39:51 Drop this stupid masquerade.
39:53 Put the men back into uniform and on their horses.
39:56 And settle with the savages.
39:58 Finish 'em off.
40:00 When Custer sees what you've done,
40:02 the worst he can do is try and claim the credit for himself.
40:06 What you're proposing, Mrs. Ravenhill, is mutiny.
40:09 What you're proposing, Major Benteen,
40:12 is going like lambs to the slaughter.
40:15 Major,
40:29 looks like company coming our way.
40:32 Oh, give me a hand with him, Sergeant.
40:34 Yes, sir.
40:36 That's it.
40:39 There we go.
40:41 What happened?
40:43 You tell us.
40:45 A bunch of cowboys jumped me.
40:47 Asked me if I had any fire water to sell 'em.
40:50 What'd they offer to pay with?
40:52 They was offering sewing machines and cuckoo clocks
40:55 and calico hats and all that.
40:57 I said, "I'll give you a hand with 'em."
41:00 They gave me a box of calico cloth and whatnot.
41:02 Why do you reckon they got that kind of stuff?
41:04 That's not hard to guess.
41:06 I told 'em I didn't have no fire water.
41:08 They liked to kill me.
41:10 It's a good thing my horse is bolted.
41:13 I guess I should have waited
41:15 until a cavalry cleaned up them redskins
41:18 before I went out selling again.
41:20 Well, they haven't done it yet.
41:22 Sergeant.
41:27 Sir.
41:29 Have the men prepare to move out as soon as Custer returns.
41:31 Yes, sir.
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42:37 What are you doing in there?
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43:14 What's this all about?
43:16 I'm fooling with a cannon, Major.
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43:35 I'm afraid you're a little late, Sergeant.
43:37 This Hotchkiss gun is useless to us.
43:39 I'm sorry, sir, I didn't see the dynamite.
43:41 That's obvious, Sergeant.
43:43 Who are you?
43:45 And what are you after?
43:47 Sergeant, see if you can take better care of our prisoner
43:49 than you did our ordinance.
43:51 Yes, sir.
43:53 I was right about that sewing machine, you dirty--
43:56 All right, one move.
43:59 One move and I'll kill the woman.
44:01 Don't move anybody, he means it.
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44:10 Get on that horse.
44:12 Come on, get on.
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44:26 Enter him.
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45:01 Get out.
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45:06 Get out, damn.
45:08 The son assured me that your people were not the raiders.
45:12 He spoke truly.
45:14 War Eagle, I ask for your people's help.
45:16 Do I have it?
45:18 Our war lance is broken.
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45:26 Cover!
45:28 Take cover, fire at will!
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45:34 Your men have foolishly allowed themselves
45:36 to be drawn into a trap.
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45:42 War Eagle, I can't force you to help me.
45:44 I can't even blame you if you don't.
45:46 I'm going now.
45:49 A white man has been our enemy.
45:51 A yellow hair has tried to understand us.
45:53 I will fight with him.
45:55 We go with our friend.
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46:30 If you've had enough, come out with your hands up!
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46:39 13, you ready to surrender?
46:41 Go!
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48:43 I just finished reading your report, Major.
48:46 Is this the report that you intend to hand in to the Secretary of War?
48:49 Yes, sir.
48:50 Colonel Custer, this report, Major Benteen,
48:52 refers to your leaving your command, going off alone.
48:55 Does he, sir?
48:57 He does. Do you have any explanation for that?
48:58 I placed my command in good hands, sir.
49:00 Major Benteen was there.
49:02 Well, then you turned your command over officially
49:04 to Major Benteen when you went off alone.
49:06 I was aware of Colonel Custer's departure, sir.
49:08 I see.
49:10 In that case, gentlemen, you're dismissed.
49:13 Thank you, sir.
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49:18 I don't pretend to condone your methods, Colonel Custer,
49:29 but as a soldier, I can only say I admire your results.
49:33 Thank you, Major Benteen.
49:35 I look forward to demonstrating both to you again.
49:38 That won't be too soon, if I have anything to do with it.
49:43 (footsteps)
49:46 All right.
49:48 Whoopee to you.
49:50 (footsteps)
49:53 Colonel Custer, I'm going back home now.
49:57 I just wanted to say goodbye, and I'm sorry
50:00 for some of the things I've said and thought about you.
50:03 You've been in good company, Mrs. Ravenhill.
50:06 Some of the nicest people say the most terrible things about me.
50:11 It really doesn't bother you, does it?
50:13 I mean about the awful things that have been written about you.
50:17 I'd be lying if I said yes.
50:19 I don't understand you.
50:22 Sometimes, Mrs. Ravenhill, I don't understand myself.
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50:29 All right. Move out.
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