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00:30Look at that sentry, sir. Half-asleep. He'd be court-martialed if he was in the cavalry.
00:50Shouldn't be any trouble, General. Couldn't be more than half a dozen of them. It's just
00:57a hunting party that sneaked off the reservation. I suppose we ought to forget we seen them.
01:04I'd like to, Joe, but my orders are to drive them back to the reservation. Sergeant, put
01:11the men out so they're surrounding the camp. Pass the word there'll be no shooting. Sergeant,
01:18I mean no shooting. The first man who fires a shot will answer to me. My orders are to
01:24drive them back to the reservation, not to kill them.
01:54Take cover!
02:17Become his friends! We want no fighting!
02:47It's not your fault, Colonel. Pretty hard to convince an Indian that you're not trying
03:06to kill him. Especially when he won't give you a chance to talk. General! Over here!
03:13This here's an Indian called Black Eagle. He's the younger brother of Chief Tallknife.
03:22Get me some water. Something to pack this wound up. Gotta stop the bleeding. Never
03:34mind, Sergeant. He's dead. One of them braves got away. He gets back to the camp and tells
03:43Tallknife that one of your men killed his brother. Tallknife's gonna start the biggest
03:49war she ever did see. At 24, he had been the youngest general in the Civil War. Within
04:08five years, he had been reduced in rank and sent west to be forgotten. But he was not
04:12the kind of man to let the world forget. His name, George Armstrong Custer.
04:42Sergeant? Yes, sir?
05:10Form a burial detail and then dismiss the rest of the men. Yes, sir. All right, you
05:19heard him. You all just volunteered for burial detail. Dismount and lead off.
05:26There you are. Thank you, Melinda. You know, being stuck with a sister around here isn't
05:44nearly half as bad as I expected it to be. I'm not so sure that I consider that a compliment.
05:50Huh? Well, it was meant to be. As a matter of fact, I find myself envying your husband.
05:56You've got a fine family. Three nice boys and a wife who can cook the way you can. Thank
06:03you. Tell the truth, it's been a real pleasure having you out here for a visit, even during
06:09these troubled times. If only I hadn't brought that blasted female dragon with you. Temper,
06:16temper, Alfred. Besides, you're the one who insisted that I mustn't travel alone. Yes,
06:21but why bring that female horse Greeley with you? You know what she had the nerve to say
06:26to me at breakfast this morning? No. This is the Red Man's land, implying that we didn't
06:30have any right to be here at all. Alfred, you are being so unkind to Anna. Besides,
06:36you didn't know her during the war. She was so young, so beautiful, and so much in love.
06:44What? Anna Coldstone Peverly? Yes. And John Peverly. He was a young firebrand, always
06:52backing the downtrodden, fighting for social reform. He's the one that founded the magazine
06:57Bold Venture as part of that fight. And then when he was killed during the war, Anna was
07:03determined to carry on for him. Oh, just the same. The blasted female goes too far. Now
07:09the next thing you know, she'll be advocating smoking and wearing men's pants, as well
07:14as voting. And what would be so wrong with that? Well, I'll tell you what would be so
07:19wrong with that. The thing that... Come in.
07:30Reporting in from patrol, sir. At ease, Colonel. I heard about Tall Knife's brother. Couldn't
07:37have happened at a worse time. I took every possible precaution, sir, but... I know that.
07:42It wasn't your fault. You were merely carrying out orders. But it was my responsibility,
07:47sir. There was absolutely no point in bothering that hunting party at all, sir. There's no
07:52sense to this policy of driving the Indians here and driving them there. We don't make
07:56policy, Colonel. We merely carry it out. And the people who make the policy should be out
08:00here to see what's going on. Some fool in Washington sits behind a desk and issues a
08:05senseless order, not realizing how many men are going to die trying to carry it out. Well,
08:09it is an order, Colonel. It is an order. That's right, sir. It's an order. But if I hadn't
08:14followed orders last night, seven men would be alive today. Seven. And a harmless hunting
08:20party of Cheyenne would have eventually wandered back to their reservation. Out here on the
08:25frontier, an officer has the right to question idiotic orders. All right, now that's enough.
08:29Your flair for individual effort has already cost you your general star and your regiment.
08:34I'm going to overlook your statement because I can see that you're upset. But when you're
08:39given an order, you will follow out that order. Our charges are going to be preferred against
08:43you. You know that, don't you? Yes, sir. General Terry, is it true that there was an
08:49unprovoked attack against a Cheyenne hunting party by soldiers of your command? We'll continue
08:56this discussion later, Colonel. Exactly the attitude I expected you to take, General Terry.
09:01I am Mount of Coldstone Peverley, Colonel Custer, General Terry's house guest. You were
09:07on patrol when we arrived, but I have been looking forward to meeting you. My, uh, uh,
09:13privilege to meet you, Miss Peverley. It is Miss Peverley. It's Mrs. Peverley, Colonel
09:20Custer. My husband was killed during the Civil War. You have my sympathy, ma'am. I didn't
09:26expect you to be so socially conventional, Colonel Custer. To express banalities you
09:31have no reason to mean. Mrs. Peverley is a social reformer and a militant suffragette.
09:37Militant. And thoroughly disapproved of by General Terry. You see, I'm the publisher
09:43and editor of Bold Venture. Perhaps you've heard of the magazine. I'm free to have, Mrs.
09:48Peverley. You've published a number of articles about me. None of them flattering. That is
09:55quite correct. But then again, you don't approve of most of the actions of Congress or the
10:00President either. An office I understand you hold some ambition for. If so, can I count
10:07on your vote, Mrs. Peverley? Aren't you being a little bit premature, Colonel? A man has
10:14to be over 35 years of age to hold a presidency in this country. Now, Mrs. Peverley, if you'll
10:21excuse us, this is a military matter. And to be surrounded by the customary secrecy
10:27and misinformation usually provided by the Department of War. May I remind you, Mrs.
10:34Peverley, that you are a guest in my house? That does not change the fact that my duty
10:38requires me to investigate all matters concerning the public welfare. Despite your convictions,
10:43despite your convictions of equality between the sexes, you still take advantage of being
10:48a woman, don't you, Mrs. Peverley? That blasted pants-wearing female. Just the same, I think
11:07you ought to know that she's got enough influence to affect your entire military career. In what
11:13way? In any way she pleases. Despite the fact that she continually criticizes government
11:18policy in her magazine, she's still President Grant's favorite niece. Grant's niece? Yeah.
11:27President Grant and his brother Orville aren't exactly my most ardent admirers. Well, that's
11:32precisely why I warned you. Come in. It's Tallknife, sir. What about Tallknife? Well,
11:43he's come here, sir. He says he's come for the body of his brother and he's wanted to
11:49talk to Colonel Custer. I'd better talk to him. You stay here, Colonel. I'm sorry, sir,
11:55but I think Tallknife has a right to see me. I owe it to the man. You owe him nothing. I
12:00was responsible for his brother's death. I'd like to explain how it happened. All right,
12:08go ahead. Thank you, sir.
12:39Tallknife, I grieve with you for the death of your brother. I didn't order it. It was
12:45a mistake and in the darkness... Black Eagle was little more than a boy. He was like a
12:52son to me. Did he attack any of your men? No. My orders were to move the Cheyenne back...
13:00Did he commit any crimes against the laws of the white man? There were no crimes committed,
13:04Tallknife. Black Eagle and his hunting party wanted off the reservation.
13:14For this... For this he was killed? No, not for that. It was dark. My men moved in to
13:23surprise your people so there'd be no shooting. One of my men stumbled. Without warning, a
13:28fight broke out. Then one of your men killed my brother for no reason. For no reason.
13:58No, I won't fight with you. We've been friends too long. Yellow hair is a coward. Men should
14:27fight with honor and for honor. Black Eagle's dead. It was a mistake and I'm sorry for it.
14:35At ease!
14:42Yellow hair refuses to fight as a warrior fights. But this will not end what is between
14:47us. We shall hunt one more time, Yellow hair. Death hunting the Cheyenne.
14:58You and your men attacked a small Cheyenne hunting party and murdered all but one of
15:04them. Isn't that true? From your point of view, it is. What other point is there? For
15:08more than a hundred years, the Plains tribes have fought the growth of this country. I
15:12am a man of honor. I am a man of honor. I am a man of honor. I am a man of honor. I am
15:19a man of honor. I am a man of honor. I am a man of honor. I am a man of honor. I am a
15:27Now they stand in the direct path of the uniting the two halves of our nation. In any war mistakes
15:31are made. War? Are trampling upon the rights of the Indian tribes by armed might? I am
15:37very familiar with your career here on the frontier. As well as with the infamous record
15:42of the Seventh Calvary regiment. Cite your record, Mrs. Beverly. Gladly, Colonel Custer.
15:49The massacre of the Cheyenne at the Ouachita River. You attacked before dawn two years
15:54And that tribe of the Cheyenne Nation was almost destroyed by your ruthless slaughter.
16:11The punitive raid against Black Kettle in the Cheyenne was ordered by General Philip H. Sheridan.
16:15This is a copy of his official report.
16:19Between the months of August and November, 1868,
16:22the settlers of Kansas and Colorado sustained the following losses.
16:26Murdered, 117.
16:28Wounded, 16.
16:30Scalped and mutilated, 32.
16:32Women outraged, 14.
16:34Women captured and never seen again, 4.
16:37Horses and mules stolen, 619.
16:40Stock cattle stolen, 958.
16:44It is these acts of incredible rapine and murder
16:47that forced the attack on Black Kettle in the Cheyenne.
16:51The newspapers said that there were only women and children at the Cheyenne village,
16:56and yet you attacked.
16:58The 7th Cavalry sustained 37 losses.
17:01I counted 103 dead Cheyenne braves.
17:04I killed Black Kettle myself.
17:07You are as convincing as I have been told you are, Colonel Custer.
17:11But how do you justify your attack on Tall Knife's brother and his hunting party?
17:17For your information, Mrs. Beverly,
17:21I don't.
17:22Do you intend to drop the matter and let it be forgotten
17:25as the incident on the Washita was forgotten?
17:27I intend to take whatever action I consider necessary.
17:30And so do I.
17:33I intend to publicize what has happened,
17:36and I promise you that pressure will be brought upon the Secretary of War
17:39to institute a formal investigation.
18:09Go along, California.
18:11You'll see Tall Knife without the troop.
18:14I've got to convince him that I spoke the truth about his brother.
18:17You know what he meant by that invitation to a death hunt, don't you?
18:21I know.
18:23You're sure picking a hard way for you and me to commit suicide.
18:27Why, he'll have our scalps a-dangling from a teepee pole for dark.
18:32You see that my horse is settled and ready.
18:35You don't have to come along, California.
18:37I can find Tall Knife's village alone.
18:40Well, I've always said that Cheyenne was a whole lot meaner than the Sioux are.
18:45I reckon now's just as good a time as any to put her to the test.
18:50In the name of scientific research,
18:52them fellas at that New Smithsonian Institution
18:55is sure gonna be awful thankful to you and me.
18:58I'll go get the mule and the horse.
19:08We should have decided Tall Knife's lodges by now.
19:12The last time I was up this way, he's camped off yonder in that valley.
19:17Why would Tall Knife move his people away from good water
19:20and his horses from good grazing?
19:22Well, the only reason I can think of is to hide these women and children
19:26so him and his braves can hit the war trail.
19:29We've got to find him.
19:31Sure does beat all how fast a whole Cheyenne village can disappear into thin air.
19:36Look.
19:39There's a nester's cabin over yonder.
20:01All right.
20:18Hey, those church people didn't even own a gun.
20:22Didn't believe in them.
20:32Yee-haw!
20:35Haw-haw!
20:43Look.
20:45I'll be doggone.
20:47Would you take a look at that, General?
20:49That many braves ain't for our benefit.
20:52It's Tall Knife, and he's after bigger game than us.
20:55He's gonna attack Fort Hayes.
20:57That's right.
21:01Let's go.
21:08They've been attacked.
21:10Close the gates. Man the walls.
21:12They're burning up the countryside.
21:14We can't let them just run it over the crops.
21:16Man, it's something fierce.
21:18They ain't a half a mile behind us, and they're moving fast.
21:21Move it!
21:23Get on those walls. Bugler, sound the alarm.
21:26What's going on?
21:28We're being attacked, sir. Tall Knife.
21:31Hold your fire till we're within 100 yards.
22:01Hurry!
22:31As you were.
22:33They won't attack yet.
22:35You bet they won't put it off for long, General.
22:38You're right, California.
22:40Sergeant, get me a fresh horse.
22:42Yes, sir. You stay right there, Sergeant.
22:44You remain inside this fort, Colonel.
22:47This has to be settled with Tall Knife now, sir.
22:49He'd like nothing better than to suck you into a trap.
22:52I can take care of myself, General Terry.
22:54That's a risk that I refuse to take.
22:56You'll countermand your order to the sergeant immediately.
23:00Yes, sir.
23:05I hate to say it, but General Terry's right, you know.
23:16California, when are you going to learn to keep that big mouth of yours shut?
23:22I got to admit, Sergeant, I'm just about as good at sticking my foot in my big mouth as the next man.
23:31Taking this fort could be a job.
23:34But there just might be enough of them to do it, Captain.
23:38I am thinking the same thing, Miss Elf James B.
23:54Open the gate.
24:01Out of the talking, Custer.
24:06Why are you here, Tall Knife?
24:08You've signed a treaty that there are to be no more wars between us.
24:12I want yellow hair.
24:15You talk like a fool.
24:17What about our treaties?
24:19Did the treaty stop yellow hair from killing my warriors?
24:22You were told that was a mistake.
24:24Give me yellow hair, or I leave this place.
24:29Or I leave this place in ashes.
24:33At sunrise we fight.
24:42Colonel, you'll see to it that the men are prepared to defend this fort at dawn.
24:59I'm sorry, but you have no choice in the matter.
25:02General Terry, I resent being sent packing this way.
25:05I'm a representative of the American president.
25:07You're also a woman, and it's my duty to see that you're safely conveyed out of danger.
25:11You don't seem to realize, Mrs. Beverly, that this fort is under the threat of an immediate attack
25:15by an overwhelming force of Cheyenne warriors.
25:17And you don't seem to realize...
25:18Your things are in the Surrey, ma'am.
25:20Now, if you'll get aboard, please.
25:22Thank you, Colonel Custer.
25:24I'm only sorry the time was so short.
25:25I was counting on having you to dinner.
25:27I'm looking forward to another time very soon.
25:30Things will quiet down.
25:31They always do.
25:32I hope so.
25:33Do be careful.
25:34I will.
25:36Come on, Belinda.
25:37And you be careful, too, Alfred.
25:39Don't always be letting yourself go.
25:41It's a disgrace how little care you men take.
25:43I know.
25:44I know.
25:47You've got to be miles away from me.
25:51You've got to be miles away from here before dawn.
25:57I will look forward to our next meeting, Colonel Custer.
26:00I can hardly wait myself.
26:04I do not need your help.
26:20Mount the detail, Sergeant.
26:21Detail mount up!
26:23You can make Cedar Springs before daybreak.
26:26You should be safe to camp there for the rest of the night...
26:28and then move on to Fort Riley.
26:30Yes, sir.
26:31The gates are open, Sergeant.
26:32Move them out.
26:33Yes, sir.
26:43I don't mind saying that that's a lot off my mind.
26:46Good night, gentlemen.
26:48Good night, sir.
26:49Good night.
27:01Sorry about the bumps, ladies.
27:03This here is Cedar Springs.
27:06And we made it without losing our hair.
27:10Begging your pardon, ma'am.
27:14All right, we'll make camp here.
27:16McGee, you take first watch.
27:18Keep a good lookout at our back.
27:20We don't want any unwanted guests.
27:22We'll be here about three hours.
27:23We'll leave right after sunup.
27:27Here are some blankets.
27:28Thank you, Sergeant Busty.
27:30My pleasure, ma'am.
27:31I'll get some water.
27:49There.
27:59Thinking about Colonel Custer?
28:03I detest the man and everything he stands for.
28:06You don't mean that.
28:13Tell me, Anna...
28:15Have you ever thought about remarrying?
28:18I haven't even the time to think about it.
28:21Then take time before it's too late.
28:25You've shut out everything that makes life worth living for a woman.
28:29A home, a man, children.
28:34I have my work. Nothing else matters.
28:37Not now, perhaps.
28:39But the years have a strange way of passing you by.
28:43And regrets aren't much consolation as you grow older.
29:13BANG! BANG!
29:44BANG!
29:53GRUNT!
29:54GRUNT!
29:58SCREAMS!
30:02SCREAMS!
30:10SCREAMS!
30:12SCREAMS!
30:15SCREAMS!
30:42CORPORAL OF THE GUARD!
30:44POST NUMBER ONE!
30:45TROOPER COMING IN ON FOOT!
30:46ORDER AT HAND!
30:59What happened?
31:00They hit us at night, sir. Hard.
31:02We didn't have a chance.
31:03Did they kill the women?
31:05They're as good as dead, sir.
31:07The Cheyenne loaded them into the Surrey and drove off with them.
31:10High plate dead. That's all I could do.
31:13Better get over to the hospital and have the surgeon take a look at that wound.
31:16Sir, about the women.
31:18We'll get them back, Sergeant.
31:19Colonel, I'll be ready to ride any time you say.
31:22Get him over to the hospital.
31:26CORPORAL OF THE GUARD!
31:27POST NUMBER ONE!
31:28ENGINE COMING IN!
31:37ENGINE COMING IN!
31:53At ease.
31:57That man doesn't return to his camp.
31:59It's the last we'll ever see of those two women they've captured.
32:08Is Tall Knife a squaw that he makes war on women?
32:12Tall Knife does not want the women.
32:17You. You come alone and they go free.
32:20You stay here and they die.
32:38Where, General? Do we saddle up?
32:41No, we don't.
32:44Not one man leaves this fort.
32:47And that's an order.
33:08Request the General's permission to be excused from duty, sir.
33:12If anything happens to those women...
33:19What's that? What'd you say?
33:22There's a personal matter I have to attend to, sir.
33:26Between you and Tall Knife, I suppose?
33:29Yes, sir.
33:30I can't permit any fool out of my sight.
33:33General Terry, you heard that Indian.
33:36If I don't go, Tall Knife will kill those two women.
33:39Even if I allowed you to go,
33:41what guarantee would we have that Tall Knife would free them?
33:44No. I can allow you to make no move until I order it.
33:49Is that clear?
33:50I made a mistake in coming here.
33:52But, sir, I thought with your own sister in Tall Knife's hands...
33:55That's enough, Custer!
33:57General Terry, do you realize that...
33:59That's all!
34:00You'll confine yourself to quarters until further notice.
34:03Now get out of here!
34:45Hey, General.
34:54What are you men doing here?
34:56We figured that you might have a little trouble sneaking out a horse, sir.
35:00So there's one saddling waiting just 50 yards from the main gate.
35:04What makes you think I need a horse?
35:06You know I'm confined to quarters.
35:09Never figured you'd let a little detail like that stand in your road.
35:13And there's a ladder leading against the north wall,
35:15so you don't have to use the gate.
35:18The sentries might not understand
35:20and start yelling for the corporal of the guard.
35:23When I get back, Sergeant, I'm going to have you court-martialed
35:27for helping an officer break his confinement to quarters.
35:30Yes, sir.
35:52Let's go.
36:18I came alone.
36:20You keep your word and release the women.
36:24We will hunt together, Yellow Hair.
36:28Death hunt.
36:30You will take the women with you.
36:32If you live...
36:36They live.
36:40And you lied.
36:42Your word has no honor.
36:45Speak softly, Yellow Hair.
36:48You and the women will die now.
36:51We'll hunt your hunt, Tall Knife.
36:55Make it one you'll never forget.
37:00At sunrise tomorrow,
37:02you will be set free to run.
37:06Put him with the women.
37:12You came here alone and unarmed?
37:14Why didn't you bring your regiment?
37:16You'd be dead right now if I brought them.
37:21You better get what sleep you can.
37:23You're going to need all your strength in a few hours.
37:45It's almost dawn.
37:47They'll be coming for us soon.
37:53I'm not asleep.
37:58Tall Knife,
38:00what did he mean, you're going to hunt together?
38:02The Cheyenne are the great hunters of the plains.
38:05They'll hold his head high,
38:07and I'll hold his head low,
38:09and we'll hunt together.
38:11The Cheyenne are the great hunters of the plains.
38:13Their whole history is based on the hunt.
38:15They hunt for food,
38:17and they hunt for sport.
38:20Sometimes when a captive is taken,
38:22they often let him go,
38:24to get away if he can.
38:26You mean they hunt down a man as they would an animal?
38:30That's correct.
38:32I refuse to run to be chased.
38:35Well, that's your decision to make.
38:37But I think you'll run
38:39if you have any idea what the Cheyenne do to their female captives.
38:43I don't want to hear any more.
38:45We'll both go with you, Colonel.
39:00Take that with you.
39:02When the sun is there,
39:05I will come after you.
39:07Go.
39:09Let's go.
39:32I can't keep running.
39:34Okay.
39:37Let's go.
40:07Down this slope. Hurry.
40:37Let's go.
40:57Melinda.
41:01No, I've had about enough of this.
41:03This is ridiculous.
41:07Let's go.
41:25Be still.
41:27Don't spot any rippling in the water.
41:37Let's go.
41:59This way.
42:02That way.
42:07This way.
42:30Do you want them to catch you?
42:32I can't swim.
42:34My mistake.
43:04Let's go.
43:34Let's go.
43:52When will they give up?
43:54When they've got our scalps.
43:56We've got to keep moving.
44:05Run for those trees. Keep moving.
44:07If I don't join you, keep moving me.
44:35I thought I told you to keep going.
44:37Not without you.
44:40What are you going to do?
44:42Try to even the odds a little if I can.
44:44Now keep moving.
44:58Up here.
45:00They can't ride up on these rocks.
45:04Let's go.
45:34Custer, look out.
46:04Let's go.
46:06Now I don't think I can.
46:08We're almost there.
46:30Now the hunt will end yellow here.
46:32Black Eagle was killed by accident, Tall Knife.
46:34There's no reason for us to fight.
46:36Stop now before it's too late.
46:38No.
47:02No.
47:32No.
47:40It is over, yellow hair.
47:44We will fight no more.
47:48You've proved the truth of your words.
47:51About Black Eagle, the warrior's way.
47:54It will be as it was before.
47:57There will be peace between us.
48:00There will be peace between us.
48:10You can rest over here.
48:13It's a long and eventful walk back to Fort Hays.
48:30Good evening, sir.
48:33What do you want, Custer? I didn't send for you.
48:35I did, General Terry.
48:37You did?
48:39May I ask why you feel privileged to summon one of my officers to your beck and call?
48:43You may be General Grant's niece.
48:45But by the great horned toad, don't you think...
48:47Yes, what is it, M'Lady?
48:49I'm here to see General Grant.
48:51General Grant.
48:53General Grant.
48:55General Grant.
48:57By the great horned toad, don't you think...
48:59Yes, what is it, Melinda?
49:01May I see you for just a minute, please?
49:03Yes, of course you can see me. I'm standing right here in front of you.
49:05Alone.
49:07Alone? Why should you want to see me?
49:09General Terry.
49:11Huh.
49:13Yeah.
49:18Well, I don't know what that was.
49:21May I say, Mrs. Peverly,
49:23that you look lovely.
49:27This is Melinda's dress.
49:29It's been so long since I...
49:33The reason I wanted to see you, Colonel Custer,
49:35is that I feel I owe you an apology.
49:38My opinion of you is...
49:40It's an opinion shared by many people.
49:45I'm sorry.
49:47By many people.
49:51I was wrong about you, too.
49:53In what way?
49:55Despite all you went through,
49:57you showed no sign of weakness, and I admire that in anyone,
50:00male or female.
50:04But my apology still stands.
50:07For the first time, I think I understand you a little.
50:10But I'd like to know more.
50:12What you think and what you are inside.
50:16I'm a soldier, Mrs. Peverly.
50:18No more, no less.
50:21What I do think is that this country
50:23must have a chance to grow and become great.
50:26To do that,
50:28a price must be paid.
50:31But is it worth such a terrible price?
50:35It is to me.
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