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00:00 [music]
00:22 Well, Colonel, this is the place, the border of Fredonia.
00:26 Colonel Custer, I was assured by the Secretary of War that we would have full protection of the military for the railroad survey crews.
00:34 Now, I assumed that to mean that we'd have at least a full company of men, not just two.
00:39 My orders were to negotiate, not to fight, Mr. Glixon.
00:43 No survey crew was ordered to stay out of Fredonia until we got here.
00:47 Where are they?
00:49 I've got a schedule to keep, Colonel.
00:52 You sent them into Fredonia?
00:54 That's right. They're just a bunch of ex-rebels setting themselves up in what they call a new country.
00:59 I've got every legal right to be in there, Colonel. They're blocking progress.
01:04 They have rights too, Mr. Glixon, and I intend to predict theirs just as well as yours.
01:09 [music]
01:24 Well, there's the survey crew.
01:27 All right, bring it up a little.
01:30 [music]
01:37 [screaming]
01:44 Try it, Colonel.
01:47 [gunshots]
01:53 Get their guns.
01:55 [gunshots]
02:05 Well, it's quite a ways back to the fort, but if they keep moving, they'll make it.
02:08 Turn them loose.
02:10 All right, take off. The fort is to the south.
02:13 [music]
02:17 Well, I heard you were around here, but I never expected to run into you,
02:20 General George Armstrong Custer, the scourge of Gettysburg.
02:25 You have the advantage, sir.
02:27 Indeed I do, and I intend to keep it.
02:30 My name is Zebediah Jackson, former captain of the Virginia Regulars,
02:35 elected leader of the settlement Fredonia.
02:37 What are you going to do with us?
02:40 Who are you?
02:41 My name is Glixon. I represent the railroad.
02:43 We have legal right of way through this area,
02:46 and we're protected by a special act of the United States Congress.
02:49 I suggest you keep that in mind.
02:52 Well, I'm afraid the special act of the United States Congress won't do you any good out here.
02:57 You see, you're no longer in the United States, so consider yourself my prisoner.
03:03 And we have a little riding to do, and I won't warn you again.
03:06 You'll only stay alive as long as I allow you to.
03:09 Now, mount up.
03:11 [music]
03:22 Charge!
03:23 At 24, he had been the youngest general in the Civil War.
03:26 Within five years, he had been reduced in rank and sent west to be forgotten.
03:30 But he was not the kind of man to let the world forget.
03:33 His name, George Armstrong Custer.
03:36 [music]
04:00 Hut, hut, hut, two, three, four.
04:04 Hut, two, three, four.
04:06 [music]
04:15 Company, halt.
04:17 [music]
04:26 See, Colonel, we even have our own army.
04:28 Every man in this valley drills a part of each day,
04:31 while the others work in the field or help build the town.
04:34 It'll take more than a homegrown militia to stand up against the government, Johnson.
04:38 We've got enough.
04:40 Take the sergeant and the civilian and lock them up in the granary.
04:43 Hey, now, wait a minute. You can't do that.
04:45 Afraid they can, Mr. Clixton. Come on.
04:49 Do you remember me, Colonel?
04:56 No.
04:57 Ain't likely you would.
04:59 All that smoke and dirt, cannons firing,
05:02 you riding down on us with your cavalry.
05:05 You cut my boys to pieces. You ground them in the dirt.
05:09 Where was that?
05:10 Appomattox.
05:12 There were losses on both sides, mister.
05:14 That war's all over now.
05:16 No, sir, Colonel. It ain't over yet.
05:19 You're still living and breathing, but not for long.
05:23 Carhew. There's no room for private vengeance in this valley,
05:28 and that goes for all of us.
05:30 If they want to fight, they'll have to bring it to us.
05:32 Now dismiss your men.
05:35 Yes, sir.
05:37 Company, attention. Dismissed.
05:44 Settlement of ex-Confederates trying to secede from the Union again.
05:48 Deceiving yourself, if you think you can fight the army, Mr. Jackson.
05:52 That's our armory.
05:54 We drug cannon all the way out here,
05:56 and we got plenty of rifles and ammunition.
05:59 Maybe we can't win, but we can fight.
06:02 We lost everything back home, but we're not gonna give up out here.
06:06 Come with me.
06:09 [HORSE NEIGHING]
06:12 [DOG BARKING]
06:25 Hello, Annie.
06:32 I'd like you to meet Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Colonel, my wife.
06:37 I'll be at Mrs. Miller's house.
06:40 Well, you can't very well blame her, Colonel.
06:45 See, your Federal troops burned down her house and killed her father,
06:49 so blue isn't one of her favorite colors.
06:52 The war was over a long time ago.
06:58 No, Colonel. The shooting stopped.
07:02 But it didn't change the things we believed in.
07:04 Only a fool lives in the past.
07:07 To the victor belongs the spoils.
07:10 Well, it makes it easier if you're on the winning side.
07:12 The future's bright. Your future, not mine.
07:15 You're wrong, Mr. Jackson.
07:17 This country belongs to all of us, northerner and southerner.
07:21 You know, there was a time when I could have agreed with you on that, Colonel.
07:26 I was in a Yankee prison camp when the war ended.
07:30 It was almost a year later before they turned me loose.
07:33 Then they let me make my way back home the best way I could.
07:37 There's a word for you. Home.
07:41 You know what I had left? Nothing.
07:44 Sit down, Colonel.
07:46 I had a plantation. It'd been in my family for five generations.
07:50 And when I finally got back home, I found that a Yankee carpetbagger owned it.
07:55 There are always men who fatten themselves in the miseries of others.
08:01 Colonel, my family were church people.
08:05 And all the time we owned that land, we never once had a slave.
08:10 But we made a mistake. We're on the losing side.
08:13 So we lost everything.
08:15 But we're gonna start all over again out here.
08:17 Where a man can teach his sons to believe in the things he believes in.
08:21 Tell me something, Mr. Jackson.
08:23 What makes you think the Crow are going to let you stay here?
08:26 We get along with them. Better than your blue boys do.
08:29 They like us here.
08:31 We trade them hard goods in exchange for meat.
08:34 So if you're gonna use that as an excuse to protect us, forget it.
08:38 You're not being offered a choice.
08:41 The railroad has the government's permission to build through here.
08:44 And the Army backs up the government's decisions.
08:47 You of all people should know that by now.
08:50 Custer, you take a good hard look at that map.
08:54 'Cause your life may depend on it.
08:56 Come on.
08:59 Our boundaries are clearly marked.
09:01 If you or your men or the railroad step across that line, I'll have you shot.
09:06 Then you better muster your men, Mr. Jackson.
09:09 But you make it clear to them what they're fighting for.
09:12 Stubbornness. Pure and simple.
09:14 Stubbornness?
09:15 When the railroad comes through here, they'll take part of your land, sure.
09:19 But ten years from now, the land you have left will be worth a hundred times as much.
09:24 I'll show you and your sergeant, Mr. Glipson, to the boundary.
09:28 If they come back again, be ready to fight, Custer.
09:34 That's your choice, Mr. Jackson.
09:45 [ door opens ]
09:47 A bit of a trouble, Mr. Jackson.
10:02 Indians?
10:04 I don't think it's very likely they'll attack.
10:07 We'll take no chances.
10:09 All right, dismount and take cover over here.
10:13 [ music ]
10:15 [ bell rings ]
10:29 [ music ]
10:33 [ screaming ]
10:37 [ music ]
10:39 What are they gonna do? Are they gonna attack?
10:59 No, they're just boys.
11:01 Testing their courage.
11:03 They'll charge one at a time.
11:05 The boy who places his lance closest to the enemy has the most courage.
11:09 You won't need that.
11:12 [ screaming ]
11:14 Hold your fire, boys.
11:32 [ screaming ]
11:34 [ screaming ]
11:53 [ screaming ]
12:00 [ music ]
12:02 You've done enough killing for one day, Carhue.
12:08 Put that knife away. Put it away.
12:10 I've seen-- Colonel!
12:12 He's dead.
12:15 What happens to your treaty with the Crow now?
12:22 I'll talk to him. Explain what happened.
12:25 You think they'll listen to you after this?
12:28 You're gonna need some help, Mr. Jackson.
12:31 You'd take any excuse to bring your troopers in here, wouldn't you?
12:35 You can't bluff me, Custer.
12:37 You may find yourself in one of the bloodiest Indian wars this country's ever seen.
12:42 Mount up!
12:46 Mount up, boys.
12:51 Thank you.
12:55 [ music ]
12:57 So that's the way you're gonna play it, Mr. Jackson?
13:07 The devil himself couldn't drive us out of here.
13:10 All right, you're free to go.
13:13 But don't come back again, because if you do, you won't ride out.
13:18 And that's a promise, Colonel.
13:23 Let's go.
13:26 [ music ]
13:28 [ horse neighing ]
13:30 [ horse neighing ]
13:39 [ music ]
13:56 [ music ]
13:58 Wanted to see me, sir?
14:04 Glutston's entering an official complaint against me.
14:13 For what?
14:15 He's drawing up a bill of particulars now.
14:17 Claims that you didn't protect him.
14:19 That you allowed yourself to be disarmed and captured without having fought.
14:24 I see.
14:26 Are you going to endorse his complaint?
14:28 No.
14:30 But he'll send it anyway. He does have a friend in Washington.
14:33 I know he galls you, Custer, but why can't you work with him?
14:38 He's a pompous, arrogant complainer.
14:41 Who happens to have the law on his side?
14:44 It may seem like an injustice to you that the railroad has a right of way through an improved valley.
14:48 But officially, that's none of our business.
14:51 Do I make myself clear?
14:52 Yes, perfectly.
14:54 Fine. I don't want any chance of a misunderstanding.
14:57 As of sunrise tomorrow, Glutston's taking that survey party back up to the settlement of Fredonia.
15:03 We're here to select a patrol of ten men from the 7th and accompany them.
15:07 What's this patrol supposed to do, sir?
15:10 Fight the whole settlement?
15:12 Because they're not going to let us set one foot in their valley without a battle.
15:15 No, no. There'll be no fighting.
15:18 We're faced with a touchy political situation here.
15:21 I don't want it to appear as if my men are being used to start the Civil War all over again.
15:25 I see. I'm to protect Glutston and his men, but I'm not allowed to fight to do it.
15:30 That's about like sending me out unarmed to make a treaty with a grizzly bear.
15:34 That's about it.
15:36 You're to cooperate with Glutston all the way.
15:39 That way you're sending me so Glutston will drop his complaint?
15:42 No. I'm sending you because I happen to think that you're the only man in this command who can bring it off.
15:50 Good luck, Colonel.
15:52 Sergeant Buston.
16:00 Yes, sir.
16:02 Call for ten volunteers to ride escort for that survey crew tomorrow.
16:09 We're going back to Fredonia, sir?
16:11 The issue will be rations for six days, field gear, and 100 rounds per man.
16:15 What's the matter?
16:18 Did you see anyone out there you knew back in the old days?
16:21 No, sir.
16:23 But some of the men came from the county next to my home.
16:26 It just doesn't seem right somehow.
16:28 After all the work they put into that land.
16:31 I can always leave you behind if that's what you're asking.
16:33 No, sir. I'm not asking that.
16:36 I just think there must be a better way to work things out.
16:40 If there is, we'll find it.
16:43 You have your orders, Sergeant.
16:46 [music]
16:48 Car, you.
16:59 We'll take you as far as the railhead in the morning.
17:03 Then you can go back to Virginia.
17:05 I'll think about that.
17:07 If you'll think about it, I'm not giving you a choice.
17:12 You think I'm going to have this settlement burned down because some hothead couldn't follow orders?
17:16 Maybe we need a leader who knows what side he's on.
17:19 Are you questioning my loyalty?
17:21 You had Custer here and you turned him loose.
17:23 We should have killed him.
17:25 Showed him we mean business.
17:26 That's the only way we're going to keep them blue bellies out of here.
17:29 If there's any killing to be done, they'll have to push it.
17:34 The blood will be on their hands and not mine.
17:36 Sam.
17:37 Yes.
17:38 There are Indians out there.
17:39 How many?
17:40 Three in the front, two in the back. I don't know.
17:43 Go back inside.
17:45 There's no warping. They came here to talk.
17:53 It's Brave Dog.
17:55 It was his son you killed this afternoon.
17:57 Put that thing away.
17:59 They came here to fight. They never would have let Annie see them.
18:03 Hello, Brave Dog.
18:08 Come on in. We'll talk inside.
18:10 Now, sit down, Chief.
18:34 If you're hungry, my wife will fix you something.
18:36 Is this the man who shot my son?
18:39 He came charging down the hill, yelling and screaming.
18:42 We're not familiar with all of your customs, Chief.
18:47 This man thought your son was attacking us, so he shot him.
18:50 Now, we've been at peace for a long time.
18:54 And we wouldn't do anything to break that peace on purpose.
18:58 I had...
19:00 I had but one son.
19:06 Now, we're willing to make reparations.
19:09 You, uh... You tell us what to do. We'll do it.
19:12 How many beads was my son worth?
19:15 How many blankets?
19:17 No.
19:19 A man for a man.
19:21 He killed my son.
19:24 You give him to us.
19:27 Oh, no. No. I'm not gonna be turned over to any...
19:30 Shut up!
19:33 You've asked for the one thing we can't give you.
19:36 You've seen enough of us to know our customs.
19:39 You have one day to think about it.
19:43 With the next son, we will come for him.
19:46 If he is given to us, we will go in peace.
19:50 If he is not, then we will take him.
19:54 And that is the word of the chief of the Crow Nation.
19:59 (HORSE NEIGHING)
20:01 (SPEAKING GERMAN)
20:15 Captain.
20:23 Maybe you're right.
20:25 I'll hightail it out of here first thing in the morning.
20:28 You wouldn't have a chance.
20:30 They have you hanging by your heels before noon.
20:32 They're waiting out there.
20:34 You can't hand me over to 'em.
20:38 I won't. Now, you go home. We'll talk tomorrow.
20:52 You're, uh...
20:54 You sure you won't have a drink, General?
20:56 I'm quite sure. You got everything you want here, huh?
20:58 Yes, yes, thank you. I want you to know that I'm gonna put in a good word for you
21:01 when I write my next report to Washington.
21:03 Thank you. Good night.
21:05 Good night, General.
21:07 You men better get some sleep. You're gonna need it.
21:14 You'll be leaving at dawn.
21:20 Tom, Mr. Quicksand.
21:22 May I talk to you?
21:28 Certainly, go right ahead.
21:30 It's about those people in Fredonia.
21:32 Oh, what about them?
21:34 Well, I know this country like the back of my hand.
21:36 And you don't have to carry that railroad through Fredonia.
21:38 There's a pass just 30 miles south, flat as a tabletop.
21:41 Good-will, I just... Listen to me, will you?
21:44 I take my pay in land.
21:46 Now, uh, let's just say I was to route the railroad to the sound.
21:51 What do you think I'd get for my trouble?
21:53 Oh, a handful of dust, maybe.
21:55 And now if I go through...
21:57 Well, you don't know those people like I do.
21:59 They lost everything in the war.
22:01 Not just their crops or their homes, but everything.
22:05 Well, that's their tough luck, Sergeant.
22:07 I... I do everything nice and legal.
22:10 All according to the law, Sergeant.
22:13 And you don't care what happens to those people?
22:16 Aw, man, come on.
22:18 Why concern yourself with them?
22:20 You saw the light.
22:22 You turned in your gray coat for a blue one.
22:25 Now, why go on feeling sorry for a bunch of redneck crackers
22:28 who's sitting on land that doesn't belong to them?
22:30 All right, will you listen to me, carpetbagger?
22:32 Those are human beings out there.
22:34 And they hurt just like anybody else.
22:36 And if you push 'em too far, they're gonna fight.
22:39 And I'm telling you now,
22:41 no matter what happens,
22:43 you ain't gonna win.
22:45 I wouldn't dirty my hands on you.
22:53 That turncoat's gonna push me around.
23:02 ( grunts )
23:05 ( grunting )
23:07 ( grunts )
23:31 ( grunts )
23:33 Can't touch! Can't touch!
23:47 Let me go! Let me go!
23:58 Carvel to the guard!
24:01 Hey, cut!
24:04 That's enough, Sergeant!
24:06 Now, you come to attention.
24:08 Now, would anyone mind telling me what's going on here?
24:13 That man attacked me without provocation.
24:17 I want him locked up.
24:19 And I want to see him punished.
24:22 What do you got to say for yourself, Sergeant?
24:26 Nothing. Nothing that'll make any difference.
24:29 Take him to the guardhouse.
24:33 Colonel Christ!
24:39 I'm gonna hold you responsible for that man's punishment.
24:54 How many does that make?
24:56 Nine, sir.
24:57 Add one more.
24:58 Only one, sir?
24:59 Sergeant-- Ex-Sergeant Buster, he's a big man, sir.
25:02 He's still not a horse, Mr. Hagan.
25:04 Don't fool me.
25:06 You will save your comments, Mr. Hagan.
25:08 Yes, sir.
25:09 Colonel!
25:11 I'd like to ask you a question.
25:17 You've got to let me go on that detail in the morning, sir.
25:21 I don't think you'd be too anxious to climb in the saddle after marching with this load.
25:25 Don't worry, sir. I'll be ready.
25:27 Tell me something, Sergeant.
25:30 Did Glicksten provoke that fight?
25:32 Well, sir, uh...
25:36 That carpetbagger got to crowing about how he was gonna take that land from the settlers, and...
25:41 Well, things just got out of hand.
25:44 All right, you can come along.
25:47 But you stay away from Glicksten.
25:50 Because if things get out of hand again,
25:52 he'll be taking your mail and your meals in the guardhouse.
25:55 Yes, sir.
25:58 Your punishment will be six hours marching with that load.
26:03 Keep him moving.
26:05 All right, Hagan.
26:11 Let's go.
26:15 [Handcuffs click]
26:17 - Mr. Hagan. - Sir.
26:27 You'll be acting sergeant of this column.
26:30 Me, sir? Yes, sir.
26:32 You'll keep the men in a tight, close formation.
26:35 You'd better move out.
26:38 Yes, sir.
26:43 Don't look so stupid, Hagan.
26:45 The command is "column by twos, forward, ho."
26:48 I know the proper command. I've worn three stripes before.
26:51 And lost 'em just as quick.
26:53 Column by twos, forward, ho!
26:58 Oh, Colonel.
27:12 [Handcuffs click]
27:14 I want to camp here at Iron Springs tonight.
27:18 And survey the right-of-way north of there.
27:21 - Sergeant Hagan. - Sir.
27:41 [Horse whinnies]
27:43 There's a draw on the far side of the Fredonia Valley.
27:48 What's it like?
27:50 I-I don't know, sir.
27:52 There's nothing but loose sand up there, Colonel.
27:54 Not enough cover to hide a snake.
27:56 Couldn't get a wagon through there if you tried.
27:58 - Now, if I was to do it... - I was speaking to the sergeant, Corporal.
28:02 Yes, sir.
28:04 You'd better approach it from the front.
28:08 Company, Colonel.
28:10 Hey, homie.
28:36 We have come to talk.
28:38 Tell the men to stand easy, Sergeant. I don't want any incidents.
28:42 Yes, sir.
28:44 Addy, I'm always happy to speak with Brave Doc, chief of the Crow Nation.
28:48 Ah. I will speak plainly.
28:51 You take your blue soldiers to the north.
28:54 To the settlement of Fredonia.
28:56 Ah. You were there.
28:58 You saw the death of my son.
29:00 I saw it. I would have stopped it if I could have.
29:04 Mm. I believe you.
29:06 You take your soldiers there for them to help fight the Crow people?
29:10 We have no fight with you.
29:12 Then I ask you, rest your horses here for a day.
29:16 The grass is good here.
29:18 Now, hold on there.
29:20 You trying to tell us to stay away from Fredonia?
29:22 The Crow do not tell the blue soldiers what to do.
29:25 But the grass is high here.
29:27 It is better that you stay.
29:30 Tell me.
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29:36 [HORN BLOWING]
29:47 That Indian's gonna raise old Ned with Fredonia,
29:55 unless he gets the man who killed his son.
29:57 And that's for sure, Colonel.
29:59 But he doesn't want the army involved, or he wouldn't have come here.
30:02 Colonel, it appears to me that, uh, you haven't got any problem at all.
30:07 I mean, this isn't your fight.
30:09 Now, if you were to do as the chief suggests and stay here for a day,
30:13 you wouldn't have no problem at all.
30:16 -Sergeant Hagan. -Yes, sir.
30:19 Prepare the men. We'll make a forced march to the north.
30:22 I intend to make camp on the border of Fredonia by dawn.
30:26 You're not going on.
30:29 You have a question, Sergeant?
30:31 No, sir.
30:32 All right, men. Tata, Rio, get that wagon out of here.
30:35 Boys, gentlemen, get this wagon going.
30:37 Reagan, the Colonel's pardon,
30:39 but you're getting yourself into the middle of a hornet's nest.
30:42 That's what we're here for.
30:44 Now, settle up, Corporal.
30:47 Yes, sir.
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31:03 Column, halt!
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31:16 -Sergeant Hagan. -Sir.
31:23 Still have an hour before dawn.
31:27 We bivouac here.
31:29 Pick up the horses and have the men ready to move out on foot.
31:32 Yes, sir.
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31:42 Colonel, the men are ready to move out.
31:45 Settlement's starting to wake up.
31:48 We haven't much time.
31:50 -Corporal Buster. -Yo!
31:56 -I want you in on this. -Yes, sir.
32:00 The settlement is laid out roughly like this.
32:05 Jackson's quarters, the granary, and the armory.
32:09 Granary we can use for cover.
32:11 You mean you're going to attack Fredonia?
32:14 We're going to take Fredonia.
32:16 A silent raid at daybreak.
32:18 Sergeant Hagan, you take four men around the left flank and secure the armory.
32:25 I'll take four men around the right and catch Jackson before he can organize resistance.
32:30 There'll be no killing. That's an order.
32:33 You're not gonna take that town without killing.
32:36 I know those men better than you do.
32:40 Begging the colonel's pardon, I think we're asking for a heap of trouble.
32:44 You think we should call the whole thing off?
32:46 Yes, sir. That's my opinion.
32:48 I don't like the position we're in.
32:50 And for what?
32:52 A carpet-bagging civilian who would be glad to see your hide nailed to the wall if he could muster it.
32:58 This isn't for Glickston. Not anymore.
33:01 Well, then, who for?
33:03 There are a hundred stubborn, bitter families in that settlement.
33:07 Women, children and men all awaiting a massacre.
33:10 Now, I'd say that's worth the risk. Wouldn't you?
33:14 Sergeant, get your men ready.
33:18 Yes, sir.
33:19 Colonel Preston, may I ask you what provisions you've made to protect me and my men?
33:34 Don't worry, Mr. Glickston. You won't be in any danger.
33:37 You're staying here. After we've secured the town, I'll send a man back for you.
33:41 Sergeant Higgins, I saw Buster heading for town and fast.
33:45 Can I see you alone, Colonel?
33:51 Speak up, Sergeant. We don't have any secrets from Mr. Glickston.
33:54 Yes, sir. Rio saw Buster heading for Fredonia. And fast.
33:59 Well, don't you see what's happening, Colonel?
34:03 Buster's deserted. Jackson's gonna be waiting for you. He'll cut you to pieces.
34:08 Sergeant, there'll be a slight alteration in plans.
34:12 I'll take care of Jackson. You get the men to the position.
34:15 Take the armory and every townsman you see, lock them up in the grain shed.
34:18 Yes, sir.
34:19 Remember, you wait here.
34:23 Sergeant Higgins, good luck.
34:29 Good luck to you, sir.
34:31 Keep low and not a sound.
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35:59 Colonel, I have the men deployed throughout the town.
36:10 Very good, Higgins.
36:12 Don't shoot, Colonel. It's me, Buster.
36:14 Take your position.
36:16 Where have you been, Bustard? You were under orders.
36:19 I'm sorry, Colonel, but I had to make sure we could do it.
36:22 And it's a good thing I did, too. They're ready for a fight.
36:25 They moved the women and the children into the root cellar.
36:28 Jackson shifted the weapons into the grain shed and put men into the armory, just in case.
36:33 I almost had you posted as a deserter, Corporal.
36:37 Not me, Colonel. I know where I belong.
36:40 You help Higgins kill the town. I'll get Jackson.
36:43 Yes, sir.
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36:48 Hold it.
37:02 Like it or not, Mr. Jackson, we're going to help you.
37:06 Right now, my troopers are taking prisoner every man in Fredonia.
37:09 And you're coming along with me to make sure they cooperate.
37:13 All right, Colonel.
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37:50 Move it.
38:00 [♪♪♪]
38:14 All right. Outside.
38:17 Come on, move along. Get into the barn.
38:39 Come on, move. Let's go.
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38:45 [♪♪♪]
39:05 Get in.
39:07 Come on, move.
39:10 - Sergeant Higgins. - Yes, sir.
39:23 The women and children are to remain inside.
39:26 Send a man back to pick up the wagon, Glickston, and his men. Hurry.
39:29 Yes, sir. Colonel, the Grange head is secured.
39:31 The prisoners and the weapons are in there.
39:34 Good. Break out the cannon, Corporal.
39:36 Do I load it with solid shot or explosive, sir?
39:38 You find some Pico in the blacksmith's shop.
39:40 Wet it down and load a cannon with it.
39:42 Pico, sir? But that won't stop anybody.
39:44 Brave Dog's warriors won't know that.
39:46 I don't want to kill any more than I have to.
39:48 Just in case things get rough, load them with solid shot.
39:51 - Yes, sir. - Rio!
39:53 Let me ask you something, Colonel.
39:56 If we were Yankee carpetbaggers instead of Johnny Rebs,
39:59 would you still do the same thing?
40:01 Exactly the same, Mr. Jackson.
40:03 It isn't over, Colonel. That I promise you.
40:06 The Crow let us live past this morning.
40:09 We'll argue that point.
40:11 Move 'em out!
40:17 Buster.
40:19 Place those cannons over there by that new building.
40:21 Barricade them with anything you can find. On the double.
40:24 Yes, sir. Colonel, don't you think those cannons would be more effective out by the edge of town?
40:28 The cannon won't do us any good at all until the Crow are right down our throats.
40:31 I want 'em aimed on the center of the street.
40:34 Jackson, when they attack, I'm gonna need all the firepower I can get.
40:38 If you give me a word that your men won't cause us any trouble, I'll arm them.
40:42 Colonel! Here they come!
40:44 Colonel, about those guns.
40:55 You just made yourself a deal.
40:58 Fine. Open up.
41:00 All right, you men. Mr. Jackson's given me his word you won't cause any trouble if we give you back your weapons.
41:07 You think I'll take orders from this bluebelly?
41:10 Yes, you will, and that goes for all of us.
41:13 Sergeant Hagan. Yes, sir?
41:15 Break out their weapons. Yes, sir.
41:22 You're not gonna keep your word to that bluebelly.
41:25 I am. You follow orders and keep your mouth shut.
41:28 Lieutenant, are the cannons primed and ready?
41:36 Primed and ready, sir.
41:37 Set the igniters and stand by.
41:39 Jackson, place your men on both sides of the street.
41:42 Draw their fire from here. Tell them not to shoot until they're sure of their targets.
41:45 All right, boys. Take both sides of the street.
41:47 Don't fire until you're sure of your targets.
41:49 Come on, let's go. It's hard to get on this rough side over here.
41:52 They're under attack!
42:02 Fire!
42:04 (woman screams)
42:05 Fire!
42:20 (gunshots)
42:21 Aim!
42:49 Fire!
42:50 (woman screams)
43:17 (gunshots)
43:18 Hold your fire!
43:35 Fire!
43:40 (woman screams)
43:41 (woman screams)
44:04 (woman screams)
44:05 Cease fire!
44:11 They'll be back.
44:32 Custer!
44:33 You tried and I'll blow a hole in him.
44:37 Drop that rifle, Carhue.
44:39 That's an order.
44:41 No more orders.
44:42 Not from a Yankee lover like you.
44:44 This is between him and me.
44:47 You may have the others, Buffalo, but not me.
44:50 You ground my boys into the dust and you're gonna pay, Custer.
44:54 Get down in the dirt.
44:57 I wanna see you crawl.
45:00 If I could bring one of those boys back from the dead, yours or mine,
45:04 I'd crawl from here to Denver.
45:06 But that war's over now.
45:09 Put that rifle away.
45:11 I'm gonna shoot you, and I'm gonna watch you die.
45:16 Slow.
45:17 Carhue, come back!
45:22 Carhue, come back!
45:25 (dramatic music)
45:27 (woman screams)
45:32 (woman screams)
45:38 (dramatic music)
45:51 (dramatic music)
45:53 They've been satisfied.
45:59 I don't think they'll bother you anymore.
46:02 Carhue wasn't like that, Colonel.
46:04 Not all the time. I just wanted you to know that.
46:06 The war changed him.
46:08 Changed us all.
46:10 Tell me something, Colonel.
46:12 You could have ridden off.
46:14 And the Indians would have solved your problem for you.
46:20 Why'd you stay?
46:21 Any citizen of the United States is entitled to protection.
46:25 And you're a citizen of this country, whether you like it or not.
46:30 Yeah, I guess we are.
46:35 Colonel Custer!
46:37 Colonel Custer, I demand you inform these people
46:44 that any act of aggression against the railroad will be severely punished.
46:48 I think you better let the matter rest, Mr. Glickstein.
46:50 Now look, Colonel, you're still assigned to me and my railroad survey crew.
46:54 And I insist on full protection from these land grabbers.
46:58 There'll be no land grabbing around here.
47:00 I intend to see that a deputy U.S. Marshal is assigned to Fredonia.
47:04 Until such time that a city government can be formed.
47:07 To protect your rights and theirs.
47:10 U.S. Marshal?
47:12 Now look here, Colonel, there's a...
47:14 (horse neighs)
47:16 (crash)
47:17 Looks like Mr. Glickstein fell off his horse.
47:24 That's the way it looks to me, Colonel.
47:26 Mount up, Sergeant.
47:33 Sergeant?
47:37 Yes, sir.
47:39 Thank you, sir.
47:41 (music)
47:46 Move 'em out.
47:48 Forward, halt!
47:50 (music)
48:00 I want that sign taken down and another one put up.
48:06 Not Free State.
48:10 Fredonia.
48:11 Get some boys together and help that railroad crew get started.
48:14 The sooner that railroad comes through here, the sooner we're gonna grow.
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