Maybe not more than a half an hour back. Injuns . No, white men. Their horses wore shod. [music continues] [music continues] buenos dias, amigos. Que tal. Buenos dias, senor. What you do here, huh . I might ask you the same question, amigo. The indians. I saw their signals. Its no secret. I scout this country. he draws it up on little pieces of paper. when we get to a settlement, we put them all together and we got a map. sabe. you. Uh, alone . Si, i like very much to be alone. So. You go, yes . You own this part of the country . No, senor. It is too big for me. Of you come out . Easy, perado. Its alright. Im sorry, mister, but with those shoshones kicking up we didnt wanna take any chances. We look like shoshones . No, not close up, but down there. Oh, ive seen indians pull tricks before. Let em by, perado. My names manson. Who are you . You must be new in these parts, mr. Manson. So, youre cheyenne bodie. As long as were getting acquainted why dont you ask the rest of your friends to join the party . Ha ha ha. Alright, boys, come on out. This is stew davis. Stew, this is cheyenne. I heard. I didnt catch this other gentlemans name. The name is smith, mister. Smitty smith. You can call me mr. Smith. Dont get smart. You gotta excuse stew, mr. Smith. He dont cotton none to yankees. Yankee . Me . Im a texan. That makes you one of the human race, i reckon. Sorry, mr. Smith. Quite a crowd. Yeah, aint it. You see, we were on our way to mexico. Me and my friends were aiming to supply the cash get some cattle, and thats it. Manson, theres another one if youre not familiar with the country i wouldnt advise travelling south. Or any direction, as long as the shoshones are out there. Oh, you know this country, huh . Its my business. Maybe you can get us through past those injuns. Maybe. But not right now. Fort kermus is waiting on smittys drawings. Ferman pass is a little out of our way. Yeah and uh, im almost outta pencil. Wed pay you to scout us through. Were already being paid. You aint a bit friendly, are you . When ive got time for it, im real friendly. Right now, ive got a manson. maybe, we better take a look. What do you make of it, cheyenne . looks like the stage from valance point to kermus. yeah, but whats all that dust kicking up behind . Yeah, thats not just the wind doing that. its clearing up a little more. I can make it out. those Smoke Signals werent foolin. You mean the shoshones . Shoshones, bah. Bunch of farmers. Do not sell them short, plank. Oh, i might show off a little in front of their squaws. Them squaws is gonna be mighty proud of them tonight. theyre attacking the stage. it dont look too good, does it . You think, we ought to lend them a hand . I dont figure we got any choice. Alright, boys, lets go down there. Mount up. [barking] [all shouting] [barking] [all shouting] [gunshot] [gunshots] [gunshot] [horses galloping] [neighing] [gunshots] [speaking foreign language] [all shouting] [gunshot] [gunshot] [dog bark] [gunshot] [gunshot] smitty, see about the driver. What about that bunch that got away . See, they gonna bring back some more. Too late to worry of em now. Cheyenne. You alright, driver . Get the woman out. Woman . Woman hes right, there is a woman in here. [woman crying] anything busted any place, maam . Ii. Its alright now, miss. You hurt, maam . This way. Come on. Easy. Easy, maam. [continues crying] was anybody else with you, maam . No, just the guards. They were killed. Itll clear up. [barking] cheyenne. Take off your hardware. You too, smith. You have ears, senor. go on. plank, bust it open. [gunshot] [metal clanking] you know, ive been roped into lots of deals in my life but there aint none to equal this. You know, it was real nice of us to help manson rob that stagecoach. What else could we do . I was tellin the fellas. Somebody give me their hand on that busted wheel. Me and my passengers would be on our way. Might be a couple of big, fat drawbacks to that. Yeah, thats what i thought. Nobody leaves this rock till i tell them to. And when do you think thatll be . Just as soon as those Smoke Signals die out. And thats where you come in. Perado. You figure it five days to the border . Si, five. Maybe, six. It will be never. Sure is a nice fella. You alright, miss . Yes. Im sorry i went to pieces. But those indians. Those vicious savages. Savages, miss. That doesnt give them the right to murder innocent people. Theyre only fighting for whats theirs. The shoshones used to live in the high country. Rivers, plenty of game, good soil. We pushed them right down into the desert. And now, were taking even that away from them. How can you defend them after what they just did . My mother and father were killed by indians. Yet the cheyenne raised me like one of their own. Ii havent even thanked you for what you did for me. Howd you happen to be traveling alone in shoshone territory . I was on my way to fort kermus. Mymy fiances there. Hes expecting you . Yes, i wrote to him. He knew i was to be on this stage. Is there any way i can let him know that im safe . Wont need to. I figure youd pick the kind of man thatd come lookin for you. What you thinkin . What time were you due there, driver . About an hour ago. You folks aint polite. Talkin so we cant hear you. Joes talkin about the patrol thats gonna come lookin for that stagecoach. I figured on that. Well, what makes you think its safe to travel at night . Well aint these indians got a superstition that the great spirit cant find them if they get knocked over at night . I wouldnt count on it. All war cloud has to do is tell them its more practical to fight at night, and they fight at night. A man that knows the indians as you do can come in mighty handy. You can get us through. I dont like the job. I seen men like you before. You got what they call honor. Well, honor can get you real dead. Killing me wont get you to mexico. No, killing you wouldnt do any good. So im gonna put the ladys life in your hands. now, you wouldnt want anything to happen to her. Would you . no, i dont think you would. Not a man with honor. So youll lead us out of here tonight. And when we get to the border . You can turn around and head back. Now, youre a map maker. Show us how you aim to save the lady. cheyenne this is the rock were on. fort kermus lies 18 miles to the north, up this valley war clouds fighters are all the way between these two points. and heres the pass heading west. you gotta go through it to get to mexico. If you can get through at all. Of course, the sensible thing to do would be to head north. Make a run for the fort. The shoshones wont get too close to civilization. Thats the way. Shut up thatd be real smart of me, now, wouldnt it . Walkin right into the law. Well take your pick of routes. They are all scouted out for you. We are still heading for mexico. Manson . Youre forgetting one thing. Whats that . Those shoshones that got away when we attacked. By now theyre close to their main lodge. cheyenne theyll be back with the rest before the night . Maybe. Them injuns aint dumb. Im worried. I dont think mansons gonna let us go when we gonna get him to the pass. [slow music] i suppose youre thirsty. Why you looking at me like that . cause youre pretty, maam. manson . the patrol. Theres four of em. Give me that thing. Lieutenant, shoshones, sir. If that patrol picks up our trails think twice about wiping em out. Aint there any way we can warn him . Well, we can try. Been more than indians here. Look at these tracks. White men. How many . Well, it looks like enough to give them savages a good mixing into. Then, joan might be safe. Looks like they headed for that rock. Thatd be a good place to hole up. Come on. Perado, planks, stew. That bluebellied patrol comes up here, start shootin. manson take your places. cheyenne mansoso you wanna get to the mexican border, dont you . Youll see to that. Look, cheyenne, theres a rope waiting for me and my bunch. We dont care how we keep our necks out of it. I meant what i said about you being responsible for that girls life. Ill make you a deal. Lead you to the border . How do you know i wont lead you into a trap . The first sign of it and that girl gets killed. And so do you and your men. You need me. I give you my word that if you dont kill those men ill see that you get to the border. You made a deal, cheyenne. No shooting unless i give the word. [dramatic music] get down, buddy. Get down. Here they come. Best yankee bait in the worlds a yankee girl. Joan. male 1 you two men stay here and keep your eyes open. Oh, brad. Brad. I dont understand. How did you she was unconscious when we found her. The indians left her for dead. Theres been more than just three of you here. They saved my life, brad. You might at least thank them. Im sorry. Im grateful. Drop your guns, bluebellies. Manson. Just behave yourself, lieutenant and nobody will get hurt. Brad, i had to. They would have killed you. [gunshot] bluebelly asked for that. Dont nobody else try it. Better do as he says, lieutenant. Come on, sergeant. Lets go. There must be something we can do. Do what he wants . Ill tell you, lieutenant. Just as long as mansons got all the guns. Im real content to sit quiet. Well, im not. Theres no use getting riled up, lieutenant. That isnt gonna solve anything. Due to leave the fort . Tomorrow morning probably. Well, wont they miss you before then . No. I. Iasnt to be back until late tonight. Well, that wont do us any good. Mansns will have us moved out by then. Wheres ms. Carter . Up thehe. What do you intend doing with her . Ask cheyenne, he know lieutenants asasng you. Dont try anything, yankee. Another fool move like that you wont get a chance to leave this rock. When we reach the bordrd . He cant afford to leave anybody behind that knows where he went. Lieutenant. [all shouting] back sooner than i expected. You think they know were up here . You tracked us. You figure thats all of em . Hard telling. We gotta get outta herernow. Now . You can think of more ways to get a man buried. Shut up well, why ask me . Youll do what you want to anyway. [gunshot] back to the top. As soon as those injuns pull out, well l y it again. Use your head, manson. Indians dont pull out. Not t r good. Theyre all round this rock. [drums rolling] that means theyre calli their friends, dont it . You think theyll hit us tonight . As long as those drums are beaten i thought youd like something to eat, ms. Carter. I dont think so. Im not hungry. It surely makes me feel bad, maam. To bring you juststow belly and beans. If only we just had some greens. Doesnt matter. Iif youd only try some. No, im really not hungry. This h hes the second time i got humiliated by sow belly and beans. It just aint lucky for me, i gueses wwhwh was the other time . It was the time i put my dinner on a skillet lid. And took it to general lee with my own hahas. Where was this . It was just before gettysburg. As the horses parted, there was general lee sitting atop his gray horse. Ii dont remember how come that skillet lid got into my hand. But there was me at lees stirrup, offering it up. and he took the skillet lid in hisisand and. . Aand he sat looking at it like. . Like he didnt know whwh it was. and i says, im surely sorry we aint got no greens, sir. And he looks at me square in the eye, and he says and one thing frets me often. You know, ii never gave him no knife to eat them beans. Come on, spot. He likes you. He dont u ually cotton to yankees. I wonder how long the drums will beat. Why dont you go down and ask them . Si. Hey, you make a joke with perado, huh . [laughing] thatll be alright. If i hadnt insisted upon coming ououhere none of this wouldve happened. Dont say that. Two years is a long time. You begin to forget how much you love someone until you see them again. Ive been waiting to hear you say that. [drums rolling] anything yet . No, nothing but noise. They must think we got an army holed up, re. This heres gonna be quite a gathering. [drums rolling continues] just yesterday, i thought this was the most beautiful country id ever seen. Not to me. Never. Time does a lot. After you and the lieutenant are married youll forget this ever happened. I never thought id envy a soldier. There must be a girl somewhere maybe. [drums rolling] theyll be pouring in on us in a little while. Those drum beats are building up to a stop. I wish them things would stop studying on me. Thats w wt i hate about them buzzards. They anticipate too much. Yeah. [drums rolling continues] i wish there was some way wewe could get you out of here. Here they come. I want our guns. Get back over there. Thought you u d a little more sense, manson. Giving you a gun makes sense . Look, the enemys out there. Not you and me. Well be fighting to save our skins. Im going after the guns. Go ahead, shoot. Every man you lose now means that much less c cnce own hide. Stew. Yeah . Give them their guns back. [dramatic music] what do you think . We can probably hold them off if we have enough ammunition. This rock is like a fortress. We wont have to defend the back side at all. Out attataing the trail, but hell try to scale the north side too. Well, wed better cover the trail. Thats what, war cloud, would like. All you need is your two b bt marksmen down there. The rest of us will defend the north side. Plank, perado. Cover the trail. [all screaming] when they start coming up, well pour it on em. You heard him. Get goin. I wish there was someplace to go. Lieutenant, youd better stay with the lady. [all shouting] [gunshots] never thought id be fighting alongside a yankee. Cant hardly believe it. Consider yourself lucky. [shouting] [gunshots] dramatic music] holy smokes. Theyre bringing up ladders. The indians, theyre coming up the back way. [dramatic music] ahhhh. Hold your fire. Theyre pulling back. Call your men off the trail. Plank, perado. Next time they try, theyll storm the top. We gotta get out. We got nowhere to go. Maybe not. But we can get her out of this alive. Ill ride down the trail with some men to draw em off. You and lieutenant get out then. Ride toward fort kermus, and maybe youll meet the patrol. Maybe i leave, huh . Well all die,e,nyway. Id like to think the senorita live. Shut up, perado. Skiley, knows the way to the fort. He can ride with her. No, brad. When do we start . Well wait for the second attack. When theyre off their horses, well start out. [indistinct chattering] theyre off their horses. Lets go. Drop the gun. Now we go, si . Get started. [all shouting] skiley, when we break through that west end whatll happen to you . Nothing that wouldnt have happened, anyway. What you aiming to do with that Confederate Flag . Im fixing to plant this in a piece of ground. Im aiming to stay in this country. Here, hold this. Thought we was going to mexico. [shouting] will you please keep an eye on spotty, maam . Alright. [dog barking] [dramatic music] [dramatic music continues] t now, maam. [all shouting] [barking] theres no way out. Except the way we came in. Lets go. [bugle music] [dramatic music] [bugle music] lieutenant, look. Lets get out of here. [bugle music continues] [barking] will you be staying at the fort long enough for ououwedding . Well, im afraid not. Smitty, and i will turn in our drawings. And take off on a new assignment. But well see you again . Well, its hard telling. The west i ia pretty big place. Does an awful lot of traveling. whistles a tune gunshots