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COME ON!

FINISH HIM! FINISH HIM! FINISH HIM!

REFRESHMENTS, MR. WEST?

THANK YOU, GENERAL BALDWIN.

EXCELLENT FIGHT, HENDRICKS.

YOU'RE A CREDIT TO COMPANY "B."

LIEUTENANT CARTER, A FINE STRING OF FIGHTERS THIS MONTH.

WHY, THANK YOU, SIR. BAKER COMPANY'S BEEN PRACTICING.

WELL, MEET JAMES WEST.

MR. WEST TELLS ME THAT HE SPENT

SOME TIME IN THE RING HIMSELF.

WE FIND IT TO BE A FIRST-RATE CONDITIONER FOR THE MEN.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, THERE'S ANOTHER BOUT COMING UP.

I THINK THE REST OF YOU

SHOULD KNOW WHY MR. WEST IS HERE.

IT SEEMS THE GOVERNMENT IS UNHAPPY

WITH INDIAN RELATIONS IN THE TERRITORY.

MR. WEST AND HIS PARTNER MR. GORDON

ARE HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

MY OWN SENTIMENTS ARE NO SECRET.

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS ARE THOSE

IN FRONT OF CIGAR STORES AND DEAD ONES.

I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, GENERAL.

I THINK THE AMERICAN INDIAN HAS MADE

A TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO THIS COUNTRY.

HEY, SOLDIER.

OVER HERE, SOLDIER.

YOU WANT SOMETHING, MA'AM?

OCONEE.

YES, GENERAL?

I WANT YOU TO MEET THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT'S

ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM.

OCONEE IS LIAISON MAN BETWEEN US AND THE INDIANS.

HOW DO YOU DO, OCONEE?

IT SEEMS MR. WEST HAS A TOUCHING FAITH

IN YOUR HORDES OF MURDERING VERMIN.

I'M SURE THAT OCONEE IS AWARE THAT

WE HAVE A PEACE TREATY WITH THE INDIANS,

AND ACCORDING TO MY SOURCES,

THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF BREAKING IT.

MR. WEST, AS LONG AS OUR NATION

HAS ENTRUSTED ME WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF PROTECTING OUR GALLANT SETTLERS,

MY OFFICIAL POLICY WILL ALWAYS BE

THAT THE ONLY TIME WE CAN LOWER OUR GUARD

IS WHEN THERE ISN'T ONE SINGLE SOLITARY REDSKIN LEFT ALIVE.

LAND'S SAKES!

WHAT A SEA OF LONG FACES.

MR. WEST.

OH, IT'S SO SELDOM WE ARMY WOMEN

GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOMEONE FROM CIVILIZATION.

OH, DADDY, I CALL UPON YOU

TO YIELD THIS PRISONER TO ME, SIR.

I QUESTION YOUR WISDOM IN TAKING PRISONERS,

BUT I YIELD.

FIE ON YOU, MR. WEST. YOU'VE BEEN HIDING FROM ME.

YOUR FATHER WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME AFTER DINNER.

THAT'S ALL DADDY THE GENERAL HAS ON HIS MIND-- HIS WORK.

SOMETIMES I WISH HE WASN'T THE MOST HANDSOME

AND HEROIC MAN IN THE COUNTRY.

EVER SINCE HE KILLED ALL THOSE INDIANS,

PEOPLE JUST WORSHIP HIM.

HE NEVER HAS TIME FOR FUN.

WELL, THAT'S THE PRICE OF FAME.

Lieutenant Carter: MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING,

"PRIVATE STANISLAUS HERON OF COMPANY A

FIGHTING CORPORAL KANJI WHITE OF COMPANY B."

MAY THE BETTER MAN WIN.

MR. WEST, IF I SEE ANY MORE BLOODSHED THIS EVENING,

I'LL JUST DIE.

COULDN'T WE JUST STEP OUTSIDE FOR A BREATH OF FRESH AIR?

BUT THIS IS THE MAIN EVENT.

MR. WEST, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MISS AIMEE?

I'M GOING TO GET AIR, LIEUTENANT.

YOU CAN'T GO NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO MISS ONE OF MY BEST FIGHTERS.

HOW MANY OTHER FELLAS LIKE LIEUTENANT CARTER

DO YOU HAVE DANGLING ON A STRING?

NOW, THAT'S A MILITARY SECRET, MR. WEST.

MAKE A WISH.

AFTER YOU.

THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE OL' WASTE OF TIME

WHEN EVERYTHING I COULD POSSIBLY WISH FOR

IS SITTING RIGHT HERE--

AIMEE.

YOU MOVE IN FAST, DON'T YOU, MISTER?

WELL, WE'VE GOT RANGE LAWS HERE,

SO DO YOUR GRAZING SOMEPLACE ELSE.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO TALK--

I DON'T WANT TO TALK. I JUST WANT TO FIX--

PUT 'EM UP!

SOME SOLDIERS HERE!

INDIANS, EVERYBODY! INDIANS!

JIM...

THEY LEFT ONE BEHIND.

I DIDN'T REALIZE AIMEE WAS SUCH A GOOD SHOT.

I STILL DON'T KNOW IT.

SHE MAY HAVE SHOT ADAM. SHE DIDN'T KILL HIM.

GO ON.

THIS ONE'S BEEN DEAD OVER AN HOUR.

General Baldwin: OCONEE! OCONEE!

WHERE'S THAT HALF-BREED

WHO'S SUPPOSED TO KEEP PEACE WITH THE INDIANS?

GET OVER HERE.

A MESSAGE FOR YOUR CHIEF--

YOU TELL STRONG BEAR IF ANY OF HIS BRAVE MOVE

ONE MORE INCH IN OUR DIRECTION,

I'LL FERTILIZE THE WESTERN BADLANDS

WITH THEIR HIDES AND BONES, YOU HEAR?

I HEAR, GENERAL.

BUT IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION--

YOU PRESUME TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO ME?

WHY, YOU--

GENERAL.

WEST, I WISH YOU WERE IN MY COMMAND.

PITY, ISN'T IT, SIR?

YOU PUT THAT KNIFE AWAY.

I WAS WEANED FROM THE WHITE MAN A LONG TIME AGO, MR. WEST.

I CAN DO WITHOUT YOUR HELP...

AND YOUR ORDERS.

ALL RIGHT, YOU--

HA HA HA HA.

MR. PRESIDENT.

DON'T SHOOT, BOYS. THE COUNTRY'S GOT PROBLEMS,

BUT THIS ISN'T THE WAY TO SOLVE THEM.

WELCOME ABOARD, SIR.

JIM. ARTEMUS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH.

IT'S FUNNY. I DIDN'T NOTICE A SINGLE ONE OF YOUR AIDES

STANDING OUTSIDE.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I MANAGED TO ESCAPE THEM.

I WANTED TO COME BY AND JUST HAVE A LITTLE SOCIAL VISIT

AND FIND OUT AT FIRSTHAND HOW THE MIGHTY TITAN'S MAKING OUT.

TITAN, SIR?

YES, TITUS ORD BALDWIN,

MAJOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES CALVARY.

STILL AS IMPRESSIVE AS EVER, I SUPPOSE.

OH, VERY MUCH SO, SIR, YES.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS MIGHTY TITAN ALWAYS DID BEST.

THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO CALL HIM AT WEST POINT.

WE WERE CLASSMATES. DID YOU KNOW THAT?

NO, SIR.

HE GRADUATED WITH HONORS, TOP ATHLETE,

FACE AND FIGURE LIKE A GREEK GOD,

MOST POPULAR, MOST GIFTED,

VOTED THE CADET MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED.

BALDWIN'S GOT EVERYTHING HE EVER SET HIS SIGHTS ON,

EXCEPT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES,

AND HE'S NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM GETTING THAT RIGHT NOW.

AMERICA, THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NOW, THE ONLY FLEA ON THE HOUND

IS THAT GENERAL TITUS ORD BALDWIN

IS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO SAIL HIS WAY INTO OFFICE

ON A SMALL OCEAN OF INDIAN BLOOD.

WE, UH, SAW SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT, SIR.

VERY RECENTLY, TOO.

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD AS TO ASK

A QUESTION OF YOU, MR. PRESIDENT...

WHY DON'T I TAKE AWAY HIS COMMAND, RIGHT?

WHY DON'T I FIRE THE MAN, HMM?

IF I DID THAT, I'D PLAY RIGHT INTO HIS HANDS.

EVER SINCE HE CHEWED UP THE CHEYENNE AT WOLF MOUNTAIN,

HE'S BEEN MAN OF THE HOUR

IN CERTAIN STEAMIER POLITICAL CIRCLES.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THINK RIGHT NOW

HE'D MAKE A MIGHTY GOOD PRESIDENT.

AND IF YOU FIRED HIM, YOU'D BE ACCUSED

OF MAKING IT A TOTALLY POLITICAL MOVE, OF COURSE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GOOD LUCK, SIR.

YES.

THE GOVERNMENT,

THE COUNTRY WOULD BE TORN APART WITH CONTROVERSY.

IT WOULD ENSURE HIS ELECTION,

AND THEN HE COULD PROCEED TO EXTERMINATE THE INDIAN

WITHOUT ANYONE LIFTING A FINGER TO STOP HIM.

HE'S WELL ON HIS WAY TO THAT NOW, SIR.

AN HOUR AGO, FIVE BRAVES ATTACKED THE FORT.

A VERY STRANGE ATTACK IT WAS, TOO, SIR.

ONE OF THE BRAVES WAS DEAD BEFORE THE RAID EVEN BEGAN.

AND ANOTHER ONE, A LIVE ONE,

HAD A DOLPHIN TATTOOED ON HIS WRIST.

THAT'S NOT AN INDIAN DECORATION, IS IT?

I WOULDN'T THINK SO, SIR.

WHAT ABOUT THE INDIAN THAT WAS DEAD EARLIER?

WE'VE GOT A THEORY ABOUT THAT.

WE THINK THAT HE WAS MURDERED

SOMEWHERE OFF THE FORT,

AND THE BODY WAS DRAGGED AND DUMPED THERE.

SOMEONE WANTS US TO THINK THAT STRONG BEAR IS TRYING

TO BREAK HIS TREATY WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

THAT'S OUR OPINION, SIR.

SEE, WE KNOW THAT THE DEAD INDIAN

WAS ONE OF STRONG BEAR'S BRAVES,

BUT WE'RE NOT SURE

ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER FOUR.

IT MAY BE A VERY FRUITFUL AVENUE OF INVESTIGATION.

STRONG BEAR MUST KEEP THE PEACE.

HE MUST, REGARDLESS OF THE PROVOCATION.

AND AFTER TONIGHT,

THERE'LL BE PLENTY IF I KNOW BALDWIN.

WEST AND GORDON,

I WANT YOU TO DELIVER ANOTHER MESSAGE TO STRONG BEAR

EXPLAINING THAT TO HIM IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS.

ANOTHER MESSAGE, SIR?

WE'VE ALREADY SENT HIM THREE.

MAY I ASK WHAT HIS RESPONSE WAS

TO THE OTHERS?

I DON'T KNOW.

NONE OF THE CARRIERS EVER RETURNED.

OH, MR. WEST!

MR. WEST! YOO-HOO!

HONESTLY, DID YOU EVER SEE

A MORE PERFECT DAY FOR A PICNIC?

YOU MEAN, A PICNIC FOR YOU AND ME?

I DECLARE, WHAT AN OLD TEASE YOU ARE.

BY THE WAY, DO YOU LIKE RUM CAKE?

WOULD IT MATTER IF I DIDN'T?

OH, GOODNESS, NO.

WE STILL HAVE PETITFOURS AND CUCUMBER SANDWICHES

AND WATERCRESS AND STRAWBERRY JAM.

IS THIS YOUNG LADY ANNOYING YOU, MISTER?

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO PRESS CHARGES,

LIEUTENANT, UH...

GREELEY, FIFTH CALVARY. JUST TRANSFERRED IN.

I DECLARE, YOUNG GALS TODAY

ARE GETTING MORE HEADSTRONG AND IMPULSIVE EVERY MINUTE.

HEADSTRONG? IMPULSIVE?

I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW YOU'RE SASSIN' MISS AIMEE BALDWIN.

BALDWIN? BALDWIN?

YOU RELATED TO ENOCH BALDWIN, A LANCE CORPORAL?

NO. JUST THE DAUGHTER OF THE FOURTH COMMANDER.

AND WHEN DADDY THE GENERAL

HEARS OF THE WAY YOU JUST SPOKE TO ME,

HE'LL HAVE YOU DRAWN AND QUARTERED, MR. NEELEY.

GREELEY. GREELEY.

WELL, I SURE DO REGRET THAT, MA'AM,

BECAUSE THAT WOULD LOOK JUST TERRIBLE

IN MY DADDY'S NEWSPAPER, WOULDN'T IT?

NEWSPAPER.

YOU DON'T MEAN YOUR DADDY'S HORACE GREELEY?

WHY, YOU GUESSED IT.

OH, WELL, DADDY JUST LOVES THE NEW YORK HERALD.

ISN'T THAT A COINCIDENCE? SO DOES MY DADDY.

ONLY HE HAPPENS TO BE THE EDITOR

OF THE MOBILE, ALABAMA, WEEKLY GAZETTE.

MR. WEST! OH, MR. WEST!

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT TO SEE STRONG BEAR,

AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE ME TO HIM.

YOU'RE ONE OF GENERAL BALDWIN'S MEN.

WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM? WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT?

PEACE.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ME, THERE'S A VERY FINAL WAR

IN THE OFFERING FOR YOUR PEOPLE.

HA HA HA. MY PEOPLE?

WHO ARE MY PEOPLE, MR. WEST?

I'M A HALF-BREED, REMEMBER?

BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'RE WILLING TO LET

THE WHOLE SIOUX PEOPLE GO TO WAR?

NOT ONLY WILLING...

BUT EAGER.

NOW FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER GUIDE.

AAH! AAH!

AIMEE, STAY STILL.

AAH!

PERFECTLY STILL.

STILL, AIMEE. THEY WANT YOU TO MOVE.

BUT--

SO FAR THEY'RE MISSING YOU ON PURPOSE.

AAH!

AAH!

AAH!

DON'T BE AFRAID.

I'M NOT. I'M TERRIFIED.

ENOUGH! LET 'EM GO!

WEST, THAT MEETING YOU WANTED--

I'LL ARRANGE FOR IT.

WHY?

CALL IT MY ADMIRATION

THEN THERE'S THE MATTER OF YOUR INTERVENTION

WITH THE GENERAL THE OTHER NIGHT,

A SMALL FAVOR I NEVER ASKED FOR,

BUT NEVERTHELESS, I APPRECIATE IT.

WHEN DO WE LEAVE?

WE DON'T.

I'LL ARRANGE TO HAVE STRONG BEAR

AT THE SULPHUR SPRINGS CAVE AT 8:00.

YOU BE THERE, TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU HATE ME, DON'T YOU?

NATURALLY.

NO. YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT TO BE NICE.

DOWN DEEP, YOU REALLY DO HATE ME, DON'T YOU?

IF YOU SAY SO.

WHAT I MEAN IS IF I HADN'T INSISTED

ON TRAILING AFTER YOU THE WAY I DID,

WELL, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT HORRIBLE RUN-IN

WITH THOSE GRIZZLY OLD REDSKINS.

AIMEE, IF YOU HADN'T INSISTED ON TRAILING AFTER ME,

I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN SOMETHING

I WANTED VERY MUCH FROM OCONEE.

WELL, THEN YOU MEAN YOU DON'T HATE ME?

I'LL GO SO FAR AS TO SAY I...LIKE YOU.

AS YOU WERE, SERGEANT.

PRETTY SCRUFFY LITTLE POST YOU GOT HERE,

IF YOU DON'T MIND MY SAYING SO.

YES, SIR, I'VE SEEN THEM ALL,

AND THIS IS EASILY THE SCRUFFIEST.

YOU TRANSFERRING IN, LIEUTENANT?

I'M AFRAID SO.

IF YOU'LL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO SIGN THIS DUTY ROSTER.

WHY, OF COURSE, SERGEANT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

THE COLONEL IN?

NO, SIR, BUT I EXPECT HIM BACK SOON, THOUGH.

FINE, I'LL JUST WAIT IN HIS OFFICE--

NO, SIR.

EXCUSE ME, LIEUTENANT,

BUT THE COLONEL DON'T LIKE FOR NO ONE TO DO THAT.

BESIDES, IT'S LOCKED.

OH, ALL RIGHT. JUST TELL UNCLE TED--

I MEAN, TELL THE COLONEL

THAT I WAS IN TO SEE HIM, WOULD YOU?

THE COLONEL? HE'S YOUR UNCLE?

MY UNCLE? HA HA.

OF COURSE NOT, SERGEANT.

WHATEVER GAVE YOU THAT IDEA?

I CAN'T IMAGINE, LIEUTENANT.

YOU JUST WAIT RIGHT HERE, LIEUTENANT.

I'LL TELL THE COLONEL YOU'RE HERE.

FINE. FINE. THANK YOU, SERGEANT.

WHAT THE DEVIL DO YOU MEAN

TELLING THE SERGEANT I'M YOUR UNCLE?

MY UNCLE?

WHY, COLONEL, I DISTINCTLY TOLD THE SERGEANT

YOU WERE NOT MY UNCLE.

LIEUTENANT, YOU TOLD ME THAT-- BUT--

GOODNESS, WHAT AN ADVENTURE THIS MORNING WAS.

I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL DADDY

HOW YOU RESCUED ME FROM THOSE SAVAGES.

I WISH YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT.

OH, MR. WEST, MODESTY IN ITS PROPER PLACE,

BUT CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, I ALWAYS SAY.

AIMEE, THE FUSE HAS BEEN LAID TO AN INDIAN WAR.

IF YOU TELL YOUR FATHER WHAT HAPPENED,

IT COULD BE THE MATCH TO IGNITE THAT FUSE.

CAN'T WE STOP FOR JUST A LITTLE MINUTE?

ALL RIGHT. JUST FOR A MINUTE.

WELL, FIDDLESTICKS.

NOW, YOU ARE A HERO, AND I INTEND TO SEE

THAT YOU GET DECORATED FOR BRAVERY.

AIMEE, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?

NO, I GUESS YOU DON'T.

IT'S TOO BAD WE WON'T BE SEEING EACH OTHER ANYMORE.

WHY, WHATEVER DO YOU MEAN?

AIMEE, IF I BECOME A HERO,

YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL YOUR FATHER I SAW OCONEE,

AND YOU KNOW HOW HE FEELS ABOUT OCONEE.

I'LL BE BARRED FROM THE FORT,

MAYBE EVEN THE TERRITORY.

OH, WELL, THAT'D BE TERRIBLE,

AND HOW ODIOUSLY LIKELY, TOO.

WELL, THEN IT WILL BE OUR OWN LITTLE SECRET

FOREVER AND EVER.

GOOD. THEN IT'S SETTLED.

ON ONE CONDITION.

THAT BEING?

WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF I CALLED YOU JAMES

INSTEAD OF MR. WEST?

AIMEE, WE BETTER GET OUT OF HERE.

OH, DADDY, WAIT TILL I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY.

SILENCE, AIMEE. MR. WEST,

FOR THE BETTER PART OF A MORNING,

I'VE BEEN SENDING OUT SEARCH PARTIES

FOR MY MISSING DAUGHTER,

PREPARED FOR AND FIGHTING AGAINST

ALL THE FEARS OF A PARENT,

WHICH I CAN SEE NOW WERE COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, COLONEL.

PLACE MR. WEST UNDER MAXIMUM SECURITY ARREST.

AIMEE.

♪ OH, A FROGGY DID A-COURTIN' GO A-WHO ♪

♪ A FROGGY DID A-COURTIN' GO-- ♪

MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT THAT LATCHED UP REAL GOOD, SOLDIER.

HOLD ON THERE, SOLDIER.

LET'S JUST WATCH THAT, SHALL WE?

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

THE RECENT UNPLEASANTNESS IS OVER.

I AM ON YOUR SIDE NOW.

THERE'S NO CALL FOR TROUBLE.

NOW LOOK HERE--

YOU TRIPPED ME, SIR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN TELL

IN YOUR PRESENT CONDITION, BUT I APOLOGIZE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MY PRESENT CONDITION?

ARE YOU TRYING TO INSINUATE THAT I AM DRUNK, SIR?

I HAPPEN TO BE AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, SIR.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SOBER IN MY-- IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?

ONE WORD OF ADVICE-- GO SLEEP IT OFF.

WAIT A MINUTE.

DO YOU REALIZE WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO?

DO YOU?

THAT IS IM-IRREVELANT AND IMMATERIAL.

I HAPPEN TO BE A LIEUTENANT.

YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.

YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S YOUR PROBLEM.

YOU HANDLE IT YOUR OWN WAY.

I AIN'T THROUGH WITH YOU YET.

LIEUTENANT,

YOU'RE BEGINNING TO TRY MY PATIENCE.

IF YOU DON'T LET GO, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

UNDER AR-- YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY

TO TELL ME TO DO ANYTHING!

SOLDIER, PLACE THIS OFFICER UNDER ARREST,

CHARGED WITH INSUBORDINATION.

WAIT A-- I-I--

I TELL YOU, SIR,

YOU ARE MAKING A TERRIBLE ERROR.

I AM INNOCENT.

JUST LOCKING YOU UP TILL YOU COOL OFF.

THERE'S NOTHING TO COOL OFF FROM.

I HAVE NEVER DRAWN A MORE SOBER BREATH IN MY--

YOU, SIR. YOU TELL THEM.

DO I LOOK DRUNK TO YOU?

GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF.

YOU'RE MAKING A TERRIBLE ERROR!

THAT MAN WAS NEITHER AN OFFICER NOR A GENTLEMAN!

THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN

IF GENERAL LEE WAS STILL IN COMMAND!

ARTIE, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE RAID LAST NIGHT?

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE THE ONLY TWO GUESTS IN THE HOTEL.

OH, FINE.

WELL, IT'S JUST AS WE FIGURED--

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY ALL OVER AGAIN,

ONLY THESE MEN WERE SOLDIERS.

VERY CONVENIENT.

THEY DUCKED OUT OF THE BACK

OF COLONEL RATH'S OFFICE REDSKINS,

DID THEIR DIRTY WORK,

CAME BACK IN AGAIN TO COLONEL RATH'S OFFICE,

CHANGED BACK TO CALVARY UNIFORM.

NEAT, BUT NOT GAUDY.

THEN IT'S WHAT WE SUSPECTED-- A STAGED RAID

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE STRONG BEAR WAS BREAKING THE TREATY.

SO THAT THE MORAL OF THE STORY TO DRAW IS

THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN IS A DEAD INDIAN.

COLONEL RATH-- WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT HIM?

HE GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT,

NUMBER 92 IN A CLASS OF 93.

PAST 10 YEARS, HE'S BEEN GENERAL BALDWIN'S AIDE.

ARTIE, DO YOU THINK THAT BALDWIN

IS CALLING THE SHOTS?

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS MORE TO GAIN.

IF YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT, WHAT BETTER WAY

THAN BY KISSING BABIES AND KILLING INDIANS?

YEAH.

WELL, MAYBE I CAN THROW A LITTLE SAND

IN THE GENERAL'S POLITICAL CAREER.

OCONEE HAS ARRANGED A MEETING, ARTIE,

WITH STRONG BEAR FOR ME TONIGHT

AT SULPHUR SPRINGS CAVE.

OH, THAT'S FINE.

JIM?

YEAH?

LISTEN, WHATEVER YOU DO,

I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT

THOSE THREE OTHER MEN THAT GENERAL GRANT SENT

TO CONTACT STRONG BEAR.

NO, I WON'T.

I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE HE PUT THEM TO THE STAKE

DOESN'T MEAN HE'S GOING TO KILL YOU, TOO.

NO, IT DOESN'T.

YOU JUST FORGET THEM.

YEAH, I WILL.

DON'T DWELL ON THEM.

NO, ARTIE, I WON'T.

JUST PUT THOSE POOR DEVILS RIGHT OUT OF YOUR MIND.

ARTIE, ALL RIGHT!

BY THE WAY,

ARTIE, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO ESCAPE?

OH, THE USUAL WAY--

GUILE. CUNNING.

TRICKERY.

WHY, MISS BALDWIN.

WHY, MR. NEELEY.

GREELEY.

I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU KNOW WHERE JAMES--

MR. WEST-- IS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

HE'S NOT SEEING ANY VISITORS TODAY,

SO WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK LATER, HUH?

MUCH LATER.

WHY, HE'S ESCAPED!

WELL, I WILL BE HORNSWOGGLED. SO HE HAS!

OH, DEAR, THAT RUINS EVERYTHING.

IT DOES?

WHY, OF COURSE. I ALMOST HAD DADDY THE GENERAL

TALKED INTO LETTING MR. WEST OUT.

OH.

HE DIDN'T SAY WHERE HE WAS GOING, DID HE?

WELL, NO. YOU SEE, HE LEFT IN SUCH A HURRY.

I'LL JUST HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND HIM

AND BRING HIM BACK HERE

SO THAT DADDY THE GENERAL CAN ORDER HIS RELEASE.

OTHERWISE, HE'LL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.

WELL, UH, MISS BALDWIN, IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

AS TO MAKE A SUGGESTION...

WELL, OF COURSE.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST SORT OF NOT MENTION ANYTHING

TO DADDY THE GENERAL ABOUT MR. WEST'S ESCAPE?

THAT WOULD BE DOWNRIGHT DECEITFUL IN A WAY.

WELL, UH, WELL, YES, IT WOULD IN A WAY,

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,

IT MIGHT SAVE MR. WEST'S LIFE...

IN A WAY.

IN THAT CASE, A HERD OF WILD BUTTERFLIES

COULDN'T DRAG THE TRUTH OUT OF ME.

NOW, MAY I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT YOU LEAVE

BEFORE THE GUARD COMES BACK AND DISCOVERS THAT.

I'VE NEVER KEPT A SECRET FROM DADDY THE GENERAL BEFORE.

NO?

NO. AND IT MAKES ME FEEL SO...SO WICKED.

HA HA HA HA.

BYE.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

SAY, HOW ABOUT SOME GRUB, EH?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN HERE?

I'M STARVING IS WHAT I'M DOING.

WHAT DO YOU SAY, SOLDIER, EH?

HOW ABOUT TROTTING OUT A LITTLE GRUB?

WHERE'S LIEUTENANT GREELEY?

THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LIEUTENANT IN THIS CELL.

THERE'S NOBODY HERE BUT ME, AND I'M SURE HUNGRY.

HOW ABOUT TROTTING OUT A LITTLE BIT OF GRUB?

I GUESS THEY MUST HAVE TAKEN HIM SOMEPLACE ELSE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

NO, SIR! NO, SIR, YOU'RE NOT OPENING THIS DOOR

AND TAKING ME OUT.

YOU LET GO OF THAT!

LET GO OF THE DOOR!

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT IN HERE,

BUT YOU AIN'T GETTING NO HANDOUTS.

NOW YOU GET OUT HERE!

I WAS BROUGHT IN HERE ALL RIGHT AND LEGAL.

I AIN'T GONNA LEAVE UNTIL I GET MY VITTLES, SO THERE.

WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?

YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND?

WHERE'S THAT FELLOW WHO BROUGHT ME IN HERE YESTERDAY?

HE AIN'T ON DUTY NOW.

HE'LL TELL YOU. I'M A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL.

I'M A MURDERER.

I CAN'T BE OUT OF JAIL. I'LL KILL PEOPLE!

I'M TERRIBLY DANGEROUS TO LEAVE OUT,

AND YOU KNOW THAT.

NO, SIR!

BACK OVER THERE!

LET GO OF THAT BENCH!

YOU GIVE ME A ROLL!

TIME TO GIVE UP!

GET OUT OF HERE!

GREETINGS, WEST.

I HAVE WAITED FOR YOU.

GREETINGS, STRONG BEAR. ARE YOU WELL?

I AM OLD, BUT I AM ALIVE.

YOU WANT TO TALK WITH ME?

I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM PRESIDENT GRANT.

STRONG BEAR, HE'S CONCERNED OVER A RUMOR HE HEARD

THAT YOU MIGHT BREAK THE TREATY.

IS THAT TRUE?

SUCH TALK IS A LIE.

THE PRESIDENT WILL BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT.

THERE WAS AN ATTACK ON THE FORT

BY INDIANS YESTERDAY.

A SOLDIER WAS KILLED.

THE NEWS OF THAT CAME TO ME,

BUT THEY WERE NOT OF MY PEOPLE.

THAT, TOO, WILL DELIGHT THE PRESIDENT.

DISAPPOINTED, WEST?

HA HA HA HA HA HA!

I PROMISED YOU STRONG BEAR.

HE KILLED OUR GREAT LEADER STRONG BEAR!

AAH!

AAH!

GOODNESS GRACIOUS, JAMES,

WHATEVER ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE? HA HA HA.

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AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAD ROAST BEEF

AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAD...

WHAT WERE YOU DOING DOWN THERE?

THE LAST PERSON TO ASK ME THAT QUESTION

DIDN'T WAIT FOR AN ANSWER.

WHO WAS THAT?

SWEET AIMEE.

IS SHE INVOLVED IN THIS?

UP TO HER SWEET NECK. AND THERE'S MORE.

STRONG BEAR IS IN THERE WITH A KNIFE IN HIS BACK.

OCONEE HAS CONVINCED THE INDIANS

THAT I MURDERED HIM.

AHH, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

I FIGURED IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HE'S CALLED THE CONCLAVE OF THE SIOUX WAR CHIEFS.

IF HE GETS THEM RILED UP, WE'RE IN FOR A BLOOD BATH.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY'RE HEADED?

AN EDUCATED GUESS-- I SAY THE FLATS AROUND TEMPLE CANYON.

THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL BURIAL GROUNDS ACROSS THE LAKE.

COME ON.

WELCOME TO A FUNERAL, MR. WEST.

STRONG BEAR'S.

AND YOUR OWN. HA HA HA.

ACTUALLY, IT'LL SAVE A LOT OF MESSY EXPLANATIONS

HAVING YOU KILLED ON INDIAN LAND.

NOW DON'T YOU AGREE?

THAT'S A STROKE OF GENIUS.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALIZED

WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHED RABBLE-ROUSER OCONEE WAS

UNTIL I SAW HIM WORK. HE'S RATHER GOOD.

OH, HE'S A MASTER...

IN HIS OWN WAY.

I ASSUME HE WAS THE ONE

THAT STUCK THE KNIFE IN STRONG BEAR'S BACK.

IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN AIMEE.

SO YOU KNOW ABOUT AIMEE.

BUT DOES "DADDY THE GENERAL"--

DOES HE REALIZE THAT SHE'S HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER?

BALDWIN IS A FOOL.

HE THINKS ALL IT TAKES TO BE PRESIDENT

IS JUST TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE WANTS THE JOB.

WHAT'S HIS REACTION GOING TO BE

WHEN HE FINDS OUT WHAT TACTICS YOU EMPLOYED

IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN?

AFTER HE'S THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, IT WILL NO LONGER MATTER.

NOW, MR. WEST, YOU ARE BEGINNING TO BORE ME.

GREETINGS, BROTHERS.

LISTEN TO ME.

THAT MAN IS NOT A CHIEF! HE'S AN IMPOSTER!

DON'T YOU REALIZE IT'S A TRICK?

OCONEE SPEAKS WITH TONGUE OF SNAKE.

I, STRONG BEAR, SAY TO YOU,

THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPONS

AND RETURN TO YOUR TEPEES.

THAT MAN IS AN IMPOSTER!

LOOK.

COME BACK!

COME BACK! IT'S A WHITE MAN'S TRICK!

MR. GORDON DID A GOOD JOB IMPERSONATING THE DEAD.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU DO, MR. WEST?

THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

THERE AREN'T ANY MORE BULLETS IN THAT GUN.

LET'S NOT, MR. GORDON.

THEY'RE DOING SO WELL JUST THE WAY THEY ARE,

DON'T YOU THINK?

UGH!

AAH! UGH!

LET HER GO, ARTIE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM TO RUN, BUT NO PLACE TO GO.

WE'LL GET HER LATER.

SO KNOWING HOW MUCH STORE THE INDIANS SET BY THE SPIRITS,

I FIGURED THAT IF STRONG BEAR HAD SHOWN UP,

OCONEE HAD LOST THE GAME.

I THINK THAT'S THE BRAVEST THING

I EVER HEARD OF--

JUST RISKING YOUR LIVES LIKE THAT.

ALL BECAUSE OF THAT LITTLE SNIP OF A GIRL

WANTING HER DADDY TO BE PRESIDENT.

HOW COME GENERAL BALDWIN

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON?

HE WAS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH DESTROYING THE INDIANS,

HE DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS BEING USED BY OTHER PEOPLE.

ENOUGH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PAST.

LET US SIMPLY DISCUSS THE PRESENT. LADIES--

ARTIE?

LADIES, WOULD YOU BE GOOD ENOUGH

TO JUST STEP BACK HERE FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE?

WE REALLY WON'T BE VERY LONG. THANK YOU.

THERE WE ARE.

MR. PRESIDENT.

ARTEMUS.

AH, JIM.

SIR.

GENTLEMEN, I WAITED UNTIL YOU GOT BACK TO WASHINGTON

TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY.

YOU SAVED US FROM A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

SIR, WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME WINE?

WHY, THANK YOU. I--

NO, THANK YOU.

BUT I DO HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU.

JACKSON?

"THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING BEEN DULY COMMISSIONED

"BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

"ON THE 2nd OF SEPTEMBER, 1846,

"HEREBY REQUESTS HIS RESIGNATION FROM SAID COMMISSION

"BE FAVORABLY CONSIDERED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS--

"A-- THE TRAITOROUS ACTS

"OF A COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN MY COMMAND

"AND THE DISCREDIT TO WHICH THESE ACTS BRING UPON

"THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

"B-- MY DESIRE TO RETIRE FROM THE MILITARY

"TO DEVOTE MYSELF TO MY FAMILY AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

"REQUEST RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY

"EFFECTIVE THE 6th OF APRIL, 1874.

"RESPECTFULLY SIGNED, TITUS ORD BALDWIN,

GENERAL OF THE 19th CALVARY."

NEEDLESS TO SAY, I SHALL HONOR HIS REQUEST.

OF COURSE, MR. PRESIDENT.

WELL, THANKS AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING,

AND GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

GOOD NIGHT TO YOU, TOO, LADIES.

HA HA HA HA.

WAS THAT REALLY PRESIDENT GRANT?

JUST IMAGINE, THE PRESIDENT COMING TO YOUR TRAIN!

HE'S VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT.

HE COULD AT LEAST HAVE GIVEN YOU

SOME KIND OF REWARD FOR ALL YOU DID.

HE SAID HE'D LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU GIRLS.

WELL, NOW, I THINK THAT'S A SPLENDID IDEA.

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