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[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

[ WAR CRIES ]

♪ THERE ARE STORIES OF THE WEST ♪

♪ ABOUT THE GLORIES OF THE WEST ♪

♪ AND THEY GLORIFY THE HARDY PIONEERS ♪

♪ BUT YOU'LL FIND THE TALE WE TELL ♪

♪ IS THE TALE OF WHAT BEFELL ♪

♪ A YOUNG LADY AS SHE RODE BY BANDELIER ♪

Man: WHAT'S THE AIM OF THE STORY?

♪ TO TELL A TALE ♪

WHAT THE NAME OF THE STORY?

♪ "SLAUGHTER TRAIL" ♪

NOW, WHERE IS THIS TRAIL, AND WHERE DOES IT GO?

♪ IT RUNS TO ARIZONA THROUGH NEW MEXICO ♪

♪ THE REPORTS FROM OUT THE WEST ♪

♪ FROM THE PORTS THROUGHOUT THE WEST ♪

♪ WAS THAT EVERYTHING WAS PEACEFUL AS COULD BE ♪

♪ IN THAT THE PERIOD SUBLIME ♪

♪ COMIN' AFTER LINCOLN'S TIME ♪

♪ WHEN AMERICA HAD GROWN FROM SEA TO SEA ♪

WILL THERE BE SOME FIGHTIN' IN IT?

Man #2: YES, SIRREE!

ARE OUR SOLDIERS GONNA WIN IT?

♪ WAIT AND SEE ♪

DOES THE SOLDIER LOVE A LADY?

OR DOES HE JUST PRETEND?

♪ THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION'S COMIN' AT THE END ♪

♪ THERE'LL BE NOTHING HIGHFALUTIN ♪

♪ THERE'LL BE SHOUTING, THERE'LL BE SHOOTING ♪

♪ IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT ELSE IS IN THIS TALE ♪

♪ FIX YOUR EYES UPON THE SCREEN ON THE CINECOLOR SCENE ♪

♪ AND RIDE WITH US ALONG THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ IT WAS 1882 ♪

♪ AND THE SKY WAS PEACEFUL BLUE ♪

♪ WHEN A STAGECOACH RODE IN VIEW ACROSS THE TRAIL ♪

♪ AND THE HORSES PULLED AND STRAINED ♪

♪ BUT THE DRIVER KEPT THEM REINED ♪

♪ FOR HE KNEW HIS COACH CONTAINED THE U.S. MAIL ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE WHEELS AS THEY WENT 'ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ NOW, THE DRIVER MATT McROOT, A DEPENDABLE GALOOT ♪

♪ HELPED TO PIONEER THE ROUTE AND BLAZE A TRAIL ♪

♪ SITTIN' BY THE DRIVER'S SIDE RIDIN' SHOTGUN WAS McBRIDE ♪

♪ ON WHOM UNCLE SAM RELIED TO GUARD THE MAIL ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE WHEELS AS THEY WENT 'ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ NOW, THE COACH WAS FRISCO-BOUND ♪

♪ IF YOU LOOKED INSIDE, YOU FOUND ♪

♪ A YOUNG LADY, FAIR AND ROUND AND DRESSED TO KILL ♪

♪ AND THE DRUMMER RUFUS BLACK, QUITE A HYPOCHONDRIAC ♪

IT'S TIME NOW, MR. BLACK, TO TAKE YOUR PILL.

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE WHEELS AS THEY WENT 'ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ BUT THE CALM WAS SOON TO END ♪

♪ FOR IN HIDIN' 'ROUND THE BEND ♪

♪ ARE THREE BANDITS WHO INTEND TO ROB THE MAIL ♪

♪ AND THE MASKS OF THEIR DISGUISE ♪

♪ HIDE THE HATRED IN THEIR EYES ♪

♪ THEY'RE THE GUYS WHO TERRORIZED THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

[ GUNSHOT ] ♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE BANDITS GOING 'ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪♪

[ GUNSHOT ]

I KNOW IT. I FEEL IT.

I'M GOING TO HAVE A STROKE!

THROW DOWN YOUR GUN.

NOW GET DOWN.

BRING THE MAIL POUCH WITH YOU.

EVERYBODY OFF -- PRONTO!

COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP.

COME ON.

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.

Lorabelle: SHOOTING AT DEFENSELESS PASSENGERS. OPEN IT.

HAVE YOU NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW?

AROUND HERE,I'MTHE LAW.

RIGHT NOW, I'M ORDERING YOU TO SHUT UP

AND START WALKIN' IN THAT DIRECTION.

GO ON.

SEE IF THE DUDE'S GOT ANYTHING ON HIM THAT'S WORTH TAKIN'.

OH, PLEASE, D--DON'T TAKE MY PILLS.

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM.

I'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE ALL HUNG FOR THIS!

OKAY, HONEY. EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL.

YOU CAN STOP ACTING NOW.

OH, BEAUTIFUL.

HERE. STASH IT.

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME!

HOW AM I DOING? FINE.

FROM HERE ON IN, IT'S A BUGGY RIDE.

I'LL MEET YOU TOMORROW IN CLIFTON.

FROM THERE TO FRISCO, IT'LL BE A BREEZE.

NOW GO BACK TO THE COACH AND MAKE OUT LIKE YOU HATE ME.

YEAH.

GO ON.

BEAT IT.

ALL RIGHT, MISTER. GET IN.

GO ON. GET UP THERE!

WELL, GOODBYE, FOLKS.

I'M SORRY TO HAVE INCONVENIENCED YOU.

THE EAST LINE IS THATAWAY.

AND I'D HEAD THATAWAY IF I WAS YOU.

[ LAUGHS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ LAUGHING ] [ GUNSHOT ]

DID YOU HEAR THAT HORRIBLE LAUGH?

ONLY A DEMENTED MURDERER WOULD LAUGH LIKE THAT.

♪♪

♪ NOW THE BANDITS START TO FEAR ON THE TRAIL TO BANDELIER ♪

♪ FOR THEY WANTED TO APPEAR THEY'RE HEADIN' EAST ♪

♪ AND THEIR HOOFPRINTS WILL SUGGEST ♪

♪ THEY WENT NORTHEAST TO THE CREST ♪

♪ BUT THEY'RE GONNA CIRCLE WEST WITH SPEED AND GRACE ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE BANDITS GOIN' 'ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ BUT THE WINDS OF VENGEANCE ROAR ♪

♪ DOWN ON MEN WHO BREAK THE LAW ♪

♪ FATE WILL EVEN UP THE SCORE WITH THOSE TO BLAME ♪

♪ THEY WERE RIDIN' KIND OF WELL ♪

♪ WHEN THE PACE BEGAN TO TELL ♪

♪ NOW THEIR HORSES' ANKLES SWELLED UNTIL THEY'RE LAME ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND ♪

♪ OF THEIR CURSES WHEN THEY FOUND ♪

♪ THAT THEIR HORSES COULDN'T POUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

BLAST OUR LUCK.

THESE HORSES ARE SHOT.

I WOULDN'T BE GIVIN' UP SO FAST IF I WAS YOU.

WHAT MAKES YOU SO DARN CHEERFUL?

I RECKON YOU DON'T SEE WHAT I SEE.

♪♪

SEE THEM?

WELL, WHAT ARE WE WAITIN' FOR?

THEM HORSES IS ACHING TO BE RODE.

GRAB YOUR SADDLES. LET'S NOT KEEP 'EM WAITING.

♪ THEY PILLAGED, AND THEY PLUNDERED ♪

♪ BUT, AGAIN, THE BANDITS BLUNDERED ♪

♪ FOR THE WOUNDED REDSKIN THUNDERED DOWN THE TRAIL ♪

♪ HE HAD DRAGGED HIMSELF FROM HIDIN' ♪

♪ AND HIS PONY HE WAS GUIDIN' ♪

♪ TO HIS TRIBESMEN HE WAS RIDING WITH A TALE ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AS THE REDSKIN WENT AROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪♪

DADDY, THE STAGE IS HERE!

THE STAGE IS HERE! WHOA, THERE, NANCY.

IS MY SURPRISE ON IT?

WELL, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I HOPE SO.

UH, BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR.

NOW, NANCY, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO COME RUNNIN'

INTO THE CAPTAIN'S OFFICE LIKE THIS.

WELL, HE'S YOUR CAPTAIN, BUT HE'S MY DADDY.

WELL, YES, SIR -- YES, MA'AM.

OH, NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

NOW YOU COME ON.

YOU RUN ALONG WITH SERGEANT McINTOSH, HONEY.

I GOT SOME BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

CARRY ON, SERGEANT. YES.

DADDY HAS BUSINESS.

FORT MARCY!

YOU'LL FIND FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS IN THE CANTEEN.

I DON'T WANT FOOD. I WANT A DOCTOR.

I MUST SEE A DOCTOR. SORRY.

CAN'T HELP YOU. THIS HERE'S A CAVALRY POST.

WE AIN'T GOT NOTHING BUT A HORSE DOCTOR.

HOW SOON BEFORE WE START MOVING?

THAT DEPENDS ON CAPTAIN DEMPSTER.

WHAT HE SAYS GOES.

YOU'RE THREE HOURS LATE.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING -- HAVING TEA WITH THE INDIANS?

COULDN'T HELP IT, CAPTAIN. WE WAS HELD UP.

YOU WERE WHAT?

THEY GOT McBRIDE.

THERE WAS THREE OF 'EM THIS TIME.

COULDN'T MAKE MUCH OUT OF THEIR FACES.

THEY WORE A MASK.

BUT THE LEADER HAD A WEIRD KIND OF LAUGH.

HE SEEMED TO THINK EVERYTHING WAS FUNNY.

THREE OF 'EM, HUH?

WHAT WERE YOU CARRYING -- GOLD?

NO. JUST THE MAIL.

COME TO THINK OF IT, THEY SEEMED

TO KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE POUCH.

THAT TALL HOMBRE RUMMAGED THROUGH THE MAILBAG

UNTIL HE FOUND THE PACKAGE HE WAS LOOKIN' FOR.

GOT McBRIDE, HUH?

SOUNDS LIKE THE VAUGHN GANG.

OH, THE VAUGHN GANG NEVER OPERATED THIS FAR WEST.

WELL, I GUESS THEY WERE GETTING A LITTLE CRAMPED IN TEXAS.

FIGURED THE STAGECOACH WOULD BE EASIER FARTHER WEST,

AND IT WAS.

CAPTAIN, WE DONE THE BEST WE... EXCUSE ME.

I KNOW, MATT. GET YOURSELF SOME GRUB.

WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE VAUGHN GANG.

NOBODY'S GONNA COMMIT MURDER AND ROBBERY IN THIS TERRITORY.

I HOPE I'M NOT INTRUDING. WHAT CAN I DO...

OH, EXCUSE ME.

CAPTAIN DEMPSEY, THIS HERE'S MISS LARKIN,

ONE OF MY PASSENGERS.

CAPTAIN.

I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO GET TO SAN FRANCISCO.

HOW SOON BEFORE WE GET GOING?

WELL, I'M SORRY TO DELAY YOUR TRIP,

BUT I THINK YOU'D BETTER STAY OVER A FEW DAYS.

OH, BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED IN STOPPING OVER.

I'D LIKE TO LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT

UNTIL WE CAN FIND A REPLACEMENT TO RIDE SHOTGUN.

HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE?

I CAN'T TELL YOU AT THE MOMENT, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

CAPTAIN, I INSIST THAT WE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.

MISS LARKIN, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER MY MANNERS,

BUT I FIND YOU EXCEEDINGLY RUDE.

I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS TO ATTEND TO.

A MAN HAS BEEN KILLED.

THE DRIVER WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE STAGECOACH

IS READY TO LEAVE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN.

I'M THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF FORT MARCY.

THE GENTLEMAN, YOU'LL FIND IN SAN FRANCISCO.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

[ CHUCKLES ]

GUESS HE TOLD YOU, DIDN'T HE, LADY?

DON'T WORRY.

I'LL HAVE THE LAST WORD.

NOT IF YOU GIVE ORDERS TO A MAN

WHOSE BUSINESS IS GIVIN' ORDERS.

YOU SEEM TO KNOW HIM QUITE WELL.

WHAT APPROACH WOULD YOU SUGGEST?

CHARM, LADY. FEMININE CHARM.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

LIEUTENANT MORGAN REPORTING, SIR.

AT EASE, LIEUTENANT.

HERE'S A FEDERAL CIRCULAR ON THE VAUGHN GANG.

I HAVE AN IDEA THEY'RE THE BUNCH THAT HELD UP THAT STAGECOACH.

WELL, WHAT GOOD IS THIS?

IT DOESN'T SHOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT, A TINTYPE?

YOU SEEM TO FORGET THIS IS A WILDERNESS.

WELL, THIS COULD BE ANY THREE MEN, CAPTAIN.

PRECISELY. OUT HERE, WE HAVE TO RELY ON INSTINCT.

TAKE A DETAIL AND TRAIL THEM DOWN.

THE DRIVER TELLS ME THEY HEADED FOR BANDELIER MOUNTAIN,

BUT I HAVE AN IDEA THAT WAS JUST A DECOY.

YES, SIR.

AND DON'T COME BACK WITHOUT 'EM.

VERY WELL, SIR.

BY THE WAY, LIEUTENANT,

YOU'D BETTER TAKE AN INDIAN SCOUT.

I'D CHOOSE JAMORA. HE KNOWS THIS COUNTRY BACKWARDS.

YES, SIR.

HARDSADDLE, WHY DID YOU EVER JOIN THE CAVALRY?

WELL, WHY DID YOU?

WELL, SARGE, IT'S A LONG STORY,

'SPECIALLY THE WAY I TELL IT.

♪ RECRUITING POSTERS ARE PRINTED ♪

♪ TO ATTRACT THE NOT SO WISE ♪

♪ IF WHAT THEY SAID WAS REALLY TRUE ♪

♪ THEY NEEDN'T ADVERTISE ♪

YOU KNOW, NOTHING BOTHERS YOU.

ANYBODY THAT GOES THROUGH LIFE

JUST SINGING MUST BE CRAZY.

♪ THERE YOU STAND AND SCRUB YOUR HORSE ♪

♪ WHILE HE WORKS JUST AS HARD, OF COURSE ♪

♪ I JUST SING A MELODY ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ NOW, I GOT SOME BULLETS, AND I GOT A GUN ♪

♪ BUT SHOOTING AT PEOPLE JUST AIN'T FUN ♪

♪ THEN WHY'D YOU JOIN THE CAVALRY? ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DAY ♪

♪ I DON'T CARE IF I FEEL THIS WAY ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DEE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

WHEN I EAT PEARS, I EAT THE CORE

♪ I THROW THE MEAT UPON THE FLOOR ♪

♪ THE SEEDS ARE BEST OF ALL, YOU SEE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ WHEN I GOES WALKING WITH A LASS ♪

♪ I LEAD HER THROUGH THE MEADOW GRASS ♪

♪ I DON'T KISS HER, SHE KISSES ME ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' HE ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DAY ♪

♪ I DON'T CARE IF I FEEL THIS WAY ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DEE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ WHITE MEN CHASE THE NAVAJOS ♪

♪ THE NAVAJOS CHASE THE DEERS AND DOES ♪

♪ BUT I SIT TIGHT TILL THEY COME TO ME ♪

Both: ♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' HE ♪

Singalong: ♪ SOME DRINK WHISKEY SOME DRINK CORN ♪

♪ SOME FOLKS DRINK FROM NIGHT TILL MORN ♪

♪ I DRINK MY WATER STRAIGHT, YOU SEE ♪

♪ I CHASE IT DOWN WITH RYE WHISKEY ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DAY ♪

♪ I DON'T CARE IF I FEEL THIS WAY ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DEE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ YOU RIDE YOUR HORSE UNTIL YOU BEND ♪

♪ BUT WHERE'S IT GET YOU IN THE END? ♪

♪ I WALK MY HORSE AND LET HIM BE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ WHEN COUPLES MARRY, THEY TEMPT FATE ♪

♪ BECAUSE THEIR LOVE CAN TURN TO HATE ♪

♪ I LOVE 'EM ALL, BUT I STAY FREE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' ME ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DAY ♪

♪ I DON'T CARE IF I FEEL THIS WAY ♪

♪ DO, DEE-DO-DAH, DEEDLE OOH-DEEEEE ♪

♪ EVERYONE'S CRAZY 'CEPTIN' MEEEEEEEEEEE ♪

[ LAUGHTER ]

SERGEANT, GET A PATROL READY,

FULL FIELD EQUIPMENT, THREE DAYS' RATIONS.

WE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. YES, SIR!

ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS! YOU HEARD WHAT THE LIEUTENANT SAID!

ON THE DOUBLE! COME ON! LET'S GET EVERYTHING PACKED!

WHEN ARE WE LEAVING?

IT'S UP TO CAPTAIN DEMPSTER.

WELL, I GUESS I BETTER HELP HIM MAKE UP HIS MIND.

YEAH, BUT DON'T FORGET WHAT I SAID ABOUT CHARM --

"FEM-A-NINE" CHARM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ] Dempster: COME IN.

MISS LARKIN TO SEE YOU, SIR.

SEND HER IN. YES, SIR. MISS LARKIN.

CAPTAIN DEMPSTER.

MISS LARKIN.

I, UH, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY I ACTED THIS MORNING.

I GUESS THE COMBINATION OF THE LONG TRIP

AND WHAT HAPPENED SORT OF UPSET ME.

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.

WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE BEFORE WE CAN GO ON?

WELL, THAT ALL DEPENDS.

OH, BUT THE DRIVER TOLD ME HE WAS WILLING TO GO ON

WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT, ONLY YOU ORDERED HIM TO STAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. I DID.

YOU MUST BE IN QUITE A HURRY.

OH, YES. YES, I AM, CAPTAIN.

YOU SEE, IT'S MY GRANDMOTHER.

SHE'S TERRIBLY ILL.

I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF IF I DON'T GET THERE IN TIME.

WELL, THAT'S TOO BAD.

OH, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US GO ON.

WELL, IF I DO, I CAN'T --

OH, THANK YOU, CAPTAIN! I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS.

GOOD-BYE, CAPTAIN.

WELL, I SEE YOU'RE ALL SET AND READY TO ROLL.

WHAT MADE YOU SO SURE I'D LET YOU GO?

WELL, IF SHE CONVINCED ME, I KNOW SHE'D CONVINCE YOU.

[ CHUCKLES ]

♪♪

♪♪

Singalong: ♪ YOU MUST COVER LOTS OF GROUND WHEN YOU'RE ARIZONA BOUND ♪

♪ SO THE WHEELS KEEP GOING ROUND AS YOU ROLLED ON ♪

♪ AND BECAUSE SHE HAD HER WAY, LORABELLE IS FEELING GAY ♪

♪ FOR TOMORROW IS THE DAY SHE'S MEETING VAUGHN ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE STAGE AS IT WENT ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ THE HORIZON GREETS THE EYE AS THE DESERT MEETS THE SKY ♪

♪ AND THE CAVALRY RIDES BY ALONG THE WAY ♪

♪ THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE MEN WHO ROBBED THE MAIL ♪

♪ AND THEY KNOW THEY MUSTN'T FAIL TO FIND THEIR PREY ♪

♪ NOW, WE SEE A GROUP OF TENTS ♪

♪ THEY'RE THE RED MAN'S RESIDENCE ♪

♪ AND THEY ADD TO THE SUSPENSE ON SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ NOW, THE REDSKIN TOLD HIS CHIEF ♪

♪ HOW HIS LOVED ONES CAME TO GRIEF ♪

♪ THAT EACH WHITE MAN WAS A THIEF AND FURTHERMORE ♪

♪ WHEN THE PALE-FACED GUNS HAD SPOKEN ♪

♪ A LASTING TRUCE WAS BROKEN ♪

♪ SO, THE CHIEFTAIN RAISED THE TOKEN WHICH MEANT WAR ♪

♪ YOU CAN ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WAR DRUMS AS THEY POUND ♪

♪ AND THE REDSKIN TRIBE GOES ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

[ MEN WHOOPING ]

♪♪

♪ ON THE STAGE, THEY'RE UNAWARE OF THE DANGER IN THE AIR ♪

♪ FOR THE NAVAJOS ARE THERE IN FRONT AND BACK ♪

♪ AS THE INDIANS ENCROACH, PAAKO SIGNALS TOWARD THE COACH ♪

♪ THEY BREAK AMBUSH AND APPROACH FOR THE ATTACK ♪

♪ YOU CAN ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AS THE REDSKINS WENT AROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ THERE ARE INJUNS TO THE LEFT ♪

♪ THERE ARE INJUNS TO THE RIGHT ♪

♪ AND THEY RIDE WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT TO MAKE THE KILL ♪

♪ AS THEY HASTEN IN THEIR FLIGHT ♪

♪ LORABELLE IS FILLED WITH FRIGHT ♪

♪ AND THE DRIVER FEELS HIS BLOOD BEGIN TO CHILL ♪

♪ NOW THE HORSES PULL AND STRAIN ♪

♪ BUT THEIR EFFORTS ARE IN VAIN ♪

♪ FOR THE REDSKINS SEEM TO GAIN UPON THE STAGE ♪

♪ BUT IT SEEMS AN ACT OF GRACE LED OUR SOLDIERS TO THE PLACE ♪

♪ AND THEY RODE INTO THE CHASE FROM OUT THE SAGE ♪

♪ YOU COULD HEAR THE HEARTBEAT POUND ♪

♪ WHEN LIEUTENANT MORGAN FOUND ♪

♪ THERE WERE REDSKINS ALL AROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

TROOP CHARGE!

[ MEN WHOOPING ]

WHAT'S THE MATTER? SCARED?

WHO, ME? SCARED? [ SCOFFS ]

I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE THE HOTTEST INDIAN FIGHTER

EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.

THAT WAS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE.

WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE, I AIN'T SO HOT.

I HOPE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

YES, THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR MEN.

ALL RIGHT, STEADY!

LIEUTENANT, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR --

MADAM, DON'T THANK US,

THANK THE BANDITS WHO HELD YOU UP THIS MORNING.

IF THAT TRAIL DIDN'T LEAD WESTWARD

FROM BANDELIER MOUNTAIN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE IN TIME.

YOU MEAN YOU HAVEN'T CAUGHT THEMYET?

WE MIGHT HAVE IF YOU HADN'T TAKEN US OFF THEIR TRAIL.

I RESENT THAT. WHY BLAME ME?

YOU SEEM TO HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT FOR ATTRACTING TROUBLE.

AFTER THIS DELAY, I DOUBT IF WE'LL EVER CATCH THEM.

LIEUTENANT, IT APPEARS THAT ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS

FOR BEING A OFFICER IN THE U.S. CALVARY IS RUDENESS.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I THINK I'LL CONTINUE MY TRIP.

AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, YOU'LL KINDLY STEP BACK INTO THE COACH.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO FORT MARCY.

THOSE INDIANS DON'T SCARE ME!

DON'T PRESS YOUR LUCK TOO FAR.

WE'RE ALL READY, LIEUTENANT.

ALL RIGHT, SERGEANT, MOUNT THE PATROL.

PATROL MOUNTED!

♪♪

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

LIEUTENANT, BACK SO SOON? GOOD.

HOLD THE COMPLIMENTS, CAPTAIN.

I'M SORRY TO REPORT OUR MISSION WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED.

THEN WHAT THE BLAZES ARE YOU DOING BACK HERE?

YOU HAD YOUR ORDERS. I HAD NO ALTERNATIVE, SIR.

WE WERE TRAILING THE BANDITS WEST WHEN WE CROSSED PATHS

WITH A BAND OF NAVAJOS ATTACKING THE STAGE.

NAVAJOS?

CHIEF PAAKO AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS.

ARE YOU SURE THEY WERE NAVAJOS?

POSITIVE. ANY CASUALTIES?

WE LOST THE DRIVER. TWO OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.

LIEUTENANT, ONE OF THE FEW THINGS

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS FORSAKEN PLACE

IS TO KEEP PEACE WITH THE NAVAJOS.

WE'VE HAD A TREATY WITH THEM FOR YEARS.

NOT ANYMORE. I'M NOT SO SURE.

CHIEF PAAKO WOULDN'T ATTACK WITHOUT A GOOD REASON.

INDIANS ON THE WARPATH ARE BEYOND REASON.

WHERE DID YOU LEARN THAT, IN A TEXTBOOK?

NO, SIR, ON SLAUGHTER TRAIL.

THOSE NAVAJOS OUGHT TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON.

I KNOW HOW TO HANDLE CHIEF PAAKO.

THIS SITUATION CALLS FOR DIPLOMACY, NOT FORCE.

LET'S GO.

BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR.

MISS LARKIN REQUESTS ANOTHER AUDIENCE.

CAPTAIN DEMPSTER, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL --

CAPTAIN DEMPSTER WOULD NOT!

IF I HADN'T LISTENED TO YOU,

THE STAGECOACH DRIVER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, YOU'RE CONFINED TO THE FORT!

HOW DARE YOU!

BY WHAT RIGHT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME ORDERS?!

BY WHAT RIGHT? BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS!

PARDON ME.

TEMPER, TEMPER!

WHY DON'T YOU WATCH WHERE YOU'RE...!

OH, SORRY.

DID I HURT YOU? NO, DID I HURT YOU?

NO, COURSE NOT.

UH...LOOK, UM,

DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND THE WOMEN'S QUARTERS?

COME. I'LL SHOW YOU.

THANK YOU.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME? NANCY DEMPSTER.

MY DADDY'S COMMANDER OF THIS POST.

REALLY? WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

UH, LORABELLE, LORABELLE LARKIN.

I LIKE THAT NAME. IT'S PRETTY.

BUT YOU MAY CALL ME LORABELLE.

THANK YOU. YOU MAY CALL ME NANCY.

THANK YOU.

WELL, HERE WE ARE.

OH.

WHAT BEAUTIFUL GOWNS.

DO ALL THE WOMEN BACK EAST WEAR SUCH PRETTY CLOTHES?

[ CHUCKLES ] WELL, ONLY THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD TO.

I BET YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL IN THAT GOWN.

THANK YOU, NANCY.

OH, THAT'S A NICE DOLL YOU HAVE.

SHE'S A PRESENT FROM CHIEF PAAKO.

HE GAVE IT TO ME WHEN HE AND DADDY SIGNED THE TRUCE.

OH, THEN YOU MUST'VE HAD HER FOR A LONG TIME.

MY, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CAMEO. MAY I SEE IT?

SURELY.

WHEN YOU GROW UP, MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE LOTS OF PRETTY THINGS.

MISS LARKIN? YES?

I'M SUSAN WILSON, THE SCHOOLTEACHER.

OH, HOW DO YOU DO?

I, UH, HOPE YOU DON'T MIND

MY SHARING YOUR QUARTERS WITH YOU.

IT'LL ONLY BE A SHORT WHILE. NOT AT ALL.

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE?

I DON'T THINK SO. NANCY'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

COME ON, NANCY. SCHOOL TIME.

BYE, LORABELLE. BYE.

WELL, HARDSADDLE, YOU'RE A VETERAN NOW.

YOU MEAN I'M NO LONGER A ROOKIE?

HECK, NO! NOW THAT YOU'VE TASTED BLOOD AND THUNDER

AND YOU'VE FOUGHT THE INDIANS,

YOU CAN LOOK ANY MAN RIGHT IN THE EYE AND SAY,

"HERE STANDS A FIGHTING MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES CALVARY."

I BET THAT WAS THE TOUGHEST INJUN FIGHT YOU WAS EVER IN.

TOUGHEST FIGHT? PFFT. THAT WAS CHILD'S PLAY.

YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU'VE HAD IT TOUGHER?

WHY, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS WITH

THE 7th CAVALRY BANK IN KANSAS,

WE WERE FIGHTING THE CHEYENNES.

IT WAS THE BATTLE OF CHICKASAW.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THERE I WAS -- ALL ALONE, ALL BY MYSELF.

SO I WHIPPED MY HORSE AROUND

AND STARTED BACK TO THE REGIMENT.

THERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, WERE 50 INDIANS!

SO I TURNED AROUND AND STARTED TO RETREAT.

THERE, BLOCKING MY PATH, WAS 100 INDIANS!

SO, QUICK, I TURNED TO THE LEFT.

AND COMING RIGHT AT ME -- 200 INDIANS!

SO, I TURNED AROUND TO TAKE TO THE RIGHT,

300 INDIANS BEARING DOWN ON ME!

ALL AROUND ME, INDIANS -- INDIANS IN FRONT OF ME,

INDIANS IN BACK OF ME, INDIANS TO THE LEFT OF ME,

AND INDIANS TO THE RIGHT OF ME.

WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENED?

I GOT KILLED.

IF YOU WERE KILLED, HOW COME YOU'RE STILL LIVING?

YOU CALL THIS LIVING?

[ LAUGHTER ]

SERGEANT MACINTOSH. YES, SIR?

REPLACE YOUR CASUALTIES AND MOUNT THE PATROL.

WE'RE GOING OUT AGAIN. VERY WELL, SIR.

PATROL, FALL IN!

Singalong: ♪ OH, THE HILLS ARE BARREN BROWN WEARING CACTUS FOR A CROWN ♪

♪ AND THE HEAT KEEPS BEARING DOWN WITHOUT RELIEF ♪

♪ AND THE SWEAT POURS THROUGH YOUR CLOTHES ♪

♪ BUT LIEUTENANT MORGAN KNOWS ♪

♪ THEY MUST REACH THE NAVAJOS AND SEE THEIR CHIEF ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AS THE CAVALRY WENT 'ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ NOW, THE HEAT IS SO INTENSE ♪

♪ AND YOUR THIRST IS SO IMMENSE ♪

♪ AND YOUR SPIRITS ARE SO DENSE THAT YOU CAN'T TALK ♪

♪ YOU'VE GONE HALFWAY 'CROSS THE STATE ♪

♪ AND YOUR MISERY IS GREAT ♪

♪ AND YOUR HORSE CAN'T BEAR YOUR WEIGHT, AND SO YOU WALK ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND ♪

♪ OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AS YOUR HORSES DRAG AROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ IT'S APPROACHING EVENTIDE WHEN THE SUN BEGINS TO HIDE ♪

♪ AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, YOU RIDE, YOU'RE LIKE A KING ♪

♪ NOW, YOUR HORSES START TO FLY, THERE'S A TWINKLE IN YOUR EYE ♪

♪ AND YOUR SPIRITS FEEL SO HIGH YOU GOTTA SING ♪

♪ WHEN THE SKY HAS TURNED TO RUST ♪

♪ AND YOUR THROAT IS DRY AS DUST ♪

♪ WHILE YOU'RE RIDING TOWARD THE SHADOWS AND THE SHADE ♪

♪ AS YOUR HORSES POUND THE GROUND ♪

♪ YOU CAN HEAR THE WELCOME SOUND ♪

♪ OF THE HOOFBEAT SERENADE ♪

♪ THEN THE MILES BEGIN TO FLY ♪

♪ AS THE WIND GOES RUSHING BY ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW YOU'VE REACHED THE COOLNESS OF THE GLADE ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN RHYTHM WITH YOUR MOUNT ♪

♪ AND YOUR MOUNT IS KEEPING COUNT ♪

♪ TO THE HOOFBEAT SERENADE ♪

♪ THE SONG OF THE WIND, THE HUM OF THE BREEZE ♪

♪ THE TUNE OF A LOON ON THE WING ♪

♪ THE CRY OF A BIRD, AND WITH IT IS HEARD ♪

♪ THE RUSTLING OF LEAVES IN THE SPRING ♪

♪ THEN THE MOUNTAINS TAKE THE SOUND ♪

♪ AND THEY ECHO IT AROUND ♪

♪ TILL IT COMES BACK TWICE AS STRONG AS IT WAS PLAYED ♪

♪ THERE IS MUSIC IN A HORSE, AND ITS MELODY, OF COURSE ♪

♪ IS THE HOOFBEAT SERENADE ♪

♪ HEAR THE SONG OF THE WIND, HEAR THE HUM OF THE BREEZE ♪

♪ A TUNE OF OF A LOON ON THE WING ♪

♪ HEAR THE CRY OF A BIRD, AND WITH IT IS HEARD ♪

♪ THE RUSTLING OF LEAVES IN THE SPRING ♪

♪ THEN THE MOUNTAINS TAKE THE SOUND ♪

♪ AND THEY ECHO IT AROUND ♪

♪ TILL IT COMES BACK TWICE AS STRONG AS IT WAS PLAYED ♪

♪ THERE IS MUSIC IN A HORSE, AND ITS MELODY, OF COURSE ♪

♪ IS THE HOOFBEAT SERENAAAAADE ♪

♪♪

HALT!

DISMOUNT!

CHIEF PAAKO, I COME TO YOU WITH HEAVY HEART.

FOR MANY MOONS NOW, YOUR TRIBE AND MY PEOPLE

HAVE LIVED IN PEACE.

BUT YOU HAVE BROKEN OUR LONG-TIME TRUCE.

THIS IS NOT TRUE. WHITE MAN BROKE LONG-TIME TRUCE.

MY PEOPLE WISH TO LIVE IN PEACE,

BUT WHITE MEN KILL MY BRETHREN AND STEAL THEIR HORSES.

OUR TREATY IS BROKEN, AND NAVAJO SEEK REVENGE.

WHAT GOOD IS THERE SEEKING REVENGE ON INNOCENT PEOPLE?

WHAT GOOD DO WHITE MEN FIND IN SHOOTING INNOCENT NAVAJOS?

CHIEF PAAKO, IT GRIEVES ME MUCH

TO HEAR OF THIS TERRIBLE INJUSTICE

TO YOUR BLOOD BROTHERS,

BUT YOU CANNOT TAKE THE LAW INTO YOUR OWN HANDS.

WHEN WHITE MAN SINS, HE MUST BE PUNISHED BY WHITE MEN.

WHEN WHITE MAN SINS AGAINST RED MAN,

HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED BY RED MEN.

THAT IS NAVAJO LAW!

MY GOVERNMENT HAS EVERY RESPECT FOR THE NAVAJO TRIBE

AND THEIR LAWS.

I PROMISE YOU THAT WE WILL DO ALL IN OUR POWER

TO CAPTURE THESE MEN AND SEE THAT THEY PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES.

PLEASE GO BACK AND TELL THAT TO YOUR PEOPLE.

AND LET'S LIVE IN PEACE AGAIN.

THERE CAN BE NO PEACE BETWEEN US

UNTIL YOU FIND THE GUILTY ONES AND DELIVER THEM TO ME.

MY COMMANDER ASKED FOR A TRUCE

SO THAT WE CAN SETTLE THINGS BETWEEN US IN A PEACEFUL MANNER.

TELL YOUR CHIEF THAT WE WILL WAIT

UNTIL THE SUN HAS RISEN TWO MORE TIMES IN THE EASTERN HEAVENS.

IF, BY THAT TIME, YOU HAVE NOT DELIVERED

THE GUILTY ONES TO ME, I WILL GATHER ALL THE TRIBES,

AND THERE SHALL BE WAR BETWEEN US.

I BEG YOU TO RECONSIDER, CHIEF PAAKO.

THERE MUST BE BETTER WAYS TO SETTLE OUR DIFFERENCES.

WHY SEEK AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH?

NAVAJOS WANT A LIFE FOR A LIFE!

CAN I BE OF ANY SERVICE TO YOU, NEIGHBOR?

WHEN'S THE STAGE DUE FROM SAN FELIPE.

WELL, SIR, IT'S DUE ANY MINUTE NOW.

BUT IT AIN'T COMING.

THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE? I DON'T GET IT.

OH, IT AIN'T NO JOKE, NEIGHBOR.

SEE, THE NAVAJOS HAVE BEEN RAISING HOB

ALL ALONG THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL,

AND THERE AIN'T GONNA BE NO STAGE COMING THROUGH.

LEASTWISE, THAT IS, UNTIL THE MILITARY

PUTS DOWN THIS NAVAJO UPRISING.

HOW LONG WILL THAT TAKE?

WELL, CAN'T TELL.

MAY TAKE A FEW DAYS, MAY TAKE A FEW WEEKS.

THEN AGAIN, IT MAY TAKE A FEW MONTHS.

THAT ALL DEPENDS. DEPENDS ON WHAT?

WELL, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE INJUNS WANT,

WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE 'EM,

AND, UH, WHAT THEY'LL SETTLE FOR.

THANKS. YOU BEEN A GREAT HELP.

NOW WE KNOW LESS THAN WE DID BEFORE WE ASKED YOU.

OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT, SON!

ANYTIME YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING,

YOU JUST DROP IN AND ASK ME.

I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO TELL YOU. [ CHUCKLES ]

WHERE CAN WE GET A DRINK AROUND HERE?

WELL, SIR, RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD THERE A PIECE IS A SALOON.

AND THEY GOT SOME AWFUL GOOD LIQUOR, TOO, BOY.

THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. LET'S GO.

UH, UH, WAIT A MINUTE.

THERE AIN'T NO USE GOING DOWN THERE, BOYS.

IT'S CLOSED.

I OUGHT TO KNOW. [ CHUCKLES ]

WELL, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?

GOING BACK TO FORT MARCY,

AND GET AHOLD OF LORABELLE AND THE JEWELS.

HAVE YOU GONE LOCO?

THEY SEE THE THREE OF US TOGETHER,

THEY'LL FIGURE OUT WHO WE ARE IN NO TIME.

HE'S RIGHT.

I AIN'T STICKING MY NECK OUT ANY MORE THAN I HAVE TO.

WHAT ABOUT LORABELLE?

WE CAN'T LEAVE HER STRANDED AT THAT FORT ALL BY HER LONESOME.

SHE'S GOT THE JEWELS FOR COMPANY.

THEY OUGHT TO KEEP HER FROM BEING TOO LONESOME.

YEAH, BUT IT'S LIABLE TO MAKE HER NERVOUS.

TOTING ALL THAT EVIDENCE AROUND THE MILITARY, OF COURSE,

IS KIND OF DANGEROUS.

WE GOT TO GET HER OUT OF THERE.

YOU MEANYOUGOT TO GET HER OUT OF THERE, NOT WE.

SHE'S YOUR GAL.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO MYSELF.

ONCE I GET THERE, I'LL FIGURE A WAY OF GETTING HER OUT.

NO, YOU DON'T. ONCE THE TWO OF YOU BREAK FREE

WITH THAT LOOT, WE'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'D DO THAT?

BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT I'D DO IF I WAS IN YOUR PLACE.

WAIT A MINUTE!

I THINK YOU OUGHT TO GO BACK TO THE FORT,

TRY AND GET LORABELLE OUT.

HEATH AND I WILL GO WITH YOU AS FAR AS ELEPHANT ROCK.

WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU THERE.

SUPPOSING HE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE FORT.

I'LL GET OUT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

♪♪

♪♪

DISMOUNT!

DOUBLE THE GUARD, LIEUTENANT MORGAN.

DADDY! NANCY.

DADDY!

I SUPPOSE YOU'LL WANT TO CANCEL

THE REGULAR SATURDAY NIGHT SOCIAL.

OH, DADDY, PLEASE DON'T CANCEL THE SATURDAY NIGHT SOCIAL.

OF COURSE NOT, LIEUTENANT. NANCY WOULD NEVER FORGIVE ME.

BUT PAAKO --

NAVAJOS NEVER ATTACK AT NIGHT.

YES, SIR.

HALT! CORPORAL OF THE GUARD!

YES, SIR?

I'M HEADED WEST, AND I'D LIKE

TO PUT UP OVERNIGHT IF I COULD.

FOLLOW ME, SIR.

SIR, THIS MAN WISHES TO STAY OVERNIGHT.

YES? MY NAME IS MURRAY.

I'M A CATTLEMAN HEADING FOR ARIZONA.

CATTLE IN ARIZONA?

I HEARD THERE WAS MIGHTY FINE GRAZING LAND

TO BE HAD THERE. MAYBE.

BE ON MY WAY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

I THINK YOU BETTER FIGURE ON TAKING A GOOD, LONG REST.

THERE'S BEEN A NAVAJO UPRISING.

ALL CIVILIANS ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FORT UNTIL IT BLOWS OVER.

I GUESS I'M LUCKY I GOT HERE WITH MY SKIN IN ONE PIECE.

YEAH, GUESS YOU ARE.

Children: ♪ LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN ♪

♪ FALLING DOWN, FALLING DOWN ♪

♪ LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN ♪

♪ MY FAIR LADY ♪

[ LAUGHTER ]

♪ TAKE THE KEY AND LOCK HER UP ♪

♪ LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP ♪

♪ TAKE THE KEY AND LOCK HER UP ♪

UH, UH, NANCY, YOU TAKE MY PLACE, WILL YOU?

SURE. LET'S START ALL OVER AGAIN.

READY? GO.

[ CHILDREN RESUME SINGING ]

YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND COMING HERE.

THOUGHT YOU'D BE GLAD TO SEE ME.

NOT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.

THAT'S GRATITUDE FOR YOU.

I RISKED MY NECK COMING HERE TO GET YOU,

AND YOU TREAT ME LIKE I WAS POISON.

YOU ARE POISONOUS AS FAR AS THE ARMY'S CONCERNED.

YOU THINK I WANT TO SEE YOU HUNG?

WHY SHOULD THE ARMY WANT TO HANG A RESPECTABLE RANCHER LIKE ME?

WHY, THEY'RE SO FOND OF ME, THEY INSIST I BE THEIR GUEST

UNTIL THE INDIANS CALM DOWN.

YOU GOT MORE NERVE THAN BRAINS.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M SO CRAZY ABOUT YOU.

WHERE'S HEATH AND LEVERING?

WAITING FOR US AT ELEPHANT ROCK. GOT THE JEWELS?

YES. GOOD.

SOON AS IT GETS DARK, WE'RE GETTING OUT OF HERE.

HOW? DON'T WORRY.

I'LL FIGURE A WAY.

HI THERE, KIDS. HIYA, KIDS.

SINGALONG, SING US A SONG!

All: YEAH!

HARDSADDLE, GO GET MY GUITAR.

SURE. COME ON.

MOVE OVER HERE.

♪ HI-HO, FIDDLE-DEE-DEE ♪

♪ HERE IS WHAT I DREAM I'D LIKE TO BE ♪

♪♪

♪ WISH I WAAAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND ♪

♪ I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND ♪

♪ IF I'S A MOLE IN THE GROUND ♪

♪ I'D ROOT THAT DOGGONE MOUNTAIN DOWN ♪

♪ OH, I WISH I WAAAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND ♪

I'D BE BEE.

♪ I WISH I WAAAS A WOOLY-BOOGIE BEE ♪

♪ I WISH I WAS A WOOLY-BOOGIE BEE ♪

♪ IF I'S A WOOLY-BOOGIE BEE ♪

♪ I'D MAKE MY NEST IN A CHERRY TREE ♪

♪ OH, I WISH I WAS A WOOLY-BOOGIE BEE ♪

HOW 'BOUT A SQUIRREL?

♪ I WISH I WAAAS A SQUIRREL WITH A BIG, LONG TAIL ♪

♪ WISH I WAS A SQUIRREL WITH A BIG, LONG TAIL ♪

♪ IF I'S A SQUIRREL WITH A BIG, LONG TAIL ♪

♪ SPREAD IT RIGHT OUT, AND AWAY I'D SAIL ♪

♪ OH, I WISH I WAAAS A SQUIRREL WITH A BIG, LONG TAIL ♪

CAN YOU BE A FOX?

♪ I WISH I WAAAS A FUZZY-WUZZY FOX ♪

♪ WISH I WAS A FUZZY-WUZZY FOX ♪

♪ IF I'S A FUZZY-WUZZY FOX, NEVER HAVE TO CHANGE MY SOCKS ♪

♪ I WISH I WAAAS A FUZZY-WUZZY FOX ♪

AN APPLE.

♪ I WISH I WAAAS AN APPLE ON A TREE ♪

♪ I WISH I WAS AN APPLE ON A TREE ♪

♪ IF I'S AN APPLE ON A TREE ♪

♪ A GIRL'D COME ALONG AND TAKE A BITE OF ME ♪

♪ OH, I WISH I WAAAS AN APPLE ON A TREE ♪

HOW ABOUT THE SUN?

♪ I WISH I WAAAS THE SUN UP ABOVE ♪

♪ I WISH I WAS THE SUN UP ABOVE ♪

♪ IF I'S THE SUN UP ABOVE ♪

♪ I'D SHINE RIGHT DOWN ON THE ONES I LOVE ♪

♪ HERE IS WHAT I DREAM I'D LIKE TO BE ♪

♪ OH, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY I DROVE MY MOTHER WILD ♪

♪ I MET A MAIDEN IN THE WOOD, AND SHE SAID, "CHILD ♪

♪ LOOK DEEP INTO MY GREEN EYES AND AT MY AUTUMN HAIR ♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE A MAN, YOU'LL NEVER SEE A GIRL QUITE AS FAIR ♪

♪ REMEMBER ME, REMEMBER ME" ♪

COME ON, GET IN HERE! GO ON. COME ON!

♪ "REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE" ♪

DADDY, I'M WEARING YOUR SURPRISE.

ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL? OH, IT'S LOVELY.

IT'S -- HEY, WHY ISN'T IT BUTTONED?

GUESS I'VE GROWN SINCE YOU ORDERED IT.

[ CHUCKLES ] YOU CERTAINLY ARE GROWING FAST.

OH, WELL. IT TAKES A STAGECOACH A LONG TIME TO MAKE DELIVERY.

BUT I WANT TO WEAR IT TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT SOCIAL.

WOULD YOU PLEASE FIX IT? WELL, LET'S SEE.

I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE BUTTON.

HOW ABOUT A STORY?

WELL, ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A...

BOLD, BRAVE KNIGHT.

WHAT WAS HIS RANK?

HMM? WHAT WAS HIS RANK?

OH, I GUESS HE WAS A KNIGHT FIRST CLASS.

WELL, ONE DAY, HE PUT ON HIS ARMOR,

AND HE GOT ON HIS HORSE --

OH, HE WAS IN THE CAVALRY!

WHAT ELSE? DID HE HAVE A LADY FAIR?

OF COURSE.

WHAT WAS HER NAME?

ROW --

ROW --

ROANOKE.

DADDY, THAT'S IN VIRGINIA.

HMM?

OH, YEAH.

I GOT IT -- LADY ROWENA.

UH, CAPTAIN?

OH, UH, MAY I SPEAK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE?

NO. OH.

FORGIVE THE INTERRUPTION, CAPTAIN.

BUT I DID ASK THE SERGEANT IF I MIGHT SEE YOU.

HELLO, LORABELLE.

UH, YEAH? WHAT IS IT?

WELL, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT,

UH, I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND --

OH, DADDY KNOWS. DON'T YOU, DADDY?

WELL, UH... THANK YOU, NANCY.

I KNOW HOW YOU MUST FEEL ABOUT --

DADDY KNOWS! DON'T YOU, DADDY?

SERGEANT!

YES, SIR?

WELL, DON'T JUST STAND THERE. COME HERE.

UH, YES, SIR.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

FINISH IT! GET OUT OF HERE!

WELL, I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT DRESSMAKING.

COME ON, NANCY. I NEVER DID ANY OF THIS IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO SHOUT, MISS LARKIN.

I GUESS I'VE BEEN AROUND HORSES TOO LONG.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

HAVE YOU, UH, ANY HOPES

OF SETTLING YOUR DIFFERENCES WITH THE INDIANS?

WELL, I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST, BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY SERIOUS.

IT'S FRIGHTENING WHEN YOU THINK WHAT THREE OUTLAWS

CAN DO TO THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS.

I'M REALLY SORRY... FOR A LOT OF THINGS, I GUESS.

YEAH, WELL, UH, I TRUST YOU'RE COMFORTABLE.

WHY, YES. YES, I AM.

MISS SUSAN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT ME UP.

WELL, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, MISS LARKIN.

NOW, YOU STOP JIGGLING!

I'M NOT JIGGLING! YOU'RE SHAKING!

OH, DOGGONE!

CAN I HELP YOU, SERGEANT?

YOU SURE CAN, MA'AM!

I'M A LOT BETTER WITH A BAYONET

THAN I AM THIS SILLY, OLD NEEDLE.

[ ALL CHUCKLING ]

I'LL BET TWO. I RAISE YOU.

AND I RAISE YOU.

I CALL. I'M CALLING.

I CALL.

I CALL. WHAT YOU GOT?

I GOT NOTHING.

NOTHING.

[ CHUCKLES ] NOTHING.

QUEENS.

HOW MANY?

ONE.

GOOD. I THOUGHT YOU WERE BLUFFING.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. I JUST DON'T SEEM TO WIN A BET.

WELL, MAYBE YOU'RE LUCKY IN LOVE.

THERE MUST BE SOME WAY OF WINNING.

YOU EVER TRY CHEATING?

COME ON, BOYS, ANTE UP. ANTE UP.

AGAIN?

PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

AROUND AND AROUND THE JOKER GOES.

AND WHERE SHE STOPS, NOBODY KNOWS.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A GOOD, HONEST DEAL.

NOW MAKE A GOOD HAND.

GOT A HUNCH THIS IS ALL GOOD HANDS THIS TIME.

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

[ WHISTLING ]

I BET FOUR.

BET 'EM LIKE YOU HAVE 'EM. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, DEUCES?

IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WHAT HE'S GOT!

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

I'M GETTING OUT WHILE THE GETTIN'S GOOD.

HOW ABOUT YOU, MR. BLACK?

MY HAND IS NOT TOO GOOD. I'LL -- I'LL FOLD.

WELL, I GOT A PROMISING HAND. I'LL RAISE YOU FOUR.

I'LL, UH, CALL.

ALL RIGHT, TWO ARE OUT AND THREE ARE IN.

DRAW THE CARDS, AND THE FUN BEGINS.

HOW MANY?

I'LL TAKE ONE.

ONE.

THREE. THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

HOW CAN YOU DRAW FOUR WHEN THE LIMIT'S THREE?

THIS IS DEALER'S CHOICE, AIN'T IT?

YES.

WELL, I'M THE DEALER, AND I CHOOSE TO DRAW FOUR CARDS.

[ WHISTLING ]

SHOOT THE WORKS, BOYS. THIS IS IT, SHOOT THE WORKS.

THIS IS A GOOD HAND. I'M BETTING.

AH, WELL, CALL.

YOU DON'T SCARE ME.

I'M SO GLAD I GOT OUT WHEN I DID.

WHAT DO YOU GOT?

A STRAIGHT AND A JACK.

NO GOOD! I GOT FOUR ACES!

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

I GOT THE WINNING HAND.

WHAT DO YOU GOT, A ROYAL FLUSH?

WHAT HAVE I GOT?

TWO OF DIAMONDS,

FOUR OF HEARTS,

SIX OF SPADES, EIGHT OF CLUBS,

AND A TEN OF DIAMOND.

WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT'S THAT? THAT'S A SNEAKY PEEKY.

IT'S THE GREATEST HAND YOU CAN HOLD!

SNEAKY PEEKY?

PEEKY PEEKY? I NEVER HEARD OF IT.

WELL, OF COURSE NOT. YOU'RE JUST A ROOKIE.

HERE, UH, YOU DID WIN THE DEAL.

ANYBODY WANT TO FLOAT A LOAN?

GIVE ME $3 WORTH.

OH, LIKE TO HAVE SOME SECURITY.

WHAT DO YOU GOT? I GOT THREE JACKS.

NO GOOD! I GOT THREE QUEENS.

BOY, THIS IS THE HAND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR --

SNEAKY PEEKY! NO GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, NO GOOD?

THREE ACES.

I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME SNEAKY PEEKY

WAS THE HIGHEST HAND YOU COULD GET!

IT IS, BUT IT'S ONLY GOOD ONCE A NIGHT.

♪♪

SHALL WE SKIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC?

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

OF COURSE, I USE THE WORD "LIGHT" ADVISEDLY.

CHANGING THE GUARD AT MIDNIGHT.

ONE MINUTE AFTER 12, I WANT YOU WALKING FOR THE MAIN GATE.

WE'LL MAKE OUR BREAK THEN.

WHAT ARE WE USING FOR HORSES?

I GOT THEM.

YOU KNOW, I CAN LOOK IN YOUR EYE

AND SEE THAT YOU'VE LED A GAY, ROMANTIC LIFE.

IF I'M NOT TOO PERSONAL, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?

I SELL COFFINS. [ LAUGHS ]

DADDY, WHY ARE YOU STILL MAD AT MISS LARKIN?

MAD AT HER? YES.

WELL, IF IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER,

WE'RE ON VERY GOOD TERMS. NOW, ANYTHING ELSE?

YES, WHY DON'T YOU DANCE WITH HER?

SHE'S AWFUL PRETTY.

ALL RIGHT.

DON'T YOU THINK YOU BETTER TAKE THESE JEWELS NOW?

NO, THEY'RE SAFER ON YOU.

[ SONG ENDS, APPLAUSE ]

SMILE. YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME, REMEMBER?

MISS LARKIN. I TRUST YOU'RE ENJOYING YOURSELF.

OH, VERY MUCH, CAPTAIN, BUT I WAS HOPING

YOU WERE GOING TO ASK ME FOR A DANCE.

NOTHING WOULD SUIT ME MORE.

HOWEVER, I WAS ABOUT TO SUGGEST A WALK IN THE MOONLIGHT.

GOOD.

I'M GLAD YOU AND MY DAUGHTER HIT IT OFF SO WELL, MISS LARKIN.

IT'S EASY TO GET ALONG WITH NANCY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS.

LOVELY NIGHT, ISN'T IT?

AS COMMANDING OFFICER, I ORDERED THAT MOON TO APPEAR.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE ORDERED A LOVELIER MOON.

I HOPE IT STAYS THERE FOREVER.

FOREVER, CAPTAIN? HOW ROMANTIC!

NOT ROMANTIC, WORRIED.

WHEN THAT MOON DISAPPEARS AND THE SUNRISES,

I'M FACED WITH AN INDIAN ATTACK.

IS IT REALLY THAT SERIOUS?

VERY. LAST WAR WITH THE NAVAJOS COST NANCY HER MOTHER.

AND YOU A WIFE.

THE ONLY CONSOLATION I'VE HAD

IS THIS LASTING TRUCE WITH CHIEF PAAKO.

NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT FALL APART.

ISN'T THERE ANY WAY TO APPEASE PAAKO?

YES, IF I CAN HAND OVER THE THREE OUTLAWS

THAT KILLED HIS TRIBESMEN.

I COULDN'T DO THAT, EVEN IF I HAD THEM.

EVEN IF THEY'RE PROVEN GUILTY?

THEIR GUILT MUST BE DECIDED BY A FEDERAL COURT,

NOT AN INDIAN DRUMHEAD.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M BOTHERING YOU WITH MY TROUBLE.

YOU, UH, EXPECT TO BE IN SAN FRANCISCO LONG?

DEPENDS. YOUR GRANDMOTHER?

I LIKE IT HERE.

I MEAN, THE PEOPLE ARE NICE, EVEN YOU, AFTER HOURS.

[ CHUCKLES ] I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LONELY.

SEE, I'VE LIVED WITH RELATIVES ALL MY LIFE,

ALWAYS A MANSION, BUT NEVER A HOME.

WELL, THINGS MAY GROW BETTER SOONER THAN YOU THINK.

MAYBE.

SHALL WE GO BACK?

Macintosh: HEY, SINGALONG, HOW ABOUT GIVING OUT WITH A SONG?

Singalong: I GOT JUST THE SONG YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

♪ HANDY-GUN PETE AND LARIAT LOU AND JITTERY DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ WERE THREE NOTORIOUS OUTLAWS WHO HIT THE RIO GRANDE ♪

♪ HANDY-GUN PETE WAS QUICK ON THE DRAW ♪

♪ LARIAT LOU COULD ROPE ♪

♪ AND LITTLE OL' JITTERY DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ COULD RUN LIKE AN ANTELOPE ♪

♪ AH, YIP, AH, YIP, AH, YIP-EE-I-AY ♪

♪ THERE NEVER WERE THREE COWHANDS ♪

♪ COULD DRAW A GUN OR USE A ROPE OR RUN LIKE DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ NOW, THESE THREE FELLAS WOULD ROB THE COACH ♪

♪ AND HOLD UP THE RAILROAD TRAIN ♪

♪ BUT LITTLE OL' JITTERY DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ NEVER GOT ONE-THIRD OF THE GAME ♪

♪ DEER-FOOT DAN, HE NEVER GRIPED NO MATTER HOW HE WOULD HOPE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE PETE WAS HANDY WITH A GUN ♪

♪ AND LOU WAS MEAN WITH A ROPE ♪

♪ AH, YIP, AH, YIP, AH, YIP-EE-I-AY ♪

♪ THERE NEVER WERE THREE COWHANDS ♪

♪ COULD DRAW A GUN OR USE A ROPE OR RUN LIKE DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ REWARDS WAS POSTED ON EVERY TREE ♪

♪ THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN LAND ♪

$5,000 FOR LOU AND PETE, AND ONE FOR DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

NOW, THIS GOT POOR OL' DAN SO MAD

HE SAID, "I'LL SHOW THEM SNAKES

♪ THERE AIN'T ENOUGH MONEY ON MY HEAD FOR ALL WORK IT TAKES" ♪

♪ AH, YIP, AH, YIP, AH, YIP-EE-I-AY ♪

♪ THERE NEVER WERE THREE COWHANDS ♪

♪ COULD DRAW A GUN OR USE A ROPE OR RUN LIKE DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ SO WHEN THEY NEXT HELD UP A TRAIN ♪

♪ THE POSSE GOT THERE, TOO ♪

♪ SHOT THEIR HORSES WHILE THEY RAN ♪

♪ SO ON THEIR FEET, THEY FLEW ♪

♪ HANDY-GUN PETE AND LARIAT LOU WERE KILLED BY GUN AND ROPE ♪

♪ BUT JITTERY DAN IS RUNNING STILL JUST LIKE AN ANTELOPE ♪

♪ AH, YIP, AH, YIP, AH, YIP-EE-I-AY ♪

♪ THERE NEVER WERE THREE COWHANDS ♪

♪ COULD DRAW A GUN OR USE A ROPE OR RUN LIKE DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

♪ HANDY-GUN PETE AND LARIAT LOU WERE BURIED RIGHT ON THE SLOPE ♪

♪ ONE STILL HAS AHOLD OF HIS GUN ♪

♪ THE OTHER HAS GOT HIS ROPE ♪

♪ REWARDS RUN HIGH FOR JITTERY DAN, BUT EVERYONE'S LOST HOPE ♪

♪ 'CAUSE THEY ALL KNOW IT AIN'T NO USE TO CHASE AN ANTELOPE ♪

♪ AH, YIP, AH, YIP, AH, YIP-EE-I-AY ♪

♪ THERE NEVER WERE THREE COWHANDS ♪

♪ COULD DRAW A GUN OR USE A ROPE OR RUN LIKE DEER-FOOT DAN ♪

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE AND LAUGHTER ]

ATTENTION, EVERYBODY!

HARDSADDLE HARRY IS GONNA GIVE US HIS IMPERSONATION

OF BUFFALO BILL!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

IMPERSONATION -- BUFFALO BILL.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THAT WAS FINE, HARDSADDLE!

[ LAUGHTER ]

EXCUSE ME.

CAPTAIN DEMPSTER, CAN I SEE YOU FOR A MINUTE?

[ APPLAUSE ]

EXCUSE ME.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, CHOOSE YOUR LADIES

AND SQUARE YOUR SETS!

THOSE ON THE SIDES, CUT IN WHEN YOU WANT TO!

LET'S GO!

♪♪

PLEASE, CAPTAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

OH, NOW TAKE IT EASY, MR. BLACK. HAVE YOUR DRINK FIRST.

CAPTAIN, THE MAN WHO HELD US UP IS HERE.

[ CHUCKLES ] MR. BLACK, YOU BETTER TAKE ANOTHER PILL.

YOU'RE LETTING YOUR IMAGINATION RUN AWAY WITH YOU.

IT'S NOT MY IMAGINATION. I'M POSITIVE.

THERE HE IS, RIGHT THERE, DANCING WITH MISS LARKIN.

WHY, THAT'S MR. MURRAY.

HE'S A CATTLEMAN. HE'S A RANCHER.

YES, AND HE'S ALSO A THIEF AND A MURDERER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I RECOGNIZED HIM BY HIS LAUGH.

I'LL REMEMBER THAT BLOODTHIRSTY LAUGH

UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

THANK YOU, MR. BLACK.

DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY ABOUT THIS.

WHY, CAPTAIN, WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

PLEASURE'S ALL MINE.

♪ STAY UP RIGHT BACK AND WATCH 'EM GRIN ♪

♪ AN ELBOW HOOK AND SWING 'EM AGAIN ♪

♪ ALL AROUND YOUR LEFT HAND, LADY ♪

♪ A SEESAW YOUR PRETTY, LITTLE DOLL ♪

♪ AND THE CORNER GAL WITH THE TWO-HAND SWING ♪

♪ AND NOW YOUR HONEY WITH THE SAME, OL' THING ♪

♪ SWING TWO COUPLES FORWARD AND BACK ♪

♪ HEADS SHUFFLE, LADIES CHANGE ♪

♪ SIDE LADIES DO THE SAME ♪

WHAT WAS DEMPSTER TALKING TO YOU ABOUT?

DON'T BE SO INQUISITIVE.

I WANT TO KNOW.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, JEALOUS?

♪ SWING THAT GENT ACROSS HISSELF ♪

♪ NOW HURRY UP, GAL, YOU'RE NOT THROUGH YET ♪

♪ STEP RIGHT BACK AND WATCH HIM SMILE ♪

♪ STEP RIGHT UP AND SWING HIM A WHILE ♪

♪ STEP RIGHT BACK AND WATCH HIM GRIN ♪

♪ ELBOW HOOK AND SWING HIM AGAIN ♪

♪ ALL AROUND YOUR LEFT HAND, LADY ♪

♪ SEESAW YOUR PRETTY, LITTLE DOLL ♪

♪ AND THE CORNER GAL WITH A TWO-HAND SWING ♪

♪ AND NOW YOUR HONEY WITH THE SAME, OLD THING ♪

♪ YOU SWING 'EM HIGH AND SWING 'EM LOW ♪

♪ AND AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND YOU GO ♪

♪ NOW THE MEN LEFT WITH THE OLD ONE ♪

♪ AND A RIGHT TO YOUR HONEY BY THE LEFT HAND ♪

♪ RIGHT AND LEFT ALL AROUND THAT THING ♪

♪ AND A HAND OF A HAND DO A LITTLE THING ♪

♪ NOW MEET YOUR HONEY AND PROMENADE ♪

♪ AND YOU TAKE A LITTLE WALK TILL YOU GET STRAIGHT ♪

♪ YOU PROMENADE ♪

WE MEET AGAIN, CAPTAIN.

YOU AND MR. MURRAY SEEM TO BE GETTING ALONG NICELY.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK SO?

DID YOU EVER SEE HIM BEFORE?

YES. WHERE?

TONIGHT AT THE SUPPER TABLE.

ARE YOU QUITE SURE TH--

CAPTAIN, MR. MURRAY'S A KIND OF MAN

A WOMAN WOULD NEVER FORGET.

DID YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE MAN WHO HELD YOU UP?

♪ SWING THAT LADY OFF THE GROUND ♪

♪ LIFT THAT LITTLE PEACH OFF THE GROUND ♪

♪ SWING 'EM HIGH AND SWING 'EM LOW ♪

♪ AND KEEP ON SWINGIN' THAT CALICO ♪

HERE, LORABELLE. YOU DROPPED THESE.

I'LL TAKE THEM, HONEY.

I'LL TAKE THEM.

NOW, CAPTAIN, SEE THAT THOSE GATES ARE OPEN, PRONTO.

PUT THAT CHILD DOWN, VAUGHN.

I'LL PUT HER DOWN WHEN I'M FREE AND CLEAR OF THIS FORT.

I SAID I WANT THOSE GATES OPEN. GET MOVING, LORABELLE.

I'M NOT GOING.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, LOST YOUR NERVE?

NO, MY TASTE.

[ CHUCKLES ] SUITS ME FINE. THREE'S A CROWD.

NOBODY GET BEHIND ME.

I SAID, "NOBODY." NOW GET BACK.

THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE, EXCEPT YOU, CAPTAIN.

YOU'RE COMING WITH ME.

WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE, GIVE THAT ORDER ABOUT THE GATE.

NOW, START MOVING.

THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.

NOW, CAPTAIN, GIVE THAT ORDER ABOUT THAT GATE,

AND MAKE IT REAL LOUD.

OPEN THE GATES!

NANCY!

NANCY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?!

[ Crying ] DADDY!

NOW, NOW. NOW, NOW.

YOU WERE VERY BRAVE.

IS SHE ALL RIGHT, CAPTAIN?

SERGEANT, LOCK HER UP. YES, SIR

♪♪

Singalong: ♪ HE KEPT RIDING ALL NIGHT THROUGH ♪

♪ TILL THE MORNING CAME IN DEW ♪

♪ THEN APPROACHED THE RENDEZVOUS TO MEET HIS MEN ♪

♪ THEY WERE HAPPY AS COULD BE ♪

♪ FOR WITH VAUGHN BACK, THEY WERE THREE ♪

♪ AND THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE FREE TO ROB AGAIN ♪

♪ THEY BEGAN TO COVER GROUND, AND THEN SUDDENLY, THEY FOUND

♪ THERE WERE REDSKINS ALL AROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ ALL THEIR GUILTY EYES COULD SEE ♪

♪ WAS THE WOUNDED BRAVE AS HE ♪

♪ RECOGNIZED THE WICKED THREE AND TOLD HIS CHIEF ♪

♪ BUT THEY KEPT ON RIDING THROUGH ♪

♪ SAW MORE NAVAJOS AND KNEW ♪

♪ THAT DEATH WAS RIDING THROUGH AND TIME WAS BRIEF ♪

♪ THERE WERE INJUNS TO THE LEFT ♪

♪ THERE WERE INJUNS TO THE RIGHT ♪

♪ AND THE BANDITS KNEW THEY WERE NOT FOR SPORT ♪

♪ NOW NO MATTER WHERE THEY VEERED, OTHER NAVAJOS APPEARED ♪

♪ THEY WERE TRAPPED, AND SO THEY STEERED BACK TO THE FORT ♪

OPEN THE GATE.

COME HERE, MR. VAUGHN.

SERGEANT, LOCK THEM UP.

ALL RIGHT, PICK THEM UP!

SIR, CHIEF PAAKO BEARING A FLAG OF TRUCE

IS OUTSIDE THE FORT.

A FLAG OF TRUCE? YES, SIR.

THERE'S STILL HOPE. LET'S SEE WHAT HE WANTS.

YOU STAY HERE, LIEUTENANT.

CHIEF PAAKO, IF YOU COME IN PEACE, I WELCOME YOU.

WE COME FOR THE BAD WHITE MEN WHO HARMED MY PEOPLE.

YOU GIVE THEM TO ME, I GO IN PEACE.

I WELCOME YOUR AID, CHIEF PAAKO.

YOU AND YOUR TRIBE CAN BE WITNESSES AGAINST THEM

WHEN THEY'RE TRIED.

WE REFUSE TO WAIT FOR WHITE MAN'S JUSTICE.

ANGER DIES AS TIME GOES BY.

WHEN SHADOW OF SPEAR MOVE WEST TO EAST,

MY PATIENCE WILL HAVE BEEN ENDED.

IF, BY THAT TIME, YOU DO NOT RETURN THE GUILTY ONES TO ME,

WE SHALL ATTACK.

I'M IN FAVOR OF TURNING THEM OVER.

IT'S A CHEAP ENOUGH PRICE FOR PEACE.

YOU READY TO RESIGN YOUR COMMISSION?

BUT WE'RE TERRIBLY OUTNUMBERED.

THAT'S THE TOUGH PART OF BEING A SOLDIER.

TALKING WON'T DO US ANY GOOD NOW.

IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES, THEY'LL ATTACK.

CAPTAIN, WE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER MISTAKE.

ANOTHER MISTAKE, LIEUTENANT? I THINK IT WAS A MISTAKE

TO ALLOW THE COACH TO LEAVE THE FORT UNPROTECTED.

ANY FURTHER ORDERS, CAPTAIN?

YES, SERGEANT. EMPTY THE ARSENAL.

PASS OUT ALL THE AMMUNITION.

HAVE JAMORA GET THROUGH TO FORT MERCED FOR REINFORCEMENTS.

IF ANYBODY CAN GET THROUGH THE NAVAJOS, HE CAN.

YES, SIR.

CAPTAIN, THE LIVES OF OUR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

MEAN MORE THAN THE VAUGHN GANG.

OF COURSE, THEY DO.

BUT WE HAVE A SWORN DUTY TO PRESERVE LAW AND ORDER.

AS LONG AS I'M IN COMMAND, WE'LL DO IT MY WAY.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW IF WE ALL AREN'T MASSACRED,

I INTEND TO VOICE MY --

LIEUTENANT, YOU'RE UNDER ORDERS.

PUT ALL THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL HOUSE.

AND THE WOMEN?

THEY CAN RELOAD THE RIFLES AND CARE FOR THE WOUNDED.

YES, SIR.

ONE THING MORE, LIEUTENANT.

BRING THE PRISONERS TO ME. THEY STARTED THIS THING.

NOW, LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN HELP TO FINISH IT.

YES, SIR.

I WANT YOU TO HELP CARE FOR THE WOUNDED.

I'LL BE GLAD TO. YOU SHOULD BE.

CAPTAIN. I KNOW, YOU'RE SORRY.

YOU KEEP SAYING THAT, AND I KEEP BELIEVING YOU.

I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE ME.

TELL THAT TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?

FOLLOW ME.

COME ON, NOW. HURRY UP. BE GOOD, CHILDREN.

♪♪

Singalong: ♪ THERE WERE REDSKINS ALL ABOUT, AND WE NEEDED HELP, NO DOUBT ♪

♪ SO THE SERGEANT SENT A SCOUT TO FORT MERCED ♪

♪ WE WERE HOPING HE'D GET THROUGH ♪

♪ BY A SECRET WAY HE KNEW ♪

♪ BUT A REDSKIN CAME IN VIEW AND SHOT HIM DEAD ♪

♪ HAD THEY HEARD THE RIFLE BOOM ♪

♪ WOULD'VE FILLED THEIR HEARTS WITH GLOOM ♪

♪ FOR THAT BULLET SEALED THEIR DOOM ON SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ IN THE SKY, THE MORNING SUN'S OUT ♪

♪ AS EACH ABLE SOLDIER RUNS OUT ♪

♪ AND THE SERGEANT PASSES GUNS OUT TO EACH MAN ♪

♪ SINCE THE CADRE'S KINDA SHORT NOW ♪

♪ THE CIVILIANS LEND SUPPORT NOW ♪

♪ THEY MUST HELP TO HOLD THE FORT NOW, IF THEY CAN ♪

♪ IT'S A TICKLISH PROPOSITION ♪

♪ WHEN YOU'RE SHORT ON AMMUNITION ♪

♪ AND YOUR FOE IS IN POSITION EVERYWHERE ♪

♪ A SOLDIER FEARS TO MENTION THAT MOMENT OF SUSPENSION ♪

♪ WHEN HE FEELS THE MOUNTAIN TENSION IN THE AIR ♪

♪ NOW THE SHADOW MOVES IN VIEW ♪

♪ AND THE REDSKINS WATCH IT, TOO ♪

♪ AS WE WATCH THE SHADOW MOVE, WE HOLD OUR BREATH ♪

♪ AS THE INDIANS WATCH AND WAIT, WE ALL CONTEMPLATE OUR FATE ♪

♪ CAN THE SHADOW BE A HARBINGER OF DEATH? ♪

♪ WITH YOUR RIFLE PRIMED, YOU LAY TO ♪

♪ AS THE SHADOW MOVES, YOU PRAY TO ♪

♪ HOW YOU WISH THERE WERE A WAY TO MOVE IT BACK ♪

♪ NOW, IT SEEMS THE SHADOW'S FLYING ♪

♪ COMES THE MOMENT NOW FOR DYING ♪

♪ AND YOU HEAR CHIEF PAAKO CRYING "TO ATTACK" ♪

[ MEN WHOOPING ]

THEY'RE COMING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

WELL, WE'RE WEAK, BUT WE'VE SHOWN SOME STRENGTH.

I NEED SIX VOLUNTEERS TO GO OUTSIDE THE FORT

AND FORM A PERIMETER OF DEFENSE.

I'LL GO, SIR.

OH, HARDSADDLE, NOT YOU.

WHO'D YOU EXPECT, GENERAL CUSTER?

I'D LIKE TO GO, TOO, SIR.

JUST A MINUTE, LIEUTENANT. YOU THREE ARE VOLUNTEERING, TOO.

ANYBODY GOING OUT THERE BE COMMITTING SUICIDE.

WELL, THAT'S MURDER.

THEN YOU OUGHT TO FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.

GIVE THEM SOME GUNS, AND GET THEM OUT OF HERE.

GOOD LUCK, LIEUTENANT.

I'LL SHOOT THE FIRST MAN WHO TRIES TO MAKE A BREAK.

HOLD IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHEN.

[ MEN WHOOPING ]

WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE CLOSE.

WE GOT TO MAKE EVERY BULLET COUNT.

FIRE!

WHY, THERE'S SO MANY INDIANS,

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO SHOOT FIRST.

WELL, SHOOT THE CLOSEST ONE TO YOU.

OKAY, HERE GOES.

DID YOU GET HIM? YEP.

WHERE?

IT'LL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CAN RIDE AGAIN.

THEY'RE TRYING TO SURROUND US!

SEND SOME MORE MEN TO THE REAR AND HEAD THEM OFF!

WE'VE HARDLY ENOUGH MEN TO HOLD DOWN THIS SECTION!

DO THE BEST YOU CAN! YES, SIR.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES, IT'S NOTHING SERIOUS.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN WHILE I DRESS THIS.

YES.

THE CHILDREN ARE SAFE, CAPTAIN.

I SAW WHAT YOU DID, MISS LARKIN.

THAT WAS QUICK THINKING. THANKS.

YOU BETTER GET BACK TO YOUR MEN. I'LL LOOK AFTER THE CHILDREN.

Singalong: ♪ YES, THE REDSKIN MADE HIS KILL ♪

♪ AND HE CRIED OUT LOUD AND SHRILL ♪

♪ TO HIS TRIBESMEN ON THE HILL, AND THEN WE SAW ♪

♪ THAT THE INDIAN WAITING THERE SHOT A SIGNAL IN THE AIR ♪

♪ AND WHEN PAAKO SAW THE FLARE, HE CRIED "WITHDRAW" ♪

CEASE FIRING!

[ MEN WHOOPING ]

♪ THEY HADN'T BEEN DEFEATED, YET THE NAVAJOS RETREATED ♪

♪ AND THE TALE IS OFT REPEATED TO THIS DAY ♪

♪ WHEN THE BANDITS LIVES ARE ENDED ♪

♪ JUST AS PAAKO HAD INTENDED ♪

♪ ALL THE REDSKINS, PROUD AND SPLENDID, RODE AWAY ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AS THE REDSKINS RODE AROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

Macintosh: LIEUTENANT MORGAN TO SEE YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. AND, UH, BRING MISS LARKIN HERE, WILL YOU?

YES, SIR. CASUALTY LIST, SIR.

ALL THE WOUNDED ARE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

AH, WELL, COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

LIEUTENANT, YOU CAN MAKE ANY REPORT YOU LIKE.

I'LL SEND IT THROUGH.

WELL, I, UH... I CHANGED MY MIND, CAPTAIN.

PERHAPS THINGS WORKED OUT FOR THE BEST.

AS YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCREASE,

YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE QUICK DECISIONS, TOO.

IF YOU'RE LUCKY, A FEW OF THEM WILL BE GOOD ONES.

YES, SIR.

WELL, WHERE'S MISS LARKIN?

UH, SHE WON'T COME, SIR.

WHAT THE BLUE BLAZES? WHY WON'T SHE?

WELL, SHE'S IN JAIL. JAIL?!

I SPECIFICALLY GAVE THE ORDER TO RELEASE HER.

WELL, I KNOW YOU DID, SIR,

BUT SHE WALKED RIGHT BACK IN THERE AS SOON

AS THE FIGHTING WAS OVER AND WON'T COME OUT.

WHAT?

HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT WOMAN?

ME, I'D RATHER TANGLE WITH THE INDIANS.

NANCY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I TRIED TO SEND HER OUT, BUT SHE WOULDN'T GO.

I WANT TO STAY WITH LORABELLE.

NOW, YOU MAY BE MY COMMANDING OFFICER,

BUT I'M STILL IN CHARGE OF THE FORT.

YOU RUN ALONG WITH THE SERGEANT.

DADDY, PLEASE DON'T SEND LORABELLE AWAY.

NANCY, YOU BETTER DO AS YOUR DADDY SAYS.

I SENT FOR YOU, MISS LARKIN.

THIS CELL ISN'T MY IDEA, CAPTAIN.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE FREE TO GO.

AM I?

WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT NOW I'M SORRY.

I HOPE YOU BELIEVE THAT.

DOES IT MATTER?

I THINK IT DOES.

CHILDREN ARE USUALLY RIGHT ABOUT PEOPLE.

WHAT ABOUT COMMANDING OFFICERS?

THERE'S A WEST-BOUND STAGE LEAVING IN AN HOUR.

YOU THINK YOU CAN BE READY BY THEN?

I'LL BE READY.

♪♪

Singalong: ♪ NOW THE STAGE IS SET TO ROLL ♪

♪ AND AS TOWARD THE COACH, THEY STROLL ♪

♪ THERE ARE FEELINGS TO CONTROL BEFORE THEY PART ♪

♪ NOW SHE KISSES NANCY'S CHEEK, BUT THE CAPTAIN CANNOT SPEAK ♪

♪ FOR THE STRONGEST MEN TURN WEAK WHEN RULED BY HEART ♪

♪ THEY HAD EVENED UP THE SCORE ♪

♪ THEN THE SOLDIER CLOSED THE DOOR ♪

♪ FOR THE STAGE MUST RIDE ONCE MORE DOWN SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ NANCY WAVED TO LORABELLE, AND HER HEART BEGAN TO SWELL ♪

♪ WHEN THE CAPTAIN WAVED FAREWELL, AND SHE KNEW THEN ♪

♪ THAT FROM NOW ON COME WHAT MAY ♪

♪ SHE WOULD LIVE THE RIGHTEOUS WAY ♪

♪ AND SHE HOPED, PERHAPS, SOME DAY THEY'D MEET AGAIN ♪

♪ YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THE HOOFBEATS ON THE GROUND ♪

♪ AND THE WHEELS AS THEY WENT ROUND THE SLAUGHTER TRAIL ♪

♪ AND SO OUR STORY ENNNDS ♪

♪ THANKS FOR LISTENING, MY FRIENNNDS ♪

♪ AT LAST, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF SLAUGHTER TRAIIIL ♪