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From the archives of the United States

Cavalry, the true stories of Colonel

Reynold McKenzie and the cavalrymen he

led. McKenzie's raiders. His secret

orders from the president of the United

States. Clean up the Southwest. Make it

a fit place for Americans to live. Wipe

out the renegades, outlaws, and

murderers. If necessary, cross the Rio

Grand knowing capture means hanging by

the enemy. Discovery court marshal by

the United States Army.

May 1875,

the rugged country bordering Fort Clark.

Though many Indians had found peace on

the reservations, there were those who

worked and planned for a return to the

days of violence.

Only the presence of Colonel McKenzie

and his fourth cavalry kept this

violence in check. But one Indian,

Yellow Wolf, had a plan to destroy this

peace. And along with it, McKenzie's

hope to educate the Indian to a better

way of life.

You've ridden beyond the limits of the

reservation. Yellow Wolf, you got a

reason.

>> The Indians may no longer ride over the

land of their forefathers.

>> You know the regulation?

>> Yes. And what are we to do on the

reservation? Move stones from one place

to another. Dig holes one day and fill

them up the next. It's your own fault.

You didn't do anything to better

yourself when you had the chance. Now,

if you've been willing to accept an

education, go away to school like Joe

Tanganger. Well, Joe Tanganger.

>> Well, his people grly buries himself in

books.

>> I know how you feel about Joe trying to

better himself. So, I'm warning you,

Yellow Wolf. If you make any trouble for

Joe when he comes home, any at all,

you'll regret it. Understand? The

Colonel will make it his business to see

what you do.

>> We will make no trouble for him,

Sergeant. We will not need to.

>> What do you mean?

>> I mean that you people will do it for us

as soon as Joe returns with his new

education and with his new clothes and

seeks to find a place for himself in

your world.

Aided and encouraged by Colonel

McKenzie. Joseph Topanga was the first

member of his tribe to receive an

education.

Well, I'll be dog gone. An engine in an

iron hat. Oh, now I've seen everything.

>> Please, will you tell Colonel McKenzie

that Mr. Joseph Tango would like to see

him?

>> Mr. Huh? Mr. Tupanga.

>> Sure, I'll tell him. The old man always

likes a good joke.

>> Hey, wait a minute. Where you going? The

old man's in my way.

Yeah. What's going on out here? Who is

this?

>> No one, sir. I I mean nothing, sir.

Well, it's Joe Depanga.

Joe, you're looking great. I couldn't be

happier to see you. Come on in. Come on.

and I want to hear all about what's

happened to you.

I want to speak to you later, Corporal.

That's about it, Colonel. It was a

wonderful experience.

>> You made a great record, Joe. I've had

nothing but glowing reports from the

school.

>> Was your doing, Colonel. Your letters,

they were a constant encouragement to

me.

>> Nonsense. Nonsense.

Well, how long are you going to be here

with us? A few weeks at least, I hope.

>> How long?

Well,

this is my home, Colonel. These are my

people. I'm staying here. That's what I

hoped you'd say, Joe. Your people need

you here. They need men of their own

race to lead the way, to set them an

example, to show them how to adjust to a

different society.

Not going to be easy, though.

You're going to run into a lot of

prejudice, Joe. You might even have

trouble finding the kind of job you

want.

>> But I thought Well, I mean, I hope that

you would

>> Uh-huh.

Well, I do have a few small civilian

jobs under my jurisdiction. Nothing

important, of course. Anything at the

executive level is handled by my

officers.

>> But it doesn't have to be anything

important, sir. Just anything at all to

give me a

Joe, listen to me. Of

>> course, Colonel.

The jobs that I do have are already

filled by married men, men with

families. Those men are doing a good

job. There's no reason to fire them now.

Until circumstances change, Joe,

it's all right, sir.

I know you'd give me a job if you could.

We'll find something for you, Joe.

Perhaps at the Indian Agency. Believe

me, Joe, your success is as important to

me as it is to you.

>> I know

>> you're going to find, Joe, that there

are lots of people, some of them in high

places that don't believe in Indian

education, that are against anyone who's

fought for it as I have. So, if you

should get discouraged, if you should

Well,

>> I won't, sir. I'd never let you down.

All right,

let's go over and see Mr. Fleming at the

Indian office. We may be able to settle

this thing right now.

What a fine man our old friend has

become. His learning will be worthless

to him here and his fine clothes also.

Soon he will pick berries in his hat and

forget that he ever wore it.

>> Tell me, Topanga, did you learn in your

school how to get back what these

soldiers have taken from us?

>> All right, Joe Tanganger,

let's go in and see Mr. Fleming.

Hello, Wolf. Let me say one thing. Don't

buy trouble you'll regret.

Mighty glad to have you with us, Tango.

I'm great believer in education myself.

Nothing like good education, I always

say. Of course, can't take less

practical experience. But when you put

the two together, it

>> Well, young fella,

>> Mr. Fleming, I'm glad you feel the way

you do about getting an education. I

mean, now what?

>> Now you've had all the hot air you want

to listen to. You need some grub and a

place to flop. Is that it? Well, you go

over and tell the man at the

>> conversation. What I really want is a

job.

>> Oh, want to pick up some pocket money,

huh? Well, all right. There's plenty of

little chores around here you can do.

You know, I like this young fellow,

Colonel. Most of these engines are too

lazy to draw their own breath.

>> Joe.

Joe, why don't you step outside for a

minute while I talk to Mr. Fleming?

Maybe I better do that.

He's a strange one, ain't he?

Acts like I rubbed him the wrong way.

Mr. Fleming

Joe Topanga is an educated young man. He

got that education in order to qualify

himself for more important jobs. Not

just being a chore boy for pocket money.

He wants the kind of thing that you or I

might have been interested in at his

age.

>> But he's an engine. He wouldn't be

interested in the same things we are.

>> Why wouldn't he?

Joe Tobanga is qualified for the kind of

jobs that you have available. And as an

Indian agent, you're the logical man to

give him one. Would you do it?

>> Well, yeah. Well, I I don't know about

that, Colonel. It just don't seem quite

right somehow.

Suppose you let me think on it till

morning, Colonel.

>> All right. Why don't you do that? And

please remember that Joe Tanga

represents only one phase of a very big

problem. More schooling for Indians

depends largely on how he makes out.

>> Well, I'll drop in at your office

tomorrow morning, Colonel. Got some

business to take care of in town anyway.

>> I'd like very much to borrow some of

your new books, Mr. Tanga. Do you happen

to have one?

>> Just a minute, Dad.

>> This minute. Get inside right now.

I said I'd think it over and I have

thought it over. Educated engine means

nothing but trouble.

>> Just because he was courteous to your

daughter.

>> That's got nothing to do with it. Just

made me feel more the same way I always

did.

>> You're his last chance, Mr. Fleming.

>> He gets nothing from me. No more than

I'd give any other engine.

It's

>> all right. I think you're making a

mistake.

>> If I am, I'll pay for it.

>> Yes, you probably will, Mr. Flinting.

You probably will.

Now,

now we can use him.

Yellow Wolf had shrewdly guessed that

the answer to his plan was Joseph

Topanga's mounting frustration.

Now that Topanga had rebelled, Yellow

Wolf proceeded to put his plan into

action.

What are you doing here? What's the

meaning of this?

>> We came to demand the right to work our

own ground. We want our own plots of

land to grow our own food.

There are no decent jobs here for us.

>> Get out of here all of you.

>> If you will not give us land, then give

us money. Open the iron box. Oh,

>> you thievening skunk.

You didn't want land,

only the money.

And you killed him for it.

You were as guilty as I.

At least in her eyes, you are.

She was at the window.

Now you can open the iron box.

Well, when McKenzie returns, he will

find another dead man here. You, a

murderer, killed by my honest friends

and I when you tried to escape.

I can't.

I wouldn't if I could, but I can't.

>> What now, Yellow Wolf? How are we

supposed to survive without money?

We will make raids into this country as

other outlaw bands have done. Come.

And I

I am to go with you. I suppose

if you refuse, you will hang. The girl

will be back with soldiers.

Are you coming to Panga?

Angie, come on. Chill up.

Come on, man.

Listen to me, Angie.

It's not as bad as you think. I'm sure

it's not as bad as you think. Why don't

you go with the corporal? Huh? You go

with him and he'll show you a place

where you can lie down and rest. I'll

get back to you just as soon as I can.

Now, try not to worry. Huh? Let's go.

Good girl. Good girl. Now,

Sergeant, come here.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Have the doctor meet me at the gates in

5 minutes.

>> Yes, sir.

>> And Sergeant,

alert the raiders to stand by.

Yes, sir.

Raider, stand by.

Raiders, standby.

Stand by. Raider.

And you're sure Joe Topanga was with

Yellow Wolf? I am.

>> I'm not positive, but I think Joe

Topanga tried to stop Yellow Wolf.

I I don't quite know how to say this,

Colonel, but I feel responsible.

This might not have happened if I'd been

willing to help Joe.

>> Ah, but he's an Indian, remember?

>> I'm sorry, sir. I'm sorry. That wasn't

fair. That's more than fair.

I deserve more than that.

I want to tell you something, Colonel,

about why I treated Joe the way I did.

Why I was so touchy about my daughter?

A kind of a cover up, a denial of

something.

I'm part engine myself. I suspected as

much, Mr. Fleming. You were ashamed of

it. You were afraid it would hold you

back.

>> Didn't need to be that way at all.

Something to be proud of.

Well, being an engine can make you act

the way Joe Topanga did. Only one thing

can make you act like that. Being a man.

>> Well, I'll keep in touch with you, Mr.

Fing.

>> Well, Colonel McKenzie,

>> Angie,

>> about Joe, will he be all right?

>> I can't promise, Angie. Joe's a fugitive

now. He's a member of a criminal band.

>> But he's not like the others. He

couldn't do anything wrong.

>> Perhaps not. But the men with him have

and will again. Joe's going to be under

great pressure to do the same.

>> Oh, I do hope you can help him, Colonel.

You see, I I like Joe very much.

>> Let's just hope that Joe hasn't put

himself beyond help.

Anyway, Angie, I promise you I'll do

everything I can.

You relieve Chapor.

Get more wood for the fire.

I'm wondering something, Yellow Wolf.

If these men are such good friends of

yours, why do you boss them around so

much?

Why don't you ever do any work yourself?

>> I do work much harder than they

constantly. I'm thinking, planning for

all of us.

You will realize this once we get across

the river.

>> They would be no worse off if you

planned against them.

You've made them into hunted men, unable

to live here in their own country.

>> I've put them on a path of riches and a

life of ease. Meanwhile, I've led them

to safety.

>> What makes you so sure they are safe?

How do you know McKenzie won't follow

you here?

>> You'd best give up, Tangera.

You cannot make trouble between me and

my friends. Once we get across the

river, we will be safe forever from

McKenzie.

>> McKenzie and five men less than a mile

away. We ought to make a run for it. To

the river. That would be good.

>> We will find a better place to fight.

Come.

Wow.

They've eaten, it would appear. Probably

rested, too. That means they can go a

long time before they have to stop

again.

>> Wonder why they didn't stand and make a

fight, sir. They had good cover for an

ambush.

>> I hope it's because Joe is urging them

to run, hoping they won't fire on us.

>> What if he helps him escape?

>> No, he's helping us in the only way he

knows how. All right, let's push on.

This is where we make a stand. You run

no more. We won't fight.

>> But you said we would be safe once we

cross the river. We will fight.

>> Is this not a good position to defend

ourselves?

>> We would only be killed. We should go

back and face the wrong we did.

>> You coward. You whining papoose. We

shall give you some pap to eat. If

>> you will not surrender, then we must

run.

>> You have us run not to save ourselves,

but to protect your friend, McKenzie.

>> You lie. What I do is for the good of

all.

>> You are no better than the soldiers who

follow us. You will die.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Just nicked you. Seems to be all right.

>> Yes, sir. Thanks to Jod Panga.

>> What do you mean?

>> He saved my life. I swear he did.

He'll be killed if we don't get him out

of there. If that happens, we can forget

any plans we have for educating more

Indians.

You rest easy here.

Hold your fire, Sergeant. Joe Tanga is

pinned down right in our line of fire.

>> I was trying to pick off Yellow Wolf,

sir.

>> You can't do it with Joe where he is.

You and the rest of the men pick out

those Indians. I'll took care of you on

a wolf myself.

>> Yes, sir.

Take it easy, Joe. Take it easy.

There you are. You're all right.

>> Yes, Carl. Yes.

You don't have anything to worry about,

Joe. Just take my word for it. Things

are all right and they're going to be

even better.

Come on, let's go.

Will you tell Colonel McKenzie that Mr.

Tanga is here?

>> Sure, Joe. Go right on in. The colonel's

expecting him.

>> Thank you.

>> Hello, Joe Tanganger. It's good to see

you. How does it feel to be a man of

responsibility? It feels good, sir.

>> I'm sure it does.

I understand we have an engagement for

dinner with Angie Fleming and her

father.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Joe, uh,

take good care of this one.

It's a proper hat for Mr. Fleming's new

assistant.

>> Thank you, Colonel.

>> Shall we go?

McKenzie's raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States. Do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest. Make it a decent place for

people to live. Ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the blazing pages

of History in the Making

Heat. Heat.

From the archives of the United States

Cavalry. The true stories of Colonel

Randold McKenzie and the cavalrymen he

led. McKenzie's raiders. his secret

orders from the president of the United

States. Clean up the Southwest. Make it

a fit place for Americans to live. Wipe

out the renegades, outlaws, and

murderers. If necessary, cross the Rio

Grand, knowing capture means hanging by

the enemy. Discovery court marshal by

the United States Army.

August 9th, 1874. Southwest Texas caught

in the grip of a devastating drought. A

dry land in a dry season. Without water,

without the promise of any.

>> Isn't there something we can do to

persuade them to stay, Colonel?

>> Yes, Lieutenant.

Get them watered.

Somehow find them some water.

Colonel McKenzie and his fourth cavalry

had fought hard to make the area safe

for settlers. But without water, he

would soon be protecting a wasteland.

One source of water fed by an

underground river could solve the plight

of the cattleman. But the water was

owned by Edward Bodin, and it was to him

the hardpressed cattleman came. His term

spelled war.

Whitfield's riding up.

>> Whitfield.

>> Stay tuned.

This is the the big one, isn't it, Mr.

Bodin?

>> The big one.

Come in.

Hello, Ed.

It's been a long time.

>> Whitfield, what brings you here?

>> Well, me and the other cattleman from

Twin Forks. We're out of water.

>> You representing them?

sort of. No sense in all of us coming up

here to talk about the same thing.

>> Twin fourths,

the richest spreads in the territory.

How does it feel coming to one who

hasn't made it?

>> Ed.

Ed, you and I came out here together 20

years ago.

I never stood in your way. Got a little

luckier perhaps

>> until now. You've talked to the others.

You know my terms.

And it is true

even to me and to a man who's who's been

your best friend who introduced you to

your wife.

>> Aren't you thinking of yourself right

now? Not the others. Just yourself.

Well, I'm doing the same thing. Thinking

of me, not you.

>> You switched the words anyway you

please, Ed. I'm thinking of one thing.

Water for my cattle. How far are you

going to go to get back what you lost?

>> Get to your point, Whitfield.

We need water. We'll gladly pay you a

reasonable fee.

>> Half the head that waters on my land.

You don't like my terms? Don't waste my

time.

>> I'll not see my herd die of thirst.

>> You don't have to. Sell out to me.

Sell out.

Well, you failed all the way down the

line. Don't try to cut me off. You know

what I mean. Look, shutting out the

world is one thing. Do you think I'd

sell out to you or anybody else? I've

been here 20 years. Come December, I'll

be here another 20 if I have to ride

over you and your men to get to that

water.

>> Is that what the rest of your group is

saying?

>> I told you I represent them.

>> You're not meeting my terms.

>> Never.

>> Then you better get going. This is

private property.

I'll see you dead before I see another

head of my herd drop.

Swanson's come to terms.

Make sure you count his heard good. Pick

the best heads.

And Turley,

if anyone tries to get to that water,

anyone,

you tell the men to shoot them,

Lieutenant.

Lieutenant, did you follow up on this?

>> Yes, sir. Effective immediately, each

man's water ration is down to one and a

half pints a day and one pan per

barracks.

>> Right. Cut the man on patrol, too.

>> Yes, sir.

>> On show, Mr. Whitfield.

>> Yes,

>> Mr. Whitfield.

>> Morning, Colonel.

>> Hello, Sam. Good of you to come.

>> Thank you.

>> Sit down.

Well, Sam,

how's your water supply holding up? It

isn't. We're all dry.

What are you going to do about Ed Bodin?

>> I don't know. I was in hopes you could

talk some sense into him.

>> I saw him yesterday. I'm just another

cattleman who needs water.

>> Even you, huh?

>> He wants half the herd. I told him we'd

give him a reasonable fee.

I won't ask him again. Now, wait a

minute, Sam. You wait a minute, Colonel.

Look, I've listened to you. I've done my

bit to keep the cattleman in this area.

>> I know you have, Sam. I know you have,

and I appreciate it.

>> That isn't getting water from my herd.

Now, Sam, if you break the law, you know

what my position has got to be.

>> You'd uh turn on your friends, huh?

>> You leave me no choice. One shot and I'd

have a range war on my hands, and that

I'm not going to have. In the meantime,

I watch my herd die while uh Bodí has

the protection of the law.

>> No thanks, Colonel. I've got some ideas

of my own. I'm not going to let 20 years

slide away just because a man forgets

the meaning of the word friend. Now,

wait a minute, Sam. I'll go out and talk

to Bodin myself right now.

>> He won't do any good. Bodin knows how

desperate we are. Why we even tried to

tap that underground river which is off

of his property.

>> Underground river.

Everybody knows that river forks in two

directions. One feeds his property. The

other goes underground east of his

spread. We couldn't tap it because it's

covered with shale.

And it's not on his property.

Underground river. Huh.

Sam, please

let me talk to Bodin just this once

before you do anything.

>> All right. You got it coming.

Thank you, Sam. I'll see you tomorrow.

Thanks again, Sam.

Yeah. A new explosive called dynamite

with 50 times the power of black powder

will be delivered to all commands within

30 days. is dated July 2nd and it's now

August 9th.

>> It hasn't arrived yet. It may be on the

next supply wagon from Fort on the 12th.

>> You can't wait that long. Dynamite may

be exactly what I need to end this

drought.

>> Dynamite?

>> Yeah, I saw a demonstration of it once.

It's tricky stuff.

>> It should be at Fort by now.

>> Send a butt board to Fort

Ride. Have the men tell the general

there that it's an emergency. I need

that dynamite immediately. Yes, sir.

>> I'll be over at Bodin's place.

>> Dynamite.

How do you feel, Ed?

>> How should I feel?

>> I'm not sure.

>> I don't know what brings you here,

Colonel, but I'm glad it saved me a

ride. I want to discuss a little problem

with you.

>> Uh-huh. I thought you were the only man

in this area that didn't have a problem.

Well, I try to take care of them before

they happen. Sit down.

Uh,

I'm afraid of Whitfield and his group

might try to take the law into their own

hands.

>> Oh, what makes you think that?

>> Well, the way he talked yesterday

afternoon.

>> Ed, you know as well as I do, you're

asking for it.

>> Colonel, you run the law. I'll run my

business.

I'm asking you to change your terms, Ed.

Now, that sounds like a threat,

>> Ed. What's gotten into you? What is it?

Letting the settlers use that water of

yours won't cost you a scent.

>> It's as plain as the sun up in the sky.

It's my chance to build a cattle empire,

and it might not come again.

Seems to me we had a drought a few years

back. The settlers used your water then.

>> I was a fool. But you had friends.

>> I don't need friends.

>> Ed,

you think building an empire is going to

bring her back? Now get this into your

head. She stayed with you a long time

after you went sour and started hating

everyone for your own failures. Taking

it out on the settlers now. Building an

empire. That's not going to come close

to bringing her back to you.

>> You've said enough, Mackenzie.

>> No, I haven't.

Ed, the settlers in this area are going

to have that water and within the

confines of the law. Will you just go

and find that law?

I don't have to.

Mr. Whitfield's waiting for you, sir.

Any luck?

>> Nope.

>> So long, Colonel.

>> Now, Sam, you two have been friends for

20 years.

>> That ended just now.

>> Sam.

Sam, you go after Bodin. I'll be

alongside him. I'd hate to see that.

Then why don't you go back to your ranch

and wait?

>> What for? Just to hear those cattle moan

for water?

>> Sam, you've got a big stake in this

area. You break the law and it'll all

come tumbling down around you.

>> And if I don't, same thing happens.

Read that.

So,

do you see the special uses it can be

put to?

>> So, what? Someday they find a new

fangled way to tap water.

>> Not someday, Sam. Not someday. Today. I

intend to end this drought with

dynamite.

>> Can you guarantee it'll work?

>> Let's wait and see.

>> Sorry, Colonel. My cattle are thirsty.

Sam. Sam. Just 24 hours. Give me your

word you won't do anything for just 24

hours.

>> I'll see you 11:00 tomorrow morning.

Lieutenant.

>> Yes, sir. The man left for 2 hours ago.

Get Sergeant Wells in here right away.

>> Yes, sir.

You know about the drought situation.

It's already caused several settlers to

leave this area.

Your orders, Sergeant, are to prevent

any further settlers from leaving.

>> The settlers, sir?

>> Yes, Sergeant. The settlers. But sir,

>> I know, Lieutenant. I know. Could mean

my command, but I've got to risk it. At

least until 11:00 tomorrow morning.

>> How far do I go, sir?

>> Just as far as you have to.

>> Use raiders wherever possible, Sergeant.

Impress on them the reasons for these

extreme measures. Also, impress on them

the the necessity for these orders being

strictly enforced. How many men, sir?

>> As many as you need. I want all routes

of departure sealed off.

There's another danger. War.

A range war. If there isn't water, by

11:00 tomorrow morning, the cattleman

will start moving in on Bodí.

So, I want the bigger ones confined to

their own property. The bigger ones like

Sam Hitfield. Yes, sir.

McKenzie's raiders moved quickly to

prevent the settlers from leaving the

area. The crisis grew as the raiders

moved in to protect Bodin's water and

property. But the raiders hadn't moved

fast enough to contain the cattlemen.

>> Why all the secrecy, Sam? The others

coming.

>> Yeah, they'll be here.

It's about water and the way we're going

to get it.

Once McKenzie had briefed his men on the

new explosive, they climbed the mountain

above Bodin's property to locate the

water source. The ranchers of Twin Forks

would have water or war. Which they

would choose depended upon McKenzie's

ability to tap the underground river

which fed Bodin's pond.

>> All right, men. Let's start digging. Let

me know when you hit shale. One of you

start over there. 7T intervals here,

here, here, and here. Let's go. It'll

>> take us enough to hit water with these

picks. We don't have to go that far.

Only as far as the shale. Then we'll

prepare holes for the dynamite. Five

explosions ought to be enough to release

the water. If it flows down this way,

it'll come in well east of Bodin's

property. What it'll, sir?

>> Twin Forks, I hope. Couldn't be a better

place. All right, men. Keep digging.

Don't let up till you hit the shale.

Colonel Kenzie

Whitfield hasn't been in his ranch since

he left your office.

>> What about the others?

>> I still have them in checking. There's

six ranchers missing besides Whitfield.

>> All right, have your troopers drop

everything. Keep looking for those men.

They've got to organize somewhere. Get

going.

>> But Whitfield gave you 24 hours.

>> He did, and he'll keep his word. But

when the 24 hours are up, he'll be ready

to move.

If that dynamite was at 40 in, our men

ought to be on their way with it by now.

>> I sent our best riders.

>> See if you can pick them up on the

trail. Bring the dynamite directly here.

>> Yes, sir.

>> So, I gave him my word. 24 hours.

>> But Sam, even if Mackenzie's explosive

doesn't work, why do you think Bodin

hired Turley and those others? Because

there are men who are paid to use their

guns.

>> But if we get Bodin, they'll have no

argument with us.

>> Might not work out that way. It could

mean a range war.

>> Maybe. But it's not our choice. We've

got to do something ourselves.

McKenzie's already made it clear where

he stands.

Either we do it or we sit and wait for

our cattle to die.

McKenzie's got very little time left.

This one's ready for dynamite.

Whatever gets here,

keep working.

8:00. Plenty of time to get into

position. In exactly 3 hours and 1

minute, we'll come upon Bodí from the

rear.

Anyone try to stop us?

Use these.

>> Keep working, men.

>> What can I do for you, Mr. Bodin?

>> I want to know what you're doing up

here. Not your property, is it?

>> This is where my water comes from. I got

a right to know.

>> I don't know what you're doing to this

mountain, but I'm warning you. You got

no right to fool with my water supply.

>> I'm fooling with a mountain. You don't

own that, do you?

>> What are you trying to prove?

>> Nothing.

But these people in this area are going

to have water and within the limits of

the law.

>> Colonel, you're bluffing. There's no way

in the world to get to that water

source.

Maybe there is with the use of a new

explosive called dynamite.

>> Dynamite?

Never heard of it. Where is it?

>> It'll be here.

>> Well, you just go right ahead with your

games. I'm not budging an inch.

>> I'm not asking you to. But if this

works, Ed, you're really going to know

how it feels to be alone.

>> You'd be much better off worrying about

Whitfield. If he comes this way, you're

going to have your hands full protecting

me.

The others ready?

>> Yep.

>> Tell him to move up slowly. Stay on the

edge of Bodin's property.

>> Sure. We can surprise him. None of us

are looking forward to a gun battle.

>> It might have to be that way.

20 minutes.

I'll get as close to that house as I

can.

>> Colonel.

>> There he is. Colonel Dynamite.

Midnight somebody.

New way to make rain.

Now it's up to the inventor. Light them

all at once. Ready?

Go ahead, Charlie.

If you're smart, she'll back away. This

is between Bodin and me.

>> You better think twice, Sam.

>> I haven't broken any laws.

>> You've broken more laws than any man

I've ever known.

>> I've never killed.

That's what you're about to do.

>> What about your wife? Your bitterness

gnawed away at her until she she had to

take your kid and leave. Then you

started on yourself until every

breathing moment was filled with hate.

Now you're trying to spread your disease

throughout the whole area, not caring if

your friends go under or or if people

you don't even know die of thirst. And

you say you haven't killed.

>> Why shouldn't I take advantage? Nobody

ever helped me. You got it wrong. You

never let anybody help.

You were too busy with your spite of

other people's success to to even see a

friend or the woman who loved you.

>> So, this is the way we end up.

>> Killing you won't hurt the world a bit.

You already threw the world away.

We got water at farm.

>> Sam. Sam.

>> It's water. Sam. Water. It's not on

Bodí's property.

Hey, I don't know whether it means

anything to you, but you saved my life.

I guess I owe you a favor.

>> I guess you do at that.

And I think I'd like to collect on it,

too.

>> What can I do for you or for anybody

else?

There's a stage leaving for the East

tomorrow. Be on it.

You've got a wife and a child back

there, and I'll bet they're waiting for

you.

>> I hope so.

>> Aron,

I want to thank you. I came mighty close

to doing a foolish thing.

>> No thanks necessary, Sam. When you're

making your prayers though, you might

just thank the Lord that nobody was

killed.

>> Yeah, I will.

I guess we don't have to worry about

Bodin anymore.

>> Well, I'm not too sure. He's on his way

back to Kansas City. I should imagine he

and his family will be coming back out

here and trying to make a fresh start.

I'd like you to give him a break. Sam,

>> me. Give them all.

>> Wait a minute, Sam. Wait a minute. You

know, you came awfully close to being a

killer yourself.

Yeah. Yeah, I did.

All right, Colonel. I'll try. That's all

I ask. Thanks again, Sam.

McKenzie's raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States. Do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest. Make it a decent place for

people to live. Ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the blazing pages

of history in the making.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat.

From the archives of the United States

Cavalry, the true stories of Colonel

Rand McKenzie and the cavalrymen he led.

McKenzie's raiders. His secret orders

from the President of the United States.

Clean up the Southwest. Make it a fit

place for Americans to live. Wipe out

the renegades, outlaws, and murderers.

If necessary, cross the Rio Grand,

knowing capture means hanging by the

enemy. Discovery Court Marshall by the

United States Army.

Southwest Texas, week of June 25th,

1876. A courier, a forced ride, and news

of a massacre in the Powder River

country of Montana. News which was to

have vital significance for Colonel

McKenzie and his fourth cavalry.

>> Your horse still alive, Ed?

>> Just about.

50 mi in 14 hours. Must be a tough

animal.

>> Hard as a nut and twice as mean. know

what you've been carrying?

>> No. The dispatcher just said ride like a

scared jack rabbit.

>> General Kuster and 264 men were wiped

out at Little Bigghorn two days ago.

>> Little Bigghorn.

That's Sue Country.

Crazy horses outfit. You can be sure of

that.

>> Not a man was left alive when General

Kuster's support arrived.

>> Sir, Mr. Kylie's outside, so he must see

you.

>> Very well, Sergeant. Show him in. Don't

go in. Kylie's the Indian agent out

here.

>> Colonel, I'm sorry. I didn't know you

were busy. Oh,

>> it's all right, Mr. Kylie. This is Ed

Giri, former scout now riding dispatch

for us.

>> There's something funny going on out to

my place. I don't know what's got into

those Indians, but nothing you can put

your finger on, but you can feel it.

>> Maybe this will explain it.

>> 264 men massacred.

>> But how do my Indians know? Little Big

Horn. Well, that's over 900 miles from

here.

>> They know.

>> That's impossible.

>> What's your opinion, Ed?

>> I can't explain it. I've seen this kind

of thing happen before.

I'd say every engine's walking just a

might bit taller today.

>> What are we going to do?

>> Act natural for the moment. See what

develops. I'd suggest, Mr. Kylie, that

you get back to the reservation. Your

presence there will help make things

seem normal.

>> All right, Colonel. I'll head right

back.

>> I'll be in touch with you.

Sergeant

Blackhawks on Kie's reservation, didn't

he?

>> That's right.

>> And Little Wolf, too.

>> That's right.

>> They're fighting chiefs, not agency

Indians.

This might be just the chance they've

been waiting for.

>> Yeah.

>> Hope you're wrong, Ed. Sergeant, put

this in the order of the daybook.

All flags of this command will be flown

at half mass for the period from June

29th to July 4th in commemoration of the

264 men who so valiantly gave their

lives at the Little Bigghorn June 25th,

1876. Get that into effect immediately,

please, Sergeant.

>> Yes, sir.

>> What do you think, Ed? Has our Blackhawk

got it in his heart to try to become

another crazy horse?

Morning June 28th. A supervised hunting

party from the reservation. In the

party, Blackhawk, who waited patiently

for the right moment.

>> Missed. Well, that was your last shot

for the day. What a waste of ammunition.

Whoever figured out this system sure was

no hunter. Blackhawk. Here, it's your

turn.

Ah, that last shot scared all the game

away from here. Come on.

All Our brother Crazy Horse has put

courage back in our hearts.

McKenzie will soon share the fate of the

soldier called Kuster.

There may not be any trouble, Captain

Fitch, but I want continuous patrols in

the vicinity of the reservation just in

case for the next couple of days.

>> What about Blackhawk, Colonel?

>> I wish I knew about Blackhawk. He's got

everything it takes. ability, courage,

hatred. The only thing he lacks is

followers. With the news of Kuster's

defeat, they'll probably come flocking

to him.

>> With a squad of good men, sir, I could

ride right through Blackhawk and his old

Comanche nation.

>> Could you indeed, Captain Fitch?

>> Yes, sir. We'll teach those savages a

lesson they'll not soon forget.

>> You're new out here, Captain. And you'd

have more respect.

>> Respect, sir,

>> for Blackhawk. He stands as the equal of

any cavalry commander you'll ever see.

And the Comanche are probably the

world's finest light cavalry. I'd like

to see anybody ride through them.

You better get those patrols organized.

A squad of good men.

>> The young fellow stands a pretty good

chance of having his brains parted by a

Tommy hole.

>> He's new out here. He's never been in

Indian territory before. or he'll learn.

>> Do you think Blackhawk will turn

hostile?

>> I wish I knew. I'll try and find out.

Oh. Uh,

if you mind to help, you can scout those

foothills for me. You know what to look

for. Get some rest first.

McKenzie rode to the Indian reservation,

unaware that Blackhawk and his warriors

had already struck.

He was out with a hunting detail from

the reservation. Do you know who was

with him?

>> Trooper Ellis. He's probably

>> No, I mean, do you know what Indians

were in the party?

>> Oh, wow.

>> It's all right, soldier. You'll be all

right.

>> Was it Blackhawk soldier?

>> Where did it happen? Uh,

>> the

slope of the wolves.

those murdering savages.

Sergeant,

>> order out of patrol. Full fighting gear.

I'll move out at once.

>> Yes, sir.

>> You're going after Blackhawk?

>> That's right.

>> You're no match for him.

>> While the colonel's gone, I'm in

command, Mr. Harry and I'll decide.

Blackhawk will pay.

>> Hustle me up a fresh mount, will you,

Sergeant? A fast one. I've got some news

I won't keep.

>> Right away, Mr. Gary.

Flops of the walls ahead.

>> Let's get him.

Blackhawk's trap was classic and an

unsuspecting Captain Fitch and his

patrol pursued the Indian decoys unaware

of their danger.

>> Young soldier chief is mine.

>> Take Wiggy

Blackhawk jumped your hunting detail.

is taking a patrol out after him.

>> Kylie told me they were overdue. Where'd

it happen? Slopes of the wolves.

Let's get over there.

Thank you.

All right.

We never had a chance. Like dropping a

cat into a pit of bulldogs.

>> Blackhawk decoyed him up here and then

he poured down on him from both sides.

>> Yeah, good figures.

You had courage, Ed.

Courage without respect for the command

sheet.

preserve the peace, make the territory

safe. Such were McKenzie's orders from

his commanderin-chief. To do so,

McKenzie needed the boldest plan of his

career, a strategy which risked

everything to stop the renegade

Blackhawk.

>> I think I ought to notify Washington

immediately, Colonel. I share your

concern, Mr. Kylie. After all, I should.

Five of my men dead, a sixth fighting

for his life.

>> Black and his cutthroat's still on

the loose out there. Unless he's caught,

Colonel, I stand a good chance of losing

every able-bodied Indian I've got on the

reservation.

>> He will be caught. I promise you that,

Mr. Kylie.

>> When and how? Why? He's more at home out

there on those hills than the animals.

>> Mr. Kylie

Blackhawk never surrendered to us. We

chased him for years. Finally, he gave

himself up. Sickness and starvation

accomplished what we never could.

>> How on the earth do you expect to take

him now?

>> Crazy Horse holds the answer to that.

>> But I don't understand.

>> Crazy Horse is the wararchief of the

Sue. Blackhawk is the wararchief of the

Comanche. Crazy Horse wiped out Kuster.

Now, what would you do if you wanted to

help Crazy Horse and the whole Indian

nation and at the same time recover some

of the lost Comanche glory?

Sergeant.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Have Ed Gary get over here on the

double.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Please excuse me, sir. I have work to

do.

>> Good day, Colonel.

Ed, tell me something.

What do you think is troubling Blackhawk

the most right now?

>> You. How to get you dead?

>> And after that,

>> well, he'd probably enjoy making a

bonfire out of this fort.

Why don't we give him a chance? What's

that mean?

I want Blackhawk to think that the

entire fourth cavalry has been ordered

up north by General Crook to uh to help

bottle up Crazy Horse.

He'd never believe that. He would if we

really left. Hold on a minute. You mean

you'd empty the fort?

>> Yes. With Blackhawk out there?

>> Excuse me for saying it, Colonel, but

they'll bust you down to mule tier if

anything goes wrong. I know that. Can

you get word to him?

>> I'd like to see you get 300 men out of

here without him knowing it.

>> I want him to know it before we leave,

just so he can keep an eye on us.

This better work. Good luck.

Sergeant,

the word was passed for the Raiders. If

Blackhawk were to be stopped, it would

take the best of McKenzie's command, the

Raiders.

>> Raiders, report immediately.

>> Raider alert immediately. Finish that

split.

With the exception of ourselves, the

entire garrison is leaving Fort Clark at

dawn.

If my guess is right, Blackhawk will hit

us sometime late tomorrow afternoon.

You men have been picked to stop him.

Now, as you know, no Comanche and war

paint has ever been inside Fort Clark.

Well, let's let them in just this once.

It's up to you men to see that they

never leave. Now, they'll probably be

wary.

They'll want to approach the fort

without being seen. That means they'll

come on foot. Good. As I see it, the key

to fighting the Comanche is to get him

off his horse.

Any questions?

>> Sir, do we know Blackhawk's strength?

>> Probably no more than 15 or 20 men, in

spite of the fact that he's been picking

up followers ever since he boarded the

reservation. Why can't we go out after

him, sir?

>> Corporal, we've lost a lot of men going

out after him. I thought this time we'd

let him come to us.

>> Very well, Sergeant.

>> That's all, man.

>> Oh, Sergeant.

>> Lieutenant Sullivan is about my build.

Ask him to drop by my quarters, please.

I've got a uniform that'll fit him.

>> A uniform, sir?

>> Yes. If my plans work out, Blackhawk is

going to have some trouble

distinguishing between Colonel McKenzie

and Lieutenant Sullivan.

That's all, Sergeant.

and my clothes fit you very well,

Lieutenant. Please take my mount.

Ride northeast to Wellington. Don't turn

the regiment until sundown.

I think you can relax, Sergeant. If I

know Blackhawk, he won't show up until

he's sure the regiment's really moved

out.

Less than half hour daylight left, sir.

It's just possible that Blackhawk won't

show up. Sergeant,

it's Gary.

>> They're out there. All right.

>> You're in for a fight if you stay

around, Ed.

>> That's why I came back.

>> All right, pick yourself a spot. Let

them get into the fort before you shoot.

I don't see a thing, sir.

>> When you don't see him, Sergeant is when

you're looking right at him.

I'll sign on the others.

All

right.

All right.

Hey,

hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey.

I still and I'll cover you.

Heat. Heat.

Thanks, Ed.

>> Well, Colonel, I think our little plan

worked out just fine. I've got my

reservation order, and you still got a

fort. Very audacious, but I'm for

audacity every time. I'll mention the

good work you two men have done in my

report to Washington. Thank you, Mr.

Kylie. Thank you very much. And good

day, sir.

>> Good day.

>> I've never run into troopers who fought

the way your boys just have. You've seen

a lot of fighting, Ed. What do you mean?

>> Well, I counted them lots of times. I

know there was only six out there, but

seemed like 20.

>> Yeah, they're good men. By the way, do

you know what the date is next Tuesday?

Tuesday?

>> It's the 4th of July. A very important

4th. How so? 4th of July 1876.

That means we've had 100 years of

independence.

I guess it just goes to show that the

first 100 years are the toughest.

McKenzie's raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States. Do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest. Make it a decent place for

people to live. Ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the blazing pages

of history in the making.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

From the archives of the United States

Cavalry, the true stories of Colonel

Randold McKenzie and the cavalrymen he

led. McKenzie's raiders. His secret

orders from the president of the United

States. Clean up the Southwest. Make it

a fit place for Americans to live. Wipe

out the renegades, outlaws, and

murderers. If necessary, cross the Rio

Grand knowing capture means hanging by

the enemy. Discovery court marshal by

the United States Army.

West Texas, November 1875.

A frontier where death waited for the

unwary. Time after time, McKenzie's

patrols had been left sprawled on the

earth, victims of the informer. But now,

trooper Colon Grimes, informer and

deserter, could run no more. Could not

reach the safety of Apache country.

No, Matthews, not yet.

Now he's not only a deserter, he's a

murderer as well. No,

I want Grimes alive.

Let's surround him.

Come on out, Grimes. You haven't got a

chance.

>> You ain't going to hang me, Colonel.

You'll have to shoot me.

work around into a position where you

can shoot under those horses. Try and

spook the team.

All

right,

tie him up.

>> You are going to hang. Trooper Grimes.

>> Colonel,

you were right, sir. There's five boxes

of these in the wagon. Ammunition, too.

Theft, desertion,

murder.

You'll hang Trooper Grimes. I promise

you, you'll hang.

Come in

the earthly possessions of Private

Matthews. Sir,

>> 8 years of soldiering, Sergeant.

I was just trying to finish a letter to

his wife.

>> When you're finished, explain it to me,

sir.

>> Explain what, Sergeant.

>> Well, it's one thing to lose your life

fighting Indians and renegades, but to

lose it this way.

>> I know.

Trooper Matthews lost his life in the

worst possible way to a companion in

arms who's turned deserter traitor.

There should be something worse in

hanging for Grimes to face.

>> Maybe there is, Sergeant. Maybe there

is.

Has Lieutenant Peterman talked to Grimes

yet?

>> Yes, sir. And from what I hear, he's not

too happy about having to defend him at

the court marshal.

I can't say that I blame him. Has Grimes

admitted where he was taking those

weapons?

>> Nothing except that you won't hang him.

>> Well, he may lose a little of that

arrogance when he faces the court

marshal. And he'll lose a might more

when he faces the gallas.

>> Anytime they send me after a deserter,

he'll be brought back slung over his

saddle.

I don't think the colonel wouldn't have

liked it better that way as far as

concern.

The one reason I'm glad I'm no officer.

That rule book keeps getting in the way.

>> Stanfield, remember the time in 71 when

Santana raided over on the Red River.

>> Do I seem like the Kaiwa were backed up

clear to the Oklahoma territory?

>> Ryan, didn't you lose a brother in that

campaign?

>> That's just what I'm getting at. On

account of one yellow back scissor bell,

Jod and four others got killed. Did

>> you ever catch him?

I caught him.

>> That was one deserter who never became a

settler.

>> Something the colonel said. This thing

about Brandon a deserter. It's his

corpse. They ought to brand.

>> You know, it's a mighty fearful thing to

look where you expect to see another

soldier. Instead, there's a dozen

Indians.

>> Hope I never live to see that. Chances

are if you do, you won't for long.

>> Thing about Grimes, on top of

everything, he stole those rifles.

>> Wonder who he's going to sell him to.

>> Ryan here had had his way, we'd never

known.

>> That's for positive. Sure. Could be the

colonel knew what he was doing. Taking

him alive.

It is

tangent.

Mr. Colin Grimes,

you have been found guilty by a duly

authorized court marshal of three

counts, any one of which warrants the

sentence of death.

It is now my responsibility to impose

sentence. As commanding officer of this

fort on this day, sentenced to be

carried out within the confines of this

fort between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and

8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. I hereby

condemn you to hang by the neck until

you are dead.

And may God have mercy on your soul.

Take him away.

He what? He escaped, sir. How? He made

it look like he hanged himself and the

guard went in to cut him down.

I want you and four troopers ready to

leave in 10 minutes. The last time we

caught him, he was headed toward the

border. I assume he'll go the same way

this time.

>> I understand, sir. Myself and four men.

>> Get going.

You alone, old man.

Nobody be enough to live way out of

here but me.

>> Stole some of your grub in this coat.

You aim to do something about it.

>> Well, I ain't that cooney.

Besides the coats from partners.

>> Thought you said you was alone.

>> He's dead. The patches jumped him.

Do you ever see anybody jump by patches

>> once or twice?

>> It ain't pretty. It ain't pretty. You

got to be careful what you're doing in

this country. The patches liable to jump

out from nowhere.

You traveling alone.

>> You sure can't whistle down wind.

>> My mind there's only three kind of men

that'd be traveling in a country like

this alone. And that's a prospector, a

fool,

somebody that's on the prod.

And you were on the prod.

>> And you be careful, old man.

Uh-huh.

Uhhuh.

I noted,

soldier. Huh?

They're after you.

What'd you do? Steal something? Maybe

kill somebody?

>> Old man you just lost. Well, now it

ain't no doing my part because they're

after you.

You'd ain't give no thought to mine. No,

>> you wouldn't be thinking of going to

Fort Clark now, would you?

>> Well, like I said, it's none of my

business.

>> Not even for their $20 reward. Or didn't

you know they gave rewards?

>> Well, how do I know such a thing? Go on,

take the coat, take the grub, take

anything. I can't do you no harm.

>> You sure can.

Let the horses breathe a minute.

>> We've made good time, Colonel. I just

hope we're on the right trail.

>> He's not far ahead.

>> You think we can catch him before he

gets to the river?

>> I don't know, but I intend to catch him.

I made him a promise, and I'm going to

keep it.

Cavalry insignia.

Let's go.

>> I'm bound away.

Across the Rio

away.

Cross the Rio.

Oh, Grandandy.

Move me. Move out of me.

He's cutting for the river. I'll bet on

it.

Heat.

Heat.

The morning of November 14th, 1875.

For 10 hours, Colonel McKenzie and his

raiders had followed the trail of the

renegade trooper. Now deep in Mexico,

their quarry still eluding them, they

doggedly continued on.

>> He's heading right into Cayotero Apache

country.

>> Diablito. He certainly seems to know

where he's going.

>> No man in his right mind would go in

Diablo's territory. Not alone.

>> Unless he thought he was safe.

>> Only a man that had something that

cutthroat wanted. Then he couldn't be

sure that he wouldn't steal it from him

and take his scalp in the bargain. How

about those five cases of repeater

rifles locked up at Fort Clark? You

>> mean Grimes stole them for Diablo,

though?

>> But like you say, they're locked up at

the fort.

>> Maybe Grimes thinks he can get him out.

>> How?

>> Well, he's leaving a trail any green

trooper could trace. He knows I'm in

Mexico illegally. He knows I'm following

him. That information alone could be

worth quite a ransom or a blackmail. Not

up.

Not up.

Diabolito is my friend.

You take me to him. He'll want to see

me. It's important.

Sergeant,

we'll go on from here on foot. We'll

make less noise that way. Leave one of

the men here with the horses. Although,

if my hunch is right, our presence here

won't be much of a surprise to Diablo.

Nevertheless, have all the men carry

knives. Let's hope we see them before

they see us. We'll move as soon as

you're ready.

>> Swanson, you stay here with the horse.

Even if it does not work, it will give

me pleasure. It's been some time since

we were entertained by the white eyes.

>> Well, it'll work, dear Bledo. That's why

I come this way when I seen McKenzie was

following me.

>> You must truly hate these men.

>> I like gold. No, I couldn't bring you

them rifles, but this way you'll get

them and I'll get what I want, too.

>> Perhaps you will get killed.

Well, after you capture McKenzie, you're

going to need me to go to Fort Clark for

them rifles.

>> I mean, killed by the soldiers. And tell

me, how can you go back to the fort?

Will not the soldiers there arrest you?

>> Oh, not when they know I'm the one that

can deliver McKenzie to him.

>> You mean McKenzie's body?

>> Yeah, I mean his body.

Now all we got to do is wait. McKenzie

will follow my tracks right into the

ambush.

Heat.

Heat.

It's all right, sir. It's just an arm

wound

>> here. Get some cover.

>> You sure the Alito's dead, but where's

Grimes?

>> Don't take a chance, sir. Kill him.

>> No, I said I was going to take him

alive.

>> Where's Grimes?

>> He's behind that boulder, sir. He quit

firing.

>> Yeah, maybe he's out of ammunition or

perhaps his weapons jammed.

Cover me,

>> sir.

Grimes.

You can't take me back. Are you going to

explain catching me in Mexico? They'll

break you. McKenzie,

>> what's he talking about, Colonel?

>> Seemed to me he said something about

being in Mexico.

>> Mexico? While we're in the Guadalupies

in the middle of Texas. I think his

mind's going. He probably ran so hard he

forgot which way he was going.

>> Let's get back to the fort, Sergeant.

Ma, you got a date with a rope.

Thank you for coming by, Chaplain. I'm

glad it's all over. Believe me, so am I.

It's all over for Grimes.

It's all over for Trooper Matthews. And

if Diablo had gotten those weapons, it

would have been all over for a lot of

other people. Colonel, I'm not

questioning your orders.

>> I know you're not. It's just that

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

But wait a minute. You can't understand

unless you complete the quotation. An

eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Vengeance is mine. I will repay, sayeth

the Lord. I understand,

and I accept.

But I don't have to like it.

Yours isn't an easy job.

Sometimes it isn't.

Believe me, Chaplain, sometimes it

isn't.

Good night, Reynold. Good night,

Chaplain.

Thanks again.

McKenzie's raiders rode again and again

carrying out the secret orders of the

president of the United States. Do

whatever necessary to clean up the

Southwest. Make it a decent place for

people to live. Ride with McKenzie's

Raiders as they relive the blazing pages

of history in the making.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.