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From the archives of the United States

Cavalry, the true stories of Colonel

Ronald 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.

November 5th, 1872, on the Texas Mexican

border, an army courier bound for Fort

Clark with an important message for

Colonel Ronald McKenzie.

The courier had been warned that a

former member of the ruthless J-Hawks

who paged the Kansas Missouri border

during and after the Civil War was in

the area. His name Bodri, a plunderer of

both sides of the border, responsible

for the death of more than 300 settlers.

To Mexican and American officials alike,

Bodri was the territo's most wanted

outlaw,

Budrey.

Anything

for us?

>> Orders for McKenzie to escort a wagon

load of soap. In

>> soap? You going to give the settlers a

bath?

>> Yeah, it's soap. All right. The kind he

needs to clean up this border. The kind

I need to make my attacks bigger. She

has to meet the wagon at Sulfur Forks

8:00 tomorrow morning. And that's just

what we're going to do.

>> So possession of another brave but

unlucky soldier.

>> We found him about an hour ago, sir. He

must have been dead since yesterday

morning. Extreme close range. He

couldn't have been mounted. A courier

knows better than to stop or deviate

from his route.

>> Wouldn't you stop for a dying man,

Lieutenant?

>> Well, of course Ire,

>> of course. It's an old trick. He and

Quantrell used it time and again. A man

pretends to be dying on a known courier

route.

>> And we don't know what the message said.

>> I've got a pretty good idea what it

said. The general was sending us a

shipment of those new repeating rifles.

>> Wow, that'll double our firepower.

>> Yeah, but it also double Bod's firepower

if they fall into his hands and he's

hard enough to stop as it is.

Now, the only road from Fort In leads

through Sulfur Fork, so the wagon's got

to come via that route.

>> It might be too late.

>> Let's hope it's not too late. The

driver's in civilian clothes. He has no

military escort. The general thought

he'd be safer that way. All right,

Lieutenant. Hackamores, buoy knives,

sidearms. Four of our best raiders.

>> The raider, sir.

>> Just in case it is too late. In case we

have to chase Bodri down to his base of

operations.

>> Mexico.

>> Get going, Lieutenant.

>> Yes, sir.

Heat. Heat.

Get the water bags filled. Give the

horses a good drink. No more stops.

We're home.

Hadn't we better wait till after dark

before we go any further? That Mexican

colonel is out for our hides.

>> Not this week he isn't. He's got his

daughter home from school for a visit.

>> Well, that's even worse. At least his

gas's three or four miles from here. But

but if he's home, he's a spitting

distance away.

>> We'll just spit right on by him. You'll

never know the difference.

>> Fill up the water bags.

water up this mount. Fill your cantens.

>> He's heading south. All right.

>> Yeah, they're moving faster than we

thought, Colonel.

If we follow, we run a bigger risk of

mixing with Cortalis. And

>> if we don't, it's just a matter of days

before he'll be using those repeaters

against every settler in the territory.

We'll follow. All right. This time,

we're going to finish Bodri.

Let's water up.

Well, we got the repeaters home safe.

Now we need the men to go with them. You

boys keep an eye on that cargo while

we're in town. Let's go back and do some

bargaining.

All

right, I guess that's all of them for

the moment. We've got exactly half of

what we came down here for, but we can't

hang around waiting for Bodri to return.

We'd be stretching our luck. Now that we

have the wagon, how are we going to get

it back? American soldiers taking a

wagon through Mexico. We might as well

take an advertisement out in the paper.

>> Wait a minute.

Maybe I'll drive it back alone.

Lieutenant,

but not as McKenzie.

You want us to go on ahead of you, sir?

>> Yeah. Yeah. We'll we'll meet at Horns

Ford up by the river. Give me at least 2

hours to drive the wagon up there.

>> Yes, sir. Oh, Lieutenant. Yes. If

anything happens, if I'm not there in,

let's say, 8 hours, come back looking

for me. That's

>> Oh, this is wonderful.

Are you enjoying yourself, father?

>> Oh, yes, very much, Martito. Very much.

>> Well, then why do I have to go back to

San Francisco? Now, why do you want to

give up your studies?

>> My mother was never schooled. She was

with you all the time, wherever you

wanted to go.

>> No, no, no, Martita. This is out of the

question. Out of the question. You

finish your schooling and then we'll

>> What is it? Shh.

Drop the weapon.

Get down. Seor,

move away from the wagon.

So,

>> so you're steal from Mexican and

American soldier just the same. Senor

Bodri.

>> But Senor, I'm not Bodri. Ah, and I'm

not Cortalis. I suppose

>> I took this wagon from the man you

accused me of being.

>> Ah, you feel that by denying Bim Bodri,

things will go easier for you. But there

are many widows who remember your face

with sorrow and hate.

>> But Seenor, once again, I say

>> enough talking and don't try any tricks

that will force me to kill you, and it

will be a pleasure. The sooner you have

a trial, the sooner you'll be hung. Back

to the wagon.

McKenzie's raid into Mexico had

sputtered disastrously. Bodri was still

a free man.

But now McKenzie faced an even more

serious problem. As the prisoner of

Colonel Cortalis, he faced the grim

probability of a trial and subsequent

hanging. The only hope lay in a

continued disguise of his true identity

and the knowledge that his raiders were

still free somewhere in Mexico.

>> Who's supposed to be up there?

>> Heidi, I think. Well, it seems he hasn't

learned. I'll have to teach him.

Get up on that lookout position.

Whoever it was, they got the wagon.

>> Whoever it was can only be one man.

Cortales.

>> It sure was bungled. We got 20 men

coming in here tomorrow. If they don't

see them rifles, they're going to laugh

right in our face.

>> Remember I told you once every man has a

weakness.

>> Cortalis's daughter.

>> That's right.

>> You got to get her first.

>> I'll get her. Don't worry.

And I'll drop this off at the same time.

This is one thing I'm going to handle

myself.

>> I never realized you had your own

private jail. Very convenient.

>> If you are not Bri, then who are you?

I've been trying to tell you I'm a

bounty hunter. I'm after Bodri the same

as you are. Well,

>> is that so?

>> Yes. There's a big price on Bodri's head

in in Kansas.

>> Bounty hunter or Bodri, you had to stand

trial and be executed.

You see, you have violated the border of

my country, and that's the penalty.

>> I see.

Well, would the penalty still be as

extreme if you found out I was as much

against Bodri as you are?

>> I'm afraid you don't understand the

military rules.

>> Oh, perhaps not.

>> Are you ready?

>> Ready.

>> Your case will be tried by my court

marshal board at the garrison.

You get back in there.

Come on.

Open it.

It's to you,

your daughter, in exchange for the

repeaters.

In 2 hours, my quarters will be better

guarded this time.

Do not bring your soldiers. Remember, 2

hours or your daughter will die.

Bodri.

>> Bodri.

What does he mean by his quarters with

Vagard at this time?

>> He thinks it was you that took the

wagon.

>> Then you know where his quarters are

>> at the edge of Yerbau Buuena.

>> Get your clothes.

Turn.

>> Now you are an armed prisoner.

Uh, Colonel,

did you hear that?

>> I hear nothing.

>> Sounded like a signal of some kind.

Might have been one of Bodri's perimeter

guards.

>> I didn't hear anything.

>> Well, perhaps it would be wise, sir, if

we circle the hill. One going one way

and one the other. Just to make sure we

can meet on the other side.

>> That's an idea. Go that way.

>> Got you, sir.

>> Good boy. I'll make it short. You

followed your orders well. Cortalis

thinks I'm a bounty hunter. He was about

to turn me over to the garrison when

Bodri kidnapped his daughter.

>> Yes, sir. When I came back for you and

saw you in front of the house, I thought

I'd better try to make contact before I

did anything.

>> Bod's given Cortalis just two hours to

make a trade. They're repeating rifles

for his daughter. I persuaded Cortalis

that it's easier to go in just the two

of us on foot without any soldiers.

We'll have a better chance of getting

his daughter back that way.

>> But sir, the two of you?

>> That's where you and the other men come

in. Can you get there before us?

>> Plenty of time by the main trail.

>> Clean out his guards as best you can,

but keep out of sight. If Cortalis sees

you, it's all over. And you've got to

work fast. Less than an hour. But what

about you, sir? Are you still a

prisoner?

>> We'll worry about that later. All right,

get going.

>> I found no one.

>> I guess I'm just jumpy, sir. I'm sorry.

>> What's wrong?

take his place and make sure the colonel

gets through.

Guide that window.

If this bother is so mild, why he

doesn't have a man up there?

>> Well, we we probably caught him napping.

Look, I think I can circle around now.

Give me 10 minutes and I'll meet you at

the shack.

>> Good luck.

the other side of the shack. One guard

left. Get him.

>> Lieutenant

doesn't have a guard left. Just the two

of them.

Where's Cortalis?

He'll be coming up from that direction.

I circled around. He gave me 10 minutes.

It's up. So is the two hours.

>> What about them?

>> I don't know. You and the men have done

all you can. I can't risk Cortalis

seeing you. Better get out of sight.

>> He won't see any of us, sir. But if you

need us, we'll be nearby.

>> Right.

I'll cover you, sir.

Sorry, I had to shoot first, sir. I was

afraid you didn't see him.

>> I should say you shot just in time.

Poor Martha.

>> I am fine now, Papa.

I am amazed that you got through his

guards.

>> The guards? They must have heard the

shards. Bounty hunter.

Well, I uh don't think you have to worry

about the guards now, Colonel. With

Bodri dead, they're probably on the run.

>> I'll make sure that they know he's dead.

>> Senor,

>> you are a bounty hunter.

>> Yes, Senorita.

>> I have uh heard of this profession. You

do not look like what I have heard

about.

>> Well,

it is exactly 2 hours.

>> You couldn't have timed it better,

Colonel.

>> Thank you. Now, Martha, we go home and

pack you up for San Francisco. I hope by

now you understand my reasoning.

You

you still are my prisoner.

However,

>> but father you cannot keep him now. Not

after what he has done.

There is a a shipment of rifles to be

delivered at Fort Clark. I understand

the colonel there has done a very good

job.

Someone has to deliver them.

Yes,

>> a message from Colonel Cortales.

>> Colonel Cortalis?

>> Yes, sir. He wants you to ensure the

safety of his daughter as she travels

through this area on her way back to

school in San Francisco.

>> I guess we can handle it, Lieutenant.

>> And an odd thing, sir.

>> He wants to know if the commanding

officer at Fort Clark learned to drive a

wagon at West Point.

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.

February 1876, Fort Clark. A stormy

night on the Texas plains. A night which

took an unexpected turn for Colonel

Reynold McKenzie. Someone to see you,

sir.

>> Good lord. At this hour, what about?

>> It wouldn't say, sir. Just that it's

urgent.

>> Try to get rid of him.

>> It's a lady came out from Bracketville

by carriage.

>> A lady?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Uh, sure. In

>> Yes, sir.

Colonel Ronald McKenzie at your service

man.

>> You will know me only as Konita.

>> Um,

>> will you sit down?

>> No, thank you. What I have come to say

is only one word for Fidelio.

What?

>> You may rest here in my sleeping

quarters, Kena.

If uh if we can do anything to make you

more comfortable, please call on my

lieutenant. We'll leave at dawn.

For Fiio, for Fiio Diaz, Mexican patriot

and hero in 1876, desperately trying to

defend the new constitution of his

country against manipulation and

dictatorship,

Rand McKenzie's secret orders from

Washington, form an underground railway,

transport certain highly placed liberal

exiles back into Mexico, there to rejoin

Diaz. Ask no questions. The secret word

pfiio.

>> Pablo, my friend, I bring another

patriot for Pfiio Diaz. This time a

lady.

>> Cornell McKenzie is a true friend for

freedom for Mexico. He brings credit to

the government he serves.

Here

you are, Mr. Bogard. $500.

>> Mrs. cabin. I am a man of well, innate

delicacy. I hesitate to take money for

it.

>> Nonsense.

You gave me certain information about

Colonel McKenzie that proved correct. I

agreed to pay you for it. $500.

>> Let us say I merely did you a favor,

shall we?

Why don't you keep the money and return

the favor? Dear Lucinda,

>> get out

>> now. Wait a minute. You certainly do

accept favors.

>> Pick that up and get out.

>> Let's not be quite so grand, shall we?

You forget. I know a certain cattle king

and a certain copper baron. And I know

they know you.

>> And I know you, Mr. Borugard.

a presumptuous weakling who makes his

living peddling information that he

picks up around bracket bill bars.

Now, in 5 seconds, this pistol will go

off.

Mrs. Kbat, I presume.

>> Colonel McKenzie, I presume. So good of

you to come.

>> So good of you to ask me.

>> I feel I know you, Colonel. And yet it's

only by reputation, of course.

>> And I you, madam.

>> Oh, dear.

Oh, don't think too badly of me,

Colonel.

I intended no oblquy.

>> Are you always so very grave, Colonel?

Or do you sometimes smile?

Oh, no, that's unfair. It's just that I

was once a guest of one of your

lieutenants at one of your regimental

reviews, and I remember you as

impossibly dashing, but so very grave.

>> Perhaps the next time I address my

troops, I can think of something

terribly witty to say to them. There,

I've made you cross just when I wanted

to please you most.

Do sit down, Colonel. Shall I get you a

drink or shall I ring for something hot?

>> Forgive me, Mrs. Kat. Forgive me for

being grave, Mrs. Kat, but you have me

at a disadvantage.

>> Yes,

I know why you're here.

>> Exactly. Your note said only that you

wanted to see me on a matter of the

utmost importance. the utmost.

Perfio,

perhaps now, Colonel, you'll reconsider

and sit down.

And let me be unpleasant all at once,

and then no more of it. Two days ago,

you and your men crossed the Rio Grand

into Mexico. Yesterday, you returned,

having left somebody there. I saw you.

>> Those are preposterous statements,

madam. Who would believe them?

>> The girl who came to you two days ago.

The girl who said the secret password.

Poor Fio. the girl you then took into

Mexico and left there at the usual

place. She's my maid. And if my terms

aren't met,

the two of us will be believed.

>> And what are your terms?

>> You.

>> I beg your pardon.

>> I want to marry you.

You have exactly everything I've always

wanted, and this is my chance to get

those things.

career, family, position,

and I have everything you need.

Money, beauty,

and I'm as lonely as you are.

One more thing, Colonel.

I'll make you a very good wife.

I promise you.

>> But good to heavens, young lady. You're

not just playing games with men now.

You're playing with lives. You're

playing with nations. For all I know,

you're playing with history itself. You

spoiled, willful, ridiculous little

Mr. Kat used all those words once, too,

and more. And I guess you and Mr. Kat

must be right. But nevertheless, those

are my terms. Marriage or I I should

imagine

court marshal.

There. Now, I said I was going to be

unpleasant all at once and then no more

of it.

>> I don't suppose you tell me who the

informer is?

>> Never, Colonel. Never.

>> May I assume that I have some time to

consider this honor?

>> Oh, but of course, shall we say

2 hours?

>> Very well, madam.

Within that time, I shall wait upon you

again.

Good day.

>> Oh, and Colonel

Ronald,

>> besides being very grave,

you are indeed impossibly dashing.

A 2-hour ultimatum.

All right, Lieutenant. Alert the

Raiders.

>> The Raiders, sir?

>> The Raiders? I've got to get into

Mexico. I've got to see Pablo. By now,

he'll have discovered that that poor

servant girl of Mrs. Kittz is a fraud.

He'll suspect me of treachery. The next

thing, Pfiio Diaz will suspect the whole

United States government of treachery.

>> Yes, sir.

>> I wonder what they'll do with Koncha.

>> Konita is merely a pawn in this game. It

would seem that the queen is Lucinda

Kat.

There were only some way of persuading

that woman. There isn't. There's no use

trying, sir. You don't know Lucinda like

I do.

>> Lieutenant, I wasn't aware that you knew

Mrs. Kat at all.

>> Oh. Uh, well, sir, she was my guest at

the regimental review once. Nothing

more. She was a little too demanding for

my taste, as I can imagine. I just

thought I should warn you, sir. There's

no chance of persuading her. Not

Lucinda. Not what her mind's made up.

She likes to have her own way.

>> So do I.

>> All right, Lieutenant. It'll be dark in

an hour. We'll leave then. Get going.

>> Yes.

>> Come in, Ronald. You're admirably

prompt, my pet. Two hours almost to the

minute. You see? All ready for you.

Supper.

>> Mrs. Kat.

In the military, we soon learn not to

give ultimatums we can't enforce.

>> That sounds unpleasant. Is it meant to

be?

>> Merely an observation. Please get

dressed immediately for a journey.

>> A journey?

>> Obviously, I can't put you in the

stockade to keep you quiet. On the other

hand, I can't leave you here in

Bracketville either with what you know.

Therefore, you'll accompany me. Kind of

get dressed.

>> You mean you'd actually abduct me?

>> Call it what you will. I'll give you 10

minutes.

>> Now, who's giving the ultimatum?

>> I am. And I have the necessary force.

Mrs. Kat, outside this window, I have a

squad of men, and I'm perfectly capable

of calling them in here to take you by

force if you make it necessary.

I'll give you 10 minutes.

>> You know, I believe you would.

>> 10 minutes.

>> I'll be at least half an hour.

>> I said 10 minutes.

>> Well, you ridiculous man. My hair, my

clothes.

>> We're not going to a ball, Mrs. Kat.

>> 10 minutes. I absolutely refuse. I will

not leave this house looking like a

front.

>> Lieutenant.

>> Yes, Colonel.

>> Please have the men. No, no, don't call

them. You win

for the moment.

I'll get dressed.

Have the men stand easy for

15 minutes.

>> I'll be at least 20.

Lieutenant,

there's a wooded area about a mile down.

We'll camp there until daybreak.

>> Yes. Oh, Lieutenant,

see that Mrs. Kbat has this blanket in

addition to her own.

>> Sir, you'll be cold.

>> You heard me, Lieutenant. Tell her it's

an extra.

>> Yes.

>> Having organized under secret orders an

underground railway to bring assistance

to Mexican patriotio Diaz, McKenzie

finds not only it, but his entire

mission in the Southwest threatened by

the blackmail of a spoiled and willful

girl.

>> Wouldn't it have been simpler just to

marry me?

>> You're cold. Why don't you have the men

light a fire?

>> We can't risk a fire. We're in Mexico.

>> Why are we in Mexico?

>> Because of you and your monumental

selfishness. There are Mexican patriots,

men of courage and goodwill, who may

have lost all faith in your country

because of you. That's why we're in

Mexico.

>> What are you going to do with me?

>> I have an idea, but I know what I'd like

to do. I'd like to start by turning you

over my knee and spanking you.

Pablo's cabin is just over that rise.

He'll get killed. Why do you let him do

it?

>> Let him

I can't take this. I've got to see

what's happening to him.

>> How is it you think we will not kill

you, Gringo?

>> Because you have no reason to kill me,

Pablo.

No reason.

We are fighting for our country. We are

fighting for democracy. We are fighting

for our lives. And you send us in former

spies.

That girl was no spy.

>> She is no patriot for Das.

>> Now that's what I've come to tell you.

Someone

someone played a trick on me. Someone

knows our secret.

Who?

Who knows our secret? So far, I have

only half the answer to that question.

Until I get the other half, you must

accept no more patriots from my country.

Where's the girl?

>> Why would he go in there?

>> You must think it's important.

Look, Lieutenant. Yes, sir. Kindly bring

Mrs. Kbat over here.

>> Please be so good as to step into the

house. Mrs. Kbat,

>> please wait here, Lieutenant. Yes.

Pablo, I present Mrs. Kat.

These men are patriots, Mrs. Kat, if you

know what that word means. They pledged

their lives to make their country free.

In the past, I've helped them. They were

my friends.

Now they no longer trust me.

Kindly step in there.

and cheetah.

>> Pablo's men killed her when they

discovered she was a fraud. Naturally,

in a revolution, you shoot first and ask

questions later. They had no way of

knowing that she was merely one of

Lucinda Kat's pawns, whose life or death

couldn't mean less to Lucinda Kat.

This lady is Pablo's mother.

She insisted on praying for Kena

properly before they buried her.

Coroni,

>> I have decided that because you have

been my friend in the past, I will

permit you to leave Mexico.

>> You will leave right now before I change

my mind.

Just become Would

you walk with me, Colonel?

Certainly.

>> I assume that we're returning to

Bracketville,

>> right?

>> What's to become of me?

>> That question's been on my mind for some

time.

Obviously, I can't do away with you. I

can't put you in jail for the rest of

your life. I can't send you to Timbuktu.

So, it would seem that as long as I have

duty in the Southwest near you,

I can never feel safe again.

>> I still want to marry you, Ronald

McKenzie.

>> I'm completely at your mercy.

>> I didn't finish.

I still want to marry you, but I

wouldn't. Not even if you asked me

freely.

Not now.

>> Why the change of heart?

>> Cuz now I've seen what you do.

I've seen what you are.

Cuz now I love you.

Full cycle.

I abducted you from this room.

Now I return you to it.

Goodbye, Mrs. Kevit.

>> Goodbye,

Carol McKenzie.

Please don't leave yet, Colonel.

I've been waiting for you both.

Who the devil is this? You haven't made

my acquaintance yet, Colonel, but I know

a good deal about you and about Mrs.

Kat. You see,

well, information is my business.

>> This is a friend of yours. She is now a

devoted friend. She's going to do me

certain favors and so are you, Colonel.

Often

>> I should imagine this is another

blackmail scheme of some sort.

>> Exactly. You see, I know, sir.

>> Bard.

>> Well, let's not be theatrical. Lucinda,

you're not going to use that. Not with a

colonel present.

See, the colonel is responsible for law

and order in the whole territory.

You know, he'd have to put you in jail

for the rest of your life.

>> I had to do that for you,

>> Colonel.

He was the one who told me about

Perfiio.

He knew you crossed the river.

I had to kill him for you.

Oh, Ronald,

now you can feel safe again,

cuz now I'm at your mercy.

>> Col, are you all right? Col, where are

you?

It's all right, Lieutenant. Come in

here.

Uh,

we stumbled on him rifling Mrs. Kbat's

apartments. Unfortunately, I had to

shoot him.

Please inform the sheriff. Ask him to

come and get the body.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Oh, Lieutenant,

get in touch with Pablo in Mexico. Tell

him I have the other half of the answer.

telling Pfiio is safe again.

Yes, sir.

>> So good of you to come.

>> So good of you to ask me.

>> I couldn't have left without saying

goodbye to you.

My stage coach will be in town in a few

minutes.

Odd to leave this house.

Odd to leave Brackettville.

>> Then why are you?

Don't you know?

>> But But why San Francisco? Do you know

people there?

>> No, but I will.

Besides, there aren't any stage coaches

to Timbuktu.

You can smile.

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

Ranold 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.

June 13th, 1864. The end of another

arduous patrol led by Colonel Reynold

McKenzie. For 6 months, McKenzie had

sought his two missing raiders in

Mexico. And for six months, each mission

was marked by failure.

>> Stand easy, Sergeant.

You think I'm a stubborn man, don't you?

Well, I think there's still a chance of

finding them.

>> It's been 6 months, sir.

>> I know. I know. But I can't convince

myself they're dead.

If

>> Paris and Williams were still alive,

we'd have got word somehow.

>> Not necessarily. Seems more likely to me

that we would have gotten word if they

were dead. Wouldn't you think in that

case we'd have a an official government

protest at their presence in Mexico?

Wouldn't you think there'd be rumors

around the villages? No, Sergeant. I'm

almost convinced that somewhere those

two men are alive.

And I'm almost convinced that someday

we're going to find them. At least we'll

keep looking. All

right, Sergeant.

>> Deep in the Sierra Madre Mountains, the

Mexican stronghold of renegade Captain

Kenneth Jackman, soldier turned

criminal.

Kenneth Jackman ruled a band of

cutthroat Yaki renegades. His hideout

domain, a lost silver mine worked by

slaves, taken prisoner by Yaki war

parties.

William, smoke. Don't do it.

>> Next time I shoot to kill. Why don't you

finish us off now and get it over with?

>> You're my best labor. You know that. Why

else would I put up with you?

Why don't you leave him alone? I started

it.

>> Sooner or later, Colonel Mackenzie is

going to find this place. And when he

does, he'll take you back to the States

and you'll hang. And you know it.

>> You're stupid. McKenzie's been within 5

miles of this place and never known it.

>> Now get back to work. Empty those loads.

Keep digging, troopers. That fight will

cost you a couple of extra loads.

I'm going to get out of here. I'm going

to take a chance on that old mine shaft.

>> Listen, we run for it now, we're able to

stop one of his bullets.

>> Yeah, maybe. Yeah, maybe not.

Come on. You're right. Okay, GO.

>> How bad is it?

>> Well, the bullet must have been nearly

spent, but it's there. Leave me here.

Move out.

>> Nothing doing. He'll kill you by inches.

>> Listen, our hating Jackman's all that's

kept us alive. It'll keep me alive until

you get back with the colonel.

>> Come on, Hal. You got to try to make it.

It's all my fault. Come on, try. Set.

Move out, trooper. That's an order.

>> Okay.

So, pal.

Something down there, Sergeant. Can you

make it out? I'm watching that buzzard

myself, sir.

Let's check.

Charger,

need some water.

There we are.

Oh, Colonel

Jackman had us

in the silver mine.

Harris, ordered me a

escape.

>> Get the medicine kit and a blanket.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Well, sergeant, have the men improvise a

horse litter.

>> Yes, sir.

I'm surprised you got him here alive,

Colonel.

>> Think he'll make it, doctor?

>> Well, he's quiet, sleeping normally. His

fever's down since you brought him in.

>> Very well. Let me know the minute he

wakes up.

>> Hey, Ch.

As you are, man.

Well, the surgeon tells me Williams has

a real good chance.

>> Well, that's good news, sir.

>> Oh, sir.

When are we going after Captain Jackman?

>> I'm not quite sure, Sergeant, but soon.

Believe me, soon.

Oh, Sergeant, please step over to the

canteen. Ask Mr. West's daughter, Wanda,

to come to my office at her earliest

convenience.

>> Yes, sir.

Come in.

>> Did you want to see me, Colonel

McKenzie?

>> Oh, Wanda.

>> Yes.

Wanda, I have some news about Corporal

Harris.

>> Hal,

you found him. He's alive. Please tell

me he's alive.

>> Oh, take it easy. Take it easy. I just

said we had some news. We have better

reason to believe he's alive now than we

had before.

>> Where is he?

>> Well, we don't know yet.

We found Williams. They were lost on the

same patrol in the same place. Williams

babbled something about Harris when we

found him, but he's been unconscious

ever since.

>> Then you're not sure if Hal is still

alive.

>> We have better reason for hope now than

we have before.

>> Mackenzie, I have prayed so hard that

you'd find him and that he'd come back

and that we could be married.

Why wasn't it, Hal? Why did it have to

be William?

>> I can't answer those questions, Wanda.

Just don't you stop praying.

>> I won't.

>> Good girl. Now, as soon as we know

anything more, anything at all, I'll get

in touch with you.

>> Excuse me, Colonel. Williams has

regained consciousness.

Let's go.

>> Colonel McKenzie is here to see you,

Williams.

>> The doctor tells me you're around the

corner, trooper. You're going to be all

right.

>> Trooper

Williams.

>> That's right. Trooper Robert N.

Williams. A company.

Fourth United States Cavalry, Fort

Clark, Texas.

That's the way your mother writes to

you.

>> Mother,

>> you'll be getting a letter from your

mother soon. The first thing I did when

we got back was to write to her and tell

her you were all right.

The War Department wrote to her some

months ago when you were missing,

telling her of that fact.

I wrote to her then, too. I told her we

weren't giving up on finding you and

your friend, Corporal Hal Harris.

I got several letters from your mother.

She must be a fine woman. Williams.

>> Williams.

As I warned you, Colonel, memory's gone.

>> We want to know about a man named

Harris. Corporal Hal Harris. He's a

friend of yours. You served in the war

together. Antitum.

You were wounded at Antum.

Harris saw you fall. He dragged you to a

dressing station in an old barn. He

stayed with you, Williams. He saved your

life.

You remember Harris?

>> Wanda, what are you doing here? Good.

Mackenzie, please. I want to help. Let

me try.

Hello,

Bob. You remember Hal? I I have a

picture of him.

Please

tell me that you remember him.

Oh, Bob, please try to remember.

That's enough for today. Wanda,

>> we'll try again tomorrow.

>> Dr. Medcaf,

I want to do what I can to help.

Would it be all right if I nurse Trooper

Williams until he's well again?

Oh, thank you.

I'm sorry.

>> Take it easy. You're not as strong as

you think you are.

>> Well, the doctor says I'm as good as

you.

>> Bob,

do you remember anything at all that

happened?

Well, between the colonel and the

doctor, I'm beginning to fill in some of

the spots,

except for the blank ones like Harris.

>> Oh, Bob, please. You've got to remember.

You're the only one who knows where Hal

is.

>> Wanda, I'm trying. Believe me, I'm

trying.

>> Please try.

I've got to know what happened to him.

Come in.

>> You sent for me, sir?

>> Yes, Trooper Williams.

Have you remembered anything about

Harris yet? Anything at all?

>> No, sir, but I'm trying.

>> I know you have, Trooper.

We don't know much about amnesia, but

I'm going to try an experiment. I'm

going to take you back into Mexico.

>> Into Mexico?

>> If you're willing, it's a long chance,

but you might see something, some

landmark, some person, something that

would start you to remembering again.

>> I'd like to try, sir.

>> Good.

Tell the sergeant to alert the raiders.

Mount them. Provision them. We're

leaving for Mexico immediately.

>> Yes, sir.

Colonel McKenzie led his raiders deeper

into Mexico As Williams tried

desperately to remember, the life of a

comrade depended on his retracing the

route to the lost silver mine and

Jackman.

>> How about this, Williams? Anything look

familiar?

>> I don't know. I had a feeling I've been

here before, but

that's all.

>> I have the feeling you're right. This is

the area you and Harris disappeared in 6

months ago.

Heat. Heat.

Williams, why'd you do that?

>> Williams, why'd you do that?

>> He did it to me. They held me and he did

it.

>> Williams, listen to me. Who are they?

>> Jackman.

Zachman's guards and he's one of them.

>> Listen to me. Look around you, Williams.

Look around and see if you can recognize

anything in this area. Look around.

Try, Williams. Try hard.

That rock. What about that rock?

>> Colonel, I think I've been here before.

Harris and I got this far the first time

we broke out.

>> See that that Indian is bound and

gagged. Let's go.

Fire at will.

Keep that mine entrance covered.

Captain Jackman, throw your weapon out,

then you come out with your hands

raised.

2 minutes, Captain Jackman. Then I have

my men start sealing the entrance to

that mine. Be buried alive or come out.

It's Hal.

>> Hold your fire.

>> That's a very sensible command, Colonel

McKenzie. The first shot fired will have

an answer for me. A bullet in this man's

spine. There aren't going to be any

shots fired, Captain Jackman. This is as

far as you go.

>> I don't see it that way, Colonel. Your

trooper and I are going to mount up and

ride out of here. Of course, I hate to

leave this mine, but I've taken enough

out of it in the last couple of years to

keep me living in a proper style. We're

going now. Be very careful you don't get

this man killed.

>> It's all right, Colonel. Shoot him.

>> Corporal Harris isn't going to last long

as a hostage. You've seen to that. He'll

die in a 100 miles. Then we'll take you.

I salute your foresight, Colonel. Your

analysis of the situation leaves little

room for argument.

I have a solution that may interest you,

Colonel.

A colonel for a corporal.

I think that's a fair trade.

Well, Colonel,

agreed.

>> What about your men? I won't have them

following us.

>> They won't. You release Harris and I'll

order them back to Fort Clark.

>> All right, step into the open and drop

your gun.

>> Harris meets me halfway.

>> You don't trust me, Colonel.

>> I don't trust you, Captain Jackman.

>> Harris meets you halfway.

>> You heard the colonel.

>> Meet him.

>> Don't do it, Colonel. Please let him

take me. Carro,

join the detail.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Return to Fort Clark, Sergeant. You're

in command.

>> Immediately. That's an order. You

>> better order them to leave your horse,

Colonel. Unless you like walking.

Please leave my mount.

>> What's the old man up to?

>> He knows what he's doing.

>> Now you can get my mount, Colonel.

>> I don't understand you, Colonel.

>> I don't expect you to understand me,

Captain Jackman. You've been trying to

be on the winning side ever since the

first battle of Bull Run. Trying to find

the soft way to get there.

>> I'm there now, Colonel. Are you,

Captain?

Don't tell me you're hit, McKenzie.

That'd be a pity.

You know, I don't need you anymore as a

hostage, Colonel, since you were kind

enough to order your men back to Fort

Clark. And they'll obey you. I'm just

going to finish you off and head for

Mexico City. Excuse

me.

Heat. Heat.

Sir,

I just request permission to write into

the poster.

Think you can make it?

>> It's only a mile, sir. Besides, if Wanda

sees me in this thing, scared to death.

>> Sergeant,

have this litter dismantled. Get this

man mounted.

Good boy.

Look at this.

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.