:59:11
Troop, halt!
:59:17
Prepare to dismount.
:59:19
Dismount!
:59:32
Madam and sir, may I present myself?
Lt. McKay, Troop D, 8th cavalry.
:59:35
- Hi, Hondo, you old cabin robber.
- Hi, Buff.
:59:39
Lieutenant, this here is Hondo Lane.
:59:41
He's scouted some
and ridden dispatch some for the cavalry.
:59:44
- I don't reckon I know this here lady.
- This is Ms. Lowe, Lieutenant.
:59:48
You people are lucky. Obviously, Vittorio...
:59:50
and his renegade band
just happened not to find this hidden valley.
:59:52
- Vittorio's been here lots.
- And you lived?
:59:55
One lone man stood off Vittorio?
:59:56
No lone man stands off the Apache.
He lets us live here.
1:00:00
There are almost 100 dead settlers
in the basin...
1:00:03
scalped by this cowardly criminal.
1:00:05
Vittorio may be a criminal by the books,
I don't know.
1:00:08
But if he's a coward,
it hasn't showed up yet.
1:00:10
- Amen, brother.
- I must disagree with you, Mr. Lane.
1:00:12
He's run before us for 200 miles.
1:00:14
Indians have a story
they tell their young ones...
1:00:17
about a hunter who chased a wild cat
until he caught it.
1:00:21
Then it was the other way around.
1:00:22
The story goes back further than
the Indians.
1:00:24
It's originally attributed
to the first Roman army to enter Tartary.
1:00:28
The soldier caught a Tartar and yelled out.
1:00:29
The officer called back for him to come in
with his prisoner.
1:00:32
And he replied, "The Tartar won't let me."
1:00:35
That was one of the favorite stories
of Col. Mays...
1:00:37
who teaches cavalry tactics at the Point.
1:00:39
The story is world-wide.
1:00:40
How long have you been out of that school,
Lieutenant?
1:00:42
Graduated class '69, sir.
1:00:44
This is '70, ain't it?
1:00:46
I just can't seem to keep up with the years.
I meant to get a calendar, but then I forget.
1:00:50
Say, who's President
of these United States now?
1:00:52
Ulysses S. Grant.
1:00:53
You know, I voted once. I was down
in Independence around voting time.
1:00:56
And a fellow come up to me and offered me
$2 if I'd vote for a man named Taylor.