Conquest of Cochise (1953) - full transcript
Its 1853 and the Gadsden Purchase has just brought part of Mexico into the United States. An Army Major has been sent to Tucson to make peace with the Indians. He is successful with Cochise, the Apache leader, but Cochise is unable to get the Comanches to agree. The Apaches then turn back a raid by the Comanches. There is a man in Tucson that wants the Indian war against the Americans to continue and when a stray Army rifle is found and it kills Cochise's woman, it appears the Apaches will break the peace treaty.
ON A SPRING DAY IN 1853,
ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF TUCSON,
THEN IN THE TERRITORY
OF MEXICO,
DON FELIPE DE CORDOVA
AND HIS WIFE
WERE TAKING THEIR USUAL
SUNDAY MORNING RIDE.
ALTHOUGH THE WAR
BETWEEN MEXICO
AND THE UNITED STATES
HAD ENDED,
AND ALL SEEMED PEACEFUL,
THE PEACE
OF NORTHERN MEXICO
WAS AGAIN
TO BE THREATENED
BY THE DREADED APACHES,
AND THE SAVAGE
COMANCHE.
IN MEXICO CITY,
A TREATY WAS
BEING DISCUSSED
BY REPRESENTATIVES
OF MEXICO
AND THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS TO BECOME
KNOWN TO HISTORY
AS "THE GADSDEN PURCHASE."
TEN MILLION DOLLARS?
A GENEROUS OFFER,
WE THINK,
FOR LAND WHICH IS
OF NO PRACTICAL
VALUE TO YOU,
BEING CHIEFLY DESERT.
AND TO WHICH
OUR NATION HAS,
PERHAPS, AS MANY LEGAL
CLAIMS AS YOUR OWN.
BUT THERE IS MORE
THAN LAND
INVOLVED HERE,
GENERAL GADSDEN.
YOU KNOW THAT,
AND SO DOES YOUR
PRESIDENT PIERCE.
HUMAN BEINGS--
MEXICAN NATIONALS
ARE ALSO INVOLVED.
NOW, TAKE FOR
INSTANCE TUCSON--
ONE OF OUR
PROVINCIAL CAPITALS
WILL BECOME PART
OF UNITED STATES.
WHAT WILL BECOME,
THEN, TO OUR CITIZENS
WHO ARE LIVING THERE?
THEY CAN REMAIN
CITIZENS OF MEXICO
AS LONG AS THEY WISH.
WELCOME GUESTS
ON AMERICAN SOIL.
OR IF THEY PREFER,
THEY CAN BECOME
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
YES.
AND NATURALLY,
ANY WHO PREFER TO DO SO,
CAN LEAVE OUR COUNTRY,
AND MOVE
BELOW THE BORDER.
BELOW THE BORDER?
WHERE TRIBES OF INDIANS
OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY
ARE MAKING
MURDEROUS RAIDS
AGAINST
MEXICAN RANCHERS?
THAT IS A PROBLEM
WE HAVE NOT OVERLOOKED.
WE'RE TAKING STEPS
TO MEET IT.
SO...
I HAVE PERSONALLY
RECOMMENDED
THE MAN BEST QUALIFIED
FOR THE JOB.
OH, UH,
MAJOR BURKE?
UH--
MAJOR BURKE?
THAT'S STRANGE.
HE WAS HERE
BUT A MOMENT AGO.
UH,
CAPTAIN LAWSON,
WILL YOU SEE
IF HE STEPPED OUTSIDE?
YES, SIR.
MAJOR BURKE?
OH, NO.
MAJOR?
GENERAL GADSDEN
WISHES YOU, SIR.
YOU'VE BEEN
WOUNDED AGAIN.
HE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY,
GENERAL.
HE WAS CHECKING
A TERRAIN MAP.
THANK YOU.
UH, MAJOR BURKE
HAS SERVED WITH ME
IN A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS.
ALWAYS DILIGENTLY.
I KNOW HIS CAPABILITIES.
SORRY,
SIR.
I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T
DESERT US, MAJOR BURKE.
NOW,
MAY I ASK YOU,
HOW MANY MEN WILL YOU
HAVE AT YOUR COMMAND?
THE PRESENT PLANS
CALL FOR
FOUR TROOPS OF CAVALRY,
SIR.
DO YOU KNOW THAT
THE APACHE INDIANS ALONE
NUMBER TEN TIMES
THAT MANY?
SO I'VE HEARD.
SO YOU'VE HEARD?
HAVE YOU HEARD
OF THEIR LEADER,
A MAN NAMED COCHISE?
YES, SIR.
I'VE HEARD THE NAME.
VERY WELL,
THEN.
WHEN YOU MEET HIM,
YOU'LL FIND OUT
THAT HE ALONE IS WORTH
FOUR TROOPS OF CAVALRY.
I HOPE COCHISE
WON'T ATTACK IT.
YOU HOPE?
I'M CONVINCED
OUR ONLY CHANCE
TO SUCCEED OUR HERE
IS TO MAKE HIM
OUR FRIEND.
COCHISE?
FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD,
HE'S JUST
INTELLIGENT ENOUGH
TO ACCEPT OUR FRIENDSHIP.
HE HASN'T FOUGHT
AGAINST THE AMERICANS
FOR A LONG TIME.
WHY?
COULD BE HE'S
AFRAID OF US.
I DON'T BELIEVE
HE'S AFRAID OF ANYTHING.
OH, JUST INTELLIGENT,
HUH?
THAT'S MY HUNCH.
THE TRAP IS SET.
SOON,
THESE WHITE EYES
WILL NOT SEE
ANOTHER SUN.
WE AWAIT YOUR COMMAND,
TUKIWAH.
I AWAIT THE COMMAND
OF COCHISE.
YOU ARE HERE AT THE RIGHT
MOMENT, COCHISE.
MANY SOLDIERS RIDE
THE EASTERN PLANES
FOR THE PASS.
MORE THAN I HAVE YET
SEEN AT ONE TIME.
BUT FOR EACH,
COCHISE HAS TWO WARRIORS
WHO COULD REACH
THE PASS FIRST.
THESE ARE NOT SOLDIERS
OF THE MEXICANOS.
THESE ARE WHITE EYES.
MEXICANOS.
WHITE EYES.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
YES.
THEY ARE SOLDIERS
MARCHING INTO OUR LAND.
WOULD YOU LEAD
US AGAINST THEM NOW?
NO.
NOT NOW.
PRETTY SOON,
TUCSON.
WILL I BE GLAD
TO SEE IT.
UH-HUH.
IT'LL BE NO BED
OF ROSES THOUGH.
ANYTHING'LL LOOK GOOD
AFTER THIS TREK.
DON'T BE SO SURE.
REMEMBER,
IT'S NO LONGER
A PEACEFUL,
MEXICAN VILLAGE.
IT'S AN AMERICAN
TOWN NOW.
FRONTIER TOWN WITH ABOUT
AS MUCH PEACE
AS THERE IS LAW.
BOTH GET BROKEN
PRETTY REGULARLY.
FIRST,
IT WAS THE INDIANS.
NOW,
THESE PIGS.
WILL IT NEVER END?
PLEASE,
SENORFELIPE.
THEY WILL HEAR YOU.
OH, I CAN'T
STAND IT NO LONGER.
MR. MADDOCK?
I JUST SEEN A TROOP
OF SOLDIER BOYS
JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN
A FEW MILES.
UH-HUH?
WELL, NOW...
WE DON'T WANT 'EM
TO GET THE IDEA
THIS AIN'T A REAL
RESPECTABLE TOWN, DO WE?
SURE DON'T,
MR. MADDOCK.
SOLDIER BOYS
BE GOOD CUSTOMERS.
WAIT A MINUTE,
GENTLEMEN.
HOLD ON.
NOW,
TURN THAT MAN LOOSE.
NO.
YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID.
TURN HIM LOOSE.
WHAT'S THE MATTER, SAM?
GOIN' SOFT?
THIS MAN WAS TRIED
AND CONVICTED.
I KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.
JUST DON'T ASK
ANYMORE QUESTIONS.
NOW, GET GOIN'.
ALL OF YOU.
THIS IS A RESPECTABLE
TOWN, UNDERSTAND?
SEE?
I TOLD YOU.
I AM GLAD YOU DID
NOTHING FOOLISH.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M SURE
SENORSAM MADDOCK
DID NOT ACQUIRE
A HEART OVERNIGHT.
IT WILL DO YOU NO GOOD
TO STARVE YOURSELF.
SI, FELIPE.
EAT.
ONE NEEDS
A STOMACH OF IRON
TO EVEN THINK
ABOUT EATING.
SOON,
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
WILL BE HERE.
THEN, THINGS WILL
BE DIFFERENT.
THEY ARE JUST AS BAD.
WORSE.
WHEN THEY KILL AND PLUNDER,
IT'S LEGAL.
THE AMERICANS
ARE OUR ONLY HOPE.
OUR ONLY HOPE IS TO KILL
ALL OF THEM ON SIGHT.
THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT
FROM THE OTHERS.
BUT THEY ARE HERE
TO MAKE PEACE.
PEACE?
ON WHOSE AUTHORITY?
IRRESPONSIBLE OPPORTUNISTS
IN MEXICO CITY?
THE WORD
OF PRESIDENT PIERCE?
ARE THEY GONNA KEEP
COCHISE AND HIS SAVAGES
FROM KILLING AND PLUNDERING
BELOW THE BORDER?
ARE THEY GONNA KEEP
A SWINE LIKE MADDOCK
FROM TAKING EVERYTHING
WE HAVE HERE?
IT IS POSSIBLE.
NOT WHEN YOU HAVE SEEN
WHAT I HAVE SEEN.
I'M SURPRISED AT YOU,
FRANCISCO.
ALLOWING YOUR OWN DAUGHTER
TO SPEAK THIS WAY.
BETWEEN THE AMERICANS
AND THE INDIANS,
THEY'RE SLAUGHTERING
US OFF LIKE CATTLE.
MY WIFE...
BEFORE MY VERY EYES.
AND FOR NO REASON.
CAN'T YOU FEEL
WHAT I FEEL?
SHE WAS YOUR OWN SISTER.
BUT WE MUST BE PATIENT,
FELIPE.
I WILL NOT LISTEN
TO THIS KIND OF TALK.
I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN
HOLD OUT MY HAND
TO ANY OF THEM.
AMERICANS
OR INDIANS.
WHISKEY.
THREE TIMES.
HELLO, TOM.
WELL.
SAM MADDOCK.
FIGURED I'D FIND
YOU HERE.
GENTLEMEN,
THIS IS SAM MADDOCK.
ONE OF OUR BETTER KNOWN
CAMP FOLLOWERS.
HIYA, BOYS.
WHAT BRINGS YOU
TO TUCSON, SAM?
FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD,
IT'S NOT A HEALTH RESORT.
BUSINESS.
FOOD CONTRACTS
FOR THE SOLDIERS.
FORAGE CONTRACTS
FOR THE ANIMALS.
SADDLES.
EQUIPMENT.
GOT A LOT OF MONEY
INVESTED, TOM.
YOU'LL GET IT BACK.
YOU ALWAYS DO.
NOW,
WAIT A MINUTE.
IT'S LEGITIMATE.
DIDN'T SAY IT WASN'T.
HOW'S THE LAW
AND ORDER BUSINESS?
YOU GOT YOUR HAND
IN THAT TOO?
WELL,
SORT OF.
DON'T WORRY
NONE ABOUT IT.
YOU'LL FIND
ME VERY COOPERATIVE.
I'D BETTER.
THERE'S NO SENSE GETTIN'
OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT
WITH THE ARMY.
EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T
REALLY INTERFERE
WITH OUR CIVILIANS.
CHARGE THESE UP TO ME.
CAN'T HAVE OLD FRIENDS
PAYIN' FOR THEIR DRINKS.
COURSE NOT.
IT'D BE BAD BUSINESS.
LOOK ME UP, TOM.
ANYTIME, HUH?
SURE.
REMEMBER THAT LITTLE
CHARGER IN DODGE CITY
THAT MISS,
UM...
CLAYPOOL?
I THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER
FOR YOURSELF RIGHT HERE.
IF NOTHING ELSE,
SAM,
YOUR TASTE IS NOT BAD.
BOYS.
SENOR MAJOR.
YES?
I AM JOSE? ANTONIO
DE LA VEGA
Y GARCIA.
SOUNDS LIKE
WE'RE SURROUNDED.
I COME WITH
THE BEST WISHES
OF DON FRANCISCO
DE CORDOVA,
WHOM I SERVE TO THE BEST
OF MY LIMITED ABILITIES.
OH? SO?
DON FRANCISCO
WOULD BE HONORED
TO OFFER HIS HOSPITALITY.
HIS HACIENDA IS THE FINEST
IN ALL TUCSON.
SO I'VE HEARD.
IT WOULD BE HIS PLEASURE
IF YOU WILL COME TO TEA.
THIS AFTERNOON?
TEA?
SI. TEA.
YES.
WELL, UM...
YOU TELL DON FRANCISCO
IT'LL BE MY PLEASURE.
GRACIAS, SENOR MAJOR.
I WILL TELL HIM.
HE WILL BE PLEASED
AND I WILL BE PLEASED.
ADIOS.
WELL,
GENTLEMEN...
HERE'S TO US.
LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO BE INDIAN FIGHTERS,
BUSINESS MEN,
DIPLOMATS,
AND SOCIAL LIONS.
WHAT YOU TELL
ME OF CONDITIONS HERE,
DON FRANCISCO,
TROUBLES ME.
WHAT TROUBLES
ME EVEN MORE IS--
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN
DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
NATURALLY,
WE HAD HOPED THAT
YOU WOULD BE ABLE
TO RESTORE ORDER HERE.
YES, WELL,
UNFORTUNATELY,
MY ONLY MISSION IS TO MAKE
PEACE WITH THE INDIANS.
I HAVE NO AUTHORITY
TO INTERFERE
IN CIVILIAN AFFAIRS.
THEN UNFORTUNATELY,
WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE
BUT TO LEAVE
OUR HOMES HERE.
DESPITE THE INVITATION
OF YOUR GOVERNMENT
TO STAY.
NOT NECESSARILY.
IT MAY NOT MEAN MUCH,
BUT I'VE HAD ASSURANCES
FROM MADDOCK
OF REASONABLE COOPERATION.
MADDOCK.
YOU AND YOUR HOPES.
YOU'LL DIE WITH THEM.
IF WE LEAVE HERE,
THERE IS EVEN
GREATER DANGER.
BECAUSE OF THE INDIANS,
IT WOULD ALL
BE A QUESTION OF TIME.
THAT'S WHERE
I KNOW I CAN HELP.
MY DEAR.
COME IN.
SEE?
I TOO HAVE LIEUTENANTS.
MAY I PRESENT
MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER?
MAJOR BURKE.
SENORA.
SENORITA.
YOU'RE FORTUNATE,
DON FRANCISCO.
MY LIEUTENANTS ARE NOT
NEARLY SO BEAUTIFUL.
MAJOR BURKE
IS TO BE OUR GUEST.
HERE IN OUR HOUSE.
BIENVENIDOS,
SENOR.
MUCHO GUSTO,
SENORA.
I'M SURE I'LL BE ABLE
TO COUNT THESE NEXT
FEW DAYS AMONG MY MOST
PLEASANT MEMORIES.
APACHES,
CAPTAIN.
YEAH, THEY'RE APACHES,
ALL RIGHT.
I WONDER WHAT
THEY WANT.
A MEETIN' OF SOME KIND,
I RECKON.
COCHISE--
CHIEF OF THE APACHES,
WISHES TO TALK TO CHIEF
OF ALL
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
HAVE COCHISE
AND HIS FRIENDS APPROACH.
BUT YOU HAVE MANY
GUNS POINTED AT US.
AS LONG AS THE APACHES
DO NOTHING BUT TALK,
THE GUNS WILL
NOT BE USED.
I HAVE COME TO TALK
TO THE CHIEF
OF YOUR SOLDIERS.
MAJOR BURKE
IS IN TUCSON.
HE'LL RETURN
IN SEVERAL DAYS.
HE'S MOST ANXIOUS
TO MEET
THE GREAT CHIEF
OF THE APACHES.
IF COCHISE AND HIS
FRIENDS WILL PERMIT,
WE'LL TAKE YOU
TO TUCSON NOW.
THE STRONGHOLD
OF THE MEXICANOS.
WE CANNOT.
THEY WILL TRAP US.
KILL US.
COCHISE,
I PLEDGE MY WORD
YOU'LL BE SAFE.
AN ESCORT OF SOLDIERS
WILL RIDE WITH YOU
TO GIVE YOU
FULL PROTECTION.
THAT GUN.
LET ME SEE IT.
COME.
LET US GO BACK.
YOU MAY RETURN.
I WILL GO WITH YOU
TO SEE YOUR LEADER.
HEY.
THAT INDIAN.
HE LOOKS LIKE AN APACHE.
THAT'S COCHISE.
HE'S SURE GOT HIS NERVE
COMIN' IN HERE.
HE'LL BE LUCKY
IF SOME MEXICAN
DON'T PUT A BULLET
THROUGH HIM.
HEY,
IT'S COCHISE.
AS SURE AS YOU'RE
STANDIN' THERE.
WHAT ARE THEY
GONNA DO?
STRING HIM UP,
MAYBE?
I WAS WITH
GENERAL GADSDEN
WHEN HE SENT
MESSAGE AFTER MESSAGE
OFFERING PEACE TO THEIR
CHIEF, LITTLE CROW.
BUT THE YOUNG WARRIORS
WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.
THEY WANTED WAR.
DID THEY ATTACK?
WE NEVER
GAVE 'EM A CHANCE.
WE CUT THEM OFF
AT SALT FORK.
THAT WAS THE END OF IT.
WHAT HAPPENED
TO LITTLE CROW?
DID HE ASK FOR PEACE?
PEACE? WHAT INDIANS
EVER WANTED PEACE?
I'M HOPING COCHISE
WILL WANT IT.
DON FRANCISCO.
DON FRANCISCO.
THERE ARE AMERICAN
SOLDIERS OUTSIDE.
ONE OF THEM WISHES TO SPEAK
WITH MAJOR BURKE.
I APOLOGIZE, SENOR.
THIS IS UNEXPECTED.
THERE IS NO NEED
TO APOLOGIZE, SENOR.
MY HOUSE IS YOURS.
BRING IN THE SOLDIER WHO
WANTS TO SEE MAJOR BURKE.
I CAN SPEAK
WITH HIM OUTSIDE.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME.
LAWSON.
WHAT'S UP?
GOT A BIG FISH
RIGHT ON THE HOOK.
WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
DO YOU KNOW
WHO'S OUT THERE?
COURSE NOT.
WHO?
COCHISE.
COCHISE?
WHERE?
AT DON FRANCISCO'S HOUSE.
HE'S MEETING WITH BURKE.
WHAT ARE THEY UP TO?
I DON'T KNOW.
PEACE WITH
THE INDIANS MAYBE.
WELL, WELL.
PEACE, HUH?
COULD BE A GOOD THING.
FOR THE MEXICANS.
SUPPOSE THEM INDIANS
GOT OFF THE WAR PATH,
AND STAYED OFF
THE WAR PATH.
COULD BE THAT
WASHINGTON WILL
HUSTLE THEIR SOLDIER
BOYS BACK HOME.
BUT I WOULDN'T
WORRY ABOUT IT.
ONLY BE ANOTHER
PEACE TREATY.
BEEN 50 OF 'EM BEFORE
AND 50 OF 'EM BROKEN.
HEY,
YOU CAN BANK ON IT.
THIS WON'T
BE NO EXCEPTION.
DON FRANCISCO.
I HAVE A REQUEST TO MAKE.
AN UNUSUAL REQUEST.
WHAT IS IT,
SENOR?
YOU SAID
A FEW MOMENTS AGO
THAT YOUR HOUSE IS MINE.
I MEANT IT.
THEN MAY I USE
IT RIGHT NOW?
THIS ROOM ONLY.
FOR A TALK
WITH SOMEONE
VERY IMPORTANT.
OF COURSE.
WE SHALL GO UPSTAIRS
UNTIL YOU HAVE FINISHED.
TAKE ALL
THE TIME YOU LIKE.
JUST A MOMENT,
SIR.
I FEEL I SHOULD TELL YOU
WHO THIS PERSON IS.
NOT AT ALL,
SENOR.
YES, SIR.
I MUST.
YOU MAY NOT WANT HIM
TO SET FOOT
IN YOUR HOUSE.
NOT SET FOOT IN MY HOUSE?
IS HE--
FORGIVE ME, SENOR--
AN AMERICAN?
NO.
YES.
YES.
HE IS AN AMERICAN.
HE IS COCHISE.
COCHISE?
YOU WOULD HAVE THAT SAVAGE
A GUEST IN OUR HOUSE?
DON FRANCISCO--NEVER.
MY OFFICERS FEEL HE'S COME
HERE TO DISCUSS PEACE.
IF HE GIVES HIS WORD--THE WORD OF AN INDIAN?
HAS HE EVER BROKEN IT?
FRANCISCO,
YOU MUST NOT ALLOW--
FELIPE.
IF THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR PEACE,
THE ROOM IS YOURS,
SENOR.
I AM MAJOR BURKE,
IN COMMAND OF
THE AMERICAN TROOPS WHO
ARRIVED HERE YESTERDAY.
WHY HAVE YOU COME?
MY GOVERNMENT
SENT ME HERE.
ALL THIS LAND
IS APACHE LAND.
MANY YEARS.
MANY LIFETIMES.
WHEN THE MEXICANOSTRY
TO TAKE IT FROM US,
WE KILL MEXICANOS.
THE APACHES ARE STRONG.
SO ARE THE AMERICANS.
THAT IS TRUE.
FOR A LONG TIME,
I HAVE WATCHED AMERICANS.
SOMETIMES,
I HAVE FOUGHT THEM.
BUT NOT OFTEN.
WHY NOT?
THEY ALWAYS COME BACK.
MORE OF THEM THAN BEFORE.
AND THEY ALWAYS
HAVE BETTER WEAPONS.
IT DOES NO GOOD
TO ATTACK THE AMERICANS.
COCHISE IS WISE.
ONE THING I MUST KNOW--
ARE YOU HERE
FOR A SHORT TIME,
OR ARE YOU HERE TO STAY?
WE'RE HERE TO STAY.
DON'T, FELIPE.
PLEASE, DON'T.
LET ME ALONE,
YOU FOOL.
NO, DON'T YOU
BE THE FOOL.
WHY DO YOU TRY
TO STOP ME?
DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE ONLY
PROLONGING OUR AGONY?
LOOK, FELIPE.
I HAVE EVERY REASON
TO HATE INDIANS
JUST AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
BUT THAT IS NOT
THE ANSWER.
TODAY HAS GIVEN US HOPE.
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
THIS GESTURE OF COCHISE.
WE MUST GIVE IT A CHANCE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'VE STOPPED
ME THIS TIME.
BUT REMEMBER--
YES.
WILL COCHISE,
FOR THE SAKE OF
A FEW RAIDS
ON MEXICAN HACIENDAS,
FORCE UPON HIS PEOPLE
A WAR WITH THE AMERICANS?
OR WILL HE BE FOR PEACE?
I WILL BE FOR PEACE.
BUT MY PEOPLE
MAY BE FOR WAR.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN?
THEY WILL CHOOSE
ANOTHER CHIEF.
AND MAKE WAR.
WHEN WILL I KNOW
ABOUT THIS?
BRING YOUR WARRIORS
TO DONNELLY'S PASS
SIX DAYS FROM NOW.
AND WE WILL GIVE YOU
OUR PLEDGE OF PEACE.
OR WAR.
AGREED.
IT IS A CUSTOM
OF OUR PEOPLE.
THE HANDSHAKE.
IT MEANS WE EACH
GIVE OUR WORD
TO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
UN MOMENTO.
UN MOMENTO.
SENOR MAJOR.
WELCOME.
I LIKE.
SO DID A YOUNG LADY
IN MEXICO CITY.
DID YOU GET
THE CHAMPAGNE?
SI, SENOR.
RIGHT HERE.
CHILLED?
SI.
CHILLED.
ANYONE ELSE HOME?
NOT FOR ANOTHER HOUR.
THAT SHOULD COVER IT.
GRACIAS,
SENOR.
OH,
AND GARCIA...
YOU MAY HAVE
THE NEXT HOUR OFF.
WELL, GO ON.
GO ON.
YOU WERE YOUNG ONCE,
WEREN'T YOU?
SENOR...
I AM STILL YOUNG.
I LIKE.
COME IN.
GOOD EVENING,
MAJOR BURKE.
GOOD EVENING.
FOR ME?
YES.
I JUST PICKED IT UP.
I KNOW.
I BOUGHT IT IN SONORA.
WELL, THERE ARE
NO FLORISTS IN TUCSON.
MAJOR,
YOU BELONG IN AN EMBASSY.
IN PARIS OR LISBON.
SIT DOWN,
WON'T YOU?
THANK YOU.
YOU DON'T MIND,
DO YOU?
OH, NO.
COURSE NOT.
THAT'S LOVELY.
YOU KNOW,
I...
I NEVER EXPECTED TO FIND
SO BEAUTIFUL A WOMAN
HERE IN TUCSON.
YOU KNOW,
I NEVER EXPECTED--
IF YOU ARE REFERRING
TO ME, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
I AM.
WOULD YOU LIKE
SOME CHAMPAGNE?
WHY, YES.
THANK YOU.
WELL.
THE GLASSES ARE
RIGHT OVER THERE.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO DO THAT.
GET THE CHAMPAGNE?
WHY, IT'S THE LEAST
I COULD DO.
NO.
I MEAN,
ASK GARCIA TO LEAVE.
OH.
THAT.
WELL, UH...
WELL,
YOU SEE...
ACTUALLY,
WHAT HAPPENED...
OF COURSE I SEE.
YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A TACTICAL PROBLEM
WE NEVER COVERED
AT WEST POINT.
MAYBE I OUGHTA TAKE
MY CHAMPAGNE AND GO HOME.
MAJOR. WE COULD HAVE
A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE.
EVEN THE CHAMPAGNE
HAS GONE FLAT.
COCHISE HAS TOLD ONLY
THAT HE DOES NOT
WANT TO FIGHT A WAR
WITH THE WHITE EYES.
HAS HE FORGOTTEN THAT
IF WE DO WHAT HE SAYS,
WE MAY HAVE TO FIGHT
A WAR WITH THE COMANCHES?
FOR MANY YEARS,
THE COMANCHES HAVE RIDDEN
DOWN THROUGH OUR PLAINS
TO MAKE THEIR OWN RAIDS
UPON THE MEXICANOS.
IF WE TRY
TO FORBID THEM NOW,
IT WOULD MEAN
WAR WITH THEM.
I WAIT FOR COCHISE
TO ANSWER.
I WILL ANSWER TUKIWAH
WITH VERY FEW WORDS.
I AM YOUR CHIEF.
I HAVE CONSIDERED
ALL THESE THINGS.
I DO NOT THINK IT WILL MEAN
WAR WITH THE COMANCHES.
BUT IF IT DOES...
THAT WILL BE BETTER THAN
WAR WITH THE AMERICANS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND
MY SAYING SO, MAJOR,
I'D HAVE BEEN MORE
COMFORTABLE ON MY HORSE.
SO WOULD I.
THAT WON'T IMPRESS
THE INDIANS.
THEY'VE ALL GOT HORSES.
WHAT IF THEY REFUSE
OUR PROPOSAL?
IF IT'S WAR,
WE'RE IN
A NICE SPOT
TO END IT QUICK.
WE'LL KNOW
IN A FEW MINUTES, BILL.
RELAX.
IS IT ALL RIGHT
IF I STAY TENSE?
YOUR WARRIORS AND MINE
MEET FACE TO FACE.
WE HAVE MANY
MORE WARRIORS.
IF ALL OF MY MEN
WERE KILLED,
MORE WOULD BE SENT.
MORE AND THEN MORE.
IF ALL OF YOUR
WARRIORS WERE KILLED,
COULD YOU REPLACE THEM?
LET THERE BE NO MORE
TALK OF KILLING.
THE PLEDGE WILL
BE FOR BOTH SIDES.
IN THE LAND
OF THE APACHE,
THERE WILL
BE NO MORE KILLING.
IT WAS VERY GOOD
OF YOU AND YOUR MEN
TO ACCOMPANY
US TO THE BORDER,
MAJOR BURKE.
HAPPY TO DO IT,
SENOR.
I THINK YOU'LL
BE SAFE HERE
NOW THAT COCHISE
HAS GIVEN HIS WORD.
YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH
IN THE WORD
OF AN INDIAN.
IN THIS INDIAN.
I PRAY YOU ARE RIGHT,
SENOR.
FOR IF HIS WORD
IS NOT GOOD,
ALL OUR LIVES
ARE FORFEIT.
I'M SORRY YOU MISUNDERSTOOD
ME THE OTHER NIGHT.
I THINK IT WAS YOU
WHO MISUNDERSTOOD ME.
I'M SORRY HOWEVER IT WAS.
I'LL MAKE A TREATY
WITH YOU.
YOU NAME THE TERMS.
THAT WE DON'T
DISCUSS IT AGAIN.
DID I EVER TELL YOU
THE MEANING
OF THE HANDSHAKE?
I WISH ALL MY NEGOTIATIONS
WERE THIS SIMPLE.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL
FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.
YES. WELL,
I HOPE IT WORKS OUT.
I'M BEGINNING
TO FEEL IT WILL.
DID YOU EVER
TELL YOUR FATHER
ABOUT SAVING
COCHISE'S LIFE?
NO.
NOT YET.
I THINK SOMEDAY
HE MAY BE
VERY PROUD
OF YOU FOR IT.
OR HE MAY NEVER FORGIVE
ME FOR STOPPING FELIPE.
AND FELIPE--
HOW DOES HE FEEL?
OH, I DON'T THINK
HE WILL EVER CHANGE.
HE REFUSED
TO COME WITH US.
HE IS STAYING
IN TUCSON.
I HOPE OUR BEING
BELOW THE BORDER
WON'T KEEP
US FROM SEEING YOU.
I AM SURE IT WON'T.
MAJOR.
TREATY.
HERE WE MUST LEAVE YOU,
DON FRANCISCO.
I'M SORRY.
I AM TOO,
SENOR.
BUT WON'T YOU
CALL UPON US SOON?
AS A FRIEND.
MY HACIENDA'S JUST
OVER THE NEXT RISE.
YOU'RE VERY KIND,
SENOR.
I SHALL MAKE
A POINT OF IT.
VERY SOON.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD
TO YOUR VISIT, SENOR.
ADIOS.
NO MORE KILLING.
IT IS AN ORDER
HE GIVES US,
THE MIGHTY COCHISE.
US, THE COMANCHES,
WHO FEAR NO MAN,
WHITE OR RED.
FOR MANY YEARS,
WE HAVE SENT WAR PARTIES
INTO THE LAND
OF THE MEXICANOS
TO FIND THE HORSES WE NEED
FOR HUNTING THE BUFFALO.
AND TO GIVE OUR YOUNG MEN
EXPERIENCE IN WAR.
I, RUNNING COUGAR,
SAY WE SHOULD CONTINUE
AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
MY BROTHER,
RUNNING COUGAR,
IS A VERY BRAVE
YOUNG MAN.
AND A VERY GREAT FOOL.
HE SPEAKS OF HORSES.
OUR HERDS ARE
LARGE ENOUGH NOW
FOR THE NATURAL INCREASE
TO GIVE US ALL WE NEED.
HE SPEAKS
OF THE YOUNG MEN
WHO WANT
EXPERIENCE IN WAR
AGAINST THE MEXICANOS.
THEY WILL NOW BE MAKING WAR
ON COCHISE AND THE APACHES.
IN THEIR OWN LAND...
WHERE THEY KNOW EVERY
AMBUSH AND TRAP.
THESE ARE
THE THOUGHTS OF RED KNIFE.
HAS ANYONE MORE TO SAY?
LET WHITE WATER
SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS.
IT IS MY THOUGHT THAT
RUNNING COUGAR
IS VERY BRAVE,
AND THAT PERHAPS
COCHISE IS NOT
QUITE SO BRAVE
AS HE ONCE WAS.
IT IS MY THOUGHT THAT
IF COCHISE MAKES WAR
ON RUNNING COUGAR,
HIS OWN SCALP
WILL SOON DANGLE
AT A COMANCHE
TROPHY BELT.
IF WHITE WATER
THINKS COCHISE
IS NO LONGER BRAVE,
PERHAPS HE WILL
KILL COCHISE.
PERHAPS HE WILL.
PERHAPS I WILL.
YOU WISE OLD MEN
MAY SIT AND TALK,
BUT I WILL
CONTINUE TO RAID
THE MEXICANOS
AS I ALWAYS HAVE.
AND ALL THE YOUNG MEN
WILL GO WITH ME.
THOSE WHO DO NOT
FEAR COCHISE.
THEY'VE COME,
DON FRANCISCO.
THE INDIANS.
INDIANS?
A WAR PARTY?
YES. THEY HAVE ALREADY
DESTROYED THE RANCHES
OF DON MANUELITA
AND DON MIGUEL.
THOSE WHO DIDN'T
ESCAPE WERE KILLED.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE TOOK
THE WORD OF AN INDIAN.
GARCIA.
GET THE HORSES.
NEVER MIND THE HORSES.
GET THE RIFLES.
GET INTO THE HOUSE.
LOCK YOURSELVES
IN YOUR ROOMS.
ANOTHER WAR PARTY.
FATHER.
BACK.
BACK INTO THE HOUSE.
BUT THIS IS COCHISE.
COMANCHES COME HERE AGAINST
THE WILL OF COCHISE.
FOR THE APACHES,
I SPEAK.
THEY WILL DO NO HARM.
FOR THE COMANCHES,
I CANNOT SPEAK.
I SPEAK FOR RED KNIFE,
CHIEF OF THE COMANCHES,
WHO SENT ME HERE TO GIVE
HIS SAYING TO COCHISE
AND THE OTHER WARRIORS
OF THE APACHE NATION.
SPEAK.
THE SAYING OF RED KNIFE
IS THIS--
COCHISE HAS KILLED
RUNNING COUGAR,
THE BROTHER OF RED KNIFE.
AND HIS HEART IS HARDENED
AGAINST COCHISE.
NO LONGER WILL RED KNIFE
TELL HIS PEOPLE
THEY MUST KEEP THE NEW
LAW OF THE APACHES.
IF THE APACHES
TRY TO STOP US,
IT WILL MEAN WAR
BETWEEN OUR TWO NATIONS.
IF RED KNIFE DOES WHAT
HE KNOWS WILL BRING WAR,
RED KNIFE WILL GET WAR.
COCHISE MAY DESIRE A WAR
WITH THE COMANCHES.
MANY OTHERS OF US DO NOT.
DOES TUKIWAH FEAR WAR?
TUKIWAH FEARS NOTHING.
BUT IF THERE
IS TO BE A WAR,
LET IT BE AGAINST
THE WHITES.
WE HAVE NO QUARREL
WITH THE COMANCHES.
I HAVE HEARD
THE VOICE OF TUKIWAH.
DO I HEAR
ANY OTHER VOICES?
I ADD MY VOICE
TO TUKIWAH.
COCHISE HAS HEARD
HIS PEOPLE.
I WILL THINK ABOUT IT
AND GIVE YOU MY ANSWER
WHEN THE LONG
SHADOWS FALL.
TERUA.
I HEARD.
THERE WILL BE A BATTLE.
THERE HAVE BEEN
MANY BATTLES.
THERE WILL BE MANY MORE.
I CANNOT HELP WONDERING
WHY IT MUST BE SO.
BUT I'M ONLY A WOMAN.
YES.
YOU ARE ONLY A WOMAN.
MY WOMAN.
YOU DO NOT WANT WAR
WITH THE WHITE MAN?
NO.
THEN DO NOT DO IT.
YOU ARE CHIEF
OF THE APACHES.
SOMETIMES,
THE WILL OF HIS PEOPLE
IS STRONGER THAN
THE WILL OF THEIR CHIEF.
THEY HAVE OPPOSED
YOU BEFORE,
AND FOUND THAT
YOU WERE RIGHT.
I WILL GO TO TUCSON
TO SEE MAJOR BURKE.
I MUST TELL HIM
I CANNOT GUARANTEE
THE ACTIONS
OF THE COMANCHES.
WE MUST WORK OUT
THE PROBLEM TOGETHER.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR
ANSWER TO RED KNIFE?
IT WILL WAIT.
YOU MUST READY YOURSELF.
I?
YES.
YOU ARE GOING WITH ME.
IT WILL SHOW THEM
WHAT IS IN MY HEART.
I WILL GO TELL
THE COUNCIL.
NOT BAD,
MR. MADDOCK.
NOT BAD AT ALL.
IT'LL BE BETTER.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING
AROUND TO BUY,
THE SOLDIER BOYS
WILL BUY IT.
THEY SURE LIKE TO DRINK.
THAT MUCH I CAN TELL YOU.
AND WHEN THEY DRINK,
THEY LIKE TO TALK.
DO YOU THINK
THEY'LL STAY LONG?
YEAH. AS LONG AS THERE'S
INDIANS TO FIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT THIS PEACE?
I HEARD ONE OF THEM
SOLDIERS SAY
THAT COCHISE WAS
COMIN' HERE.
AND HE'S SURE PALS
WITH THAT BURKE.
I GOT A HUNCH THAT
WON'T LAST LONG.
THIS'LL LOOK
KIND OF NICE ON THE WIFE.
GO AHEAD,
LINK.
NO ONE NEEDS YOU
ANYMORE TONIGHT.
RIGHT, MR. MADDOCK.
THANKS.
GOOD NIGHT.
YEAH.
SENOR FELIPE.
GLAD YOU COULD COME.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU,
SENOR.
WHAT ABOUT?
NOW, LOOK.
I THINK WE HAVE
SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS
TO CLEAR UP.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT,
I WILL NOT STAY.
THAT ISN'T WHY
I SENT FOR YOU.
I TOLD YOU I HAD SOMETHING
INTERESTING TO TELL YOU.
OF COURSE, IF YOU
DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT--
WHAT IS IT?
COCHISE IS COMING.
COCHISE?
YEAH.
COMING HERE TO SEE BURKE.
MORE PEACE TALKS.
PEACE.
THE PEACE WAS
SO SUCCESSFUL
THAT MY BROTHER-IN-LAW
AND HIS FAMILY
HAD TO FLEE AGAIN
FROM MEXICO.
OH.
THEY'RE BACK IN TUCSON?
THEY WILL BE TONIGHT.
HERE,
SENOR.
SOLDIER BOYS GET
CARELESS AROUND WOMEN,
AND THEY LEAVE THINGS.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
TO USE THIS...
ON COCHISE?
I HAVE MY OWN GUN.
IT KILLS JUST AS WELL.
BUT WITH THIS I PROMISE
YOU IT WILL CAUSE
MANY MORE THAN ONE
INDIAN TO BE KILLED.
WHY DO YOU
GIVE THIS TO ME?
BECAUSE YOU MEXICANS
ARE THE ONES
WITH EVERYTHING TO GAIN.
THEY'RE NOT BOTHERING US.
WE GOT A TREATY.
HAS COCHISE HAD ENOUGH?
DO YOU STILL WANT
TO FIGHT COMANCHES,
AND NOT
AMERICAN SOLDIERS?
MY HEART GRIEVES OVER
WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
THEN LET US START
THE WAR CHANTS.
TOGETHER WITH RED KNIFE,
WE CAN DESTROY THEM ALL.
NO, TUKIWAH.
IF WE ARE WRONG,
WE CAN ONLY
DESTROY OURSELVES.
MERELY BECAUSE
OF THIS GUN,
I DO NOT THINK
THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
HAVE BROKEN THEIR WORD.
CAN YOU TELL ME THIS
AFTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
YOUR OWN TERUA.
SHE WAS MORE
THAN MY TERUA.
SHE WAS AN APACHE.
A PART OF MY PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHAT
I WANT TO PRESERVE.
WHAT DO YOU
PROPOSE TO DO?
TO BRING
MAJOR BURKE HERE.
HE MUST PROVE IT WAS NOT
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
WHO ATTACKED US.
IF HE CANNOT...
WE WILL FIGHT
THE AMERICANS.
IF THEY HAVE
BROKEN THE TREATY,
DO YOU THINK MAJOR BURKE
WILL BE FOOL ENOUGH
TO COME HERE?
NO.
BUT THERE
IS ANOTHER WAY.
WE WILL FORCE HIM
TO COME HERE.
HOW?
YOU WILL BRING
BACK A HOSTAGE.
SOMEONE
IMPORTANT ENOUGH
TO MAKE MAJOR BURKE
COME HERE ALONE.
YOU WILL ORGANIZE
A RAIDING PARTY TONIGHT.
GO NOW,
TUKIWAH.
I MUST MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR MY TERUA.
STILL WATER.
PONCEY.
GET THE HORSES READY.
SENOR FELIPE.
I'VE BEEN WAITIN' FOR
YOU SINCE LAST NIGHT.
MY HORSE BOLTED.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW.
I COULD NOT SEE.
WHERE'S THE GUN?
I LEFT IT THERE.
I'M SORRY.
NO.
NO, THAT'S GOOD.
WHAT'S THAT?
WHAT DO YOU INTEND
TO DO WITH ME?
WHY AM I HERE?
TAKE ME TO COCHISE.
COCHISE WOULD
NEVER PERMIT THIS.
COCHISE.
COCHISE.
COCHISE.
I'M SORRY.
YOU KNOW ABOUT TERUA?
YES.
YOU MUST NEVER BE SORRY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE
NO LONGER WITH US
HAVE GONE
TO ANOTHER LIFE.
ONE THAT IS MUCH
RICHER THAN OURS.
WHERE THERE
IS NO SICKNESS,
PAIN, DEATH,
OR SORROW.
WE WISH THEM WELL,
AND THEN NEVER THINK
ABOUT IT AGAIN.
I WILL START FROM
THE BEGINNING NOW,
AS IF TERUA
NEVER EXISTED.
I MUST TELL YOU
HOW SHE DIED
BECAUSE THAT IS WHY
YOU ARE HERE.
WITH PEACE IN OUR HEARTS,
COCHISE AND HIS TERUA
WERE COMING
TO SEEK THE ADVICE
OF YOUR MAJOR BURKE.
WE WERE AMBUSHED
BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER.
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER?
THAT IS WHAT
MY PEOPLE THINK.
AND YOU?
COCHISE IS NOT POSITIVE.
MAJOR BURKE TAUGHT
ME THE SHAKE OF THE HAND.
THEN WHY DID YOU
BRING ME HERE?
I DID NOT KNOW
IT WAS TO BE YOU.
I ASKED ONLY
FOR A HOSTAGE.
ONE WHO WOULD BRING
YOUR MAJOR BURKE
HERE TO THE APACHES.
BUT I SEE
TUKIWAH WAS WISE,
AND HIS WISDOM BROUGHT
ME MAJOR BURKE'S WOMAN.
WHAT DO YOU INTEND
TO DO WITH ME?
YOU WILL REMAIN HERE.
UNTIL MAJOR BURKE
CAN PRODUCE
THE MAN WHO KILLED TERUA,
OR PROVE TO MY PEOPLE
THAT THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS
DID NOT BREAK
THEIR HANDSHAKE.
IF IT WILL MEAN PEACE,
THEN I WILL GLADLY
DO WHAT I CAN.
WE WILL TRY TO MEND OUR
DIFFERENCES QUICKLY.
COCHISE DOES NOT
WANT YOU TO STAY HERE
LONGER THAN NECESSARY.
RIGHT OUT THERE'S WHERE
THE MURDERER ATTACKED ME.
MUST HAVE COME OVER
THE WALL AFTER THAT.
THIS OUTRAGE HAS
HAD ONE GOOD RESULT.
IT HAS UNITED US.
AMERICANS.
MEXICANS.
TOGETHER,
WE'RE RAISING A BAND
TO FIND THIS
APACHE DEVIL,
WHOEVER HE IS,
AND KILL HIM.
IF YOU TRY THAT,
THE FIRST TO DIE
WILL BE CONSUELO.
SHE'S DEAD ALREADY.
ALL WE CAN HOPE FOR
NOW IS REVENGE.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S DEAD.
IF SHE IS, I'LL HELP
YOU GET YOUR REVENGE.
SENOR,
FOR HER SAKE,
I HOPE SHE IS DEAD.
THERE MUST
BE A REASON FOR THIS.
I DON'T BELIEVE COCHISE
WOULD BREAK HIS WORD.
I'LL CONTACT COCHISE.
I'LL SEE HIM MYSELF.
MAJOR, YOU CAN'T
GO UP THERE.
IF THE TREATY IS BROKEN,
THEY'LL KILL YOU TOO.
THEN YOU ORGANIZE
THE ATTACK.
A SINGLE ARROW.
HE IS ALONE.
I WILL GO TO MEET HIM.
IF THE TREATY IS BROKEN,
WE WILL HAVE NO USE
FOR THE HANDSHAKE.
THE TREATY IS NOT BROKEN.
NOT BY US.
WHERE'D YOU GET THAT?
IT WAS USED
TO KILL MY WOMAN.
THEY TRIED TO KILL ME.
WHERE?
HOW?
THAT IS FOR
YOU TO ANSWER.
MY WOMAN AND I WERE
ON OUR WAY TO SEE YOU.
TO TALK OF OUR PROBLEMS--
YOU MUST TAKE MY WORD.
I KNOW NOTHING OF THIS.
WHERE'S CONSUELO?
SHE IS SAFE.
WE BROUGHT HER HERE
SO THAT YOU WOULD COME.
THEN I'LL TAKE
HER BACK WITH ME.
NO. SHE WILL REMAIN
UNTIL YOU SHOW
THAT IT WAS NOT
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
WHO ATTACKED US.I TELL YOU IT WAS NOT.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE
NOW WHAT YOU TELL ME.
IT MUST BE PROVEN
TO MY PEOPLE.
AND IF I CAN'T
BRING YOU THAT PROOF?
THEN WE WILL REGARD
THE TREATY AS BROKEN.
THE APACHES HAVE
SEEN THIS HAPPEN
MANY TIMES BEFORE.
I WILL GIVE YOU
FOUR DAYS TO SHOW
THAT YOU HAVE
KEPT YOUR WORD.
IF YOU CANNOT...
THE APACHES
AND THE COMANCHES
WILL MAKE WAR
ON THE WHITES.
THIS TIME,
TO THE FINISH.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO CONSUELO?
MY PEOPLE WILL
DECIDE THAT.
FOUR DAYS.
COCHISE.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE SEEN
YOUR MAJOR BURKE.
WHERE IS HE?
HAS HE GONE?
I TOLD HIM WHY YOU ARE
HERE AND WHAT HE MUST DO.
YOUR PURPOSE HAS
BEEN SERVED THEN.
AM I TO GO BACK WITH HIM?
YOU ARE TO STAY.
OH.
HE IS ALREADY
ON HIS WAY BACK.
I PROMISED HIM NO HARM
WILL COME TO YOU.
BUT I CANNOT HOLD MY PEOPLE
BEYOND FOUR DAYS.
IF MAJOR BURKE FAILS,
MY PEOPLE WILL
FORCE ME TO MAKE WAR.
THAT IS MUCH BETTER.
BUT LET ME CAUTION YOU.
THIS TARGET WITH ITS
PAINT IS VERY TAME.
NOT SO WITH OUR ENEMIES.
WHEN YOU HUNT ANYTHING,
MAN OR ANIMAL,
YOU WILL HAVE
TO GO SLYLY.
AND CAREFULLY.
AS IF YOU WERE A FOX.
AND YOU WILL HAVE
TO STRIKE FAST AND HARD.
OTHERWISE,
HE WILL STRIKE AT YOU.
LOOK OVER THERE.
OH, SOMEONE WILL
SURELY GET HURT.
ONE WILL BE HURT ONLY
IF HE'S NOT LEARNED
HIS LESSON WELL.
THESE BOYS ARE
TAUGHT EARLY THAT
NO ONE WILL HELP
THEM IN THIS WORLD.
THEY MUST RELY ON NO ONE.
NOT THEIR SISTER,
MOTHER, OR FATHER.
ONLY THEIR BRAIN
AND EYESIGHT
IS THEIR FRIEND.
THEIR HANDS AND LEGS
ARE THEIR FRIENDS.
WHEN YOU GROW UP,
YOU LIVE WITH THESE THINGS
AND THINK ABOUT THEM.
IS EVERYONE
TAUGHT THIS WAY?
EVERYONE.
BOYS AND GIRLS.
SEE THOSE?
OVER THERE?
THESE YOUNG ONES ARE
BEING TAUGHT DISCIPLINE
AND ENDURANCE.
THEY ALL START
OUT RUNNING.
NOT FULL SPEED,
BUT TROTTING.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE ROAD,
A BRAVE,
WITH WATER
IN A LITTLE CONTAINER,
GIVES IT TO THE RUNNER
AND SAYS,
"TAKE A MOUTHFUL BUT
DO NOT SWALLOW IT."
THEY RUN FOUR MILES
WITH THE WATER
IN THEIR MOUTHS.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE,
EACH IS INSPECTED.
TO SEE IF HE STILL
HAS THE WATER.
IF ONE HAS SWALLOWED,
THE TRAINERS SEE TO IT
HE DOES NOT
DO IT A SECOND TIME.
IT IS NO WONDER YOUR
WARRIORS ARE SO HEARTY.
THEY HAVE TO BE.
SURVIVAL IS OUR RELIGION.
AT NIGHT,
WE TELL TIME
BY THE BIG DIPPER.
AS ITS STARS SPIN AROUND,
THEY TELL US THE PASSAGE
OF THE NIGHT.
SEE, THERE.
THE STAR THAT
IS RIGHT STRAIGHT UP.
WE CALL IT "ROCK BED."
AFTER THE ROCKS
IN THE BOTTOM
OF THE MESCAL PIT.
WE SEE IT EVERY SUMMER.
OH,
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
DO ALL YOUR SUMMERS
FEEL THIS WAY?
ALWAYS.
ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE TURN OF THE MOON.
WHEN THEY ARE ALONE,
THEIR FINGERS WILL
TOUCH THEIR EYES.
I KNOW.
IT IS THE KISS
OF YOUR PEOPLE.
THEY WILL BE MARRIED
BY THE NEXT FULL MOON.
AND THE NEXT FULL
MOON IS TOMORROW.
WHY DOES HE TURN
HIS BACK ON HER?
DOESN'T HE LIKE HER?
THIS IS THE MOTHER
OF HIS BRIDE.
OUR CUSTOM
FORBIDS THE HUSBAND
TO TALK TO HIS
MOTHER-IN-LAW.
EVER.
HOW STRANGE.
IN SOME WAYS,
THE CUSTOM OF THE APACHE
IS SUPERIOR TO THAT
OF THE WHITE.
THE FEAST OF THE MARRIAGE
TAKES THREE DAYS.
THE MAN AND HIS WOMAN
MUST REMAIN
JUST AS YOU SEE THEM.
THEY SELDOM SEE
OR SPEAK TO EACH OTHER.
SOMETIMES,
IT IS EASIER
FOR THE HEART
TO DO THE TALKING.
BUT IT IS NOT
ALWAYS EASY
FOR THE HEART TO MAKE
ITSELF UNDERSTOOD.
I SHALL NEVER FORGET
WHAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT
ME OF YOUR PEOPLE.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT IS WHAT
I HAVE LEARNED OF YOU.
YOU HAVE LEARNED WELL,
CONSUELO.
I HAVE LEARNED ALL
OF YOUR CUSTOMS.
THIS IS THE WAY
OF MY PEOPLE.
I THINK PERHAPS THERE
ARE CUSTOMS OF YOURS
SUPERIOR TO THOSE
OF OURS.
FOURTH DAY DRAWS NEAR.
MAJOR BURKE HAS NOT COME.
I MUST MEET WITH
THE COMANCHES
TO TALK OF WAR.
I HAVE SEEN YOU BE KIND.
GENTLE.
UNDERSTANDING.
YOU MUST NOT DO IT.
ONCE BEFORE,
A WOMAN TOLD ME THAT.
BUT I AM STILL LEADER
OF THE APACHES.
COCHISE.
COMANCHES.
THEY CAMP BEYOND
THE RIVER.
THEY WANT WAR TALK.
LET THEM COME TO US.
NO. THEY ARE
ON APACHE LAND.
LET US SHOW THEM HOW
FAST WE CAN GO TO THEM.
RED MEN SHOULD NOT
FIGHT RED MEN.
WE HAVE BUT ONE ENEMY.
THE WHITES.
THREE SHADOWS HAVE FALLEN
SINCE MAJOR BURKE LEFT.
TOMORROW, WE WILL
START OUR WAR DANCES.
THE NEXT DAY,
WE WILL STRIKE.
FOR EACH
AMERICAN WARRIOR HERE,
THE COMANCHES HAVE THREE.
WITH APACHES JOINING US,
WE WILL KILL THEM ALL.
TOM?
COME IN.
THE RIFLE BELONGED
TO A CORPORAL NAMED CARTER.
GOOD.
WHERE'D HE LEAVE IT?MADDOCK'S.
HE GOT DRUNK THERE,
THEN TOOK OFF.
LET'S GO TO WORK.
BRING CARTER IN.
RIGHT.
WAIT A MINUTE.
DON'T BRING HIM IN.
WHAT DO WE ACCOMPLISH
BY THAT?
WELL,
AT LEAST WE'LL KNOW--WHAT DO WE KNOW?
IT WAS CARTER'S RIFLE.
HE LEFT IT AT MADDOCK'S.
WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US?
YEAH. WE CAN'T
EVEN ASK MADDOCK.
THIS IS THE THIRD DAY.
TOMORROW,
IT WON'T MATTER.
WE'LL BE FIGHTING
FOR OUR OWN LIVES.
THERE'S ONE SHOT.
I JUST GOT AN IDEA.
WHAT'S THAT?
FELIPE.
WASN'T HE WITH MADDOCK
THE NIGHT OF THE RAID?
IT IS INSANE
WHAT YOU PROPOSE.
SENOR,I KNOW YOU
TRIED IT ONCE BEFORE.
CONSUELO TOLD ME.
LIES.
ALL OF THEM LIES.
IT'S NO LIE YOU
WERE WITH MADDOCK
WHEN HE WAS KILLED.
AND IT'S NO LIE
YOU HATED COCHISE.
WHY DO YOU WASTE MY TIME?
GO BACK TO YOUR SOLDIERS.
FELIPE.
DO YOU WANT
CONSUELO KILLED?
WHY DO YOU ASK
ME ABOUT KILLING?
I'VE SEEN MORE THAN
A LIFETIME OF IT.
DON'T YOU WANT
THAT TO STOP?
IT WILL NEVER STOP.
NOT SO LONG
AS ONE INDIAN LIVES.
YOU'RE WRONG,
FELIPE.
COCHISE WANTS IT STOPPED.
I WANT IT STOPPED.
THE DREAM YOU HAVE.
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
THINK OF CONSUELO.
INDIANS ARE VINDICTIVE
IF THEY THINK
THEY'RE RIGHT.
THEY CAN BE CRUEL.
GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE.
THEY HAVE TORCHES.
GET OUT.
THEY HANG A MAN TO A TREE
BY THE SKIN OF HIS STOMACH.
IF YOU DON'T GET OUT--CUT PATTERNS WITH KNIVES.
MUTILATE BEYOND
RECOGNITION.
CONSUELO IS UP THERE
WITH THEM.
THEY WOULDN'T HESITATE.
YOU'RE THE CAUSE
OF CONSUELO'S TROUBLES.
YOU AND YOUR TREATIES.
FELIPE.
COME WITH ME TO COCHISE.
NO. NO.
AND BE TORN TO PIECES?
I GUARANTEE YOU
A FAIR TRIAL.
AFRAID?
SOMETIMES COCHISE
MAKES ME AFRAID.
YOU MUST NEVER BE AFRAID.
WE HAVE CAPTURED
TWO WHITE MEN.
ONE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.
THEIR LEADER
OF THE WHITE WARRIORS.
MAJOR BURKE.
LET HIM COME IN.
CONSUELO.
I HAVE YOUR PROOF.
WHERE?
OUTSIDE.
COME WITH ME.
TELL HIM.
EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS THERE TO TELL?
I TRIED TO KILL YOU.
I'M SORRY FOR YOUR WIFE.
IS IT THE WORD
OF THIS MAN ALONE?
IS THAT WHAT YOU
WANT ME TO ACCEPT?
YES.
ONCE BEFORE, HE TRIED
TO TAKE YOUR LIFE.
IT IS THE TRUTH.
I KNOW IT IS.
THE WAR DANCE WILL STOP.
NOW.
I ACCEPT YOUR PROOF.
THE APACHES WILL NOT
MAKE WAR ON YOUR PEOPLE.
AND THE COMANCHES?
I MUST TRY
TO TURN THEM ASIDE.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T?
WILL THE APACHES FIGHT
WITH US AGAINST THEM?
I DO NOT KNOW.
I ONLY SAY
THE APACHES WILL KEEP
PEACE WITH THE AMERICANS.
AND THE MEXICANOS.
AND NOW, YOU WILL TURN
THIS MAN OVER TO ME.
NO, COCHISE.
HE'S MY PRISONER.
DO YOU THINK MY PEOPLE
WILL ALLOW
ME TO AGREE TO THIS?
I ASK YOU TO AGREE.
IN MY COUNTRY,
WE HAVE COURTS.
I PROMISED THIS
MAN A FAIR TRIAL
IF HE'D COME WITH ME
IN THE INTEREST
OF ALL OF US.
WHAT ASSURANCE DO I HAVE
THAT THIS WILL BE?
MY ASSURANCE.
I GUARANTEE IT.
I'LL GO BACK TO TUCSON.
MY TROOPS
WILL BE ALERTED.
I WILL DO MY BEST
WITH RED KNIFE.
CONSUELO WILL GO WITH ME.
I HOLD YOU NO LONGER.
YOU ARE FREE TO GO.
NO, MAJOR.
I AM GOING TO STAY HERE.
I WILL SEE RED KNIFE,
AND RETURN TO YOU
BEFORE SUN UP.
FELIPE.
FELIPE.
THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR
WAR WITH THE AMERICANS.
I HAVE JUST LEARNED THIS.
THEY DID NOT BREAK THEIR
PLEDGE TO THE APACHES.
WE CANNOT BREAK
OUR PLEDGE TO THEM.
IT WAS YOU WHO TOLD US
THEY BROKE THEIR PLEDGE.
I WAS WRONG.
THE TRUTH HAS NOW
BEEN SHOWN TO ME.
COCHISE SETS GREAT STORE
BY HIS PROMISE
TO THE AMERICANS.
WHAT OF HIS PROMISE
TO THE COMANCHES?
NOW,
IT CANNOT BE MADE.
YOU HAVE GONE FAR ENOUGH.
YOU WILL SUFFER
THREE DEATHS.
ONE FOR MY BROTHER,
RUNNING COUGAR,
ONE FOR MY OTHER WARRIORS
KILLED BY APACHES,
AND THE LAST
IS FOR YOURSELF.
SO THAT NO MORE
WILL YOU INTERFERE
BETWEEN RED MAN
AND RED MAN
IN THEIR WAR
AGAINST THE WHITES.
THE FIRST DEATH WILL BE
THE DEATH
OF THE BOILING SPRING.
THE SECOND DEATH WILL
BE THE DEATH OF KNIVES.
THE LAST DEATH WILL
BE THE DEATH OF FIRE.
THEY ARE TOO MANY.
MAYBE SO,
BUT WE HAD TO TRY.
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
CONSUELO GOT WORRIED SINCE
YOU DIDN'T RETURN
THIS MORNING.
I TOLD YOU.
TOO MANY.
LOOK.
THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND
HAS GIVEN ME HEALING.
SOON, YOU WILL
BE WELL AGAIN.
SOON, THERE WILL
BE THE TURN OF THE MOON.
NO,
CONSUELO.
FOR US,
THERE WILL BE NO NEXT MOON.
WHY?
COCHISE,
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
WITH A CHANCE
NOW FOR PEACE,
I KNOW HOW MUCH
MY PEOPLE NEED ME.
THEY WILL NEVER
PERMIT IT.
ONCE YOU SAID
IT WAS BETTER
FOR THE HEART
TO DO THE SPEAKING.
IF WE WERE TO LISTEN
TO THE HEART,
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO AWAY.
AND WE WILL NOT
DO THAT BECAUSE
I WILL NOT HAVE YOU LIVE
THE LIFE OF A RENEGADE.
AND WE CANNOT STAY HERE.
WHY NOT?
THE LAWS OF THE APACHE
ARE VERY STRICT.
AND A CHIEF,
ABOVE ALL ELSE,
MUST LIVE BY THEM.
AND MARRY WITHIN
HIS PEOPLE.
GO BACK TO TUCSON
WITH MAJOR BURKE.
I RESPECT YOUR LAW,
AND WHAT COCHISE
MEANS TO YOU.
COCHISE.
THERE IS NO LAW
THAT A CHIEF
MUST MARRY WITHIN
HIS PEOPLE.
I KNOW.