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.