Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 4, Episode 18 - The Deserters' Patrol - full transcript

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Keep movin', movin', movin'

Though they're disapprovin'

Keep them dogies movin'

Rawhide

Don't try to understand 'em

Just rope and throw and brand 'em

Soon we'll be living high and wide

My heart's calculatin'

My true love will be waitin'



Be waiting at the end of my ride

Move 'em on, head 'em up,
head 'em up, move 'em on

Move 'em on, head 'em up

Rawhide

Let 'em out, ride 'em in,
ride 'em in, let 'em out

Cut 'em out, ride 'em in

- Rawhide
- Rollin', rollin', rollin'

- Rollin', rollin', rollin'
- Hyahl

- Mr. Favor?
- Yeah.

We're from Fort Brace, sir.
One of our scouts picked up your herd.

We ain't on army territory, are we?

No sir. Pawnee territory.

Colonel Hiller's orders are that you are
not to proceed until further notice.

That wouldn't be
Colonel Frank Hiller, would it?



Yes, sir.

I scouted for him for three years.

I know him. He's a good man.

What's the reason for the order?

The Pawnee are hostile, sir.

Colonel Hiller cannot guarantee

any white man's passage
across the territory.

Supposin' we do wait.
What would we be waitin' for?

Reinforcements are due at the fort, sir.

When they arrive, we'll be able
to police the territory properly.

If they arrive in time.

They're interested in the fort, sir.

If they attack,
that's where they'll be attacking.

That is, if you stay put.

And supposin' the reinforcements
don't get to the fort in time.

Well, in that case,
you'll be on your own, sir.

There's a couple of nervous soldier boys.

Them two has got a right to be nervous.

Frank Hiller don't scare easy.
I know that.

The herd's too much out in the open.

If we're gonna dig in,
we'd better find a place with cover.

I'll ride on ahead and see what I can find.

All right, I'll get the herd movin'.

You leave a marker.

Mushy, get that firewood in to Wishbone.

Stick 'em up.

Just don't stand there.
Put your arms out.

Ogalla.

I come in friendship.

Is that why you threw the lance?

The lance is buried in the earth,
not in your heart.

I saw the soldiers come and speak to you.

I followed.

I did not wish to speak to you
until you were alone,

with none of your people to listen
and with none of mine.

You've got your wish.
What's it all about?

I pay a debt.

You freed me
where I was held captive in the east.

Now I warn you... take your herd
around the mountains.

That's two weeks out of our way.

It would save many lives.

It's your tribe that's on the warpath.

I can say no more.

Ogalla, you've been in the east.
You know how many white men there are,

how strong these armies are.

The fort is a small one.

Even if you wiped out Fort Brace,

they'd send in enough soldiers
to wipe you out.

I have spoken so
in the councils of my people.

They heard me.

But also they heard
the orders of the white man.

What orders?

To give up the freedom
of the plains and the mountains.

To live on a reservation.

I'm not sayin' it's the best thing
for the Pawnee.

Under the circumstances,
it's all you can do.

I have a son.

He is 12 years.

In another year, he will be a man.

I would like to see my son a man.

Then call off this attack.

I would not be listened to.

Maybe there is a way.

You're my prisoner.

I came to you in peace.

I'm gonna take you in to Fort Brace.

Are you so hungry
for the praises of your soldiers?

I'm hungry for a way to stop
this bloodshed on both sides.

When your tribe finds out
that you're being held prisoner at the fort,

they'll make some kind of a deal.

They wouldn't attack,
knowing it would mean your life.

Look, I'm not just tryin' to save
two weeks' time for that herd.

I'm tryin' to save the lives
of you and your people,

maybe even your son.

Sergeant of the Guard!
Post number 1!

Two white men and an Indian approaching.

I'll get the Colonel.

Halt!

Open the gates.

Nolan. You couldn't have shown
at a better time.

Colonel Hiller.

How did you catch him?

We didn't, Colonel.
He's givin' himself up voluntarily.

Sergeant, take the horses.

Ogalla is giving himself up?

That's right. We know him.
He's a friends of ours.

Lock him up.

I wish you'd put that a little differently.

Why couldn't you say
"Find comfortable quarters for a guest"?

The Unites States Army doesn't extend
hospitality to Pawnee chiefs.

It might be better if you did.

Find comfortable quarters for our guest.

Yes, sir. Follow me, please.

Ogalla's given himself up
so that his people wouldn't attack the fort.

He realizes that in the long run,

if he goes against us, it'll be suicide
for him and his people.

This is Gil Favor, my trail boss,
Colonel Hiller.

Glad to know you.

You might as well stay the night here.

You can't get your herd moving
till morning anyway.

- Right.
- All right.

Sergeant!

Three Indians approaching.

Halt!

Amos, you and Williams
are riding out with me.

- Get the horses.
- Yes, sir.

Why'd you fire?

They wouldn't stop
at a voice command, sir.

Well, they're carrying a truce flag!

Why don't you have them inside?

And let them see
how undermanned the fort is?

You send patrol into Red Hills.

Six men.

Your scouts are good.

Our braves better.

We hold men.

We offer their lives for our chief's freedom.

I can't make a trade with you
unless I see the goods you're offering.

I'd have to be sure
they were in good condition.

You be sure of nothing.

You send our chief back,
we return soldiers to you...

alive, no harm.

I have only your word for that.

It is enough.

We are not white.

Your men be alive only two more daybreaks.

If I decide to send Ogalla back to his tribe,
one of my officers will take him to you.

Six lives.

Soldiers in Snake Canyon.

Must be a day's ride from here.

Yeah. Might be even a day and a half.

I boasted to those Indians.

I said I'd send an officer
to pick up the patrol they'd captured.

I buried the last surviving officer
last week.

I'm in a trap, Nolan.

If I commission any of my men,
the Indians would see right through me.

Before they went on the war path,

the Indians used to come
to Fort Brace often.

They know all of my men.

I haven't got an officer I can send.

But I have plenty of uniforms.

I might have one that would fit you.

It might fit me, Colonel,
but I'm afraid I wouldn't fit it.

See, I didn't get any higher
than sergeant-major.

Mr. Favor here was a captain
in the Confederate army.

I don't intend to enlist.

It would only be temporary.

I'd commission you
for this one particular mission.

Nolan could act as a scout
to go along with you.

Well, if I did go with Pete,

wouldn't taking Ogalla back
ensure an Indian attack?

I've sent for Ogalla.

Come in.

Here's the prisoner, sir.

Ogalla, your people have captured
six of my men.

They have offered me those men
in exchange for you.

What do you want of me?

If I send you back to your tribe,
what will you tell them?

I can tell them that fort is strong.

That there are many more soldiers
than were here before.

That to attack would be hopeless.

Knowing all that to be a lie?

They would not listen before.

Now that I have been inside fort,
maybe they believe me.

I have your word
that you will say exactly that?

I do not do this for you.

I do not do this because you are right
and I am wrong.

The land we live on is ours.

The life we live
is life we have always lived.

But my people are in narrow canyon,

and waters rise swiftly.

There is only one way out of canyon.

Your way.

I accept, but I do not pretend to like.

Well?

Well, are you sure you have
a uniform that would fit me?

By the authority vested in me,

I commission you a captain in "A" Company
of the 5th Cavalry of the United States Army.

By the authority vested in me,
I hereby appoint you

an army scout attached the 5th Cavalry
of the United States Army.

Captain Favor, you will escort Chief Ogalla
to his tribe at Snake Canyon.

There you will exchange him
for a six-man patrol

consisting of Henderson, Rutledge,
Baines, Cochran, Marshall, and Walsh.

What about Rutledge,
Cochran, and Marshall?

They served under me
in the Confederate Army.

Any one of them
hates me enough to kill me.

I have yet to see a soldier who doesn't
hate a good officer, Captain.

You have your orders.

Yes, sir.

Good luck.

A dozen men could hold this
against an army.

We have held it against an army.

Greetings, great chief.

It is good to be back.

My son Acoma.

Wait for me, my son.

An agreement has been made.

Bring the soldiers and their horses.

I not remember you, or you.

You have never seen us.

I've seen all men
of Colonel Hiller's command.

Or you thought you did.

The men are unharmed.

Glad to see that.

Six brave men.

All captured while on duty.

Marshall.

Yeah.

Are my eyes playin' tricks on me,
or is that Favor?

That's Captain Favor.

I remember him.

You would. He's the one brought you
back the first time, wasn't he?

What difference does it make who he is?

He ain't taking me back.

Colonel Hiller made a trade...

Ogalla for the six of you.

Colonel Hiller's a good man.

Shut up, Baines.

I ain't at all sure
just how good a trade it is.

Why don't you call it off?

If the trade's made, Captain,
do we have to stand around here?

Give them their horses.

And they were armed
when they were captured.

Give soldiers their weapons.

It is important you return safely to fort

so that the commander will know
the Pawnee keep their word.

All of you must return safely.

Ride out, Corporal.
The rest of you follow.

Yes, sir.

Hey, boss.

You know why those Indians
were laughing back there?

Hmm.

It seems we got ourselves
a special kind of a patrol.

What does that mean?

They were desertin'
when the Indians caught them.

A deserters' patrol.

That's what Ogalla was tryin' to tell me

when he said to make sure
all the men get back to the fort.

But there's six of them, two of us.
What are the odds?

I wouldn't want to bet.

Cochran! Halt the patrol!

Patrol, halt!

10-minute rest!

Dismount.

I wonder if that captain
knows we were desertin'.

Why don't you ask him?

You know something?

I bet if you and me
was to make a break for it,

him or that scout
wouldn't be able to stop us.

Hyah!

Walsh!

Pete, get after him.

The next man gets stopped with a bullet...

What makes you think
there'll be anybody else, Captain?

We're all eager to get back
to the fort soon as possible.

Is that why you deserted?

Mount the patrol.
Column of twos. Let's go.

Patrol mount. Column twos.

Patrol, ho!

Aah!

I don't want to fight.
I ain't no hero.

I believe you.

But hard to believe man who not hero

take chance ride alone
through Indian country.

I wasn't goin' back to that trap!

Why you speak of fort as trap?

Fort is well guarded.

Fort has many soldiers,
many bullets and rifles.

Look, I don't like to be cooped up anyplace.

Why you speak of stronghold as trap?

Oh... Oh, that. Well, I didn't mean nothin'.
I was just kiddin' is all.

Now wait. What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do to me?

We find out if you are hero.

No, please.

I got nothing against you people.

What are you gonna do? Please, I...

All I want to do is get loose.

I just didn't want to go back to the fort.

I... I'm not going to bother anybody!

Please.

Please turn me loose, and I'll just ride off.

I won't bother you anymore.

Cochran. Put it down.

The water's got to last you
till you get back to the fort.

They're all dry between here and the fort.

A good officer would have made sure
we were carrying enough.

Who was your officer
when you left the fort?

When we rode out of the fort, mister,
we rode out of the army.

Rutledge.

This is the second time
you tried to desert, ain't it?

It was Captain Favor hauled you back
first time, too, didn't he?

Yeah, he hauled me back first time, too.

You was lucky they didn't shoot you.

Lucky?

They should have shot me.

Then I wouldn't have had
no more soldierin'.

I guess they didn't figure
they could lose a rifle back then,

any more than they can now.

Rutledge...

you are in the army for keeps...

that is, if Captain Favor
has anything to say about it.

Captain Favor is gonna keep you
in the army for the rest of your life.

Which ain't gonna be very long
once he gets you back.

Now there's your horse.

Well, go on and try for it.
Walsh made it. Go on.

Rutledge.

Where are you goin'?

Hey.

You ain't takin' me back!

Uhh!

What's the matter, Marshall?
You don't look too happy.

Is he a friend of yours?

He ain't no friend of mine.

Well, go on, Rutledge.

It was you who helped us jump him.
You got the right to kill him.

He was gonna take me back.

You want to make it that easy for him?

I don't like you, Marshall,
but this time I think you're right.

One quick bullet don't make up
for three years.

Three years you blocked my promotion.

I never made nothin' but corporal.

That's all you was good for, takin' orders,
not givin' them.

How good would you be at takin' orders?

We gotta get out of this territory.

We'll keep him alive until we leave.

Gives him a chance to learn
a thing or two before he dies.

Let's go.

And you, you ride at the head of the patrol
where we can all keep an eye on you,

or maybe take a shot at your back.

We agreed to let soldiers return to fort.

This one not want to return.

Did he want torture?

It necessary.

Many questions to answer.

What questions?

Why he run from safety of fort.

Did he answer?

He answer.

Now question for Ogalla to answer.

I am your chief, Kano.

Still question.

You say fort well guarded, well armed.

This is what I said.

Do you say so now?

I have been here, Snake Canyon,
since that time.

I learned nothing new.

Kano has.

Tell chief, white soldier.

Many men at fort?

No.

Fort stand big battle?

Not... Not enough men.

If...

If the Indians attacked fort...

they'll wipe us... wipe us out.

He say no more.

He say enough.

Not enough men at fort.

Not enough arms.

Soldiers expect help,

but help not come for three daybreak.

Help will come.

We take fort by then.

Did Ogalla know this?

I knew this.

You are not Chief of Pawnee, Ogalla.

I am chief until I die.

Chief does not lie to his people.

The Chief of the Pawnee
seek first safety of his people.

This I have done.

It is possible we could take fort.

It would mean victory today.

But today's victory would mean
defeat tomorrow.

We could have a hundred todays

and always there will be a tomorrow
in which we must lose.

I would like my son to be a man.

I want to see all the children
of the Pawnee men.

I do not want them to die
with bullets of the white man.

Acoma, you listen to words of Chief.

He has lied for your sake.

The life he save,
is this life of Pawnee warrior?

Ogalla's son has spoken.

Ogalla is not Chief of Pawnee.

You one that has betrayed us.

Only one way for you to die.

You, uh, hungry, Captain?

I asked if you was hungry.

No.

You know, I didn't hear you say "sir. "

No, sir.

Well, you go right ahead
and starve yourself, Captain.

I keep forgetting.

You ain't a captain anymore.

I'm the captain now.

I think I'll give myself a promotion.

Uh... Colonel.

Colonel Cochran.

Hey, you know, I like the sound of that.

We made camp too early.

We can't go tearing around
these hills at night.

We're liable to get lost.

Yeah, and this way,
we might get picked up, too.

Who's commandin' this patrol?

Why, you are.

Don't you go forgetting it, either.
Hear me?

Any of you.

No one's forgetting it, Cochran.

Yeah?

Well, then, Henderson,
you and Marshall tie him up.

I don't want the captain
gettin' restless durin' the night.

Ten years.

Ten years without purpose or meaning.

First one army, then another.

Now you ain't got no army at all.

You asking why I deserted?

No. I ain't interested.

There was a court-martial
you were interested in once.

Mine.

It broke me.

Remember the charge?

I remember.

Drunk on duty.

You were drunk.

And a man I thought was a friend
turned me in.

The officer of the guard turned you in.

An officer of the guard named Favor.

What would you have done?

I don't know.

That's the only thing keeps me
from killing you now.

Not now or ever.

You'll have somebody like Cochran do it.

Maybe Rutledge.

Ah, don't be too sure.

Poor Rutledge, always running away.

Enlisting just so he can run away.

Most likely Cochran...

your commanding officer.

As long as I want him to be.

Sure.

Don't it bother you none,

knowing one of us is going to kill you?

Yeah.

Don't bother me as much
as it seems to bother you, though.

Marshall. Marshall.

Indian coming.

How many of them are there?

Just one.

It's only a boy.

Just what do you think he'll grow up into?

He's all alone, Cochran.

What do you want?

I want to speak with your captain.

Well, you speak to me.
I'm in charge here.

I said I was in charge here.

What difference does it make
who he speaks to?

Why is the captain tied?

My father spoke of you.

And who is your father?

His name was Ogalla.

He was Chief of the Pawnee.

Was?

He lied to his people.

He did not want them to attack the fort.

They killed him last night.

Do you know why he lied?

Do you think he was right?

I do not know if he was right
or if he was wrong.

I know he was my father.

The Pawnee ride?

They ride.

Against the fort?

Good luck to 'em.

If we don't get out of here,
we're gonna get caught right in the middle.

Looks like you haven't got any choice.

We gotta run!

I knew this was gonna happen.
Come on, Rutledge!

Get our saddles.

Patrol attention!
I ain't given you my orders yet.

Unless your orders are cut and ride,
who needs 'em?

Look, you put me in charge yourself.

We can put you out of charge.

I'm still in charge!

You're still nothin'.

Look, if we stand around here
talking all day,

them Indians are gonna
grab us all over again.

And this time, if they're plannin'
to attack the fort,

they ain't gonna make no prisoners!

There ain't a soldier among you.

The only thing that makes a soldier
different from a man with a gun, Cochran,

is that he'll take orders.

Not a soldier in sight.

You're a corporal, Cochran.

You was never anythin' else,
and you never will be anything else.

A soldier takes orders.
An officer gives them.

What are your orders, Cochran?

Well, we...

We gotta ride outta here.

Where you gonna go,
back down the road?

I don't know!

Up in the hills, maybe.

Hills the Indians
know better than you know

the inside of a sutler's store, Henderson.

All right.

Then somebody come up with a better idea!

You just came through these hills.
You got to lead us out of here.

- Now do like I say!
- Or what?

You or the Pawnees.

A few more minutes don't seem
to make much difference.

You've got to lead us out of here!

I'm no guide.

I don't care what you are.
Don't you want to live?

Don't you?

All right. Then you get it here!

The rest of us can scatter and run.

With the smell of fear
you're gonna leave behind,

the Indians have no trouble at all
tracking you down.

Well, what would you do?

What he's trying to say, Captain,

is that you're the only man here
any of us will take orders from.

Captain?

Sure. Captain, it don't make any difference
with the Pawnee up there.

Captain Favor,
will you please take command?

Give me my gun.

I give the orders.

No questions.

No questions, sir.

Corporal, saddle up the horses.

Get your saddles.

The Pawnee know about the reinforcements?

They know.

Will you ride with us?

Your father died because he hoped for
friendship between his people and mine.

I can't speak for anybody else,
but I offer you that friendship.

Acoma, is there any other way
through to the fort?

Around the hills.

How long does that take?

Two days' ride.

Patrol, halt!

Baines, take all the horses
and take them down that side of the ridge.

Patrol, dismount.

Ha. Giddyap. Come on.

We're going to be fighting your people.

You go on to the fort.

Well, Pawnee war party in front of us...

The fort's behind us.

If we're lucky, we might be able
to beat the Pawnee back to the fort.

Then what are we stopping for here,
Captain?

Speak when you're spoken to.

Yes, sir. I'm sorry.

With the Pawnee attacking in force,

the fort wouldn't stand a chance
without reinforcements.

The reinforcements
don't come up for two days.

The Captain trying to tell us
something we don't know?

I'm telling you we're holding up
the Pawnee here for two days.

Here?

Ha. We didn't turn you loose
so you could lead us into a trap.

You turned me loose because
there was nothing else you could do.

We hold them up for two days,
and the fort's safe, and so are we.

If there's any of us still alive, Captain.

Hey, yeah, if anybody's still alive.

Corporal, post the men.

Yes, sir. Baines, take the right flank.
I'll take the left.

The rest of you, down behind there.

Come on, on the double.

Not yet, Baines.

Let him have a drink.
You know he won't stay alive

long enough to finish
what's left in that canteen.

Why don't you shut up?

None of you think you're gonna
get out of here alive, do you?

Cochran, I wouldn't sign you on
as a bugler.

I was gonna wait until we finished
with those Indians.

But I'm not gonna wait now.

I'm gonna finish you with these.

Rutledge.

There's a terrible burning
inside of me.

Yaah!

Come on!

Fire into the trees.

Well, they...

They know we're here now.

The Pawnee don't like to attack at night,
but we'd better not take any chances.

Marshall, you... you assign watches.

Yes, sir.

I wasn't letting any Indian
cheat me out of killin' you.

I'll take the first watch.

Yeah.

Henderson.

Henderson.

There's no sign of them yet.

Then the Pawnee don't like to ride
in the morning hours.

They think the spirits of the dead
ride in the morning mists

before the sun rises.

Why do we have to stay around here
and wait for them?

because if you go off by yourself,
you'll die by yourself.

Here they come!

Don't fire until they get
halfway up the slope.

That's cuttin' it pretty close.

That close, you get more for your bullets.

Ready?

Fire!

I'm gonna take care of Baines, Captain.

That'll hold 'em a while.

They broke and ran?

They broke and ran.

- You'd better lie easy.
- I'd better nothin'.

I took a few bullets.
A few too many, perhaps.

It was a heck of a fight, when at last...

They're comin' again, all of 'em.

Ogalla.

I thought the boy said his father was dead.

Pete.

He was right. He is dead.

I was afraid his horse
was gonna go the wrong way.

What gave you the idea to do this?

The Pawnee believe in spirits ridin' at dawn.
Thought I'd oblige them.

You must have scared those Indians
out of a year's growth.

It gave us time.

Maybe he even brought peace.

He couldn't stop them while he was alive.

But... his son's at the fort.

We'd better bury him here, then.

How's everything up there?

The patrol held as long as necessary.

I need him.

Not only because he's a good scout,

but he knows Indians better
than any white man I've ever known.

Right now, right here, he could mean
the difference between peace and war.

He's already got a job.

Would you fire him if I asked you to?

Pete!

Yeah, boss, I'm ready.

Nolan, you've done a great thing
for the army.

That gives me the right
to ask you to do even more.

I swore you in for three days.

I just told Mr. Favor I want to keep you on.

Well, what did Mr. Favor say about that?

It's your decision to make.

I got a job I like.
I like the men I'm working with.

Well, it's not too easy,

but droving's a job you just don't
ride away from and forget.

You know what I mean, boss.

I ain't asked you to quit.

I am.

In a war, what a man wants isn't
as important as how badly he's needed.

There's no war.

Only if men like you help,
work with the Indians,

bring about a better understanding
between us.

Well, I guess
I could help a little like that,

but... well, I don't know what to do.

Oh, I think you do.

My father is dead.

Who will speak to me in my own language?

All right, Colonel.

You got yourself a scout.

Thank you. Both of you.

Oh, uh, Pete.

If you ever have enough of the army,

there's always a job waiting with us.

Yeah, I'll remember that.

Boss.

Tell Rowdy, Wishbone,
and the rest of them so long for me.

Yeah, sure.

Say, one other thing.

I promised Mush if I ever left the drive,
he could have my spurs.

You mind taking them to him?

- Will do.
- Fall in!

Head 'em up!

Move 'em out!

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'

Though the streams are swollen

Keep them dogies rollin'

Rawhide

Through rain and wind and weather

Hell-bent for leather

Wishin' my gal was by my side

All the things I'm missin'

Good vittles, love, and kissin'

Are waiting at the end of my ride

Move 'em on, head 'em up,
head 'em up, move 'em on

Move 'em on, head 'em up

Rawhide

Count 'em out, ride 'em in,
ride 'em in, let 'em out

Count 'em out, ride 'em in

Rawhide

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Rollin', rollin', rollin'

- Hyahl
- Rollin' rollin', rollin'

Hyahl

Rawhide

- Hyahl
- Rollin', rollin', rollin'

Hyahl