Tomahawk Page #3

I'm in no hurry. Are you?

No, but Uncle Dan thinks that

gold in Virginia City

is melting away like butter.

It's not just that.

I have to keep moving.

I got iron in my blood.

If I sit still I rust.

Somebody's messing

with the horses.

Come on.

Don't shoot Lieutenant.

You shouldn't have done that.

You know the Colonel's orders.

Just a kid.

Just a scrawny little kid.

If anyone asks Sergeant

it was a fox.

A fox was scaring the horses.

I shot and I missed.

Now let's get him out of sight.

Get your ropes!

I'll take the lines.

Dan and I would have just sat here.

We wouldn't have known what to do.

Tricks of the trade.

How long have you been in the army?

Seven years off and on.

I was wounded in '63

and got a medical discharge.

I joined up again last year.

And got shipped out to

this howling wilderness.

I asked for this assignment.

I got a taste for Indian fighting

while I was out of the army.

How?

Ever hear of Chivington?

No.

He was a preacher who had

a volunteer Indian fighting outfit.

I served with him for

two solid years.

We really cleaned up

that part of the country.

Chivington was quite a man.

We had a high time.

All ready Lieutenant.

Giddy up!

Hold it!

Lieutenant.

What do you make of that?

Indian sign of some sort.

Warning do you think?

We're too near the fort.

Looks like there's gonna

be a little trouble.

Julie, it's awful nice of that

young lieutenant to escort us.

- You mean Rob?

- So it's Rob now, is it?

- The lieutenant's crowding you.

- He thinks he is.

Rob!

Rob!

Stay with the wagon.

Come on, Sergeant!

They never went down there.

Where'd those Sioux go?

I didn't see anybody.

How about you Beck?

You must have seen them.

They made off behind those rocks.

Gully on the other side?

Sheer cliff. They couldn't

have gone down there.

The Sioux are good horsemen.

They can ride where you couldn't

or I couldn't.

Is she Sioux?

No. She's Cheyenne.

Sure don't know

your Indians, do you?

Let's get back to the wagon.

We'll push on.

There's a doctor at the Fort.

Take it easy with that wagon.

That's a fool thing to do.

Likely kill that old man to

bounce around with an arrow in him.

Rob, maybe he's right.

- There's nothing we can do.

- You can take that arrow out.

That's a job for a doctor.

Go on. I'll ride behind.

We can manage from here.

The Colonel hired us as scouts.

We'll ride along with you.

Is the Colonel expecting her?

I think so. She was with us

when we were hired.

I doubt it'll go down with the men

to have an Indian in the Fort.

That Sioux arrow should

have got him.

No, I wouldn't want any Indian

to kill that pretty soldier boy.

Oh, he's the one.

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