40 Guns to Apache Pass Page #3

When our patrols can't stand

and fight it shows weakness.

He won't be long in

taking advantage of it.

At least you got the settlers here

where our power is concentrated.

Show them where to set up camp,

will you?

Yes, sir.

Bodine.

Why didn't you pick him up?

I don't know what you're

talking about.

Stand up when I'm talking to you!

You heard me call.

With all that shooting?

I didn't hear nothing.

That beating the Captain gave you

didn't teach you much, did it?

Oh, I haven't forgotten anything

about that, Sergeant.

- He did a pretty good job on ya.

- Yeah.

You...

Anybody else want to

take a look, huh?

Anybody else want to take a look?

Look! Come on, look!

Anybody else down here?

Come on, look at it!

Don't think that this gives

Captain Coburn the whip hand.

Oh I'm going to be a good soldier

from now on.

Every time the Captain rides out of

this camp I'll be right behind him.

He catches a bullet I want to

make sure he's dead.

Malone's old rifle had

finally failed him.

Ironically, an Apache bullet

had caught him

just as safety seemed assured.

He's dead!

I thought we'd made it but...

He was laying dead on that

seat when we got in.

If we joined the Army...

...could we get some rifles, Captain?

I'd see that you get guns some way.

Good 'cause we're ready to fight!

Stand at... ease.

Colonel Reed had fired off an angry

demand to his home base.

After two weeks of anxious waiting,

a reply finally came.

All right, what is it?

A shipment of new lever-action

rifles came in from back east.

- They're sending you 40 of them.

- When do we get them?

You'll have to meet them beyond

the Chiricahua mountains.

They hired some scouts to

bring them that far.

Figured you fellas were the best

to sneak them past Cochise.

They sure give us

the tough end of it.

It's up to you, Bruce.

- We'll get them through.

- Going to have your hands full.

Those mountains are crawling

with Apaches.

Three different bunches of

them gave me a run.

I had to come around here through

the Apache pass to get by them.

May as well back the same way.

Keep your eyes open.

The guns will be here at

Hatchet Rock tomorrow, noon.

Hatchet Rock.

Might as well keep it, Captain.

Might come in handy.

Thank you.

You've done a good job,

the rest is up to us now.

- Better get some rest.

- Thank you, sir.

Well, Bruce the Army finally

came through, 40 repeating rifles.

That will improve our

chances against Cochise.

Improve them? Trade our old

singleshots for those lever actions,

we can hold off all the Apache

in this territory.

We're going to have to

bring them in first.

I'll get some men together now, sir.

Take as many men as you need,

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