The Missing Page #5

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What are you doing in here?

My granddaughter was stolen two

days ago. I trailed her to this place.

What's her name?

You don't know your

granddaughter's name?

Well, her sister's name is Dot.

We found two horses with a bunch

of women's property in them.

Hang him.

- Other side!

- There he goes!

I didn't kill anyone!

- I said, I didn't kill anyone!

- Come out and show your hands!

- I am looking for my granddaughter!

- Then you tell me her damn name!

- I don't know her damn name!

- Lilly!

- Lilly Gilkeson.

- You know this Indian?

- He's no Indian.

- Damn well looks Indian to me.

No, he's a...

That's my father.

I've been hoping we'd find you, sir.

We need your help.

We tracked my daughter

south from Chloride.

They're heading toward Mexico.

Near as we can figure...

...they've hit six or seven homesteads

so far, including this one.

Army should've killed the heathens

when they had a chance.

They are Army, ma'am. Deserters.

Why, I thought they were Apache.

Apache scouts.

Formerly on Uncle Sam's payroll.

Like Happy Jim here.

- We use them to hunt other Apaches.

- The Indians were American soldiers?

Then a couple of months ago,

some of them turned...

...shot some white officers and jumped

the reservation in San Carlos.

The 4th Cavalry started all this

by hanging their chief.

Don't know what they were thinking.

What makes you think

they were thinking?

This whole territory's

gone topsy-turvy.

You got Indians running with whites,

whites running with Indians.

Get those prisoners moving!

Come on, squaw man.

Get on the way here.

Happy Jim.

You think because you're

wearing that coat

they won't put you on the prison train

to Florida with chains on your legs?

I don't know of Florida.

It's a real swell sh*t-hole of a swamp.

You'll see.

White man, you don't look like

someone who gives good advice.

Break it up!

What's going on here?

I said, break it up.

- I found it first, lieutenant.

- Lying bastard!

Looks like God intended

you two to share.

Any man found looting...

...will have the value of their property

deducted from his pay.

They're enlisted men.

- Post two men over there.

- I'm going to camp down by the river.

If I stay here long, I might misbehave.

- Right over there.

Somebody might have to kill me.

Lieutenant?

I imagine you plan to ride first thing.

Would it be all right if my daughter

and I rode along with you?

Naturally, I'm quite concerned.

Ma'am, capturing those renegades

is the Army's highest priority.

- Yes, of course.

- Butcher a couple goats for supper!

- And I'm grateful.

- But that's the assignment of the 4th.

But the 4th is going

in the wrong direction.

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