Comanche Page #2
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- 1956
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all for their scalps.
So, that's the way it is:
Comanches kill Mexicans
to get even with
the Spanish,
And, the Mexicans kill Comanches
in revenge for that.
- It's become a way of life.
- I can see how it began.
But the Comanches must
throw away their war paint,
or we'll have to make them.
If they knew they'd paying a
bounty for the scalps,
It would make big medicine
with them.
That's right.
We could base peace
talks on that.
I don't know.
I still think troops are the answer.
People can't go on killing
each other forever.
You see, Commissioner, the
Comanches are known
as "lords of the south plains".
They're a very proud
warrior race.
Maybe they'd sit down
and talk peace,
but they'd get right up
and go again,
if they weren't given
honorable terms.
President US Grant,
I have explicit powers
to make the peace with the
Comanches and get it ratified.
But, naturally no agreement is good
unless it's fair to both sides.
If we could only get through
to Quanah Parker!
Parker? Quanah Parker?
Chief of the Antlopes, the
Comanches deadliest tribe.
If he'd stop fighting,
all the rest will.
But ... Parker, that's an
American name.
It's his mother's family name.
How could any American girl ...
She was kidnapped by
Quanah's father.
- Sounds like one of those frontier legends.
- No, sir, it's not a legend.
Have you tried to reach
Quanah, General?
I sent runners twice.
They didn't come back.
What about this Quanah?
Can we trust him to keep his word?
He's never been known to violate it.
He'll keep his word, if
you'll keep yours.
I believe my integrity, Read,
equals that of Quanah.
Then, it's on a pretty high plain
mister commissioner.
You really mean that, I'll try
to find Quanah for you.
Or let him find me.
I'll travel by day, this time.
You know, don't you, that since
Quanah bolted that peace council
at Medicine Lodge,
No American has faced
him and lived.
Until today.
Two of Downey's hunters were
captured
I never met him, but
I known Indians.
Freeing those two men is
a sign of peace.
Well, it's your hair.
If you're not worried
about losing it ...
I'll tell the quartermaster to
issue your supplies.
By the way, who's going with you?
Next time, we play
with four aces.
Him!
Puffer? That old buzzard?
He knows the country
as well as I do.
What are you doing here?
Hiding from the Injuns?
At it again, huh?
Get down to the quartermaster's tent.
Get some jerk beef, biscuit,
bacon and beans,
plenty of cartridges.
Where are we going, Jim?
Back to our gold mine?
Get enough for two weeks supply.
Where are we going, Jim?
Dang it, Jim, where are we going?
What about that gold mine?
We're going to pay a social call
on the Comanches.
Please don't mention them
critters to me.
I'm a sick man. Go ask that General
for a leave of absence.
Except, you couldn't find your
way without me.
You'd just get yourself lost.
That's all.
- Puffer?
- Yes?
Just a minute.
I've got something for you.
-Hmmm?
- I got it in Santa Fe.
- Well, where is it?
- Open it and see.
This is the dangest scalp
as I ever did see.
It's not a scalp, you skinhead,
it's a wig.
What's it for?
To keep that bald head
of yours warm.
I'm sick and tired of hearing you
complain all the time.
- You look almost human.
- Damn!
Here, take a look for yourself.
I bet I'm the only dude
on the Staked Plains
with an extra scalp.
It might come in handy, sometime.
It sure makes a heap of difference, Jim.
It's been many years, since I enjoyed
being out in the cold morning air!
you wear it!
I'm not waving the flag,
you don't need it.
Just remember this. All
out Indian war
of your efforts.
Good luck and get back
as soon as they can.
Thank you Commissioner.
Two weeks, maybe less.
So long, Jim.
Normally, I would be warning you to
stay away from the Comanches.
Well, this is a little different, Sir.
- Ready, Puffer?
- I'm always ready.
Let's go.
Good luck, Read. You're sure
going to need it.
- Why do you say that?
- Oh, I got my reasons.
Just who are you?
My name Downey, commissioner.
Art Downey.
I used to be chief scout,
until I retired.
Retired? What do you do now?
Ah, a little prospecting,
buffalo hunting ...
Just what do you know about
the Comanches?
Well, Sir, I've lived out here
for 20 years.
I taught Jim Read
all he knows.
You said that he would fail on
this mission. Why?
Well, it's nothing personal, sir.
Jim's a good man. One of the best.
It's the thinking that's wrong,
Commissioner.
You don't send out one man to
talk to an Indian tribe.
You just don't do it..
What do you do?
Well, Sir, the Comanches
are just plain savages.
They live by force and
obey by force.
If we try to reason with them,
They're going to think you're weak.
You got to show they you're
stronger than they are,
They respect force.
Just like they respect a
Cavalry regiment.
I said virtually the same thing to
General Miles and Read.
They felt otherwise.
You're the only person I've met
Well, sir, like I said, I've
lived out here for 20 years.
I scouted for six of them.
You got to learn something about
the Indians in that time.
The worst part is sending one cousin
to do business with another.
- Downey?
- Sir?
You're talking in circles.
To whom are you referring now?
Jim Read and Quanah Parker.
I hope I didn't hear you right.
Did you say Read was
cousin to a savage?
First cousin.
Their mothers were sisters.
- Why wasn't I informed?
- You mean you weren't?
No, I was not.
That makes it worse
than ever.
Two cousins ...
dealing for and against
the government.
about having Read recalled.
Dang them Comanches.
Ain't never around when we want 'em.
# On the prairie he has his day
# He's on a journey to meet with fate
# He keeps on riding and takes no rest
# For he knows best that time won't wait
# A man is as good as his word
# as good as his word as he
# And if he is as good as his word
# He's good enough for me
# Quanah Parker the Comanche Chief
# Is on the warpath and time is brief
#Read knows that Quanah is brave and just
# They stake their trust on a firm belief
# A man is as good as his word
# as good as his word is he
# And if he is as good as his word
# He's good enough for me
You know, Jim, I just can't help enjoying
and looking at this here store hair
I can feel myself getting better in less time than
it takes a rooster to make a chicken green
A Spanish gal. She been shook clean down
to her innards
Do you understand English?
Comprende English?
Where did you come from?
Where do you live? Where's your home?
- What'll we do with her, Jim?
Poor thing's plum loco.
Come on. - No! I will escape again!
It is better to die.
Oh! The blood of my parents
is in your hands.
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