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speak for him now.

Well? Where is the Pardee?

Hand your weapon over to my men

and follow me.

Now, you can either hand them over or have them taken.

Live or dead, makes no difference to me

-Fourteen pounder?

-Thats right.

-That's the fourth one I've seen.

We have a brigade of light artillery

disposed through the heigths..

This we are camped here permanently,

we take special precautions

Corporal Dennis G. McWherter,

charged with violation of Article 3,

prohibiting officers to

possess personal firearmss

..further charged with dereliction of duty

reflection the most grieving discredit

upon the arm and tradition of the army of the Confederacy.

the general court marshall,

The accused had obtained the benefit of counsel

...and judged his fellow officers are...

-Colonel Pardee?

How dare you to interrupt a military

formation! Put yourself at attention!

-Yes, sir.

Carry on !

-Fellow officers.. who have due the liberation

...handed down the unanimous verdict.

Guilty.. as charged!

-Proceed

-Firing squad, ready. Aim! Fire!

Dismissed! James, my boy!

It's good to see you!

-Thank you, sir.

-Come on.

I comissioned that man myself,

but he turned out a petty thief.

Major at ease !

What do you say now? A miracle, isn't it?

Chihuahua instead of Louisiana. Rio

Conchos instead of the Mississippi.

Riverview ! Back to life again

rising from the ashes.

Beautiful, isn't it?

You have no idea how happy I am

to see you

Come, my boy. Come.

-I have been expecting you, you know.

-How is that sir?

Naturally your little little escapade in

Presidio were reported to me. We are well organized.

It reminded me of our own

conversation.

-Colonel, may I talk to you?

Out! I remember, you looked at

me as if I were mad.

-Sir, that is not so.

-No need to deny it, James.

I was not offended.

Here you can see for yourself

Here it is not all a dream, but reality.

Actual wood and stone, land and an

army.Now.. What do you say?

I'd like to join you, sir

If you still want me

Tell me James. What did make you return

at this particular time?

You do not know what day tomorrow is?

No, sir. I'm afraid I don't.

I can't say I blame you.

Not a pleasant day to remember.April 9th.

It is just two years ago tomorrow that Lee

surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.

We were better soldiers, better men,

a spiritous course, full of battles,

...and still we did not win the war.

Have you ever asked yourself why?

Because we were insufficiently ruthless!

We allowed our own code of

honor to destroy us

But tomorrow, on the anniversary of that battle,

I shall dispatch at least one thousand

mounted men against the enemy

...and they will be ruthless. I do not need

to organize them, instruct them or lead them,

...and ye they compare to the best

troops I've ever seen

The Apache!

Ah, James...

The plan is flawless. I give the Apaches these, they give

me gold and silver for them

...and attack the enemy without pause or quarter

in the rear of this army,

..in his home, as the enemy did to us

Well Major, do you

approve of my tactics?

Sir. I think I can give you something that

will make your tactics more effective

You mean the waggonload of gun powder?

Theron Pardee, The Grey Fox.

How in the world did I think I could fool you?

Do you really know me, Major? Come.

-It was picked up late yesterdaym

by one of my patrols.

-Well sir. That comes as absolutely no surprise.

The only surprise is that it took

your people so long to find us

...when we were trying so hard to be found

Well. I see there is no blood on any of you as I can see.

I told Colonel Pardee...

...that you let yourself be taken.

-Please James, I'll talk first.

-Or let them speak themselves.

-What good would that do? They would lie.

Deserters always do.

That tells me nothing.

Renegades are always a risk.

The man turns his coat once.

What is to prevent him for doing it again.

-As for the black. Why should he wants to join us at all

-Well sir. I think

-No, James!

-No, James. Let him talk. He's capable of talk I assume

-Yes

Remove your hat !

Well? Meaning no offense to you,

all I want of this is the money.

-And you?

-Money. but alot more than you pay him.

Ask the girl what she knows of these men.

They tried to make her to lead them

to the place where the guns would be traded,

..to her people but she would not do it

-Well, sir. We figured that weherever the trade

where going to take place

..that's were we would find the highest bidder.

whoever he might be.

Open the canvas.

-Do you want to see more, hefe?

-No, that's enough.

Tell the girl to join her people.

Allright. I'll meet your price.

Have the mules unhitched. We will leave the waggon here

for the time being.

Tell them below to have a raft ready.

We will probably be shipping them the

same time the guns goes

-What about the money?

-Later today when I get mine

Gold at $ 20 an ounce, 250

ounce, makes $ 5,000.

$ 100 a barrel.

As soon as the customer arrives, we strike the balance

and you will be paid.

-Meanwhile I think this calls for a drink.

-Open the door!

Give me the gold.

Guns all here as you give word.

Here is gold that I promised.

This gentleman is.

chief Blood Shirt.

And here are the men that brought you

the wagonload of gunpowder.

And this is their leader, Major James Lassiter.

I drink to our coming victory!

You are not drinking, James.

Lassiter. Lassiter.

They tell me that there is such a man.

The great killer of my people.

Often I think. What kind of man is this

Lassiter?

..who hunts Apache as the

Apache hunts the white-eyed.

Now I look, I see.

It's the same as me.

The same hate here.

Now, you say Lassiter come

to help Apache? Why?

Why?

-Gold. That gold.

-No, not for a waggon load full of gold.

I will tell why Lassiter come.

-To kill. And then to die.

-Is this the truth, James?

-No.

-Yes! You know I speak truth !

Here we are like brother.Same

dead seeds. Same alone.

No women, no child

Only left to kill, to die.

But new guns good.

With new guns Apache will kill. Kill. Kill.

Until white-eye never forget

what he take from Apache.

Always the blood of wife and child to remind him

You want water?

Drink?

It is good that you are strong.

At the next sun I come back for you

We'll see how strong

( Tomorrow we'll have a good time. )

( Do not fall asleep.

-I will not, Chief. )

( One of you will not be greeting

dawn. We want to have fun?)

(Why not?)

( Look at that one! Barely MIEE !)

( Orders are orders, go. )

( You're betraying the order?

-Yes, I do. )

( If it is for the general good...

-If it is for evil. )

Get him over there in that gulley.

You have a cover there.

Where are you going? Blood Shirt, heh?

-I'll give you plenty of time before I start shooting

-What about the guns?

Isn'n that why we came here?

Or was that Apache right?

You just wanna kill and be killed.

That powder is a hundre yards from those guns and

you got nothing to light that fuse with.

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