The Undefeated Page #6

Always remember:
|windage and elevation.

French!

- You suppose bandits done it?|- Bandits'd have stripped 'em!

More'n likelyJuaristas!

I want one man to go back|to those Southerners and tell 'em!!!

to forget their escort|from Maximilian.

This is it!

I might've known it'd be him!

He's been actin' kind of|peculiar lately,John Henry!

- Figure he's sick?|- Yeah!

Colonel!

There'll be no escort from Maximilian!|John Henry sent me to tell you!

- How does he know that?|- We ran across them four,|five miles south of here!

They're dead!John Henry|thinks theJuaristas did it!

- I see!|- Colonel, you're not|gonna believe that, are ya?

- Why should I not?|- Why would those Yankees bother|to send us word of anything?

- It just doesn't make sense!|- What reason would I have|in coming to you with a lie?

Yes, Captain, what reason?

It's late, son!|You may as well stay the night!

- Thank you, sir!|- Margaret, Ann? Set another place!

This young man's|joining us for supper!

[ Mouthing Words ]

-[ Langdon ] Captain Anderson?|-[ Anderson ] Sir?

- [ Crashing ]|- Double the night pickets|from here on in, Captain!

During the day, I want two men|ahead of the column, two men at|the rear and two on each flank!

Yes, sir!

- Good night, Captain!|- Good night, sir!

- Corporal?|- Yes, sir?

Jimmy, how far are we|from Durango?

Three days!

You know, I-- I've been thinkin'|an awful lot about home!

I have too, Maggie!!!

and my home is you!

Ohh,Jimmy!

[ Horse Whinnies, Distant ]

I knew it would be nice!

Why'd you ask me how old I am?|Do you care?

No! I'm glad you're young!

It gives us more time|to be together!

Oh, I'll always be young|if I always feel the way I do now!

When we go back to the Territory,|you'll be with me!

Take me now!!! tonight!

[ Charlotte ] Oh!

- [ Gasps ]|- You go to bed!

- [ Grunts ]|- Please, don't hit him!

Stop it!

[ Gasping ]

Hyah!

[ Horses Whinnying ]

- So Doc says, ''Sorry, partner,|you're gonna die!''|- [ All Laughing ]

[ Fiddle:
Folk ]

Them ''hor-dorv-rees'' was mighty fine,|Mr! McCartney, but for my trimmings,

- I'd like a Kansas City steak,|well done!|- You go to hell!

John Henry, you ever hear|about that gal in St! Louis?|She had the dangedest itch--

- Shut up!|-[ Fiddling Stops ]

We're comin' down to the end|of it now! We've lost 500 horses|between here and the border,

and I don't think|that's very funny!

We lose any more, and somebody's|gonna be damned uncomfortable!

You know what?|I thinkJohn Henry's scared!

How 'bout some coffee?

- Kind of worried about him, ain't ya?|- Who?

Well, you're the worst liar|I ever came across,John Henry!|Blue Boy, that's who!

Well, he should've caught up|with us three days ago!

You don't reckon|he come across bandits, do you?

No, I think|he's too smart for that!

You know what I'd be|thinkin' if I was you?

I'd be thinkin' he made off|with that little Reb gal!

And I'd be thinkin' that he was just|about to the Rio Grande by this time!

Well, that's what|I been thinkin'!

Ah, he wouldn't do that!

Nah, he wouldn't do that!|Thanks, Short Grub!

- I've changed my mind!|- Oh-- Oh!

- Good morning!|- Good morning!

- Well, here they are! You ready for it?|- We're all set to make the count!

- Good!|- Did you encounter|any trouble along the way?

Well, nothing to speak of!

Well, we're here, and the horses|are here! How about that money?

Oh, it's coming!!! by special courier|with a troop of the emperor's cavalry!

- He is most appreciative!|- Well, how soon is|that special courier due?

- Any day! Shall we make the count?|- Why not?

[ Horses Whinnying ]

[ Speaking Spanish ]

2,505 horses!|I am surprised, Mr! Thomas!

- How's that?|- Well, I thought you would|lose more on a long trip like that!

Well, I had an understanding|with my men!

- I asked 'em not to lose any more,|and they didn't!|- [ Both Chuckle ]

- How long we gonna be here,John Henry?|- Till they give us the money!

My men haven't been home for four years!|We're a little anxious!

So we won't be hard to find!|We'll be right handy!

[ Man Shouting Warning In Spanish ]

[ Continues Shouting ]

[ Band Plays|''I Wish I Were In Dixie'' ]

[ Newby ]|Company, halt!

Left by twos! Ho!

My compliments, sir!

[ Stops ]

ColonelJames Langdon,|sir, Confederate States Army!

- My aide, Captain Anderson!|- General!

My name is Lazaro Rojas!

In the name of Emperor Maximilian,|I welcome you to our pueblo!

We have prepared a welcome banquet for|you and your people, Colonel Langdon!

Please, do us the honor...

of extending our invitation|to those of your party.

- Thank you very much, sir! Captain?|- Sir!

Lieutenant!|Dismount the troops!

- [ Wilkes ] Yes, sir!|Sergeant, dismount your troops!|- [ Newby ] Prepare to dismount!

- [ Newby ] Dismount!|- Ladies!

- [ Band Plays ]|- [ Chattering ]

-Saludas, uh--|-Amigas!

S, amigas!

- Thank you very much, sir!|- Salud.

Ah, salud.

[ Fanfare ]

It's all right, kids!|It's gonna be all right!

[ Murmuring ]

Consider yourselves prisoners|of the Revolution!

I shall protest this|to Emperor Maximilian, sir!

We take no orders from|Maximilian, Colonel Langdon!

Our president|is Don BenitoJuarez!

-[ Drumbeats ]|-The drums of Mexico beckon us, Colonel!

Please!

-James!|- Will you excuse us, Mrs! Langdon?

[ Drumbeats Continue ]

[ Officer Shouting Command|In Spanish ]

[ Officer Shouts Command ]

If you think you're gonna scare us with|threats, General, you underestimate us!

No, no, Colonel Langdon,|we have estimated you very well!

Aside from the men in your party,|there are 3 2 women and 1 7 children!

You are friends of Maximilian!

He has brought the French|into our country, and they|have tried to ride roughshod!!!

over our people!

Now Maximilian has brought you|Southern Americans into our country!!!

because he can no longer|get help from Napoleon!

These Frenchmen|kill the entire population!!!

of a small village,|every man, woman and child...

-butchered.|- [ Officer Shouting Commands|In Spanish ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

-Atencin! [ Shouts Command ]|- [ Drumrolls ]

[ Continues Shouting Commands ]

[ All ]|Viva! Viva! Viva! Viva!

-[ Crowd Continues Chanting ]|- That is what happens, Colonel,|to invaders of my country!

- My people are not invaders!|- You are here, and you|are friends of Maximilian!

- But we're not your enemies!|What do you want of us, General?|- Our forces need horses, Colonel!

Not far from here,|there is a herd of 3,000!

- Thomas!|- Yes!

Thomas!

- I'm afraid I don't|understand you, General!|- You will deliver this to Thomas!

[ Rooster Crows ]

- I'll be damned if I will!|- I believe you will, Colonel!

Our Revolution needs those horses!|BenitoJuarez needs those horses!

I'm a Confederate officer!

You can't expect me to go beggin'|those Yankees for anything!

That's in the first place, and the|second place, they wouldn't do it!

They have no reason|to care what happens to us! General,|that man Thomas would spit in my face!

You will do as I say,|or you will all be shot!

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