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hwpTheyll fight a delaying action.
Twenty-five, thirty warriors, maybe.
Hundred women and children.
Thats it.
The warriors will turn and fight.
-No avoiding that.
-No.
Itll give the women and children
time to take cover.
One thing for damn sure,
they already know were here.
-Captain Ragsdale!
-Sir.
Troopers on the flat, form a line!
Company!
-Mr. Ragsdale!
-Sir!
Advance carbines.
Company! Advance carbines!
-Sound the march.
-Bugler!
The Chiricahua Apache
from the American Southwest...
...were the last of the great tribes
to defy the United States government...
...and its effort to impose
the reservation system.
The Army, under the command
of Brigadier General George Crook...
...was entrusted with the responsibility
of breaking this resistance.
His campaign ended the Chiricahua
strongholds below the Mexican border.
Brought to a conclusion the conflict...
...that had raged through the Southwest
for nearly two decades.
Tell old Nan and the others
were not going to hurt them.
Were not going anywhere.
We dont want to fight.
We came here to bring you
to our reservation.
Tell your men that.
Nantan Lupan only wants peace
with the Chiricahua.
Live on the reservation.
Only one Chiricahua warrior
and his band of renegades held out.
Then, even he sent word that he would
give himself up in two months time.
He was called Goyakla.
But years before, the Mexicans
had given him another name:
Geronimo.
One month before my nd birthday...
...l reported for duty
in the Arizona territory.
It was my first post into garrison life.
In looking back, it is now clear to me
that I was as much a stranger to myself...
...as I was to the great western desert.
My name is Britton Davis.
I was a participant in what the Army
later called the Geronimo Campaign.
It is my wish to throw some light upon
the extraordinary events that I witnessed...
...and on the men that lived them.
The beginning of my life
as a frontier soldier was at hand...
...and no amount of military training
could disguise the excitement I felt.
-Howdy.
-Welcome. Its good to see an army fellow.
Whiskey?
No, thank you, sir.
You dont have to sir me, son.
I aint no officer.
-Looks like you are, though.
-Second Lieutenant Britton Davis.
-At your service.
-Proud to know you.
Where you from, Lieutenant?
Born in Texas, near Brownsville.
Texas? Why, hell, son,
I thought you was from back east!
Kind of got that manner about you.
Well, I been the last four years
at West Point.
-Senor.
-Yeah?
Soldados vienen.
My initial impression
of First Lieutenant Charles Gatewood...
...remains distinct in my memory.
His brusqueness was entirely military,
balanced by unfailing good manners.
In his most matter-of-fact way,
he gave me my first order...
...as an officer
of the United States Cavalry.
I was to accompany him south.
We were going to bring in Geronimo.
Hes due in a few days.
WeIl go on down to the border
and escort him to San Carlos.
About miles to the border
from here, Mr. Davis.
Plenty of time to get acquainted
with your new mount.
-Sir?
-Yes?
Just you and me?
The General figured that if we had
Geronimo we didnt need much protection.
Yes, sir.
A small detachment means
were not threatening the hostiles.
You wouldnt want to pose a threat
to Geronimo, would you?
No, sir.
The Lieutenant was a man of confidence
and experience in the Apache wars.
In time I came to realise
he was much admired by his peers...
...much respected by his superiors.
Thats the border, Mr. Davis.
-How will he find us?
-Easy. Were the only ones out here.
Lieutenant?
Apache medicine man.
Probably on a pilgrimage.
The Apaches, they believe in that power.
Its a kind of...
...spirit they carry inside them.
Sir, Geronimos just going to come on in
and give himself up?
Thats what he promised.
Chiricahua doesnt give his word much,
but when he does, he keeps it.
As long as you keep yours.
When the medicine man joined our camp,
I was filled with curiosity.
By personal inclination, Lieutenant
Gatewood kept his own counsel.
He met questions from an inexperienced
officer with patience and courtesy.
What fascinated me most...
...was his sympathy and knowledge
of all things pertaining to the Apache.
You dont talk to them much, do you?
To an Apache, stillness is a pleasure.
Its something theyre taught
while theyre young.
Helps someone who may have to
hide and wait.
Whats he singing about?
Trying to locate Geronimo.
Says heIl be here tomorrow.
On a white horse.
Superstitious, arent they?
$ says he rides in here on a white horse.
Just because the medicine man says so?
Youve got a bet, Lieutenant.
Question?
These scouts that we have with us,
theyre Apache.
Why would they work for the Army?
Fight their own kind?
There are lots of different Apache tribes
that dont much like each other.
Most of all,
Apache go where the best fight is.
Its a morality, once you understand it.
All right, lIl see your $ ...
...and lIl raise you $ .
Lieutenant, just curious:
are you a family man?
I have a son and a daughter.
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