"Cowardly Injun's breed, murdering' skunk!" "We've seen you men about!" "It's a mistake!" "You've got the wrong man!" "There ain't no mistakin' who you are!" "You're the one that did it!" "This is a mistake." "You burned my farm!" "String 'em up!" "You've got the wrong man!" "Get him!" "There he is!" "Get 'em behind!" "Tell Notah I'm here." "He would not talk to you." "Even if he were here." "I'll wait." "You will go!" "There has never been good between you." "Has there ever been any good between Notah and anyone?" "Smells good." "Hold on, folks!" "It's the White Comanche!" "Let me go!" "No!" "Take your hands off me!" "Let me go!" "Notah is well-named." "His liver is white, like his Yankee father." "His heart burns blacker than the skin of his Comanche mother." "His white belly, like his name, the snake!" "Notah's brother talks like the white man he thinks he is." "He's afraid to be Comanche." "Eat the peyote, drug of the devil." "Dream your dreams of hate." "Notah is neither Comanche nor white." "He's only death." "It is because of your coming that brother stands against his brother." "No!" "It's because the snake doesn't change his skin." "He's blind to the truth, that the day of the warpath has ended." "He knows only to murder, and steal." "And everywhere I go, he follows, with his thieving  and killing, until I cannot live in peace without being mistaken for the snake who is the White Comanche." "You won't change." "There's no other way between us." "No!" "Go ahead, brother." "A woman has done your work for you." "Next time, don't eat the peyote." "Maybe then you'll be quick enough." "I'll be in the place called Rio Hondo." "I'll wait four days." "Either you come and meet me there, alone, or I'll find you again." "One of us must die." "I will be in the place called Rio Hondo." "We are no longer brothers." "Help!" "Help me!" "That's for your good boss, Jed Grimes!" "Help!" "I'm tellin' ya, I wasn't there!" "Who the hell are you?" "If you know what's good for you, get!" "You heard 'em." "What'd he do?" "Nothing." "I didn't do nothin'." "Get on that horse and ride!" "Please, mister." "Please, mister, help me." "Drop the gun belt." "That was close, mister." "If you hadn't come along, I'd be kickin' now." "Sure wanna thank ya." "We better go." "But, mister!" "I wanna thank ya." "My name's Ellis." "Work for Jed Grimes in Rio Hondo." "He'd wanna meet ya." "You'd better go." "The general ain't gonna like this." "Put a name to 'em, 'The Fast Gun.'" "The way he looks...." "The White Comanche." "I'm alright, mister." "Sure ya are." "It's three days to Saturday." "I didn't think you'd wanna bath, though." "Thanks." "Do me a favor, will ya?" "Depends." "Feed and bed 'em down." "It'll cost a dollar." "Alright." "Come on, there." "Morning." "If I was you, I'd slow down on that stuff, Ellis." "You come as near dying' as me, you drink the place dry." "Whiskey." "I told 'em we had to be back by 7 o'clock." "What'd he say?" "Nothin'." "Well!" "Decided to take me up on my offer, eh?" "I'll be damned!" "You got a barrel under your tail or somethin', mister?" "You saved my life!" "You already said that." "What's eatin' on you, anyway?" "You won't let a body thank ya." "Leave the bottle." "Jed Grimes." "I understand you did me a favor." "I killed two men cause they were gonna kill me." "They wanted to hang someone without talkin' it over first." "I know how it feels." "You got a job?" "As of now, you're workin' for me." "Doin' what?" "Oh, don't worry 'bout that." "We'll think of something." "How much ya figure his life is worth?" "Let's say..." "One hundred dollars." "How much ya figure I'm worth?" "It depends on how long you can stay alive." "And what you're willin' to do." "I'll let ya know about the job  in four days." "Maybe then I won't be worth even a hundred dollars." "Howdy." "Name's Logan." "Noticed that horse you're riding carries no brand." "Won't find no brand on me either, Sheriff." "Staying round here long?" "Depends." "Nice, quiet place." "Folks go to church on Sunday." "My job to keep it that way." "Come on, let's see what happened!" "It's Ben Foster -- he's real done-in!" "Grab the horses!" "Get 'em down." "Easy, now." "Looks bad." "Is he dead?" "Who did it, Ben?" "Who did it?" "Alright, some of you men take 'em to Dr. Wiggins." "Quiney, telegraph Laudsburg and inform them." "What happened, Sheriff?" "I don't know." "What do you mean, you don't know?" "We'll get all the answers, Mr. Mayor." "We'll get answers?" "That's your responsibility!" "To me, the City Council, and the citizens of this town!" "I know my responsibility, Mr. Mayor." "You men unhitch those horses." "I'll getcha to the hotel, Kelly." "It's alright." "I'll be alright." "Well, if you're sure." "You can tell Mr. Grimes I'll be back at work tonight." "Sure." "Sure, I'll tell 'em, Kelly." "Who did it, Kelly?" "They massacred Bargs and Marshall." "Comanche renegades." "All but one." "Half-breed, he was." "Called himself the White Comanche." "I've heard of 'em." "Didn't know he'd got this far." "Don't you worry." "We'll find 'em." "Sure." "He is afraid." "No." "Afraid!" "No!" "I says to him, 'You better get yourself a new sales girl, eh?" "'" "Boy, more whiskey's already dry!" "I'll finish your hand." "Let's see, who's bet?" "Upped you." "Ten dollars to call." "Ten dollars?" "Too steep." "I see." "How?" "Just luck." "Dead man's hand." "Mr. Grimes." "General!" "Care to sit in?" "I expected to find the sheriff here." "He went out lookin' for someone." "Could that someone be a half-breed Indian who calls himself the White Comanche?" "General, we all here agreed not to talk about that." "On whose decision?" "Yours?" "Out of courtesy, to Miss Kelly." "I don't see what courtesy has to do with the murder of two of my men by someone you hired!" "That's enough, Garcia!" "The stage was attacked by this White Comanche." "Everyone was killed." "Only Kelly survived." "Miss Kelly, you have my deepest sympathy." "I came to swear out a warrant for your arrest, Grimes." "You're crazy." "You're just tryin' to hide." "Ellis saw your men moving' my landmarkers." "Ellis is a liar." "White Comanche." "He can't be!" "He's the one who " "I tell you, it's him." "A whiskey." "Ehi, what's that!" "Like trouble." "I'm lookin' for an Indian, a dirty murdering' Indian." "You're the cowdung who gunned down my friends in cold murder." "Lousy, stinking breed!" "Kill 'em!" "Kill him!" "I've nothing to do with that stagecoach or that woman." "Anybody that doesn't believe me, go ahead." "Hold it." "Let's teach 'em a lesson!" "Get 'em!" "Yeah, hurry!" "Now get back!" "Get back all of you!" "I'm charging him with murder, and Grimes here with paying him to do it." "Any charges to be made, General, I'll make them." "He's the one, Sheriff!" "He's the one!" "If he is, he's going to be two places at one time." "I picked up the trail where the stagecoach was attacked." "I followed it into the rocks, til I lost it." "None of 'em was headed here to Rio Hondo." "Now clear out!" "Clear out, all of you!" "Except you, General, and Grimes." "Charlie, you might escort Miss Kelly to the hotel." "Tell your brother to clear out, too." "He sure put up a hell of a fight." "Get out!" "Sit down." "Now we'll try for some answers." "What's your name?" "Moon." "Johnny Moon." "What brings ya to Rio Hondo?" "It's personal." "Grimes brought 'em here!" "He paid 'em!" "I never saw him in my life, before today." "He said he killed two of my men." "That so?" "That's right, Sheriff." "They'd do it first." "If it wasn't for him, I'd be coyote bait right now." "The general's brother and three men jumped me, and was fixin' to -- to string me up!" "My men caught him moving landmarkers." "Just the other way around, Sheriff." "That's enough." "I've had a belly-full of you, Grimes." "You, too, General." "Two richest men this side of El Paso and all you can think of is getting richer." "I wouldn't be surprised if you're both guilty of trying to steal each other's land!" "By moving government markers." "Is that an accusation?" "I've seen range wars building before, and what's going on between you two bears all the earmarks of it." "I'll be damned if I let that happen." "Grimes, did you hire this man?" "I may have tried to." "That right?" "He gave me a hundred dollars, offered me a job." "I told 'em he'd get his answer in four days." "That's true, Sheriff." "Drop your gun belt." "Step away from it." "I'm not the one who hurt you." "You might fool the sheriff, but not me." "I'll never forget you." "I'm sorry for what happened." "It's not the first time he's done something like that." "What are you talking about?" "Saturday." "Everyone'll know." "Now." "You're gonna tell me now." "We're brothers." "Twins." "Except for the color of our eyes." "Get over there." "Doesn't help, does it?" "Who remembers the color of someone's eyes?" "His were  black, as the ace of spades." "He's been like this a long time, ever since the Comanches were  forced onto the reservation in Oklahoma." "We came into the world moments apart." "Never separated." "We played together, rode together." "We were..." "The fact is, we were raised neither Comanche nor white." "The Indians thought it was alright to take white women as slaves." "But they didn't hold with one of theirs bedding' down with a white man." "Our mother died when we were ten, eleven." "Grew up somehow." "Came across some soldiers one day, they forced us onto the reservation, our being half-Comanche." "The Indians didn't want us." "The whites?" "Something busted inside 'em." "He went crazy." "He started using peyote, made 'em see things, visions, he said." "A new Comanche empire, with him as a chief." "Some of the Indians began to believe 'em  follow 'em." "Ever since then, everywhere I go, I'm mistaken for 'em." "Always accused of his killing'." "You said after Saturday, everyone will know." "You better go." "Do you have a name, besides Moon?" "Johnny." "Hi, mister." "Gosh, I heard about what happened last night." "Are you really that fast?" "Fast about what, young fella?" "You know." "Did ya have 'em dead to rights?" "Maybe." "Can I see it?" "Your gun." "Dennis!" "Oh, mom!" "Don't want you talkin' to that man." "That's fine." "Thank you, Mrs. Timm." "Bye-bye." "Cartridges." "Everybody deaf around here or somethin'?" "We hear what we want to hear." "Then ya heard me ask for cartridges." "I heard." "It doesn't mean I intend to sell them to you." "Something wrong with my money?" "Not your money -- it's you." "You're the trouble, mister." "We don't want your likes around!" "I " " I'm warning you!" "I appreciate it." "Let's get something straight." "I gotta stay here a few more days." "Who's the man that works in the general store?" "Bolker." "He works in it, he owns it and he's the mayor." "You tell your mayor next time I wanna buy something, I'll take it, without payin' for it." "I'll tell 'em." "You take it, and I'll lock you up." "Besides, I'm not responsable for people's attitudes." "Just one more thing, I'm not the White Comanche." "I want you to believe that." "If I didn't believe it, you'd be sleeping in the cemetery right now." "Say..." "Why don't you just saddle up and ride outta here to someplace else?" "Because, Sheriff, I can't." "Not yet." "That'll be one dollar." "Here's for today and tomorrow." "You'll be ridin' on, then, after tomorrow?" "Maybe." "I might've been someone else." "Yes, but you're not." "I'll leave if you want me to, but you better not stay here alone." "Wherever I am, I am alone." "I guess that makes us about the same." "No, I guess not." "At least you know what side of the fence you belong on." "What does that mean, 'the side of the fence'?" "Well, there's no getting away from the fact that I'm half-Indian." "I'm a whole mix of something or other." "English, Scotch, and some French too, I think." "With me, it's different." "Why?" "Are Comanches all bad?" "There's no good in the part of me that's my brother." "He's comin' to Rio Hondo." "Does the sheriff know?" "No." "And he ain't gonna either." "It's between the two of us." "'Tween me and myself, you might say." "He's cruel and savage." "He's a killer." "He's not the only one." "I've killed, too, plenty of times -- had to." "Everybody's done some sort of killing sometime." "Even you!" "You wanted to." "You can't put down what's in you anymore than I can." "You have to face up to it." "We both have to face up to it." "Miss Kelly..." "Leave the sheriff out of what's between me and myself." "Johnny, look out!" "There they are!" "Welcome home, darlin'." "You be here just fine." "Aunt Beulah!" "See any Indians?" "Not with that circus riding' through." "Driver, where's the hotel?" "Smack dab in front of you, Mr. Carter." "Turn around and follow your nose." "Very well." "Reply:" "Your request..." "Information, Johnny Moon." "No record here  fits such man." "Description fits Notah Moon  White Comanche." "There ya are, Sheriff." "Thanks, Quiney." "Howdy, Sheriff." "Any trouble?" "Not a whisker." "Good!" "Say, Sheriff, nearly forgot..." "Norman in El Paso." "Have 'em make sure and give it to ya." "Let's roll 'em out, boys!" "Now, do you have that straight?" "I am neither forgetful nor stupid, General." "Then it is settled." "Look!" "There's a dead man on that horse!" "Get the sheriff!" "Sheriff!" "It's Coor." "He tried to kill me." "What he says is true." "I saw it." "Do you realize that you're bearing witness for a man who's all but killed you?" "I was mistaken, about him." "My poor, stupid brother." "He would do anything for me." "Grab." "What do you know about this, General Garcia?" "Why don't you ask Grimes that question?" "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" "He means that this here gunslinger that Grimes brought to town is lying!" "And so's Kelly!" "Don't forget -- she works for Grimes, too." "You can go, Moon." "What else were you told to say?" "Now look here, Sheriff " "Shut up, Bolker." "You toad!" "You toad!" "You lowly, hopping toad!" "You call yourself a sheriff?" "If you had done something about that gunslinger  he wouldn't be walking around free, and this would not happen." "It's the same as though you killed my brother." "General, I do my job the way I think it oughtta be done." "Right now my chief concern is not Johnny Moon." "It's keeping you and Grimes from each other's throats." "Sheriff, there's no need for " "There is a need for a new sheriff, and a new mayor." "But this will take time." "And I've been wasting too much time already." "Nice evening', Sheriff." "Yes." "Real nice." "Sheriff, decide to come in and do a little relaxing'?" "This isn't exactly a social call, Grimes." "I came here to warn you." "Garcia seems bent on stirring up a lot of trouble." "Oh, now don't go building' a snowstorm out of a patch of frost, Logan." "Chances are, Garcia isn't gonna do a thing." "I'm not banking on chances." "If all hell breaks loose around here, I'm not equipped to handle it alone." "The thing for you to do is to take your problems to the mayor." "Maybe he can help you." "I can't." "I got a saloon to run, and it's a full-time job." "Almost the same as being sheriff." "Yeah." "Mr. Moon?" "I seen the sheriff!" "Is he dead?" "Who is he?" "I don't know." "Do you know this man?" "No." "Came in on the stage this morning." "I never saw 'em before." "Either he knew who he was shooting at, or he just didn't care a hoot." "In any case, I'd advise you to be more careful in the future." "Alright, Sheriff." "I'll do that." "Alright, get along, everybody." "There's nothing here to see." "Sheriff..." "I want to tell you something." "What about?" "It is about that man." "I saw him this morning in the hotel." "That all?" "I found this in the room of the man who tried to gun ya down." "It was a bounty-hunter, I figure, after the reward." "I guess some people'll do most anything for this kinda money." "There'll be others." "They're probably all over the territory by now." "You know where he is, don't you?" "Maybe." "You better tell me." "You know, I'd lock you up for not being cooperative." "Trouble is, I need your help." "I thought you wanted me to leave town." "Well, that was when I was thinkin' about you." "Thinkin' about myself now." "Gonna be one hell of a war breaking out around here unless we can stop it." "I can't handle it alone." "Garcia and Grimes?" "You got a jail -- why don't ya lock 'em up?" "How's it my concern?" "It's your concern if you wanna live in a decent town." "Why don't ya get the good citizens of the town to help ya out?" "When trouble breaks out, they're kinda hard to find." "Tell ya what, Sheriff." "Rio Hondo can roll up and blow away -- it's no concern of mine." "For someone who's trying to live like a white man, you're sure turning out to be one hell of a Comanche." "Six men just rode in!" "With Ellis!" "Gunmen!" "I saw 'em." "Armed to the teeth." "You gotta do somethin', Logan." "We all can't get ourselves slaughtered, like a bunch of sheep." "You gotta take action!" "Seems to me I remember making that same speech to you." "Nevermind that now." "Just what are you gonna do?" "Well, the first thing I'm gonna do is deputize you." "So you can back me up when the trouble starts." "You can't do that, Logan!" "I'm the mayor." "I can't " "Oh, shut up." "I'm in no mood to listen to your croaking." "Like a -- what was it he said?" " like a toad?" "Now, my advice to you is to keep off the street when the trouble starts, and tell everybody else to do the same thing." "Now." "I've got a sizeable piece of work cut out for me, so get out." "How far behind, you say?" "Maybe two, three miles." "The duststorm will slow 'em down." "You men take the other windows!" "Over here!" "Come on, get it open!" "That's far enough, that's far enough, here." "Now turn around!" "Get out of my way, Logan!" "Don't play the heroic fool!" "I'm no hero " " I've got a job to do and I mean to do it." "So, you have decided whose side you will fight on?" "There's not gonna be any fight." "What about Grimes?" "Grimes won't start anything if you don't." "Alright." "Adelante!" "Charge!" "Get these bales off!" "Take cover, boys!" "Faster, faster!" "Quick with those bales!" "Take your positions!" "Shoot to kill!" "Ellis, get upstairs!" "Shoot!" "More!" "More!" "More!" "Keep shooting!" "Ellis!" "Can you see from up there?" "Ellis!" "Hey, mister!" "Get back!" "Get back!" "I'm gettin' outta here." "You son of a " "Don't move, Garcia." "Hell of a way to earn a dollar." "Decided not to let the town roll up and blow away, eh?" "Is your hand shaking from what happened out there, or from something else?" "I'm sorry for what I said about you being a Comanche." "You may be more right than wrong." "The sick and the wounded." "Does Kah To have something to say?" "I will make a place to put him." "No time." "The dead will find their own place." "If he is not put to the fire, his spirit will go forever in darkness." "So will yours!" "You speak beyond your years." "Next time, maybe it is your turn." "The spirits have told me the way it will be!" "In the place called Rio Hondo, the Pale Eyes will die!" "Is not this between Notah and his brother alone?" "Notah has spoken." "You've heard my words." "The Pale Eyes is not my brother!" "He is my enemy!" "He is your enemy!" "Is there anyone here who will not follow me?" "Bring food." "There shouldn't be any doubt in your mind now." "If you remember what I said about which side of the fence...." "You won't give it up until it's dead?" "Can't." "Why not?" "Why can't we ride outta here tonight?" "Now, and forget everything else." "We?" "Awhile ago, I was fixin' to pack up and get out  just go, run away." "Anywhere." "It's been that way all my life." "I settle somewhere, but something happens." "Things don't work out." "I saw what you did out there." "You didn't have to." "It wasn't your problem." "I told you he's coming." "I can't run away." "Even if...." "Tell me." "After I was finished out there, my hand was shaking." "I guess I was scared." "That never happened before." "Dammit, I've got to stay." "Please, Johnny!" "Won't you please understand?" "I don't want you to die." "Wait." "Kah To will take the watching place tonight." "You sneak away in the night like the coyote." "Why?" "There's no time for words." "Go away!" "The look in your eyes tells me you have turned against Notah." "I do what is my need to do." "For my people." "It's for the Pale Eyes." "You go to warn him!" "I go to warn 'em all!" "No, no!" "You must not go!" "I have seen in the dream that does not lie, that White Fawn and Kah To have warned the White Faces that we will come." "And I have seen the body of the Pale Eyes  burning in the fire." "The place called Rio Hondo waits to be taken." "There are horses and guns there, more than we've ever seen!" "All will be ours!" "And when word of what we have done is known by our people who now live like sheep on the reservations  they will turn away from their digging in the ground like farmers, and join with us." "The twelve tribes of the Comanche will again be as one!" "Greater than the Pawnee, greater than the Apache!" "The woman of Notah has hidden to attack Kah To." "Now he will come." "In two hours, he will be here." "He will not come alone." "Many will die." "You wanted to warn me." "Why?" "To follow Notah is to dream the sun in our eyes." "Keep my spirit from the place of darkness." "Put me to the fire." "I want you to go with them." "You'll be safe." "Perhaps it was the Lord that sent you the hands of this Johnny Moon." "Yeah, I reckon you could figure it that way if you wanted to, Reverend." "I reckon you could, Sheriff." "He's dead!" "They killed him!" "Why do you stop?" "You see what happens to those who turn against us?" "Get on your horses." "White Fawn and Kah To must be put to the fire." "The smoke will warn the people of the town." "The spirits of White Fawn and Kah To, they will not be taken to the wings of darkness." "It's a trick." "Who put them there?" "The Pale Eyes!" "He wants you to warn the town!" "This is our way, and we will wait here." "I will bring the body of the Pale Eyes here." "And he will burn with my squaw." "And my unborn child." "Go!" "Gather the firewood!" "Johnny Moon!" "Johnny Moon!" "Johnny Moon!" "Johnnny Moon!" "Up here!" "You're as the wild duck that sits on the pond." "I have promised my people you will burn in the fire." "I'm coming down." "Let it be the way of estho tonyet." "The swiftness of man and horse." "So be it." "Johnny!" "Johnny!" "All you women stay here!" "Come on, boys!" "You heard the sheriff!" "Yeah, stay back!" "Johnny!" "Johnny!" "Hey!" "Indians!" "They're riding this way!" "Comanches!" "A whole tribe of 'em!" "Get inside and bolt your doors." "Don't go near the windows." "No!" "We're through running'!" "When there's trouble, we'll make a stand." "Get your weapons!" "Mayor's right!" "It's about time!" "Perhaps it would be better to take cover in the church." "Johnny." "Notah's dead." "There'll be no more killing." "I promised his people I'd take 'em back to the reservation." "I'll get the doctor." "When I get back..." "You think this town is a decent enough place for us to live in?"