:23:02
A sound military move.
:23:04
I'd like to rest the troop
for three hours and start back.
:23:09
I'll have Cohill out
of that pocket by tomorrow.
:23:12
No, Nathan,
troop can't leave till dawn.
:23:16
Dawn? Troop ought to pull
out of here before midnight!
:23:20
I agree, Nathan, if you were leading
it. But Pennell will need daylight.
:23:25
Pennell? That babe in the wood?
:23:29
Fording a river against a swarm
of hostiles with Winchesters?
:23:33
Aren't you forgetting
that you retire tomorrow?
:23:37
Tomorrow's all I need, Mac.
Look, 40 years a good soldier.
:23:43
I can't leave Cohill
facing those devils.
:23:47
It's no one-day mission.
They'll be out all winter.
:23:51
Then I'll volunteer as a civilian
scout, an interpreter. Anything.
:23:57
- I thought you were fond of Cohill.
- Fond of him?
:24:01
Every time he gave an order,
men would look at you.
:24:05
They'd wonder if he were doing the
right thing. You wanna ruin the boy?
:24:12
I know, Mac, but...
:24:14
Pennell's got to learn to cross
a river under fire. So did we.
:24:18
Cohill's got to run his chances.
We ran them, Nathan.
:24:22
That's what we get paid for.
:24:26
Yeah, I guess you're right, Mac.
:24:31
I guess you're right.
:24:34
With your permission,
I'll quit the post tomorrow.
:24:38
- Permission granted, captain.
- Where will you go, Nathan?
:24:42
Oh, West, I guess, Abby.
:24:45
California, new settlements.
:24:50
Old soldiers, Miss Dandridge.
:24:53
Someday, you'll learn
how they hate to give up.
:24:57
Captain of a troop one day,
every man's face turned towards you.