:21:02
...and tell him they want all
the white prisoners...
:21:04
...his Comanches have captured
in the last 15, 20 years.
:21:07
You get any takers, you can pay it
out of that 400.
:21:10
No, go on, take it.
:21:12
I'll be riding out here in a month or so.
I'll pick up what's left.
:21:16
Mr. Gary, perhaps Marshal McCabe
can share your quarters...
:21:20
...until he's rested sufficiently to return
to his more lucrative duties in Tascosa.
:21:24
- Fine.
- Yes, sir.
:21:26
I know Madam Aragon
will be glad to see him back.
:21:29
- Won't she, Guth?
- Hell, now, Jim...
:21:32
- Just what is your price, McCabe?
- Lf you'd call him Guth, he'll shave...
:21:36
I don't know what this private joke's
about, but it's gone far enough.
:21:41
Just how much do you think
human lives are worth, McCabe?
:21:45
Whatever the market will bear.
No more, no less.
:21:48
I've told you what I could pay.
That's all I can do.
:21:51
Well, I believe you, major.
:21:54
I believe you.
:21:55
- So I'll take it.
- Sit down.
:21:58
- Well, I'd prefer, sir...
- Sit down!
:22:00
You understand,
this is just a matter of principal.
:22:03
I'll make up the balance
from that bunch of sooners out there.
:22:06
What balance?
:22:09
- I figure it's worth about $500.
- What?
:22:13
Five hundred dollars a head
for each captive I bring in.
:22:17
If this is another joke,
I want to tell you...
:22:19
...I regard it in extremely bad taste.
:22:22
And you can consider that
my lowest offer.
:22:24
- And you, sir, can go to the devil.
- All right.
:22:27
Suit yourself.
:22:29
Suit yourself, but just remember this:
:22:32
Now, you can't send a troop
into Comanche territory...
:22:35
...without breaking the peace treaty.
:22:37
One false move, and you have
another Indian war on your hand.
:22:40
- Wouldn't look good on your record.
- Never mind my record.
:22:43
They'd bust you, major.
They'd bust you, and you know it.
:22:47
In the meantime, you got congressmen
breathing down your neck...
:22:50
...to do something about
those constituents there.
:22:52
Now, what you need is a civilian to pull
the Army's chestnuts out of the fire...
:22:56
...and you want me to work
for Army pay. Oh, no.
:22:59
Those sodbusters out there
haven't $500 between them.