![]() ![]() The next morning, the station master rides in with an arrow in his chest, declaring that after two scalp hunters brutally raided a Comanche village, the Indians killed them, then decided to attack the stagecoach, along with every other white in the area. Meanwhile, Lane informs Frank and Dobie that because the woman’s husband has offered to pay the reward whether she is returned dead or alive, he plans to kill both her and Cody to claim the money. Lowe that he knew nothing about the reward, but she refuses to believe him. ![]() That night, while the group awaits the arrival of the stage, Cody tries to tell Mrs. Lowe upbraids him and declares she will travel by herself on the next stage to Lordsburg. Believing that Cody has deceived her about his reason for coming to her rescue, Mrs. Lowe, whose husband is offering a $5,000 reward for her return. Lane denies Cody’s accusation, explaining that he is in the area to search for Mrs. Lane had been responsible for causing an Indian insurrection that wiped out Cody’s command, and now Cody suggests that the Indians were chasing Lane and his men, Dobie and Frank, because they were carrying Comanche scalps. After helping the men drive off the Indians, Cody recognizes one of the men, Ben Lane, an unscrupulous bounty hunter whom Cody had court-martialed when they were both in the army years earlier. Soon after they reach Comanche Station, three men ride in, chased by Comanche. Lowe wonders if a man would still want a woman who had been abused by the Comanche, Cody replies that a man would take her back if he loved her enough. Lowe asks him why, he responds that he did not rescue her at her husband’s behest, but because he heard that the Comanche were holding a white woman. Cody, who had heard stories about her kidnapping and her husband’s efforts to get her back, seems surprised by her identity, and when Mrs. After Cody rides off with the woman, she introduces herself as Mrs. Lowe upbraids him and declares she will travel by herself on the next stage to Lordsburg.Ī loner named Jefferson Cody rides into Comanche territory to trade a parcel of goods for a white woman who had been taken by the Comanche during an attack. A loner named Jefferson Cody rides into Comanche territory to trade a parcel of goods for a white woman who had been taken by the Comanche during an attack. ![]()
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