Ulzana's Raid

Following mistreatment by agency authorities, Ulzana breaks out of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation with a small Raid (military). Soon news reaches the local military commander, who sends riders to alert local homesteads. Both troopers are separately ambushed; one is dragged away while the other shoots the settler woman he is escorting and then himself. The warriors play catch with his heart. The woman's husband, who stayed behind to protect his farm, is captured and tortured to death. United States Army Reconnaissance McIntosh (Lancaster) is given the job of finding Ulzana (Martinez) with a few dozen soldiers led by an inexperienced lieutenant, Garnett DeBuin (Davison). The small cavalry column includes a veteran sergeant (Jaeckel) and Apache scouts Ke-Ni-Tay (Luke).