She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

A Page from the Indian Wars

This western hails from 1876. News of Custer's recent massacre has spread everywhere. The Indian tribes are emboldened and, forgetting old quarrels, are uniting with each other. If successful in their systematic attacks, it is said, no stagecoach will cross the west again for another hundred years.

Only the US Cavalry can save the day, and John Wayne plays a cavalry captain. Women wear yellow ribbons to honor their boyfriends in the cavalry. There are jealousies among the men, some of it encouraged by the flirting of the women, as to who the individual yellow ribbons are for.

No western would be complete without a barroom brawl. In this one, a tough Irishman takes on and whips 7 or 8 assailants.

Captain Nathan Brittles (John Wayne) visits an elderly Indian chief who wants peace. They each smoke the peace pipe. But the young braves will hear nothing of peace.

So later that night, Captain Brittles, literally minutes from retirement from the US Cavalry, leads a daring surprise attack against a large group of Indians who are planning to attack the settlers. What will be the outcome?
May 25, 2008

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Old men are suppose to Stop Wars

General Custer is dead, at Little Big horn.

A government stagecoach with Calvry payroll has been robbed by the indians

A group of indians (Southern Cheyenne Dog soldiers) are responsible for the payroll robbery accordingly because Sgt Tyree indentifies the arrow as dog soldier. Nathan is bewildered as the reason the Cheyenne have wandered so far away from their home lands.

Indian agent Karl Rynders and his translator are selling guns to the Cheyenne, but a red shirt Cheyenne kills and robs the men. Nathan watches does not stop the murder, not wanting to give away their secret mission and position.

Captain Nathan Brittles is set to retire in ten days.

Abby and niece Olivia Dandridge prevented from leaving the Kanab fort. Olivia pretends too to prefer Lt. Ross Pennel over Lt. Clint Cohill. Olivia at the end of the movie marries Lt. Clint Cohill, as Nathan returns as Lt. Col of patrol.

Major Mac Allshard wants his wife and daughter to join Captain Brittles patrol to be delivered safely to Sudros Well and catch a stagecoach east. Olivia where a yellow ribbon in her hair and each of her suitors wonders if it for him.

Sitting Bull and Crazy horse have unified 10,000 Commanche, Sioux, Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapho to find the white man. Indian war looks pending.

The indian patrol encounters a group of Arapho and Nathan decides to give them a wide birth which delays arrival to their destination by half day.

The patrol see a large group of buffalo.

Nathan learns that some of the young indian warriors believe that a war with the white man will bring back the buffalo and have stopped listening to the older men.

Before Sgt Tyree reaches Paradise river, he and his men are attacked by indians and Mike Quayne is wounded. Mike Quayne is operated on by Dr. O' Laughlin on a moving wagon.

Sudros Well has been raided and burnt. The patrol marches back to fort Stark.

Nathan declares the mission a failure and asks permission to return to Paradise river. Ross leads the patrol. Olivia kisses Clint.

Nathan arranges for Sgt. Quincannon to get in a bar fight, get thrown in the brig, and receive the maximum retirement pension possible. Sgt. Quincannon bare knuckle fighting is painful to watch.

Nathan receives a silver watch from his men.

Sound Charge
Sound Retreat
Women to the back
Officers to the front

Nathan talks with Pony-That-Walks and realizes the old men can not stop war.

Nathan stops the war by attacking the indian camp at 15 minutes before mid night and chases the horses through camp. The indians return to there reservations.

The war department promotes Nathan to Lt Col, chief of scouts, at a new post.


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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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