Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: pre-credit sequence of film starts out with Bureau of Kirby and last survivor of US Cavalry escort shot, Fact2: cartographer has been making maps of area, Fact3: Kirby On are met by messenger way back to fort, Fact4: patrol are unaware of fate of Kirby and party, Fact5: Taslik war paint that explains is from killing members of rival tribe
Output (English): The precredit sequence of the film starts out with Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner Kirby and the last survivor of his US Cavalry escort shot and scalped by Taslik Keith Larsen and his squaw Wanima Joan Taylor. The film proper begins with Lt. Billings Robert Stack leading his patrol, that has escorted Cpl Hamilton Charles Nolte, a cartographer who has been making maps of the area. On the way back to the fort they are met by a messenger, who brings orders that they are to meet Commissioner Kirby Richard H. Cutting and his party at a trading post in order to deliver a recently signed Indian treaty from Washington to the chief of the local tribe. The messenger gives the treaty to the Lieutenant, who commandeers him to join his patrol. The patrol, who are unaware of the fate of Kirby and his party, have nine days to get the treaty to the chief, lest a new uprising start. At the trading post is Taslik, who offers to lead the patrol to the chief. Taslik is wearing war paint that he explains is from his killing members of a rival tribe who have trespassed on his tribes land. Unknown to the patrol, Taslik and Wanima, who is shadowing the patrol, are strongly against the peace treaty. The two sabotage the patrols supplies at every turn in various undetected ways. On their journey the patrol discovers the remains of Commissioner Kirbys escort. The patrol finally get wise to Taslik when they discover that he has led them in a giant circle looking for water. With time rapidly vanishing, Lt. Billings collects all the remaining water of the rapidly diminishing patrol to fill one water bottle. This is given to one of the troopers, who is to make his way overland to the Indian village while the rest of the men conserve their strength by travelling only at night. Wanima ambushes the trooper and kills him but is wounded herself and becomes unconscious. At night the patrol discovers what has happened, but Billings refuses to kill Wanima. This causes discontent among the patrol, who have lost other members through poisoned water and suicide. Wanima agrees to lead the patrol to water but leads them to an abandoned gold mine, setting them to killing each other off to satisfy their greed.