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**Butch Cavendish**, also known as **Wendigo** or as **Cavendish**, is the secondary antagonist in the 2013 action adventure film, *The Lone Ranger.*

He is a notorious outlaw and gang leader, infamous for his cannibalistic and sadistic tendencies towards others. Throughout the events of the film, he attempts to steal as much silver as he can from the caves where the river begins to accumulate vast amounts of wealth. Additionally, he is the brother and business partner of railroad tycoon, Latham Cole.

He was portrayed by American actor, William Ficthner. In the flashback sequences of the film, a younger version of Cavendish is portrayed by Travis Hammer.

## Story

### **Background**

Butch Cavendish was born in the United States of America at an unknown date during the early 1800's. He was also the sibling and brother of Latham Cole. The two would maintain a strong and close bond with each other which would be carried through towards adulthood.

Several years later, as young adults, both Cole and Cavendish would traverse Colby, Texas presumably in hopes of finding riches. However, due to the harsh and difficult conditions of the terrain, the two pass out and fall unconscious in the middle of the desert. They are fortunately found by a young Comanche boy named Tonto who saves the two men, bringing them back to his village to recover.

While healing in Tonto's village, Cole finds a piece of silver in the water and questions Tonto where it came from while accompanied by Cavendish. Although Tonto initially refuses, he is persuaded when he is given a cheap pocket watch by Cole in exchange for the location of the silver. Tonto takes Cole and Cavendish with him to the location of the silver where they find more silver than any white man has ever seen. Greed quickly fills them as they subsequently steal as much silver as they can carry however wanting to keep the location a secret so they could one day return in the future to collect the rest, the two men slaughter and massacre everyone in Tonto's village, leaving him as the sole survivor of his tribe. They burn and destroy everything in the village before fleeing the scene with their newfound riches. This event would forever mark Tonto as he would swear revenge on the two men, believing them to be evil Wendigo spirits originating from the silver.

It's currently unknown if Cavendish was always a cannibal or only developed cannibalistic tendencies throughout his life so it is left ambiguous. During the American Civil War in the early 1860's, Cavendish attacked renowned dancer and ballerina, Red Harrington and consequently ate her entire leg whole, forcing Red to get an ivory replacement. She would forever remember this, later aiding The Lone Ranger and Tonto in Cavendish's and Cole's defeats.

Shortly before the events of *The Lone Ranger*, Cavendish gains a notorious reputation for his cannibalistic, sadistic tendencies, becoming the leader of his own outlaw gang. Unfortunately, Cavendish would be apprehended and arrested by Texas ranger, Dan Reid Sr., resulting in Cavendish being imprisoned in that "sweatbox" for an entire year. Cavendish, furious at this, swears to enact his revenge on Dan once he escapes.

### **The Lone Ranger (2013)**

In 1869, Cavendish is transported back to Colby, Texas by train to hang for his crimes which the people of Colby look forward to. In the train, he is accompanied by Tonto who is unknown to Cavendish at this point, having long forgotten about Tonto by this point.