Ben Quote - Week Apr. 13

[Pearson]

From 'The Honor of Cochise'


Ben: Any good white man, in uniform or out, would condemn Johnson for what he's done. But if you kill him, you make a hero of him and the Army will slaughter many Indians to avenge him. Is that what you want, to make a martyr of Captain Johnson ?

Cochise: Can you promise he will be punished ?

Ben: I, I believe he will be.

Cochise: No, that is not enough. My men are hot with hatred and with cause. Too long has their enemy been held from them.

Ben: Cochise, it is less than 5 hours' ride from here to the fort. 10 hours in all. I ask you for those 10 hours.

Cochise: The fort would send soldiers to destroy us all.

Ben: If an officer does not come back with me, alone, I will return and deliver myself into your hands again. With my sons dead, I have no reason for living.