Cavalry Lt. Collins Quotes in Seven Men from Now (1956)

Cavalry Lt. Collins: We've been dispatched from Fort Crittenden to make a wide sweep south to contact any and all Chirichua in the area. Reports indicate they may be massing along the border.

Ben Stride: Can't be more than 50 of them left in the whole territory.

Cavalry Lt. Collins: Oh, according to our scouts there's well over 100.

Ben Stride: [Laconically] That include the squaws, Lieutenant?

Cavalry Lt. Collins: I take it you don't think the Indians are dangerous.

Ben Stride: They're worse than that. They're hungry. Nothing as deadly as a half-starved Chirichua,

Cavalry Lt. Collins: Well then, we agree.

Ben Stride: [Ambiguously] Do we?