Boo

I took it that he was an indian soldier. References to Custer and the indian wars were in his mightmares. A Captain in the Calvary with many years of hand to hand fighting with the indians (a captain in that era may have also had military training in the use of swords and in hand to hand combat).

Edit to add:

I thought this was Tom's best film. I may actually purchase it for viewing next summer in my camper on a long road on a rainy day in the Alaska bush.

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Back button again, I must be getting old.