Hondo — Season 1, Episode 5: Hondo And The Savage

Episode synopsis

When Sand and Dink try to take a wild horse away from Apache leader Ponce Hondo steps in to help Ponce. When he arrives back at the fort he discovers visiting General Rutledge is there to make suggestions for better operations, although he has no knowledge of the Indian wars. Rutledge is a by-the-book officer and has Ponce unjustly whipped for supposedly attacking him during a fight with Sand and Dink, who are drunk and still angry about the wild horse. The General then leads a patrol deep into Apache territory with Hondo who advises against it. Ponce and a superior force attack and have them pinned down. Ponce talks with Hondo and says he does not desire to kill the soldiers but only wants to exact apache revenge on Rutledge. Hondo forces the general to send the soldiers back to the fort and Rutledge goes off with the Apaches for 4 days, Ponce promises Hondo the General will not be killed. The General is humiliated by Apache women and children but receives a drink of water from

About Hondo

Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season. The series was produced by Batjac Productions, Inc., Fenady Associates, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Hondo And The Eagle Claw
• E2Hondo And The War Cry
• E3Hondo And The Singing Wire
• E4Hondo And The Superstition Massacre
• E6Hondo And The Apache Kid
• E7Hondo And The War Hawks
• E8Hondo And The Mad Dog
• E9Hondo And The Judas
• E10Hondo And The Comancheros
• E11Hondo And The Sudden Town
• E12Hondo And The Ghost Of Ed Dow
• E13Hondo And The Death Drive