Hondo — Season 1, Episode 7: Hondo And The War Hawks

Episode synopsis

Soldado and his renegades massacre a family and then attack a shipment of rifles and ammunition intended for Vittoro's people, killing all the soldiers guarding it. Colonel Crook is ordered back to Washington to accept a medal and is being replaced for the two months he is gone by Colonel Smith, who immediately orders all Apaches to surrender their rifles and ammunition. Smith assigns Buffalo Baker to carry the order to Vittoro but he refuses and is put in the guardhouse. He is soon joined there by Hondo who disobeys Smith's order restricting him to the fort to ride to Tucson to retrieve Colonel Crook. Smith, however, is still in charge for 24 hours and rides out with Captain Richards as Soldado has offered to be the first to surrender his weapons. This turns out to be a trap and Smith, Richards and several troopers are held captive. Soldado sends a sergeant back with his ultimatum, which is 100 repeater rifles and one thousand rounds of ammunition in exchange for the hostages.

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
• E5Hondo And The Savage
• E6Hondo And The Apache Kid
• 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