Writer:	Richard H. Bartlett, Steve McNeil
Director:	Leo Penn
Star:	Peter Palmer (Sergeant James Bustard),  Wayne Maunder (Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer),  Robert F. Simon (General Alfred Terry),  Slim Pickens (California Joe Milner)
Recurring Role:	Grant Woods (Captain Miles Koegh)
Guest Star:	William Smith (I) (Chief Tall Knife),  Ned Romero (Running Feet),  Patricia Harty (Anna Peverley),  Barbara Hale (Melinda Terry)

This episode takes place in 1870 as it's mentioned in the dialogue that the Battle of the Washita River (which occurred in 1868) took place two years prior. (edit) Shows represented in this episode include Perry Mason (Barbara Hale), Occasional Wife (Patricia Harty), and Laredo (William Smith). (edit) Episode director Leo Penn is the father of actor/village idiot Sean Penn. (edit)

Terry (about Anna): The next thing you know she'll be advocating smoking and wearing men's pants. And voting. (edit) Terry (to Custer): We don't make policy, Colonel. We merely carry it out. (edit) Custer (to Terry): Out here on the frontier an officer has the right to question idiotic orders. (edit) Custer: President Grant and his brother, Orville, aren't exactly my most ardent admirers. (edit) California Joe: It sure does beat all how fast an entire Cheyenne village can disappear into thin air. (edit)

Nitpick: strange that Melinda Terry has the same last name as her brother as it's specifically stated in the dialogue that she's married and has two children. (edit)

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