 Reinforcements are immediately sent to the canyon, where the unit is under constant attack and the defenders are being killed by attrition.Willard Grange is captured by the Apaches and is tied upside down over an open flame overnight so that his cries of agony will prevent the others from resting.At the fort Jess learns that the man he has been hunting for is none other than Willard Grange, who had been out for revenge for what had been done to "his" wife.