Tom comes across a woman who is in an apparent state of shock. He takes her to the nearby Army fort, where he finds that the Indians have killed all inside, except for a captain in the barracks who was charged with desertion by the woman's husband, the fort's colonel. The captain appears to have some kind of relationship with the colonel's wife. When the colonel returns with a general and some other soldiers, Tom asks to act as the captain's defense counsel, as he feels nobody has told the truth yet about what really occurred.
—rbecker28