Hondo

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane (John Wayne) discovers a woman, Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page), and her six-year-old son, Johnny, living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector. Angie repeatedly says that her husband is away herding cattle, but Hondo realizes he has been gone a long time. As Angie's life is threatened by the Apaches, Hondo protects her, and eventually, she chooses to join him as an Apache wife, sealing an Apache wife-seeking ceremony with him.