Written by  JOHN T. DUGAN  Directed by  BERNARD McEVEETY Guest Cast BARBARA RUSH as Sister William KRISTINA HOLLAND as Sister Joan of Arc  CHRISTOPHER DARK as Frank Ford HENRY BRANDON as Quahada  KEN MAYER as Dan Rodden EDDIE LITTLE SKY as Red Cloud

Chad & Joe gloat over bribing Reese to volunteer for escort duty for some “fancy Dan” friends of the Governor.  They're crushed when the Captain tells Reese he'll be escorting the Bordeaux sisters.. However, Reese’s fantasies of two French beauties are dashed when his charges turn out to be two nuns determined to re-open Massacre Mission where priests were slaughtered years earlier.  When he's unable to convince them they’re in danger from hostile Comanches, Chad & Joe are sent to replace him.  Finding the mission deserted, they fear the worst and track the nuns to a Comanche camp where they're guests not prisoners.  Chad & Joe are no more successful than was Reese in convincing them to leave the mission.  They end up helping the sisters put the mission back in running order, much to the dismay of the Ford gang who hid their loot under the chapel floor. The gang has been raiding in fake war paint so that Comanches are blamed.  When the Rangers find out the gang is coming to the mission in force, Chad holds them off while Joe gets help from the Comanches.  The gang is overwhelmed, including the leader who is knocked cold by Sister Joan of Arc wielding a length of fire wood.  Chad & Joe donate the reward for recovering the money to the mission and ride back to Laredo with the gang in tow.

NiteOwl Review:  One of the better episodes from the second half of the season despite the gratingly stereotypical portrayal of the Indians.  We'd put it in the second half of the top ten.  This is one of the episodes which shows the color of Chad & Joe's horses magically changing midride as footage from the second episode is inserted in the scene in which the boys track the nuns from the mission to the Indian encampment.  Historical Note:  It was the main function of the Rangers prior to 1880 to wipe out most of the Indian tribes in Texas, something which they actually succeeded in doing.