When Brittles is taking the troop toward the river to escape the Indians, the wagon takes a path up and down a couple of small, very steep hills, instead of a flat path about three feet away. That makes no sense.
I also noticed that one of the out-riders had a rope attached to the wagon, I believe to keep it from tipping over. they should have had one on the other side, too. The wagon almost tipped over toward the rider with the rope,
I just noticed that myself
I think Ford might of done that to show the kind of ground that the cavalry had to cover.
Why wagons or wheeled vehicles of the time were unsuitable for the cavalry
That has always been my argument for Custer, not taking Gatling guns to the last stand
You don't have to stand tall, but you have to stand up!
I wondered the same thing, but as the poster above says, it was probably done to show how tough the terrain was to cover.
Poorly Lived and Poorly Died, Poorly Buried and No One Criedshare