In a harrowing scene, the troglodytes brutally kill all but one of the rescue party, leaving only Hunt standing. In a last desperate act, Hunt manages to kill the leader of the troglodytes but is severely injured in the process. As the sun rises, he sits alone, mortally wounded, contemplating the horrors he has witnessed.

Arthur arrives and kills one of the tribesmen, while Hunt kills the leader with one the tribe's bone tomahawks. Arthur frees Samantha and Chicory, while a mortally wounded Hunt stays behind with his rifle. He prepares to kill the surviving cannibals when they return, to prevent them from chasing after them and terrorizing Bright Hope.