 uh bat retrieved the girls uh returned them to their family and it was one of his more well-known adventures and like i say it became one basis for the film the searches which is the story of ethan edwards and his search for his niece who had been kidnapped by indians after her family had been killed let's go home debbie the army's relentless pursuit of the indians during the summer and fall of 1874 puts an end to indian depredations for the time being