Chief Cicatriz, also known as Chief Scar, is the main antagonist of the 1956 western film, The Searchers.
He was portrayed by the late Henry Brandon.
Biography[]
During one point, a group of white people showed up at the Comanches' place and killed both of Scar's sons. Scar was unhappy about this turn of events and went on a killing spree wanting to avenge his sons. He would take scalps from the white people as he killed them as symbol for his hate. Scar and his tribe take cattle from Ethan Edwards's neighbor, Lars Jorgensen, as ploy to draw them away from their farm. Scar and his tribe then burn their home and slaughter Aaron, Martha, and Ben, who are a part of Ethan's farm. Then, Scar and his tribe kidnap Debbie and Lucy.
Scar and his tribe later attack Ethan and the other heroes after they leave the deserted Comanche camp. Ethan and the other good characters manage to fight off Chief Scar and the other villains attack the rangers are left with barely enough guys to battle the bad guys. Then Ethan and the other good guys find Lucy raped and killed in a canyon close to the Comanche camp and then Brad, a good guy, rides into the Indian camp and is killed. Ethan and the other heroes learn from Futterman, a bad trader, who Chief Scar is and that he's the leader of the Nawyecka band of Comanches and that he and his tribe have kidnapped Debbie.
Years later, Ethan and his nephew Martin discover a part of Scar's tribe destroyed by soldiers. Then after five years, Ethan and Martin go to a military fort and then to New Mexico and hunt Debbie down, who is now a teenager and one of Scar's wives. Debbie appears to have developed Stockholm Syndrome after being raped by Scar and says she wants to keep living with him. Ethan and Martin then meet Scar one on one and he speaks pretty decent English as well. Scar and his tribe then attack Ethan and Martin, who escape.
Then later Ethan and Martin hunt Scar down again at the Comanche camp and engage in a battle. Martin kills Scar and rescues Debbie, and Ethan later finds and scalps the evil chief's body.