 They part ways, Howard returning to the "indio" village, where the natives have offered him a permanent home and position of honor, and Curtin returning home to the United States, where he will seek out Cody's widow in the peach orchards of Texas.Director John Huston first read the novel by B. Traven in 1935 and had always thought the material would make a great movie with his father in the main role.Based on a 19th-century ballad by a German poet, Traven's book reminded Huston of his own adventures in the Mexican cavalry.