Virgo

Virgo is a minor character featured in the Rawhide series. He is a Native American man accused of murdering a white settler. He was portrayed by John War Eagle.

Biography
Virgo was likely born sometime around 1805 in the United States of America. Sometime around 1865, a white settler attempted to rape his sister and Virgo killed him in defence. Despite this, he was arrested and sent to trial in Fort Craig, New Mexico.

Appearances
Virgo appears during the episode Incident of the Tumbleweed Wagon, during which he is one of seven prisoners in a tumbleweed wagon being escorted to trial by Marshal Wilt Jackson and his deputy, Art Gray. The group sets up camp next to a watering hole alongside cattle drovers led by Gil Favor. However, two of the prisoners, Lennie Dawson and Jed Ryan, ambush the lawmen and attempt to escape; while Ryan succeeds, Dawson and Dallas Storm are recaptured by nearby cattle drovers led by Gil Favor. The wounded Jackson convinces Favor to escort him and the remaining prisoners to Fort Craig. Favor chooses ramrod Rowdy Yates to assist him in the quest.

Later, after notorious outlaw Luke Storm and his gang catch up to the wagon, Morton survives the ensuing gunfight and is presumably brought to trial in Fort Craig. His subsequent status is unknown.