Teague’s first big western serial assignment for The Saturday Evening Post came in 1943, for Bugles In The Afternoon by (who else) Ernest Haycox.  Bugles pits Kern Shafter against his long-term rival Edward Garnett in the build-up to and execution (or lack thereof) of Custer’s Battle of The Little Bighorn, in part over the affections of Josephine Russell.  In 1952, Warner Bros. released a film version of Bugles starring Ray Milland.  Bugles showcases Teague as a mature, Encino-based western illustrator.  The series speaks for itself but includes many fabulous exterior and interior scenes, two lovely nocturnes, horses galore, a fight, a battle, and several wonderful vignettes.  The front of the medallion for Teague Award, given to the best western watercolor at the annual Prix de West show at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, is taken from a portion of the second illustration in this series – Josephine Russell and the man lifting her crate.   Bugles is presented in its entirety below.  Story text is generally omitted for a cleaner presentation.