All language subtitles for 1111111111Rawhide S07E21 - The Winter Soldier.eng

[MOOING]

FAVOR: Mr. Kurtz, Pete here
has come up with a shortcut

that's gonna save you a lot of miles.

Turns off to the west just a ways.

I thought you told me to stay with you
to the San Luis before I turned west.

Yeah, well,
that was the best I knew then.

Pete's just come in from scouting
with this though.

See, Mr. Kurtz, if you turn off here

and follow the trail
that parallels the telegraph line,

you'll hit the San Luis
as soon as we will,

but you'll be a lot farther west.

You recommend it, Mr. Favor?

Oh, if Pete says so, Mr. Kurtz.

[CHUCKLES]

I kind of--
Kind of hate to leave you folks.

Well, it is just a day earlier
and you'll be safe enough now.

You better get ready.
The turnoff's right up here.

- Where's your daughter?
- Well, she's...

Probably wherever that--
That fella Rowdy is.

She's been dogging his footsteps
for days.

Hyah!

Do you hear it?

Why, yes, I can.

And the Injuns
can read those sounds?

Well, I don't know if they can read it,
but they sure know what they mean.

Talking wires they call them.

Listen and you'll hear them again.
Do you hear those dot dashes?

I wonder what they're saying.

Yeah, probably talking about
some general's bunions, I suppose.

I gotta get back to work.

Come on, you gotta get back
to your wagon and stay there.

[CLICKING]

Lieutenant, this message
is for you. Urgent.

Now, what is it?

"J.T. Whitley, second lieutenant,
Telegraph Repair Detail, urgent.”

All right, get on with it.

- "Fort Milton reports--"
- Yes, yes.

Poor boy, getting mighty warm
for this time of year.

Wonder what it's gonna be like
in July.

Sure nice right now though.

Grass is up,

birds are singing,

flowers will be in bloom
before long.

Yup.

Them Comanches gonna be
heading south for Mexican horses too.

Maybe already started.

Yeah, most probably.

I reckon I'd be getting started
my own self.

You mean,
you're going over the fence, Hap?

Ain't no fences out here, Tooky boy.

I don't see much point in waiting
till we get back to the fort.

I had you figured right, Johnson.

Every year there's at least one.

One what?

Winter soldier.

You're right.

The Army counts on it.

I wouldn't hardly
wanna disappoint them.

You're really gonna do it, Hap?

Well, of course I am.

Well, I had it planned that way
when I joined up in the fall.

Spend me a nice warm,
pleasant winter,

cozy barracks
with some good company.

And come the fine weather
and move on California, points west.

Maybe the Sandwich Islands.
Now, how's that sound to you?

Yes, sir, go on to the South Seas.

Yes, sir,
some of them pretty island girls.

[CHUCKLES]

You ought to come along with me,
Tooky boy.

Heh. Not me.

That's desertion, Hap.

- If they ever catch you--
- Oh, now, now, now.

They don't never catch
winter soldiers.

Most of the time
they don't even chase after them.

No, sir, they got too many other things
to occupy theirselves with.

Things I ain't got
no hankering for at all.

Now, ain't he a fine specimen.

No conscience, no loyalty,
no sense of duty.

Say, corporal,

if you got any notion
about telling that there lieutenant

or anybody else about me,

you can just bet you're gonna be
wearing them stripes in your grave.

Troopers, to horse.

Come on, troopers,
let's get mounted. On the double.

- What's up, sarge?
- Comanches.

Gonna warn the ranches and herds
between here and the San Luis.

Comanches? Around here?

Over any hill. So keep your eyes open
and your rifles ready.

All right, come on. Let's go, move.

Well, that settles it, Tooky boy.
I'll see you in Tahiti.

You're really leaving, Hap?

You bet you I am, and you can have
my share of Comanches

and my compliments too.

- But out here, where will you go?
- I don't know.

I reckon I'll start
with that Watson's trading goods place

where we was yesterday.

I'll manage there.

Well, happy days, good partner.

I always heard the government
sold these trading post franchises

to the worst kind
of riffraff bunch of robbers

out to get rich quick off the heathens
and us poor traveling folks.

Mr. Wishbone,
can I get some chewing tobacco?

Not unless you got a gold mine
hid out some place.

Oh, this jasper reminds me of a fella
I knew back in Natchitoches.

Robbed his own mother of her teeth
for the metal in them.

Anyway, eating tobacco's
upsetting to the stomach.

Oh, it's sure gonna be a long month
of Sundays

in freezing weather on the equator

before I ever come back
to this so-called trading post again

or my name isn't Wishbone.
Giddy up.

Howdy.

I'd like to speak to the trader.

Why, how do, Mr. Watson?

You look to me like a man who might
be interested in a fine bargain.

Where's your detail?

Oh, they off up over the hills
somewhere, chasing wild goose.

Ain't no need to worry about them.

Appears to me that, uh, you might be
interested in making a little money.

Now, am I right?

These for the uniform.

Well, now, you a pretty smart fella.

How'd you know
what I was gonna ask you?

Don't you think I've ever seen
a winter soldier before?

You gotta get rid of that Army
stuff quick, so I'll trade you these.

They ain't nothing
but cheap Injun trading goods.

That's what I've got.

Your weapons?

Oh, you bet you.

Now, there,
that's the latest Army issue.

Twelve shot repeater
and both of them together,

oh, it must be worth
about a hundred dollars.

Both registered
to the U.S. government.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, you ain't serious.

Why, this old rickety thing
for them two fine pieces?

Twenty shot. Ought to see you
to the railroad, barring accident.

Well, now,
suppose I run into Injuns?

Man alone,
a gun won't do you no good anyhow.

Mr. Watson, those two fine pieces,

must be worth
at least 10 of these old junks

and, say, uh, about 200 rounds.
Now, how about it?

Take it or leave it.

[SIGHS]

Mr. Watson,

just between two fine gentlemen,

you ain't nothing
but an out and out thief.

Who's trying to sell who
stolen Army goods?

I'm taking a big chance
just keeping it on my premises.

If you don't like the offer,
you can go to the next place.

And I reckon you know
how far that is.

[SIGHS]

Well...

How about my horse
and saddle out back?

I got a broke saddle you can fix
and I'll trade even.

But that horse with the U.S.
carved on its hoof, no thanks.

Oh, now, you know I can't ride
that horse no place.

That's your problem
and I'm not making it mine.

Let me tell you something.

You know you're wasting your time
out here with these poor Injuns.

You ought to be back East,
robbing rich widows and orphans. Heh.

Oh, now, hold on. Just a second.

There was a chuck wagon out there.

And the fella, name called, uh,
Wishbone.

You wouldn't happen to know where
that herd was camped, would you?

A few miles west. They're heading
for the San Luis crossing.

- Figure on joining up with them?
- Well, now,

that wouldn't be
no business of yours.

Not unless you was figuring to tell them
bluecoats next time they come through.

Well, I might.
If I can see a profit in it for me.

That ain't loaded. I've seen to that.

Now take off that uniform
and get off my premises fast.

You, uh,

wouldn't just give me
a little sack of grub

and some chewing tobacco,
would you?

Try that trail herd.
Maybe you can bamboozle them.

You're a mighty nice fella.

Can't thank you enough, Mr. Favor,
for letting us tag along all these days.

It's been a real pleasure, Mr. Kurtz.

Ellie and me will miss you all.

It's a real lonesome thing,
traveling alone out on those prairies.

Well, I'm sure you'll be just fine now.

Well, it ain't me
who will be most lonesome.

She's real took for the first time.

She's only 16.

Um, goodbye, Ellie.

So long. Giddy up there. Come on.

Mushy.

Mushy, doggone it,
you call this water?

Mr. Wishbone, that's all I could find.
I had to dig 3 feet for that.

Well, you quit digging too soon.
You didn't strike water yet.

You expect me to cook
with this stuff?

I'm sorry, Mr. Wishbone.

Oh, boy. I tell you, between
thieving traders and dry camps,

I'll be switched if I know why
I keep coming on these drives.

It gets so a man can't even look
forward to the after-place down below.

You snakebit or something,
Mr. Wishbone?

No, I'm not snakebit or something
and I haven't got a gut ache neither.

Just happened to need
some medical remedy.

It may not do me any good,

but at least it can't
make anything worse.

[HAP LAUGHING]

Well, now,
what do you know about that?

If it ain't old Wishbone.

WISHBONE:
Huh?

Why, it's a blasted miracle,
that's what it is.

Well, you remember me, don't you,
Wishbone old boy?

You ain't forgot your good friends from
Natchitoches so soon now, have you?

Oh, well, I guess not.

[HAP CHUCKLES]

Well, I'm Hap Johnson.

Myrtle Johnson's boy?

Oh, there was a time when her and
your mama were just thick as thieves.

Of course that was a ways back,

but I'll bet you recollect now,
don't you?

Myrtle Johnson?

Haven't you got anything to do?

No, I don't think I recollect
any Myrtle Johnson.

Oh, sakes alive.
The times we did have together.

Of course now,
you was somewhat older than I was

and you didn't hardly pay
too much attention to me,

but there was a time there when
you was kind of my boyhood hero.

[HAP CHUCKLING]

Johnson, you said your name was?

You bet you. Hap.
Short for happy.

Because I used to bawl so much
when I was a baby.

Well, now,

do you remember that teacher?
Now, what was her name?

- Old Hazel Tewksbury?
- You bet you, Hazel Tewksbury.

Recollect the time
when she tanned my hide,

when I let them pigs wallow
in her petunia bed.

I got a vague recollection.

Oh, surely. Everybody back
in Natchitoches remembers that.

Well, now,
how all the folks back home?

Oh, fine, I guess.
I don't get back much anymore.

Ah, me neither, me neither.

We don't get back the way
we ought to and that's for sure.

Well, now, so you're trailing a herd
of cows north, huh?

Ain't that a coincidence.

Wish, I'm going the same way
my own self.

Well, how is it you're way out here
all alone without a horse or anything?

Oh, well, I got me a horse.
He's back up over the hill yonder.

See, I made camp
before you all come along

and I just kind of ambled over
to see who you all was.

But I never figured
to run into an old friend like you.

[LAUGHS]

Well, now, how do, how do?
Hap Johnson's my name.

Yeah, this is a fella from down
where I used to live. Natchitoches.

Wishbone and I is old, old friends.

Welcome to you, Mr. Johnson.

Any friend of Wishbone
is a friend of ours.

Thank you.

- Make yourself at home.
- You bet you. Don't mind if I do.

HAP:
Well, see, there I was,

just running for my life,

and that bear is so close behind me,

I could feel his hot breath
breathing on my britches.

And all of a sudden,
I stubbed my toe.

What happened?

Well, that rifle went flying
out of my arms

and landed in the ground
with the barrel pointing right up at me.

And it was just then
that I knowed I was saved.

Saved? How?

Why, I run down
that gun barrel and hid,

and that bear went right over me
and on down the trail.

[ALL LAUGH]

- I reckon he's still running.
- We better turn in.

No telling how much sleep
we're gonna get tonight.

Oh, now, the party's
just getting started.

I got a whole heap
more stories to tell.

I'm afraid Rowdy is right.

We're more than likely to have trouble
with those critters out there tonight.

So we'll ride double night guards.

Mighty serious young gent.

Don't seem to appreciate
my storytelling.

Well, it ain't exactly that.

You see, Rowdy had sort
of a sad parting today.

PETE:
Yeah, a very pretty young lady.

Oh, yeah, of course,
she was only crowding 16. Heh.

All right, all right,
you men have had your fun.

Well, now,

what kind of trail herd is this
with young ladies traveling with you?

Oh, she was just traveling
along with her father,

homesteaders on the way
west to Colorado.

Oh, yeah?
What happened to him?

They took off about noon.

Took a shortcut parallel to the
telegraph line to the San Luis river.

Ah, them poor nesters.

I feel sorry for them sometimes.

Traveling out here all alone,

not a penny to their name,

- nothing to go on.
- Oh, I don't know.

Kurtz didn't seem
like no pauper to me.

- Did he to you, Quince?
- No.

He sold a farm back east.

He must have got some money
for that.

QUINCE: In fact, he even offered
to pay Mr. Favor for his keep.

Well, better get down.

Yeah, good night, gents.

Good night.

HAP:
Mr. Favor?

I appreciate your hospitality,
letting me eat dinner and all.

No thanks necessary.

Well, you got a mighty fine
bunch here.

It's just a pure pleasure
to be with them.

Appears to me though you might be
needing another hand to railroad.

I'm afraid not, Mr. Johnson.

Well, now, it ain't just my
storytelling recommends me.

I can punch cows
with the best of them.

I figured maybe being an old friend
of Wishbone's...

Well, I would dearly like to help
an old, old friend of Wishbone's,

but like I say, I just ain't got the room.

It shouldn't be too much trouble for you
to go back to traveling on your own

like you say you've been doing.

Heh. Is there something about me
you don't like?

Yeah, let's just say, um,

you don't amuse me.

Oh.

You didn't hire that fella,
did you?

- No. Do you want me to, Wish?
- No.

You know, I don't know what it is,
but there's something fishy about him.

I thought you and he was old friends.

Oh, no. To tell the truth,
I don't even remember him.

Of course, he did recognize me,

but I'm sure we was never
good friends.

Did you, um, notice anything
about his clothes?

Yeah.

There is something strange
about them.

Yeah, well, they're brand new.

But they're real cheap,
like Indian trade goods.

Like what you'd get at a trading post.

Like the one that you visited today.

Now, wait a minute,
you can't get by with this sort of thing.

I'll complain to Washington.

I demand to know
what this is all about.

This.

And this.

Lieutenant.

And that. Where is he?

How should I know?
I wouldn't let him stay here.

We've got a lot more
important things to do

than waste time looking for
one deserter. Where did he go?

To a trail herd
west and north of here,

headed for San Luis crossing.

All right, that's on our way.
You're under arrest.

Me? Now, wait a minute.

This is going to cost you
your franchise.

Leave two men to guard him.

We'll pick them up
after warning the valley ranches.

Over here.

All right, troopers, you're on guard.
Give me that evidence.

Winter soldier.

Oh, hey there, Wish.

Well, I've been looking
all over for you.

What are you doing here?

I thought you went back
to your own camp.

Well, now, I did.

But I couldn't go away without
saying goodbye to a good friend.

I thought, uh, maybe
you'd do me a little favor,

and we could do some trading.

What kind of trading?

Well, I need me some vittles.

And I just thought maybe
you'd give me a sack of grub

for this here fine blanket.

It's just like new.

Looks like Army issue.

Oh. So it does.

But a fella sold it to me,
so it's all legal-like.

Oh, I'll bet.

Oh, now, Wish,
do you doubt my veracity?

Yes, I do.

You know, I've been thinking,
Mr. Johnson.

I don't remember you
back in Natchitoches.

And I don't think you remember me.

Now, I don't know what your game is,
but I don't like the smell of it.

So I'm not gonna do
any kind of business with you.

Now, you take that blanket
and get out of here

before you get thrown out.

Why, now, hold on there,
good partner.

FAVOR:
You heard the man.

[CHUCKLING] Well, now,
what is the matter with you two gents?

Is this any way
to be treating a fellow traveler?

Why, you'd think I was some
kind of criminal or something. Heh.

Maybe you are, Mr. Johnson.
Maybe you are.

If that's your real name.

That, um, government-issued blanket
sort of helps add it all up.

Adds up what?

Well, you are a winter soldier,
ain't you?

A deserter.

So what if I am?

Well, it ain't the worst thing
in the world.

I just don't like fighting.

I like to live free as a bird
and I don't hurt nobody.

So, what business is it of yours?

- You riding herd for the Army?
- Nope.

Heh. I'll bet you're scared
they'd find out and charge you.

Ain't no worry there. I'd tell them
you didn't know nothing about it.

That ain't what worries me.

You figure I can't do the work
just as good as any man?

Oh, I guess you could,
if you wanted to.

Well, now, you got me. What is it?

I just don't like your kind around.

Uh-oh.

You're one of them kind of fellas,
huh?

You're just a little might
of a hypocrite, ain't you?

You figure you got a group of boys
here ain't never broke a law?

You just plum sure
they're all lily-white.

One thing I know about all the men
I got, I can depend on them.

Nobody can depend on a winter soldier,
because he's just out for himself.

When you need him, he never there.

Now, will you take your gear
and get on back to your camp?

Happy days, boss man.

He went back to his own camp?
Where?

Well, off that way.

We just came that way.
We saw no signs of a camp.

- Search this place.
- Yes, sir.

ROWDY:
Now, just a minute, lieutenant.

I don't have time to argue, cowboy.
I've got a warning to sound.

Look, see all you want.
We got nothing to hide.

Oh, would you mind
not making a ruckus though?

We've got an awful fidgety bunch
of cattle out there.

Lieutenant.

Look at this.

Rub off the mud.

Now, this wrangler swore
there was no such horse here.

Si, I swear it.
I never saw this horse before.

Of course not.

- Bring him along.
- Now, wait a minute.

TOOKY:
Lieutenant.

Whoa. Come on.

Whose bed roll is this?

Uh, it's mine.

WHITLEY: You threw him
out of camp, but, uh,

not before you did business
with him, huh?

You're both under arrest.

Come on, be reasonable, man.

Give us a break.

At least give us a chance to go after
Johnson and bring him back, huh?

We'll probably find him ourselves.

Meanwhile, you and your wrangler
will be held at the trading post

until we get back tomorrow night.

We got a job to do.

We can't just stand still.
Those cattle need water.

You should have thought of that
before you bought stolen Army goods.

- Look, I told you, you--
- It's no use, boss.

He's typical Army.

You can't expect him to be reasonable,
take that away.

But what does he take me for?
Do I look like a trader?

One measly blanket

and a horse who is no better
than the one that joker rode off with.

Don't worry about Johnson.
I'll track him down and bring him back.

Maybe you better take somebody
with you.

- Quince.
- We'll get him, boss.

Pete, you take over the herd.

Your main problem
will be to keep them from running.

- They've got the smell of water now.
- Don't worry about it.

And if they go, just try to keep them
from killing each other.

And don't let them run all the fat off.

I'll manage.

[FAVOR GRUMBLES]

Oh, since you'll be at the trading post
tomorrow night, what then?

Then we take you
to Fort Claiborne for trial.

Unless they've brought
Johnson back.

And Johnson
corroborates your story.

[FAVOR GRUMBLES]

Well, what about Kurtz
and his daughter?

Shouldn't they be warned
about the Indians?

It's more important
to warn the valley ranches.

That's the probable route
of the Comanches.

- Why, how do, ma'am?
- Pa.

- Pa.
- Now, hold on. I ain't no wild Injun.

I ain't no highwayman neither now.

Fact is, I ain't nobody for you
to be scared of at all, Mr. Kurtz.

Well, I was sent here to help you
by your good friend and mine too,

Mr. Gil Favor.

Mr. Favor sent you?

You bet you, he surely did.

What'd he send you for?

Why, just to ride along the trail with you
ways and give you some protection

in case you might need it.

Why? Has something happened?

No, no. You're safe enough.

The thing is, he wanted me to come

and tell you about this here shortcut
he found out about after you all left.

But you wasn't with the herd
when we left them yesterday.

Where'd you come from?

Well, now, it was just a lucky thing.

See, I was ambling along the trail,

figuring to catch up with them
sooner or later.

And I must've just after you all left.

Anyway, when Mr. Favor found out
about this here shortcut,

he told me to come right on ahead
and tell you about it.

You knowed Mr. Favor
for some time then?

Some time?

Oh, we was boys together
back in Texas.

Couldn't be much better friends.

So most naturally, when he asked me
to do him a favor, I was happy to do it.

And you all too,
being good friends of his.

- Well, we do thank you, mister, uh...?
- Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Harwell T. Johnson.

Hap is short for happy, which is
the way I like to make folks feel.

This--
This here is my daughter, Ellie.

How do, ma'am?
Right proud to know you.

Oh, that Rowdy fella
was surely right about you.

What'd he say?

Why, just that you was the
prettiest thing west of New York.

- Honest?
- You betcha.

And I'd put it a little further
my own self.

Maybe even Paris or France
or somewhere like that.

Uh, we was just getting ready
to sit and eat.

You join us?

Well, now, thank you.
I don't mind if I do.

And then after we eat, we'll get on

about the business
of that shortcut, huh?

I guess.

Mr. Favor says so.

You betcha.

I don't get it. They turned off.

Yeah, they're heading due west.

So did this jasper Johnson
according to the tracks.

Either he is trailing them real close
or he's riding with them.

That's it. He's joined them.

Yeah, but why'd they quit
the main trail?

Let's go.

Are you sure we're on the right trail?

We'd be close on to San Luis,
if we'd stayed on the telegraph line.

Well, now, you just don't worry
about a thing, Mr. Kurtz.

Uh, this is the right trail, all right.

Well, it sure is taking us off
away from everybody.

We ain't got too much water,
you know?

Oh, well, there's water
just up a trail a piece.

Yes, you just keep right on going.

Giddyap.

ROWDY:
Unshod, huh?

Comanches, all right.
No more than three of them.

Scouts most likely.

Look at that.

That print's right over
the wagon track.

Yeah, they passed after.

They know about the Kurtzes then,
don't they?

Heading that way.

You know the way Indians track,
Quince.

They could follow along that ridge

and watch these wagon tracks
a mile away.

Well, what do you wanna do,
Rowdy?

That sort of changes things.

[SIGHS]

Plenty.

Jim, you ride on back.
Not to the herd, to that trading post.

That patrol ought to
be there by tonight.

Get that patrol over here.

And the boss too and Hey Soos,
every last man.

Make it fast, will you?

Now, see that, Mr. Kurtz,
just like I told you. Water.

Well, it ain't much.

It ain't much good.

Oh, well, it will do just fine
for cooking and watering the stock.

And it's gonna be more
and better tomorrow.

Now, could I help you
unpack that wagon?

Unpack?

Well, I mean, just get down whatever
you might need for tonight, you know?

No, thanks. I'll manage.

Well, alrighty.

Well, I'll just get
some more firewood then.

Oh, now, Miss Ellie, ma'am.

You still wasting sighs
over that cowpoke?

Rowdy?

Did he really say those things?

Why, you know he did.

Oh, he cared a whole bunch for you.

Of course, you ain't gonna have
no trouble attracting the fellas.

Like bees around honey.

Quick as you get out there
to Colorado.

I might even be one of them
my own self.

Oh, now you're teasing me.

Why, no, I ain't.
You just wait and see.

Of course, now,
your old daddy there,

he might be holding
some of them fellas off.

Pa? How come?

Well, I mean,
him being so rich and all.

See, some fellas,
they're kind of scared of that.

Pa? Rich?

I won't have no trouble there. Heh.

Well, he looks
mighty prosperous to me.

Say, what'd he do anyway
back there where you come from?

Arkansas. He had a farm.

Ah.

Sold it, I expect
before you come out here.

I reckon.

Oh, boy, I just hope he ain't carrying
too much money with him.

You never know what kind of fella
you're liable to run into

up here in these hills.

Yeah. I know.
We're just lucky, I guess.

How's that?

Well, we haven't come across
any dishonest men,

like I thought you was
when I first saw you.

But you're nice.
Almost as nice as Rowdy.

KURTZ:
Ellie.

- I'm coming, Pa.
- There's things to be done.

I know.

[ELLIE LAUGHING]

HAP: Yeah, I'm in the brush,
I look up at a tree,

and I see three birds
sitting there on the limb.

Now, I pick up my old trusted pistol
and I shoot one down.

- How many is left?
ELLIE: Why, two of course.

HAP:
No, they ain't nothing there.

You shoot one, the other two
are gonna fly away

if they got any sense at all.

[ELLIE LAUGHS]
[WOLF HOWLING IN DISTANCE]

Now I'm gonna tell you the story
of old Daniel Weatherby.

This here is a great Injun fighter
from back in the old days.

Old Daniel, he got there
and was fighting about, oh,

must have been 111 men
if I recollect.

And they tied him up against the tree
with rawhide ropes,

and there was one rope up against
one side tied to a eucalyptus tree

and there's one rope up against
the other side, tied to a pine tree.

And them Injuns come
at old Daniel Webster

and there wasn't nothing
he could do.

He swung back and it let his feet go
and he kicked one of them over.

He swung so hard,
he went right around in a circle.

He come down again,
he kicked another Injun.

He kept on kicking,
and he got to be going so dang fast,

them ropes broke
and he went right through the wall

and them Injuns
went right straight across Oregon Trail

and landed in California.

Do you believe that?

FAVOR:
Look, lieutenant, don't be foolish.

The Comanches have likely got
twice as many men as you have.

If not a lot more.

Rowdy said to bring every man
you could gather up.

If you leave us here, you're gonna
have to leave men to guard us.

Now, which is more important?

The charge against us
or saving those lives?

All right.

But we'll keep your guns.

And you won't get them back
unless we're about to go into action.

And don't forget, Favor,
you're still under arrest.

All right, all right. Let's go.

And so there I was, hung to the tree
with a screaming savage redskin

just coming right straight at me
with that scalping knife

flashing between his teeth.

- Well, what did you do?
- I didn't do nothing.

He scalped me
and I died right on the spot.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Hey, help me here.

Come on, Johnson, help me.

Rowdy.

Well, what happened?

KURTZ:
Well, I heard something out there.

I seen somebody sneaking around,
sneaking in toward the fire.

And I whupped him on the head.

Oh, poor Rowdy.

But what was he doing out there
sneaking in on us?

How do I know?
He must have had a good reason.

Anyway, you didn't have to whup him
so hard. You like to kill him.

He's coming around.

[HOOFBEATS]

[GROANS]

I'm sorry, young fella.

I didn't know it was you,
I wouldn't have hit you like that.

Well, that's all right.

- Wow.
- But what was you doing out there?

I thought you was a redskin.

I think there's some Indians
out there.

Yeah, I'm afraid you're right.

But that ain't why I came down here.
Where's Johnson anyway?

There was a horse just took away.

I bet that was him taking off.

Why would he do that?

He's got a good reason,
I can tell you.

And I thought he was so nice.

Anyway, he's gone now.

The main thing is, what do we do
if the Comanches are out there?

You think they might attack us?

Well, that depends
on how many of them there are.

They might try to run off the horses.

That's the kind of raiding parties
they've been on lately.

Well, we could put the horses here.

But there's just us two men.

Yeah, well, there's no use
worrying about that now.

They probably won't attack
before dawn anyway,

and by then, the lieutenant
should be back with that patrol.

If Quince got to the trading post.

If they hadn't left.

Don't worry. He'll get back.

[RUSTLING]

Rowdy.

No need for that, cowboy.
I ain't no gunfighter.

You just drop that gun.

You and me are gonna go back
and talk to that lieutenant.

You can tell them the whole stories.
Let my boss and wrangler get off.

Well, now, maybe I am
and maybe I ain't.

Maybe you ain't got much
to say about it.

But you better let me keep my gun.

Yeah, why is that?

Because there's Injuns out there.

I seen them back up in the hills.

You mean, you came back
on your own accord?

Well, it wasn't but two of them.

They looked like scouts.

But they could be waiting
for other ones.

And you just might need
this old gun,

rickety as it is.

Yeah, that's real noble of you.

Now, you just hand it on down.

Rowdy, he could've run off
and saved himself.

I'm not too sure
he didn't do that anyway.

Probably got scared
out there by himself

and he came back here
for protection.

Well, you might be right.
I ain't never been very brave.

But I'd like to keep my gun.

Just hand it on down here.

You can settle yourself
down here in camp.

I'll give you the gun back
when and if the time comes.

We'd better follow these tracks.

Hell you, lieutenant, we cut across
these hills, we'll save nothing but time.

Now, this man knows
what's he's talking about. So let's go.

[WOLF HOWLING IN DISTANCE]

Oh, now, now.

What's this here?

[ELLIE SOBS]

I'm sorry.

I guess I'm just kind of like you.
I'm not very brave.

Well, now,
you just might surprise yourself.

I wouldn't mind it so much

- if I just hadn't missed one thing.
- What's that?

Wedding.

I wanted one so bad.

HAP:
To that cowboy, huh?

To anyone.

Ever since I saw a picture of a bride.

She was all dressed in white.

All frilly.

And beautiful.

Well...

Dreaming is all right.

Just so you don't use it
to run away with.

You always got to remember
what's real

and what's important.

Well, you got to appreciate
what you got.

- What I got?
- Why, you got life.

It ain't no use
to be worrying about dying.

Not now nor never.

There's time enough for that
when and if it happens.

Right now you ain't dead.

You're alive.

And you're just so pretty,
I can't hardly stand it.

Tears?

No, I...

My eyes are just tired from watching.

Well, you rest them.
I'll watch a while.

No, it's almost dawn.
I can do my part.

Fine.

Rowdy.

Yeah?

I'm sorry I didn't say
a proper goodbye to you yesterday.

I'd like to now.

Well, there's no need for that now.

Maybe there is
and maybe there ain't.

But I know what's real now.

I won't pester you again.

Goodbye, Mr. Yates.
It's been a real pleasure knowing you.

Well, it's been a real honor
knowing you, Ellie.

It really has.

Mighty nice folks, ain't they?

That's right.

They'd be safe in San Luis now
if it wasn't for you.

What's the idea of taking them
off the trail for anyway?

Well, I figured there'd
probably be soldiers down there

and up here we could ride along
alone for a ways.

You sure it wasn't about Mr. Kurtz
having some money?

What are you talking about?
I ain't no thief.

Oh?
That Army stuff, that don't count?

Well, I didn't do that
for the goods alone.

Besides, I wouldn't take anything
from them people.

I ain't that far gone. Not yet.

The thought never even
crossed your mind, did it?

Just because I don't wanna spend
all my days in Army barracks,

don't make me no criminal.

Yeah, but it won't be long for you,
the way you're going.

You won't amount to anything.

Well, just maybe
I ain't gonna have too long

to worry about that
one way or the other.

Say, just about 10 minutes.

You gonna give me my gun back,
cowboy?

KURTZ:
Rowdy.

Mr. Kurtz, uh, you better
keep an eye out that direction.

Never know where
they're gonna come in from.

They got two scouts down here
close already.

Yeah. One thing I want you
to do for me, if you will.

If...

If you see
that there's no chance for Ellie...

I've already put one aside for that.

Thanks.

I just couldn't myself.

You keep an eye on that side,
will you now?

Rowdy, look out!

What's happening up there?

Looks like they're turning away.

Keep watching. They may be coming
around the other side.

Wait. Wait, look, it's the soldiers.

[GUNFIRE]

Look, men,
they've got them on the run.

[KURTZ CHUCKLES]

Ellie, honey.

- Ellie, we're saved.
- Oh, Pa.

No, no, don't shoot.

You still just bound and determined

to send me back
to some federal prison,

- ain't you, cowboy?
- Mr. Yates, listen.

He came back to help us.

Rowdy,
he could have saved himself.

All the more reason to stay.

He's made a good start on something
else besides a winter soldier.

You know what you're asking,
don't you?

Maybe five years back
on some rock pile.

Maybe not.

That's what we tell them
about you coming back.

You run now and the winter soldier's
all you're ever gonna be.

- Are you giving me a choice?
- That's right.

[SIGHS]

Well...

I'd really like to.

But I just ain't made that way.

It wouldn't do no good.

I'd just run off again, I know I would.

Ain't no sense
in trying to change me.

A winter soldier's all I am.

Mr. Johnson, please,
won't you just try?

I'm afraid not, Miss Ellie.

Remember what I was telling you
about what's real?

Well, I know what's real for me too.

I'm just a rolling stone.

And I guess I'll be rolling off.

Mr. Kurtz, you tell that there
lieutenant that them drovers

didn't have nothing to do with that
stolen Army goods. I just left it there.

About this here horse,

I'll try to leave him up the trail
for you some place.

Because I ain't no thief.

Not yet anyway.

All right.

Goodbye, Johnson.

Miss Ellie,

you hang on to your dreams.

Happy days, everybody.

You think he'll get away, Rowdy?

I don't know, Ellie.

But one thing's for sure.

Looks like you might get that wedding
you've been dreaming about.

Are you asking?

Huh? Me?

Oh, no. No, I...

I'm just a rolling stone too.

I guess I'll be rolling on away.

Head them up!

Move them out!