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[Tom] Pa? Where are we, exactly?

[Duncan] What was the last place? It was, uh...

[Susanna] Belle Fourche, South Dakota.

[Duncan] Okay. Was that a week ago?

Okay. So we're in Wyoming, I think.

What's the next place we come to?

[Susanna] I believe Bender's Flats.

[mule brays]

[Duncan] Go on!

Hyeeh!

Yah!

Hyeeh!

I don't serve no Indians.

I'm half-breed.

You served my father. He was white.

Go on. Get out of here.

Hey. Serve him.

You looking for somebody, breed?

No.

Good.

What do you do?

Anything.

Who told you to come here?

I heard you're not particular.

I heard anyone can ride with you.

Did you also hear

that I threw a breed down a well last year

with an anvil tied on his foot?

Just in case he didn't drown,

he wouldn't be able to crawl out.

[man laughs]

What does that tell you, breed?

It tells me you like to hear yourself talk.

Give him another one.

[Joy] Ain't seen you in a long spell.

It's been a year since you been through here, ain't it?

Been making some wide circles, Joy.

Good to see you.

You, too.

Got a loose shoe here. You wanna take a look?

[Joy] Sure thing.

Who's inside?

[Joy] Oh. Doc Shabitt.

Whole gang of them rode in about three days ago.

Some Indian joined them less than an hour ago.

I don't think he's one of them.

He isn't.

I've been trackin' him for 300 miles.

Sounds personal.

Yeah.

[Duncan indistinctly muttering]

[Duncan] Go on!

Pilgrims coming.

[Duncan] Come on!

Come on!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Doc] Howdy.

Hello.

This Bender's Flats?

[Doc] Bender's Flats,

that's right where you are.

Bender's been dead for some few years.

Town kind of died with him, I'm afraid.

I'm sorry.

Never knowed Bender myself.

One-legged drunk, so they say.

Got his self caught in a flash flood.

He had three fingers of whiskey

still in his jug.

[chuckles] Unlucky fella, so they say.

Sure. Name's Doc Shabitt.

Y'all come far?

I beg your pardon?

Oh, I say, have you come far?

Ah, yes.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania? Whoo!

That's a right far piece

from hereabouts, ain't it? Yeah.

How come you folks are traveling alone

this far north?

There was an outbreak of cholera

about two weeks out of Independence.

We had to leave the train. A lot of people died.

Would anybody object if we camped near here for tonight?

What the hell you want to do that for?

We got a perfectly good empty building right there

across the street y'all are welcome to stay in.

The woman and your rug rat there

sweep out the spider leavings and the cooties,

hey, you'd be right snug.

Oh, well, thank you. That's very kind.

You're welcome to it.

Yeah, well, shall we just ride on?

-Yeah. Yeah. -Yes. Thank you.

We have, you know, so we'll just--

Go on, Molly!

[wagon clattering]

I sure do admire them people's horses, Pa.

Yeah, they're nice, ain't they?

Look like eastern stock.

Maybe Kentuck'-bred.

Sure is a powerful heavy load they're pullin' on that wagon.

We could get a sight of money for them mules, too.

We sure could. [chuckles]

I reckon this might be a pretty good deal.

I reckon it might.

The woman's mine.

Been a long time since I had me a woman

that I could smell something of

besides garlic and sweat.

[chuckles]

Eat your bread.

Thanks.

[horse whinnies]

Pa.

Howdy. Mind if I ride in?

[Duncan] Sure, you can ride in.

I seen your smoke.

Figured you might have some coffee.

Oh. [chuckles] Yeah.

Sure, we have some coffee.

[horse brays]

Thank you, ma'am.

My name is Duncan McKaskel.

You're a mighty handsome woman, ma'am.

This is my wife.

Kind of figured that.

She's still a handsome woman.

Is there anything else we can do for you?

I just rode in to see

if you were partial to those two horses you used to have.

What do you mean "used to have"?

Don't have 'em anymore. They been took.

Tom, check the horses.

[Vallian] Couple of fellers drove them out of here

just before first light.

They're gone, Pa.

-Our horses are gone. -Who took them?

Those men you saw in that settlement

you passed through yesterday.

Why didn't you stop them?

Well, mister, they're not my horses.

None of my business.

It's a serious offense, stealing horses.

Folks generally make their own laws out here.

You're gonna have to deal with those men.

No, Duncan. I don't want you to. It's not worth it.

It's just for horses. We can get more.

If you don't go after those horses,

they're gonna come for the rest of your outfit...

and your woman.

They're calling you out.

No, Duncan, please. There are too many.

Oh, Susanna.

I don't want you to go.

[Duncan] Susanna, try not to be frightened.

I'll handle it.

Where are they now, the horses?

Tied up in front of the saloon,

just waitin' for you.

How do you know so much about this?

I mean, how do we know that he's not one of them?

You don't, ma'am.

-McKaskel. -Duncan!

One of them wears a bowler hat.

Keep your rifle on him.

If you have to shoot, shoot to kill.

Wounds won't impress them. They all been shot before.

Susanna, Susanna. I'll handle it.

Better bring your mules up, boy.

Have this wagon ready to roll

if your old man comes back.

Yes, sir.

You mean when he comes back.

No, ma'am. I mean if.

Are you his woman?

He's my husband.

I asked if you're his woman.

Yes.

I'm his woman and his wife

and proud of it.

Well, if he don't come back,

you're going to have to make a choice--

me or them.

[intense music]

[horse whinnies]

Morning.

I see you found my horses.

Mind telling me what you're doing, mister?

Thank you for holding them for me.

They must have run off in the night.

Your horses, you say.

How do we know that?

Those horses just come wanderin' in here.

We figure to keep them. What do you say, Dobbs?

Yeah, I figure we ought to keep them.

That makes two of us.

No. That makes three of us.

This just ain't right.

You can't come walkin' in here

and pick yourself out a couple of good horses

and then ride on out like they were yours.

Can I just ask,

is there a preacher in town?

A what?

A preacher. You know, a man of the cloth?

A preacher? Ha!

[Duncan] Well, yes, I...

I don't like to think of anybody dying

without benefit of clergy.

-[intense music] -[gun clicks]

Hold it, Red.

See where he's got that gun aimed at?

These are my horses, and I'm taking them.

[gun fires]

Come on.

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

[gunshot]

[gunshots]

-[horses galloping] -[intense music]

Who the hell's he got backing him up?

It ain't his woman or that boy.

When you and Red made off with them horses this morning,

did you see any other tracks?

[Dobbs] We never had no call to be looking for tracks.

You said bring them horses, we brung them horses in.

Damn it, somebody's with them, that's for sure.

Ain't no pilgrim woman or boy either

gonna be doin' any shootin' like that.

[Duncan] Whoa, hey.

[Susanna] Oh, Duncan.

-[horse whinnies] -Take a horse, son.

Come on, take him. Come on.

We have to get out of here.

Yes, we do.

We have to get out of here right now.

Where's that stranger?

He left right behind you.

We heard shooting.

Well, that must've been him.

There's a couple men dead back there.

The team's hitched, Pa, and we're all packed up.

Ah, good thinking, Susanna.

Not mine. It was his thinking.

He said if you got the horses back

that we should get moving fast.

Then let's get moving fast. Tie them on, Tom.

Come on.

There you go.

Thanks, Ma.

Ok, mule, go on, now!

Go on. Go on!

Son?

They killed my boy.

He was my only son.

Somebody get a shovel.

[Duncan] I'm sorry, I'm sorry about that.

I had no right to bring you out here, I had no right at all.

[Susanna] That's not true. No, it's not.

We discussed this thing together.

No, but, Susanna--

We all took part in the decision,

the decision that we made was that this was the best thing.

It's easy to make a decision like that

when you're in a comfortable sitting room.

You're not facing it,

I mean, out here we're face to face with it.

Duncan, did you aim your rifle

right at the man with the bowler hat?

Dead center.

Would you have shot him?

No. I kept thinking,

"If I shoot him, then I'll be dead."

But you went in anyway.

I had to go in. I had no choice. I had to go in.

Did the gunfighter shoot the horse thieves?

No. No, no, no, no. That man is not a gunfighter, Tom.

I'll bet he is. Just like in the dime magazines.

Tom, what you read in the dime magazines

is not real life. These are just stories.

Yes, it's just pretend.

[dramatic music]

They're gone!

They're gone. Well, Goddamn, Dobbs,

that's a right smart observation.

Folks ain't where they used to be,

they're normally gone.

[Dobbs] We don't know.

[Doc] We know where he done his shooting from.

[Red] Now, what's that tell us, Doc?

Tells me he can put a bullet in a man's head at 300 yards.

So what? There's six of us agin one of him.

Well, there was eight of us this morning.

Think positive, boy!

Them pilgrims have got four good mules,

they got two fine horses, and they got a heavy-loaded wagon.

And a woman.

I tell you what, I wouldn't be a bit surprised

if they're carrying gold,

heavy as that wagon is.

There's only one thing I want off that wagon.

Are we goin' after them, or not?

Yeah, we're goin', Red. We're gonna go nice and slow,

'cause I ain't ridin' into no head shot.

[dramatic music continues]

[Tom] How are we gonna change it?

We'll lift it, take this off,

and put the other one on.

He's back.

Well.

First thing you gotta do

is unhitch those mules.

Better move those two horses, boy.

Tie them up somewhere.

[Tom] Yes, sir.

[horse brays]

[Vallian] What's your name, son?

Tom.

Tom, huh? Old dad wouldn't be

in the furniture business, would he?

[Tom] He was a teacher before we left home.

For a teacher, he's got a lot to learn.

Excuse me, sir, but what are you doing?

Got to lift this wagon, ma'am.

Please be careful--

Can't do that with this junk in it.

Yes, I know, but,

-just be careful. -Watch your fingers, ma'am.

-And... this bed-- -Watch your hands, there, lady.

Some of these pieces have been in my family for generations.

Mother was born on this bed, and so was Tom.

This is our home. These things are precious to us.

Perhaps a man like you can't understand that.

No, I reckon not.

I'll take good care of them, ma'am.

We'll get it loaded again.

Thanks. Okay, I'll help you.

Here, Tom.

Wait.

Please be careful with the rocker.

Yes, ma'am. The rocker.

[Susanna] Got it.

You know what to do, Tom?

Yes, sir.

[Vallian] You gonna help?

[Susanna] Yes.

All right? You ready?

All right, bring her up.

[men grunting]

Just a little more.

[both straining]

Almost.

[both straining]

-[thud] -It's on.

[both grunting]

You got a damn good woman, McKaskel.

Yes, sir.

Damn fine.

If I was you, I'd hook up the team

and leave about half of these priceless heirlooms

layin' right here.

Sir. You've helped us. You saved my life,

and I shake to think what would've happened

to my family if you hadn't.

But I have to ask you to be careful

how you talk about my wife.

Damn, man, look at her.

Don't you think she's a fine-looking woman?

Yes, I think so.

And you can think so.

I just wish you'd stop saying it.

You can't put that in there.

We have to put those pieces in first.

Get into the red rocks.

You'll find a draw to make camp tonight.

He just assumes we'll do what he says.

Because he knows we need to.

It'd sure be more to my liking

if we just rode them down and had it done.

Well, the deeper they get into this country,

the less likely it'll be somebody who'll come along

and step into what's left of them.

All I wanna know is how we're gonna split up the goods.

Dobbs, take a ride up there

and have a look around. We'll wait here.

[Dobbs] Aw damn, Doc, why don't you send the breed?

[Doc] Would you go up there?

Can't you see the man's busy?

[gun clicks]

Hey, hey, now. Wait a minute, mister.

Should've sent the breed.

Hey, I got no quarrel with you.

I don't know you.

Hell, I ain't even ever seen you before.

[chuckling] There really ain't no call for this.

I wonder why it is

the men who plead for mercy...

never give it.

[guns fire]

[gunshots echoing]

Dobbs was wondering how we're gonna split up the goods.

Anybody want his boots?

[dramatic music]

Thank you, Tom.

How about if I read one of those stories to you

tonight after dinner?

The dime novels?

If you like.

Pa. Pa!

Mm-hmm?

[carcass thuds]

Figured you ain't had any fresh meat for a while.

Are you going to get down and join us,

or are you just passing through again?

Never like to impose, ma'am.

[sloshing]

Yes, sir, McKaskel, you are a lucky man.

-[birds chirping] -She can cook, too.

You think they're still following us?

Damn right, I do.

I think they're just sitting back, waiting,

waiting for you to get bogged down

somewhere so they can have you dead to rights.

You folks got a lot to learn.

I think you'll find we're good pupils.

I ain't runnin' no school here, McKaskel.

Oh?

Keep your eyes open and watch what you're about.

If you live long enough, you'll learn.

Pardon me,

but we don't even know your name.

Names don't count for much out here, ma'am.

He's called The Dark Stranger of The Prairie.

-Name's Vallian. -[fire crackling]

Con Vallian.

Where are you from?

Hereabouts.

Son of a mountain man and a Blackfoot squaw.

Your mother was an Indian?

That's right, boy, a Blackfoot.

But that makes you a--

A half-breed.

Well, you folks better stand guard tonight,

at least until first light.

When the sun comes up,

you should already be on the move.

Don't light that fire again tonight.

You're not going to stay here with us?

I try never to be where I'm thought to be, ma'am.

You folks oughta try doin' the same.

If Shabitt's outfit catches up with you,

you'll all be dead...

all except for you, ma'am,

and you'll wish you were.

Why do you like to scare her?

Goddammit, man, those men are something to be scared of!

Duncan, maybe the worst they'll do is take everything we own.

[Duncan] No. The worst they'll do is kill you.

Nosiree, it ain't the worst.

-[horse hooves clopping] -[dramatic music]

Pa? Pa?

Hmm?

What if those men come and Mr. Vallian's not here?

I'm here.

Yes, sir.

I'll water the mules.

I--I hurt Pa's feelings, didn't I?

You didn't mean to.

Maybe being sorry means you'll think next time

before you speak.

Mother?

Yeah?

Is it wrong to wish my Pa

was more like that man?

They're in there.

They got somebody with them?

I don't know. There's no fire, no movement.

Well, how do you know they're in there?

The wagon, the stock.

If they weren't pilgrims that don't know nothin',

I'd think this was a set-up for an ambush.

Hell, that pilgrim and his woman and kid

don't know nothing about no ambush.

Well, somebody sure as hell does.

That son of a bitch

was probably born during an ambush or worse.

Let's just go on in there and take 'em, Doc.

You ain't thinking this through, Ike.

We know the pilgrim's got a rifle, it's a repeater.

We don't know whether they got other guns

or if the woman and the boy can shoot.

And if there's somebody with them and they can all shoot--

maybe I oughta go in by myself,

just kind of see where they all are.

Especially the woman, huh, Red?

Go on.

Go on. Walk on in there.

We hear a shot, we know you bought the farm.

[spits]

You dumb son of a bitch.

[rustling]

[whispering] Duncan.

[whispering] Duncan.

Quick.

[intense music]

-[smack] -[Red] Uh!

[Susanna grunting]

Uhh...

Oh!

No! No!

Easy, easy. Take it easy.

[Susanna breathing heavily]

Are you hurt?

It was one of those men.

Did he hurt you?

No! I hit him with a stick.

You did real good, Mrs. McKaskel,

real good.

Duncan. I have to--

No. Let him sleep. Let him sleep.

They're not going to try anything else tonight.

Because of what I did?

That, and they know I'm around.

That makes 'em nervous.

You're certain?

Yes.

I think you should know that I love my husband.

[soft music]

That was a mistake.

I know.

I still don't understand why you didn't wake me for my watch.

Mr. Vallian said I didn't need to.

Vallian was here during the night?

Well, I don't think he's ever really very far away.

If I'm gonna stand watch with you and Tom each night,

I need something more dependable than a stick.

You're not supposed to do anything,

you're just supposed to wake me.

Yes. But what if I can't wake you?

I mean, what if there's not enough time?

What do you mean, what if you can't wake--

[Susanna] Duncan.

I want you to teach me how to use your rifle

and your shotgun.

Is this you talking or Vallian?

[gunshot]

You hit it, Ma! You hit it!

When I was through with that damn war,

I promised myself I would never again be responsible

for the death of another human being.

[Susanna sighs]

One does what one has to.

I now realize that this country's

not just filled with nice, well-mannered people,

back east, we had laws to restrain them.

Out here, we have nothing.

We have no choice.

I have no choice.

[gunshot]

[bird squawking]

[horse brays]

Ike, he's awake.

Go see if the son of a bitch

can talk yet.

[horses whinny]

Hey, Red.

Red!

We'd kind of admire to know what happened to ya

before we went on.

That woman.

Red?

Are you saying the woman done this to you?

She meant to kill me.

Said the woman done it to him.

-Go away. -Yeah,

I don't believe it. There ain't no way

that damn little snit of a woman's

gonna do something like that

to a big man like Red. No.

I tell you what, Doc,

why don't you just walk over there and call him a liar

to what's left of the rest of his face?

Why don't we just give it up, Doc, huh?

[Doc] What's the matter, boy, you homesick?

[Purdy] No, I ain't homesick, I just--

You know, you got a poor spirit, son!

I think your mama must have had weak blood.

I'll tell you where we made our mistake--

when we thought they were gonna be easy.

'Cause of that, we got three dead and one stove up.

Pilgrims didn't shoot your son.

It was him and he watches us now.

What do you mean?

What he's saying is we better get him first,

or else he'll pick us off one by one,

just like he's been doing.

Let's find the son of a bitch!

Come on!

[gunshot]

You ain't leaving me for crow bait.

I can't ride.

None of you's going nowhere

'til I can.

This is my brother.

He's the handsome one.

He's a lieutenant in the seventh cavalry.

That's General Custer's regiment.

I know, boy.

This is the new house he and his friends are building for us.

It's west of Fort Kearny

at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains.

John's letters made the West sound so romantic.

Beautiful, opportunities.

Duncan and he are gonna raise cattle together.

We're going to supply meat

for everyone west of the Mississippi.

[Vallian] Well, that's pretty country.

You folks oughta be real happy there if you make it.

What do you mean if we make it?

[horse whinnies]

What else, Mr. Vallian?

There's something you're not telling us.

There's an Indian with them.

What tribe?

He's a Ute, boy.

What makes him so special?

I didn't say he was special.

But he is, isn't he?

He's a good tracker.

What else makes him special?

He led a raid on a Blackfoot camp.

Killed a lot of women and children,

including my mother.

[soft music]

[all] Whoa!

You got company.

What company?

Indians.

What? Where?

You got any guns besides that rifle?

Shotgun.

Boy, you get in the back with that shotgun.

Let the barrel peek out where they can see it.

Mrs. McKaskel, pick up that rifle.

When push comes to shove, use it.

What are we going to do, watch?

I'll watch you. Mrs. McKaskel, hand me your bible.

A bible? You want me to throw it at them?

I'm gonna watch you preach.

What are you talking about? I'm not a preacher!

Preach to the earth, to the sky,

to the grass, and to the Sioux.

I'll look like a fool!

The crazier they think you are, the safer you're gonna be.

Indians don't see any point in killing crazy people,

even white ones. Go on.

All right, here they come.

Start preaching, McKaskel,

and make it good.

All right. Uh...

"Now these are the names of the children of Israel."

Louder.

- "Jacob..." - Louder!

[shouts] "Reuben!

[normal speaking voice] "Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah."

Louder, McKaskel.

[shouting] "And all the souls came out of the loins of Jacob

"were souls... for Joseph was in Egypt already!

"Joseph died, and all his brethren

"and all that generation!

"The children of Israel were fruitful

"and increased abundantly multitide, multi--

"Let us deal wisely with them

"lest they multiply, and it comes to pass

"that, uh, when the falls, fall, falls,

fall upon any war..."

-[man speaking Sioux language] -[Duncan continues rambling]

"...and fight against us!"

[continues indistinctly]

[man speaking Sioux language]

[Vallian] He says to shut up.

[Duncan] What?

He says shut up!

It was your idea!

He says while hunger claws at his belly,

you're making his head sick.

Oh, I'm sorry.

[speaking Sioux language]

What-what did he say?

[speaking Sioux language]

Says they're hungry. They want food.

Oh. We don't have much.

McKaskel, that ain't horse hair hanging on that spear,

it's scalps.

Susanna, would you pass down

that haunch of venison, please?

[Susanna] Tom, get the meat.

[speaking Sioux language]

Ah.

Here you are.

Uh...

would you like, um...

[chuckles nervously]

You got...

you got my...

my hat.

Thank you.

You did good, McKaskel.

[Duncan] Are you all right, Susanna?

Yes.

What is it, Vallian?

What did the Indian tell you?

He said that all the plains nations

came together at the Little Bighorn.

Custer's dead.

He said that all the men

in Custer's regiment are dead.

Do you believe that?

I believe those scalps, Mrs. McKaskel.

John.

[somber music]

[mutters indistinctly] Oh.

I'm sorry about your brother.

So you figuring on turning around

and heading back for Pennsylvania?

Nothing to go back to.

We sold our house, sent the money to John.

Everything we own is in that wagon.

Then you're going on.

I don't see that we have a choice.

There's always a choice.

Yeah, maybe. Well, whatever direction we take,

we may still have those men to face.

I'd say so.

There are six, right?

There are five...

maybe only four.

What do you mean? You killed one?

What about the other one?

Susanna, what has this got to do with you?

Susanna!

I didn't shoot anyone.

You didn't shoot anyone?

What did you do, did you knife him, strangle him, what?

[Susanna] I hit him in the face with a stick.

-[Duncan] What? -And then I beat him.

And where was I during this battle?

Maybe she didn't figure you could handle it.

You shut up!

You're encouraging this violence!

No, Duncan!

You got your rifle to go back and get our horses

and you pointed it at a man.

Mr. Vallian made you do nothing!

I know! I know! And I know this could have been stopped!

How?

Diplomacy, barter--

Oh, yes, and then we'd all be dead!

The steps that are taken after a war!

After 20,000 men lie dead!

And the fools had to realize those are the steps

they should have taken in the first place.

Now, I'm one of those fools 'cause I listened to you!

So now instead of horses, these men want our blood!

Let me tell you something, McKaskel.

You've been acting like the meek

are gonna inherit the Earth.

The meek ain't gonna inherit nothin' west of Chicago.

Now, if you're serious about getting where you're going,

then dump what you're carrying on that wagon.

I'm through with your advice, Vallian!

No more!

[sighs]

[Vallian] Bye, boy.

Mister?

I want you to stop making my pa look bad

in front of my mother.

Is that what I've been doing?

Yes, sir. Even if you don't mean it,

but I think you do.

Well, boy, I can't be nobody but me.

Maybe when my mother's watching,

you don't have to be so much you.

Sticking up for your old pa, huh?

Yes, sir.

You listen to your folks, boy.

They'll learn you right,

except about Indians and wild country,

then you listen to me.

Going hunting at dawn. You want to come along?

I've never hunted.

I never had, either, until the first time.

[bird chirping]

Damn.

Boy, that's got to hurt.

[chuckling] It hurts me just to look at it.

I tell you what, old buddy,

we've got to be on our way.

Not without me, you're not.

Now, Red, be reason--

Don't come no closer, Doc.

What?

You think that I'd harm you?

Hey, that hurts my feelings.

Step aside so I can see them others.

Red, I'm the best friend--

Step aside!

Now, where's the Indian?

Where'd he go?

Hey, Ute!

Ute!

Isn't that just like an Indian?

They're never where they're supposed to be. [chuckles]

Mmm.

I wonder where he went.

What about your pa, boy?

Was he in the war?

He was a sergeant in the Union army.

He was a hero.

Is that a fact?

Yes, sir. He killed a lot of rebels.

He got shot at someplace called Gettysburg.

He was hurt bad, and Ma said it changed him.

Changed him how?

Well, before the war, Pa had a bad temper

and got in lots of fights.

He doesn't do that now.

But if you think my pa's not tough, you're wrong.

Tough, huh?

-As a nail, mister. -[Vallian chuckles]

[dramatic music]

Keeping your eyes open, boy?

Sure I am. Why?

You don't always have time to study

when you're hunting, boy.

You see and you act,

only you don't shoot at movement.

Never squeeze off a shot until you know

exactly what you're shooting at.

Tenderfeet, man, they'll shoot at anything that moves.

Shoot cows, horses, dogs, and each other.

Out here, we just kill what we need to live,

just like a wolf does, or a bear.

[dramatic music]

[gun clicks]

[intense music]

[gun fires]

[reloads]

[gun fires]

Go on, boy! Get out of here! Go get your pa!

-[Tom] Yes, sir. -[horse whinnies]

[gun fires]

[gun fires]

[gun fires]

[Vallian grunts]

[gun fires]

[gun fires, then reloads]

[gun fires]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[horse whinnies]

[hooves clopping]

Get the wagon, Tom.

Where are you hit?

A long way from my heart.

[Duncan] Are you stemming it?

[Vallian] Yeah.

[coughs]

I ain't going to be much good to you

for a couple of days, McKaskel.

It's your fight now.

[holster clinks]

[holster clinking]

-[fire crackling] -[horses braying]

[grunts]

Ugh!

Damn, what is this stuff?

[Duncan] Kentucky corn liquor, 190 proof.

I use it to clean the rust off my tools.

Susanna, now, you have to hold his arm,

hold his arm 'cause he'll want to move it.

Tom, come-come over here. Come on.

Come in there, now just--you put all your weight on his arm.

He'll try to move it. Don't you let him.

Wait a minute, McKaskel. Have you ever done this before?

You're not scared, are you?

It's a reasonable question, isn't it?

Sure, it is. Sure, it's a reasonable question.

Yes, I have. I've done it a number of times,

never successfully.

Boy, give me that bottle again.

Here. All right.

All right.

[shouting]

[grunts]

[grunts]

Hold him. Hold him.

[breathing heavily]

[Vallian shouts]

Ah!

[grunts, shouts]

This is the-- give me a second. Just give me a second.

I see it, I see it.

[groaning]

-Got it! -[Susanna whimpers]

[spits]

-[flesh sizzling] -[groaning]

[breathing heavily]

[Vallian] The wagon.

Unload that goddamn wagon.

-[groaning] -[flesh sizzling]

[coyote howling]

-[dramatic music] -[horse whinnies]

-[glass pieces clattering] -[horse whinnies]

[dramatic music continues]

[glass pieces clattering]

[dramatic music continues]

[glass pieces clatter]

[birds squawking]

[chest creaks]

[rifle cocks]

You should have finished me, Indian.

[gun fires]

[body thuds]

[dramatic music]

Duncan.

Duncan, you've hardly spoken to me for two days.

Are you surprised?

What?

I'm not stupid, Susanna, and I'm not blind.

And I know that.

What is going on with you?

I want to ask you a question.

Will you answer me honestly?

I can't answer the question until I've heard the question.

All right!

Yes! I've never lied to you before

and you know that.

Do you love him?

No.

I don't love him.

All right. I'll never mention it again.

[pensive music]

Go on!

-[horse brays] -Whoa.

Hi, boy.

Ma, Pa, come quick!

Whoa.

Great God almighty!

There's your heavy wagon loaded with gold, Doc.

Well, I'll be damned, Doc.

If I ain't mistaken,

I think there's somebody in this bed.

Yeah.

[gun fires]

[gasps]

[Doc groans]

I can hear him plain.

That damn pilgrim's laughin' at us.

You know, I can't says I blame him none.

I mean, we started out with eight. We done down to four.

Ain't no woman doin' this to me and getting off scot-free!

Payback! That's what I'm talking about, Ike! Payback!

Payback for my boy, and payback for Red's face!

We darn lost two days on account of Red's face.

They're gonna be traveling one hell of a lot faster now

they got rid of all this junk.

Yeah, well, I ain't givin' up nothin',

and you're in this to the end whether you like it or not.

Come on.

Ike.

[horse whinnies]

I got an awful feeling about this, Ike.

We ain't meant to do this.

It's like there's a voice talking to me inside.

Ike?

[soft music]

You've been asleep a long time.

You just been sitting there

looking at me like that the whole time?

Yes.

I've been watching over you for a change.

Does it make you uncomfortable?

Ma'am, when somebody stares at me

through a pair of blue eyes like yours,

it makes me real uncomfortable.

[hooves clopping]

Well, you make me uncomfortable, too.

Nobody's ever looked at me the way you do.

Well, good.

Makes us even, doesn't it?

[Vallian coughs]

Another time, another place, Mrs. McKaskel,

I'd have chased you down 'til you dropped.

I got a lot of feelings for you, ma'am.

But the way I see it,

I can't always do what I want to do,

especially when there's other people's feelings

to think about.

[sighs]

You're a real gentleman.

[Vallian] Yeah.

[soft music]

[lips smack]

Thank you, Mr. Vallian...

for everything.

You folks probably saved my life.

I reckon that's thanks enough.

[hooves clopping]

[horses braying]

[Ike] Boys, we lost them.

[Doc] What?

Yeah, I done rode a mile circle,

and there ain't a track anywhere.

Hell, there's got to be sign in all this snow!

Well, I'm tellin' ya there ain't.

They're traveling with a light wagon now, Doc,

and this is a wet, heavy snow. They ain't out there.

Been raining and snowing for two days, Doc.

Ain't no tracks gonna last in this.

It's too damn early for snow.

It ain't gonna last.

They're headed for the Bighorns.

Ain't no reason they'd change.

Come on, boys. We'll keep on going.

We'll pick up their tracks.

This here's plumb miserable.

[Red] Miserable?!

You want to talk about miserable,

you look at this.

Only thing that's gonna make me feel better

is to get even!

Hey, I wanna tell you something

right now, little brother.

I'm sorry I ain't been listening to you.

It ain't too late, Ike.

Yeah, it is, too.

Yeah, it is, 'cause we done come too far.

[horse whinnies]

It ain't never too late...

unless you're dead.

Come on! Come on!

[soft music]

-[indistinct chatter] -[rattling]

Duncan! Duncan, stop!

Whoa!

[triumphant music]

Are you sure?

Oh, yes.

I'm sure.

Can I go in?

Sure, you can.

[fire crackling]

What are you making, boy?

Oh, I'm making a boat

to sail on the creek tomorrow.

Uh-huh.

How is it you never owned one of those handguns

yourself, McKaskel?

Because a long time ago,

I planned never to pick up another one.

What line of work were you in before the war?

He worked for the Underground Railroad.

The what?

The Underground Railroad.

He helped slaves escape into Canada, didn't you, Pa?

For a living, I taught school.

Were you in the war, Mr. Vallian?

No, ma'am.

I was right up here.

It wasn't any of my business.

None of my business either. [chuckles]

[crickets chirping]

Oh!

John was right about the sky.

It does somehow seem bigger.

Yes, it does.

Oh, Duncan, I think we can make

a good life out here.

Hmm.

I can just feel it.

I know it.

Well...

there may be some more bad before the good begins.

Well, we'll just have to handle it, won't we?

Yes, we will. Yes, we will.

[soft music]

[soft music continues]

[Tom] Mother!

Mother!

Yeah?

Can I have a dog here?

I don't see why not.

We'll have to look for one.

But isn't it true that Indians eat dogs?

Yes, I've heard they do.

Mr. Vallian's part Indian.

What if he eats our dog?

Well, I wouldn't be surprised at anything Mr. Vallian did.

We'll just have to hide it from him.

Grab that.

[chopping]

You got a good woman, McKaskel.

So you keep telling me.

-Guts. -What?

She's got guts.

Is there anything else you would like to tell me about my wife?

Nope.

[breathing heavily]

Have you actually ever done a day's work

in your life, Vallian?

I've worked hard every day of my life, mister.

At what?

Staying alive.

What do you think, Doc? Upstream, downstream?

Goddamn, I don't know.

Whoa.

Get a bit of water while we're here.

Hey, Ike! What the hell is that?

Huh?

I'll be damned!

I'll be damned. That looks just like a kid's boat, don't it?

Let's go.

[chuckles]

[dramatic music]

Hey!

In the cabin!

Get on the floor, Tom.

Oh, God.

[Doc] Best you come out, ma'am.

We come a long way to talk to you.

We know your man ain't in there.

Leave us alone!

You better come out and be sociable.

That cabin of yours

would make a right nice fire.

[door clicks]

[door creaking]

-[horse brays] -Remember us?

I haven't come out here to be sociable.

I've come out here to tell you something.

Go on and talk.

We got a lot of time.

My husband and my son and I

would like very much to be left alone.

You would, huh?

Now, I'm asking you as nicely as I know how

to just turn your horses around

and ride away from here, please.

What if we don't?

Then you'll die.

Oh.

We'll die, huh?

Now, you've been warned. That's all I have to say.

Howdy, ma'am.

You remember Red.

You stay right there.

I've waited a long time for you, darlin'.

I'm warning you.

Please.

Please!

Stop!

[gun fires]

[horses whinny]

Get down there.

I'll be there as quick as I can.

Okay.

Are they going to kill us, Ma?

No! Get under the table!

Get everything in the back, gather up some kindling!

-No! -Put it against the back

of that cabin. I'll cover you.

[Ike] Let's get outta here right now!

[Doc] Damn it, I said do it!

[breathing heavily] Duncan.

[Doc] They tell me burning is a terrible way to die!

Ike?

[Ike] Yeah?

You got enough?

Yeah.

[Doc] Well, light it up!

[flames crackling]

[Doc] You still got time, lady.

And you got a choice.

That's more than my boy ever had.

-[gun fires] -[Susanna gasps]

-[cocks gun] -[gun fires]

-[gun fires] -[Ike groans]

Ike?

Yeah!

[fire crackling]

[wood clattering]

Is it burnin'?

[Duncan] Yeah!

[groans]

Drop the gun.

I said drop it.

It's Pa!

Tom, down!

Well, now, normally...

when a man's got a gun trained on me,

I do just what he says.

But I don't think you got the gumption

to pull that trigger.

It's one thing to kill a man

from a distance like an animal.

It's something else to kill him

when you're looking him in the eye.

Ain't it, pilgrim?

-[gun firing] -[Doc groans]

[door opens]

Susanna.

Oh, Susanna.

Tom.

[Vallian] Hey, mister.

-[gun fires] -[Ike groans]

[guns cock]

Damn.

You folks are quick.

Both of you.

But you still gotta remember to watch your back.

[soft music]

So...

You're off and away.

Yup. Blackfoot woman up on the Green River

expects me about this time every year.

[Duncan chuckles]

How's the chest wound?

It's fine. I almost forgot about it.

So, back to normal and ready for anything, huh?

You bet I am.

-[punch thuds] -Uh!

[scoffs, chuckles]

You are slowing down a little, Vallian.

Maybe you should consider a different kind of life.

I ain't slowin' down that much, McKaskel.

There's something you should know before you leave.

You've angered me, you've embarrassed me,

you've shamed me,

you've certainly worried the hell out of me,

but through it all,

there's something that I've always responded to.

There's a kindness in you, Vallian.

That's what I'll miss.

You're welcome to Sunday dinner anytime,

on one condition--

you come with it draped over your horse.

[chuckles softly]

I'd like that.

I'd like seeing that

fine-looking woman of yours anytime.

You got a little sand there, McKaskel.

Nourish it, and you're apt to turn out

to be quite a westerner.

Bye, boy.

Bye, sir.

[shouts] I told you my pa was tough!

Your husband just said good-bye.

[Susanna] So I see.

So you're leaving?

I don't want to overstay my welcome.

I hope you find a good life somewhere.

My life ain't that bad, ma'am.

For me, it's the best. Always the best.

I guess wild things don't do well in gardens.

Wild things gotta be free.

You got a couple of good men over there, Mrs. McKaskel.

Take care of 'em.

Take good care of yourself, Susanna.

You take good care of yourself, Con Vallian.

[soft music]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[telegraph beeping]