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Ready?
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I can't leave my wagon
and everything I own
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in the whole world sitting
out here in the middle
of the desert.
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I just can't, Mr. Ackerman.
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I'm afraid you'll have to,
Mr. Thomas.
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That's what killed your mule,
trying to haul too much weight.
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Oh, Mr. Ackerman, can't we
take one of the animals
from my wagon?
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Your wagon's overloaded too,
Miss Tazette.
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One horse just ain't enough.
But Mr. Ackerman--
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look, I got a wagon party
to get to California.
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It's a small party. That's what
makes it twice as hard.
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Now, I'm sorry, but you'll
have to get on one of them
other wagons.
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But--
chain up!
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We're rolling.
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I'm not going.
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Baylor Thomas, you can't
just sit out here
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in the middle of this prairie
all alone.
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Oh, Baylor.
We'll be separated.
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Don't you care?
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You know I do, Lou,
but I just can't--
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everything--
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I'll catch up with you later.
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How?
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By pushing this thing 60 miles?
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Or maybe you'll put wings
on it and fly it in,
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or maybe even sail it.
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[Ackerman]
Let's go.
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♪♪ [Trumpet]
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Howdy, folks.
I'm the Old Ranger.
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Some of the most fantastic
stories of real Americana
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came out
of the struggling west.
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Now, one of these tales
is almost too incredible
to believe.
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But it actually happened
in the spring of 1853,
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when, in the middle
of the Missouri prairies,
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a strange cry was heard.
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The cry of...
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I'm sorry, ma'am,
but the last party
through here
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bought up
every working animal we had.
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But there's a man
out on the prairie all alone
60 miles from here.
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I'm sorry.
We'll find a team
for Mr. Thomas.
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[Dogs barking]
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I don't believe it.
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Baylor.
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I need a drink.
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Maybe two drinks.
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Say, now, friend,
you're a little off course,
ain't you?
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What are you barking for?
Circus coming to town?
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Or maybe a medicine show?
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Must be a team of midget mules
or something
under the wagon bed.
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No, sir. Sails.
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Wind and sails, that's
what blew us in.
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Baylor.
Lou.
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Lou, it worked.
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I made a sail
out of the canvas covers
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and the wind did the rest.
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Remember that little sailboat
I built when we were kids?
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We used to sail it
every Saturday afternoon?
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On Bluegill Lake.
Yeah.
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But you sailed this thing
60 miles over land?
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I sure did, Lou.
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Oh, it was just wonderful.
It rea-- you should have
seen it, Lou.
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Uh, must be some kind of joke
they're brewing.
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She's in on it too.
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She'll start her pitch soon.
You watch.
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[Clears throat]
How 'bout a drink, Captain?
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Well, I sure could use one.
Come on, then.
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Where can I see you, Lou?
At the hotel.
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The wagons'll be here
a week for supplies.
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I'll see you tonight.
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[Laughing]
And I'm telling you
it's the truth.
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I was out there 60 miles.
I sailed that old wagon
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right into Westport.
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You all saw me.
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Sure you did, Captain.
Aye-aye, sir.
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[Men laugh]
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Did you have any trouble
with the waves?
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How long did it take you
to sail 60 miles?
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Almost two days.
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I had a good wind.
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Thirty mile a day.
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Sure, doc.
You heard him.
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He had a good wind.
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And he's got a wind wagon.
[Men laugh]
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You can all laugh
your fool heads off.
I don't care.
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It doesn't bother me.
I know I was out there
in that wagon.
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I know I sailed it
60 miles over land.
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And I don't care whether
you believe me or not.
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What's your pitch, Thomas?
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Pitch?
Yeah. What are you
gonna sell us?
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A wonder medicine?
A treasure map?
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Oh, now, come on, Captain.
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Don't go. Come on back here
and have another drink.
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Tell us how you hoisted sail
and put out to sea.
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I mean prairie.
[Men laugh]
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Why not? Sounds
reasonable to me.
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Sail a wagon over land?
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Sure. The wind was strong
enough, it could be done.
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What are you bugging for, Ben?
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First mate?
[Men laugh]
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I read a book once where
a man made a set of wings
like a hawk and flew.
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Well, he glided
only a hundred yards, maybe.
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But he flew.
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Tell me, Ben.
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Why don't you
and Captain Thomas here
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put wings on that wind wagon
of his out there
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and fly it
over to Council Grove?
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Hey, wait a minute.
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How far is this Council Grove?
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About 150 miles.
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And with a wagon
and a regular team, how long
would it take to get there?
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Traveling fast, light,
about seven days.
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That'd be two weeks
to get there
and get back, correct?
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That's right.
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I'll bet I could do it
in less.
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Way less.
[Men murmur]
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Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute.
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You want to put up some money
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that you can sail
that wind wagon
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to Council Grove
and back
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in less than two weeks?
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You hear real good.
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How much money
you want to bet?
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You name it.
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Two hundred dollars?
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[Men murmur]
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Two hundred dollars?
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Put up.
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[Men laugh]
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I sure do hope you don't get
caught in no storm out there.
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Well, there.
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Golly, Ben, it sure was
nice of you
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to help me with this thing.
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You know, now that we got
them spikes in there,
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I think this mast
is pretty solid.
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How do you like that?
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Oh, that's a good hook.
That'll help me keep better
control over the ropes.
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Say, Baylor, I think
the sailors call ropes lines.
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And this here hook
is called a cleat.
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I used to know all that stuff.
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You know all about sailing?
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Never been on water
in my life.
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Oh, except to go fishing
in some of these small streams
around here.
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Well then, how come you know
what sailors call
all these things?
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I got a book
on seamanship.
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Don't rightfully know
where I got it.
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It should be here somewhere.
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Here it is right here.
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"Seamanship and navigation",
by S.J. Kaufman.
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Yeah.
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Say, it might pay you
to read up on how to rig
some of these sails
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and steer this contraption.
Thanks, Ben.
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I have idle time, and I read.
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I never had
much real schooling.
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Ben, how come you're
helping me with this thing?
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You know, all them
other fellows, they
don't even believe
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that I ever sailed this rig.
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Well, I tell you, Mr. Thomas,
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you got imagination.
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Yeah.
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And I got real respect
for a man with imagination.
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Oh, me, I shoe horses
and shovel fertilizer.
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But I read a lot.
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Yeah, about men
like Galileo.
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Oh, he was good.
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And that glass he invented
to make the moon and the stars
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big enough so you could
see them close up.
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And Columbus.
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Yeah. People thought the world
was flat as a pancake.
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And he came along,
showed them it wasn't.
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So, who's to say you can't
sail this wagon like a boat?
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Yeah.
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Or maybe even fly someday.
Yeah.
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Or swim under the water
like a fish.
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Oh, I don't know.
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Baylor, what are you
up to now?
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Lou, come on in.
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Lou, this is Mr. Newson.
He's my friend.
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He's helping me
with my wind wagon.
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We've met.
Howdy, ma'am.
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Well, I got some chores
to do in the corral,
so if you'll excuse me.
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I just heard
about that ridiculous bet
you made.
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Lou, you look so pretty
with your hair up like that
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and all that.
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Do you have any idea how far
Council Grove is?
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A hundred and fifty miles.
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And you think you can get
there and back in less than
two weeks in that thing?
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Honey, with you waiting
for me, I'm sure gonna take
a good run at it.
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Now listen, Baylor.
You listen to me.
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You get your friend Mr. Newson
to find some mules you can buy
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and leave with the wagon train
next Tuesday.
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Lou, I can't. It's too late
now, even if I wanted to.
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I put up all my money
for that bet.
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Baylor, what's going
to become of us?
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You gave me my engagement ring
three years ago.
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But you just can't seem to get
settled in one thing.
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When Aunt Kitty sent for me
to come to Sacramento,
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and you said you'd go too
and make a fresh start,
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well, I thought maybe things
would finally work out for us.
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But--
Lou, you know I've tried.
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I worked as a grocery clerk,
a shoe salesman,
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I even worked on a farm
one time.
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I must have had a dozen
different jobs.
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You're not exactly
a boy anymore.
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It's not-- I just can't seem
to find my place.
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You know I love you, Lou.
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Have since I was 12.
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Baylor, if you lose that bet,
how are you ever gonna get
to California?
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And I just can't wait for you.
I have to go on
with the wagon train.
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What's going to become of us?
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Lou, honey, I won't lose
that bet.
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I'll win that bet. I'll get
this wagon to Council Grove
and back
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in less than two weeks
no matter what happens.
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And sweetheart, when I get
back, I'll find you no matter
where you are.
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Love will find a way.
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[Groans]
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Now then, "avast" means
to stop.
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"Dutchman's britches" is
a patch of blue sky.
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"To tip the nines"--
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Baylor.
Lou.
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Gee, it sure was nice of you
to come down and see me off.
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I didn't come to see you off.
Oh?
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I came to ask you
for the last time
to please not do this.
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Lou, you know I've
got to do it.
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Let's go, Mr. Ackerman.
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Lou.
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What's the matter, captain?
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The sea too rough for you?
[Men laugh]
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Sails need wind.
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Well, come on, boys.
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The captain needs some wind.
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Blow, wind, blow.
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Well, come on, boys.
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Let's get on back to town.
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I'm afraid the captain's
wind wagon is scuttled
for some time.
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Hey, Captain.
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Bring us back
a parrot, will you?
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[Laughing]
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What do you think, Baylor?
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Clouds are moving pretty fast.
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There should be a good, strong
wind down here any minute.
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[Wind blows]
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Hey, it's blowing, Baylor.
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It's a real blow.
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Good luck, Baylor!
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00:13:53,093 --> 00:13:56,009
Thar she blows!
247
00:14:08,717 --> 00:14:10,980
Boys.
248
00:14:11,024 --> 00:14:13,678
Any news about Thomas?
Nothing.
249
00:14:16,768 --> 00:14:18,596
It's been nine days now.
250
00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,469
Trapper got in
from Council Grove
this morning.
251
00:14:21,512 --> 00:14:25,995
I asked him. He said he hadn't
seen anything of a wagon
with a sail on it
252
00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:27,779
anywhere along the way.
253
00:14:27,823 --> 00:14:29,956
He looked at me like he
thought I was clean
out of my head.
254
00:14:29,999 --> 00:14:32,959
A lot of square miles
between here
and Council Grove.
255
00:14:34,656 --> 00:14:36,919
It was a stupid bet.
256
00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:39,008
I don't know what
I was thinking of.
257
00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:42,969
That crazy Greenhorn's liable
to sail right off a cliff
or something
258
00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:44,492
in that contraption of his.
259
00:14:44,535 --> 00:14:47,712
Maybe get himself marooned
someplace out there.
260
00:14:47,756 --> 00:14:50,280
Without enough water.
They say the comanches
261
00:14:50,324 --> 00:14:53,109
are acting up
around those parts these days.
262
00:14:53,153 --> 00:14:54,937
I heard the same thing.
263
00:14:56,765 --> 00:14:58,941
Well, I'm gonna round up
a couple of the boys
264
00:14:58,985 --> 00:15:00,812
and go look
for that young fool.
265
00:15:00,856 --> 00:15:04,947
You may need a doctor.
I'll go t--
[Dog barking]
266
00:15:16,002 --> 00:15:20,267
Well, I'll be a dirty,
no-good--
make it two.
267
00:15:27,578 --> 00:15:30,973
Ahoy, there, mateys.
268
00:15:31,017 --> 00:15:34,411
Well, Doc Parker, you can pay
me that bet money now.
269
00:15:34,455 --> 00:15:36,370
Now, wait a minute.
270
00:15:36,413 --> 00:15:39,242
Don't you try to tell me
that you've been clear
to council grove and back.
271
00:15:39,286 --> 00:15:42,245
Not in no nine days.
Now, I didn't think you were
going to believe me,
272
00:15:42,289 --> 00:15:43,986
so I just brought along
some proof.
273
00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:47,859
Now, here is a letter written
by Dr. Christopher Scully.
274
00:15:47,903 --> 00:15:52,168
This was written four days ago
in Council Grove.
275
00:15:52,212 --> 00:15:55,519
This is his handwriting,
sure enough.
276
00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:58,218
He's saying Mr. Thomas asked
him to write it
277
00:15:58,261 --> 00:16:01,917
to serve as proof he was
in Council Grove.
278
00:16:03,571 --> 00:16:07,053
Why, that ain't possible.
I had a good, strong
wind astern.
279
00:16:07,096 --> 00:16:10,447
A real blower.
I knew you could do it, Baylor.
280
00:16:10,491 --> 00:16:12,406
Money's all yours, Mr. Thomas.
281
00:16:12,449 --> 00:16:17,019
Well, thank you, sir,
and this time, the drinks
are on me.
282
00:16:17,063 --> 00:16:19,891
Come on, Mr. Sager. You look
like you need a drink.
283
00:16:19,935 --> 00:16:21,545
You look seasick.
284
00:16:21,589 --> 00:16:22,546
Hah!
285
00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:24,853
[Men laugh]
286
00:16:28,552 --> 00:16:32,774
Yes, sir. I am telling you
gentlemen, this is the fastest
mode of transportation
287
00:16:32,817 --> 00:16:34,994
ever attempted over land.
288
00:16:35,037 --> 00:16:36,996
Why, with one of these
wind wagons,
289
00:16:37,039 --> 00:16:39,085
properly rigged up
and fitted out,
290
00:16:39,128 --> 00:16:43,002
the prairies could be spanned
in less than half of the time
they are now,
291
00:16:43,045 --> 00:16:45,352
using animal locomotion.
292
00:16:47,397 --> 00:16:52,576
Do you gentlemen realize
at times I was making
over 20 knots per hour?
293
00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:56,667
Which is faster than any wagon
has ever traveled
over land before.
294
00:16:56,711 --> 00:17:00,149
Twenty knots?
Well, how fast is that?
295
00:17:00,193 --> 00:17:02,847
Oh, that's about the speed
of four wild horses
296
00:17:02,891 --> 00:17:04,893
pulling a light buggy
on a dead run.
297
00:17:04,936 --> 00:17:06,634
Oh, I can believe that.
298
00:17:06,677 --> 00:17:09,985
Just think. With a fleet
of these wind wagons,
299
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:14,555
we could revolutionize
over land travel between
here and California.
300
00:17:14,598 --> 00:17:18,994
Just think about that.
Half of the time from here
to California.
301
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,996
You aiming to build
such a thing?
302
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,650
Why not?
303
00:17:22,693 --> 00:17:25,566
Look, I got a little
speculating money
304
00:17:25,609 --> 00:17:27,437
I've just been nesting on,
Mr. Thomas.
305
00:17:27,481 --> 00:17:28,786
I'll throw in with you.
306
00:17:28,830 --> 00:17:30,049
I'll go 500.
307
00:17:30,092 --> 00:17:32,007
[Man]
You can count me in.
Fine, fine.
308
00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:36,098
Gentlemen, I've been studying
a few books that I have
on ship designing.
309
00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:38,970
I'll figure a few things out.
We need a bigger wagon,
310
00:17:39,014 --> 00:17:41,060
one that'll take
a larger sail.
311
00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:44,019
I'll go back and make
a few sketches and we'll all
meet here in the morning.
312
00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:45,977
How's that?
That's fine.
313
00:17:46,021 --> 00:17:48,197
Good day, gentlemen.
Good day, sir.
314
00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:50,373
[Ben]
Oh, Baylor. Baylor?
315
00:17:50,417 --> 00:17:53,550
Yes.
316
00:17:53,594 --> 00:17:56,684
If you're going over to see
Miss Tazette,
317
00:17:56,727 --> 00:17:58,512
she left about an hour
before you came in.
318
00:18:00,035 --> 00:18:02,429
She asked me to give you this.
319
00:18:19,054 --> 00:18:21,709
Looks like we'll be holed up
here for a while, miss.
320
00:18:21,752 --> 00:18:23,885
I just got a report
of comanches up ahead.
321
00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,988
I sure wish Lou was here
to see this.
322
00:18:43,948 --> 00:18:47,952
I christen this first
land ship "The Prairie Dolphin."
323
00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:51,695
[Cheering]
324
00:18:51,739 --> 00:18:54,481
All right, partners, climb
aboard and we'll take her out
325
00:18:54,524 --> 00:18:56,004
for a little shakedown cruise.
326
00:18:56,047 --> 00:19:00,008
Oh. Well, ain't it
too windy?
327
00:19:00,051 --> 00:19:03,011
No. It's just a fair blow
for a maiden voyage.
328
00:19:03,054 --> 00:19:06,449
And a beautiful sky.
Look at those Dutchman's
britches up there.
329
00:19:08,103 --> 00:19:10,061
I don't see no Dutch britches.
330
00:19:10,105 --> 00:19:13,413
Patches of blue sky,
you land crab.
331
00:19:13,456 --> 00:19:15,632
Now, get aboard.
332
00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:21,290
Come on, mates.
Stand fast.
I'm gonna weigh anchor.
333
00:19:29,342 --> 00:19:30,865
[Cheering]
334
00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,067
We'll all be killed!
335
00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:03,811
I'm gonna be sick.
336
00:20:06,335 --> 00:20:07,989
Stop this thing, Thomas!
337
00:20:08,032 --> 00:20:10,992
Stop it!
I'm not worried.
338
00:20:11,035 --> 00:20:12,123
She'll weather it.
339
00:20:12,167 --> 00:20:14,691
I'm getting sicker than a pig.
340
00:20:20,044 --> 00:20:21,524
Oh!
341
00:20:37,671 --> 00:20:39,803
You stay back
in that wagon, miss.
342
00:20:46,157 --> 00:20:48,682
Keep a hold on this,
just in case.
343
00:20:50,205 --> 00:20:52,294
Do you think they'll attack?
344
00:20:52,338 --> 00:20:54,731
They're Comanches.
345
00:20:54,775 --> 00:20:56,516
They'll attack when they
get ready.
346
00:21:07,614 --> 00:21:10,051
[Yelling]
347
00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:19,669
[Yelling]
348
00:21:22,498 --> 00:21:24,021
[Gunshots fire]
349
00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:30,289
Get your head down.
350
00:21:30,332 --> 00:21:32,160
They're getting closer.
351
00:21:32,203 --> 00:21:34,945
[Gunshots continue]
Take a miracle
to get us out alive.
352
00:21:58,882 --> 00:22:00,449
They're high-tailing it off.
353
00:22:03,670 --> 00:22:04,801
Look!
354
00:22:07,021 --> 00:22:08,675
It's Baylor!
355
00:22:08,718 --> 00:22:10,546
I'll be a son
of a sea cook.
356
00:22:17,031 --> 00:22:18,902
[Clatter]
357
00:22:41,621 --> 00:22:43,318
You saved our lives.
358
00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:45,407
Scared those Comanches
plum out of their wits.
359
00:22:45,451 --> 00:22:49,977
Oh, Baylor. Your wind wagon.
It worked.
360
00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:51,152
Yep.
361
00:23:05,427 --> 00:23:08,082
Baylor Thomas, do you realize
what you just proved?
362
00:23:08,125 --> 00:23:11,390
It means a whole new way
of transportation.
363
00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:13,000
I'm afraid not, Lou.
364
00:23:13,043 --> 00:23:14,871
She sailed, all right.
365
00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:18,571
Sailed so fast, she was
out of control about half
of the time.
366
00:23:18,614 --> 00:23:21,922
She was steering herself
when I caught up with you.
367
00:23:21,965 --> 00:23:25,055
Just before that, I almost
sailed her right over a cliff.
368
00:23:25,099 --> 00:23:27,449
That've been pretty good.
369
00:23:27,493 --> 00:23:28,972
Another thing I find out,
370
00:23:29,016 --> 00:23:32,541
the prevailing winds out here
are all from the east.
371
00:23:32,585 --> 00:23:36,415
And it was just plain dumb luck
that I didn't have to tack
over the whole prairie
372
00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:38,460
in order to get back
from Council Grove.
373
00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:44,988
It's a pretty good idea,
but it just ain't practical.
374
00:23:45,032 --> 00:23:46,990
Well, it did prove one thing.
375
00:23:47,034 --> 00:23:49,123
You've got imagination.
376
00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:51,995
Oh, I've always had ideas, Lou.
377
00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:55,390
And California's just
the place for those ideas.
378
00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:58,045
Hey, here'd be
a pretty good idea.
379
00:23:59,220 --> 00:24:01,962
If you would accept
this ring back,
380
00:24:02,005 --> 00:24:05,792
we could be married the minute
we get to Sacramento.
381
00:24:09,099 --> 00:24:12,015
That's the best idea
you've had yet.
382
00:24:19,414 --> 00:24:21,895
"Wind wagon" Thomas,
as they called him,
383
00:24:21,938 --> 00:24:25,986
was an authentic piece
of Americana.
384
00:24:26,029 --> 00:24:27,988
Now, like many
of the pioneers,
385
00:24:28,031 --> 00:24:31,513
men like Studebaker,
Levi Strauss, Stetson,
386
00:24:31,557 --> 00:24:36,344
"wind wagon" Thomas symbolized
the imagination
and determination
387
00:24:36,387 --> 00:24:38,389
that built the west.
388
00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:17,733
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