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[ theme music playing ]

[ laughter ]

Oh, Mr. Kendall, you're a terrible man.

Oh, come on. It's not Mr. Kendall.

It's Hobey.

Mr. Kendall...we'd better get back to business.

How many hides a month can you tan?

Heh. Liz, you got a way of lookin' at a man.

Stop that.

Why, we're practically partners.

That's no way to treat me.

You should be nice to me.

Liz, you're a mighty pretty woman.

Mighty pretty.Get away from me.

[ struggling ]

I wonder who that belongs to.

Well, I'll see you next Tuesday night, Benjy,

I'll try and win some of my money back.

Good night.Good night.

BENJY: Get away from her!

Get out of the way.

Give me the gun, Benjy.I'm gonna kill him!

Give me the rifle!

I'm gonna kill you, Hobey!

Give me the rifle, Benjy!

You hear me?!

Liz?

It's all over now.

He's gone.

And he's never coming back. I promise you.

You go on and wash your face.

I'll take my rifle back now.

Planning on using it?

Maybe.

We've got a sheriff for things like this, Benjy.

You can swear out a complaint.

I can also pretend it didn't happen.

I didn't stand up at your wedding for you and Liz

to see your lives end in grief.

You can't go lookin' for trouble like that.

A man put his hands on my wife.

I'd say trouble's already here without me lookin' for it.

Mornin'.

What are you doin' way out here?

We're lookin' for you, Benjy.

You know about last night?

Liz told me you went out to see Kendall this morning.

I'd like you to ride back out to Kendall's place with me.

I, uh...want to talk to both you.

There's nothin' to talk about.

As a matter of fact, what I had in mind

was me doin' most of the talking.

You and Hobey just listen.

So, why don't you just turn your horse around?

He isn't there. There's a fella there--

he's waitin' for him to come back.

Well, we'll keep that fella company.

BENJY: Fella must've got tired of waitin'.

EMMETT: Hobey?

Emmett, come here.

Gunshot.

BENJY: Now, wait a minute.

Emmett, listen to me. That fella can tell you.

His name's on the saddle--Jonah.

Jonah MacIntosh.

He was here. Told me Hobey would be back later.

He could tell you.

Give me your gun, Benjy.

Emmett, I never even saw him.

One round's been fired.

I spotted a coyote back on the trail.

Can I see the coyote?

I missed him.

Benjy, you're under arrest for murder.

[ gavel bangs ]

The night of the poker game,

you said there'd been a fight.

Well, sure, there was a fight. What would you do?

I'm not on trial here. He is--Benjy Davis.

What did Benjy say to Hobey that night?

He said a lot of things. He was angry.

Will the bench please instruct the witness

to answer my questions?

This court is well aware of your close friendship

with the defendant.

But you must give complete answers,

or face a charge of contempt.

He said he'd kill him.

Louder, please. I want the jury to hear.

He said he would kill him.

No further questions.

Wait a minute. A man can say something

in the heat of the moment that he doesn't mean.

The witness is excused.

You're makin' it sound worse than it was.

You, sir, are testifying. Not me.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

The defendant will rise and face the jury.

We find the defendant guilty as charged.

BENJY: I didn't do it!

I didn't kill Hobey!

[ gavel bangs ]

Benjy Davis...

you've been found guilty of murder

by a duly constituted court.

You are hereby sentenced

to be removed to territorial prison,

turned over to federal authority,

and there to be hanged by the neck...

until dead.

THE VIRGINIAN: Benjy?

I'm sorry I had to tell what I heard you say.

It's a rotten feeling to testify against your friend.

I'm sorry I can't make you feel any better.

You need anything?

Yes.

A man named Jonah MacIntosh.

Ryker and a special posse combed the whole area.

As far as I can tell, there's no such person.

Well, he was there.

It was him I talked to when I went lookin' for HObey.

I didn't dream it.

A man spends his whole life thinkin' about...

how to live right.

When he gets in trouble,

he keeps tellin' himself-- be truthful...

and be honest.

They can't hang you for something you didn't do.

But they're gonna.

How is he?

How would you be?

Benjy said that Jonah MacIntosh looked like a mountain man.

Yeah. The nearest mountains

are the Medicine Bow range.

It's 40 miles, and we looked there.

Hmm.

He said that pack saddle was loaded with beaver.

What's so special about that?

You know anything about beaver?

Yeah, a mountain critter.

They likes water, got a big tail.

What else?

They feed on quaking aspen.

You know of a decent-sized stand of quaking aspen nearby?

No, I'm not much of a lumber man.

Neither am I.

But I know there's none on the Medicine Bow range.

Closest place I can think of

would be the Wind River Mountains.

[ chuckles ] That's 150, 200 miles away!

This Jonah MacIntosh should have no quarrel

to come that far to see Hobey here with beaver skins.

You didn't look that far, though.

Well, I didn't go to Pennsylvania

and check the Appalachians, either.

Maybe you should have.

What are you getting so mad at?

Me, I guess.

You're gonna go to the Wind River Mountains, aren't you?

Mm-hmm.

The boys can take care of the ranch while I'm gone.

It's a long, hard trip.

So is the walk to the end of a rope.

You're not even sure this Jonah MacIntosh is real!

Are you sure he isn't?

No.

Well, if you find him...

and make me look real bad...

I'll be mighty happy.

Wish me luck.

I'm wishing you speed. Benjy doesn't have much time.

Howdy.Howdy.

Chapman's my name. Trading's my game.

Come to buy or sell?

If you got a place where I can take a bath and shave,

I'd be happy to pay for it.

I'll trade you both for some pleasing conversation.

You don't find much of that around here.

You got yourself a deal.

[ laughs ]

And here I was, out here all alone.

No one but Indians and that handful of mountain folk

that came crawlin' when they needed something

or had something to trade.

They come often?

Not often enough.

I wouldn't want to repeat it,

but it gets so I talk to myself

just to keep from gettin' rusty.

You do much business in beaver?

Eh, some.

Of course, the big beaver business is gone.

Has been for years.

Every so often, somebody shows up

and wants to start it all over again.

Hmm. A fella back in Medicine Bow

wants to do just that. Hobey Kendall.

Young fella?Mm-hmm.

Met him last year. Nice enough man.

He's got ideas a little too big.

He won't talk these people into workin' for him.

Jonah MacIntosh doesn't mind.

Jonah MacIntosh?!

[ laughs ]

Then how come he come back with all that beaver hide?

Well...the fact is,

Kendall sent me up here to talk to Jonah again--

make him a better offer.

Too late, friend. I bought 'em off Jonah

before he went back up the mountain.

[ laughing ]

[ gun cocks ] Don't get to your feet just yet.

Just carefully undo that gun belt

and push it this way.

This the way you welcome guests?

Nobody told you to talk.

Ain't nobody yet called you a guest.

Check his horse, Jaimie-- see what he's carrying.

Now, tell us your name and your business.

They call me the Virginian.

I'm on my way to see Jonah MacIntosh.

He know you're comin'?No.

What kind of business you got with Jonah,

he don't even know you're comin'?

I want to talk to him about a man back in Medicine Bow.

Ah.

You find anything, Jaimie?

No.

What's he lookin' for?

Oh, a badge, maybe.

A warrant for the arrest of somebody.

I'm no lawman.

Heh heh. Appears not.

You, uh...you know you're trespassing?

I stayed on the trail. Going to Frog Hollow.

That don't mean a thing.

This here is my land.

Only folks pass on this trail are folks I allow to pass.

I don't allow you to pass.

So you'll oblige me by goin' back down.

I can't do that. I have to see Jonah.

Mister, you ain't gonna see Jonah in any case.

You either go back down like I said, or you get yourself shot.

You say which, 'cause I don't care about either.

Didn't find nothin'.

I got important business with Jonah.

There's the matter of a reward he gets

in exchange for a little information.

He'd be mighty put out

if you cost him money.

We'll tell him about it.

If he wants it, he'll find you back down in Medicine Bow.

I don't see how I can do that...

seeing as how you're gonna kill me right now.

Because I'm not goin' back.

Could be you're lyin' about why you're here.

Could be.

Why don't you take me to Jonah and we'll find out?

You got all the time in the world to pull that trigger.

But all the time in the world

ain't gonna fix it if you make a mistake.

JAIMIE: He could be right, Beamer.

Yeah, I expect he is.

All right, friend.

On your feet.

We'll go see Jonah

and see what he has to say.

Could be you're only puttin' off your burying

for a little while.

That's your business.

[ dog barking ]

Howdy, Beamer.

Howdy, Noah.

Jonah hereabouts?

What do you want with him?

When you get to runnin' the family,

I'll tell you first.

Meanwhile, get me Jonah.

You...sit.

My horse could use a little water.

It's Jonah's water.

You're lookin' for me?

You Jonah MacIntosh?

Yeah.

I could talk a lot better if you'd let me stand up.

I'll tell you when you can stand up.

It's about Hobey Kendall.

I'll have his gun.

What about Kendall?

I want some information. Can I come over and talk?

What kind of information?

Kendall's dead.

A man named Benjy Davis has been convicted of the murder.

There's a reward for this information.

Thank you, Beamer.

You did me a service.

That ground can't be too comfortable,

the way you're sittin' on it.

Come on, stand up!

Now...

what about this here information?

Beamer told me you ain't a lawman.

Benjy Davis--

the man who was convicted of that murder--

is gonna hang for it.

He's a close friend of mine.

I appreciate friendship.

I just want to be sure in my own mind

whether or not Benjy killed that man.

How'd you track me here?

Benjy saw your name scratched on your pack saddle.

I know a little about beaver.

That's smart.

That's smart, all right.

Mr. MacIntosh, did Benjy kill that fella?

No.

Will you go back with me and testify to that?

No.

I guess that means you killed him, huh?

I guess it does.

Now, stand still.

I don't hanker to be made nervous.

[ ringing ]

Why'd you kill him?

That man wasn't much good.

He made me a proposition last year,

and he didn't live up to it.

I didn't figure to make trouble.

I just figured to get my hides back

and sell 'em to old Chapman down on the mountainside.

Come on.

This man here wants me to go back to Medicine Bow with him

and fess up about that shootin' I told you about.

An innocent man's gonna die if you don't.

Well...

I feel sorry for your friend, stranger.

I rightly do.

But I tell you-- I don't aim to hang myself

just 'cause of sorry feelings, you know?

The man deserved to die.

Now, the Good Book says,

"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth."

And I allow as that's the Good Word.

Right?

But I just didn't kill that man out of fun.

He started it. I was just defending myself.

And the Good Book says that's allowed.

Then you got nothin' to worry about.

Self-defense-- you're not gonna hang.

Why don't you just tell the truth?

It didn't help your friend any, did it?

Well, Kendall--

Kendall pulled a knife on me.

And I shot him.

And it was the onliest way I could get out of there alive.

Trouble is, it was my knife.

[ chuckles ]

It being my property, I took it back.

No, I can't go back.

What about the man who's gonna hang?

I wish there was something I could do.

But I just can't think of it.

Meantime, I get to think up what to do with you.

If I let him go back,

he'll have the posse up here.

The Good Book says, "Thou shalt not kill."

But a man's got a right to defend himself.

And I've gotta defend myself

against this stranger.

I'm regretful, mister.

But I've got to kill you, too.

That'll be two innocent lives-- mine and Benjy's.

If Kendall's killing was self-defense, like you say it was,

then you got a good chance to stay off the gallows.

If you kill me and let Benjy die,

you're sure gonna wind up there, mister.

I guess I'll just have to take that chance.

You're welcome to break bread at our table.

Noah, tell the womenfolk we're havin' company for dinner.

In the meantime, we'll have to tie you up.

[ groaning ]

[ sighs ]

Good night.

Good night, men.

Good night.

[ sighs ]

[ sighs ]

Sorry to have you be so uncomfortable.

You see the need.

Anything I can get you before I turn in?

My throat's a little dry.

I'll get you some water.

[ coughs ]

I'm sorry.

That's all right. It's an old cup.

Have a good night's sleep.

I'm sorry it'll have to be your last.

[ snoring ]

[ snoring ]

[ snoring ]

Saddle my horse and one for you.

I don't think so.

You ain't gonna use that.

You need me to testify for your friend.

Only reason I let you get this far

is so you wouldn't shoot up my whole family.

Well...

that's a right smart whack you fetched me, mister.

But ridin' this way is even worse.

How about tyin' me so I can sit up?

Whoa.

Now, look, if I let you sit up,

you give me your word that you won't try to break away.

Yep.

But you ain't gonna get much use out of a man

with a head full of blood

and his insides all shook.

This ain't the trail.

No, it isn't.

I decided I didn't want to trespass

on cousin Beamer anymore.

He has a funny way of stoppin' me.

There.

Want some water?

Thank you, no.

Where we at?

Goin' by way of the far side of the mountain.

You figure you can get away from my family that way?

It's worth a try.

They'll find you.

I think they'll go down the old trail first.

At least far enough to find out we're not there.

By the time they double back,

we ought to have a pretty good lead.

That's pretty smart reckoning...

for a ranch man.

I do the best I can.

And while you're at it, you'd best give a listen to the wind.

[ dogs barking ]

[ chuckling ]

Come on.

I don't think even your mountain dogs can trail us through water.

The least you can do is untie me

so I could hold my own cup.

I did the same for you at my table.

Not quite the same, friend.

My arms are gettin' stiff.

You gonna let me stretch 'em?

Not just yet.

You can stop listening now.

The dogs ain't hollered for near an hour.

Likely the boys have settled down for the night.

They know they'll catch you.

You just don't know mountain people.

They can smell smoke a mile away.

[ clatter ]

Quiet.

Yeah, I heard it, too.

Doesn't sound like one of my boys.

Howdy, son. Come on, sit a spell.

I'll be through eatin' soon.

Who are you?

Gun in an old man's face?

I just don't understand you young'uns anymore.

You ain't got no manners at all.

Never mind manners. I want to know quick-- who are you?

Name's Bojohn. Runty Bojohn.

That's what they call me--

on account of I'm a little fella and I travel alone.

Oh, if you think them fellas with them dogs are with me,

you can forget it.

They're all stretched out and sound asleep

about four miles back.

That was you walkin' around out in the woods, wasn't it?

[ laughs ]

Sure! I almost had to do an Indian dance

before you heard me, too.

Son, you just have the ear for this kind of work.

Why all the noise? And the answer better make sense.

Why all the noise?

Why, to get you out of your camp, of course.

I just couldn't come walkin' in on you,

seein' as how you was runnin' from that crowd back yonder.

You'd have blown me apart before I could've told you my name.

And I wouldn't have got no supper, neither!

Will you quiet down?

Sure.

You want some more coffee?

I just want to catch my breath.

This man about scared me to death.

I don't know how come you say that.

I was nice and polite to you.

I said howdy. And you wasn't even manly enough

to say howdy back.

Ha ha ha ha!

What are you doin' here, Bojohn?

This is my factory, son.

I'm a trapper.

Though there's gettin' littler and littler

to trap nowadays.

What do you want?

I told you-- to get me a decent meal.

I've been eatin' possum meat and roots

for almost two weeks now.

You know, son, you're lookin' a little peeked.

I think maybe you need something good to eat.

You got any good bacon? I'll cook it up for you.

Bojohn, I don't know whether to march you back where you came from

or just sit here and laugh at you.

Ha ha ha ha!

Laughin' is mighty good for the soul, son.

You send me back in them there woods,

you ain't gonna have nobody to help you watch your prisoner.

Oh, don't tell me you've turned against your own people.

Son, I ain't like these people at all.

I'm a genuine college graduate.

Bojohn, you're the biggest liar I ever met.

Of course I am! But the hungriest, too!

[ laughs ]

All right, Mr. Bojohn.

But I'll hang onto your rifle just the same.

It won't do you no good.

It ain't loaded.

[ laughs ]

You know, you're the first friendly man I've met on this mountain.

[ laughs ] Comes from being educated...

at college.

[ laughs ]

Don't you get up.

It's a mighty nice handgun you got here, son.

Got a good heft to it.

What do you think you're doin', Bojohn?

[ laughs ] Stealin'.

I told you my trappin' business was bad.

I gotta make a living somehow.

You lying, thieving, old--

Wait a minute, now, young fella.

If you ain't got no manners for your elders,

At least have some for this here gun.

I don't want to cause any trouble,

so you just rest easy.

I'll be out of here quicker.

Quicker than them fellas with them hound dogs can catch up to you.

Bojohn, without horses, I'm a dead man.

You want that on your head?

Well, I sure am sorry I have to do this, son.

But I gotta make a living somehow.

Hunger makes a man do a lot of things he don't want to do.

Even a college graduate!

[ laughs ]

I'm not gonna let you leave this camp.

Don't carry on so.

I left you that there canteen full of water.

Even made sure that your prisoner was tied secure.

And if you move fast, you'll make it all right.

I'll guarantee you.

Now, why'd you make me do that?

It's just one shot.

Somebody must've done killed somebody.

What are we jaw-bonin' for? Let's get out of here.

Yeah.

[ dogs barking ]

There's a spring about 200 yards up here.

You go up and wash it out good and clean, you hear?

I don't want you to get no blood poisoning.

[ muffled shouts ]

Lyin', bushwhackin' varmint!

You're bad.

Don't worry. My family will be here pretty quick.

They'll fix that wound up.

Sure.

Sure they will.

[ laughs ]

And shoot me afterwards.

On your feet.

We're movin' out.

Go anywhere like that, and you'll bleed to death.

I said, on your feet! We're movin'!

All I have to do is wait.

You lose enough blood,

and one easy shove-- down you go.

If you're gonna die, you might as well die comfortable.

You just move on out through that brush,

and keep movin' down that mountain.

Go on!

Go on!

[ barking ]

You don't want to go out there.

That leads to the Great Basin.

That leads to Medicine Bow.

The hard way.

Got to save Benjy.

Don't have much time.

Don't worry. They're there.

I don't hear any dogs.

They don't need 'em. They found us.

[ laughs ]

What are you doin' to me, you--

Rest, Jonah. Just rest.

Make sure you stay quiet.

The thing I'm learning from you, Jonah...

about mountain people...

is when they talk...

you'd better listen.

If you say they're out there...

they're out there.

MacIntosh!

Hey!

All you MacIntoshes!

Do you hear me?!

Do you hear me?!

I'm movin' out into the desert soon!

Jonah's going with me.

[ gunshot ]

[ laughs ]

That won't do any good!

You want to keep Jonah alive,

you stop that shootin'!

You fire one more shot,

and Jonah's a dead man!

No more shootin'!

I'll blow a hole in Jonah!

All right, Jonah.

We're gonna stand up now...

and walk out of here.

Come on.

Medicine Bow.

Noah...I know you to be a good shot.

But you'd better kill him with the first crack, or Jonah's a goner.

Then what are we gonna do now?

Well, it's... mighty hot out there.

Maybe they can't last too long.

Especially being afoot.

I don't know what they've done with their horses,

but they're better off not havin' them.

Noah.

Set up a camp up there by them trees.

The rest of us will follow and stay out of range.

We'll be back and forth, most like.

I want to go along, Beamer.

I want to get that man.

There's plenty of time for that.

[ breathing heavily ]

Have to get a move on.

Benjy's waitin'.

Benjy's waitin'!

Bad, Jonah!

You done bad.

You shouldn't have--

You shouldn't have--

When I get back to Medicine Bow,

I'm gonna get... Benjy out.

And then I'm go-- Then I'm gonna--

What's that on your mouth?

You gonna answer me?!

What's that on your mouth?! What's that--

I'm sorry, Jonah.

I--I sure am sorry.

We--

We'd better get a move on.

Gotta move on. Keep movin' on.

Jonah! Jonah!

Gotta get a move on.

We've...gotta get a move on.

Lost your hat back there.

We'll find your hat.

Benjy's waitin'.

[ chuckles ]

Don't worry, Ben.

Benjy, we're comin'!

We're comin', Benjy!

[ coughs ] Don't worry, we're comin'.

You gotta beat the rope.

We'll cheat the hangman, Ben.

[ laughs ] We'll cheat the hangman!

You're gonna make it!

Ha ha! You're gonna make it!

[ laughing ]

Who's laughin'?

Who's laughin'? Is that Ben?

Ben? Ben, you should not laugh like--

Something like that--

Jonah?

Jonah? Is that you laughin', Jonah?!

Jonah, you stop that, you hear me? Stop that!

Stop it! Stop it!

Jonah got away!

Get down!

[ whooping ]

He almost got here. We almost had him.

We can't fight all them Indians, Jaimie.

All we can do is follow them and wait.

[ speaks in native language ]

[ speaks in native language ]

Virginian, you gotta help me.

They're tryin' to make a slave out of me.

I haven't had anything to eat or drink yet.

I've been workin' and fetchin' all day and all night.

[ speaks in native language ]

[ speaks in native language ]

Yes, sir.

[ speaks in native language ]

[ groaning ]

[ spits ]

[ groans ]

[ groans ]

[ groans ]

[ groaning ]

What happened?

Who are you?

[ speaks in native language ]

[ speaks in native language ]

[ speaks in native language ]

[ speaks in native language ]

Bring me one...

who speaks the tongue of the Sioux.

Can you bring me one who speaks the tongue of the Sioux?

Your husband.

Tell your husband...

I want to speak to him.

Your husband. Brave.

[ speaks in native language ]

Your man.

Let me speak to your man.

Oh.

Your man was killed.

I'm sorry.

I gotta know where I am.

How long have I been here?

How many days? How many da--

Jonah?

Jonah!

[ groaning ]

That's awful.

What is your name?

Name? My name...

Virginian.

Virginian.

Vir...ginian.

Good. That's it.

Now yours.

Hapamawa.

Well...

pleased to meet you, Hapamawa.

Virginian.

That's good. You learn fast.

[ horse neighs ]

Horse.

Horse?

Horse?

Horse.

You get me... two horse?

Me...

and the man with the beard.

You will help me?

Yes. We go there.

On horses.

No?

Virginian.

Hapamawa.

Hapamawa.

Virginian.

No, I'm...

sorry, Hapamawa.

I'm really sorry.

You speak English?

Any of you speak English?

That man...

with the beard...

belongs to me.

I must take him many miles to the east to Medicine Bow.

You give us food...

water, horses,

guns.

I pay gold.

[ speaks in native language ]

To the east.

[ laughing ]

[ speaks in native language ]

[ speaks in native language ]

[ wolf howling ]

[ wolf howling ]

[ crying ]

Hapamawa...

Virginian.

Virginian.

Mmm, mmm, mmm!

There you go.

Thank you, son. Thank you.

That's what I call good manners.

Not too many young'uns are mannerly today.

No, sirree, sir.

The Good Book says to treat folks

the way you want them to treat you.

So it does.

I remember studyin' that was readin' the books back at college.

Oh, really? Where was that?

Back east, son. Back east.

Biggest circle I ever rode.

Family finds out we went around 'em,

they's gonna be fit to be tied.

If it's all the same to you, I'm not gonna tell 'em.

You can tell that family of yours

to follow me right into Medicine Bow.

[ chuckles ] They would, too.

[ chuckles ] Sure, I noticed it.

Didn't you say us mountain folks

could smell fire long before we could see it?

You'd have noticed it, too, if you hadn't been so busy talkin'.

Seems that you're gettin' to be mountain folks.

And I'm gettin' to be ranch hands.

Don't you call out now.

If it's who I think it is, I won't have to call out.

We'll take a quiet look.

If it's help for me, we'll go on in.

If it's help for you, you can wave good-bye...

silently.

Yes, sirree, sir.

Trappin' just ain't what it was once.

You know somethin', son?

I've been eatin' possum meat and roots

almost two weeks now.

[ laughs]

Would you hand me another one of them biscuits

like a good fella? I'd be obliged to you.

Sure.

Now, sir...

if you just get up and stand aside,

ain't nobody gonna get hurt.

I'll just take what I need and be on my way.

You can't do that.

Have manners, son!

It's Noah! He's been hit! He's been hit bad!

Howdy, son.

Did I shoot that boy?

If I did...

it was an accident.

You know that, don't you?

You just don't go around shootin' boys

when you're...

a college graduate. Ha!

This boy's been hurt bad.

Real bad.

This boy needs some help.

Boil some water.

[ groaning ]

I wish I had the Good Book here.

I could use some comforting.

I sure hope his fever breaks by morning.

We gotta move at first light.

We've been havin' our problems, you and me.

But I want you to know

that I'm sorry it's you I have to fight with.

I was thinkin' the same thing.

You're a good man.

I want you to know I'm grateful to you for tendin' Noah.

I never was much good at doctorin'.

You're close to him, aren't you?

He's my baby brother.

Mountain families has to be close, Virginian.

We don't have too much to begin with.

Land's poor,

life's hard.

But it's ours. We make do.

The onliest way we can make do

is to help each other.

Brother to brother, sister to sister.

Things aren't much different where I come from.

That's why I've gotta take you back with me.

Well, I see what you mean.

I surely wish I could help you out.

I can't.

Yes, I know.

Why don't you get some sleep?

I'll just sit up here

and watch the boy for a while.

You can turn in.

Nope.

Some of your family might drop in.

I'd want to be up to say hello.

You're a hospitable man.

[ groaning ]

How is he?

Not good.

Fever's still high.

We can't leave him here.

There's not telling when the others will get here

to find him.

He could be dead by that time.

I know.

I don't ask people for much.

I don't like to be beholden.

I do have a favor...

to ask you, though.

You go back without me.

I'll stay here and tend the boy.

You go on back

and do what you have to do in Medicine Bow.

If you come back with a posse, that'll be my lookout.

You have my word, I'll be here.

Tell me what to do for him.

[ groaning ]

Fever needs to be sweated out of him.

Do it.

Please.

Time's runnin' out.

Jonah...

You go on back to Medicine Bow yourself.

I'll stay here and take care of your brother.

I could blow your brains out now.

Yeah. You could.

You're the hardest man I ever met.

If they end up hangin' me, I'm gonna come back

and haunt you the rest of your days.

Get movin'.

You take care of my baby brother, you hear me?

Don't worry, I will.

Mr. MacIntosh, he'll be all right.

Doc Hadley is the best we have in Medicine Bow.

What's takin' so long?

Why don't you sit down?

I'm a little too restless to sit,

but thank you kindly, sir.

Mr. MacIntosh?

Your brother's going to be all right

in a few days.

Can I see him now?

Better let him rest.

I'm sure that Sheriff Ryker will bring you back to visit.

Yeah, Jonah here's gonna be an honored guest at my hotel.

Thank you, Sheriff.

Thank you, Doctor.

Oh, don't thank me, Mr. MacIntosh.

If it hadn't been for the Virginian,

your brother would've died on the trail.

Hardest man I ever met.

Seems to me you said that once before.

We mountain boys have gotta stick together.

[ laughter ]