All language subtitles for S06E17 - Jed

[ theme music playing ]

I drove my beef through
that pass for 15 years,

and I'm driving again
this year.

Tom, sit down!
We're not going to solve
this problem by blowing steam.

We came here to talk this out,
not fight it out.

RON:
There's no point in talking.

None of us is pulling stakes
and you won't drive us off,

not without starting
a range war.

All right.
It won't be the first time

we had to fight
to get what we wanted.

Not everybody here bought
a spread all fixed up for him.

This is our range!

We fought the Indians for it,

and we'll fight
the nesters for it,

and anybody else
who gets in our way.

That'll be me, Tom.

Then that'll be you.

And me, and every man I can
spare from the drive.

You traitor, you!

Take it easy, Tom.

I don't like taking the longer
route any more than you do.

But those homesteaders have
the same rights we have,

including the protection
of the law against
armed assault, violence.

I hate to have to
say this to men

that have been
my friends,

my brother's friends
and neighbors
for all these years,

but what you're
talking about is wrong.

It's wrong!
And no amount of jawing
is gonna make it right.

Now, I don't want to fight,

but if I have to put guards
on every farm

until this drive is over,
I'll do it.

Most of us are just
starting roundup.

There's time between now
and the drive to study this,

come up with a solution.

I'm for taking
the south pass.

There are valid
objections to it.

Maybe we can solve them.

Any of you who think
as I do, I ask your help.

The meeting's adjourned.

Well, that's the end
of Medicine Bow.

[ plucking piano keys ]

Whisky.

I, uh, been look--

[ piano keys being plucked ]

Never mind.

Jed Matthews?

I been looking for you,
but not for that.

We got no quarrel
with each other.

Mind if I sit down?

Peace, Jed.

I'm adjusting
to the thought.

[ chuckles ]

It's a long time.

I heard you were sick.

I got better.

You being sick didn't slow down
your gun hand any, did it?

There's one sure way
of finding out.

Feel like earning
some money with it?

I'm working for a spread
up near Medicine Bow.

Double T's.
Fella named Tallman runs it.

Pays good wages
and, uh,

there's a bonus in it
for the right kind of man.

You come all the way
down here just to
do me a favor.

Something for something.

Doggone.

When I first looked up
and saw you, I said to myself,

"Jed, there's Abe Yeager,

and he's come all the way
down here just to
do you a favor."

That's an old score
and a long time ago.

Got to admire you, Abe.

You're about
the forgivingest man I know.

The bonus is $300.

I, uh...

figure you'll be
needing this.

That's a lot of money
for pushing cows.

There's trouble
up near Medicine Bow.

Mr. Tallman wants to
put an end to that trouble.

What kind of trouble?

Nesters, mainly.

Man named Grainger,
runs Shiloh Ranch.

It's $300, Jed.

That's more money than
you've seen in a long time.

Hello, Abby.

Hello, Trampas.

Here, let me help you down.

There you go.

Uh, I'll tie up
your horse for you.

Thank you.

Hey, Trampas?

How's your
sod-busted friend?

[ laughing ]

TEXAS: What you
got there, Trampas?
Chicken feed?

Yeah, I-I hear they
raise some mighty fine
chickens out there.

Big ones.
Even got names.

Yeah, I heard that
the biggest chicken
in the flock

is a bird
named Grainger.

[ laughter ]

JED: Hey, cowboy.

Matthews.

Jed, you old hunk
of crow bait.

[ laughing ]

Put me down,
you old hunk of--

Well, I never thought
I'd see you again,

and here you are
in Medicine Bow.
What are you doing here?

Well, now, I run
into a fella, told me
I could get a job up here.

You looking for a job?
Well, you got one.
I'll get you on at Shiloh.

Shiloh?Yeah.

That's the outfit I work for.
It's the biggest spread
around here.

A man named Grainger
your boss?That's right, Mr. Grainger.

What's the matter, Jed?Oh, nothing.

Just running into you.
Who are they?

Uh...

We've been having a little
trouble around here lately.

Yeah, do tell.

Well, come on,
I'll ride out there with you.

Or do you want
a drink first?

You want to?You think we should?

You got time?Yeah.

Let me untie your horse
for you, Abby.

Here.[ whinnies ]

Oh!Whoa!

Jed, get the horse.

Easy. Easy now, easy.

Easy.
Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Everything will
be all right.Easy. There, that's the way.

Kinda spooky, ain't she?

She likes to make trouble,
but I can handle her.

Like just now.

TRAMPAS: Jed.

Abby, I'd like you to meet
an old friend of mine
I haven't seen in ten years.

Jed Matthews,
this is Abigail Kiefer.

Well, thank you,
Jed Matthews.

My pleasure, miss.

I'll give you a hand.

Here you go.

You think you'll be
all right now?Of course.

She's had her fun.
She'll be quiet.

She's a pretty little
thing, ain't she?Oh.

And part of the trouble
I was telling you about.Her?

Homesteaders.

A lot of people have
been moving in here
these days, Jed.

She and her brother,
along with some others,

settled down
by the railroad pass.

Valley ranchers have been
using that pass for years.

Now the homesteaders
say no more.

A situation like that,
anything could happen.

Yeah, it could.

Well, still want that drink?

Ahem. I said,
"You still want that drink?"

You want to?Think we should?

You got time?Yeah.

I'm asking you
to be reasonable.

Let me show you
my books.

They'll back up
what I've been saying.

This has been
a tight year for me.

It's been bad
all around, Seth.
I know that.

Barely making it.

Now you're asking me to--
to cut my own throat.

We don't have to drive
our cattle over those farms.

North pass isn't the only way
out of the valley, Seth.

But it's 50 miles shorter
that way.

I can't afford to run
any beef off my herd.

I admit,
it'll be hard this year.

But we establish that route--
next year the railroad will
build a spur to it.

Next year?

I'm thinking about now.

You can wait.
You can afford principles.

You'd solve this
Tallman's way--

drive the nesters out?

Well, I-I'm hoping that
they'll listen to reason

before it's too late.Hmm.

Would you leave your land
because someone wanted
to drive their herds through?

Well, they had no right
to settle there.

You know better
than that, Seth.

I'm--I'm sorry, Clay.
I can't see it any other way.

Now, what Tallman says
makes sense to me.

If we show them
that we mean business,
they'll back down.

And if they don't?

I'm throwing in
with Tallman anyway.

I'm sorry.

Well, I'm afraid this
whole valley will be sorry.

You'll be all alone
out on that south pass, Clay.

I ain't the only one
that thinks like Tallman.

I know.
If I call a meeting

to talk this out further,
would you come, Seth,

no matter
what you think?

Yeah.Thank you.

Whoa.

Come on, Jed.

Well, here's
your mail, Mr. Grainger.

Thank you.And say hello
to Jed Matthews here.

This is Mr. Grainger.
This is our foreman.

Hi, Jed.Howdy.
Howdy.

Jed and I used to
ride down Texas way.

You might say he taught me
up from down.

I told him there's
work here if he wants it.

We can always use
a good hand.

Well, uh, Jed's
a little fussy.

He, uh, he already
hired on with Tallman.

JED: It ain't
that way, Trampas.

Fella I run into told me
Tallman was hiring

and, uh, loaned me
the money to get here.

The way I look at it,
I got an obligation.

What'd you hire on as?

Ain't been there yet.
Regular hand, I guess.

Well, if you
change your mind,

we pay the same wages
as Tallman.

Appreciate that.

Well, I guess I'd better
be moving on.

I'll see you around.So long, pard.

Thank you.

Looks like
Tallman's recruiting.

Jed's no gunman,
if that's what
you're thinking.

He had his own
spread once,

and then he lost it.
By Aftosa.

Been riding herd
ever since.

Jed's the best man
with animals
I've ever seen.

Just a thought.

Ain't that the fellow
with Trampas?

Yeah.

[ horse whinnies ]

Where do I find Abe Yeager?

[ horse whinnying ]

Maybe you didn't hear me.
I asked where I could
find Abe Yeager.

Yeah, I heard you.

YEAGER:
Right here, Jed.

Mr. Tallman's the man
you're looking for.

He's in the main house.
I'll be along in a minute.

[ horse whinnies ]

Don't y'all be
tangling with him.
He's gonna work here.

Then how come he's got
friends at Shiloh?

Well, then I was
stock detective
for a couple of years.

I rode guard
for the Lazy Diamond,

then Hat, and then
Bar Nothing.

Who was the boss at Hat?

Isaiah Murdock.

Oh, that guy.

You know what I'm
paying you for?

For my gun.Unh-unh.

I'm paying you because
this is cattle country,

and it's going to
stay cattle country.

And we're heading into
a roundup and drive,

and we're gonna drive
over the same trail
we always used

and nobody's
gonna stop us.

Abe said something about
a fella named Grainger.

Mm-hmm.

He's trying to stop us.

So far he's just talking.

Why didn't you
tell me you had
a friend at Shiloh?

Yeah, I know
one fellow there.

I didn't know
he was there till today.Are you close to him?

Ain't close to no man.

Trampas and I rode together
ten years back.

You and your brother Milo,

now we rode together
four years ago.

Did that make us friends?

The boys tell me
you went off with Trampas
out of Medicine Bow.

Yep. We stopped at Shiloh.

He offered me a job.
I turned him down.

Why?

They don't pay no bonuses.

Maybe you'd rather
work there anyway.

Would they take you on
if you went back and said
you'd changed your mind?

Why would I want
to change my mind?

Because we sweetened
your bonus.

What for?

So Jed here
can work for Shiloh

at the same time
he's working for us.

Would you, Jed?

I mean, seeing as how
you're not close to Trampas,

sure would be helpful
to have a man we trust there.

That ain't the kind of deal
we talked about.

Man that owes as much
money as you do

kind of gives up his choice.
You still owe us.

Not that much.

Mr. Tallman will make
that decision.

Unless you can
pay back the money.

All right.

Thank you, Jed.

Don't mention it, Abe.

Is he worth that
extra bonus, Abe?

Mr. Tallman,
when I know a man

is a faster gun
than my brother Milo was,

I want him on my side.Hmm?

Yeah.

Jed's the man
killed my brother.

[ men shouting ]

You're a long ways
from Double T's, ain't you?

Just keeping an eye out
for strays.

Anything brewing
at Shiloh?

Mr. Grainger's trying
to get the farmers to meet

with the Cattleman's
Association.

What else?Nothing.

They're waiting
for you to move.

We'll oblige soon.

You see to it you ride out
this way every couple
of days--alone.

[ cattle mooing ]

Here you go.
Come on.

That's all right, little fella.
You run and tell
your mammy about it.

Just like old times,
isn't it, Jed?

Yep.

Only now I can't
teach you nothing.

[ chuckles ]

Remember Bad News,
that roan bronc I busted?

Yep, I remember.
But who busted who?

[ chuckles ]

Something on your mind, Jed?

No, nothing.

Three Rivers, Montana?

You got a long memory,
Trampas.

You sure used to
bend my ear about it.

"Trampas," you used to say,

"Three Rivers, Montana,
has rolling hills

"and grass as far
as you can see--

good, rich grass,
river-fed."

Yeah.

You sure wanted it bad,
didn't you?

You still do.

Fat chance I got of getting it
on a cowhand's wages.

Let's get back to work.

All right.

Well, bring us in
another one!

[ mooing ]

[ gunshot ]

All right, fella,
drop the gun.

I said drop it!

Step back.

Back, I said!

Who are you?Suppose you tell me first

how come you're
cutting down Shiloh beef.

I'm not cutting--She busted your fence,

so you shot her,
is that it?That's not what happened.

Don't you lie to me.

TRAMPAS:
[ whistles ] Jed!

Jed.

He's butchering
your beef for you.
You tell him about it.

What happened, Ron?

You call your gunman off.

Jed, put your gun away.

This heifer of yours
got caught in my fence
and panicked.

Before I cut her loose
she broke her leg,
so I shot her.

Her left foreleg.
You can see for yourself.

He's right, Jed.

Jed.

Yah!

I'm sorry this
happened, Ron.

You might as well butcher her.

I don't want
your beef, Trampas.

It's hot.

Keeping the stars company.

Trampas...

A man makes a mistake,
he ought to own up to it.

Well, I guess he does.

All right,
I made a mistake.

Well, everybody's been acting
kind of spooky these days.

But you, you acted like
a steer in a thunderstorm.

Yeah, I reckon I did.

Jed, I-I don't mean
to butt in, but...

Well, I get the feeling
something's getting to you.

Ah, it's just, I get
the willies sometimes.

Maybe it's 'cause of
back when I was sick.

Smallpox.

Was riding for the Lazy Y
at the time.

They put me
in this shanty,

away from everybody,
everything.

Used to send someone down
every morning

to holler at me to see
if I was still alive.

And, uh, if I hollered back,

well, he'd leave
some grub outside.

I'd, uh, crawl out
and get it myself.

And I'd lie there,
wondering if I'd
ever make it.

Well, then it broke.

You come out of
something like that,

and you just got
no patience for nothing.

You want to do something,
you do it now.

You want something,
you take it now.

Because you just might not
get another chance.

You know, Jed,
a fella told me

there's still parcels open
around Three Rivers.

Well, I saved a little money,

and if you didn't mind
a partner, I just might
throw in with you.

Well, I figure between
the two of us, we just
might make it work.

When?Well, soon.

How much money
you saved?

$70.

After ten years working.

Well, I never had
anything to save for.

We could do it, Jed.
We could do it.

Yeah.

After another
ten years, maybe.

Well, thank you
for your offer, Trampas,

but I'll say no to it.

Jed!

Jed, hold up!

Whoa.

You're being real sociable.
Come on, I'll ride with you.

The Virginian wants me
to check on some strays
up at the high shelf.

Well, I'll go with you.

Trampas, I ain't fit company
for nobody.

I'll handle it alone.What's the matter, Jed?

Maybe tomorrow.

[ horse whinnies ]

[ whinnies ]

Whoa.Whoa.

Easy, girl.
Easy.

What happened?
Runaway?

Rabbit spooked her.

You ain't hurt none?No.

I seen you
from up the hill.

Well, that's what
stopped you.Yeah, well...

Can that wheel
be fixed?

Well, we can try.

Oh, I didn't mean
for you to do it.

Why don't you just find
a nice shady spot?

It'll take some time.

Well, I will not.
My wheel.

Then we found a place
in Connecticut--

hillside, all stone.

You could hardly
call it a farm.

Nearly killed
my father.

So when someone told us
about Wyoming, we came here.

Sick as he was,
he was bound he was
gonna make it this time.

He didn't.

He was dead before
we got the cabin finished.

My brother and I
are making it.

It's a home.

Let me, here.I got it.

Will you let me?

What about you, Jed?

No, I never had no place
I called home.

Never stayed long enough.

Not even when I owned
my own spread.

When you were
a little boy?

My folks died
before I knew 'em.

Who brought you up?

An aunt took me in
for a spell.

And after that?

Rattled around,
pushing cows and such.

Like now--
saddle bum.

You're no saddle bum.

What am I?

Something you don't want
to talk about.

I reckon you don't, uh,
fit what you're doing neither.

Brother and sister--
I don't call that making a home.

It isn't.

Well...

This is the second time
you've come to my rescue.

Yep. Getting to be a habit.

You know how to gentle a horse.
You know how to fix a wheel.

What else do you know, Jed?

I know if this wheel gets
you home, it'll be a miracle.

[ laughs ]

Well, let's not put it off.

Let's see if it works.

Oh!

[ laughs ]

I know something else, too,
Miss Abigail.

You don't belong here.
Neither you nor your brother.

Especially you.

You're farmers
in cattle country,

and you've got to
get away from here.

Yeah, you've got to.
There's gonna be a war,

and you'll be
the first ones hurt.No.

That land ain't worth
getting killed for.

Now there's a million acres
better than this
you can take from,

and nobody to say
no to you.

Would you go, Jed?You bet I would.

Ain't no sense in fighting
when you know you're gonna lose.

Oh, you don't believe that
any more than I do.

Now you listen to me,
Miss Abigail.

No, we're staying, Jed.

Thank you
for your concern, Jed,

and for your help.

Goodbye.

That wheel could bust.

I-I'd best ride
with you.

Whoa.

Oh.

I-I guess Ron's probably
in the field.

Oh, Jed,
look at this land.

You know--you know, maybe
this isn't the home I want,

but I've worked hard on it.

My brother and I
pulled the stumps and rock
out of this land.

We built that cabin,
and the barn.

We had a good crop, Jed--

enough wheat to get us
through the winter.

Don't you see why we have to
hold on to tomorrow?

Didn't you ever feel that way
about anything?

I just want to get
today over with.

Isn't there anything else
you want?

I've wanted...

I've wanted things
so bad, I had an ache
just thinking about 'em.

You had your own place once.

Aren't you gonna
try that again?

Yeah, I'm trying again.

I'm getting me
a nest egg going
the only way I know how.

I just wished
I was shut of it.

How long have you
been here?Not long.

Ginger here got
a bit frisky.
She broke a wheel.

Jed patched it up
for me.

I'm obliged to you.

It's nothing.

Well...

Did he have to
ride home with you?

Well, he helped me, Ron.

He's trouble, Abby.

Oh, I don't think so.

Well, I'll get
supper started.

Seeing how
the other half live?

Checking up on me?

No, I just saw you
back on the road.

I wanted to talk to you.What about?

Anything stirring
at Shiloh?

Not yet.

Grainger keeping
the hands busy?

All of 'em?Why?

For anybody?
Anywhere?

No.

Thank you, Jed.

[ fire crackling ]

[ gunshot ]Oh!

Back inside, Abby.

[ laughing ]

What's the matter, Kiefer?
You scared?

Send your sister out!

[ laughing ]

[ wood beam falls ]

Ron?

Ron, you've been out there
all morning.

Come in
and eat something now.

[ horses approach ]

[ fires gun ]

Ron.
Ron, it's Mr. Grainger.

We've come to help.

It's Shiloh men.

I'm ashamed of what
our neighbors have done here.

We want to try to make up
for it if we can.

There's a wagon load of lumber
coming from Medicine Bow.

We'll help you clear this
and raise a new barn.

I don't want your help.

It's not done in charity.

Shame.I don't want it.

Ron. This farm is mine
as much as it is
yours, Ron.

I say yes to you,
Mr. Grainger.

And I thank you.Abby!

My brother will thank you, too,
when he gets around to it.

I apologize for him.

Jess, put a rope
on that wall over there.

And I'll rope this one
right here.

And we'll just
pull her down.

Come on, Buck.

Get up here, bud.
Come on.

Need some help
on this one.

They're wasting
their time.

It's an empty,
stupid gesture.

Tallman will tear
that barn down as soon
as the drive starts

if he doesn't
burn it before.

It's an act of faith, Ron.

Mr. Grainger is saying
that we'll come through it.

Ron, you can accept help
and still be a man.

I, um, thought I'd
lend a hand if you'd let me.

Seth.

I, um, rode up to Shiloh

and they told me
you were out here.

Can you use another hand?We certainly can.

There's some things
even I can't stomach.

Where do I start?

Anywhere.

There will be others.

I, um, I'm obliged
to you, Mr. Grainger.

Well, all right, up we go!

Who you trying to kill, Jed?
It's only wood and nails.

It's a fool thing to do.
It'll be undone as soon
as we finish it.

Why you doing it, then?

I got volunteered.

You didn't
have to come.

I been taking orders
for six years.

I'm still taking orders.
Don't pay to think about 'em.

You should've gone, Abigail.

I told you
there'd be trouble.

I'm glad we stayed.

Otherwise I wouldn't have known
how good people can be.

You believe what you see?

Why shouldn't I?

Look for yourself.

You don't look
under nothing, Abigail.

There's six,
eight men here today

out of maybe a hundred
living in this valley.

Well, what about them others?
You think they'll
come help out?

Come Friday when they
start their drive,

they'll be prodding
10,000 head of beef
over this land--

over your crops,
and over you
and your brother

if you try
to stop 'em.

Well, if you believe that, Jed,
why did you bother to help
rebuild the barn?

I don't know.

I guess it's a habit.

Abigail...

You put that kind
of trust in people

and you're gonna get hurt.

TRAMPAS: Jed.

Jed.

Jed.

What is it you're not
telling me?

Plans for tonight, boys.

Ryker's just come
from Tallman's.

Couldn't prove anything
about the fire.

Tallman claimed
he didn't know anything.

What are we
supposed to do, Emmett?

Well, they may hit again,
they may not.

But this time
we'll be ready.

We'll have to stand
guard duty nights.

We can spare some men
from Shiloh.

It'll mean doubling up,
but we'll get by with it.

The rest of you, if you
can't get free from the roundup,

we'll manage.My herd's in.

We'll stand guard
in shifts--

two men at each farm,
relief on at midnight.

Seth, will you take over
at Mueller's?

Sam, you and Hank
go over to Carse's.

You two take Benson's.

Jed, you and Trampas
stay here.

These four farms
along the river

are the most likely
to be attacked.

The rest of us will split up
through the outlying areas.

If you have any trouble,
fire three shots in the air.

Any questions?

Are we delaying the drive?

No, we start Friday
just as scheduled.

That's when
there'll be trouble.

Still three nights
to worry about
and a roundup to finish.

Come on, boys.

[ men shouting ]

[ men shouting ]

Biggest herd of cattle
this valley's ever seen.

And another bunch just as big
at the north end with Tallman.

[ mooing ]

Can you tell me
something?

What's that?

How are we gonna
keep Tallman

from pushing his herd
through that pass?

I don't know.

[ mooing ]

Abby.

Casualty, Abby.
Jed cut himself.

Oh, it ain't worth
the fussing.

Let me see.

Oh, Jed, wash that off.
I'll get some bandages.

How is it?It'll be all right.

Abby will fix you up.

Abby, don't wait
supper for me tonight.

I'm gonna ride over
and see Carse,
and Mueller after him.

Maybe Benson, too,
if I have time.

All right.

See you later.

Sit down, Jed.

All of a sudden
it's quiet.

Yes.

This time of day
never seems real--

like it was cut off
from the rest,

a piece all by itself.

Whole week's
been like that,

ever since you and the others
came to help us.

That too tight?No, it's fine.

You know, sometimes
it seems as though

you want things
to stay the same way.

All that counts
is the way things are,
not the way I want 'em.

How do you want them?

Like I said,
it don't matter.

Well, it--it does
to some of us.

You think it makes
any difference

to those men
who burned the barn?

You really think that, uh,

if you go out there
the next time they come back

and say, "Don't do this now,
it's not the way
Jed Matthews wanted,"

that they'll nod
their heads and ride off?

You seen 'em burn.

They'll try other things,
and if they don't work,

then they'll start
the killing.

Then all that'll matter
is the burying.

Jed, I...

I don't understand why you're
so bitter about things.

Is it because of something
that happened before?

Oh, before doesn't matter.

It's today and tomorrow
that count.

Tomorrow will be
the same as yesterday.

It doesn't have to be.

Doesn't have to be, Jed.

Good night, Abby.

Hey, all quiet?

Yep.

I'm betting it'll
be quiet tomorrow night

and the next night, too,
and then it won't.

Well, pard, like they say,
the good die young.

You talk too much,
you know that?

I reckon that ain't
my only failing.

You just made
a profound remark.

Trampas, you always
do the right thing?Well, you know I do.

Suppose you knew
the right thing would get you
in a heap of trouble.

Might even cost you something
you wanted real bad.

I'll tell you what I'd do.

I wouldn't get myself
in that kind of fix.

Yeah.

Where's Tallman?

In town.

What's a Shiloh hand doing
at Double T?

Come to tell you
I ain't working for you.

You mind telling me why?

I don't reckon I have to.

No, you don't.

I just wonder if Grainger
offered a bigger bonus.

We're getting $30 a month
and food.

Gonna buy a seed bull with it?

Start up a herd?

Why'd you feel like
you had to tell me?

I just want
to clear things up.

That money I owe you,
I'll pay you back
as soon as I can.

Naturally, you told Grainger
all about yourself
and why we hired you?

And what our plans are?

Oh, no?

Oh, your honesty goes so far
and no further.

Well, you clearing your
conscience or turning your coat?

I don't have to
answer that, either.No.

And that's an end of it?

No, I reckon not.

The way I see it,
I'll have to ride
real careful from now on.

But I know one thing, Abe.

It won't be you squinting
down a barrel at me.

It'll be somebody you sent.

Am I gonna die?

Boy, you oughtn't have
took up fighting

because it don't profit much
if you come out second.

Let's go.

You don't have to believe me,
but I would let him lie there

if it isn't the way
I was telling you.

Why would he
dry-gulch you?

Oh, him and me
had words a while back.

You can ask him
if he comes out of it.

You want me to stay here?

I got guard duty
at the Kiefers'.

No, if I need you,
I know where to find you.

Sheriff, Sheriff, you ain't
gonna let him get away
with that, are you?

What?Don't you know who he is?

Ask Abe Yeager.
He'll tell you.

He's a gunman, a killer.

I ain't the first one
he's gunned down.
He done time at Texas.

They hired him
to kill Grainger.Who?

He was working for Tallman,
same as me.

All right.

Mr. Pettit.

He's joining
our drive,
south pass.

Glad to hear that.

Anyone else?PETTIT: Marsh and Woolsey.

Sam Packard's still up
with Tallman.

I couldn't persuade him.

Hanrahan may
join us later.

They're all bunched up
at the north pass.
I don't know.

Tomorrow's awfully close.

There's still today.
How many did you bring in?

13. I spotted another bunch
in the gully back there.

All right.

[ horse neighs ]

Mr. Grainger,
I think this explains itself.

How'd you do it?

Men, listen to this.

Read it, Ron.

I don't have to read it.
It's just our way
of saying thanks.

It's very simple.
The four of us who have
farms by the river

will give up enough land
so that you can get your
cattle through the pass.

[ excited talking ]

RON: We'll make
boundary adjustments later.

Now in return,
we would like a statement

signed by all of you
granting us water rights.

Well, I'll sign it,
and I'm sure the rest
will, too.

MAN: Bet we will.

And we'll need some help
stringing the fence
to keep the drive channeled.

We'll take care
of that.

We gotta tell the others.
Seth, you tell Packard.

Trampas, ride out
to the Hanrahan wagon.

You go to Logan,
you to Warren.

Tell 'em.

Well, what do you
think of that?

Yep, gonna be a lot
quieter around these parts.

Well, they'll have more time
now that they don't have to

keep looking
over their shoulder.
Uh, you, too.

What makes you think
I don't anyhow?

Besides, what would I do
with more time, Trampas?

Well, now that the men
are more relaxed, you, uh...

maybe you and Abby will have
more to talk about
than just a range war.

You know me, Jed--
I don't wanna push anything.

You're savvy enough
to know what you want.

Problem is, sometimes you're
too foolish not to admit it.

Uh, say, if you, uh,
wanted to take the night off,

I just might take your watch
over for you when I get back.

Be pretty foolish
to turn down an offer
like that, wouldn't it?

Yeah, it would.

Trampas.

Thank you.

Eh.

I don't believe it.

Signed by every one of 'em.
I don't know

how Kiefer managed it
after what's happened,
but he persuaded 'em.

We give them
water rights in return.

Some bargain.
They let us use our land,

we let them use
our water.

You get what you want, Tom.
You can take your cattle
through the north pass.

A strip of it.

It's wide enough.

It'll slow the drive.

I'm not gonna let them
tell me where I can go

and what I can do.

Come on, Tom, go along.
Everybody else has.

Take orders
from a bunch of nesters?

Will you?

What else can I do?

Thank you, Tom.

That paper didn't
say anything about next year.

I think those sod-busters
are just buying time.

They'll let us through now
and put the squeeze on us later.

They'll be telling us soon
how many cattle we can graze.

We should have run them off
when they first came.

We can still
work it that way,

easier than before.

How? Everybody
signed that paper.

The way it was before,
everybody was gonna stand
against us.

They don't expect
trouble now.

I signed that paper, too, Abe.

You didn't like it one bit.

Do what you want.

Ron, you better come
on that drive with us.

We'll make a cowhand
out of you yet.

Of course, you better
get a new hat.

Hello, Emmett.

Mr. Grainger,
Jed Matthews here?

No.

He's probably over
at the Kiefer farm by now.

What is it?
The Timmins business?

Yeah, in a way.

I don't like accusing a man
behind his back, Mr. Grainger,

but, well, Timmins said
something about Jed
before he died.

And I've got verification
of part of it.

That's his prison record.

I've checked out the rest,

and it seems to bear out
what Timmins said.

He spent three years in prison
for armed assault.

He has a record as a hired gun
dating back six or seven years.

He was mixed up
in the El Paso range wars.

But that's not the worst.

Timmins said Jed's
on Tallman's payroll.

In case of any trouble,
he'd turn his gun on you.

I'm sorry.

[ knock on door ]

Jed.

Is something wrong?

Well, your brother's
gone and done it.

What?

Why hasn't he told you?

He got that agreement!
The trouble's all over!

Are you sure?

[ laughs ]

Oh, what about you, Jed?

Well, I thought maybe
I'd stay on here for a while.

Oh. Just for a while?

Abby, sit down.

You want to hear
what I want?Yes.

I know a spot.
Now it's quite a ways
north of here.

I wanna go there!

Start my own place.

Now it's not what I expected,
and it'll be small,

but maybe a few cattle

and maybe later on
some horses.

It sounds nice, Jed.

You see, I was there
when I was just a kid.

And, oh, it's fine.

You know, uh,
not a whole lot of people,
just good land.

And, well, there's--there's
enough grazing land there

to raise the fattest
herd of steers you'd
ever wanna see.

And they got
plenty of water.

And it's just about everything
that I could ever want.

Well, about everything.

Of course, it'd be
a lot of hard work--

carving rocks out of the dirt
and cutting down timbers

and putting up a house
and such.

But it's really a fine place
to get a real good start in.

Oh, Jed, I don't care
about the work.

That doesn't matter.

Oh, it sounds fine.

Oh, Jed, I love you.

Abby,
there's things about me.

Things I got to tell you.

No. No.

[ door opens ]

Ron, what's the matter?

Your friend here.

He's a hired gun, Abby.

He's been on Tallman's payroll
ever since he got here.

I wanna hear yousay it.

Tell her.

It's not true,
is it, Jed?

Tell her.

It's true.

All of it.

Ohh.

RON'S VOICE:
Tell her.

Tell her.

ABBY'S VOICE:
Jed, it isn't true, is it?

WOMAN'S VOICE: [ laughing ]
Now you stop that!

TEXAS'S VOICE:
I'm not funning you, sugar.

Now you can kiss your
sod-busting friends goodbye.

WOMAN'S VOICE:
I don't believe a word of it.

TEXAS'S VOICE:
But I swear it.

ABBY'S VOICE:
Jed, it's not true, is it?

Oh, Jed, I love you.

WOMAN'S VOICE: [ laughing ]

TEXAS'S VOICE: Sugar,
you better be nice to me.

You know, I'm gonna get
a big bonus from this.

If you're a good girl,
I just might let you
have some of it.

Sheriff!

Ryker!

What are you
doing here, Jed?

I got some information
for you, Trampas.

You want your pay?
Here it is.

Now get your gear
and clear out.I overhead something--

I don't wanna talk to you, Jed.
I know you're working
for Tallman.

Get your gear
and clear out of here.

Get your hands off me!

Is that all you've got
to say to me?

You don't even hear
what I've got to say.No.

I guess there's nothing
you wouldn't do for money.

[ horse approaching ]

Morning, Ron.

Trampas.

You're just in time
for breakfast.
Come on in.

Oh, coffee would be
just fine.

I thought I'd mosey
ahead of the drive

and see how
everything was here.

Quiet?

Yeah, yeah.
Why?

There was some word
last night that there
might be some trouble.

No signs of any here.

Nothing to it, then.
Just as well.

Was Jed here?

Morning, Abby.

Good morning, Trampas.

I got a hankering
for some of your coffee,

and Ron said
I could have some.Of course.

You sure spoiled us
when we were on guard duty.

We never had it so good.

I sure got a big mouth.

Oh, no, that's all right,
Trampas.

How is the drive going?

It's, uh, it's quiet.

We'll be ready
to move out soon.

Excuse me.

Abby.

Abby, I'm...

I know how you feel.

All right, let's move 'em.

Move 'em out!

[ men shouting ]

I'm gonna go check
with Tallman now.

Y'all get what you can done
before I get back.

If there's any trouble,
you know what to do.

All right, drop it.

[ gunfire ]

[ gun clicks ]

[ gunshot ]

Jed!

Nice shooting, cowboy.

A little late, though.

Jed, now you--
I'll get some help.

No.

I'm glad it's you, Trampas.

Don't talk, Jed.I've gotta talk to you.

I quit Tallman.

I tried to undo it,
what I done.

Jed!

Oh, Jed.

Trampas!

Now, you--you mustn't.

You forget about today.

You just hold on to tomorrow.

It'll be better.

You hear me, Abigail?

It'll be better.