1 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:25,800 April 8, 1873. 2 00:00:26,820 --> 00:00:31,840 I make this entry in my diary with a full and joyous heart, for on this day, 3 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:35,660 my 16th birthday, I become David Beaton's wife. 4 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:40,920 Even now, I cannot fully comprehend why David, so strong and determined, 5 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:46,260 although only 18, and to whom laughter comes so easily, has chosen me, for I'm 6 00:00:46,260 --> 00:00:47,260 quite retiring. 7 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:52,240 But I will make him a good wife, and on this I am equally determined. 8 00:00:55,150 --> 00:00:56,150 I do. 9 00:00:56,330 --> 00:00:57,530 The ring, Davy. 10 00:01:03,290 --> 00:01:03,810 I 11 00:01:03,810 --> 00:01:14,710 reckon 12 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:15,710 you're a man and wife now. 13 00:01:16,990 --> 00:01:19,170 Kiss your bride, Davy. She's all yours. 14 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:47,350 And this is David. 15 00:01:55,850 --> 00:01:57,470 Lovely Bible, Mrs. Beaton. 16 00:01:58,130 --> 00:01:59,650 Thank you for giving it to us. 17 00:02:00,530 --> 00:02:02,310 And for having the wedding in your home. 18 00:02:02,730 --> 00:02:04,070 It was our pleasure. 19 00:02:05,230 --> 00:02:07,250 Ordered that Bible all the way from Sioux City. 20 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:11,070 Expect births will be entered by the score in due time. 21 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:14,680 wedding cake, David. 22 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:18,500 Eliza, stop ordering me about. I'm a married man now and not your little 23 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:19,399 brother anymore. 24 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,460 Come on, David. It'll take two of us to cut the cake. 25 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:25,700 David, 26 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:37,360 the 27 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:38,360 music's going to waste. 28 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:40,300 Never said truer, Harley. 29 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,680 You're dancing with me, Harley. 30 00:02:43,470 --> 00:02:44,550 Never mind the cake. 31 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:53,970 Well, waiting and know. 32 00:02:54,410 --> 00:02:55,530 Doc's got to be seen, too. 33 00:02:57,450 --> 00:02:58,770 Have yourself a bite to eat, Doc. 34 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:20,180 No need to see to the chores, Davey. 35 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,800 I just wanted to thank you for giving me my time. 36 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,360 Though it's owing to you till I'm 21. 37 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:28,360 Most fathers hold their boys to that rule. 38 00:03:30,420 --> 00:03:31,840 Always tried to treat you right. 39 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,580 Even though I seen you weren't leaving for the wild lands. 40 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,260 It won't be wild long. 41 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:43,340 Not with how the railroad's moving out. The town's bound to spring up all along 42 00:03:43,340 --> 00:03:44,340 the way. 43 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:47,860 It'll be a long time before the Dakota Territory is a fit place to live. 44 00:03:48,630 --> 00:03:51,170 Even with the Indians being moved on reservations now. 45 00:03:52,270 --> 00:03:53,990 See how I can pass up this chance. 46 00:03:54,810 --> 00:03:57,990 Not with the government offering 160 acres just for the filing fee. 47 00:03:58,990 --> 00:04:01,330 320 for those willing to take a tree claim, too. 48 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:05,650 But you'll have to stay on the land for five years before it's rightly yours. 49 00:04:06,690 --> 00:04:09,150 Five years can be a long time, Daly. 50 00:04:11,370 --> 00:04:13,870 I got a three-year jump on that five thanks to you. 51 00:04:16,610 --> 00:04:17,709 I'll make out all right. 52 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:26,510 And since I don't think I should stand in your light, I won't. 53 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:30,150 But you'd have it a lot easier staying here. 54 00:04:30,670 --> 00:04:31,670 You and Molly. 55 00:04:32,470 --> 00:04:34,550 We're not looking for easier Molly in me. 56 00:04:35,430 --> 00:04:36,430 No, I guess not. 57 00:04:37,190 --> 00:04:38,750 You'll be watchful of Molly, Davy. 58 00:04:39,930 --> 00:04:42,150 Beatons have always been watchful of the womenfolk. 59 00:04:42,990 --> 00:04:43,990 I'll see to her, Pa. 60 00:04:46,550 --> 00:04:48,130 Well, I guess I'd better get back. 61 00:04:48,790 --> 00:04:50,770 Just wanted to say thanks for giving me my time. 62 00:04:53,620 --> 00:04:54,620 Baby. 63 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:01,280 I'm giving you the Morgans. 64 00:05:05,340 --> 00:05:06,560 The Morgans? 65 00:05:08,780 --> 00:05:10,780 But they're the best horses in the county. 66 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,120 Well, they're your favorites. 67 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:14,520 You reared them? 68 00:05:15,380 --> 00:05:16,760 It's right. They should be yours. 69 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:19,720 And you'll need a good team to get where you're going. 70 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,040 Well, thanks, Paul. 71 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:26,480 I'll take good care of him. 72 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:27,840 I promise. 73 00:05:28,940 --> 00:05:30,220 I know you will, Davey. 74 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:39,920 I know 75 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:49,000 you 76 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 will, Davey. 77 00:06:01,630 --> 00:06:02,750 I almost forgot. 78 00:06:03,110 --> 00:06:06,610 A ham, a cheese, and two rolls of maple sugar. Oh, thank you. 79 00:06:06,830 --> 00:06:08,130 You may find you to them. 80 00:06:08,390 --> 00:06:11,270 Don't forget I'll be going to Yankton soon to file my claim. 81 00:06:11,590 --> 00:06:14,150 I plan to visit it the summer after this. So look for me. 82 00:06:14,370 --> 00:06:16,930 Yes, sure will. You're all so young. Heaven knows how you'll cope. 83 00:06:17,190 --> 00:06:18,190 We'll cope. 84 00:06:51,370 --> 00:06:53,410 He is eager to get to Yankton to file our claim. 85 00:06:53,890 --> 00:06:58,370 He is not at all pleased we must spend our wedding night sitting up on a train 86 00:06:58,370 --> 00:06:59,370 full of strangers. 87 00:07:05,150 --> 00:07:08,190 Are you telling me all the sections where the railroad's going is already 88 00:07:08,190 --> 00:07:10,650 took? The land's been preempted by the railroad. 89 00:07:12,070 --> 00:07:13,090 Dirty crooks. 90 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,010 They're all in cahoots with the government. 91 00:07:15,390 --> 00:07:16,590 Are you taking a claim or not? 92 00:07:18,570 --> 00:07:19,630 I reckon so. 93 00:07:21,710 --> 00:07:25,570 Give me what's closest to where the train's going that ain't been taken by 94 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:26,570 the crooks. 95 00:07:29,770 --> 00:07:30,770 All right. 96 00:07:32,130 --> 00:07:37,490 Fill out this form. Filing fee's $18. Pay $14 now, and the balance will be due 97 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:39,150 when you prove up on the land in five years. 98 00:07:42,090 --> 00:07:47,530 Take the best farmland you got. 99 00:07:47,970 --> 00:07:49,650 Your pa'll have to file his own with it. 100 00:07:50,490 --> 00:07:52,430 I'm filing for myself, not my pa. 101 00:07:52,890 --> 00:07:55,950 I'm sorry, son, but you have to be 21 years or older to get a claim. 102 00:07:56,250 --> 00:07:59,130 Not if you're the head of a household. I looked it up. We're married. 103 00:07:59,450 --> 00:08:00,950 Boy, he ain't even shaved yet. 104 00:08:01,790 --> 00:08:02,850 Took him a wife. 105 00:08:03,430 --> 00:08:04,790 Now he's going homestead. 106 00:08:08,090 --> 00:08:09,130 You two married? 107 00:08:10,110 --> 00:08:13,490 That's right, and we got the paper to prove it. Simmer down, simmer down. 108 00:08:14,490 --> 00:08:15,690 I took your word for it. 109 00:08:19,180 --> 00:08:20,440 You have to look at the newlyweds. 110 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:31,380 Well, the land west of the Missouri River is wild. 111 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,700 All Sioux Indian territory, including the Black Hills. 112 00:08:34,940 --> 00:08:37,799 This land is uninhabitable. 113 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,919 They're called the Badlands, and these other areas are Indian reservations. 114 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,080 Otherwise, you have your pick. 115 00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:51,300 Acres, if it's near the railroad, or 160 if it's not. 116 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:56,280 How about there? 117 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,640 About six inches up and to the right of where the railroad's marked to go. 118 00:09:00,020 --> 00:09:01,020 Yeah? 119 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:03,700 That'll be quite a ways from where town will be. 120 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,160 Suits me. I'm looking to farm, not socialize. 121 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:11,040 How about water? 122 00:09:11,180 --> 00:09:12,180 Oh, plenty. 123 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:15,760 I guarantee you'll hit water 10 or 15 feet down. 124 00:09:16,490 --> 00:09:18,750 How about a second quarter section? 125 00:09:19,370 --> 00:09:22,190 You can have it if you're willing to plant ten acres of trees. 126 00:09:22,430 --> 00:09:23,430 I'm willing. 127 00:09:25,090 --> 00:09:29,750 Fill out this form, pay the filing fees, and this is a map showing you where to 128 00:09:29,750 --> 00:09:30,750 land it. 129 00:09:32,130 --> 00:09:33,130 I got it. 130 00:09:38,170 --> 00:09:40,690 Takes a lot of gumption when you're as young as you are. 131 00:09:44,910 --> 00:09:45,910 Homesteading. 132 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:47,020 No. 133 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:49,880 Getting married. 134 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,240 Eliza will be mighty disappointed when she finds she can't get a claim near the 135 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:05,480 railroad to sell for profit. 136 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,140 She doesn't want to sell her claim for profit. 137 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,040 Dr. Thorne is thinking a claim for Harley, and Eliza wants to be near him. 138 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,000 Have you ever seen such a big sky, Davey? 139 00:11:04,740 --> 00:11:05,740 Can't say I have. 140 00:11:11,860 --> 00:11:13,140 Guess we ought to turn in. 141 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:15,800 We're to make an early start. 142 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:20,520 I suppose so. 143 00:11:25,980 --> 00:11:27,160 Did you like your supper? 144 00:11:28,270 --> 00:11:29,270 Couldn't have been finer. 145 00:11:29,590 --> 00:11:31,070 Are the Morgans all right? 146 00:11:32,330 --> 00:11:33,330 Seem content. 147 00:11:37,710 --> 00:11:38,750 Sure was a fine supper. 148 00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:41,630 You already said that. 149 00:11:43,850 --> 00:11:47,930 I don't suppose we can go on talking about supper forever. 150 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:52,670 I guess not. 151 00:11:54,830 --> 00:11:56,130 Still, it was a fine supper. 152 00:12:25,930 --> 00:12:26,930 You scared, Molly? 153 00:12:30,050 --> 00:12:31,050 I'm not sure. 154 00:12:32,730 --> 00:12:34,350 I don't want you to be scared. 155 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:36,750 Then I won't be. 156 00:12:38,370 --> 00:12:39,550 I love you, Molly. 157 00:12:41,330 --> 00:12:42,570 I'll always love you. 158 00:12:44,390 --> 00:12:45,810 I'll always love you, Davey. 159 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:47,750 Always. 160 00:13:27,150 --> 00:13:28,530 Must be the trees marked on our map. 161 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:13,540 legs broken i have to put him out of his misery walk out of ways molly 162 00:14:13,540 --> 00:14:16,080 there's no need for you to see 163 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:52,840 I let my pa down. 164 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,780 I told him I'd take care of the Morgans, and I didn't. 165 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,180 I raised Whitefoot Molly. 166 00:14:58,820 --> 00:15:01,160 I taught, fed, groomed him. 167 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,480 Pa wouldn't have parted with him for anything. 168 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,540 He tried to stop me from driving so hard. 169 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,880 You've got every right to say I told you so. 170 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:25,840 They'd be homesteaders. 171 00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:19,820 Howdy. Howdy. 172 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,500 We're the Beatons. I'm Nettie Peters. 173 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,120 You folks homesteading? 174 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:26,960 We're on our way to our claim. 175 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:28,640 You folks about? 176 00:16:28,940 --> 00:16:30,600 Mall passed on last year. 177 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:31,880 Paul's sick right now. 178 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:34,760 I'm sorry. 179 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:36,880 We'll make out. 180 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:39,300 Fever and ague come on them sometime. 181 00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:46,560 This here's Charlie and Flora. They's my brother and sister. 182 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,200 You folks homesteading, too? 183 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,560 Didn't done with. 184 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:53,940 Couldn't make a go of it. 185 00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:56,720 We're on our way to Yankton soon as Paul's fit. 186 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,220 Paul figures get work there, the town being so lively. 187 00:17:01,180 --> 00:17:03,280 I hope everything goes well with you. 188 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:04,819 More or less, I reckon. 189 00:17:06,540 --> 00:17:09,200 Howdy. You get back in bed, Paul. 190 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:12,740 Now, now. I just wanted to say howdy to the folks. 191 00:17:13,740 --> 00:17:15,599 I'm mighty pleased to meet you, Mr. Peters. 192 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,740 Maybe you better get back in bed like your girl says. 193 00:17:21,460 --> 00:17:22,599 Overheard your homesteading. 194 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 That's right. 195 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:27,760 As soon as I get the money, I'm going to try it again. 196 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,560 The land's gone like hotcakes, 50 to 70 miles ahead of the rails. 197 00:17:31,860 --> 00:17:34,720 If you folks don't get a claim this fall, you might not get one at all. 198 00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:36,780 Reckon we will or won't? 199 00:17:38,780 --> 00:17:39,820 It's almost sundown. 200 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:42,000 You folks are planned to call today. 201 00:17:42,750 --> 00:17:43,750 Please, for your company. 202 00:17:44,490 --> 00:17:45,490 Please. 203 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:46,750 Join us. 204 00:17:48,630 --> 00:17:50,130 We're aiming deep soon. 205 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:51,730 You're welcome to join. 206 00:17:52,690 --> 00:17:54,810 I'm going to grab a stew. It's going to make you tasty. 207 00:17:55,150 --> 00:17:56,150 We'll stay. 208 00:17:56,330 --> 00:17:57,330 Won't we, Davey? 209 00:17:57,630 --> 00:17:58,630 Suits me fine. 210 00:17:59,910 --> 00:18:00,910 Thank you. 211 00:18:01,690 --> 00:18:05,950 We'll share your stew. Only if you share our cheese and maple sugar. We brought 212 00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:06,950 them from home. 213 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:08,110 Fine. 214 00:18:09,210 --> 00:18:10,630 It'll be a treat for the young ones. 215 00:18:11,820 --> 00:18:13,180 You get back to bed, Pa. 216 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:17,540 You feel fit later, you can visit with the young fella. Whilst I do the same 217 00:18:17,540 --> 00:18:18,519 with the lady. 218 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:19,520 Not lady. 219 00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:21,140 Molly. 220 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:22,600 Plain the name is Nettie. 221 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:26,680 I like plain names. 222 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:29,940 Reckon it depends on who's wearing them. 223 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:38,060 I'm real pleased you're staying. 224 00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:40,620 Since Ma died. 225 00:18:41,390 --> 00:18:45,230 Seems like forever I had someone other than the Unns to talk to. 226 00:18:46,210 --> 00:18:47,610 They ain't much for talking. 227 00:18:54,270 --> 00:18:56,110 It's a pity you had to give up your claim. 228 00:18:56,610 --> 00:18:58,470 Up to me, we'd stuck it out. 229 00:18:59,110 --> 00:19:02,310 But Pa couldn't see us going through another winter like the last. 230 00:19:02,770 --> 00:19:03,930 The winters are harsh? 231 00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:05,470 Never seemed nothing like. 232 00:19:06,050 --> 00:19:08,870 Blizzards come on sudden and seem to never let up. 233 00:19:09,679 --> 00:19:12,800 We would have starved if I'm handy with the gun. 234 00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:16,900 Come out a whole year for our other folks. 235 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,940 Soon as Pa heard the government was giving free land, I sure wish we could 236 00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:22,940 have made a go of it. 237 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,160 Well, maybe you can file another claim soon. 238 00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:28,840 Depends on Pa making some money in Yankton. 239 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:31,720 It doesn't take very much to file a claim. 240 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,940 And like Davey said, the land's being grabbed up. 241 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:37,800 Reckon there's nothing to be done about that. 242 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,480 I'm sure Dehu would be happy to lend your father the money for the filing 243 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,920 fee. We don't believe in being beholden. 244 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,800 I didn't mean to offend you. 245 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:54,460 I didn't mean to bite your head off. 246 00:20:00,540 --> 00:20:01,860 You're hardly older than me. 247 00:20:03,260 --> 00:20:04,400 How's it being married? 248 00:20:10,679 --> 00:20:11,940 You'll find out someday. 249 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:13,560 Yeah, it ain't likely. 250 00:20:13,780 --> 00:20:14,960 I ain't much to look at. 251 00:20:15,380 --> 00:20:16,380 That's not true. 252 00:20:16,780 --> 00:20:19,040 I wish, though, I could talk fine like you. 253 00:20:19,940 --> 00:20:21,700 Never had no real schooling. 254 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,140 Don't know much, except how to make do. 255 00:20:24,940 --> 00:20:26,560 I'll never be a lady like you. 256 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,060 I think you're a lady. 257 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,440 No, I'm just Nettie Peters, and I ain't likely to be much more. 258 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:35,400 All right. 259 00:20:35,780 --> 00:20:37,000 We'll be on our way, Molly. 260 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,620 I can't wait to see our land. 261 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Mr. 262 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:45,680 Peters, I hope things work out for you. 263 00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:48,680 Well, it can't get much worse. It might get better. 264 00:20:49,940 --> 00:20:53,080 Nettie, thanks for your hospitality. 265 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,660 It was a real treat meeting you. 266 00:20:55,980 --> 00:20:57,220 A treat for me, too. 267 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,600 I never had a real friend close to my own age. 268 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:02,920 Well, you have one now. 269 00:21:05,780 --> 00:21:06,780 Let's go, Molly. 270 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,660 You'll be seeing us one day. 271 00:21:11,940 --> 00:21:12,940 Count on it. 272 00:21:13,820 --> 00:21:15,120 You know where our land lies. 273 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,240 If you come our way, look us up. 274 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:08,060 We've finally reached Wild Roads. So raw and new, it's scarcely a town at all. 275 00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:13,560 After Davey buys supplies and the horse to replace Whitefoot, we begin the final 276 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:14,560 stage of our journey. 277 00:22:47,690 --> 00:22:48,690 Here's the damages. 278 00:22:55,610 --> 00:22:56,990 It comes to this much? 279 00:22:57,470 --> 00:22:59,030 Two dollars a pound for sugar? 280 00:22:59,850 --> 00:23:01,130 Stuff's got to be hauled in. 281 00:23:02,190 --> 00:23:04,830 At two dollars a pound, we'll do without sugar, thank you. 282 00:23:05,930 --> 00:23:06,930 Search yourself. 283 00:23:09,690 --> 00:23:10,690 Hello there. 284 00:23:11,370 --> 00:23:12,650 You a homesteading young fella? 285 00:23:13,510 --> 00:23:14,510 That's right. 286 00:23:14,790 --> 00:23:16,150 Name's Beaton. How are you? 287 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,680 I'm Brendan Doyle, construction boss for the Chicago Northwestern here. 288 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:24,000 I'm pleased to meet you. This is my wife. Oh, very nice to meet you, Mrs. 289 00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:25,600 Beaton. Hey, come over here, Dad. 290 00:23:26,540 --> 00:23:27,580 This is young Dan Gray. 291 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 He's homesteading, too. 292 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,300 I wish I'd thought to take myself a wife. 293 00:23:38,980 --> 00:23:40,380 Gets mighty lonely out on the prairie. 294 00:23:43,820 --> 00:23:44,820 Where's your climbing? 295 00:23:46,170 --> 00:23:47,990 North and east of here, about a half day's ride. 296 00:23:48,650 --> 00:23:51,350 That is, if my broke-down horse don't stop to take a nap. 297 00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:55,590 Then we're neighbors, more or less. 298 00:23:55,990 --> 00:23:57,150 Well, that's a stroke of luck. 299 00:24:02,130 --> 00:24:03,690 Wouldn't cost a third of this back home. 300 00:24:07,490 --> 00:24:09,170 You ain't back home, Sonny. 301 00:24:12,950 --> 00:24:14,810 Hey, listen, you two young fellas. 302 00:24:15,470 --> 00:24:19,130 Now, any time you need to make some cash money, I'll be glad to give you a job 303 00:24:19,130 --> 00:24:20,970 hauling on the railroads. We always need hands. 304 00:24:22,050 --> 00:24:25,350 Might take you up on that. Yeah, you know, you might need some railroad ties 305 00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:26,189 for your house. 306 00:24:26,190 --> 00:24:27,450 I can always let you have them cheap. 307 00:24:28,430 --> 00:24:30,910 Thanks. Might take you up on that, too. Right-o. 308 00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:32,210 Bye-bye. 309 00:24:34,490 --> 00:24:35,550 Hope we'll be seeing you. 310 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:36,750 You bet. 311 00:24:41,410 --> 00:24:42,410 I like Dan Gray. 312 00:24:43,390 --> 00:24:44,490 Doyle seems to be a good sort. 313 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,020 And I wouldn't give two bits for that Loftus that waited on us. 314 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,880 Imagine, $2 a pound for sugar. 315 00:24:51,780 --> 00:24:52,780 It's a company store. 316 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:54,420 Loftus runs it for the railroad. 317 00:24:55,980 --> 00:24:57,980 Railroad's trying to squeeze every cent they can out of folks. 318 00:24:59,140 --> 00:25:00,580 $1.25 for each window. 319 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,520 $0.54 for every 18 feet of lumber. 320 00:25:04,140 --> 00:25:05,880 $0.50 for one latch and set of hinges. 321 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,300 $0.19 for three pounds of nails. 322 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,340 And what was getting soaked, $45 for this mare. 323 00:25:11,930 --> 00:25:13,470 The money's going faster than I expected. 324 00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:15,430 Get up! 325 00:25:17,950 --> 00:25:19,450 There's no cause to worry, though. 326 00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:23,050 You heard Doyle say he'd take me on hauling supplies if I needed to make 327 00:25:23,050 --> 00:25:23,769 some cash. 328 00:25:23,770 --> 00:25:29,130 But, Davey, you have to build our house and the barn and dig the well and break 329 00:25:29,130 --> 00:25:31,290 land. Oh, I can do that in no time. 330 00:25:31,650 --> 00:25:36,250 I can't plan till next spring, so once we're set up, I just might do some 331 00:25:36,250 --> 00:25:37,250 hauling. 332 00:25:42,410 --> 00:25:44,850 I've never seen so much sky and open land. 333 00:25:45,890 --> 00:25:47,630 The prairie is a lonely place. 334 00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:52,910 So vast and so fraught with the unknown that I feel a pang at leaving Wildrose. 335 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:55,030 Our last touch with civilization. 336 00:26:43,940 --> 00:26:45,320 It's prime land, Molly. 337 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:46,900 Prime. 338 00:26:47,980 --> 00:26:49,280 We've got three kinds of grass. 339 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:56,140 Paul Slough grass that'll yield three tons of wild hay to the acre, thick 340 00:26:56,140 --> 00:26:58,000 bluestem, and matted buffalo. 341 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,320 The best sod there is for making a house. 342 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:03,700 The sod house? 343 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:04,839 That's right. 344 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,260 There's nothing like a soddy. 345 00:27:07,020 --> 00:27:10,360 To keep us cool in the summer and warm in the winter. 346 00:27:11,180 --> 00:27:12,740 It beats a shanty by a mile. 347 00:27:13,420 --> 00:27:14,660 No, I figured you said it. 348 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:24,460 Over there. 349 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,000 Seems as likely a place as any other. 350 00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:38,730 who lives in that shanty, Davey? 351 00:27:39,950 --> 00:27:40,950 Maybe no one. 352 00:27:41,670 --> 00:27:43,510 Prairie's full of shanties of folks who gave up. 353 00:27:46,350 --> 00:27:49,070 Davey, we've only one tree. What are we gonna use for firewood? 354 00:27:51,390 --> 00:27:52,890 Well, we burn hay twists. 355 00:27:55,410 --> 00:27:56,610 There's plenty of slough grass. 356 00:27:56,930 --> 00:28:00,730 You twist it hard, and you tie it, and it burns like wood. 357 00:28:02,290 --> 00:28:05,630 And of course, if a herd of buffalo pass, we collect their chips. 358 00:28:06,790 --> 00:28:08,370 Burn buffalo chips? 359 00:28:09,150 --> 00:28:10,670 I should say not. 360 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:15,150 You'll think different after you try twisting hay. 361 00:28:15,870 --> 00:28:17,350 It's mighty hard work. 362 00:28:17,690 --> 00:28:19,770 Thank you, but I just assumed twist hay. 363 00:28:20,050 --> 00:28:23,890 And I don't know what good it is having a tree claim when we've got no trees to 364 00:28:23,890 --> 00:28:24,890 plant. 365 00:28:25,490 --> 00:28:27,470 Reckon the government didn't take that into account. 366 00:28:30,330 --> 00:28:34,570 Now, let's set up housekeeping. 367 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,080 Get clear, Molly! 368 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:54,040 I got 369 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,040 it through. 370 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,820 You'll be able to cook inside now. 371 00:30:57,780 --> 00:31:00,900 I'll get the tub and clean out the dirt. You rest a while now. You've been at it 372 00:31:00,900 --> 00:31:01,900 since soon enough. 373 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:04,240 All right. 374 00:31:06,230 --> 00:31:07,230 It'll do. 375 00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:11,350 I'm glad it's done. You've been looking peaked lately. 376 00:31:12,390 --> 00:31:13,810 It'll be easier for you now. 377 00:31:15,310 --> 00:31:16,790 I've got something to tell you. 378 00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:20,050 I think you better sit down first. 379 00:31:21,490 --> 00:31:22,570 Is something wrong? 380 00:31:24,510 --> 00:31:26,370 Oh, I call it very right. 381 00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:29,190 We're going to have a baby. 382 00:31:33,330 --> 00:31:34,510 A baby? 383 00:31:37,390 --> 00:31:38,990 I might count it to be January. 384 00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:43,730 We're going to have a baby. 385 00:31:48,050 --> 00:31:49,050 A baby! 386 00:31:49,270 --> 00:31:50,530 We're going to have a baby! 387 00:31:50,810 --> 00:31:52,030 We're going to have a baby! 388 00:31:52,830 --> 00:31:53,830 A baby! 389 00:31:54,930 --> 00:32:00,450 Oh, I shouldn't have done that. 390 00:32:01,010 --> 00:32:02,610 And you're to rest from now on. 391 00:32:04,650 --> 00:32:06,030 No more lifting and carrying. 392 00:32:07,310 --> 00:32:08,310 I feel fine. 393 00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:24,850 The sun's burned you brown as an Indian. 394 00:32:25,170 --> 00:32:26,730 Your baby's going to be a papoose. 395 00:32:27,650 --> 00:32:30,870 Well, it's your baby, too. 396 00:32:56,620 --> 00:32:57,620 September 1. 397 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,760 The saplings around our cottonwood tree have survived the terrible heat of the 398 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:05,060 summer, and if they live through the winter, I shall plant them elsewhere. 399 00:33:06,020 --> 00:33:08,760 It would be a fine thing to have trees to shade the house. 400 00:33:10,660 --> 00:33:14,600 Davy has finished breaking land, and since there's no more to be done until 401 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:19,180 spring, he and Dan Gray have gone to Wildrose to see Mr. Doyle about work 402 00:33:19,180 --> 00:33:20,180 calling for the railroad. 403 00:33:25,130 --> 00:33:26,130 September 3. 404 00:33:26,910 --> 00:33:28,170 The weather has turned. 405 00:33:29,290 --> 00:33:31,130 I recall what Nettie Peter said. 406 00:33:31,390 --> 00:33:34,150 How winter comes on suddenly in the Dakota Territory. 407 00:33:35,490 --> 00:33:37,230 Back home, it's Indian summer. 408 00:33:38,090 --> 00:33:41,310 But here, there's already the smell of snow in the air. 409 00:33:42,590 --> 00:33:43,590 Molly! 410 00:33:48,290 --> 00:33:50,090 I didn't expect you so soon. 411 00:33:51,570 --> 00:33:52,730 Is something wrong? 412 00:33:53,170 --> 00:33:54,170 Just about everything. 413 00:33:54,990 --> 00:33:55,990 Sit down, Dad. 414 00:33:56,170 --> 00:33:57,170 Yes, please. 415 00:33:57,290 --> 00:33:58,390 I wish you both something to eat. 416 00:33:59,490 --> 00:34:00,670 I'd assume you didn't bother. 417 00:34:01,450 --> 00:34:02,630 Don't feel much like eating. 418 00:34:03,190 --> 00:34:04,190 Me either. 419 00:34:07,570 --> 00:34:08,570 What's wrong, Davey? 420 00:34:11,050 --> 00:34:12,290 Couldn't get a job hauling. 421 00:34:12,710 --> 00:34:13,710 Is that all? 422 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:16,830 Oh, I thought the sky had fallen. 423 00:34:17,850 --> 00:34:19,150 Well, you're not far wrong. 424 00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:22,650 Work stopped on the railroad. 425 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,260 Not only in the territory, but all across the country. 426 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,800 Times have sprung up for the railroad are emptying out. 427 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:30,719 It's like a blight struck. 428 00:34:31,060 --> 00:34:32,060 What made it happen? 429 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,940 It seems there's a depression back east. 430 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:36,280 What's a depression? 431 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,139 It's got something to do with the stock market, according to Doyle. 432 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,699 Not that I can make any sense of it. 433 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:49,159 Molly, we heard in town there's places where men are rioting because they got 434 00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:50,480 no way to feed their families. 435 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,120 Oh, Davey. 436 00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:54,699 Those poor people. 437 00:34:57,460 --> 00:35:00,280 You sure glad right now I don't have a family to worry over? 438 00:35:02,740 --> 00:35:03,740 I do. 439 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,420 I didn't mean to sound unfeeling, Dave. 440 00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:12,660 I know that. 441 00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:17,780 We'll be all right, Davey. 442 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,400 We've staples enough if we use them sparingly. You can hunt. 443 00:35:22,190 --> 00:35:25,130 I found a whole patch of sheep's oil the other day, and I pickled it. You're 444 00:35:25,130 --> 00:35:26,130 going home to your folks. 445 00:35:26,850 --> 00:35:27,850 What? 446 00:35:28,970 --> 00:35:33,410 I told Mrs. Doyle about the baby, and she says you need womenfolk around when 447 00:35:33,410 --> 00:35:34,410 your time comes. 448 00:35:34,910 --> 00:35:37,730 So you're going home to your folks until after the baby's born. 449 00:35:39,410 --> 00:35:40,410 No. 450 00:35:41,250 --> 00:35:44,210 I won't leave you, Davy. No use arguing, Molly. 451 00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:46,010 My mind's set. 452 00:35:47,870 --> 00:35:49,150 I have money for your fare. 453 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,260 I found these waiting for me at the post office. 454 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,940 One from Eliza and one from Dr. Thorne. 455 00:35:55,380 --> 00:35:58,500 They both took claims not too far out of town, just as close as they could get to 456 00:35:58,500 --> 00:35:59,660 where the railroad was supposed to go. 457 00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:04,860 Now, Dr. Thorne left $40 to put a shanty up on Harley's claim, just like I said 458 00:36:04,860 --> 00:36:05,860 he would. 459 00:36:05,980 --> 00:36:09,120 Now, I figure with you safe with your folks, I can go back and forth and work 460 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,120 on the shanties. 461 00:36:11,460 --> 00:36:13,200 In springtime, you'll come back here. 462 00:36:13,740 --> 00:36:14,740 You and the baby. 463 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:15,840 I won't go! 464 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,360 Yes, you will! 465 00:36:17,770 --> 00:36:20,210 Now, I'm not about to take a chance if something happened to you. 466 00:36:22,190 --> 00:36:24,030 The beaten say after their womenfolk. 467 00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:26,910 I'll leave you two to work this out. 468 00:36:27,410 --> 00:36:30,510 I just assume you stayed, Dan. Maybe you can talk some sense into Molly. 469 00:36:30,810 --> 00:36:34,010 No, not me. I just assumed Tango was a bobcat. 470 00:36:51,690 --> 00:36:52,690 You're going home. 471 00:36:53,430 --> 00:36:54,670 Only if you go too. 472 00:36:57,350 --> 00:36:58,350 I can't. 473 00:36:58,810 --> 00:37:01,790 I'm not about to take a chance of someone jumping our claim. 474 00:37:02,050 --> 00:37:03,050 What does that mean? 475 00:37:09,530 --> 00:37:11,210 I guess you might as well know. 476 00:37:15,510 --> 00:37:18,550 I heard in town a man was killed last week. 477 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:20,070 Killed? 478 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,460 It seems this fellow left his homestead to go east for a while. 479 00:37:27,580 --> 00:37:30,620 And when he came back, he found claim jumpers had taken over his place. 480 00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,020 There was a fight, and he was killed. 481 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:39,720 No law yet in the territory. 482 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:43,940 So now you see why I got to stay here, Molly. 483 00:37:45,020 --> 00:37:46,020 Yes. 484 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:47,580 I can see that. 485 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:58,680 I didn't say that I'd go. 486 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:01,520 Only that you had to stay. 487 00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,180 And if you stay, I stay. 488 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,880 It would be cruel to let you have the baby out in this prairie in the dead of 489 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:09,940 winter and all alone. 490 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,140 I wouldn't be alone, Davey. 491 00:38:13,620 --> 00:38:14,620 I'd have you. 492 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,220 I'm not afraid. 493 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:24,280 And it was always in my mind to have the baby born on our own land. 494 00:38:42,540 --> 00:38:43,540 October 1. 495 00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:47,920 David has finished Eliza's shanty and will soon finish Harley's. 496 00:38:48,780 --> 00:38:54,080 He leaves before daylight and comes home long after dark, tired to the bone but 497 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:55,920 content as I am. 498 00:38:57,300 --> 00:39:01,060 I made a little shirt for the baby and embroidered it with feather stitching. 499 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:09,280 I don't know why I got the fool idea to show you Eliza and Harley's shanties. 500 00:39:10,030 --> 00:39:11,090 I wanted to see them. 501 00:39:11,310 --> 00:39:13,250 And the weather was fine when we set out. 502 00:39:15,370 --> 00:39:16,790 It's not changing in a hurry. 503 00:39:18,670 --> 00:39:19,670 Looks like snow. 504 00:39:21,130 --> 00:39:22,130 Get up, Rick. 505 00:39:22,530 --> 00:39:23,530 Come on, Star. 506 00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:25,970 Come on. Come on, you two fools. 507 00:46:22,860 --> 00:46:23,860 It's over, Molly. 508 00:46:54,250 --> 00:46:55,250 Oh, Davy. 509 00:47:00,550 --> 00:47:05,990 Someday... I'll tell our child how you made a nest for him. 510 00:47:07,670 --> 00:47:09,570 Even before he came into the world. 511 00:47:10,730 --> 00:47:14,210 And you kept him safe and snug through a terrible blizzard. 512 00:47:20,790 --> 00:47:22,170 I love you, Molly. 513 00:47:26,730 --> 00:47:27,990 We love each other, Davey. 514 00:47:29,230 --> 00:47:30,830 And isn't that a fine thing? 515 00:47:52,830 --> 00:47:54,410 January 16th. 516 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,680 Christmas has come and gone, our first Christmas on the prairie. 517 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:05,540 My time is almost here, and though I will not tell Davy, I have begun to fear 518 00:48:05,540 --> 00:48:08,700 somewhat and truly wish my mother were close by. 519 00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:14,420 We are fortunate some lumber remained from Harley's shanty, for Davy has used 520 00:48:14,420 --> 00:48:16,380 it to make a fine cradle for the baby. 521 00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,900 It was his thought to carve two little birds in a nest on the headboard. 522 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,140 A lovely thought. 523 00:48:34,670 --> 00:48:36,430 Stop looking so solemn, Davey. 524 00:48:37,030 --> 00:48:38,930 Having a baby's a natural thing. 525 00:48:42,210 --> 00:48:43,930 But you've been hurting for two days. 526 00:48:47,410 --> 00:48:50,090 The pain comes and goes. It's not so bad. 527 00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:55,090 Bring me my sewing basket, Davey. 528 00:48:58,470 --> 00:49:00,190 There are no state to sew. 529 00:49:00,810 --> 00:49:02,490 Just bring it to me, Davey. 530 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:24,660 Is the water in the tub warm yet? 531 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:28,900 Bring in some more hay twists. 532 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:33,960 Leave plenty. 533 00:49:34,340 --> 00:49:35,800 Do as I say, Davey. 534 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:40,960 Well, is it all right to leave? 535 00:49:41,740 --> 00:49:42,760 Yes, of course. 536 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:47,900 I'm sorry. 537 00:49:49,420 --> 00:49:50,860 I didn't mean to yell at you. 538 00:49:55,530 --> 00:49:58,390 Go to the barn and see to the horses. 539 00:50:00,430 --> 00:50:01,590 Bring in Haytwist. 540 00:50:03,950 --> 00:50:06,050 You'll be ours yet before the baby comes. 541 00:50:06,630 --> 00:50:09,090 So there's no need for you to be concerned. 542 00:50:11,350 --> 00:50:13,070 I think I'll sleep for a while now. 543 00:51:55,620 --> 00:51:56,620 Molly! 544 00:51:57,840 --> 00:51:59,100 I'm all right, David. 545 00:52:00,980 --> 00:52:02,160 Just a little tired. 546 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:06,300 Take the baby. 547 00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:09,080 Wash him. 548 00:52:09,220 --> 00:52:10,220 Wrap him. 549 00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:12,940 Put him in the cradle near the fire. 550 00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:17,440 Oh, Molly. 551 00:52:17,660 --> 00:52:19,160 Don't you want to see your son? 552 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,040 What are you doing, Davey? 553 00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,360 Had a good long sleep this time. 554 00:53:08,540 --> 00:53:09,540 I know. 555 00:53:11,460 --> 00:53:13,060 This is what I wrote in the Bible. 556 00:53:15,240 --> 00:53:17,300 Born to David and Molly Beaton. 557 00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,980 January 18, 1874. 558 00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:22,820 I promise. 559 00:53:25,260 --> 00:53:27,060 You have to enter his name, too. 560 00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:29,860 I've been thinking on name. 561 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:31,640 What did he choose? 562 00:53:33,720 --> 00:53:35,320 David, of course. 563 00:53:37,420 --> 00:53:39,980 I guess he wouldn't mind being called Little Davey. 564 00:53:42,460 --> 00:53:43,460 How is he? 565 00:53:44,220 --> 00:53:45,480 He's been fidgeting again. 566 00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:47,260 I guess he's hungry. 567 00:53:48,060 --> 00:53:49,140 Bring him to me, then. 568 00:54:01,260 --> 00:54:02,660 He won't break, you know. 569 00:54:04,140 --> 00:54:06,420 I'm not so sure. He's so spindly. 570 00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,860 A mare has a foal and the foal's up on its feet right off. 571 00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:13,800 Babies aren't foals. 572 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:16,800 I'm sure help if they were. 573 00:54:22,860 --> 00:54:26,220 The world's a fine place, little baby. 574 00:54:27,700 --> 00:54:29,360 I hope you're going to like it. 575 00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:16,540 Whoa. Little Davy sleeping? 576 00:55:17,140 --> 00:55:18,140 Yes, thank goodness. 577 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:20,780 I'll be going to town tomorrow for the seed. 578 00:55:21,540 --> 00:55:22,640 Mostly wheat and corn. 579 00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:24,580 Write down what you want. 580 00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:26,280 I already have. 581 00:55:26,660 --> 00:55:29,980 And don't forget to pick out potatoes with eyes in them so I can plant them. 582 00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:35,040 Never heard one in such a hurry for his dinner. 583 00:56:37,990 --> 00:56:39,810 Good day. Good day. 584 00:56:40,570 --> 00:56:42,410 I am Svensson. 585 00:56:43,210 --> 00:56:44,890 This is wife. 586 00:56:45,770 --> 00:56:49,810 Where is Mrs.? I'm Mrs. Beaton. 587 00:56:51,070 --> 00:56:53,510 But you are little girl. 588 00:56:55,250 --> 00:56:56,370 Not really. 589 00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:02,940 We move in now to Chenty. 590 00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:05,200 There. 591 00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:08,040 Oh. 592 00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:12,500 Oh. I hoped someone would take that claim. 593 00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,540 Please, come in and I'll make you some coffee. 594 00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:19,940 My husband's gone to town, but he'll be over to see you as soon as he returns. 595 00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:24,600 Thank you. Thank you. But we stop here now. 596 00:57:24,980 --> 00:57:26,540 Used to say... 597 00:57:26,750 --> 00:57:27,750 We are neighbors. 598 00:57:28,530 --> 00:57:33,870 My wife does not speak English so good like me. 599 00:57:42,290 --> 00:57:46,030 With us have been no children ever. 600 00:57:47,210 --> 00:57:49,190 Wife is lonesome. 601 00:57:50,130 --> 00:57:51,230 I'm sorry. 602 00:58:34,759 --> 00:58:36,900 They're lovely people, baby. 603 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,020 Of course, they're quite old. 604 00:58:39,710 --> 00:58:42,930 Mrs. Svensson must be at least 35, and Mr. Svensson, 40. 605 00:58:43,750 --> 00:58:45,490 But it's so good having neighbors. 606 00:58:46,010 --> 00:58:47,010 Sure is. 607 00:58:47,090 --> 00:58:50,330 Make it easier when I have to leave you. There's folks close by. 608 00:58:51,990 --> 00:58:53,850 It's like having Mama and Papa near. 609 00:58:57,910 --> 00:59:00,010 Guess you miss your folks more than you said, huh? 610 00:59:04,250 --> 00:59:05,250 Let us help. 611 00:59:06,730 --> 00:59:10,490 made no mention of Eliza coming out this summer, so I guess that means Harley's 612 00:59:10,490 --> 00:59:11,550 off somewhere again. 613 00:59:13,790 --> 00:59:16,430 Still got it in your mind Eliza set her cap for Harley. 614 00:59:17,070 --> 00:59:18,070 I know it. 615 00:59:19,230 --> 00:59:20,890 A woman knows such things. 616 00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:41,240 July 1. 617 00:59:41,900 --> 00:59:43,500 The days pass and work. 618 00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:47,280 Davy falls asleep the moment his head touches the pillow. 619 00:59:48,420 --> 00:59:51,000 Little Davy is teething and the heat makes him fretful. 620 00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:55,720 Dan went to town and brought back letters from Eliza and Dr. Thorne. 621 00:59:57,060 --> 01:00:00,540 Both send money to pay Davy to break their land, which the government 622 01:00:00,540 --> 01:00:02,580 requires if they're not to forfeit their claims. 623 01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:14,780 how long it'll take to do both jobs. 624 01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:17,200 It might take two weeks for the going and coming. 625 01:00:17,860 --> 01:00:19,300 So don't get worried. 626 01:00:19,860 --> 01:00:20,860 I won't. 627 01:00:21,340 --> 01:00:23,540 And I'll need Suspenson to visit, so I won't be lonely. 628 01:00:50,510 --> 01:00:51,510 I'll be lonely. 629 01:00:54,630 --> 01:00:56,030 You're too tired to be lonely. 630 01:01:00,210 --> 01:01:01,430 I'm never that tired. 631 01:01:08,690 --> 01:01:10,070 Don't forget to water the saplings. 632 01:01:12,530 --> 01:01:14,210 And don't let little Davey bully you. 633 01:01:18,270 --> 01:01:19,510 I'll be firm with him. 634 01:02:05,770 --> 01:02:07,250 She is devil this country. 635 01:02:08,070 --> 01:02:09,930 Hot like fire in summer. 636 01:02:10,550 --> 01:02:12,290 It'll be cooler when there are trees. 637 01:02:13,550 --> 01:02:18,030 Government say plant trees. 638 01:02:19,170 --> 01:02:21,470 But we have no trees to plant. 639 01:02:22,550 --> 01:02:25,830 Our cottonwood is seeding. I'll be happy to share the seeds with you. 640 01:02:26,410 --> 01:02:30,890 We will be old before the trees will grow. 641 01:02:31,830 --> 01:02:32,910 For you... 642 01:02:34,090 --> 01:02:37,550 There is time for us. 643 01:02:39,490 --> 01:02:40,790 Not so much time. 644 01:02:45,490 --> 01:02:50,150 Are you glad to see me? I was little Davey. Oh, yeah, it's fun. Put me down. 645 01:02:50,210 --> 01:02:51,210 Come on. 646 01:02:52,270 --> 01:02:53,169 Come on. 647 01:02:53,170 --> 01:02:55,230 The clock's up. I know. 648 01:02:56,550 --> 01:02:57,770 Just look at it, Molly. 649 01:02:59,990 --> 01:03:00,990 Good. 650 01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:06,420 The corn looks great, and the wheat will run 40 bushels to the acre. I'll eat my 651 01:03:06,420 --> 01:03:08,800 half. Do you know what wheat's worth out here now? 652 01:03:09,260 --> 01:03:10,380 A dollar a bushel. 653 01:03:11,620 --> 01:03:13,880 This crop's worth $2,000, Molly. 654 01:03:16,380 --> 01:03:19,680 $2,000, and I only planted part of our land. 655 01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:24,300 Oh, do you think we could get a milch cow? Little baby's almost weaned. 656 01:03:26,140 --> 01:03:29,860 We'll get her herd of cows, and we'll fence our land. 657 01:03:31,530 --> 01:03:32,950 And I'll buy you a silk dress. 658 01:03:33,830 --> 01:03:35,630 And I'll keep my eye out for another Morgan. 659 01:03:35,930 --> 01:03:37,530 And I'll buy you a buggy to go with him. 660 01:03:39,530 --> 01:03:42,390 Wouldn't it be better not to plan until you've sold our crop? 661 01:03:42,710 --> 01:03:43,790 I don't have to. 662 01:03:44,730 --> 01:03:47,630 That weed is money in the bank. I can get all the credit on it. I won. 663 01:03:49,270 --> 01:03:50,270 We're rich, Molly. 664 01:03:51,230 --> 01:03:52,230 We're rich. 665 01:03:52,450 --> 01:03:53,450 Rich, rich, rich. 666 01:03:59,330 --> 01:04:00,390 August 4th. 667 01:04:01,180 --> 01:04:02,520 Davey went to Wild Rose. 668 01:04:03,120 --> 01:04:07,200 I would rather he waited to buy things other than necessities until the crop is 669 01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,920 in. But I am more cautious by nature. 670 01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:17,620 The soap refuses to harden because there's no wood ash. 671 01:04:18,580 --> 01:04:21,200 Perhaps it's also the heat, for it's unrelenting. 672 01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:25,440 Little Davey is covered with a rash, although I bathe him three and four 673 01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:26,440 times a day. 674 01:04:28,319 --> 01:04:32,520 She's a beautiful cow, Davey. And my mind's set on getting you a milch cow. 675 01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:34,760 She must have been costly. 676 01:04:35,220 --> 01:04:36,220 Didn't come cheap. 677 01:04:36,460 --> 01:04:39,060 Cook stove, either. Cook stove's made of real cast iron. 678 01:04:40,060 --> 01:04:42,140 Oh, it's a fine stove. 679 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:44,160 And I'm glad you got the cow. 680 01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:46,960 You spend so much money, Davey. 681 01:04:47,260 --> 01:04:50,380 I got it all on credit. I told you I'd have no trouble getting credit on a prop 682 01:04:50,380 --> 01:04:51,380 like ours. 683 01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:52,400 You know what else I got? 684 01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:55,700 Beefsteak, sugar, raisins. 685 01:04:56,799 --> 01:04:58,680 And this for little Davey. 686 01:05:00,260 --> 01:05:06,700 I just don't like our being in debt, Davey. Oh, we're good for the money, and 687 01:05:06,700 --> 01:05:07,880 I got you a present, too. 688 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:11,480 Now, I told you there's no need for you to go and get presents for me. And I 689 01:05:11,480 --> 01:05:15,420 told you that I have a need to give them, so... 690 01:05:15,420 --> 01:05:19,140 Go ahead and open it. 691 01:05:37,080 --> 01:05:38,240 Davy, it's beautiful. 692 01:05:40,580 --> 01:05:44,880 Struck me as a likely place to keep that diary you're always writing in. 693 01:05:46,700 --> 01:05:47,700 Yes. 694 01:05:48,900 --> 01:05:50,020 I'll treasure it. 695 01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:52,860 You know what I want you to write in the diary? 696 01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:54,360 What? 697 01:05:56,060 --> 01:05:57,960 There's no country like this on Earth. 698 01:05:58,900 --> 01:06:00,440 And we own a piece of it. 699 01:06:04,060 --> 01:06:06,160 We won't really own our own piece for it. 700 01:06:06,540 --> 01:06:07,540 Another three years. 701 01:06:09,100 --> 01:06:11,820 Three years will pass by quicker than a wink, and it'll be ours. 702 01:07:05,880 --> 01:07:06,880 You're not eating. 703 01:07:08,660 --> 01:07:09,740 It's too hard to eat. 704 01:07:14,060 --> 01:07:15,220 Will the heat hurt the crop? 705 01:07:16,020 --> 01:07:17,020 It's thriving now. 706 01:07:17,420 --> 01:07:18,640 I'll cut it at the end of next week. 707 01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:20,640 Corn's almost ready. 708 01:07:33,020 --> 01:07:34,340 Anzac Storm's coming up. 709 01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:36,720 Not a thorn. 710 01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:39,160 Something. 711 01:07:51,900 --> 01:07:53,500 What is it, Davey? 712 01:07:55,940 --> 01:07:57,520 Great God Almighty. 713 01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:00,000 Christ is great. 714 01:08:04,620 --> 01:08:07,100 Get the kerosene and some hay twists. 715 01:10:33,290 --> 01:10:34,290 The dead in the house! 716 01:12:29,350 --> 01:12:30,470 There's no saving the clock. 717 01:12:34,090 --> 01:12:35,090 I know. 718 01:12:37,850 --> 01:12:39,950 I'll fix some vinegar and water for you to drink. 719 01:12:46,130 --> 01:12:48,030 I owe 300 to the company store. 720 01:12:50,370 --> 01:12:51,370 We have nothing. 721 01:12:52,050 --> 01:12:53,110 Don't say that, David. 722 01:12:54,750 --> 01:12:55,930 We've still got each other. 723 01:12:56,860 --> 01:12:58,820 And little Davey in the land is still here. 724 01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:00,320 And I know you. 725 01:13:02,420 --> 01:13:07,080 He won't give up or give in, David, not you. 726 01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:17,400 I guess I won't let that. 727 01:13:21,180 --> 01:13:22,180 Drink it. 728 01:13:23,220 --> 01:13:24,220 It'll make you feel better. 729 01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:43,140 They could eat more quietly. 730 01:14:12,750 --> 01:14:13,770 Thinking how to get us out of this. 731 01:14:16,470 --> 01:14:19,230 We should be able to get some kind of job in town. 732 01:14:21,030 --> 01:14:22,150 Until we get squared away. 733 01:14:24,410 --> 01:14:25,450 That's a fine idea. 734 01:14:31,010 --> 01:14:32,530 I forgot about the potatoes. 735 01:14:33,870 --> 01:14:36,810 The grasshoppers ate the tops, but they couldn't get to the potatoes. 736 01:14:41,350 --> 01:14:42,670 Guess there's always a bright side. 737 01:14:46,010 --> 01:14:49,010 Heard grasshopper plagues don't come more than once in seven years, huh? 738 01:14:50,470 --> 01:14:52,470 We got seven years to get rich again. 739 01:14:58,550 --> 01:14:59,650 I'll head for town tomorrow. 740 01:15:00,630 --> 01:15:07,630 If I get a job, I'll... I'll stick with it and send 741 01:15:07,630 --> 01:15:08,630 you word. 742 01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:15,600 But if I don't hear, I won't worry. 743 01:15:17,260 --> 01:15:18,280 I'll know you're working. 744 01:16:02,980 --> 01:16:05,800 David, I'm so glad. I didn't know when to expect you. 745 01:16:06,060 --> 01:16:07,540 No jobs to be had, Molly. 746 01:16:08,060 --> 01:16:11,100 Seems everyone went into town looking for work as soon as they saw what they'd 747 01:16:11,100 --> 01:16:12,100 planned was gone. 748 01:16:12,520 --> 01:16:14,340 The whole territory's in the same fix. 749 01:16:15,740 --> 01:16:16,740 Sit down, David. 750 01:16:17,340 --> 01:16:20,320 I'll fix something for you to eat. No, I don't feel much like eating. 751 01:16:20,760 --> 01:16:23,100 Now, sit with me, Molly. 752 01:16:29,340 --> 01:16:30,820 We have to go home, Molly. 753 01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:32,680 No. 754 01:16:34,140 --> 01:16:36,880 You don't think I like going home admitting I'm licked? 755 01:16:37,740 --> 01:16:38,740 Don't. 756 01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:42,440 I don't see any other way out of it. 757 01:16:50,820 --> 01:16:51,820 Cut maybe one. 758 01:16:52,860 --> 01:16:57,100 I met up with this fella who said that he'd heard that the grasshoppers didn't 759 01:16:57,100 --> 01:16:58,740 touch the crops in Indiana or Ohio. 760 01:16:59,380 --> 01:17:00,820 Now, it's harvest time there. 761 01:17:01,340 --> 01:17:05,140 And they'll soon be needing hands. Now, I can go there, but you've got to go 762 01:17:05,140 --> 01:17:07,780 home to your folks with little Davy. You go where there's work. 763 01:17:08,260 --> 01:17:11,020 But I'm staying here so no one takes our land. 764 01:17:11,380 --> 01:17:14,140 I can't leave you and little Davy alone here for so long. 765 01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:16,080 It wouldn't be for all that long, David. 766 01:17:17,220 --> 01:17:18,540 Only through the harvest. 767 01:17:19,620 --> 01:17:22,200 And I've the Svensons nearby, and Dan. 768 01:17:28,230 --> 01:17:31,250 Even so, I'd feel a lot easier in my mind if you went home. 769 01:17:31,530 --> 01:17:32,850 No, you wouldn't. 770 01:17:34,510 --> 01:17:36,570 You'd be worried sick about claim jumpers. 771 01:17:38,950 --> 01:17:42,190 I can see I'm going to have as much luck talking you into going home as I did 772 01:17:42,190 --> 01:17:42,929 last time. 773 01:17:42,930 --> 01:17:44,230 This is my home. 774 01:17:52,150 --> 01:17:53,150 All right. 775 01:17:54,010 --> 01:17:55,770 Now I have to take back the stove and the cow. 776 01:17:56,250 --> 01:17:57,610 Loftus would just claim them for the debt. 777 01:17:58,030 --> 01:17:59,030 Then take them back. 778 01:17:59,630 --> 01:18:00,770 I'll say sorry about the cow. 779 01:18:01,610 --> 01:18:02,610 I'm sorry, Molly. 780 01:18:02,810 --> 01:18:03,810 We'll get another one. 781 01:18:05,010 --> 01:18:07,370 Well, I'd feel a lot better if you'd carry on about it. 782 01:18:18,210 --> 01:18:21,090 The corn cake's in a little pile of that sheep's soil I put up. 783 01:18:24,790 --> 01:18:25,790 It isn't much. 784 01:18:33,450 --> 01:18:34,970 Bad deal with the company store, did I? 785 01:18:36,150 --> 01:18:40,750 Should have enough flour, salt, molasses, kerosene to hold you till I 786 01:18:40,750 --> 01:18:41,750 get back. 787 01:18:42,050 --> 01:18:44,070 Still wish Loftus hadn't attached our horses. 788 01:18:45,170 --> 01:18:46,710 It's the best thing that could have happened now. 789 01:18:47,610 --> 01:18:48,710 What with the price of feed. 790 01:18:49,710 --> 01:18:51,670 He'll be glad to get them off his hands when I get back. 791 01:18:56,690 --> 01:18:57,830 I'll write you as soon as I can. 792 01:18:59,610 --> 01:19:02,290 As soon as they drop the... Team off with Loftus, I'll head for the train and 793 01:19:02,290 --> 01:19:03,290 ride the rails east. 794 01:19:03,450 --> 01:19:04,770 Be back before the snow flies. 795 01:19:06,050 --> 01:19:07,670 And we'll have a fine winter together. 796 01:19:08,910 --> 01:19:12,330 Nothing to do but keep warm and snug and watch little Davy grow. 797 01:19:18,710 --> 01:19:21,270 Molly. The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back. 798 01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:01,080 August Clint. 799 01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:07,080 Dear wife Molly, I take my pen in hand to let you know that I am well and hope 800 01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:08,080 you are the same. 801 01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:11,460 I have a job in the Rothlin Feed and Grain Mill. 802 01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:12,820 Thirty a month and found. 803 01:20:13,200 --> 01:20:16,360 Mr. Rothlin treats me fine. He's all wool and a yard wide. 804 01:20:19,300 --> 01:20:23,400 I've been away only three weeks, but it seems more like three months. I miss you 805 01:20:23,400 --> 01:20:24,400 so much. 806 01:20:25,860 --> 01:20:29,520 I'll be home in October seeing the milling will go on past harvest, so... 807 01:20:30,030 --> 01:20:31,030 You look for me then. 808 01:20:32,550 --> 01:20:33,650 Kisses for you and little Davey. 809 01:21:13,960 --> 01:21:15,380 Got a letter for you from Dave. 810 01:21:15,880 --> 01:21:17,740 Oh, buddy. 811 01:21:18,740 --> 01:21:19,740 Thank you. 812 01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:23,620 I'll be glad to take one back to town for you next time I go. Oh, that's okay. 813 01:21:24,140 --> 01:21:26,480 I'm sure Davey's written to tell me he's on his way home. 814 01:21:26,720 --> 01:21:29,700 But stop by any time. I'll be glad for the company. I'll do that. 815 01:21:30,300 --> 01:21:31,300 How's little Davey? 816 01:21:31,520 --> 01:21:32,520 Couldn't be finer. 817 01:21:33,780 --> 01:21:36,100 I can see you're itching to get to that letter, so I'll be going. 818 01:21:36,460 --> 01:21:37,460 Thanks for bringing it by. 819 01:21:52,940 --> 01:21:58,320 Dear wife Molly, I don't want you to worry, but I've met with an accident and 820 01:21:58,320 --> 01:21:59,320 my leg is broke. 821 01:21:59,800 --> 01:22:02,540 The doc says I'm mending fast and will not be late. 822 01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:08,560 Since I don't know for sure how soon I can travel and winter is coming on, I 823 01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:10,540 want you and little Davy to stay with the Spencers. 824 01:22:11,900 --> 01:22:15,760 You are not to worry about claim jumpers, since you and little Davy are 825 01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:16,920 what's most important to me. 826 01:22:17,740 --> 01:22:21,380 I know you're stubborn, but you must do like I say for little Davy's sake as 827 01:22:21,380 --> 01:22:22,380 much as for your own. 828 01:22:24,740 --> 01:22:28,400 So as soon as you get the house closed up proper, you go to the Svensons. 829 01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:31,980 They're fine folks and will take you in when they know what has happened to me. 830 01:22:33,000 --> 01:22:36,040 They will help you move your things, and I know Dan Gray will look out for you, 831 01:22:36,060 --> 01:22:37,060 too. 832 01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:41,480 I'm sending $20 so the Svensons won't be out of pocket for feeding you and little 833 01:22:41,480 --> 01:22:42,480 Davey. 834 01:22:45,940 --> 01:22:47,500 Rothlin's the squarest man I ever met. 835 01:22:48,080 --> 01:22:51,460 He's not charging me for board or the doc's bills, and he's paying me besides 836 01:22:51,460 --> 01:22:52,460 to work on figures. 837 01:22:56,110 --> 01:22:57,490 I'll come home as soon as I can. 838 01:22:59,050 --> 01:23:01,670 And I will never leave you again as long as I live. 839 01:23:13,410 --> 01:23:14,410 It's decided. 840 01:23:15,650 --> 01:23:17,190 We go now from here. 841 01:23:18,270 --> 01:23:19,330 I'm so sorry. 842 01:23:20,870 --> 01:23:22,570 I'll miss you both very much. 843 01:23:24,620 --> 01:23:27,900 We go to town, sell things. 844 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:33,540 Then to Ohio, where is family and friends. 845 01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:41,300 You may all right tell who's been come back. 846 01:23:41,660 --> 01:23:42,680 Of course. 847 01:23:43,820 --> 01:23:49,240 Dan Gray said he'd be stopping by often, and Dave will be home very soon. I'll be 848 01:23:49,240 --> 01:23:50,240 just fine. 849 01:24:59,020 --> 01:25:00,020 November 10. 850 01:25:00,620 --> 01:25:04,820 The blizzard has gone on for five days now and must surely end soon. 851 01:25:05,900 --> 01:25:10,020 Little Davey has kindly agreed to take gruel, for my milk has dried up. 852 01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:16,180 I eat sparingly, only enough to keep my strength up so that I can see to Little 853 01:25:16,180 --> 01:25:17,180 Davey. 854 01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:21,100 Somehow I must get to the barn for the last of the hay twists. 855 01:27:01,230 --> 01:27:02,770 would come if he could. 856 01:27:04,230 --> 01:27:06,350 But there's no way for him to get here. 857 01:27:08,570 --> 01:27:10,550 There's no more hay for the fire. 858 01:27:12,250 --> 01:27:13,450 There's no more food. 859 01:27:20,970 --> 01:27:23,890 The storm still rages. 860 01:27:25,430 --> 01:27:28,830 I have lost track of time. 861 01:27:31,530 --> 01:27:34,450 I'm strangely lightheaded. 862 01:27:36,030 --> 01:27:42,910 I don't recall when I've ever felt so tired. 863 01:31:09,850 --> 01:31:10,850 April 5. 864 01:31:12,030 --> 01:31:16,430 It's strange, but it's only through the entries in my diary that I'm able to 865 01:31:16,430 --> 01:31:17,730 recall the terrible winter. 866 01:31:19,410 --> 01:31:20,690 All goes well now. 867 01:31:21,650 --> 01:31:25,590 David earned enough money in Indiana to buy seed and supplies and also some 868 01:31:25,590 --> 01:31:29,330 lumber, and he's made a fine and larger cradle for little Davy. 869 01:31:31,590 --> 01:31:35,910 Mr. Loftus at the company store was glad to get our horses off his hands just for 870 01:31:35,910 --> 01:31:38,650 the price of feeding them, as Davy said he'd be. 871 01:31:39,880 --> 01:31:43,860 This morning, little Davy called Davy Papa, and I've never seen a man so 872 01:31:43,860 --> 01:31:45,280 beside himself with delight. 873 01:31:57,580 --> 01:31:59,120 The Spensons are back! 874 01:32:06,920 --> 01:32:08,100 Mr. Spenson? 875 01:32:10,190 --> 01:32:11,190 Mrs. Benson? 876 01:32:13,490 --> 01:32:14,490 Nettie, it's you. 877 01:32:14,630 --> 01:32:15,650 Just got here. 878 01:32:15,970 --> 01:32:18,690 Knew you was our neighbors because Paul asked before we took the plane. 879 01:32:18,970 --> 01:32:19,990 Just coming over. 880 01:32:20,610 --> 01:32:22,210 Mighty glad to see you folks. 881 01:32:25,830 --> 01:32:30,410 This is little Davey. 882 01:32:31,670 --> 01:32:33,810 Oh, he's a fine looking boy. 883 01:32:35,580 --> 01:32:39,840 It took us a time, but we finally earned enough in Yankton to get us a new start. 884 01:32:41,220 --> 01:32:43,820 This time we're stinking it out. Pa promised. 885 01:32:44,380 --> 01:32:45,400 I'm so glad. 886 01:32:47,440 --> 01:32:48,840 You have a baby. 887 01:32:51,220 --> 01:32:52,420 Fifteen months old now. 888 01:32:52,940 --> 01:32:55,040 Seems like you got through the hard winter all right. 889 01:32:56,380 --> 01:32:57,620 We got through all right. 890 01:33:00,580 --> 01:33:01,760 Tomorrow is Sunday. 891 01:33:02,000 --> 01:33:03,420 Will you come have dinner with us? 892 01:33:03,880 --> 01:33:05,360 We've got so much to talk about. 893 01:33:06,200 --> 01:33:09,200 I told Paul we should build a soddy around the shanty, and he's willing. 894 01:33:10,160 --> 01:33:13,960 Well, now that our crop is in, I'm sure Davey will be happy to help build his 895 01:33:13,960 --> 01:33:14,960 soddy. 896 01:33:15,260 --> 01:33:19,060 What with work starting on the railroad again, it seems to me the territory 897 01:33:19,060 --> 01:33:20,060 should be booming soon. 898 01:33:20,720 --> 01:33:24,540 Before we left Yankton, folks were getting outfitted to head for the Black 899 01:33:24,540 --> 01:33:26,900 Hills. Seems gold's been discovered there. 900 01:33:28,300 --> 01:33:29,460 Well, there's gold here, too. 901 01:33:31,260 --> 01:33:32,260 But it's in wheat. 902 01:33:32,880 --> 01:33:35,180 Some day there'll be wheat as far as the eye can see. 903 01:33:36,340 --> 01:33:37,480 This is where we're staying. 904 01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:41,400 Dan Gray. 905 01:33:42,340 --> 01:33:45,060 He's homesteading about six miles or so beyond the sloughs. 906 01:33:45,280 --> 01:33:46,280 We're fine friends. 907 01:33:54,800 --> 01:33:56,740 Howdy. So you got company. 908 01:33:57,040 --> 01:33:59,460 These are the Peters, Dan. They took over this fencing claim. 909 01:33:59,920 --> 01:34:01,240 It's mighty nice to meet you folks. 910 01:34:02,570 --> 01:34:04,050 I brought you some mail from town. 911 01:34:04,550 --> 01:34:05,730 Oh, thank you. 912 01:34:07,310 --> 01:34:09,850 One's from Eliza and the other's from Dr. Thorne. 913 01:34:12,010 --> 01:34:14,190 Town's planning a social after church come Easter. 914 01:34:14,670 --> 01:34:16,850 Be horse racing and speech making. 915 01:34:17,950 --> 01:34:18,950 Dancing, too. 916 01:34:25,390 --> 01:34:28,430 Well, it's about time the town started acting like a town instead of a mistake. 917 01:34:30,710 --> 01:34:31,710 We'll be there, Dan. 918 01:34:32,720 --> 01:34:33,820 And so will the Peters. 919 01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:39,040 Oh, I reckon. 920 01:34:39,560 --> 01:34:40,800 A little fun couldn't hurt. 921 01:34:42,260 --> 01:34:46,740 Well, you folks will be wanting to read your mail, so we'll be saying our 922 01:34:46,740 --> 01:34:47,740 goodbyes. 923 01:34:49,040 --> 01:34:50,340 Bye. Thanks for coming. 924 01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:53,480 Bye-bye. 925 01:35:15,700 --> 01:35:16,700 Eliza's? 926 01:35:17,220 --> 01:35:18,520 All right, Dr. Thorne. 927 01:35:19,900 --> 01:35:23,820 Dr. Thorne sent Miner to pay you to plow and seed Harley's land. 928 01:35:25,060 --> 01:35:26,280 Harley will be out this summer. 929 01:35:28,140 --> 01:35:29,760 Eliza wants me to do the same on her piece. 930 01:35:33,840 --> 01:35:35,200 She'll be out this summer, too. 931 01:35:38,020 --> 01:35:39,020 I'm not surprised. 932 01:35:42,720 --> 01:35:46,220 Eliza's got as much chance of snaring Harley as I got of keeping up with a 933 01:35:46,220 --> 01:35:47,220 jackrabbit. 934 01:35:47,900 --> 01:35:52,260 Oh, it's a fine day, wasn't it, Davey? 935 01:35:52,660 --> 01:35:53,660 Couldn't be finer. 936 01:35:54,880 --> 01:35:58,100 Barring hailstorms, drought, and grasshoppers, we'll have a good crop, 937 01:35:58,200 --> 01:35:59,200 Molly. 938 01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:01,980 And it won't be all that long before the land's ours, free and clear. 939 01:36:02,940 --> 01:36:05,860 And with the railroad moving out north and west and the territory booming, 940 01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:08,580 we'll have a market for our wheat and a way to get it to folks. 941 01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:11,440 Might get rich at that. 942 01:36:17,550 --> 01:36:18,970 Well, you're rich now, Davey.