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Hold it right there, boy.

No one's getting in the red curtain.

Now clear out.

That's the last of it.

Nobody touching nobody's.

Just touch the material.

Let's go. It's got to be done.

Yeah, boy, I say get the hell out of here, unless you want to catch the

cholera.

Keep it going!

Every stitch!

Folks, the all-important question I propound to you, and for which I

earnestly seek the answer, is this.

How's your health?

My message today is a message of hope.

For on this propitious day, I bring you a wonder drug.

Eliza Quinn's Alexa.

One tablespoon of this wonder drug will make you fit as a fiddle. How can you

deny yourself the remedy that has been proven to banish everything from the

vein of fleas in Clark Bluff to an outbreak of cholera in Merton? Now

perhaps this...

Glorious opportunity to restore vigor and vitality should be enough. But,

ladies and gentlemen, I am offering you more than this.

To introduce my product, I am giving, yes, giving cash prizes

to those who have been favored by Lady Luck.

Step closer, my friends, and watch closely.

Now, gentlemen, I am offering this miraculous elixir for 25 cents, if you

wish to buy the elixir alone.

If you have any sporting blood, wish to take a chance winning one of these

little papers with the big numbers on them, I will sell you a bottle from

these that have been wrapped for the ridiculous price of one dollar. And you

will have the privilege of drawing your own bottle.

Now, if you've been watching Danny closely, it should be a simple matter to

select the bottle that's wrapped in money.

Think of it, men.

One dollar investment.

If you land a ten, you make a thousand percent profit.

First man up has the best chance.

Who will be the first?

Don't be a fool, Cody.

And here he is.

Yes, my friend, how can I help you? It's my wife. She's expecting our fifth

child, and she's been having some back problems lately.

You say this stuff will help?

In no time at all, her pain will be alleviated.

And a perpetual smile will paint her face.

And yours as well.

Or your newborn will come out a whistlin'.

Now, what can I do for you, young man?

Well, Mr. Quinn, being the sporting man that I am, I'm gonna have to try my hand

at four of them bottles with the big numbers in them. Four.

Good man.

One.

Good luck to you.

I'll try one of them.

Yes, my friend. Howdy, Tokens.

I'll take one for too big.

I'll meet one too hard.

Oh, look. There's got to be a hit. He ain't nothing but a frog.

Hope you're thirsty, Cody.

Well, Cody, Elijah promised vitality. Maybe your luck with the ladies will be

better than your luck with the draw.

What exactly did you get out of this financial venture, Mr. Cody?

I got myself some of Elijah Quinn's world-famous, miraculous

healing elixir.

Helps relieve the bane of vitality. Nope.

Helps give you vitality and relieves your fleas. Well, good. I could use some

of that.

This ain't nothin' but alcohol, water, and herb.

I know it's got more of a kick than the watered-down whiskey they serve at the

saloon, but it ain't gonna cure nothin' but a hard drinker's yearnin' to kick

off a bench.

But, son, you've been had.

Nice dollar square meal, little change.

I'm proud of you, Danny.

Proud of you. So it wouldn't be the same without you.

You saw that crowd we drew.

You know why they came, too, don't you?

Ah, because of you.

Nobody can play the harmonica.

Daniel Morgan.

Danny the best.

Been a good season, Danny.

Enough money for the puppy?

Time we get back to New Orleans, Danny, that puppy's gonna be a dog.

We'll buy you that fancy new harmonica too.

Danny! What, Eli?

Help me. Help me to the bed.

What'd Danny do?

What'd Danny do? Give me a doctor.

Eli.

Doctor. Doctor.

I'm not a doctor.

Doctor. Need doctor.

Just hold on. Hold on. What's your problem?

Eli's sick.

Eli need doctor.

Well, if you want a doctor, his office is right over there.

Well, we'll find something in the bag that'll take care of him. Don't you

worry about it. Yes.

No need to worry.

We'll find out what's wrong with him.

Eli.

Help Eli. Now, everything's going to be all right, Danny. You wait outside, and

I'll take care of your friend. All right? Go on.

Turn up, babes. Now, all of you go home.

Go on.

Tompkins, what's he talking about?

That snake oil salesman died last night. So much for his cure-all. So why are

they quarantining the hotel?

They came from Berkman. They said there was cholera there.

Cholera? Hold on now. There's no proof.

But I'm taking the precaution of quarantining the hotel.

Ah, what the...

There's no proof it's cholera. How much proof do you need, Doc? The man came

from a town with cholera, and he's dead.

Sweetwater would be better off without his health or two.

Now, even if it were cholera, Sweetwater's safe with the hotel

quarantined. Folks, it can't be spread by bodily contact.

It's got to be ingested with food and liquid.

Something has to be swallowed.

Well, then it's the snake oil. Enough, damn it. There's one man dead, one man,

that is all.

Now, there isn't a shred of evidence to suggest it's an epidemic.

Now, I'm going to send out a writer with some samples so the army surgeon at Fort

Laramie can determine how he died.

Now, by the time you get the results back, more people are going to be dead.

Just go about your business. Let the doc go about his.

Here's a specimen and a bottle of his elixir.

The army chief surgeon at Fort Laramie will be able to tell us what Elijah died

from. This fear can spread real quick. Ride hard, Buck.

First I have to get some supplies for Rachel at Tompkins, and I'll be on my

way.

Any truth to this rumor, Doc?

The elixir's got a high alcohol content, so I doubt it could be infected.

I got a specimen from Elijah, too, but I just don't have the resources available

to me the Army surgeon's got. But from what I saw, it could be cholera.

But there's just too many diseases that have similar symptoms.

Only Dr. Merritt's findings can tell us for sure.

Well, Buck will make it back in two days.

I'm also a little worried about that young man that came with Elijah. What's

his name?

Danny. We might want to find out if he's got family.

He's a little slow. I don't know that he can care for himself.

This has got to be hell for him.

Taking your dress?

Yep. Needs altering.

Well, can't you do that in Sweetwater?

Louie, answer the question.

I'm getting it done in Denver.

Don't you remember the last time you tried a night on the town?

It about cost you your life.

My kid, you're not jealous, are you?

Ha!

No, I ain't jealous.

Just don't want to have to come rescue you, that's all.

She ain't taken that dress in for no alterations.

I know her well enough to know when she's lying.

Well, she may have a reason.

I'm not supposed to say anything, kid, but... You know that haberdashery in

Denver where you saw that coat?

Your birthday is coming up in a few days, isn't it?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, but what's that got to do with her taking her dress?

Kid, she doesn't want to walk in that store looking and smelling like a horse

rode hard and put away wet.

God,

I'm a fool.

No.

But I'd suggest an apologies in order when she gets back.

And you better act surprised when she hands you that package, you hear?

What's going on Barnett?

Fire!

Fire?

That's the other guy from the medicine shop. Don't panic, huh? Go up there and

sit with them till the fire's out. I'll tell them what these people will do.

Go on, you ain't gonna catch nothing.

There's no reason for all this panic.

Just gotta calm down.

Get that fuck-

I can't talk to him.

Now, see, kid, there is somebody you could take lessons from.

Danny the best.

I'm gonna put him in a cell for a while for his own protection.

Danny?

You must get real lonely all cooped up here by yourself.

Wanna stay with me for a while?

Sound like a good idea?

No, can't.

Why not, Danny?

Danny has to wait for Eli.

Well, Danny, I think Eli would want me to look after you.

No, Danny has to wait for Eli.

Danny, I'm gonna tell you something.

Eli's passed on, you understand?

He ain't coming back.

Eli come back for Danny.

Yeah, I think so.

Well, I think we ought to wait for him over to the jail. Our kid here will

write a letter for him, and he'll know where to find us. Right, kid?

Sure will, Danny. You got nothing to worry about.

Just got back from Sweetwater.

Sweetwater? Guy died last night.

Might be the cholera.

It's a movin' in a straight line.

What's movin'? The cholera.

First Redford, now Sweetwater.

Flynn here was in charge when they did Redford.

What do you mean, did Redford?

Had to burn the town out.

Cholera took my ma and pa when I was little.

I seen what it can do.

And I ain't about to let it run wild in Blue Creek.

Looks like we might have to burn Sweetwater, too.

Nothing like a little after lunch concert.

Like that.

Kid, I'm... I'm gonna go out for some air.

Where'd you learn to play music like that, Danny?

I always know music.

Danny can play any instrument.

Eli like harmonica, so I play for him.

Are you related to Eli?

No. Eli my friend.

How long you been with him?

Since Danny 12.

Where's your family?

No.

Family doesn't like Danny.

Danny leave.

Eli Fine Danny.

Eli, my friend.

What the hell's going on in there, Doc? I can't tell you right now. I'm still

working over there. I'm still working in the hotel.

What do you mean you can't tell us? Why can't you?

Hope you don't feel as bad as you look.

What's going on over there?

I don't know, but it don't look too good.

You tell us if it worked.

Hold on, hold on. What's going on, Doc? It's not looking good. I got two more

hotel guests with the same symptoms Elijah died from, and they both drank

some of the elixirs.

You drank some of that snake blood, didn't you, Teaspoon?

Doc!

My grandfather's dead.

And I found this by his bed.

Now, we have to quarantine the town just to be safe.

Now, no one can come in and no one's to leave. I've got to leave. I've got

family waiting. Dr.

10, too.

This never would have happened if that damn medicine show hadn't come through

town. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, folks, but we got no choice.

Not until that writer gets back with the army surgeon's findings.

And until then, I can't say it enough.

There's no proof it's common.

We know what you said.

Tom, could you sit down and be quiet?

Folks, we gotta stop panicking. It isn't gonna help.

We'll have an answer when Buck gets back.

Hold on.

People, hold it.

Friends, we will take a moment to pray for the souls of those who died and for

the recovery of those who were ill.

Now, if you all bow your heads.

Pray to the good Lord that he forgive us our sins.

and beseech him to drive away this pestilence from our door and keep our

town safe.

Whoa!

Take it easy.

Easy, boy.

Whoa.

Whoa boy.

Take it easy.

Take it easy, okay?

Looks like you could use a couple hours rest.

Then we gotta move on.

I could use some rest too.

Teaspoon, we got problems at the weigh station, too.

With Bucket, Fort, Laramie, Lou out on a ride, and Ike just back with short

riders. Lou's due back today.

Yeah, but Cody's up next, and Ike or Lou ain't gonna be ready to ride for at

least another day.

What'd he say?

Doc's got his hands full, Teaspoon. He'll be over as soon as he can.

Said to take in as much water as you can. But I can't keep it down.

You ought to just let us take you on over there to Rachel now. Let her take

care of you.

No, I've got a job to do.

Yeah, but you look like... Big problems,

Marshal. Would you care to be more forthright, Barnett?

Well, there's a bunch of angry men from Blue Creek gathering just outside town.

Come to make sure no one leaves Sweetwater.

How'd they find out? Now, Teaspoon, you're too sick to handle this.

All right, sir.

Hickok, we'll skip the formalities. You're deputized. Get a badge out of

that drawer.

You take the kid and Noah, find Doc Barnes, and do whatever you got to to

stop this craziness. All right.

Here you go, Vince.

Cody?

Righty, gentlemen.

Acting Deputy Marshal of Sweetwater, James Butler Hickok.

I'd like to know what you're doing here.

Come to make sure none of you people leave.

What do they think we're here for, Hickok? Settle down.

Sweetwater's taking care of itself just fine.

Well, that may be so, Mr. Hickok, but we're gonna make sure the cholera don't

spread to Blue Creek.

Doc Barnes, will you explain to them?

People, first and foremost, you got to know there's absolutely no proof of

cholera. Why are we supposed to believe that?

Ain't what I heard, Doc.

Now, it's just a precaution until we get some answers from the army surgeon in

Fort Laramie. Well, we're staying until then.

And you'll observe the quarantine.

No one's coming into this town. Do you understand?

Well, that's fine, Deputy. No one's leaving, either.

We've got sharpshooters surrounding the entire town.

They try, we'll make them turn back. And if they don't, Deputy Marshal, we'll

shoot them.

Doc says you gotta drink a lot of water. I know it's difficult.

I'm gonna die when I... Nonsense, Cody. You're gonna be fine.

You can't die, Cody.

You still owe Hickok.

Tell him.

Tell him to dig me up and...

Blow my feelings.

Ike, take this blanket out to dry, would you, please?

No.

I don't want him to catch it.

You can't catch it by rubbing up against someone or by getting breathed on. I can

go and catch anything by touching your blanket.

Thank you.

Where'd you come from?

Come on.

Come here.

Here you go.

Looks like you could use this more than me.

Sure are hungry, huh?

But you gotta save some for me, though.

Now, think about it, Tommy.

Come on, you know the answer to this.

Listen.

If one pie...

is cut into three pieces, and the other one is cut into twice as many,

how many pieces are there in the other pile?

Doesn't look good.

Don't know what more I can do.

My God, Beth.

These four children need their mama.

This is all my fault.

Now, don't go blaming yourself, Evans. These things happen.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no

evil, for thou art with me.

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.

Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over.

Cody?

Would you care for some of the broth Rachel's making?

I think I could keep some of that down.

Rachel, that broth ready yet?

Rachel?

Oh, my God.

Not you, too.

Vaughn must have taken over his father at the hut.

Gotta get back to Sweetwater.

Real bad news, fellas. What?

A couple women died last night in Blue Creek.

It's like cholera.

I hate to be the one to break it to you like this, Clint.

Your wife was one of them.

My wife?

My wife?

You were in, Sweetwater, when the cholera started to spread.

I left the saloon directly with you guys.

I never even had a chance to go home and see her.

I couldn't have done what you say.

Then the cholera's moving on its own.

No more talk.

Let's burn them.

Drink, sage, manso root.

It will drive the sickness away.

Our Kiowa brother has been in the white man's world for too long.

His stomach is weakened.

He ain't gonna get sick, Ock. There's no need worrying about who's gonna take

care of us.

I don't want to hear any more about Redford. I told you we ain't gonna catch

him.

It's all right, Rachel.

Shh.

You know, before my ma died, she told me pain was like a story.

It's got a beginning and a middle.

And an end.

And when the hurt's the worst, you know it's got to end soon.

End?

That's not what I mean, Mal. I mean there's bound to be another side to

this. Cody's witness to that.

Give me strength.

You will.

Thank you, Ike.

Come on. Put your head up.

Real slow.

I tell you, kid, you're getting pretty good.

Not as good as Danny. Danny the best.

Danny's the best.

Danny.

Feel better, Teaspoon?

Do me a favor.

Play I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair.

The vigilante's all riled up. They're threatening to torch Sweetwater.

Teaspoon will handle it. Come on, kid.

Looks like you may finally get yourself that rope.

Yeah, well, it don't mean I gotta put my head in the noose for him. Seems to me

that's exactly what you're doing.

What we're doing.

Just hold on.

Just hold on to me. Get out of the way. Move over. Now, just hold on. Get over

there.

Hold on a second.

It

says

the guy with the rattlesnake has the leader of the men who burned our

residence. I don't care who he is. I'll take care of him.

Nobody's burning Sweetwater.

Quiet down!

I said quiet down!

Thought I told you Sweetwater can handle its own problems. It ain't just your

problem anymore, boy.

Cholera's spreading.

Two people died last night in Blue Creek.

Why aren't you taking care of your town's problem?

It's spread from Sweetwater. You are our problem. We gotta burn your town out.

Now, this is the best thing for everybody.

You can always rebuild this town, but you ain't gonna be able to get your

children back from the dead.

I had to burn the homes of some of my own kin up in Redford.

They not only accepted it, but they helped. Get back.

Put it down.

All right.

Y'all leave.

Now.

Let me tell you something, boy.

You might be feeling your oats with that badge pinned on, but you don't know what

you're messing with.

Your doctor's got no idea what the hell he's talking about. No one knows for

sure what's causing the epidemic, and we got sick people in our town now.

What we got going on in Sweetwater ain't like nothing what happened in Redford.

For all you know, it could be everywhere.

Floating in the air, infecting the water supply.

It's in the elixir, I tell you. Yeah, just go home and throw it all away. I

never bought any elixir at the medicine show.

My wife couldn't have drunk any.

We never had no medicine show in Blue Creek.

Mike.

I don't want no part of this.

I got... She's dead, Clint.

We have got to keep it from happening again.

Dammit, I got children at home with no one to care for them.

Let him go.

Well, if it ain't the Alexa, then it's the guys who brought her to Sweetwater.

They must be carriers.

Doc Barnes said you can't catch it from him. I don't care what Doc Barnes says.

Where are those two?

One of them died. The other was in jail.

That's where the cholera came from.

Let's go!

You

have

enough roots to make broth for many.

Thank you for your help.

Coming.

That's him there, the young'un.

I suggest you back out the same way you come in. Drop the gun, old man. We're

taking him.

You make one more move, I drop you like a wet newspaper.

What are you going to do?

Shoot all of us?

I'll call you, Bluff.

Give me the keys to this cell.

I said back off!

Once he burns, he won't infect no one no more. I can't be carrying the disease.

Somebody do something. Evans!

Tom, did you know this is wrong? He's the one that spread the color.

String him up!

String him up!

String him up now!

He's been around Danny for days and he doesn't have it?

What you're doing is insane.

Yeah, your marshal's got it.

What the hell are you waiting for?

Clint's wife died because of him.

We don't know for sure, Flynn.

I don't, in my heart.

Buck!

Buck, you got the results of the army surgeon's report?

Yeah, and it wasn't cholera. What?

It was the meat.

The meat from Topkin's store.

The meat?

Get out of your head, Indian.

He's the one that brought the disease here. You're wrong. He spoiled meat.

Elijah's sample and the elixir got no signs of cholera or any other

communicable disease.

I got sick from the meat, and I cured myself.

I brought plenty more of the herbs I used. And how did it spread to Blue

Creek? I bought the meat from Jenkins.

Blue Creek was Jenkins' next stop.

Hold on. Hold on, damn it. It was Jenkins' meat. The hell it was.

You ain't got no proof. Get

up.

Get your

hands off me.

Drop it.

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, don't do it. It ain't worth it.

Don't do it, Jimmy.

You're under arrest.

Instruction of justice and attempted murder.

Danny?

Danny, you all right?

Come on.

It's all right, Danny.

I'll take him with me till I can find a home for him.

That's the least I can do.

Danny the best.