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California...

A magic word that had kept us moving for three long months.

Behind us, desert and mountains,

dust and heat...

All forgotten,

for tonight we camp at Sacramento City,

the end of the trail.

A lot of smiling faces in the wagon train today...

and a few sad ones,

for some who started with us didn't make it.

Here you are, Mrs. Murphy.

Hello, Julie. How's your father today?

All he can talk about is seeing his land.

He'll be better tomorrow.

Wooster, where's the Major?

What are you two laughin' at? What's so funny?

You gonna get married?

Well, I wouldn't expect you two great brains to know it,

but there's a lot more to bein' a wagon master

than just ridin' herd on the likes of you.

I've gotta go to the State House.

California's got rules and regulations

about bringin' settlers in.

How's Revere?

He's alive.

All he does is talk about the beautiful farmland he bought here in Sacramento.

I sure hope he's not disappointed.

It's not easy to watch...

A nice, young girl like Julie travelin' 2,000 miles

just to see her own father fold up and die.

Well, I'll see ya.

The doctor still here?

No, he left about the same time you did.

Did he say anything to you?

Not to me he didn't.

Take care of this beast, will you?

Everything all right, Julie?

Oh, yes, Flint.

Is that you, Flint?

Come on in here, boy,

and I'll beat you at a game of crib.

Just like I expected, Julie.

I told you in Salt Lake, when we got to Sacramento City,

your father was gonna pretend to be sick

just so he could get out of packin'.

It's not safe to get up yet.

I heard Mrs. Bixby threaten to hit her husband over the

head if he didn't hurry up.

There's a lot of dust in here, Flint.

I ought to get out to my ranch.

If you'd just talk less and rest more...

I'm going to get some air.

That's right, Julie. You go and see the town.

Have some fun.

Take good care of her, Flint.

I will, Mr. Revere, I promise.

Well, what'd the doctor have to say?

Same as all the others.

He was just to weak to make the trip.

You couldn't keep him from it, you know that.

Besides, the trip sorta helped keep him alive.

This is where he caught the lung fever in the first place,

working in those mountain streams.

My father tried so hard to strike it rich.

That's what he wanted, Julie.

If he just wasn't so sure he was going to be all right...

He keeps talking about going to see that land he bought.

He says if he could just get there, everything would be all right.

And what's wrong with that?

You let him keep thinking just that.

I don't know how much longer I can pretend.

When a man wants to see his land as bad as your father does,

well, he's got a right to see it.

But I'm afraid to see that land, Flint.

Why? Your father has a deed to it.

He's described it to me, I don't know, maybe 100 times.

He's described it as he wants to remember it.

It's been ten years since he saw it.

But this river-bottom land is some of the best there is in California.

That's what my father says,

but he can look at a lantern and see a full harvest moon.

It's always been that way, ever since I can remember.

He's made so many mistakes so many times,

and if this turned out to be another one of his dreams...

Would you like to go see it first?

Oh, could we do that, Flint?

You know, I don't care if it's not as grand as he says,

just so it's land that can be planted

and land he can call his own.

I think that might keep him alive a while longer.

You go get ready.

We'll go into town. I'll rent a rig.

We'll look up this man Mort Galvin he bought the land from.

He's probably still here in Sacramento City,

and then we'll just...

well, we'll just go out and look at it.

All right.

You know, I feel better already.

What are you doin', Charlie?

Eatin' cabbage.

Well, I can see that.

Then why did you ask?

Because sometimes I don't believe what I see.

Listen, young fella, ever since we left St. Joe,

while you were out chasin' shadows and lookin' for waterholes that wasn't there,

you were dreamin' about women.

Now, me, I was dreamin' about cabbage.

I love this green stuff.

I see. I gotta go into town for a while, Charlie...

Give me a reason to wear my clothes that I bought in Salt Lake City.

Keep an eye on things for me, will you?

Yeah, first the Major, then Hawks, now you.

When do I get to go?

Well, we'll all be pulling out of here tomorrow, I guess.

Oh, by the way, did Cassie Tanner get away?

I wanted to see her before she left.

Yeah, she went traipsin' off with that Clee McMasters.

Does everybody go to Sacramento except me?

Well, after all, Charlie, you've got your cabbage.

Yeah, I got my cabbage. Ha!

I never thought noisy city streets

could sound so pretty,

but after three months of hangin' in the saddle,

believe me, it's music to my ears.

Julie, you haven't had your dinner yet.

I just got paid.

How about me takin' you

to the fanciest restaurant in town?

Now there. That looks like a likely place.

Come on.

Flint, first can we find Mr. Galvin?

All right, Julie.

Howdy.

Did you say something?

Said howdy.

Just tryin' to be friendly.

Most folks ain't.

Howdy. Say, maybe you can help me.

Do you happen to know a man named Mort Galvin?

Everybody does.

Well, that's funny. I don't.

You from the wagon train that pulled in last night?

Mm-hmm. We sure are.

Well, I'll tell you somethin', young feller,

you'll fair better if you deal with me

than if you deal with Mort Galvin.

From me, you get just what you pay for.

Oh? Well, where can I find him?

See the Delta House here?

FLINT: Yeah. He owns it.

Thanks, old-timer.

You won't find him in there.

But he does own it?

Yep, owns six hydraulic mines, too.

See that boat down there at the the landing?

That's his. So is most of Sacramento city.

Sounds to me like your father's friend did all right for himself.

Well, where can we find him?

Like I said, deal with me

and you get just what you pay for.

Now do you know where I can find Mr. Galvin?

Who?

Mr. Mort Galvin.

No, I don't.

Well, like the man says, you get just what you paid for.

You lived around here a long time?

Yep, come here in '49.

Placarded up on the American.

Flood washed me out in '52 and floated me down this far.

Been here ever since.

That long enough?

I wonder if you knew my father?

Maxwell Revere? He was a placer miner.

Lady, so was 50,000 others.

I knowed a lot of 'em, but not all.

We're lookin' for a certain piece of land.

Could you tell us where the recorder's office is?

Quite a fair piece. Whereabouts is this land at?

It's near a place called Potato Slough, is that right?

Mm-hmm.

Well, now you don't need no recorder's office

to find a piece of land out there.

It so happens I know an old man that lives on Potato Slough.

Been there for years. Better than a map, he is.

Now if you would pay him somethin' for his time...

Well, I'd be willing to do that.

Where can we find him?

Well, I tell ya, it's too far to walk.

Be glad to rent you a rig.

All right.

Looks to me like this time your father was right.

It sure is a beautiful spot,

if a farm and settling down's what a fella wants.

You never would, would you?

Never would what?

Settle down.

We never got to know each other really well, Julie.

First I thought you were kinda young,

but I watched you grow up on this trip.

I would've talked to you before,

but I figured it was better if I didn't get too friendly

with any of the girls on the train as long as we were traveling.

There were a lot of towns in between, weren't there?

Yeah.

And lots of times I wished you were in one of those towns.

How much further is it supposed to be?

Another mile or so up the river. That's what the man said.

He said to look for a shack.

Come on, Nellie! Ha!

This is nothing but a swamp!

Will you stop worryin'?

We don't even know we're anywhere near his land yet.

Anybody here?

Howdy, Bub.

How'd you get here?

Cut across the swamp.

You told me there was an old fella who lived here

that could show me the land I'm lookin' for.

Did, and that ain't no lie.

I'm that old feller.

This is Potato Slough.

What can you grow around here?

Frogs and skeeters.

Can you tell me something about this?

Hmm.

You ever heard of the McElroy place?

Oh, that. Knew McElroy well.

Used to work for Sutter in the old days

before all the men walked out on Sutter

and went to the mines.

Good man, McElroy.

Took to the wheat more than he did the gold.

Raised the wheat and finally got the gold anyway.

One way of doin' it.

Could you show us the place?

Could, and that's no lie.

Remember it well.

Sloped down to the river, it did.

Great big oak tree up on the knoll.

Dirt as black as your hat.

Grow anything.

Just like my father described it.

I told you not to worry.

Do you think you can show us this place?

Hmm, well...

Um, one dollar?

Wait till I get my hat.

Can you imagine that old bandit?

You know, it wasn't that I didn't trust my father.

I understand, I think.

Do you?

I wonder if anybody does.

You know, my father's always worked harder than most men.

He's as unselfish a man as I've known.

I know.

Why has everything he's ever touched

have to wind up in failure?

Where did he go wrong?

Well, I wouldn't call your father a failure.

He just maybe got off on the wrong foot.

Time and again.

You know, he'd always smile and tell my mother and me

it was going to be all right next time,

and we'd pick up the pieces and start again.

Flint, that killed my mother.

I don't mean the hard times, it wasn't that.

It was just seeing him fail and go on,

knowing he was hurting inside and never hearing him complain.

It takes a real man to do that, Julie.

I know, and I'm proud of him,

but there are times even now

when he proves himself stronger than I am.

I couldn't stand to see him face another failure, not now.

Everything will be all right.

We already to go now, folks.

Whoa.

Well, there she is.

It's just swamp.

Yeah, darn shame, ain't it?

Used to be one of the most beautiful ranches around here.

How'd this happen?

Hydraulickers, that's what.

Up the river, they turned them giant nozzles loose

and washed a whole hill down into the creek.

Creeks carry the mud down into the river,

and the river bottom fills up,

and the river starts lookin' for a new place to go.

Millions of dollars worth of the gold in them hills yet.

Men like Mort Galvin ain't satisfied

takin' it out panful at a time.

Gotta wash a whole hill down to get at it.

We'll go see this Mort Galvin. We can do something about this.

At least we can get the money back.

That isn't the important thing.

If man buys a piece of valuable property,

and then the man that sells it to him turns it into a swamp...

well, something's gonna be done about it. Come on.

Thing is that the man that sells the land knows it's gonna be ruined,

but try and prove it.

The courts are full of cases against hydraulickers.

Will be for years.

We haven't got years.

This is gonna be settled, out of court.

Come on!

Whoa. Whoa.

You wait here. I'll see if Galvin's in now.

All right.

Howdy, Miss Julie.

Oh, hello, Mr. Hawks.

Say, this is a mighty big hunk of town, isn't it?

It sure is.

You know, after all those long days on the trail,

it's sure funny how quick a man forgets how tough it was.

Where's old ring tail?

Who? Flint.

Wooster says he was with you.

He's in there.

He left you out here? What's wrong with him?

He's looking for a man.

Well, that's somethin' new.

Say, if he doesn't show up, don't you worry.

I'll take you back to camp.

Thanks. All right.

Bye.

He isn't in.

They tell me he'll be there tomorrow morning.

I'm afraid it wouldn't have done any good.

Let me try, Julie.

If Dad could've only been right, just this once.

Flint, what am I going to tell him?

Don't you tell him anything.

I'll talk to Galvin in the morning.

If he's honest, he'll make it up to your dad.

If he isn't, I'll take care of him.

Come on.

Whoa. Whoa.

I'd better go see how Father is.

All right, and try not to worry.

Some town, isn't it, Flint?

Yeah, it sure is.

Charlie, take care of this buggy for me, will you?

Right.

There's somethin' I wanna tell you.

Yeah, what's that?

Remember Dora Gray?

Sure, I remember Dora Gray.

She got me in and out of more trouble than any woman I ever knew.

Well, she's here.

Where?

Right here in Sacramento City, that's where.

How do you know?

Well, I saw her, that's how I know.

Did you talk to her?

No, she was too far off.

I thought she was goin' to San Francisco. Thanks.

You better quit dreamin' about that Dora Gray, young feller.

Do I tell you not to dream about your fresh green cabbage?

No.

Hey, what's eatin' on you anyway?

Oh, I just don't like to see a man travel 2,000 miles

to find out he was swindled, that's all.

Julie... Julie...

Yes, Father?

I have to get out of here, Julie.

I wanna move on to my own land.

I wanna go there now.

But the doctor said that you should rest.

Curse the doctor.

He never owned a piece of land.

He never traveled all the way across the country,

thinkin' about a piece of land of his own

with every waking minute.

That's all I ask, Julie. Just let me see it.

I know, but we don't even know where it is yet.

You know what?

I'll go into town, and I'll ask the recorder's office.

Or maybe I can find someone who knows where it is.

Is there some reason you don't want me to see it?

Oh, no, of course not,

but if you just rest and wait till you're stronger...

But I won't be stronger,

not until I can dig my fingers into my own soil.

Don't you understand, Julie?

That'll give a man strength.

But, Father, if you'll just...

I'm goin' to see my land, Julie,

if I have to walk every step of the way.

Well, I'll get one of the men.

Well, don't think you can stop me.

I've turned my back too many times in my life.

Just when success was within reach,

I've turned back...

but not this time.

I'm too close.

Flint!

What's the matter?

Father wants to go out to see the ranch.

I don't know what to tell him.

Come on, what's wrong, Mr. Revere?

I'm going to my farm.

What will we do?

We'll take him.

That's what he wants.

That's what he's gonna get.

I can feel the breeze from the river,

as I remembered it.

You can see the mountains from my farm.

That's where I mined, back in those mountains.

Whoa!

Whoa! Whoa!

Are we at my farm?

I wanna get out of the wagon.

No, Father.

I wanna see. I wanna see my land!

Give me my hat.

Julie?

Would you help Father out?

Sure.

Charlie, give me a hand, will you?

Right.

Easy now, Mr. Revere.

There you go.

There you go.

Just as beautiful as I remembered it.

I made money in the mines,

but a man's got to own land to live.

I wanted this, Julie, for you and for your mother.

I know.

I failed you so many times,

but this is good land.

I own it, and nobody can take it away from us.

I'll be all right now, Julie.

I'll be just fine.

♪ Rock of Ages ♪

♪ Cleft for me ♪

♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪

♪ Let the water and the blood ♪

♪ From thy riven side which flowed ♪

♪ Rock of Ages ♪

♪ Cleft for me ♪

♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪

♪ Nothing in my hand I bring ♪

♪ Simply to thy cross I cling ♪

♪ Naked come to thee for dress ♪

♪ Helpless look to thee for grace ♪

Feel better?

Mm.

At least his last few moments were happy ones.

I don't know what I would have done without you these past few weeks, Flint.

It's easy to help somebody you care for.

Oh, I know he had to die,

but when it comes time to face it...

Do you think he knew?

Maybe,

but the land he saw was like the land he bought.

I can't just stand by, Julie.

I've gotta do something about this.

You won't worry about me now, will you?

Probably.

You mustn't. I'm strong.

I know.

You're also sweet.

Is there anything I can do or get for you?

No, not now.

I just want to be alone for a while, you know?

I know.

♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪

I just wanted to tell you that

you're a mighty fine bunch of people

and that the State of California

ought to be mighty proud to have you.

You wanna say anything, Flint?

Yeah, I think I would.

As you folks all know,

it's been my job to ride on ahead of the train

and keep an eye peeled for trouble.

Sometimes it wasn't very hard to find.

Just because we're breakin' up and sayin' good-bye, well...

I don't figure the job is over.

You've all seen one kind of a land swindle.

I don't think you'll get caught in that one,

but there are others ways a man can be cheated,

so watch out for Three-Card Monte

and don't try to find the pea under the walnut shell.

This is a new country, but it's a rough one.

There are a lot of smart men around here

tryin' to cheat you out of every dollar you got.

So like I said, be careful and...

it was good knowin' all of you.

That's it.

Flint, don't go flyin' off the handle now.

Don't worry about me. I'm just gonna talk to Galvin.

Well, simmer down and talk to him if you think you have to,

but don't go chargin' in there like you're gonna choke about

500 acres of land out of him.

I might wanna do just that.

Bartender...

Hello, handsome.

Some other time, lady. Bartender...

He'll hear you when he gets good and ready to listen,

but not before.

But if you was to want to buy me a drink...

Bartender, a drink for the lady.

A gentleman in the house, Henry.

Nothing for you?

Well, maybe a little information.

Like what, dearie?

Like where can I find Mort Galvin?

It was hardly worth the cost, dearie.

Anybody can find Mort Galvin. He's sitting right over there.

Thanks, dearie.

Are you Mr. Galvin?

I am.

I don't believe I recall your name.

Well, there's no reason you should. My name is Flint McCullough.

I ride scout for a wagon train run by Major Seth Adams.

Well, of course. I've heard of the Major.

Sit down?

Thanks.

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

Oh, but first, wouldn't you like a drink?

Don't mind if I do.

A pleasant crossing, I trust?

Not bad.

Now if you could tell me what it was you wanted...

I have several appointments.

This table has become sort of an office for me.

I come here one day a week.

You, uh, remember a man named Maxwell Revere?

I don't believe I recall the name.

Why, is he here?

He's dead.

I'm sorry to hear it.

You sold him a piece of land known as the McElroy place.

So?

So now it's covered with ten feet of mud.

That happens in this country.

What are you gonna do about it?

And what would you expect me to do about it, Mr. McCullough,

take a shovel and clean it off?

I expect you to make it right.

Right, Mr. McCullough?

And just what is right?

You sell a man a piece of land, take his money for it,

and then you cover it with mud.

I covered it with mud?

Oh, now, please, Mr. McCullough, I am considered to be

an important and influential man in this state,

and I must admit that I enjoy the distinction thoroughly,

but I do not control the flow of the Sacramento River.

You run hydraulic mines.

When you sold the river bottom land,

you knew it'd be flooded.

I consider that a rather nasty implication, Mr. McCullough.

Consider it anything you like. That's the way it looks to me.

Now what are you gonna do about it?

Was Maxwell Revere a relative of yours?

Nope.

Then were you planning to buy the place from him?

Nope.

Then I can't see what possible concern this is of yours.

Good morning, Mr. McCullough.

I'm not finished yet, Mr. Galvin.

I wanna give you a bit of advice.

Hydraulic mining is a very touchy political subject

around Sacramento City right at the moment.

Now there are some who favor it highly, and I'm one,

and there are some like Thornton Fogleberry,

who has several more million dollars than I have,

who plans to put a stop to hydraulic mining in this state.

I intend to see that he doesn't.

Now, it's a multi-million dollar game, Mr. McCullough,

and I doubt that you have the chips to sit in on it.

So stay out of it.

I'm not talkin' about playin' games, Mr. Galvin.

I'm talkin' about a piece of land you sold Maxwell Revere.

There's nothing I can do.

Come on in, boys. Mr. McCullough was just leaving.

Not till I get this settled, I'm not.

Out!

Yeah, come back any time!

Come on!

I said I wasn't leaving till we had this settled, Mr. Galvin.

I wouldn't try that if I were you.

Well, you're very efficient, Mr. McCullough,

and persistent, too.

Now let's talk this over nice and quiet.

Hello, handsome.

Get out of the way, honey.

Thank you, my dear.

Any time at all, Mr. Galvin.

Any time at all.

What do you wanna do with him, boss?

Well, I'd offer him a job if I thought he'd listen to reason.

Well, but he won't listen. He thinks like a mule.

He kicks like one, too.

The Delta Queen sails in about an hour, doesn't it?

Right.

Well, take him with you.

And when you get to San Francisco,

you can do what you want with him.

There are a lot of ships in the Bay that are short of hands.

I understand the crimps are bidding high.

Thanks, boss.

He might like China.

Flint!

Hey, Flint!

It's your old pal Cliff Grundy! What held you up?

That fella's a friend of mine.

What's the matter with him?

Just lookin' at a boat make him seasick?

He's drunk.

Oh, no, not old Flint. He don't get that drunk.

I've been around with him too many times.

Now where do you think you're goin'?

Ashore.

I think I might buy this tub.

Seems to me you said that last week.

Out of my way.

Take your hands off me!

You frighten us!

I used to be a prizefighter, you know.

Sure, sure.

I ain't figured out anything yet you ain't been!

Well... what do you know?

Maybe I should have been a prizefighter.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

You still feel like laughin'?

Exactly what you fellas have in mind?

Turn him loose.

Ain't you ever satisfied?

No, I still got some unfinished business in this town.

Thanks to you, Cliff.

Did I ever tell you about the time I was...

Yes.

Mr. Galvin, I don't like your methods,

and I'm not interested in a free trip to China.

Sit down.

Now about the land you sold Maxwell Revere...

WOMAN: Flint, behind you!

Stop this fighting!

Stop this fighting! Please.

I don't like this rough stuff.

Well, thanks, Cassie.

It wasn't pirates this time, but you handled it just as well.

Well, you folks was mighty good to me,

lettin' me join the train and all.

There was some tough times, but we got through it all right.

Besides, boy, you helped me once

when the Indian was headed for me.

I figure a favor deserves a favor.

Cassie, you look real pretty.

Don't she just?

One of ya is too old.

You hurt me, Miss Cassie.

One of ya is too young.

Besides, Mr. McMasters and I were married this morning.

Oh, congratulations.

Major Adams stood up for us.

Come, Cassie, this is no place for a lady.

Yes, dear.

All right, Mr. Galvin... satisfied?

Maxwell Revere paid you $5,000 for his land,

and your hydraulic mines ruined it.

Now come on, Galvin, $5,000 isn't gonna break you,

but it's gonna mean a big difference to Revere's daughter,

and she means a lot to me.

So give.

Better give it to him, Mort.

Mr. McCullough can be very persuasive.

I know.

Well, Dora Gray.

You remember me.

Do I remember you?

You left me with two souvenirs I'll never forget...

A bullet hole in my shoulder and a bright yellow ribbon.

You're sweet.

Give the man his money, Mort,

or shall I speak to Mr. Fogleberry?

That's blackmail, and you know it.

Well, I see you've learned to mean what you say.

And say what I mean.

Thanks, Mr. Galvin.

Miss Gray.

You seem to know Mort Galvin pretty well.

Oh, I did once, very well.

He sure jumped when you mentioned that man's name.

What was it, Mr...

Oh, Fogleberry.

Yeah, that's it. Exactly who is he?

Well, Mr. Fogleberry's a very nice man.

He's also very, very rich.

Yeah, you'd know that.

Well, I don't know much about business,

but Mr. Fogleberry wants Mr. Galvin

to stop this hydraulic mining or something.

Mr. Fogleberry is always wanting to find out things about Mr. Galvin.

Then you are blackmailing Galvin.

You've come a long way, Dora,

from gunrunning to blackmail.

Well, I don't think Mr. Fogleberry feels quite that way about it.

I hope you're satisfied, Mrs. Fogleberry.

Mrs. Fogleberry?

Peter, drive on.

Howdy, Major.

Well, come on, what have you got to say for yourself?

Do you remember Dora Gray?

Of course I remember Dora Gray. What's that got to do with it?

Major, how'd you like to go to China?

I just wanna know one thing.

Why is it that, even at the end of this trip,

you have to get yourself in a pack of trouble?

You don't wanna go to China, huh?

I don't wanna go any place!

Now don't you pick on me. You almost lost me.

That'll be the day.

Everybody in the whole town knows about it!

Even the Governor told me about it!

I take my eyes off you for one day,

and you have to get the whole outfit in a fight!

Yeah, but look what I got for my trouble.

Where'd you get that?

Dora Gray.

What are you doin', changin' your line of work?

Mm-hmm, real estate...

with a little blackmail.

Well, that figures.

Now you come and have a cup of coffee with me.

I'll tell you all about it. It's quite a story. Come on.

So when Mr. Revere died,

I decided to look after his interests.

I figure when a man's right,

one man's fight is every man's fight,

especially on this wagon train.

Yeah, these folks will do all right.

So will California.

Major, you've stopped pickin' on me.

Well, if this wasn't the end of the trail, I'd fire you.

Major, you should've been down at that dock.

It was like that skirmish at Harpers Ferry...

Not a shot fired.

What have you got there?

Cabbage.

Well, I can see that.

Then why'd you ask?

Like I said, people don't believe what they see.

By the way, I don't suppose it's any of our business,

but we would like to know...

What have you been doing all day?

You were right. It's none of your gall-darned business.

I don't know if what you did was right or wrong.

It was the right way, all right, don't worry.

There've been a lot of land swindles,

but there's a movement ahead to control hydraulic mining,

and a good thing, too, huh?

There'll be a lot of farmers comin' to California next year.

And you'll be guiding them out here, huh?

I don't know.

What about you, Julie?

Oh, I guess I'll buy a piece of land.

That's what my dad would've wanted most.

It's what he tried to give me.

Well, that means you're all alone now.

Seems to me you need someone to kinda look after you.

Don't Flint.

I know you think I joke a lot,

but sometimes a man is afraid to be serious...

like now.

You see, I was thinkin'...

Don't ask me.

Because you'd say no?

No, because it wouldn't be easy for me to say no.

That's what I'd have to say.

You know you don't want a wife. You know that.

And I want a home more than anything in the world.

Someday you'll give a woman a home,

and I'll envy that woman.

Not now.

You know that as soon as the fields needed plowing,

you'd be off scouting for a wagon train

or looking at a sunset.

I guess I just couldn't marry a tumbleweed.

I've known that too long.

Well, maybe you're right.

Well, if I can ever help you, you just let me know.

You have, more than you know.

You'd better take me back.

Well, Charlie, we got our wagon, our team,

and the whole route is all we got left, and they're sold.

When a man sells his outfit,

that looks like it means the end of the trip, don't it?

Kinda looks that way, Major.

So you won't change your mind and come back with me?

No, thanks.

I know how to send you all the way to China free.

Well, Charlie, I ate a lot of your cookin', and I'm not dead yet.

So I guess I can't hold that against you.

Thank you, Flint.

Good luck to you. Bill... Same to you.

It's been a pleasure workin' with you, Flint.

Same. Say good-bye to Emily.

I will.

Boy, uh...

I guess I've had worse bosses.

Maybe we'll get together again one day.

Maybe so, Flint.

Good-bye, Seth. Keep your eyes open.

I'll do that.

What do you think he'll do, Major?

What'll he do?

Well, Charlie, he'll have that $400 of his spent inside of a month.

He'll get himself a new girl, and he'll have a dozen jobs,

and he'll end up right back in St. Joe.

Like as not, come Spring,

he'll be on some wagon train, headin' right back west.

How about you, Major?

Oh, Bill, I didn't tell you,

but I've got three first-class tickets on that boat.

On a boat?

Yeah.

Look, you know how Emily is...

Where is Emily?

Well, she's up in the hotel.

I'll talk to her.

Hey, I've got an idea.

She's afraid of water,

but she'd love to come with us, I know.

Oh, no. No, none of that. Now this is strictly for men.

No women on this trip.

Yeah, but I'm not gonna break the news to her.

Don't you worry about a thing. I'll fix it with Emily.

Yeah, you'll fix it, all right.

Maybe you should've married me, Hawks.

Oh, shut up!