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Hyah! Hyah!

Hey-oh!

Hey...!

Hey-oh! Hah! Giddup!

Hyah!

Giddup!

There you go!

Hey-ah!

Giddup...!

Hah!

Hyah!

Gabrielle, straighten your hat.

You look a mess.

Sarah, must we go so fast?

Heather's feeling poorly.

I told you we have to get to Virginia City

before the auction.

Heather, dear, we'll be there soon.

Lorraine, put your dress down!

Your limbs are showing!

Hyah!

Get on! Hah!

Get on!

Get on!

Here comes old Toothless with the noon stage.

Must be some kind of emergency.

Toothless don't normally go that fast.

Giddup! Hee-ah! Giddup! Hee-ah!

Hee-ah!

Giddup! Giddup!

Giddup!

Hah!

Hah! Get on!

Get on!

We're going to be arriving soon

and I do not want the Lowell girls

to look like a bunch of dance hall tramps.

Hee-yah!

Hey, he lost a wheel, Pa!

He sure did!

Giddup! Giddup! Hoo-eh!

What is this nonsense?

Are you determined to kill us all?

Ladies, please, remain in your seats.

We lost a wheel, ma'am.

You... you ladies all right in there?

Lost a wheel?!

Well, I've never heard of such a thing.

How long is it going to take to fix this carelessness?

Don't you worry none.

I'll, I'll get it fixed just be soon as I can.

You don't seem to understand.

I must be in Virginia City before noon!

I told you that!

Well, I was drivin' too fast in the first place,

to get you there ahead of schedule,

when this dang wheel busted!

Sarah, we must be thankful.

The Lord was merciful.

Thank you.

Whoa!

You all right, ma'am?

I must get to Virginia City by noon!

How much will you charge to convey us there?

Well, we're going that way, ma'am.

I'm Ben Cartwright, this is... How much?

Uh, well, there won't be any charge, ma'am.

We're going that way... I insist upon paying!

But... eh... I'll make it a fair price.

Meanwhile, it's my sisters and the luggage.

Are you all right, ladies?

Young man, will you get up there and get that luggage down?

Driver, untie it, please. Let me help you out here.

Sure you're all right, now.

Yes. All right.

Here we are. Please hurry!

Watch yourself. Here you go.

It will all be fine now. You all right, my dear?

There you are, ma'am.

All right, now come on over here...

Here, give me a hand with that.

There you go. Watch it, Ben.

All right...

Watch the big one here, Hoss.

Watch, it's heavy now.

Got it...

Everything all right?

Young man, will you stop fidgeting and get aboard.

You're making me lose time.

Ma'am, I think I'll, uh, just ride on in

with Toothless, Pa, after we get that wheel fixed.

Yes. Well, as you wish.

Make up your mind. Drive on, but drive carefully.

We don't have time to be picking up baggage all the way.

Yes, ma'am.

See you later, Hoss. Giddyup, there!

I don't know how long them gals are gonna

be around Virginia City, but I'll tell you one thing--

As long as that female sergeant-major around,

things ain't gonna be the same.

You bet.

Now, the, uh, sheriff's office is right over there, ma'am.

Oh, apparently, we're in time.

I'll take your sisters back to the hotel.

Thank you, sir.

Gabrielle, you register for us.

And keep in mind that we do not need the most expensive suite.

Lorraine, you look after Heather.

I shan't be long.

And please...

remember who you are, and act accordingly.

♪♪

Sir?

Yes, ma'am.

Are you in charge here?

Well, that all depends, ma'am.

What of?

I'm referring to the auction.

No'm, that'll be our Mr. Billings there,

the red-headed fella.

Thank you. Yes, ma'am.

My dear sir...

I understand you're in charge here.

Charge of what, ma'am?

Of the auction, what else?

Oh, nothing else, ma'am.

Only the auction.

I'm Miss Sarah Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts.

I'm here to inquire if property belonging to me and my sisters

is to be auctioned off here today.

Course 'tis.

Delinquent taxes.

Now, wasn't that that property

your uncle left you a short while ago?

Well, the law requires that...

I wrote you as soon as I received the sales notice,

and I told you that my sisters and I would be out here

to operate the property.

I asked you to please not sell it until we arrived.

You didn't acknowledge that letter-- why?

Didn't never get no such letter.

You didn't get it?

I wrote it two days after the sale notice appeared.

That was almost a month ago.

Well, we're here now.

I suggest you strike the property from the sales list.

You mean you got the money to pay

all them back taxes and charges?

In my letter, I asked for a certain amount of time.

Well, the law plainly says

that all those taxes have gotta be paid

before auction time today.

Now, if you ain't got all the money,

that Landcastle place goes on the block.

But I've come all the way from Boston, Massachusetts,

just to prevent that from happening.

I have $1,000.

I'll pay you the rest as soon as our home in Boston is sold.

Miss Lowell, I gotta get the auction goin'.

You can't sell it right out from under us like that.

It's all we have! It's our property.

We don't even have enough money to return East on.

I don't have nothin' to do with that, lady.

My hands are tied.

Please, listen to me a moment.

Excuse me, Miss... Miss, uh, Lowell,

but, uh, your sister at the hotel asked me to come by

and tell you that Miss Heather, well, she was...

Miss Heather? What happened?

Well, they sent for the doctor 'cause she's been...

The doctor?! Well, she fainted.

Probably from exhaustion, you know, but she was fine...

Please, you must wait.

You must wait; my sister is ill.

I-I'll be back.

What's this about, uh, taxes?

How come you, uh, you can't let them wait a bit?

Gone too long already, Mr. Cartwright.

They either gotta pay all the taxes,

or that place goes on the block.

Well, wait a minute now, Billings, hold on now.

She had $1,000, how much do they owe?

Mmm...

about $2,800.

$2,800?!

Well, that's ridiculous.

Never heard of land around here being more

than $200-300 a year in taxes.

That's ten times that much.

Sorry, Mr. Cartwright, I gotta get the sale started.

Will you please keep still now.

All I want to know is how come they owe that much?

Well, Mr. Landcastle got behind before he died.

But ten years behind?!

Now, come on...

now, you gotta give 'em a chance...!

Billings should have been started by now.

It's five after.

Watch your blood pressure, Nate.

We've got a lot riding on this, you know.

What's the matter? What's holding things up out there?

They're here. Who's here?

Them... them Lowell sisters, all the way from Boston.

How could they be here?

The stage never came in.

I don't know how.

All's I know is that one of them came in and tried to stop me

from selling the place, not more than ten minutes ago.

They bring the money?

Not all of it.

Then start the sale and get it over with.

But what if...?

What if what?

We gotta have that property.

We got 500 head of cattle on the way in right now.

It ain't only those women anymore.

Ben Cartwright's got his nose in on it now, too.

Cartwright?!

What's he got to do with the Landcastle place?

Never mind.

Those cattle'll be here in a week,

and we've got to keep that box canyon available.

You get out there and get that sale started

just like nothing had happened, you hear?

And remember, you've got the law on your side.

But if anybody looks at them records too-too close...

There ain't anybody gonna look at those records.

Now get out and do what you're told.

I'll do it.

One slip, little man, just one slip.

Billings...

remember, 5,000's the limit on that place.

You see we get it.

You'll... you'll get it.

Hi, Pa. Hoss.

I left old Toothless over at the blacksmith shop.

Did them highfalutin ladies have a nice ride in the carriage?

Hoss, what do you know about the Landcastle place?

Huh?

It's important-- what do you know about the Landcastle place?

Well, it's... about four sections in all.

There's two of them that are good bottom land.

There's a couple of sections that...

Rest of it's all good top grazing.

A little river runs through it.

Some pretty rough canyons...

Why?

What about buildings?

Reckon as good as you'd want.

There's a good main house and then...

What's all this about anyhow?

All right, folks,

the auction's ready to begin.

First piece of property up for sale

is the old Landcastle place.

Now, you got the description: About 2,500 acres,

back taxes and costs

come to $2,781.76.

Now, do I hear a bid?

2,900.

$2,900.

I got a bid of $2,900...

now who'll make it a half?

$3,250.

For the Landcastle place?

It's worth five times that.

$3,250's bid.

4,000!

$4,000.

I got a bid of $4,000...

$4,200, U.S. money.

$4,200 is bid.

We must fall back on our faith, Sarah.

Surely something will happen.

I got a bid of 4,200!

$4,200.

Who wants to raise $4,200?

Forty-five.

$4,500.

Guess that closes the bidding. I...

4,750!

The bid.

Care to raise it, Mr. Catlin?

5,000.

$5,000!

No other bids?

I declare the property goes to...

Mr. Billings!

Before you close out the bidding...

couple of questions I'd like to ask.

Mr. Cartwright, we...

we've got an auction to finish here.

Now, this, uh, property that you have for sale on the block...

uh, if the owners

pay the back taxes before it's sold,

they, uh, they get to keep it, don't they?

Why... sure.

But the owners are here and they can't pay.

Now, as I was saying,

I declare this property goes to...

Billings...

in the name of the owners, I'll pay the taxes.

Hold it, Lou.

We got the winning bid.

He's got no right to do that.

Not now, you fool.

Quiet!

Quiet down!

Quiet, now!

Now, it seems to me that... Here's the check.

I can't take this, Mr. Cartwright.

You ain't a Lowell.

Well, I'm acting for the Lowells.

Well, I don't know.

I, uh...

The law...

Now, look, Mr. Billings, you know very well

that I helped draft the tax laws for this territory.

If you want to debate them with me,

I'm ready to hear what you have to say.

I... uh, no, sir. I...

Well, that's fine.

I'll just take this deed

and mark it "paid in full."

Will you please tell me why you're doing this?

What do you hope to gain?

I don't expect to gain anything, Miss Lowell.

Bless you, Mr. Cartwright.

Oh, the Lord will surely bless you.

Gabrielle, please.

This is not a Sunday school meeting.

I apologize for not recognizing your prominence

when we first met.

You're obviously quite a power in this town.

But I can't help standing here wondering

just why you're taking this action.

Well, Miss Lowell, the Landcastle place

is one of the finest properties around here.

Let's just say I couldn't stand by

and see it go at ten cents on the dollar.

You could have bid on it yourself.

I don't need it, Miss Lowell.

You do.

He was trying to help, Sarah.

Why were you so cold to him?

I'll join you fellas in the south pasture a little later on.

I'm going into town and see the Lowells.

All right.

Hey, how come you loaned them

all that money, anyway?

Well...

couple of reasons, I guess.

One of the Lowell gals is kind of sickly.

More importantly, their uncle, Reed Landcastle,

sure helped me out a lot when I was starting this place.

Pa, the Lowells don't know nothin' about ranching.

All the more reason to help 'em.

I just don't think women can run a ranch.

Especially Boston women.

Son, you haven't met Sarah Lowell yet.

That woman could run anything she set her mind to.

Hey. Speak of the devil.

Oh, is that, uh...?

Yeah, that's them.

Hop Sing...

Make us up a pitcher of cool lemonade

and bring out some cookies, will you?

Yes, sir, Mr. Cartwright.

Right away.

Well, Miss Lowell, how are you?

Welcome to the Ponderosa.

Miss Lowell. Well, how nice to see you.

Oh, you-you've, uh, met my son Hoss...

Ladies.

And my other son, Joseph. How do you do?

This is not a social call, Mr. Cartwright.

I have, uh, drawn a promissory note in your favor

and I've secured it with a trust deed.

Now, I believe you'll find everything in order.

I trust you'll find the terms satisfactory.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

Uh, Miss Lowell, uh...

I've just had some cool lemonade prepared.

Wouldn't you...?

It's a nice...

Joseph, would you get the lemonade, please?

Yeah. Sure.

And it's a... it's a long, hot ride back into town.

Isn't that a nice invitation, Sarah?

I'd love a cool glass of lemonade.

Oh, it will be nice and refreshing.

We are no longer living in town, Mr. Cartwright.

We moved to our new home this morning.

And we, uh, must get back.

Uh... I-I didn't realize

you'd already moved out to the ranch.

I thought Miss Heather was so ill.

Our sister is much improved, thank you.

Lorraine, we have a full day's work ahead of us.

But Sarah, Mr. Cartwright

has already sent for the lemonade.

Ma'am, it'll be here in just a jiffy.

Lorraine, please, get right up here.

I'm sure the gentlemen will excuse us.

Uh, Miss Lowell, is there something

we can do to help you...? No, thank you.

We're quite capable of managing for ourselves, thank you.

Well, Miss Lowell, it seems to me that...

Lorraine.

Well, it's not necessary to...

Where-where'd they go?

They didn't want any lemonade.

We've got all this lemonade.

Who gonna drink it?

All the chicken?

Ah, give it to the cat.

The chickens had enough.

♪♪

Heather, that's enough now.

You better put that down and rest a while.

Well, Sarah, I'm just trying to help.

Well, you'll do that nicely, dear, by regaining your health.

Well... but-but I really feel good.

I mean, I haven't felt this well in years.

Well, don't be a martyr about it, dear.

Lie back and rest a while.

Lorraine, would you finish beating that rug?

I'm going to get dinner on.

Morning, ladies!

Whoa.

Hello, Sheriff.

How do you do?

I just dropped by to see how you ladies was getting along.

Only looking out for your welfare, you understand.

It is the law's job to protect you.

Well, Sheriff, you can rest assured

if we need any help, we'll be sure and call on you.

All right.

Uh... you ladies do have a gun

on the premises, do you not?

Agun?!

Well, maybe I should ask--

Do any of you ladies know how to handle a gun?

No, Sheriff.

We're from Boston.

It's civilized there.

Has been for a good long while.

Well, you're a good long ways from Boston right now, ma'am.

And it might be a good idea

if you get yourselves a gun, just in case.

The Ten Commandments say, "Thou shalt not kill."

Yeah, but there's lots of mountain lions

around here from time to time.

Well, we're not hunters, Sheriff.

We're trying to establish a home here,

not a menagerie.

Thank you, ma'am.

But if you do need any help in a hurry,

you can always call on Ben Cartwright and his boys.

They're around here everywhere.

You mean the Cartwright ranch surrounds us?

Well, practically.

Uh, your strip of land kind of cuts into the Ponderosa

like a small finger pointing down from the north.

Well, I better be getting back to town.

Good day, ladies.

So that's why Ben Cartwright was so generous.

What do you mean, Sarah?

I mean his ranch practically surrounds us.

He holds our note.

If we can't pay it off, he can foreclose

and get our ranch for less than $3,000.

And all his talk

about Western neighborliness and friendship...

Lorraine!

I said to beat the rug, don't destroy it!

Got company, Catlin.

What are you two doing here?

I thought you were with the herd.

Smokey sent us along ahead

to make sure everything's all right.

It's a good thing he did, too.

What do you mean by that?

He means those cattle will be arriving in two more days,

so you better have that box canyon ready, Catlin.

And fast.

I've never let you boys down yet,

so don't start worrying now.

If you'd have let me say something at that auction...

And alert the whole town

by starting a fracas with the Cartwrights?

Smokey and the others

ain't gonna like this hang-up.

Not after fighting sheriffs and ranchers

all the way from Montana.

They're counting on you two

to handle them cattle same as always.

There's near 500 head just in that first bunch alone.

I've handled your stolen herds for years

and made money for all of us.

I told you I'd hide this bunch until the trail cools...

and that's exactly what I intend to do.

Oh? Where you gonna put 'em?

Under your hat?

Listen, we need that canyon and we need it now.

I say if those Boston females are in our way,

let's kill 'em.

That's what I say, Catlin.

Well, I say no.

I've stayed in business a long time,

but not by acting like a fool.

There are other ways of getting rid of those women.

Like what?

Like using our brains.

It seems to me that it shouldn't be too difficult

to take care of four little lambs from Boston.

Boston...

We'll give them an old-fashioned Boston tea party.

Yeah.

We'll scare 'em half to death.

Run them right out of the country

and nobody'll ever be the wiser.

Oh, I love it out here, Lorraine.

You know, I've felt so much better

just since we've come here.

Oh, we're all glad to see you happy again, Heather.

I just wish Sarah would give me a chance to...

Have you seen Gabrielle anywhere?

I've been looking all over for her.

She's probably up in her room, reading the Bible.

Are you all right, dear?

Oh, I'm fine, Sarah.

Well, now, as soon as you're finished there,

you lie down and conserve your strength.

Yes, Sarah.

Oh, she still treats me as if I were a three-year-old child.

She doesn't mean to, Heather.

It-It's just that...

well, I suppose she's so used to taking care of us,

it's just become a habit with her.

"Heather, do this.

"Gabrielle, do that.

And Lorraine, beat the rug, don't destroy it."

Oh, and the way she treats other people.

Like the Cartwrights.

I mean, they're only trying to be nice to us, Lorraine.

And I felt so sorry

for that poor Sheriff Coffee this afternoon.

You know, did it ever occur to you that...

that might be Sarah's way of expressing her love?

Love?!

By acting like a bossy old stepmother?

No.

By giving us the security she herself never had.

By protecting us from the outside world and...

well, even to the extent

of being unpopular with other people,

and unhappy.

Unhappy?

Sarah?

Well, why do you think she gave up

the life she loved in Boston

to sell everything and move out here

to this strange environment?

Well, I... I just thought she felt

we'd have a better chance here.

Heather...

She did it because of me, didn't she?

Oh, Sarah loves us.

In her own way, she's given herself to us always.

Since we were children.

I know.

You know, she was little more than a child herself

when Father and Mother died in... in that accident, but...

you were just a little babe,

and you wouldn't remember anything of that.

You're not the only one indebted to her, we all are.

Why, we're the only family she'll ever have.

Oh, Lorraine, I'm so sorry.

We better finish the dishes before Sarah gets back.

You know what she'll do.

Fire!

The shed's on fire!

Sarah!

Heather, stay here.

No, I want to help! Stay here!

Oh, Sarah!

Gabrielle, go get those gunnysacks.

Come on.

Come on, we've got to get it...

What is it?

This was no accident.

What do you mean?

I mean that bottle had kerosene in it

and that rag was stuck in it.

It was lit and thrown in here.

You mean this fire was...

Arson!

Deliberate arson.

Who would do such a thing?

Not even the Devil could be so cruel.

I think I know who did it.

And he may well be the Devil.

Roy, if that fire was set,

then someone is after the Lowell place.

I can't figure out why.

Just... can't seem to put my finger on it.

Miss Sarah Lowell thinks she has put her finger on it.

She claims that you're trying to scare them off their ranch

so's you can get it for your mortgage.

Oh, she does?

Well, isn't that nice?

That Miss Sarah Lowell,

she's sure an orderly woman, isn't she?

Makes everything neat and tidy,

under a nice big heading.

The trouble is, her headings are all wrong.

But what's the right heading?

I don't know, Roy.

Sure wish I did.

But I know there's an answer somewhere.

I'm going to try to find it.

There are Hess and Little Joe with the supplies.

I'll see you later, Roy.

Hoss, go over to the courthouse

and check the tax records on the Landcastle place.

Go back five or ten years, will you?

Yeah, all right.

Joe, as soon as we get these supplies back,

I'd like you to go over every inch of the Lowell place.

Somebody wants that place so bad,

I want to find out why.

Good.

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♪♪

Cattle tracks, that's a branding iron,

campsite-- not too old-- and this...

this carving.

That carving's just like the one

that Catlin's partner had that day at the auction.

What'd you find?

Well, I... I found that old Reed Landcastle

was delinquent in his taxes, all right.

But only in the last year before he died.

Those taxes had been increased nine times more

than anybody else paid for land that same size.

I tell you, Pa, it looked to me

like those figures had been changed.

I mean, it looked like they'd been smudged, or something.

I'll get it.

Hey, Roy. Come on in.

Evenin', Joe.

Ben. Hoss.

Roy.

Well, I'm glad to see you.

We were coming out to have a talk with you.

What brings you out here?

Well, I just come out to ask Joe a question.

Yeah? What?

Were you riding around the Lowell sisters' place today?

Yeah.

Then I gotta arrest you.

Well, what for?

I sent him out there.

Heather Lowell took pretty sick late this afternoon.

The doc was there

and he said that he found their well polluted.

Well, what are you saying? You think I polluted the well?

Joe, I've known you since you were that high.

I know that you couldn't possibly do anything like that.

Well, then, what are you talking about?

Miss Sarah Lowell signed a formal complaint,

and with Joe admitting that he was on their land...

I have no choice.

I've gotta take him in. That's the law.

Oh, that woman.

Heather is a pretty sick girl.

I understand that she's never been too strong anyhow,

and the doc says that she... might die.

...seven, eight, nine, 1,000.

There's your bail.

There's your receipt, Ben.

I'll release him into your custody until the trial.

I'll go get Little Joe.

You know, Pa, Roy is really taking this serious, ain't he?

Ah, you know Roy.

Letter-of-the-Law Coffee.

What is he doing out here, Sheriff?

Why isn't he in a cell, in chains?

He's been bailed out, ma'am.

And we don't use chains no more.

But he's responsible for poisoning our well.

Oh, Miss Lowell, please be reasonable.

Reasonable?

With a would-be murderer?

Miss Lowell, I'm sure that, even back in Boston,

a man is entitled to his freedom under proper bond.

Very well, Sheriff.

I see what civil protection consists of here.

I shall set my own house in order

without recourse to your so-called law.

Please try to understand my sister.

Gabrielle and I don't think you're behind this.

It... It's just that Sarah's upset over Heather.

I should like to purchase four guns

with suitable ammunition, please.

What was that again, ma'am?

Four guns with ammunition, sir.

Sarah, what are you doing?

My dear, Boston is behind us.

This is the uncivilized West.

We must arm ourselves to meet it on its own terms.

Well, come on in, ladies,

and, uh... take your pick.

♪♪

You know, Pa, I tell ya,

I sure wish that Sarah was as sweet-natured

as that sister of hers, Lorraine.

Well, I think the time has come to have a talk with that woman.

A real talk.

Yeah, I think you'd have more luck talking to a mule.

Well, just the same, before things get any worse,

I'd like to ease her mind.

Yeah, how you figuring on doing that?

Well, Hoss, you and I could ride out over there

and have a nice, pleasant talk with her, that's all.

Well, wait up a minute.

I'll get my horse and go with you.

Nah, nah, you've been through enough today.

Only place you're going, young fella, is home.

Oh, dear, I do wish Sarah would come back.

Perhaps the three of us together could have managed.

I think it'd be better if I tried alone, Gabrielle.

Afternoon, ladies.

Ladies.

Can I be of some help to you, Miss Lowell?

Oh, thank you.

Let me get that thing lined up for you.

There.

There you go.

Any time I can be of help, you just let me know, will you?

Oh, isn't that a nice thing to say, Gabrielle?

Indeed, it was.

Well, how are you today?

Is, uh, is your sister Sarah around?

We'd like to talk to her, if we may.

Well, she's gone out to the pasture, Mr. Cartwright.

But I'm sure she'll be back shortly.

Well...

Shouldn't we ask them in?

Why, Y-yes, I suppose.

Ah. Thank you. Won't you come in, gentlemen?

So, you see, by helping you young ladles out,

we're just trying to pay off an old debt to your uncle.

We want to help however we can.

The first thing we gotta do is find out

who's behind all this trouble.

We already know who's behind it, Mr. Cartwright.

I ask you to leave this house.

But, Sarah, the Cartwrights are our guests.

My son and I just came over as neighbors.

I'll ask you to leave in the same fashion.

Immediately.

Miss Lowell, you may find this hard to understand,

but we just came over to try to help out.

You seem determined to bury us

under deeper and deeper obligations.

And you seem equally determined to fight the wrong people.

You know, if you expended half the energy on making friends

as you do on discouraging them,

I think you'd find things a whole lot easier.

I'm gonna tell you something, Miss Lowell,

you're going down to defeat.

You seem determined to do that-- at your own hands--

And you're gonna drag your sisters along with you.

Well, let that be my responsibility.

Please leave!

Good day, ladies.

Sarah, how could you?

Did you hear him?

He practically threatened me.

He did not, you're the one who provoked him.

Why'd you have to go and spoil everything?

Oh, stop sniveling, Lorraine!

Please, go see to Heather.

Dr. Martin said she's to have constant care.

Sarah, will... will you put that weapon down?

It's Lucifer's tool.

Gabrielle...

we have no choice.

We must defend our land.

This is the only thing these people understand.

Now, what did you find out?

Well, I'll tell you what we found out.

Found out that clerk Billings

sneaked into Catlin's office a while ago.

That ties them all together.

Yeah, it sure does, doesn't it?

They haven't been able to drive the Lowell sisters

off that ranch, and now I'll bet you

they're going to try something a little more drastic.

Let's see Roy Coffee.

All right, I've taught you how to load the guns,

and we've practiced taking window positions four times.

And we'll do it again and again,

until we can do it in our sleep.

Sarah, I'm exhausted.

And besides, I will not, not ever,

shoot one of those dreadful things.

It's a question of survival.

Well, there must be other ways

for ladies to defend their house.

Sarah?

I'm ready.

Heather, get back to your bed.

You're not well enough to fight.

But Sarah...

Get back to your bed!

In this savage country,

even ladies must defend their homes

against wild animals and Indians

and their neighbors, if necessary.

But there's no need to fight the Cartwrights.

Lorraine, I will not have you weeping

at the mere mention of their names.

But, Sarah, she's right.

The Cartwrights are our friends.

I will not discuss it.

All right, get your bows and arrows.

All right, ladies, positions.

Excellent.

Now, if anyone sets foot on our land, they'll pay the penalty.

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Indians! Massacre!

Sarah!

0h!

Oh! Heather!

Come back here! Oh, but he's getting away!

Heather, you were wonderful!

You dropped that Indian like a stone.

Oh, it was easy. Heather, take cover.

No, I want to fight, too. Don't argue!

I'm not arguing, but I'm not a baby anymore.

And besides, who drew first blood?

There's something moving out there.

Oh. Don't panic. I see one.

I will not tolerate any panic.

Sarah, it's an Indian. Shoot!

Oh, I-I-I can't.

Shoot! Gabrielle!

Come on, Billings.

This is more than we bargained for.

You and your stupid ideas.

Get some more bullets.

I'll show you how to drive 'em out.

It won't be with any kids' tricks either.

What are you gonna do?

What we should've done in the first place.

All right, get rid of those stupid bows and arrows.

Get your guns.

We're gonna settle this once and for all.

You mean we're gonna kill them women?

We need this land, don't we?

Now get your guns. Get going.

Come on.

They're coming back.

Yes, I see them.

They've all got guns!

Oh, I'm-I'm afraid.

I'm-I'm terribly frightened.

Shoot.

Get down!

Mr. Cartwright, my sisters and I are deeply indebted to you.

I can only say, for myself,

that when one is in strange country,

one must exercise extreme caution.

Well, of course, Miss Lowell.

We-we can understand that.

Quiet generosity seems to be a habit with you.

You... must come over for tea

one day this week.

A-And bring your sons, too.

There's so much th-that we'd like to ask about ranching.

So much to learn.

Well, you, uh... you just ask the questions, ma'am,

and we'll be glad to supply the answers, if we can.

You know, Pa, I just don't believe it.

Just don't believe it.

Four little ladies from Beacon Hill

holding off that whole Indian tribe

like-like seasoned troopers, huh?

I think I know a few people that can believe it.

Yeah, they can sure believe that over there.

Well, ladies, time to start supper.

Sarah. Sarah. Sarah.

Well, I suppose seasoned Indian fighters

do deserve special consideration.

Company dismissed.

Won't you come in for some supper, gentlemen?

We'll be happy to.

If you need any potato peelin', Hoss will do it.

I'll even stay to eat 'em...

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