All language subtitles for The.Quick.And.The.Dead.1987.ENG

Pa? Where are we,
exactly?

What was the last
place? It was, uh

Belle Fourche,
South Dakota.

Okay. Was that
a week ago?

Okay. So we're
in Wyoming, I think.

What's the next place
we come to?

I believe
Bender's Flats.

Go on!

Hyeeh!

Yah!

Hyeeh!

I don't serve no Indians.

I'm half-breed.

You served my father.
He was white.

Go on.
Get out of here.

Hey. Serve him.

You looking
for somebody, breed?

No.

Good.

What do you do?

Anything.

Who told you to come here?

I heard
you're not particular.

I heard anyone
can ride with you.

Did you also hear

that I threw a breed
down a well last year

with an anvil tied on his foot?

Just in case
he didn't drown,

he wouldn't be able
to crawl out.

What does that tell you, breed?

It tells me you like
to hear yourself talk.

Give him another one.

Ain't seen you in a long spell.

It's been a year since
you been through here, ain't it?

Been making some
wide circles, Joy.

Good to see you.

You, too.

Got a loose shoe here.
You wanna take a look?

Sure thing.

Who's inside?

Oh. Doc Shabitt.

Whole gang of them rode
in about three days ago.

Some Indian joined them
less than an hour ago.

I don't think
he's one of them.

He isn't.

I've been trackin' him
for 300 miles.

Sounds personal.

Yeah.

Go on!

Pilgrims coming.

Come on!

Come on!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Howdy.

Hello.

This Bender's Flats?

Bender's Flats,

that's right
where you are.

Bender's been dead
for some few years.

Town kind of died
with him, I'm afraid.

I'm sorry.

Never knowed Bender myself.

One-legged drunk,
so they say.

Got his self caught
in a flash flood.

He had three fingers
of whiskey

still in his jug.

Unlucky fella,
so they say.

Sure.
Name's Doc Shabitt.

Y'all come far?

I beg your pardon?

Oh, I say,
have you come far?

Ah, yes.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania? Whoo!

That's a right far piece

from hereabouts,
ain't it? Yeah.

How come you folks are
traveling alone

this far north?

There was an
outbreak of cholera

about two weeks out of
Independence.

We had to leave the train.
A lot of people died.

Would anybody object if we
camped near here for tonight?

What the hell you want
to do that for?

We got a perfectly good
empty building right there

across the street y'all
are welcome to stay in.

The woman and your rug rat there

sweep out the spider
leavings and the cooties,

hey, you'd be right snug.

Oh, well, thank you.
That's very kind.

You're welcome to it.

Yeah, well,
shall we just ride on?

-Yeah. Yeah.
-Yes. Thank you.

We have, you know,
so we'll just--

Go on, Molly!

I sure do admire
them people's horses, Pa.

Yeah, they're nice,
ain't they?

Look like eastern stock.

Maybe Kentuck'-bred.

Sure is a powerful heavy load
they're pullin' on that wagon.

We could get a sight
of money for them mules, too.

We sure could.

I reckon this might be
a pretty good deal.

I reckon it might.

The woman's mine.

Been a long time
since I had me a woman

that I could
smell something of

besides garlic and sweat.

Eat your bread.

Thanks.

Pa.

Howdy.
Mind if I ride in?

Sure, you can ride in.

I seen your smoke.

Figured you might
have some coffee.

Oh. Yeah.

Sure, we have some coffee.

Thank you, ma'am.

My name is
Duncan McKaskel.

You're a mighty
handsome woman, ma'am.

This is my wife.

Kind of figured that.

She's still
a handsome woman.

Is there anything else
we can do for you?

I just rode in to see

if you were partial to those two
horses you used to have.

What do you mean used to have?

Don't have 'em anymore.
They been took.

Tom, check the horses.

Couple of fellers
drove them out of here

just before first light.

They're gone, Pa.

-Our horses are gone.
-Who took them?

Those men you saw in
that settlement

you passed through
yesterday.

Why didn't you stop them?

Well, mister,
they're not my horses.

None of my business.

It's a serious offense,
stealing horses.

Folks generally make
their own laws out here.

You're gonna have to
deal with those men.

No, Duncan. I don't want you to.
It's not worth it.

It's just for horses.
We can get more.

If you don't
go after those horses,

they're gonna come for
the rest of your outfit

and your woman.

They're calling you out.

No, Duncan, please.
There are too many.

Oh, Susanna.

I don't want you to go.

Susanna, try not
to be frightened.

I'll handle it.

Where are they now,
the horses?

Tied up in front
of the saloon,

just waitin' for you.

How do you know
so much about this?

I mean, how do we know that
he's not one of them?

You don't, ma'am.

-McKaskel.
-Duncan!

One of them
wears a bowler hat.

Keep your rifle on him.

If you have to shoot,
shoot to kill.

Wounds won't impress them.
They all been shot before.

Susanna, Susanna.
I'll handle it.

Better bring your
mules up, boy.

Have this wagon
ready to roll

if your old man
comes back.

Yes, sir.

You mean when he comes back.

No, ma'am. I mean if.

Are you his woman?

He's my husband.

I asked if
you're his woman.

Yes.

I'm his woman
and his wife

and proud of it.

Well, if he don't
come back,

you're going to have
to make a choice--

me or them.

Morning.

I see you found my horses.

Mind telling me
what you're doing, mister?

Thank you for
holding them for me.

They must have run off
in the night.

Your horses, you say.

How do we know that?

Those horses just come
wanderin' in here.

We figure to keep them.
What do you say, Dobbs?

Yeah, I figure we ought to
keep them.

That makes two of us.

No. That makes three of us.

This just ain't right.

You can't come walkin' in here

and pick yourself out a
couple of good horses

and then ride on out
like they were yours.

Can I just ask,

is there a preacher
in town?

A what?

A preacher. You know,
a man of the cloth?

A preacher? Ha!

Well, yes, I

I don't like to think
of anybody dying

without benefit of clergy.

Hold it, Red.

See where he's got that gun
aimed at?

These are my horses,
and I'm taking them.

Come on.

Who the hell's he got
backing him up?

It ain't his woman
or that boy.

When you and Red made off with
them horses this morning,

did you see
any other tracks?

We never had no call
to be looking for tracks.

You said bring them horses,
we brung them horses in.

Damn it, somebody's with them,
that's for sure.

Ain't no pilgrim woman
or boy either

gonna be doin' any
shootin' like that.

Whoa, hey.

Oh, Duncan.

Take a horse, son.

Come on, take him. Come on.

We have to
get out of here.

Yes, we do.

We have to get out of here
right now.

Where's that stranger?

He left right behind you.

We heard shooting.

Well, that must've been him.

There's a couple men dead
back there.

The team's hitched, Pa,
and we're all packed up.

Ah, good thinking,
Susanna.

Not mine.
It was his thinking.

He said if you got
the horses back

that we should get moving fast.

Then let's get moving fast.
Tie them on, Tom.

Come on.

There you go.

Thanks, Ma.

Ok, mule, go on, now!

Go on. Go on!

Son?

They killed my boy.

He was my only son.

Somebody get a shovel.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry about that.

I had no right to bring you out
here, I had no right at all.

That's not true. No, it's not.

We discussed
this thing together.

No, but, Susanna--

We all took part
in the decision,

the decision that we made was
that this was the best thing.

It's easy to make
a decision like that

when you're in a comfortable
sitting room.

You're not facing it,

I mean, out here
we're face to face with it.

Duncan, did you
aim your rifle

right at the man
with the bowler hat?

Dead center.

Would you have
shot him?

No. I kept thinking,

If I shoot him,
then I'll be dead.

But you went in anyway.

I had to go in.
I had no choice. I had to go in.

Did the gunfighter
shoot the horse thieves?

No. No, no, no, no. That man is
not a gunfighter, Tom.

I'll bet he is. Just like
in the dime magazines.

Tom, what you read
in the dime magazines

is not real life.
These are just stories.

Yes, it's just pretend.

They're gone!

They're gone.
Well, Goddamn, Dobbs,

that's a right smart
observation.

Folks ain't where
they used to be,

they're normally gone.

We don't know.

We know where
he done his shooting from.

Now,
what's that tell us, Doc?

Tells me he can put a bullet in
a man's head at 300 yards.

So what? There's six of us
agin one of him.

Well, there was eight of us
this morning.

Think positive, boy!

Them pilgrims have got
four good mules,

they got two fine horses, and
they got a heavy-loaded wagon.

And a woman.

I tell you what,
I wouldn't be a bit surprised

if they're carrying gold,

heavy as that wagon is.

There's only one thing
I want off that wagon.

Are we goin'
after them, or not?

Yeah, we're goin', Red.
We're gonna go nice and slow,

'cause I ain't ridin'
into no head shot.

How are we gonna change it?

We'll lift it,
take this off,

and put
the other one on.

He's back.

Well.

First thing you gotta do

is unhitch those mules.

Better move
those two horses, boy.

Tie them up somewhere.

Yes, sir.

What's your name, son?

Tom.

Tom, huh?
Old dad wouldn't be

in the furniture
business, would he?

He was a teacher
before we left home.

For a teacher,
he's got a lot to learn.

Excuse me, sir,
but what are you doing?

Got to lift
this wagon, ma'am.

Please be careful--

Can't do that with
this junk in it.

Yes, I know, but,

-just be careful.
-Watch your fingers, ma'am.

-And this bed--
-Watch your hands, there, lady.

Some of these pieces have been
in my family for generations.

Mother was born on this bed,
and so was Tom.

This is our home.
These things are precious to us.

Perhaps a man like you
can't understand that.

No, I reckon not.

I'll take good care of them,
ma'am.

We'll get it loaded again.

Thanks. Okay, I'll help you.

Here, Tom.

Wait.

Please be careful
with the rocker.

Yes, ma'am. The rocker.

Got it.

You know
what to do, Tom?

Yes, sir.

You gonna help?

Yes.

All right? You ready?

All right, bring her up.

Just a little more.

Almost.

It's on.

You got a damn good
woman, McKaskel.

Yes, sir.

Damn fine.

If I was you,
I'd hook up the team

and leave about half of
these priceless heirlooms

layin' right here.

Sir. You've helped us.
You saved my life,

and I shake to think
what would've happened

to my family
if you hadn't.

But I have to ask you
to be careful

how you talk
about my wife.

Damn, man, look at her.

Don't you think she's
a fine-looking woman?

Yes, I think so.

And you can think so.

I just wish
you'd stop saying it.

You can't put that
in there.

We have to put
those pieces in first.

Get into the red rocks.

You'll find a draw
to make camp tonight.

He just assumes
we'll do what he says.

Because he knows
we need to.

It'd sure be more
to my liking

if we just rode them down
and had it done.

Well, the deeper they get
into this country,

the less likely it'll be
somebody who'll come along

and step into
what's left of them.

All I wanna know is how we're
gonna split up the goods.

Dobbs, take a ride
up there

and have a look around.
We'll wait here.

Aw damn, Doc,
why don't you send the breed?

Would you go up there?

Can't you see the man's busy?

Hey, hey, now.
Wait a minute, mister.

Should've sent
the breed.

Hey, I got
no quarrel with you.

I don't know you.

Hell, I ain't even
ever seen you before.

There really ain't
no call for this.

I wonder why it is

the men who plead
for mercy

never give it.

Dobbs was wondering how we're
gonna split up the goods.

Anybody want his boots?

Thank you, Tom.

How about if I read
one of those stories to you

tonight after dinner?

The dime novels?

If you like.

Pa. Pa!

Mm-hmm?

Figured you ain't had
any fresh meat for a while.

Are you going to
get down and join us,

or are you just
passing through again?

Never like
to impose, ma'am.

Yes, sir, McKaskel,
you are a lucky man.

She can cook, too.

You think they're
still following us?

Damn right, I do.

I think they're
just sitting back, waiting,

waiting for you
to get bogged down

somewhere so they can
have you dead to rights.

You folks got a lot to learn.

I think you'll find
we're good pupils.

I ain't runnin'
no school here, McKaskel.

Oh?

Keep your eyes open and
watch what you're about.

If you live long enough,
you'll learn.

Pardon me,

but we don't even
know your name.

Names don't count for
much out here, ma'am.

He's called The Dark Stranger
of The Prairie.

Name's Vallian.

Con Vallian.

Where are you from?

Hereabouts.

Son of a mountain man
and a Blackfoot squaw.

Your mother
was an Indian?

That's right, boy,
a Blackfoot.

But that makes you a--

A half-breed.

Well, you folks better
stand guard tonight,

at least until first light.

When the sun comes up,

you should already
be on the move.

Don't light that
fire again tonight.

You're not going
to stay here with us?

I try never to be where
I'm thought to be, ma'am.

You folks oughta try
doin' the same.

If Shabitt's outfit
catches up with you,

you'll all be dead

all except for you,
ma'am,

and you'll wish you were.

Why do you like
to scare her?

Goddammit, man, those men are
something to be scared of!

Duncan, maybe the worst they'll
do is take everything we own.

No. The worst
they'll do is kill you.

Nosiree, it ain't the worst.

Pa? Pa?

Hmm?

What if those men come
and Mr. Vallian's not here?

I'm here.

Yes, sir.

I'll water the mules.

I--I hurt Pa's
feelings, didn't I?

You didn't mean to.

Maybe being sorry means
you'll think next time

before you speak.

Mother?

Yeah?

Is it wrong to wish my Pa

was more like that man?

They're in there.

They got somebody
with them?

I don't know.
There's no fire, no movement.

Well, how do you know
they're in there?

The wagon, the stock.

If they weren't pilgrims
that don't know nothin',

I'd think this was
a set-up for an ambush.

Hell, that pilgrim and
his woman and kid

don't know nothing
about no ambush.

Well, somebody
sure as hell does.

That son of a bitch

was probably born
during an ambush or worse.

Let's just go on in there
and take 'em, Doc.

You ain't thinking
this through, Ike.

We know the pilgrim's
got a rifle, it's a repeater.

We don't know whether
they got other guns

or if the woman
and the boy can shoot.

And if there's somebody with
them and they can all shoot--

maybe I oughta
go in by myself,

just kind of see
where they all are.

Especially the woman,
huh, Red?

Go on.

Go on. Walk on in there.

We hear a shot,
we know you bought the farm.

You dumb son of a bitch.

Duncan.

Duncan.

Quick.

Uh!

Uhh

Oh!

No! No!

Easy, easy. Take it easy.

Are you hurt?

It was one
of those men.

Did he hurt you?

No! I hit him with a stick.

You did real good,
Mrs. McKaskel,

real good.

Duncan. I have to--

No. Let him sleep.
Let him sleep.

They're not going to try
anything else tonight.

Because of what I did?

That, and they
know I'm around.

That makes 'em nervous.

You're certain?

Yes.

I think you should know
that I love my husband.

That was a mistake.

I know.

I still don't understand why you
didn't wake me for my watch.

Mr. Vallian said
I didn't need to.

Vallian was here
during the night?

Well, I don't think he's ever
really very far away.

If I'm gonna stand watch with
you and Tom each night,

I need something more
dependable than a stick.

You're not supposed to do
anything,

you're just supposed
to wake me.

Yes. But what if
I can't wake you?

I mean, what if there's
not enough time?

What do you mean,
what if you can't wake--

Duncan.

I want you to teach me
how to use your rifle

and your shotgun.

Is this you talking
or Vallian?

You hit it, Ma! You hit it!

When I was through
with that damn war,

I promised myself I would
never again be responsible

for the death
of another human being.

One does
what one has to.

I now realize
that this country's

not just filled with nice,
well-mannered people,

back east, we had laws
to restrain them.

Out here,
we have nothing.

We have no choice.

I have no choice.

Ike, he's awake.

Go see if
the son of a bitch

can talk yet.

Hey, Red.

Red!

We'd kind of admire
to know what happened to ya

before we went on.

That woman.

Red?

Are you saying the woman
done this to you?

She meant to kill me.

Said the woman
done it to him.

-Go away.
-Yeah,

I don't believe it.
There ain't no way

that damn little
snit of a woman's

gonna do something
like that

to a big man like Red. No.

I tell you what, Doc,

why don't you just walk over
there and call him a liar

to what's left
of the rest of his face?

Why don't we
just give it up, Doc, huh?

What's the matter, boy,
you homesick?

No, I ain't homesick, I just--

You know, you got
a poor spirit, son!

I think your mama must
have had weak blood.

I'll tell you where
we made our mistake--

when we thought
they were gonna be easy.

'Cause of that, we got three
dead and one stove up.

Pilgrims didn't shoot your son.

It was him and
he watches us now.

What do you mean?

What he's saying is
we better get him first,

or else he'll
pick us off one by one,

just like he's been doing.

Let's find the son of a bitch!

Come on!

You ain't leaving me
for crow bait.

I can't ride.

None of you's going nowhere

'til I can.

This is my brother.

He's the handsome one.

He's a lieutenant
in the seventh cavalry.

That's General Custer's
regiment.

I know, boy.

This is the new house he and his
friends are building for us.

It's west of Fort Kearny

at the foot
of the Bighorn Mountains.

John's letters made
the West sound so romantic.

Beautiful, opportunities.

Duncan and he are gonna
raise cattle together.

We're going to supply meat

for everyone west
of the Mississippi.

Well, that's pretty country.

You folks oughta be real happy
there if you make it.

What do you mean
if we make it?

What else, Mr. Vallian?

There's something
you're not telling us.

There's an Indian with them.

What tribe?

He's a Ute, boy.

What makes him so special?

I didn't say he was special.

But he is, isn't he?

He's a good tracker.

What else makes him special?

He led a raid
on a Blackfoot camp.

Killed a lot
of women and children,

including my mother.

Whoa!

You got company.

What company?

Indians.

What? Where?

You got any guns
besides that rifle?

Shotgun.

Boy, you get in the back
with that shotgun.

Let the barrel peek out
where they can see it.

Mrs. McKaskel,
pick up that rifle.

When push comes to shove,
use it.

What are we going
to do, watch?

I'll watch you. Mrs. McKaskel,
hand me your bible.

A bible? You want me
to throw it at them?

I'm gonna watch you preach.

What are you talking about?
I'm not a preacher!

Preach to the earth,
to the sky,

to the grass,
and to the Sioux.

I'll look like a fool!

The crazier they think you are,
the safer you're gonna be.

Indians don't see any point
in killing crazy people,

even white ones. Go on.

All right,
here they come.

Start preaching,
McKaskel,

and make it good.

All right. Uh

Now these are the names
of the children of Israel.

Louder.

Jacob
Louder!

Reuben!

Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, and Judah.

Louder, McKaskel.

And all the souls
came out of the loins of Jacob

were souls for Joseph
was in Egypt already!

Joseph died,
and all his brethren

and all that generation!

The children of Israel
were fruitful

and increased abundantly
multitide, multi--

Let us deal
wisely with them

lest they multiply,
and it comes to pass

that, uh,
when the falls, fall, falls,

fall upon any war

and fight against us!

He says to shut up.

What?

He says shut up!

It was your idea!

He says while hunger
claws at his belly,

you're making
his head sick.

Oh, I'm sorry.

What-what did he say?

Says they're hungry.
They want food.

Oh. We don't have much.

McKaskel, that ain't horse hair
hanging on that spear,

it's scalps.

Susanna,
would you pass down

that haunch
of venison, please?

Tom, get the meat.

Ah.

Here you are.

Uh

would you like, um

You got

you got my

my hat.

Thank you.

You did good, McKaskel.

Are you all right,
Susanna?

Yes.

What is it, Vallian?

What did the Indian tell you?

He said that all
the plains nations

came together
at the Little Bighorn.

Custer's dead.

He said that all the men

in Custer's regiment
are dead.

Do you believe that?

I believe those scalps,
Mrs. McKaskel.

John.

Oh.

I'm sorry about your brother.

So you figuring on
turning around

and heading back
for Pennsylvania?

Nothing to go back to.

We sold our house,
sent the money to John.

Everything we own
is in that wagon.

Then you're going on.

I don't see that we have
a choice.

There's always a choice.

Yeah, maybe. Well, whatever
direction we take,

we may still have
those men to face.

I'd say so.

There are six, right?

There are five

maybe only four.

What do you mean?
You killed one?

What about the other one?

Susanna, what has this
got to do with you?

Susanna!

I didn't shoot anyone.

You didn't shoot anyone?

What did you do, did you
knife him, strangle him, what?

I hit him
in the face with a stick.

What?
And then I beat him.

And where was I
during this battle?

Maybe she didn't figure
you could handle it.

You shut up!

You're encouraging
this violence!

No, Duncan!

You got your rifle to go
back and get our horses

and you pointed it at a man.

Mr. Vallian made you
do nothing!

I know! I know! And I know this
could have been stopped!

How?

Diplomacy, barter--

Oh, yes, and
then we'd all be dead!

The steps that are taken
after a war!

After 20,000 men lie dead!

And the fools had to realize
those are the steps

they should have taken
in the first place.

Now, I'm one of those fools
'cause I listened to you!

So now instead of horses,
these men want our blood!

Let me tell you something,
McKaskel.

You've been acting
like the meek

are gonna inherit the Earth.

The meek ain't gonna inherit
nothin' west of Chicago.

Now, if you're serious about
getting where you're going,

then dump what you're
carrying on that wagon.

I'm through
with your advice, Vallian!

No more!

Bye, boy.

Mister?

I want you to stop
making my pa look bad

in front of my mother.

Is that what
I've been doing?

Yes, sir. Even if
you don't mean it,

but I think you do.

Well, boy,
I can't be nobody but me.

Maybe when
my mother's watching,

you don't have to be
so much you.

Sticking up
for your old pa, huh?

Yes, sir.

You listen
to your folks, boy.

They'll learn you right,

except about Indians
and wild country,

then you listen to me.

Going hunting at dawn.
You want to come along?

I've never hunted.

I never had, either,
until the first time.

Damn.

Boy, that's got to hurt.

It hurts me
just to look at it.

I tell you what,
old buddy,

we've got to be
on our way.

Not without me,
you're not.

Now, Red, be reason--

Don't come
no closer, Doc.

What?

You think that I'd harm you?

Hey, that hurts my feelings.

Step aside so I can
see them others.

Red, I'm the best friend--

Step aside!

Now, where's the Indian?

Where'd he go?

Hey, Ute!

Ute!

Isn't that just like an Indian?

They're never where they're
supposed to be.

Mmm.

I wonder where he went.

What about your pa, boy?

Was he in the war?

He was a sergeant
in the Union army.

He was a hero.

Is that a fact?

Yes, sir.
He killed a lot of rebels.

He got shot at someplace
called Gettysburg.

He was hurt bad,
and Ma said it changed him.

Changed him how?

Well, before the war,
Pa had a bad temper

and got in lots of fights.

He doesn't do that now.

But if you think my pa's
not tough, you're wrong.

Tough, huh?

As a nail, mister.

Keeping your eyes
open, boy?

Sure I am. Why?

You don't always
have time to study

when you're
hunting, boy.

You see and you act,

only you don't shoot
at movement.

Never squeeze off
a shot until you know

exactly what
you're shooting at.

Tenderfeet, man, they'll shoot
at anything that moves.

Shoot cows, horses,
dogs, and each other.

Out here, we just kill
what we need to live,

just like a wolf does,
or a bear.

Go on, boy! Get out of here!
Go get your pa!

Yes, sir.

Get the wagon, Tom.

Where are you hit?

A long way from my heart.

Are you stemming it?

Yeah.

I ain't going to be
much good to you

for a couple of days,
McKaskel.

It's your fight now.

Ugh!

Damn, what is this stuff?

Kentucky corn liquor,
190 proof.

I use it to clean
the rust off my tools.

Susanna, now,
you have to hold his arm,

hold his arm 'cause he'll
want to move it.

Tom, come-come over here.
Come on.

Come in there, now just--you
put all your weight on his arm.

He'll try to move it.
Don't you let him.

Wait a minute, McKaskel.
Have you ever done this before?

You're not scared,
are you?

It's a reasonable question,
isn't it?

Sure, it is. Sure, it's
a reasonable question.

Yes, I have. I've done it
a number of times,

never successfully.

Boy, give me
that bottle again.

Here. All right.

All right.

Hold him. Hold him.

Ah!

This is the-give me a second.
Just give me a second.

I see it, I see it.

Got it!

The wagon.

Unload that goddamn wagon.

You should have
finished me, Indian.

Duncan.

Duncan, you've hardly
spoken to me for two days.

Are you surprised?

What?

I'm not stupid, Susanna,
and I'm not blind.

And I know that.

What is going on with you?

I want to
ask you a question.

Will you answer me honestly?

I can't answer the question
until I've heard the question.

All right!

Yes! I've never
lied to you before

and you know that.

Do you love him?

No.

I don't love him.

All right.
I'll never mention it again.

Go on!

Whoa.

Hi, boy.

Ma, Pa, come quick!

Whoa.

Great God almighty!

There's your heavy wagon
loaded with gold, Doc.

Well, I'll be damned, Doc.

If I ain't mistaken,

I think there's
somebody in this bed.

Yeah.

I can hear him plain.

That damn pilgrim's
laughin' at us.

You know, I can't says
I blame him none.

I mean, we started out with
eight. We done down to four.

Ain't no woman doin' this to me
and getting off scot-free!

Payback! That's what
I'm talking about, Ike! Payback!

Payback for my boy, and
payback for Red's face!

We darn lost two days on
account of Red's face.

They're gonna be traveling
one hell of a lot faster now

they got rid of all this junk.

Yeah, well, I ain't
givin' up nothin',

and you're in this to the end
whether you like it or not.

Come on.

Ike.

I got an awful feeling
about this, Ike.

We ain't meant to do this.

It's like there's a voice
talking to me inside.

Ike?

You've been asleep
a long time.

You just been
sitting there

looking at me like that
the whole time?

Yes.

I've been watching
over you for a change.

Does it make you
uncomfortable?

Ma'am, when somebody
stares at me

through a pair
of blue eyes like yours,

it makes me
real uncomfortable.

Well, you make me
uncomfortable, too.

Nobody's ever looked
at me the way you do.

Well, good.

Makes us even,
doesn't it?

Another time, another place,
Mrs. McKaskel,

I'd have chased you down
'til you dropped.

I got a lot of
feelings for you, ma'am.

But the way I see it,

I can't always do
what I want to do,

especially when there's
other people's feelings

to think about.

You're a real gentleman.

Yeah.

Thank you, Mr. Vallian

for everything.

You folks probably
saved my life.

I reckon that's thanks enough.

Boys, we lost them.

What?

Yeah, I done rode a mile circle,

and there ain't
a track anywhere.

Hell, there's got to
be sign in all this snow!

Well, I'm tellin' ya
there ain't.

They're traveling with
a light wagon now, Doc,

and this is a wet, heavy snow.
They ain't out there.

Been raining and
snowing for two days, Doc.

Ain't no tracks
gonna last in this.

It's too damn early for snow.

It ain't gonna last.

They're headed
for the Bighorns.

Ain't no reason
they'd change.

Come on, boys.
We'll keep on going.

We'll pick up their tracks.

This here's
plumb miserable.

Miserable?!

You want to talk
about miserable,

you look at this.

Only thing that's
gonna make me feel better

is to get even!

Hey, I wanna
tell you something

right now, little brother.

I'm sorry I ain't
been listening to you.

It ain't too late, Ike.

Yeah, it is, too.

Yeah, it is, 'cause
we done come too far.

It ain't never too late

unless you're dead.

Come on! Come on!

Duncan!
Duncan, stop!

Whoa!

Are you sure?

Oh, yes.

I'm sure.

Can I go in?

Sure, you can.

What are you making, boy?

Oh, I'm making a boat

to sail on
the creek tomorrow.

Uh-huh.

How is it you never owned
one of those handguns

yourself, McKaskel?

Because a long time ago,

I planned never to pick
up another one.

What line of work were you in
before the war?

He worked for the
Underground Railroad.

The what?

The Underground Railroad.

He helped slaves escape into
Canada, didn't you, Pa?

For a living,
I taught school.

Were you in the war,
Mr. Vallian?

No, ma'am.

I was right up here.

It wasn't any
of my business.

None of my business either.

Oh!

John was right
about the sky.

It does somehow seem bigger.

Yes, it does.

Oh, Duncan,
I think we can make

a good life out here.

Hmm.

I can just feel it.

I know it.

Well

there may be some more bad
before the good begins.

Well, we'll just have to
handle it, won't we?

Yes, we will.
Yes, we will.

Mother!

Mother!

Yeah?

Can I have a dog here?

I don't see why not.

We'll have to look for one.

But isn't it true
that Indians eat dogs?

Yes, I've heard they do.

Mr. Vallian's part Indian.

What if he eats our dog?

Well, I wouldn't be surprised
at anything Mr. Vallian did.

We'll just have to
hide it from him.

Grab that.

You got a good woman,
McKaskel.

So you keep telling me.

-Guts.
-What?

She's got guts.

Is there anything else you would
like to tell me about my wife?

Nope.

Have you actually
ever done a day's work

in your life, Vallian?

I've worked hard
every day of my life, mister.

At what?

Staying alive.

What do you think, Doc?
Upstream, downstream?

Goddamn, I don't know.

Whoa.

Get a bit of water
while we're here.

Hey, Ike!
What the hell is that?

Huh?

I'll be damned!

I'll be damned. That looks just
like a kid's boat, don't it?

Let's go.

Hey!

In the cabin!

Get on the floor, Tom.

Oh, God.

Best you come out, ma'am.

We come a long way
to talk to you.

We know your man
ain't in there.

Leave us alone!

You better come out
and be sociable.

That cabin of yours

would make
a right nice fire.

Remember us?

I haven't come out here
to be sociable.

I've come out here
to tell you something.

Go on and talk.

We got a lot of time.

My husband
and my son and I

would like very much
to be left alone.

You would, huh?

Now, I'm asking you
as nicely as I know how

to just turn
your horses around

and ride away
from here, please.

What if we don't?

Then you'll die.

Oh.

We'll die, huh?

Now, you've been warned.
That's all I have to say.

Howdy, ma'am.

You remember Red.

You stay right there.

I've waited a long time
for you, darlin'.

I'm warning you.

Please.

Please!

Stop!

Get down there.

I'll be there
as quick as I can.

Okay.

Are they going to kill us, Ma?

No! Get under the table!

Get everything in the back,
gather up some kindling!

-No!
-Put it against the back

of that cabin.
I'll cover you.

Let's get outta here
right now!

Damn it, I said do it!

Duncan.

They tell me burning
is a terrible way to die!

Ike?

Yeah?

You got enough?

Yeah.

Well, light it up!

You still got time, lady.

And you got a choice.

That's more than
my boy ever had.

Ike?

Yeah!

Is it burnin'?

Yeah!

Drop the gun.

I said drop it.

It's Pa!

Tom, down!

Well, now, normally

when a man's
got a gun trained on me,

I do just what he says.

But I don't think
you got the gumption

to pull that trigger.

It's one thing
to kill a man

from a distance
like an animal.

It's something else
to kill him

when you're looking him
in the eye.

Ain't it, pilgrim?

Susanna.

Oh, Susanna.

Tom.

Hey, mister.

Damn.

You folks are quick.

Both of you.

But you still gotta remember
to watch your back.

So

You're off and away.

Yup. Blackfoot woman
up on the Green River

expects me about
this time every year.

How's the chest wound?

It's fine. I almost
forgot about it.

So, back to normal and
ready for anything, huh?

You bet I am.

Uh!

You are slowing down
a little, Vallian.

Maybe you should consider
a different kind of life.

I ain't slowin' down
that much, McKaskel.

There's something you should
know before you leave.

You've angered me,
you've embarrassed me,

you've shamed me,

you've certainly worried
the hell out of me,

but through it all,

there's something that
I've always responded to.

There's a kindness
in you, Vallian.

That's what I'll miss.

You're welcome to
Sunday dinner anytime,

on one condition--

you come with it
draped over your horse.

I'd like that.

I'd like seeing that

fine-looking woman
of yours anytime.

You got a little sand
there, McKaskel.

Nourish it,
and you're apt to turn out

to be quite a westerner.

Bye, boy.

Bye, sir.

I told you
my pa was tough!

Your husband
just said good-bye.

So I see.

So you're leaving?

I don't want to
overstay my welcome.

I hope you find
a good life somewhere.

My life ain't that bad, ma'am.

For me, it's the best.
Always the best.

I guess wild things
don't do well in gardens.

Wild things gotta be free.

You got a couple of good men
over there, Mrs. McKaskel.

Take care of 'em.

Take good care
of yourself, Susanna.

You take good care of
yourself, Con Vallian.