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Attention now here.

Gentlemen, you want to step forward?

Lady, you want to let the men go through?

The auction's about to commence.

All right. Our opening bid is $500.

Do I hear $500?

$500. Well, we got ourselves an opening bid.

Now do I hear $550?

$550 for this lovely house located right here in the heart of town.

$550.

$550 it is. Do I hear $600?

$600, folks. Look at her.

All she needs is a little fixing up to make an ideal business downstairs, find

home upstairs for some lucky family.

Always wanted to expand.

$600.

$625.

$640. $650.

Do I hear $675?

All right, $650 going once, $650 going twice.

$700. $700.

$700 going once, $700 going twice.

Sold to the man for $700.

Step right up, sir, and get the title from your new broderie.

I can't believe it. Believe it.

You know that I must apologize, sir? It seems that I have made a terrible

mistake. Mistake? I seem to have miscalculated the minimum bid. I started

much too low.

That can't be.

Well, looking back on what we've got invested here, the bank would have my

if I ever let it go for this amount.

But you said so, and I paid you. Well, only the bank determines when a sale is

final. We have the right to sell to whomever we choose.

I know what you're doing, mister. Don't think I don't.

And our money is as good as anybody else.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

You know exactly what she's talking about.

Yeah. If it were up to me. It is up to you, Mr. Bancroft. It is up to the First

National Bank of Denver.

Oh, it's you again.

Yes, and you didn't like selling me my property any more than you're liking

this. I've been here. Don't think... Robert E. was the highest bidder. He

accepted his offer.

That'll stand in the court of law.

I bought that house fair and square.

My.

He may have bought it, but he ain't never gonna live in it.

Good morning.

Oh, that it is, Dr. Michael. Very good morning.

Congratulations on your new house.

Why, thank you, Brian.

You must feel wonderful.

Oh, when I think about how long and hard we worked, saving every penny, doing

without.

Oh, I can't tell you how wonderful it is.

It's easy little work, but I'll have it in fine shape in no time.

When are you planning on moving in?

After the rain stays away and the good Lord's willing, we'll be putting out the

welcome mat to come next week.

We'll live upstairs and downstairs.

Brand new kitchen for my cafe.

No more freezing your tail off at that outdoor stove.

You must be excited.

I woke up today and thought, am I dreaming?

Or did I buy myself a house yesterday?

He made me pinch him to be sure.

Well, good luck with everything.

Just call us if you need any help.

You already helped, Dr. May.

Morning, Lauren, Jake.

Don't you think it's wonderful?

Robert E. and Grace getting their own house.

Everybody's so all fired up about it as you are.

Well, they must be envious.

An adorable little house, and I believe they got a bargain.

Lauren's always had his eye on that place.

Oh, you should have been higher, Lauren.

Morning, folks.

I need to buy some nails. Thought I had enough to finish the railing. Well,

we're out of nails.

I just bought some the other day. You had plenty.

Well, we're out of them now.

Can you get some from Denver?

That could take three weeks. Three weeks?

I have some up at the homestead property.

They're Sully's, but I'm sure you wouldn't mind if I used some.

Thanks. I'll ask him.

Just because you wanted that house for yourself, Lauren. Oh, that ain't it.

Never had no colored neighbors.

Don't want to have any now.

Why doesn't Mr. Bray want Robert E. and Grace as his neighbors?

Well, Brian, I'm not sure that's quite the way he feels.

Yes, it does.

He said it right out loud.

He don't want no colored neighbors.

Well, he did say that, but it's hard to believe that he really means it. Of

course he means it.

See the way he treats the Indians and the immigrants?

Why?

Well, some people aren't very tolerant of others who are different. They're

afraid of what they don't know.

But everybody knows Robert E.

He's just the same as us.

Yes, he is, Brian. He's just the same.

Matthew, where are you going?

Out.

At this hour?

There's a meeting tonight.

I didn't hear about any meeting.

It's for the menfolk.

New social club, I hear.

I didn't hear about it, neither.

Who's in this club?

If I don't go, I'm not going to find out, now, am I?

Have your attention, please.

Everybody in place?

First of all, I want to thank you all for coming.

I brought a few of my boys from Denver to tell you all about a new club that we

got.

You may not have heard of it. That's because it's brand new.

We call it the KKK.

This club was started by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

He is the Imperial Wizard.

I am the Grand Dragon of the Colorado Territory.

Wizards and dragons.

What's a KKK stand for?

It means Ku Klux Klan.

Ku Klux what?

Sounds like the Minjun Zippers.

It's Greek. It means circle.

You know why?

Circle is round and strong.

Because it don't got any openings.

It is valid.

And that is just the way we gotta be.

It's up to us, the menfolk, to protect our town.

Keep them the way we like them, the way they ought to be.

But first, we're gonna have ourselves a little fun.

What do you call fun, Jedediah?

You'll see.

We'll meet again tomorrow night.

And by then, we'll have some surprises for everybody.

Yeah, welcome, welcome, welcome.

Well, you're in the right place.

Proud of you for coming.

Nice to have you. Nice to have you, gentlemen.

So, what time did Matthew get home last night?

I don't keep track of things like that, Dorothy. After all, he's 18 years old.

Almost midnight.

I'm not sure I like the idea of this new club.

Oh, I think it's a wonderful idea for the men to have their own club.

It's kind of like our quilting circle.

Well, that's true.

Keeps them out of the saloon.

Away from drinking and gambling and whoring.

I wonder what they do then.

I don't know, but whatever it is, it's none of our business.

I'm just glad that we can contribute by sewing their uniforms.

There.

That came out kind of nice, don't you think?

I ain't gonna wear no dress.

The dress, Hank. The robe.

Jedediah says we gotta wear them. All the fellas in Denver do.

I kinda like them.

Me too.

Tonight, I'm gonna teach you all something new.

The secret side.

Now repeat.

The secret oath.

Fight for the right.

Die if we must.

And always remember in God we trust.

Fight for the right.

Die if we must.

Always remember in God we trust.

Now, we're going to have ourselves a little hunt party.

What do we hunt?

You'll see.

Put your hood back on!

Mike!

Mike, what happened? I beat Robert E. bad.

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

What happened to you?

I really think you should rest today. You should listen to Dr. Mike. I

gotta go get my horses back.

And I got a lot of work to do if I'm gonna move in by next week.

Looks like there's folks planning on you never moving in at all. I ain't worried

about those folks.

You know how Jake got when he found out I was putting a livery across from his

shop?

After a while, it all blew over.

I don't know if this one's gonna blow over, Robert E.

Says here that in Mississippi, a colored man's running for lieutenant governor.

Never happened.

What gives you the right to beat a man because he bought a house?

I beg your pardon.

Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about.

Robert E. was hurt last night, and you were there. And so were you and you.

We were at a meeting.

You ask any man in the town, he'll tell you the same.

Well, that's not what my son tells me.

Well, I...

Mr. Slicker says that he manned in this town.

Seems to me your boy is a little soft.

Maybe if you got yourself a husband to see that he grew up proper.

You call it proper to sneak up on a man in the dark and fight him when he's out

number 20 to 1? Matthew, don't.

Don't think to the same level of this pathetic... Dr. Mike, there's no reason

get so riled up. Well, I think there's plenty of reasons.

And it's strange, it's one thing, but you?

I'm ashamed of the rest of you and appalled by your behavior.

Robert E. is your friend.

Dr. Mike's right.

We ought to be ashamed of ourselves.

Robert E.'s been in our town a long time.

We ought to be over there helping him out.

Robert E.

What's going on?

Dr. Mike was telling us all we ought to apologize to our new neighbor.

All right.

The fact is, I told her I thought we ought to help him with his new house.

That's a fine idea.

You missed a spot.

Nice color for the windows.

Stop it.

You don't like it.

I can fix it.

Stop it, all of you!

This is my house!

Robert E., let's go!

What did you say?

This is my house, and I am going to live here.

Now you can live here.

No! No!

Who

did

this to you, Robert E? Who did that? Sally, no. No, they're just my fights.

You can't fight them by yourself. If I can, I don't deserve this place.

You deserve this house as much as anyone else does, and you shouldn't have to

pay for it like this.

Tell it to the people that brought me over here on a slave ship.

Tell it to the plantation owner who beat me bloody whenever he felt like it.

The pain is not going to stop me.

What are you doing here?

I'd like to have a few words with you. And I have a few words for you, but

propriety prevents me from saying them. I can't say that I blame you. I have

done some awful things.

Is it just our town, or do you cause this much trouble wherever you go? The

important thing is that I have caused some pain, and that is what I hope to

rectify. I can see only one way out of this mess.

What might that be?

I'd like to buy the property back at 10 % over the price he paid.

That's a healthy profit for Robert E.

Why are you telling me this?

Because your friend won't listen to me. But he will listen to you. And if you

care about him at all, you'll urge him to take it. It's a generous offer, Dr.

Quinn. Robert E. is his own man.

He'll make up his own mind.

Oh. Well, I'm coming on it.

Good day.

$70 profit, Robert E. That's a lot of...

Look,

I don't want the money.

I want that house.

So do you.

Not if it means losing you.

I don't believe you're talking like this.

Aren't you the one that's always telling me how we gotta stand up for white

folks, how we're equal?

We are equal.

Well, somebody forgot to tell them that.

It doesn't matter what those people say. Yes, it does.

Don't you understand what I'm saying?

I don't want you hurt.

I will live in that barn if need be to keep that from happening again. Well, I

won't.

I want to give you a home, woman.

I want to carry you across that threshold.

We'll have fires in our own fireplace, pictures on the walls.

Friends to come to dinner and our children to feel safe.

And I want to walk up those stairs every night and see your smiling face.

And I want us to live there and love each other for the rest of our lives.

Hard to do that if you're dead, Robert A.

Good morning, folks.

Has Dr.

Quinn informed you of my offer?

Yes, she has.

And?

What is your answer?

No.

Excuse me?

I said no.

Well, then I won't waste any more of your time.

He turned down my offer.

I told you he wouldn't consider it.

Well, it's unfortunate.

For him or for you? For you, Dr. Quinn.

Do you know what this is?

You ought to.

It's the mortgage on your clinic.

What are you trying to imply, Mr. Bancroft? Oh, I'm not implying anything.

merely pointing out to you what this contract says in plain English. Or maybe

you never read the fine print.

Yes, of course I did. Well, if you did, then you know about the due on sale

clause? That's where it says that if our bank should sell your mortgage to

another bank, that your balance is due in full. It's this little thing that we

do to protect our investments.

But you can't sell my mortgage. I can if I deem that the property values will

decline and we'll lose money, which is what's going to happen if a certain

element moves into this town.

That's extortion. No, that is business.

I gave you the chance to make this whole thing go away.

You could have swayed Robert E. to take my offer.

Anything that happens now... It's on your conscience.

Come

on,

Warren. What are you waiting for? I didn't know they were going to be using

guns.

Just passin'!

I can't believe it's come to this.

Those men would destroy your cafe just because you wanted to buy a house in

town.

I'm so sorry, Grace.

So am I.

Dr. Mike, you gotta come. What? Lauren's been hurt.

Oh, what'd you bring her in here for?

You need a doctor, Lauren.

Jake will look after it.

Let me take a look at that.

I already stopped the bleeding.

That's not enough, Lauren.

It's a buckshot.

I'll need to take him out. He'll get lead poisoning.

I'm going to ask you again, Lauren Bray. How in the world did you get buckshot

in your arm?

Well, hello, Lauren.

He was riding with that new club of his.

Wrecking Grace's cafe and Robert E. shot him. Robert E. shot him? You don't know

what you're talking about. I saw it. Robert E. has no right to raise his gun

a white man?

To any man.

Unless he's protecting his property or his life.

I don't know about that, McKay.

So the fellas were feeling rowdy and turned over a few tables. That doesn't

it all right for him to shoot someone.

You weren't there, you don't know.

What I do know is this whole thing has gone too far.

Well, I agree.

Something's got to be done.

We'd like some lunch, please.

Well, it looks like you're the only one.

It's no wonder.

I thought you liked Robert E. and Grace.

It's not meant to be personal.

Robert E. does good work at the living room. We all adore Grace's cooking.

So it's all right for them to serve you but not live next door, is that it?

We're all God -fearing folk, Michaela.

It's just that I think that... Well, that people ought to stick with their

kind. It's the only way we can have peace. If everybody stays separate, then

there won't be any trouble.

At what cost, Dorothy?

At what cost do you keep everything separate?

Not only do they lose their home, but...

Grace's cafe is empty because of your editorial.

Grace's cafe is empty because her husband fired a shotgun into a crowd.

We all know how dangerous he's become.

I don't believe what I'm hearing. Michaela, you are not from here, and yet

keep trying to change things.

Would you ever stop to think that perhaps some things should be changed?

you ever stop to think that maybe things are this way for a reason?

Yes.

But all I can think of is for the wrong reason.

Did you get an opportunity to examine that contract of yours?

As a matter of fact, I have.

And?

Take the clinic.

I beg your pardon?

Do whatever you want to do with my mortgage.

I'll practice in the street if I have to. I'll pitch a tent. I'll work for my

wagon. But I will never, never give in to the likes of you.

is in the

sky

Say, girl, when you're looking back, back, back.

Back. Back. Back.

Back. Back.

Back.

Back.

Will they take her?

Want some potatoes, Miss Grace?

No, thank you, Brian.

It's kind of you to let us stay here in your barn, Dr. Mike.

At least I can do.

Why are you so different from them?

My father was an abolitionist.

He taught me that all people are equal.

I'll teach my children the same.

Point for the right!

Die if we must.

And always remember, in God we trust.

Get off of my land!

They're not going anywhere.

Teach them a lesson!

You can't stay here any more.

Tonight we'll keep watch. We'll be ready for them.

And what about the next night?

About our neck?

We've got to give up at some point.

We appreciate everything you've done, Dr. Mike, but if anything were to happen

to you or the children... Why don't you let me come stay with you until things

calm down?

I told you, Sally, this is my fight.

Robert E.

Why are you leaving, Robert E.? I don't want those bad men to come back again,

Brian.

Why is that being so mean to you?

My skin's a different color.

That's all?

That's all.

Maybe we could talk to them.

Tell them how dumb they're being.

I fear nothing we can say is ever going to change their mind, Brian.

You know what it means for one man to own another man?

Not really.

I'm going to show you something.

Nobody's ever seen this before.

What does that look like?

It's like a V.

The man that owned me name was Vernon.

No one owns me anymore.

No one can tell me what to do or where I can live.

Does it hurt?

I'll always have it here.

I'll always remember.

I want you to remember too, Brian.

I want you to remember what you saw last night.

Remember that no man has a right to own another man.

There you are, Mr. Pressman.

Thank you.

buy a hat, please.

Lordy, what happened to your hair?

I would like to buy a hat.

How dare you run across my home?

I am getting a little tired of these accusations.

So unless you got some proof, take yourself outside and tell it to a fence

There's your proof.

Get your hand off of me.

If you don't get some care for that arm, you're going to lose it.

Jake took care of it already.

With what?

Linceed oil and lime water.

The funeral needs to be evacuated from the blitz.

And a proper dressing put on it. Oh, let me see if I get this straight.

After all that you say that I have done, you are now offering to help me?

I suppose I am. Well, I find that mighty funny.

Because I would never let you touch me after you touched a dirty nigger.

I feel very sorry for you. Well, you should feel sorry for yourself.

And you should watch your back. You've still got those little ones at home.

You're threatening my childhood.

I'm just saying.

A lot of folks don't take kindly to sympathizers.

You lay a hand on them.

I never thought I'd hear you say that to anyone.

No one's ever threatened the children before.

I realized something just now. It's not Robert E. who's putting them in danger.

It's me.

You're just standing up for what's right, just like you always do.

The truth is I was relieved when he left.

I'm afraid for all of us.

I care about Robert E. just as much as you do.

But he wants to stand up for himself.

There's only so much you can do for somebody.

That's not what you used to say.

Back then, I only had myself to worry about.

It's not the time when all I had was myself, too.

Now that the children... Well, we have to see how they feel.

Let them decide.

Well, what do you all think?

Well, I think that Robert E. was wrong when he said that this was his fight.

A lot of people died fighting for his rights.

No man has the right to own another man.

I think we ought to go help Robert E.

Me too.

Me too.

We tried.

Didn't we?

We gave the man the chance to see the light, but he refused.

The choice was his.

He chose to go against us.

He broke the circle, and we cannot allow that to happen.

I don't know about this, Jedediah. If we let a colored man buy property in our

town... He's going to want his children to go to our schools. He is going to

want to vote in our elections. He's going to want a whole office in our

government. Robert, he ain't never going to run for no office.

It wasn't enough that the war set them free.

Now, now, now they want it all. Now they want what is ours.

And it is up to us to stop them before it goes too far.

And I am sure you'll agree that in this town, it has already gone too far.

Stop them. There were just too many of them.

Oh, no, Sally.

I know where they are.

They never said nothing about a hangman. I think they're just trying to scare

him. I think they're really going to do it.

Hold on there.

you can at least show your face.

Uh, we wasn't going to do it.

But you're going to stand here and let it happen.

This man shot one of you.

This man is guilty of a crime.

The only thing this man is guilty of is that he wanted a better life like any of

you do.

How dare you compare a darkie to a white?

Black or white.

until a few days ago with no enemy of yours.

Jedediah Bancroft came into this town and told you different.

Why are you listening to him?

Because I am a highly respected man.

I am a bank president.

Then perhaps your customers back in Denver would like to know that their

respected president is also a thief and a kidnapper and a murderer.

Jedediah Bancroft doesn't care about you.

He doesn't care about our town. All he cares about are property values and

making a profit for his bank.

He's using you. Look at yourselves in these ridiculous costumes. He's making a

fool of you.

I know how some of you feel about Negroes and Indians, but

I'm asking you to look into your hearts and decide if you really want to kill a

man.

a house?

Don't let sentiment interfere with what you know is right.

Let us do what we came here to do.

I have a better idea.

Why don't we all go home?

Thought it'd make good on me.