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[MEN YELLING AND WHISTLING]

Will you please, for just once in your life,

don't take the bar girls' word for it?

We need the best advice we can get, so you go straight to Avery Jensen

at the Caldwell Cattlemen's Association, right?

ROWDY: Right, right. - Yeah, I packed you some grub.

Looks like you could at least let him stay for supper.

Oh, my God. Look, Wish,

I want him there and back as fast as he can.

ROWDY: Oh, Wish, this'll do just fine. Thanks very much.

An. Adios, gentlemen.

So long, Mr. Rowdy.

Giddyup. Giddyup.

Rowdy going somewhere?

Yeah, he's going to Caldwell,

see if we have to cut west to Dodge or not.

Dodge? Why?

Uh, just in case what I heard back at the crossing is true.

Bottom is supposed to be dropping out of prices,

too many herds going into Ellsworth.

Be worth our while to cut further west where there ain't no glut.

That'll take an extra week or so.

It'd be worth it if we can get the extra price.

PETE: Yeah, if.

Yeah, well, that's what I sent Rowdy to find out.

Kind of hate to see him go off right now.

FAVOR: Eh? Why?

We may just have us some trouble up ahead here.

Oh, swell, that's all we need is a little more trouble.

What is it now?

There's no water for tonight.

What? You said there was bound to be water at this place.

There always has been.

It's quick-fed by a spring from the pass.

Had plenty of water in it a few days ago,

and now it's completely dry.

Isn't that fine?

So where's the next water?

The other side of them hills.

I still say there's gotta be water at that spring in the pass.

Could be that the spring dried up, you know?

That fast for no reason?

I think somebody's dammed it up and cut it off.

Well, I guess it'd be worth a look-see.

Quince, you see that they get to bed ground

and we'll meet you there.

Let's go.

Sand's still wet.

Water was coming down here not long ago.

Let's have a look-see.

Are they shooting at us?

Seems more like maybe signaling.

I guess your hunch was right.

[PEDRO SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

You come no closer.

How come? This is open trail.

Go back. Go other way.

You can't close off this pass.

I tell you, senor, go back or I will shoot.

I tell you, we're coming through.

We've got guns too. You'll just force us to shoot back, fella.

MAN: Stop right there.

[COCKS GUN]

There's more than one gun here.

[GUN COCKS]

You wanna try coming through now?

This is open range, established trail,

and the only pass through these hills.

Now, just what do you expect us to do?

Go around.

That's two days out of our way.

Well, you ain't coming through here.

You in charge here?

I'm in charge.

FAVOR: Who are you? - That doesn't matter.

This pass is closed,

and we've got the guns to keep it closed.

I don't know about that.

We've got a herd in back of us with a full crew.

And they're just itching to give you a fight.

You plan to bring cattle through here?

That's right.

First off, they gotta have water though.

Well, that's your problem.

Now, look, those cattle gotta have water.

And they're gonna get it one way or another.

You ever tried to stop a thirsty herd, mister?

We'll stop them.

And your drovers too if we have to.

Now, turn around and go back.

What you doing up there anyways?

What we're doing up here is none of your business.

Now, I'll give you ten seconds to turn around and go back.

One, two,

What you're doing is against the law.

Three, four, five,

You got no right at all.

MERRITT: six, - Boss, he ain't fooling.

Seven, eight, nine...

What do you suppose they're up to?

I don't know, but I think we'd better find out.

I don't like this, Mr. Merritt.

Could be real trouble.

Don't worry, Phinn, just get everybody back to work.

[MEN DIGGING]

I don't understand it. What are they digging?

There ain't no gold around here.

- Leastwise I never heard of any. - Nor anything else.

I don't see how they could be mining.

They dammed up the spring, all right, but they ain't set up for sluicing.

They're not letting any water down that,

but they're gonna have to when that pond fills up.

We can't wait that long though.

Let's go down a little closer.

There's something here.

I don't know what it might be.

They found something. Must be important, they're all excited.

Yeah, and they ain't looking this way.

Come on.

Be careful now. Stand back, we don't want a cave-in.

This could be it, Mr. Merritt.

It's the helmet, all right.

- Shall I dig? - Yes, but carefully.

Very carefully.

[SCRAPING]

Yes, this is it. This is the one.

MERRITT: I knew it. I knew it.

FAVOR: All right, hold it right there.

All of you.

And now maybe you'll tell me what you're all doing here.

See for yourself.

It looks like you might be mining, but for what?

Dead men.

You know what this is?

Looks like some kind of funny old medal.

Green with 200 years of grave mold.

It was a badge of authority, a symbol of rank.

It marks those bones as the remains of Captain Antonio Cabral,

emissary of the viceroy of New Spain.

I don't suppose that means anything to you.

Well, now, uh...

Oh, no, not too much.

Well, I'll explain it to you if...

If you'll point that gun in another direction

so we can sit down and talk like gentlemen.

Gen--? Oh, boy.

We talked pretty good

when you had guns pointed on our throats.

Now, you go ahead and try, hard.

Well, at least let my men get back to work.

No, everybody stays in sight.

Now, first off, who are you?

My name is Joseph Merritt.

This is my assistant,

my right arm, my friend, Phinn Harper.

The others are workmen I brought with me

from New Mexico Territory.

FAVOR: New Mexico. That's a long ways off.

You don't look like you're from New Mexico.

I'm not, but I lived there for a few years.

And you come all this way to dig up dead men?

Not exactly.

I'm interested in history.

I read some old accounts of a Spanish expedition

that set out from Santa Fe about 200 years ago

to look over the plains.

On their way back, they camped here.

They were massacred by Indians, every man of them.

Uh-uh. Every one of them?

If that's so, then, uh, how come you knew where to look?

Years later, an Indian gave the padres a description of the place.

I found that description

and decided I'd try and find the exact spot.

And, as you can see for yourself,

well, after two months, we've finally succeeded.

So you're trying to tell me that you come all this way

and spent all this money that it must've cost you

just to satisfy curiosity?

Not just curiosity.

The truth about what happened to that party is important to history.

We're about to find out that truth,

unless you spoil everything by destroying all this.

Me, destroy--? By me? I'm just looking for water for my cattle.

But you can see for yourself,

the excavations are right on the bank of that stream.

If we let the water down now, they'll be washed away forever.

Surely even you can see how important this is.

I see, all right.

Except I just don't believe you, Merritt.

Look, if you was just all for history,

how come you got all those guns along?

You don't need to fight people off to keep them away from history.

MERRITT: What do you mean?

Well, I mean, those, um... Those Spanish fellas.

Now, what were they looking for?

I'm not that dumb. I know enough about history.

They was looking for gold.

Oh, yes. There was a fantastic myth about the Seven Cities of Cibola.

Yeah, and a fantastic treasure, but they never found it,

because it didn't exist.

Yeah. But, uh, just supposing, uh, they come across it

and they was taking it with them back to Santa Fe?

Now, couldn't that be what you're doing here,

is, uh, just a different kind of, uh, mining for gold?

Yes. And we'll fight before we give up any part of it, Mr...?

Favor. Look, we're not gonna take any of the gold away from you.

That is, if there is any.

We're after something more important than gold to us.

We need water for our cattle.

And we're gonna get it.

Look, I don't wanna be unreasonable.

How long would all this foolishness take?

Well, now that we've found this, we might be able to work faster.

A day or two, maybe a week.

A week? I can't be held up for that long.

Look, don't you realize, what you're forcing me into

is bringing my whole herd up here?

And if they came up, they'd stomp your diggings to a fare-thee-well,

and you'd never have nothing left.

Now, if we could just split the difference a little

and maybe let a little bit of that water trickle on down through?

I can't take the chance.

I won't allow it.

You won't allow? I'm doing the allowing, I got the gun.

Now, are you gonna order your men to break that water loose?

No.

Well, then, you force me into it. Um...

Harper. Phinn Harper.

- Phinn. - Not much else

we can do, Mr. Merritt.

MERRITT: Phinn, don't do it.

Uh, continue, Mr. Harper.

I'll get my tools.

I guess I'll need me a pick.

Ain't one here.

Pedro, you bring me a pick.

All right, Mr. Favor.

You put up your gun, or your man here

is gonna have his guts splattered all over the place right now.

I apologize for underestimating you, Mr. Harper.

Most folks do, Mr. Favor.

Good work, Phinn.

You two better get back to your herd,

turn them and head them in another direction.

Look, don't you realize I got to come this way?

And when I come back, I'm gonna be coming back

with all my men, the whole herd and...

Well, we'll try to stop you.

I don't think you've got enough men to do it.

Well, we're gonna try.

Now, you better get going.

I'll get the men back to work fast, doc.

We can concentrate on that one ditch now.

PETE: Boss.

I let that Harper fool me, I'm sorry.

Ah, fooled me too.

Looks like we got a fight on our hands.

That ain't what worries me.

The crew can more than take care of that bunch.

It's the cattle.

Either way, I'm afraid the herd is gonna get the worst of it.

We'll dig deeper. It might've been underneath him.

Yes.

You worried, doctor?

He's right, you know? Our men aren't soldiers.

They can't stop any large bunch of drovers,

much less a herd of thirsty cattle.

I might just have some ideas about that.

What kind of ideas?

I'll tell you when the time comes.

Haven't worked them all out yet.

You know, what bothers me is not just can we stop them,

but should we? Have we the right to?

That's for you to decide, doctor.

Whatever you say, we'll do.

Anyway, it might not come to that.

We'll hurry these hombres along, work all night.

We might just come on that chest any time now,

- now that we've found the captain. - Yes.

It's got to be close now.

And it has to contain valuables.

- You read the accounts yourself. - Sure, doctor.

And we'll get it too, don't you worry.

If only we had another day or two.

Well, now, I just might know a way we can have that day or two,

without no fighting either.

- Won't hurt nobody. - How?

Stampede their cattle. Tonight, after dark.

It'll take them at least a day to round them all up.

Treasure hunting, huh?

Well, now, maybe we just ought to get in on that.

Yeah, I could stand some of that Spanish gold myself.

- Who couldn't? - But to dig it up from the dead?

It ain't gonna matter much to them now, Hey Soos.

Yeah. And if it's right there for the digging,

we got just as much right to it as them jaspers there.

You think that could be true, Mr. Favor?

I think that you can just rest your mind, Mushy,

and not think about it at all.

We ain't on no treasure hunt.

Well, now, if we gotta fight them, we're entitled to some of that booty.

That's no more than fair.

Well, now, Jimbo, the way I see it, which is the way that counts,

I don't think there's like to be any booty.

And if on some wild chance there is any booty,

it is like to be a couple of rusty old swords,

an old helmet or two, a pile of moldy old bones.

Now, if you wanna tote that to the railhead, you are welcome.

But you do it on your own, without pay.

Because anybody what works for this outfit,

he's gotta stick to business and do the job.

Which at the moment is getting those cattle to water

and then moving them on,

whatever it takes.

It's gonna take a fight, that's what it's gonna take.

Now, I'm not so sure about that neither, Pete.

Yeah, I don't know what that fool is up to,

but he ain't no natural fighting man, I do know that.

You think he's bluffing?

Well, he's trying real hard.

We got nothing to worry about.

Well, now, I didn't say that exactly, Wish.

There is his good right arm to worry about.

- Oh, you mean Harper. - Yes, Mr. Harper.

He's another matter entire.

He's got guts and intelligence, and he will try something.

PETE: Yeah, but what?

Well, now, what would you do in his place

to hit us the hardest, slow us up the most?

Well, the herd, I guess. Maybe stampede it.

Right. That's why we're gonna have half the crew on guard tonight

and change every two hours.

Now, I want everybody out there.

Wishbone, that means you and Mushy too. Everybody.

I want you to be ready to greet Mr. Harper when he comes.

If he comes.

Oh, he'll come, all right, all right, so let's go.

You want me to go first, Mr. Wishbone?

Don't matter who goes first. Gonna be an all-night job anyway.

Tell you what, you stay here and clean up this mess

and I'll go first.

[CLATTERING]

Now, I don't wanna have us scaring off the herd,

so no shooting unless you absolutely got to.

Let's ride.

Wish, cover over there.

The rest of you just spread out.

[YELLS THEN HORSE WHINNIES]

FAVOR: What's going on?

This is the horse Wish was riding,

and I just heard something over there.

Let's go.

Wish.

I didn't want nobody hurt.

Well, he's hurt.

He's hurt bad.

Mr. Favor, you think Mr. Wishbone's gonna die?

Well, he ain't dead yet.

He hit his head on a rock though.

If his skull is cracked, I don't know.

Mr. Wishbone's always the one that's taking care of us.

This leg looks mighty bad. Shouldn't we pull it out straight?

No. Don't touch it.

What do you got to say about it?

Please, don't touch that leg. It's very bad.

He could lose it.

- Lose what? - Wish?

Did he say I was gonna lose my leg?

- Wish. - Mr. Wishbone.

- I don't wanna lose my leg. - Easy.

- I don't wanna lose my leg. - Take it easy.

Stop worrying, we'll take care of you.

Mushy, freshen up that rag for me.

It could even be worse if this bleeding ain't stopped quick.

Yeah. All right, here, go ahead.

I don't feel anything,

but my head's spinning.

I know. Just lie back, rest.

We'll get you all fixed up.

You ought to have a blanket over him so he don't catch a chill.

How come you know so much about this?

What does that matter now?

Well, since you do,

you said something about his losing his leg.

What about it?

If it ain't fixed right...

Can you fix it right?

No, I ain't that good. It's gotta be a real doctor.

A good doctor.

A real doctor, you know how far off that is?

Ain't one within a hundred miles of here.

HARPER: No. No, no, just about 2. - Huh?

My boss, Dr. Merritt. He's a real good one.

You mean that fella up there, he's a medical doctor?

Yes, a degree from college and all.

Up till two months ago, he was practicing out in Socorro.

Well, I'd better get him.

HARPER: I don't know if he'll come.

When he left New Mexico,

he said he'd never practice medicine again.

- Why? HARPER: I don't know.

Well, he's gonna practice medicine again.

This once, anyways, if I gotta hold a gun to his head.

Take me with you. Maybe I can talk him into it.

Oh, I think we'd better leave you here.

All right. Then just tell him, "Phinn asks, please come."

You think that'll be enough to bring him?

Yes, I think so.

Come on, faster, faster!

Senor, we're digging as fast as we can.

We've been working since dawn.

You want your share, don't you?

If we don't find this soon, there won't be a share for any of us.

[HORSES APPROACHING]

Listen.

All right, get those guns ready.

FAVOR: Merritt! Merritt!

It's the herd boss.

What do you want?

I wanna talk. I'm coming in.

MERRITT: That's far enough.

All right, talk.

One of my men's hurt bad.

May be dying.

I need you to come down and help him.

Where's Phinn?

He's safe in our camp, and that's where he stays

until you come down and help.

I'm-- I'm not a doctor anymore.

Oh, yeah, you're a big treasure hunter now.

Well, for a while, you're going to be a doctor again.

If I come, will you turn your herd around

and go the other way?

What kind of doctor are you, bargain over a man's life?

How do I know you're telling the truth?

How would I know you was a doctor unless Harper told me?

Oh, yeah, by the way, he says to tell you:

"Phinn asks, please come."

Give me your word that you'll release us both afterwards.

All right, all right, you got it.

Now, you're wasting time.

Leave two of your men here.

Him and another one.

All right, Pete, Scarlet.

Pedro, keep them under guard every minute.

If we don't come back, you know what to do.

FAVOR: Don't worry about them.

You'll be coming back.

So get your gear and come on while there's still time.

[HORSES APPROACHING]

- You all right, Phinn? - Now you're here.

Doc, I done this.

It's his head and the leg.

I'll take a look at this first.

He says I might lose my leg.

Nothing wrong here.

Clean it, bandage it,

rest will finish the cure.

Well, that's something anyways.

But this is another matter.

That's why I told them, doc.

You were right, Phinn.

I don't wanna lose my leg. I'd rather die first.

Would you? I doubt it.

You might anyway.

Is there any chance of saving it?

A chance.

If the bone ends aren't splintered too much,

if I can reset it and patch up the damage around it.

And if infection doesn't set in.

Do everything you can.

Any hot water?

Just some coffee.

Boiling?

Put these in it.

- Any whiskey? - Quince.

Gonna hurt pretty bad.

Not near as much as losing a leg.

Is this all you got?

Afraid it's every drop.

Hey, give me a slug of that.

I'm sorry, but there's just enough for this.

You're gonna have to grit your teeth and hang on.

All right, everybody, just move back.

Phinn, get everything else I need ready.

- Everything's ready, doc. - Bandages?

- Ready too. - Splints?

Made them while I was waiting for you to come.

[COUGHING]

Anything wrong, doc?

No, nothing.

All right, let's get started.

- Is there anything I can do? - Yes.

Hold him down by the shoulders real steady.

You too.

Will I be able to walk again, doc?

If I can fix it and there's no infection, it'll be as good as new.

Thanks.

I said "if." I can't promise anything.

All right, now, hang on.

Now, Phinn.

Pull.

Hard.

Harder.

[WISHBONE GRUNTING]

Straight out.

Now, turn.

Slowly.

Slowly.

[GASPS]

Now, ease off.

Slow.

There.

It's not over yet.

I'd say you two worked together some before.

Phinn could've done this himself.

Oh, that ain't true. Not yet.

- I'm only learning. - From him?

Well, there ain't no medical schools for me,

but one day I'll know how to help people.

People need doctors.

He's better right now than most.

Few who call themselves doctors

ever saw the inside of a medical school.

They learned everything they know from a farmer's almanac.

There.

Now, if infection doesn't set in...

All we can do about that is pray.

But I won't lose my leg?

I will walk again?

It'll mend.

Thanks, doc.

Don't thank me, thank Phinn.

He saved your life by stopping the bleeding.

Thank you, son.

Uh, I was the cause of it.

Well, I guess we was both just doing the job.

Anyway, you made up for it.

No hard feelings.

- I'll splint it up, doc. - All right.

[MERRITT COUGHING]

I guess you could use a shot of whiskey yourself.

Is, uh, anything wrong?

Um, no need to concern yourself.

Just wanted to let you know how grateful I was

for what you did for Wish.

Grateful enough to turn your herd around

and keep away from my diggings?

Yeah, I'd do that if there was any other way.

But there ain't.

There ain't no waters anywheres else neither.

Look, tell you what, why don't we hit a compromise?

I'll send up half my crew to help you with your digging, speed things along,

and they could throw up some dikes,

let a little water down without harming anything.

No, there'll be no compromise.

You think I came down here because I'm giving in to you?

Well, I didn't. I came down here because I'm a doctor.

This is a temporary truce.

Look, don't you realize what might have happened

if Harper had succeeded in stampeding those cattle?

With the smell of water, they could've just as easily gone up the hill.

And sooner or later, they will.

Now, I'll try to keep them away from your diggings,

but I am gonna have to bring them up.

They have got to have water.

I got no choice.

And I have no choice.

I'll have to stop you.

Look, boss, maybe if we held these two men...

Mr. Favor, you gave me your word.

And I'll keep it, you'll go back. Both of you.

But I think a couple of us will go along with you,

just to see you keep your end of the bargain.

All right, Merritt, the truce is over.

See you first thing in the morning.

Well, don't just stand there. Get back to work.

Doc, they're dog tired.

They gotta rest. Can't they sleep a few hours?

You heard what he said, they'll be back in the morning.

- There's no time for sleep. - Maybe he's right.

Maybe if we help him water his cows,

- bring a few in at a time-- - What are you talking about?

Whose side are you on?

Well, you know you don't have to ask that.

Doc, I don't like to argue with you,

but somehow, right now, you ain't acting yourself.

What do you mean?

Oh, I don't know.

I don't know exactly why you came out here in the first place,

but I got a feeling there's something wrong.

There's nothing wrong.

Why do you say that?

Because all of this, it don't make much sense to me.

You're a doctor.

I told you, I'm through with all that.

But why? For this?

Who are you to ask me why? What difference does it make why?

Who do you think you are?

I thought I was your friend.

All right, you men, go get some sleep, all of you.

- What do you think you're doing? - Don't worry, I can do more

than all of them put together, the condition they're in.

Any objections?

You better get yourself some sleep.

You look like you need it.

Don't worry, I'll work all night.

You don't have to stand over me like no overseer.

[MERRITT COUGHING]

Jimbo, you got your men picked out to help you?

- All picked, boss. - Good. Keep the herd well-bunched

and under control. They're sure to try and stampede them.

Oh, Hey Soos, keep the remuda well to the rear.

I don't want those hammerheads spooking the cattle.

Unless you hear shooting, then you come running.

[HEY SOOS SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

Mushy, you'll stay here and take care of Wish.

Wha--? Don't you worry about me.

You just prop me up on that seat and give me a gun,

I'll take care of myself.

You are staying here and behaving yourself. Mushy?

Mr. Favor...

For all the good he'll do you, go ahead and take him.

Now, Mushy, you are in charge of Mr. Wishbone.

And because sometimes he can be just as foolish as you are,

we are not gonna let him try and walk on that leg,

or even try to drive the chuck wagon up to the pass.

And we're not gonna let him do it, right? Right.

The rest of you, come on with Pete and me.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

Well, now, you hombres ready to go back to work?

Senor, we have been talking.

We have decided we do not want to die.

Tell me, now, uh, who's gonna die?

We do not want to fight.

But you agreed to whatever was to come,

and you agreed to that for a part of this treasure.

We do not believe there is any treasure anymore.

Anyway, it's not a thing for which to die.

Now, look, ain't nobody gonna die, and there won't be no fighting neither.

I got me a plan.

So you hombres just get back to work at digging here

and leave it all to old Phinn.

I'm gonna fix it so them cowboys won't show up around here

for maybe two or three days.

You'll see, just trust Phinn.

Now, how about it?

- All right. - Good.

That's the way, come on.

Dig right here. This is where I figure it could be.

We're mighty close now too.

Ah. Might find it any minute.

You were right, Phinn. This whole idea's crazy.

Well, now, doc, uh, I was just a little upset last night.

Don't pay no heed to that.

Anyway, I wasn't Kidding just now.

I think we're real close to that chest. Maybe only a little while more.

But those drovers must be headed up here by now.

I posted a sentry down below. We'll hear.

What good will that do?

I told you I got some ideas.

What kind of ideas, Phinn?

- I wanna know. - Well, you remember that explosive

- we ain't used? - No, that's too dangerous.

Don't worry, ain't nobody gonna get hurt.

I just go up there on that hill yonder

and wait till the herd shows up down below and then, poof.

Just a little explosion. Nothing to hurt nobody.

Just enough to throw a few rocks up in the air.

But the noise it'll make echoing around in this canyon, heh,

why, those cows will head for the Rio Grande,

and no stopping them.

Phinn, I don't want anyone to get hurt.

There won't be, I told you.

I don't have the right to ask you or these men to fight,

to maybe die for me, for this.

But why are you doing it, Phinn?

Well, doc, I figured if it was what you wanted,

that was enough for me.

I owe you everything.

The chance you gave me, the things you've taught me.

How could I ever have learned it otherwise?

It was wrong of me, Phinn, but I did have a reason.

It wasn't just money, I want you to know that.

I know it, doc.

I maybe guessed your reason too.

Only I didn't wanna see it.

There is something wrong, ain't there, doc?

I guess you're the only one I can't hide it from, Phinn.

Doc, are you gonna die?

Tell me, how long?

Three, four months maybe. It's hard to say.

I'm leaving my wife and the children nothing.

Nothing.

Trying to be a doctor in a small Western town,

barely able to make a living,

and then spending what little I had left on this crazy idea.

Well, maybe it ain't money

they want from you now, doc, or need most.

Maybe good memories, love.

Maybe just to have you back there with them now these last months.

Instead of out here.

Besides, what about me?

You?

Well, I got a lot to learn about being a doctor.

I ain't learning it out here digging up dead men.

- No. PEDRO: Senor!

Senor, the herd is coming.

[SPEAKS IN SPANISH]

But we're here, and we got a job to do.

And the sooner it's done, the sooner we can go back there.

So you leave it to Phinn.

You be careful.

Don't worry none.

And about last night, I'm sorry.

Well, what are friends for except to argue with sometimes?

Anyway, I'm... I'm sorry.

[MEN YELLING AND WHISTLING]

Pete, take Scarlet, pick a couple of others,

you go around that way.

We'll circle around this way.

Now, look, we wanna try and take them by surprise,

so I don't want a shot fired unless absolutely necessary. Got it?

Rudy.

[MEN YELLING AND WHISTLING]

Senor! Senor, come quick!

It's the chest! It's the chest!

MERRITT: Come on, Pedro, faster.

[GRUNTING]

FAVOR: Hold up!

Now, just take it easy. You're completely covered.

No need to fight now, Mr. Favor.

We found what we came for.

You can drive the cattle through,

breach the dam, anything you like. It doesn't matter.

- Well, we better take charge of this. - No, you cannot!

FAVOR: Teddy. - Boss, we got just as much right to this

- as they have. - No, it's ours!

Senor.

Give it to them.

PEDRO: What? - Rather than shed blood over it,

- give it to them. - But, senor--

MERRITT: Don't worry, Pedro, you and your men will be paid.

What's come over you, Merritt?

Maybe I've learned something, Mr. Favor.

Maybe I've learned you don't find your treasures in the ground.

Well, if they're gonna give it to us--

I told you we ain't on no treasure hunt.

Now, whatever is in there belongs to them.

Well, ain't they even gonna look?

PEDRO: Nothing but dust.

Everything turned to dust.

Everything except old books.

Let me see.

PEDRO: All this for nothing.

Nothing at all.

No, Pedro, not nothing.

We have found treasure after all.

What are you talking about?

These old books, Cabral's journals.

The records of his expedition.

To history, more valuable than money.

Now we'll know what really happened, everything that happened.

Wait till Phinn--

Phinn.

He's got to be stopped!

Merritt!

No.

Go back. Go back!

Move!

[MEN YELLING AND WHISTLING]

Phinn! Phinn!

The rocks hit him. He sure saved my skin.

Doc?

Thank God. Here, let me look at that.

Now I know how that fellow Wishbone felt last night.

But you're not hurt bad.

That's the main thing, you're not hurt bad.

HARPER: Oh, I'm too tough to die, doc.

Or too dumb.

Look.

[MEN YELLING]

I still didn't stampede them cows.

Because the beef was that thirsty, they wasn't up to being scared off.

And I guess I got a few fair drovers there.

And you're not dumb.

At least you better not be.

You got a lot to learn,

and not much time.

We're going home, you and I, just as soon as we can get started.

Head them up!

Move them out!

[MEN YELLING]