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FIGURED YOU MIGHT LIKE A LITTLE SOMETHING BEFORE

WE HEAD OFF.

MOLLY, YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I THINK WE'D ALL

STARVE OUT HERE WITHOUT YOU.

ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT

TAKING A DIFFERENT ROUTE?

THERE IS AN OLD INDIAN TRAIL,

RIGHT BEFORE THE RIVER BENDS.

YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOW THAT, WE SHOULD HAVE THESE

FOLKS IN VIRGINIA CITY BEFORE NIGHTFALL TOMORROW.

SEEMS GOLD'S ALL ANYONE EVER THINKS ABOUT.

YEAH WELL, WHEN A MAN DOESN'T HAVE MUCH,

EASIEST THING TO SELL HIM IS A DREAM.

BRIDGER COME QUICK!

LOOK AT THIS!

WHAT IS IT?

OH JIM!

DO YOU THINK HE WAS-

MURDERED.

SURE LOOKS LIKE IT.

RUSTY, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

WELL WE WERE FIXIN' TO GET OUT ON THE TRAIL

AND THIS ONE DIDN'T SHOW UP TILL WE FOUND HIM

IN HIS TENT, LIKE THIS.

CLEM, THIS MAN WAS TRAVELIN' IN YOUR PARTY, WASN'T HE?

YES SIR.

NAME OF HENRY SPENCE.

YEAH, WELL ANY IDEA WHY SOMEONE'D WANNA HARM HIM?

CAN'T SAY WE KNEW HIM WELL.

HE'D JUST BOUGHT A SHARE IN OUR GOLD CLAIM.

KEPT TO HIMSELF MOSTLY.

RUSTY, WHY DON'T YOU SEND A MAN OFF TO BANNACK,

SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE SHERIFF, 'KAY?

AND IN THE MEANTIME,

WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO PREPARE THIS POOR SOUL

FOR A PROPER BURIAL.

SO WHY DON'T YOU GENTLEMEN GO GRAB SOME PICKS AND SHOVELS,

I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

JIM,

WHO DO YOU THINK COULD'VE KILLED HIM?

I CAN'T SAY, BUT THEY MAY STILL BE AMONG US.

AND IF THEY ARE,

I GOT A NOTION HOW TO FIND 'EM.

WELL THIS GRAVE AIN'T GONNA DIG ITSELF GENTLEMEN.

LET'S PUT OUR BACKS INTO IT, WE SHOULD BE DONE BY SUNDOWN.

MOLLY, YOU THINK HIS SHROUD WILL BE READY?

I DON'T RIGHTLY KNOW, I'VE NEVER SEWN ONE BEFORE.

I GUESS NOT.

I'M SORRY YOU HAVE TO.

DO YOU THINK THE SHERIFF WILL FIGURE OUT WHO KILLED HIM?

MAYBE.

MAYBE NOT.

EITHER WAY, I RECKON

THE KILLER'LL WISH HE DOES GET CAUGHT.

AND WHY'S THAT?

WELL THERE'S A SHOSHONE TRADITION I LEARNED OF YEARS

AGO, ABOUT A SPIRIT

AS OLD AS TIME, THAT TORMENTS THOSE WHO'VE DONE WRONG.

OH I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D

BE A MAN TO PUT MUCH STOCK IN SUPERSTITIONS.

NEITHER DID I,

TILL I SAW A MAN HAUNTED

TO MADNESS AND DEATH BY THAT VERY SPIRIT.

THE YEAR WAS 1840-

BRIDGER, V/O: ME AND MY FRIENDS TED COLLINS AND JOSIAH WEBB,

WELL WE JUST MADE A SMALL FORTUNE TRAPPIN'

BEAVER ON THE WIND RIVER.

WORKIN' SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT.

BRIDGER, V/O: WE WERE SHARIN' OUR PLANS FOR WHAT

WE'D DO ONCE WE GOT BACK HOME.

HOW 'BOUT YOU TED?

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN WE CASH OUT?

THERE SOME KIND OF SECRET YOU CAN'T SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS?

COME ON!

I GOT A GIRL BACK IN ST. LOUIS.

LOOK AT THAT.

- COURSE YOU DO. -HE'S GOT A GIRL.

NAME OF SARAH PERKINS.

PATIENT AS SHE IS PRETTY.

SHE'S BEEN WAITIN' FOR ME TO MAKE GOOD,

NOW I CAN FINALLY COME CALLIN' AND ASK FOR HER HAND.

WELL CONGRATULATIONS, TED!

I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, JIM.

HAVING MET MISS PERKINS, I CAN SAY

SHE'S THE FAIREST YOUNG LADY EAST OF THE MISSOURI.

AND I MEAN THAT FROM MY HEART.

THANK YOU JOSIAH.

BRIDGER, V/O: OUR HIGH SPIRITS WERE ABRUPTLY DASHED...

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!

BRIDGER, V/O: WHEN A BAND OF CROW WARRIORS APPEARED FROM

THE WOODS, ALMOST ON TOP OF US.

WE NEED TO FIND SOME COVER, DOWN THAT WAY.

YOU THINK THEY SAW US?

NO, NOT YET.

BUT THEY MIGHT.

EITHER WAY THEY'RE BETWEEN US AND OUR CAMP.

LET'S TRY AND MAKE IT TO THAT HIGH GROUND

OVER THERE AND GET AROUND 'EM WITHOUT HAVIN' A FIGHT.

STAY DOWN.

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!

ALL RIGHT, WELL THERE'S NO WAY BACK TO THE CAMP.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN,

YOU TWO STAY HERE OKAY?

I'M GONNA WORK MY WAY OVER THAT RIDGELINE,

SEE IF I CAN FIND A TRAIL DOWN TO THE SHOSHONE VILLAGE.

THEY'LL TAKE US IN, IF THEY KNOW THE CROW ARE AFTER US.

AND TED, DON'T YOU WORRY,

WE'LL GET YOU HOME TO THAT GIRL.

STAY HERE.

JOSIAH, WHAT HAPPENED?

WHERE'S TED? - THE CROW FOUND US.

THERE WERE TOO MANY OF 'EM,

I BEGGED HIM TO LEAVE BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

I'M GONNA GO GET HIM.

NO, NO, NO JIM.

HE'S DEAD. - WHAT?

THEY KILLED HIM.

I'M GONNA GO GET HIM.

THERE'S NOTHIN' WE CAN DO FOR HIM,

WE HAVE TO GO! - NO!

- NOW! -NO!

NOW, WE HAVE TO GO NOW.

COME ON.

LEAVE COLLINS, BUT HE WASI O

BEYOND OUR HELP.

SO, AT THE SHOSHONE CAMP, WE BOUND UP WEBB'S WOUND.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

USE THIS.

WE'LL GET YOU FIXED UP.

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME CLEAR, THAT WEBB WAS

AFFLICTED BY SOMETHING WORSE THAN JUST HIS INJURY.

YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

I'M FINE, JIM!

JOSIAH, JOSIAH.

HEY, HEY COME ON.

JOSIAH, NO, HEY, HEY.

JOSIAH, YOU OKAY?

JOSIAH!

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT AS THE NIGHT PASSED,

WEBB'S AFFLICTION ONLY GOT WORSE,

AND EVEN MORE ALARMING.

JOSIAH, JOSIAH!

STAY AWAY FROM ME!

LET ME BE!

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

NO ONE'S HERE!

JOSIAH, WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

JOSIAH!

JOSIAH, HEY!

JOSIAH, TELL ME!

BRIDGER, V/O: WEBB WAS IN THE GRIP OF SOMETHING

NO REMEDY COULD BREAK.

JOSIAH!

BRIDGER, V/O: AN OLD MEDICINE MAN

NAMED YELLOW CLOUD WAS SUMMONED.

HIS WISDOM AND GUIDANCE HAD MADE HIM THE MOST REVERED

MAN IN THE VILLAGE.

HELP HIM.

YELLOW CLOUD, HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD A TERRIBLE VISION.

A SPIRIT OF EVIL DEEDS, WELL IT HAD COME FOR WEBB.

THE SHOSHONE, WELL THEY CALL IT SAWAPATH.

YELLOW CLOUD, HE SAID THAT SAWAPATH,

WELL IT CURSED HIM, AND EVERYONE WHO WAS WITH HIM,

UNTIL THAT DEED WAS KNOWN.

BRIDGER, V/O: AND EVEN WORSE, YELLOW CLOUD HAD NO CURE

FOR WEBB'S TORMENT.

HE TOLD US THAT WE COULD STAY THAT NIGHT,

BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE THE NEXT SUNSET.

AND THROUGHOUT THAT HAUNTED NIGHT,

AN AWFUL DREAD HUNG OVER THE VILLAGE,

YET ALL I COULD DO WAS WAIT BY WEBB'S SIDE

AND HOPE THE SPIRIT THAT TORMENTED HIM

WOULD FINALLY DEPART.

JOSIAH.

COLLINS-

NO, NO. NO, NO IT'S JIM.

WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME?

WHAT?

THE CROW,

THE CROW KNOW.

THE CROW KNOW, KNOW WHAT?

JOSIAH!

JOSIAH!

THE CROW KNOW WHAT?

THE CROW.

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT I REALIZED THEN, THAT THE SAWAPATH WOULD

NEVER LEAVE, UNLESS I LEARNED THE TRUTH ABOUT THE EVIL DEED

THAT HAD SUMMONED IT.

BRIDGER, V/O: I KNEW YELLOW CLOUD WOULD MAKE US LEAVE

THE VILLAGE BY DARK.

BUT MY ONLY CLUE ABOUT WEBB'S AFFLICTION WAS THAT THOSE

CROW WARRIORS KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO I SOUGHT THEM OUT.

HOPING THEY WOULDN'T JUST ATTACK ME ON SIGHT.

TAKE HIM.

OH HEY.

I ONLY WANNA KNOW THE FATE OF MY FRIEND

WHO DIED AT YOUR HANDS.

WE SAW YOU HUNTING.

YOU CARRIED MANY PELTS.

BUT WE DID NOT CARE.

WE WANTED SHOSHONE HORSES.

WHAT ELSE DID YOU SEE?

THREE WHITE MEN

SCATTERED LIKE BIRDS.

WE HEARD GUNS.

BUT WHEN WE SEARCHED THE HILL, YOU WERE GONE.

WE KILLED NO WHITE MEN THAT DAY.

WELL IF THE CROW DIDN'T KILL COLLINS, WHO DID?

I'M GETTIN' TO THAT.

BUT FIRST, WE SHOULD BRING THE DECEASED OVER

SO WE CAN WRAP HIM IN MOLLY'S SHROUD.

ALL RIGHT, EASY DOES IT.

OKAY, NOW SET HIM DOWN,

EASY, OKAY.

BRIDGER, V/O: AFTER TALKIN' TO THE WARRIORS

I HAD A GLIMMER OF HOPE.

DID WEBB SOMEHOW GET IT ALL WRONG?

COULD COLLINS STILL BE ALIVE?

TED.

TED, YOU OUT HERE?

IT'S JIM.

BRIDGER, V/O: NOW WHEN A LEAD BALL COMES FLYIN' AT YOUR HEAD,

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME TO THINK.

BUT TWO THOUGHTS DID OCCUR.

MAYBE COLLINS WAS ALIVE AND FOR REASONS I COULDN'T GUESS,

HE WANTED TO KILL ME.

I COULD HAVE ENDED IT RIGHT THERE,

BUT I WOULD NOT SHOOT ANY MAN IN THE BACK.

EVEN ONE WHO JUST TRIED TO DO THE SAME TO ME...

I THOUGHT MY EYES WERE PLAYIN' TRICKS ON ME.

BUT THERE WAS WEBB.

JOSIAH?

BRIDGER, V/O: AT THE EDGE OF THE BLUFF,

AND AT THE END OF HIS ROPE.

JOSIAH, MY- MY OLD FRIEND, WHATEVER THIS IS WE-

WE CAN FIX THIS.

NO.

NO, THERE'S NO FIXIN' IT.

TED WAS MY BEST FRIEND.

BUT WE- WE LOVED THE SAME WOMAN.

YOU- YOU MEAN,

THE WOMAN TED SAID HE WAS GONNA MARRY?

SARAH PERKINS.

SHE GAVE THIS TO ME THE FIRST TIME WE MET.

I BEGGED TED TO STAY AWAY BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

SO THE CROW DIDN'T KILL HIM?

NO!

NO, I TOLD YOU.

HE WOULDN'T LISTEN.

SO I DECIDED HE WASN'T GETTIN' OUTTA HERE ALIVE.

I KILLED HIM.

AND THEN I CUT MY ARM TO MAKE IT- MAKE IT LOOK

LIKE WE- WE FOUGHT THE CROW SEE,

BUT YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE IT BE.

I SAW HOW YOU WENT TO SEE 'EM,

AND THEY MUSTA- THEY MUSTA TOLD YOU

THEY DIDN'T KILL NOBODY CAUSE THEY DIDN'T, AND-

JOSIAH!

JOSIAH.

WHERE'S HIS BODY, JOSIAH?

JIM, STAY BACK!

THAT MEDICINE MAN WAS RIGHT,

I KILLED ONE FRIEND

AND SHOT AT YOU.

AND NOW I'M CURSED FOREVER.

GOODBYE, JIM. -JOSIAH NO!

GOODBYE, JIM.

JOSIAH, NO, NO, NO!

SUCH A FRIGHTFUL WAY TO GO.

EH, MAYBE IT WAS FOR THE BEST.

BY COVER IN' UP WHAT HE'D DONE,

THAT SAWAPATH DROVE HIM CRAZY WITH TORMENT.

EVEN A MISERABLE DEATH, BETTER THAN LIVIN' WITH THAT.

BEFORE WE LAY MR. SPENCE TO REST, IS-

ANYONE HAVE ANY WORDS THEY'D LIKE TO SAY?

CLEM?

MR. SPENCE...

ALL I CAN SAY IS, MR. SPENCE,

I'M SORRY.

I AM VERY SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT.

I CAUGHT HIM CHANGIN' UP THE GOLD CLAIM,

CHEAT ME OUTTA MY SHARE-

HE DREW HIS KNIFE, I DREW MINE.

IT WAS A HORRIBLE MISTAKE.

BUT WHETHER THAT SAWAPATH IS REAL OR NOT, I-

I DON'T WANNA MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE YOUR FRIEND DID.

-EVENING, JIM. -SHERIFF.

HEARD YOU HAD SOME TROUBLE.

YEAH, WE DID.

WE'RE FIXIN' TO BURY THE BODY NOW.

THIS THE FELLA THEN?

YEP.

BETTER YOU HEAR IT FROM HIM THAN ME THOUGH.

HE'LL GO QUIET.

COME ON, THEN.

I'D BE LYIN' IF I SAID THAT TALE

DIDN'T TURN MY BLOOD ICE COLD.

BUT WAS IT TRUE?

TRUE ENOUGH.

SAWAPATH IS THE SHOSHONE WORD FOR, "CONSCIENCE."

A MAN'S CONSCIENCE, WELL THAT'S A POWERFUL THING.

GENTLEMEN, LET'S BURY HIM.