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You do to Roy to toy.

They say.

They have lived in this
village a thousand year.

How can you just come and blow it up?

You tell them all this free
strike zone. Go safe here.

Dangerous.

They said they don't want
to go any further with the

Marines. They want to stay here.

They want to come back their home.

You tell them they go to new
home Freedom Hamlet seven.

How far is that new place from here?

Five clicks.

How do they go? Five
clicks to their rice pad.

Did you tell them everything
in the village is bombed,

blown up, burnt down.

Vu, Gonzo, Riann.

No more village.

Let's move on now Zo. So
let's get out of this war.

He.

Say their ancestors are very
in the village and everything

they have is in this village.

Just keep them over.

I thought we're going back. So you,

you said you wanted to lay
a fire base down at their

village. We're not laying any fire base.

We're moving out.

Well what about their village
Battalion change plans.

Oh what? What about your village?

So we just believe they're building up.

Just move your squad out Corporal.

Okay. Marine on here please.

Balloon.

Got a loose scratch here on your head.

Get that drop right here. Now moving.

Come on.

Be okay with us boy. Hang with us little.

You're gonna get a ticket
outta here. Now you going.

Cozy Corner. Six.

Six. Raven Got two incoming.

They're major.

That's affirmative. Six.

Six Raven catches some heat
down there gonna be lots more.

Are you guys ready?

Cozy quarter?

Yeah. Raven.

Standby.

We got Charlie confirmed
and hot on approach. 2 6, 9.

Thank you. Cozy nine zero.

With us Marine.

Don't be good on me
now. It ain't your time.

I said it ain't your time now.

Hey man. Hey don't you die on me?

Yeah.

You like driving these cows?

How'd you get in this man?

I said how'd you get in this mess?

How more somebody's talking to you man?

How'd you get in this mess cowboy?

Hell I signed up.

You.

That's awful. Good son.

What are you doing tonight?

First song.

Not everybody makes it

right here. Soldier.

What's your name?

Annie DeFazio.

DeFazio.

You're making a mistake
getting close to that guy.

What about him?

What.

About you? If he dies, he's not gonna die.

I'm not gonna let him.

I was a nurse when my brother
got killed over here and I

wanted to do something about it.

When this thing's over
go to the VA in Boston.

You know, work with the
guys that aren't so lucky.

You wouldn't wanna hold
my hand again would you?

Hmm. Well.

You're not supposed to
mess around with Noncoms.

Your voice sounds like to water
running down in China Creek

Falls.

Listen to the pretty talk.

Where's China Creek Falls?

Rose County.

Tell me about Rose County.

Oh it just smells like sagebrush
and hay cows eating wild

onions.

You go up to China Creek
falls at nighttime.

You can see the stars shining
right down there in the water.

Oh hell. I'm a long way from home.

Are you not?

I want you to see it.

Yeah sir.

I don't mean it. I wanna show it to you.

You're a real romantic guy.

Amazing.

God.

You probably think I saved your life.

You did.

What do you think you're doing?

Next thing she'll forget about
the cooking and be off with

you somewhere.

Hmm.

Go.

Ringing the kids.

Hon.

Julie, where's your brother?

Don't know.

You are going in town
later. We need a few things.

What do you mean you don't
know where your brother is?

I didn't see him. He went
riding up to the creek.

He can do it.

Grass is all them cows
need this time of year.

You going them down later.

Minerals ain't in yet. Dad.

Put them cows down on the
bottom near the creek.

Grass is fat. Fill 'em up.

Good. Don't need no mineral.

What you gonna call it?

You are going to pick up
some calf feed don't you.

Daddy? It's all on order.

I'll go to town later.

I know it's always, always on order.

You're always going to do
it but you always forget it.

Try to remember it this time. Will you?

Yes.

Sir. I will.

You old man guts crazy with age.

Well come on in here and sit.

Down. Take your hat off.

Shut the door.

Where you been rounder.

There's some men in a Jeep North Pasture.

Could be Dub Elle
looking for strays. Uhuh.

It wasn't Mr.

Elle.

What'd they look like son?

Like soldiers.

Not like the bureau Land
management to get lost up here.

You lost Jack.

You buddy Whitman? Yes sir.

Who are you? I'm Buck
Wallers, district engineer.

Department of Defense. Nice to meet you.

Pleasure.

To meet you.

Look, if you got something
to talk to us about,

you can call us on the
telephone or come by the house.

There's a little red mailbox
down there on Rose Road in case

you wanna write us a
letter. But back up in here.

This is more or less what
you'd call a trespassing.

Hi buddy. How you.

Doing.

Connie? Priest.

Surveyor. I know who he is.

I'm wondering what he's
doing up here doing little.

Appraisal work.

We didn't ask for no
appraisal. Excuse me Mr.

Whitman.

But you were indeed notified
by mail that we are appraising

some of the properties,
bordering the air base.

Didn't get any notice either. I.

Was telling the major you
had a nice little piece of

property here.

It might be worth a whole
lot more than you know.

I'm gonna have to ask you
gentlemen to leave the property.

Got some loose cattle together.

Connie,

you've been told a number of
times by my pappy not to set

foot on this place.

You need to listen to him and
you sir can tell whoever sent

you up here, that place isn't for sale.

Everything's for sale.

Connie, you know better than
be leaving people's gates open.

Scattering a Cadillac. Guess man.

Get hurt doing that.

Coal boys used to come tramping
through here like they owned

the place saying how lucky you were then.

What a fool you were.

But I think the government's
even worse when they get to

going, waving their big fat
checks and everybody's face.

I don't.

Think you should have throwed
that. Notice away dad.

Well we'll just tell 'em we never got it.

Things do get lost. You know.

It starts things off on the wrong foot.

Anybody ever offer you a big
fat check for the ranch Pepper?

Oh you bet they did once I
ate it right in front of them.

Didn't want to be tempted.

Gotta get a haircut.

Can I have.

My little tur? Yeah.

Sure.

Here go get yourself a soda
pop and a slice it at pizza.

Yeah.

Quitman.

You know you've been a whole
lifetime of fun around here.

Here.

We're all gonna hate to
see you have to move.

You are the one that better be moving.

They've been up at four.
She's place too ing.

You can take an aerial photograph.

All ready to go buddy. You fell.

Wanna help me load up or
is everybody's legs broke?

Well already ready.

This mine? Yeah.

Load all these blocks first.

Daddy's gonna attack my high
to the farm wall if I get home

without his minerals.
Oh, I wanna know buddy,

why the Air Force won
all these lands anyway.

I mean they owner lease
practically everything from here to

border MX missiles.

You know what's going on downstate.

They're getting ready to stick
those new bigger missiles in

the old mini men silos. Hell.

If they offered me something worth,

well it's selling them in.

Can't only make a living on
my spread anymore for too long

and it'll all be gone. Wait and see.

I realize the kind of money
they bring into this area,

like West Hill and the boon days.

Oh yeah. Where's West Hill at now?

Yeah.

You know buddy, you can't stop progress.

Fast progress. It's gonna
have to stop at my gate.

What about you Douglas? I don't know.

Haven't made me an offer yet. Oh,

thing is Washington wants
something bad enough.

They usually get it

normally.

What would you say if somebody
offered us a whole bunch of

money for the ranch?

I tell 'em to stick it in their ear.

I didn't wanna say anything
in front of the kids,

but there's been government
people all over this valley.

That's who was in the
North Pasture this morning.

Rounder said it was Connie Priest.

He's working for him baby.

'cause the air base wanting more land.

Are you worried?

No.

I want to go up to China Creek.

Okay.

Hey cattle help.

How Tech.

Morning major. Well.

Good morning Mr. Whitman.

Turn. Wester OMI Air Force Base.

Buddy.

No Mr. Priest.

Honey, I want you off my land Now.

Wait. In the car.

Mr. Whitman,

the Department of Defenses
authorized me to make you

following offer.

I already told you this
place isn't for sale.

Take a look at it.

Department of the Treasury,
you're wasting your time.

You and I both know how much
you made last year after taxes.

You realize that you and
your family can live on the

interest from this.

Now you're telling me
how to raise my family.

Sir.

Sure Boy, I always been this stubborn.

Sure has just like me
goes with the territory.

Alright?

And I'll tell it to the both of you.

This is a very, very good offer.

More than the land is worth.
If we had to condemn it,

you might find yourself
with a heck of a lot less.

What are you talking about?

I'm saying that if you and I
don't come to some agreement,

the United States government
could take over this property

by eminent domain.

Eminent domain.

Understand.

You're a marine. Yes sir.

Served in Vietnam.

Icorp.

One three silver star purple heart.

You know we're not out here
just arbitrarily kicking people

off their land.

You mean like we did in Vietnam?

We have compelling strategic
reasons for expanding this.

Facility. Like what?

More missiles.

Bigger missiles.

Let's just say for reasons
of national security.

National security.

What about our security?

Let's go code.

Look at him.

Dad says Judge Munson's about
the only man on rear And he

is.

That's impossible.

Anyway. He is the only lawyer
dad ever left in the house.

The law of them domain gives
the federal government the

right to appropriate
private property for public.

Use. What about the rights
of the individual judge?

Well you see that's the issue.

Your right to use your land as
you see fit their right to do

what they feel is necessary
for the defense of the country.

Who decides that?

The courts. That's who.

I was born on that place judge.

My granddaddy held the
first deeded. Yeah, I.

Know.

But the right of imminent
domain supersedes all property

rights.

Any sovereign nation must have that power.

It's how it sometimes affects
the little guy that stinks to

have,

you know that bridge into the
city built back in 57 by the

Army engineers? Yes sir.

Okay.

Joe Kaiser owned the only piece
of land with a little sand

river Aaron.

So they invoked the law
of imminent domains. They,

they condemned Kaiser's
property that paid him $10,000,

took the land and set up a
bridge right across Mortgage

Barn. Used to be.

Now when that new bridge came in,

why everybody forgot all
about Joe Kaiser's properties.

'cause what happened was, you see,

and this is the crux of
the law of I the domain,

the exchange Kaiser's limited
use of the land for a greater

public use.

Thousands of people
benefited from that break.

What about the hearing judge?

Is there anything you can help us with?

Oh,

Paul Quilling sits on the federal
bench Now he used to clerk

for me back before I retired.

I don't know whether I'd have
any influence on him or not,

but he sure as heck's not going
to laugh at me if I come in

and stand up for you.

Well, we don't have a whole lot of money.

I'll tell you what, you
go home and ya Vern,

pick out a nice cow for
me. I'll take one cow.

He looked down at him, said
it takes a big dog away.

A thousand pounds.

Buddy. Yeah, that was
the dudleys on her phone.

They say they're just real
sorry, but they can't make it.

That's five families.

We.

Better start freezing
some of those steaks.

Maybe we better start eating.

We got this notice that the
government wants all our land

and here we are.

14 families adding up to 26,000
acres while right next to

Lummis Air Force base.

The Claridge Ranch with 75,000
acres and 103,000 acres in

national forest land they won't touch.

Looks to me like it's a lot
easier to pick on the little

people. Yeah.

But if.

The government says they need it,

then by God they must need it.

We got a right to make 'em
show us what they need it for.

Right. If it's not real important,

we ought to be able to keep our land.

I say we get together and make 'em,

show us why they gotta kick
14 working families off their

ranches and out of their homes.

Somebody up there is hearing you buddy.

Fact is buddy. We are the little guys.

It's hard to go up against the
whole darn government and the

national defense makes you
feel kind of unpatriotic.

Where'd.

You.

Grit? Go to Abel.

Do you think you'd be a better
American if you went quietly

to the feedlot like a bucket fed cab?

Wait a minute, Vern.

My family's been in this
valley long as yours and worked

just as hard. Well.

I haven't lived here
as long as any of you,

but nobody could love a place more.

That's what we're talking
about here, isn't it?

Loving a place.

Gillian Rounder. Were born right upstairs.

We belong here and it's our
right to fight for where we

belong.

But we can't do it alone.

Annie. That's.

Right. It ain't just a
case of loving a place.

You know that.

You know how we feel about you Annie.

Maybe five, six years ago.

I said the same things myself,

but our children saw how hard
small ranching was and well,

George moved off to Seattle
and I feel sort of ashamed to

say so.

But what the government's offering,

it's beginning to look mighty
good to fill in me. Oh you.

Your place supposed to mean
more to you in profit laws now,

isn't it?

Mostly loss.

Look, my granddad homestead
at this place in 1889.

He fought for his country in
the Spanish American war. Yeah.

My grandpa fought Indians and he.

He lost.

Our family has fought three droughts,

one bank and a great
depression from this house.

My dad here was at Bienville
and he was at Tarawa and he was

shipped home from Iwo Jima
to fight the grasshoppers in

another bank and the coal companies.

Uncle Jesse was killed in
Korea, got his leg blow off,

laid down, froze to death for an idea.

And that idea is that life
and liberty and the pursuit of

happiness are.

An alienable.

Well,

I'm not the only one here with
big problems trying to make

ends meet.

And a good offer to buy us out
shouldn't be looked at as if

we're just caving in.

Abel's. Right.

And what you're proposing
is that we fight them until.

They condemn our lands. Yeah.

Which is just what they're gonna do. No,

and we're gonna have to settle
for a whole lot less and for

what?

Be in debt to Gil worthy
for the rest of our lives.

Watch cattle prices drop. Watch
oil and feed prices go up.

Hell, that's not.

For me.

Excuse me, Fern.

Here, dig your hat.

I ain't going anywhere. Fern.

You need to be at that hearing on Monday.

Douglas.

I wasn't just talking in here.

I've been up a lot of nights
thinking about this buddy.

You're making it hard for us all.

When did you start
smoking them things again?

About five minutes ago.

Well buddy Whitman's a proud
man and I respect his decision.

I hope he respects mine.

Mr. Whitman, I'm authorized to
raise you at 10% final offer.

You don't understand dust major.

We don't want your money. Oh.

Doug Al said the same thing
over at Scramble and Coffee.

We settled with him.

Well, we've already had breakfast.

Thank you.

You make it easy for me, ma'am.

Hard.

On yourselves.

I wouldn't bet on that.

Let the record show that the
government has made every

reasonable effort to negotiate
a fair price in good faith

with Mr. Whitman.

Well, no, no prices, right, your Honor.

Speak up.

Mr. Whitman.

No prices right, your Honor.

When a man is forced off of
his land against his will.

Sir, you are aware of the
law of eminent domain.

Yes sir. I am.

Then what brings you before this court?

My right to do process,
sir, but your Honor,

if I understand the idea of
imminent domain correctly,

it means a higher cause or noble purpose.

Better use of the land.

I don't doubt that the Air
Force got serious business to do

and I know they got a
million acres to do it in,

but up there the land is our
home and we work it and we

protect it.

We cultivate it and improve it.

We raise our families on it.

So I'm asking the government
to show me exactly how they

plan to use the land better than we do.

Would you state your name please?

Ma General Dale Fellows.

Commanding Officer Loomis Air Force Base.

General,

would you kindly tell the court
why the government has moved

to acquire the property in question?

Yes sir.

Of course it is imperative
that this area be reserved for

the use of the United States
Air Force in order to assure

the defense and the security
of this country of ours.

I think you can be more
specific general, precisely.

How does the Air Force plan
to use the property presently

deeded to Buddy Whitman?

I'm not at liberty to say.

Why is that general.

Sir, that information is
classified for reasons of national

Security.

Your Honor,

I submit that in order for the
bench to arrive at a correct

decision,

the government must disclose
cause real and actual and not

go hiding behind some
national security issue.

And I request that the court
direct this general to tell Mr.

Whitman exactly what you
they're gonna make of his land.

That man deserves to know. Your honor.

That information is classified
and I would like to point out

to the court at this
time that under Title 40,

section 2 58 of the US code,

when the Department of
Defense deems that the land in

question is necessary in
the defense of our country

that no further explanation is required.

Court will adjourn.

I would like to see the
government counsel in my chambers.

A decision on this will be
rendered within three days.

Mr. Whitman.

Mr. Whitman,

what are you gonna do if
the court rules against you?

Keep on fighting.

You mean you're going to fight
even if the law orders you to.

Vacate? That depends on
your definition of fighting.

Now that's all.

What do you think, judge?

Asking for my eminent
legal opinion. Yes sir.

You keep fighting in court.

I can't do it for you.

I don't have the expertise.

What you need to do, hire
yourself some good trial lawyers.

They don't come cheap.

Probably cost you more
than a ranch is worth.

Don't guess they'd do it for a cow.

Would they?

He's not.

Your mother. And I want
to talk to you now,

what's been going on around here? Can.

I some more marsh? Shut up.

Rounder. This is important.

The government says it wants
more land for the Air Force

base.

A lot of our friends have
been selling out to 'em.

And the camera's all moving
into town next week. That's.

Right.

And the thorns too.

Looks like we might be the
only ones left out here and

there's a chance they're
gonna try to make us sell.

I don't wanna move to town.
Shut up rounder, Gillian.

It's okay. We're all
here to talk about it.

He's not talking. He's just yelling.

Do you wanna move into town?

No.

Well, I mean if you don't
wanna I don't wanna anyway.

You can't have a horse
in town can too, Rodney.

The reins keeps a horse in town.

Well, that's not the point.

The point is that this is our
home and trying to make us

move is wrong.

Now that's not a very easy
thing to say because we love our

country and because they
got the law on their side.

But sometimes something
tells you, wait a minute,

this just isn't right.

Rounder.

That's when you gotta fall
your conscience like a fool.

Even if you wind up someplace all along.

You mean you might go to jail?

I don't know.

But I can promise you I'm gonna
do everything I can to save

the place you were born on Friday.

What?

Is this a midnight prayer
meeting or did somebody shoot the

rooster?

You step back. Mr.

This is private property.
This land has been.

Condemned, sir, by order of
the federal district court,

this land is no longer yours.

Mr. Whitman.

My name's Gil Rose,

deputy United States
Marshall representing the US

government.

I have here a copy of a
declaration of taking filed this

morning at Federal district court.

It automatically transfers
title of this property to the

federal government.

I'm also serving notification
that I'm, I'm sorry, sir.

I I'm from a ranching family myself.

We appreciate your sympathy, Marshall.

Now why don't you go home to your family?

This is a court order, sir.

It's all legal.

There can be a lot of difference
between what's legal and

what's right.

Cash.

Compensation has been transferred
into an account. You're.

Just wasting your time. Mr.

It's also my duty to inform
you that the court will allow

you to remain on these premises
for a period not to exceed

90 days from today's date.

At which time you will vacate
these premises and surrender

your property to the United
States government and take care

not to place yourself in contempt.

Now what in the hell do
you think they're up to?

That's the Army Corps engineers. Pappy.

I don't think they're sight seeing.

General.

Here's the area where we'll be working.

Easiest access to it is
from across the creek over.

There.

That's right. General,

you just cut through the fence
into Whitman's place and lay

down a road across the creek.

Build a bridge.

Oh, you just stop it up for now.

It's.

Got a nice sandy bottom.

You can drive a four wheeler
right across it in the dry

season.

We can't wait for dry season.

General watch the alternative. Then.

You have to bring the road
in way around that side.

Move a bunch of rocks and cut
through the fence down there.

US Attorney Brewer tells me
there's nothing in that court

order to keep us from entering that land.

It's based property. Now keep on schedule.

Do what you have to do
within the law of court. Sir.

Grandpa, look.

Someone turned off the.

What's.

Up?

You wait right here.

Ah, dad.

Grandpa took some dynamite
down to the valley.

Somebody's down with the I'm
coming too. No you are not.

Why's down there buddy?

Down.

Let's get outta here.

Where's grandpa over there?

Make it easy. Dad.

Who's the boss of this job?

It's Connie Priest, right?

Mr. You're crazy.

Daddy. You going to jerk him in trail.

You don't put backing that horse up. Who.

Sent you up here anyway?
I work for the government.

You're not from around here, are you?

Well, of course he is
not from around here.

If he was, he wouldn't be
messing with another man's water.

I was told this land belongs
to the air base. Well,

the water don't belong
to him. What you need.

To do is go back and tell
whoever you work for.

There's nothing they can put
in here to stop by water that

we can't take out. Let's see
if you can catch up to you,

friend.

You all set Pat?

Oh, not yet.

So all right.

Left lighter?

Yeah.

Yeah.

The general Let him go.

Yeah. How come he said it
was all a misunderstanding.

Whitman's. Cows need water.

I agree. I told him though,

if I don't get on that land pretty soon,

I'm not gonna be able to
pour cement before the ground

freezes. He's just gonna
let 'em get away with it.

It's a small caliber.

High powered.

Probably 2 23 caliber.

Like from an M 16.

No, like from a varmint gun.

I.

Bet there's three dozen guns
like that hanging in pickups,

running around rows right now.

Yeah. Try 300.

Well you got a 2 23, don't you buddy?

Now what's that supposed to be?

Only that it's a popular caliber.

Only a sick individual will
shoot cows down in cold blood

with no purpose.

What makes you think
there was no purpose? Oh.

Come on now let's don't start
throwing around unfounded

accusations.

You're trying to tell me
this had no purpose, Mr.

Whitman, we are eager to get
you off your land, but nobody,

I repeat nobody at that air
base is shooting your cows.

This is the work of a sick individual.

Well.

Sick or not. Somebody's
trying to run us outta here.

We also eliminate a need for creek water.

We better call the Sheriff Pep.

That's right.

Sheriff's department has no
jurisdiction on this land.

The sheriff's aware of that. Well,

let me make you aware of something.

I don't give a what you or
the judge or the Secretary of

Defense has to say.

This is our land as our dead
cattle laying there and we're

not moving.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Made months ago.

We.

Do.

Linda says this. Daddy.

Check all the Disney Man.

Afternoon buddy.

Sorry about them cattle
buddy. Imagine a goal.

How many did they kill? They killed six.

I had to put four more of 'em down.

Gilbert.

Lemme have 10 boxes of 12
gauge double lock buck shot and

four boxes of 30.

30 and four boxes of 2 23
hollow points and four boxes of

three fifty seven, a hundred
twenty five grain hollow point

and two boxes of Colt 44.

Looks like you're ready to do
some serious hunting, buddy.

We're expecting a ment problem this fall.

You don't plan on being on
your place this fall, do you?

Yes I do.

You've been putting any
holes in your ears, did you?

They're just clip bodies.

Dad, am I pretty?

Yes darling. You are.

As pretty as mom.

Yes darling.

Sure are.

I saw the camera. Z's new house.

How'd you like it?

It's all modern.

They've got these real thick
carpets. Microwave, oven,

shower.

That's a zana and a tree going
right in their dining room.

Linda even has her own TV upstairs.

Linda says the school bus
won't be coming out our way to

pick us up.

So not enough school
kids living out there.

What do you think we ought to do?

I don't know.

I guess you and rounder
could ride old Headlight and

Juliette to school, couldn't you?

Dad? It's over 10 miles.

10 Miles ain't that far.

What.

Are you doing? It's late.

Trying to get organized.

I don't like this gun
business. I never have.

When we talked about it,

you gave me this whole lecture
about hunting and target

shooting.

Things are a lot different now, darling.

Somebody has been shooting our cattle.

Next thing you know they're
gonna be trying to shoot us.

Can you're gonna shoot back? Hell yes.

Darling. Did you think
there wouldn't be any risk?

Sure.

I know the risks of losing
our land and losing our home,

but not the life and death kind of risks.

Not for Gillian rounder
and not for you and me.

Maybe I promise you nothing's
gonna happen to Gillian around

her.

You think we need those guns over there?

Maybe we should get out.

Well, that's exactly what
they want us to do, isn't it?

You think getting ready to kill
somebody is gonna make them

change their minds?

Oh, maybe.

I hope they changed their minds.

Buddy.

You better come quick.

What are we gonna do
with these snakes, buddy?

Every time we blink or go to church, Mr.

We're only doing our job. Put.

Your shotgun up. Pappy.

I put these fence posts in by hand.

Most of 'em for you is born.

Oh,

now we got the Earth brothers
themselves only there really?

A bunch of cattle killers, wrestlers,

slimy yellow fence busters. You.

Still don't know what's
happening, do you, Vern?

Honey,

you've been a pain in our
lives since four high school.

I never thought you'd live past 30.

Well, here I am.

We've been going over this
nearly two months now.

There's work to be done.
These men can't wait.

Major Walters know about this.

The base general told
Walters to get things moving.

Now I talked to Marshall Rose.

There's nothing in that court
order says we can't be on this

land. This is now government land the.

Hell it is. Happy buddy.

Will you tell your old
man to back off happy?

This is my land till you drag me off it.

You ain't gonna make me
do that. Now are you Vern.

Happy? Let's go to the house.

Happy.

I don't wanna fight with you old man.

Then you back away from that fence. Happy.

Let's go to the house.

You stay out of this
son. This is my fight.

You're.

Proving your mind's gone. Fern.

Just like your land.

Everything plows under in time.

Go. See.

He shot first.

You all saw?

Put him on my horse. Alright, easy, easy.

And hang on. Pep Annie.

What?

Oh, lay him down right here.

Don, go get my bag from the whole.

Closet. Yeah.

What is it?

It's a 38 from 20 feet.

We gotta get him into town.
Go get the station wagon.

Go hang in there, daddy.

How's he doing?

Just get there.

Darland.

Th who knows.

All things in earth in heaven
fill our hearts with trust in

Dee, that by night and by
day and in all seasons,

we may without fear commit
those who are dear to us.

To thy never failing,

love for this life and the life to come.

We commit to thy care,

the soul of our departed
friend and neighbor,

Vernon Whitman,

and ask that you grant him
eternal rest in the name of our

Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Amen. Amen.

Amen.

Is that you song?

How you doing, bud?

I'm all right.

Thought you were dead, man.

You. I am.

How'd you find me out here?

I heard about you and
your dad on the radio.

Something inside of me keeps tabs on you.

You picked yourself a
good fight cowboy. Well,

I didn't pick it, but it's mine.

Where you been cold?

I'm putting in a new throughway. Oh yeah.

Doing what? Blowing things up.

What can I say?

I could never leave my
hands off a firecracker.

Came to offer you some help
and I don't need any help.

Yeah, you do remember
that village we blew up.

Yeah.

You and me carried that old
papa sun outta that hooch tear

just to running down his face.

And what do you think they're
getting ready to do to you

bud?

Won't be any tears running down my face.

Paul.

Hello Judge.

Paul, you surely opened a box of snakes.

Don't go hang and burn
Whitman around my neck. Judge,

the preliminary ruling was that
priest acted in self-defense.

Only about the case for eminent domain.

Well, I had no choice in that.

It was open and shut.

The law is the law.

No, Paul, you interpret the law.

You decide what's in the public
good and taking productive

ranch land, turning it
into a military base.

Maybe you're right. But
will you tell me one thing?

Why should I make an exception
of one single individual when

an entire community of obey the law,

when this seems to be legitimate
cause for taking the land.

Seems.

To me our laws have a tradition
of protecting the one single

individual against the
rest of the community.

Well, I believe I did the right thing.

Paul.

You can't say that to
Vern Whitman anymore,

but you can sure try
explaining to his boy.

Just why you made that ruling.

Oh.

I sold out. But.

I'm behind you 100% and I
won't take no for an answer.

Well put your horse up then.

Come on in the house.

So what are you gonna do, buddy?

I'm gonna save this place.

Oh, I don't wanna hear that anymore.

Can't you see what's happening here?

This thing's already killed your dad.

The 90 days are almost up.

They're gonna come in and get
us and carry us outta here.

There's nothing you can do, buddy.

Listen to me.

We can go find another
place like this somewhere.

We're gonna move old Gilbert
worthy with us when we go.

Or you think we're always gonna
find a feed man to carry us

and we can't pay our bills.

And what about Jay Hunt over at the bank.

You think we're gonna find
ourselves another banker that'll

stick his neck out for us like he has?

He can't fight him alone.

I'm not alone.

I got some help.

So he's staying, isn't he?

Yes he is.

And duck camera soul's
out there. I saw him.

Is he staying too buddy? Is he?

Yes.

You are escalating this thing into a war.

They started the war.

We're just defending our property.

Oh no, you're not.

You're starting a war. You can't win.

You want me to give it up, don't you?

Yes.

Yes I do.

I didn't save you Gucci to
see you get killed at home.

Darling.

We got 15 Whitmans buried in
our cemetery right up there on

the hill.

Doc's wife is up there
and so is his mother.

You wanna dig 'em all
up and take 'em to town?

Stick 'em in the ground next
to a church house across the

street from those little
condominiums, fast food joint.

Stop.

It. Maybe they've got millions
and millions and millions of

acres of land out there and
they have planted thousands of

missiles.

How many more missiles do they need?

How many more ranchers are
they gonna take? You know.

I don't give a about governments,
ORs, or ranches anymore.

I care about my family now.

There is no land that means
more than the people who live on

it, buddy.

Oh baby.

Land and the people.

What? Insane.

Taking the kids over to the Housers.

I don't wanna see him get hurt.

I don't wanna see anybody get hurt.

Let's.

Go.

You don't have to stay
if you don't want to.

Doc, you're telling me to go.

No, I'm not.

Breakfast is getting lousy around here.

Vern made on a good coffee.

Yeah, I I ain't going nowhere.

This land was nine long
before it was yours.

Mr. Whitman.

90 days.

The court has allowed you to
remain on this land as elapsed.

You are now in contempt of a court order.

You must surrender possession
of this land immediately.

Are you threatening an officer of the law?

What law you talking about?

The same law that shut our water
off and tore our fences up,

shot our cattle, kill my dad.

Mr. Whitman,

the law did not kill your
father or your cattle.

We got a lot of work to do.

Marshall,

you're gonna have to kill me
to get me off of this place.

We don't want any more killing.

I don't either.

Holster your shotgun,

otherwise we'll have to
come in and disarm you.

I will shoot the first man
that walks through that gate.

You gonna hold off the whole world?

Yes, I am.

General, as I told you,

if I don't get a construction
crew onto this land this week,

latest,

I won't be able to build anything
for you till next spring.

Now the man is in contempt of court.

He's been served.

He's been given three months
to find another place to live.

He hasn't even bothered to look.

It all boils down to an
eviction, plain and simple.

Marshall, what do you think?

You want to do this the old
fashioned way and carry 'em out?

No.

Sir.

Usually when you serve papers
on a squatter, he moves.

If he puts up a fight, it's all bluff.

Well, they're not bluffing this time.

I know it.

I've looked down the barrel
of his shotgun myself and

officer. I agree with Mr.

Priest.

Whitman won't move peaceably.

So we're faced with a confrontation.

Mr. Brewer here says he is
illegally on base property.

Well why don't we get some
soldiers and just get him out of

there.

Mighty military crushing a lone rancher.

I know that won't look good.

If the courts can't do their job.

What about the military.

Major? You can't do that.

You cannot have federal
troops act against citizens.

That's why we have US Marshals. Thank.

You Mr. Brewer.

Gentlemen,

I don't think that the president
of the United States is

gonna order a battalion of
combat troops to take away a

man's ranch.

Why not make it a local issue?

What do you mean?

Well, the marshals here can
deputize anybody in town.

Isn't that right?

Can.

But I don't see your point.

Why not swear in some of
the local boys like the park

rangers?

Now somebody's making sense. General.

Those men are amateurs.

I'd rather call in a team of
Marshalls from Cheyenne. Do.

We have time?

They're not locals.

You see general,

the idea of which wouldn't take
hardly any time at all is to

swear in the likes of Jack Hall,

local foresters and the
local postal workers.

And then you have the locals
march out to Buddy Whitman's

ranch and talk some sense into him.

And you could deputize me.

I know more about his place
than practically anybody.

So does my field crew too.

If you walk up to his gate
with a dozen men and we won't

shoot Whitman and Whitman
won't shoot the mailman.

Simon.

Chief gentlemen. My name's Gil Rose.

I'm the United States Marshall
State your name please.

Gene Stewart. Why you Simon and Crane.

What's going on? Jack?

You'll see Mr. Stewart.

Mr. Crane for the powers
vested in me in my office.

I hereby deputize you temporary
at United States Marshals.

You will be under my command.

Like hell. I will.

It's official. Gene, listen up here.

Well, I don't have to listen
to you or anybody else here.

I take my orders from the
United States postmaster.

This is Mr.

Allen Brewer of the United
States Attorney's Office.

It's legal. You're deputized.

You mean I don't have to raise
my right hand or nothing?

You meant I'll meet me tomorrow
morning at Buddy Whitman's

ring. Oh, I knew that was coming.

Well you can count me out. I'll meet you.

Gene is here. Serious business.

I don't like this anymore than you do,

but you men are government employees.

You've been duly deputized.
You have an obligation now.

You will meet me tomorrow morning
at the front gate of Buddy

Whitman's ranch. Bring
your personal weapons'.

Don't be late.

Okay folks, keep the road clear.

Clear the road.

Keep it clear.

Thank you.

Deputies.

Get around here man.

You men will wear these helmets and vests.

They'll identify you as Deputy
Marshalls. Run out of badges

right there. Where are
your personal weapons?

Aren't you instructed to bring
your personal weapons? Oh,

they're in our trucks.

Go get 'em now.

Alright man, listen up.

I want you to move inside the gate,

line up on either side of the moving van,

10 yards apart and don't cross
the bridge until I tell you.

Now go.

I don't like this one bit. You think I do.

For authorized vehicles?

What are.

Your casualties, Marshall?

Well sir, we got two
superficial injuries with Burns.

One broken ankle while running away.

It wasn't my idea to use
these locals. Major wasn't my.

Idea either. Marshall was priest.

General buddy. Whitman's
gotta be placed under arrest.

But I suggest we call this off
and wait for a compliment of

Marshalls to arrive from Cheyenne.

Are you saying you can't arrest
him with what you got here

now?

Well.

Sir, some more of these deputized
civilians could get hurt.

General, excuse me, Marshall.

It seems to me that Whitman
has time on his side.

If we can take care of the
situation before he starts

figuring his next move,
we can end all this.

I grew up around here.

I know this place.

Can you figure a way to get him out?

Well, I figure I can reason with him.

I can walk in there and flush
him outta the house and the

barn.

Take all the fight right out
of him if I have to and bring

them out.

Then you can roll in and do
whatever you want and you can

handle that alone. Oh, I won't be alone.

Do it.

Judge.

Where have you been?
Buddy called last night,

asked if I'd seen you.

What's going on?

They're destroying the ranch
judge and buddy along with it.

It's a battlefield. I tried going back.

I can't get in.

And Maye Stewart said they
deputized Jean in a bunch from

the post office. The.

Post office.

I can't get this darn
car to start. I can't.

Can't anybody do anything to stop this.

What about Judge Quilling or
when the Justice Department did

that? Senator Coburn
ever answer your letter?

Matter of fact, I put in a
call to him just this morning.

We're just all gonna stand
around and watch this happen,

aren't we?

Go ahead, try and turn it over now.

Okay.

Hey.

You know nobody believed
Buddy really meant it.

I gotta get back to him
before it's too late.

You gotta help us, judge.

I do what I can.

Whitman showed us all he had.

Now it's our turn.

Paul, hold.

Put your jacket on.
What's the matter jacket?

Come see for yourself. Come on.

Excuse me.

Mr. Priest.

You keep in contact with me.

I'm in charge of this
operation. Remember that?

How could I forget?

I didn't see any white flags
on that big truck over. Oh,

it's gone just like the
old days. This is it.

Wait, Charlie, Dawn's early light.

Only this time. Where's Charlie?

What's that? Things are getting simple.

Hey

Connie,

I'm going to give you a
count of five to turn around.

1, 2, 3, 4.

Mr. Bri, stop your activity please.

Fire,

gonna leave this house.

Some smoke.

Hold on.

Okay sir. Come on here.

I'm right. Yeah, come on.

Which bug?

Quick bug.

We're gonna torch the house
unless you put down your

weapons.

Come out front and give it up. Priest.

Come in.

Come in priest.

You.

Priest.

I'm taking over.

You're no longer authorized.

I want you off this place now
and take your boys with you.

Do you understand what I'm telling you?

You're not a Deputy Marshall
anymore. I want you.

Outta here. Not to the general.

You don't have the guts to do your job.

You know that Marshall ground back.

What's up?

Priest.

And I are gonna take a little ride.

Kyle.

Yeah.

Drop it.

Oh my God.

The way.

Hey, you over.

There. Stop that car.

This is a restricted area.

Military personnel. Stay off the fence.

Excuse sir. Off the fence.

Some need some.

Hey,

where's Buddy?

Get me a four by four up here.

This has gotta stop. General,
I'm ordering you to stop this.

Now, your honor.

This land is the property of the united.

I said now states government now.

Do that.

Coming out that.

Marshall, if you're gonna arrest that man,

that won't be necessary.

Marshall Judge Munson assures me that Mr.

Whitman will be available
when we need him.

I'm suspending this court order as of now.

I intend to reexamine the
merits of this case first thing

tomorrow morning. Is that clear?

Now? If you people have
no business on this land,

please clear off.

Let 'em throw.

Easy, baby.

At least the house is still standing.