Original subtitles

[ theme song ]

Boys. Boys.

My wife picked this out, Lars,

and she said to tell you

that if you didn't treat this new bride of yours right,

that she wouldn't have to go back to Sweden;

she could just use this on ya.

[ both laugh ]

Don't worry. She'll never want to go back!

Lars will see to that.

[ both laugh ]

To the best darn governor in the best darn territory

in the best darn country in the whole wide world!

[ all cheer ]

Except Sweden!

Except Sweden! Skol!

[ all laugh ]

How long this thing go on?

In Sweden, it goes on for three days.

Then after the wedding, three days more.

And they never let up on this, uh...

what is this stuff again?

Aquavit. That means the water of life.

Well, it sure isn't water. I'll tell ya that.

No, but it sure is alive.

[ exhales ]

Uh, how many has the old boy had anyway?

Don't let him hear you call him that.

The last man that tried to drink Lars Holstrum under the table

is still under it.

I guess now is the time. Let's take it in.

Yo.

Hey, I'll hold it here.

I got him.

Lars.

You know, nothing would have kept Judge Garth from being here today,

except he had to be back east on business,

but this is from him and Shiloh for the bride.

[ chuckling ] Oh!

A queen's saddle for the Queen of New Upsala!

For Katya!

[ all cheer ]

To Judge Garth--

the best friend and finest neighbor

any man ever had!

Skol!

[ all cheer ]

Lars!

Ya?

Lars, she's here!

Who?

Your Katya.

You don't need to go to Laramie for wedding.

They send here here!What?!

Whoa.

Katya?

[ all laugh ]

[ laughs ]

Maria, who put you up to this?

[ laughs ]

Next time I drown you!

[ laughs ]

This time I drown you!

[ all laugh ]

[ all laugh ]

Come, we drink another toast to Katya!

[ all cheer ]

Maria, you sure look pretty.

Well, thank you.

There's a barn dance tonight. How 'bout you goin' with me?

No, I'm sorry. I have a date.

Well, why don't ya break it?

No, thank you.

Uh...

Go ahead. Go ahead. I still dare you.

Ask him.

You don't think I will, huh?

I don't think you will, no.

All right.

Hey, Lars. Ya?

How old's this Katya of yours?

Twenty.

All right, all right.

And how old are you, Lars?

Any man here I can beat at anything!

Do you hear me? Anything!

Hand wrestle.

You think you can beat me?

Oh, no, not me, Lars.

Free-fall!

Who can say he can put down Lars Holstrum?

No man!

You believe it?

That anvil there.

Who can lift it faster and higher than Lars?

No man!

Don't do it, Lars.We believe you, Lars.

Nobody!

You'll believe me!

When you see it, you'll believe it!

Nobody is stronger than Lars!

[ grunts ]

VIRGINIAN: Enough, Lars. You've made your point.

I say when it's enough!

[ all clamor ]

All right, let it go.

I can't.

I'm stuck.

Wanted to see us, Lars?

Look, not now. Lars--

I see them now. You get out.

Lars, if you don't rest now and give that back of yours--

Do you get out or do I get up and throw you out?

You go. That stays.

How's it goin', Lars?

Going? Nothing's going. Look at me.

[ chuckles ] A fine bridegroom.

If there's anything at all we can do, Lars...

I know Judge Garth would--

Why you think I sent for you three, huh?

If Henry Garth was here, I ask him to do this thing for me.

This job only for man's best friend in the world.

Well, you just name it.

You know what plan was?

I go to Laramie to meet Katya, her father, and family

when the wagon train stops on its way to Oregon.

We have wedding then.

After that, the family goes with wagon train.

I bring Katya back here as my wife.

Now look at me.

What I have done for showing off.

Don't worry, Lars. A little rest--

There is not time.

I want you three to go to Laramie,

bring my Katya here.

What about her folks?

I have already wrote letter for you to take to them.

It will tell I cannot come.

But you will help, too.

You will tell them there is accident--

nothing serious--

that I will marry Katya as soon as she gets here.

Maybe they will all come, too.

You tell them everyone is welcome.

If they do not come, then you three, my friends,

will guard my Katya and bring her to me.

There's just one problem, Lars.

We're pretty busy at Shiloh right now.

Spare three of us at one time-- I'm not sure I can work it out.

Well, then one of you can go.

What about one of your own men?

There... in the closet on the shelf.

The black bag-- bring it.

Open it.

[ whistles ]

One thousand dollars for Katya's father.

Oh, I get it-- the dowry.

I thought it was the bride's father that paid for--

Oh, sorry.

This is not dowry. This is loan for Gosta Swenson.

I promise him to make it if he bring whole family to America.

I do not ask for dowry.

When girl is young and beautiful as my Katya,

is dowry herself.

No need for dowry. This is loan.

Sure, Lars. We understand.

You understand--good.

But men that work for me-- most are Swedes.

Maybe they do not understand.

It's better no one knows of this.

Now which one of you goes for my Katya?

Oh, I forgot.

Whoever goes, as small token of Lars' appreciation,

gets $100 in hand when my Katya's delivered here to me.

Oh, well, that's not necessary, Lars.

It's my pleasure.

Now which one of you goes?

I think I can be spared, Lars.

Uh, you've been running that head count on Elk Creek.

Seems to me I'd be more available.

Well, you know, the Judge was sayin' just before he left

that he wanted me to go up to Laramie

and take care of some business for him.

Oh, now wait a minute. Wait just a minute.

If there's anybody who by rights can't leave

when the judge is gone, it's you.

High man? High man.

Not your deck.

Got another deck, Lars?

In the dresser-- the top drawer.

Steve, you act as if you can't trust me.

I don't know where you ever got that idea, Trampas.

All right.

High man... between you two.

What about you?

I was only foolin'. I can't leave, and you know it.

Go ahead, Steve.

Me first, huh? Yeah.

All right.

Hate to do that to ya, Trampas.

Go ahead. Won't do ya any good, though.

[ clears throat ]

When do I start?

When? You go right now.

At Laramie you find Katya Swenson and family from Upsala

and the Hassler Company Train.

Hassler Company Train, right.

And Trampas... Hmm?

You bring my Katya safe and well

and ready for marry up with Lars,

you get more than $100. You get friend for life.

If you not bring her safe and well

and ready for marry up,

you better not come back.

You hear Lars clear?

[ chuckles ]

Good. We have drink.

Yo. Yeah.

Uh, Steve.

Thanks.

Here.

Yo.

One more.

Well-- Me, too.

Oh.

To Katya.

To me is Katya.

To you is Miss Swenson. You remember that.

To Miss Swenson.

To Miss Swenson.

Yeah.

Have you any idea where I could find the Hassler Company Train?

Oh, that's the one with all the Swedes.That's right.

They're out about a mile along Horse Tail Creek.

They got in this mornin'.

Well, thank you very much.

Hello, Trampas. Howdy.

Welcome to Laramie.

Well, how ya been?

You don't remember.

[ chuckles ] Betty.

Cheyenne. Summer before last.

Oh. Oh, sure. Sure. How are ya, Betty?

I'm alive, if you can call it that--

workin' over there.

It's a nice rig.

Hmm. Thanks.

Remember that one we rented in Cheyenne?

[ chuckles ]

Come to think of it, I rented it.

You were broke.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, I forgot about that. Well, let me--

We can talk about that later.

I don't have to be to work till eight tonight.

Oh. Well, I'd sure like to see ya Betty, but, uh...

You gotta see a man. Business.

Yeah.

All day.

Yeah.

All night?

Yeah.

[ chuckles ] Well, when you change your mind,

you know where to find me.

Yeah.

Let's go.

[ whistles ]

Hiya! Come on, bud.

Hey, tell me, do you know--

is this the Hassler Company Train?

That's right.

Can you tell me where I can find a family called Swensons?

If you ask me, there's nothin' but Swensons.

Well, this family's from a place in Sweden called, uh... uh...

Upsala.

From Upsala? Yeah.

Gosta Swenson?

That's right.

Well, they are camped over on the far side there,

just beyond that fork in the stream.

Thank you very much.

Hey, isn't your name Trampas?

That's right.

Sheriff was talkin' about you just the other night.

He hasn't forgot the last time you were here.

[ chuckles ] Well, that was a long time ago, friend.

This time if you bring your own dice into any saloon,

check them at the door as you go in.

[ both laugh ]

Well, I'll do that.

Come on.

Whoa.

Uh, excuse me, ma'am, but could you tell me

where I could find a Miss Swenson?

Did you say Miss Swenson?

For I am Miss Swenson.

Oh.

Uh, my name is--

I am Miss Swenson.

Oh, I-- well, you see--

I am Miss Swenson.

[ all laugh ]

I'm, uh, I'm looking for Miss Katya Swenson and--

GIRLS: Why?

Uh, I think we better see your father.

[ all laugh ]

[ all yelling ]

Mr. Swenson. Mr. Swenson.

Mr. Swenson!

[ yells in Swedish ]

I'm sorry, but we talk lots because what Lars do is no good.

Lars should come himself.

Well, Mr. Swenson, like I explained,

Lars intended to, except for the accident,

and, well, he's very sorry about that.

Well, still no good.

My daughter go with you? Stranger?

No, this is not the way in Sweden.

Well, it's not that way here either. I'll admit that.

But your daughter will be safe.

You've got the letter that Lars wrote ya.

He'll vouch for me.

Papa. Yeah?

[ speaks in Swedish ]

Yah.

Laramie. You got friends in Laramie?

Friends we can talk to?

Well, sure,

but why when you've got the letter?

Better yet, Mr. Swenson, why don't you send the whole family.

Lars said they'd be welcome.

No, no, we can't do.

We go with wagon train tomorrow morning.

Uh, Mr. Swenson. Yeah?

Lars is really in love with your daughter,

and he's prepared to give her everything he's got,

and that's practically half of Wyoming.

Still no good.

You got wife?

No, sir.

You got girl you promise marry?

No, well, not exactly.

[ speaks in Swedish ]

Yah.

You go to church?

Yes, sir, regularly.

Every Easter when I'm near one.

No, we, uh, we can't say now.

Tomorrow morning we let you know.

All right, I'll be bedded down in the grove there near the stream.

Good night. Good night.

Miss Swenson. Miss Swenson. Miss Swenson.

[ speaks in Swedish ]

Pardon me?

He says, "Only on Easter?"

Yeah.

[ all yelling ]

Do ya hear me?

You do not threaten me, and you do not threaten my father.

Is that clear to you?

It is to you things are not clear.

You do not believe I make warning.

Now you will listen to me.

You will let me go and leave here now.

GIRLS: I am Miss Swenson. I am Miss Swenson. I am Miss Swenson.

LARS: You bring my Katya safe and well

and ready for marry up with Lars,

you get friend for life.

I am Miss Swenson.

Mr. SWENSON: Well, it's no good. My daughter go with you?

I am Miss Swenson.

BETTY: That's a nice rig.

I don't have to be to work until eight.

MAN: Sheriff was talkin' about you just the other night.

I am Miss Swenson.

LARS: To me is Katya.

To you is Miss Swenson. You remember that.

I am Miss Swenson.

[ mumbling in sleep ]

I am here, Mr. Trampas. I'm here and ready.

Take me.

Uh-huh.

[ chuckles ] You were dreaming, no?

Y--yeah, I'm not-- I'm not dreamin' now, though, am I?

Oh, not unless I am, too, no.

I'm here and ready for you to take me to Lars Holstrum.

Oh.

Well, what about your folks? Your father?

Oh, with my father it will be all right.

I've left a note.

Oh, well, you sure nobody else is gonna object,

like, uh, like the sheriff or, uh...

like the sheriff?

Is it you who are afraid of this journey, Mr. Trampas?

No. No, ma'am.

Well, it's just that I don't want any posse after me for kidnapping.

Oh, you won't have.

I have made a decision, and when I decide,

my father knows that nothing will change my mind.

Now can we go? I'd love to be traveling by sunrise.

Sure.

Uh, where's your luggage?

There.

That's all?

Yeah.

Well...

Would you stop a moment?

What?

Would you stop?

Whoa. Whoa now. Whoa.

Oh. Say, that's something, isn't it?

Well, that's just about the prettiest view I've ever seen.

Matter of fact, I might say theprettiest.

Would you please be quiet.

The only way to really feel what is beautiful

is to treasure it in silence.

My grandfather taught me that when I was seven.

Bully for your grandfather.

[ exhales ]

All right, now we go.

Thank you.

Up, son.

You saw them ride out of town together?

Miss Swenson and that-- that cowboy?

Must have been some time around midnight.

Why did you not stop them?

Because it was none of my business.

You're still angry. I'm sorry.

You will soon learn that I'm one girl

who does what she wants and says what she thinks.

I always have been, and I always intend to be.

You do, huh?

I do.

Tell me--how long have you known Lars Holstrum?

And what does that mean?

Nothin'. Forget that I asked.

Oh, and what is it you call this?

Jerky.

[ chuckles ] It's dried beef.

You're sure?

I knew the cow.

[ both laugh ]

You see, when you're on the range for three or four days,

you may not have time to fix yourself a picnic basket full of goodies.

[ chuckles ]

Oh, don't worry.

You won't have to eat jerky when you get to Lars' place.

He's got a great cook.

You're a good friend to Lars?

Well, let's just say we're friends.

Judge Garth--my boss-- and he are old friends.

Oh, yeah.

After all, you are much younger than Lars.

He's a great fella.

Your boss?

No, Lars.

He's just about as big a man as there is in the territory.

[ chuckles ] Oh, he is big for sure.

I meant important.

Wait till ya see that spread of his.

There's no better layout north of Cheyenne, except for Shiloh,

and that ranch house of his--

not only did he bring things from Sweden,

he's got things there from London, New York,

Paris, France-- all over.

Yeah, and he's a generous man, too.

He knows how to spend what he's got.

You should've seen the way he treated his first three wives.

They got the finest tombstones in Medicine Bow Cemetery.

Oh, and that is very reassuring?

Oh, no. What I'm trying to say is, uh...

I know what you are trying to say, and I thank you.

Well, he's a nice fella.

Any girl would be lucky to get him.

I am sure you're right...

and, uh, how many wives have you had, Mr. Trampas?

Me?

Yeah.

Look, ma'am,

I made up my mind to one thing a long time ago.

There's not a girl born who will hogtie me into gettin' hitched.

Oh, you do not like girls then?

Like them? I love them-- all of them.

I guess I go for the brown-eyes, black-hair type.

[ chuckles ] They speak my language.

Oh, and what language is that?

Well, that's just an expression.

I mean...

I think I know what you mean.

You must be great friend to Lars...

for him to ask you to make such sacrifice--

this long trip away from your own work.

Well, Lars has a way of persuadin' people to do what he wants,

but I guess you know that.

I know very well.

Besides, we're dippin' steers at Shiloh this week.

Dipping steers?

Yeah, we swab them with kerosene and creosote.

Yeah, it's a dirt, stinkin' job.

Fella do most anything to get out of that job.

[ whistles ] Up, son. Hiya.

Oh?

What is it?

Indians.

They were here last night.

Can you handle this?

I have hunted with my grandfather since I was ten.

Well, keep it handy-- just in case.

I still do not understand.

Lars told us that Indians here

were friendly and on reservations.

Well, generally they are, but a bunch busted loose last month,

and from what I hear, they're causin' trouble.

And what did you do to them to make them behave so?

What do ya mean?

I have read in Sweden of how you treat the Indians in this country.

You take their lands and when the object,

you shoot them down like animals.

Well, even an animal when he is treated with kindness and firmness instead--

Miss Swenson, I'm not interested in Swedish theories on Indians.

Now if you wanna keep both of our scalps, you'll keep that thing handy.

I'm gonna take a look over there on that ridge.

Yeah, Mr. Trampas.

And try and stay awake.

Brown eyes and black hair, indeed.

[ gunshot ]

Miss Swenson!

Miss Swenson!

You were calling me?

Not bad gun.

Swedish gun is better, of course, but not bad.

Uh, for supper maybe instead of jerky.

I thought you were shootin' at an Indian.

I shoot at no Indian. I shoot at rabbit.

Oh, you're difficult man to please, Mr. Trampas.

Now, look, Miss Swenson, just get in the wagon and stay there.

That's too bad that when Lars Holstrum sent man to my father,

he could not find one that was not afraid of his own shadow.

Hey! Hold it!

What are you doin'?

Is that how you drive a team in Sweden?

And what's wrong with it?

Nothin', if you don't care where you're goin'

or how long it takes to get there.

Here, let me show ya.

Now the main thing in drivin' a team is to be firm.

My old man said a horse is like a woman.

You gotta let them know who's boss.

Your old man said that?

Yeah, and I'm not interested in what your grandfather said.

Just listen.

I am listening.

Now when you wanna go to the right,

take this line right here and pull it right to ya like that.

Same thing if you wanna go left.

Just pull it to your right here like that.

Not out here somewhere. Gentle but firm.

Gentle but firm? Yeah, Mr. Trampas?

Now when you wanna stop them,

take both lines right here-- pull them to ya evenly.

When they stop, let up.

You don't go jerkin' on one of them

'cause you'll hurt the horses mouth.

You understand?

I think so.

Another thing about a horse--

if you're not afraid of him and you like him, he can sense it.

Like a man?

That's right.

And if you are afraid of him and you don't like him, he can sense that, too.

Think ya understand?

I think so. Shall I try now?

Yeah.

Oh, wait a minute. Here.

Hold them like this.

Put your finger through here like that, see?

Now you can take up on the slack.

Got it?

Like this?

Yeah.

All right.

Oh, yeah, that is much better.

Anytime.

Make a right in here.

Bring them up a little more.

Whoa.

Well, here we are.

This is about a safe a place as we can find to spend the night.

Spend the night?

We spend the night here?

Yep.

Well, there's no town? No hotel?

Sure there is. Right over there.

About 40 miles as the crow flies.

Of course, if you want real class,

there's the Diller House in Silver Springs.

It's got one room and a bath.

The bridal suite.

And that's about 60 miles that way.

You mean, do we-- just the two of us?

Oh. It would seem to me that in the note to my father,

there was one or two points that Lars Holstrum neglected to mention.

Now, look, Miss Swenson, if you mean what I think you mean...

well, you're as safe with me as you would be if that grandfather of yours was here.

Oh, and if I do not wish to sleep here?

That's easy. You can stay awake.

Look, let's understand each other once and for all.

We are two people who are where we are right now

because--because it worked out that way, right?

Right.

And the fact that you're a girl and I'm a man is just, uh...

well, that has nothing to do with it.

Absolutely nothing.

And if I could've gotten there in one day, I would have been glad of it,

and so would've you.

But we couldn't, so we have to put up with things--

As they are, whether we like it or not.

Yeah. So let's get busy. Can you build a fire?

I've been camping with my grandfather--

Since you were six,

and he taught you how to build a fire since you were four.

Well, you can prove it.

I'll get some gear out of here and rustle up some grub.

Grub?

Supper.

You think you're going to cook the supper?

Now wait a minute, Mr. Trampas.

You build the fire. That is man's work.

The cooking-- that is--

I know, I know.

We're forgetting that you're man and I am girl,

but not until after supper, yeah?

The fire, please.

I'll get some water.

[ exhales ]

Well, I can say one thing.

Lars sure knows what he's doin'.

You're a better cook than the one he's got.

You're too kind.

What is it like, Mr. Trampas?

I mean, what is it really like?

What's what like?

To be cowboy.

Never before have I really talked to one, like this I mean.

Oh, in Sweden, we read much about men like you

who are quick with the gun and with the fist

and how this whole vast land is your kingdom.

But how is it really to live such life?

Well...

[ chuckles ] That's funny.

I guess nobody's ever asked me that before.

I never even asked myself.

There is an answer-- an old one.

A cowboy is somebody who has to love three things--

dust, horses, and women... when he can find them.

[ chuckles ]

Uh, well, that's not what you mean, is it?

No.

Well, I don't know.

I guess it's a job mostly. Keeps ya workin'.

But still you're free.

When I'm workin' my horse on the range

on a night like, uh... well, like this,

it's, uh... it's like it's my own world.

Yah. Your own lonely world.

[ thunderclap ]

Lightning!

It will not rain?

No, not here.

It's off to the north in those mountains.

Lot of them this time of the year.

Oh, it reminds me of the aurora.

Have you ever seen them? The Northern Lights?

Once when I was up Canada way.

We have them often in Sweden.

Ever since I am little girl, I have seen them.

I wish I had not remembered.

In all my life, I have never been more than 20 miles from Upsala.

Always so safe, so sure.

And then Lars come from America,

and he talk to me, to my sisters, to my family.

Oh, his dreams make ours seem so small.

It is impossible to say no to Lars.

[ sighs ]

So here we are-- all of us in America, thousands of miles from home.

And me-- I'm here in some canyon

where perhaps no one has ever been before.

Alone.

Well, I wouldn't exactly say alone.

Oh, well, you know what I mean.

Well, you'll feel different when you get to Lars' place.

Well, it's time we bedded down.

I beg your pardon?

Get some sleep. You'll be needin' some.

Here.

Between these two blankets and that buffalo robe, you'll be plenty warm.

And you? Where do you sleep?

I won't be asleep. I'll be right here.

Sweden. America.

Thank you very much.

Don't you peek.

[ chuckles ]

[ chuckles ]

[ coyote howls ]

What was that?

Coyote.

[ animal growls ]

What was that?

That was probably a cougar.

Nah, probably a bobcat.

[ animal growls ]

No, no, that was a cougar.

[ animal yelps ]

That sounds like a wolf.

Probably not a wolf at all.

Probably some Injun.

[ animal noises ]

[ noises continue ]

[ making animal noise ]

[ laughs ]

[ makes animal noise ]

[ laughs ]

[ makes animal noise ]

Did you like that?

[ makes animal noise ]

[ animal noises ]

Hold on.

[ noises continue ]

It is Indians.

I'm making with a joke and they're all around me.

Here. Keep this right beside ya.

Where are you going?

I'm not going anywhere, and neither are you.

Chances are they haven't seen us.

That shot of yours a while ago has got them on the prowl.

Now there's no point in both of us stayin' awake. I'm used to this.

I'll stay guard, and you get some sleep.

Now go on. Go on. Get some sleep.

Just keep that thing handy.

Miss Swenson!

Miss Swenson!

In here.

Where?

Over here.

Good morning.

Where did you find her?

Oh, I didn't. She found me. She woke me up.

And you-- I don't think a herd of buffalo

could have waken Mr. All-Night-Guard.

Would you like some milk?

Arapaho markings.

Did you see this brand?

I saw it.

Ten to one this cow belongs to one of those ranches that was burned out.

So?

So? So this cow now belongs to those Indians,

and you can bet they'll be lookin' for her.

Come on.

Come on where?

We're gettin' out of here.

Are you trying to tell a Swedish girl

that when she finds a cow that needs to be milked,

she's not going to milk it?

Look, look...

Dumbom.

I don't know what it means, but that's good.

Well, I think that's the word you were looking for.

Well, maybe it's someone else that is the dumbom.

Now would you please go eat the breakfast I've prepared.

I am busy.

There's a trapper's cabin on the other side of that ridge.

I'm goin' over there and see if they'll ride the rest the way with us.

You and your... friend stay here. Understand?

Yah, general. Anything you say, general.

Brunhilde and I will stay right here.

Who?

Brunehilde.

I still think you should have some milk.

Look...

Sorry, ma'am.

Miss Swenson!

Miss Swenson!

Now you do that till the butter gets thick like that, you see?

Oh, you got back?

What are you doin' here?

Oh, how, how.

We're leavin' now while we got a chance.

But I'm not finished.

Now to keep the butter--

We're leavin' now!

Of course, it is very important that you keep the butter--

I said now! Oh!

Not your woman.

Sure. Sure she is. She's my, uh, my squaw.

What?! Shh!

Um, you squaw of big chief?

I Grey Teal. Wife of Raven Wing-- number one chief.

Oh, well, uh...

maybe Grey Teal wise to let me take my squaw back

before Raven Wing comes

and before he sees how pretty she is.

May make trouble for all you squaws with your braves.

What? Me make trouble?

Shh. Never mind, just be quiet.

Uh, taking squaw now to see her father.

Father big chief in white man's army.

Uh, how or good-bye.

Now thank you, ladies, and you keep that.

That's buttermilk. It's very good. Now you keep that.

Come on, I said now! Come on, woman.

How dare you say that I'm your woman!

You're lucky to get out of there with your hair!

If those braves found out you were there

and I was takin' you to Lars Holstrum,

they'd hold you up for a ransom even Lars couldn't pay!

Well, if Grey Teal believes me instead of you, they will know!

What does that mean?

Before you came charging in there,

Grey Teal had asked me where I'm going.

You told her?!

Well, of course I told her!

Oh, well, you're some help! You're a lot of help!

When that chief finds that out,

believe me, he'll be on our trail.

He'll be after us!

Oh, I don't believe you!

And besides, what can I possibly fear

when my father is now general in the army

and I am squaw of man who is valiant enough

to come charging into teepee full of women,

brandishing his revolver?

How'd I know those braves were gone?

They were probably on another raid.

Oh, true. How were you to know?

But I cannot say I was surprised.

After all, it was my grandfather that said when I was ten--

there is one kind of man who is only a man with a weapon in his hand.

My father told me a few things about women, too.

I guess that's why I go for black hair and brown eyes.

Ha!

Ooh!

[ speaking Indian ]

Lars Holstrum.

Lars Holstrum?

[ speaks Indian ]

Red Wolf Creek's about a mile or two ahead.

We'll be at Lars' place before sundown.

Still not talkin', huh?

Maybe I should've left you back there with your Indian friends.

One scalp more or less-- what's the difference?

Particularly when that scalp has blond hair instead of black!

Whoa.

Hold up here. Whoa.

Whoa.

MISS SWENSON: What is it?

Nester's cabin.

Maybe they'll ride the rest the way with us.

Are you still worried about those Indians?

You bet I am.

You wait in the wagon.

Hello?

Anybody home?

Hello?

[ Miss Swenson screams ]

Ooh!

What happened?

You will please never mind.

You hurt your ankle, huh?

Well, don't try and walk on it. Let me give you a hand.

Oh! Ooh, go punch a cow!

[ chuckles ]

Oh, what you doing?! What you doing?!

Oh!

If you're so concerned about the ankle,

perhaps you should bandage it.

You can see a doctor when you get into town.

Yah! Come on!

Well, there it is-- Red Wolf Creek.

Oh, it looks so cool.

And how much farther to Lars Holstrum?

Oh, a couple hours, I guess.

Good. Then I bathe here.

You what?

I Bathe.

You think I would meet Lars with half the dust in Wyoming on me?

Well, you can't. I mean, you just--

well, you can't.

And why not?

I will be beyond the trees.

And you are such gentlemen.

I know you will stay here.

[ chuckles ]

I mean, well, there's a lot of travel on this road.

What if somebody were to come by?

Then you will keep them away until I am done.

Mr. Trampas.

What now?

This is wonderful!

When I finish, you must come in.

Just hurry up, will ya?

[ chuckles ]

Always in a hurry.

It's disease with you Americans.

[ horses approaching ]

Hey, uh, somebody's comin'.

Oh?

Who is it?

How do I--I don't know!

Well, keep them away until I am done.

Howdy.

What's the big idea?

You can't go down there right now.

We can't what?

The stream--

uh, you can't go down there right now.

Look, friend, are you tryin' to say

we can't take these horses over to that stream?

Uh, the horses, yeah, but you men, uh-uh.

Now who do you figure is gonna stop us?

[ chuckles ]

Well, uh, look, let me level with ya.

You see, there's somebody down there and they're...

takin' a bath.

Takin' a bath?

That's right, and they don't wanna be disturbed until they're through.

Well, look, put yourself in my place.

I mean, suppose you're travelin' with someone-- a woman, your mother--

and she sees a stream, and she wants to freshen up in it.

So she freshens up in it, and doesn't wanna be disturbed until she's through.

You mean your mother's down there?

[ chuckles ] Uh...

Good afternoon, gentlemen.

That's your mother?

[ chuckles ] Well, now I--no.

I didn't exactly, um...

Oh, it is so lovely a stream.

Even in Sweden, I've never swam in lovelier.

You will bathe now, Mr. Trampas?

Believe me, it will make you a new man.

Now, look, I'm takin' this girl to see Lars Holstrum.

Holstrum? That's right.

And if any harm should come to this girl before I get her there,

they'd have Lars to answer to.

That is nice horse, Mr., uh...

Harkness, ma'am.

Mr. Harkness.

Is he for sale?

He might be for the right person, if the price is right.

For instance?

Well, if the person was you...

$50.

He is sound?

See for yourself.

How old is he?

Well...

Five, maybe six?

That's right, ma'am.

[ chuckles ] My grandfather--

he owns livery stable in Upsala.

Sold.

Come, I will get you the money.

Hey!

Where'd you get that?

Well, I don't think that's any concern of yours.

Fifty dollars.

What about a bill of sale?

In dealing with gentlemen,

such formalities are unnecessary.

We better get goin'.

I will ride my own horse.

Uh, without a saddle?

You think I cannot?

Get in.

Hmm!

If you need any help gettin' her there, I could spare a few men.

Don't bother.

There must have been over a thousand dollars in that bag.

Koerner, you stay with the herd.

That was the brightest trick yet.

You might as well have opened up the money and counted it for them!

If you're so afraid, why did you take this job in the first place?

That's easy-- for a hundred dollars.

Lars paid ya?

He will if I ever get ya there,

and believe me, he got a bargain.

So you're nothing but a paid messenger boy--

delivering me for a price like a sack of beans.

That's right, and I intend to make sure the beans get there.

No thanks to you.

Probably the best thing I could do for Lars

is make sure you don't get there.

Whoa.

And what does that mean?

All right.

All right, I'll tell ya what it means.

I'm gonna give it to you straight.

Lars Holstrum's the kind of a man

that deserves the best-- only the best--

and any girl who's made up her mind she's gonna marry him

shouldn't be behavin' like-- like she hadn't made up her mind.

Oh? Please go on.

Well, she shouldn't be pretendin' she can't drive a wagon

so some man will have to sit close to her and teach her how to drive,

and she shouldn't be makin' that homesick talk under the stars

when she's alone with the same man

and givin' him the business about how lonely his life must be,

and she shouldn't be pretendin' she hurt her ankle

so he'll pick her up in his arms,

and she shouldn't be swimmin' naked in a stream

when he's 20 feet away!

Now I don't know how betrothed women act in Sweden, Miss Swenson,

but this is America, and any engaged girl who acts like that should--

Oh! You--oh!

No, you let me tell you straight.

Mr. Trampas, you're a fool!

Yah, you are a lonely man, and why?

Because you're blind.

Faith you got in no one, and it is not just what you think of me.

Those Indians-- they could not be friendly.

They must be trying to kidnap me.

And the drovers-- you are so sure that they are trying to steal the money.

And I say that from none of them was there need for fear.

You sure about that, are you?

Of course I am.

Then I suggest you take a look right back there

in those rocks to the north.

Oh, they are following us.

Now take a look right over there.

Look beyond that ridge by the tree.

What do we do?

I'll tell ya what we don't do. We don't argue.

We're gonna make a run for it.

Get on my horse.

I got my own horse.

I said we don't argue.

Oh, hey! Oh!

Come on.

All right, go on! Go on!

But if we are on Lars' land, why?

It's still two miles to the house.

So we just wait here? For what?

[ gunshots ]

For that.

If there is fighting out there, what are you doing here?

I'm doin' exactly what I'm gettin' paid for--

tryin' to get you back in one piece.

Mr. Trampas, is it my skin you are worried about-- or your own?

Maybe a little of both.

Now we can go on?

No, you're stayin' right here.

I'll try to get through to the house

and bring some of Lars' men back with me.

I'm not takin' any chances this late in the game.

And for once, just once, do as you're told.

I thought those gunshots would do the trick.

Trampas.

What is this? What is goin' on here?

Hello there, Lars.

Next time you buy a herd from me,

I expect a lot less discussion and argument from ya.

Here he is.

This is the galoot that was tryin' to kidnap your woman.

We saw him-- all of us.

Soon as he saw how much money she had on her,

he tried givin' us a line he was bringin' her here to you.

Of course, he didn't need any help for the job--not him.

Look, Lars, I know what this is all about,

but it was them who were after her,

and so are some Arapahos back there.

Arapahos?

Yeah, they're out there somewhere.

I hid her out by the south gate while I came here for help.

Some help.

[ horse approaching ]

The chief of the Arapaho greets his white friend Holstrum.

What brings my friend here?

We stop looking for the braves that left the reservation

to defend Lars Holstrum's woman from the man who steal her.

Don't pay any attention to him, Lars. He's out of his mind.

You not say she is your woman?

Uh, well, sure, but, uh--

Where is she?

She come now... with Tall Bull.

[ horses approaching ]

Good day, Lars Holstrum.

It's good to be here at last.

Uh, well, now, Lars, uh, maybe I did get some help after all.

Well, at least I got her here. I mean, there she is--

your Katya.

Katya? This is not Katya.

I never said I was-- only that I was Miss Swenson.

Anna Swenson. How do you do, Mr. Trampas.

Anna, where is my Katya?

This I return to you, Lars Holstrum.

Since Katya cannot marry you, my father does not accept loan,

but thanks you anyway.

Why? Why she cannot marry?

On the boat as we are coming to America,

she met someone else-- someone she loves very much.

She asks that you forgive her, Lars.

Oh, and this is small gift to you from Katya and her husband.

I thank them, but you, Anna--

you only come to tell me this?

Well, I tell my father, since you are so good friend to us Swensons,

it's unkind to only write such news and send by messenger.

I say I will come, but he is afraid for me.

So I leave note for him at night and come anyway.

And now, if you think you can find escort

who will not consider it too much trouble,

I will ride on and rejoin wagon train.

Anna, maybe there is no need.

Perhaps you could stay a while.

Stay?

After all, if Katya has found another fella,

perhaps you...

You mean, Lars Holstrum, that it was not Katya you wished to marry?

Just some younger girl from the old country?

I did not say that.

But it is what you mean, is it not?

Well, sure it is. Now look here, Lars.

You can't marry a girl just because you can't have another.

You mind your own business!

This is my business!

Oh, he's right, Lars. It is his business--

the delivering business.

You owe him $100 for delivering a bag of beans.

Now you listen to me. I've taken just about enough from you.

And if you think I'm gonna--

You leave that girl alone!

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

I ought to take you over my knee--

Don't you touch Anna.

You-- you are determined to do this thing.

To sense you do not listen.

To begging you do not listen.

I warn you, you do not listen!

Now, look, I, uh...

How much do you expect a man to take?

Do you know what it is that you deserve?

Look, pal--

I have had enough. Do you understand?

Hey, look, you had no call--

For five years you do not listen.

Well, now I no longer hear.

Of all women I ever know, you are the most stubborn, most foolish, most headstrong!

All right, friend, turn around.

You want a fight, well, you're gonna get one. Come on, come on.

Sven, you will not fight.

You will be quiet, Anna. You hear me?

You don't say one word.

Don't worry.

I neglected to mention Sven was boxing champion of Sweden.

Well, I don't care if he was boxing champion of--

Boxing champion of--

[ chuckles ]

[ laughs ]

Oh.

That's a fine time to tell me.

You're so wonderful.

For what you do for me today, Anna will love you forever.

Oh, forever, dear Trampas.

♪♪

[ wedding music playing ]

Dearly beloved, we are gathered together...

[ all cheering ]

There it is!

[ all cheer ]

[ all cheer ]

To the next bride at New Upsala!

Skol!

ALL: Skol!

Meanwhile, I kiss the one we got.

[ all laugh ]

I think we ought to pass her around.

And the best man? He has no kiss for the bride?

Well, uh... I think this is safer.

You are sure you have forgiven me for trick I played on ya to get here?

Well, like they say, all's well that ends well.

[ chuckles ]

Only, uh...

Only what?

That "I will love you forever for what you do for me today" line...

well, what was that all about?

Very simple.

For five years, Sven is in love with me,

and for five years, when I say no,

Sven does not say, "I say yes. Yes it will be."

And you finally make Sven not do what I tell him to,

and now I know I can marry him.

Hmm.

[ chuckles ] I'll get you something to drink.

All right, thank you.

So that's how it works, huh?

Well, skol.

Thank you.

You sure do look pretty.

They're going to cut the cake. I think we should be there.

Oh, yah, my dear husband.

You will come with us?

Oh, just a minute.

[ laughs ]

Maria. Come over with me and I'll buy you a piece of cake.

No, thank you--

Now just a minute.

I'm not askin' you, I'm tellin' you.

How dare you talk to me like that!

Now let's not have an argument about it--

Oh! Oh, hey!

[ laughs ]

What's all that about?

Well, she doesn't understand Swedish customs.

[ chuckles ]

Well, may I buy you a piece of cake?

Well, why not?