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Thank you.

A man child.

He is a man child.

He shall be called a fjorda.

What is this place?

We are Seminole.

This is our home.

We run bunches just like this one out of Florida.

Before the war.

Half -breed trash, Colonel.

Filthy mix of outlaw Indians and runaway slaves.

You know what to do, Captain.

Sir.

Company!

Dismount! Take food and supplies.

I respect no man's law but my own.

You can beg your Yankee carpetbagger government for compensation.

And you tell them.

The ghosts of the Confederacy will not die.

Your orders were to take food and supplies.

Nothing more.

Well, hold it down.

Is that what I think it is, sir?

This is the face of our new land.

Gold.

Ancient alchemist thought he could turn lead into gold, but I know I can turn

gold into bullets.

Fire!

Reload! Reload!

I would appreciate knowing...

I guess we need another demonstration.

Swing it around.

Swing it around.

I'm afraid I must insist on an answer.

We have no more gold.

if this man is telling the truth.

If we had money for arms, there are thousands living under the heels of the

Yankees who would be willing to join us.

Stand aside, Captain.

We will find the gold.

Get the men ready.

All right, men.

Mount up.

We

will

return in seven days.

That hole will be filled with gold, and we will fill it with your blood.

Company!

Move out!

Move out!

What we gonna do? There's no goal.

The mines take a lot years ago.

Would he have believed that?

We got few warriors.

No guns.

Now we gonna have to leave before they come back.

Where will we go?

This is now our home.

We must get help.

We cannot go on running.

No.

Let's stay.

Oh!

with this lineman?

Trail hurt from Texas.

All liquored up.

Got in the mood for a lynching.

Went to law.

Marshall and his deputy.

That isn't even his horn.

around here for no reason.

He killed a good man. Said he was a doctor, but he let him die.

I never said I was no doctor.

Nathan didn't kill your boss.

Gangrene did.

You ought to be thankful that we're getting rid of this quack.

Ain't no dark doctors.

And there never will be.

You're not hanging that man.

I said get out of my way!

Get this wagon moving!

rifle and you're fired.

Hell, I'm probably going to get myself killed.

I got to worry about a new job too.

Figure you'd like to watch your killer swing, Mr. Fallon.

you all would be happier if you just rode away.

Not a chance, boys.

Shut a lot of holes in the clouds back there.

Anybody stop to reload?

Don't shoot nobody in the back.

Name's Chris.

Vin Tanner.

New in town?

Yesterday. You?

Last week.

Buffalo hunter?

Among other things.

Not many left to hunt.

Let me loose here.

Gentlemen, I run the Clarion News.

Where did you come from?

Sloane.

Hey, I want to talk to you.

That's in the law.

You keep it.

You know them, Virgil?

Do you recognize that stranger?

The one in black?

Chris Larrabee.

dog here.

Like the man said, ain't no dog here, doctors.

I was a stretcher bear in the Union Army. I picked up what I could in the

hospital.

$25, give or take.

This may not seem like much to you, but it's all that we have.

How many of these ghosts are there?

Would 20 men scare you?

Hell, I was making $5 a week at the hardware store without anybody shooting

me.

Soon to pay $5 a head, that gets us all of seven men.

The Seminoles put themselves on the line for many an escape slave.

They took us in when nobody else would.

For $5, they can have a week of my life.

For all of it.

Yeah.

I wasn't planning on dying with a broom in my hand anyway.

All right.

More afternoon.

We cannot put our trust in them.

I don't.

They're asking for help from the white man. They're desperate.

How are we going to find hired guns for $5?

I think I know a man who can help.

I know one, too.

We can get him out of bed.

Hey, you in there with my wife?

Oh, Lord, it's got to be my belly.

I thought he was in human prison. Oh, he is.

up something?

Chris.

Hey, hey, you want more dogs?

Good to see you, buddy.

Easy there, fella.

Folks will talk.

Got a job, you interested?

Yeah. What's your pay?

Five dollars.

A day?

A week?

No, it ain't much.

How are the odds?

Three, four to one.

Just our kind of fight.

How'd you know I was here?

I make a point of knowing who's in town. They're longer that way.

You with us?

Is he with you?

There gonna be ladies where you're going?

I imagine so.

Then imagine I'm in.

He says he's not coming.

He said that's his penance.

For what?

You want to say?

Word is he done killed a lot of men.

He's a hard man to persuade.

Could be useful in a fight.

The Seminoles are the dispossessed of the earth, Josiah.

Ain't saving lives a part of saving souls?

Seems to me a man ought to put his own house in order first.

We can promise you a hell of a fight.

I've already been there.

Think he'll change his mind?

Maybe. We can ride by tomorrow.

in my view.

This will be a piece of cake.

Nonsense.

I was encumbered by the debris on the floor.

Let's just try it again.

Pleasure.

Double or nothing.

Your money.

Here it is, Doug, boys.

He put all six in the same hole.

I'm, uh, astonishing.

I've never done that before.

You sure soared up quickly, mister.

Must be the desert air.

We don't take kindly to being hustled.

Let's see how good you can shoot with one eye.

Sorry for the mess.

You only got one shot left in that hot gun.

Well then, you best discuss amongst yourselves which one of you is going to

Nice shot, Park.

Dreadful. I was aiming to kill him, but the mirror was cracked.

First shot was louder than the other five.

What are you attempting to suggest?

First bullet was real.

The rest were blanks.

Well, sir, I abhor gambling, and as such, leave nothing to chance.

I'm looking for guns to protect an Indian village. You interested?

Who's financing?

Village.

Five dollars a man.

Five dollars?

Wouldn't even pay for my bullets.

Would he be riding with you?

Not interested.

Reckon you should be leaving town anyway.

I'll sleep on it.

Let me just get a little bit done.

You live that long?

Why would we want to use a cheetah?

Might need one.

Could have used a few more men.

Your ways will split that huge pot.

It's like you guys shoot straight for once, old part.

I hear you fellas are headed for a fight.

My name is J .D. Dunn, and I can ride.

And I can shoot.

And he can swim, too.

You're ready to grab my damn horse.

Real funny.

Take the jacket.

You made it.

Well, I couldn't stay away. Not once I saw I'd be riding with a genuine

celebrity.

The streets ran red with the blood of 20 men yesterday as new resident and

notorious gunslinger Chris Larrabee turned our quiet town into a shooting

gallery.

I see you've read it.

As I recall, your quiet town was full of drunken scum looking to lynch a man.

If I have to bend the facts a little to keep our town safe, and if the next

bunch of drunken scum decides to steer clear of here, then it was worth another

black mark on your already less than stellar reputation, Mr. Larrabee.

ACA. Took the liberty of researching your past in my late husband's files.

You read secondhand trash and you think you know a man.

You don't know me.

I'm just trying to scare the bad element away from this town.

Lady, I am the bad element.

Why'd you change your mind?

Crows. What crows?

Sign.

What does that mean?

Death. Who?

Probably mine.

Well, well. A sense of humor.

I look forward to many lively conversations.

What about all this?

Oh.

These stones will still be here if I get back.

We can use another good man.

Not the good.

But I can fight.

One, two, three, four, five,

six.

If you're trying to stay here, it's best to remove your hat.

We greet you with hostility.

You think he means hospitality?

No, but I think he means hostility.

Some of our people find it impossible to trust white men.

And you?

Not impossible, just difficult.

You never told us they had a cannon.

You didn't ask.

Hey, boys, look what I found.

It's covering you.

Making sure you weren't walking into an ambush.

How'd you get here ahead of us? I told you I can ride.

I cut around the canyon rim.

Well, I suggest you ride back the same way.

I can help.

If you give me a chance, I am ready to fight.

You think you're ready, boy?

Let me guess.

You learned to ride in prep school.

Then you read some dime store novel about Kit Carson.

Got you all fired up.

Figured you'd come out west.

Try your hand as a gunfighter.

That about right?

Go home.

You're not the type.

A man comes to you because he respects you.

Because he'd be proud to work with you. This is how you treat him?

He was young, proud.

Carved out on his tombstone.

I'm an expert at prayers for the dying.

Oh, I like this guy.

Lord help me, I like him.

I'm in this for laughs, if nothing else. Let's get started. We've got four days

left.

He's an old warrior.

He will come early to surprise us.

His main force rode straight into the village.

Then he left the men back here.

A trained soldier.

Probably repeat himself.

We should take the high ground.

Yeah. If we can force him through this chokehold, we'll have him.

We may not have guns, but we have our ways of fighting.

Anderson will provide the guns.

You ever fired one of these before, Yvonne?

They don't give guns to slaves.

Well, you're not a slave anymore.

Okay.

Now take aim at that target.

Now bring it back a bit. Right there.

Rest your elbow.

Right there. Okay. Now take aim at the target.

And squeeze that trigger gently.

Whoa.

She kicks like a mule, doesn't she?

You okay?

Yeah. All right, who wants to go next? No.

I didn't do this.

Well done, my little craftsman. But there is plenty more to do.

Of course, a deal's a deal. Gather round.

I did say, if you work, I'll show you a trick.

Pull it tightly against your shoulder.

You got it?

I'm in the trigger.

Still doing your penance, Josiah?

Well, how are you going up?

Oh, high enough to make a sensible horse think twice about jumping.

Collecting firewood, my friend?

Mm -mm.

We got a battle coming.

Boiling some water.

Gonna be plenty of men wounded up in here.

And dead.

All right, children.

Let's see what we have wrought.

Spectacular. You've all earned another trick. Gather round, gather round. If my

lovely assistant would pass me my blindfold, please. Thank you very much.

This one is called Ace's High.

Prepare to be amazed.

The problem there is you didn't have the gun pulled tightly against your

shoulder. All right?

To find the mystical ace of spades, one must become sensitized to its vibration.

Now, of course, I will expect you to applaud, as I have taught you.

For when one is sensitized, one can better ascertain its location.

Thank you.

Nothing at all, I assure you.

Come on out of there now.

You don't want me coming in after you.

Cut me down.

My father told us they hired white men to protect our village.

Cut me down now. They sent us here because these men could not be trusted.

That was probably real smart of them.

You would play?

Long time ago.

Then you are one of us.

Many runaways sought refuge with our tribe. Now we are one people.

Now we're going to cut me down?

You are strong.

You have a woman?

Oh, ma 'am.

Well, but I can't look in for a husband.

That's real sweet, ma 'am, but, uh, can y 'all please cut me down here, please?

you wouldn't let Daniel down.

Well, what do we have here?

Found them up at that canyon.

Actually, they, uh, they sort of found me.

What y 'all doing down here?

Didn't I tell y 'all to stay here?

Is this not our village, too?

Why should we hide like rabbits while our grandfathers defend us?

I say we let them stay.

You touch my daughter, I promise I'll kill you.

Which one is your daughter?

No harm will come to you or them.

Let them stay, Tennessee.

That is a marvelous touch.

Howdy. How you doing today?

Doing good.

You're looking beautiful. I've got to tell you right now.

You met my friend here.

My name's Buck, by the way.

Get ready.

It's hard to get out of there. Here we go.

Yeah.

for the band. Yeah.

I need to use that pig sticker on.

Why are you in my village? Oh, pig.

I'm one of the good...

He'll come back.

Himala.

Buck, let him go.

Himala.

Himala.

Himala, my son.

I thought you were dead.

I escaped from the white man's prison.

Do you know why I was in prison?

For the crime of not being white.

And what do I find when I return?

These white men.

That's it!

Now what in the blue blazes we doing here then?

Risking our lives for a chunk of gold that wouldn't even fill a tooth.

And why would I die for you?

Your son.

He is called Oceola for the spirit of his father.

He'd be dead right now if it weren't for me. You damn near shot my ear off. But

I didn't, did I?

I saved your life twice.

Twice! You think I couldn't handle him? Don't ever use the butt of your gun as a

weapon. You keep cocking it around like that, before long it's going to misfire.

And another thing, get rid of this damn stupid hat! Get off me! Stop!

Boy! Give me that stupid hat, boy! What the fuck means is thanks, kid.

I just want to prove to you that I can. David, if you want to die young,

There's a little backwater town up in the Texas panhandle

Tascosa. Ladder and a felt -covered poker table.

You know it?

Heard of it.

If I wind up getting killed, take my body back there, you'll get 500 for it.

How come you're so valuable?

Well, when the buffalo done run out, I became a bounty hunter.

I was going after Eli Joe.

A bandit who'd shot up a few banks.

$200 reward, alive or dead.

And I found him dead, took the body in.

Except it wasn't him.

Oh, Eli framed me up for murder.

Since I didn't do it, I decided not to stick around for the hanging.

Wound up with a hefty bounty on my own head.

So I figure if a friend collects, I get the last laugh.

Why'd you sign on, Josiah?

What is it you expect to gain?

Saw the birds of darkness in a dream.

When I woke up, a crow was sitting on my windowsill, staring at me like the

devil himself.

Why come here?

Death's coming.

Just assumed me to head on.

Gonna get your reward in the hereafter?

I was a priest once, but I had a little trouble turning the other cheek.

I did a turn preaching the word myself.

Is that right?

Best swindle I ever knew.

Just stand up there under that tent, terrify the congregation with a vision

hellfire, and pass the collection plate.

Yeah.

Did fine, too.

Until I attempted to save the soul of the mayor's daughter.

Yep.

Saving souls has its hazards.

Time's up.

take your positions.

They were 20.

No, I asked you if 20 would scare you.

20, no.

40, yes.

Sam. My instructions could not have been more explicit.

Well, you were very explicit, Colonel.

And yet, for some reason, they were not carried out.

I have shot!

Anderson of the Army of the Confederate States of America, and you are... No

gold there, Colonel.

No. Of course there isn't. You're here for your health. Or the company,

We came to ask you to leave.

And purely out of the goodness of your heart.

Yep. Something like that.

Well... How many of you humanitarians are there?

Enough.

What do you say, Captain?

You think there's going to be trouble?

No trouble, Colonel.

Just turn around and ride out.

I like that.

Oh, destiny.

Move on, Colonel.

These people have nothing you want.

Shoot them down, Captain.

Company!

The people fought well.

We fight well together.

We worked them good, all part.

What do you think?

Maybe.

Buck, get up on that ridge and keep a lookout.

Yeah, they ain't gonna stop running until they hit the Rio Grande.

I'll take first watch. All right.

Are you all right?

Yeah. Oh, it's not my blood.

Damn lucky it isn't your blood, son.

Now, you don't fan your guns.

That spoils your aim.

One good shot is better than six bad ones.

Anything else?

Use it for healing.

Keep pressure on that.

Let

me

see that arm.

It's fine. I just bruised it when I fell.

No, no, no. That ain't no bruise, now.

Let me see.

I said it. Fine.

Shoot yourself.

Just like I thought, you dislocated.

Might be sore for a little while, but at least you have two hands to cheat a

card with.

It's easy, friend.

I'm good.

Wherever your God is, you can go to him in peace.

Leave him!

they were clean through.

We lost a lot of blood.

Why didn't you tell us you were hurt?

You didn't ask?

The birds lied to us, huh?

We shall see.

I didn't count on seeing their eyes.

Well, if you can see their eyes, then you're too close.

And you never break cover.

Stay in front of bullets, you're likely to die. You done, Buck?

Let's just slow down a little bit. What in the hell gives you the right to tell

me what to do?

He had a son once.

Never had a chance to see him grow up, though.

He lost that boy and his wife in a fire.

And that burned half the soul out of that man.

Josiah, you still with us?

Scoot on over there, Buck.

I'm a spiritual man.

is in the cards, gentlemen.

Remember that.

What's my fate?

You shall grow to be a great warrior.

Big, strong, and fearless.

Like you.

There are two kinds of people in this life, my friend. Those who seek battle

seem not to fear death.

Like them.

And those who avoid battle but will stand and fight to the death if their

ones are threatened.

Like them.

That is true courage.

Now, you have lost me at poker, and I have read the cards for you.

The time has come to pay.

You see...

I've heard tell of a gold mine in these parts.

We're not to speak of it.

Well, good.

Then it is a valuable secret. One such secret could wipe out all your debts.

So, let's talk about this mine.

Shall we?

Beautiful. Yeah.

I've had many children.

I've outlived most of them.

Now, all of these are my children.

Home.

Family.

Things worth fighting for.

El Dorado.

What's cooking?

Chili and beans.

Well, we'll be back in two hours.

You'll be ready.

Who's on watch?

Desra. Placed me a couple hours ago.

All right.

This must have caved in years ago.

All right, we'll take a wider arc across the plane, make sure it goes to really

gone.

What the hell is that?

The cannon.

That village has no fortifications. We're wasting powder and shot.

Waste?

Men who survived the Battle of the Shallow and Bull Room, the finest sons

South, and they die here?

I'll wipe this place from the face of the earth.

I'll borrow rocks if I have to.

There's a third kind.

Fire!

No!

No!

No.

We got two options.

We can light up after that gun. That's no option. That's suicide.

Or what's the other option?

We raise a white flag.

I'm not going anywhere. I haven't shot anyone yet. You're going to see us

up that trail before we get five paces in that gun.

It's going to cut.

It's got to be another way.

while we're doing this. Does it make any difference?

It's not.

My hands are shaking so bad, Buck,

I can barely hang on.

Good.

Good? Yeah, good. Means your juices are flowing. Beer keeps you sharp, kid.

Buck? Yeah?

You're full of crap.

Just figuring that out now.

Come here.

I didn't go to West Point.

I'm really just a sergeant. You're a captain now, so speak, captain.

I think we should save our ammunition and give them a chance to surrender.

Thank you for your advice, Captain.

You keep firing.

Colonel, they're just poor defenseless people down there. In hard killers,

Captain.

They're not soldiers.

You may be underestimating them, sir.

Surrender or die where you stand.

I'll take that $5 now.

One battle don't win the war, boys.

Chain them up, Sergeant Darcy.

Make them nice and tight, boys.

I was there.

In Shiloh, Captain.

I know you were at Shiloh, Colonel.

A million lines had broken.

They were in full retreat.

There was no way they could counterattack.

Our surviving officers were herded up like cattle, forced to watch as they

raised their Union flag.

Then they fired off that cannon.

We were all left for dead.

I lay there amongst that carnage, surrounded by the bodies of my dead

I want it to be the last thing these boys ever see.

All right, now, let's get some muscle behind that.

How do you like the Wild West now, kid?

You all think you got me pegged, don't you, Buck? A rich kid, had it all.

Yeah, I lived in a big mansion. My mother was a chambermaid.

Never knew my father. They made me a stable boy and I taught myself how to

Get out!

Mama died last year.

She'd saved the little money she wanted me to go to college.

It wasn't enough.

Life's tough, huh?

And then you died.

I'm not leaning against my bad leg.

Are you ordering all these prisoners to be executed, sir?

That is correct.

But, Colonel, these men surrendered.

And we shall reward them with a quick and merciful death.

They shall not be made to suffer as I was.

That's murder, sir.

Are you refusing my order, Colonel?

I've been writing together for a long, long time, you and I, following your

orders to save my life more times than I can remember.

But this time... Yes?

I can't do it, sir.

But that's treason.

Treason?

Treason against what?

The war is over, sir.

Darcy!

Disappoint me, Francis.

Sir.

This man is stripped of rank and privilege.

You're hereby promoted to captain and placed a millionaire among the other

prisoners and execute them all.

All, sir.

I think I made myself clear, Captain Darcy.

When our flag reaches the top of the staff,

Execute the prisoner.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Private?

How about it, Johnny Rev?

I bet you never thought your boss would go loco on you.

I'll have you know, Colonel Anderson was one of the finest soldiers in any man's

army.

I owe my life to him.

And soon your death.

Captain.

Gotta go get rid of some of this coffee.

Set up the flagpole over there.

a clank of gold bars and a roar of the guns as we hit back at the Yankee.

Here's what we're going to do now.

We're going to have us a little fire grazing ceremony.

Then we're going to execute us some prisoners with our little cannon.

And you're going to show me where that mine is.

There's no gold in that mine.

Oh, no, of course not.

You're gonna show me, old man.

About time.

They'll be raising the flag soon.

I wouldn't want to miss this.

Nobody move or he's dead.

I'll leave you boys alone for five minutes and look what happens.

You'll only get one shot off before we take you.

Then you best discuss amongst yourselves.

Which one of you is going to die?

Pick them yourself.

The rest of us will tear you apart.

Well, I guess I'll just have to take all of them.

Well, that powder keg's empty, mister.

Big mistake, sonny boy.

You should have tried that.

No. I can't imagine what came over me.

You're outnumbered three to one.

Anderson's a mad dog. He'll all die.

We know what to do with a mad dog.

Don't ever run out on me again.

Take me with you.

I know him.

I know him. I know his methods.

I'll kill him.

Look at that glass, Tony.

What the hell?

Crew B! Yes, sir? Check out that cannon!

You men take the high ground.

Manny approaches.

Drop your guns or join your friends.

Much obliged.

Damn it. Show yourself.

Show yourself.

You can't kill me.

I'm a ghost to the Confederacy.

And how will I die? He's so pumped for that laudanum, someone could chop his

head off and he wouldn't feel it. Oh, he'll feel this!

It's under me.

Don't make me do this, sir.

My God.

You're a coward.

Go back to your families.

He's dead.

It's finished now.

Hey, Barst.

We got him.

We did? Mm -hmm.

Hey, kid.

Do me a favor.

Get yourself a real hand.

Never did get to spend any time with those fine ladies.

You will.

But first, let's get you stitched up, buck.

You fought with him, not against him.

Where you headed?

Tascosa.

Tascosa?

Why?

Never know how much time it'll be to set things right.

You got a saloon there?

I reckon.

Leaving?

Yeah.

Hmm. Never could figure out how to split it seven ways.

Use it again.

Next time you're threatened.

Oh, the next time we will welcome our enemies with great hospitality.

I think you mean hostility.

No, hospitality.

I will even open the doors of my home to them.

That'll do it.

You will always be welcome in our village.

Hey, kid, you're not going to wear that hat, and I'll take it back. Buck!

You look awful.

Well, son, damn near possible.

Boo.

You riding with us?

Try and keep me away.

Don't make me laugh, kid.

A brave warrior like you, you gotta stay here and protect the village.

You remember what I taught you?

Never drive too many times straight.

What about you, Mr. Jackson?

You, uh, willing to ride with an old southern boy?

I figure I'll stick around for a while. Help these folks get their thing right.

Shoot a cannon pretty well, Pard.

Dreadful. I was trying to hit Anderson.

Where you going? Get out off that horse.

You lost too much blood now. You're going to die out there.

That's what it's meant to be.

Your damn birds will get you soon enough. You don't have to go chasing

them.

You're a good man, Nathan.

Go.

I'll wait for you.

Good.