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Up a little bit higher.
Right there. That's good.

The wreath's gonna
look real good, Brian.

Thanks.

I want to thank you all
for helping me

with these decorations.

It's our pleasure, Reverend.

Look at that.

The army's leavin'.

It's about time.

That's Colleen's train!
I got to go!

Hey, Daniel,

will you help us decorate
the homestead later on?

Sure thing, Brian.
We'll get it fixed up real nice

when your ma and pa come home.

Think they'll be home
in time for Christmas?

You can bet on it.

Tell colleen
I'll see her later.

Okay.

Daniel!

Telegram just come for you.

Thank you, Horace.

Well, uh, I got to go.

Train's comin'.

- Trouble?
- No, no.

It's, uh, just Christmas wishes
from an old friend.

Look what I found.

Mmm, mistletoe.

Merry Christmas.

Not yet.
Not till we get home.

Fresh water.

Thanks, Cloud Dancing.

This isn't goodbye.

It's good that you're staying
up here with your people,

free and safe in your own land.

It is good...

And it is good you get
to go home to your family.

Well, folks,
this is where our paths diverge.

You're not coming back
to Colorado Springs with us?

I figured since I'm so close,
I'd ride on into Yellowstone,

visit Superintendent Langford.

How's he handlin' the job?

It's an arduous undertaking
at best.

Preserving the wilderness is
a foreign notion to most people.

The Department of the Interior
could sure use some help.

Perhaps I could interest you
in reconsidering that job

I offered you last year.

I don't want to move my family.

You wouldn't have to.

The National Parks movement
is gaining a foothold

all across the West.

Now, we need scouts

to guide these politicians
down into these realms

and show them the remarkable
natural attractions

that this country possesses.

Then they can go back
to Washington

and vote to preserve them.

I really don't want to
leave my family.

You'd only have to
for short periods of time.

A month, maybe.

I just spent half a year
away from home.

I appreciate the offer.
Really, I do.

But it's five days
before Christmas.

The only thing on my mind
right now

is getting back home
to my family.

Very few people realize
just how important

this kind of work is.

I'm sure you'll agree there's
nobody better suited to the job.

Will you at least consider it?

Yeah.

Ready?

Take care.

I'll await your decision!

I'll think on it!

Stop up here to see
if the horses want a drink.

Best keep pushing on as long
as this good weather holds.

Be wonderful being back
together again for Christmas.

Hopefully we'll be back in time
to buy us some presents.

The only present I want
is to be home with my family.

Soon our lives
will be back to normal.

Look for some work.

Maybe even finish
Preston's homestead.

Sully, look!

There was a time millions
of buffalo roamed these plains.

Come on.
Let's keep movin'.

Whoa, boy.

Looks good.

Ah, thanks.

I didn't want this to be
the only place in town

without the Christmas spirit.

Listen, uh...
if you don't have any plans,

we'd like you to come out
to the homestead,

celebrate Christmas with us.

I can't refuse that.

Sure beats spendin' the holidays
at the boardinghouse.

How long you plannin'
on stayin' there?

I mean, you've got all that land
out there.

You ever think about building
a homestead on it?

Nearly every day.

Why don't you?

I don't know.

Ever since I was a kid,
I always moved around a lot.

I never could seem
to settle down

in one place for very long.

I always thought
I'd outgrown it,

but, uh...

I guess I haven't.

Gold mine?

Yeah, they just struck a vein.

They want me to come out
and run the operation.

You're leavin'?

Well, I haven't decided yet,

but -- the fact is, Matthew,
Sully's been pardoned,

and the Indian problem's
all settled.

I figure my job here is done.

What about your job as sheriff?

I haven't said
I accepted the job.

I'm just considerin' it, is all.

There's gotta be some way
to get him out of town.

I mean, get everybody
to vote him out of office.

Why, 'cause he arrested you?

No, 'cause he's
a lousy sheriff, is why.

If you ask me,
he's doin' a good job.

The town's a lot safer.

Folks seem to be takin' to him.

Well, he's very...

kind.

Come on!

Come on, move!

Come on!

Blasted thing.

Hold it right there!

I'll shoot you dead!
I surely will!

Easy, boy! Stay!

Take it easy.

We mean no trouble.

You speak English.

Of course I do.

Well, I thought --

I thought you were an Indian.

Why don't you
just put that thing down

before someone gets hurt?

Don't you worry about him.

Mule trouble?

Yeah.

Come on!

Let's go, boy!

Come on!

I'm Sully.

And this here's my wife,
Michaela.

Hello.

Chester Barnes...

And my wife, Hallie.

How do you do?

You folks lost?

No, sir. We're headed
for a town called New Hope.

Uh, never heard of it.

No, sir, you haven't.

Well, not yet, anyway.

It's a small settlement
of 13 families,

including our parents.

It's just beyond that ridge
there.

I don't think
there's a settlement over there.

Sure there is.

Come on. I'll show you.

I got a map over here.

Are you all right?

It's just a cough.

Well, you look feverish.

I'm a doctor.
Perhaps I can help.

I have some medical supplies
in my saddlebag.

I'll be right back.

All right. You see...

we're right here, and
the settlement is right there.

So I figure that's about a half
a day's ride, don't you think?

Yep, if that's where we were.

The only problem is we're not.

What?!

Well, where are we?

We're, uh...

right about there.

What's goin' on?

She wants to call
a town meetin'.

Why?

To reinstate
the "no guns in town" law.

Good luck.

This is the town council
standing right here.

And we ain't gonna
let that happen.

I don't know.

You know how Dorothy can get.

Daniel will probably agree
with her.

If he's got the folks in town
going along with him.

You ain't gonna
change your mind.

I got to do what the people
want if I plan on stayin' mayor.

Well, it ain't gonna
come to that, Jake.

I'm gonna go tell the sheriff
right now that nobody

is layin' down their guns.

I understand your concern,
Miss Dorothy. I do.

But I'm afraid I have to
disagree with you on this one.

I believe that folks
ought to have the right

to carry guns in town as long
as they do it responsibly.

Responsibly?

You know, for protection --
self defense.

I don't believe
that the law-abiding citizens

ought to be punished right
along side of the troublemakers.

- I agree with that.
- I agree.

I see your point, Daniel.

Well, I guess we won't need
that town meetin' after all.

How are you feeling?

Better.
A little sleepy.

That's from the laudanum
I gave you.

It'll help quiet your cough.

Here -- drink this tea.

It's cold.
It'll help reduce your fever.

Our family
went ahead four months ago.

I wanted to stay
and earn some more money

before we followed.

Then we took the train
to Denver.

That's where we got the mule
and the horses.

We started out on our own
about two days ago.

What line of work are you in,
Chester?

Well,
I was a tailor in Chicago.

But in New Hope,
I'm gonna be a farmer

with the others
in the settlement.

"Sodbusters," they call us.

She's feeling better.

Well, I guess
we better move along then.

We got a lot of ground to cover.
Are you able to ride?

I think so.

Just keep heading
due Northeast,

and check your compass.

Yes, sir.

And don't work this mule
too hard.

You don't want her droppin' dead
on you.

Do you think
we'll make it by Christmas?

Oh, sure.
As long as you, uh,

follow this map carefully,

it should be about a 2-day ride
from here.

Perhaps we can help
you find the way.

We'll just ride with you
till we go over the next ridge.

Oh, that won't be necessary.

We'll be fine.

Oh, it's no trouble at all.

Really.

She's right.

We'll take you
into the next valley.

It should be a pretty easy ride
from there.

Thank you.

Come on.
Let's get movin' now.

We'll make back in time
for Christmas, won't we?

We should,

as long as we don't run
into any problems.

I don't think
I'll ever get accustomed

to sleepin' on the ground.

It comes with time.

You look like you've been
around here for a long time.

Yep.

Then you've no doubt
had encounters with Indians.

Yep.

I hear tell
they're quite well-armed --

really giving the army
a run for their money.

The Indians ain't the ones
lookin' for a fight.

You treat them with respect,
they give it right back to you.

This means friend.

If you do that,
you're off to a good start.

This?
No, no.

It's too close to your face.
This means blood.

Just remember,
you won't have to fight them

if you treat them properly.

- Can you show me some more?
- Sure.

This -- this means peace.

Good.

Hey!

Daniel.

Whatcha doin'?

I thought you were goin' out
to the McFarland place.

I did, but by the time
I got out there,

Logan and Muriel
had already kissed and made up.

She didn't want
me to arrest him anymore.

Makin' somethin'?

- Uh, yeah.
- Uh, no.

We're doin' some chores
for Robert E.

while he and Miss Grace
are in New Orleans.

Well, that's mighty nice of ya.

Daniel, can I talk to you?

Sure.

Did you give any more thought

to that telegram
you got from your friend?

Yeah, I did, but I'm --

I'm gonna wait until Sully
and Michaela get home --

talk about it with them.

Good.

Listen,
just in case you were wonderin',

the folks around here --
they don't want you to go...

...and neither do we.

Well, thank you.

Matthew. Thank you.

All right.

What are you lookin' for?

Somewhere to camp.

What's wrong with here?

Look at the ground.

What do you see?

Rocks, dirt, sand.

It's a wash.

If a storm kicks up,
we get flooded out.

It's best to camp up slope.

Air is warmer.
Ground is drier.

Come on.

Keep goin', wolf.

This ought to do fine
right here.

You should be able to find
that settlement from here

without any trouble.

Right over those hills.

It should be a day's ride
at the most.

Right over those hills.

No, those hills right there.

Oh.

Oh, right.

Right.

It's gonna be dark soon.

Not much longer and we're gonna
be with our families

celebratin' Christmas.

Here's some cough medicine.

Better unload that mule soon.
It'll be dark.

I'll get to it.
Don't worry.

All I want is a nice warm bed
and get out of this cold.

You will very soon.

Don't worry.
When we get to that settlement,

I'm gonna build us a house
with roaring fireplaces

in every room.

That day that you married me,

I told you
I'd always take care of you,

and I will.

I surely will.

How long have you been married?

Two years this august.

You?

It'll be three years this may.

- Hmm.
- Hmm.

Any children?

Four.

Four?

Three are adopted.

- Oh!
- Oh!

Of course. Adopted.

I'll bet you miss them.

Oh, terribly.

Katie, our youngest,
is only 1 1/2.

We're gonna have
seven children.

- Seven?
- Seven?

Or six. Or five.

I just love children...

especially at Christmas.

That sounded close.

He's at least 4 miles away.

Wolves travel in packs,
am I right?

Yes, you are...

except that's a coyote.

That's a nighthawk,
settin' off to get his prey.

Prey?

Don't worry, Chester,
you're too big to carry off.

You hear many things out
in the wild.

Once you learn what they are,
they're not as frightening.

A yell or a scream could just be
a bird or a squirrel.

That was no squirrel!

Sully?

- Stay, boy.
- Is it a bear?

Easy, Chester.

That's no bear.

It's a cougar.

Don't worry.
He's not lookin' for trouble.

How do you know that?

Because his tail's not movin',
and his ears are straight up.

They're not pinned back.

He's gonna attack us.

No, he's just curious, is all.

Stop him! The mule! Stop him!

I'll get the horses.

Aah!

Chester!
Are you all right?!

Where's the mule?

He's gone.

But he's got all of our food --
our belongings.

And money.

I should have unpacked him.

Why didn't I unpack him?!

Now what'll we do?

Perfect!

Now let's get it decorated.

First thing tomorrow mornin',
we'll go out

and get a nice big tree
for the homestead.

Maybe ma and pa
will be back to go with us.

Mayor Slicker...

will you not help
with the decorations?

I usually
just supervise, but --

- I'll make an exception.
- Oh, I don't know.

I think the sheriff's doin'
just fine.

Yes, he is.

He's a very kind man.

You better forget
ever gettin' rid of him.

He's an upstandin' citizen.

People like that in a sheriff.

Upstandin' citizen.

You don't have to ride with us.

I'm sure that we can find
the settlement on our own.

Careful!

You have no map or compass.

Or food.

We just want to make certain
that you get home safely.

Sure would hate to see you miss
Christmas with your children.

We still got three days.
We'll make it. Don't you worry.

Well,
I appreciate your generosity.

I surely do.

What is it?

It's sword fern.
They grow all over the place.

Indians eat the sprouts
when they're on hunts.

Go on.
Try it.

Hmm, not bad.

Well, it's not meat
and potatoes,

but it'll do in an emergency.

Wait a minute.
I think we're in luck here.

Indians aren't the only ones
who eat ferns.

These are white-tailed deer
tracks -- fresh.

I might not be able
to promise you potatoes,

but I think we'll be able
to get ourselves some meat.

Go get your rifle.

The tracks head off this way.

W-w-w-wait.

The tracks head off this way.

We'll go downwind.

Go ahead and make camp here.

Mmm, fried chicken.

That's my favorite.
Thank you.

Good night.

Good evenin', sheriff.

- Good evenin'.
- Mind if I come in?

Is there, uh, somethin'
I can do for you, Miss...

Sadie.

I've been admirin' the way
you do your job.

I just thought I'd come by
to get to know you better.

Well, thank you.

Can I, uh --

can I get you somethin'?
Maybe coffee?

Sure.

Do you like bein' sheriff?

Yeah, it's a good job,
for the most part.

That's so dangerous --

dealin' with criminals and all.

Oh, I don't know.

As long as you keep 'em
locked up in a cell,

you're pretty safe.

You mean like this?

Whoops.

This is, quite possibly,
the best meal I have ever eaten.

What are you doing?

I'm tannin' the hide
to make a blanket or a coat.

What's that you're rubbin'
on it?

It's a mixture
of liver and brains.

It helps to preserve
and soften the hide.

You don't let anything
go to waste, do you?

There's no reason to.

Indians live their whole lives
around the buffalo.

They use the meat for food,

the hides
for clothing and blankets,

and the bones for tools.

And the tails for fly swatters.

White hunters, though -- they
kill 'em just for their hides.

Sometimes their tongues.

They leave the rest
to rot in the sun.

I've never seen a buffalo.

I was 10 when my pa
dropped dead in the field...

16 when my ma
caught the influenza.

I've been on my own ever since.

How long have you been
workin' for Hank?

I don't know.
I lost count of time.

Years now.

But one of these days, I'm gonna
get out of here, see the world.

It's been my dream
ever since I was a kid.

It's silly.

No, it ain't.

Dreams are good.

See, all my life,
I've been travelin' around,

seein' the world --

dreamin' of findin'...

someplace to call home.

But you do have a home.

Here.

- Morning, Dorothy.
- Oh, Hank!

What are you doing?

You might like to take a look
in the jail.

Jake! Morales!
You got to come see this, too.

Ma'am, you don't want
to miss this.

Hank,
what are you talking about?

Go on inside
and take a look for yourself.

Uh, good mornin', everybody.

Miss Dorothy, would you
mind openin' this door, please?

T-that's it right there.

What's going on here?

That's what I'd like to know.

What's goin' on here is
I'm quittin'.

What?

You heard me.

I'm through with you usin' me
for your dirty little tricks.

I'm leavin'
on the next train out.

You can't leave.

You're the best girl I got.

I can do whatever I want.

The sheriff loaned me train fare
out of here.

He's a kind man.

Much obliged.

Hey, Daniel, ready to go
get that tree with us now?

Sure thing, Brian.

Think you got room
for me back there?

Sure.

Daniel, you got no right!

Hold on, Hank.
I didn't talk her into anything.

She made that decision
on her own.

I'm tired of you
gettin' in my way!

Well,
then stop crossin' my path.

I'm not gonna fight with you,
Hank.

It wouldn't settle nothin'.

- You got no choice.
- Come on, hank!

Tomorrow's Christmas Eve.

Stay out of this, Jake.

Let's go!

I'm not fightin' with you,
Hank!

Take it easy!

Just take it easy.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.
I'm fine.

More than I can say
for these ornaments.

Where is everybody?

Well, they were here,
all right.

They must have
moved the settlement.

To where?

To water.

The river's in the next valley.

They must have got tired
of haulin' water

all the way back here.

We can make it there
by nightfall. Let's go.

No. No more.

Who knows whether
they're in the next valley

or the valley after that.

We're stayin' right here.

Or better yet, we'll ride
with you to Colorado Springs

and take the train back home
from there.

To where?

You sold everything you had,
Chester.

And what do I have
to show for it?

No money. No belongings.

You got a wife who loves you,

and you got a family waitin'
to celebrate Christmas with you.

You've come a long way,
Chester.

Don't give up now.

We're goin' to the next valley.

You can stay here,
or you can come with us.

But what about your family?

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.

We're gonna have to ride
all night, but we'll make it.

Let's get you home first.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Cloud Dancing!

What are you doing here?

Is this not the time of year
you call Christmas?

Yes! Yes, but I don't --

And is Christmas not the time
to be with those you love?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

There it is!

What is it?

That's the settlement, isn't it?

Yes.
Yes, it is.

But look -- rocks and sand!

They're camped right
in the middle of a wash.

If a sudden storm kicks up,
they'll get flooded out.

Best to move the settlement
up slope.

We better get goin'.

Well, wait!

Won't you come
and meet our family?

As much as we'd like to, we got
our own family to get back to.

Here's some laudanum
and some cough syrup.

Thank you.
I feel better already.

Thank you.

You're gonna do fine.

Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

You ready?

More than ready.

Let's go.

- How's that?
- That's good.

I'll get it.

- Miss Dorothy!
- Matthew.

- Everyone.
- Hi!

Oh, what a beautiful tree!

We're waitin' till ma and pa
get home to decorate it.

You mean they're not here?

Cloud Dancing!
What are you doing back?

I could not stay away.

But I do not understand.

Sully and Michaela
left before me.

I did not see them on the trail.

Well, maybe
they took another trail.

But why?

Well,
knowin' Michaela and Sully,

they probably had a good reason.

Yes, I am sure
there was a good reason.

Come on. Let's finish
puttin' the tree up.

How are you holdin' up?

Want to stop and sleep
for a little bit?

No, no, I'm fine.

Here.

What?

I'm so proud of you --
the way you helped that couple.

Teaching them
how to survive in the wilderness

without destroying it --
the same way you taught me.

The same way
you could teach others.

Sully...

the job
Welland Smith offered you --

he was right.

I can't think of anyone
better suited for it.

I was wanted by the law,
Michaela.

I hated every minute
I was away from home.

Perhaps it was because
you didn't know

if you'd ever be able come back.

But now you're free, and you can
come and go whenever you like.

Sully, of course we want you to
be with us as much as possible,

but it's also important

to protect the land
from destruction.

You can do both.

First thing after Christmas,

I'll send him a telegram tellin'
him I'm acceptin' the job.

Now, come on.
It's Christmas Eve.

We got a lot of ridin' to do.

There's still no sign
of Sully and Michaela.

I wonder where they could be?

I will check the other valleys
to see

if they took another trail.

I should ride with you.

No, the two of you
should stay here

for the sake of the children.

But I can help
you check the other trails.

If we both leave, the children
will know we are worried,

and then they will worry.

Be careful.

I'll find them.

Yes, indeed. That was
a wonderful sermon, Reverend.

Thank you, Loren.

You're welcome.

Well, here we are --
coming up on the tree.

Well, folks.
Gather around!

Gather around, everybody!

- Matthew?
- Yep.

Now, before we begin
any Christmas carols,

I'd just like to take a moment
on behalf of the entire town

to present a very special gift
to our newest citizen...

Daniel Simon.

Merry Christmas, Daniel.

What?

Now, we all know that Daniel
came to Colorado Springs

to help out a friend,

and that is the main reason
that he became our sheriff.

But now word has it
that he might be leavin'.

Now, Daniel...

you took this job to help Sully,

but will you keep it for us?

I told you
they all wanted you to stay.

I want to thank you
all for this...

gift...

and, uh...

...for givin' me a place
I can finally call home.

Well, it certainly
is a beautiful tree.

Yes, it is.

But it just doesn't feel like
Christmas without Grace singin'.

♪ Silent night

♪ Holy night

♪ All is calm

♪ All is bright

♪ Round yon virgin mother
and child ♪

♪ Holy infant
so tender and mild ♪

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace

He is such a kind man.

It's gettin' late.

I don't think they're gonna
make it for Christmas.

Maybe we should put away
the food and save it

for when they get here.

All right.

What do you think
happened to them?

I'm sure they're fine.

Brian, they'll be home soon.
Don't you worry.

Brian, why don't you
read "A Christmas Carol" for us?

It's sort of a tradition.
We read it every Christmas Eve.

Ma usually reads it, though.

Yeah, I know,
but this year you can read it.

"Marley was dead,
to begin with.

There is no doubt
whatever about that.

The register of his burial
was signed by the clergyman,

the clerk, the undertaker,
and the chief mourner.

Scrooge signed it,

and Scrooge's name
was good upon 'change,

for anything
he chose to put his hand to..."

"Running to the window,

he opened it,
put out his head..."

"...no fog, no mist.

Clear, bright, jovial,
stirring, cold.

Cold, piping for the blood
to dance to.

Golden sunlight, heavenly sky,

sweet fresh air,
and merry bells.

Oh, glorious! Glorious!

'What's today?' cried Scrooge,

calling downward to a boy
in Sunday clothes,

who perhaps had loitered in
to look about him.

'Eh?' returned the boy,
with all his might of wonder.

'What's today, my fine fellow?'
said Scrooge."

"'Today?' Replied the boy.

'Why, it's Christmas day.'"

Ma! Pa!

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Brian.

Welcome back.

Thanks.

It's good to be home again.

Say hi!