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Got to cut a big egg, strain the poison out of the wound.

I can't.

I'm too scared.

What's it all about, what's he done?

We're going to hang Mr. Sprague.

Luther can fight his way out.

He's all busted up.

They ain't got a chance.

Then you fight for him.

Come on, let's give it to our pa.

Your pa done exactly what I told him not to do.

You ain't gonna help?

It's out of my hands.

You're not going to kill my brother.

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother.

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

Your pa done exactly what I told him not to do.

You ain't gonna help?

It's out of my hands.

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You're not going to kill my brother?

You under there, William?

Looks like he got quite a problem, don't it?

Well, if you didn't try to set up a parlor every night, it wouldn't have us trouble to

begin with.

You all made a buffalo hide like you, Luca.

He and him, he had it all planned.

But ain't he got all the luck here to ride the Webster team while I get stuck here with

the 10s?

You all had luck doing the Webster chores while old man's sick?

Take that rope and put it over there.

Where's Rachel?

I don't know.

I guess she's off breaking fire with herself.

Now, you better let her wander off by herself.

Now, you go find her.

I'll find her.

Come on.

Go find her.

Don't be afraid, now, lass.

Nima's harker won't hurt you.

She's need your help.

I've been snake bit.

Got me in the back, and I can't reach you.

I'll go get you.

No.

You've got to drain the poison out of the wound.

You've got to cut a big X.

When he's tooth marked, you've got to do it, lass, or I'll go under.

Hey, you've got the sand for it, I can tell.

I can tell that you're a woman with a character, but you've got to make a bleed.

I can't.

I'm too scared.

So am I, lass.

So am I.

But I'm a dead man for sure if you don't...

That's good, lass.

You've got a strong, steady head.

What's your name, lass?

Rachel Thorpe.

Are you with that, uh, with that immigrant train I've seen?

Boss train captain, I wish you were here now.

Mr. Spray, does it hurt very much?

No.

No, lass.

Not a bit.

It's...

Sprague?

Did...

Luther Sprague?

Our scout.

He's guiding us to Oregon.

Oh, lass, lass.

Oh, lass.

Oh, lass.

Oh, lass.

Boss, boss, and you hit that Rachel.

Where?

Up there just the way.

Help him.

Help him.

Hold up here, Mr. Sprague.

Get your hand off her, that child.

Where'd you get back?

Anything to oblige, mister?

Pa, this is Mr. Harker.

He got snake bit and I cut him all open.

And he said if I didn't, he would die.

She's telling the truth, Mr. Thorpe, you must be.

Everything's right about you.

And if you just, uh, point that rifle in some other direction, I'll, uh, I'll ride out.

Now, wait a minute.

Better come back to the wagons with me and get some rest and some food.

Well, I appreciate the offer, Mr. Thorpe, but I got ground to cover before I sleep.

I don't say this to many people, but I'm proud to have you for a friend, Rachel Thorpe.

You were hurt in my health, that's all.

Out here, that's, that's just about everything.

Bye, Mr. Thorpe.

Oh, boy.

Bye, Mr. Harker.

Good morning.

Well, you had your brother scared half to death.

I wasn't scared one bit.

He didn't do me much good, neither.

Mr. Harker said I had Sam.

What does that mean?

That means you was brave enough to do what you've done.

He also said I was a woman with character.

Character?

Did he say that?

Well, he's a pretty smart fellow, ain't he?

Pa, I don't have to keep secrets from you, do I?

Why don't you just tell me a secret, and I'll tell you whether you should have told me enough.

Mr. Harker, he wanted to know if Luther was our scout, but he said not to tell anybody he asked.

Did he?

Why would he do that?

I don't know.

Come on.

How many was he?

Huh?

How many was he?

Was what?

How many engines?

Oh, engines.

About 30, 40, huh, Rachel?

120,000.

It wasn't any Indian, silly.

There was just a man that got the snake bit, and I saved his life.

That's all.

Snake bit?

Well, I thought there was engines.

But I seen the engines.

They had feathers and wore bonnets.

Where was that?

Big ole strapless fellow.

But I seen the engines.

His name is Mr. Harker.

He's even bigger than Pa.

The snake bit him in the back.

That'd be Lemus Harker.

That's right, Lemus Harker.

And he said if I wouldn't have saved him, he would have died.

You know him?

Might.

Hey, I want to thank all you folks for coming to try and help.

Thank the Lord we didn't need it.

Rachel, he's going to help with you.

Mr. Firewood.

And both of you, stay close to the wagon.

We'll keep eye on him.

Yes, ma'am.

Luther?

Yeah.

This old Harker fellow.

He was asking Rachel about you.

We probably did.

You know what he did too?

What?

He asked Rachel not to tell.

He probably did that too.

Seems to me you and this Harker fellow ain't such good friends.

Used to be.

Hey, Luther.

Come on, talk to me.

This big old fellow poking around to make trouble for you.

How bad is it?

It's a hard country, Evan.

If a man gets in trouble out here, it's usually going to mean his life.

Yeah.

Why don't you try and save that old life until after we get to Oregon?

I know your damn business.

It is my damn business, your pilot of my train.

I'm Captain, ain't I?

Yeah.

Take orders, don't you?

Right.

I was looking to find some good grazing land around Sweet Creek Hollow.

Thought you might get on your horse right now and ride out and find him.

You Captain?

I'm a Captain.

I got some news for you.

A new bunch of corn crackers headed this way.

Who's guiding him?

A friend of yours?

Luther Sprague.

Now, wait a minute, where are you going?

Because of Luther Sprague, a man's dead.

Turn about the fair play and it's his turn to die.

Just hold your horse.

This is the only water and graze on that train's route.

So don't be stupid.

We'll just wait for them to come to us.

When he does...

And when he does, we will give Luther Sprague the kind of a welcome a long-lost friend deserves.

Pa, I can drive a wagon on us.

You can't.

Not with that cut on your hand.

You just give it a couple days.

I can drive?

No, you can't.

How do you know that, Pa?

See, Pa, you never let me drive.

Emily Gilhor drives her wagon and she ain't puttin' on.

Don't talk like your daddy isn't puttin' on.

Everybody treats me like a baby and I'm not.

And I cook and I bake and I make bullets but I love the rifle.

And I even saved a man's life and he doesn't treat me like a baby.

We didn't know you felt like that.

You're the youngest.

Maybe daddy loves it but you're young.

Well, I don't.

Well, just you give daddy another chance and I'll try and change it.

Well, you ain't too bad a shot.

Ooh, ooh, ooh.

Pa, I'll be back in a minute.

Uh-huh.

Well, look who's here.

I was hoping to repay your hospitality.

Sit down.

I'm so glad to see you.

When I saw you say just like you, I didn't know if I could find you.

Hey, Parker, look a little better.

Thanks to your daughter.

Your farmer's planning on staying very long.

Rachel, why don't you start the fire?

Rachel, Miss Dorpe, it was just lovely having you drop in.

Next time, we'll put us on a pot of hot tea, we'll see.

That would be very nice, Mr. Parker.

Here.

Like you was asking, will we be here tonight and tomorrow and leave the day after?

That's too long.

Your wagon's already turned this meadow into solid dust.

We're moving across the river, and there's plenty of room for all of us.

Well, that question's open for arguing.

Just moving through.

I've never seen a heap of immigrants yet that didn't ruin the country for miles around.

Just moving through.

That's for sure.

Just like a pack of dogs.

Yeah, something this pack of dogs got too outnumbered.

Easy.

Well, now, sometimes you can turn a pack just by dropping the leader.

Dead right, boys.

Where's your scout, Captain?

Good chance we know him.

No, he's up north around looking for a big river.

And that's that fact.

Yeah, that's a fact.

He's lying to sure.

Maybe so, maybe not.

Anyway, there are quite a few ways to circle this valley.

Take your pick.

Daddy!

How about a tree?

The walls of Jericho.

Yeah, people's the same all over again.

I wonder what those Indian women are really like.

I don't know. I wonder if they've got the same problems we have.

Most likely.

Which problem did you have in mind?

Well, the one I was thinking of is when a man's daughter falls in love with another fellow his own age.

Oh, well, that's just some sort of hero worship.

No, don't throw out as a human.

Well, the time does come, you know.

Yeah, I see.

But I might at least have another ten years.

First of all, you're holding it wrong.

Hold it like this, then you throw it.

Don't snap your arm out.

Just count it out like you're aiming at somebody.

Gee, Hollstaphat, we're right in.

You must be the train captain's boy.

Yes, sir. William Thorpe, sir.

And a flight one, too.

Well, William Thorpe, sir, you wouldn't happen to know the train scout now, would you?

Oh, why, sure.

Oh, Luther Sprague is an old friend of mine. I sure would like to see him.

You don't have to know what direction he's scouting now, do you?

Yeah, what south? Some head out that way this morning.

See you up, sir, went right.

We'd be riding out now, Lemus.

We're going to have to get that old friend on.

Yeah, it won't take us long. We'll be back directly.

Well, lads, what do you think of our so-called rendezvous?

Seems fine to me.

Fine. You should have seen a real rendezvous.

I was just a green boy the first time, but it was something.

Trappers, as far as them mountains.

Men like Bridger, Smith, Ironhand Wilkes, and fur traders from faraway places like England and France.

I mean, just armies of them, with bags of gold and trade goods that you had to see to believe it.

It was something.

Indians, too?

You couldn't look but what you've seen them ever were.

Now, not just tribes, but whole nations of them.

Cheyenne, Crow, the Rapo, the Sioux.

They come riding in here, each dressed different, and wearing their finest.

Proud.

Well, that was then and now is now.

Indians are strange. They frighten me.

No, no. You just got to understand them, understand their ways.

I lived with them.

Is she your wife?

Sunflower? No. She's Toby Long's lady.

Is your wife back east?

Dead.

A year come next spring.

My mom's dead, too. She got sick and...

Did your wife get sick?

Shot.

Shot? But why'd someone shoot her?

Because she's Cheyenne.

More skins and beads.

She didn't look like a white rose.

But who shot her?

A hunting party from wagon trains is like yours.

You must get awful, only.

Sometime.

I'll be your wife. I can cook them in your clothes. I can do all kinds of things.

My gum, I think you mean it.

I do, Mr. Harker. I will.

Not whoa, whoa, whoa. Now, don't you think it's about time you started calling me Lemus?

I mean, since we are pledging ourselves, no.

Oh, excuse me. Excuse me.

Hello, Bear. Welcome.

Come down from the far north. That's why I'm late.

Good to see you any time, Bear.

I hear tell you're still weak on account of that snake bite.

Well, it could be, Hoss.

I'd like to have a go at you. Cuff and collar.

Come on, that green river's after you leave it.

Well, and I suddenly took a life for that little trinket you were in there.

I'm a good good goodie.

Come on, let's go, let's go.

Come on, let's go.

Now we're sealed, lass.

Friends for life.

Oh, yes, Lemus. Friends for life.

Come on, let's go.

Well, well, well, it's been quite a while, ain't it, Lucer?

What the hell?

All right, get him on his feet.

Ain't he a sight? The store eye's dropped right in our lap.

Wait a minute, then.

Oh, no, over here.

Take him over here.

Ain't he a man knocking, fellas?

What the hell do you think you're doing?

I'm just observing.

What's it all about? What's he done?

Stay out of this thing.

What do you mean stay out of it? They drug you in here like a side of beef.

We're going to hang, Mr. Sprague.

Hanging for what?

Elroy Speaks had the misfortune of being Luther's trapping partner.

A few winters back, Elroy broke both these legs.

We left Luther here to look after him, whilst we went for help.

We come back. Elroy has gone under.

He has starved to death.

And Luther here is gone.

You can't hang a man without a trial.

If there's been a crime, there's going to be a trial.

We don't have to have no trial.

Now, wait a minute. Now, maybe the captain's got a point.

I mean, we're reasonable men, ain't we?

Well...

Okay.

Now, this here is now declared to be your trial, Mr. Sprague.

Now, tell your side.

Will you tell your side of it? They're going to hang you.

I told you before, it's my business, not yours.

I told you before, it is my business, you're my scout.

Will you say something?

Captain, he can't speak. Only mean one thing.

He's guilty.

That's right.

That's right, he's guilty, all right.

All right.

It appears to me that this trial will be over.

Those four hanging...

Ain't much sense than counting those again.

It ain't a trial because a trial takes time.

And a trial, you've got to know everything.

We know everything.

I don't know nothing.

How much time you need, an hour?

Till tomorrow morning.

Oh, now, wait a minute, that's it.

Now, wait, wait.

Now, the captain just gave me an idea.

There ain't going to be many more of these, Ron.

So why don't we finish this one just the way they did in the old days?

Why don't we end this rendezvous bigger than the one that ended with

Liber Eton Johnson killing Thunder Eye Martinez hand-to-hand?

What he said.

All right, all right.

We're going to take him off a waist so we won't upset these folks.

You ain't going to let them do that, are you?

I know Luther Sprague a long time before you know them, Captain.

And by Heaven, I am going to let him do it.

We have our ways, and just leaving a friend to die ain't one of them.

You got your laws, and we got ours.

It's them mountain fellas saying no.

Well, I'm saying yes.

I ain't changing my mind.

And I'm with you, Evan, whatever you do.

No.

Richard, I want you here.

I want you to get them wagons ready to move as soon as I get back.

Do anything you have to, but get them ready, and he'll help you.

Now, will you?

Yes, sir.

You do anything Mr. Barnes asks you to do.

Yes, sir.

Oh, you look out for them engines, huh, Pa?

Oh, yeah, I'll watch out for them.

Mr. Hark will let nothing happen to Luther, Pa.

You know he won't.

Well, I just can't take that chance, can I, little lady?

That's it, Richard.

All right.

Walter, keep eye on Rachel.

I don't want her to do nothing stupid.

I'll watch her.

Evan.

Eva, be careful.

Luther.

Luther.

Yes, sir.

Evan, get out of here.

I'm not going to run now.

What are you going to do, stay here and hang?

I'm just thinking.

I'm not sitting here thinking about it.

I don't want to run it no more.

I'm going to ask you this once.

Did you leave that fellow?

What's he named?

Bill Royce Bates.

Did you leave him to die?

Not exactly.

He's out hunting some food.

Blizzard here.

Black people took me.

Well, I got back.

It's too late.

The Indians took you.

You're not guilty.

Get out of here.

Here's the way, call it.

There.

All right.

Let's go.

They just want to see me run.

What are you talking about?

I don't want to knock you down.

Are you back to the train?

I'm sticking.

Luther, do you want them killing two birds with one leg to rope?

Do you?

All right.

Now wait.

I expect us to go back to camp.

Maybe we can lose them in the woods.

Old Clu sure did make pretty music on that horn here, don't he?

Yeah, like he's about ready to catch up to him.

And I guess they finally figured out what's happening.

You, uh, you think I'll try to get into this?

Haven't got the stomach for it.

No.

I've done all I can.

Your pa done exactly what I told him not to do.

You ain't gonna help?

It's out of my hands, Lass.

Don't get that Luther.

We can't get to Oregon.

And they're gonna kill my boss.

Oh, you go back to the wagon, they're after me.

Why do you insist on trying to commit suicide?

You didn't leave the man to die.

I'm not so sure I did anymore.

Now look, the laws here ain't the same as they are where you come from.

I did what I did, and that's it.

Under any law, I know you ain't guilty.

What I have to do is knock you out and carry you.

It'll be a cold day in hell.

What?

Back here.

Luther!

Luther!

You all right?

My name is Lord. Come on.

Looky, Louie.

How are ya?

A lot.

Thanks, Captain.

For the one your daughter saved.

Now, you take your family and get them out of here before they get hurt.

No.

I want my scout.

He's already been tried.

Besides that, he's hurt.

Best thing we can do is be put him out of his misery,

considering he used to be a partner.

Lemus, you said you'd help. You promised.

Well, I'm saving your pa last.

Luther, too. We need him, Lemus.

You ain't saving nobody, Harker.

See them, fellas?

This company ain't leaving without their scout,

and we ain't gonna let you hang him.

It's as simple as that.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll guide you out of here for your daughter's sake.

Really?

For my daughter's sake.

That's what I said, wasn't it?

Let 'em, Captain Thorpe.

We don't want no trouble out of these here gentlemen.

What, you think it's just Luther here?

Captain Thorpe would be doing this for any one of us.

Now, either we're a company or we're not.

And in that case, we'll never get to Oregon Scout or no scout.

You want this fellow killed so he can become a scout.

I think you want to leave these mountains.

I think you want to feel what it's like to be a immigrant.

All right, now, Captain, there's another way, if you're so bound and determined.

Uh-huh. I'm listening.

Luther can fight his way out.

If he wins, he can guide you.

And if he loses, we'll hang him.

Fight who?

Our choice.

He's all busted up.

They ain't got a chance.

Then you fight for him.

And lamely fights for us.

If I win, I'll guide you out of here.

If you lose, he's our mate.

That way, it's just the two of us fighting.

We don't have a whole war.

All right, I'll fight you.

All right, Ged, pick your stickers right here.

Hold it. Wait a minute now.

I want to kill nobody, and I ain't anxious to get killed.

Just what did you have in mind, a pillar fight?

Wait a minute.

Anything this grizzly ain't good at?

I'm dancin' a minuet, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Very funny. Thank you.

Well, I want to save my hide, I tried to tell you.

Uh, you was talkin' a while back about bare hands.

Well, what about fish, you know, uh, bare knuckles?

One way or the other.

It don't make a lot of difference to me.

Got to be rules.

All right, fine. Then we'll use the London price fight rules.

All right, everybody, let's make a ring right around here.

Oh, that Mr. Harker, he's not for big.

I see me.

Isn't there any other way?

Margaret, if there's any other way, I should be glad to take it.

He's got this set of smoke hands.

I see them.

Well, I don't know another way. I'm just a woman, remember?

It's you men who make all the rules around here.

Pa!

Yeah?

You can't fight Mr. Harker. We're friends for life.

Listen, Rachel.

Pa, I don't know who's right or wrong.

Yeah, sometimes there ain't a real right and wrong.

It's just one side thinkin' they're doin' the right thing.

And that's why life is sometimes hard to swallow.

But, Pa, he's my friend.

Please don't fight with him, please.

Thorpe?

Yeah?

You comin'?

Yeah.

I'm afraid so.

These here be the London price-pat rules.

As many rounds as necessary.

A round goes into a knockdown,

at which time a man has 30 seconds to revitalize himself.

His helpers may take him to his corner,

and he must come back after 30 seconds and tow this here line.

Both of you gents got that?

Yep.

Yeah?

Even sittin' down he looks like a buffalo.

Yeah.

I'll ask you one more time. Has he got any weaknesses?

Well, I seen him put down by a Frenchie one time to Green River rendezvous.

What do you do?

Use the club.

Come on, what do you got?

Get him, Evan.

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan! Come on!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Give it to him, Pop!

Ready?

Bring the bell.

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Careful, Pop!

Be careful!

Leave it!

Give me careful, too.

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Evan, you got 30 seconds.

Come on, Pop!

Keep going, Pop!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

Come on, Evan!

All right, good job!

See, don't worry, son. See, we're in all them skins. He's going to get tired.

Strategy is going to be a strategy. Whatever you say, Pa.

Stop. You're hurting him. He's my Pa.

You just stopped coming back to that blasted line.

You know he won't, and if he doesn't, then lose their--

All right. If he won't stop, then he's just a bigger fool than I thought he was.

He's no fool. He just wants to help somebody.

And all you want to do is wreck things and hurt people.

You've got to stop, Evan. Please.

I got it. I got it.

You don't want me to stop doing this?

That's good. See, I got him figured out.

Me too. He's going to kill you.

No, no, no. I see.

Every time he's going to drop one of them buffalo hawks on me, he turns his left foot away.

I don't know about this, Pa. What do you mean you don't know?

I've been there long enough to make a lifetime study.

Come on, Evan. Come on, Captain. Come on, Captain.

Twenty-seven. Twenty-eight.

Twenty-nine.

Thirty, here's like the plane captain's wand.

You all right, Lena?

Yeah, of course. That's a powerful push you daddy's got.

Of course, he did hit me when I was looking.

Of course, Lena.

Luther's got to pay for what he's done.

No. Two. Two.

Now, we made a deal.

Besides, Luther Sprague's already dead.

At least, the Luther we all knew.

But he's one of them now.

I think all you boys will agree that that's a hell of a lot worse than hanging.

It was fair fought, Mr. Evantorpe.

You got what you wanted.

A man can't ask for more than that.

What do you want, Lena?

Well, I still got my mountains.

I'm scared you're up with the others.

You know I wouldn't even understand about you.

I'm glad, because you're the only one that treats me like I was growing up.

Yeah, well, you do know you've still got some growing up to do, don't you?

I suppose so.

Well, it happens fast.

There ain't no point in rushing it.

See, you've got yourself a fine path, and you'll see to it that you grew up fine.

Hey, none of us can't keep learning.

Well, just keep listening.

You still learning?

Yeah, sure.

You know what I learned?

I learned that there might be a future for me someplace besides these mountains.

Now, just 'cause I'm not traveling with you, that don't mean you won't see me again.

There may be other trains coming through here looking for a pilot.

One of these days, when you least expect it,

Lima's Harker will arrive to continue his friendship with you.

Well, I don't know.

I don't know if I'm going to do this.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Really?

You will remember me, won't you, when you see me again?

I'll remember.

All right, that's something.

Say goodbye.

Guess you're going to miss him.

Pa, can I run on his shoulders?

I didn't think grown-up young ladies did that.

Please, Pa?

Pa, sometimes it's nice to be a little girl.

Time to dusty the earth beneath my feet

Time to dusty as I ride through the burning heat

With the help of God in this mountain man

I have a dream where the sun goes down

Though a mountain valley's all in me

'Cause my Oregon bow