1 00:00:15,695 --> 00:00:17,784 [ horses approaching ] 2 00:03:13,394 --> 00:03:15,005 What are you up to, mister? 3 00:03:15,135 --> 00:03:17,181 You're on Sherman Ranch property. 4 00:03:17,311 --> 00:03:18,922 I couldn't let you stop me. 5 00:03:20,184 --> 00:03:20,967 Not now... 6 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:23,230 not after I found it. 7 00:03:24,666 --> 00:03:25,754 Found what? 8 00:03:25,885 --> 00:03:28,235 Sixty thousand in gold. 9 00:03:29,889 --> 00:03:31,021 We're sittin' on it. 10 00:03:34,154 --> 00:03:37,201 At least I can die a rich man. 11 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:50,274 Golly, it sure didn't miss you by much. 12 00:04:52,493 --> 00:04:54,626 I won't need a haircut for another month. 13 00:04:54,756 --> 00:04:56,845 Jess, are you sure you're all right? 14 00:04:56,976 --> 00:04:58,064 Oh, I'm fine, Daisy. 15 00:04:58,195 --> 00:04:59,674 All I need is another hat. 16 00:04:59,805 --> 00:05:01,241 You find out who it was? 17 00:05:01,372 --> 00:05:03,809 No more than I found some papers with his name on it. 18 00:05:03,939 --> 00:05:04,984 Ned Billings. 19 00:05:05,115 --> 00:05:06,464 Nobody seemed to know him. 20 00:05:06,594 --> 00:05:08,379 Ned Billings. 21 00:05:08,509 --> 00:05:10,076 Never heard of him. 22 00:05:10,207 --> 00:05:11,469 I wonder what he was up to. 23 00:05:11,599 --> 00:05:13,993 Beats me. 24 00:05:14,124 --> 00:05:15,299 Funny thing though. 25 00:05:15,429 --> 00:05:16,822 Before he died he said something 26 00:05:16,952 --> 00:05:19,651 about sitting on 60,000 in gold. 27 00:05:19,738 --> 00:05:22,175 All I found was some pieces of a wagon, 28 00:05:22,306 --> 00:05:23,263 an old wagon at that. 29 00:05:23,394 --> 00:05:24,395 What's the rest of it? 30 00:05:25,961 --> 00:05:27,615 There's not much more to tell. 31 00:05:27,746 --> 00:05:29,052 Found a hub from a busted wheel, 32 00:05:29,182 --> 00:05:30,662 some pieces of wood. 33 00:05:30,792 --> 00:05:32,185 One of them had some faded printing on them, 34 00:05:32,316 --> 00:05:33,404 I couldn't make it out. 35 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:35,058 Looked to me like army markings. 36 00:05:36,668 --> 00:05:37,495 Where is it? 37 00:05:39,236 --> 00:05:40,454 Well, I left it with Mort. 38 00:05:40,585 --> 00:05:41,499 I figured he'd want to use it. 39 00:05:47,548 --> 00:05:48,332 Slim. 40 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:10,354 You mind telling me what's eating you? 41 00:06:10,484 --> 00:06:12,225 I have to get into town. 42 00:06:12,312 --> 00:06:13,487 If it's because of anything I did, 43 00:06:13,618 --> 00:06:15,489 I want to know, Slim. 44 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,187 I have to stop Mort from talking to anyone 45 00:06:17,274 --> 00:06:18,449 about what you found. 46 00:06:18,579 --> 00:06:19,363 Now do you mind? 47 00:06:24,194 --> 00:06:25,369 You're too late. 48 00:06:30,243 --> 00:06:32,419 What do you mean? 49 00:06:32,550 --> 00:06:35,248 Lot of people saw me bring the body into the sheriff's office. 50 00:06:35,379 --> 00:06:36,597 Al Frazier even came over 51 00:06:36,684 --> 00:06:38,904 from the paper to get a story on it. 52 00:06:39,034 --> 00:06:41,211 Nobody could figure out what the markings on the wood was, 53 00:06:41,341 --> 00:06:42,908 but Mort's gonna try and find out. 54 00:06:43,038 --> 00:06:44,649 How? 55 00:06:44,779 --> 00:06:47,304 Mort's sending a telegram to Fort Sanders and-- 56 00:06:47,434 --> 00:06:48,696 Slim, what's wrong with you? 57 00:06:48,783 --> 00:06:51,612 Why didn't you tell me first, Jess? 58 00:06:51,699 --> 00:06:53,353 Now just plain mind your own business. 59 00:06:55,225 --> 00:06:56,226 Now wait a minute. 60 00:07:11,502 --> 00:07:15,984 Jess, I've never seen Slim like this before. 61 00:07:19,727 --> 00:07:21,164 Do you know what it's all about? 62 00:07:22,643 --> 00:07:24,297 No, I don't, Daisy. 63 00:07:24,384 --> 00:07:25,559 But I'm gonna find out. 64 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:42,533 I guess it'll have to wait. 65 00:07:42,663 --> 00:07:46,450 His mother and father, they must be part of this. 66 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:51,455 Slim's the only one that can tell us that, Daisy. 67 00:08:15,174 --> 00:08:16,480 [ clattering ] 68 00:08:26,011 --> 00:08:29,101 I'm not waiting any longer, Daisy. Oh, Jess. 69 00:08:29,232 --> 00:08:32,060 He's been up there for over an hour. No supper, not a word to anyone. 70 00:08:32,191 --> 00:08:33,105 I've had enough. 71 00:08:35,325 --> 00:08:37,109 No, dear, go back to your school work. 72 00:08:56,128 --> 00:08:57,172 Well? 73 00:08:58,609 --> 00:09:00,001 I'm looking for somethin'. 74 00:09:02,177 --> 00:09:03,353 Like what? 75 00:09:03,483 --> 00:09:04,963 A hole to crawl in? 76 00:09:08,227 --> 00:09:09,489 I wish it was that easy. 77 00:09:09,620 --> 00:09:11,535 You still say I put you in it? 78 00:09:14,189 --> 00:09:15,930 You had no way of knowing, Jess. 79 00:09:16,061 --> 00:09:18,368 If I knew, I likely wouldn't do it again. 80 00:09:18,498 --> 00:09:20,413 I didn't tell you about it 81 00:09:20,544 --> 00:09:23,242 because I was trying to forget it myself. 82 00:09:23,373 --> 00:09:25,462 I thought it was over, done with. 83 00:09:30,031 --> 00:09:31,511 Your mother. 84 00:09:31,598 --> 00:09:32,382 Yeah. 85 00:09:36,037 --> 00:09:37,256 It all happened when I was in the army. 86 00:09:39,084 --> 00:09:41,260 So I didn't hear about it from her till I got back. 87 00:09:43,218 --> 00:09:46,657 It was a start of a bad winter in the middle of the war. 88 00:09:46,787 --> 00:09:51,226 Pa had gone to the upper rays to bring the stock down before the heavy snows hit. 89 00:09:51,314 --> 00:09:53,403 So ma had to take care of things the best she could. 90 00:09:55,274 --> 00:09:57,363 About the same time some Confederate raiders 91 00:09:57,494 --> 00:10:00,801 stole a convoy of union wagons from the Cheyenne army. 92 00:10:00,932 --> 00:10:02,629 Those wagons were never seen or heard from again. 93 00:10:04,457 --> 00:10:07,025 But a week or so later Pa came home, 94 00:10:07,112 --> 00:10:11,421 shot up, half frozen, out on his feet. 95 00:10:14,293 --> 00:10:17,383 He never had a chance to tell her what had happened. 96 00:10:17,514 --> 00:10:20,299 She wrote me about it but I couldn't get home until after the war. 97 00:10:22,736 --> 00:10:23,998 I knew my mother was troubled 98 00:10:24,129 --> 00:10:25,478 and not just because Pa had died. 99 00:10:27,132 --> 00:10:29,874 When I found out what was bothering her, 100 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:32,659 I was ready to take on a pack of wildcats. 101 00:10:32,746 --> 00:10:34,182 And Pa was one of the few men 102 00:10:34,313 --> 00:10:36,533 in these parts to know the mountain passes, 103 00:10:36,663 --> 00:10:38,535 and some no-good just started talk 104 00:10:38,665 --> 00:10:40,101 that he had taken pay to guide the Rebs 105 00:10:40,232 --> 00:10:42,277 with the union gold out of the territory. 106 00:10:42,408 --> 00:10:46,238 Well, I knew it was a lie but couldn't prove it. 107 00:10:46,325 --> 00:10:48,327 Just shut the dirty mouths that were saying it. 108 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,812 And it wasn't long after that that Ma died. 109 00:10:54,942 --> 00:10:58,555 Well, the doc gave me some medical reasons, 110 00:10:58,642 --> 00:11:00,426 but I figured it was a broken heart. 111 00:11:03,908 --> 00:11:08,391 And what I did was, just like plowing across their graves. 112 00:11:10,218 --> 00:11:11,437 You didn't know, Jess. 113 00:11:15,267 --> 00:11:16,311 But I'm gonna have to face it. 114 00:11:18,488 --> 00:11:20,228 Would you go out there with me tomorrow? 115 00:11:20,359 --> 00:11:21,360 You know I will. 116 00:11:24,494 --> 00:11:25,495 Daisy wouldn't let Mike and me 117 00:11:25,625 --> 00:11:27,758 finish up all the fried chicken. 118 00:11:27,888 --> 00:11:29,368 She saved you some. 119 00:11:31,849 --> 00:11:33,241 I'll be down directly. 120 00:12:04,359 --> 00:12:07,145 How come Slim's not up yet? 121 00:12:07,275 --> 00:12:09,800 Oh, I heard him tossing and turning all night, tiger. 122 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:12,019 Daisy and me figured we'd let him sleep some. 123 00:12:12,150 --> 00:12:14,195 He sure was actin' funny. 124 00:12:16,546 --> 00:12:19,200 It's kind of hard to explain, tiger. 125 00:12:19,331 --> 00:12:21,638 Slim needs all the friends he has right now to back him, 126 00:12:21,768 --> 00:12:23,161 with no questions asked. 127 00:12:23,248 --> 00:12:25,816 I'm with him 900%. 128 00:12:25,946 --> 00:12:28,732 I figured you would be.[ horses approaching ] 129 00:12:34,694 --> 00:12:36,479 You better go inside, Mike. 130 00:12:36,609 --> 00:12:39,394 You want me to get Slim? No, not yet. 131 00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:41,396 I got him into this, maybe I can get him out of it. 132 00:12:41,527 --> 00:12:42,485 Go on now. 133 00:12:48,403 --> 00:12:49,317 Morning, Jess. 134 00:12:50,754 --> 00:12:53,104 Hello, Mort.This is Major John Ellis. 135 00:12:53,234 --> 00:12:54,192 Major. 136 00:12:54,322 --> 00:12:55,976 Jess Harper.He the one? 137 00:12:56,107 --> 00:12:57,543 He is. 138 00:12:57,674 --> 00:12:58,631 It seems what you came across yesterday, 139 00:12:58,718 --> 00:13:00,633 stirred up a few things, Jess. 140 00:13:00,764 --> 00:13:02,983 Major has been sent to investigate for the army. 141 00:13:03,114 --> 00:13:06,421 What I found was on private property. 142 00:13:06,509 --> 00:13:09,947 Belonging to one Slim Sherman, yes?That's right. 143 00:13:10,034 --> 00:13:12,515 And he's not much interested in digging up the past. 144 00:13:12,645 --> 00:13:14,081 No, I didn't think he would be. 145 00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:15,779 But his feelings about the matter 146 00:13:15,909 --> 00:13:18,825 aren't too important to me or to the army. 147 00:13:18,956 --> 00:13:21,436 You plan on finding it all by yourself? 148 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,482 No, you're gonna lead us to it. 149 00:13:24,744 --> 00:13:27,181 Big country out there, major. 150 00:13:27,312 --> 00:13:30,228 I might not be able to find it again.Easy, Jess. 151 00:13:30,358 --> 00:13:32,491 You're planning to defy the United States Army? 152 00:13:33,797 --> 00:13:35,363 Just how many troops do you figure 153 00:13:35,450 --> 00:13:37,452 it'll take to make a man remember somethin'? 154 00:13:37,583 --> 00:13:39,542 A company maybe, a battalion? 155 00:13:39,629 --> 00:13:40,717 Harper, you're facing arrest. 156 00:13:40,847 --> 00:13:41,892 Do you realize that? 157 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:43,371 You can't arrest a civilian. 158 00:13:43,502 --> 00:13:44,808 Possibly not. 159 00:13:44,938 --> 00:13:46,505 But Sheriff Corey didn't come out here 160 00:13:46,636 --> 00:13:48,028 just for the ride. 161 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:49,900 Sheriff, arrest this man right now. 162 00:13:51,902 --> 00:13:53,468 Now before there's any real trouble, Jess, 163 00:13:53,556 --> 00:13:54,600 let me have your gun. 164 00:13:54,731 --> 00:13:56,036 Now wait a minute, Mort. 165 00:13:56,167 --> 00:13:56,994 Hold it. 166 00:14:01,389 --> 00:14:02,565 Nobody's arresting Jess. 167 00:14:03,653 --> 00:14:04,741 Not if I can help it. 168 00:14:16,448 --> 00:14:19,364 Since when can the army ride in and start mistreating civilians? 169 00:14:19,451 --> 00:14:22,585 We were about to explain that to your short-tempered friend 170 00:14:22,715 --> 00:14:26,589 when you came out waving that scattergun.Well, you better keep talkin'. 171 00:14:26,719 --> 00:14:29,809 And I'm warning you, my temper doesn't measure out much longer than his. 172 00:14:29,940 --> 00:14:32,986 I'm afraid the major's within his rights, Slim. 173 00:14:33,117 --> 00:14:35,815 He has authorization from the US Marshall's Office 174 00:14:35,902 --> 00:14:37,295 and the Territorial Government 175 00:14:37,382 --> 00:14:39,514 to make his investigation for the army. 176 00:14:39,645 --> 00:14:42,474 I'm ordered to see that he gets full cooperation. 177 00:14:48,349 --> 00:14:49,699 I've got no reason to doubt you, Mort. 178 00:14:51,962 --> 00:14:54,965 Well, I guess we better accommodate these gentlemen. 179 00:14:55,052 --> 00:14:56,793 You don't have to on my account. 180 00:14:56,923 --> 00:14:58,098 You've already had to take 181 00:14:58,229 --> 00:14:59,709 on a big share of this trouble, Jess. 182 00:14:59,839 --> 00:15:01,449 It rightly all belongs to me. 183 00:15:04,409 --> 00:15:06,585 We'll be riding out there this morning, 184 00:15:06,716 --> 00:15:08,282 as soon as we saddle up and get our gear. 185 00:15:08,369 --> 00:15:09,370 Good. 186 00:15:09,457 --> 00:15:11,111 We're prepared to ride. 187 00:15:11,242 --> 00:15:13,984 Sherman, I know what this means to you 188 00:15:14,114 --> 00:15:16,203 and I warn you we're here to dig out the truth, 189 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:17,422 not cover it up. 190 00:15:20,817 --> 00:15:23,341 Don't you worry, major, 191 00:15:23,471 --> 00:15:25,865 that's something I've been after for a long time. 192 00:15:25,952 --> 00:15:27,345 I'm not afraid of it. 193 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,884 Mort, do you have the same feeling 194 00:15:45,015 --> 00:15:47,147 I have about that army man? 195 00:15:47,234 --> 00:15:49,193 Don't blame the army, Daisy. 196 00:15:49,323 --> 00:15:53,545 I wouldn't like him any better out of uniform than in. 197 00:15:53,676 --> 00:15:56,853 He practically ordered you to go back to town.Sure. 198 00:15:56,983 --> 00:15:59,333 He's just used to calling all the shots. 199 00:15:59,464 --> 00:16:02,162 Nobody in the office, so I got to go back anyway. 200 00:16:02,249 --> 00:16:04,687 I wish you were going with Slim and Jess. 201 00:16:04,817 --> 00:16:07,864 No, now there's not much those two couldn't handle short of a cyclone. 202 00:16:07,994 --> 00:16:09,909 Now don't worry.[ laughs ] 203 00:16:15,436 --> 00:16:16,307 So long, Mike. 204 00:16:16,394 --> 00:16:17,395 MIKE: Bye. 205 00:16:24,576 --> 00:16:25,620 Come on. 206 00:16:58,044 --> 00:16:58,871 Major. 207 00:17:04,529 --> 00:17:06,574 Spotted two strangers following us, sir. 208 00:17:06,705 --> 00:17:08,881 You know who they are?No, sir. 209 00:17:08,968 --> 00:17:10,491 Might be others that heard about 210 00:17:10,622 --> 00:17:13,277 that gold dust and the convoy. It's no secret. 211 00:17:13,407 --> 00:17:15,888 I want no bloodshed unless it's absolutely necessary. 212 00:17:16,019 --> 00:17:17,455 You're just gonna let them tag along 213 00:17:17,585 --> 00:17:19,326 without knowing who they are? Certainly not. 214 00:17:19,457 --> 00:17:21,154 There's lots of cover around here. 215 00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:22,677 We'll let them ride into a trap, 216 00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,288 that way we'll find out who they are. 217 00:17:24,418 --> 00:17:26,116 Take positions behind these boulders. 218 00:18:07,505 --> 00:18:09,594 Hold it right there.It's a trap, Pa. 219 00:18:10,725 --> 00:18:12,249 [ commanding horse ] 220 00:18:19,778 --> 00:18:21,127 Get his gun, Jess. 221 00:18:22,650 --> 00:18:24,783 He ain't packing one. 222 00:18:24,914 --> 00:18:27,786 Well, then he'd better start acting like it. Over there. 223 00:18:27,917 --> 00:18:29,919 All right, dismount, mister. 224 00:18:39,015 --> 00:18:40,190 Keep him covered, sergeant. 225 00:18:43,410 --> 00:18:44,368 Ellis. 226 00:18:44,455 --> 00:18:45,891 John Ellis. 227 00:18:46,022 --> 00:18:48,459 Well, I might have been expecting 228 00:18:48,589 --> 00:18:49,852 the likes of you, Courtland. 229 00:18:49,982 --> 00:18:52,158 Friends of yours, major? 230 00:18:52,289 --> 00:18:53,986 Not exactly. 231 00:18:54,117 --> 00:18:57,033 His name's James Courtland and I suppose that's his son. 232 00:18:57,163 --> 00:19:00,297 That's right, John. His name is Will. 233 00:19:00,384 --> 00:19:02,647 I should have known you'd be involved in this. 234 00:19:02,777 --> 00:19:05,868 Well, since I was in it from the beginning it made sense. 235 00:19:05,998 --> 00:19:08,087 What sense? What do you mean by that? 236 00:19:08,218 --> 00:19:10,220 I was junior officer in the Cheyenne armory 237 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:12,787 at the time the rebels took over that convoy. 238 00:19:15,268 --> 00:19:16,748 Well, maybe you know more about this 239 00:19:16,879 --> 00:19:18,054 than you're letting on. 240 00:19:18,184 --> 00:19:20,012 Maybe. 241 00:19:20,143 --> 00:19:22,536 As I said I was only junior officer. 242 00:19:22,667 --> 00:19:25,452 Now Courtland here was senior officer. 243 00:19:25,539 --> 00:19:28,891 In fact he was CEO of the entire armory. 244 00:19:31,676 --> 00:19:33,852 Well, you came out here looking for $60,000 245 00:19:33,983 --> 00:19:34,897 in gold dust right? 246 00:19:35,027 --> 00:19:36,768 That's wrong. 247 00:19:36,855 --> 00:19:38,857 When that convoy couldn't be found 248 00:19:38,988 --> 00:19:40,380 I was court-marshaled, 249 00:19:40,511 --> 00:19:42,600 dismissed from the service for negligence. 250 00:19:42,730 --> 00:19:44,471 You had your trial. 251 00:19:44,602 --> 00:19:46,734 It's not fair, John, and you know it. 252 00:19:46,865 --> 00:19:48,171 If you're not looking for the gold dust, 253 00:19:48,301 --> 00:19:49,259 what are you doing out here? 254 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:51,826 I'm not quite sure. 255 00:19:51,914 --> 00:19:54,786 Since the war, Will and I've been farming up in the mountains. 256 00:19:54,917 --> 00:19:56,353 It's a hard life. 257 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,876 Killed his mother, 258 00:19:58,007 --> 00:20:00,923 that and what the army did to me. 259 00:20:01,053 --> 00:20:05,057 The only way I could keep going was because I knew I was not guilty as charged. 260 00:20:05,188 --> 00:20:09,061 I suppose you'll say you're here to find proof of your innocence. 261 00:20:09,148 --> 00:20:11,585 That's what I hope to find, yes. 262 00:20:11,716 --> 00:20:14,153 I'd about given up finding way to clear myself, 263 00:20:14,284 --> 00:20:15,981 then Will was in town for supplies 264 00:20:16,068 --> 00:20:18,070 and heard the news about the wagon being found, 265 00:20:18,201 --> 00:20:20,029 that meant there was hope and I had to come. 266 00:20:21,682 --> 00:20:23,032 Are you asking permission to go along 267 00:20:23,162 --> 00:20:24,685 and dig up the rest of that wagon? 268 00:20:24,816 --> 00:20:28,254 We have been following you to ask if we could go along. 269 00:20:28,341 --> 00:20:30,430 Maybe ask is the wrong word, I'm begging. 270 00:20:30,561 --> 00:20:32,258 You don't have to beg anyone, Pa. 271 00:20:32,389 --> 00:20:33,172 Quiet, Will. 272 00:20:33,303 --> 00:20:34,478 It's out of the question. 273 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:36,175 Well, now wait. 274 00:20:36,262 --> 00:20:37,829 I'm Slim Sherman. 275 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,744 Did you know my father? 276 00:20:39,874 --> 00:20:41,615 Yes, I did. 277 00:20:41,746 --> 00:20:43,269 You think he helped that rebel outfit get away? 278 00:20:45,228 --> 00:20:46,838 When those wagons couldn't be found, 279 00:20:46,969 --> 00:20:48,971 I hated anybody who had anything to do with them. 280 00:20:50,581 --> 00:20:53,105 If I had time to think the past few years, 281 00:20:53,192 --> 00:20:57,849 I know now I can't judge any man until I have all the facts. 282 00:20:57,980 --> 00:21:01,070 I'd be as anxious to clear your father's name as my own. 283 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,897 But right now I can't say whether 284 00:21:02,985 --> 00:21:04,116 he was mixed up with it or not. 285 00:21:06,771 --> 00:21:08,903 Courtland has as much right to go as any of us. 286 00:21:09,034 --> 00:21:10,688 That's fool's talk, Sherman. 287 00:21:10,818 --> 00:21:14,126 I've said he can't and that's the way it stands. 288 00:21:14,257 --> 00:21:17,695 Suit yourself, major. But you're still on Sherman property. 289 00:21:17,825 --> 00:21:21,003 And it's just possible that Jess won't be able to find that rockslide again. 290 00:21:21,133 --> 00:21:22,917 MAJOR: I've told you, I've got the authority 291 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:24,658 to investigate this case. 292 00:21:24,789 --> 00:21:26,399 Now if I have to I'll get a court order 293 00:21:26,530 --> 00:21:28,793 and bring Sheriff Corey out here to enforce it. 294 00:21:29,968 --> 00:21:31,013 Better start riding then. 295 00:21:32,275 --> 00:21:35,495 All right, Sherman. He can go. 296 00:21:35,582 --> 00:21:38,716 A trip to town now would be just a useless waste of time. 297 00:21:38,846 --> 00:21:41,371 But I warn you, if anyone tries to interfere 298 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:43,329 with the official business of this expedition, 299 00:21:43,416 --> 00:21:45,897 I'll personally see that you pay for it. 300 00:21:50,336 --> 00:21:51,250 Thanks. 301 00:21:51,381 --> 00:21:52,947 This means a lot to me. 302 00:21:54,775 --> 00:21:57,039 I hope we both find what we're looking for, Mr. Courtland. 303 00:21:57,169 --> 00:21:58,127 Mount up. 304 00:22:27,808 --> 00:22:29,723 Well, that's their tracks, all right. 305 00:22:29,854 --> 00:22:32,204 But we'd better get close or we're liable to lose 'em. 306 00:22:32,335 --> 00:22:35,860 Oh, don't worry. As soon as they camp, we'll move in, see what's going on. 307 00:22:35,990 --> 00:22:37,949 Now they got to find that gold before 308 00:22:38,036 --> 00:22:38,950 it's gonna do us any good. 309 00:22:59,013 --> 00:23:01,233 Well, from what we found, 310 00:23:01,364 --> 00:23:04,671 looks like the slide hit only one of the wagons. 311 00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:07,718 And I doubt if that was carrying any of the gold. 312 00:23:07,848 --> 00:23:10,764 The bags of dust were all in strong boxes. 313 00:23:10,895 --> 00:23:12,201 Yes, Courtland? 314 00:23:12,331 --> 00:23:13,941 I locked every one of them myself. 315 00:23:15,508 --> 00:23:17,510 There's still lot of digging to do. 316 00:23:17,641 --> 00:23:19,947 That slide carried anything this way right with it. 317 00:23:20,078 --> 00:23:23,516 You, you're not getting tired, are you, Sherman? 318 00:23:25,301 --> 00:23:26,911 I've just started, major. 319 00:23:28,304 --> 00:23:29,957 You're only lookin' for gold. 320 00:23:30,088 --> 00:23:32,438 I'm lookin' for something much more important. 321 00:23:32,569 --> 00:23:34,005 That so? 322 00:23:34,136 --> 00:23:36,355 You're not a bit interested in the dust either. 323 00:23:36,442 --> 00:23:37,835 Are you now, Courtland? 324 00:23:37,922 --> 00:23:39,924 We used to be pretty good friends, John. 325 00:23:40,054 --> 00:23:41,447 What turned you against me? 326 00:23:41,578 --> 00:23:44,189 For a good officer, duty comes first. 327 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,758 I had no choice, friend or no.I'm glad to hear that. 328 00:23:47,888 --> 00:23:50,630 I thought maybe it was because I was promoted ahead of you. 329 00:23:50,761 --> 00:23:52,632 I only told the truth. 330 00:23:52,763 --> 00:23:55,113 You had your trial, what more do you want? 331 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,420 Not much. 332 00:23:57,507 --> 00:24:00,031 The right to walk among men with my head up, 333 00:24:00,162 --> 00:24:02,425 chance to be the kind of father my son can be proud of. 334 00:24:04,035 --> 00:24:05,123 That's all. 335 00:24:24,664 --> 00:24:28,233 That partner of yours doesn't know when to quit. 336 00:24:30,061 --> 00:24:31,497 Even Courtland got an idea 337 00:24:31,628 --> 00:24:33,325 the slide washed that wreckage further down 338 00:24:33,456 --> 00:24:34,544 from where we've been looking. 339 00:24:34,631 --> 00:24:36,023 No, no, no. 340 00:24:36,154 --> 00:24:39,244 I don' think they'll find much by a torchlight. 341 00:24:39,375 --> 00:24:42,247 If there's anything out there, they'll find it. 342 00:24:42,378 --> 00:24:44,423 How come a strong young fellow like you 343 00:24:44,510 --> 00:24:47,165 is stuck off in the backwoods someplace? 344 00:24:47,296 --> 00:24:50,473 I guess because I want it that way.Oh. 345 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:55,260 Hmm, you want it that way or your old man does? 346 00:24:55,391 --> 00:24:57,088 Did you ever consider joining up, Will? 347 00:24:59,090 --> 00:25:01,005 Good pay, lots of travel. 348 00:25:01,135 --> 00:25:03,399 Get a little excitement now and then for those who want it. 349 00:25:03,486 --> 00:25:06,489 Don't waste your time trying to recruit a Courtland, sergeant. 350 00:25:06,619 --> 00:25:10,319 They don't take too well the army way. 351 00:25:10,449 --> 00:25:13,539 Pa was a better man than you ever will be. 352 00:25:13,626 --> 00:25:14,410 SLIM: Jess. 353 00:25:20,242 --> 00:25:22,156 Keep your gun ready and your eye 354 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:23,332 on all of them, sergeant. 355 00:26:11,075 --> 00:26:12,729 There's no gold there. 356 00:26:12,859 --> 00:26:14,296 It's gone, they took it out. 357 00:26:14,426 --> 00:26:16,254 How could they? It was still locked. 358 00:26:16,385 --> 00:26:19,039 Well, they evidently had a set of keys. 359 00:26:19,126 --> 00:26:22,304 Now Mr. Courtland here couldn't produce his keys at the trial. 360 00:26:22,434 --> 00:26:25,698 There was only one other set at the Federal Treasury. 361 00:26:25,829 --> 00:26:28,353 My keys were stolen, I swear. 362 00:26:28,484 --> 00:26:29,789 Looks like their commanding officer 363 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,269 used this for his own belongings. 364 00:26:32,879 --> 00:26:34,054 Hey, wait. 365 00:26:40,322 --> 00:26:41,540 Looks to be some kind of a map. 366 00:26:41,627 --> 00:26:43,586 Mmm. Bet it's a map. 367 00:26:43,716 --> 00:26:45,414 I'd say it's their escape route. 368 00:26:45,544 --> 00:26:47,241 See, from the Cheyenne Armory, 369 00:26:47,372 --> 00:26:50,375 they pass close to the Sherman Ranch up into the foothills 370 00:26:50,462 --> 00:26:51,985 through this canyon where we are now, 371 00:26:52,116 --> 00:26:53,813 and then Summit Pass. 372 00:26:53,944 --> 00:26:55,815 Do you know where that is, Slim?Yeah. 373 00:26:55,946 --> 00:26:58,949 I used to go hunting there long time ago. 374 00:26:59,079 --> 00:27:00,211 With your father, I suppose. 375 00:27:00,342 --> 00:27:01,168 SLIM: Yes, it was. 376 00:27:02,909 --> 00:27:05,434 It'd be suicide to take wagons through there 377 00:27:05,521 --> 00:27:07,479 especially during the winter. There's good chance they wouldn't make it. 378 00:27:07,610 --> 00:27:09,829 Nevertheless this is a possible route for them 379 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,614 to take out of the territory, yes? 380 00:27:11,744 --> 00:27:14,268 It's possible. Yeah. 381 00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:16,270 Then we're making for Summit Pass. 382 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,751 If they got through, we won't find a trace of them. 383 00:27:18,882 --> 00:27:22,451 If they didn't, what's left of the convoy should be somewhere 384 00:27:22,538 --> 00:27:24,627 between where we are and the Summit, you agree? 385 00:27:26,324 --> 00:27:28,108 I guess that's the only way you can figure. 386 00:27:28,239 --> 00:27:30,589 But it's gonna be rough going. That's you can count on. 387 00:27:30,676 --> 00:27:33,331 I think this map will tell us what we need to know. 388 00:27:37,291 --> 00:27:38,249 Wait a minute, Slim. 389 00:27:41,470 --> 00:27:42,775 Some writing on the back. 390 00:27:49,565 --> 00:27:53,220 Looks like that Rebs officer kept some notes, like a diary. 391 00:27:54,526 --> 00:27:57,529 There's a date, 392 00:27:57,660 --> 00:28:01,794 "Sank strongboxes in lake to save weight. 393 00:28:03,274 --> 00:28:06,408 Gold dust still in sacks." 394 00:28:06,538 --> 00:28:08,801 That means we won't be looking for boxes anymore. 395 00:28:08,932 --> 00:28:10,412 Well, there's something else. 396 00:28:12,239 --> 00:28:13,240 Another date. 397 00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:21,423 "Heavy rains may cause slide. 398 00:28:24,948 --> 00:28:26,253 According to..." 399 00:28:30,127 --> 00:28:31,302 I can't make out the rest. 400 00:28:31,433 --> 00:28:33,086 MAJOR: Give that to me. 401 00:28:35,219 --> 00:28:38,788 "According to our guide Matt Sherman." 402 00:29:09,079 --> 00:29:09,775 Can't sleep? 403 00:29:13,387 --> 00:29:15,694 Looks like I did it again, part. 404 00:29:15,781 --> 00:29:17,827 Ellis would've never seen those notes 405 00:29:17,914 --> 00:29:23,136 if I had not weighted in and pointing them out to him. I'm sorry. 406 00:29:23,267 --> 00:29:24,703 He'd have find them sooner or later. 407 00:29:26,575 --> 00:29:28,315 It still doesn't prove anything. 408 00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:31,928 I wish I could be that sure. 409 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:41,067 See, before I joined up, 410 00:29:41,198 --> 00:29:43,287 I had some pretty hot arguments with Pa about it. 411 00:29:44,810 --> 00:29:46,116 He didn't want me to go. 412 00:29:46,246 --> 00:29:48,118 Thought your folks would naturally be 413 00:29:48,248 --> 00:29:49,815 on the side of the north. 414 00:29:49,946 --> 00:29:51,295 Yeah. 415 00:29:51,425 --> 00:29:53,297 Old Pa fought his way west, 416 00:29:53,427 --> 00:29:56,779 took on renegade Indians, outlaws. 417 00:29:56,909 --> 00:29:59,912 Anyone who got in his way, 418 00:30:00,043 --> 00:30:02,132 but he just felt that the war between the States 419 00:30:02,262 --> 00:30:03,829 was just purely senseless. 420 00:30:06,484 --> 00:30:10,053 So did a lot of people, for good reason. 421 00:30:10,140 --> 00:30:12,621 Yeah, he had his. 422 00:30:12,751 --> 00:30:15,624 And younger brother's had lot of. 423 00:30:15,754 --> 00:30:18,627 Uncle Ben moved down south, 424 00:30:18,757 --> 00:30:21,586 Pa just couldn't stand to think of. 425 00:30:21,673 --> 00:30:25,982 I mean, fighting him, Uncle Ben trying to kill me. 426 00:30:26,112 --> 00:30:28,419 You can't blame him for that. 427 00:30:28,506 --> 00:30:29,507 No, I guess not. 428 00:30:31,161 --> 00:30:34,120 But I didn't see Pa for a couple of years. 429 00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:39,778 I hate to say it, but the time that convoy was stolen, 430 00:30:39,909 --> 00:30:42,868 I just don't know how he felt. 431 00:30:42,999 --> 00:30:43,826 JAMES: Slim? 432 00:30:45,479 --> 00:30:46,524 Yeah. 433 00:30:48,700 --> 00:30:52,617 I couldn't help but overhear what you were saying. 434 00:30:52,748 --> 00:30:55,489 For what it's worth, I think your father was a fine man. 435 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,057 No matter what he did, I'd bet he had a good reason for it. 436 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,017 Thanks, Mr. Courtland. 437 00:31:06,109 --> 00:31:08,415 But the trouble is, that man can have the best of reasons 438 00:31:08,546 --> 00:31:09,939 and still be wrong. 439 00:31:10,069 --> 00:31:12,028 That could happen to most anybody. 440 00:31:12,158 --> 00:31:14,726 Yeah. 441 00:31:14,857 --> 00:31:16,119 It's just hard to get used to the fact 442 00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:19,775 that your father could be like most anybody. 443 00:31:19,905 --> 00:31:23,605 Maybe human's a better word. 444 00:31:23,735 --> 00:31:26,433 When a man can realize that about his father and mother 445 00:31:26,564 --> 00:31:29,915 and still love and respect them, he's just about grown up. 446 00:31:32,570 --> 00:31:33,440 Well, goodnight. 447 00:31:33,571 --> 00:31:34,572 Goodnight. 448 00:31:39,925 --> 00:31:40,796 You better get some sleep. 449 00:31:42,754 --> 00:31:45,235 It'd suit me just fine. 450 00:31:45,365 --> 00:31:47,672 Short from a blow in the head, I don't think I'm gonna make it. 451 00:31:48,891 --> 00:31:50,544 I'll be glad to oblige you. 452 00:31:52,851 --> 00:31:53,896 You just might have to. 453 00:31:55,549 --> 00:31:56,594 NOLAN: Who goes there? 454 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:01,773 Who goes there? Show yourself or I'll shoot. 455 00:32:12,610 --> 00:32:13,611 Take it easy, sergeant. 456 00:32:16,962 --> 00:32:20,879 I heard someone or something coming up on the camps. 457 00:32:21,010 --> 00:32:22,315 Do you think you hit them? 458 00:32:22,446 --> 00:32:23,926 I hardly saw them. 459 00:32:24,056 --> 00:32:26,798 How bad? Can't take care of him here. 460 00:32:26,929 --> 00:32:29,496 We've got to get him to a doc. There were two of them, Slim. 461 00:32:29,627 --> 00:32:31,281 They got to the horses before I even got close. 462 00:32:31,411 --> 00:32:32,978 Well, he's got to get in to town. 463 00:32:33,065 --> 00:32:34,850 Oh, Mr. Harper will take the sergeant 464 00:32:34,980 --> 00:32:36,765 and you and I are heading for Summit Pass. 465 00:32:36,895 --> 00:32:38,636 Whoever was out there is likely to come back. 466 00:32:38,767 --> 00:32:40,594 Well, we'll be ready for them. 467 00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:43,206 They're probably just drifters who've heard about the gold. 468 00:32:43,336 --> 00:32:45,599 Anyway there's four of us and only two of them. 469 00:32:47,210 --> 00:32:48,559 I say we go back. 470 00:32:48,690 --> 00:32:49,995 Get Mort and a posse. 471 00:32:50,126 --> 00:32:52,171 Now you get this straight right now. 472 00:32:52,258 --> 00:32:54,173 I'm in command and I say we continue. 473 00:32:54,304 --> 00:32:56,872 We're only a day's ride from the pass. 474 00:32:57,002 --> 00:32:58,743 You start at sun up with the sergeant. 475 00:33:03,052 --> 00:33:06,055 He's not exactly right, Jess. 476 00:33:06,185 --> 00:33:08,579 The rest of us have a lot more to gain or lose 477 00:33:08,710 --> 00:33:10,363 by this trip than you do. 478 00:33:10,494 --> 00:33:12,452 I'd do what he says. 479 00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:13,802 Get the sergeant to the doc. 480 00:33:13,932 --> 00:33:15,717 Are you trying to get rid of me? 481 00:33:15,847 --> 00:33:17,370 Slim's right. 482 00:33:17,501 --> 00:33:18,981 We're much too close to turn back now. 483 00:33:19,068 --> 00:33:20,939 There's too much at stake. 484 00:33:21,070 --> 00:33:22,767 Somebody else is close too. 485 00:33:22,898 --> 00:33:23,986 You'd be doing us a favor. 486 00:33:26,728 --> 00:33:29,774 All right. I just hope that favor doesn't get you all 487 00:33:29,905 --> 00:33:30,862 a bullet in the back. 488 00:33:56,148 --> 00:33:57,933 Slim, are you sure this is what you want me to do? 489 00:33:58,063 --> 00:33:59,238 I'm sure, Jess. 490 00:34:00,892 --> 00:34:03,503 There's too much push me to stop now. 491 00:34:03,634 --> 00:34:04,983 Just don't push too hard. 492 00:34:05,114 --> 00:34:07,899 Mike and Daisy are gonna worry about you. 493 00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:10,728 You're just afraid you're gonna have to do all the work. 494 00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:13,426 Don't worry, I'll save you some. 495 00:34:13,513 --> 00:34:14,732 Good luck. 496 00:35:17,795 --> 00:35:18,796 Look at these. 497 00:35:23,496 --> 00:35:24,758 Looks like they must've camped here 498 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:26,151 band and a wagon or two. 499 00:35:26,282 --> 00:35:28,980 There's only one way to find out, 500 00:35:29,111 --> 00:35:30,590 make a search of the entire area. 501 00:35:30,721 --> 00:35:34,246 Courtland, you and your boys start up the far end. 502 00:35:34,377 --> 00:35:37,728 Sherman, you take this position, I'll cover that end. 503 00:35:37,815 --> 00:35:40,774 With everything you find, near those boulders 504 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:41,645 we'll make our camp there. 505 00:35:41,775 --> 00:35:42,733 Now hurry it up. 506 00:35:42,864 --> 00:35:44,039 It'll be dark before long. 507 00:35:48,608 --> 00:35:50,306 You better get some rest. 508 00:35:50,436 --> 00:35:52,961 Rest? 509 00:35:53,048 --> 00:35:54,963 No, Slim, I've been waiting much too long for this. 510 00:35:59,968 --> 00:36:01,665 Hey, Will, tie up the horses. 511 00:36:36,918 --> 00:36:39,181 Get back undercover. What do you think you're doing? 512 00:36:39,311 --> 00:36:41,748 Take it easy, Ellis, they can't see us. 513 00:36:41,879 --> 00:36:44,447 Nolan saw you last night and you nearly wrecked the plan. 514 00:36:44,577 --> 00:36:47,102 Oh, I don't know about that. 515 00:36:47,232 --> 00:36:49,104 If I hadn't had slipped on that loose gravel, 516 00:36:49,234 --> 00:36:51,628 that big sergeant and that Harper fellow, 517 00:36:51,758 --> 00:36:53,412 they'd still be with you. 518 00:36:53,543 --> 00:36:56,285 That's just two less to deal with. 519 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:57,460 Right. 520 00:36:57,590 --> 00:36:58,461 Find anything? 521 00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:00,289 I'm not sure yet. 522 00:37:00,376 --> 00:37:02,378 Oh, we're sick of this job, Ellis. 523 00:37:02,508 --> 00:37:04,206 You know, helping you cheat on supplies 524 00:37:04,336 --> 00:37:07,949 to the Arapahoes steal an army payroll. 525 00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:09,907 That's a lot cleaner work, you know. 526 00:37:09,994 --> 00:37:11,691 And we are tired of waiting. 527 00:37:11,822 --> 00:37:15,521 Sixty thousand in gold dust ought to be worth a wait. 528 00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:17,132 Anyway, you keep quiet. 529 00:37:17,262 --> 00:37:18,829 Don't shoot anymore till I tell you. 530 00:37:18,916 --> 00:37:20,962 And when will that be? 531 00:37:21,049 --> 00:37:23,965 When Sherman and the Courtlands have located the gold for me, 532 00:37:24,095 --> 00:37:25,879 then I'll give you the signal. 533 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:29,796 After that, you'll have enough killing to last for a long time. 534 00:37:44,289 --> 00:37:45,987 From the number of kingpins we've found 535 00:37:46,117 --> 00:37:48,032 I'd say the rest of the wagons are right here in this clearing. 536 00:37:49,729 --> 00:37:52,819 But almost no wooden parts. Now why? 537 00:37:52,950 --> 00:37:54,125 Major, I told you, 538 00:37:54,256 --> 00:37:55,344 with the heavy snow this pass 539 00:37:55,474 --> 00:37:57,433 is almost impossible to get through. 540 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,262 I don't think they did anyhow. 541 00:38:00,392 --> 00:38:02,133 A little wood because they probably had to burn it 542 00:38:02,264 --> 00:38:04,005 to keep warm. 543 00:38:04,135 --> 00:38:09,488 Horses died with them or had to be killed for food. 544 00:38:09,619 --> 00:38:13,927 And that means that this is as far as they got. 545 00:38:14,015 --> 00:38:16,278 They must have buried the gold somewhere in this area. 546 00:38:30,118 --> 00:38:32,294 You plan to use that to find the gold? 547 00:38:32,381 --> 00:38:34,992 If I can find anything that's buried with this, 548 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:36,472 it'll save us a lot of digging. 549 00:38:36,602 --> 00:38:38,343 You may have time to waste, but I don't. 550 00:38:43,044 --> 00:38:45,437 Pa, I've got to say it, 551 00:38:45,524 --> 00:38:48,005 say it before you kill yourself in trying to do too much. 552 00:38:49,485 --> 00:38:51,052 What? 553 00:38:51,182 --> 00:38:52,836 Mr. Sherman and me had a chance to talk 554 00:38:52,966 --> 00:38:54,794 some on the trail this morning. 555 00:38:54,881 --> 00:38:58,189 I guess, men aren't supposed to talk about feelings much 556 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,104 but I've got to tell you that no matter 557 00:39:00,235 --> 00:39:01,453 what happened to those wagons, 558 00:39:01,584 --> 00:39:03,107 you don't have to prove anything to me. 559 00:39:05,762 --> 00:39:07,677 Thanks, boy. 560 00:39:07,807 --> 00:39:10,506 I appreciate what you're saying. 561 00:39:10,636 --> 00:39:13,161 Officially now it looks like to me, this whole trip for nothing. 562 00:39:14,510 --> 00:39:16,251 Maybe not. 563 00:39:16,381 --> 00:39:18,122 Mr. Sherman and me help Ellis dig up 564 00:39:18,209 --> 00:39:20,255 that gold dust and take it back. 565 00:39:20,385 --> 00:39:22,518 Maybe that'd square things some. 566 00:39:22,648 --> 00:39:25,086 I wouldn't count on that, Will. 567 00:39:25,216 --> 00:39:26,783 It's pretty rough to dig in frozen ground 568 00:39:26,913 --> 00:39:28,611 to bury that gold. 569 00:39:28,741 --> 00:39:30,352 And snow drips in here pretty deep. 570 00:39:32,876 --> 00:39:35,183 [ birds chirping ]Something wrong, Mr. Sherman? 571 00:39:35,313 --> 00:39:38,490 No, nothing's wrong, Will. 572 00:39:38,621 --> 00:39:41,319 I just think I'll look around some more myself. 573 00:39:41,406 --> 00:39:43,582 See your pa get some rest and douse the fire. 574 00:39:43,669 --> 00:39:44,366 Yes, sir. 575 00:40:22,969 --> 00:40:25,233 What's going on down there, Ellis? 576 00:40:25,363 --> 00:40:27,191 Just about what we hoped. 577 00:40:27,278 --> 00:40:28,671 It's pretty clear from what we found 578 00:40:28,801 --> 00:40:31,543 that the convoy ended up here. The gold dust? 579 00:40:31,674 --> 00:40:33,937 Well, they must have buried it in the clearing. 580 00:40:34,067 --> 00:40:34,981 All we got to do is find it. 581 00:40:36,374 --> 00:40:39,247 Yeah. Find it, dig it up, you mean. 582 00:40:39,377 --> 00:40:41,814 A lot of ground to cover down there. 583 00:40:41,945 --> 00:40:44,469 Hold up on Sherman and the Courtlands. 584 00:40:44,556 --> 00:40:46,428 We'll let them do most of the work. 585 00:40:52,738 --> 00:40:56,133 He's found something, up in the tree. 586 00:40:56,264 --> 00:40:57,221 Give me that. 587 00:41:09,581 --> 00:41:12,236 Back me up but stay out of the sight. 588 00:41:12,367 --> 00:41:14,064 I'll find out what's going on. 589 00:42:19,172 --> 00:42:23,133 Where's Ellis? He's still looking for the gold as far as we know. 590 00:42:25,178 --> 00:42:27,529 I knew they couldn't bury anything in this ground. 591 00:42:27,616 --> 00:42:29,052 I found this in a metal box 592 00:42:29,182 --> 00:42:30,575 wedged in the branches of a tree. 593 00:42:30,706 --> 00:42:32,882 Everything we want to know, right in here. 594 00:42:33,012 --> 00:42:35,145 All written by a Rebs officer in charge. 595 00:42:35,276 --> 00:42:36,407 About your father? 596 00:42:36,494 --> 00:42:38,148 He was forced to lead them. 597 00:42:38,279 --> 00:42:40,933 They threatened to burn the ranch and kill Ma. 598 00:42:41,064 --> 00:42:42,587 That's why Pa led 'em up here, 599 00:42:42,718 --> 00:42:43,762 knowing they wouldn't get through. 600 00:42:45,590 --> 00:42:47,984 And when he realized what he had done, 601 00:42:48,114 --> 00:42:50,247 he tried to escape and that's how he got wounded. 602 00:42:50,378 --> 00:42:52,205 Your father didn't get any medals 603 00:42:52,336 --> 00:42:55,121 but I'd say he served his country as well as any man. 604 00:42:55,252 --> 00:42:59,212 Mr. Sherman, is there anything else in there?You bet, Will. 605 00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:00,692 Not only what happened to the gold 606 00:43:00,779 --> 00:43:02,433 but the whole story of how the wagons were stolen 607 00:43:02,564 --> 00:43:03,391 from the Cheyenne armory. 608 00:43:12,225 --> 00:43:15,272 Now according to this, Lieutenant John Ellis 609 00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:16,665 was given a good sum of money 610 00:43:16,795 --> 00:43:18,797 by the Rebs to arrange the whole thing. 611 00:43:18,884 --> 00:43:22,323 He's the traitor, not you. Ellis? 612 00:43:22,453 --> 00:43:25,021 He set up the attacks so the wagons could be stolen, 613 00:43:25,151 --> 00:43:26,979 gave them your keys. 614 00:43:27,110 --> 00:43:29,417 He was afraid something like this might be found, 615 00:43:29,547 --> 00:43:31,114 and that's why he's here. 616 00:43:31,244 --> 00:43:34,291 Major Ellis has an appointment with the court marshal, 617 00:43:34,422 --> 00:43:36,032 I'm gonna see that he meets it. 618 00:43:45,084 --> 00:43:48,610 Sherman found a journal written by the Reb officer. 619 00:43:48,697 --> 00:43:50,786 It tells what they did with the gold dust. 620 00:43:52,396 --> 00:43:53,441 Let's go get it. 621 00:43:55,704 --> 00:43:57,401 Ellis. 622 00:43:57,532 --> 00:43:59,316 We want to talk to you. 623 00:44:31,957 --> 00:44:33,176 Hey, Ellis is running out on us. 624 00:44:33,306 --> 00:44:34,482 Keep shooting. We can handle him. 625 00:44:41,619 --> 00:44:43,229 You take right. I'll take-- 626 00:45:38,981 --> 00:45:40,461 You drop that gun, mister. 627 00:46:31,468 --> 00:46:33,122 You and Will all right? 628 00:46:33,252 --> 00:46:35,994 He's guarding the major's friends, 629 00:46:36,125 --> 00:46:37,996 they admitted to trying to kill us last night. 630 00:46:38,127 --> 00:46:40,956 Ellis promised them part of the gold. 631 00:46:41,086 --> 00:46:43,219 They went to a lot of trouble for nothing. 632 00:46:43,349 --> 00:46:45,264 According to what I read in this journal, 633 00:46:45,395 --> 00:46:47,658 couldn't bury it so they hung the sacks of gold up on a tree. 634 00:46:49,094 --> 00:46:51,227 Well, they must have rotted out by now. 635 00:46:51,357 --> 00:46:54,186 There were few o' thongs left but that's all. 636 00:46:54,317 --> 00:46:57,015 That wind really comes whipping through this pass. 637 00:46:57,146 --> 00:46:58,843 That gold dust would probably scatter 638 00:46:58,974 --> 00:47:00,279 from one end of the valley to the other. 639 00:47:02,455 --> 00:47:03,674 Back to the earth. 640 00:47:05,415 --> 00:47:07,896 It's a good place for it. 641 00:47:08,026 --> 00:47:12,248 Well, Mr. Courtland, the war's over now. 642 00:47:35,314 --> 00:47:37,403 I love that picture of your mother, Slim. 643 00:47:37,534 --> 00:47:39,057 I'm so glad you found it. 644 00:47:39,144 --> 00:47:40,537 What did they say at Fort Sanders 645 00:47:40,668 --> 00:47:42,931 when you brought Ellis in, Slim? 646 00:47:43,061 --> 00:47:45,020 They said he'd get what's coming to him. 647 00:47:45,150 --> 00:47:47,892 He's been using his army right to cheat people for a long time. 648 00:47:48,023 --> 00:47:50,242 And what about that nice Mr. Courtland? 649 00:47:50,373 --> 00:47:54,290 Well, the colonel feels that the war department will restore his army rank 650 00:47:54,420 --> 00:47:57,293 and make a public apology for the treatment he got. 651 00:47:57,423 --> 00:47:59,904 And there just might be a special accommodation 652 00:47:59,991 --> 00:48:01,993 for a man named Matt Sherman. 653 00:48:02,124 --> 00:48:03,255 Maybe even a medal. 654 00:48:03,386 --> 00:48:05,954 Oh, that's wonderful. 655 00:48:06,041 --> 00:48:07,259 Aren't you proud? 656 00:48:07,390 --> 00:48:08,434 [ clattering ] 657 00:48:12,090 --> 00:48:14,310 What on earth are you doing? 658 00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:15,964 What are you up to, tiger? 659 00:48:16,094 --> 00:48:17,966 Planning on going on a chivalry or something? 660 00:48:18,096 --> 00:48:20,577 Heck, no. Slim said he'd take me 661 00:48:20,708 --> 00:48:22,710 hunting up to that summer camp sometime. 662 00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:25,582 Well, you aren't gonna take all my pots and pans, are you? 663 00:48:25,669 --> 00:48:27,540 Not all of them, just this one. 664 00:48:27,671 --> 00:48:29,107 I'll leave the hunting to Slim. 665 00:48:29,238 --> 00:48:33,503 I'll be panning for gold dust, $60,000 worth. 666 00:48:33,634 --> 00:48:34,722 Oh, you will, huh? 667 00:48:36,419 --> 00:48:37,507 Ah! 668 00:49:27,818 --> 00:49:29,602 ANNOUNCER: Produced in color 669 00:49:29,733 --> 00:49:32,649 in association with the NBC Television Network.