1 00:06:17,942 --> 00:06:20,162 The land at first. 2 00:06:20,205 --> 00:06:22,207 Mountains thrust forth 3 00:06:22,251 --> 00:06:24,645 from the molten darkness of the earth. 4 00:06:24,688 --> 00:06:27,256 Mountain and valley. 5 00:06:27,299 --> 00:06:29,693 The virgin West. 6 00:06:29,737 --> 00:06:31,434 High plateau... 7 00:06:31,478 --> 00:06:34,306 And red rock of sandstone. 8 00:06:34,350 --> 00:06:36,700 Wilderness West. 9 00:06:36,744 --> 00:06:40,487 Prairie land rolling on and on 10 00:06:40,530 --> 00:06:42,358 to the end of sight. 11 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:45,448 Oh, pioneer West. 12 00:06:47,537 --> 00:06:51,672 What fervent dreams lay half buried in this land of promise? 13 00:06:51,715 --> 00:06:55,153 Dreams crushed by a cruel nature 14 00:06:55,197 --> 00:06:58,200 or the lance of an Indian warrior. 15 00:06:58,243 --> 00:07:01,333 Every page in history must have its beginning, 16 00:07:01,377 --> 00:07:05,642 and ours takes us to the year 1867. 17 00:07:05,686 --> 00:07:08,863 An army that had fought in the war between the States, 18 00:07:08,906 --> 00:07:13,215 that had bravely battled in many an Indian campaign, 19 00:07:13,258 --> 00:07:16,479 now patrolled the West in a time of peace 20 00:07:16,523 --> 00:07:19,961 with ever-present thoughts of home. 21 00:07:20,004 --> 00:07:22,180 The Indian was back on the reservation 22 00:07:22,224 --> 00:07:24,444 where the peace commission of 1867 23 00:07:24,487 --> 00:07:27,272 had met with various warlike tribes 24 00:07:27,316 --> 00:07:30,275 and secured certain promises from them. 25 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:33,322 In return, papers were given the Indians, 26 00:07:33,365 --> 00:07:36,107 certifying them to be good citizens 27 00:07:36,151 --> 00:07:38,936 who would obey the laws of the land. 28 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:41,243 Many gifts were distributed... 29 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,289 Beads... 30 00:07:50,905 --> 00:07:52,689 Pieces of cloth... 31 00:07:55,213 --> 00:07:56,954 Ammunition... 32 00:07:58,434 --> 00:08:01,306 And war surplus rifles. 33 00:08:08,226 --> 00:08:12,143 Naturally, these rifles were quite unfamiliar to the Indians. 34 00:08:16,060 --> 00:08:17,975 And of course, it was understood 35 00:08:18,019 --> 00:08:19,673 these weapons were to be used 36 00:08:19,716 --> 00:08:22,806 solely for the purpose of hunting game. 37 00:08:25,026 --> 00:08:28,856 The leaves turned early in that year. 38 00:08:28,899 --> 00:08:31,859 It could be a long, hard winter. 39 00:08:31,902 --> 00:08:34,296 The signs were everywhere. 40 00:08:34,339 --> 00:08:36,472 In the high country, the morning frost 41 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,867 would sometimes last until afternoon. 42 00:08:39,910 --> 00:08:42,130 Buffalo were feeding ravenously. 43 00:08:42,173 --> 00:08:46,482 Beaver were damming and storing with strange vigor. 44 00:08:46,526 --> 00:08:51,269 Horses and dogs were becoming shaggy-haired as never before. 45 00:08:51,313 --> 00:08:56,797 And it could be sensed in the booming, bustling mining town of Denver. 46 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,147 Most historians agree that the events 47 00:08:59,190 --> 00:09:01,976 leading to the Battle of Whiskey Hills 48 00:09:02,019 --> 00:09:04,805 and the subsequent disaster at Quicksand Bottoms 49 00:09:04,848 --> 00:09:09,374 began here in Denver, at a miners' meeting. 50 00:09:09,418 --> 00:09:12,203 Such meetings were frequent and held usually 51 00:09:12,247 --> 00:09:15,598 as part of the political fabric of the town. 52 00:09:15,642 --> 00:09:17,382 But the meeting of November 4th 53 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:20,211 had a marked air of grim foreboding. 54 00:09:20,255 --> 00:09:22,649 Quiet! I got an announcement I got to make. 55 00:09:22,692 --> 00:09:24,999 Quiet! I got an announcement I got to make. 56 00:09:25,042 --> 00:09:26,348 In 10 days from now, 57 00:09:26,391 --> 00:09:28,350 the city of Denver will be bone-dry. 58 00:09:28,393 --> 00:09:29,960 No! 59 00:09:30,004 --> 00:09:32,615 Not one drop of whiskey anywhere. 60 00:09:34,356 --> 00:09:36,010 Speak up! We can't hear you! 61 00:09:36,053 --> 00:09:39,404 I said the city of Denver will be bone-dry in 10 days! 62 00:09:41,232 --> 00:09:42,582 No! 63 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,236 You heard what I said. 64 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,891 I said plumb out, and I mean out! 65 00:09:51,025 --> 00:09:52,679 Oh, now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. 66 00:09:52,722 --> 00:09:54,570 I thought Bert Keeler was gettin' in a big order, 67 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,247 but he was down sick with the ague, 68 00:09:56,291 --> 00:09:58,902 and he thought Sam Bufford was gettin' his 60 barrels, 69 00:09:58,946 --> 00:10:00,904 but Sam got his foot caught in that bear trap, 70 00:10:00,948 --> 00:10:03,361 and he didn't tell Shelby to go ahead with his 50 barrels, so... 71 00:10:03,385 --> 00:10:04,865 So with 4 big orders out of reach, 72 00:10:04,908 --> 00:10:06,693 there ain't nobody else put in. 73 00:10:06,736 --> 00:10:09,130 Now, take this here saloon alone. 74 00:10:09,173 --> 00:10:10,566 That's all there is. 75 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,742 Look at it! 76 00:10:12,786 --> 00:10:15,068 And keep in mind there's already been snow flurries along Gunner's Pass, 77 00:10:15,092 --> 00:10:17,225 and if we get ourselves a hard, cold winter, 78 00:10:17,268 --> 00:10:20,620 there won't be a wagonload of whiskey in Denver till next spring! 79 00:10:20,663 --> 00:10:22,273 And it could be a late spring. 80 00:10:22,317 --> 00:10:23,927 -Hold it. 81 00:10:23,971 --> 00:10:26,930 So what we need, we need us a plan. 82 00:10:31,326 --> 00:10:32,588 Hey... 83 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:34,459 What does Oracle say? 84 00:11:07,101 --> 00:11:08,537 Afternoon, gents. 85 00:11:09,190 --> 00:11:10,495 Oracle, 86 00:11:10,539 --> 00:11:12,672 what about this here winter? 87 00:11:14,108 --> 00:11:16,806 The, uh, buffalo are feedin' ravenous. 88 00:11:16,850 --> 00:11:19,809 The beaver are workin' somethin' fierce. 89 00:11:19,853 --> 00:11:23,160 The horses and dogs are growin' shaggy-haired 90 00:11:23,204 --> 00:11:24,814 like never before. 91 00:11:27,512 --> 00:11:29,210 What else? 92 00:11:29,253 --> 00:11:30,951 Have you seen anything else? 93 00:11:30,994 --> 00:11:33,867 Yep. I had me a vision on, uh... 94 00:11:34,781 --> 00:11:36,565 Oh, it come on me 2 days ago. 95 00:11:36,608 --> 00:11:37,871 - Well? - What was it? 96 00:11:37,914 --> 00:11:39,046 What'd you see? 97 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:40,961 Uh... 98 00:11:41,004 --> 00:11:43,137 Oh. Why, thank you. 99 00:11:46,531 --> 00:11:47,968 At the feed store, it was, 100 00:11:48,011 --> 00:11:50,666 and it come on more sudden than most. 101 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:52,755 I was lookin' up, and there... 102 00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:54,626 - There it was. - What was it? 103 00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:55,715 Snow. 104 00:11:56,541 --> 00:11:58,979 Heavy white snow. 105 00:11:59,022 --> 00:12:01,372 Yep, it's gonna be a long, hard winter, 106 00:12:01,416 --> 00:12:03,635 and when a long, hard winter hits us, 107 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:05,333 by damn, she hits. 108 00:12:05,376 --> 00:12:07,552 No wagons gettin' through? No supplies? 109 00:12:07,596 --> 00:12:09,032 And no whiskey. 110 00:12:09,076 --> 00:12:10,730 - You know? - Yep. 111 00:12:10,773 --> 00:12:13,733 It come on me 2 days ago. We got to have a plan. 112 00:12:13,776 --> 00:12:15,778 - Yeah. - What kind of plan, Oracle? 113 00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:17,345 Uh, now, let me just... 114 00:12:17,388 --> 00:12:18,738 Oh, oh, thank you. 115 00:12:18,781 --> 00:12:21,784 Hallelujah 116 00:12:21,828 --> 00:12:23,612 There! Now I see it! 117 00:12:28,835 --> 00:12:31,359 I see all of us coming together. I, um... 118 00:12:31,402 --> 00:12:32,926 I see us, uh, 119 00:12:32,969 --> 00:12:34,536 puttin' all the whiskey orders 120 00:12:34,579 --> 00:12:37,757 into one big shipment for the whole winter. 121 00:12:39,671 --> 00:12:43,545 I see us gettin' an ironclad guarantee from, uh... 122 00:12:45,242 --> 00:12:49,029 From some good company, like, uh, uh... 123 00:12:49,072 --> 00:12:50,552 Uh... Thank you. 124 00:12:50,595 --> 00:12:52,902 Like, uh, Frank Wallingham's... 125 00:12:55,426 --> 00:12:59,866 To get them drinkables to our saloons right now before the snows hit. 126 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,041 I, uh... 127 00:13:01,084 --> 00:13:02,912 I see a wagon train, 128 00:13:02,956 --> 00:13:05,872 a whole wagon train loaded up with whiskey 129 00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:08,483 and comin' down on us from Julesburg. 130 00:13:09,614 --> 00:13:11,660 I see 20, uh... 131 00:13:14,141 --> 00:13:15,620 30... 132 00:13:18,406 --> 00:13:19,929 40 wagons. 133 00:13:22,149 --> 00:13:23,672 Are you Hobbs? 134 00:13:24,629 --> 00:13:25,674 I am, sir. 135 00:13:26,588 --> 00:13:28,459 Did you print that? 136 00:13:28,503 --> 00:13:29,809 I did, sir. 137 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:31,245 And who, may I ask, are you? 138 00:13:31,288 --> 00:13:33,247 Frank Wallingham. 139 00:13:33,290 --> 00:13:35,292 I see. How do you do? 140 00:13:35,336 --> 00:13:36,859 Won't you sit down, Mr. Wallingham? 141 00:13:36,903 --> 00:13:39,862 No. I want to know why. Why did you do it? 142 00:13:39,906 --> 00:13:42,560 I've done nothing but print the truth. 143 00:13:42,604 --> 00:13:46,347 A matter of 600 barrels of Philadelphia-brewed whiskey moving from here to Denver. 144 00:13:46,390 --> 00:13:48,915 Yes. And then what happens when the Indians 145 00:13:48,958 --> 00:13:51,787 get wind of 40 wagons full of firewater, huh? 146 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:53,615 They'll scalp us from head to foot. 147 00:13:53,658 --> 00:13:55,443 Indians don't read newspapers. 148 00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:57,097 Who says they don't? 149 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:59,490 The Indian problem's all settled, Mr. Wallingham. 150 00:13:59,534 --> 00:14:01,642 Haven't you read the report of the peace commissioners? 151 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:03,320 All right then, worse than Indians! 152 00:14:03,364 --> 00:14:04,887 Revenue agents! 153 00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:06,193 Oh. 154 00:14:06,236 --> 00:14:07,890 Haven't paid your federal taxes, huh? 155 00:14:07,934 --> 00:14:10,893 Of course I pay my taxes! I'm an honest businessman... 156 00:14:10,937 --> 00:14:12,547 And a good republican! 157 00:14:12,590 --> 00:14:14,592 But you give those snoopers one taste of honey 158 00:14:14,636 --> 00:14:16,962 and they'll come swarming down on you from every direction but up, 159 00:14:16,986 --> 00:14:18,161 and they're working on that! 160 00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:19,423 You have my sympathy. 161 00:14:19,467 --> 00:14:21,338 Sympathy. Ha ha. 162 00:14:21,382 --> 00:14:23,558 Just because I wouldn't advertise in your filthy rag, 163 00:14:23,601 --> 00:14:26,953 because I wouldn't let you blackmail me into giving you free whiskey! 164 00:14:26,996 --> 00:14:28,756 - You better get out of here. - Now, you listen to me. 165 00:14:28,780 --> 00:14:31,827 I've got every cent that I own tied up in this cargo 166 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:34,177 and by damn, I'm gonna see it gets to Denver personally! 167 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:36,832 - You can print that, sir. - I shall. 168 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:38,138 And I'm also sending a telegram 169 00:14:38,181 --> 00:14:40,227 to Colonel Gearhart at Fort Russell. 170 00:14:40,270 --> 00:14:43,099 I am demanding an entire troop of United States cavalry as escort. 171 00:14:43,143 --> 00:14:44,448 Print that, sir. 172 00:14:44,492 --> 00:14:46,146 - I shall. - Good. 173 00:14:46,189 --> 00:14:49,584 Well, you should also put in your paper that I say 174 00:14:49,627 --> 00:14:52,282 that any tax snooper, white road agent, or Red Indian 175 00:14:52,326 --> 00:14:53,849 that tries to come near my wagons 176 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,286 had better be wearing his cast-iron underwear. 177 00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:59,159 And if you try to blackmail me one more time, 178 00:14:59,202 --> 00:15:02,423 I'll come back here, and I'll cram this down your lyin' throat! 179 00:15:02,466 --> 00:15:03,598 Good day, sir! 180 00:15:20,963 --> 00:15:22,747 - Smythe. - Yes, sir? 181 00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:24,619 What's the name of that, uh, temperance woman? 182 00:15:24,662 --> 00:15:26,055 Martindale? 183 00:15:26,099 --> 00:15:28,971 Massingale, sir. Cora Templeton Massingale. 184 00:15:29,015 --> 00:15:30,799 Oh, yes. Massingale. 185 00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:32,279 Do you know where she is? 186 00:15:32,322 --> 00:15:34,324 On a tour of New England last month, sir, 187 00:15:34,368 --> 00:15:36,370 then from Boston to Philadelphia 188 00:15:36,413 --> 00:15:38,415 and from Philadelphia to Trenton, I think. 189 00:15:38,459 --> 00:15:41,549 She may be a female hellcat about whiskey, sir, 190 00:15:41,592 --> 00:15:45,205 but a fine figure of a woman with eyes... 191 00:15:45,248 --> 00:15:46,554 Smythe. 192 00:15:46,597 --> 00:15:49,209 - Sir? - I asked you where she is. 193 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:51,211 Oh. At, uh, Fort Russell, sir. 194 00:15:51,254 --> 00:15:53,039 She got there yesterday. 195 00:15:53,082 --> 00:15:54,562 Fort Russell? 196 00:15:55,693 --> 00:15:59,219 Send a telegram to her. Mark it urgent. 197 00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:01,221 The editor of the Julesburg Gazette 198 00:16:01,264 --> 00:16:02,657 was quite right. 199 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:05,660 Indians did not read newspapers. 200 00:16:05,703 --> 00:16:07,488 It's a matter of speculation, therefore, 201 00:16:07,531 --> 00:16:11,057 just how they did hear of the whiskey cargo. 202 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:13,363 There were couriers, of course. 203 00:16:13,407 --> 00:16:15,104 And there was the smoke signal... 204 00:16:15,148 --> 00:16:18,586 First used by the ancient Greeks and Hebrews. 205 00:16:18,629 --> 00:16:20,718 How the Indians acquired it from them 206 00:16:20,762 --> 00:16:24,679 is of no importance here, but they did. 207 00:16:24,722 --> 00:16:27,595 Nor was smoke used exclusively. 208 00:16:27,638 --> 00:16:29,466 A crude mirror... 209 00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:31,512 Painted stone... 210 00:16:31,555 --> 00:16:34,515 Carved bark of trees were quite popular... 211 00:16:35,864 --> 00:16:39,433 And a peculiarly knotted string. 212 00:16:39,476 --> 00:16:42,871 The message was always transmitted in code, 213 00:16:42,914 --> 00:16:47,180 a code which no white man was ever able to break. 214 00:16:47,223 --> 00:16:50,661 Regardless of what method was used by the Indians, 215 00:16:50,705 --> 00:16:53,751 it's a matter of record that news of the whiskey train 216 00:16:53,795 --> 00:16:57,625 became common knowledge within 48 hours 217 00:16:57,668 --> 00:17:02,891 to every tribe of every North American Plains Indian. 218 00:17:04,371 --> 00:17:07,852 We are still quite unaware why only one tribe 219 00:17:07,896 --> 00:17:11,291 rode out to investigate the train of firewater, 220 00:17:11,334 --> 00:17:13,945 but it's to be supposed there was some competition 221 00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:16,513 among the various tribes for the honor. 222 00:17:17,862 --> 00:17:19,516 It is for us 223 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:24,826 to make reconnaissance of wagon train position. 224 00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:29,178 It is for me to make such reconnaissance. 225 00:17:29,222 --> 00:17:32,355 He is chief of Sioux. 226 00:17:33,878 --> 00:17:36,881 And I am chief of Crow. 227 00:17:38,666 --> 00:17:40,537 We will do it. 228 00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:45,499 You will not do it. I will do it. 229 00:17:47,327 --> 00:17:49,764 You and I are blocked. 230 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,593 Yes, we are. 231 00:18:03,386 --> 00:18:05,693 Authorities agree that personal disputes 232 00:18:05,736 --> 00:18:09,523 among the Plains tribes were settled very quickly. 233 00:18:22,927 --> 00:18:26,931 Just south of Cheyenne stood Fort Russell, 234 00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:31,066 famous throughout the West as a bastion of military strength 235 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:35,375 and the home of the rugged, disciplined frontier soldier. 236 00:18:35,418 --> 00:18:39,074 Stand up, stand up and sing it 237 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:42,077 beat it on the drums 238 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:46,081 stand up, stand up and sing it 239 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:49,040 down with demon rum 240 00:18:49,084 --> 00:18:52,914 stand up, stand up and sing it 241 00:18:52,957 --> 00:18:56,265 raise your banners high 242 00:18:56,309 --> 00:18:59,877 victory is coming 243 00:18:59,921 --> 00:19:03,229 victory is nigh, believers 244 00:19:03,272 --> 00:19:06,319 victory is nigh 245 00:19:10,192 --> 00:19:13,456 And now, ladies, I give you once again... 246 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:17,199 Mrs. Cora Templeton Massingale! 247 00:19:17,243 --> 00:19:18,635 Yay! 248 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:24,641 Oh, thank you, thank you. 249 00:19:24,685 --> 00:19:27,775 Your reception has warmed my heart. 250 00:19:27,818 --> 00:19:30,212 Ladies, you have heard it said that... 251 00:19:30,256 --> 00:19:33,737 That man is all mouth and muscle, that he is... 252 00:19:33,781 --> 00:19:37,393 Is dirty boots on one end and a dirty mind on the other. 253 00:19:37,437 --> 00:19:39,526 Well, don't you believe it. 254 00:19:39,569 --> 00:19:43,007 If we are to enjoy equal rights with man, then we must respect him, 255 00:19:43,051 --> 00:19:46,489 and if we are to respect him, then we must save him 256 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:50,885 from himself and from the poison of alcoholic spirits! 257 00:19:50,928 --> 00:19:52,408 Do you agree? 258 00:19:52,452 --> 00:19:53,844 Yes! 259 00:19:53,888 --> 00:19:55,933 Then let the world know it. 260 00:19:55,977 --> 00:19:58,545 Let us spread the word of emancipation 261 00:19:58,588 --> 00:20:01,983 to every corner of this great nation. 262 00:20:02,026 --> 00:20:05,204 Emancipation! Let me hear it! 263 00:20:05,247 --> 00:20:07,554 Emancipation! 264 00:20:07,597 --> 00:20:09,295 Freedom for women! 265 00:20:09,338 --> 00:20:11,775 Freedom for women! 266 00:20:11,819 --> 00:20:13,690 Shout it out, ladies! 267 00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:16,040 Women can remake the world! 268 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:19,522 Women can remake the world! 269 00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:23,222 Mine eyes have seen the glory 270 00:20:23,265 --> 00:20:25,224 of the coming of the lord 271 00:20:25,267 --> 00:20:27,182 he is trampling out the vintage 272 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:29,184 where the grapes of wrath are stored 273 00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:31,186 he hath loosed the faithful lightning 274 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,188 of his terrible swift sword 275 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:37,627 his truth is marching on 276 00:20:37,671 --> 00:20:41,675 glory, glory, hallelujah 277 00:20:41,718 --> 00:20:45,548 glory, glory, hallelujah 278 00:20:45,592 --> 00:20:49,160 glory, glory, hallelujah 279 00:20:49,204 --> 00:20:53,121 his truth is marching on 280 00:20:53,730 --> 00:20:55,254 Ladies, 281 00:20:55,297 --> 00:20:56,559 let me hear it! 282 00:20:56,603 --> 00:20:59,345 Emancipation! 283 00:20:59,388 --> 00:21:00,868 Shout it out! 284 00:21:00,911 --> 00:21:03,740 Freedom for women! 285 00:21:03,784 --> 00:21:05,351 Once again! 286 00:21:05,394 --> 00:21:08,832 Women can remake the world! 287 00:21:19,756 --> 00:21:21,497 What do you make of it, Sergeant? 288 00:21:21,541 --> 00:21:23,673 I hate to say it, colonel, but it sounds like... 289 00:21:23,717 --> 00:21:26,328 Sioux or Cheyenne war cries to me, sir. 290 00:21:26,372 --> 00:21:28,112 An uprising at the fort? 291 00:21:29,157 --> 00:21:30,506 Ridiculous. 292 00:21:30,550 --> 00:21:31,986 Yes, sir. 293 00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:36,382 I can read his righteous sentence 294 00:21:36,425 --> 00:21:38,471 by the dim and flaring lamp 295 00:21:38,514 --> 00:21:42,431 his truth is marching on 296 00:21:45,042 --> 00:21:46,914 Those are bugles, sir! 297 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,877 Glory, glory, hallelujah 298 00:21:53,921 --> 00:21:57,838 glory, glory, hallelujah 299 00:21:57,881 --> 00:22:01,407 glory, glory, hallelujah 300 00:22:01,450 --> 00:22:05,367 his truth is marching on 301 00:22:15,899 --> 00:22:19,990 Glory, glory, hallelujah 302 00:22:20,034 --> 00:22:23,907 glory, glory, hallelujah 303 00:22:23,951 --> 00:22:27,389 glory, glory, hallelujah 304 00:22:27,433 --> 00:22:31,175 his truth is marching on... 305 00:22:33,003 --> 00:22:35,136 That's cannon, sir! 306 00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:36,964 Form a skirmish line to the left! 307 00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:40,010 Form a skirmish line to the left! Ho! 308 00:22:46,539 --> 00:22:48,584 In the beauty of the lilies 309 00:22:48,628 --> 00:22:50,543 Christ was born across the sea 310 00:22:50,586 --> 00:22:52,588 with a glory in his bosom 311 00:22:52,632 --> 00:22:54,590 that transfigures you and me... 312 00:22:54,634 --> 00:22:57,158 Draw carbines! Ho! 313 00:23:00,030 --> 00:23:01,858 Company "B" returning. Open the gates. 314 00:23:01,902 --> 00:23:03,860 His truth is marching on 315 00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:05,471 glory, glory, hallelujah 316 00:23:05,514 --> 00:23:07,516 My God, she's on fire, sir! 317 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:08,778 Charge! 318 00:23:10,127 --> 00:23:11,955 Glory, glory, hallelujah 319 00:23:11,999 --> 00:23:15,306 glory, glory, hallelujah 320 00:23:15,350 --> 00:23:18,092 his truth is marching... 321 00:23:31,627 --> 00:23:32,628 You. 322 00:23:33,586 --> 00:23:35,718 Good evening, colonel. 323 00:23:35,762 --> 00:23:37,328 Bandmaster, front and center. 324 00:23:40,549 --> 00:23:42,203 You're under arrest. 325 00:23:42,246 --> 00:23:44,510 This entire band is under arrest. 326 00:23:44,553 --> 00:23:47,426 You're confined to quarters until further notice. 327 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:48,775 Dismissed! 328 00:23:51,386 --> 00:23:53,693 Now, who are the idiots who fired those cannon? 329 00:23:53,736 --> 00:23:56,435 - Sergeant Perkins! - Private McIntosh! 330 00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:59,263 - Private Johnson! - Private Williams! 331 00:23:59,307 --> 00:24:02,092 You'll report to my quarters tomorrow morning at 9:00. 332 00:24:02,136 --> 00:24:03,529 Yes, sir! 333 00:24:03,572 --> 00:24:05,792 Brady. 334 00:24:05,835 --> 00:24:09,752 Return carbines. In file, prepare to dismount. 335 00:24:09,796 --> 00:24:11,101 Dismount! 336 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,541 Madam... 337 00:24:15,584 --> 00:24:17,412 Article 12, section 7, paragraph 2, 338 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:19,719 army regulations specifically states 339 00:24:19,762 --> 00:24:22,896 government property cannot be used for political demonstrations. 340 00:24:22,939 --> 00:24:26,203 Sir, we have never designated our movement to be political. 341 00:24:26,247 --> 00:24:28,858 Article 9, section 2, paragraph 4 342 00:24:28,902 --> 00:24:31,731 of army regulations clearly states that civilian meetings 343 00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:33,994 may be held at military installations 344 00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:37,258 when permission has been granted by the commanding officer. 345 00:24:37,301 --> 00:24:38,825 The commanding officer? 346 00:24:39,608 --> 00:24:41,610 I see. 347 00:24:41,654 --> 00:24:43,762 You'll forgive me, madam. We've been on patrol for 6 days. 348 00:24:43,786 --> 00:24:45,745 I'm somewhat weary. 349 00:24:45,788 --> 00:24:47,984 You say Captain Slater gave you permission in my absence? 350 00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:49,183 He did. 351 00:24:55,972 --> 00:24:58,932 - Brady, I want this mess cleaned up immediately. - yes, sir. 352 00:24:58,975 --> 00:25:00,890 Ladies, I see you have transport. 353 00:25:00,934 --> 00:25:02,762 You'll be escorted back to town. 354 00:25:02,805 --> 00:25:06,766 The party will leave in 5 minutes exactly. 355 00:25:06,809 --> 00:25:09,116 Do I assume, madam, you have quarters here this evening? 356 00:25:09,159 --> 00:25:10,857 I have. 357 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:13,990 Then you may retire to those quarters, madam, 358 00:25:14,034 --> 00:25:16,123 and remake the world on some other occasion. 359 00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:18,255 Good evening. 360 00:25:18,299 --> 00:25:19,692 - Buell. - Sir! 361 00:25:33,053 --> 00:25:34,402 Buell, get me Captain Slater. 362 00:25:34,445 --> 00:25:35,664 Yes, sir. 363 00:26:31,677 --> 00:26:33,679 Excuse me, sir, did the colonel wish to see me? 364 00:26:35,681 --> 00:26:37,508 Where the hell did you come from? 365 00:26:37,552 --> 00:26:39,815 I couldn't help but overhear, sir. 366 00:26:39,859 --> 00:26:41,556 And I want the colonel to know that... 367 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,037 What happened tonight, the way it happened, 368 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,909 happened so quickly that I hardly had time to marshal my forces. 369 00:26:46,953 --> 00:26:48,607 Did you or did you not give that woman 370 00:26:48,650 --> 00:26:50,304 permission for her temperance rally? 371 00:26:50,347 --> 00:26:52,611 Yes and no. 372 00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:54,458 Uh, that is, I had no idea it would get out of hand, so to speak, sir. 373 00:26:54,482 --> 00:26:57,180 What the hell did you expect? 374 00:26:57,224 --> 00:26:58,680 Give a woman an acorn, next thing you know, 375 00:26:58,704 --> 00:26:59,985 you're up to your rump in oak trees. 376 00:27:00,009 --> 00:27:01,881 That's very true, sir. 377 00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:03,491 And I am sorry. 378 00:27:03,534 --> 00:27:05,711 If only they hadn't started moving, uh... 379 00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:07,147 That is to say, marching. 380 00:27:07,190 --> 00:27:09,149 Led by the Fort Russell band. 381 00:27:09,192 --> 00:27:12,718 Oh, I'd say that Mrs. Massingale led them and the band came next. 382 00:27:12,761 --> 00:27:14,589 You see, they were playing the, uh... 383 00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:15,851 Battle Hymn of the Republic, 384 00:27:15,895 --> 00:27:17,548 and every time they got to... 385 00:27:17,592 --> 00:27:19,202 Hallelujah 386 00:27:19,246 --> 00:27:21,248 boom! 387 00:27:21,291 --> 00:27:22,617 Well, I'm sorry, sir, about the men who fired the cannons. 388 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:24,904 Spare me the details. 389 00:27:24,947 --> 00:27:26,403 Slater, don't you realize what would happen 390 00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:28,081 if word got out that Fort Russell 391 00:27:28,124 --> 00:27:30,257 stood squarely behind a temperance movement? 392 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:34,696 That I, a line officer, could ever support such a movement? 393 00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:37,264 Well, you've got a point there, sir. 394 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,136 And you let them go right ahead. 395 00:27:40,180 --> 00:27:42,312 Well, I, uh... 396 00:27:42,356 --> 00:27:44,639 Actually, I was trying to keep the colonel's daughter out of it, 397 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,490 for your sake. 398 00:27:46,534 --> 00:27:48,710 My daughter? What's my daughter got to do with this? 399 00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:49,755 Well, your daughter... 400 00:27:49,798 --> 00:27:51,713 Please... 401 00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:54,455 - I beg you not to hold Paul responsible, father. - Louise. 402 00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:56,631 It was my fault. I was the one who... 403 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:58,720 She was not... And I refuse to allow her 404 00:27:58,764 --> 00:28:00,809 to accept responsibility for this. I was the one... 405 00:28:00,853 --> 00:28:02,463 - You were not. - Yes, I was. 406 00:28:02,506 --> 00:28:03,856 Paul, I deny it. 407 00:28:03,899 --> 00:28:05,596 In my own quarters. 408 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,121 We are sorry, father, truly we are, 409 00:28:08,164 --> 00:28:09,644 But... 410 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,341 - But what? - But... 411 00:28:13,082 --> 00:28:14,954 But may I point out, sir, that... 412 00:28:14,997 --> 00:28:17,652 You have the only private quarters at the fort, 413 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:20,742 and we didn't expect you back so soon... 414 00:28:20,786 --> 00:28:22,570 And whereas it's true that Miss Gearhart 415 00:28:22,613 --> 00:28:23,808 does have her own quarters, sir, 416 00:28:23,832 --> 00:28:26,139 I thought that my presence there 417 00:28:26,182 --> 00:28:28,944 might put the colonel's daughter in a compromising position, so to speak, 418 00:28:28,968 --> 00:28:31,076 and since my own quarters are shared, sir, but your quarters... 419 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:32,406 - Slater. - Yes, sir? 420 00:28:32,449 --> 00:28:33,973 - Answer me. - I'm trying to, sir. 421 00:28:34,016 --> 00:28:36,149 He isn't either, not truthfully. 422 00:28:36,192 --> 00:28:38,412 He wasn't keeping me out of the temperance meeting here. 423 00:28:38,455 --> 00:28:39,979 I was keeping him. 424 00:28:40,022 --> 00:28:41,696 I thought he might try to stop the marching, 425 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,504 so this seemed to me a lovely... 426 00:28:43,547 --> 00:28:45,158 I mean, a way... 427 00:28:46,028 --> 00:28:47,638 To divert him. 428 00:28:47,682 --> 00:28:49,815 Louise! 429 00:28:49,858 --> 00:28:52,382 You don't really mind, do you, darling? 430 00:28:52,426 --> 00:28:54,558 I mean... 431 00:28:54,602 --> 00:28:56,798 You certainly couldn't have enjoyed yourself any the less, could you? 432 00:28:56,822 --> 00:28:58,606 Louise! 433 00:28:58,649 --> 00:29:00,216 Uh... 434 00:29:02,131 --> 00:29:05,482 Well, I'd do anything for Cora Massingale and her cause, 435 00:29:05,526 --> 00:29:08,790 and if you hurt her, father, I'll never forgive you! 436 00:29:23,587 --> 00:29:25,676 - Slater. - Yes, sir? 437 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,723 The women, the rally, the cannon... 438 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,507 I'll chalk it all up to your inexperience. 439 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:31,595 Thank you, sir. 440 00:29:31,639 --> 00:29:33,206 But you cannot... 441 00:29:33,249 --> 00:29:35,774 You simply cannot use my quarters for... 442 00:29:35,817 --> 00:29:38,428 - For this sort of thing. - I'm... I'm sorry, sir. 443 00:29:38,472 --> 00:29:40,691 Why don't you just get on with it? Marry the girl. 444 00:29:40,735 --> 00:29:42,781 Stop all this... This lying around. 445 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,913 Well, the colonel knows my feelings about that, sir. 446 00:29:44,957 --> 00:29:47,394 The West is no life for a woman. 447 00:29:47,437 --> 00:29:49,700 The West is no life for anyone. 448 00:29:49,744 --> 00:29:52,051 Wind, dust, Indians. 449 00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:54,401 I hate the wind, I hate the dust, 450 00:29:54,444 --> 00:29:55,750 and I hate the Indians! 451 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:57,708 Yes, I know. 452 00:29:57,752 --> 00:30:00,799 And until my transfer comes through to an eastern post, I'll... 453 00:30:01,930 --> 00:30:04,237 I'll drink to that. 454 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,979 To you and Louise and a transfer. 455 00:30:07,022 --> 00:30:08,981 Here you are. 456 00:30:09,024 --> 00:30:10,504 I can't, sir. 457 00:30:11,113 --> 00:30:12,767 Well, why not? 458 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,049 Well, I haven't said good night to Louise as yet. 459 00:30:14,073 --> 00:30:15,770 The, uh, liquor on my breath. 460 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,728 She knows you drink. She knows I drink. 461 00:30:17,772 --> 00:30:19,600 I know that, sir, but... 462 00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:21,776 If you could have seen her at that meeting tonight 463 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,691 as she heard Mrs. Massingale, 464 00:30:23,734 --> 00:30:26,346 her eyes all lit up... 465 00:30:26,389 --> 00:30:27,749 Frightened the hell out of me, sir. 466 00:30:27,782 --> 00:30:29,262 All right, all right. Go to her. Do... 467 00:30:29,305 --> 00:30:31,065 - Do whatever it is you do. - Thank you, sir. 468 00:30:31,090 --> 00:30:33,005 But not on my bear rug. Not anymore. 469 00:30:33,048 --> 00:30:34,484 No. No, sir. 470 00:30:36,660 --> 00:30:37,836 Slater. 471 00:30:39,315 --> 00:30:40,795 Here. 472 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,492 Escort for a wagon train. 473 00:30:42,536 --> 00:30:46,105 Fella named Wallingham. Taxpayer, good republican. 474 00:30:46,148 --> 00:30:48,934 I want you to figure out how to intercept the train... 475 00:30:48,977 --> 00:30:50,544 And escort them to Denver. 476 00:30:50,587 --> 00:30:52,502 Denver? 477 00:30:52,546 --> 00:30:54,635 But that'll take over a week. I promised Louise... 478 00:30:54,678 --> 00:30:57,116 I know, I know. She'll cry, of course. 479 00:30:57,159 --> 00:30:59,683 Just tell her duty is a cruel master. 480 00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:03,992 Yes, sir. 481 00:31:04,036 --> 00:31:07,648 Duty is a cruel... Master. 482 00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:10,303 Yes, sir. Thank you. Good night, sir. 483 00:31:18,746 --> 00:31:20,704 Colonel Gearhart? 484 00:31:23,925 --> 00:31:25,144 Colonel? 485 00:31:32,978 --> 00:31:34,544 Colonel? 486 00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:42,552 I, uh... 487 00:31:42,596 --> 00:31:46,426 I don't wish to intrude on your privacy, colonel, but this is vitally important. 488 00:31:46,469 --> 00:31:48,776 I'm taking a bath. 489 00:31:48,819 --> 00:31:51,039 Well, the sight of a gentleman taking his bath 490 00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:53,868 is not foreign to a woman who's been widowed twice. 491 00:31:55,043 --> 00:31:56,784 Well... 492 00:31:56,827 --> 00:31:58,568 Uh, would you care to have a seat? 493 00:32:01,397 --> 00:32:04,923 No, thank you. What I have to say is best said standing. 494 00:32:07,882 --> 00:32:09,623 You'll forgive me if I don't get up. 495 00:32:10,363 --> 00:32:11,799 It's not necessary. 496 00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:16,282 Mrs. Massingale, 497 00:32:16,325 --> 00:32:17,979 I've already told Captain Slater 498 00:32:18,023 --> 00:32:20,939 I won't hold him responsible due to his inexperience. 499 00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:24,333 And in your case, I've written off the entire incident so now... 500 00:32:24,377 --> 00:32:26,596 But that's not why I'm here. 501 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,209 I have just received a telegram from Julesburg that distresses me deeply. 502 00:32:30,252 --> 00:32:32,124 It says that a train of 40 wagons 503 00:32:32,167 --> 00:32:34,343 left there yesterday bound for Denver 504 00:32:34,387 --> 00:32:37,303 and that you are going to furnish military escort for that train. 505 00:32:37,346 --> 00:32:39,870 Is that information correct? 506 00:32:39,914 --> 00:32:42,438 I received a request to that effect, yes. 507 00:32:43,439 --> 00:32:45,093 Were you aware, colonel, 508 00:32:45,137 --> 00:32:47,530 that the cargo of those 40 wagons... 509 00:32:47,574 --> 00:32:48,836 Is alcohol? 510 00:32:51,317 --> 00:32:52,622 No, ma'am. 511 00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:54,755 Well, now you know. 512 00:32:54,798 --> 00:32:57,584 Tell me, colonel, are you going to furnish escort? 513 00:32:57,627 --> 00:32:58,977 Yes, ma'am. 514 00:33:00,848 --> 00:33:04,069 Oh, I respectfully request that you reconsider, colonel. 515 00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:05,853 I... In the name of suffering humanity, 516 00:33:05,896 --> 00:33:08,247 I implore you to halt that wagon train 517 00:33:08,290 --> 00:33:11,685 and destroy this... This poison that they're carrying. 518 00:33:13,687 --> 00:33:15,210 Whad you asted... 519 00:33:15,254 --> 00:33:16,472 What you ask is impossible. 520 00:33:16,516 --> 00:33:18,387 The cargo is legal, 521 00:33:18,431 --> 00:33:21,086 and I have no grounds nor wish to destroy civilian property. 522 00:33:21,129 --> 00:33:23,697 And now, madam, will you leave me to my bath? 523 00:33:23,740 --> 00:33:26,221 Is it legal to sell whiskey to Indians? 524 00:33:26,265 --> 00:33:27,483 Who said ennydig... 525 00:33:27,527 --> 00:33:29,964 Who said anything about Indians? 526 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,357 The cargo's headed for Denver 527 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:32,967 and consigned to businessmen there. 528 00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:34,621 How do you know? 529 00:33:34,664 --> 00:33:36,188 I have the owner's word for it. 530 00:33:36,231 --> 00:33:37,493 A Mr. Frank Wallingham, 531 00:33:37,537 --> 00:33:39,104 who happens to be an acquaintance, 532 00:33:39,147 --> 00:33:41,628 a taxpayer, and a good republican. 533 00:33:42,498 --> 00:33:44,587 Well, in that case... 534 00:33:44,631 --> 00:33:47,025 You force me to take action. 535 00:33:47,068 --> 00:33:50,419 Our movement has many friends in many high places. 536 00:33:50,463 --> 00:33:51,986 Men such as... 537 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,335 Horace Greeley. 538 00:33:57,339 --> 00:33:59,254 Is that a threat? 539 00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:01,126 You can consider it such if you like. 540 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:03,084 My conscience forces me to make it. 541 00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:05,521 And mine demands that I do my duty. 542 00:34:07,132 --> 00:34:08,394 So be it. 543 00:34:10,961 --> 00:34:12,615 May I impose upon your kindness 544 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:15,096 for directions to the post telegraph office? 545 00:34:17,881 --> 00:34:20,101 Mrs. Massingale, I'll do better than that. 546 00:34:20,145 --> 00:34:21,945 I shall be happy to furnish you transportation 547 00:34:21,972 --> 00:34:23,887 to the Cheyenne telegraph office, 548 00:34:23,931 --> 00:34:26,542 where your messages are sure to get out twice as quickly. 549 00:34:28,196 --> 00:34:30,111 Thank you. 550 00:34:30,155 --> 00:34:32,350 And call on me again if there's anything further I can do. 551 00:34:32,374 --> 00:34:34,376 You're a very generous man, colonel. 552 00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:48,129 Right turn... 553 00:34:48,173 --> 00:34:49,391 Ho! 554 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,118 3 telegrams, sir. Just arrived. 555 00:35:23,382 --> 00:35:24,774 Read them. 556 00:35:26,776 --> 00:35:28,213 "The governor of Colorado 557 00:35:28,256 --> 00:35:30,563 "is against liquor and its vicissitudes, 558 00:35:30,606 --> 00:35:32,695 "but his position makes it impossible 559 00:35:32,739 --> 00:35:35,220 "to take a position in the matter of whiskey cargo to Denver." 560 00:35:35,263 --> 00:35:37,526 Ah. 561 00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:40,573 "The adjutant general's office is ever grateful to women's temperance 562 00:35:40,616 --> 00:35:43,924 "for the splendid morale factor they have upon the American soldier. 563 00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:45,447 "However..." 564 00:35:45,491 --> 00:35:46,851 "The disposition of whiskey matters 565 00:35:46,883 --> 00:35:48,668 "must be left to commanders in the field." 566 00:35:48,711 --> 00:35:50,060 - "Respectfully..." - Ah. 567 00:35:53,194 --> 00:35:55,414 "Mr. Horace Greeley... 568 00:35:55,457 --> 00:35:59,157 "Has ever championed the noble cause of temperance and suffrage, 569 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,943 "but is unable to interfere with constituted authority of the West." 570 00:36:02,986 --> 00:36:04,162 Ah. 571 00:36:07,034 --> 00:36:08,688 - Buell. - Sir. 572 00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:10,622 Give these to Mrs. Massingale with my compliments 573 00:36:10,646 --> 00:36:12,518 and arrange transportation for her. 574 00:36:12,561 --> 00:36:13,780 Her movement... 575 00:36:13,823 --> 00:36:15,303 Is moving. 576 00:36:15,347 --> 00:36:16,652 Yes, sir. 577 00:36:18,915 --> 00:36:21,048 On the morning of November 16, 578 00:36:21,091 --> 00:36:23,442 the Wallingham wagon train was moving along 579 00:36:23,485 --> 00:36:26,923 north of the South Platte River. 580 00:36:26,967 --> 00:36:30,275 At the head was its owner, Frank Wallingham, 581 00:36:30,318 --> 00:36:34,104 and its wagon master, Rafe Pike. 582 00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:36,585 To the rear was a group of Irish Teamsters 583 00:36:36,629 --> 00:36:38,283 under the leadership of one... 584 00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:40,328 Kevin O'Flaherty. 585 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,593 The Slater patrol was turning south 586 00:36:44,637 --> 00:36:47,640 towards the course of the Wallingham train, 587 00:36:47,683 --> 00:36:50,251 and a band of Sioux warriors was on the move, 588 00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:53,254 led by the great Chief Five Barrels 589 00:36:53,298 --> 00:36:56,823 and his subchief, Walks-Stooped-Over, 590 00:36:56,866 --> 00:36:59,042 who was also known in certain Indian circles 591 00:36:59,086 --> 00:37:01,219 as Sky Eyes, 592 00:37:01,262 --> 00:37:03,482 due to the blue color of his eyes, 593 00:37:03,525 --> 00:37:06,136 the heritage, apparently, of some slight, uh... 594 00:37:06,180 --> 00:37:07,529 Um... 595 00:37:07,573 --> 00:37:10,228 Oh, irregularity in his ancestry. 596 00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:13,231 - Please father, be reasonable! - No. 597 00:37:13,274 --> 00:37:15,842 Mrs. Massingale wishes to have a farewell meeting, 598 00:37:15,885 --> 00:37:17,583 she's welcome to use the mess hall, 599 00:37:17,626 --> 00:37:19,585 but under no circumstances will I attend. 600 00:37:19,628 --> 00:37:22,109 But we're not asking you to take the pledge, colonel, 601 00:37:22,152 --> 00:37:25,504 although a bit of temperance might make you happier. 602 00:37:25,547 --> 00:37:28,594 No red-blooded drinking man is more temperate than I am. 603 00:37:28,637 --> 00:37:31,336 And I'm happy. I'm damn happy! 604 00:37:31,379 --> 00:37:34,208 If you would only try to understand Mrs. Massingale, 605 00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,645 a woman who's lost 2 husbands to alcohol. 606 00:37:36,689 --> 00:37:39,474 They literally drank themselves into an early grave. 607 00:37:39,518 --> 00:37:40,867 I can only wonder why. 608 00:37:42,434 --> 00:37:45,437 Do you absolutely refuse, father, to attend this meeting? 609 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,134 I not only refuse, 610 00:37:47,177 --> 00:37:48,894 but I'm beginning to regret giving you the hall. 611 00:37:48,918 --> 00:37:50,983 Then the very least you can do is release the post band. 612 00:37:51,007 --> 00:37:52,574 No. 613 00:37:52,618 --> 00:37:54,446 But we can't sing any hymns without the band. 614 00:37:54,489 --> 00:37:55,814 - Good. - Then there's no point in having the meeting. 615 00:37:55,838 --> 00:37:57,927 - Splendid. - Please, father... 616 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:02,280 It means so much to us. 617 00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:04,934 And Mrs. Massingale is leaving. 618 00:38:04,978 --> 00:38:07,110 We may never see her again. 619 00:38:08,111 --> 00:38:09,504 Can I depend on that? 620 00:38:09,548 --> 00:38:11,376 Oh, I never go back on my word. 621 00:38:11,419 --> 00:38:13,943 I shall say good-bye at the meeting. 622 00:38:15,771 --> 00:38:17,338 Well... 623 00:38:17,382 --> 00:38:18,774 Maybe the trombone. 624 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:21,560 Oh! Thank you, father, you're a dear! 625 00:38:21,603 --> 00:38:22,865 And the drums? 626 00:38:22,909 --> 00:38:24,606 No. No drums. 627 00:38:26,782 --> 00:38:28,218 Good afternoon. 628 00:38:28,262 --> 00:38:31,613 Stand up, stand up and sing it 629 00:38:31,657 --> 00:38:35,051 raise our banners high 630 00:38:35,095 --> 00:38:38,533 victory is coming 631 00:38:38,577 --> 00:38:40,709 victory is nigh 632 00:38:40,753 --> 00:38:41,971 believers 633 00:38:42,015 --> 00:38:45,061 victory is nigh 634 00:38:45,105 --> 00:38:48,326 stand up, stand up and sing it 635 00:38:49,762 --> 00:38:51,067 What's going on over there? 636 00:38:51,111 --> 00:38:52,330 Singing, sir. 637 00:38:53,853 --> 00:38:55,115 You have guards at every exit? 638 00:38:55,158 --> 00:38:56,595 Those were your orders, sir. 639 00:38:56,638 --> 00:38:58,181 All right, you better double the guards. 640 00:38:58,205 --> 00:39:00,120 Check the exits yourself. 641 00:39:00,163 --> 00:39:03,166 If they ever break out of that hall in marching formation... 642 00:39:03,210 --> 00:39:04,927 That's just what happened to Captain Slater. 643 00:39:04,951 --> 00:39:06,300 Yes, sir. 644 00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:10,348 Ladies... 645 00:39:10,391 --> 00:39:12,437 Our enemy has 2 heads. 646 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,962 First, the enslavement of women by men. 647 00:39:16,005 --> 00:39:17,311 Yeah! Yes! 648 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:18,573 And second, 649 00:39:18,617 --> 00:39:20,488 the enslavement of men themselves 650 00:39:20,532 --> 00:39:23,143 by the remorseless tyrant, alcohol. 651 00:39:24,623 --> 00:39:26,494 Are we willing to fight these enemies? 652 00:39:26,538 --> 00:39:27,887 Yes! Yes! Yes! 653 00:39:27,930 --> 00:39:29,889 Then we must reach out for freedom 654 00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:33,109 and tear this tyrant from the lips of man! 655 00:39:35,764 --> 00:39:37,418 And now, ladies... 656 00:39:37,462 --> 00:39:39,377 I have an announcement to make 657 00:39:39,420 --> 00:39:43,293 to each and every one of you who has touched my heart. 658 00:39:43,337 --> 00:39:45,818 The time has come for me to say good-bye 659 00:39:45,861 --> 00:39:47,863 to all you wonderful women. 660 00:39:47,907 --> 00:39:49,430 Thank God. 661 00:39:49,474 --> 00:39:50,823 Something has occurred 662 00:39:50,866 --> 00:39:53,129 which requires my presence elsewhere. 663 00:39:53,173 --> 00:39:56,568 I am going to the city of Denver. 664 00:39:56,611 --> 00:39:58,047 Denver? 665 00:39:58,091 --> 00:40:00,310 I know, I know. You ask me, "Why Denver?" 666 00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:01,703 I'll tell you WHY: 667 00:40:01,747 --> 00:40:03,444 Because 40 wagons of whiskey 668 00:40:03,488 --> 00:40:05,359 are going to Denver right at this moment. 669 00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:07,448 40 wagons of poison... 670 00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,798 For those poor, misguided citizens, 671 00:40:09,842 --> 00:40:12,322 and no one in high office seems to care! 672 00:40:12,366 --> 00:40:14,020 Well, I do, 673 00:40:14,063 --> 00:40:16,501 and I shall shout it over and over 674 00:40:16,544 --> 00:40:18,546 until the very mountains of Colorado 675 00:40:18,590 --> 00:40:21,462 come tumbling down to the Denver saloons. 676 00:40:21,506 --> 00:40:22,855 Yeah! Yes! Yeah! 677 00:40:22,898 --> 00:40:24,857 Will your hearts go with me? 678 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,467 Yes! Yes! Yeah! 679 00:40:26,511 --> 00:40:28,208 Is our cause just and righteous? 680 00:40:28,251 --> 00:40:29,383 Yes! 681 00:40:30,863 --> 00:40:32,536 I've doubled the guards at every door, sir. 682 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,364 I want you personally to guard the main entrance. 683 00:40:34,388 --> 00:40:35,389 Wait a minute... 684 00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:37,391 Do I have your blessings? 685 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:38,784 Yeah! 686 00:40:38,827 --> 00:40:40,481 No! 687 00:40:40,525 --> 00:40:43,876 No, I cannot let you go to that sinful city alone. 688 00:40:43,919 --> 00:40:46,052 If you'll have me, Mrs. Massingale... 689 00:40:46,095 --> 00:40:47,836 I'll go with you! 690 00:40:50,926 --> 00:40:53,755 Get over there! Drag my daughter off that platform! 691 00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:59,848 Oh, how wonderful, ladies! 692 00:40:59,892 --> 00:41:02,155 Oh, ladies, we'll all go to Denver! 693 00:41:02,198 --> 00:41:04,723 Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 694 00:41:04,766 --> 00:41:07,116 We'll make it our marching song. 695 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:08,466 Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 696 00:41:09,597 --> 00:41:10,903 Stand up 697 00:41:10,946 --> 00:41:13,775 we'll march to Denver 698 00:41:13,819 --> 00:41:17,431 no more wine or beer 699 00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:21,957 stand up, we'll march to Denver 700 00:41:22,001 --> 00:41:25,570 we will have no fear 701 00:41:25,613 --> 00:41:30,009 stand up, we'll march to Denver 702 00:41:30,052 --> 00:41:33,926 raise our banners high 703 00:41:33,969 --> 00:41:37,930 Denver, we are coming 704 00:41:37,973 --> 00:41:40,628 Denver will be dry 705 00:41:40,672 --> 00:41:41,934 believers 706 00:41:41,977 --> 00:41:45,459 Denver will be dry 707 00:41:45,503 --> 00:41:49,985 stand up and march to Denver 708 00:41:50,029 --> 00:41:53,467 down with demon rum 709 00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:58,211 stand up, we'll march to Denver 710 00:41:58,254 --> 00:42:01,606 Denver, here we come 711 00:42:01,649 --> 00:42:06,262 stand up, we'll march to Denver 712 00:42:06,306 --> 00:42:08,700 raise our banners high... 713 00:42:09,875 --> 00:42:11,180 Well, Buell? 714 00:42:11,224 --> 00:42:13,618 Denver, we are coming... 715 00:42:13,661 --> 00:42:14,967 Just, uh... 716 00:42:15,010 --> 00:42:16,882 Trying to get my wind back, sir. 717 00:42:16,925 --> 00:42:18,100 Believers... 718 00:42:18,144 --> 00:42:20,146 Knocked me flat, sir. 719 00:42:20,189 --> 00:42:21,974 Denver will be dry 720 00:42:22,017 --> 00:42:25,107 Did you hear what that woman said, sir? 721 00:42:25,151 --> 00:42:26,369 I did. 722 00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:28,676 But, sir... 723 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:31,157 "But, sir" what? 724 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,681 How can we let them go through with it, sir? 725 00:42:33,725 --> 00:42:35,596 March to Denver through country like this, 726 00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:37,816 without escort, without protection? 727 00:42:37,859 --> 00:42:40,490 What if they come upon a bunch of bloodthirsty Indians, sir? I, uh... 728 00:42:40,514 --> 00:42:42,995 I suggest we pray for the Indians. 729 00:42:43,038 --> 00:42:44,910 To Denver... 730 00:42:44,953 --> 00:42:46,694 Uh, can the... 731 00:42:46,738 --> 00:42:48,914 The army refuse escort, sir? 732 00:42:48,957 --> 00:42:51,786 From now on, the army will do what I tell it to do. 733 00:42:56,922 --> 00:43:00,360 Denver will be dry 734 00:43:00,403 --> 00:43:01,927 stand up 735 00:43:01,970 --> 00:43:04,886 we'll march to Denver 736 00:43:04,930 --> 00:43:07,367 down with demon rum 737 00:43:07,410 --> 00:43:09,021 What, uh... 738 00:43:09,064 --> 00:43:11,153 What do you intend to do, sir? 739 00:43:11,197 --> 00:43:15,288 Denver, Denver will be dry 740 00:43:16,463 --> 00:43:21,076 stand up, we'll march to Denver 741 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,993 raise our banners high 742 00:43:25,037 --> 00:43:29,302 Denver, we are coming, Denver... 743 00:43:32,131 --> 00:43:33,219 Believers... 744 00:43:41,096 --> 00:43:42,315 Morning, Miss Gearhart. 745 00:43:42,358 --> 00:43:44,578 Good morning, Sergeant Buell. 746 00:44:13,128 --> 00:44:14,477 Go away. 747 00:44:16,958 --> 00:44:19,047 Louise, will you please go away? 748 00:44:19,091 --> 00:44:20,701 This should make you feel better, father. 749 00:44:20,745 --> 00:44:21,920 Nice, hot milk. 750 00:44:21,963 --> 00:44:23,269 Ohh... 751 00:44:32,931 --> 00:44:34,976 What's going on out there? 752 00:44:44,507 --> 00:44:47,336 Will you stop that infernal uproar? 753 00:45:05,485 --> 00:45:07,313 You will not, under any circumstances, 754 00:45:07,356 --> 00:45:09,141 go off with that... That woman. 755 00:45:09,184 --> 00:45:10,229 Yes, father. 756 00:45:10,272 --> 00:45:11,752 To Denver or any place else. 757 00:45:11,796 --> 00:45:13,536 I want that clearly understood, Louise. 758 00:45:13,580 --> 00:45:14,712 Yes, father. 759 00:45:14,755 --> 00:45:16,104 Oh... 760 00:45:16,148 --> 00:45:18,541 Now will you please leave me alone? 761 00:45:18,585 --> 00:45:19,717 Oh... 762 00:45:27,072 --> 00:45:28,595 Is he better? 763 00:45:29,639 --> 00:45:31,076 I'm afraid not. 764 00:45:32,599 --> 00:45:34,949 Louise, I want you to go and get me some more blankets. 765 00:45:34,993 --> 00:45:36,168 Lots of them. 766 00:45:36,211 --> 00:45:37,735 I want him to perspire. 767 00:45:37,778 --> 00:45:39,780 We will sweat the poison out of his system. 768 00:45:39,824 --> 00:45:42,391 Blankets... All right, Mrs. Massingale. 769 00:45:51,183 --> 00:45:53,663 - Mrs. Massingale! - Lie back. 770 00:45:56,579 --> 00:45:58,712 - Madam, this is... - Uh, back. 771 00:46:00,279 --> 00:46:02,498 Now, just... 772 00:46:02,542 --> 00:46:05,110 Quiet, please. Don't exert yourself. 773 00:46:05,937 --> 00:46:07,416 Madam, we have a surgeon. 774 00:46:07,460 --> 00:46:10,768 Mmm-hmm. Just relax. Let the blood flow. 775 00:46:11,899 --> 00:46:13,988 Now, tell me, colonel, 776 00:46:14,032 --> 00:46:15,381 the pain center lie about here? 777 00:46:15,424 --> 00:46:17,296 Look, Mrs... 778 00:46:17,339 --> 00:46:20,212 Well, it's a little higher. 779 00:46:20,255 --> 00:46:22,780 A little higher? Yes, of course. 780 00:46:29,482 --> 00:46:32,006 About this march, Mrs. Massingale... 781 00:46:32,050 --> 00:46:33,834 Just unwind. 782 00:46:33,878 --> 00:46:35,488 This march to Denver... 783 00:46:35,531 --> 00:46:37,055 Impossible. 784 00:46:37,098 --> 00:46:39,405 Right here, at this junction, colonel, 785 00:46:39,448 --> 00:46:43,235 a series of cords, and beneath them, 786 00:46:43,278 --> 00:46:48,109 intertwined nerves like fine silk threads. 787 00:46:48,153 --> 00:46:50,895 Matters of... Of transportation... 788 00:46:52,766 --> 00:46:55,029 Rattlesnakes... 789 00:46:55,073 --> 00:46:58,728 All connected up to here where the pain center lies. 790 00:47:01,296 --> 00:47:03,037 Examine my position. 791 00:47:04,125 --> 00:47:06,301 Consider, if you will... 792 00:47:08,086 --> 00:47:09,957 Oh, that feels good. 793 00:47:10,001 --> 00:47:12,177 That's the key point. 794 00:47:12,220 --> 00:47:15,658 First we rub gently downwards... 795 00:47:16,311 --> 00:47:19,314 And then upwards... 796 00:47:19,358 --> 00:47:21,882 - Oh... - And then downwards again. 797 00:47:21,926 --> 00:47:24,058 Now you're beginning to relax. 798 00:47:24,102 --> 00:47:26,104 I can feel it in my fingers. 799 00:47:26,147 --> 00:47:28,410 I wish I could help you, but... 800 00:47:29,890 --> 00:47:31,631 Army regulations... 801 00:47:32,675 --> 00:47:34,199 Article 12... 802 00:47:35,069 --> 00:47:36,810 Section 26... 803 00:47:38,203 --> 00:47:39,769 Paragraph... 804 00:47:40,683 --> 00:47:42,120 Oh... 805 00:47:42,163 --> 00:47:43,773 That's right. 806 00:47:43,817 --> 00:47:45,123 Oh... 807 00:47:45,166 --> 00:47:46,559 Relax. 808 00:47:46,602 --> 00:47:47,690 Oh... 809 00:47:47,734 --> 00:47:48,996 Relax... 810 00:48:00,181 --> 00:48:02,009 Company, attention! 811 00:48:02,923 --> 00:48:04,882 Company, ten-hut! 812 00:48:32,735 --> 00:48:35,260 Good morning, Colonel Gearhart. 813 00:48:35,303 --> 00:48:37,262 Good morning, father. 814 00:48:37,305 --> 00:48:39,786 - Good morning, ladies. - Present arms! 815 00:48:45,879 --> 00:48:47,576 Who are those men at the gate? 816 00:48:47,620 --> 00:48:49,815 Just a few husbands, sir. Not all the ladies are single. 817 00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:51,406 What do they want here? 818 00:48:51,450 --> 00:48:52,862 Well, the ladies are taking their wagons away. 819 00:48:52,886 --> 00:48:55,541 They're kind of worked up about it. 820 00:48:55,584 --> 00:48:58,631 They, uh... Want the colonel to do something about it, sir. 821 00:49:05,986 --> 00:49:07,901 - Sir. - Well? 822 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,512 Does the colonel intend... 823 00:49:10,556 --> 00:49:14,299 I mean to say, sir, will the escort party... 824 00:49:14,342 --> 00:49:17,911 Sir, do you really intend to go through with this thing? 825 00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:20,368 Buell, you've got a great deal to learn about military science. 826 00:49:20,392 --> 00:49:21,959 Sir? 827 00:49:22,002 --> 00:49:23,762 A simple matter here of objective and stratagem. 828 00:49:23,786 --> 00:49:26,789 OBJECTIVE: Get rid of these damn women. 829 00:49:26,833 --> 00:49:28,487 Stratagem? 830 00:49:28,530 --> 00:49:30,639 - Take them to Denver, sir? - Mount up, Buell. Mount up. 831 00:49:30,663 --> 00:49:32,012 Yes, sir! 832 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,628 - Move them out, Brady. - Yes, sir! 833 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,416 Two's left... 834 00:49:44,459 --> 00:49:46,244 Right turn... 835 00:49:46,287 --> 00:49:47,593 Ho... 836 00:49:50,248 --> 00:49:52,511 Right turn... Ho... 837 00:49:56,297 --> 00:49:58,256 Present arms! 838 00:49:58,299 --> 00:50:00,258 Right turn... Ho... 839 00:50:06,655 --> 00:50:08,831 Left turn... Ho... 840 00:50:29,113 --> 00:50:31,419 To the right... Ho... 841 00:50:32,377 --> 00:50:33,987 To the left about... 842 00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:36,207 Left... About... Ho! 843 00:50:38,165 --> 00:50:40,559 Detail... Ho. 844 00:50:54,442 --> 00:50:55,661 Stand up 845 00:50:55,704 --> 00:50:59,273 we'll march to Denver 846 00:50:59,317 --> 00:51:02,842 no more wine or beer 847 00:51:02,885 --> 00:51:04,235 stand up 848 00:51:04,278 --> 00:51:07,673 we'll march to Denver 849 00:51:07,716 --> 00:51:11,155 no more whiskey here 850 00:51:11,198 --> 00:51:12,634 stand up 851 00:51:12,678 --> 00:51:15,681 we'll march to Denver... 852 00:51:16,943 --> 00:51:18,510 - Buell! - Sir? 853 00:51:21,643 --> 00:51:23,341 If one bugler, just one bugler 854 00:51:23,384 --> 00:51:25,734 joins in with that singing, I'll have him shot. 855 00:51:25,778 --> 00:51:27,040 Yes, sir. 856 00:51:27,084 --> 00:51:28,346 Believers 857 00:51:28,389 --> 00:51:31,914 Denver will be dry 858 00:51:31,958 --> 00:51:33,481 stand up 859 00:51:33,525 --> 00:51:36,702 we'll march to Denver 860 00:51:36,745 --> 00:51:40,184 down with demon rum 861 00:51:40,227 --> 00:51:42,838 stand up, we'll march... 862 00:51:42,882 --> 00:51:44,666 It might be prudent right at this moment 863 00:51:44,710 --> 00:51:47,843 to get our bearings upon this historic arena. 864 00:51:48,801 --> 00:51:51,282 Julesburg is here. 865 00:51:51,325 --> 00:51:54,894 To the southwest, along the South Platte River, is the city of Denver. 866 00:51:54,937 --> 00:51:57,288 North of it, we find Fort Russell. 867 00:51:57,331 --> 00:52:01,248 The Wallingham wagon train had moved to this point on the river. 868 00:52:01,292 --> 00:52:04,164 The first cavalry patrol under Captain Slater, 869 00:52:04,208 --> 00:52:06,384 here. 870 00:52:06,427 --> 00:52:08,449 The second cavalry patrol under Colonel Gearhart, here... 871 00:52:08,473 --> 00:52:11,563 With, of course, the temperance marchers. 872 00:52:11,606 --> 00:52:13,913 And the band of Sioux Indians, 873 00:52:13,956 --> 00:52:16,176 here. 874 00:52:16,220 --> 00:52:19,788 In the city of Denver, another miners' meeting was being held. 875 00:52:39,417 --> 00:52:40,809 Hold it! Quiet down! 876 00:52:40,853 --> 00:52:42,463 This meeting's called to order. 877 00:52:42,507 --> 00:52:43,943 Now, someone just tell me, 878 00:52:43,986 --> 00:52:45,423 who called this meeting, what for, 879 00:52:45,466 --> 00:52:46,902 and what's all the hollering about? 880 00:52:46,946 --> 00:52:48,165 I did. Clayton, 881 00:52:48,208 --> 00:52:49,862 we got to face the facts. 882 00:52:49,905 --> 00:52:52,995 There's been no word from that wagon train in 2 weeks. 883 00:52:53,039 --> 00:52:54,606 That's right. 884 00:52:54,649 --> 00:52:56,649 There's snow on the ground already at Grizzly Pass. 885 00:53:19,718 --> 00:53:21,589 Good afternoon, gents. 886 00:53:21,633 --> 00:53:23,852 Oracle, the thing is, we, uh... 887 00:53:23,896 --> 00:53:25,811 - We got trouble. - You know? 888 00:53:25,854 --> 00:53:28,553 That wagon train may not ever get here. 889 00:53:28,596 --> 00:53:30,294 Well, why not? 890 00:53:30,337 --> 00:53:31,643 Why, thank you. 891 00:53:34,689 --> 00:53:36,300 It was all set on coming to me. 892 00:53:36,343 --> 00:53:38,302 I, um... I was looking up 893 00:53:38,345 --> 00:53:40,478 and, um... Uh... 894 00:53:40,521 --> 00:53:41,827 Thank you. 895 00:53:42,871 --> 00:53:45,309 Hallelujah 896 00:53:45,352 --> 00:53:47,789 - There! Now I see it. - What? 897 00:53:47,833 --> 00:53:50,096 Uh... Indians. 898 00:53:50,139 --> 00:53:53,578 I see... Hundreds of Indians. 899 00:53:59,018 --> 00:54:01,020 You see anything else, Oracle? 900 00:54:01,063 --> 00:54:02,891 I think I... 901 00:54:02,935 --> 00:54:04,284 Hallelujah 902 00:54:04,328 --> 00:54:06,243 I see men! 903 00:54:06,286 --> 00:54:08,332 - I see men on the march. - Cavalry? 904 00:54:08,375 --> 00:54:11,335 Of course not. This ain't no time for children. 905 00:54:11,378 --> 00:54:14,381 I see men, men carrying, uh... 906 00:54:16,383 --> 00:54:17,906 Picks and, uh... 907 00:54:19,038 --> 00:54:20,735 Axes and, uh... 908 00:54:21,867 --> 00:54:23,085 Uh... 909 00:54:26,567 --> 00:54:27,786 Um... 910 00:54:37,099 --> 00:54:38,318 Shovels. 911 00:54:39,363 --> 00:54:40,799 But who are they? 912 00:54:40,842 --> 00:54:43,497 Denver citizens' militia. 913 00:54:43,541 --> 00:54:47,066 Marching out there to intercept that wagon train 914 00:54:47,109 --> 00:54:49,024 and see that whiskey gets home. 915 00:54:49,068 --> 00:54:50,461 Hold on, Oracle. 916 00:54:50,504 --> 00:54:52,463 We're working men. We're miners. 917 00:54:52,506 --> 00:54:55,074 We ain't Indian fighters, and I ain't going to go off 918 00:54:55,117 --> 00:54:56,945 marching up any river, sleeping on a rock, 919 00:54:56,989 --> 00:54:58,338 and cooking off campfires. 920 00:54:58,382 --> 00:54:59,707 You going to spend the whole winter 921 00:54:59,731 --> 00:55:01,646 in Denver without no whiskey? 922 00:55:19,533 --> 00:55:22,710 At dawn, the morning of November 17, 923 00:55:22,754 --> 00:55:26,323 the second cavalry patrol was heading due south for Denver... 924 00:55:26,366 --> 00:55:30,457 With, of course, the temperance marchers. 925 00:55:30,501 --> 00:55:34,374 The Wallingham wagon train was turning west. 926 00:55:34,418 --> 00:55:38,378 The first cavalry patrol was moving fast to intercept them, 927 00:55:38,422 --> 00:55:40,728 the Denver citizens' militia was making 928 00:55:40,772 --> 00:55:44,689 an easterly crossing of the South Platte River, 929 00:55:44,732 --> 00:55:49,389 while the Sioux Indians were coming down from the north, 930 00:55:49,433 --> 00:55:52,349 picking up more braves all the time. 931 00:55:54,176 --> 00:55:56,440 Whoa! Whoa! 932 00:55:56,483 --> 00:55:58,616 Beloved love of all the saints, 933 00:55:58,659 --> 00:56:00,444 Saint Pat and Mike and Brigid 934 00:56:00,487 --> 00:56:02,663 and all the souls in purgatory, 935 00:56:02,707 --> 00:56:04,491 not again! 936 00:56:04,535 --> 00:56:06,275 You call yourself a wagon, 937 00:56:06,319 --> 00:56:07,886 you rotted wheel collection of wood, 938 00:56:07,929 --> 00:56:10,410 you ain't fit for carrying swill to vultures! 939 00:56:31,736 --> 00:56:32,998 Whoa! 940 00:56:34,695 --> 00:56:36,523 All right, O'Flaherty, 941 00:56:36,567 --> 00:56:40,309 what's your excuse this time, you ignorant immigrant lump? 942 00:56:43,356 --> 00:56:45,445 Oh, lump, is it? 943 00:56:45,489 --> 00:56:46,794 Oh, well... 944 00:56:49,406 --> 00:56:51,016 All things being equal, 945 00:56:51,059 --> 00:56:53,497 we'll be having a word with your lordship. 946 00:56:53,540 --> 00:56:56,978 I told you I am not a lordship. 947 00:56:57,022 --> 00:57:00,721 You can't expect an Irish serf to forget the habits of a lifetime, now, can you? 948 00:57:00,765 --> 00:57:02,201 Just get on with it. 949 00:57:02,244 --> 00:57:04,856 Well now, we, the Irish Teamsters, 950 00:57:04,899 --> 00:57:06,727 have a petition of grievances. 951 00:57:06,771 --> 00:57:09,382 We state in plain and simple terms 952 00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:13,038 the bad conditions under which we've been forced to labor. 953 00:57:13,081 --> 00:57:16,476 And do hereby raise formal objection to the following... 954 00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:18,260 "To wit. 955 00:57:18,304 --> 00:57:20,349 "Travel hours and harnessin'. 956 00:57:20,393 --> 00:57:23,962 "Unharnessin', carin' for horses, 957 00:57:24,005 --> 00:57:28,706 "loadin', unloadin', beddin', guard duty, 958 00:57:30,751 --> 00:57:32,492 "poor drinkin' water, 959 00:57:33,406 --> 00:57:34,712 "order of wagons in march..." 960 00:57:34,755 --> 00:57:37,018 And might I add, in addition to, 961 00:57:37,062 --> 00:57:40,108 no whiskey ration whatsoever... 962 00:57:40,152 --> 00:57:42,894 In a whole cargo of whiskey. 963 00:57:42,937 --> 00:57:45,287 Ah... 964 00:57:45,331 --> 00:57:50,162 Well, now, suppose these grievances of yours aren't answered? 965 00:57:50,205 --> 00:57:51,859 What will you do? Strike? 966 00:57:51,903 --> 00:57:54,906 Oh, that's a very ugly word to a working man, sir, 967 00:57:54,949 --> 00:57:56,560 but it would be considered. 968 00:57:56,603 --> 00:58:00,999 Ah! Well, in that case, O'Flaherty, you strike. 969 00:58:02,174 --> 00:58:03,523 Strike. 970 00:58:03,567 --> 00:58:05,569 And who might I ask, pray tell me, 971 00:58:05,612 --> 00:58:10,095 are you going to get to drive your sweatin', rotten wagons? 972 00:58:16,971 --> 00:58:18,886 There are your grievances. 973 00:58:18,930 --> 00:58:22,281 We've struck off 12 more copies, exploiter! Capitalist! 974 00:58:22,324 --> 00:58:24,675 - Yah! Yah! - Highbinder! Profiteer! 975 00:58:40,647 --> 00:58:42,823 - Mr. Wallingham, I presume? - That's right. 976 00:58:42,867 --> 00:58:44,825 Captain Slater at your service. 977 00:58:44,869 --> 00:58:46,697 Colonel Gearhart sends his compliments 978 00:58:46,740 --> 00:58:48,457 and asks me to tell you that he's most happy 979 00:58:48,481 --> 00:58:50,788 to comply with your request for escort to Denver. 980 00:58:50,831 --> 00:58:52,833 Ah, good for Colonel Gearhart. 981 00:58:52,877 --> 00:58:54,487 Now, tell me, have you seen any Indians? 982 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:56,533 A scout informed me... 983 00:58:56,576 --> 00:58:58,989 Mr. Wallingham, there aren't any Indians within 100 miles of here. 984 00:58:59,013 --> 00:59:00,643 Haven't you heard of the peace commission? 985 00:59:00,667 --> 00:59:02,756 With a cargo like this, you've got to be sure. 986 00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,453 Damn sure! 987 00:59:04,497 --> 00:59:07,413 Indians, revenue agents, temperance women. 988 00:59:07,456 --> 00:59:09,154 - Oh, you know. - Know what? 989 00:59:09,197 --> 00:59:11,460 - About Cora Massingale. - Where? Where? 990 00:59:11,504 --> 00:59:13,593 It's all right. She's not here. 991 00:59:13,637 --> 00:59:16,640 Cora Massingale is at Fort Russell giving temperance lectures. 992 00:59:16,683 --> 00:59:18,642 Are you positive she's at Fort Russell? 993 00:59:18,685 --> 00:59:20,339 I can positively guarantee it. 994 00:59:20,382 --> 00:59:23,168 Why, she isn't any nearer your cargo than... 995 00:59:23,211 --> 00:59:24,517 Than the Indians are. 996 00:59:30,958 --> 00:59:32,177 Hope it's hot. 997 00:59:33,439 --> 00:59:35,006 Wait till we get you in here. 998 01:00:09,780 --> 01:00:11,085 Whoa! Whoa! 999 01:00:15,873 --> 01:00:17,526 Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! 1000 01:00:23,620 --> 01:00:25,273 Sergeant, I, uh... 1001 01:00:41,246 --> 01:00:43,378 We've got a morale problem, sir. 1002 01:00:43,422 --> 01:00:45,598 Take care of it, Buell. 1003 01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:48,209 I think the colonel will have to root it out, sir. 1004 01:00:48,253 --> 01:00:50,298 Right at the core. 1005 01:00:50,342 --> 01:00:53,127 The ladies, sir, are taking baths... 1006 01:00:54,651 --> 01:00:56,043 In the nude. 1007 01:01:10,623 --> 01:01:13,408 Mrs. Massingale, I'd like a word with you. 1008 01:01:27,988 --> 01:01:30,817 Would you mind calling some other time, colonel? 1009 01:01:30,861 --> 01:01:32,384 I'm taking a bath. 1010 01:01:32,427 --> 01:01:34,342 I am well aware that you're taking a bath. 1011 01:01:34,386 --> 01:01:36,170 I don't care how dirty you are, 1012 01:01:36,214 --> 01:01:38,054 I will not have you ladies bathing in the nude. 1013 01:01:39,391 --> 01:01:41,306 There's no other way I know of, colonel. 1014 01:01:41,349 --> 01:01:42,960 The opportunity presented itself, 1015 01:01:43,003 --> 01:01:45,049 and who knows what tomorrow might bring? 1016 01:01:45,092 --> 01:01:47,225 Especially now that we've changed our plans. 1017 01:01:48,356 --> 01:01:49,880 Changed your plans? 1018 01:01:49,923 --> 01:01:51,229 Yes, colonel. 1019 01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,756 You mean you... You want to go back to Cheyenne now? 1020 01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:58,932 Oh, don't be ridiculous. Of course not. 1021 01:01:58,976 --> 01:02:00,978 We want only to meet the wagon train. 1022 01:02:01,021 --> 01:02:02,501 But you are meeting the train. 1023 01:02:02,544 --> 01:02:04,546 That's why we're going to Denver. 1024 01:02:04,590 --> 01:02:07,680 But, we want to meet it long before it reaches Denver. 1025 01:02:07,724 --> 01:02:09,334 Well, that's not possible. 1026 01:02:09,377 --> 01:02:11,205 On the contrary, we now intend 1027 01:02:11,249 --> 01:02:13,468 to intercept the Wallingham wagon train 1028 01:02:13,512 --> 01:02:14,905 along the river Platte. 1029 01:02:15,557 --> 01:02:16,950 You what? 1030 01:02:19,083 --> 01:02:20,867 In a clash of wills, colonel, 1031 01:02:20,911 --> 01:02:23,174 he who shouts loudest is lost. 1032 01:02:23,217 --> 01:02:25,393 Madam... 1033 01:02:25,437 --> 01:02:27,134 If I understand you correctly, 1034 01:02:27,178 --> 01:02:28,788 you are planning to lead your ladies 1035 01:02:28,832 --> 01:02:30,659 through unsettled Plains country 1036 01:02:30,703 --> 01:02:33,097 along the South Platte River trail, is that correct? 1037 01:02:33,140 --> 01:02:34,272 Exactly. 1038 01:02:34,315 --> 01:02:36,100 And upon meeting the wagon train, 1039 01:02:36,143 --> 01:02:38,295 I surmise you plan to put on some sort of demonstration, 1040 01:02:38,319 --> 01:02:41,018 whose purpose is to turn back the train. 1041 01:02:41,583 --> 01:02:42,715 Precisely. 1042 01:02:44,021 --> 01:02:47,546 Very well. But if you thinkthe United States army 1043 01:02:47,589 --> 01:02:49,983 is going to escort a bunch of harebrained females 1044 01:02:50,027 --> 01:02:51,637 across open desert, 1045 01:02:51,680 --> 01:02:53,595 bent on throwing themselves under horse teams, 1046 01:02:53,639 --> 01:02:55,032 you're gravely mistaken. 1047 01:02:56,076 --> 01:02:57,817 Very well. 1048 01:02:57,861 --> 01:03:00,689 I thank you for your many courtesies thus far, 1049 01:03:00,733 --> 01:03:02,996 but if you force us to go our way unescorted, 1050 01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:04,737 and any harm comes to us, 1051 01:03:04,781 --> 01:03:07,348 3 million infuriated women 1052 01:03:07,392 --> 01:03:10,438 will turn the war department upside down. 1053 01:03:12,397 --> 01:03:16,618 Mrs. Massingale, if I could force you to do anything, 1054 01:03:16,662 --> 01:03:18,577 which obviously I cannot, 1055 01:03:18,620 --> 01:03:20,709 it would be to go home and stay home 1056 01:03:20,753 --> 01:03:22,407 where all decent women belong. 1057 01:03:47,214 --> 01:03:48,781 - Sergeant. - Sir. 1058 01:03:51,566 --> 01:03:53,307 - Damn it! - Yes, sir. 1059 01:03:55,483 --> 01:03:56,896 Sergeant, I want you to put some scouts 1060 01:03:56,920 --> 01:03:59,096 on the trail of those women tomorrow. 1061 01:03:59,139 --> 01:04:01,620 Have them keep in constant touch with this command. 1062 01:04:01,663 --> 01:04:04,275 We'll move in a somewhat parallel direction. 1063 01:04:04,318 --> 01:04:05,406 Yes, sir. 1064 01:04:08,018 --> 01:04:10,324 Excuse me, sir, uh, 1065 01:04:10,368 --> 01:04:12,283 parallel direction? 1066 01:04:12,326 --> 01:04:15,547 Is that a new tactic, sir? I'm not acquainted with it. 1067 01:04:15,590 --> 01:04:17,157 It was well known throughout the war. 1068 01:04:17,201 --> 01:04:18,985 Yes, sir, of course. 1069 01:04:20,682 --> 01:04:22,336 What's it called, sir? 1070 01:04:22,380 --> 01:04:23,903 Called? 1071 01:04:23,947 --> 01:04:25,446 I mean, uh, what command shall I give the men, 1072 01:04:25,470 --> 01:04:28,603 uh, move in a somewhat parallel direction? 1073 01:04:28,647 --> 01:04:31,998 It's called... Detached contact. 1074 01:04:32,999 --> 01:04:34,305 Detached contact! 1075 01:04:34,348 --> 01:04:35,828 And let it so be recorded 1076 01:04:35,872 --> 01:04:37,525 in the daily journal. 1077 01:04:38,352 --> 01:04:39,832 Yes, sir. 1078 01:05:03,377 --> 01:05:05,336 No documents can establish 1079 01:05:05,379 --> 01:05:08,165 just how the Sioux formulated their plans, 1080 01:05:08,208 --> 01:05:11,559 although it's known that a plan was so formulated. 1081 01:05:11,603 --> 01:05:14,867 All we can do is surmise what was said. 1082 01:05:17,652 --> 01:05:19,654 White man win war. 1083 01:05:19,698 --> 01:05:22,179 Now we use white man's way. 1084 01:05:23,745 --> 01:05:26,835 You, Chief Walks-Stooped-Over, 1085 01:05:26,879 --> 01:05:31,928 with 20 braves, attack front of wagon train and draw off guard. 1086 01:05:33,886 --> 01:05:35,975 You, Chief Elks-Runner, 1087 01:05:36,019 --> 01:05:39,370 with 20 braves, attack rear of wagon train 1088 01:05:39,413 --> 01:05:41,372 and draw off guard. 1089 01:05:41,415 --> 01:05:45,680 All other braves attack center of wagon train. 1090 01:05:45,724 --> 01:05:48,031 When long knives chase braves, 1091 01:05:48,074 --> 01:05:52,470 then, great Chief Five Barrels and two brothers-in-law 1092 01:05:52,513 --> 01:05:54,907 circle around whole wagon train, 1093 01:05:54,951 --> 01:05:57,910 come in from southeast, grab last 3 wagons, 1094 01:05:57,954 --> 01:06:01,348 and go like hell, west. 1095 01:06:01,392 --> 01:06:05,396 In the morning, when the sun rises over Iron Mountain, 1096 01:06:05,439 --> 01:06:08,573 two hands high... attack! 1097 01:06:12,142 --> 01:06:14,405 If long knives capture braves, 1098 01:06:14,448 --> 01:06:17,625 show them paper. We good Indians. 1099 01:06:17,669 --> 01:06:19,627 No trouble. 1100 01:06:19,671 --> 01:06:22,065 Go back to reservation. 1101 01:06:22,108 --> 01:06:26,199 But before you go, don't forget to ask for presents. 1102 01:06:30,682 --> 01:06:32,336 In preparation for their attack, 1103 01:06:32,379 --> 01:06:35,426 the Indians took up three positions. 1104 01:06:35,469 --> 01:06:40,170 Here, here and here. 1105 01:06:40,213 --> 01:06:43,434 The Wallingham wagon train was moving in this direction, 1106 01:06:43,477 --> 01:06:46,437 escorted by the first cavalry patrol. 1107 01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:49,962 The temperance marchers, having turned east, 1108 01:06:50,006 --> 01:06:52,225 were moving in this direction. 1109 01:06:52,269 --> 01:06:54,575 The second cavalry patrol under colonel Gearhart, 1110 01:06:54,619 --> 01:06:57,056 was maintaining detached contact. 1111 01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:01,626 The citizens' militia were now heading due north, at this position. 1112 01:07:01,669 --> 01:07:07,458 Obviously, a collision course for all concerned. 1113 01:07:07,501 --> 01:07:11,505 The day began with a sandstorm of disturbing proportions. 1114 01:07:23,909 --> 01:07:25,476 Hey, Rafe. Rafe! 1115 01:07:25,519 --> 01:07:27,304 Rafe! Rafe! 1116 01:07:27,347 --> 01:07:29,523 - What? - Get them moved up back there. 1117 01:07:29,567 --> 01:07:30,742 Huh? 1118 01:07:30,785 --> 01:07:34,006 Let's get them wagons moved up! 1119 01:07:34,050 --> 01:07:36,182 - Huh? - Keep your eye on them Irishmen. 1120 01:07:36,226 --> 01:07:37,531 What? 1121 01:07:37,575 --> 01:07:40,012 Watch out for them agitators. 1122 01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:42,406 - What? - Oh, shut up! 1123 01:07:47,193 --> 01:07:49,674 Arise! Break away now. 1124 01:07:49,717 --> 01:07:51,632 I think we're lost in the storm. 1125 01:07:51,676 --> 01:07:54,287 They'll have to give in to our demands. 1126 01:08:08,171 --> 01:08:10,173 Keep together, everybody, and keep moving. 1127 01:08:10,216 --> 01:08:12,392 Don't despair, we'll get through. 1128 01:08:12,436 --> 01:08:13,959 - Buell? - Sir. 1129 01:08:14,002 --> 01:08:15,502 Take a scout. Make contact with the women. 1130 01:08:15,526 --> 01:08:16,701 They may need help. 1131 01:08:16,744 --> 01:08:18,224 Sir, yes! 1132 01:08:27,581 --> 01:08:29,583 Oracle, can you see anything? 1133 01:08:29,627 --> 01:08:30,976 Nothing! 1134 01:08:31,019 --> 01:08:32,543 I mean in your mind. 1135 01:08:32,586 --> 01:08:34,022 I need whiskey. 1136 01:08:35,589 --> 01:08:39,506 Stand up, we'll march to Denver 1137 01:08:39,550 --> 01:08:42,422 for our cause is just 1138 01:08:42,466 --> 01:08:46,339 stand up, we'll march to Denver 1139 01:08:46,383 --> 01:08:49,690 to conquer sin and lust 1140 01:08:49,734 --> 01:08:53,564 stand up, we'll march to Denver 1141 01:08:53,607 --> 01:08:56,915 raise our banners high 1142 01:08:56,958 --> 01:09:00,397 Denver, we are coming 1143 01:09:00,440 --> 01:09:04,270 Denver will be dry, believers 1144 01:09:04,314 --> 01:09:06,968 Denver will be dry 1145 01:09:07,012 --> 01:09:10,929 stand up, we'll march to Denver 1146 01:09:10,972 --> 01:09:14,411 for our cause is just 1147 01:09:14,454 --> 01:09:18,415 stand up, we'll march to Denver 1148 01:09:21,287 --> 01:09:25,073 Stand up, we'll march to Denver 1149 01:09:25,117 --> 01:09:28,599 raise our banners high 1150 01:09:28,642 --> 01:09:32,080 Denver, we are coming 1151 01:09:32,124 --> 01:09:35,693 Denver will be dry, believers 1152 01:09:35,736 --> 01:09:38,435 Denver will be dry 1153 01:09:40,785 --> 01:09:44,267 stand up, we'll march to Denver 1154 01:09:44,310 --> 01:09:48,140 raise our banners high 1155 01:09:48,184 --> 01:09:49,750 Rafe! Rafe! Rafe! 1156 01:09:49,794 --> 01:09:51,709 Denver we are coming 1157 01:09:51,752 --> 01:09:54,581 Denver will be dry, believers 1158 01:09:54,625 --> 01:09:57,628 Denver will be dry 1159 01:09:57,671 --> 01:09:59,804 Pretend we're lost! 1160 01:09:59,847 --> 01:10:01,849 We are lost! 1161 01:10:16,821 --> 01:10:19,215 Oracle, you sure you know where you're going? 1162 01:10:20,433 --> 01:10:22,261 I mean, you ain't lost? 1163 01:10:22,305 --> 01:10:24,002 Of course, I ain't lost. 1164 01:10:24,045 --> 01:10:26,309 Now, you just get behind me and keep goin'. 1165 01:10:27,353 --> 01:10:28,963 Follow me, men! 1166 01:10:41,367 --> 01:10:43,369 Now, listen to me, you men. 1167 01:10:44,588 --> 01:10:47,765 We're gonna shelter from this dust and... 1168 01:11:09,352 --> 01:11:10,353 I... 1169 01:11:20,276 --> 01:11:22,103 Oh, go on! 1170 01:11:52,133 --> 01:11:54,266 March to Denver 1171 01:11:54,310 --> 01:11:57,095 no more whiskey here 1172 01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:34,654 Hey. 1173 01:12:34,698 --> 01:12:36,352 Hey, hey, wait. Just... 1174 01:12:46,666 --> 01:12:49,626 Ladies, form a circle. 1175 01:12:49,669 --> 01:12:52,629 Rafe, Rafe, Rafe. Hey! Oh, Rafe! 1176 01:12:52,672 --> 01:12:54,108 Rafe! 1177 01:12:55,022 --> 01:12:56,850 - Is that gunfire? - Huh? 1178 01:12:56,894 --> 01:12:58,765 I said, did you hear gunfire? 1179 01:12:58,809 --> 01:12:59,853 What? 1180 01:12:59,897 --> 01:13:01,594 Form a circle, damn it! 1181 01:13:01,638 --> 01:13:03,857 - Form a circle! - A circle! 1182 01:13:03,901 --> 01:13:05,206 Form a circle! 1183 01:13:06,077 --> 01:13:08,253 Form a circle! 1184 01:13:11,169 --> 01:13:14,041 Militia, form a circle! 1185 01:13:16,217 --> 01:13:18,394 Whoa! Whoa! 1186 01:13:25,792 --> 01:13:27,794 Take cover, ladies. 1187 01:14:02,176 --> 01:14:03,264 Keep firing! 1188 01:14:23,937 --> 01:14:26,113 Henry, take a squad! 1189 01:14:26,157 --> 01:14:27,463 Get over that ridge! 1190 01:14:27,506 --> 01:14:28,594 Yes, sir! 1191 01:14:28,638 --> 01:14:29,769 Ho! 1192 01:16:29,497 --> 01:16:31,151 Protect your rear! 1193 01:16:32,936 --> 01:16:34,198 Fire! 1194 01:16:37,418 --> 01:16:39,377 Protect your other rear! 1195 01:16:40,857 --> 01:16:42,380 Fire! 1196 01:16:45,035 --> 01:16:46,689 Protect your rear! 1197 01:17:12,149 --> 01:17:13,672 Try this! 1198 01:17:13,716 --> 01:17:18,285 - Protect both rears simultaneously. - Ah. 1199 01:17:26,337 --> 01:17:27,904 - It's Indians, sir! - What? 1200 01:17:27,947 --> 01:17:29,601 Indians, sir! 1201 01:17:29,645 --> 01:17:31,081 And they've got the women! 1202 01:17:31,124 --> 01:17:32,560 Good God! 1203 01:17:32,604 --> 01:17:34,171 Charge! 1204 01:17:36,303 --> 01:17:38,697 A great effort has been made to adhere 1205 01:17:38,741 --> 01:17:41,700 to the chronological events of this action. 1206 01:17:41,744 --> 01:17:44,616 But due to the poor visibility, 1207 01:17:44,660 --> 01:17:48,272 we are only able to approximate positions. 1208 01:17:48,315 --> 01:17:50,622 As the battle neared its climax, 1209 01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:53,930 we believe the wagon train was here. 1210 01:17:53,973 --> 01:17:56,454 The two elements of the first cavalry detachment 1211 01:17:56,497 --> 01:17:58,848 here and here. 1212 01:17:58,891 --> 01:18:02,373 The second cavalry detachment, here. 1213 01:18:03,504 --> 01:18:05,811 The women's temperance marchers here. 1214 01:18:05,855 --> 01:18:10,468 The Denver citizens' militia, uh, approximately here. 1215 01:18:10,511 --> 01:18:13,645 The Indians here, here, and... 1216 01:18:16,430 --> 01:18:17,605 Ahhh! 1217 01:18:18,519 --> 01:18:20,173 Here. 1218 01:18:21,784 --> 01:18:25,483 It is not known what happened to the striking Irish. 1219 01:18:25,526 --> 01:18:27,311 To the best of our knowledge then, 1220 01:18:27,354 --> 01:18:30,053 these are the final positions in the engagement 1221 01:18:30,096 --> 01:18:32,011 that became known to history 1222 01:18:32,055 --> 01:18:34,318 as the Battle of Whiskey Hills. 1223 01:18:34,361 --> 01:18:36,624 But, which of course, was as nothing 1224 01:18:36,668 --> 01:18:41,107 compared to the subsequent disaster at Quicksand Bottoms. 1225 01:21:09,429 --> 01:21:11,736 Hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah 1226 01:21:11,779 --> 01:21:14,043 Hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah 1227 01:21:14,086 --> 01:21:16,436 Hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah 1228 01:21:16,480 --> 01:21:18,961 Hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah 1229 01:21:19,004 --> 01:21:23,791 Hallelujah, hallelujah 1230 01:21:23,835 --> 01:21:28,274 Hallelujah, hallelu, Hallelujah Trail 1231 01:21:28,318 --> 01:21:32,148 Hallelujah, hallelujah 1232 01:21:32,931 --> 01:21:36,848 Hallelujah, hallelu, 1233 01:21:36,892 --> 01:21:40,460 Hallelujah Trail 1234 01:22:27,899 --> 01:22:29,335 It's a miracle. 1235 01:22:29,379 --> 01:22:30,684 I beg your pardon, sir? 1236 01:22:30,728 --> 01:22:32,599 A miracle of the highest order 1237 01:22:32,643 --> 01:22:35,124 that so many bullets could have missed so many people 1238 01:22:35,167 --> 01:22:38,388 in so small an area in such a short space of time. 1239 01:22:39,955 --> 01:22:41,304 No fatalities at all? 1240 01:22:41,347 --> 01:22:43,001 None reported, sir. 1241 01:22:43,045 --> 01:22:44,979 Now, what does the colonel propose that we do now? 1242 01:22:45,003 --> 01:22:46,874 Our duty is crystal clear. 1243 01:22:46,918 --> 01:22:49,660 The first thing we must do is keep the peace. 1244 01:22:49,703 --> 01:22:50,748 Do you agree, Buell? 1245 01:22:50,791 --> 01:22:52,793 Absolutely, sir. 1246 01:22:52,837 --> 01:22:55,318 Now, there are three important steps to peace negotiations. 1247 01:22:55,361 --> 01:22:58,321 No fraternization and no discharge of firearms. 1248 01:22:58,364 --> 01:22:59,757 Yes, sir. 1249 01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:01,889 And the third step, sir? 1250 01:23:01,933 --> 01:23:04,196 The third step? Uh, it's not important. 1251 01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:06,546 What is important is we must have a conference. 1252 01:23:06,590 --> 01:23:08,550 You can't have peace without a conference, Slater. 1253 01:23:08,592 --> 01:23:10,463 - Buell. - Sir? 1254 01:23:10,507 --> 01:23:12,867 Inform all interested parties a conference will be held here 1255 01:23:12,900 --> 01:23:14,946 - in one hour from now. - Yes, sir. 1256 01:23:18,602 --> 01:23:21,822 Now, beyond that, my contract, I got it right here, my contract says 1257 01:23:21,866 --> 01:23:23,737 that I am going to deliver, 1258 01:23:23,781 --> 01:23:26,001 and, by God, I am gonna deliver, come hell or high water. 1259 01:23:26,044 --> 01:23:27,350 So, now, first thing you gotta do 1260 01:23:27,393 --> 01:23:28,675 is get them damn foreigners outta here. 1261 01:23:28,699 --> 01:23:30,222 Mr. Wallingham... 1262 01:23:30,266 --> 01:23:32,224 Now I am a taxpayer, sir, and a good republican, 1263 01:23:32,268 --> 01:23:34,879 which means I am entitled to army escort 1264 01:23:34,922 --> 01:23:38,076 and I'm damn well gonna get army escort or I'm gonna raise all kinds of hell between... 1265 01:23:38,100 --> 01:23:39,927 - Mr. Wallingham. - What? 1266 01:23:39,971 --> 01:23:42,800 I will not tolerate profanity in the presence of ladies. 1267 01:23:44,671 --> 01:23:45,716 Oh. 1268 01:23:47,935 --> 01:23:50,547 I think we understand your position by now. 1269 01:23:50,590 --> 01:23:53,724 Now the next party to be heard from will be, uh... 1270 01:23:53,767 --> 01:23:55,813 Who are you? 1271 01:23:55,856 --> 01:23:58,990 My name is Clayton Howell, sir, commander of the Denver Free Militia. 1272 01:23:59,034 --> 01:24:00,122 And what do you want? 1273 01:24:00,165 --> 01:24:02,472 I'd like to inform the colonel 1274 01:24:02,515 --> 01:24:05,953 that a lot of us here are members of the Denver Saloon Owners' Association, 1275 01:24:05,997 --> 01:24:09,392 and we intend to receive that there cargo and take it home with us. 1276 01:24:09,435 --> 01:24:12,090 Now the winter nights are long and lonely in Denver, sir, 1277 01:24:12,134 --> 01:24:14,092 and a man is sorely in need of comfort. 1278 01:24:14,136 --> 01:24:15,702 Starting next month, 1279 01:24:15,746 --> 01:24:19,141 that there sun is gonna be setting at 5:33 p.m., 1280 01:24:19,184 --> 01:24:21,317 and she's gonna rise 11 dark hours later... 1281 01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:23,841 All right, all right. I think we can leave the sun out of this. 1282 01:24:25,930 --> 01:24:28,193 - What are you doing here, Oracle? - Uh, sir, colonel. 1283 01:24:28,237 --> 01:24:30,717 I'm the guide to the Denver Free Militia. 1284 01:24:30,761 --> 01:24:34,852 It is my duty to see that this precious cargo and these good people... 1285 01:24:34,895 --> 01:24:36,375 Thank you. Thank you, Oracle. 1286 01:24:36,419 --> 01:24:38,986 I'm well aware of the duties of a guide. 1287 01:24:39,030 --> 01:24:40,336 You're next. 1288 01:24:40,379 --> 01:24:42,381 Kevin O'Flaherty at your service, sir. 1289 01:24:42,425 --> 01:24:44,340 President of the Irish Teamsters. 1290 01:24:44,383 --> 01:24:45,906 With your lordship's permission, 1291 01:24:45,950 --> 01:24:48,909 I have here a resolution containing 14 points, 1292 01:24:48,953 --> 01:24:51,999 which I'd like to read as preliminary to these labor negotiations. 1293 01:24:52,043 --> 01:24:53,566 Labor negotiations? 1294 01:24:53,610 --> 01:24:56,134 If our demands are not satisfied, your lordship, 1295 01:24:56,178 --> 01:24:59,137 we intend to strike, as nasty as that may seem. 1296 01:24:59,181 --> 01:25:01,835 - By damn, you just try... - Wallingham! 1297 01:25:02,749 --> 01:25:04,534 Oh. 1298 01:25:04,577 --> 01:25:07,014 I am not gonna abandon ten of my wagons to them Indians. 1299 01:25:07,058 --> 01:25:08,842 Who said you had to? 1300 01:25:08,886 --> 01:25:11,086 You've got the Denver Free Militia to drive your wagons. 1301 01:25:11,758 --> 01:25:12,890 What? 1302 01:25:13,934 --> 01:25:15,849 Excuse me, sir. 1303 01:25:15,893 --> 01:25:17,566 The militia couldn't drive the wagons, sir, 1304 01:25:17,590 --> 01:25:19,592 unless we took a soldier to guard each one of them. 1305 01:25:19,636 --> 01:25:21,464 They're the worst bar flies in Denver. 1306 01:25:21,507 --> 01:25:24,858 Yeah, for that matter, who's gonna guard the soldiers? 1307 01:25:24,902 --> 01:25:26,860 Yes, I see what you mean. 1308 01:25:26,904 --> 01:25:28,993 Our supply of temperance men is extremely limited. 1309 01:25:29,036 --> 01:25:30,821 Yes, sir. It sure is. 1310 01:25:31,996 --> 01:25:34,085 Well, then. 1311 01:25:34,129 --> 01:25:35,410 Well, since you have nothing further to say, Mr. O'Flaherty... 1312 01:25:35,434 --> 01:25:36,914 - Colonel... - Sit down. 1313 01:25:36,957 --> 01:25:38,307 I, now call on Mrs. Massingale. 1314 01:25:38,350 --> 01:25:40,178 Thank you very much, colonel. 1315 01:25:40,222 --> 01:25:42,049 The temperance movement has now spread across 1316 01:25:42,093 --> 01:25:44,182 the length and breadth of this great nation. 1317 01:25:44,226 --> 01:25:46,184 Our noble movement founded in the year... 1318 01:25:46,228 --> 01:25:49,187 Mrs. Massingale, we are not here for a history of the movement. 1319 01:25:49,231 --> 01:25:50,754 Have you anything further to say? 1320 01:25:50,797 --> 01:25:52,973 I have. 1321 01:25:53,017 --> 01:25:55,759 Dump it, I say. Dump this entire vile cargo into the river right now. 1322 01:25:55,802 --> 01:25:58,849 - By damn, madam... - Mr. Wallingham. 1323 01:26:15,605 --> 01:26:17,955 Did you get that, captain? 1324 01:26:17,998 --> 01:26:19,522 Not a word. 1325 01:26:19,565 --> 01:26:22,220 But I have an interpreter standing by. Sims! 1326 01:26:24,266 --> 01:26:25,745 Yes, sir. 1327 01:26:25,789 --> 01:26:26,983 Sims, find out what they're doing here? 1328 01:26:27,007 --> 01:26:28,071 Why they left the reservation? 1329 01:26:28,095 --> 01:26:29,184 Yes, sir. 1330 01:26:42,545 --> 01:26:46,288 Hunt buffalo. Minding own business. 1331 01:26:46,331 --> 01:26:50,161 Then white Long Knives come along and attack peaceful Indian. 1332 01:27:00,954 --> 01:27:02,826 Paper say peaceful Indian. 1333 01:27:04,828 --> 01:27:08,658 We go home, but first you give us presents. 1334 01:27:11,791 --> 01:27:12,792 What'd he say? 1335 01:27:12,836 --> 01:27:13,967 He said, 1336 01:27:14,011 --> 01:27:16,013 "Hunt buffalo in peace, 1337 01:27:16,056 --> 01:27:19,146 "minding their own business, when white Long Knives attack." 1338 01:27:19,190 --> 01:27:20,800 - What? - Yes, sir. 1339 01:27:20,844 --> 01:27:22,672 But they're willin' to go home now, sir. 1340 01:27:22,715 --> 01:27:25,109 Oh, that's fine. Tell him he's made a wise decision. 1341 01:27:25,152 --> 01:27:26,153 Yes, sir. 1342 01:27:36,555 --> 01:27:39,993 Where are presents for us? 1343 01:27:40,037 --> 01:27:43,997 You give me 20 wagons whiskey 1344 01:27:44,041 --> 01:27:47,914 or I don't take my braves home. 1345 01:27:48,915 --> 01:27:50,047 Period. 1346 01:27:56,009 --> 01:27:58,142 Yes? What'd he say? 1347 01:27:58,185 --> 01:28:01,667 He said he would like to give you a present, sir. 1348 01:28:01,711 --> 01:28:03,582 - That's fine. - But he hasn't got one, sir. 1349 01:28:03,626 --> 01:28:05,192 Oh, I understand. 1350 01:28:05,236 --> 01:28:06,518 Thank him, but tell him no present is necessary. 1351 01:28:06,542 --> 01:28:08,587 - Yes. - Wait. I'll tell him. 1352 01:28:25,387 --> 01:28:27,824 All right, then. 1353 01:28:27,867 --> 01:28:31,131 Tomorrow morning, this whole, uh... This, uh... 1354 01:28:31,175 --> 01:28:32,698 We're leaving for Denver. 1355 01:28:32,742 --> 01:28:35,266 You will take your orders from Sergeant Major Buell 1356 01:28:35,310 --> 01:28:37,007 as to starting time, 1357 01:28:37,050 --> 01:28:39,749 disposition of marching order, camp sites, et cetera. 1358 01:28:39,792 --> 01:28:42,708 Any decisions to be made will be made by me. 1359 01:28:43,361 --> 01:28:44,667 Sergeant. 1360 01:28:44,710 --> 01:28:46,625 Conference stands adjourned! 1361 01:29:26,578 --> 01:29:27,579 Buell. 1362 01:29:27,623 --> 01:29:29,233 Yes, sir? 1363 01:29:29,276 --> 01:29:31,540 What are those Indians doing here? 1364 01:29:31,583 --> 01:29:33,890 I don't know, sir. 1365 01:29:33,933 --> 01:29:36,414 How long have they been following us? 1366 01:29:36,458 --> 01:29:39,262 Matter of fact, sir, I was gonna bring that matter to the colonel's attention, sir. 1367 01:29:39,286 --> 01:29:41,550 They've been trailing us all day, sir. 1368 01:29:41,593 --> 01:29:45,031 Shall I take a squad and run 'em off, sir? 1369 01:29:45,075 --> 01:29:47,207 Buell, don't you know the Indian wars are over. 1370 01:29:47,251 --> 01:29:49,447 These Sioux are wards of the government and we represent the government. 1371 01:29:49,471 --> 01:29:51,821 How the hell do you think that would look in Washington? 1372 01:29:51,864 --> 01:29:53,823 The colonel has a point, sir. 1373 01:29:53,866 --> 01:29:55,670 Get the interpreter. Find out why they're still here. 1374 01:29:55,694 --> 01:29:57,653 - Yes, sir. Sir? - And, Buell. 1375 01:29:57,696 --> 01:29:58,828 We'll camp early tonight. 1376 01:29:58,871 --> 01:30:00,177 Field quarters assembly? 1377 01:30:00,220 --> 01:30:01,657 Have the sentries out before dark. 1378 01:30:01,700 --> 01:30:02,701 Yes, sir. 1379 01:30:06,139 --> 01:30:07,793 - Carter. - Sir? 1380 01:30:07,837 --> 01:30:09,336 Check the rest of the sentries and find Sergeant Buell. 1381 01:30:09,360 --> 01:30:10,361 Yes, sir. 1382 01:31:01,630 --> 01:31:03,066 - Philips. - Sir? 1383 01:31:03,109 --> 01:31:04,502 What's going on here? 1384 01:31:04,546 --> 01:31:06,504 Compliments of Mrs. Massingale, sir. 1385 01:31:06,548 --> 01:31:08,288 She has use of another tub, sir, 1386 01:31:08,332 --> 01:31:11,640 and she thought the colonel looked dirty, sir. 1387 01:31:11,683 --> 01:31:14,773 Kind of scroungy and mucky, sir. 1388 01:31:14,817 --> 01:31:16,732 And she thought... 1389 01:31:16,775 --> 01:31:18,298 She sort of... 1390 01:31:19,517 --> 01:31:20,736 Yes, sir. 1391 01:31:32,008 --> 01:31:33,575 Colonel Gearhart, sir. 1392 01:31:33,618 --> 01:31:34,880 Yes? 1393 01:31:34,924 --> 01:31:37,013 All sentries on their posts, sir. 1394 01:31:37,056 --> 01:31:39,189 The Denver Militia has retired for the evening. 1395 01:31:40,582 --> 01:31:42,671 Where's Sergeant Buell? 1396 01:31:42,714 --> 01:31:46,849 Well, he's still at the Indian camp, sir, with the interpreter. 1397 01:31:46,892 --> 01:31:49,025 - That's all, Carter. - Yes, sir. 1398 01:32:01,646 --> 01:32:02,734 Sir? 1399 01:32:04,127 --> 01:32:05,215 Come in, Buell. 1400 01:32:06,912 --> 01:32:08,653 The report from the interpreter, sir... 1401 01:32:09,306 --> 01:32:10,525 He, uh... 1402 01:32:13,310 --> 01:32:14,311 Well? 1403 01:32:16,269 --> 01:32:18,054 There might be a little confusion, sir. 1404 01:32:18,097 --> 01:32:20,622 - Confusion? - Confusion. Yes, sir. 1405 01:32:20,665 --> 01:32:24,321 The interpreter was only sure they said, "Hunt buffalo in peace, 1406 01:32:24,364 --> 01:32:27,803 "minding own business, when white Long Knives attack. 1407 01:32:27,846 --> 01:32:31,763 "Willing to go home. Would like to give you present." 1408 01:32:36,420 --> 01:32:38,857 Sergeant, get me Oracle Jones. 1409 01:32:39,945 --> 01:32:41,251 Yes, sir. 1410 01:32:59,138 --> 01:33:00,357 Friend. 1411 01:33:03,490 --> 01:33:05,710 Go ahead and tell him. 1412 01:33:05,754 --> 01:33:08,434 Don't beat around the bush. Find out why the hell they're still here. 1413 01:33:15,372 --> 01:33:17,635 The chief says he's waitin' for the presents. 1414 01:33:17,679 --> 01:33:19,768 Presents? Wait a... 1415 01:33:19,811 --> 01:33:21,639 Oh. 1416 01:33:21,683 --> 01:33:24,337 Well, tell him we don't want any presents, and thank him. 1417 01:33:33,608 --> 01:33:36,654 Not for you, colonel. For him. 1418 01:33:38,830 --> 01:33:40,919 Just a minute. 1419 01:33:40,963 --> 01:33:42,921 He said, "Hunt buffalo in peace, 1420 01:33:43,879 --> 01:33:45,445 "minding own business..." 1421 01:33:45,489 --> 01:33:47,230 - Sims! - Yes, sir. 1422 01:33:47,273 --> 01:33:49,014 You're under arrest. 1423 01:33:49,711 --> 01:33:50,711 Yes, sir. 1424 01:33:55,978 --> 01:33:58,545 Suppose I refuse to give them any presents? 1425 01:33:58,589 --> 01:34:00,330 They won't go home. 1426 01:34:03,942 --> 01:34:06,205 Well, find out what they want. 1427 01:34:15,388 --> 01:34:18,827 The chief says he wants 20 wagons of... 1428 01:34:20,393 --> 01:34:21,743 Crazy water. 1429 01:34:22,569 --> 01:34:24,702 Twenty wagons of whiskey? 1430 01:34:24,746 --> 01:34:28,793 That chief, he's a real boozer, colonel. 1431 01:34:30,273 --> 01:34:32,710 Well, you tell him no. 1432 01:34:32,754 --> 01:34:35,582 No one's gonna blackmail the United States Army! No, sir! 1433 01:34:35,626 --> 01:34:38,716 Tell him to pack up his braves and get back where they come from. 1434 01:34:38,760 --> 01:34:40,239 I'll tell him. 1435 01:34:41,719 --> 01:34:43,808 White chief. Indian chief. 1436 01:34:43,852 --> 01:34:45,549 Meet. 1437 01:34:45,592 --> 01:34:48,595 As friends. Leave as friends. 1438 01:34:49,684 --> 01:34:51,686 No crazy water, no whiskey. 1439 01:34:52,425 --> 01:34:54,645 Go home in peace. 1440 01:34:54,689 --> 01:34:56,516 But go home! Sergeant. 1441 01:34:56,560 --> 01:34:57,779 Yes, sir. 1442 01:37:05,341 --> 01:37:08,779 Hallelujah! 1443 01:37:09,432 --> 01:37:10,955 There! Now I see it! 1444 01:37:33,195 --> 01:37:35,806 Frank! Hold up there, Frank! 1445 01:37:35,850 --> 01:37:37,286 Whoa! Whoa! 1446 01:37:37,329 --> 01:37:40,942 Frank, come sundown you head your wagons 1447 01:37:40,985 --> 01:37:42,813 in towards Quicksand Bottoms. 1448 01:37:42,857 --> 01:37:43,988 What for? 1449 01:37:44,032 --> 01:37:45,381 We'll be campin' there tonight. 1450 01:37:45,424 --> 01:37:47,513 No, we ain't. Not this train. 1451 01:37:47,557 --> 01:37:50,386 Oh, sure, Frank. Well, you just suit yourself. 1452 01:37:50,429 --> 01:37:52,257 That's a waste of time and horsepower. 1453 01:37:52,301 --> 01:37:55,304 I'll just light out for Denver on my lonesome. 1454 01:37:58,307 --> 01:38:00,700 Wait a minute, Oracle. You seen somethin'? 1455 01:38:00,744 --> 01:38:05,749 Well, now, I don't mind tellin' you things is just beginnin' to come through. 1456 01:38:05,792 --> 01:38:06,924 What, what? 1457 01:38:06,968 --> 01:38:09,405 I can't say. 1458 01:38:09,448 --> 01:38:11,450 Got somethin' to do with Quicksand Bottoms, has it? 1459 01:38:12,190 --> 01:38:13,626 Yep. 1460 01:38:13,670 --> 01:38:15,019 Rafe! Rafe! 1461 01:38:17,413 --> 01:38:20,435 When we get to Quicksand Bottoms, you head in. We're gonna camp there tonight. 1462 01:38:20,459 --> 01:38:22,548 Huh? 1463 01:38:22,592 --> 01:38:24,594 I said, "When we get to Quicksand Bottoms, head in. 1464 01:38:24,637 --> 01:38:26,378 "We're gonna camp there tonight." 1465 01:38:26,422 --> 01:38:27,902 Okay, Frank. 1466 01:38:37,868 --> 01:38:39,914 Militia, halt! 1467 01:38:43,439 --> 01:38:46,224 Get that circle formed in there and keep it tight. 1468 01:38:46,268 --> 01:38:48,966 Stay away from the edge of that swamp. Look out there! 1469 01:38:49,010 --> 01:38:51,882 Come on, move it up there. Close it up tight! 1470 01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:58,497 Stay away from the edge of that swamp. Look out there! 1471 01:39:02,240 --> 01:39:04,547 All right! All right! Come on, the rest of ya! 1472 01:39:04,590 --> 01:39:05,983 Watch out! 1473 01:39:06,027 --> 01:39:08,116 Frank! Frank! You'd better come quick! 1474 01:39:08,159 --> 01:39:12,424 The Irish have gone on strike and they've taken 10 of the wagons. 1475 01:39:12,468 --> 01:39:13,468 Ha! 1476 01:39:19,431 --> 01:39:22,652 Clayton! Go and rescue that precious booze. 1477 01:39:22,695 --> 01:39:24,219 Form up your men. 1478 01:39:24,262 --> 01:39:27,526 Militia! Form up in a column of fours! Hup! 1479 01:39:32,749 --> 01:39:35,317 Well, sir, it's finally happened. 1480 01:39:35,360 --> 01:39:37,991 The Teamsters have finally gone on strike. They've taken 10 wagons and formed a circle. 1481 01:39:38,015 --> 01:39:39,495 Where's Wallingham? 1482 01:39:39,538 --> 01:39:41,366 He's gettin' the militia together, sir. 1483 01:39:41,410 --> 01:39:43,040 He's also threatened to use force so, I've taken a platoon 1484 01:39:43,064 --> 01:39:44,606 and put them between the militia and the ladies. 1485 01:39:44,630 --> 01:39:46,086 The ladies? What have they got to do with this? 1486 01:39:46,110 --> 01:39:47,982 Well, they're supporting the strike, sir. 1487 01:39:48,025 --> 01:39:50,185 - What? - It's quite possible that violence is imminent. 1488 01:40:04,433 --> 01:40:06,783 Come down from there, you alien radical! 1489 01:40:06,826 --> 01:40:08,872 - Capitalist! - Anarchist! 1490 01:40:08,915 --> 01:40:10,917 Hold your positions, ladies. 1491 01:40:23,060 --> 01:40:25,062 Now, you finally got here, did ya? 1492 01:40:25,106 --> 01:40:27,891 All right, I want you to get this damn mess straightened out. 1493 01:40:34,289 --> 01:40:35,290 You! 1494 01:40:36,769 --> 01:40:38,989 Just what are you and yourladies up to this time? 1495 01:40:39,033 --> 01:40:42,297 Merely exercising our right to peaceful assembly, 1496 01:40:42,340 --> 01:40:44,255 as guaranteed by the Constitution, 1497 01:40:44,299 --> 01:40:47,867 a document which you, an army officer, are sworn to uphold. 1498 01:40:49,695 --> 01:40:51,132 O'Flaherty. 1499 01:40:51,175 --> 01:40:53,221 We're just honest workmen, your lordship, 1500 01:40:53,264 --> 01:40:55,484 exercising our God-given right 1501 01:40:55,527 --> 01:40:57,094 to refuse to work. 1502 01:40:57,138 --> 01:40:59,401 Hah! You're a pack of cowards, 1503 01:40:59,444 --> 01:41:01,403 hidin' behind the skirts of these women here. 1504 01:41:01,446 --> 01:41:03,405 Besides that, you're a thief. 1505 01:41:03,448 --> 01:41:05,426 You're a pack of Irish thieves. They stole 10 of my wagons. 1506 01:41:05,450 --> 01:41:07,409 I demand you do somethin' about it. 1507 01:41:07,452 --> 01:41:09,411 Now, calm yourself, Mr. Wallingham. 1508 01:41:09,454 --> 01:41:11,326 I can see your wagons. 1509 01:41:11,369 --> 01:41:12,892 They don't look stolen to me. 1510 01:41:12,936 --> 01:41:15,112 Well, they're as good as stolen, by damn! 1511 01:41:15,156 --> 01:41:17,810 I must remind you again, sir, there are ladies present. 1512 01:41:17,854 --> 01:41:20,900 Damn right they're present and I want 'em removed. 1513 01:41:20,944 --> 01:41:22,250 I'm sorry, Mr. Wallingham, 1514 01:41:22,293 --> 01:41:24,426 but this is obviously a labor dispute. 1515 01:41:24,469 --> 01:41:26,471 And much as I hate to admit it, 1516 01:41:26,515 --> 01:41:29,779 Mrs. Massingale and Mr. O'Flaherty are within their rights. 1517 01:41:29,822 --> 01:41:33,304 Rights? What about my rights as a taxpayer and a good republican? 1518 01:41:33,348 --> 01:41:35,915 I'll protect your wagons and cargo, 1519 01:41:35,959 --> 01:41:38,092 but under army regulations I cannot... 1520 01:41:38,135 --> 01:41:40,722 All right, men. We've had enough listenin' this soldier lawyer talk. 1521 01:41:40,746 --> 01:41:42,661 Get in there and club down them Irishmen. 1522 01:41:42,705 --> 01:41:44,837 Club 'em down and tote them women out. 1523 01:41:46,491 --> 01:41:48,145 Slater, take charge. 1524 01:41:48,189 --> 01:41:49,755 You'll meet force with force 1525 01:41:49,799 --> 01:41:51,453 to whatever extent is necessary. 1526 01:41:51,496 --> 01:41:54,499 Companies A and B, move up! Ho! 1527 01:42:06,424 --> 01:42:08,513 Draw carbines! Ho! 1528 01:42:10,385 --> 01:42:12,430 Ah! 1529 01:42:12,474 --> 01:42:14,867 Come on, get in there! What are you waitin' for? 1530 01:42:16,695 --> 01:42:18,958 Uh, be reasonable, Frank. 1531 01:42:19,002 --> 01:42:21,004 We can't fight the United States Army. 1532 01:42:21,047 --> 01:42:22,310 It wouldn't look good. 1533 01:42:23,354 --> 01:42:24,355 Ha! 1534 01:42:25,356 --> 01:42:27,184 All right, Gearhart. 1535 01:42:27,228 --> 01:42:30,144 I'm holding you responsible for every one of my wagons. 1536 01:42:30,187 --> 01:42:31,580 I accept the responsibility. 1537 01:42:31,623 --> 01:42:33,408 - Buell! - Sir! 1538 01:42:33,451 --> 01:42:35,105 We'll camp here tonight. Pick a site. 1539 01:42:35,149 --> 01:42:37,629 Yes, sir. Field order 138, sir? 1540 01:42:40,937 --> 01:42:42,199 Yes, sir. 1541 01:42:44,288 --> 01:42:46,682 My congratulations, Mrs. Massingale. 1542 01:42:46,725 --> 01:42:49,337 A brilliant maneuver, flawlessly executed. 1543 01:42:49,380 --> 01:42:51,513 Thank you, colonel. I'm very flattered. 1544 01:42:52,775 --> 01:42:54,646 Maintain order, Slater. 1545 01:43:11,446 --> 01:43:12,664 Ladies. 1546 01:43:13,622 --> 01:43:16,364 Mrs. Massingale, ma'am... 1547 01:43:16,407 --> 01:43:20,019 Would you mind telling me just what you expect to gain by all this? 1548 01:43:20,063 --> 01:43:21,891 - Time, for one thing. - Ha. 1549 01:43:21,934 --> 01:43:24,546 But you can't keep my wagons immobilized forever. 1550 01:43:24,589 --> 01:43:26,939 We'll see. 1551 01:43:26,983 --> 01:43:30,508 Would you mind telling me what your next move might be? 1552 01:43:30,552 --> 01:43:34,077 Well, apart from our non-violent picket line, we have no plans. 1553 01:43:34,120 --> 01:43:37,211 - Except to have our meeting at the Indian camp tonight. - Yeah. 1554 01:43:37,254 --> 01:43:39,517 - A what? - A rally. 1555 01:43:39,561 --> 01:43:41,389 A rally, Frank. 1556 01:43:41,432 --> 01:43:44,261 Hold your positions, ladies. Come along, Louise. 1557 01:43:46,524 --> 01:43:49,658 A rally at the Indian camp. 1558 01:43:49,701 --> 01:43:51,529 Oh. 1559 01:43:51,573 --> 01:43:53,923 We will save, we will save, 1560 01:43:53,966 --> 01:43:58,188 we will save another soul, hallelujah 1561 01:43:58,232 --> 01:44:03,498 We will save, we will save, we will save another soul 1562 01:44:04,934 --> 01:44:09,199 And if the road is rocky and a man should start to slip 1563 01:44:09,243 --> 01:44:12,289 Man should start to slip, man should start to slip 1564 01:44:12,333 --> 01:44:16,293 And if the road is rocky and a man should start to slip 1565 01:44:16,337 --> 01:44:19,688 We will take a better grip 1566 01:44:19,731 --> 01:44:24,083 And if a man gets weak and takes a bottle from the shelf 1567 01:44:24,127 --> 01:44:27,130 Bottle from the shelf, bottle from the shelf 1568 01:44:27,173 --> 01:44:31,090 And if a man gets weak and takes a bottle from the shelf 1569 01:44:31,134 --> 01:44:35,181 We will save him from himself 1570 01:44:35,225 --> 01:44:36,922 We will save... 1571 01:44:38,750 --> 01:44:42,885 We will save, we will save another soul hallelujah 1572 01:44:42,928 --> 01:44:48,151 We will save, we will save, we will save another soul 1573 01:44:49,761 --> 01:44:54,113 And if the road is rocky and a man should start to slip 1574 01:44:54,157 --> 01:44:56,377 Man should start to slip, man should start to slip 1575 01:44:56,420 --> 01:44:59,467 - What'd he say? - He says, uh... 1576 01:44:59,510 --> 01:45:01,469 "Good to sign white squaw's paper. 1577 01:45:01,512 --> 01:45:03,035 "Good for peace." 1578 01:45:05,211 --> 01:45:11,566 We will save, we will save, we will save another soul 1579 01:45:11,609 --> 01:45:15,918 And if the road is rocky and a man should start to slip 1580 01:45:15,961 --> 01:45:19,922 Man should start to slip, man should start to slip... 1581 01:45:31,499 --> 01:45:33,588 If it's the last thing I ever do, 1582 01:45:33,631 --> 01:45:36,808 I'll have that entire band transferred to Alaska. 1583 01:45:42,205 --> 01:45:44,512 - What are they doing now? - Singing, sir. 1584 01:45:44,555 --> 01:45:47,732 - And signing pledges. - I don't believe it. 1585 01:45:47,776 --> 01:45:50,518 As far as I can tell, they've got over 50 of them signed already. 1586 01:45:50,561 --> 01:45:52,128 You go back there, Sergeant. 1587 01:45:52,171 --> 01:45:54,739 Get me one of those pledges. I wanna see it. 1588 01:45:55,914 --> 01:45:57,786 How can I get one, sir? 1589 01:45:59,744 --> 01:46:01,006 Yes, sir. 1590 01:46:02,486 --> 01:46:05,315 We will save, we will save, 1591 01:46:05,359 --> 01:46:08,797 we will save another soul 1592 01:46:08,840 --> 01:46:13,454 And if a man is saved, there are others still to come... 1593 01:46:13,497 --> 01:46:15,717 Can you handle the rest of this yourself, Louise? 1594 01:46:15,760 --> 01:46:17,719 You can count on me, Mrs. Massingale. 1595 01:46:17,762 --> 01:46:19,566 Well then, I'm gonna go hand out equipment to Group "B". 1596 01:46:19,590 --> 01:46:21,244 Good luck, Cora. 1597 01:46:25,466 --> 01:46:27,424 Here you are, sir. 1598 01:46:27,468 --> 01:46:29,446 Just a crazy mark, but each one of 'em's marked different. 1599 01:46:29,470 --> 01:46:30,949 That woman! 1600 01:46:30,993 --> 01:46:33,604 - How many? - 81 now, sir. 1601 01:46:33,648 --> 01:46:34,692 81? 1602 01:46:36,085 --> 01:46:38,174 - Get back there, Buell. - Yes, sir. 1603 01:46:38,217 --> 01:46:40,785 - And tell Slater to be sure his flanks are covered. - Yes, sir. 1604 01:46:41,656 --> 01:46:42,831 Chisel. 1605 01:46:44,963 --> 01:46:45,964 Ax. 1606 01:46:47,357 --> 01:46:48,402 Hammer. 1607 01:46:52,667 --> 01:46:55,060 Where's that Massingale woman? What happened to her? 1608 01:46:55,104 --> 01:46:57,193 Oh, she's down there somewhere, Frank. 1609 01:46:57,236 --> 01:46:59,543 Takin' advantage of ignorant savages. 1610 01:46:59,587 --> 01:47:01,284 There ought to be a law against it. 1611 01:47:01,327 --> 01:47:02,894 There's somethin'. I don't know what. 1612 01:47:02,938 --> 01:47:04,698 There ought to be somethin'. I don't trust her. 1613 01:47:04,722 --> 01:47:07,638 Oh, you just keep your pants hitched, Frank. 1614 01:47:26,614 --> 01:47:28,093 Chief says... 1615 01:47:28,833 --> 01:47:30,444 "No more peace." 1616 01:47:33,534 --> 01:47:35,884 -What is it, Sergeant? 1617 01:47:35,927 --> 01:47:37,538 What happened, Sergeant? 1618 01:47:37,581 --> 01:47:39,670 - The Indians have captured the women. - What? 1619 01:47:39,714 --> 01:47:42,630 One minute they were all signing pledges and then... 1620 01:47:42,673 --> 01:47:45,023 How did that idiot Slater ever let it happen? 1621 01:47:45,067 --> 01:47:46,677 On behalf of Captain Slater, sir, 1622 01:47:46,721 --> 01:47:48,462 I think it's only fair to state, 1623 01:47:48,505 --> 01:47:50,681 that if the women hadn't started singing hymns 1624 01:47:50,725 --> 01:47:52,422 and making all that... 1625 01:47:52,466 --> 01:47:53,467 Racket... 1626 01:47:58,863 --> 01:48:02,519 Sir, the Indians disarmed my men and took the ladies captive. 1627 01:48:02,563 --> 01:48:04,478 I know what they did, Slater. 1628 01:48:04,521 --> 01:48:06,828 Yes, sir. And they moved so fast, we were so outnumbered, 1629 01:48:06,871 --> 01:48:08,351 there was nothing I could do. 1630 01:48:08,394 --> 01:48:10,135 - Sergeant. - Sir! 1631 01:48:10,179 --> 01:48:11,920 Alert the bugler. Rouse the camp. 1632 01:48:11,963 --> 01:48:14,009 -Rouse the troops. Prepare for battle. -Yes, sir. 1633 01:48:14,052 --> 01:48:16,272 Uh, sir, uh... 1634 01:48:16,315 --> 01:48:18,946 Any rash move on our part may seriously endanger the lives of the women. 1635 01:48:18,970 --> 01:48:21,364 Dammit, I can't just stand here and twiddle my thumbs. 1636 01:48:21,407 --> 01:48:24,541 No, sir! Sir, the sergeant's right, sir. 1637 01:48:24,585 --> 01:48:27,849 An attack right now might be most ill-advised... 1638 01:48:27,892 --> 01:48:28,893 Sir. 1639 01:48:31,505 --> 01:48:33,245 What's he doing here? 1640 01:48:33,289 --> 01:48:36,118 - He's a symbol of their good faith. - Good faith? 1641 01:48:36,161 --> 01:48:38,076 They wanna bargain with us. 1642 01:48:38,120 --> 01:48:42,298 - Bargain? - 20 wagons of whiskey in exchange for the women. 1643 01:48:42,341 --> 01:48:44,735 - 20 wagons? - Yes, sir. 1644 01:48:44,779 --> 01:48:46,694 You see, the Indians... 1645 01:48:48,609 --> 01:48:51,220 - Can he understand us? - Not a word, sir. 1646 01:48:51,263 --> 01:48:53,483 20 wagons comes out to about... 1647 01:48:54,963 --> 01:48:57,835 Three and seven-eighths women per wagon. 1648 01:48:57,879 --> 01:49:01,143 I think that was their demand, or maybe the interpreter was a little confused. 1649 01:49:01,186 --> 01:49:03,101 - Slater. - Yes, sir. 1650 01:49:03,145 --> 01:49:04,252 - There's only one course of action now. - And that would be, sir? 1651 01:49:04,276 --> 01:49:06,365 I am declaring martial law! 1652 01:49:08,933 --> 01:49:10,413 I say you can't do it! 1653 01:49:10,456 --> 01:49:11,999 No tinhorn colonel's gonna come out here 1654 01:49:12,023 --> 01:49:14,417 out of his own territory and declare martial law. 1655 01:49:14,460 --> 01:49:17,725 If you don't shut up, Mr. Wallingham, my first step will be to lock you up. 1656 01:49:17,768 --> 01:49:21,076 Gentlemen, this kind of bickering can lead us to nothing constructive. 1657 01:49:21,119 --> 01:49:24,601 Since you cannot or will not take military action against the Indians, 1658 01:49:24,645 --> 01:49:27,517 and since you cannot or will not negotiate with them, 1659 01:49:27,561 --> 01:49:29,432 there is only one course of action open to us. 1660 01:49:29,475 --> 01:49:31,086 We must accede to their demands 1661 01:49:31,129 --> 01:49:33,436 and give them the whiskey without further delay. 1662 01:49:33,479 --> 01:49:35,351 Giving whiskey to Indians 1663 01:49:35,394 --> 01:49:37,111 is strictly forbidden by the army regulations 1664 01:49:37,135 --> 01:49:39,268 so dear to your heart, Mrs. Massingale. 1665 01:49:39,311 --> 01:49:41,749 Not if the Indians don't drink the whiskey. 1666 01:49:41,792 --> 01:49:44,447 What's going to stop the Indians from drinking whiskey? 1667 01:49:44,490 --> 01:49:46,057 Precisely. 1668 01:49:46,101 --> 01:49:47,755 I have their pledges. 1669 01:49:47,798 --> 01:49:50,627 100 signed pledges with this one on the top 1670 01:49:50,671 --> 01:49:53,804 signed by Chief Five Barrels himself. That's his mark. 1671 01:49:53,848 --> 01:49:55,240 She's right. That's his mark. 1672 01:49:56,415 --> 01:49:58,243 Well, do they get the whiskey? 1673 01:49:58,287 --> 01:50:00,202 That's not his whiskey, it's mine. 1674 01:50:00,245 --> 01:50:01,832 And you're not going to touch one drop of it, you hear? 1675 01:50:01,856 --> 01:50:04,119 - Listen, Frank... - Quiet! 1676 01:50:04,162 --> 01:50:07,513 In that case, I have no choice but to destroy all the whiskey right now. 1677 01:50:07,557 --> 01:50:08,863 You're bluffin' 1678 01:50:09,515 --> 01:50:10,604 Oh... 1679 01:50:11,953 --> 01:50:12,954 Am I? 1680 01:50:14,738 --> 01:50:17,872 There is a woman hidden in each and every one of those wagons, 1681 01:50:17,915 --> 01:50:22,528 awaiting my order by code to start smashing the barrels of this vile cargo. 1682 01:50:22,572 --> 01:50:23,791 Madam, you lie. 1683 01:50:24,922 --> 01:50:26,141 Indeed? 1684 01:50:30,406 --> 01:50:32,843 Ladies of Group "B." 1685 01:50:35,716 --> 01:50:38,501 Frank, will you keep your pants hitched? 1686 01:50:38,544 --> 01:50:41,330 The signal was to be a hymn, when I started singing, 1687 01:50:41,373 --> 01:50:43,985 but that's not necessary. Now, I'll just tell them to begin. 1688 01:50:44,028 --> 01:50:47,684 - You wouldn't do that. - Ladies of Group "B", you may begin! 1689 01:50:47,728 --> 01:50:49,947 Puncture those barrels! 1690 01:50:49,991 --> 01:50:51,514 No, wait! 1691 01:50:51,557 --> 01:50:53,385 Just a moment, ladies! 1692 01:50:56,040 --> 01:50:58,129 You let her smash a barrel, one barrel, 1693 01:50:58,173 --> 01:50:59,933 and I'll have those brass buttons ripped off your chest 1694 01:50:59,957 --> 01:51:01,480 in the very halls of congress! 1695 01:51:01,524 --> 01:51:03,067 Now, I'm a taxpayer and a good republican... 1696 01:51:03,091 --> 01:51:05,223 You say that one more time, Mr. Wallingham, 1697 01:51:05,267 --> 01:51:08,183 and I'll bust you right in the nose! 1698 01:51:08,226 --> 01:51:09,575 You threatened me. 1699 01:51:09,619 --> 01:51:10,881 Now sit down! 1700 01:51:10,925 --> 01:51:12,230 - You hear that? - Sit down! 1701 01:51:12,274 --> 01:51:14,189 Now, come on, Frank, sit down. 1702 01:51:17,888 --> 01:51:19,411 And shut up! 1703 01:51:22,763 --> 01:51:24,329 Mrs. Massingale, sit down. 1704 01:51:26,941 --> 01:51:28,159 Sit down! 1705 01:51:36,777 --> 01:51:38,082 And stay down. 1706 01:51:53,271 --> 01:51:54,882 Ladies of Group "B." 1707 01:51:54,925 --> 01:51:56,144 Get out of those wagons. 1708 01:51:56,797 --> 01:51:57,928 Right now! 1709 01:52:11,768 --> 01:52:14,292 - Sergeant, put this down. - Yes, sir. 1710 01:52:14,336 --> 01:52:16,512 The United States army, hereby confiscates 1711 01:52:16,555 --> 01:52:18,688 twenty wagons of the Wallingham train. 1712 01:52:18,732 --> 01:52:20,516 Ah, there, you said it. You hear that? 1713 01:52:20,559 --> 01:52:22,344 Confiscation of private property 1714 01:52:22,387 --> 01:52:24,278 in which case I shall be repaid in full for my loss. 1715 01:52:24,302 --> 01:52:26,000 Go ahead, declare martial law. 1716 01:52:26,043 --> 01:52:28,045 Said martial law to take effect at daybreak. 1717 01:52:28,089 --> 01:52:29,655 You'll declare martial law right now. 1718 01:52:29,699 --> 01:52:32,702 Don't you tell me when to declare martial law. 1719 01:52:33,485 --> 01:52:35,313 - Slater. - Yes, sir. 1720 01:52:35,357 --> 01:52:37,707 Take that symbol of good faith back to Chief Five Barrels. 1721 01:52:37,751 --> 01:52:39,143 And Slater, 1722 01:52:39,187 --> 01:52:40,449 knock down the price. 1723 01:52:45,280 --> 01:52:46,672 - Buell? - Sir! 1724 01:52:47,717 --> 01:52:49,588 This meeting stands adjourned. 1725 01:52:58,859 --> 01:53:00,774 Get out of here. 1726 01:53:00,817 --> 01:53:03,167 Go on, get out of here, you bunch of vandals! 1727 01:53:03,211 --> 01:53:05,169 -Get off of my property! 1728 01:53:05,213 --> 01:53:06,954 You! Get off of my bed. 1729 01:53:06,997 --> 01:53:08,869 Get... Get out of here! 1730 01:53:21,359 --> 01:53:22,621 Ahhh! 1731 01:53:26,843 --> 01:53:28,584 -Get out of that wagon! 1732 01:53:28,627 --> 01:53:30,542 Get out of there! 1733 01:53:32,153 --> 01:53:34,111 Out! Out! 1734 01:53:45,644 --> 01:53:47,298 Ha-ha-ha. 1735 01:53:50,301 --> 01:53:52,434 I thought I heard you, Frank. 1736 01:53:54,915 --> 01:53:57,178 You got me into this, you soothsaying sot. 1737 01:53:57,221 --> 01:53:59,702 And I'll get you out of it, Frank. 1738 01:53:59,745 --> 01:54:01,704 In fact, it's all set. 1739 01:54:01,747 --> 01:54:03,880 Everything's ready except one more chore 1740 01:54:03,924 --> 01:54:05,577 I got to do right now. 1741 01:54:05,621 --> 01:54:07,014 Believe me, Frank, 1742 01:54:07,057 --> 01:54:09,625 you just trust old Oracle. 1743 01:54:09,668 --> 01:54:13,020 Me and my Billy girl is going to fix it all up. 1744 01:54:13,063 --> 01:54:15,065 Come on now, Billy girl. 1745 01:54:15,109 --> 01:54:17,502 Take me slow and take me true. 1746 01:54:46,618 --> 01:54:48,098 Colonel? 1747 01:54:49,534 --> 01:54:50,796 Go away. 1748 01:54:54,452 --> 01:54:56,933 Madam, I don't know what you're up to, 1749 01:54:56,977 --> 01:55:00,502 but whatever it is, I don't want to hear about it. 1750 01:55:00,545 --> 01:55:03,809 I've just come to tell you how truly sorry I am for what I've done. 1751 01:55:03,853 --> 01:55:06,334 Thank you and good night. 1752 01:55:06,377 --> 01:55:09,772 Colonel, do you realize what will happen when word gets out 1753 01:55:09,815 --> 01:55:11,687 that you've given twenty wagons of whiskey 1754 01:55:11,730 --> 01:55:13,254 to 100 Sioux Indians? 1755 01:55:13,297 --> 01:55:14,995 I realize. 1756 01:55:15,038 --> 01:55:17,084 Twenty wagons confiscated from a man 1757 01:55:17,127 --> 01:55:18,868 who's a taxpayer and a good republican. 1758 01:55:18,912 --> 01:55:20,609 Don't you tell me what he is or I'll... 1759 01:55:20,652 --> 01:55:22,263 I'll bust you in the nose! 1760 01:55:22,306 --> 01:55:23,960 Oh, dear, colonel, those cords again. 1761 01:55:24,004 --> 01:55:26,789 - Just let me... - Get away from my cords! 1762 01:55:26,832 --> 01:55:29,748 If you'd just relax and let the blood flow freely... 1763 01:55:29,792 --> 01:55:31,925 My blood can flow on its own. 1764 01:55:33,622 --> 01:55:35,276 Now, Mrs. Massingale, 1765 01:55:35,319 --> 01:55:37,234 I don't know what your plans are for tomorrow, 1766 01:55:37,278 --> 01:55:40,281 but judging from experience, you better get some rest. 1767 01:55:40,324 --> 01:55:42,500 Oh, how can I rest after what I've done to you? 1768 01:55:43,588 --> 01:55:44,720 Try! 1769 01:56:03,391 --> 01:56:04,696 Oh. 1770 01:56:22,018 --> 01:56:23,237 My selfishness, 1771 01:56:23,280 --> 01:56:25,848 my obstinacy, 1772 01:56:25,891 --> 01:56:28,894 my stupidity in not listening to your excellent advice. 1773 01:56:28,938 --> 01:56:30,722 Well, I must agree with you there. 1774 01:56:30,766 --> 01:56:33,160 It's all my fault you're in this terrible position. 1775 01:56:33,203 --> 01:56:35,553 Well, crying isn't going to help. 1776 01:56:51,395 --> 01:56:53,049 Mrs. Massingale... 1777 01:56:57,184 --> 01:56:58,968 Mrs. Massingale! 1778 01:56:59,012 --> 01:57:01,188 You needn't look so shocked. 1779 01:57:02,798 --> 01:57:07,063 Plato, Augustus, Alexander... 1780 01:57:07,107 --> 01:57:10,066 Even George Washington took occasional spirits 1781 01:57:10,110 --> 01:57:11,937 in medicinal amounts. 1782 01:57:13,722 --> 01:57:17,421 There's nothing wrong with limited libation under emotional stress. 1783 01:57:21,556 --> 01:57:24,211 Your entire career is ruined. 1784 01:57:25,690 --> 01:57:29,303 I... I suppose there'll be some criticism. 1785 01:57:29,346 --> 01:57:31,696 Criticism? You'll be crucified. 1786 01:57:33,176 --> 01:57:36,310 The press, the public, the war department... 1787 01:57:37,137 --> 01:57:38,703 Horace Greeley... 1788 01:57:40,227 --> 01:57:41,271 Oh. 1789 01:57:52,195 --> 01:57:55,894 Well, if I can save the lives of 27 women, I... 1790 01:57:55,938 --> 01:57:58,114 I'd gladly sacrifice my career. 1791 01:57:58,158 --> 01:57:59,768 After all, what is it? 1792 01:57:59,811 --> 01:58:01,465 Only 19 years of service. 1793 01:58:02,292 --> 01:58:03,598 With Grant at Vicksburg, 1794 01:58:03,641 --> 01:58:05,600 with Thomas at Nashville. 1795 01:58:05,643 --> 01:58:08,516 Seventeen Indian campaigns, Laramie to Fort Hall. 1796 01:58:10,953 --> 01:58:12,389 One more year. 1797 01:58:13,608 --> 01:58:16,915 $281.25 a month. 1798 01:58:17,394 --> 01:58:19,092 Pension. 1799 01:58:19,135 --> 01:58:23,008 Sergeant Buell, $27.50 a month. 1800 01:58:24,401 --> 01:58:25,837 Every month. 1801 01:58:26,838 --> 01:58:28,144 19 years... 1802 01:58:30,886 --> 01:58:32,844 And in all that time, 1803 01:58:32,888 --> 01:58:35,064 not once have I ever... 1804 01:58:35,108 --> 01:58:37,588 Never have I ever met anyone like... 1805 01:58:38,937 --> 01:58:40,156 Like me? 1806 01:58:42,680 --> 01:58:44,856 Oh, well, I'll... I'll just resign gracefully. 1807 01:58:44,900 --> 01:58:47,294 Anyway, I'll resign. 1808 01:58:47,337 --> 01:58:50,123 Well, at least you still have your beloved West. 1809 01:58:50,166 --> 01:58:51,341 I hate the West. 1810 01:58:51,385 --> 01:58:52,473 Oh, dear. 1811 01:58:52,516 --> 01:58:54,692 Dust, wind, Indians. 1812 01:58:57,086 --> 01:58:58,827 My... stubbornness, 1813 01:58:58,870 --> 01:59:01,656 my obstinacy, my selfishness. 1814 01:59:01,699 --> 01:59:04,180 Now, now, Cora... Uh, Mrs. Massingale... 1815 01:59:04,224 --> 01:59:07,052 If only I'd listened to you. If only. 1816 01:59:07,096 --> 01:59:10,186 Easy... Easy, Mrs. Massingale. Cora. 1817 01:59:10,230 --> 01:59:13,015 You think you could ever forgive me, Thaddeus? 1818 01:59:14,364 --> 01:59:15,713 Well, I... 1819 01:59:29,162 --> 01:59:30,293 I could try. 1820 01:59:39,172 --> 01:59:40,390 Cora... 1821 01:59:42,087 --> 01:59:44,612 Could we forget all this? 1822 01:59:44,655 --> 01:59:45,917 I mean... 1823 01:59:47,005 --> 01:59:48,616 I mean... 1824 01:59:48,659 --> 01:59:50,792 Just forget the whole thing? 1825 01:59:51,401 --> 01:59:52,446 Cora? 1826 01:59:52,489 --> 01:59:54,056 Colonel Gearhart! 1827 01:59:54,099 --> 01:59:56,014 Uh, one moment, Slater. 1828 02:00:06,024 --> 02:00:07,200 Come in, Slater. 1829 02:00:11,204 --> 02:00:13,118 Captain Slater reporting, sir. 1830 02:00:13,162 --> 02:00:17,514 Stand up, we'll march to Denver 1831 02:00:17,558 --> 02:00:20,909 -no more wine or beer -Someone's singing. Go on, Slater. 1832 02:00:22,606 --> 02:00:24,913 Uh, Chief Five Barrels said he'd take 15 barrels. 1833 02:00:24,956 --> 02:00:27,916 I came back with eight, and he said 13. 1834 02:00:27,959 --> 02:00:29,483 At least I think that was the number. 1835 02:00:29,526 --> 02:00:32,181 The language barrier is very difficult, sir. 1836 02:00:32,225 --> 02:00:33,400 Did you reach any agreement? 1837 02:00:33,443 --> 02:00:35,402 Yes, sir. Ten wagons of whiskey. 1838 02:00:35,445 --> 02:00:37,099 - Ten wagons? - For all the women. 1839 02:00:37,142 --> 02:00:39,188 - Oh, good work, Slater. - Thank you, sir. 1840 02:00:39,232 --> 02:00:41,277 What's he doing here? 1841 02:00:41,321 --> 02:00:43,721 Same reason as before, sir. He's a symbol of their good faith. 1842 02:00:48,153 --> 02:00:50,765 Are you sure he can't understand us? 1843 02:00:50,808 --> 02:00:52,288 - Not a word. - That's all, Slater. 1844 02:00:52,332 --> 02:00:53,681 Thank you, sir. 1845 02:00:57,728 --> 02:00:59,382 Oh. Uh... 1846 02:00:59,426 --> 02:01:01,602 The Indians would like to have... 1847 02:01:01,645 --> 02:01:05,258 Uh, Mrs. Massingale present for the exchange, sir. 1848 02:01:08,043 --> 02:01:09,174 What for? 1849 02:01:09,218 --> 02:01:11,438 Our symbol of good faith. 1850 02:01:11,481 --> 02:01:15,442 Tell Chief Five Barrels I'd be happy to join my brave ladies. 1851 02:01:17,835 --> 02:01:19,663 Yes, ma'am. 1852 02:01:19,707 --> 02:01:22,144 I'll make all the arrangements for the exchange, sir. 1853 02:01:22,187 --> 02:01:23,363 Good night, Slater. 1854 02:01:24,668 --> 02:01:26,583 It's scheduled for dawn. 1855 02:01:35,940 --> 02:01:37,464 Thaddeus, isn't it wonderful? 1856 02:01:37,507 --> 02:01:39,248 Ten wagons! 1857 02:01:39,292 --> 02:01:41,729 That's the exact number held by the Irish Teamsters. 1858 02:01:41,772 --> 02:01:43,296 You're not going to have to confiscate 1859 02:01:43,339 --> 02:01:45,820 any of Mr. Wallingham's wagons after all. 1860 02:01:47,604 --> 02:01:49,824 Yes, uh, well... 1861 02:01:49,867 --> 02:01:51,347 It's a long day tomorrow, Cora, 1862 02:01:51,391 --> 02:01:53,044 and you need rest. 1863 02:01:53,088 --> 02:01:54,611 I'll take you back to your camp. 1864 02:01:57,875 --> 02:01:58,963 Oh. 1865 02:01:59,007 --> 02:02:01,226 Oh, I can get back by myself. 1866 02:02:01,270 --> 02:02:02,663 You're sure? 1867 02:02:02,706 --> 02:02:04,708 Oh, Thaddeus... 1868 02:02:04,752 --> 02:02:08,364 You're so kind and generous 1869 02:02:08,408 --> 02:02:09,626 and brave. 1870 02:02:15,502 --> 02:02:17,242 Good night, Thaddeus. 1871 02:02:20,550 --> 02:02:24,511 Stand up, we'll march to Denver 1872 02:02:24,554 --> 02:02:27,601 no more wine or beer 1873 02:02:27,644 --> 02:02:31,474 stand up, we'll march to Denver... 1874 02:02:38,220 --> 02:02:40,353 We shall save 1875 02:02:41,092 --> 02:02:44,052 we shall save 1876 02:02:44,095 --> 02:02:47,664 we shall save another soul 1877 02:02:47,708 --> 02:02:49,579 hallelujah 1878 02:02:49,623 --> 02:02:51,581 - Frank? - Huh? 1879 02:02:51,625 --> 02:02:53,061 She's all fixed up. 1880 02:02:53,670 --> 02:02:55,280 What? 1881 02:02:55,324 --> 02:02:57,457 Frank, listen carefully now, this is important. 1882 02:02:57,500 --> 02:02:59,720 Frank... Hey, Frank! 1883 02:03:00,982 --> 02:03:03,550 You've been drinkin'. 1884 02:03:03,593 --> 02:03:06,553 Frank, listen carefully. 1885 02:03:06,596 --> 02:03:08,772 If you could get your wagon train out of here, 1886 02:03:08,816 --> 02:03:10,818 if you could cross the river right here 1887 02:03:10,861 --> 02:03:14,822 so's nobody, no Injuns, no women or army could follow you, 1888 02:03:14,865 --> 02:03:16,084 would you do it? 1889 02:03:16,127 --> 02:03:17,999 How? 1890 02:03:18,042 --> 02:03:19,783 Now, wait a minute! 1891 02:03:19,827 --> 02:03:22,395 You'd have to give up them 10 wagons on the exchange. 1892 02:03:22,438 --> 02:03:24,135 - All right. - Now, here's what we do. 1893 02:03:24,179 --> 02:03:26,137 We take all the rest of the wagons, 1894 02:03:26,181 --> 02:03:28,401 - and we go right across Quicksand Bottoms. - Hold it. 1895 02:03:28,444 --> 02:03:30,533 - None of them people could see us. - Hold it. 1896 02:03:30,577 --> 02:03:33,406 - We get right across the river... - Hold on! 1897 02:03:33,449 --> 02:03:35,320 Just a damn minute now. 1898 02:03:35,364 --> 02:03:38,019 Nobody can cross Quicksand Bottoms 1899 02:03:38,062 --> 02:03:40,282 - because they'll... sink. - We can. There's a way. 1900 02:03:40,325 --> 02:03:42,415 - Aw! - Frank! 1901 02:03:42,458 --> 02:03:44,982 I found it five years ago. 1902 02:03:45,026 --> 02:03:49,683 Bunch of scalp-hungry Injuns chased me right up to the edge. 1903 02:03:49,726 --> 02:03:53,251 Well, sir, I knew for sure they'd get me that night if I didn't get across. 1904 02:03:53,295 --> 02:03:57,038 I just pointed my Billy girl south and let her go. 1905 02:03:57,081 --> 02:03:58,605 She didn't miss a step. 1906 02:03:58,648 --> 02:04:00,563 I did the same thing tonight. 1907 02:04:00,607 --> 02:04:02,913 She took me right across. 1908 02:04:02,957 --> 02:04:07,309 I've staked out a trail right across the Bottoms with my red flannel. 1909 02:04:07,352 --> 02:04:09,224 We can't miss it. 1910 02:04:09,267 --> 02:04:11,531 We'll take all the wagons you got 1911 02:04:11,574 --> 02:04:13,489 and go right across Quicksand Bottoms 1912 02:04:13,533 --> 02:04:15,535 a-pullin' up the stakes as we go. 1913 02:04:15,578 --> 02:04:17,861 They won't even know what happened to us until it's too late. 1914 02:04:17,885 --> 02:04:21,497 Once across the Bottoms, it's a straight shoot to Denver 1915 02:04:21,541 --> 02:04:23,456 over flat, open country. 1916 02:04:23,499 --> 02:04:24,979 We'll be free and clear. 1917 02:04:27,198 --> 02:04:28,504 Hallelujah! 1918 02:04:28,548 --> 02:04:29,984 - Hallelujah! - Shh! 1919 02:04:30,027 --> 02:04:31,986 Hush up! 1920 02:04:32,029 --> 02:04:36,164 Yeah, my sentiments exactly. 1921 02:04:36,207 --> 02:04:37,513 Hallelujah. 1922 02:04:39,689 --> 02:04:40,864 Here's one. 1923 02:04:44,564 --> 02:04:45,565 Here's another one. 1924 02:04:50,961 --> 02:04:54,356 There... And here's one. 1925 02:04:55,749 --> 02:04:56,924 What are they? 1926 02:04:56,967 --> 02:04:58,665 I don't know, 1927 02:04:58,708 --> 02:05:01,015 but, does it look familiar? 1928 02:05:01,058 --> 02:05:02,756 It looks like Mr. Jones' underwear. 1929 02:05:02,799 --> 02:05:04,192 It is! 1930 02:05:04,235 --> 02:05:06,237 Are you... Are you sure? 1931 02:05:06,281 --> 02:05:07,935 The ladies have confirmed it. 1932 02:05:07,978 --> 02:05:10,720 He's not wearing those under drawers now. 1933 02:05:10,764 --> 02:05:14,071 They're torn to shreds and spread out on stakes 1934 02:05:14,115 --> 02:05:16,073 all across Quicksand Bottoms. 1935 02:05:17,597 --> 02:05:18,946 Where's Group "C"? 1936 02:05:24,429 --> 02:05:27,563 Mrs. Massingale, have you any idea what these stakes are for? 1937 02:05:27,607 --> 02:05:29,260 I'm not sure, but... 1938 02:05:29,304 --> 02:05:30,673 I know what we're going to do with them. 1939 02:05:30,697 --> 02:05:31,785 What? 1940 02:05:31,828 --> 02:05:33,003 Move them. 1941 02:06:04,687 --> 02:06:06,994 Now, stay between those red markers. 1942 02:06:07,037 --> 02:06:08,386 Don't be lagging behind. 1943 02:06:08,430 --> 02:06:10,388 Keep your wagons up close, all of you. 1944 02:06:10,432 --> 02:06:13,566 Militia, when we move out, get on the wagons. 1945 02:06:16,003 --> 02:06:17,831 That's the signal, sir. 1946 02:06:17,874 --> 02:06:19,528 All wagons ready for the exchange. 1947 02:06:19,572 --> 02:06:21,791 Platoons "A" and "B" in position. 1948 02:06:21,835 --> 02:06:23,726 Get down there, Buell. Send Mrs. Massingale over to the exchange point. 1949 02:06:23,750 --> 02:06:24,751 Yes, sir. 1950 02:06:29,407 --> 02:06:31,975 Mrs. Massingale! Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. 1951 02:06:32,019 --> 02:06:33,977 Mrs. Massingale, excuse me, ma'am. 1952 02:06:34,021 --> 02:06:35,718 I'm very busy right now, Mr. O'Flaherty. 1953 02:06:35,762 --> 02:06:37,415 It's about them 10 wagons, ma'am. 1954 02:06:37,459 --> 02:06:39,026 Well, what's the matter with them? 1955 02:06:39,069 --> 02:06:41,550 Nothing, ma'am, but, well, they ain't whiskey. 1956 02:06:41,594 --> 02:06:43,465 Ain't whiskey? 1957 02:06:43,508 --> 02:06:45,685 No, ma'am. Those wagons is filled with French champagne. 1958 02:06:45,728 --> 02:06:47,295 All of them. 1959 02:06:47,338 --> 02:06:49,950 You know anything about French champagne, ma'am? 1960 02:06:49,993 --> 02:06:53,388 Well, I sipped some once on my second honeymoon in Paris. 1961 02:06:53,431 --> 02:06:55,303 Aye, but it was most likely cold. 1962 02:06:55,346 --> 02:06:57,131 These bottles ain't. They're warm. 1963 02:06:57,174 --> 02:06:59,568 And if you've ever opened a bottle of warm champagne, 1964 02:06:59,612 --> 02:07:01,701 especially one that's been shaken up... 1965 02:07:01,744 --> 02:07:03,616 Well, it's... Whoosh! 1966 02:07:05,008 --> 02:07:06,619 You mean they explode? 1967 02:07:06,662 --> 02:07:09,143 Like a regular marsh gun, about a .58 caliber. 1968 02:07:09,186 --> 02:07:12,146 Oh, we got to handle those bottles like dynamite, your ladyship. 1969 02:07:12,189 --> 02:07:14,235 That's why they hired us Irish Teamsters. 1970 02:07:14,278 --> 02:07:16,367 It's our business. 1971 02:07:16,411 --> 02:07:19,129 But what's going to happen when them savages get ahold of them wagons? 1972 02:07:19,153 --> 02:07:21,764 What's going to happen to that champagne? 1973 02:07:21,808 --> 02:07:23,374 Explosions? 1974 02:07:23,418 --> 02:07:25,986 Right. I just thought someone ought to know. 1975 02:07:26,029 --> 02:07:27,901 Have you told Colonel Gearhart about this, yet? 1976 02:07:27,944 --> 02:07:30,338 Oh, no, ma'am. I've been afeard to. 1977 02:07:30,381 --> 02:07:32,621 What's holding you up, Mrs. Massingale? We're ready for you. 1978 02:07:32,645 --> 02:07:33,925 Oh, I, I'm sorry, Sergeant Buell. 1979 02:07:33,950 --> 02:07:35,648 Excuse me, Mr. O'Flaherty. 1980 02:07:49,836 --> 02:07:52,186 Mrs. Massingale, we have a bit of a problem. 1981 02:07:52,229 --> 02:07:54,841 Chief Five Barrels insists on taking the first wagon, 1982 02:07:54,884 --> 02:07:56,843 and his brother-in-law the second wagon, 1983 02:07:56,886 --> 02:07:58,932 and his second brother-in-law, the third wagon, 1984 02:07:58,975 --> 02:08:01,935 and, Elks-Runner the fourth wagon. 1985 02:08:01,978 --> 02:08:04,372 Now, that doesn't leave anybody in charge on their side. 1986 02:08:04,415 --> 02:08:05,590 Me in charge! 1987 02:08:06,766 --> 02:08:07,766 You! 1988 02:08:09,246 --> 02:08:10,726 You... You speak our tongue? 1989 02:08:10,770 --> 02:08:12,380 Hmm. I speak with straight tongue. 1990 02:08:12,423 --> 02:08:14,556 Me in charge good. Drink later. 1991 02:08:14,599 --> 02:08:17,733 All right, we'll agree to your taking charge on one condition, 1992 02:08:17,777 --> 02:08:20,649 that I stay at the exchange point the whole time. 1993 02:08:20,693 --> 02:08:22,695 Me there, whole time. 1994 02:08:22,738 --> 02:08:23,739 Good. 1995 02:08:25,088 --> 02:08:26,829 One moment please, Captain. 1996 02:08:32,617 --> 02:08:36,056 Oh, Mrs. Massingale, I'll never forgive myself for having failed you. 1997 02:08:36,099 --> 02:08:38,667 Ten wagonloads of whiskey to the Indians. 1998 02:08:38,711 --> 02:08:40,060 I've destroyed the crusade. 1999 02:08:40,103 --> 02:08:41,539 Not quite yet. 2000 02:08:42,149 --> 02:08:43,150 What? 2001 02:08:43,193 --> 02:08:44,586 Give me a hatpin. 2002 02:08:46,196 --> 02:08:47,763 Hatpin? 2003 02:08:49,025 --> 02:08:51,114 Our goal is still in sight, Louise. 2004 02:08:51,158 --> 02:08:52,376 Courage, ladies! 2005 02:08:57,338 --> 02:09:00,123 First three ladies, uh, front and center! 2006 02:09:01,646 --> 02:09:03,344 There they go, sir. 2007 02:09:03,387 --> 02:09:06,260 Three women starting across... 2008 02:09:06,303 --> 02:09:08,610 - Sir? Sir! - What's the matter? 2009 02:09:08,653 --> 02:09:10,003 It's that Massingale woman again. 2010 02:09:10,046 --> 02:09:11,656 She's heading to the exchange point. 2011 02:09:14,834 --> 02:09:17,097 What's that damn fool symbol of good faith doing with her? 2012 02:09:17,140 --> 02:09:18,489 I can't say, sir. 2013 02:09:23,277 --> 02:09:24,800 Roll the first wagon. 2014 02:09:24,844 --> 02:09:27,281 First wagon, roll! 2015 02:09:55,962 --> 02:09:58,082 What's he trying to do, bolting out of there like that? 2016 02:09:59,879 --> 02:10:01,619 Roll wagon two. 2017 02:10:01,663 --> 02:10:04,013 Wagon two, roll! 2018 02:10:06,015 --> 02:10:07,712 Ladies, move out! 2019 02:10:09,584 --> 02:10:12,456 Wagon two, roll! 2020 02:10:13,893 --> 02:10:15,982 Next three ladies, front and center! 2021 02:10:35,218 --> 02:10:36,761 Tell them not to bolt out of there like that. 2022 02:10:36,785 --> 02:10:38,700 Our teams are getting out of control. 2023 02:10:38,743 --> 02:10:40,823 Tell those Indians not to bolt out of there like that! 2024 02:11:25,094 --> 02:11:26,661 Roll wagon three. 2025 02:11:26,704 --> 02:11:28,619 Wagon three, roll! 2026 02:11:30,404 --> 02:11:32,188 Roll! 2027 02:11:33,450 --> 02:11:35,931 Next three ladies, front and center! 2028 02:11:39,108 --> 02:11:40,936 Move out. Go, go, go. 2029 02:12:02,784 --> 02:12:05,178 Don't let those Indians bolt that way! 2030 02:12:05,221 --> 02:12:07,354 Roll the wagons slowly! 2031 02:12:07,397 --> 02:12:10,009 No, not those wagons! Hold those wagons back! 2032 02:12:10,052 --> 02:12:11,967 Hold on to those teams! 2033 02:12:12,011 --> 02:12:14,839 There's going to be a runaway up there! Hold them, I say! 2034 02:12:14,883 --> 02:12:18,147 Somebody tell them Indians not to go bolting out of there like that! 2035 02:12:18,887 --> 02:12:21,846 Wagon four, roll! 2036 02:12:24,458 --> 02:12:26,373 Next three ladies, front and center! 2037 02:12:26,416 --> 02:12:27,983 Hold your wagons back! 2038 02:12:40,561 --> 02:12:42,519 Hold those teams back! Hold them! 2039 02:12:45,044 --> 02:12:46,306 Hold those wagons! 2040 02:12:46,349 --> 02:12:47,960 Hold those wagons! 2041 02:12:50,963 --> 02:12:52,181 Don't bolt! 2042 02:13:26,172 --> 02:13:28,043 - Hold them back! - Hold them back! 2043 02:13:33,309 --> 02:13:35,050 Colonel! Get out there! 2044 02:13:35,094 --> 02:13:36,654 Cut those teams off and bring them back! 2045 02:14:11,478 --> 02:14:14,263 Look out! Look out! We got a stampede! 2046 02:14:14,307 --> 02:14:16,091 Hold on to them teams! 2047 02:14:16,135 --> 02:14:18,963 Don't let them follow them other horses! 2048 02:14:19,007 --> 02:14:20,530 No, not that way! 2049 02:14:20,574 --> 02:14:23,446 Hold them! Bring them back in! 2050 02:14:24,621 --> 02:14:26,971 They're going the wrong way! 2051 02:14:27,015 --> 02:14:29,322 They're gonna stampede! We'll never get them back! 2052 02:14:30,453 --> 02:14:33,065 Hold them up! Hold them up there! 2053 02:14:33,108 --> 02:14:35,371 Hey, you! Hold them up! 2054 02:14:35,415 --> 02:14:37,112 They're going the wrong way! 2055 02:14:50,952 --> 02:14:52,562 The whole Wallingham train! 2056 02:14:53,172 --> 02:14:54,782 Whoa! Whoa! 2057 02:14:54,825 --> 02:14:56,740 Hold them! You! Turn back! 2058 02:15:36,345 --> 02:15:37,825 Hey! 2059 02:15:37,868 --> 02:15:39,305 Hey, you! 2060 02:15:39,348 --> 02:15:40,958 Turn 'em! Turn 'em! 2061 02:15:44,048 --> 02:15:46,225 Head them back to the quicksand! 2062 02:16:47,503 --> 02:16:49,201 Uh, company, halt. 2063 02:17:08,394 --> 02:17:11,745 Whoa! Slow down! 2064 02:17:11,788 --> 02:17:13,616 Get 'em on through there! 2065 02:17:13,660 --> 02:17:15,270 Follow them red flags! 2066 02:17:15,314 --> 02:17:17,620 Yaah! Come on! 2067 02:17:17,664 --> 02:17:20,319 All right, just follow them red flags as you go. 2068 02:17:20,362 --> 02:17:21,755 Stay right along in line with them. 2069 02:17:21,798 --> 02:17:23,158 Follow them little red flags there. 2070 02:17:23,844 --> 02:17:26,150 - Yaah! 2071 02:17:26,194 --> 02:17:27,630 Yaah! Come on! 2072 02:17:28,196 --> 02:17:29,241 Whew! 2073 02:17:39,468 --> 02:17:41,165 Follow them markers! 2074 02:18:00,184 --> 02:18:01,544 Stay right along in line with them. 2075 02:18:01,577 --> 02:18:03,797 Follow them little red flags and... 2076 02:18:03,840 --> 02:18:05,146 Get out of there! 2077 02:18:05,189 --> 02:18:07,975 Hey! No! No, not that way! 2078 02:18:13,763 --> 02:18:14,938 Go! 2079 02:18:14,982 --> 02:18:17,071 Frank! Look out, Frank! 2080 02:18:19,160 --> 02:18:21,205 Whoa! Whoa! 2081 02:18:22,511 --> 02:18:23,904 Oh. 2082 02:18:23,947 --> 02:18:26,036 Rafe! Rafe, come on over here 2083 02:18:26,080 --> 02:18:27,144 and give me a hand with this. 2084 02:18:27,168 --> 02:18:28,604 -I gotta... 2085 02:18:30,302 --> 02:18:31,825 Help me up! 2086 02:18:33,609 --> 02:18:36,830 God... Ah, get 'em out of here! 2087 02:18:36,873 --> 02:18:38,397 Ah. 2088 02:18:38,440 --> 02:18:40,268 Ok, Carl, take them out! 2089 02:18:40,312 --> 02:18:42,096 Take them out of here! 2090 02:18:42,139 --> 02:18:43,880 Go on! Take them out! 2091 02:19:20,526 --> 02:19:23,093 Tell the colonel the Indians are firing at us! 2092 02:19:25,182 --> 02:19:27,141 Return fire! 2093 02:22:05,734 --> 02:22:07,214 Don't shoot! 2094 02:22:07,257 --> 02:22:08,868 Don't shoot! 2095 02:22:52,389 --> 02:22:54,043 Don't shoot! 2096 02:23:07,796 --> 02:23:10,059 I beg your pardon! 2097 02:23:10,103 --> 02:23:12,627 What do you think you're doing to me? 2098 02:23:12,671 --> 02:23:14,890 My God, they've got Mrs. Massingale! 2099 02:23:25,031 --> 02:23:26,336 Sir! 2100 02:23:26,380 --> 02:23:28,948 Sir, they're waving a flag of truce! 2101 02:23:28,991 --> 02:23:30,645 It's a woman's petticoat! 2102 02:23:30,689 --> 02:23:31,907 Charge! 2103 02:23:43,266 --> 02:23:44,833 - Thaddeus! - You! 2104 02:23:53,537 --> 02:23:55,017 We go home now. 2105 02:23:56,366 --> 02:23:58,151 You speak my tongue? 2106 02:23:58,194 --> 02:24:00,327 I speak with straight tongue. 2107 02:24:00,370 --> 02:24:02,285 We go home. Hunt buffalo. 2108 02:24:03,373 --> 02:24:05,854 Peaceful Indian. Forget presents. 2109 02:24:07,203 --> 02:24:08,944 You hunt buffalo in peace... 2110 02:24:08,988 --> 02:24:11,512 You hunt deer of green forest in peace... 2111 02:24:11,555 --> 02:24:13,993 You go home in peace, but go home! 2112 02:24:27,963 --> 02:24:29,530 Hey! 2113 02:24:29,573 --> 02:24:31,097 Hey. 2114 02:24:31,140 --> 02:24:32,315 Hey! 2115 02:24:38,974 --> 02:24:40,062 Ugh. 2116 02:24:43,326 --> 02:24:45,241 Get them out of there. 2117 02:24:57,079 --> 02:24:58,864 Rafe. Rafe! 2118 02:24:58,907 --> 02:25:00,169 Throw me that rope! 2119 02:25:00,213 --> 02:25:01,736 Yeah, get a rope! 2120 02:25:01,780 --> 02:25:03,738 Hold what you got, Frank! I'm a-comin'! 2121 02:25:03,782 --> 02:25:05,958 I'll help you! Hold what you got, Frank! 2122 02:25:06,001 --> 02:25:08,090 I'll be right there with you... 2123 02:25:16,055 --> 02:25:17,926 Make it fast to that tree! 2124 02:25:27,936 --> 02:25:30,330 Get that slack out of that line! 2125 02:25:30,373 --> 02:25:31,853 Tighten up on it! 2126 02:25:33,507 --> 02:25:36,597 Now, hold on that! Hold it. Hold it. 2127 02:26:30,607 --> 02:26:33,654 Companies "A" and "B" of the cavalry 2128 02:26:33,697 --> 02:26:36,309 escorted the ex-temperance marchers 2129 02:26:36,352 --> 02:26:38,790 back to their husbands and hungry children 2130 02:26:38,833 --> 02:26:40,443 at Fort Russell. 2131 02:26:40,487 --> 02:26:42,968 It is to be assumed some time passed 2132 02:26:43,011 --> 02:26:44,796 before the Indians were able 2133 02:26:44,839 --> 02:26:47,973 to regain their customary composure. 2134 02:26:48,016 --> 02:26:50,845 But, it is known that the exploits of their journey 2135 02:26:50,889 --> 02:26:55,328 became tribal legend to be told over and over again 2136 02:26:55,371 --> 02:26:58,331 from generation to generation... 2137 02:26:58,374 --> 02:27:01,160 With slight revisions. 2138 02:27:01,203 --> 02:27:03,684 The Denver Free Militia dissolved, 2139 02:27:03,727 --> 02:27:05,555 never to march again, 2140 02:27:05,599 --> 02:27:10,169 and of course, the strike of the Irish Teamsters failed, 2141 02:27:10,212 --> 02:27:14,347 and the Wallingham Freighting Company went bankrupt 2142 02:27:14,390 --> 02:27:16,001 having no visible assets. 2143 02:27:17,829 --> 02:27:19,700 You know, Frank, uh, 2144 02:27:19,743 --> 02:27:21,702 some Injuns told me once... 2145 02:27:21,745 --> 02:27:24,183 Uh, reliable Injuns, Frank. 2146 02:27:24,226 --> 02:27:26,228 They said a Cheyenne brave and his pony 2147 02:27:26,272 --> 02:27:28,187 sunk right here, 2148 02:27:28,230 --> 02:27:30,885 and durned if they didn't ooze up again 2149 02:27:30,929 --> 02:27:34,671 just as natural-looking and as purty as you please. 2150 02:27:35,847 --> 02:27:37,761 Oh, they was dead, of course, 2151 02:27:37,805 --> 02:27:40,460 but right near the top where you could grab easy. 2152 02:27:40,503 --> 02:27:42,549 Heh-heh. 2153 02:27:42,592 --> 02:27:45,552 It might be worth waiting for, eh, Frank? 2154 02:27:46,379 --> 02:27:48,120 Frank? 2155 02:27:50,687 --> 02:27:52,298 Well, you see? 2156 02:27:57,259 --> 02:27:59,392 So ended the great disaster 2157 02:27:59,435 --> 02:28:01,002 at Quicksand Bottoms. 2158 02:28:01,046 --> 02:28:04,440 Oh, yes, Mrs. Massingale. 2159 02:28:04,484 --> 02:28:06,878 Cora Templeton Massingale retired 2160 02:28:06,921 --> 02:28:10,794 from all active participation in temperance movements. 2161 02:28:10,838 --> 02:28:13,754 A military wedding was held at Fort Russell. 2162 02:28:17,627 --> 02:28:19,325 As it turned out... 2163 02:28:20,761 --> 02:28:22,719 It was a double wedding. 2164 02:28:25,461 --> 02:28:27,507 A homestead claim was filed 2165 02:28:27,550 --> 02:28:30,945 by Mr. Jones and Mr. Wallingham on a piece of land 2166 02:28:30,989 --> 02:28:34,122 encompassing the entire Quicksand Bottoms area. 2167 02:28:49,007 --> 02:28:51,966 Frank? Frank? 2168 02:28:52,010 --> 02:28:53,446 - Huh? - Frank? 2169 02:28:53,489 --> 02:28:55,274 - What? - Frank! 2170 02:29:12,334 --> 02:29:13,640 Come on! Pull, Frank! 2171 02:29:13,683 --> 02:29:14,728 I'm... 2172 02:29:16,164 --> 02:29:18,688 Careful! Careful! Careful! 2173 02:29:22,692 --> 02:29:23,780 Ah! 2174 02:29:23,824 --> 02:29:24,912 Ha! 2175 02:29:39,971 --> 02:29:41,494 Oracle. 2176 02:29:41,537 --> 02:29:43,539 Oracle. Oracle. 2177 02:29:43,583 --> 02:29:45,019 Oracle! 2178 02:29:45,063 --> 02:29:46,368 Or... Oracle 2179 02:29:47,065 --> 02:29:50,807 hallelujah 2180 02:29:50,851 --> 02:29:52,200 There! Now I see it! 2181 02:29:52,244 --> 02:29:53,375 Yeah! 2182 02:29:57,249 --> 02:29:59,033 Glory hallelujah! 2183 02:29:59,077 --> 02:30:00,339 Hallelujah! 2184 02:30:00,382 --> 02:30:02,558 Hallelujah! 2185 02:30:02,602 --> 02:30:04,386 It's not to be denied 2186 02:30:04,430 --> 02:30:07,999 that there were occasional re-emergences of whiskey kegs 2187 02:30:08,042 --> 02:30:10,392 which kept Mr. Jones and Mr. Wallingham 2188 02:30:10,436 --> 02:30:13,265 um... um... 2189 02:30:13,308 --> 02:30:16,572 Quite... content for a number of years. 2190 02:30:18,226 --> 02:30:20,446 And in spite of all predictions, 2191 02:30:20,489 --> 02:30:24,232 shaggy hair and busy beavers to the contrary, 2192 02:30:24,276 --> 02:30:29,194 the winter of 1867 turned out to be the driest and warmest on record. 2193 02:30:30,369 --> 02:30:35,069 Such was the year, o, pioneer West, 2194 02:30:35,113 --> 02:30:39,247 and the days of the hallelujah trail. 2195 02:30:39,291 --> 02:30:41,467 Don't know where we're going or where we been 2196 02:30:41,510 --> 02:30:43,382 hallelujah trail 2197 02:30:43,425 --> 02:30:45,993 it's written in the dust and blown by the wind 2198 02:30:46,037 --> 02:30:47,908 hallelujah trail 2199 02:30:47,951 --> 02:30:50,693 you can't tell a horse from a stubborn mule 2200 02:30:50,737 --> 02:30:52,391 hallelujah trail 2201 02:30:52,434 --> 02:30:55,133 you can't tell a hero from a doggone fool 2202 02:30:55,176 --> 02:30:57,483 hallelujah trail 2203 02:30:57,526 --> 02:30:59,441 hallelujah 2204 02:30:59,485 --> 02:31:01,530 hallelujah 2205 02:31:01,574 --> 02:31:06,405 hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah trail 2206 02:31:06,448 --> 02:31:08,320 hallelujah 2207 02:31:08,363 --> 02:31:10,757 hallelujah 2208 02:31:10,800 --> 02:31:14,065 hallelujah 2209 02:31:15,283 --> 02:31:17,807 early in the morning, almost day 2210 02:31:17,851 --> 02:31:19,592 hallelujah trail 2211 02:31:19,635 --> 02:31:22,334 rise and shine, we're on our way 2212 02:31:22,377 --> 02:31:24,249 hallelujah trail 2213 02:31:24,292 --> 02:31:26,729 hallelujah 2214 02:31:26,773 --> 02:31:29,254 hallelujah 2215 02:31:29,297 --> 02:31:33,823 hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah trail 2216 02:31:33,867 --> 02:31:35,869 hallelujah 2217 02:31:35,912 --> 02:31:38,132 hallelujah 2218 02:31:38,176 --> 02:31:40,439 hallelujah 2219 02:31:40,482 --> 02:31:42,876 hallelujah 2220 02:31:42,919 --> 02:31:45,052 hallelujah 2221 02:31:45,096 --> 02:31:47,620 hallelujah 2222 02:31:47,663 --> 02:31:55,193 hallelu, hallelujah trail