1 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:30,510 Gentlemen, to the state of Arizona. 2 00:02:31,110 --> 00:02:32,110 Arizona. 3 00:02:35,950 --> 00:02:36,950 That's good, Governor. 4 00:02:37,830 --> 00:02:39,710 The state of Arizona. 5 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:42,690 I kind of like the sound of it. 6 00:02:43,890 --> 00:02:46,350 I'm glad I live to see this day. 7 00:02:46,730 --> 00:02:47,730 Mr. Griff? 8 00:02:47,970 --> 00:02:49,290 No, thank you, Governor. 9 00:02:49,550 --> 00:02:50,850 Oh, choice of vannas. 10 00:02:51,150 --> 00:02:52,510 I'll smoke this one. 11 00:02:53,070 --> 00:02:54,910 You must have something very special there. 12 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:56,360 Very special. 13 00:02:56,420 --> 00:02:58,620 Are you writing any more books, John? No. 14 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,400 That was just a sideline with me. 15 00:03:02,180 --> 00:03:05,460 I've been working with the Department of Interior all these years. 16 00:03:06,740 --> 00:03:08,860 A friend of mine gave me this cigar. 17 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:13,080 Celebration for him, too. 18 00:03:13,820 --> 00:03:15,660 His 30th wedding anniversary. 19 00:03:18,540 --> 00:03:21,820 Gentlemen, I'd like to propose a toast. 20 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:29,940 To a real... to my friend, James 21 00:03:29,940 --> 00:03:32,100 Addison Revis. 22 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:39,480 The man who called himself the Baron of Arizona? 23 00:03:39,860 --> 00:03:40,860 Yes. 24 00:03:41,500 --> 00:03:44,440 He will always be a part of the Arizona legend. 25 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,540 Were it not for him... 26 00:03:47,950 --> 00:03:51,930 Perhaps you gentlemen would not have formed your senatorial committee on 27 00:03:51,930 --> 00:03:53,770 statehood as fervently as you did. 28 00:03:54,010 --> 00:03:54,888 Oh, yes. 29 00:03:54,890 --> 00:03:56,550 I remember that cheap swindler. 30 00:03:57,650 --> 00:03:58,650 Swindler? 31 00:03:58,990 --> 00:03:59,990 Yes. 32 00:04:00,390 --> 00:04:01,390 But cheap? 33 00:04:01,910 --> 00:04:05,890 Oh, there was nothing cheap about James Revis. 34 00:04:07,410 --> 00:04:10,690 Only remember what you read in the papers, Mr. Reynolds. 35 00:04:11,130 --> 00:04:13,150 But I don't understand Mr. Griff. 36 00:04:13,410 --> 00:04:14,490 He's your friend? 37 00:04:14,930 --> 00:04:15,930 Yes. 38 00:04:16,940 --> 00:04:18,720 I've always thought you were bitter enemies. 39 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:20,440 On the contrary, Governor. 40 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:23,920 It was a challenge to have such a man as an adversary. 41 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,820 He put up a most magnificent fight against the government. 42 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:32,640 What on earth made him dream up such a fantastic swindle? 43 00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:36,100 Ambition. 44 00:04:38,540 --> 00:04:41,580 Wasn't he a clerk in the Santa Fe Land Office at one time? 45 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:42,920 Yes, he was. 46 00:04:43,710 --> 00:04:48,390 And it infuriated him that ignorant people inherited land because the United 47 00:04:48,390 --> 00:04:50,490 States recognized Spanish grants. 48 00:04:51,550 --> 00:04:55,910 So he decided to steal Arizona with forged documents. 49 00:04:56,330 --> 00:04:58,890 Didn't he spend many years perfecting his plan? 50 00:04:59,610 --> 00:05:01,490 Yes, many years. 51 00:05:02,150 --> 00:05:05,470 He studied ancient records and learned to forge them. 52 00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:07,490 He studied languages. 53 00:05:07,850 --> 00:05:11,010 He adopted the manners of a gentleman of culture. 54 00:05:11,980 --> 00:05:15,260 knowing all these things were necessary to his scheme. 55 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:23,260 He created a man called Miguel de Peralta, the first baron of Arizona. 56 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,340 He was now ready to put his plan in motion. 57 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:35,240 One rainy night in 1872, just outside Phoenix. 58 00:05:53,540 --> 00:05:54,600 Impito Alvarez? 59 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:55,880 Yes? 60 00:05:56,840 --> 00:06:00,220 There is a girl living here by the name of Sophia? 61 00:06:02,660 --> 00:06:06,580 Yes. She was left with you when she was one year old. 62 00:06:09,940 --> 00:06:13,600 I am James Revis from the land office in Santa Fe. 63 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,560 Come in, Mr. Revis. 64 00:06:24,170 --> 00:06:26,690 Arizona. For months it did not rain here. 65 00:06:27,490 --> 00:06:28,830 Oh, thank you. 66 00:06:33,210 --> 00:06:36,550 Do you mind? 67 00:06:45,350 --> 00:06:50,390 Would you like a good Havana? 68 00:06:50,910 --> 00:06:52,270 I do not smoke. 69 00:06:53,580 --> 00:06:58,760 Mr. Alvarez, the government of the United States is a very fair government. 70 00:06:58,840 --> 00:06:59,840 You know that. 71 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,040 It recognizes Spanish titles to land grants. 72 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:06,880 Do you know what a land grant is? 73 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:08,200 Yes. 74 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:15,600 Well, it seems that back in 1748, the king of Spain gave to Miguel de 75 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,440 Peralta a grant of land in America. 76 00:07:18,820 --> 00:07:20,480 Did you ever hear of Peralta? 77 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:21,880 No. 78 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,060 He was the first baron of Arizona. 79 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:25,880 Baron? In America? 80 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:31,780 Yes. And according to the laws of this country, his direct descendant is the 81 00:07:31,780 --> 00:07:33,620 rightful heir to the Peralta Grant. 82 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:34,980 The heir? 83 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:42,540 Oh, yes. That means that the person related to him today owns all that 84 00:07:42,540 --> 00:07:43,540 land. 85 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,780 What is this to do with Sophia? 86 00:07:50,990 --> 00:07:53,150 Her real name is Sophia de Peralta. 87 00:07:54,090 --> 00:07:56,330 Here are the papers to prove it. 88 00:08:04,530 --> 00:08:11,330 You, uh... You make family for Sophia with these papers? 89 00:08:11,590 --> 00:08:12,590 Read it. 90 00:08:18,430 --> 00:08:20,070 I do not read. 91 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,320 Well, according to these papers, she is the last of the Peraltas. 92 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,880 Sophia? She's singing Dolores to sleep. 93 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:36,200 Who is Dolores? 94 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,020 This is Estrellita, Dolores' sister. 95 00:08:41,539 --> 00:08:44,179 I make family for Sophia, too. 96 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,780 But not so good for her like these papers. 97 00:08:48,580 --> 00:08:50,760 They're called the lucky little mothers. 98 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,440 Sophia? 99 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,000 Sophia? 100 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:14,380 To Revis, this undernourished child was the basis of his claim to establish an 101 00:09:14,380 --> 00:09:15,380 empire. 102 00:09:15,500 --> 00:09:19,820 He knew it would not be difficult to convince her that she had noble blood. 103 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,820 I suppose it stunned this Pepito Alvarez. 104 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,560 Yes, but he was happy for the child. 105 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:33,900 Rivas took them from their adobe shack to his home in Santa Fe, where he lost 106 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:36,660 no time in molding her into a baroness. 107 00:09:37,100 --> 00:09:38,140 Good morning. 108 00:09:38,420 --> 00:09:39,239 Good morning. 109 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:44,820 You are Miss Loma Morales, unmarried, a teacher from Las Vegas College. 110 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,520 Pepito, this is Miss Loma Morales. 111 00:09:49,210 --> 00:09:50,250 Mr. Alvarez. 112 00:09:50,490 --> 00:09:53,370 Loma? What kind of name is that? 113 00:09:54,150 --> 00:09:55,950 Loma means a hill. 114 00:09:56,390 --> 00:09:58,270 I was born in Yucca Loma. 115 00:09:59,030 --> 00:10:01,590 Were the terms in my letters satisfactory? 116 00:10:03,190 --> 00:10:06,090 This is the child, Sophia de Peralta. 117 00:10:06,310 --> 00:10:07,830 She is a baroness. 118 00:10:09,430 --> 00:10:12,210 Do you wish the position as her governess? 119 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,740 The child showed promise. 120 00:10:45,700 --> 00:10:51,340 Loma taught her how to walk, sit, curtsy, eat, and listen. 121 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:58,320 And while Sophia learned how to write, Revis was writing in his own fashion. 122 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,600 Writing on a stone, the foundation of a false claim that would stun a nation. 123 00:11:21,390 --> 00:11:24,170 You all remember that inscription on the rock. 124 00:11:24,670 --> 00:11:29,250 I have marked this stone, the heart of my grant, awarded to me by Ferdinand VI, 125 00:11:29,450 --> 00:11:32,870 King of Spain, on December 20, 1748. 126 00:11:33,790 --> 00:11:39,030 I, Miguel de Peralta, Baron of Arizona, take possession on this day, August 12, 127 00:11:39,370 --> 00:11:40,370 1750. 128 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:55,760 Read to me again. 129 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:57,620 Again. Read to me. 130 00:12:03,540 --> 00:12:05,140 Where did you get this book, Sophia? 131 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,400 In your room. 132 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:09,960 You must never take what is not yours. 133 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:11,760 Yes, sir. 134 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,140 Sit down here beside me. 135 00:12:18,940 --> 00:12:22,280 Once upon a time, there was a little princess. 136 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,120 who had royal blood in her veins. 137 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:32,040 But no one knew it except her prince, who spent many years and in many lands 138 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,100 looking for her. 139 00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:38,000 It is very pretty. 140 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:39,580 Sophia. 141 00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:41,740 Sophia. 142 00:12:43,940 --> 00:12:45,820 Happy birthday, Baroness. 143 00:12:55,180 --> 00:12:57,380 The Colorado will be your private riviera. 144 00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:59,500 Every day will be a holiday. 145 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,920 New Year's in the Painted Desert, Christmas in the Gila Valley, and 146 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:10,420 Thanksgiving in the Pine Timber. And the Grand Canyon, the Grand Canyon will be 147 00:13:10,420 --> 00:13:11,420 your play yard. 148 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,560 That's a real birthday present, Sophia, from the United States. 149 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:21,260 Over 113,000 square miles, as large as Italy. 150 00:13:22,140 --> 00:13:23,440 And it's all yours. 151 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,060 Every mile, every foot, every inch. 152 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:31,760 I promise you this birthright, Sophia. 153 00:13:33,660 --> 00:13:35,820 Are you going away for a long time? 154 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,180 There are many important documents to gather so that you can inherit all this. 155 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:41,820 Can't you do it here? 156 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,140 I'm afraid it's not that simple. 157 00:13:44,660 --> 00:13:46,020 Then I do not want it. 158 00:13:48,580 --> 00:13:50,840 What did Aristotle say of dignity? 159 00:13:54,760 --> 00:14:01,580 He said dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in deserving 160 00:14:01,580 --> 00:14:02,640 them. And? 161 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,060 And I shall try to deserve them. Good. 162 00:14:06,660 --> 00:14:10,520 You and I must never lose our bearing, Sophia, not even for an instant. 163 00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:14,100 You must have dignity. 164 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,180 Only peasants cry. 165 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,180 Thea de Peralta, Baroness of Arizona. 166 00:14:27,460 --> 00:14:28,460 Say it. 167 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:35,720 I'm Thea de Peralta, Baroness of Arizona. 168 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:46,620 He then established evidence of Sophia's birth and falsified records creating for 169 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:48,960 her an entire family of noble blood. 170 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,820 The family of one Miguel de Peralta. 171 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:58,700 And before the ink certifying them was dry, he falsified the existence of her 172 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:03,220 parents and carefully arranged to have them properly laid to rest. 173 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:29,260 Having provided Sophia with the necessary ancestry, he sailed for Spain 174 00:15:29,260 --> 00:15:31,600 to complete his worldwide forgery. 175 00:15:40,180 --> 00:15:43,280 He had only one more act to perform. 176 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:49,980 The falsification of the original land-grant book of Ferdinand VI, which 177 00:15:49,980 --> 00:15:51,560 was in the well-guarded archives. 178 00:15:53,110 --> 00:15:55,970 Bibliotheca in the monastery of Alcantara. 179 00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:55,040 The Father Guardian will see you now. Oh, thank you, brother. 180 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:09,560 Have you come for a short visit? 181 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:11,220 I've come to stay. 182 00:17:14,579 --> 00:17:16,540 Oh, forgive me, Father. 183 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,040 I mean, I would like to stay very much. 184 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:23,700 But why have you chosen our order? 185 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:28,500 Well, I have made careful survey, Father, and from the little I know of 186 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:31,320 your order, I feel very much attracted to it. 187 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:35,320 There is much to prove before you can join our order. 188 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,960 After all, you must admit we know nothing about you. 189 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,920 Charity commands us to accept you on your face value. 190 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,940 But for practical purposes, you will have sufficient time to prove yourself. 191 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:51,060 By the time you are through with your novitiate. 192 00:17:51,550 --> 00:17:52,830 We will know more about you. 193 00:18:01,690 --> 00:18:06,470 Oh, Brother Anthony, welcome to the Library of Alcantara. I'm Brother 194 00:18:06,470 --> 00:18:10,290 Gregory, the custodian. May I assist you? Oh, thank you, Brother Gregory. 195 00:18:10,770 --> 00:18:15,810 This is our scriptorium, where we study and do most of our spiritual work. 196 00:18:16,630 --> 00:18:17,890 That's very interesting. 197 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,120 We have a fine collection of books which you will enjoy. 198 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:30,220 The scribe room, where our experts copy and illuminate manuscripts. 199 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,640 The illumination is magnificent. 200 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,860 And the calligraphy. 201 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:45,000 The repair room, where we strengthen and sew bindings. 202 00:18:45,340 --> 00:18:48,080 Is this for sewing the bindings? Yes, that's right. 203 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:49,840 And the press? 204 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,160 Yes, the press. 205 00:18:54,580 --> 00:18:56,320 Those are cakes of ink. 206 00:18:57,180 --> 00:18:58,800 Yes, we make our own ink. 207 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,020 And have not changed the formula in five centuries. 208 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,180 And this is our bibliotheca. 209 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:13,960 This is where we preserve our ancient books. 210 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,380 and priceless records. 211 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,100 You were surprised to find them chained? 212 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:26,940 I can understand, but to remove a book is strictly forbidden. 213 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:28,680 But surely no one would dare. 214 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:29,799 Well, who knows? 215 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:34,640 Once a rare book collector acted rather strangely in this cell, and we were 216 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:37,680 compelled to summon the civil police from Sevilla to investigate him. 217 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,480 The Mazarin Bible. 218 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,320 The first work of Gutenberg. 219 00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:45,060 Printed in 1450. 220 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,580 I thought it was in two volumes. 221 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:48,980 You're right, Brother Anthony. 222 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:55,620 Christopher Columbus's son borrowed the second volume and, uh, never returned 223 00:19:55,620 --> 00:19:56,620 it. 224 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,220 The books and, uh, records are listed. 225 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,900 You're welcome at all times. Thank you, Brother Cranker. 226 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:21,880 he lost no time stealing ammonia from the infirmary and milk and meal from the 227 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:28,200 kitchen he mixed his solution and tried it out he had to make sure he could 228 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,200 remove the ink 229 00:21:45,130 --> 00:21:50,150 He rubbed the surface of the page with pumice to smooth the irritated grain. 230 00:22:00,890 --> 00:22:07,010 That night he gathered his equipment and hurried to the bibliotheca to forge the 231 00:22:07,010 --> 00:22:10,110 Peralta grant in the 1748 volume. 232 00:23:05,420 --> 00:23:07,620 This was his first major catastrophe. 233 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,020 But he never admitted defeat. 234 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,400 For months he practiced ancient penmanship. 235 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,280 For months he made attempts to enter the bibliotheca while the others were 236 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,280 asleep. 237 00:23:19,340 --> 00:23:20,840 But he failed. 238 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:29,080 One day, however, he conceived a simple but most effective plan of gaining entry 239 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,420 into the bibliotheca where he could work. 240 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:36,360 In his cell he deliberately left a sample of his penmanship. 241 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,220 Brother Anthony. 242 00:24:00,990 --> 00:24:01,990 Did you write this? 243 00:24:02,790 --> 00:24:03,790 Yes, Father. 244 00:24:03,950 --> 00:24:06,870 I'm assigning you to the library to assist Brother Gregory. 245 00:24:07,250 --> 00:24:08,870 I prefer field work. 246 00:24:09,150 --> 00:24:10,670 You've been here three years. 247 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:13,650 You're a hard worker, but your talent would be wasted. 248 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:16,970 But, Father, I... I suggest you go to the library. 249 00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:19,250 Yes, Father. 250 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:44,780 And this is our bibliotheca, where we preserve our ancient books and priceless 251 00:24:44,780 --> 00:24:45,780 records. 252 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,540 To remove one of the books... Brother Anthony. 253 00:24:49,060 --> 00:24:50,060 Yes, Father. 254 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,320 The books and documents are listed. 255 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:58,880 Will you get the land-grant records of 1748, please? 256 00:25:24,110 --> 00:25:26,270 Yes, the binding must be repaired. 257 00:25:26,590 --> 00:25:28,970 I wonder what condition the other copy is in. 258 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:34,010 You may keep the keys. 259 00:25:34,290 --> 00:25:37,070 Brother Gregory is ill, but will be well tomorrow. 260 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:40,310 You are custodian of the library for tonight. 261 00:25:40,990 --> 00:25:45,070 When Brother Paul has finished repairing the binding, be sure to return the book. 262 00:25:45,250 --> 00:25:46,250 Yes, Father Guardian. 263 00:25:46,330 --> 00:25:47,830 Oh, Father Guardian. Yes? 264 00:25:49,330 --> 00:25:52,510 Is there another copy of such a valuable book? 265 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,520 The 1750 volume. 266 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:59,860 It was written here, but the Marcus de Santella has it. He is secretary to the 267 00:25:59,860 --> 00:26:00,860 king. 268 00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:02,620 Are you ill? 269 00:26:06,860 --> 00:26:07,860 No, father. 270 00:26:09,180 --> 00:26:10,980 I was just thinking of the book. 271 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,220 I understand your concern for ancient documents. 272 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:15,700 But do not despair. 273 00:26:16,340 --> 00:26:18,960 They're well preserved in his castle near Madrid. 274 00:27:46,570 --> 00:27:52,850 Came here to the archive to seek peace within myself father You are tempted to 275 00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:53,850 run away. 276 00:27:54,550 --> 00:28:01,090 I Am NOT for this kind of life father Others have been tempted to 277 00:28:01,090 --> 00:28:07,830 Meditate We shall talk tomorrow 278 00:28:39,310 --> 00:28:42,990 You know how it is, Father. There are so many reports, so many complaints. 279 00:28:43,250 --> 00:28:46,230 But in your case, we came just as soon as we were notified. 280 00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:48,070 I'm glad you came today. 281 00:28:48,890 --> 00:28:51,310 I... Oh, Brother Anthony! 282 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:27,780 not think he would run away run away the wagon he has taken our horses and wagon 283 00:29:27,780 --> 00:29:33,440 we'll bring them back that's not the way he would not speak to me for fear I 284 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,700 would inspire him to stay yes he did appear frightened as I was telling you 285 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:44,200 father your complaints finally brought official action tomorrow all holes in 286 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,620 the mountain roads will be filled even those beyond the Roman bridge 287 00:30:42,100 --> 00:30:43,340 So mine, father. 288 00:30:44,580 --> 00:30:46,080 Your horse is dead, father. 289 00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:47,960 Your wagon, firewood. 290 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,140 I found you. Me. 291 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,780 Rita. I'm not a monk, Rita. 292 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:58,400 To escape police, I had to wear this robe. 293 00:30:59,740 --> 00:31:00,740 Who are you? 294 00:31:02,380 --> 00:31:05,200 a wanderer like Cain looking for a woman of my own. 295 00:31:13,780 --> 00:31:15,960 I told you she was beautiful. 296 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,760 But I told her that a Spanish promise is like a Spanish pepper. 297 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,780 It burns whoever tastes it. 298 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,040 Here's a hand. Oh, thank you, Angie. 299 00:31:25,340 --> 00:31:26,460 And here's a coat. 300 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,240 I think this will fit you. Ah, thanks. 301 00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:34,340 Aren't you going to finish the stew I made for you? Oh, certainly, Angie. 302 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:35,840 It's excellent. 303 00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:37,100 It's your horses. 304 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:44,080 Two years ago in Madrid, I was dining with royalty one night. 305 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:49,160 One of them said that no amount of washing could turn a gypsy white. 306 00:31:50,060 --> 00:31:55,080 I accused him of insulting the gypsies. You said that to a nobleman? I spit in 307 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,360 his face and received 20 lashes on my back. 308 00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:00,540 That pig of a nobleman was the Marcus de Santella. 309 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:03,900 Santella, secretary to the king. He's a pig. 310 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,900 He prays every night to the devil. 311 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,200 He's rich. 312 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:08,240 I know. 313 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:09,960 And I have a plan. 314 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,580 In his house is much gold. I know exactly where it is hidden. But I need 315 00:32:14,580 --> 00:32:17,360 help. And we can all share in that great wealth. 316 00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:18,620 It's too dangerous. 317 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,120 She's right. 318 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:24,680 A thief never takes chances. We can get that gold. Then why do you need us? 319 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:26,360 I told you, I have a plan. 320 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:30,100 As it is, they chase us like dogs from one province to another. 321 00:32:31,110 --> 00:32:32,110 Madrid. 322 00:32:32,890 --> 00:32:36,490 The Marquess would order half of Spain to hunt us down. 323 00:32:36,850 --> 00:32:39,050 Does a girl make decisions for you? 324 00:32:39,370 --> 00:32:41,270 She has a man's shrewdness. 325 00:32:42,030 --> 00:32:46,110 A shrewd woman would know when to trust a man. Why should we trust you? 326 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:52,350 We don't know who you really are or where you come from. 327 00:32:55,530 --> 00:32:57,010 Tomorrow you leave our camp. 328 00:33:23,630 --> 00:33:25,030 I told you to leave tomorrow. 329 00:33:28,850 --> 00:33:30,010 Take me with you. 330 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:32,110 I want to go with you. 331 00:33:32,830 --> 00:33:34,210 I will not be in the way. 332 00:33:35,250 --> 00:33:36,590 I will be good to you. 333 00:33:37,610 --> 00:33:40,550 I will be very friendly. 334 00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:43,390 Perhaps. You will take me. 335 00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:44,710 Yes. 336 00:33:45,630 --> 00:33:48,430 Yes, I can see you in Paris, London, America. 337 00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:51,770 Everybody bowing to you, treating you like a lady. 338 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:58,000 But you marry one of your own and have many dirty-faced children. No, no, no, 339 00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,160 no, no. 340 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,140 But you can't leave your people, Rita. They depend on you. They listen to you. 341 00:34:04,900 --> 00:34:06,060 I hate them. 342 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:18,900 Oh, Rita, you're like a rich curtain before a doorway of wild and wonderful 343 00:34:18,900 --> 00:34:19,900 miracles. 344 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,120 There is no longer a curtain. 345 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:26,659 Each band is a sin. 346 00:34:28,580 --> 00:34:30,719 And I want to confess them all to you. 347 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,120 You make it very hard to refuse. 348 00:34:34,620 --> 00:34:37,940 I've known many women, but with you, it's different. With you, I'm afraid. 349 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:42,280 Is it true what you said, that no washing will turn a gypsy white? 350 00:34:42,620 --> 00:34:43,639 It takes money. 351 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:48,280 It's all yours. 352 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,940 Money I've saved, stolen, hidden from the others. 353 00:34:51,659 --> 00:34:54,780 I hate living in the woods like an animal, people spitting at me and 354 00:34:54,780 --> 00:34:55,820 treating me like a mongrel. 355 00:34:56,060 --> 00:34:59,440 It's not enough for what we both want. Then we shall get more. The Marcus de 356 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:00,980 Santella has much gold. 357 00:35:02,260 --> 00:35:06,260 Enough to dress you in fine gowns and take you far away from me. Anything. 358 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,120 Anything you say, only promise you'll take me with you. 359 00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:19,340 I don't understand Rita. 360 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:27,920 Last night, she said it was too dangerous to go to Madrid. 361 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,360 Today, she says we go to Madrid. 362 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,360 I don't like this moving around all the time. 363 00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:43,920 It makes me feel like a vagabond. 364 00:36:03,050 --> 00:36:05,690 Where is the tall gypsy, the one with the lovely beard? 365 00:36:05,970 --> 00:36:09,470 Ah, Marquesa, I see a rich, fat man in your life. 366 00:36:09,690 --> 00:36:11,330 My husband is not a fat man. 367 00:36:11,690 --> 00:36:16,150 The Marques de Santella is a handsome man. Oh, yes, Marquesa, he is beautiful. 368 00:36:16,650 --> 00:36:18,770 It was because of me that he permitted this party. 369 00:36:19,910 --> 00:36:22,670 Unless you bring the tall gypsy at once, I'll have you driven off. 370 00:36:24,410 --> 00:36:25,288 No, wait. 371 00:36:25,290 --> 00:36:27,070 I thought I saw him go into the house. 372 00:36:27,370 --> 00:36:31,770 No, he's in the woods, making a love potion for you. 373 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:34,900 I think he's in the house. No. 374 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,760 He's waiting for you in the woods, he told me. 375 00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:27,840 What are you doing here? 376 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:34,060 The gypsy girl told me that you would be here. She lied. She's jealous. 377 00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:35,820 And so am I. 378 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,860 Last night you promised you'd spend every moment with me tonight. 379 00:37:40,260 --> 00:37:41,680 We must be cautious. You're a husband. 380 00:37:42,020 --> 00:37:47,340 I love my husband, but I'm bored with him and his musty old books. 381 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:52,520 Only a fool would waste his time on old books when he has a beautiful young 382 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:53,520 woman to love. 383 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:55,100 Please. 384 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,780 Don't leave with the others. 385 00:37:57,140 --> 00:37:58,520 Stay here in Madrid. 386 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,580 But we can be together often. 387 00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:02,480 It's too dangerous here. 388 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:04,740 I'll meet you near the fountain. 389 00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:06,580 I'll go first, you follow. 390 00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,080 Promise? 391 00:38:09,380 --> 00:38:10,380 I promise. 392 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:20,100 I've known many women. 393 00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:23,960 But with you, I'm afraid. 394 00:38:43,210 --> 00:38:47,930 But he never kept the rendezvous with the Marquesa because he had more 395 00:38:47,930 --> 00:38:49,330 important things to do. 396 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:53,070 He now was ready to come out into the open. 397 00:38:56,490 --> 00:38:58,610 Sophia was traveling in Europe. 398 00:38:58,830 --> 00:39:00,890 He wrote her to meet him in Paris. 399 00:39:01,230 --> 00:39:02,230 How do you like Paris? 400 00:39:02,370 --> 00:39:04,950 It's good, but I like Arizona better. 401 00:39:05,550 --> 00:39:07,430 And Sophia? 402 00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:09,470 In there, counting the hours. 403 00:39:09,770 --> 00:39:11,970 Loma? Helping her with the dresses. 404 00:39:12,690 --> 00:39:16,950 Pepita, the Bonaparte sails from Le Havre next week. 405 00:39:17,770 --> 00:39:20,690 Book a passage and reserve the bridal suite. 406 00:39:20,950 --> 00:39:21,950 We go home! 407 00:39:22,750 --> 00:39:23,750 Bridal? 408 00:39:24,050 --> 00:39:25,110 You married? 409 00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:27,030 You? Not yet. 410 00:39:27,790 --> 00:39:29,330 Oh, now you tell me everything. 411 00:39:29,550 --> 00:39:34,270 What you do, where you go, how you live, how do you send so much money. 412 00:39:34,690 --> 00:39:37,270 You found the senorita in Spain, huh? 413 00:39:37,820 --> 00:39:39,120 At a bullfight, maybe. 414 00:39:39,380 --> 00:39:40,960 No, I found her outside of Phoenix. 415 00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:42,860 Huh? I'm going to marry Sophia. 416 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:54,640 Mr. Rivas, it's good all you do for Sophia, for me. It's good. 417 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:59,940 But it's only right for a man to take a woman as wife when he loves her. 418 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,060 Don't you believe that I love her? 419 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:04,560 I do not mean it that way, but... 420 00:40:05,310 --> 00:40:07,390 She's not a girl now. 421 00:40:07,790 --> 00:40:08,870 She's a woman. 422 00:40:09,370 --> 00:40:11,670 You don't know Sophia as woman. 423 00:40:11,930 --> 00:40:14,290 I know her better than anyone else in the world. 424 00:40:14,590 --> 00:40:19,530 But you cannot put together cake to iron or a girl to an old man. 425 00:40:19,770 --> 00:40:20,770 Old man? 426 00:40:20,810 --> 00:40:23,610 Well, why not leave the decision up to her? 427 00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:26,890 Yes. 428 00:40:27,550 --> 00:40:29,170 She has a good head. 429 00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:31,890 We'll leave it to her. 430 00:40:33,710 --> 00:40:36,130 Is she still singing Dolores to sleep? 431 00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:38,530 Call the lucky little mother. 432 00:40:39,790 --> 00:40:40,790 Call her. 433 00:40:42,370 --> 00:40:43,370 Sophia? 434 00:40:45,170 --> 00:40:46,170 Sophia? 435 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,020 But aren't you happy to see me? 436 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,040 I cannot see you for the tears. 437 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:17,960 Oh, 438 00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:24,360 my cheeks flushed. You can't see in the dark. 439 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,260 I'm so excited. 440 00:41:28,060 --> 00:41:29,420 Did you notice my necklace? 441 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:30,720 You sent it from Mexico. 442 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,040 In the comb, do you remember? 443 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:34,320 From Seville. 444 00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:39,340 The one I like best is the music box from... From Madrid. 445 00:41:41,260 --> 00:41:47,060 Sophia, how does it feel to be a woman of dignity and beauty? 446 00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:50,400 Why don't you ask how it feels to be lonely? 447 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,040 You too. 448 00:41:53,420 --> 00:41:55,380 All my life I've known two men. 449 00:41:56,260 --> 00:41:59,180 The one who came out of the rain in the long black cape. 450 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:01,940 The other one who was always in my dreams. 451 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:08,160 Sophia, am I too old for your affections? 452 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:09,920 Too old? 453 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:16,300 I am grateful to have learned in all my travels what so few women ever learn. 454 00:42:16,980 --> 00:42:18,700 How to recognize love. 455 00:42:19,780 --> 00:42:26,740 I could never explain why, but it would fill my heart if you 456 00:42:26,740 --> 00:42:27,740 would become my wife. 457 00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:37,340 I've wanted it this way ever since I realized what I wanted. 458 00:42:43,660 --> 00:42:45,700 Oh, Sophia, Sophia. 459 00:42:47,340 --> 00:42:50,520 I have known many, many women. 460 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:56,860 But with you... 461 00:43:13,610 --> 00:43:15,090 Hey, that's a pretty fancy carriage. 462 00:43:15,510 --> 00:43:18,110 Well, now we'll see what a Baron looks like. 463 00:44:01,930 --> 00:44:02,930 Come in. 464 00:44:13,610 --> 00:44:15,370 I am the Baron of Arizona. 465 00:44:15,690 --> 00:44:16,549 Howdy, Baron. 466 00:44:16,550 --> 00:44:18,010 I'm Miller, Surveyor General. 467 00:44:18,430 --> 00:44:22,250 Oh, may I present Mr. Miller, my wife, the Baroness Sophia de Peralta Rivas. 468 00:44:22,510 --> 00:44:23,730 How do you do, Baroness? 469 00:44:24,250 --> 00:44:27,670 We wish to claim full recognition of the Peralta land grant. 470 00:44:30,030 --> 00:44:33,530 There's been quite a lot of excitement in town since your man told us you were 471 00:44:33,530 --> 00:44:36,250 coming. Royal is something new in Arizona. 472 00:44:37,150 --> 00:44:41,230 Our agents have collected the necessary copies of all certified documents. 473 00:44:41,590 --> 00:44:44,410 The royal decree signed by Ferdinand VI. 474 00:44:44,930 --> 00:44:48,350 The history of the Peraltas. The petition. 475 00:44:53,470 --> 00:44:59,030 Are you sure the meets and bounds in this location are... I am. 476 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:01,280 There must be some mistake. 477 00:45:01,740 --> 00:45:08,160 Why, this grant... Why, it takes in practically the entire territory of 478 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,780 Arizona. It does take in the territory. 479 00:45:11,460 --> 00:45:17,280 It also includes all mineral rights, all rivers, all grazing ground. 480 00:45:17,540 --> 00:45:22,500 I'd advise you to investigate this claim at once, Mr. Miller, for you are living 481 00:45:22,500 --> 00:45:23,500 on our land. 482 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,000 Good day, sir. 483 00:45:47,310 --> 00:45:51,430 According to your records of 1750, the stone marker would prove a definite 484 00:45:51,430 --> 00:45:55,030 location. And evidence that Peralta actually took possession. 485 00:45:55,490 --> 00:45:56,550 Well, maybe. 486 00:45:57,710 --> 00:45:59,510 It's a pretty wild country around here. 487 00:46:00,570 --> 00:46:02,010 And there is no stone. 488 00:46:02,950 --> 00:46:04,590 If you say so, Mr. Miller. 489 00:46:05,030 --> 00:46:07,170 Mr. Miller! Mr. Miller! Mr. Miller! 490 00:46:42,170 --> 00:46:43,710 Peralta, Peralta, Peralta! 491 00:46:44,370 --> 00:46:48,890 This man, Rivas, claims to own everything, from the smallest shack to 492 00:46:48,890 --> 00:46:52,490 the capital in Prescott. If the land belongs to him, the sooner the people 493 00:46:52,490 --> 00:46:54,990 know it, the better. Why, so there'll be safe court costs? 494 00:46:55,530 --> 00:46:58,450 Mr. Secretary, we're whipped. 495 00:47:10,250 --> 00:47:16,310 Because of the Peralta grant, the New Mexico-Arizona boundary has just been 496 00:47:16,310 --> 00:47:17,310 altered. 497 00:47:18,450 --> 00:47:25,150 Congress has refused the territory of New Mexico admission as a state to the 498 00:47:25,150 --> 00:47:29,630 Union until the Revis bounds are clarified by us. 499 00:47:33,290 --> 00:47:37,090 Well, Griff, what about the signatures on these documents? 500 00:47:37,810 --> 00:47:39,090 This is a good Havana. 501 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:43,060 But very often a fine wrapper conceals inferior tobacco. 502 00:47:43,580 --> 00:47:46,140 You're the greatest expert in the country. 503 00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:53,820 Are these papers forged? 504 00:48:02,420 --> 00:48:07,020 I think so. 505 00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:09,500 Now, now, now, don't get excited. 506 00:48:14,900 --> 00:48:18,640 Why should a land office clerk finance a child's education when he could have 507 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,440 bought the grant from her for a few dollars and claimed it for himself? 508 00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:24,380 Why did he marry her? 509 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:25,760 Well, why? 510 00:48:26,540 --> 00:48:27,720 To protect himself? 511 00:48:29,140 --> 00:48:32,880 As long as a true Spaniard inherits the land, he knows the government will not 512 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:33,880 violate the treaty. 513 00:48:43,510 --> 00:48:46,730 Gentlemen, it has the stench of swindle. 514 00:48:47,250 --> 00:48:51,410 The signatures on these papers appear authentic, but they're still only 515 00:48:51,410 --> 00:48:52,410 copies. 516 00:48:52,790 --> 00:48:56,110 Well, Griff, what do you suggest? 517 00:48:56,730 --> 00:49:00,130 To examine the original source upon which this claim is founded. 518 00:49:00,830 --> 00:49:04,390 In the monastery of Alcantara in Spain. 519 00:49:16,750 --> 00:49:17,750 Come in. 520 00:49:18,370 --> 00:49:20,610 Sir, the president of... I am occupied. 521 00:49:22,690 --> 00:49:25,310 Not too occupied to see Gunther of Southern Railroad. 522 00:49:26,930 --> 00:49:27,930 Say. 523 00:49:32,270 --> 00:49:33,270 Well. 524 00:49:35,310 --> 00:49:37,890 I've sent word to you more than once to come to my office. 525 00:49:39,230 --> 00:49:44,270 Your manners are as impossible, sir, as your chances to continue operating in 526 00:49:44,270 --> 00:49:45,270 Arizona. 527 00:49:52,620 --> 00:49:53,620 How do you know about that? 528 00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:02,300 You're not going into the railroad business, too, are you? Now, see here, 529 00:50:02,380 --> 00:50:03,380 Revis. Barron. 530 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,520 Barron, I want to... Your lawyer told you that I hold the threat of stopping 531 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:11,980 by injunction all railroads trespassing our land. He advised you to capitulate. 532 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:14,360 It's interesting, isn't it? Yes. 533 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:18,660 Since I don't want to impede progress, I'm permitting you to advance me $50 534 00:50:18,660 --> 00:50:23,880 ,000. 50,000? As a first installment for an immediate quit-claim deed. 535 00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:27,200 Just the amount I was going to offer you for my right-of-way. 536 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:30,180 Well, in that case, I shall remove you from the trespassers list. 537 00:50:30,660 --> 00:50:32,380 Thank you, Baron. Thank you. 538 00:50:36,820 --> 00:50:37,820 Oh, Baron. 539 00:50:39,220 --> 00:50:41,960 How about buying an interest in some of your mineral rights? 540 00:50:42,540 --> 00:50:43,780 How much of an interest? 541 00:50:45,260 --> 00:50:47,260 Oh, 100,000 as a starter. 542 00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:49,640 That's not a very interesting start. 543 00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:57,840 Mr. Gunther, I understand that you own that magnificent mansion outside of 544 00:50:57,840 --> 00:50:59,200 Phoenix? That's right. 545 00:51:01,100 --> 00:51:05,840 Well, now, that would be a very interesting down payment on some of my 546 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:06,840 mineral rights. 547 00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:13,420 Baron, you've got yourself a house. 548 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,180 I'm a landowner. We all are. 549 00:51:22,420 --> 00:51:25,740 We want to know where we stand. In my private office without an appointment? 550 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:29,000 Now, just a moment, gentlemen. Let's not have any violence. At least not until I 551 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,000 get my story. 552 00:51:30,060 --> 00:51:32,840 I'm a cleric of the New York world. You don't mind answering a few questions, 553 00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:36,780 Baron? Is it true you're collecting thousands of dollars in revenues, rents, 554 00:51:36,780 --> 00:51:39,700 and royalties even before your claim has been recognized in any court? 555 00:51:40,180 --> 00:51:44,020 Would a railroad advance me a penny if there were a question regarding the 556 00:51:44,020 --> 00:51:45,140 validity of my claim? 557 00:51:45,620 --> 00:51:47,260 Not if I know those railroads. 558 00:51:47,950 --> 00:51:50,190 This is Gunther of Southern Railroad. 559 00:51:50,650 --> 00:51:53,890 Mr. Gunther, are you paying me for right of way through my land? 560 00:51:54,650 --> 00:51:57,150 Well, uh... Yes. 561 00:51:58,470 --> 00:52:01,870 Why don't you wait till the government recognizes his claim officially, Mr. 562 00:52:01,990 --> 00:52:05,030 Gunther, and be forced to pay him an impossible figure? 563 00:52:05,710 --> 00:52:07,610 That would be poor business foresight. 564 00:52:09,030 --> 00:52:12,710 If I were you, man, I would settle right now for what he demands. 565 00:52:13,010 --> 00:52:15,650 Why don't all of you gentlemen listen to the railroad man? 566 00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:17,540 That's why he's so rich. 567 00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:23,460 Baron, my publisher, Mr. Pulitzer, wants me to write you up as the man who 568 00:52:23,460 --> 00:52:24,460 changed geography. 569 00:52:38,140 --> 00:52:39,420 This is only the beginning. 570 00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:41,440 This is sufficient for me. 571 00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:44,820 Nothing is sufficient for anyone who can change geography. 572 00:52:46,220 --> 00:52:50,840 My dear, I've... I've just bought a private railroad car for us. 573 00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:54,080 We'll go all over our territory sometime next month. 574 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:58,060 Oh, let's not go anywhere for a long time. I have so many wonders to get used 575 00:52:58,060 --> 00:52:59,060 to. 576 00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:01,520 This is our first real home. 577 00:53:03,720 --> 00:53:05,180 Anything you say, my dear. 578 00:53:07,140 --> 00:53:12,740 Is it unladylike for a baroness to... to shout to everyone that she loves her 579 00:53:12,740 --> 00:53:13,740 husband? 580 00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:15,160 Never mind everyone. 581 00:53:15,740 --> 00:53:16,800 Just shout it to me. 582 00:54:12,660 --> 00:54:18,580 Well, I did it. You sure nobody was home? No, nobody was home. Tom, it's 583 00:54:18,580 --> 00:54:21,160 wrong. He's just a lot of fancy words. 584 00:54:21,740 --> 00:54:24,180 That little explosion will scare him right out of town. 585 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,220 Don't worry, Carrie, we ain't gonna lose our home. 586 00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:31,340 I ought to turn you in to the sheriff. He can't take the law into his own 587 00:54:31,340 --> 00:54:33,880 hands. It ain't up to him to scare the baron out of here. 588 00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:35,600 It's up to the government, Hank. 589 00:54:36,060 --> 00:54:38,700 Nothing will stop me from tangling with you if you get in my way. 590 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:41,640 You just got a room in town, that's all. 591 00:54:41,900 --> 00:54:43,140 You got nothing to lose. 592 00:54:43,620 --> 00:54:44,620 We got everything. 593 00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:12,440 Did you ever read it? 594 00:55:14,660 --> 00:55:16,180 I thought you might like a copy. 595 00:55:16,700 --> 00:55:17,700 My name's Griff. 596 00:55:17,900 --> 00:55:19,300 My library is complete. 597 00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:23,560 How do you do, Mr. Griff? 598 00:55:24,480 --> 00:55:25,960 Cigar? Thank you. 599 00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,100 Writing books is a sideline. 600 00:55:35,220 --> 00:55:36,720 I'm with the Department of Interior. 601 00:55:37,140 --> 00:55:39,600 Well, what exactly is your job, Mr. Griff? 602 00:55:40,910 --> 00:55:42,190 Not a very pleasant one, sir. 603 00:55:42,670 --> 00:55:48,830 I exposed falsified wills, ancient manuscripts, and, uh... Spanish land 604 00:55:48,830 --> 00:55:49,830 grants. 605 00:55:50,550 --> 00:55:53,870 I can understand the government's reluctance to part with Arizona. 606 00:55:54,610 --> 00:55:58,130 I am prepared for a thorough investigation of all documents. 607 00:55:58,990 --> 00:56:03,090 But I don't appreciate the inference of falsification of papers. 608 00:56:03,690 --> 00:56:07,350 I've never yet met a claimant who appreciated my presence in the case. 609 00:56:08,090 --> 00:56:09,090 Grimm. 610 00:56:10,540 --> 00:56:12,100 Come to think of it, your name is familiar. 611 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:16,600 I heard of you when I was a clerk in the land office at Santa Fe. 612 00:56:18,140 --> 00:56:19,860 Frankly, didn't you read my book? 613 00:56:22,340 --> 00:56:23,900 I really don't recall it. 614 00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:28,940 I've just returned from Spain after following your trail from Mexico City to 615 00:56:28,940 --> 00:56:29,940 Madrid. 616 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:33,300 Surprised? On the contrary, I'm pleased with your energy. 617 00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,460 I hope that your investigation proved interesting. 618 00:56:37,220 --> 00:56:38,920 Interesting enough for another book. 619 00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:41,620 When you write it, send me a copy. 620 00:56:42,660 --> 00:56:45,100 Your penmanship was truly a masterpiece. 621 00:56:45,800 --> 00:56:46,920 A work of art. 622 00:56:49,020 --> 00:56:50,340 This is a good Havana, sir. 623 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:55,540 But it's a pity your claim is a bad cigar wrapped in a rich Spanish leaf. 624 00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:57,160 Good day. 625 00:56:58,260 --> 00:56:59,260 Oh. 626 00:57:00,700 --> 00:57:01,860 It's autographed. 627 00:58:12,010 --> 00:58:15,690 How do you do? How do you do? May I present Mr. John Griff of Washington, D 628 00:58:15,690 --> 00:58:18,810 .C., my wife, the Baroness Sophia de Peralta Rivas. 629 00:58:19,430 --> 00:58:20,650 How do you do, Mrs. Rivas? 630 00:58:21,930 --> 00:58:23,810 Forgive me, this is very important. 631 00:58:25,410 --> 00:58:30,730 Mr. Rivas, during the investigation of your wife's parentage, did you go to the 632 00:58:30,730 --> 00:58:31,730 Guadalajara Cemetery? 633 00:58:32,030 --> 00:58:33,150 Yes, Mr. Griff, I did. 634 00:58:33,470 --> 00:58:36,010 And that is where her father and mother are buried. 635 00:58:36,310 --> 00:58:37,310 Yes, it is. 636 00:58:38,090 --> 00:58:39,090 Mr. Martinez. 637 00:58:42,510 --> 00:58:43,510 Is this the man? 638 00:58:46,950 --> 00:58:47,950 Si. 639 00:58:48,350 --> 00:58:52,150 Is he the one who told you he was looking for the tombstones of Pedro and 640 00:58:52,150 --> 00:58:53,150 Maria de Peralta? 641 00:58:57,510 --> 00:58:58,510 Si. 642 00:58:58,870 --> 00:59:03,190 Is he the one who paid you to cut words on two unmarked tombstones in the 643 00:59:03,190 --> 00:59:04,190 Guadalajara cemetery? 644 00:59:04,710 --> 00:59:08,770 He paid me to cut flowers and keep the graves nice and beautiful. 645 00:59:09,870 --> 00:59:10,870 Martinez. 646 00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:15,520 You know the seriousness of perjury? What is perjury? 647 00:59:17,020 --> 00:59:18,520 Did you see this man today? 648 00:59:19,540 --> 00:59:22,420 I see him 11 years ago. 649 00:59:22,980 --> 00:59:25,060 He was looking for Peralta family. 650 00:59:25,620 --> 00:59:27,220 You told me he bribed you. 651 00:59:27,620 --> 00:59:29,020 What is bribe? 652 00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:32,200 Poor devil. 653 00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,480 I can understand what happened and why you did it. 654 00:59:37,380 --> 00:59:38,820 It won't do you much good. 655 00:59:46,220 --> 00:59:51,560 Mr. Griff, you think my husband is a fake. 656 00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:56,500 Mr. Griff, look at me. 657 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:00,700 Tell me, am I a fake? 658 01:01:29,610 --> 01:01:31,110 I felt a sense of guilt. 659 01:01:31,690 --> 01:01:34,110 Don't let their resentment disturb you, Sophia. 660 01:01:34,570 --> 01:01:35,570 It's wrong. 661 01:01:39,910 --> 01:01:41,050 Something is wrong. 662 01:01:41,550 --> 01:01:43,570 I never want to come here again. 663 01:01:44,730 --> 01:01:45,730 I mean it. 664 01:01:47,090 --> 01:01:49,530 You must accept certain terms, Sophia. 665 01:01:50,270 --> 01:01:53,470 Perhaps I'm not proud enough to accept such terms. 666 01:01:53,910 --> 01:01:55,470 I forbid you to speak like that. 667 01:01:55,770 --> 01:01:57,730 I remember when you forbade me to eat raw sugar. 668 01:01:57,950 --> 01:01:59,170 Then remember that you were a Baroness. 669 01:02:04,690 --> 01:02:05,790 Now compose yourself. 670 01:02:09,610 --> 01:02:10,610 Sit down, my dear. 671 01:02:20,090 --> 01:02:21,090 How do you do, sir? 672 01:02:21,450 --> 01:02:22,450 How do you do, Baron? 673 01:02:24,140 --> 01:02:29,080 May I present Mr. Richardson, Secretary of the Interior, my wife, the Baroness 674 01:02:29,080 --> 01:02:30,300 Sophia de Peralta Rivas. 675 01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:33,640 An honor, Baroness. On our part, Mr. Secretary. 676 01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:35,640 Won't you sit down, sir? Thank you. 677 01:02:37,960 --> 01:02:44,580 Well, sir, we've had our best agent investigating your claim for six 678 01:02:44,580 --> 01:02:45,580 tedious months. 679 01:02:45,940 --> 01:02:50,220 Well, I have implicit faith in the integrity of our Washington experts. 680 01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,240 We can't afford delay, Baron. 681 01:02:53,820 --> 01:02:55,740 It's costing the people too much. 682 01:02:56,300 --> 01:03:00,440 And you leave us no alternative but to make good on the multitude of land 683 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:01,520 titles we've issued. 684 01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:05,620 Well, I'm certain the government findings will be fair, and I shall abide 685 01:03:05,620 --> 01:03:08,280 by their official confirmation or denial. 686 01:03:12,180 --> 01:03:14,400 How much is the barony worth to you? 687 01:03:16,460 --> 01:03:19,400 Well, that's a difficult figure to reach, Mr. Secretary. 688 01:03:20,100 --> 01:03:21,700 As you are well aware... 689 01:03:22,030 --> 01:03:28,650 There are treasures of unmined gold and silver, and the rich grazing land, and 690 01:03:28,650 --> 01:03:31,050 a most difficult figure to reach. 691 01:03:35,810 --> 01:03:42,750 Well... The United 692 01:03:42,750 --> 01:03:48,650 States is prepared to pay you 25 million dollars for the purchase of the 693 01:03:48,650 --> 01:03:49,710 territory of Arizona. 694 01:03:54,730 --> 01:03:56,650 I regret that we must decline your offer, sir. 695 01:04:01,530 --> 01:04:02,750 What do you expect? 696 01:04:04,270 --> 01:04:06,050 Recognition of the Peralta Grant. 697 01:04:08,050 --> 01:04:09,050 Baroness. 698 01:04:09,590 --> 01:04:10,590 Baron? 699 01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:26,540 Do you remember the day you sobbed like a little peasant? 700 01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:30,960 I did not want Arizona. 701 01:04:33,380 --> 01:04:34,760 I wanted to be with you. 702 01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:39,260 But I promised you your birthright, Sophia. 703 01:04:40,180 --> 01:04:43,300 Now it's yours, all of it, every mile, every foot, every inch. 704 01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:46,640 What is it you really want? 705 01:05:01,390 --> 01:05:06,490 And not only that, but my father was the first white American to pitch a tent in 706 01:05:06,490 --> 01:05:07,490 Phoenix. 707 01:05:07,550 --> 01:05:11,930 Since I was eight years old, I helped him plant and plow until we got enough 708 01:05:11,930 --> 01:05:13,830 to buy our own piece of land from the government. 709 01:05:14,190 --> 01:05:19,790 And then this fellow comes along who says he's a baron, whatever that is. And 710 01:05:19,790 --> 01:05:23,230 every time I tried talking plain horse sense to him, he told me to settle with 711 01:05:23,230 --> 01:05:24,230 one of his clerks. 712 01:05:24,390 --> 01:05:26,870 Well, I'm going to settle with this baron himself. 713 01:05:27,210 --> 01:05:28,210 There's your chance, Lansing. 714 01:05:28,470 --> 01:05:29,470 There they come. 715 01:05:58,860 --> 01:06:00,000 I'll pay you to breathe this air. 716 01:06:01,100 --> 01:06:04,160 Rivas, you think the government would sell us land that doesn't belong to 717 01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:05,160 them? No. 718 01:06:05,260 --> 01:06:08,700 And any man who speaks like that is a traitor to his country. 719 01:06:09,280 --> 01:06:14,440 Citizens of Arizona, we don't want your homes or shops or livestock. 720 01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:18,280 Then why are you trying to scare us into paying for what's already ours? 721 01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:21,240 I've terrorized no one. I don't want to hurt you. 722 01:06:21,700 --> 01:06:25,320 I want to help all of you develop Arizona into the richest barony in the 723 01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:26,860 world. That ain't for America. 724 01:06:27,300 --> 01:06:28,300 That's for Europe. 725 01:06:28,940 --> 01:06:31,920 We ain't slave workers, and you ain't our king. No. 726 01:06:34,180 --> 01:06:38,240 But I am the Baron, and what goes with the Baron, he must and will be 727 01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:42,240 recognized by all of you, just as it was recognized ten minutes ago by the United 728 01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:43,238 States government. 729 01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:44,980 We heard you forge them papers. 730 01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:47,000 There will be all kinds of rumors. 731 01:06:47,580 --> 01:06:50,940 Why don't you go to the Surveyor General's office right now? 732 01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:54,680 There's a man there who can straighten you out on this matter. He's from 733 01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:59,080 Washington. He just offered us $25 million for our land. 734 01:06:59,380 --> 01:07:00,700 But I turned him down. 735 01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:04,440 I'm not interested in money. I'm interested in land and its development. 736 01:07:04,860 --> 01:07:06,360 What if we don't have the money to pay you? 737 01:07:06,580 --> 01:07:07,820 What if we don't have the money? 738 01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:10,040 What'll you do? 739 01:07:10,820 --> 01:07:11,880 I shall evict you. 740 01:07:59,050 --> 01:08:01,710 I feel like Caesar's wife before he was murdered. 741 01:08:04,850 --> 01:08:08,290 You've sacrificed much, but the effort will be worthless if something happens 742 01:08:08,290 --> 01:08:09,290 to you. 743 01:08:10,810 --> 01:08:13,050 I saw the faces of those people today. 744 01:08:13,510 --> 01:08:15,470 They hate us. They're afraid of us. 745 01:08:16,189 --> 01:08:18,109 Once you were afraid of me, remember? 746 01:08:19,069 --> 01:08:23,210 I was never afraid of you. I loved you the instant you gave me the second piece 747 01:08:23,210 --> 01:08:24,210 of candy. 748 01:08:26,010 --> 01:08:28,370 And I'm not happy to be the Baroness. 749 01:08:28,939 --> 01:08:33,180 That's because you still feel a sense of unnecessary guilt. 750 01:08:35,180 --> 01:08:37,100 Why must we have all the land? 751 01:08:38,060 --> 01:08:41,680 It would take me days to cover the acreage around this house alone. 752 01:08:45,760 --> 01:08:47,680 I don't want a dead baron. 753 01:08:48,300 --> 01:08:49,939 I want a live husband. 754 01:08:51,939 --> 01:08:57,180 I know only peasants cry, but I love you. I love you. I love you. 755 01:09:28,270 --> 01:09:29,649 You ain't take my farm away from me. 756 01:09:30,250 --> 01:09:31,470 You'll have to shoot me also. 757 01:10:13,030 --> 01:10:19,350 James Addison de Peralta Rivas and Sophia de Peralta Rivas, 758 01:10:19,530 --> 01:10:23,470 husband and wife, versus the United States of America. 759 01:10:23,890 --> 01:10:30,370 The plaintiffs ask the government to confirm their title to the territory of 760 01:10:30,370 --> 01:10:34,970 Arizona. This is the most unusual case in the history of land claims. 761 01:10:35,690 --> 01:10:40,170 Every spectator has land at stake, and I... I paid the baron $4,000. 762 01:10:40,430 --> 01:10:41,430 Do I get my money back? 763 01:10:42,060 --> 01:10:47,700 I don't want to be compelled to have you arrested, but this is now a federal 764 01:10:47,700 --> 01:10:52,840 court. And while you have the sympathy of the government, I will tolerate no 765 01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:53,840 further disturbance. 766 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:55,120 Is that clear? 767 01:11:00,360 --> 01:11:05,620 Has the government any legal proof exposing my claim as a forgery? 768 01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:25,180 Has the government any evidence to prove the ancestry of the Baroness Sophia de 769 01:11:25,180 --> 01:11:26,720 Peralta Rivas false? 770 01:11:27,420 --> 01:11:28,900 The government has not. 771 01:11:29,720 --> 01:11:33,620 Have you any proof to discredit the Peralta claim? 772 01:11:38,860 --> 01:11:39,860 No. 773 01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:45,480 Your Honor, I accuse the government of casting a cloud of suspicion on the 774 01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:48,360 integrity of my wife, the Baroness Sophia de Peralta Rivas. 775 01:11:48,940 --> 01:11:54,320 I accuse the government of encouraging mobs to violate our privacy and to make 776 01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:55,560 attempts on our lives. 777 01:11:55,920 --> 01:12:00,740 I accuse the government of costing us the hatred, suspicion, and distrust of 778 01:12:00,740 --> 01:12:05,540 the people living on our land by the deliberate delay of the recognition of 779 01:12:05,540 --> 01:12:06,379 our claim. 780 01:12:06,380 --> 01:12:10,340 I accuse the government of violating the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the 781 01:12:10,340 --> 01:12:11,340 Gadson Purchase. 782 01:12:11,460 --> 01:12:15,720 And I demand that the government, according to its own law, legally, 783 01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:19,980 officially, and permanently, Confirm the title to the Peralta land grant. 784 01:12:27,900 --> 01:12:30,840 Is the government prepared to question witnesses? 785 01:12:51,530 --> 01:12:53,570 Don't you even wish to question the plaintiffs? 786 01:12:54,490 --> 01:12:55,490 No, Your Honor. 787 01:12:56,350 --> 01:12:59,950 This sudden move of the United States being on the defense has come as a 788 01:12:59,950 --> 01:13:00,950 complete surprise. 789 01:13:01,670 --> 01:13:05,730 At this moment, we're unprepared to establish evidence that will prove that 790 01:13:05,730 --> 01:13:10,410 the original Baron of Arizona, Miguel de Peralta, was a mythical gentleman 791 01:13:10,410 --> 01:13:12,850 created by the fertile brain of Mr. Rivas. 792 01:13:13,570 --> 01:13:18,050 Because the government is the defendant, it is essential that this proof be 793 01:13:18,050 --> 01:13:20,510 produced as quickly as possible. 794 01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:24,700 It shall be presented as soon as we are ready, Your Honor. Let the court point 795 01:13:24,700 --> 01:13:30,720 out that if this proof is not valid, the United States of America will be 796 01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:33,420 compelled to surrender Arizona to the plaintiffs. 797 01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:36,220 We understand the gravity of the situation. 798 01:13:36,660 --> 01:13:39,800 Why, even at this moment, we are awaiting reports that will prove the 799 01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:41,760 grant and all the paper's colossal forgeries. 800 01:13:42,420 --> 01:13:46,540 We shall prove that the woman known as the Baroness of Arizona inherited an 801 01:13:46,540 --> 01:13:48,540 utterly fictitious and fraudulent title. 802 01:13:49,160 --> 01:13:55,020 We shall prove that her husband, James Rivas, is a fake, a forger, a swindler, 803 01:13:55,020 --> 01:13:56,020 and a thief. 804 01:14:06,620 --> 01:14:07,620 Yes? 805 01:14:13,900 --> 01:14:16,780 Up to now, I fought my husband all the way. 806 01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:20,120 Poor showing for a wife, isn't it? 807 01:14:24,780 --> 01:14:26,320 I was on your side. 808 01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:28,920 I felt sorry for you. 809 01:14:30,300 --> 01:14:35,120 I did not like the thought of taking away your land, even if it does belong 810 01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:36,120 to us. 811 01:14:36,580 --> 01:14:39,760 I tried to erase the barony and all it represented. 812 01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:44,000 But now I can think of nothing but my husband. 813 01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:52,880 In this room, he was publicly accused of being a fake, a forger, and a swindler. 814 01:14:54,300 --> 01:14:57,620 I will not tolerate such charges, not even by the government. 815 01:14:58,060 --> 01:15:03,020 My husband is not a fraud. He is not a swindler. He is not a forger. I have 816 01:15:03,020 --> 01:15:06,920 nothing to offer him except my love and my faith in him. And if it's fight you 817 01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:10,360 want, it's fight you'll get. No one calls my husband a thief. 818 01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:27,320 to settle, Baron. 819 01:15:27,520 --> 01:15:29,620 And we made sure nobody would disturb us. 820 01:15:30,620 --> 01:15:34,140 Now, this fellow Griff's all right. But we believe he's telling the truth. 821 01:15:34,400 --> 01:15:36,420 We got an idea you're going to outsmart him. 822 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:38,540 And that's really got us worried. 823 01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:42,640 And if we don't have the proof, it means Arizona's handed over to you like a shot 824 01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:44,600 of bourbon. You heard what the judge said. 825 01:15:44,980 --> 01:15:46,880 But we don't want to see it go that far. 826 01:15:47,340 --> 01:15:49,760 Is this a vanguard of the vigilante committee? 827 01:15:50,860 --> 01:15:51,860 Maybe. 828 01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:57,020 Maybe we don't like your kind scaring people into giving you money. 829 01:15:57,440 --> 01:16:00,360 Just so they can hang on to land that's already theirs. 830 01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:03,960 That's very interesting. I'm touched by your public spirit, gentlemen. 831 01:16:04,660 --> 01:16:06,820 What do you propose I do about it? 832 01:16:07,020 --> 01:16:08,960 We ain't like the others who want to lynch you. 833 01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:10,900 That won't help the government much. 834 01:16:11,340 --> 01:16:13,260 You know a lot of fancy words, Baron. 835 01:16:13,760 --> 01:16:15,280 We heard you in court today. 836 01:16:16,240 --> 01:16:19,360 Just write a confession that it was all a mistake about the land grant. 837 01:16:20,560 --> 01:16:22,140 That'll make it easier for everybody. 838 01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:25,120 Start right. 839 01:16:40,900 --> 01:16:42,940 Who was she? Who left her with you? Are you an American citizen? 840 01:16:43,200 --> 01:16:46,080 Are you a good American? Who left her with you? How are you in this country? 841 01:16:46,380 --> 01:16:48,160 I warn you against such tactics. 842 01:16:48,420 --> 01:16:49,980 They put words in my mouth. 843 01:16:50,260 --> 01:16:51,800 I do not know what they want. 844 01:16:52,410 --> 01:16:55,470 To me, he's the Baron, she's the Baroness. 845 01:16:55,790 --> 01:16:56,970 Mr. Albertus. 846 01:16:58,390 --> 01:17:00,510 You will forgive the government for annoying you. 847 01:17:00,770 --> 01:17:02,050 Yes, yes, Mr. Griff. 848 01:17:04,950 --> 01:17:06,590 I'm sorry, you know how it is. 849 01:17:07,350 --> 01:17:08,350 Unfortunately, 850 01:17:10,330 --> 01:17:12,090 this case is going to take time. 851 01:17:16,710 --> 01:17:18,790 Revis knows I know he forged the documents. 852 01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:22,160 He also knows it will be difficult to prove it. 853 01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:24,400 Very difficult. 854 01:17:25,620 --> 01:17:28,840 But what I don't like about this is the feeling of mob justice. 855 01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:31,380 That means people will be killed. 856 01:17:36,880 --> 01:17:42,160 You remember once before we walked like this near my little adobe shack, huh? 857 01:17:42,560 --> 01:17:43,840 Long time ago. 858 01:17:44,460 --> 01:17:46,060 And you remember that night? 859 01:17:46,990 --> 01:17:49,030 For months it did not rain in Phoenix. 860 01:17:49,750 --> 01:17:52,450 It was so dry one could not even spit. 861 01:17:53,190 --> 01:17:55,730 And then it rained. A miracle. 862 01:17:56,410 --> 01:17:59,570 Then you knock on the door. A great miracle. 863 01:18:00,530 --> 01:18:04,330 The rain brought life to the earth. You brought life to Sophia. 864 01:18:05,830 --> 01:18:10,370 But it is not your fault people call you a fake. 865 01:18:11,130 --> 01:18:14,790 Because that miracle in the rain was one big lie. 866 01:18:15,150 --> 01:18:16,150 What are you talking about? 867 01:18:18,870 --> 01:18:21,050 I... I know all the time. 868 01:18:21,550 --> 01:18:23,890 Sophia is not a Peralta. What? 869 01:18:24,850 --> 01:18:25,850 It is true. 870 01:18:25,930 --> 01:18:29,410 But I checked with everyone. They said she was abandoned with you. They all 871 01:18:29,410 --> 01:18:33,210 said she was illegitimate. No, she did have her mother and father. 872 01:18:33,910 --> 01:18:38,130 But there was a reason why I could not let anyone know this. What reason? 873 01:18:39,790 --> 01:18:41,490 She has Indian blood in her. 874 01:18:42,390 --> 01:18:45,490 I promised her people before they die I tell no one. 875 01:18:48,040 --> 01:18:50,680 So she will be like other girls, you know? 876 01:18:50,980 --> 01:18:55,580 It make it easier for Sophia when she grow up and she get married. 877 01:18:56,060 --> 01:18:59,440 I promised them I take good care of Sophia. 878 01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:04,040 She will eat good and learn and be a fine woman. 879 01:19:04,380 --> 01:19:06,100 But I am poor. 880 01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:12,960 And always Sophia, she has nothing but the pigs and the mud. 881 01:19:13,220 --> 01:19:14,220 Nothing. 882 01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:16,540 And then you came. 883 01:19:18,190 --> 01:19:19,630 And I made my plan. 884 01:19:19,990 --> 01:19:21,110 You made a plan? 885 01:19:21,310 --> 01:19:22,310 Yes. 886 01:19:22,610 --> 01:19:28,770 But I did not think it would mean fights and shootings and lynchings and taking 887 01:19:28,770 --> 01:19:31,130 land from people. I did not think this. 888 01:19:31,470 --> 01:19:35,910 I think it would mean good chance for Sophia to have everything I could not 889 01:19:35,910 --> 01:19:36,910 give her. 890 01:19:36,970 --> 01:19:38,010 So I lie. 891 01:19:39,030 --> 01:19:42,210 I do not say you have found the wrong child. 892 01:19:42,850 --> 01:19:44,150 I say nothing. 893 01:19:45,170 --> 01:19:46,170 Oh. 894 01:19:46,640 --> 01:19:49,640 I do not sleep. I'm sick inside. 895 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:55,460 But all the time I say to myself, Pepito, this is good for Sofia. 896 01:19:56,660 --> 01:19:58,640 Oh, but now I know it's wrong. 897 01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:00,040 It's wrong. 898 01:20:00,820 --> 01:20:04,960 It is because of me that Mr. Griff say your writing on the paper is false. It 899 01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:07,640 is because of me he say Sofia is not a peralta. 900 01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:09,620 He is a smart man. 901 01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:13,060 I will go to him and make a stop to all this. 902 01:20:13,640 --> 01:20:15,920 I will make a stop to people getting hurt. 903 01:20:16,980 --> 01:20:21,720 I will tell him it is not you, but me who is the fake. 904 01:20:22,580 --> 01:20:29,000 Well, I'm... I'm sorry for what I did to you, 905 01:20:29,080 --> 01:20:30,880 my friend. 906 01:20:43,630 --> 01:20:44,630 You're leaving? 907 01:20:45,410 --> 01:20:46,410 Yes. 908 01:20:47,230 --> 01:20:48,670 Pepito told me about myself. 909 01:20:50,210 --> 01:20:51,210 Did he? 910 01:20:51,990 --> 01:20:53,330 Is that why you're going away? 911 01:20:54,170 --> 01:20:55,170 No. 912 01:20:56,170 --> 01:20:57,670 Then it's because of what I am. 913 01:20:59,030 --> 01:21:00,270 That's not why I'm leaving. 914 01:21:00,650 --> 01:21:01,650 Then what is it? 915 01:21:04,030 --> 01:21:05,030 I'm a fake. 916 01:21:07,250 --> 01:21:09,770 Pepito told me you'd blame yourself for his fraud. 917 01:21:10,110 --> 01:21:11,110 Did he say that? 918 01:21:11,190 --> 01:21:12,190 Yes. 919 01:21:13,710 --> 01:21:14,710 You don't understand. 920 01:21:16,190 --> 01:21:17,990 He had a reason for lying. 921 01:21:18,450 --> 01:21:19,510 It was for you. 922 01:21:20,530 --> 01:21:22,510 I have no reason. It's for myself. 923 01:21:24,730 --> 01:21:27,190 Now your eyes look sick. You've been crying. 924 01:21:28,590 --> 01:21:31,350 I don't want you to feel guilty because of me. 925 01:21:31,730 --> 01:21:33,490 Oh, good heavens, Sophia. 926 01:21:34,430 --> 01:21:39,710 I've spent years developing your mind, and yet you're unable to... to grasp 927 01:21:39,710 --> 01:21:40,710 what I'm saying. 928 01:21:41,580 --> 01:21:43,160 I tell you, I'm a forger. 929 01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:46,160 The whole scheme is one big fraud. 930 01:21:47,260 --> 01:21:49,100 There never has been a Peralta. 931 01:21:49,660 --> 01:21:54,640 I created the family out of my own mind and faked it with ink in the records. 932 01:21:55,520 --> 01:21:59,280 I married you because it was part of my scheme, not because I loved you. 933 01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:07,820 Well, I'm ready for your contempt and your disgust. 934 01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:11,060 Take a good look at me. 935 01:22:13,130 --> 01:22:14,190 Take a good look at your husband. 936 01:22:16,150 --> 01:22:17,530 Now you know why I'm leaving. 937 01:22:19,970 --> 01:22:21,250 I don't want you to go. 938 01:22:23,970 --> 01:22:27,490 Sophia. Look, we have over $500,000. 939 01:22:27,770 --> 01:22:31,090 We can go to Europe. They'll never find us. Let's not have any illusions, James. 940 01:22:31,210 --> 01:22:34,170 We're guilty, both of us. You may go. I'll take the money back to the people. 941 01:22:34,350 --> 01:22:35,390 You're having illusions. 942 01:22:36,510 --> 01:22:38,210 I am Mrs. James Rivas. 943 01:22:38,910 --> 01:22:41,810 And one of us must have the dignity to accept punishment. 944 01:22:42,890 --> 01:22:45,650 One of us must have the dignity to recognize love. 945 01:22:46,170 --> 01:22:48,730 I'll always love you. Nothing can change that. 946 01:22:51,130 --> 01:22:52,790 You still want me? 947 01:22:53,110 --> 01:22:55,110 I'll want you until the day I die. 948 01:22:55,790 --> 01:22:58,670 It is not death that is dying that alarms me. 949 01:22:58,890 --> 01:23:02,850 It is not your crime and your weakness that alarms me. 950 01:23:11,130 --> 01:23:12,130 Arizona. 951 01:23:14,990 --> 01:23:15,990 You seem so small. 952 01:23:18,270 --> 01:23:20,230 You suddenly seem so great. 953 01:23:23,590 --> 01:23:25,330 I know what I was looking for. 954 01:23:27,510 --> 01:23:29,830 A woman who would love me for what I am. 955 01:23:33,850 --> 01:23:35,670 No man can live without that. 956 01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:48,020 This will make you feel better, dear. Thank you. 957 01:23:48,700 --> 01:23:49,780 None for me, Loma. 958 01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:04,360 Mrs. Revis? 959 01:24:06,060 --> 01:24:07,140 You sent for me? 960 01:24:07,480 --> 01:24:11,280 Yes, Mr. Griff. I, uh... I have a statement to make. 961 01:24:11,580 --> 01:24:15,580 Strangely enough, I was on my way to see you when Mr. Alvarez came to my office. 962 01:24:15,860 --> 01:24:16,860 Oh. 963 01:24:17,820 --> 01:24:20,300 Mr. Griff, you were right. 964 01:24:21,740 --> 01:24:26,120 My claim is a bad cigar wrapped in a rich Spanish leaf. 965 01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:32,100 I am guilty of the criminal act of forgery with intent to defraud the 966 01:24:32,100 --> 01:24:33,500 government of the United States. 967 01:24:35,060 --> 01:24:38,780 My wife is innocent of any part in the conspiracy. 968 01:24:40,330 --> 01:24:46,370 And Loma Morales and Pepito Alvarez believed my story of her ancestry. 969 01:24:47,170 --> 01:24:48,330 They're blameless. 970 01:24:49,030 --> 01:24:50,890 That's very interesting, Mr. Revis. 971 01:24:52,830 --> 01:24:53,970 Excuse me a moment. 972 01:25:15,160 --> 01:25:16,800 Ladies, will you please be seated? 973 01:25:17,340 --> 01:25:18,340 What is this? 974 01:25:19,320 --> 01:25:23,160 The Court of Private Land Grant Claims is now in session. 975 01:25:23,420 --> 01:25:26,120 What? This is quite an occasion, Mr. Revis. 976 01:25:26,380 --> 01:25:28,040 One of historical significance. 977 01:25:28,980 --> 01:25:32,800 This federal court has been granted the permission to sit wherever and whenever 978 01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:33,800 it wants. 979 01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:39,860 And we've decided to hold court here, in your home, to avoid a mob riot and a 980 01:25:39,860 --> 01:25:40,860 public hearing. 981 01:25:41,720 --> 01:25:42,720 Mr. Revis? 982 01:25:43,430 --> 01:25:47,650 We have legal proof that will indict, convict, and sentence you to the 983 01:25:47,650 --> 01:25:48,830 penitentiary. Proof? 984 01:25:49,210 --> 01:25:51,010 My forgery is flawless. 985 01:25:54,910 --> 01:25:55,910 Remember this? 986 01:25:58,670 --> 01:26:02,530 The 1748 volume of the Spanish Land Grants. 987 01:26:03,230 --> 01:26:07,150 I must admit, this is the finest example of forgery I've ever seen. 988 01:26:08,770 --> 01:26:10,930 Now, we had the ink on this page analyzed. 989 01:26:11,770 --> 01:26:15,230 It contains the tannin acid of oak. No, that's impossible. 990 01:26:15,490 --> 01:26:16,510 I made that ink myself. 991 01:26:16,990 --> 01:26:20,130 And the monks haven't changed their formula for over 500 years. 992 01:26:20,510 --> 01:26:24,330 A monk named Brother Paul came to Alcantara from the north of Spain. 993 01:26:24,850 --> 01:26:26,070 He brought his own ink. 994 01:26:27,070 --> 01:26:30,270 Every word on this page was written by him with his own ink. 995 01:26:30,890 --> 01:26:34,690 Except this account of the grant awarded to Peralta by King Ferdinand of Spain. 996 01:26:35,830 --> 01:26:38,430 This was written with ink which had no oak. 997 01:26:39,630 --> 01:26:42,530 You used the ink made in the South when you forged this page. 998 01:26:43,890 --> 01:26:45,870 You didn't need my confession, did you? 999 01:26:46,350 --> 01:26:47,350 No, not now. 1000 01:26:53,170 --> 01:26:56,090 Will it be a long prison term? 1001 01:26:56,470 --> 01:26:59,890 It's according to how much money you return to the landowners. 1002 01:27:00,190 --> 01:27:04,010 The lavish manner in which you spent the money will determine the years of your 1003 01:27:04,010 --> 01:27:05,010 imprisonment. 1004 01:27:05,630 --> 01:27:06,670 There's all the money. 1005 01:27:10,090 --> 01:27:11,090 I need a rest. 1006 01:27:11,790 --> 01:27:14,310 Father Guardian told me, meditate. 1007 01:27:16,190 --> 01:27:17,950 I should have listened to him that night. 1008 01:27:18,350 --> 01:27:23,390 The court cannot guarantee the rest, but you'll have sufficient time to meditate. 1009 01:27:24,170 --> 01:27:28,730 Well, I will help you gather up all my records and receipts and papers. You'll 1010 01:27:28,730 --> 01:27:30,410 need them. They're at my office. 1011 01:27:31,490 --> 01:27:35,830 Mr. Alvarez, I'm going to request leniency for you. 1012 01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:40,600 Frankly, Your Honor, I don't see criminal intent in his conspiracy. 1013 01:27:41,460 --> 01:27:43,920 Just ignorant devotion and sentiment. 1014 01:27:46,280 --> 01:27:47,280 Are you ready? 1015 01:27:55,560 --> 01:27:56,560 Loma. 1016 01:27:57,840 --> 01:28:00,700 I've never thanked you for all you've done for Sophia. 1017 01:28:01,800 --> 01:28:03,740 The influence you've had on her. 1018 01:28:20,810 --> 01:28:22,050 Are you ready, Mr. Graham? 1019 01:28:22,910 --> 01:28:23,910 Yes. 1020 01:28:42,510 --> 01:28:46,270 By the way, Mr. Revis, did you read my book? 1021 01:28:49,580 --> 01:28:50,580 It was my Bible. 1022 01:28:54,540 --> 01:28:57,160 The land in Arizona don't belong to no parent. 1023 01:28:57,660 --> 01:28:59,160 It belongs to you and me. 1024 01:28:59,460 --> 01:29:00,740 We paid for it. 1025 01:29:01,240 --> 01:29:05,020 We paid for it with money, and we paid for it with our hard work. 1026 01:29:05,440 --> 01:29:07,580 Or maybe these government men mean all right. 1027 01:29:19,440 --> 01:29:21,580 There's only one thing about this case I can't understand. 1028 01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:23,000 What's that? 1029 01:29:23,460 --> 01:29:27,520 After devoting so many years of this scheme, what made you confess? 1030 01:29:32,820 --> 01:29:34,680 I fell in love with my wife. 1031 01:30:26,650 --> 01:30:28,530 Joe, I don't like this quiet. 1032 01:30:29,570 --> 01:30:31,710 Yeah, funny. 1033 01:30:32,510 --> 01:30:35,170 I've never seen the square so empty this time of night. 1034 01:33:47,690 --> 01:33:48,690 This will learn you. 1035 01:33:48,810 --> 01:33:50,910 You don't take land that don't belong to you. 1036 01:33:58,510 --> 01:34:00,410 Why so... Go on. James! 1037 01:34:00,910 --> 01:34:03,010 Go on and hang me, you stupid idiots. 1038 01:34:03,610 --> 01:34:05,950 Hang me and the land will never be proven yours. 1039 01:34:06,210 --> 01:34:07,530 Go on and hang me. 1040 01:34:08,350 --> 01:34:09,350 What's the matter? 1041 01:34:09,630 --> 01:34:10,850 Haven't you got any brains? 1042 01:34:11,450 --> 01:34:15,170 Isn't there one man among you with sense enough to realize that once I'm dead, 1043 01:34:15,230 --> 01:34:16,510 you'll never be able to prove anything? 1044 01:34:17,860 --> 01:34:19,200 Ask the government man. 1045 01:34:19,640 --> 01:34:23,440 He'll tell you that's why he was with me. To question me. To save your 1046 01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:25,280 property. You know the law. 1047 01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:29,280 Tell them what'll happen if they hang me. Tell them what'll happen to their 1048 01:34:29,280 --> 01:34:32,120 land. What's lynching got to do with proving the land is ours? 1049 01:34:33,180 --> 01:34:37,400 Hang me and you hang your ranches and farms and shops and mines. 1050 01:34:38,080 --> 01:34:40,980 Hang me and you'll never give Griff a chance to get at me. 1051 01:34:41,200 --> 01:34:42,520 He can't try a dead man. 1052 01:34:42,860 --> 01:34:46,740 I've got to be alive if you want to prove that the land is yours. 1053 01:34:47,530 --> 01:34:49,930 I've got to answer questions. I've got to identify documents. 1054 01:34:50,590 --> 01:34:53,670 I've got to be legally cross-examined by the United States government. 1055 01:34:54,130 --> 01:34:56,970 What do I have to do to pound it into your thick skulls? 1056 01:34:57,390 --> 01:35:00,170 Hang me and you hang all your clivers with you. 1057 01:35:00,750 --> 01:35:02,130 Go on, hang me. 1058 01:36:17,260 --> 01:36:19,020 I thought I told you to leave me. 1059 01:36:31,400 --> 01:36:32,400 Get in.