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Dear Father,

I'm sure you know by now

I decided to leave
Harvard and travel west.

I hope to find a
stronger purpose

and more meaning in my life.

Expand my understanding
of the world beyond Boston.

It's something
that I need to do.

You may not understand this...

but I hope you can accept it.

I will be back before winter.

With love...

William.

- Two bits extra if you
want water brought up.

Be here long?

I'm not sure.

Sir, do you know where I
can find a J.D. McDonald?

- You here for business?
- No, sir.

- Well, if you follow the
road to the end of town,

you'll see his shack.

That is impressive.

That ain't nothing.

You're better off chopping wood.

$4 a hide?

These ain't prime.

Says who?

The market!

That's who, goddamn it!

You want to be a hide man,
you ought to go do it yourself!

Now, go on and
kill some more buff,

or someone else will!

Trudy Maloney.

Ah, Maloney.

Robert C. Hansen.

Eva Marshall.

Solomon.

Sir.

Come back tomorrow!

- My name is
William Andrews, sir.

I reckon you don't
remember me, huh?

- Goddamn it, if I'd
remembered you,

I'd have said something
when you first came in!

- My...

My father is
Edward Andrews, sir.

He is the minister of the
Unitarian Church in Boston.

We took you in
about 14 years ago.

You come out looking for work.

Here, I-I-I saved your letters.

All of them.

- Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

My father spoke of you often.

- I wasn't anyone
for him to speak of.

- I think he admired
you because you were

the only man he knew
who came out here

and made a life for himself.

Hmm!

That's right!

That's right!

I did 400,000 buffalo
hides last year,

and it's just the start.

I send out parties,
they bring in the hides.

I plan on doing my
own curing and tanning...

right here, do it all myself!

Your father's a Harvard man.

Shouldn't you be in school?

- I-I went, but I'm
just not interested

in that kind of education.

Want a job!

God knows I can't keep up!

I'm already two months behind!

- I didn't come
out here for that.

I want...

Well, what is it, boy?!

- Uh...
- Spit it out, already!

- I would like to see as
much of the country as I can.

Get to know it?

Uh, maybe you could send me out

with one of your
hunting parties, sir.

Boy, I won't be responsible.

You start going out with
those men, it'll ruin you.

It'll get in you,
like buffalo lice.

You'll be rotten
from the inside!

- I'm sorry to have
bothered you, Mr. McDonald.

You got it all figured out!

- No, sir, I-I don't have
anything figured out.

Hell was I?

What are you talking about?

- Hup, hup, hey! Whoo!

- Didn't have no business
being there in the first place.

Excuse me, sir, um,

I-I believe, uh, I saw
you earlier today.

What can I do for you?

I would like to go

on a hunt, sir.

Ain't no tours around here.

Not a tour.

A hunt.

I can be helpful and, um...

I'm listening.

Around the camp.

I'm a rather quick study.

Uh...

This here's Charley Hoge.

He's my camp man.

Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Hoge.

Put 'er there.

Don't mind Charley, son.

It's just his idea of fun.

Have a seat.

Francine'll get the drinks.

- Hi.
- How do you do?

- Why don't you tie up with
one of McDonald's parties?

- Mr. McDonald and I
don't see it the same way.

McDonald's a crook.

We do the work. He
takes all the money.

I work for myself,
or I don't work.

Miller don't work for nobody.

- Things are
changing around here.

Used to be you
could get 1,000 head

in just a couple of
weeks of hunting.

Now, the herds have scattered.

It's getting harder
to make a real kill.

But there are still places
that they can be found.

Huh.

What kind of places?

I can trust you, boy?

- Yes. Yes, sir.

- In the fall of '64, I
was trapping beaver

up in the Colorado Territory.

Took my mule up
into the mountains

to find some bear,

and I came upon a
place where the mountain

dropped off sharp into a
valley that wound in and out.

I had a feeling no man
had ever been there before.

There was buffalo.

Scattered all over
like a great black sea.

Fall fur, but thicker
and better than a winter

for all the plains grazers.

Maybe 10,000 head.

- That's the
country of the devil.

Charley lost that
hand up in the Rockies.

He... He ain't liked
mountain country since.

- Hellfire and ice. Ain't
no place for human man.

- Why haven't you
gone back since?

I haven't been
able to get together

the right kind of party for it.

What kind, uh, do you need?

- The kind where
it'll be my hunt.

Right.

Could you get a party up,
this late in the year, yeah?

I could.

But I need about
$500 or $600 to do it.

Uh...

that's about all I got.

Now, you know

McDonald's guys can go out

and bring in small
load after small load,

but this will be one
of the biggest hauls

anyone has ever seen.

A hunt like this happens
once in a lifetime.

You wasting my time, son?

No. No, sir.

- Good.
- Alright.

Good.

Now all we need is a skinner,

and we're going
to need a good one

because he's going
to have to break you in.

Here's to it.

Whoo!

Mr. Andrews.

Let's go.

Whoo-hoo! Oh!

- You... You have
such a nice place here.

I have the only rug in town.

I think you're

really nice, um,

and very nice-looking, uh.

Are you ashamed of me?

- No, I just...

I've never met a
lady like you before.

You're very young.

All the men here
are old and hard.

But for now, you're...

young and soft.

Huh.

Will, what's wrong?

I can't.

Sorry.

- Will, this here's
Fred Schneider.

He's a hell of a skinner.

My God.

Hello, lady.

Hello to you.

Goddamn.

You're something special.

Alright, go on, now, Francine.

We got some business

- to talk about.
- Mm-hmm.

Thank you.

Where we going?

Colorado Territory.

You ain't said nothing
about no mountain country.

- That's what I
wanted to show you.

The land's nearly level,
right up to where we're going.

It's too much of a gamble.

Be gone two or three months,

you might have
nothing to show for it.

- Fred, I have a
real herd staked out.

We won't be gone
longer than six weeks.

- There's real herds
30, 40 miles from here.

Their hides are thin as paper!

This will be big!

Make more money than
you'll know what to do with.

Well, at least I ain't
completely wasted my time.

'Cause that's about the
prettiest whore I ever saw,

and I've seen a good
many fucking whores.

- Fred, you've
worked with me before.

You know I wouldn't
lead you into something

that wasn't good. You hear me?

I know for a fact

that you ain't been
out in that country

for eight or nine years.

Nobody else would go with you.

That's the only reason
you're talking to me.

That's just fine, then.

There's a couple of skinners
staying at the bunkhouse.

I'll go see them in the morning.

Calm down.

Goddamn.

I'll do it, but I ain't
taking no shares.

Taking no chances.

I'll take $60 a month straight.

That starts the
day we leave here

and it ends the day we get back.

You think you're the first one

Miller tried to get
in on this deal?

He's been talking
about that herd so long,

everyone thinks he made it up!

You can still back out.

Miller will be mad, but
he won't make no trouble.

He's a damn good hunter...

but he's never had a big kill.

- But... But I've given him

- my word.
- Christ! I'll send you out

with one of my parties.

You won't be gone more
than three, four days!

No, no, thank you, sir.

I just wanted to let
you know my plans.

- You don't listen to
a word a man says.

Wow!

Look at that!

Amazing!

- That's just a
little, itty-bitty herd.

Ain't never seen a herd
so little in the old days.

- I've stood in
a place like this.

All you could see was black.

A hundred thousand
buffalo, packed in so tight,

you could walk on their backs.

You'll see them
again, like we used to.

- I ain't got my
hopes up too high.

Hard up.

- That was before
you found the Lord.

- I'm going to go
back to the wagon

and blow my fucking brains out.

What you got
there is saddle rot.

You better let it have some air.

That'll creep up to your balls,

make 'em swell like
grapefruits. No bullshit.

- It'll take some
getting used to.

Couple days of
riding, you'll be alright.

What's that?

Buffalo hunters.

Probably one of
McDonald's outfits.

They're going too fast.

Can't have many hides.

Ain't worth a damn.

Nothing out here but stragglers.

Worthless living.

If all you got's stragglers,

then you hunt the
stragglers, don't you?

Where are we going?

Leaving the trail.

- If you want to resupply,
how are we going to do that,

if not at Fort Wallace?

- There's a new
outpost in the foothills.

- That's Indian
Country to the north.

You're going to cut
us right through it!

- That's a fact, Fred, but
there's no way around it.

Son of a bitch.

He's going to get us killed.

My father's a minister.

Well, I'll be, boy.

I was saved by a traveling
preacher in Kansas City.

- There's the outpost,
straight ahead.

- He's the one who
gave me the Book,

opened me up to God,
and kept me from the devil.

So, you're a
God-fearing man yourself.

Why fear God?

You don't know?

I guess you don't know.

You'll see.

You'll see.

They cut the poor
bastard's balls off.

They don't like hunters.

Savages.

- You wanted Indians,
here's your Indians.

We need water.

We're low ourselves.

Where you folks come from?

We're lost.

We got separated from our party.

- They don't look well.
- Should've known the land

before heading out.

We need help.

I don't mind.

- Stop.
- Please.

- Head south here till you
hit the Smokey Hill Trail.

Fort Wallace is 60 miles west.

Get your hands off that rifle.

Will.

- God ain't got no
mercy for the foolhardy.

Where we going, Miller?

North.

We're bound to hit water
tonight or early in the morning.

- Shit, this is a big
country out here.

We're not bound to do anything.

How long has it been
since you was out here?

- There's water for a body
who knows where it is, Fred.

- It ain't too late
to turn south.

Day, day and a half,
we'll run into the Arkansas.

- That'd put us
more than a week off.

I know this country, Fred.

You don't know it so well,

you don't get
lost in it, do you?

Goddamn it.

I got half a mind to cut
outta here on my own.

- We're damn near out of water.
- You won't make it.

You don't know this country.

Now, there's no
need to get in a panic.

I'll get you water.
I'll get you water,

if I have to dig for it myself.

Will!

What do you say?
It's your money.

We made it this far.

L-Let's stick with Miller.

Come on.

- You don't look like you ever
been thirsty a day in your life.

Not real thirsty.

You ain't hoping to find
water like that, I hope.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Keep the swelling down.

- I don't think they'll
last another day.

Let's get the animals moving.

We stop now,

we'll never start again.

We're not going to
make it another day

unless we find water.

Miller!

Why fear God?

I hope to find a
stronger purpose...

Miller! Meaning...

in my life.

Miller!

You'll see.

You'll see.

Will.

- Aah!
- Oh! Oh.

- You disappear in this
country, you're gone!

Ah! Get up there! Hup! Hup!

Oi, get up there now!

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Get up there!

There it is!

Just beyond that peak.

And push!

Push!

That's it.

The air's thin up here.

You got to move easy, alright?

Push!

Push.

- You can only see a
small part of it from here.

I'll be damned.

And by some buffalo.

My God.

Whoo!

Aah!

This is God, Charley!

This is God!

Easy does it, young fella.

- Charley, this is
what I wanted to see.

Whoo!

Well, that was a hell of a trip.

Wasn't so bad.

"Wasn't so bad."

Son of a bitch.

He said it wasn't so bad.

How about you, Mr. Andrews?

Did you get your money's worth?

Well, Fred, you know,
we're here, so, yeah.

Goddamn!

You are about as much
fun as a one-legged whore.

One-legged and one-armed.

Shit, I gotta piss.

- It wasn't so bad.
- Dirty, filthy son of a whore.

He's got the taint in him.

- He's tough on
the nerves, Charley,

but we'll have to tolerate him.

I do, um, I do have a question.

Why?

Hunting buffalo.

I mean, it's clearly
dangerous, hard work, uh,

there's no guarantee
of a payoff, and...

there's many other
ways to make a living, so,

why?

There's a way
to killing buffalo.

Through the lungs
is the best shot,

if you're meeting them head-on.

But if you're coming
from the side,

aim just below the shoulder.

Heart shot.

You got to get the

leader of the herd, first.

You can't tell
just from looking.

Something you gotta

feel.

You can never know
what a buff is thinking.

All a man can do is
just plow into them,

kill them when he can,

and not try

to figure anything out.

You think too much, you
get yourself into trouble.

They can hear and
smell us at distance,

so we stay downwind.

Wind's just right.

At distance,

bit of wind will push
or pull it a foot or more.

See the big one with the scars?

Hide ain't worth a damn.

That's the leader.

Wow.

You missed.

I didn't miss.

A heart shot buffalo will
go 100 yards sometimes

before it falls.

We got the leader,

so they won't run
so far the next time.

That there's the one
they're following now.

Through the lungs. Watch.

I got them.

By God!

I've got them buffaloed.

Run back to the camp.
Gave me a fresh rifle

and more cartridges.

Bring back a
bucket of water. Get!

Those darn buffalo,

they just stand there and
they let him shoot them.

- Yeah, but I never
seen it so fast.

- You better hope
they run pretty quick,

else we'll be
skinning all night.

- The Lord giveth and
the Lord taketh away.

He taketh away and, if you're
lucky, He giveth back again.

How many we get?

- Clean 'er out. She's
getting caked inside.

Damn it!

A lick shy.

Think about what a
bump's going to do,

and you get
yourself into trouble.

I could've had the whole herd!

Your head?

The whole herd!

Ah.

It was a big stand, huh?

I never had bigger.

You and Fred start skinning now.

He's going to need your help.

Aah!

- This cutting edge,
that'll last you all day,

almost, without
having to resharpen.

You can see here
how thick that gets.

Getting through that's a bitch.

Things start coming across.

Don't happen quick.

I always keep the balls.

Those are good eatin' and
put starch in your pecker.

- And we start
coming off of here.

Give this to Charley.

It'll keep us from getting sick.

O Lord!

Do you deliver us from evil?

Come get it.

Come get it.

Miller, um,

what was Charley doing earlier,

with the powder?

It's wolf poison.

That was strychnine
he was using.

He does that, we won't
have any trouble with wolves.

He thinks wolves are the
devil himself, Charley does.

- And the... the rock circle?

- Oh.
- What was that?

- These are all
Indian burial grounds.

I chose a sacred place to camp.

So, we're not the first

to hunt this herd,
after all, then.

- Those Indians have been
hunting these here buffalo for ages.

But times are changing.

Ain't that right, Charley?

Amen.

Oh, nothing, no
thing is permanent.

The eyes of our Lord are upon
us from the very beginning of time

to the end of days.

Ain't that right?

Miller,

how do you know Fred?

- He's... He's a... He's
a savage desperado.

He's like a damn
bandito, isn't he?

Don't trust him, far as I could
pick him up and throw him.

Why would you hire him, then?

It's hard to find a skinner

who ain't had a
brush with the law.

Makes a good hand,
works hard, works fast.

Most don't run their
mouths off quite like him.

Boo!

- Did you have to
do that so loud?!

My ears are still
ringing from the rifle.

- I was getting damn
sick of your cooking, Hoge.

Oh!

All a body needs now is a woman.

- It's carnal temptation of the
woman's flesh that'll getcha.

You saying you ain't never
had a woman, Charley?

Huh?

Well, I guess you still got one
good arm to pull your pecker.

Ah, shit.

You remember that little
whore, back in Butcher's?

What was her name?

Francine.

Francine, that's right.

That's a damn pretty whore.

- Eh, Jezebel, shit-ass whore.

Work of the devil is what it is.

- That's the first thing I'm
going to do when I get back...

see old Francine.

I reckon she's pretty
heated up for you, Will,

way she was looking at you.

I didn't notice that.

No?

You didn't notice?

You sure as shit noticed.

Well, how was she?

Give us all the details.

Was she your first?

You ain't even had her.

Look at him.

That's the finest
piece of tail I ever saw.

He ain't even had her.

That's enough, Fred.

Out here, thinking
about what you can't have

will drop you off your feed.

Ah, lighten up, Miller.

What else are we going to talk
about out here, killing animals?

Not when young
Will here's in love.

Shit.

Well,

I can't wait to get back
to St. Louis myself.

Women, pocketful of money,

- some good eats.
- You like it too high, Fred.

You like it too high.

Yeah, too high.

I'll be damned, too high.

I know you.

This ain't no living, out here.

Ripping hides off dead
animals in the middle of nowhere.

Hell no.

- Alright, just breathe
easy and don't overthink it.

Good.

Miller.

Miller, there's no
sense shooting more

than we can skin.

Miller.

Now, I told you before that
I'm not skinning stiff buff.

I told you that.

- I'll help with the skinning, if
need be, but help you or not,

you will skin them, Fred.

You'll skin them
if they're bloated.

You'll skin them
if they're froze.

You'll skin them if you
have to pry their hides off

with a goddamn crowbar!

Fred, when you
crawl away from here,

you crawl away quietly.

These buffalo spook,

I'll shoot you.

Goddamn it.

Give me a fresh one.

You know, the Indians
used to use this bone

for just about everything.

Everything from
needles to war clubs

and make a knife
out of it so sharp,

it'd split you right in two.

Toys for the little ones
and combs for the women.

I've seen necklaces carved
so pretty out of this stuff,

you'd think it was
made in St. Louis.

Goddamn waste.

We don't belong out here.

God's always watching you.

Wherever you go, there
He is, watching you.

Here.

This will clean you out.

Drink it.

Drink it!

Miller!

Miller!

- Getting damn
sick of buffalo meat.

Damn sick of it.

Hey, goddamn it!

You hear me?!

I said I'm sick of buffalo meat!

We've been here three weeks.

That's a week longer than
we were supposed to be here.

Whaddya say we pack
it out of here tomorrow?

Nights are getting cold.

There ain't no telling what
the weather's going to do

this time of year. Isn't
that right, Charley?

Leave Charley alone.

Miller, goddamn it.

Even if we stay,

how are we going to
get all them hides back?

We load what we can now,

come back in the spring
and pack out the rest.

I know what that means.

That means you want to stay here

until you wiped
out the whole herd.

It's my party.

- You can't kill every
goddamn buffalo

in the whole goddamn country!

Eat some buffalo meat!

You're a goddamn lunatic!

- Miller, I...

Miller.

He's right.

We've been here long enough.

How many more
are you going to get?

- When we're done, we'll sure
have something to show for it.

We have something to show.

We got enough.

Miller.

What are we still
doing out here?!

I'm out here to hunt buffalo,

haul back their
hides, and sell them.

Think you can step on my head?

You can...

take your 2,000
pounds and try to

crush my skull in?

Now, you're all going to die.

I'm not fucking smiling.

Trying to get out of the
valley. I need some help.

- Well, there ain't
but 200 of them left.

Why don't you let them go?

Get on your horse.

Will, get on your horse.

I'll head down valley 200 yards.

All you have to do is stay
here, quiet, and don't spook 'em.

Do buffalo ever go crazy?

Yah!

Hyah!

Miller!

Do buffalo ever go crazy?!

Easy, easy, now.

Goddamn it, Will!

Stop!

Goddamn it, Will!

Go! Go!

Get outta here! Leave!

Leave!

Miller!

Miller!

Miller!

You damn fool!

You scattered them!

Is it worth your fucking life?!

Aaah!

Aaaaaaah!

You goddamn fool!

- What happened?
- Scared my bison!

Now, we'll be here another
week longer or more.

Damn, let's go.

You said it'd be alright.

You said we'd get out
before the snow comes.

- Let the animals
lead us back to camp.

Come on.

- I told you I didn't
want to come.

I told you.

- Hey! We need cover!

She's coming in fast!

Step up!

Will!

Help me drag this hide.

Fred! Get over here!

No!

Have you gone crazy, Fred?!

I'm taking care of myself!

- You've never been
through one of these blizzards!

Oh, leave me alone, goddamn it!

I know what to do.

Will.

As quietly as you can.

The more you move around,
the more likely you are

to get froze.

You alright, boy?

Yeah.

Jesus Christ!

Can't see a fucking thing.

Oh.

Oh.

Hit my fingers,

and my feet are damn near froze.

Oh!

I'll wake Charley and...

we'll head back to camp.

Get a fire going.

I'll take a look at that pass.

Unh!

Well, how'd it look?

- Huh? How'd it look?
- Ah!

Drink.

We're snowed in good.

I couldn't get within a
half mile of that pass.

- I told you sons of bitches
we had to get out of here.

You didn't listen
to me, and now,

look what you've gotten
us into. Goddamn it!

- How long will we
have to be here?

- We're here until
that pass thaws,

which won't be until spring.

What?

Spring?

Six months, at the least;

eight months, at the most, so.

Might as well dig in good
and get ourselves set

- for a long wait.
- Unh-unh.

Not this feller here, huh-unh.

No, this feller here's
going to get himself out.

- If you can find a
way, Fred, you go to it.

Is the pass the only way out?

- Unless you want to walk
up over them mountains.

- What's wrong with that?!
- You can't live off the land

in the high country
in the winter.

We should at least try it!

We have to try it!

- You ever try to
wait out a storm

on the side of a mountain?

You wouldn't last an hour.

Especially you.

- Well, it's a
chance. I'll take it!

- There ain't nothing between
here and Denver, Fred!

And Denver's a long way off!

- Well, pick me out some
landmarks, goddamn it!

I'll... I'll find it on my own!

- We need to get a fort
set up before nightfall.

Fuck it.

I'll sit here on my

fat ass

and I'll collect my $60 a month.

And I want my money.

You better get that belt
out and give me that money.

I trusted you.

It'll be alright, Charley.

"It'll be alright, Charley."

I'm cold, is all.

It's just that I'm cold.

Any-Anybody, anybody.

I fell asleep a little

and they throw my
ass out in the cold?

They can burn in hell.

No buffalo.

We ain't got much meat left,

and the flour's ruined.

We got one more sack of beans.

We ain't too high to find game.

I'll go out tomorrow
and get us something.

- Ow!
- You see the stock?

Oh, yeah.

They made it through, with luck.

- With luck.
- Fred, I swear, you ain't got

a cheerful bone in your body.

You got no call to complain.

- I got call, and
you know I got call.

How's about a little story?

It says here, in the
beginning there was

the heavens and the earth.

- And it also says the heavens...
- That's my Book!

She was formless.

- That ain't yours! That's mine!

Give it back, you
little cocksucker!

- Now, Charley, is
this the kind of God

that you believe in, huh,

one that does
bullshit like this?

- You get your greasy,
thieving hands off...

That's enough!

Here's your Book right there.

No! Oh!

Oh, shit.

- I'll get you another Book
when we get back, Charley.

Blasphemer!

Bleeding blasphemer!

- I can't hear what
you're saying, Charley,

but it doesn't sound good.

Can't you ever shut up?!

God!

- You got any more
in that pot, Hoge?

- Yeah.
- There you go.

Oh, thank you, Charley.

Okay, Fred?

Something ain't right.

I got the stomach of a buff.

Hey!

Hey!

You want to die out here?

Is that what you want, huh?

Look at me.

Miller's gone crazy.

He's crazy.

He ain't even here.

And I ain't gonna die
for no fucking buffalo.

You hear me? I
ain't gonna do it.

We can get outta here.

You and...

You and me,

we can slip out at night.

Will, help me dress this down.

You goddamn coward.

We can get through.

I went clean through
the other side of the pack.

40, 50 yards of hard pack,

then clean as a
whistle after that.

We can get through it easy.

Well?

Want to get loaded up?

- We aren't taking a
chance on a cave-in!

Get those horses buried

under a couple of tons of
wet snow and then what?

Aren't you even
going to go look?!

Still got a few days.

We'll wait.

We're going to wait.

All we've been doing is waiting!

Goddamn it.

Fuck you looking at?

Hmm?

Hmph.

Will, come with me.

Let's get more wood.

- What I couldn't figure out...

if we were all eating
the same thing...

why was I the only
one getting sick?

- I-I-I-I don't know what...
what you're talking about.

Th-That's for the wolves.

- What's that say in your
Book, Charley, about killing?

If you going to kill a
man, you ought to give him

a lethal dose, Charley.

'Cause dying by degrees,
that makes a man suspicious.

Now, suspicion, that
ain't a sin, is it, Charley?

Oh, God!

Ooh.

Ohh.

Help me...

Oh!

Oh!

Help me.

Oh! Ah-ah-ooh!

Going somewhere, Fred?

Ooh.

- He tried to kill
me with wolf poison.

Goddamn snake.

I always knew you
were a coward, Fred.

He tried to goddamn kill me.

I gotta get outta here, Miller.

I can't stand this anymore.

- If I didn't need your help
getting off this mountain...

How long you think we'll
be getting back to Butcher's?

- Less than a fortnight.
We'll get back quicker

than we came.

I don't think I'll hardly stop.

Just get some greens on my belly

and slosh it with some whiskey.

See that girl some.

Then I'll be off to St. Louis.

You'll never see me again.

Hey!

We're too top-heavy, goddamn it!

We're top-heavy as
hell, I'm telling you.

We're not going to make it down.

- If we take it careful,
the axles will hold.

Hold on.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Easy, now, easy.

Easy.

We're carrying 1,500 hides.

Better than 3,000
back at the camp.

So, 4,700 in all.

My God, that's
better than $18,000!

I don't ever recall a
hunt being that big.

I'm going to ride into
Butcher's Crossing

with a real load.

Watch their eyes
pop out of their heads.

Hey, Fred!

You thought I was crazy?

You thought I was
fooling around?

You're going to be a rich man!

I asked for $60 a
month, I been getting it.

Fred Schneider
takes care of hisself.

Don't ask nobody for nothing.

Easy, now, easy.

Step up.

Step up.

Easy.

Miller, goddamn it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Miller!

Miller!

Aah!

Aaaah!

Where is everybody?

McDonald.

Where's McDonald?

McDonald!

Who's that?!

What are you doing in here?

My God!

I'd given you up for dead.

You found your buffalo?

- Biggest kill that ever
come through this territory.

Just like I said it would be.

Ain't you looked around you?

The bottom's dropped
out of the whole market.

The hide business
is finished, for good.

You're finished!

- You...
- We had an agreement.

$4 apiece for prime hides,
and I aim to hold you to it.

- I wish you could, but
you can't hold me to nothing

because I got nothing.

If you'd have gotten back
when you were supposed to,

you would've got your money!

Those hides down at the
pits I bought and paid for

when you was in the mountains,

I got 30,000, 40,000,

worth 10 cents apiece!

You want them?!

Just last year, prime hides...

- That was last year!
- $4 apiece.

You remember beaver?

When they stopped
wearing beaver hats,

you couldn't give
the skins away.

Looks like everybody who
owns a buffalo rope has one

- and nobody wants any more!
- I got

3,000 hides,

winter prime,

cached up in the mountains!

- You don't listen
to me, do you?!

Miller.

Will.

You had your hunt.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

- You lost your tail, just
like I told you you would.

Tell me, boy...

was it worth it?

- I saw what I
needed to see, sir.

Young folk.

Always think there's
something to find out.

Not enough to
get a job and work.

Have to find something bigger.

For now, you're

young and soft.

Aaaah!

He's gone crazy!

What is he doing?!

Someone get the buckets.

Worked so hard for this.

I can't believe he's
burning it all down.

- He's burning all the hides!
- Goddamn drunk!

We got to put this thing out!

- Why doesn't
someone do something?!

My God!

My God!

Oh!