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Ain't it damn good?

Nobody's gonna say my ship went down. The dolphin's still afloat.

And here's the proof.

There's the proof the Enterprise sank, along with the men that Holden left aboard.

Throw it overboard!

Full speed ahead!

Now I want to pull out of here by daylight at the very latest.

We'll pick up a cargo someplace else. He sure had no luck in his talent.

She's adrift!

Dale! Where are you taking my boat?

Your boat?

This is my boat, the Dolphin! And I'm her skipper, Captain Click!

You're lying! The Dolphin was sunk a month ago with our hands aboard!

I'm sailing the Dolphin right now! Throw them overboard!

Get your hands off me!

Nobody comes aboard without my permission!

Can't keep his own boat afloat, he has to steal mine.

Captain. What? There's three men you left on guard. What about them?

Well, there's two of them.

No, they're dead, Captain. The other one's face down in the water.

They were good men. Aye, they were.

Come this far up to Missouri just to be murdered by a gang of cutthroats.

Flag and his men must have snuck out in the middle of the night.

They must have been just waiting around here, waiting a chance. Yeah, probably.

Captain, our boat! Captain.

What do we do now, Captain?

Do? We got our boat back, Joshua.

That's what we do. Come on.

They make this coffee out of boiled rope. I figured, Ben,

it'll take the Enterprise about five days to reach Willow's Landing. At least that.

It's a good 500 miles, Greg.

Yeah, but it's a lot shorter over land, the way the river twists and turns.

It's about 200 miles, wouldn't you say? Yeah.

We can beat the boat to Willow's Landing.

Hold on, Captain. We signed on as sailors.

I've never been on a horse in my life.

And neither has he. Well, there's always the first time thing along.

That's Indian country, Gray. A lot of it's unexplored.

How are we going to find our way? We just have to find a guide who does know,

that's all. Not in this town, you won't.

Man...

I've got no right to ask you to risk your lives like this.

So you're free to stay behind if you want to. All right,

now who's with me and who isn't?

Me and Andy will come with you, Captain.

Well, we signed on for the whole voyage, Skipper, up river and down.

There wasn't nothing in the papers that said we

wouldn't walk or ride a little if we had to.

Does that go for the rest of you?

I reckon so. What about Chip? He goes along with us. What if there's trouble?

He's one of the crew now, aren't you, Chip?

Yes, sir.

Well, I guess there's not much more we can do till morning, man.

We'll have to find a place to bed down, though. Well,

there's a barn to the end of town. There's no hotel that'll keep the windows.

That'll do. Josh, you put him to bed, will you, huh? Aye, sir.

Come on. Check.

All right, boys. All right.

All right, up and at them. Come on, boys. All right, hit the deck. Come on, Petey.

All right, come on. Joshua. Oh, boy. Happy morning, if you think about it.

I'm starving to death. What's your breakfast?

Peasant under glass. You want it chopped on the right side or the left?

All right, boys, now let's not waste any time. We're gonna need horses, supplies,

a guide. Ben, you take the crew,

look around the farms here so you can find some horses.

What are we gonna use for money, Gray?

Everything we own was on the boat.

Oh, yeah, I forgot.

Gentlemen.

Ante up.

We're going to need every cent we got on us.

Carney? It's like taking my left arm, Captain.

It's a bit tricky, but... Don't worry, Carney.

You're right on. We'll make up for it later. Hoskins?

Stick along.

Bobby? Jim?

Joshua?

Joshua?

Joshua! All right.

Boys, you all get it back in double.

Just as soon as we get on the boat. Van, you take the crew,

see if you can find some horses. I'll see if I can locate us a guide.

Let's go.

Good morning, Miss Lanyard.

You're up rather early this morning, aren't you?

I've been looking all over for you. I thought you'd left without me.

Oh, I'm afraid not.

I think you're going to have to find yourself

another boat. You see, mine's been stolen.

Stolen?

Yep.

What am I going to do?

Well, I don't know about you, but I know what I'm going to do.

I'm going to cut off cross-country and get my boat back.

Oh, good. I'll go with you.

Well, I'm afraid that's impossible, ma'am. You see,

I can't have a woman tagging along.

Look, I'd book passage with you for St. Louis. Now,

I expect you to honor that agreement.

Well, I'd certainly like to, but this is one time I just can't.

Well, are you ready to give me back my money?

Your money? Yes, ma'am.

Go on, take it.

Look, the money isn't important.

I have to go with you.

Have to? Why?

I just have to, that's all.

I'm sorry, but I can't take you long.

I'm afraid I'll die if I don't.

Oh, come on now, it's not that bad.

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Hey, Gray.

Any luck with the horses? Not in this town.

The farmers won't sell what few they got. Oh, fine.

What about supplies? They don't stock extra supplies. Not for strangers.

I think I know where you can find a guide, though. Try the saloon.

A fellow by the name of Barney Jones said he'd help you.

He'll recognize him by the bottle in his hand.

Well, now, that's a right interesting story, Captain.

I've heard of horse stealing, bank robbing, even life stealing.

But this is the first time I ever heard of boat stealing.

Yeah, I know. But you're being the best guy in the country around here. Well,

I thought you might like to help us out a little. No, I ain't the best guy.

I'm the only guy.

Yeah, that's what I said.

That's a dangerous trip if you're going through Echo Valley. Oh,

you afraid of little old Echo?

Well, that's sacred Indian ground. The burial grounds.

Forbidden to all trespassers.

There's an old legend that says that any white man tries to cross it dies.

Well, you been through there? Oh, yeah.

But I got me just a smidge in the Choctaw blood.

Sort of acts like a good luck charm. Oh, well,

then you're just the man we've been looking for.

Now, you just name your price. That's too much.

I'll give you $200 and no more.

Well, now, that's more than fair and overly generous. For supplies? And a wagon?

And horses? You got the idea. Now, you're our man.

Well, now, horses are a mad heart to come by.

Only man I know around here has got horses for sale.

Charges a mighty high price for them. Where am I going to find him?

You're looking at him.

I might have known it. All right, how much?

Oh, uh, 500.

Uh, for everything.

200 now, and the other 300 when we reach the load. Yeah, I might have known.

You know, I got some gold fillings. Could you use those, too?

Oh, now, Captain, you talk like I was greedy or something.

Stopped her and I had some talk, had some talk, had some talk,

put her foot covered up the whole sidewalk and left no room for me.

Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight? Come out tonight, come out tonight.

Buffalo gals, won't you come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon?

She's the prettiest girl I've seen in my life.

That's a boy, Jim.

Folks gotta have a name, Captain Holden, or how will they know we're still afloat?

Yes, sir, boy, and we are still afloat.

Buffalo gals were to come out tonight and dance by the light of the moon.

Well, pick along. Where are Ben and the rest of the boys?

Oh, Captain Bay went with Mr. Jones to get the horses and the food. Well,

would you mind stopping that caterwaul in there

and go out and see if you can give him a hand? Come on, boy.

Let's see if we can help.

Oh, Captain? Yeah?

There's somebody to see you.

Well, you certainly are a persistent one, aren't you, Miss Lanyon?

But I'm sorry to say that the answer's still the same.

You said this morning, you said something about if you stayed in this town,

you were afraid you were going to die. Now, what did you mean?

Just that.

Someone's trying to kill me.

Now, who'd want to kill a pretty girl like you?

The man who owns me.

Owns you?

Oh, come on, Miss Lane, you're not a piece of property.

I'm about to shag Ryan. He bought me, he paid for me, and now he owns me.

At least that's what he thinks.

Why should he think a thing like that?

Have you ever heard of a mail-order bride?

Yes.

I was a lonely woman.

I thought Shag Ryan was a lonely man. We exchanged letters, and, well,

he sounded like a good man. And then he sent me money to come up river to marry him.

When I got here, I found out what kind of a man he really is. Did you marry him?

No, no, I'm trying to get away from him. And you're my only chance.

I have to go with you.

This man you used to sound as though he beat you.

You think he doesn't?

You don't know Shag Ryan very well.

Sure don't, Captain. I was wondering where you sneaked off to.

I should have guessed.

You're fixing to go down river with him, huh?

I'm not your wife. I have a right to leave.

No, you don't, woman.

You're bought and paid for.

Look, you didn't have the money back. I told you that.

That ain't the money I want. It's you.

Captain.

Don't go whining to him. He ain't the one who owned you.

Now pick up that bag and come along with me.

I said pick it up.

What are you gawking at? Get those supplies in the wagon.

Do you still want me to stay here with this animal?

We'll be taking another passenger, Mr. Jones.

She'll ride in the wagon.

Whatever you say, Captain.

Taking a woman on this trip? You got any objections?

Nope.

You take her with you and you'll never make it. I'm telling you,

I know this country, and you'll never get out of here alive.

We'll anchor at sunrise. We'll be there.

All right.

Never figured there was anyone in the territory could take you, Shag.

No one's taken me yet.

I'll get my woman back.

Well, now, if you mean that, there's a real easy way. What do you mean? Well,

we'll be passing through Echo Valley.

Now them Indians would get mighty riled if someone was to warn them about it.

Chief Whiteclod signed a peace treaty with us. He'd never break it. Well, no.

No, he wouldn't.

But his braves might.

They don't take kindly to having the spirits of their dead disturbed.

You mean you'd get me my woman back unharmed? Easy.

I know my way out of there.

The others don't.

I don't get you, Barney.

I thought Holden was paying you to take him down the river.

Well, he is.

But Captain Clegg's paying me more not to.

I'll see you, Shaq.

What are we stopping here for?

Here's where the burial grounds begin. Well,

spirits of the dead get mighty restless when folks intrude on them.

You hear them?

Yeah, I hear them.

They're not yelling half as loud as you'll be if you

don't get me to Willow Landing before my boat does.

But it's your funeral.

You scared, boy?

No, sir. Nothing to be scared of.

Except those noises.

They scare me too. But let's not listen to them, huh?

All right, we won't listen to them.

Right on!

Gray!

Over there, Gray.

Now, don't tell me that's a dead Indian talking to me from the happy hunting ground.

Well, now, I couldn't rightly say, Captain.

The dead Indians I know don't send signals.

Yeah.

It scares me, Joshua. It's the first time I

ever rode through a graveyard 30 miles long.

Don't tell me you're superstitious, man. There's no such thing as ghosts.

That's an Indian smoke signal, all right. What's he

saying? What they're saying. Get out and stay out.

Now, you still want to keep going?

You know a faster way to Willis Landing?

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She lies high and dry on the Ohio.

I want to do some scouting around. Keep them guards posted.

What's the matter?

Didn't Barney say this valley was the shortest way to the river? Yeah.

Either my compass is wrong or he is.

What do you mean? Well, the way I figured, Gray,

the shortest route to the river is due east.

This valley was northwest.

Well, that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

The valley could turn east further up ahead.

Well, I hope you're right.

Because if it doesn't, we're not headed towards the river,

we're headed away from it.

Well, we got no choice. Let's just wait and see.

Ben, aren't you scared?

Well, maybe I don't act a chip, but...

Try to remember that everybody gets scared when they hear something strange.

I didn't hear it.

Not a boy. You know, Chip, before I found out what a hoot-owl was,

I used to stick my head under the covers every time I heard one.

Yep.

You did?

But now you don't, do you?

There's nothing strange about them anymore, is there?

See, Chip, it's just when you don't know what things

are or where you're going that you get scared.

As long as I've got my compass and north is north, well, I know where I'm going.

Because you're growing up?

I guess so.

I wish I could grow up when I go to sleep tonight.

All the way up.

Come on. I'll put you to bed.

I told you not to wander away from the camp. You all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

You know, I owe you an apology.

What for? Well, I didn't think you'd be able to hold up on this trip.

But you stood up better than some of my men.

I could take anything. It meant never seeing Shag Ryan again.

What are you going to do when you get back to St.

Louis? Find some kind of work.

What did you used to do?

I hated people.

You hated people?

Yes, I spent most of my life trying to live down my father's reputation.

You ever hear of Big Jim Lanyard?

Big Jim Lanyard?

Oh.

The bank robber.

The swindler.

Well, he spent most of his life in prison. He died there.

But you're not responsible for what he did. No.

Evil's a curious thing. You're around it long enough,

and you look ugly to other people.

Oh, that's nonsense. You're a beautiful woman.

There must have been many men who wanted you.

Why did you pick one that you'd never met before?

Because he wanted to marry me.

Didn't they? There's a difference.

Why, any man would be a fool not to want to marry you.

Any man?

Or you'd be surprised.

Proposals of marriage don't come easy.

You ever made one?

Me?

Oh, well, then...

But then I'm a sailor.

I... Well, I don't have any permanent home to settle down.

That's what the others claimed.

I thought Shag Ryan was different, but he wasn't. He was worse than any of them.

Well, now, just a minute now. Don't blame all of us just because of one man.

That thing could have killed you. Yeah, it could have. That rock was pushed.

How do you know? I know. How? Because I feel it.

That rock was pushed.

Oh, he's talking spooky.

Just like this place. I heard a ruckus. What happened?

Somebody shoved this thing down the hill.

I warned you them spirits wouldn't take kindly to your coming.

It'd take a mighty big spirit to push a two-ton boulder down the hill.

Don't you worry about the spirits. Just leave them up to me.

You just worry about getting me to my boat on time.

All right, we'll post a double guard tonight. Get as much sleep as you can.

We'll pull out a sunrise.

Oh, you're welcome, ma'am. Just part of the regular Enterprise service.

We take care of our passengers.

Thank you.

All right, make a lot of work. We got a job to do.

Must have been struck by lightning. Lightning?

The tree's been chopped down to block the trail.

You're right. Not too long ago, either.

All right, boys, let's get some hands topside here.

All right.

Heave!

It reminds me of when I was a lumberjack. Heave! What's that, a record?

I chopped down ten trees in five minutes. Heave! What kind of trees? Shrew trees?

Heave!

Joshua, look!

Them old ovens ain't been used in years.

What do you make of it?

I don't know.

I want to find out.

These stones are cold. This fire hasn't been here very long.

See anything? Not a thing.

We'll let those ovens probably wing those arrows, too.

We need to hang around till they try again, Captain. Let's turn back. Yeah,

let's turn back. All right, everybody, mount up.

We're pulling out of here. Forward to world landing.

Hear that, lad? We're going on with it.

I heard it.

Joshua, it's got to be ghosts.

It's got to be.

Well, here's the spring. You can water your horses.

We'll rest up here for a half an hour.

All right, everybody's on for a water break. Hey, wait a minute.

What do you mean a half an hour? We've got a lot of hard riding ahead.

I'm going to scout around and see how things look.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

We're not heading east, are we? No, we're not. We're heading due north.

I don't like it, Gray. We're setting ducks in here.

How do you know you can trust Barney? I don't.

I guess I better find out. You stay here.

Keep your eyes open, Hoskus, and keep your gun ready.

But a bullet can't hurt a ghost.

All these men are after is the gold and the graves of his ancestors.

And there's only one way to stop him.

Are the rest of your tribe back at the village?

All right.

The best place for the attack will be Tomahawk Canyon.

I'll have him there by noon tomorrow.

You just give me time enough to get away with the girl.

Now move.

Now, hold it! Keep going!

It's a mite late for reloading, ain't it, Captain?

Oh, I know what you're thinking.

Captain Clegg paid me better.

He kind of figured you'd need a guide.

And he'll be paying me even more when I let him know I finished the job.

I tell him you died like a real brave man.

What made you follow me? You're just like General Andrew Jackson was.

You're too brave for your own good. Ben was right.

We gotta get out of this valley fast. There's more Indians? Yeah,

a whole village of them. Come on, let's get out of here before they miss those two.

We'll travel fast and quiet.

They shouldn't be any more trouble. The man who caused it is dead.

All right, then I'll take the lead.

All aboard.

You and your superstitions. Didn't I tell you that ghosts were man-made?

I reckon you're right.

I thought you said you killed the only two Indians around here. I did!

And it couldn't have been Barney. Not this time.

Glad you're back.

What did you see? Not a thing, but I could feel it.

Feel what?

Whatever's out there. I had the oddest sensation all

the time I was out there that I was being watched.

If it was Indians, they could have killed you.

I didn't say it was Indians.

What are you doing?

Making a rough guess about how much country is between us and the boat.

Still so far to go?

Maybe even more.

All right, then let's go before the river dries up on us.

Well, pull an anchor and get to your post, men.

What's bothering you, ghosts?

No ghosts.

We're gonna be hit next, and by what?

Well, there's this ghost.

Everything quiet?

Ain't heard a thing for hours, Skipper.

All right, boys. Wake up. All right.

Take it along.

We'll pull it out as soon as it gets loaded.

Andy!

Andy! Andy, where are you?

It's my dog, Captain Holm. He's not here.

What's the matter, boy?

You seen him?

No, I haven't seen him.

Andy! Andy!

I'm sorry, ain't we get enough trouble watching out for ourselves?

Andy!

She wouldn't go far, Mr. Carney. I told him not to leave me.

I gotta get him.

Hey, now, wait a minute, son. I told you to stay with the others here.

We don't know what's out there.

We can't leave him behind, Captain.

Please?

Joshua, Ben, check on that gully, huh? He can't be far. I'll go up this way.

Hey, you stay right here now.

Stay put, you understand?

Yes, sir.

Andy!

Andy, where are you? Come on, boy!

Andy boy, where are you?

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Andy! Andy! Come here, Andy! Andy!

You ought to feed him better, Holden.

Anyone can run it when someone offers them fresh meat. So was you, Shag.

Who gave us all the trouble all this time, huh?

Do I get my woman back?

What for? So you can beat her like you used to?

She's bought and paid for.

It ain't your worry what I do to her.

No deal.

You're a fool, Holden.

That river's a long ways off yet.

I'll pick your men off one by one, and you'll never know how it's coming.

Maybe an arrow, like yesterday, huh?

Or maybe a bullet or a knife.

You're landlubbers now, Captain, in the middle of nowhere, and I hold all the aces.

All right, I'm ready.

Now, we all know what to look for. We all know the dangers involved.

I want every man to be on guard every foot of the way. You understand?

All right, let's mount up. Chip, get in the back of the wagon.

Captain.

Are you sure I'm worth it?

Oh, yes, I'm sure.

Look, Gray, he only wants me.

You and the others could go on without me. You'd be safe.

I know that.

Well, then leave me behind.

You don't owe me anything.

Your first responsibility is to your crew.

No, Nora, my first responsibility is to my passengers.

And as you're the only passenger aboard the Enterprise on this voyage,

my first responsibility is to you.

Oh, I could smell that river a mile back, and there she is. Look at all that wood,

Captain. We beat them. Uh-huh.

I don't get it. We've been riding all morning.

Shag hasn't tried to pick us off once. Why?

Why? I don't know why.

That's fresh cut wood, Skipper.

The enterprise has been and gone.

It's all green.

They took all the good stuff.

Don't be too sure now, Carney.

Ben, could we be ahead of them at this point?

I don't see how we could be great.

I tell you, we're too late. But did it have to be the Enterprise?

Could have been another boat. There's no other boat due up here this month.

All right.

Skipper.

It was the Enterprise, all right. They may be calling our boat the Dolphin,

but that don't stop them from using our tools. Wait a second.

That's Mark's.

I thought I lost it last time we were here. Are you sure, Joshua?

Why, that's my mark.

Well, that means Clegg hasn't been here.

You ready to give me back that woman, Holden?

Or do you want me to fire a couple more shots to warn Clegg off?

You can just sit there and watch your boat moving right on down the river.

You can't have her, Shag!

Ben.

You heard what he said. We'll never get our

boat back unless we get rid of him first.

How do you aim to do that?

Take the crew back to the wagon back there. Stay clustered around the girl.

He won't take any more pot shots. You're for fear of hitting her.

Go on, move him out. What are you going to do?

I'm going to stay here. He won't miss me in the crowd.

All right, we're going back to the wagon. Everybody stay in a bunch.

Come on, move.

I gotta figure you'd try something like this holding her.

What's the matter? I tie too tight, Captain?

What are you tying me up for? Why don't you kill me now? Oh,

I'll kill you when I'm good and ready.

First, I need you to bargain with. All right.

You're gonna help me get my woman back. Not a chance. You got no choice, Holden.

When they see me holding a gun up against your head,

and they know I'll put a bullet in you if she don't come back, she'll come back.

He's been gone so long.

We're always worried as you are.

That wasn't Gray's gun.

All right, everybody take cover.

Come on, move!

It's Gray!

You don't have to be afraid of them anymore.

I wasn't thinking about myself.

Hey!

Yeah, there's a little landing coming up around that bend.

I'm gonna meet Barney there and take on Wood.

Well, turn the men up!

All right.

She's coming around the bend.

Come on, let's go.

Wait a minute. Where do you think you're going?

I'm with the crew. It's my fight, too.

Not to fight, to stand guard.

Somebody's got to watch Miss Nora. It's an important job.

The captain would want it that way.

No, I don't want to.

And so do I. Well, if it's a real important job, all right.

You hide in the brush. If anything goes wrong, don't let them find you.

Come on, Miss North.

Stop it, he hasn't swapped the Dextons since they took over.

My engines, listen to them clank.

Grease them, grease them.

Aye, but they've got more guns and ammunition than we have.

It won't help if our plan works, Ben.

You boys know what to do.

We'll see you on board.

Yeah. Any sign of that Barney Jones fellow? No, sir.

He should have been here hours ago.

When he shows up, get him up here. Start getting that water for him. Aye, aye, sir.

Yeah? That wood's coming on too slow. Get down there and shake them up.

All right.

Captain Clegg!

You wanna help me?

All right, Captain Clegg.

By all rights, I should either throw you overboard

or leave you stranded like you did us.

But that's too good for you,

so instead I'm going to take you and your crew back downriver and

turn you over to the proper authorities for piracy and murder.

Why don't you lock him up then? All right.

You've done a fine job, Chip.

You know, it reminds me of... Yeah, I know.

It reminds you of the time that you put up road signs to show

General Jackson where to fight the battle in New Orleans.

Now, where did you find out about that, Captain? Captain? Yeah?

What are we gonna do with the dolphin? The dolphin?

Well now, Chip, the dolphin is an underwater fish.

Let's throw him back where he belongs, huh? One, two, three!

All right, Ben, full speed ahead for St. Louis.