I hear summers are short north of Yellowstone.
I heard the thing to do in the cold Montana winters
Is to just slip between 2 grizzly bear furs
And wait till the spring.
That way, the long winters won't bother ya.
Just don't wake up them grizzly bears.
Ha!
Whoa.
Mile City's over there, and Woodrow's place
Is somewhere the other side of the Milk River.
I don't know what's up there
Could be better than this.
Well, Woodrow never saw a river he didn't wanna cross.
Even if it killed his best friend?
Gus always made his own choices.
I know. It's just always easier to forgive.
We can cross the herd here.
Gideon, you were right.
She's Gus' daughter.
Did she say?
Didn't have to. I've been watching her.
She got a lot of Gus in her.
She's just so torn up, breaks my heart.
It's a pity you and Gus never met.
You loved him?
He was the great love of my life.
And the great frustration of my life.
But some things just aren't meant to be.
Like me.
You can't feel that way.
If Gus had known about you, you wouldn't.
I promise you that.
He would not have cared.
What makes you so sure?
I know that he raped my mother.
That's a lie.
Gus McCrae had a respect for women I've never seen
In any other man.
Even Mexicanas.
Even whores.
My mother was no whore.
I didn't mean she was.
I mean, Augustus never violated any woman's dignity.
It wasn't in him.
He loved women.
Women just notice things about a man
Sometimes we wish we didn't.
You think about what I told you.
It's all true.
And when you believe that...
maybe I'll be getting a little piece of your father back.
Truth has a power all its own.
Can you see?
Yeah.
Mrs. Allen?
Is it bad?
Not if you can see.
That's what's important.
Yeah.
You don't want to be touching it with your hands just yet
If you can help it.
Oh.
You won't be able to turn your neck
The same way you're used to.
The scar tissue's not going to want to give any.
Oh, lord!
That swelling will go down.
The redness should fade some.
What do I owe you, doc?
I didn't do anything.
A man in Ogallala did all the work.
He's a real artist, ain't he?
You can see.
This must be very hard for you.
No, it's...
easier to wear it than look at it, I reckon.
I think I'd like to be getting back to camp.
Gideon: I'll send word to the captain.
Let him know we crossed the Yellowstone.
Tell him to throw a few more biscuits on the fire.
We'll head back to camp.
July?
Yeah, yeah.
Boy: Mama, what's the matter with that man's face?
Come on. Come along. Don't stare.
Would you mind driving the team?
Uh...
yeah, yeah.
Ma'am. Howdy.
Thank you, doc.
Sure.
You think it'll change his temperament much?
It's hard to say. Wish I coulda done more.
You did fine.
We appreciate it.
You bet.
He'll be all right with her.
She's got a good heart.
Something in common with July, there.
It's your heart that amazes me.
Mine?
It's a rare thing
For someone to lose everything they own
And still show more concern for others
Than for their own loss.
It's a tender lovin' heart you have, Clara.
Fills me up just to watch it.
Compliment from an expert.
Thank you, sir.
You know, I learned something
In the dressmaking business.
It ain't the fabric, the pattern, or the price
That's important.
It's the fit.
And that ain't the dress at all.
It's the woman wears it.
And you sure do fit your dresses.
You are a smooth talker, Mr. Walker.
It hasn't always been my best virtue, I'll admit.
In the past...
you don't have to explain.
I always loved it about Gus,
No matter how I said other.
Let's just say it's part of your charm, too.
Mrs. Allen?
I brought my best suit with me
And I've been looking for a reason to wear it.
Would you do me the honor of joining me
For a proper sit-down dinner?
Boo!
Judas priest.
What are you doing here?
Every night, you come to this same place.
Why?
It's a good place to think.
About me? Ferris.
What do you think about when you think about me, Newt?
I didn't say I was thinking about you.
But you were, weren't you?
That's why I scared you.
You were wishing I was here, and here I am.
Where's Mr. Dunnigan?
He went to Miles City.
You shouldn't be here.
Well, you're here. I'm safe, aren't I?
Well, of course, you're safe.
I just don't think he'd like it.
He knows how I feel about you, Newt.
He told me so himself.
And he trusts you.
Ferris, don't do this to me.
Being friends is one thing, but this ain't right.
Isn't right?
It ain't funny!
I'm not laughing.
I don't feel at all
Like laughing right now.
The world's not a simple enough place
For things to be clear and proper all the time.
Isn't that obvious?
That ain't never going to happen again.
We'll see.
[Playing a waltz]
I feel sort of guilty.
I could have stayed in that tub bath for a week.
Hmm. I don't feel the least bit guilty.
Just a little jealous of that tub.
You are shameless...
though I will say, it's flattering.
I don't mean to flatter or offend,
But I do mean to get your attention.
Tell me.
Were you in love
With your wife?
I believe I was.
It seems she was taken from me
Before I was able to perfect
Being a good husband.
I wanted to show her.
I just didn't get the time.
I'm sorry.
It was that way for me with my boys.
Buried all three before I was able to love them enough.
Took the romance out of me.
If romance was what you were hoping for,
I've left it behind.
Do you regret that?
Oh, yes.
And no.
I'm...I'm too strong for the normal man
And too...jealous once my feelings get riled.
Strong and jealous--
My favorite traits in a woman.
Don't dally with me, Gideon.
Never.
[Low conversation]
Captain, message from Gideon Walker.
"The herd has crossed the Yellowstone.
Clara Allen has come with us, and she has brung her horses."
Clara Allen?
Her ranch burned down.
We going to ride out there to meet them?
Made it all the way past the Yellowstone without us.
I reckon they can make it here all right.
Well, I ain't never seen that many horses
In all my life.
Well, hell, I sure don't want to make
No grown man cry.
We'll be leaving first light.
All right.
We'll be leaving at first light.
All them horses...
I sure would like to ride out there with ya.
Well, Jasper, I'm just pleased
That you can ride at all.
Yeah. Ha.
Don't know if I'll ever be able
To thank you enough, Pea.
For...pretty near killing you?
No. For savin' my life.
Hell, if you hadn't fired that lucky shot,
There ain't no tellin' what'd happen to me.
Pea...
you're 'bout the best friend I ever had.
Sure is funny how life turns out, ain't it?
All the time.
I swear.
[Chuckles]
Pea Eye: Captain...
Call: I see.
You reckon it's them?
Of course, it is.
All them Texas mustangs
Coming all this whole way.
I wonder what they think of Montana.
Captain...
I believe that is him.
Gideon Walker.
Call: It is.
Here you go, Woodrow, right to your door.
Horses supposed to cover ground
Quicker than cattle. Ever hear that?
Good to see you again, Pea Eye.
Yes, sir, Gideon Walker.
There's more than a few of us,
And we had our troubles.
Indian killed Isom's brother down the nations.
Isaac's dead?
Cut his head off.
You ever hear
Of a mixed-breed Cherokee by the name of Jack Jackson?
We met.
How did you keep the herd bunched without Isaac?
Take a look.
Slickest trick I ever seen.
Followed him up here like Mary's little lamb.
Ain't that the captain?
Come on, Molly. Come on, Dolly.
What did you promise her?
I told her you'd do the right thing.
We did not discuss numbers.
Ma'am.
Captain.
I'm sorry for your misfortunes.
Seems you were destined to get my horses.
I'm afraid the Allen family comes with the bargain.
Hat Creek.
Pea...
Giddap. Come on. Giddap.
Man: Vamonos.
There it is.
We're almost there.
Call: Horses coming in.
You boys line them out.
Ben, lead them to pasture.
Yes, sir, captain.
Come on. Let's go, boys.
Isom, let them go.
Yah! Come on.
I see why he kept crossing rivers.
Whoo, whoo.
Isom: Give them a rest.
They earned it.
Smile, Woodrow.
I just might.
Whoa!
Yee-aah!
Whoa! This water's cold.
Hold it. Hold it, now.
Hey, Sara!
Yeah, I'm comin'!
Throw me some soap!
Whoo!
Here!
Ah!
All right, little babies, come on here to papa.
Come on in here!
Come on! Ha ha!
Come on! Yeah!
Aah! Ha ha ha!
Hey, looky here.
Looky here. Look at that.
We made it, didn't we, Isom?
We made it. Ha ha ha!
We got us a new home here.
Yeah. We got us a new home.
Yeah-Ha-Ha!
Ben, tell 'em boys take them bedrolls and some brush.
Someone's got to take the hard seat.
Now, who left them buckets here?
Ain't no place to leave buckets.
Come out here now.
Them chickens in the chicken coop.
Back there, see?
I don't see Newt.
Yeah, I don't neither.
He ain't still in jail.
I come back, he was gone.
Well, couldn't you find him?
Well, there were responsibilities
I give him. Get out that feed!
You young 'uns, take this goat!
He's in the feed!
What about your responsibilities?
Come fetch him!
I got a whole mess of whitin'
If you're through here.
I don't guess we are.
I didn't quit on that boy.
I brung him north with me.
Ha. Like you brought your cattle.
Let somebody put another brand in one of them,
You'd hang whoever did it.
Let 'em take your own son just lets ya off the hook.
You and me's got a snowflake's chance in hell
To get to arguin' together, Clara.
That subject is barred for good.
You think you always done right?
That's your ugly pride.
You never done right.
You're a vain coward for all your fightin'.
And while we're talkin' about children--
There ain't a child on the face of the earth,
You ever done right by.
You can have the house.
Just set my things on the porch.
I don't want your house.
I don't.
First time it rains,
You're the one all snug and dry,
You won't feel so bad about it.
...a pen for these goats.
Capitan..
It is beautiful.
We will work very hard for you, patron.
We speak English.
You done good.
We had a deal, lad.
I worked hard for you, Mr. Dunnigan.
This isn't something you should be walking away from.
Anyone who can read, deal with ranch records
As well as handle men and cattle
Can more or less write their own bill of sale
In this neck of the woods.
You understand, lad?
Yes, sir.
And I appreciate what you tried to do for me,
But I just can't stay on no more.
Why is that?
It's private, sir.
It's my wife, isn't it?
I'm not one to believe in what's whispered,
But I've got ears.
I've got eyes.
I ain't done anything to disrespect you, Mr. Dunnigan.
I'm not sure I know what I'd do
If I thought you had.
I ain't afraid of any man.
That ain't the reason.
I know that, too.
That's why I can't let you go.
I've got something to show you.
Dunnigan: There it is.
Just the way I found it.
And just the way you'll keep it.
Me?
It's time I found my destiny now, Newt.
It's too late for children.
For me, anyway.
I met ferris on a trip I made once.
She was bold enough to give me a look
At what I'd miss with children.
And woman enough to give me a look...
of what I'd miss living...
living in the wilderness.
She needs us both, boy.
But she can't have all of you.
Not yet.
Not until my time's up.
Mr. Dunnigan...
No, no.
Come here.
There's more.
Dunnigan: This is the other side of it.
Which I built up from nothing.
What I love as much as...
as the woman that's falling in love with you.
I don't understand.
It's a man's world, Newt.
Ferris could never...
could never hold onto all this.
Not by herself.
It's your inheritance.
You know something?
You remind me of somebody I knew...
once.
Who?
Me.
[Sniffs]
Many tears, can you do this for me?
Bet this is more than you thought you were bitin' off.
Don't recall what I thought.
Might as well get this said.
We have a problem.
Never had much else.
Agostina is Gus' daughter.
She's gotta be taken care of proper.
We owe that to Gus.
Now, you're gonna see to it, and so am I.
Knowing you, Woodrow,
You're gonna have to chew on this a while,
So I'll be waitin'.
I believe I'll go on, put your stallion up.
Vega.
Agostina Vega.
[Sighs]
Serena Vega was your mother?
Yes.
The woman you killed.
She stepped out in front of a bandit, should've died.
She saved her brother's life.
A man who robbed, burned, murdered
On both sides of the border,
Even his own people.
I did nothing that night wouldn't do again.
[Cocks rifle]
Pull it.
He would have.
Where was my father that night?
Back in Bravo, fighting a fever
From a bullet your bandit uncle put in him
3 days afore.
Did he talk about my mother to you...ever?
He did, as I recall.
What did he say?
Many things.
And that he felt love for her.
He told you that?
Hell, old Gus said he loved someone every other week.
Have to say he meant it that time, though.
Didn't talk to me over a year
After I told him
She stopped a bullet from my colt.
My uncle told me that he raped her.
Agostina.
Who give you that name?
My mother.
Tells you all you need to know, don't it?
Did he know?
Did he know about me?
If he had...we'd have met a long time ago.
There aren't any beds.
This place is pretty homey for Woodrow.
These boys have been here over a year,
And they're still sleepin' on the floor.
Got a roof--
Somethin' to keep the wind off 'em.
Sorta.
It's deplorable.
Well, you can be certain of one thing, Clara.
What's that?
I'm damn sure gonna see you get a bed.
[Door creaks open]
I just thought you should know.
I got me a new partner, which is...
the daughter of Augustus McCrae.
That's fine.
That's just fine.
Well, that's it, then.
Well, I swear.
I supposed you'd be leavin', too.
Ladies.
How long you figure it'd take to build a house?
Had a house.
Then you turned this place
Into a home for widows and orphans.
I mean a real house, like the one Clare had.
I got good hands here now.
Got some mouths to feed, is what we got.
[Guitar plays music]
Gotta admit that music's soothin'.
I don't admit that...
and you don't want me to, neither.
Why's that?
I did, the argument'd be over.
A man might even get some sleep.
No.
No. Not here.
You belong with the women.
In the house.
It's warm in the house.
Get on down there.
Go on.
Well, suit yourself.
Hell of a night, Woodrow.
You wonder how many stars is up there?
You start countin'...
better dang well beat yourself.
Take them.
[Cow bellows]
It's Danley and Logan.
Let 'em go.
But they shot 2 of our men!
We can't risk any more.
No. We can't leave Danley and Logan.
Newt!
You heard what I said.
[Neigh]
[Whistles]
That's him, all right.
I'd heard he'd moved north.
Who?
Cherokee Jackson.
Killer...
from the Indian nations.
What about our cows?
We got more cows, Newt.
You and the men mean a hell of a lot more to me.
Come on.
I want to get these two back to headquarters.
Hyah!
Newt.
You may be a harder judge than I am.
You want me to back off from what we just saw?
I don't think you want me runnin' anythin' around here.
You want justice.
So do I.
But it's gotta be regulated.
When the governor hears there's an outlaw
As savage as the man we just seen on the run,
Then he'll have to back my idea for a militia.
Then...
we'll get the help that we need.
Where I come from, we did our own regulatin'.
I'm tryin' to get you
To think a little broader than that.
We got to set rules
For an entire territory right here.
Don't you se?, We could've chased those men down
And strung 'em up to a tree...
but what about the next rustling?
And the one after that? Hmm?
And so on?
Hey.
We've got to use this situation
To set a precedent
That will not be forgotten in my lifetime.
Maybe not even in yours.
Don't you understand that, Newt?
I'm tryin' to.
You're a good man.
You're a good man!
Hold onto him!
[Neigh]
Man: Hang with him!
She rides just as good as the men, daddy.
Sure does.
Maybe better, if you ask me.
[Men shouting]
[All shouting encouragement]
Hoo!
[Shouting continues]
Ohh!
!Andale, andale!
Man: Hang with him!
[Neigh]
All right!
[Neigh]
She has more respect for him, too.
[Neigh]
Respect for a horse?
Sure.
Want a horse to be gentle,
You be gentle.
Want a horse to be confident,
You got to be confident.
Horses likes a rider that sits on him.
Nervous rider...
don't know what to say.
Horses don't talk, dad.
Oh, sure they do.
[Horse snorts]
[Chuckles]
You sneak out real late at night,
Don't let the horses know you're comin'...
you'll hear them havin' whole conversations.
They be talkin', arguin' amongst each other.
It's true.
I knew a horse once...ahem...
used to write poetry.
[Both chuckle] yeah!
Couldn't spell worth a hoot.
But the words, they all rhymed out
Nice and even, though.
Aw, dad, you're jokin' us.
No, I'm not.
[Horse neighs]
[Breaks up laughing]
Yeah.
Hey, July...
you want to try the next one?
You know somethin' about this one
I don't want to find out?
Uh-Uh.
[Clicks tongue]
[Light clapping]
Go.
Hey. Compadre...
bring cloud watcher down here.
Hooah! [Neigh]
Hooah!
[Neigh] hooah!
You ready for this?
Well, I better be.
Didn't come up here for a free ride.
[Horse neighs]
[Neigh]
He can't to keep his head down where it belong.
[Neigh]
Good luck.
[Neighing and snorting]
He's got somethin' to prove.
[Neigh]
Especially after the way he seen you ride.
[Neigh]
Oh, boy.
Dunnigan: You gentlemen have worked hard
To bring prosperity to Montana.
But it seems we've brought a plague upon ourselves.
It used to be a few hungry indians
Running off with our stock.
Now it's outlaws driving them all the way up
Into the Missouri breaks, blocking out their brands
And selling them for themselves in Canada.
And what's even worse, homesteaders--
Which in my book stands for rustlers--
People with a dozen head one year
And a hundred head the next.
They're some mighty busy cows, they are.
[Laughter]
Or some mighty busy men.
Now, then, I had 3 dozen head of cattle
Stolen yesterday,
And 2 good hands took bullets
In the exchange.
I'm getting heartily tired of this, gentlemen.
It's time we took action.
Yeah. Yeah.
And...
you should all have a copy of this list here.
I want you all to look very carefully
At every single name on it.
I don't see that Hat Creek honcho on this list.
Yeah. Yeah.
Man: He's not on my list.
Second man: He's not on my list, either.
Woodrow Call is no rustler, gentlemen.
Well, he ain't here.
Why ain't he on this list?
Call's a Texas ranger...
or he used to be.
Sure, we've had our differences.
But I'm confident that when the time comes,
He will ride with us.
It's just that he's a very...
self-sufficient man.
[Murmuring]
Everything's under control.
What about Captain Call?
You can't be serious
About leaving him off that list.
What's at stake here
Is far more important than one man.
You said that no one would be independent
Of whatever actions we take.
Precisely.
But when these actions take place,
Every independent, including Captain Call,
will come under our protection,
And they'll soon see that without that protection,
They will not be able to survive.
And when Montana becomes an independent state,
Then the alliance will be able to control the price of beef,
Its distribution through the new railway lines,
And the people in office.
Hmm?
Gentlemen, to the alliance.
The alliance.
Aye.
Women are funny creatures, Woodrow.
You bring them the breadth of the country
On the back of a horse, and when they get there,
They expect to sleep on a mattress at night,
Not a cold dirt floor.
That's what you're going to town for, mattresses?
I'm going to order a mattress
And sundry other things people need
When they establish a home.
If you're buying a mattress, that's your business.
It better not show up on any Hat Creek account.
Don't get too close to no dress shops, neither,
While you're there. Don't want to lose you.
I can't leave this outfit now.
Someone's got to be here
What has a feeling for women.
Woodrow: Work gloves.
Yeah.
Terrible thing how some people
Take to liking each other.
Ain't it, Woodrow?
You getting at something?
Nope.
Woodrow.
I want to set something straight.
Hurry, Many Tears!
I know Gus was mostly to blame
For you leaving Newt.
You having to haul him all the way back to Texas
Is what done it.
I reckon we can always find someone dead
To blame things on.
It was Gus made you leave when you did.
If you'd have been there,
Newt wouldn't have gotten into trouble.
If I was here,
Newt wouldn't have been put to the test.
Test seems to have failed.
You were fair...
with Gus' girl.
And it pleases me so that you were.
As if Gus was...
reaching back from the grave
To clean up some of the mess he made.
It weren't your fault alone.
Gus just ain't around to blame.
And in the pain of...
losing him...
I suppose I...
held only to his finer qualities.
I appreciate your hostilities is subdued.
[Martin crying]
Girl: Help me get up.
Hello, girls.
You going into town?
You going to get some candy?
[Giggling]
Don't you eat too much.
You get sick and fat like me.
You don't want to be fat like Cholo.
You take care of my girls, now.
Martin, crying: Mommy!
[Children singing indistinctly]
* they swam the wide rivers and climbed the tall peaks *
* and camped on the prairie for weeks upon weeks *
* starvation and cholera, hard work and slaughter *
* they'd reach California *
* in spite hell and high water *
* come a fall daisy rider *
* come a fall daisy rae... *
[Children continue singing indistinctly]
Mr. Walker, if you don't mind, I'd like to ride back
And ask someone to come along to town with us.
Agostina?
Go right ahead, July.
High time you get your nerve up.
All right.
Maybe old Martin here would like to change places with me.
Do I get a say in the matter?
What would you say?
I'm afraid of men like you.
Afraid?
Why's that?
Some men just scare a woman.
That can't be a good thing.
It might be.
I never been sure.
Maybe we should find out.
It's been a long time since I knew a man who made me laugh.
[Gunshots]
[Girls screaming]
[Screaming]
Go back, July!
Get Woodrow!
Aah!
Mommy!
Mama!
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Mama?
Sally!
Stay down!
Mama!
Aah!
Sally!
No!
Get behind the wagon!
Aah!
Martin: Mommy!
Mommy!
Oh...
don't move.
Stay still, girls.
Are they done?
Martin: Mommy!
Mommy!
They're done.
We get the pickings?
Be quick!
Ha ha! Hey, hey!
Ride.
Mama.
Shh!
They're coming in.
[Men whooping and hollering]
Clara...
God, don't die.
Man: Look over there, over there yonder.
[Laughing and shouting]
Pretty.
[Whooping]
It's eatable.
No more for me.
Doing pretty good, Isom.
Hardest part is over.
[Horse approaching]
Captain!
They've been ambushed.
[Speaking Spanish]
Lord!
They's all ambushed in the canyon.
Boys, get on and mount up!
Terrible attack!
Man: Mount up!
Whoa! Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa.
Mommy!
Martin!
Mommy!
Come here, baby.
Shh...
mommy!
[Crying]
Mommy!
She's alive!
We have to get her back to the house!
Come!
Cholo is here!
Mama?
She's hurt. We'll help her.
Cholo is here.
Captain.
He was charging whoever cut him down.
He got a piece of them, though.
Blood trail lead this way.
Pea?
Captain?
Tell the boys...
go tend to Clara.
We'll go on.
We ain't gonna lose this son of a bitch.
Git up. Come on.
We'll finish this for you...ranger Walker.
Whoa! Whoa!
Easy there, boy.
Don't get throwed in the puddin', now!
Throw that sack over his head.
All right.
Who's Newt?
What is it?
Mr. Dunnigan wants you up to the house.
I need a fresh horse.
Frank, the man needs a horse. Tend to that one.
What happened?
Outlaws.
Time's come, Newt.
Do you know who done it?
Same mob we think shot 2 of our own.
I want this whole outfit
Armed and ready for a week's ride in 30 minutes.
Where are we headed?
To put a stop to what's already out of hand.
30 minutes.
Yes, sir.
Who'd do such a thing?
Can't just be rustlers or thieves. Can't.
Vultures.
Paint horse.
There he is.
Call: This far north?
Isom: That's him, captain.
Son of a bitch killed my brother.
He get into those hills,
He can hold us off.
I need me an extra horse.
I only got one.
Come on, let's go.
Give me a stirrup, Pea.
Is that him, captain, Cherokee Jack?
I believe so.
Giddup!
[Galloping horse approaching]
There he is.
Isom: Captain.
He had that on him.
Money.
For the kids,
From their uncle Isaac.
No, I can't.
That's blood money.
End it now.
When I hear what I want, we will.
[Gunshot]
Pa!
He's done it!
[Shouting]
What's this?
Delegations from all around the alliance.
They look like an army.
That's right.
Billy.
We got Cherokee Jack.
Supposed to say a message to the women.
Your mama?
She's sleeping, sweetheart.
Papa.
Agostina: Si. Papa.
Who is it?
It's Pea Eye.
Ma'am, captain said
Get the women and children to the fort.
You're to go quickly.
Uh...where's Isom?
With the captain.
He's going to help stop the Dunnigan outfit.
He sent for help from them homesteaders.
What about Cherokee Jackson?
He's gone to hell, ma'am.
Juana!
Billy.
Fetch my shotgun.
Are you sure the governor's
Going to stand behind you on this?
If those are our cattle behind those fences,
He will.
I'm looking for Warren Raab.
I'm Raab.
I'm Gregor Dunnigan.
I know you.
I hear you been selling my cattle.
Well, that's a lie.
Well, in that case,
You wouldn't mind us looking over your stock,
Would you, mister?
Stay back!
Go ahead.
That one's ours.
That one, too.
Well, that can't be.
I never seen that animal before.
You know the penalty for stealing cattle, don't you?
But I ain't done nothing.
Billy: Pa!
Billy!
Man: Watch it! The boy's got a gun.
No, Billy!
Stop it.
Stop!
Don't shoot.
He's just a boy.
That's right. Put down the gun.
He's just a boy.
Oh, dad.
Woman: Oh, God!
No!
[Sobbing]
Woman: No!
No! No...
they're coming up through the pass.
You boys stay here.
Isom.
Isom: That's a whole lot of guns.
As good a place as any...
to make a stand.
You bet.
They're a-comin'!
Let's gather up.
I'm riding out to 'em.
If something happens to me
And they keep on this way,
Wait till the main body gets full over the ridge
Before you throw your dynamite.
Otherwise you'll just warn 'em and lose 'em.
When it blows,
There'll be some confusion.
Snap off a few quick ones,
Then ride away if you can.
Them other ranchers come to you, join with them.
Good luck.
Good luck to you, captain.
Captain.
I'll ride with you.
No, Pea.
You stay by these men.
Yes, sir.
If I get kilt,
Just stuff my body any old place.
That'll do.
Yes, sir.
It's Captain Call.
Hold the column.
Man: Hold!
Hold it up.
Spread out.
That's as far as you go, Dunnigan.
How's that?
A killer, name of Cherokee Jack,
Said you paid him to gun down my people.
That's a damn lie.
Said this is what you give him to do it.
I can't abide you, Dunnigan...
murdering just to get more grass.
It's a hell of a sorry thing.
You don't know what sorry is yet, mister.
I think I do.
And I hold you responsible.
Quite frankly,
What you think doesn't matter anymore.
Now, you get out of my way.
I'm going to count to 3.
If you don't drop that shooter in the dirt,
I'll put a hole in your heart.
[Chuckling]
What about all these men?
Cut off the head, the rest don't rattle long.
You're a fool.
1...
Newt.
Dunnigan: He's lying to you, boy.
The captain don't lie.
You mean I do?
Yes, sir.
That's your money pouch.
I remember.
I'll kill you myself if I have to.
2...
eh?
I've got some information in here...
captain!
Drop your guns.
[Galloping horses approaching]
Them are ours.
They got to pay for what they done.
Mr. Thompkins, if you want law and order,
It's going to have to start with you.
You can't possibly think that--
1...
surely you can't imagine that--
2...
if we surrender,
We demand a proper trial.
You'll get your trial.
Tell the others it's over.
"In God have I put my trust.
"I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
"Be merciful unto me, o God,
"Be merciful unto me,
"For my soul trusteth in thee.
"Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge
Until these calamities be overpast."
Amen.
Man: Amen.
All: Amen.
Gideon.
I've talked to Cholo and the girls.
We're going back to Ogalalla.
Now, you are welcome to stay.
I feel welcome. I do.
But the little I've learned in my life
Has been from hard lessons.
You can't run away from the ashes.
You have to...
rebuild from the ashes.
Will you wait for first foals?
All the same to you, we want to beat the frost.
I'll see to it Pea Eye and some of the boys
Get you all the way safe back.
Woodrow.
Patron.
Vaya con dios, patron.
[Thunder]
[Rooster crows]
A fella have to give him that, Newt.
Man gets leaned on as hard as Captain Call...
needs him some time alone.
I suppose.
[Cow moos]
[Horse neighs]
Long as I've known Woodrow Call,
He's been in charge.
Think about all them questions
Been put to him in his lifetime.
All them problems
Other folks bring to him.
Huh.
No wonder he want to leave Texas.
What happens soon as he gets up here?
No problem.
Who does everybody look up to?
Is it people that bring in problems, Isom,
Or him looking to take them on?
Well, can't say that it matters much, really.
Long as he handles 'em...
one problem at a time.
You know, I-- I need to tell you...
when I was, uh...
when I was riding back from the canyon.
Mm-hmm.
[Clears throat]
I wanted to ask you to...
go to town, uh...
you know, with us, and...
ah, then that shooting started and--
July...
us?
With us?
Yeah, well...
with, uh...me.
Yeah.
With me.
[Both laughing]
You went against him.
I had to.
Why?
Did you ever know his plans, really?
That alliance?
Did you?
I should have.
I know what he told me.
I just never added it up to what he did.
I just could never figure that.
Never.
Well, he was good to me.
I never tried to picture anything else.
Will you be staying here?
Yes.
You won't take what he offered you, will you?
[Sighs]
I don't think he'd want that offer to stand
The way things turned out.
It stands.
No.
Good-bye.
Go to hell, Newt Dobbs.
[Sighs]
[Clucking tongue]
Are you looking for somebody?
Found him.
Get things said?
What could be.
We said some hard words between us.
Yes, sir.
I regret that.
Me, too.
Some things didn't get said, too.
Well, that's over now.
No, it ain't.
Your mother Maggie...
Gus, he said I let her down.
Never cared to admit that.
Well, that was a long time ago, captain.
Not for me.
I'm so sorry to have never known her.
It wasn't about you, Newt.
It was me.
How I felt about myself.
My failings.
You picked a good spot, captain.
There's a bunch of work to do.
Seems you might know horses
Almost good as me now.
[Sighs]
Captain, I'm moving on.
This is your dream.
Ain't no reason it can't be your dream, too.
It's the same reason you couldn't live a life
You didn't decide on by yourself.
I understand that now.
I'd be obliged if you tell Pea Eye
And the boys...
thanks for all they done.
Don't want a big good-bye.
It's time, captain.
I reckon.
Newt...
Dobbs--That was your mother's name.
Call...
that's...Scots.
So they tell me.
It's had no dishonor I'm aware of.
[Neighing]
You want to be leavin' all of this here...
for steady work and steady wages?
This civilized world of yours, captain...
we ain't part of it.
What about that whore of Maggie's
You had that child with?
What's his name?
Newt, wasn't it?
You sayin' Jake's my pa, captain?
Well, I'd a hell of a lot rather
It was Jake than you,
'Cause Jake knew people could make mistakes.
Like my mama the day she made me.
Barbed wire draws a nasty line, mister.
That sense of honor that ties Newt to Dunnigan--
You give him that.
You can't run away from the ashes.
You have to...
rebuild from the ashes.