Lonesome Dove (1989): Season 1, Episode 4 - Return - full transcript
Still on the trail, the men face ever increasing danger. They have an 80 mile stretch without water and the weather has turned with the onset of winter. Joshua Deets' encounter with a group of young Indians leads to tragedy. Similarly, Gus is severely wounded in an encounter with Indian warriors. He is rescued by mountain man but has to have his right leg amputated. By the time Call catches up with him, it's too late as Gus refused to let the doctor amputate his other infected leg. His dying wish is to be buried in Texas and Call promises to take him home. Newt knows that Call is his father but that's something Call has never acknowledged. He does began to test the boy and leaves him in charge after he proves his mettle. In the spring, Call begins his 3,000 mile journey home, keeping his promise to his friend.
I THINK OLD DEETS
KNOWED HIS TIME WAS UP.
HE STOOD THERE AND
LET THAT BOY KILL HIM.
WHY DID
HE HAVE TO DIE?
HE WAS JUST
HOLDING THAT BABY.
HE COULD'VE
DROPPED IT BUT DIDN'T.
HE JUST STOOD THERE.
I'VE SEEN YOUR FATHER
BURY MANY A MAN,
BUT I'VE NEVER KNOWN HIM
TO CARVE A SIGN BEFORE.
LET'S SEE
WHAT HE WROTE.
WHAT'S IT READ, GUS?
IT SAYS, "JOSH DEETS...
"SERVED WITH ME 30 YEARS,
"FOUGHT IN 21 ENGAGEMENTS
WITH THE COMANCHE
AND THE KIOWA."
"CHEERFUL
IN ALL WEATHERS... "
"NEVER SHIRKED A TASK."
"SPLENDID BEHAVIOR."
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
MY LORD...
OLD DEETS IS GONE.
MY LORD.
WE OUGHT TO LET THEM PIGS
RIDE IN THE WAGON.
PIGS RIDE
IN THE WAGON?
I NEVER HEARD
SUCH A THING.
THEY MADE HISTORY,
THE FIRST PIGS TO WALK
FROM TEXAS TO MONTANA.
THAT'S QUITE A FEAT.
WHAT'S IT GOT THEM?
A BEAR WILL
PROBABLY EAT THEM,
OR WE WILL
THIS WINTERTIME.
THEM RABBITS AND DUCKS
YOU GOT THERE
WILL MAKE A FINE MEAL,
PEA EYE.
SEEN SOME ELK,
TOO.
YOU SEEN ANY INDIANS?
NARY A ONE.
YOU PROBABLY
WON'T, NEITHER.
NOT UNTIL THEY-
LIFT YOUR SCALP.
OLD JAKE WAS RIGHT.
I NEVER SEEN A PRETTIER
COUNTRY THAN THIS.
GUS, I NEVER THOUGHT
I'D SEE SO FAR.
THERE AIN'T NOTHING BETTER
THAN RIDING A FINE HORSE
INTO A NEW COUNTRY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ME
AND WOODROW WAS MEANT FOR,
THOUGH DON'T TELL
YOUR PA I SAID THAT.
I KEEP HIM THINKING
HE'S A PECK OF TROUBLE,
SO HE DON'T GET SASSY.
HE AIN'T MENTIONED IT.
WHAT?
THAT HE'S MY PA.
IT WOULDN'T BE
HIS WAY TO MENTION IT.
SEE, WOODROW AIN'T
MUCH OF A MENTIONER.
GUS, IS IT THAT
HE DON'T LIKE ME?
NO, HE JUST DON'T
WANT TO ADMIT
HE'S HUMAN LIKE THE
REST OF US, THAT'S ALL.
HE AIN'T HUMAN
LIKE THE REST OF US.
HE HAD A CHANCE ONCE
WITH YOUR MAMA,
BUT HE TURNED HIS BACK
AND HE WON'T
ADMIT HIS MISTAKE.
THAT'S WHY HE'S NEVER
ADMITTED HE'S YOUR PA,
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
ADMITTING THAT HE'S HUMAN,
AND HE AIN'T NEVER GOING TO
ADMIT THAT, NOT TO YOU, ME,
NOT EVEN TO HIMSELF.
I'M GLAD YOU TOLD ME.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU CAN DO
WITH THE INFORMATION,
BUT THERE IT IS.
WELL, JUST KNOWING
MEANS SOMETHING, I GUESS.
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS
LIKE GRAVE DIGGING
IS ALL WE DO AROUND
HERE, DON'T IT, CHOLO?
WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
HMM, NOT TOO MUCH.
YOU ARE JUST DEAD.
MAYBE IT'S NOT AS BIG
A CHANGE AS WE THINK.
MAYBE YOU JUST GO BACK
TO WHERE YOU LIVED
OR NEAR YOUR FAMILY
OR WHEREVER
YOU WAS HAPPIEST.
ONLY YOU'RE
JUST A SPIRIT NOW,
AND YOU DON'T HAVE
THE TROUBLES
THAT THE LIVING
HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE SO.
WELL...
WHAT YOU DOING WITH
THOSE LARD CANS, JASPER?
MAKING FLOATS FOR WHEN
WE HIT THAT YELLOWSTONE.
FLOATS?
I AIN'T GOING TO DROWN
IN THAT LAST RIVER.
WHO SAYS
THE YELLOWSTONE IS LAST?
THE MISSOURI'S UP THERE
AND THEN THE MILK.
I'M ONLY CROSSING
ONE MORE RIVER.
YOU'LL CROSS 40
IF CAPTAIN SAYS.
WHY DO
WE KEEP GOING?
AIN'T WE TRAVELED
ENOUGH?
I'D LIKE A TOWN, MYSELF.
IT DON'T HAVE
TO BE ST. LOUIS,
LONG AS IT HAS A SALOON.
I'D LIKE TO SEE
MY HOME AGAIN
WHILE THE FOLKS
ARE STILL ALIVE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE
HIRED FOR LIFE.
WE'LL PROBABLY
ALL BE BEAR CRAP
IN A WEEK ANYHOW.
WELL, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S FUNNY.
READY?
GUS, HOW LONG YOU FIGURE
IT'LL TAKE YOU
TO SCOUT YELLOWSTONE?
A COUPLE OF DAYS, PROBABLY,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO LONG, GIRLS.
DON'T
LET THE INDIANS
GET YOU
WHILE WE'RE GONE.
YOU ALWAYS GOT TO JOKE,
DON'T YOU?
WHO'S JOKING?
PRETTY, AIN'T THEY?
I RECKON.
LET'S
CHASE THEM.
YOU WANT TO?
SHOOT US ONE
FOR OUR SUPPER?
NO, I MEAN CHASE THEM
JUST FOR THE SPORT OF IT.
WHAT, TO RUN THEM OFF?
YOU DON'T GET THE POINT.
CHASE THEM,
BECAUSE BEFORE LONG,
THERE WON'T BE ANY
BUFFALO LEFT TO CHASE.
THEM BULLS WILL HOOK YOU.
YEAH.
DO YOU REMEMBER
OLD MAN BARLOW?
THAT BUFFALO
HOOKED HIM BAD.
OLD MAN BARLOW
WAS A SLOW THINKER,
KIND OF LIKE
SOMEBODY ELSE
I COULD NAME.
WELL, HE WAS
A SLOW WALKER, TOO,
WHEN THAT BUFFALO
GOT THROUGH WITH HIM.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED
TO HIM?
HE MARRIED A FAT WIDOW
AND HAD A PASSEL
OF KIDS.
YOU COULD'VE DONE THAT,
SINCE YOU DON'T WANT
TO CHASE BUFFALO.
I WOULDN'T WANT
TO CHASE BUFFALO
EVEN IF I WAS MARRIED.
FORGET
I EVEN MENTIONED IT.
WELL, I LIKE BEING
A BACHELOR, GUS.
THAT'S GOOD,
PEA EYE.
I'M SURE IT'S ALL PART OF
GOD'S PLAN THAT YOU ARE ONE.
HA HA HA!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
HELL, NO,
I AIN'T ALL RIGHT!
UGH! I'M HIT!
HEAD FOR THAT CREEK
DOWN THERE!
AAH!
HOW MANY MORE
YOU KILL?
NOT BUT ONE.
TWO.
THEY'RE GOING
TO SURROUND US.
I GUESS WE WON'T
HEAR FROM THEM
TILL DARK NOW.
HOW IS YOUR SHOULDER?
WELL, IT WENT
CLEAN THROUGH.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF WAITING AROUND
TILL DARK.
PEA...
PULL THEM OUT
FOR ME,
WOULD YOU?
OH, WAIT, PEA.
JEEZ!
JESUS!
WHEW.
ALL RIGHT,
THE OTHER ONE.
IT'S IN THERE DEEP.
WELL, PULL HARDER.
'I GOD! OH, LORD!
IT WON'T BUDGE
NARY AN INCH, GUS.
WELL...
PUSH IT ON
THROUGH THEN.
GO AHEAD, PEA,
DO IT NOW.
GO ON.
UH-HUH,
UH-HUH, UH-HUH.
WHEW.
WHEW.
IT WON'T GO THROUGH.
HERE...
CUT IT.
CUT THE SKIN.
COME ON.
OH, LORD.
AAH!
THEY'RE KILLING
OUR HORSES.
THIS WILL HAVE TO DO
FOR NOW, PEA.
WHAT INDIANS IS IT
WE'RE FIGHTING ANYHOW?
WELL, THEY DIDN'T
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
MAYBE THEY GIVE UP.
YEAH?
THEY'RE TRYING
TO GET LUCKY.
WHEW.
I DON'T KNOW WHY
WE DIDN'T STAY IN TEXAS.
WE PRETTY NEAR HAD THE
INDIANS WHIPPED DOWN THERE.
THIS IS A BAD PIECE
OF LUCK WE'RE HAVING,
RUNNING INTO THIS LITTLE
BUNCH OF FIGHTERS.
DO YOU RECKON
WE CAN HOLD THEM OFF
TILL THE CAPTAIN COMES?
WELL, HE WON'T
MISS US FOR A WEEK.
I DON'T FANCY SQUATTING
IN THE DIRT THAT LONG.
YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO FOR HELP
ONCE IT GETS DARK.
GO FOR HELP?
WELL, THEY MIGHT
CATCH ME. THEN WHAT?
WELL...
THEY'LL
PROBABLY START
BY CUTTING
YOUR COJONES OFF.
SHH, LISTEN.
AAH!
AAH!
AAH-AAH-AAH!
AAH-AAH!
AAH!
AAH-AAH-AAH!
AAH-AAH!
MAYBE I SPOOKED THEM
A LITTLE BIT.
THEY PROBABLY NEVER
HEARD COMANCHE BEFORE.
YOU, TOO.
OH... JEEZ.
IT'S GOING TO BE
NIGHT SHORTLY.
YEAH.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY
SNEAKING UP ON US
IN THE DARK,
AIN'T THEY, GUS?
BE TAKING A CHANCE
IF THEY DO,
A COUPLE OF
SHARPSHOOTERS LIKE US.
I AIN'T NO SHARPSHOOTER.
I USUALLY MISS
IF I AIN'T GOT TIME
TO TAKE CAREFUL AIM.
'I GOD, BUT IT'S...
DEPRESSING TO TALK TO YOU, PEA.
YOU SMELL SOMETHING?
YEAH...
RAIN.
YOU FEELING
POORLY, GUS?
YEAH. I'M-I'M STARTING
TO GET THE CHILLS, I AM.
FOUR HOURS AGO,
A FROG COULD HAVE
WADED ACROSS THAT CREEK.
NOW LOOK AT IT.
IT MIGHT GIVE US
THE CHANCE WE NEED.
FLOAT RIGHT BY THEM.
GET ON BACK TO
THE HERD FOR HELP.
I AIN'T GOING
TO LEAVE YOU.
OH... WELL...
NOT LIKE THIS.
I CAN'T WALK, AND YOU CAN'T CARRY ME.
IT'S OUR
ONLY CHANCE.
OHH...
YOU RECKON... YOU CAN HOLD OUT A SPELL?
WELL, I'VE GOT
A DAY OR TWO
LEFT IN ME,
I BELIEVE.
NOW, YOU BETTER
GET STARTED.
NOW...
TELL WOODROW...
TO COME
A- RUNNIN'.
I WILL.
WHAT IF I GET LOST?
JUST HEAD SOUTH.
SOUTH?
SOUTH.
THAT WAY YONDER.
IF YOU SEE
A POLAR BEAR,
YOU WENT
THE WRONG WAY.
NOW GO.
PEA EYE, DUCK!
UH...
GO!
GO!
WHY, DEETS...
YEAH.
YEAH.
I'M A-COMIN',
DEETS.
WAIT FOR ME,
DEETS. JUST...
I'M A-COMIN'.
DEETS... DEETS...
YOU INTEND TO STAB ME
WITH THAT KNIFE?
ABOUT TO HAVE A GO
AT THAT ROTTEN LEG
BEFORE YOU WOKE UP.
IT'S RUINED.
INDIANS.
BLOOD INDIANS.
BOUGHT A LOT
OF BEAVER FROM THEM.
BEATS ALL
THEY DIDN'T KILL YOU.
THEY GIVE IT
A GOOD TRY.
I'M HUGH AULD.
AT MILES CITY,
THEY CALL ME OLD HUGH,
THOUGH I DOUBT
I'M 80 YET.
AUGUSTUS McCRAE.
IF I HAD A SAW,
I'D TAKE THAT LEG OFF.
IF THAT ROT GETS
IN THE OTHER ONE,
YOU'LL LOSE THEM BOTH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO SCOOT
AROUND ON YOUR ASS.
HOW FAR IS
MILES CITY?
SAY 40 MILE.
ANY DOCTORS THERE?
TWO.
BOTH OF THEM DRUNKARDS.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING
TO WALK NO 40 MILE, AUGUSTUS.
I MIGHT FOOL YOU.
I JUST MIGHT...
FOOL YOU.
GOT YOURSELF
A BAD BACK?
MY DEADFALL
FELL OVER ON ME.
INDIANS FOUND ME.
THOUGHT IT WAS DAMN FUNNY.
BACK NEVER DID
STRAIGHTEN OUT.
WE ALL HAVE
OUR MISFORTUNES.
YOU RIDE MY HORSE.
YOU WON'T GET A MILE
WALKING ON THAT ROTTEN LEG.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WHERE YOU FROM,
ANYHOW?
LITTLE FART OF A TOWN
DOWN IN SOUTH TEXAS
CALLED LONESOME DOVE.
YOU'RE A TRAVELING SON
OF A BITCH, AIN'T YOU?
WAS, I'M AFRAID.
THANK YOU.
SCOOT ME UP
ON THE HORSE...
WITH MY LEFT LEG.
WHOA, THERE.
LIFT ME.
UHH... OH!
WHOA, THERE.
CAPTAIN!
PEA...
WHERE'S GUS?
CREEK'S UP.
THAT'S WHY
I LOST MY CLOTHES.
WHERE'S DEETS?
I GUESS
YOU JUST MISSED HIM.
WHERE'S GUS?
CREEK'S UP.
I HAD TO SWIM.
AND ALL THEM INDIANS.
AND THEN
OLD DEETS FOUND ME.
BUT WHERE'S DEETS?
RUN GET THAT WAGON.
I'M GOING AFTER GUS.
DISH,
YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
KEEP THEM CATTLE
HEADED NORTH.
YES, SIR.
CAPTAIN...
YOU DON'T WANT
NO ONE WITH YOU?
NO.
GOOD GOD.
HERE WE ARE
IN MONTANA.
THERE'S INDIANS
AND BEARS,
AND WINTER'S
COMING ON.
NOW THE CAPTAIN AND GUS ARE BOTH GONE.
IT WILL
BE A WONDER
IF WE DON'T ALL
GET MASSACRED.
HEY, MISTER!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING-
JUST A-SITTIN'
THERE?
YEAH!
COME IN HERE
AND BUY US A DRINK.
WE'RE BROKE
AS OLD GRANDMA.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU?
YOU A-SLEEPIN'?
WHY...
HE IS ASLEEP,
ISN'T HE?
SLEEPING, HELL.
LOOK HERE
AT THIS LEG.
I'M AUGUSTUS
McCRAE FROM...
OH! NOT SO LOUD.
NOT SO LOUD.
MY BANDAGES
ARE LEAKING.
I CAN SEE THAT.
AH... THERE NOW.
FRESH BANDAGES.
HOPE YOU DIDN'T
THROW MY LEG AWAY.
I MAY MAKE
A WALKING STICK
OUT OF THE BONE.
YOU'RE A MAN
OF SPIRIT.
THAT'S GOOD.
I FEAR YOU'VE A FEW
FRACTUOSITIES YET TO ENDURE.
A FEW WHAT?
GOT TO TAKE
THAT OTHER LEG OFF.
SHOULD HAVE DONE IT WHILE
YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS.
BUT THE FACT IS,
THIS ONE EXHAUSTED ME.
IF YOU'D HACKED THEM
BOTH OFF,
I'D HAVE
SHOT YOU DEAD.
WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND
YOUR ATTACHMENT
TO YOUR OWN
APPENDAGES, SIR.
BUT THE FACT OF IT IS,
YOU'LL DIE IF WE
DON'T TAKE IT OFF.
WHO'S PLAYING
THE PIANO?
SHE DOES PLAY BEAUTIFULLY,
DOESN'T SHE?
THEY SAY... SHE STUDIED
MUSIC IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
NAME'S DORA.
GO GET ME
SOME MORE WHISKEY.
THERE'S MONEY
IN MY PANTS THERE.
IS SHE A WHORE?
OF COURSE
SHE'S A WHORE.
CONSUMPTIVE, TOO.
SHE'LL NEVER SEE
PHILADELPHIA AGAIN, I FEAR.
GIVE HER $20, AND...
TELL HER
TO KEEP ON PLAYING.
YOU AIN'T GETTING
MY OTHER LEG, SAWBONES,
IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE A-THINKIN'.
I ASSURE YOU, SIR, THE
ALTERNATIVE IS GLOOMY.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE
A FEELING FOR MUSIC.
WHY NOT GIVE YOURSELF
A FEW MORE YEARS
OF LISTENING TO WHORES
PLAY THE PIANO.
WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP
AND GO GET MY WHISKEY?
I SHOULD OPERATE TODAY...
WITHIN THE HOUR,
IN FACT.
I COULD HAVE THAT LEG OFF IN 15 MINUTES.
NO, SIR.
DON'T FORGET TO TIP
THAT WHORE FOR ME.
WELL, SLOW BUT SURE.
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH
TO GET HERE, WOODROW.
I TOLD HIM
IT SHOULD COME OFF.
WE COULD STILL
TAKE IT OFF.
NO, SIR.
YOU WOULDN'T KILL ME
FOR TRYING
TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
NO, BUT I'LL DARN
SURE DISABLE YOU.
YOU DON'T BOSS ME,
WOODROW.
I'M THE ONE MAN
YOU DON'T BOSS.
I NEVER FIGURED YOU
FOR A SUICIDE, GUS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
LEGS FOR ANYWAY?
YOU DON'T LIKE
TO DO NOTHING
BUT SIT ON THE PORCH
AND DRINK WHISKEY.
I LIKE TO KICK
A PIG SOMETIMES.
IT'S MUCH
TOO LATE NOW.
I WOULDN'T BOTHER HIM
ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
POUR US A DRINK,
WOODROW.
ARGUING WITH YOU
MAKES ME THIRSTY.
I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW.
WHY DON'T YOU RELAX?
YOU CAN'T SAVE ME.
YOU AIN'T GOING TO BECOME
A DRUNKARD OVER THIS?
NO. GO AHEAD AND DIE
IF YOU WANT TO.
I DON'T CARE.
YOU ACT LIKE YOU
HOLD IT AGAINST ME.
I'VE WALKED THIS EARTH
MY WHOLE LIFE
WITH MY PRIDE, YOU SEE.
NOW, IF THAT'S LOST,
LET THE REST BE LOST
WITH IT,
BECAUSE THERE'S
CERTAIN THINGS
MY VANITY WON'T ABIDE.
YOUR GOD DAMN VANITY.
I GUESS YOU'LL WANT
A FANCY FUNERAL, TOO.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
OF THAT.
I HAVE A FAVOR
TO ASK OF YOU,
AND THEN I'LL DO YOU
A FAVOR IN RETURN.
WHAT FAVOR?
I WANT YOU TO BURY ME
DOWN YONDER
IN CLARA'S ORCHARD.
CLARA'S ORCHARD.
I DON'T RECALL
SEEING SHE HAD ONE.
REMEMBER
THAT GROVE OF PECANS
BY THE CREEK
WE STOPPED AT IN TEXAS?
BACK IN TEXAS?
YOU WANT ME TO HAUL YOU
BACK TO TEXAS?
WE JUST GOT TO MONTANA.
I KNOW WHERE WE
JUST GOT TO, WOODROW.
I'M DYING HERE.
WELL...
I IMAGINE CLARA
WOULD BE GLAD
TO GIVE YOU A PLACE
IN HER FAMILY CEMETERY
IF THAT WOULD
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
YOU'D BURY ME
NEXT TO THAT DUMB HORSE
TRADER SHE MARRIED?
JUST THROW ME
OUT THE WINDOW!
TEXAS.
YES, TEXAS.
THAT'S YOUR FAVOR TO ME,
AND THAT'S
MY FAVOR TO YOU, TOO.
IT'S A REASON TO GO OFF
ON ANOTHER ADVENTURE
SO YOU DON'T GET BORED
BEING A RANCHER-
WHICH YOU AIN'T ANYWAY.
YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND,
AUGUSTUS.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
EVEN YOU?
EVEN ME.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
ME TO DO
WITH YOUR HALF
OF THE CATTLE?
I WANT YOU
TO BUY THEM FROM ME.
YOU AIN'T PUT IN A DAY'S
WORTH OF WORK ON THEM.
YOU OUGHT TO JUST
GIVE THEM TO ME.
ARE THEY HALF MINE
OR NOT?
YES, THEY'RE HALF YOURS.
ALL RIGHT.
BUY THEM FROM ME
AND GIVE THE MONEY TO...
LORENA.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE?
SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME
TO HAUL YOU DOWN
TO THE SOUTH POLE
AND BURY YOU THERE?
ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS ASK.
YEAH. TELL NEWT
THAT YOU'RE HIS DADDY.
I'VE TOLD HIM, BUT YOU
SHOULD TELL HIM.
YOU OUGHT NOT
HAVE TOLD HIM THAT.
WHAT WILL YOU DO,
SHOOT ME FOR IT?
IT'S TIME YOU STOPPED
MISTREATING THAT BOY.
I DON'T KNOW
THAT I EVER
HAVE MISTREATED HIM.
NOT GIVING HIM YOUR NAME
IS MISTREATING HIM.
NOW, HE'S THE ONLY SON
YOU'LL EVER HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW
THAT HE IS MY SON.
I KNOW IT,
AND YOU KNOW IT.
DERN,
YOU'RE STUBBORN.
NO WONDER WOMEN
DON'T LIKE YOU.
REACH
IN THAT DRAWER THERE
AND FIND ME
SOMETHING TO WRITE ON.
I WANT TO LEAVE
A COUPLE OF NOTES
FOR LORIE AND CLARA.
WANT ME TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT THEM INDIANS
THAT SHOT YOU?
WE GOT NO CALL
TO BE VENGEFUL.
THEY DIDN'T
INVITE US HERE.
IT'S A DANGEROUS
BUSINESS
WRITING TO TWO WOMEN
AT THE SAME TIME.
I'M SO LIGHT-HEADED,
I CAN HARDLY REMEMBER
WHICH ONE'S WHICH.
NOW THIS ONE'S...
THIS ONE'S...
FOR LORIE.
TAKE IT.
AND THIS ONE HERE...
MY GOD.
YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU
WITH THAT?
WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW
TO SAY TO A WOMAN?
AUGUSTUS.
'I GOD, WOODROW,
IT'S BEEN QUITE
A PARTY, AIN'T IT?
YES, SIR.
WELL...
RECKON YOU'LL BE NEEDING AN UNDERTAKER.
NO. HE ASKED ME
TO TAKE HIM BACK TO TEXAS
FOR HIS BURIAL.
PEOPLE DO HAVE THEIR
WHIMSIES, DON'T THEY?
YOUR FRIEND
HAD HIS SHARE ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOING
TO DO IT?
I SAID I WOULD,
ALTHOUGH I HADN'T
COUNTED ON THIS WEATHER
WHEN I PROMISED.
YOU COULD LET HIM
WINTER HERE...
TAKE HIM BACK
TO TEXAS NEXT SPRING
WHEN THE WEATHER BREAKS.
DOUBT HE'D MIND THE STAY.
EASY.
EASY, OLD HUGH. I'LL TAKE HER THROUGH.
THERE.
HE'LL DO JUST FINE HERE
FOR THE WINTER.
I'LL COME FOR HIM
NEXT SPRING.
NOW, DON'T WORRY
IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.
WE'LL BURY HIM
FOR YOU.
WHY WOULD I
CHANGE MY MIND?
WELL, PEOPLE PROMISE
ALL SORTS OF THINGS
TO THE DYING.
IT'S BEEN MY OBSERVATION
THEY GENERALLY
FORGET THE WHOLE BUSINESS
IN A FEW DAYS.
I DON'T.
NO, SIR.
I CAN SEE YOU DON'T.
I DIDN'T MEAN YOU
IN PARTICULAR.
I'LL COME BACK
NEXT SPRING.
HE'LL BE HERE.
WANT ME TO WAIT
ON YOU?
NO. I'LL PICK UP THEM COATS
AND BLANKETS YOU BOUGHT
AND JUST CREEP ALONG
BEHIND.
DEAD? GUS IS DEAD?
YOU'D BEST
GO TELL THE BOYS
TO GATHER
AT THE WAGON.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
TELL THIS STORY BUT ONCE.
GO ON NOW.
I'LL BE ALONG SHORTLY.
GUS GOT BLOOD POISONING
IN HIS LEGS...
FROM THEM ARROWS
THE INDIANS SHOT IN HIM.
THE DOCTOR CUT
ONE OF THEM OFF...
WOULDN'T LET HIM HAVE
THE OTHER ONE.
HE WAS STUBBORN ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT KILLED HIM.
BEFORE HE DIED,
HE ASKED ME TO TAKE HIM
BACK TO TEXAS
FOR HIS BURIAL, AND...
I INTEND TO DO IT
COME SPRING.
I BET THE CAPTAIN AIN'T
SAID MORE THAN A WORD OR TWO
IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS.
WELL, HE NEVER DID
TALK MUCH ANYWAY.
WELL, WE'RE GOING
TO BUILD OUR RANCH
IN THIS LITTLE VALLEY
RIGHT HERE.
YOU GO TELL THE BOYS.
COME ON IN!
WE'RE HERE!
WE'RE HERE!
DISH.
SOON'S
THAT WAGON'S UNLOADED,
BEST TAKE SOME BOYS
AND CUT LOGS FOR A...
CABIN.
CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN, I SIGNED ON
TO DRIVE THESE COWS
UP TO MONTANA FOR YOU,
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
SIGNING ON TO STAY.
WINTERS ARE HARD HERE.
YOU'D BE BETTER ADVISED
TO GO IN THE SPRING.
IF I COULD HAVE
MY WAGES,
I'D TAKE MY CHANCES.
I GOT A COAT.
I WON'T HOLD YOU BACK
IF YOU'RE DETERMINED.
I AM.
ALL RIGHT.
CAREFUL YOU DON'T
GET LOST.
I POINTED THIS HERD
ALL THE WAY UP HERE.
I CAN FIND MY WAY BACK.
GIVE TEXAS
A HELLO FOR ME.
TEXAS? HA!
HELL, HE AIN'T
GOING TO TEXAS.
HE'S RIDING
TO NEBRASKA
FOR THAT LITTLE
BLOND-HEADED WHORE
NOW THAT GUS
IS OUT OF HIS WAY.
LORIE AIN'T NO WHORE.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK,
OR I'LL BOX YOUR EARS.
WELL, I JUST MEANT
SHE WAS A WHORE
IN HER YOUNGER YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE
DOES FOR A LIVING NOW.
WELL, BOYS...
NEWT.
I SWEAR, DISH...
THANKS, LUKE.
HAUL AWAY. PUSH.
PUSH IT UP.
THE ARMY NEEDS SOME BEEF
FOR THE WINTERTIME.
NEWT, YOU,
JASPER, AND PEA
DRIVE ABOUT 100 HEAD
OVER TO FORT BENTON.
NEWT, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
MAKE A FAIR TRADE
TO BOTH PARTIES.
BRING THE MONEY
BACK HERE.
YES, SIR.
CAPTAIN,
JUST A MINUTE.
THAT AIN'T RIGHT.
WHAT AIN'T RIGHT?
PUTTING HIM IN CHARGE.
I'M A TOP HAND.
I AIN'T TAKING NO ORDERS
FROM NO BOY.
YOU WILL, OR YOU'LL DRAW
YOUR WAGES RIGHT NOW.
WELL, CAPTAIN...
I AIN'T GOT NOTHING
TO GO BACK TO TEXAS FOR.
I DON'T CARE TO CROSS
THEM RIVERS AGAIN.
BEHAVE YOURSELF, THEN.
I GIVE ORDERS HERE.
YES, SIR.
NEWT, YOU GOT
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO, SIR.
WELL...
LET'S GO.
YOU MUST BE
HUNGRY,
TRYING TO EAT
ALL THAT DIRT.
WHAT'S GOING ON
DOWN THERE?
GET UP, NEWT.
YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU GOT HIM!
COME ON. YEAH.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT!
THERE.
GET UP, RASCAL.
GET UP, RASCAL.
GET UP. COME ON,
NEWT. GET UP.
GET HIM. GET UP. GET UP.
OH, BOY!
THAT'S THE BOY!
GET UP.
GO AHEAD.
GET UP.
THERE YOU GO!
ALL RIGHT.
GET ON YOUR HORSE,
JASPER.
WE GOT CATTLE TO DRIVE.
OK, BOYS.
COMING TO YOU.
WE'RE BRINGING
A BIG ONE.
COME ON.
GO GET HIM.
A DEVIL HERE.
SETTLE DOWN.
HOLD HIM, HOLD HIM.
YEAH, NOW.
WHOA!
GIVE HIM TO ME.
HYAH!
ALL RIGHT, NEWT!
GO! GO!
RIDE HIM, NEWT!
RIDE HIM, NEWT!
HE'S GOT A WAY
WITH HORSES, DON'T HE?
YEAH, HE DOES.
JUST LIKE YOU.
WHICH ONE YOU WANT
NEXT, NEWT?
GET THAT LITTLE BAY.
HYAH! HYAH!
HYAH! HYAH!
YOU'RE GOING,
I RECKON, CAPTAIN.
SEE HOW YOUR SADDLE
FITS THIS GRAY.
THE HELL BITCH?
PUT YOUR SADDLE ON HER.
YOU'RE RANGE BOSS
NOW, NEWT.
I TOLD THEM OTHER BOYS.
PEA...
YOU HELP HIM.
HE'LL NEED
A STEADY MAN.
YES, SIR, CAPTAIN.
I WILL.
THAT WAS MY FATHER'S.
NEWT.
I...
YES, SIR?
I...
DERN, NEWT...
HE ACTED LIKE
YOU WAS HIS KIN.
NO. I AIN'T KIN TO
NOBODY IN THIS WORLD, PEA.
LORIE...
YOU'RE GOING
TO GO CRAZY,
SITTING UP HERE
EVERY DAY LIKE THIS.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
CAPTAIN CALL'S
EVEN COMING BACK
THIS WAY?
HE WILL.
WHAT GOOD'S THAT
GOING TO DO YOU?
GUS IS DEAD.
I KNOW.
WELL...
I GUESS YOU WISH
YOU'D GONE OFF WITH HIM
INSTEAD OF STAYING HERE.
I SHOULD HAVE.
NO. YOU'D BE STUCK
UP THERE IN MONTANA
WITH A BUNCH
OF MEN
ALL WANTING YOU
TO LOVE THEM.
HYAH! GET ON!
GET ON! HYAH!
LOOK AT DISH.
HE WANTS YOU
TO LOVE HIM SO BAD,
HE RODE THROUGH
BLIZZARDS TO GET HERE.
HE WASTED HIS TIME,
TOO.
DID YOU LOVE GUS?
YES, I DID.
HE PROPOSED TO YOU,
DIDN'T HE?
ABOUT 30 TIMES, ON
AND OFF OVER THE YEARS.
BUT HE WAS A RAMBLER.
I KNEW I'D NEVER BE ABLE
TO KEEP HIM AT HOME.
HE USED TO ACT SO
DISAPPOINTED WHEN I'D SAY NO.
I COULD SEE THE RELIEF
ALL OVER HIS FACE.
I THINK HE KNEW WHAT
A STRUGGLE IT WOULD BE
IF HE WON ME.
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
NOT DEEP DOWN.
CLARA.
WELL, CAPTAIN CALL...
I SEE YOU'RE
DOING IT.
I TOLD HIM I WOULD.
GUS WAS CRAZY,
AND YOU'RE FOOLISH
TO BE DRAGGING HIS
CORPSE CLEAR TO TEXAS.
EVERYBODY'S TALKING
ABOUT IT.
I RECKON THAT'D
SUIT GUS.
I WISH YOU'D BURY HIM
UP ON THE RIDGE
WITH MY SONS.
I TOLD HIM THAT.
I TOLD HIM
THAT VERY THING.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
HE ASKED OF ME.
HE WANTS TO LAY IN
THAT LITTLE PICNIC SPOT
YOU AND HIM
HAD IN TEXAS.
I REMEMBER THAT SPOT.
WE QUARRELED THERE.
HE WANTED WHAT
I WOULDN'T GIVE,
AND I WANTED
WHAT HE DIDN'T HAVE.
WELL, HE FELT TENDER
ABOUT THE PLACE,
AND I GAVE HIM
MY WORD.
NOW, HE WROTE YOU
A LETTER.
HE WROTE YOU
EACH A LETTER.
HE LEFT YOU HIS HALF
OF THE HERD, TOO.
I PUT THE MONEY IN
MILES CITY BANK FOR YOU.
YOU CAN DRAW
ON IT ANYTIME.
IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT.
CAPTAIN CALL.
THERE'S A COFFIN
IN THE WAGON.
LOOKS LIKE
HE'S DOING IT.
I NEVER DOUBTED
HE WOULD.
WAH!
MARTIN,
WILL YOU BEHAVE?
HE WASN'T HURTING NOTHING, MAMA.
YOU HUSH UP AND EAT YOUR DINNER, SALLY.
AIN'T LORIE
EATING, MAMA?
LORIE'S SPENDING SOME
TIME WITH MR. McCRAE
BEFORE CAPTAIN CALL
TAKES HIM UP TO TEXAS.
WELL...
THAT WAS-THAT WAS
A FINE DINNER.
YOU'RE EXCUSED, DISH.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
"DEAR CLARA... "
"I WOULD BE OBLIGED
IF YOU'D LOOK
AFTER LORIE."
"I FEAR SHE'LL
TAKE THIS HARD."
"I'M DOWN TO
ONE LEG NOW,
AND THIS LIFE
IS FADING FAST... "
"SO I CAN'T SAY MORE."
"GOOD LUCK TO YOU
AND YOUR GALS... "
I WONDER
IF YOU WANT ME
TO READ THAT
LETTER TO YOU.
NO.
NO,
I'LL JUST KEEP IT.
HE PUT MY NAME
ON IT.
I CAN READ THAT.
I'LL JUST KEEP IT.
THEY'LL ALL
FORGET YOU, GUS.
THEY GOT
THEIR OWN DOINGS.
BUT I WON'T.
WHENEVER IT COMES
MORNING OR NIGHT,
I'LL THINK OF YOU.
I WON'T NEVER
FORGET YOU, GUS.
NOT EVER...
DARLING.
MRS. ALLEN! MRS. ALLEN!
SHE JUST KIND OF
CRUMPLED AND FELL.
SHE JUST FAINTED.
BRING HER UP
TO HER ROOM.
SHE JUST FAINTED,
THAT'S ALL...
SPENDING THE NIGHT UP
WITH MR. McCRAE.
GO HITCH THE WAGON
FOR CAPTAIN CALL.
I SEE HE'S EAGER
TO LEAVE.
FOR THAT GIRL'S SAKE,
I WISH YOU'D
BURY HIM HERE.
GUS MEANT THE WORLD
TO HER.
I AGREE
IT'S FOOLISH.
I TOLD HIM SO
MYSELF,
BUT I GIVE HIM
MY WORD.
GIVE HIM YOUR WORD?
YOU GIVE THAT BOY YOUR NAME
BEFORE YOU LEFT MONTANA?
GIVE HIM MY HORSE.
YOU GAVE HIM YOUR HORSE
AND NOT YOUR NAME.
I PUT A LOT MORE VALUE
ON THE ANIMAL
THAN I DO MY NAME.
LOOK AT ME,
CAPTAIN CALL.
I'M SORRY YOU AND
GUS McCRAE EVER MET.
YOU RUINED EACH OTHER
AND THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU.
I LOVED GUS, BUT I WOULDN'T
FIGHT YOU FOR HIM
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.
I DESPISED YOU THEN
FOR WHAT YOU WERE,
AND I DESPISE YOU NOW
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
GOODBYE, GUS.
YOU THAT FELLOW WHAT'S
TAKING SOME CRAZY MAN
BACK TO TEXAS
FOR BURIAL?
WE HEARD ABOUT YOU.
LISTEN, I GIVE
A REAL NICE $10 FUNERAL
RIGHT HERE IN OGALLALA.
'COURSE,
THE TOMBSTONE'S EXTRA.
NOT IN THE MARKET.
AHH.
HOWDY.
I'VE GOT
A BAD WHEEL.
I CAN SEE IT.
I GUESS
I'VE HEARD OF YOU.
YOU'RE CAPTAIN CALL.
THIS HERE
IS YOUR FRIEND.
YOU STILL GOT
A LONG WAY TO GO, HUH?
CAN YOU
FIX THE WAGON?
WHY, SURE.
LET ME LOOK AT IT.
LOOKS LIKE WE MAY
HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHEEL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN...
TO WATCH A HANGING.
YEAH... EVERYBODY WANTS
TO SEE THIS ONE HANG.
HE MUY MALO-
BAD.
WHO IS IT,
SOME POLITICIAN?
NO, IT'S A MAN CAUGHT
BUTCHERING A FAMILY
DOWN IN
BOSQUE REDONDO.
THEY GOT HIM UP THERE.
HIS NAME IS BLUE DUCK.
I HEAR HE CAUSED
CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE
DOWN IN YOUR COUNTRY,
CAPTAIN.
THAT'S TRUE,
HE DID.
WELL... THEM DAYS
IS OVER FOR HIM NOW.
WHAT'S HE
BEEN DOING?
NOTHING,
JUST SITTING THERE.
I HEAR YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR
STINKIN' OLD FRIEND TO MY HANGIN'.
HE'D ENJOY SEEING IT,
ALL RIGHT.
I SHOULD HAVE
CAUGHT HIM AND COOKED HIM.
I'D A KILLED YOU FOR IT
IF YOU HAD.
I RAPED WOMEN, STOLE
CHILDREN, AND BURNED HOUSES,
SHOT MEN,
RUN OFF HORSES,
AND KILLED CATTLE,
AND ROBBED WHO I PLEASED
ALL OVER
YOUR TERRITORY,
AND YOU NEVER EVEN HAD A
GOOD LOOK AT ME UNTIL TODAY.
YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE KILLED ME.
IT DON'T MATTER MUCH
NOW, THOUGH... DOES IT?
YOU RANGERS!
I EXPECT I'LL KILL
A PASSEL OF YOU YET.
I DOUBT IT.
NOT UNLESS
YOU CAN SPROUT WINGS
AND FLY THROUGH
THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE.
I CAN FLY.
AN OLD WOMAN
TAUGHT ME.
IF YOU CARE TO WAIT...
YOU'LL SEE ME.
I'LL WAIT. I GIVE YOU
MY WORD ON IT.
YOUR HANGMAN'S WAITING.
ARE YOU READY?
UGH.
AAH!
AAH!
AAH!
AAH!
WELL...
I GUESS THAT OLD WOMAN
DIDN'T TEACH YOU
HOW TO FLY AFTER ALL.
HHHYAH!
YAH!
YAH!
AAH!
WELL, THERE YOU ARE...
AUGUSTUS.
I GUESS THIS WILL TEACH ME
TO BE MORE CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT I PROMISE
IN THE FUTURE.
BOL.
CAPITAN?
HOW ARE YOU, BOL?
CAPITAN...
CAPITAN!
I'M SURPRISED
TO SEE YOU HERE.
THOUGHT YOU WENT BACK TO
MEXICO TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I DID GO,
BUT MY DAUGHTERS, THEY
WERE ALL MARRIED AND GONE...
AND MY WIFE...
SHE WAS HARDER TO GET
ALONG WITH THAN EVER...
SO I CAME BACK.
WHERE ARE
ALL THE OTHERS?
JAKE'S
BURIED UP IN KANSAS...
DEETS...
IN MONTANA...
GUS IS IN A LITTLE STAND
OF PECAN TREES
ALONGSIDE A CREEK WHERE HE
USED TO PICNIC WITH A WOMAN.
THE REST OF THE BOYS
ARE UP IN NORTH COUNTRY...
BUILDING A RANCH.
THEY SAY IT BURNED DOWN
ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
ARE YOU CAPTAIN CALL...
CAPTAIN WOODROW F. CALL?
WHAT STARTED THE FIRE?
I HEARD THAT THE OWNER-
A MAN NAMED WANZ,
I BELIEVE...
XAVIER WANZ.
HE WAS APPARENTLY
IN LOVE WITH SOME WHORE,
BUT SHE LEFT HIM,
SO HE LOCKED HIMSELF
IN HER ROOM
AND BURNED
THE PLACE DOWN.
THEY SAY HE MISSED HER.
I SWEAR.
YOU ARE CAPTAIN CALL,
AREN'T YOU?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WORK FOR THE NEWSPAPER
UP IN SAN ANTONIO.
I WONDER IF I
COULD TALK TO YOU
FOR A FEW MINUTES?
NO.
THEY SAY YOU CARRIED
YOUR FRIEND 3,000 MILES
JUST TO BURY HIM.
IS THAT TRUE?
THEY SAY BOTH OF YOU
WERE TEXAS RANGERS
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS,
THAT YOU CLEANED THE
COMANCHES OUT AND THE BANDITS.
IS THAT TRUE?
THEY SAY YOU STARTED THE FIRST
CATTLE RANCH UP IN MONTANA.
THEY SAY YOU'RE A MAN
OF VISION...
CAPTAIN CALL?
A MAN OF VISION,
YOU SAY?
YEAH...
HELL OF A VISION.
KNOWED HIS TIME WAS UP.
HE STOOD THERE AND
LET THAT BOY KILL HIM.
WHY DID
HE HAVE TO DIE?
HE WAS JUST
HOLDING THAT BABY.
HE COULD'VE
DROPPED IT BUT DIDN'T.
HE JUST STOOD THERE.
I'VE SEEN YOUR FATHER
BURY MANY A MAN,
BUT I'VE NEVER KNOWN HIM
TO CARVE A SIGN BEFORE.
LET'S SEE
WHAT HE WROTE.
WHAT'S IT READ, GUS?
IT SAYS, "JOSH DEETS...
"SERVED WITH ME 30 YEARS,
"FOUGHT IN 21 ENGAGEMENTS
WITH THE COMANCHE
AND THE KIOWA."
"CHEERFUL
IN ALL WEATHERS... "
"NEVER SHIRKED A TASK."
"SPLENDID BEHAVIOR."
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.
MY LORD...
OLD DEETS IS GONE.
MY LORD.
WE OUGHT TO LET THEM PIGS
RIDE IN THE WAGON.
PIGS RIDE
IN THE WAGON?
I NEVER HEARD
SUCH A THING.
THEY MADE HISTORY,
THE FIRST PIGS TO WALK
FROM TEXAS TO MONTANA.
THAT'S QUITE A FEAT.
WHAT'S IT GOT THEM?
A BEAR WILL
PROBABLY EAT THEM,
OR WE WILL
THIS WINTERTIME.
THEM RABBITS AND DUCKS
YOU GOT THERE
WILL MAKE A FINE MEAL,
PEA EYE.
SEEN SOME ELK,
TOO.
YOU SEEN ANY INDIANS?
NARY A ONE.
YOU PROBABLY
WON'T, NEITHER.
NOT UNTIL THEY-
LIFT YOUR SCALP.
OLD JAKE WAS RIGHT.
I NEVER SEEN A PRETTIER
COUNTRY THAN THIS.
GUS, I NEVER THOUGHT
I'D SEE SO FAR.
THERE AIN'T NOTHING BETTER
THAN RIDING A FINE HORSE
INTO A NEW COUNTRY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ME
AND WOODROW WAS MEANT FOR,
THOUGH DON'T TELL
YOUR PA I SAID THAT.
I KEEP HIM THINKING
HE'S A PECK OF TROUBLE,
SO HE DON'T GET SASSY.
HE AIN'T MENTIONED IT.
WHAT?
THAT HE'S MY PA.
IT WOULDN'T BE
HIS WAY TO MENTION IT.
SEE, WOODROW AIN'T
MUCH OF A MENTIONER.
GUS, IS IT THAT
HE DON'T LIKE ME?
NO, HE JUST DON'T
WANT TO ADMIT
HE'S HUMAN LIKE THE
REST OF US, THAT'S ALL.
HE AIN'T HUMAN
LIKE THE REST OF US.
HE HAD A CHANCE ONCE
WITH YOUR MAMA,
BUT HE TURNED HIS BACK
AND HE WON'T
ADMIT HIS MISTAKE.
THAT'S WHY HE'S NEVER
ADMITTED HE'S YOUR PA,
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
ADMITTING THAT HE'S HUMAN,
AND HE AIN'T NEVER GOING TO
ADMIT THAT, NOT TO YOU, ME,
NOT EVEN TO HIMSELF.
I'M GLAD YOU TOLD ME.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU CAN DO
WITH THE INFORMATION,
BUT THERE IT IS.
WELL, JUST KNOWING
MEANS SOMETHING, I GUESS.
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS
LIKE GRAVE DIGGING
IS ALL WE DO AROUND
HERE, DON'T IT, CHOLO?
WHAT DO YOU THINK
HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
HMM, NOT TOO MUCH.
YOU ARE JUST DEAD.
MAYBE IT'S NOT AS BIG
A CHANGE AS WE THINK.
MAYBE YOU JUST GO BACK
TO WHERE YOU LIVED
OR NEAR YOUR FAMILY
OR WHEREVER
YOU WAS HAPPIEST.
ONLY YOU'RE
JUST A SPIRIT NOW,
AND YOU DON'T HAVE
THE TROUBLES
THAT THE LIVING
HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE SO.
WELL...
WHAT YOU DOING WITH
THOSE LARD CANS, JASPER?
MAKING FLOATS FOR WHEN
WE HIT THAT YELLOWSTONE.
FLOATS?
I AIN'T GOING TO DROWN
IN THAT LAST RIVER.
WHO SAYS
THE YELLOWSTONE IS LAST?
THE MISSOURI'S UP THERE
AND THEN THE MILK.
I'M ONLY CROSSING
ONE MORE RIVER.
YOU'LL CROSS 40
IF CAPTAIN SAYS.
WHY DO
WE KEEP GOING?
AIN'T WE TRAVELED
ENOUGH?
I'D LIKE A TOWN, MYSELF.
IT DON'T HAVE
TO BE ST. LOUIS,
LONG AS IT HAS A SALOON.
I'D LIKE TO SEE
MY HOME AGAIN
WHILE THE FOLKS
ARE STILL ALIVE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE
HIRED FOR LIFE.
WE'LL PROBABLY
ALL BE BEAR CRAP
IN A WEEK ANYHOW.
WELL, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S FUNNY.
READY?
GUS, HOW LONG YOU FIGURE
IT'LL TAKE YOU
TO SCOUT YELLOWSTONE?
A COUPLE OF DAYS, PROBABLY,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO LONG, GIRLS.
DON'T
LET THE INDIANS
GET YOU
WHILE WE'RE GONE.
YOU ALWAYS GOT TO JOKE,
DON'T YOU?
WHO'S JOKING?
PRETTY, AIN'T THEY?
I RECKON.
LET'S
CHASE THEM.
YOU WANT TO?
SHOOT US ONE
FOR OUR SUPPER?
NO, I MEAN CHASE THEM
JUST FOR THE SPORT OF IT.
WHAT, TO RUN THEM OFF?
YOU DON'T GET THE POINT.
CHASE THEM,
BECAUSE BEFORE LONG,
THERE WON'T BE ANY
BUFFALO LEFT TO CHASE.
THEM BULLS WILL HOOK YOU.
YEAH.
DO YOU REMEMBER
OLD MAN BARLOW?
THAT BUFFALO
HOOKED HIM BAD.
OLD MAN BARLOW
WAS A SLOW THINKER,
KIND OF LIKE
SOMEBODY ELSE
I COULD NAME.
WELL, HE WAS
A SLOW WALKER, TOO,
WHEN THAT BUFFALO
GOT THROUGH WITH HIM.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED
TO HIM?
HE MARRIED A FAT WIDOW
AND HAD A PASSEL
OF KIDS.
YOU COULD'VE DONE THAT,
SINCE YOU DON'T WANT
TO CHASE BUFFALO.
I WOULDN'T WANT
TO CHASE BUFFALO
EVEN IF I WAS MARRIED.
FORGET
I EVEN MENTIONED IT.
WELL, I LIKE BEING
A BACHELOR, GUS.
THAT'S GOOD,
PEA EYE.
I'M SURE IT'S ALL PART OF
GOD'S PLAN THAT YOU ARE ONE.
HA HA HA!
YOU ALL RIGHT?
HELL, NO,
I AIN'T ALL RIGHT!
UGH! I'M HIT!
HEAD FOR THAT CREEK
DOWN THERE!
AAH!
HOW MANY MORE
YOU KILL?
NOT BUT ONE.
TWO.
THEY'RE GOING
TO SURROUND US.
I GUESS WE WON'T
HEAR FROM THEM
TILL DARK NOW.
HOW IS YOUR SHOULDER?
WELL, IT WENT
CLEAN THROUGH.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA
OF WAITING AROUND
TILL DARK.
PEA...
PULL THEM OUT
FOR ME,
WOULD YOU?
OH, WAIT, PEA.
JEEZ!
JESUS!
WHEW.
ALL RIGHT,
THE OTHER ONE.
IT'S IN THERE DEEP.
WELL, PULL HARDER.
'I GOD! OH, LORD!
IT WON'T BUDGE
NARY AN INCH, GUS.
WELL...
PUSH IT ON
THROUGH THEN.
GO AHEAD, PEA,
DO IT NOW.
GO ON.
UH-HUH,
UH-HUH, UH-HUH.
WHEW.
WHEW.
IT WON'T GO THROUGH.
HERE...
CUT IT.
CUT THE SKIN.
COME ON.
OH, LORD.
AAH!
THEY'RE KILLING
OUR HORSES.
THIS WILL HAVE TO DO
FOR NOW, PEA.
WHAT INDIANS IS IT
WE'RE FIGHTING ANYHOW?
WELL, THEY DIDN'T
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
MAYBE THEY GIVE UP.
YEAH?
THEY'RE TRYING
TO GET LUCKY.
WHEW.
I DON'T KNOW WHY
WE DIDN'T STAY IN TEXAS.
WE PRETTY NEAR HAD THE
INDIANS WHIPPED DOWN THERE.
THIS IS A BAD PIECE
OF LUCK WE'RE HAVING,
RUNNING INTO THIS LITTLE
BUNCH OF FIGHTERS.
DO YOU RECKON
WE CAN HOLD THEM OFF
TILL THE CAPTAIN COMES?
WELL, HE WON'T
MISS US FOR A WEEK.
I DON'T FANCY SQUATTING
IN THE DIRT THAT LONG.
YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GO FOR HELP
ONCE IT GETS DARK.
GO FOR HELP?
WELL, THEY MIGHT
CATCH ME. THEN WHAT?
WELL...
THEY'LL
PROBABLY START
BY CUTTING
YOUR COJONES OFF.
SHH, LISTEN.
AAH!
AAH!
AAH-AAH-AAH!
AAH-AAH!
AAH!
AAH-AAH-AAH!
AAH-AAH!
MAYBE I SPOOKED THEM
A LITTLE BIT.
THEY PROBABLY NEVER
HEARD COMANCHE BEFORE.
YOU, TOO.
OH... JEEZ.
IT'S GOING TO BE
NIGHT SHORTLY.
YEAH.
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY
SNEAKING UP ON US
IN THE DARK,
AIN'T THEY, GUS?
BE TAKING A CHANCE
IF THEY DO,
A COUPLE OF
SHARPSHOOTERS LIKE US.
I AIN'T NO SHARPSHOOTER.
I USUALLY MISS
IF I AIN'T GOT TIME
TO TAKE CAREFUL AIM.
'I GOD, BUT IT'S...
DEPRESSING TO TALK TO YOU, PEA.
YOU SMELL SOMETHING?
YEAH...
RAIN.
YOU FEELING
POORLY, GUS?
YEAH. I'M-I'M STARTING
TO GET THE CHILLS, I AM.
FOUR HOURS AGO,
A FROG COULD HAVE
WADED ACROSS THAT CREEK.
NOW LOOK AT IT.
IT MIGHT GIVE US
THE CHANCE WE NEED.
FLOAT RIGHT BY THEM.
GET ON BACK TO
THE HERD FOR HELP.
I AIN'T GOING
TO LEAVE YOU.
OH... WELL...
NOT LIKE THIS.
I CAN'T WALK, AND YOU CAN'T CARRY ME.
IT'S OUR
ONLY CHANCE.
OHH...
YOU RECKON... YOU CAN HOLD OUT A SPELL?
WELL, I'VE GOT
A DAY OR TWO
LEFT IN ME,
I BELIEVE.
NOW, YOU BETTER
GET STARTED.
NOW...
TELL WOODROW...
TO COME
A- RUNNIN'.
I WILL.
WHAT IF I GET LOST?
JUST HEAD SOUTH.
SOUTH?
SOUTH.
THAT WAY YONDER.
IF YOU SEE
A POLAR BEAR,
YOU WENT
THE WRONG WAY.
NOW GO.
PEA EYE, DUCK!
UH...
GO!
GO!
WHY, DEETS...
YEAH.
YEAH.
I'M A-COMIN',
DEETS.
WAIT FOR ME,
DEETS. JUST...
I'M A-COMIN'.
DEETS... DEETS...
YOU INTEND TO STAB ME
WITH THAT KNIFE?
ABOUT TO HAVE A GO
AT THAT ROTTEN LEG
BEFORE YOU WOKE UP.
IT'S RUINED.
INDIANS.
BLOOD INDIANS.
BOUGHT A LOT
OF BEAVER FROM THEM.
BEATS ALL
THEY DIDN'T KILL YOU.
THEY GIVE IT
A GOOD TRY.
I'M HUGH AULD.
AT MILES CITY,
THEY CALL ME OLD HUGH,
THOUGH I DOUBT
I'M 80 YET.
AUGUSTUS McCRAE.
IF I HAD A SAW,
I'D TAKE THAT LEG OFF.
IF THAT ROT GETS
IN THE OTHER ONE,
YOU'LL LOSE THEM BOTH.
YOU'LL HAVE TO SCOOT
AROUND ON YOUR ASS.
HOW FAR IS
MILES CITY?
SAY 40 MILE.
ANY DOCTORS THERE?
TWO.
BOTH OF THEM DRUNKARDS.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING
TO WALK NO 40 MILE, AUGUSTUS.
I MIGHT FOOL YOU.
I JUST MIGHT...
FOOL YOU.
GOT YOURSELF
A BAD BACK?
MY DEADFALL
FELL OVER ON ME.
INDIANS FOUND ME.
THOUGHT IT WAS DAMN FUNNY.
BACK NEVER DID
STRAIGHTEN OUT.
WE ALL HAVE
OUR MISFORTUNES.
YOU RIDE MY HORSE.
YOU WON'T GET A MILE
WALKING ON THAT ROTTEN LEG.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WHERE YOU FROM,
ANYHOW?
LITTLE FART OF A TOWN
DOWN IN SOUTH TEXAS
CALLED LONESOME DOVE.
YOU'RE A TRAVELING SON
OF A BITCH, AIN'T YOU?
WAS, I'M AFRAID.
THANK YOU.
SCOOT ME UP
ON THE HORSE...
WITH MY LEFT LEG.
WHOA, THERE.
LIFT ME.
UHH... OH!
WHOA, THERE.
CAPTAIN!
PEA...
WHERE'S GUS?
CREEK'S UP.
THAT'S WHY
I LOST MY CLOTHES.
WHERE'S DEETS?
I GUESS
YOU JUST MISSED HIM.
WHERE'S GUS?
CREEK'S UP.
I HAD TO SWIM.
AND ALL THEM INDIANS.
AND THEN
OLD DEETS FOUND ME.
BUT WHERE'S DEETS?
RUN GET THAT WAGON.
I'M GOING AFTER GUS.
DISH,
YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
KEEP THEM CATTLE
HEADED NORTH.
YES, SIR.
CAPTAIN...
YOU DON'T WANT
NO ONE WITH YOU?
NO.
GOOD GOD.
HERE WE ARE
IN MONTANA.
THERE'S INDIANS
AND BEARS,
AND WINTER'S
COMING ON.
NOW THE CAPTAIN AND GUS ARE BOTH GONE.
IT WILL
BE A WONDER
IF WE DON'T ALL
GET MASSACRED.
HEY, MISTER!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING-
JUST A-SITTIN'
THERE?
YEAH!
COME IN HERE
AND BUY US A DRINK.
WE'RE BROKE
AS OLD GRANDMA.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH YOU?
YOU A-SLEEPIN'?
WHY...
HE IS ASLEEP,
ISN'T HE?
SLEEPING, HELL.
LOOK HERE
AT THIS LEG.
I'M AUGUSTUS
McCRAE FROM...
OH! NOT SO LOUD.
NOT SO LOUD.
MY BANDAGES
ARE LEAKING.
I CAN SEE THAT.
AH... THERE NOW.
FRESH BANDAGES.
HOPE YOU DIDN'T
THROW MY LEG AWAY.
I MAY MAKE
A WALKING STICK
OUT OF THE BONE.
YOU'RE A MAN
OF SPIRIT.
THAT'S GOOD.
I FEAR YOU'VE A FEW
FRACTUOSITIES YET TO ENDURE.
A FEW WHAT?
GOT TO TAKE
THAT OTHER LEG OFF.
SHOULD HAVE DONE IT WHILE
YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS.
BUT THE FACT IS,
THIS ONE EXHAUSTED ME.
IF YOU'D HACKED THEM
BOTH OFF,
I'D HAVE
SHOT YOU DEAD.
WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND
YOUR ATTACHMENT
TO YOUR OWN
APPENDAGES, SIR.
BUT THE FACT OF IT IS,
YOU'LL DIE IF WE
DON'T TAKE IT OFF.
WHO'S PLAYING
THE PIANO?
SHE DOES PLAY BEAUTIFULLY,
DOESN'T SHE?
THEY SAY... SHE STUDIED
MUSIC IN PHILADELPHIA
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
NAME'S DORA.
GO GET ME
SOME MORE WHISKEY.
THERE'S MONEY
IN MY PANTS THERE.
IS SHE A WHORE?
OF COURSE
SHE'S A WHORE.
CONSUMPTIVE, TOO.
SHE'LL NEVER SEE
PHILADELPHIA AGAIN, I FEAR.
GIVE HER $20, AND...
TELL HER
TO KEEP ON PLAYING.
YOU AIN'T GETTING
MY OTHER LEG, SAWBONES,
IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE A-THINKIN'.
I ASSURE YOU, SIR, THE
ALTERNATIVE IS GLOOMY.
YOU SEEM TO HAVE
A FEELING FOR MUSIC.
WHY NOT GIVE YOURSELF
A FEW MORE YEARS
OF LISTENING TO WHORES
PLAY THE PIANO.
WHY DON'T YOU SHUT UP
AND GO GET MY WHISKEY?
I SHOULD OPERATE TODAY...
WITHIN THE HOUR,
IN FACT.
I COULD HAVE THAT LEG OFF IN 15 MINUTES.
NO, SIR.
DON'T FORGET TO TIP
THAT WHORE FOR ME.
WELL, SLOW BUT SURE.
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH
TO GET HERE, WOODROW.
I TOLD HIM
IT SHOULD COME OFF.
WE COULD STILL
TAKE IT OFF.
NO, SIR.
YOU WOULDN'T KILL ME
FOR TRYING
TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
NO, BUT I'LL DARN
SURE DISABLE YOU.
YOU DON'T BOSS ME,
WOODROW.
I'M THE ONE MAN
YOU DON'T BOSS.
I NEVER FIGURED YOU
FOR A SUICIDE, GUS.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
LEGS FOR ANYWAY?
YOU DON'T LIKE
TO DO NOTHING
BUT SIT ON THE PORCH
AND DRINK WHISKEY.
I LIKE TO KICK
A PIG SOMETIMES.
IT'S MUCH
TOO LATE NOW.
I WOULDN'T BOTHER HIM
ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
POUR US A DRINK,
WOODROW.
ARGUING WITH YOU
MAKES ME THIRSTY.
I'LL LEAVE YOU NOW.
WHY DON'T YOU RELAX?
YOU CAN'T SAVE ME.
YOU AIN'T GOING TO BECOME
A DRUNKARD OVER THIS?
NO. GO AHEAD AND DIE
IF YOU WANT TO.
I DON'T CARE.
YOU ACT LIKE YOU
HOLD IT AGAINST ME.
I'VE WALKED THIS EARTH
MY WHOLE LIFE
WITH MY PRIDE, YOU SEE.
NOW, IF THAT'S LOST,
LET THE REST BE LOST
WITH IT,
BECAUSE THERE'S
CERTAIN THINGS
MY VANITY WON'T ABIDE.
YOUR GOD DAMN VANITY.
I GUESS YOU'LL WANT
A FANCY FUNERAL, TOO.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
OF THAT.
I HAVE A FAVOR
TO ASK OF YOU,
AND THEN I'LL DO YOU
A FAVOR IN RETURN.
WHAT FAVOR?
I WANT YOU TO BURY ME
DOWN YONDER
IN CLARA'S ORCHARD.
CLARA'S ORCHARD.
I DON'T RECALL
SEEING SHE HAD ONE.
REMEMBER
THAT GROVE OF PECANS
BY THE CREEK
WE STOPPED AT IN TEXAS?
BACK IN TEXAS?
YOU WANT ME TO HAUL YOU
BACK TO TEXAS?
WE JUST GOT TO MONTANA.
I KNOW WHERE WE
JUST GOT TO, WOODROW.
I'M DYING HERE.
WELL...
I IMAGINE CLARA
WOULD BE GLAD
TO GIVE YOU A PLACE
IN HER FAMILY CEMETERY
IF THAT WOULD
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
YOU'D BURY ME
NEXT TO THAT DUMB HORSE
TRADER SHE MARRIED?
JUST THROW ME
OUT THE WINDOW!
TEXAS.
YES, TEXAS.
THAT'S YOUR FAVOR TO ME,
AND THAT'S
MY FAVOR TO YOU, TOO.
IT'S A REASON TO GO OFF
ON ANOTHER ADVENTURE
SO YOU DON'T GET BORED
BEING A RANCHER-
WHICH YOU AIN'T ANYWAY.
YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND,
AUGUSTUS.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU.
EVEN YOU?
EVEN ME.
WHAT DO YOU WANT
ME TO DO
WITH YOUR HALF
OF THE CATTLE?
I WANT YOU
TO BUY THEM FROM ME.
YOU AIN'T PUT IN A DAY'S
WORTH OF WORK ON THEM.
YOU OUGHT TO JUST
GIVE THEM TO ME.
ARE THEY HALF MINE
OR NOT?
YES, THEY'RE HALF YOURS.
ALL RIGHT.
BUY THEM FROM ME
AND GIVE THE MONEY TO...
LORENA.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE?
SURE YOU DON'T WANT ME
TO HAUL YOU DOWN
TO THE SOUTH POLE
AND BURY YOU THERE?
ALL YOU GOT TO DO
IS ASK.
YEAH. TELL NEWT
THAT YOU'RE HIS DADDY.
I'VE TOLD HIM, BUT YOU
SHOULD TELL HIM.
YOU OUGHT NOT
HAVE TOLD HIM THAT.
WHAT WILL YOU DO,
SHOOT ME FOR IT?
IT'S TIME YOU STOPPED
MISTREATING THAT BOY.
I DON'T KNOW
THAT I EVER
HAVE MISTREATED HIM.
NOT GIVING HIM YOUR NAME
IS MISTREATING HIM.
NOW, HE'S THE ONLY SON
YOU'LL EVER HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW
THAT HE IS MY SON.
I KNOW IT,
AND YOU KNOW IT.
DERN,
YOU'RE STUBBORN.
NO WONDER WOMEN
DON'T LIKE YOU.
REACH
IN THAT DRAWER THERE
AND FIND ME
SOMETHING TO WRITE ON.
I WANT TO LEAVE
A COUPLE OF NOTES
FOR LORIE AND CLARA.
WANT ME TO DO ANYTHING
ABOUT THEM INDIANS
THAT SHOT YOU?
WE GOT NO CALL
TO BE VENGEFUL.
THEY DIDN'T
INVITE US HERE.
IT'S A DANGEROUS
BUSINESS
WRITING TO TWO WOMEN
AT THE SAME TIME.
I'M SO LIGHT-HEADED,
I CAN HARDLY REMEMBER
WHICH ONE'S WHICH.
NOW THIS ONE'S...
THIS ONE'S...
FOR LORIE.
TAKE IT.
AND THIS ONE HERE...
MY GOD.
YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU
WITH THAT?
WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW
TO SAY TO A WOMAN?
AUGUSTUS.
'I GOD, WOODROW,
IT'S BEEN QUITE
A PARTY, AIN'T IT?
YES, SIR.
WELL...
RECKON YOU'LL BE NEEDING AN UNDERTAKER.
NO. HE ASKED ME
TO TAKE HIM BACK TO TEXAS
FOR HIS BURIAL.
PEOPLE DO HAVE THEIR
WHIMSIES, DON'T THEY?
YOUR FRIEND
HAD HIS SHARE ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOING
TO DO IT?
I SAID I WOULD,
ALTHOUGH I HADN'T
COUNTED ON THIS WEATHER
WHEN I PROMISED.
YOU COULD LET HIM
WINTER HERE...
TAKE HIM BACK
TO TEXAS NEXT SPRING
WHEN THE WEATHER BREAKS.
DOUBT HE'D MIND THE STAY.
EASY.
EASY, OLD HUGH. I'LL TAKE HER THROUGH.
THERE.
HE'LL DO JUST FINE HERE
FOR THE WINTER.
I'LL COME FOR HIM
NEXT SPRING.
NOW, DON'T WORRY
IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.
WE'LL BURY HIM
FOR YOU.
WHY WOULD I
CHANGE MY MIND?
WELL, PEOPLE PROMISE
ALL SORTS OF THINGS
TO THE DYING.
IT'S BEEN MY OBSERVATION
THEY GENERALLY
FORGET THE WHOLE BUSINESS
IN A FEW DAYS.
I DON'T.
NO, SIR.
I CAN SEE YOU DON'T.
I DIDN'T MEAN YOU
IN PARTICULAR.
I'LL COME BACK
NEXT SPRING.
HE'LL BE HERE.
WANT ME TO WAIT
ON YOU?
NO. I'LL PICK UP THEM COATS
AND BLANKETS YOU BOUGHT
AND JUST CREEP ALONG
BEHIND.
DEAD? GUS IS DEAD?
YOU'D BEST
GO TELL THE BOYS
TO GATHER
AT THE WAGON.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO
TELL THIS STORY BUT ONCE.
GO ON NOW.
I'LL BE ALONG SHORTLY.
GUS GOT BLOOD POISONING
IN HIS LEGS...
FROM THEM ARROWS
THE INDIANS SHOT IN HIM.
THE DOCTOR CUT
ONE OF THEM OFF...
WOULDN'T LET HIM HAVE
THE OTHER ONE.
HE WAS STUBBORN ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT KILLED HIM.
BEFORE HE DIED,
HE ASKED ME TO TAKE HIM
BACK TO TEXAS
FOR HIS BURIAL, AND...
I INTEND TO DO IT
COME SPRING.
I BET THE CAPTAIN AIN'T
SAID MORE THAN A WORD OR TWO
IN THE LAST
FEW WEEKS.
WELL, HE NEVER DID
TALK MUCH ANYWAY.
WELL, WE'RE GOING
TO BUILD OUR RANCH
IN THIS LITTLE VALLEY
RIGHT HERE.
YOU GO TELL THE BOYS.
COME ON IN!
WE'RE HERE!
WE'RE HERE!
DISH.
SOON'S
THAT WAGON'S UNLOADED,
BEST TAKE SOME BOYS
AND CUT LOGS FOR A...
CABIN.
CAPTAIN.
CAPTAIN, I SIGNED ON
TO DRIVE THESE COWS
UP TO MONTANA FOR YOU,
BUT I DON'T REMEMBER
SIGNING ON TO STAY.
WINTERS ARE HARD HERE.
YOU'D BE BETTER ADVISED
TO GO IN THE SPRING.
IF I COULD HAVE
MY WAGES,
I'D TAKE MY CHANCES.
I GOT A COAT.
I WON'T HOLD YOU BACK
IF YOU'RE DETERMINED.
I AM.
ALL RIGHT.
CAREFUL YOU DON'T
GET LOST.
I POINTED THIS HERD
ALL THE WAY UP HERE.
I CAN FIND MY WAY BACK.
GIVE TEXAS
A HELLO FOR ME.
TEXAS? HA!
HELL, HE AIN'T
GOING TO TEXAS.
HE'S RIDING
TO NEBRASKA
FOR THAT LITTLE
BLOND-HEADED WHORE
NOW THAT GUS
IS OUT OF HIS WAY.
LORIE AIN'T NO WHORE.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK,
OR I'LL BOX YOUR EARS.
WELL, I JUST MEANT
SHE WAS A WHORE
IN HER YOUNGER YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE
DOES FOR A LIVING NOW.
WELL, BOYS...
NEWT.
I SWEAR, DISH...
THANKS, LUKE.
HAUL AWAY. PUSH.
PUSH IT UP.
THE ARMY NEEDS SOME BEEF
FOR THE WINTERTIME.
NEWT, YOU,
JASPER, AND PEA
DRIVE ABOUT 100 HEAD
OVER TO FORT BENTON.
NEWT, YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
MAKE A FAIR TRADE
TO BOTH PARTIES.
BRING THE MONEY
BACK HERE.
YES, SIR.
CAPTAIN,
JUST A MINUTE.
THAT AIN'T RIGHT.
WHAT AIN'T RIGHT?
PUTTING HIM IN CHARGE.
I'M A TOP HAND.
I AIN'T TAKING NO ORDERS
FROM NO BOY.
YOU WILL, OR YOU'LL DRAW
YOUR WAGES RIGHT NOW.
WELL, CAPTAIN...
I AIN'T GOT NOTHING
TO GO BACK TO TEXAS FOR.
I DON'T CARE TO CROSS
THEM RIVERS AGAIN.
BEHAVE YOURSELF, THEN.
I GIVE ORDERS HERE.
YES, SIR.
NEWT, YOU GOT
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO, SIR.
WELL...
LET'S GO.
YOU MUST BE
HUNGRY,
TRYING TO EAT
ALL THAT DIRT.
WHAT'S GOING ON
DOWN THERE?
GET UP, NEWT.
YOU CAN DO IT.
YOU GOT HIM!
COME ON. YEAH.
THERE YOU GO.
ALL RIGHT!
THERE.
GET UP, RASCAL.
GET UP, RASCAL.
GET UP. COME ON,
NEWT. GET UP.
GET HIM. GET UP. GET UP.
OH, BOY!
THAT'S THE BOY!
GET UP.
GO AHEAD.
GET UP.
THERE YOU GO!
ALL RIGHT.
GET ON YOUR HORSE,
JASPER.
WE GOT CATTLE TO DRIVE.
OK, BOYS.
COMING TO YOU.
WE'RE BRINGING
A BIG ONE.
COME ON.
GO GET HIM.
A DEVIL HERE.
SETTLE DOWN.
HOLD HIM, HOLD HIM.
YEAH, NOW.
WHOA!
GIVE HIM TO ME.
HYAH!
ALL RIGHT, NEWT!
GO! GO!
RIDE HIM, NEWT!
RIDE HIM, NEWT!
HE'S GOT A WAY
WITH HORSES, DON'T HE?
YEAH, HE DOES.
JUST LIKE YOU.
WHICH ONE YOU WANT
NEXT, NEWT?
GET THAT LITTLE BAY.
HYAH! HYAH!
HYAH! HYAH!
YOU'RE GOING,
I RECKON, CAPTAIN.
SEE HOW YOUR SADDLE
FITS THIS GRAY.
THE HELL BITCH?
PUT YOUR SADDLE ON HER.
YOU'RE RANGE BOSS
NOW, NEWT.
I TOLD THEM OTHER BOYS.
PEA...
YOU HELP HIM.
HE'LL NEED
A STEADY MAN.
YES, SIR, CAPTAIN.
I WILL.
THAT WAS MY FATHER'S.
NEWT.
I...
YES, SIR?
I...
DERN, NEWT...
HE ACTED LIKE
YOU WAS HIS KIN.
NO. I AIN'T KIN TO
NOBODY IN THIS WORLD, PEA.
LORIE...
YOU'RE GOING
TO GO CRAZY,
SITTING UP HERE
EVERY DAY LIKE THIS.
HOW DO YOU KNOW
CAPTAIN CALL'S
EVEN COMING BACK
THIS WAY?
HE WILL.
WHAT GOOD'S THAT
GOING TO DO YOU?
GUS IS DEAD.
I KNOW.
WELL...
I GUESS YOU WISH
YOU'D GONE OFF WITH HIM
INSTEAD OF STAYING HERE.
I SHOULD HAVE.
NO. YOU'D BE STUCK
UP THERE IN MONTANA
WITH A BUNCH
OF MEN
ALL WANTING YOU
TO LOVE THEM.
HYAH! GET ON!
GET ON! HYAH!
LOOK AT DISH.
HE WANTS YOU
TO LOVE HIM SO BAD,
HE RODE THROUGH
BLIZZARDS TO GET HERE.
HE WASTED HIS TIME,
TOO.
DID YOU LOVE GUS?
YES, I DID.
HE PROPOSED TO YOU,
DIDN'T HE?
ABOUT 30 TIMES, ON
AND OFF OVER THE YEARS.
BUT HE WAS A RAMBLER.
I KNEW I'D NEVER BE ABLE
TO KEEP HIM AT HOME.
HE USED TO ACT SO
DISAPPOINTED WHEN I'D SAY NO.
I COULD SEE THE RELIEF
ALL OVER HIS FACE.
I THINK HE KNEW WHAT
A STRUGGLE IT WOULD BE
IF HE WON ME.
AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
NOT DEEP DOWN.
CLARA.
WELL, CAPTAIN CALL...
I SEE YOU'RE
DOING IT.
I TOLD HIM I WOULD.
GUS WAS CRAZY,
AND YOU'RE FOOLISH
TO BE DRAGGING HIS
CORPSE CLEAR TO TEXAS.
EVERYBODY'S TALKING
ABOUT IT.
I RECKON THAT'D
SUIT GUS.
I WISH YOU'D BURY HIM
UP ON THE RIDGE
WITH MY SONS.
I TOLD HIM THAT.
I TOLD HIM
THAT VERY THING.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
HE ASKED OF ME.
HE WANTS TO LAY IN
THAT LITTLE PICNIC SPOT
YOU AND HIM
HAD IN TEXAS.
I REMEMBER THAT SPOT.
WE QUARRELED THERE.
HE WANTED WHAT
I WOULDN'T GIVE,
AND I WANTED
WHAT HE DIDN'T HAVE.
WELL, HE FELT TENDER
ABOUT THE PLACE,
AND I GAVE HIM
MY WORD.
NOW, HE WROTE YOU
A LETTER.
HE WROTE YOU
EACH A LETTER.
HE LEFT YOU HIS HALF
OF THE HERD, TOO.
I PUT THE MONEY IN
MILES CITY BANK FOR YOU.
YOU CAN DRAW
ON IT ANYTIME.
IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT.
CAPTAIN CALL.
THERE'S A COFFIN
IN THE WAGON.
LOOKS LIKE
HE'S DOING IT.
I NEVER DOUBTED
HE WOULD.
WAH!
MARTIN,
WILL YOU BEHAVE?
HE WASN'T HURTING NOTHING, MAMA.
YOU HUSH UP AND EAT YOUR DINNER, SALLY.
AIN'T LORIE
EATING, MAMA?
LORIE'S SPENDING SOME
TIME WITH MR. McCRAE
BEFORE CAPTAIN CALL
TAKES HIM UP TO TEXAS.
WELL...
THAT WAS-THAT WAS
A FINE DINNER.
YOU'RE EXCUSED, DISH.
THANK YOU, MA'AM.
"DEAR CLARA... "
"I WOULD BE OBLIGED
IF YOU'D LOOK
AFTER LORIE."
"I FEAR SHE'LL
TAKE THIS HARD."
"I'M DOWN TO
ONE LEG NOW,
AND THIS LIFE
IS FADING FAST... "
"SO I CAN'T SAY MORE."
"GOOD LUCK TO YOU
AND YOUR GALS... "
I WONDER
IF YOU WANT ME
TO READ THAT
LETTER TO YOU.
NO.
NO,
I'LL JUST KEEP IT.
HE PUT MY NAME
ON IT.
I CAN READ THAT.
I'LL JUST KEEP IT.
THEY'LL ALL
FORGET YOU, GUS.
THEY GOT
THEIR OWN DOINGS.
BUT I WON'T.
WHENEVER IT COMES
MORNING OR NIGHT,
I'LL THINK OF YOU.
I WON'T NEVER
FORGET YOU, GUS.
NOT EVER...
DARLING.
MRS. ALLEN! MRS. ALLEN!
SHE JUST KIND OF
CRUMPLED AND FELL.
SHE JUST FAINTED.
BRING HER UP
TO HER ROOM.
SHE JUST FAINTED,
THAT'S ALL...
SPENDING THE NIGHT UP
WITH MR. McCRAE.
GO HITCH THE WAGON
FOR CAPTAIN CALL.
I SEE HE'S EAGER
TO LEAVE.
FOR THAT GIRL'S SAKE,
I WISH YOU'D
BURY HIM HERE.
GUS MEANT THE WORLD
TO HER.
I AGREE
IT'S FOOLISH.
I TOLD HIM SO
MYSELF,
BUT I GIVE HIM
MY WORD.
GIVE HIM YOUR WORD?
YOU GIVE THAT BOY YOUR NAME
BEFORE YOU LEFT MONTANA?
GIVE HIM MY HORSE.
YOU GAVE HIM YOUR HORSE
AND NOT YOUR NAME.
I PUT A LOT MORE VALUE
ON THE ANIMAL
THAN I DO MY NAME.
LOOK AT ME,
CAPTAIN CALL.
I'M SORRY YOU AND
GUS McCRAE EVER MET.
YOU RUINED EACH OTHER
AND THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU.
I LOVED GUS, BUT I WOULDN'T
FIGHT YOU FOR HIM
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.
I DESPISED YOU THEN
FOR WHAT YOU WERE,
AND I DESPISE YOU NOW
FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
GOODBYE, GUS.
YOU THAT FELLOW WHAT'S
TAKING SOME CRAZY MAN
BACK TO TEXAS
FOR BURIAL?
WE HEARD ABOUT YOU.
LISTEN, I GIVE
A REAL NICE $10 FUNERAL
RIGHT HERE IN OGALLALA.
'COURSE,
THE TOMBSTONE'S EXTRA.
NOT IN THE MARKET.
AHH.
HOWDY.
I'VE GOT
A BAD WHEEL.
I CAN SEE IT.
I GUESS
I'VE HEARD OF YOU.
YOU'RE CAPTAIN CALL.
THIS HERE
IS YOUR FRIEND.
YOU STILL GOT
A LONG WAY TO GO, HUH?
CAN YOU
FIX THE WAGON?
WHY, SURE.
LET ME LOOK AT IT.
LOOKS LIKE WE MAY
HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHEEL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOWN...
TO WATCH A HANGING.
YEAH... EVERYBODY WANTS
TO SEE THIS ONE HANG.
HE MUY MALO-
BAD.
WHO IS IT,
SOME POLITICIAN?
NO, IT'S A MAN CAUGHT
BUTCHERING A FAMILY
DOWN IN
BOSQUE REDONDO.
THEY GOT HIM UP THERE.
HIS NAME IS BLUE DUCK.
I HEAR HE CAUSED
CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE
DOWN IN YOUR COUNTRY,
CAPTAIN.
THAT'S TRUE,
HE DID.
WELL... THEM DAYS
IS OVER FOR HIM NOW.
WHAT'S HE
BEEN DOING?
NOTHING,
JUST SITTING THERE.
I HEAR YOU'RE BRINGING YOUR
STINKIN' OLD FRIEND TO MY HANGIN'.
HE'D ENJOY SEEING IT,
ALL RIGHT.
I SHOULD HAVE
CAUGHT HIM AND COOKED HIM.
I'D A KILLED YOU FOR IT
IF YOU HAD.
I RAPED WOMEN, STOLE
CHILDREN, AND BURNED HOUSES,
SHOT MEN,
RUN OFF HORSES,
AND KILLED CATTLE,
AND ROBBED WHO I PLEASED
ALL OVER
YOUR TERRITORY,
AND YOU NEVER EVEN HAD A
GOOD LOOK AT ME UNTIL TODAY.
YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE KILLED ME.
IT DON'T MATTER MUCH
NOW, THOUGH... DOES IT?
YOU RANGERS!
I EXPECT I'LL KILL
A PASSEL OF YOU YET.
I DOUBT IT.
NOT UNLESS
YOU CAN SPROUT WINGS
AND FLY THROUGH
THE HANGMAN'S NOOSE.
I CAN FLY.
AN OLD WOMAN
TAUGHT ME.
IF YOU CARE TO WAIT...
YOU'LL SEE ME.
I'LL WAIT. I GIVE YOU
MY WORD ON IT.
YOUR HANGMAN'S WAITING.
ARE YOU READY?
UGH.
AAH!
AAH!
AAH!
AAH!
WELL...
I GUESS THAT OLD WOMAN
DIDN'T TEACH YOU
HOW TO FLY AFTER ALL.
HHHYAH!
YAH!
YAH!
AAH!
WELL, THERE YOU ARE...
AUGUSTUS.
I GUESS THIS WILL TEACH ME
TO BE MORE CAREFUL
ABOUT WHAT I PROMISE
IN THE FUTURE.
BOL.
CAPITAN?
HOW ARE YOU, BOL?
CAPITAN...
CAPITAN!
I'M SURPRISED
TO SEE YOU HERE.
THOUGHT YOU WENT BACK TO
MEXICO TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
I DID GO,
BUT MY DAUGHTERS, THEY
WERE ALL MARRIED AND GONE...
AND MY WIFE...
SHE WAS HARDER TO GET
ALONG WITH THAN EVER...
SO I CAME BACK.
WHERE ARE
ALL THE OTHERS?
JAKE'S
BURIED UP IN KANSAS...
DEETS...
IN MONTANA...
GUS IS IN A LITTLE STAND
OF PECAN TREES
ALONGSIDE A CREEK WHERE HE
USED TO PICNIC WITH A WOMAN.
THE REST OF THE BOYS
ARE UP IN NORTH COUNTRY...
BUILDING A RANCH.
THEY SAY IT BURNED DOWN
ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
ARE YOU CAPTAIN CALL...
CAPTAIN WOODROW F. CALL?
WHAT STARTED THE FIRE?
I HEARD THAT THE OWNER-
A MAN NAMED WANZ,
I BELIEVE...
XAVIER WANZ.
HE WAS APPARENTLY
IN LOVE WITH SOME WHORE,
BUT SHE LEFT HIM,
SO HE LOCKED HIMSELF
IN HER ROOM
AND BURNED
THE PLACE DOWN.
THEY SAY HE MISSED HER.
I SWEAR.
YOU ARE CAPTAIN CALL,
AREN'T YOU?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I WORK FOR THE NEWSPAPER
UP IN SAN ANTONIO.
I WONDER IF I
COULD TALK TO YOU
FOR A FEW MINUTES?
NO.
THEY SAY YOU CARRIED
YOUR FRIEND 3,000 MILES
JUST TO BURY HIM.
IS THAT TRUE?
THEY SAY BOTH OF YOU
WERE TEXAS RANGERS
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS,
THAT YOU CLEANED THE
COMANCHES OUT AND THE BANDITS.
IS THAT TRUE?
THEY SAY YOU STARTED THE FIRST
CATTLE RANCH UP IN MONTANA.
THEY SAY YOU'RE A MAN
OF VISION...
CAPTAIN CALL?
A MAN OF VISION,
YOU SAY?
YEAH...
HELL OF A VISION.