Rawhide (1959–1965): Season 2, Episode 5 - Incident at Jacob's Well - full transcript

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Keep movin', movin', movin' ♪

♪ Though they're disapprovin' ♪

♪ Keep them dogies movin' ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Don't try
To understand 'em ♪

♪ Just rope, throw
And brand 'em ♪

♪ Soon we'll be livin'
High and wide ♪

♪ My heart's calculatin' ♪



♪ My true love
Will be waitin' ♪

♪ Be waiting at the end
Of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide ♪

♪ Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out ♪

♪ Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rawhide! ♪

Hyah!



( whip cracks )

( whip cracks )

( dramatic theme playing )

( men whistling, yelling )

( cows mooing )

FAVOR:
On a trail drive,

you pick your men to be
at least as smart as the cows.

The cows know enough to
drink up when there's water,

to stop and eat
when there's food.

The men can do that too.

But the rest of their thinking,
man or beast,

I'm supposed to do for 'em,
whether I do it right or not.

My name's Favor, trail boss.

Boss, I think I saw
something moving up in there.

FAVOR:
Best take a look then.

We're being scouted,
we ought to know about it.

Right.
Come on.

Stop, stop,
stop!

What are you trying
to do, anyway?

Well, don't come
any closer.

( snorting )

Stop.

Ow.

What are you trying to do,
get yourself killed?

No, but you are.

Well, look.

( stone clatters )

And that's not
the only one.

There are dozens of them.

Can't see 'em
for the mustard weed.

Well, I...

sure gotta thank you...

ma'am.

( chuckles )

What's happened?

Oh, it's what didn't
happen, you mean.

I almost fell in there,
if it wasn't for her.

I see what
you mean.

Hope you remembered to
thank the young lady.

Oh, yeah, I did. But I don't
even, uh, know your name.

Melissa Calvin.

Oh, my name's
Rowdy Yates.

And, oh, uh, this is
Mr. Favor.

And, uh,
Pete Nolan.

Nice to meet you.

What are all these,
anyway, Miss Calvin?

Water wells.

Any water
in 'em?

MAN:
Bone dry.

You all right, Melissa?

I-- I'm not hurt, Pa.

You gave me
a start

tearing off
the way you did.

Oh, Jacob Calvin.

These are my friends.
We farm the land hereabouts.

Gil Favor,

Rowdy Yates,
Pete Nolan.

JACOB:
My daughter,
Melissa.

Yeah, we met.

Uh, she saved me from falling
in that well there you got.

Well, you can't see 'em
for the mustard weed.

We meant to fill them in
as we moved along,

but we just couldn't
spare the time.

There's about 30 of them
waiting for a man's bones

if he doesn't know
they're there.

Isn't there any water
in any of them?

Drought's dried everything up
between here and Morleyville.

How far
is that?

JACOB:
Oh, it's about three days
hard riding.

That's a good
long stretch

for a herd that's
dragging thirsty.

Oh, there's a creek yonder
about three miles.

I wouldn't count on it
to do you much good though.

It's almost
dried up.

Where do you get
your water?

Uh, we don't anymore,

now that the well at the house
is giving out.

Boy, 30 wells.
That's a lot of digging.

I'd dig 30 more,

if I could talk my friends
into it.

There's a river of water
under this land somewhere.

We figured to irrigate,
come spring, have a crop.

Rain or
no rain.

But that's all over now.
We're giving up. Moving out.

WOMAN:
Jacob.

What'd
they say?

I haven't
asked them yet.

Well, ask them.

My wife's an impatient
woman, Mr. Favor.

We were hoping for someone
like you to come along

and maybe
help us out.

Sure do
what I can.

We'd like to join up with you.

You mind eight wagons
tagging along

till we hit
a settlement?

What shape are your wagons in?

Well, they ain't new,
but they won't slow you up.

I'd like to look at 'em.

Well, you're welcome.
They're...

alongside
the house.

Oh, our water's running low.

You mind if we fill up
while we're at it?

We'll meet you
back at the house.

You men best
walk off this area.

Oh, we'll get the kegs,
and then we'll be back.

Missa, you stay clear
of those cowhands.

They're like
sailors.

Courting a woman
comes easy to 'em,

but they don't stay put
very long.

Yes, Pa.

( cattle lowing )

( peaceful theme playing )

What are you getting
all duded up for, Mr. Rowdy?

Huh? Oh, you're
too young, Mushy.

Say, hey, Wish.

You got any of that,
uh, sweet-smelling pomade

you used to have?

Well, try some of
this hog grease.

It'll do the trick
if you don't get too close.

FAVOR: Rowdy.
Hog grease.

Let's
go.

Hey, uh...

Find out if she's
got a sister, will you?

Uh, not for me.

Uh, Mushy's face is
beginning to break out.

( both chuckle )

( peaceful theme playing )

There's
your well.

It's probably
more sweat than water,

but you're
welcome to it.

Jason and Ludwig will
take care of it for you.

Thanks.

My wife's fixing us
a pot of coffee.

Oh. Thanks, again.

I'd like to look at
the wagons first though.

Fine.

All these people
work for you?

They're more like
partners.

Yeah, they'll do.
Good.

Don't see your daughter
around, Mr. Calvin.

She feeling
all right?

Come inside.

Ludwig will let us know
when the kegs are filled.

All right. Let's get
the rest of

the movables
into the wagons.

My friends have
their own homes nearby,

but conditions forced them
to move in with us.

First time I've ever seen
a jail with no doors on it.

Ah, it's not
a good way to live,

with or
without doors.

This used to be
the death house.

Is it settled?

Melissa,
go to your room.

I need the girl
to serve.

This is
Mrs. Calvin.

Mr. Favor
and Mr. Yates.

Ma'am.

Is it settled?

Yes, it's
settled.

Thank heaven.

At last, we'll get away
from this forsaken valley.

You have a strong
face, Mr. Favor.

We'll get along.

We have no milk
or sugar.

We have nothing.

I used to have a lot
of beautiful things.

But they're all gone.

Sold to buy
empty holes in the ground.

We'll get them
all back.

When? Your promises
don't have long to live.

You got what you wanted.
We're moving out.

Now, why don't you
leave him alone?

Uh, what kind of a prison
was this, anyway?

Was? It still is
while we're in it.

This was
an Army stockade

called
Stone Church.

I was a guard
here.

Jacob. The water kegs
are ready.

Oh. Thanks.
Fine.

The Army had no further use
for it after the war.

But I did.

In my mind, I could see
the corn and the wheat

standing higher
than any man.

I couldn't afford
the property alone,

so I went out
and gathered these folks,

and talked them into
sharing the land with me.

Pa. I still think we should
hold out until spring.

We're bound to find
water by then.

No, it's too late.

Oh, maybe it isn't.

Hold
your tongue.

I told you never to
touch the girl.

Well...maybe
you'd better start

getting your people
together

and moving out.

We'll meet down by
the dry creek.

Your wagons are loaded
pretty heavy, though.

Hope your horses
are in good shape.

We have
no horses.

Didn't you
tell him?

You mean you don't
have horses?

I was, uh, going to
talk to you about it.

I'd be obliged if you'd lend us
enough to pull the wagons.

But, uh...

there wasn't anything said
about not having horses.

I thought--

Well, Mr. Favor,
we can't move without them.

Jacob, you said
it was all settled.

Moving a herd of
that size, Mr. Favor,

I figured you had
plenty of mounts.

I guess I took for granted
you'd lend us some.

Wish I could, but--

You must.

FAVOR:
What happened
to your horses?

We ate 'em.

ILLORA:
We had the wagons
packed months ago.

Surely, with
all that cattle,

you have some horses
to spare.

But not enough.

I can't move a herd
with worn-out horses.

I need every single
mount I've got.

You've got women
and children, mister.

You wanna
see 'em starve?

Look, there's
a couple of steers

that are dragging
the herd.

You can have 'em,
salt 'em down.

That'll keep you until you
can get to the next settlement.

You're gonna
have to walk there.

Of course, we can take
the women and children

in our wagons.

We can't divide
our families,

and we can't leave
everything we own.

We'll have nothing
to start over with.

Sorry. It's
the best I can do.

We'll be making camp
down by the dry creek.

You can pick up
the beef tonight.

And you can all come and eat
with us if you want to.

Save a day's ration.

Thank you,
Mr. Favor.

We'll be there.

And...perhaps
we'll think of a way

to repay you
for your kindness.

( ominous theme playing )

( dramatic theme playing )

( angrily ):
You took it
for granted.

Just like you took
the wells

and the farm,
and our lives.

You took it all
for granted.

This is the man
you followed

into the desert.

Don't you think it's about
time we all faced facts?

What should
we do, Jacob?

Don't ask him.

Can he fill your stomachs
with dreams?

LUDWIG:
She's right.

Not even if we found water
this minute,

we couldn't last until
the spring harvest.

Not on
two steers.

What should we do, Jacob?

I guess we'll
have to walk out.

We can't leave
the wagons behind.

Well, we can't pull 'em.

We can if we had horses.

If Mr. Favor won't
lend us the horses...

we'll take 'em.

She's crazy.

Don't listen to her.

Our lives are
in those wagons.

With them, we have a chance.

Without them,
we might as well be dead.

They'll only follow us
and catch up with us.

Not if we take
all their horses.

They'll have men
on guard.

We'd never
be able to do it.

I know a way.

Pa, she'll
get us all killed.

You know there's no land
better than this right here,

once we hit water.

We've got to stay
somehow, Pa. We have to.

Are you giving everything up,

or are you men?

( dramatic theme playing )

( guitar playing
lively melody )

Scarlet. You tell my relief
to shake a leg, now. You hear?

Sure will, Quince.

( all chattering )

( laughter )

It must be
fascinating

for a man like you,
Mr. Favor.

No. Mostly it's just
plain hard work.

( scoffs )

You're
too modest.

Isn't he too modest,
Jacob?

Wishbone's plum
out of plates.

He never had this many
folks before.

I'll, uh, fix us a place
over by that tree there.

I'll be there
in just a minute.

All right.

Pa, you gotta
eat something.

Where you going,
Melissa?

I'll be
nearby.

If you worried
as much about me

as you do
about that girl...

You sure don't seem
to be old enough

to be her mother,
Mrs. Calvin.

She's not
my daughter.

The girl's
his.

( playing lively Spanish tune )

( men laughing )

( laughs )

( men laughing )

( speaking in Spanish )

( men laughing )

Yee-haw, ha, ha, ha!

Yee-haw.

I don't want to watch.

( applause )

( whooping,
cheering )

You know I'd--
I'd you help if I could.

It's just that...

when you sign on
one of these drives,

you obey orders,
that's all.

( all cheering, laughing )

( applauding, cheering )

Pa!

No trailhand is gonna mess
with my daughter.
Pa!

P-- Pa,
will y--?

All right. What goes on?

MAN:
Stop it.

I told you.
All right.
Stop it.

We were just
talking.

Get up to the remuda and
relieve Quince. And cool off.

But, boss--
Now!

Mr. Calvin...

you have
anything to say,

you say it to me.

( sighs )

I've got nothing to say.

He's brave,
my husband.

Very brave.

All right.
Let's forget it.

Mr. Favor!

The horses
are gone!

What?!

( dramatic theme playing )

See, they're gone.
All of 'em.

What happened?

All I know is
the ground came up,

and the back of
my head caved in.

Mr. Favor,
everybody's lit out.

( tense theme playing )

Well, they couldn't
have gotten far.

Scarlet, get out to the herd.
Call in the night guard.

At least we still have
those four mounts anyway.

Yes, sir.

Let's go get them farmers,
get the horses back.

Can't save the horses
and the herd at the same time.

Most I can spare for that's
one mount.

We can't haze
the whole herd

with only
three horses.

Let's find out if we can.
Let's go.

( dramatic theme playing )

( dramatic theme playing )

We'll break up
into three groups.

Each group will go
with one of the riders.

Quince, you take the drag.

Scarlet, you take
right flank.

Pete and I'll
take the left.

We're gonna walk 'em
into that canyon.
Walk 'em?

FAVOR:
That's right.
The canyon's dead-ended.

That way,
a few men can hold 'em.

Kyle, you ride ahead
and point 'em in.

Then you come on back
to my group.

Rick, let Rowdy
have your mount.

All right,
let's move out.

Boss, I-I'm...

I'm sorry.

I-I-- I thought they were
good people, really.

Not "they," Rowdy.

You thought the girl
was good people.

Now, mount up.

You gotta start tracking
those good people.

But mind. Just track 'em.
Don't tangle with 'em.

You mean, after what
they've done,

you don't want to stop 'em
if I catch up to 'em?

Well, what'd you
have in mind?

Shooting in amongst
women and children?

When Kyle gets back
from point,

you stick close
to him.

And remember:

If there's one thing
a steer isn't afraid of,

it's a man afoot.

Who do you think I am,
a greenhorn?

Let's find out.

But--

Hurry with the horses, Jason.
We're ready to leave.

You'll ride with me.

Everybody on their wagon now.
Everybody.

You ride in the first wagon.
I'll follow in the last.

Where's Melissa?

The girl will ride
with me.

Illora, this is wrong.

These men will follow.
There'll be trouble.

Some of our friends
may die.

It's a bit late
for conscience, isn't it?

When you married me

and dragged me into
this wilderness to rot,

that was the time
for you to have a conscience.

( slow, tense theme playing )

MELISSA:
Why are we stopping?

I have some of my jewelry
hidden under the little trees

at the top
of the hill.

Come and help me
get it.

Well, you never said
anything about it.

If I had, Jacob would have
sold it for another well.

What's that?

Well, I didn't
hear anything.

Over there. Look.

( shrieking )

Don't! Don't!

( thuds )

( thuds )

( horse
whinnies )

( tense theme playing )

( gun cocks )

( cattle lowing, men yelling )

Hey, Mr. Quince.
Mr. Quince.

Now, didn't I tell you
to stay close to me?

I didn't bring you up
as a louse

to have you mashed
into mule meat.

Now, come on.
I'm sorry, Mr. Wishbone.

Well, that
about does it.

Yeah. It was
a while there

I didn't think we were
gonna make it.

Say, Rowdy ought to
have been back by now.

That's right.

Pete, you let 'em bed down.

Watch 'em close.

I'm going back
to look for Rowdy.

All right.

( ominous theme playing )

( dramatic theme playing )

Take it--
Take it easy now.

Oh. My foot.

Haven't had a chance
to look at it.

It might be broken.

Oh, it hurts.

Well, you're lucky
you didn't hit your head.

Oh, please don't
be mad at me.

I'm not mad. You don't
get mad at horse thieves.

You hang 'em.

That mother of yours
is some woman, huh?

She's not my mother.
She's my stepmother.

One thing you've got
to be thankful for.

The...water...

Yeah.

I figure we must have broken
the cushion in the earth

when we fell.

Your arm.

Well, we'll get out
of here.

They're bound to come
looking for us.

And when they find
my horse,

they'll put two and two
together.

I hope.

( suspenseful theme playing )

Help!

Get us out of here!

Clay walls just
eat up the sound.

Even right at the top
they couldn't hear you.

I'll give 'em something
they can hear.

( screams )

( coughing )

Don't do that again.
Please don't do that again.

Well, you don't
have to ask me.

It's funny.

What's funny?

If Jacob had only dug
this well a little deeper...

we'd have had
all the water we needed.

Oh, all our troubles
would've been over.

Now our people
are...horse thieves.

We're running
because we never found it.

Mr. Favor should've
found my horse by now.

What are you gonna do?

Well, we can't
stay down here forever.

If I can get
out of here,

I'll find a way
to get you out.

You willing to
stay alone?

What choice have I got?

Yeah, that's right.
Haven't got any choice.

You be careful.

Yeah.

( tense theme playing )

Stand still.

Got a shotgun on you.

Now, drop the rifle
and the belt.

( ominous theme playing )

Oh, Rowdy!

Oh.

Now. Are you all right?

( panting )

Yeah. I'm all right.

Oh, please don't
try that again.

Please don't try it again.

Don't you realize that
we can die down here

before anybody
comes and finds us?

Don't be mad at me.

I'm not mad at you.

Well, don't be mad
at my father,

because this is not
his fault.

She kept hammering at him
and hammering at him,

till he lost all sense
of what he was doing.

( splashes water )

You ever...been
to a circus?

You're scared,
aren't you?

Yeah, I'm scared.

Yeah, I been to
a circus one time.

A real circus?

Yeah. When I was
a kid.

Me too.
There was...

There was this woman
that climbed this high pole...

all the way to the top.

She jumped into
a little tank of water.

That hasn't got nothing
to do with nothing.

I know, I know, but--

Well...I'm gonna...

try
going up again.

( suspenseful theme playing )

ILLORA:
We can't stop now.
We have to keep going.

Tell him.
Tell him it's crazy.

We have to
keep going.

They'll catch up
with us and kill us all.

You wanna
die for nothing?

For the sake
of that girl?

She's Jacob's
daughter.

We'll do whatever
he wants.

You say you're always

doing things
for your friends, Jacob.

Well, think about
them now.

I'm thinking of Melissa.

You sent Ludwig to get her.
Isn't that enough?

Why did you leave her
behind?

I told you she went back
for some of her things.

I waited for her,
and when she didn't turn up,

I figured she'd
got in your wagon.

You shouldn't have
left her.

You're risking us all.

All of us
for the sake of one girl.

Now, get into that wagon now.
All of you. Or I'll shoot.

Get in.

If any of our family
were left behind,

Jacob would never leave
without 'em.

Out there.

It's one of them
drovers.

Where's Melissa?

I didn't see her
at the house, Jacob.

I didn't see her
anywhere.

The only one I found

was this drover fella
here snooping around.

Where's my daughter?

She didn't just disappear,
and you've got cause.

I want her back.

I can talk better
with my hands untied.

We're wasting
time.

She'll find
her way to us.

I'm waiting, Mr. Favor.

Don't be a fool, Jacob.
He doesn't have her.

FAVOR:
How do you know?

Why else would I
let him take me?

Don't listen to him.
It's a trick.

FAVOR:
Maybe. Maybe not.

The point is, do you think
it's a trick, Mr. Calvin?

He's lying.

He wants his men
to reach him.

What do you want
from us?

The horses and Rowdy Yates.

JACOB:
What's he got to do
with this?

He was following you,
and he hasn't come back.

He ain't here,
if that's what you mean.

FAVOR:
That's what I mean.

We haven't seen him.
I'd tell you if I had.

I have nothing
to gain by lying.

Maybe you don't,
maybe you do.

I haven't got Rowdy Yates,
but I've got you.

So I'll make an even trade.
You for Melissa.

As for the horses,

you're in no position
to bargain.

I'm going back.

Don't you see? That's
what he wants you to do.

We'll go with you,
Jacob.

Turn the wagons!

Dismount, Mr. Favor.

Don't try and go back.
Don't turn round.

Listen to me.
Please don't go back.

He's lying!
He's lying, he's lying.

Don't go back!

( dramatic theme playing )

Oh. My boots feel like they're
filled with 50 toes apiece.

And all of them
screaming for help.

( sighs )

First Rowdy's gone.

Now Mr. Favor.

Yeah, I know.

I think about
half of us

ought to go find out
what's keeping them.

Quince, get six of the men
and come with me.

We'll pick up some rifles
from the supply wagon.

You stay here
with the half

that's watching
the herd.

( scoffs )

You knot-headed,
flat-heeled jasper.

You just try going
without me.

You just try!

All right.
Now, you wait for me.

( dramatic theme playing )

Illora is not
as bad a woman

as she seems to be,
Mr. Favor.

Afraid that depends on
which side you're on.

It's living in this valley.
She wasn't cut out for it.

She's a Castilian.

She's Spanish?

Now, she's got distant
relations out in California.

They own one of them
Spanish land grants.

That's where she wanted me
to take her.

But it's not the same

when someone gives you
your life like a gift.

Man's gonna build a life,
he's gotta do it on his own.

That's what
she can't understand.

It was, uh, her idea

to steal the horses,
wasn't it?

I owe her that much.

That's kind of
a bad debt, isn't it?

I had to think
of my friends.

I couldn't let them lose
what little they had

on account of me.

And you think stealing's
gonna set it all right?

I figured once I got them
out of here,

they'd be all right.

Do you think it's gonna
be all right with Melissa

to have father
that's a horse thief?

Mr. Favor, all that matters
to me is Melissa.

She doesn't think
I'm a horse thief.

That's all I care about.

What's important is getting her
to a place where she'll be safe.

If you don't
give her back to me,

I'll kill you.

( ominous theme playing )

Oof!

No more, Rowdy!

( panting )

( suspenseful theme playing )

Hold 'em!

Put the women and children
in the last wagon.

The rest of you,
move up.

Hold your fire.

Mr. Favor or Rowdy
might be with them.

We're not
looking for a fight.

You hear me?

We hear you.

What are you
looking for?

My daughter.

I'm holding
your boss.

If you want him back,
send her over here.

You say you got
Mr. Favor.

I don't see him.

Ludwig, get Mr. Favor.

They got Mr. Favor,
all right.

You send over
my girl...

you get
your boss back.

We got no girl with us.

I can see that.

You got her back
at your camp.

One of you go back
and get her.

We got no girl
at camp either.

Now, what is this
all about, Mr. Favor?

I don't know.

He's saying the words.
Hear him out.

I'm not a man of violence,
Mr. Favor.

I don't want to
hurt you.

Mr. Favor...

give Melissa
back to Jacob.

JACOB:
You can have
the horses back.

We didn't want to take them.
It was wrong.

We did it
for Jacob.

Now we're willing to give 'em
back to you for the same reason.

See, Mr. Favor.
Everything worked out

the way you wanted it.

You can take your horses
with you.

All you have to do
is return the girl.

For the last time,
Mr. Favor,

where is she?

I've told you I don't know.

You do know.

You know where she is.

You were going to trade with me,

and you're not
going to back down now.

I've got nothing
to trade with you.

That was your idea.

How long are we gonna
stand here watching?

No, we can't fire.

Mr. Favor's right
in the middle of 'em.

Mr. Favor,
where's Rowdy?

Don't know.
And they won't tell.

We don't know.

I told you I'd let him go
if I had him.

I'd do anything.

You want me to kill you?

You want me
to pull this trigger, I will.

So help me I will,

if you don't tell me
where my daughter is.

A man has got
a right to kill.

If...

If what?

All right.

All right.

He's getting the better of you.
Is that what you want?

All I want is my daughter.

You're out of your mind.

No, Illora.

I tried.

Good Lord knows I tried
to give everybody

what I thought was good.

Somewhere along the line,
I guess I failed.

You get to a point
where there's no turning back.

Who's to judge
where that point is?

I don't know
where my daughter is,

but you do.

I'm ready now
to throw down my guns

and make everybody with me here
throw down their guns,

if you'll tell me
where my daughter is.

Jacob!

I don't know what more
I can do.

I'm asking you.

Will you tell me
where my daughter is?

I don't know, but...

I think your wife does.

Where did you get that rifle,
Mrs. Calvin?

( tense theme playing )

What's the rifle
got to do with it?

Rowdy had it with him

when he rode out of camp
last night.

This morning when I found
his horse, it was gone.

Now your wife has it.

And...

as far as you know,
wasn't your wife

the last one
to see Melissa?

Where did you get the rifle?

Back at the house.

Maybe the young drover left it
when they came to call us.

We didn't carry
the rifles with us then.

That's right.
They didn't.

Where did you get it?
I don't know.

I picked it up somewhere.
It doesn't matter, does it?

You're interested
in getting Melissa.

Not in a stupid
firearm.

Why are you lying
about the gun, Illora?

If he hasn't got Melissa,
he tricked you into coming back,

so his men could help him.

You want him trick to you again?

He thinks you know something
about his young drover.

Do you, Illora?

Is that why
you have his gun?

You're taking his word
against mine.

You're going to
tell me, Illora.

You're gonna
tell me right now.

All right.
I will, I will.

I came back for
some of my jewelry.

You don't have any jewelry.

We sold it all
to dig the wells.

I had some hidden.
I didn't tell you about it.

I wish I didn't
have to tell you this.

Tell me what?

I tried to spare you.

Poor Jacob.

Losing everything
and now your daughter.

I tried to
spare you.

Illora, what are you
saying?

When I passed by,
I saw them over by the well.

Melissa and the young drover.

He was struggling with her.
She fought him.

I-I ran
towards them.

What happened?

I was too late.

They lost their balance.

The well seemed to
swallow them up.

I'll hear the cries
as long as I live.

And then
the silence.

I didn't want to
tell you.

I didn't ever want to tell you.

You're lying, Illora.

You're saying this
to hurt me.

That's why you're saying it,
isn't it?

One thing you can be sure of.

Rowdy wouldn't do
a thing like that.

Remember how taken
he was with her

when we were over at the camp?

How he sneaked her away
from the group?

You didn't like it yourself.

It isn't true.

You want to pay me back.

You don't believe me.

All right, I'll show you.

( dramatic theme playing )

Some of 'em
are in the clear.

We can
pick 'em off.

Mr. Favor ain't
in the clear.

Nobody fires
till I give the signal.

This is
the well.

You can see
for yourself.

( screams )

Melissa!

FAVOR:
Hang on, Rowdy.

JACOB:
Melissa,
are you all right?

Yes, Pa.

Get my legs, quick.

I'll get a rope!
Hang on to my legs.

Gotcha.

Rowdy...reach up.
Grab hold.

FAVOR:
Higher.

ROWDY:
I can't.

Come on.
Reach up.

Grab my wrist.

( grunting )

Move it higher.
That's--

There. That's it.

I can't.
Hang on tighter.

I'm slipping.
( grunting )

( clatters )

Hang on.

Easy, Rowdy.

( men grunting )

MAN:
Come on up.

That's it.

Little bit more.
All right.

You all right?
I'm all right.

How's the girl?

She's all right.

Let's hurry with
that rope.

I'm on it.

She's the one
that did it.

She-- She's the one
that pushed us in there.

JACOB:
Illora.

Illora!

( screams )

( thud )

( ominous theme playing )

The ways of Providence...

are not to be
fathomed.

One well has water.

Showed us where the underground
stream had moved.

Saved my daughter's
life.

Another one, a deeper one,

took my wife.

Someday we may understand
these things.

( slow, plaintive
theme playing )

Oh, Mr. Favor.

You know,
now that the water's in...

and we're gonna have
a good crop,

we could last till spring,
if we have to eat scrub roots.

Mr. Favor.

We, uh...

Well, it's
this way.

We've all had hard
things happen to us

one time
or another.

And we know folks'll
act kind of crazy

when they're pushed
by too much bad luck.

What're you
trying to say?

Well, I'd appreciate it
if you'd advance me

the price of two steers
from my pay...

so's I can let
these folks have 'em.

Oh, I could go two myself.

I'll give one.

You'll give two.

That's what I said.

Well, uh, I got obligations,

but I'd sure like to
give one.

COWHAND 1:
I'd like to give two.

COWHAND 2:
I'd like to give two, myself,
Mr. Favor.

COWHAND 3:
I'll give two.

That's, uh...

That's 13 head.

Thirteen's
an unlucky number.

You'd best count
me in for three.

Yeah, me too.
Heh.

There's nothing I can say.

I'll send the money
as soon as the crop's in.

Well...

we'd best
get moving.

Bye, Miss Calvin.
Goodbye.

Uh...

You don't have to send
the money, uh, Mr. Calvin.

We'll pick it up
on our way back.

Rowdy.

Oh, uh,
in the spring.

( cattle lowing )

Head 'em up.
Move 'em out.

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Keep rollin'
Rollin', rollin' ♪

♪ Though the streams
Are swollen ♪

♪ Keep them dogies rollin' ♪

♪ Rawhide ♪

♪ Through rain and wind
And weather ♪

♪ Hell-bent for leather ♪

♪ Wishin' my gal
Was by my side ♪

♪ All the things
I'm missin' ♪

♪ Good vittles
Love and kissin' ♪

♪ Are waiting at the end
Of my ride ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Head 'em up, move 'em on ♪

♪ Move 'em on, head 'em up
Rawhide ♪

♪ Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, let 'em out ♪

♪ Cut 'em out
Ride 'em in ♪

♪ Rawhide! ♪

♪ Rollin', rollin', rollin' ♪

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rawhide! ♪

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

Hyah!

( whip cracks )

♪ Rollin', rollin'... ♪