Return to Lonesome Dove (1993): Season 1, Episode 3 - The Legacy - full transcript

Dunnegan (Oliver Reed) tells Newt (Rick Schroder) he considers him a son; Gideon (William Petersen) confides to Clara (Barbara Hershey) that Agostina (Nia Peeples) is Gus' daughter; Call makes Agostina a partner in the Hat Creek Ranch.

uh...uh...

Betsy!

Sally!

Betsy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Mama!

Mommy! Mommy!

Sally!

Mama?



Betsy!

We're here, mama!

Oh, God!

We just wanted to play
in the cave.

We should have
told you, mama.

Senora!

Senora, hurry.

It's July!

Oh, God.

We going to need
something to move him.

No, don't touch me.

Hold on.

Shh! Stay still.

Hold on.



Can't we stop
for a while?

If we stop without shade,

We'll just get more tired
from the sun.

We'll rest
when we get to town.

What if they burnt
the town, too?

Just think about the town
the way it always is.

Mr. Herbert's confectionery,

Everything
all shiny and new.

Ice cold sarsaparilla.

It might not
be there.

Can't worry about
what might be.

You have to deal with
what is.

When things are hard like this,
it's all you can do...

just keep one good thought
in your mind

And move toward that.

Any thoughts?

Mr. Herbert's.

Betsy?

Sarsaparilla.

Sounds good.

I want to sign
for these, Karl.

You'll do no such thing.

You were among
the lucky ones, Clara.

You all survived.

Old man Lawrence...

he lost his whole family.

And I hear the Fairchilds...

haven't accounted for
3 of their folks.

You...and the children...

and the Cheyenne woman

Can stay with me and Inga
as long as you need.

We won't have it
any other way.

Thank you.

I gotta go check
on July.

I--I'll pick these up
later.

How is he?

He'll live.

He won't be pretty.

I--I'm sorry
you got burned out, Clara.

Yeah, others did, too.

We'll be all right.
I know we will.

Yah!

Sara Pickett.

We were supposed
to meet Captain Call

Up at your place.

There is no place anymore.

We saw the smoke.

You all right?

Clara?

Gideon Walker.

Gideon.

Pulse is steady.

His breathing's fine.

Opium's got him out of pain.

July.

It's Clara.

I'm here.

You saved the horses,
July.

Didn't lose
one of them.

you hang on.

You've lived
this long...

I expect
there's nothing to fear.

What about his eyes?

Hard to say
until the bandages come off.

This look like
your dream?

My dream has only
one brand, Ferris.

Ok!

Hey, Jasper,

That ain't
no red-grown calf.

I seen its mama.
She's bar-m.

Buck said to get all
the slict

When these boys
ain't lookin'.

So when'd you turn
a thief?

You've done a little
thieving yourself.

Or wasn't that you in
Mexico with Gus and Captain

stole that herd
outta there?

They was Hat Creek cattle
to start with.

Grab a bar and git
your hand in it.

Buck...I think
you should fetch your boss.

Yes, he should see this.

Captain.

Them fella's
still watchin' us.

One of 'em's got him
a spy glass.

Maybe it's pirates
spyin' on us, Pea.

Pirates?

Might be old
Captain kidd's ghost.

They say he's still
walkin' around someplace.

Ain't that right, Ben?

That's right,
Captain.

There ain't no such thing
as ghosts, Pea.

Seen old Deet's ghost.

I'd have never made
it back to y'all

If he ain't showed
me the way.

Miss Dunnigan?

Miss Dunnigan,
ma'am?

That Texas outfit
just south of us

is ridin' by theirselves.
Mr. Winston wants you to come.

That's Captain Call's
outfit.

Maybe Newt
should go with you.

Newt's had his time
talking to the Captain.

Maybe I can do better.

I'll see you for supper.

All right.

Yah! Get on!

Down there.

Captain...

I see.

Whoa...whoa!

Gregor Dunnigan.

Woodrow Call.

Texas ranger?

Was.

You drove in a sizeable herd
last year, mister.

The cattleman's alliance

Was hoping
that you'd join the roundup.

I give the boy you sent
answer enough.

Aye, he said.

He's a fine lad.

You must miss him
a great deal.

Nigel Winston.

Member of the alliance.

I've been observing
your roundup--

Your independent
roundup--

From a distance.

I'd like to take
a closer look

At these brands.

These are my cows.

Mistakes are easily made.

Careful you don't
make one right now.

How do we know
all these cattle are his?

The Captain here
promised a dying man

That he'd cart him
all the way back to Texas

To bury him.

Somebody who would do
a thing like that

Wouldn't sit here and argue
in front of a dozen armed men

About a few measly
head of cattle,

Now would he?

In the future...Captain,

You might find it
more profitable

To exhibit less antagonism

And more cooperation.

In the future,

my cows will be
on my side of the fence.

Yours will be on yours.

You aim to string wire
on my range, mister?

No excuse to claim
your stock got in with mine.

I know how that works.

You're taking a very
extreme position against people

who are willing
to be your friends.

I don't recall
making friends

With any son o' bitch
called me a liar.

I settled this range,
mister.

I don't aim to see it
grazed out.

Do you understand that?

Good luck to you, then.

Not about luck.

It's about survival.

An Englishman
said it best.

A poet, John Donne.

"No man is an island."

I don't much read
poetry.

That's a failin',
I'm sure...

but probably no worse
than tellin' other men

How to run
their own affairs.

Barbwire draws
a nasty line, mister.

Now, you want
to talk about it some more,

My door's always open.

Well, he don't seem
all bad.

What he said about Newt
was nice.

Soon as branding's done,
we're stringing wire.

Anything you say,
Captain.

No offense, Captain,
but I never figured

We'd be
the first outfit

To string barbed
wire anywhere.

Life's unpredictable, Pea.
That's the wonder of it!

It ain't Christmas.
Come build it!

Yes, sir.
Merry Christmas.

I'm sorry about
your loss, Clara.

I nagged Bob
to build this house.

I don't really
give a fig about houses.

I just wanted
to nag him into it

And...I did.

Main reason was

He wouldn't let me
work with the horses.

He didn't think it fitting.

So I thought...

all right then, Bob.

Build me a house.

But I always wanted
to be down with the horses.

Now there's nothing
to stop me.

I hear Montana
is good as the world gets--

Rolling hills,
waving tall grass--

Mountains so high
they hold the snow year-round

And the scent of pine
on every breath.

Might be the right place
for a fresh start.

You're asking me
to go with you?

Me and a thousand head
of wild horses.

400, maybe.

I guess you're
the final proof

No one sane ever became
a Texas ranger.

I sure wish you'd
gather up your mares

and head north with us.

Woodrow's dead set
on having breeding stock.

I guarantee you
he'll pay a fair price.

Besides...

the scenery
would brighten considerably

If you came along.

You still have
that silver tongue.

I don't remember ever saying
an untrue word to you, Clara.

'Course that was 'cause
old Gus

Was all the time whispering
his sweet lies into your ear,

And I never got the chance.

They were sweet,
all right.

And as I recall

You were still wet
behind the ears then.

You just couldn't see
the man in me.

And I never dared look at you
'cause you were Gus's true love.

Was a bunch of us boys
envied him that.

Whatever prompted Woodrow

To have this idea about
crossbreeding horses?

Said it come to him
at Gus's grave.

He say why?

He said a man should leave
something more behind

Than some broken board
stuck in a sorry piece of dirt.

Gus McCrae left a hell of
a lot more legacy than that.

As a matter of fact,
I believe he did.

I got something
I need to tell you, Clara,

And I find it hard to say.

I believe he left a daughter.

Gus never said anything
about a daughter.

He never knew.

Where is she?

She come with us
on the drive.

Why?

I don't know.

Aren't they great birds?

I wonder which
I'd miss most--

Them or the plains

If I was to move away.

Don't make
no sense to me.

Back home,
Captain always said

He had no use
for barbwire.

Well...

things is different
up here, Needle.

Captain says that we got
to keep things separate.

I heard old Russell Willis
got throwed into some

Working for that German fella
outside of Dallas.

Sure, he did.
Lost his hair, too.

'Cause the barbwire?

No. It just fell out.

Heeyah!

Hair falling out's
no cause for complaint.

Be a whole lot worse
if it ached

And you had
to have it pulled.

Whoa! Throw down
them guns!

Climb on down yourselves.

You heard him.

Hurry it up!

Go on, move!

Get them horses unhitched.

Move!

Now, you boys
light out.

You deaf, old man?

Move!

What about
the other ones?

Cut 'em loose.

Giddyup there.

Giddup!

Hyah!

Hyah, hyah!

Put 'em up there!

Let 'em go.

Give 'em a ride, boys!

Well, looky here.

Old Newt
got all gussied up

Just to play a little
5-Card draw.

Look like Newt's playing
for higher stakes today, boys.

*

He's all tickets
and tags, all right.

I'm going to step
over here.

You let me know
if you need anything.

It's nice to see you.

That's such a pretty dress
on you.

I saw a pattern
like that...

it's a pretty color.

Can you excuse me
for one minute?

Newt!

I didn't think you'd come.

Mr. Dunnigan
said I had to.

I don't see why, Ferris.

I ain't good
at these things.

'Cause I insisted
on it.

You'll be fine.

You're part
of the family now.

Come on.

That Buckskin there.

Are you sure
about that, Pea?

Yes, sir, Captain.
I'd know it anywhere.

Captain.

What are you
doing here?

Who rides
that Buckskin?

Oh, I can't say
for sure.

You can't?

What's this
all about, Pea?

Wire.

Captain, there's all kinds
of fancy people up there.

You got big ranchers,
and there's judges, and...

we even got the governor
of the whole territory

Up there. Uh...Captain,
I can't let you do that.

Mr. Dunnigan, he wouldn't
want you to do--

Pea, it's me!

Jasper,

I don't guess
I know you no more.

Ahem.

Friends...

neighbors...

honored guests.

The Montana cattleman's
alliance roundup

Has been completed.

You members seated
around this table

Represent the majority
of the money in Montana

Through the thousands

of square miles of land
which we own.

I would like to propose
a toast...

Dunnigan!

Who's that?

I'd like to know how it is
a man riding this horse

Drove wagons hauling my wire

off a cliff.

Or ain't this
your brand?

What the hell...

Mr. Dunnigan,
Captain Call.

Stay out of this, lad.

No, sir.

I know who rides
this horse.

He'd do anything he thought
Mr. Dunnigan might want done.

That don't mean orders were
given to ride against you.

Let's ask the man
rides this horse.

This isn't Texas, mister.

You got no authority here.

Any asking to be done here,
I'll do it.

Dunnigan,
only one man warned me

Not to string wire.

Now I'm warning you.

You try
strong-arming me,

I'll send you
straight to hell.

Mister!

You're a lucky man
there are people here today!

Do you hear me, mister?

Buck.

Buck!

What's on your mind,
Newt?

Did Mr. Dunnigan tell you
to wreck a wagon full of wire

Headed for
the Hat Creek?

Mr. Dunnigan
told me nothing.

You just did it on your own,
didn't ya?

Why don't you go play up to
Dunnigan's wife some more?

Get him, Buck!

Cover his face
with dirt!

Come on, Buck!
Get him!

Come on, Buck!
You can do it!

Come on!

Come on, Buck!

Get him!

Get on him!
Yeah! Yeah!

Take him out!

Come on, Buck!

Get him, Buck!

Come on, Buck!

Come on, get him!

Get him! Get him!

Get him, Buck!

Get him! Get him!

That's it!

Put him down!

Put him down, Buck!

Come on,
get him, Buck!

Get him, come on!

Get him, Buck!

Come on, Buck!

Kick his ass, Newt.

You crashed them wagons--
Now say it!

Say it!

You want me
to stop them?

Mr. Dunnigan, sir!

My gun...

you had to use it.

He'd have brained
old Newt.

Old Buck,
he just got careless.

He should have never
used our stock

To crash them wagons.

You're going to need
a new foreman--

Somebody who will do
what you can't.

I just killed
a man I trusted.

Do you think
I'm going to give his job

To a backstabbing bastard
like you?

I'm your man.

I was just doing
what I had...

One more syllable to me
or about me

Whispered to this wind even

And what you've got left
as a spine

Will be scraps
for the coyotes.

You shouldn't
be doing that.

I think I should.

Did you have to kill him?

He would have
killed you.

He wouldn't have
killed me.

I can take care
of myself.

I couldn't be sure
of that.

One that won't kill
to protect his own

Is either a coward
or a fool.

And I don't take myself
as either.

I'm sorry that things
have turned out

The way they have.

But I've begun to think
of you as a son.

I would do it again.

Perhaps if anybody
should be doing this...

it should be me.

Just once I'd like to hear
that derned rooster crow

Before breakfast.

Not if you're working
for the Captain.

Captain?

Pea.

Jasper Fant.

Jasper Fant what?

Riding in.

I figured I wouldn't
wake nobody

In this outfit.

Pea, you was right
about that horse.

It belonged
to a fellow named Buck.

Dunnigan kilt him.

His own man.

Yeah. Newt and him
was fighting.

Dunnigan said he shot
him to save Newt's life,

But I ain't so sure.

Old Buck
never did nothing

That old man
didn't tell him to do.

I can't ride
for him no more.

Seems Newt can't stay away
from killings of late.

I come to warn you,
Captain.

I talked to a couple
of Dunnigan's men

After he...
after I walked off

And they said
he's getting together

Another big powwow

With some of them outfits
from the alliance

And they was gonna go after
what they call rustlers.

What's that to me?

I figure it means
independents.

You are independent.

You are stringing
barbwire, and...

...the way
you showed him up

The other day...

where's your shooter?

Oh, uh...

well, Dunnigan took it
to cap Buck

And he kept it.

I figured that you
could borrow me one

Till I could
work it off.

Don't guess I can.

Captain, what happened
when you was gone--

That was all a mistake.

Yesterday you said you didn't
know whose horse that was.

Well, you see, I was
sorta straddling the fence--

I need to trust
the men I ride with--

Trust them all the way.

I'm sorry, Captain.

I truly am.

You had the makings once.

Maybe you'll get it back.

I hope so.

Not on my time.

I'll work from hell
to breakfast, Captain.

I...I know
I've been a knothead.

That's all over now.

It is here.

Pea?

I don't know
nobody else up here.

Go on, take it.

Go on.

Fires a bit high
and to the right.

Pea...

them things
I said to you--

I sure wish I hadn't.

Blade cuts two ways,
Jasper.

I'll pay you later.

When you can.

Hah!

Hah!

Huah!

Giddup.

Quite a sight.

Hah! Hah, hah!

There's Isom Pickett.

He used to be.

Thinks he's a horse now.

Is that her?

It is.

Do you know
who her mother is?

You ever hear tell
of Serena Vega?

No.

Well, her brother
was a murderous old snake

Who wounded Augustus on one
of his forays into Mexico.

Call went down there
to get him

Got caught
in a gun battle

And Serena stepped
in front of a bullet

That Call had intended
for her brother.

Gus had been sweet on her,

And her death
come between Call and Gus

For some time.

You ran
an independent roundup.

Nobody stopped you.

We all tried,
and they run us off.

What we done has naught
to do with no one else.

See, we come to realize
we don't stick together,

They'll grind us down,
one by one.

They'll run their herds
on land we proved up.

What's all that
dynamite for?

Planning on starting
a war?

They're keeping all my
cows away from water.

I got to blast a well.

Fellas need the law.

The laws are kept
out of it--

Bought and paid for
by their alliance.

Mr. Call, they'd hang us
with barbwire

We try to build a fence.

They ain't hanging me.

I didn't come here to fight
other people's fights.

We ain't afraid
to fight,

But we don't have
the men you have--

Nobody
with experience

Like you got
rangering.

Good day.

Get that feed.

You build
your fence, Captain...

you see how long
you can set on it.

Whoa!

Pea, you think
we're gonna get

This barbwire strung

Without getting kilt
by rustlers

Or scalped by injuns?

Don't want to die
over no fence, Lippy.

What was that?

Indians?

Look there, Pea--
The rider.

Where?
There.

Might could be more.

All the luck we have is bad.

You can't hit nothing
from here.

Well, I don't aim to.

I just want to
warn him off.

Damn, Pea Eye!

That was some shot.

I just sort of
aimed high.

Over this way!

I'll be...

Captain, Pea Eye
picked a wire buster

Clean out of the saddle

All the way on that rim
over yonder from here!

You should have
seen it.

Bang! Best shooting
I ever seen.

Any others?

Well, I believe so.

They got quiet now.

They might have scooted
over the rim there.

Damn right, you did!

Sharpshooter like Pea Eye
throwin' down on 'em!

Lippy, you stay put
here.

Pump up 3 shots,
you see trouble.

Boys, run on up
that hill.

Keep a good lookout!
Pea.

My lord, that's
Jasper Fant, Captain.

He's still breathing.

I never figured

I'd hit nobody
from way there.

Get the bullet out.

Hold him steady, Pea.

Yes, sir.

Howdy, Pea.

Well, Jasper, uh...

I didn't have
nowhere to go.

I was out here trying to shoot
something for my supper.

Did I get it?

He ought never
left our outfit--

Him or Newt.

They had a choice.

No, sir.

Not the way that Dunnigan
put it to him.

It was like one of them
debt of honors

That you got to pay.

They'd gone straight
to Ogallala like I said

Instead of going to town
for whores

They'd owed nothing...

to nobody.

Aah!

Easy, son.

It's all right.
Aah!

Got it.

Give me your
bandanna, Pea.

No sign of nobody.

Nothin' we can see,
Captain.

Jasper.

Wound needs cleaning.

Let's get him back to Hat Creek.

Boys, keep some pressure on this
while he's riding.

Get him up easy.

Captain...

what's going on here
is all wrong side out.

That sense of honor
that ties Newt to Dunnigan--

You give him that.

It was all us that taught him
everything he knows.

It was you and Gus
and old Deets...

Lord knows I tried.

Now I don't know
what's right

No more myself,
hardly.

Roll 'em out.

Yes, sir.

hyah!

Captain...

that boy ought'n be dying
from no bullet I put in him

And Newt...

can't wind up digging
no grave for him.

Can't.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Captain...

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.

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.

Vamonos.

There it is.

We're almost there.

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.

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.

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.

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.