Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) s01e01 Episode Script
The Vision
[Gunshot]
[Bell ringing]
[Bell continues ringing]
Buenos dias.
Capitan Call
Is he here?
I have
9 daughters.
They all
wear dresses.
What is it you want?
A cup of water.
Come.
Do I know you?
My name is
Agostina Vega.
Vega.
A common name.
It's a great name.
I rode with Benito Vega
for many years.
And now you work
for a ranger Captain.
The wars are over.
Where is he?
Do you know Montana?
He went back?
He only stayed
one night.
He's crazy--
Captain Call.
Whole damn rivers
to cross.
He said
I should go, too.
I've crossed
too many rivers already.
People leave
that's the way it is.
He can cross
all them rivers he wants.
Well
leave it to you,
Augustus.
First man I know
Get himself
in a shooting scrape
After he's dead.
[Whinnying]
[Whinnying]
Man:
Residale water here!
Hold your horses.
Help you?
Thought you might
help me find
Gideon Walker.
Gideon Walker?
I don't guess
we know him.
Gideon Walker,
Texas rangers.
Heard he was here--
San Antonio.
Oh.
That feller--
He claims
he was a ranger.
Was a ranger.
Rode with Captain
Augustus McCrae.
One of the finest
to answer the call.
If you
say so.
I do say so.
No offense, mister--
Just seems peculiar.
Why's that?
Man who fought
all the battles
He claims he has
Being a dressmaker.
[Both men chuckling]
Dressmaker?
[Moaning softly]
Ohohoh
we really shouldn't
be doing this.
I'd like to speak
to Gideon Walker.
He is busy, senor.
He is in the fitting room.
[Muffled moaning
and groaning]
[Bell ringing]
It's 3:00!
My husband--He's gonna
pick me up at 3:00.
Is Mrs. Wentworth
ready?
She is
in the fitting room.
Mrs. Wentworth?
[Floorboards creaking]
Hello, dear.
Thank you so much,
Mr. Walker.
I do appreciate
your getting right to it.
Always a pleasure,
ma'am.
Mr. Wentworth,
Sure do envy you
your banker's hours.
Do you need a deposit
on the dress?
No, no. No, sir.
I trust you.
[Door closes]
[Sighing]
Oh, my god.
Captain Call.
Ranger Walker.
What a sorry sight
you are.
Captain?
Captain.
Don't judge me
too harshly.
Good thing Gus ain't around
to see what you come to.
It's all just
my grief showing.
My wife died
4 months ago,
And I've been hurting
for a woman's touch.
Well, I am sorry
to hear that.
But like they say,
As you sow,
so shall you reap.
I believe
that's a true statement.
Let me buy you a drink.
We'll set and talk.
After all,
it's been some time.
Captain
may we just have a talk?
Walker: Me and Dolly
wasn't married 6 months.
She got hit by
a runaway freight wagon.
It happened right here--
Right out in front
On the way
to the dress shop.
Ah
she died instant.
Lost a wife
and inherited a business
All in a blink.
It's a good business--
Dressmaker.
Gideon Walker
you are in
a different world.
Same world, Captain.
Different times.
Gus used to say,
"a man's like a river.
"Got to keep on flowing
Where the force of nature
takes you."
You must miss old Gus.
To Captain
Augustus McCrae.
To the sunny slopes
long ago.
Had an idea
you might help me
Run some mustangs
up to Montana
'Cause it was you first
Showed me
the herd that time--
You and Augustus.
No point to that now,
Seeing you are
as I find you,
But I am fixing
to take that herd.
That's fine, Captain.
I appreciate
you even considered
Telling me about it.
Besides, I'm through
with ranching.
I do wish you'd, uh,
Reconsider your feelings
about me, though.
I know I must look
a little funny here
But after all,
I'm just a human.
You, too, Woodrow.
No offense,
But you made
your mistakes, too.
What about
that whore Maggie
You throwed
that child with?
What was his name?
Newt, wasn't it?
We just had
our last conversation
For quite some time.
Oh, now, wait, Captain.
Wentworth:
Mr. Walker
I owe you something
for my wife's dress.
[Gunshot]
Drop it.
Drop that pistol!
[Pistol dropping to floor]
[Moaning]
[Laughing]
He missed!
He missed it, Woodrow!
He missed my bean
by two inches!
Yes, sir, I'm all right.
I'm going to be
all rightoh!
[Muffled shouting]
[Shouting grows louder]
What's all that
commotion out there?
Did you get my buggy?
Doctor's downstairs
Holding back quite
a little crowd--
All concerned
at the health
Of your private parts,
I reckon.
Hand me those clothes.
Although
just how private
Them parts are
is a question, ain't it?
Untie this thing,
will you?
Woodrow
I gotta get out of here
Before someone else
finishes the job,
For if the truth
be known,
I--I've sold quite a few
dresses lately.
Please, give me a hand
with this thing.
Might be I ought
to just let you sit
In the smell of your own
cooking for a while.
I've learned my lesson,
Woodrow.
I've learned it
well and good.
Now please,
help me with this.
[Screams]
Ow!
I'd forgotten
How truly perverse
you can be.
Put your pants on.
Man: Jim, lift up your side
a little.
Stop it there.
Lippy, bring
your side up some.
Hold it there.
Well, the
"Hat Creek
Cattle Company."
That's us.
You can't read,
Pete.
How the hell you know
that's what she wrote?
Reads the same
as it did
On Gus' sign,
And I read it
just how
I remembered
it was.
Jim, lift your side up
tad bit.
Good! Hold it there.
Tie it off.
You comprende,
Lippy?
Hell, Lippy
can't read neither.
People know
where they're going.
Don't need a sign
to tell them where they got.
That don't make
no sense!
This ain't
the Hat Creek!
We are
200 rivers north
of the god-dang
Hat Creek!
That's who we are.
It says so
right up there to prove it.
Hey, Ben, spike them posts
good and hard
on the downhill slopes.
Snow comes,
it'll catch drifts.
I ain't no sod buster.
I'm a top hand.
I didn't sign on
and drive cattle
all the way
to the Milk River
to wind up
digging in the dirt
and hammering nails.
You're not doing
nothing
The rest of us
ain't doing, Jasper.
Well, I don't see Newt
swinging no hammer.
Newt's range boss.
Captain said.
Man: Come and get it!
[Dinner bell ringing]
I wonder where
the Captain is now.
I wonder when
he's coming back.
How do we know
he's coming back at all?
The Captain
always comes back.
Gus didn't.
That was different.
Well, how is it
any different?
It's the same trail,
Same Indians,
same damn rivers,
And he's trying it twice
as many times as we did.
Odds are
twice as high he's got
Twice as many arrows
in him as Gus had.
Jasper!
Don't be
carrying on that way
About the Captain.
No more.
[Gunfire]
Indians?
Get your horses!
All right, it's coming
from the south!
Get your guns too!
Come on!
Help us out, boys!
[Gunfire continues]
Hyah! Hyah!
[Gunfire, cattle mooing]
Who's shooting?
Rustlers,
in that draw.
Someone up that hill,
shooting at them.
Come on, boys.
Aah!
I got him!
Get the hell
out of here!
Here, 2 more.
I see 'em.
Running iron.
They were changing brands,
all right.
This one here
is "circle K."
Must be that spread
north of here--
Kenilworth.
Oh, there's
one of ours.
Soofilly caught one right
through the throat, Newt.
Petey, boys,
keep an eye on that hill.
Look around.
Are you hit?
What are you
staring at?
You never seen
tit before?
How bad is it?
It's just a scratch.
Here.
Son of a bitch.
We got to get you
to Mile City--A doc.
Just take me home.
Where's that?
Kenilworth.
I took that
off a Sioux chief.
He tried to ram it
through me.
So you're Dobbs?
Yes, sir.
Gregor Dunnegan.
Mr. Dunnegan.
People call me
Newt.
What do you drink, Newt?
Well, I don't much,
really.
I was born lucky, Newt.
But you doing
what you did today
Was as big a piece of luck
as I've known.
I love that girl
more than life.
We just heard
the shots.
Nonsense.
You rode to them.
Too many thieving bastards
Forcing their way
into Montana right now.
Single malt,
scottish whiskey.
It smells like heaven,
tastes like honey.
Bold deeds,
good neighbors.
Cheers.
Ahh.
What's the matter?
I never tasted honey
like that before.
Them bees must have left
their stingers in it.
Hmm.
So
you're a Texan.
Yes, sir.
[Groaning]
Awbonnie?
Is that cowboy
who brought me back
Still here?
With Mr. Dunnegan.
All right,
will you bring me
My brush and my mirror?
Oh, you need rest.
No, I've got
thanks to say.
Will you just
get them for me?
And let
Mr. Dunnegan know
That I'm ready
to see him, all right?
Yes, ma'am.
All right, thank you.
3,000 miles.
[Chuckling]
That's a hell
of a drive.
Yes, sir.
This, uh, man
you work for--
Call, is it?
Captain Call.
Army man?
Texas rangers.
Finest mounted fighters
ever was, I'm told.
I wouldn't know,
sir.
Are you a Texas ranger,
Newt?
No, sir.
Did you bring any
Texas rangers with you?
Well, Pea Eye and Needle
rangered some.
Pea eye? Needle?
And Gus--
Captain McCrae.
But he died.
And so did Deets.
An Indian killed him
With a lance
like that one.
And Jake Spoon--
The Captain
hanged him.
Hung one of his own men,
did he?
Jake went off
on his own,
Fell in
with some killers.
I ain't exactly sure
what happened,
But I watched
the Captain hang him.
Sounds like a hard man,
this Captain.
Yes, sir.
But he's fair.
And you're loyal.
I like that.
[Footsteps]
Mr. Dunnegan.
[Whispering]
miss tucker
Want to see
that boy.
I think I should be
Getting back
to the outfit now.
Oh, no, no--I can't
have you doing that.
You leave
without seeing her--
There'll be hell to pay.
Here, come on.
[Knocking]
[Chuckling]
Ferris.
It's good to see you're
better, sweetheart.
Thank you.
Oh, I knew you'd
want to have
A few words
with Mr. Dobbs.
I'll go and see
about dinner, hmm?
All right.
Ma'am.
It's Ferris.
Yes, ma'am
I mean--I mean,
Ferris, ma'am.
Look, I'm happy
you ain't hurt so bad,
But I should be getting
back to my outfit now.
Oh, you can't.
Why not?
Because I said.
See, that's how
it works around here.
Whatever I say, goes.
Did you ever feel
a featherbed?
Feathers?
No, ma'am.
Well, come see
how it feels.
I thought cowboys
Were supposed to be
bold and daring.
Some, I guess.
So what happened to you?
I don't know, ma'am.
Listen
you saved my life.
You got a job here
as long as you want one.
Well, thank you,
but I have a job.
Why, this is the biggest
ranch in Montana.
We got furnishing
from europe
And a private library
as good as any in Boston.
That's not good
enough for you?
It's fine.
It's just
ju-
Are you sure
you don't want to see
How this feels?
Come on.
Golly, it's soft.
It's nice.
Does anyone
feel like eating?
I got to ride.
That's nonsense, Newt.
If you think
we'll let you go
On an empty stomach,
You certainly
don't know me.
[Chuckling]
And you certainly
don't know my wife.
Whoa.
Reminds me of the first time
we found this valley.
We was pretty much running
free as they was, back then,
Sowing our oats
where we pleased.
You was, anyway, I'm sure.
That was on our way back
from that trouble down south
With that gal
old Gus was so stuck on.
What was her name?
The one with
the bandit brother?
Serena Vega.
That's it. Serena.
There was
nothing serene
About her, though.
She was as wild
as any filly out there.
Oh, hell, Woodrow.
I'm sorry.
Long time ago.
So you really
want to drive
These mustangs
to Montana.
Free for the taking.
That taking
ain't going to be easy.
Ain't nothing
worth doing
That's easy.
What give you
this idea, cap'n?
All them graves,
I reckon.
A man should leave
more behind
Than an old board hammered
into a sorry piece of dirt.
What is it exactly
you plan on leaving behind?
Real cow pony--
One that hits full run
in a few strides,
Holds speed
a good distance.
You see a horse like that
down there?
What I see
don't exist yet,
But you cross them
Sure-footed
little fireballs
With some rugged
Spanish stock,
Throw in some high-strung
racers out of England
They're breeding down
in kentucky,
You got it.
I see the mustangs.
Where you going to get
blooded racing stock in Texas?
We're a long way
from Kentucky.
Nebraska.
Clara Allen.
You mend fences with her?
As I recall, you were never
the best of friends.
I got a plan for that.
Clara Allen's got
a bunch of blooded mares
She's been breeding colts
out of from Spanish studs.
You add a mustang to that,
You might have
the perfect horse.
The kind of horses
you're talking about
Ought to be worth something
In a new cow country
like Montana.
That's what
I've been thinking.
I'd surely like
to go along on this.
Well, I ain't fixing
On joining up the drive
till Nebraska.
Well, I will heal up shortly
and be fit in every way.
But, uh
how would we push these mustangs
all the way to Montana?
I got just the man
for that.
[Whynnying]
Mama!
Mama!
Woman:
Coming.
I got the last load
before we eat.
Captain Call?!
Nathan!
[Laughs]
Howdy!
Sarah, ma'am.
This here's Nathan,
the little one.
Remember the baby?
And Lizzy.
Can't believe
how they growed.
Elizabeth, that bag
on the pack horse
Is for you
and your mama.
Yes, sir.
Isom's on a horse,
as usual.
Young 'un,
take these reins.
Mutual friend of ours
Had a dress shop
going out of business.
Oh.
Look, mama.
Oh, look at that!
Ain't that pretty.
Boy
I'm getting a little
old for that.
Isom Pickett
you ain't changed at all.
Captain Call.
Come on.
Let's get us
some coffee.
[Laughing]
Who you making that
telegram for, Captain?
Newt.
Oh, how's Newt?
Ahem.
Been some time.
I left him in Montana,
in charge.
I'm certain
all is well.
Isom:
Oh, I'm sure.
I'm sure.
Want him to meet me
at Clara Allen's in Ogalla
how do you spell Ogallala?
Huh.
I don't, generally.
Uh
o
g
l--a
[chuckling]
I plan for Newt
to get me a good price
From Clara Allen.
She favors the boy.
Least she has in the past.
How much they charge
for these telegrams anyway?
They charge by the word,
don't they?
By the word?
By the letter,
maybe.
No, each word.
So
Mustang Valley, huh?
Going to take that bunch
all the way up to Montana.
Yeah, that's the idea.
What you think
about that?
Well, could be done.
Heard mustangs are
a little tricky, though.
Gideon Walker, right now,
picking up a trail crew.
What about
your brother Isaac?
He's the one.
I was hoping you would ramrod
this operation for me.
But it is
dangerous work
Driving through the nations.
I won't be with you
till Nebraska, probably.
Cap'n, you want me to leave
all of this here
For steady work
and steady wages?
[Laughter]
What's Montana like,
Captain?
Oh, it's
it's purty as
your smile, ma'am.
Well, I guess
we just have to
Go on up there
and see.
Hmm?
Right.
I'd like
to thank you boys
For turning out.
What about the jobs?
I'm sorry, son.
I need more experience.
Mister, we've been pushing cows
since we could set a saddle.
Walker: Well, we're driving
wild horses this time.
Man: Just how much
experience you need?
I'm looking for some
other qualities as well.
We shoot as good
as we ride.
I don't doubt that.
Where do you come off
Looking down your nose
at us?
This won't get you
nowhere, son.
I ain't your son.
I ain't no damn farm boy
Who's going to tuck his tail
'tween his legs
And slink off
neither.
I meant no offense
and I'll take none
if you let me buy you
And your friend
here a drink.
You had 2 good legs,
we'd find out who's better.
I think not.
You ain't nothing
but a crippled coward.
[Gasping]
Here, I'll buy you
that drink anyway.
Those men deserve
what they got.
Well, I wished I'd have
handled that different,
But I lost my temper.
You are going
to Montana?
Yes, ma'am.
With horses.
That's right.
You and Captain McCrae
Had a great success
in Montana.
Cap'n McCrae?
Si.
I hear how
you brought him back
After he was dead.
Everybody has.
And now you need men,
And I know where there
are men who need work.
Where is that?
Just across
the river.
Mexicans?
A good vaquero
is worth
2 of your
Texas cowboys.
Better
with horses.
Everybody
knows that, too.
Captain Call.
Well, I give you
what you say
About good vaqueros
when you see them,
But I must correct you
on one point.
My name is Walker.
Gideon Walker.
They told me Captain Call
was hiring men.
I work
with Captain Call.
Where is he?
Why?
It doesn't matter.
Do you have a name,
senorita?
Agostina.
You coming?
Hey, Agostina!
Agostina viene con
un gringo en una carreta.
You live here?
I work here.
What kind of work?
Anything I can
to help.
[Men shouting encouragement
in Spanish]
[Gunshots]
Good enough?
You say you work.
What do you do?
I ride with them.
I can rope.
And I'm good
with business, too.
So,
do we have a deal?
I'm just thinking
How Captain Call's
going to receive
A bunch of Mexicans
and a woman, too.
Hellfire,
I'll tell you that.
Carlos,
ven aqui.
Gideon Walker,
Carlos Herrera.
These are his men.
Buenos dias, senor.
Sus hombres son
muy buenos, Carlos.
Gracias.
This is Carlos' mother
Juana and his children,
Miguel, Sofia,
and Eduardo.
Salude al
senor Walker.
Hola, senor Walker.
Children: Hola, senor.
Oh, no.
No.
No, no, no,
no, no, no.
Isom:
Looky there.
Always a pretty sight,
ain't it?
Different from cows.
Ain't nothing easy
about this trail, Isom.
Weather, injuns,
rustlers.
Likely get your fill
of all.
Isom: Well, looky here.
My brother Isaac.
The only one he'd ever come out
of the hills for is Sara.
How'd she ever find him,
I'd like to know.
Now where is he going?
He don't burn
much daylight.
He didn't even stop
to say howdy.
No.
Not to us.
[Neighing and snorting]
Now will you
look at that.
They ain't
even moving.
[Whinnying]
I can't hardly believe my eyes
what I'm seeing now.
Is that him?
It is.
Howdy, Woodrow.
I was looking for half
a dozen good men.
Yes, sir.
You got them.
Plus Agostina here.
Rides like the wind.
Throws a mean loop
to boot.
I might have knowed
it'd go to this.
Before you go getting
all frothy,
It ain't
what you think.
He was looking
for better men
Than he could
find in Texas.
Walker: It was a sorry lot
in San Antone--
Boys, mostly, and a bunch
of mean-eyed types
You wouldn't trust as far
as you could spit.
These men know horses.
And you know yourself,
Woodrow,
There would be no cowboys
in Texas or anywhere else
If it weren't
for their kind.
Who's numero uno here?
What's your name?
¿como se llama?
Carlos Herrera.
Carlos Herrera
let me see that rifle.
Who belongs to grandma
and them kids?
This is Carlos's mother.
Her name is Juana.
The children belong
to Carlos.
Carlos's wife
is dead.
He won't go without
the children.
Juana takes care
of them.
Good piece.
It will do some work.
Nice and clean.
If Carlos don't go,
neither do the vaqueros.
I've been over this
with the girl.
These men are top-notch.
I've seen them work.
And crack shots, too--
Every one of them.
Except grandma. Maybe.
Capitan.
Driving wild horses
is not driving cows.
These men
are not cowboys.
They're horsemen.
Where did you learn
your English?
The sisters
at Santa Clarissa's.
I was raised there.
Convent school.
I, too, can outride
your cowboys.
Captain, their village
is poor.
The wages these men
send back
Will keep women
and children alive.
They's Mexicans.
Where we going,
nobody speaks Mexican.
How they gonna look
after their selves?
They're gonna be with us.
We ain't got time
to nursemaid people
Who don't even know
what the hell
We're talking about
anyway.
They can learn like
any other people can.
I will teach them.
Captain, you are right.
It will be hard enough
for them
In a strange place.
By the time
we get to Montana,
They will know English.
We'll just see
about that.
We'll see about
all that.
Well,
I seen your surprise.
Now you come see mine.
Y'all, stay here.
Call: Here he is.
Big as life.
Damn it all, Woodrow.
You said you got us
a good top hand,
Not some bald-headed
horse thief.
Now, now. You better watch
who you calling bald-headed.
I might have to put a hole
in that other leg now.
Good to see you
again, Isom.
You, too, Gideon.
That's some herd,
ain't it?
You bet.
Call: I judge
they're good horsemen
good men, too.
They sit real straight
in the saddle.
And them children,
they, uh
would be good
for Nathan and Lizzie.
Well, it's all
done then, I reckon.
Hope you brushed up
on your sign language.
Newt?
Newt? Got that
from the Captain.
That Mr. Kruger
give it to me.
Said missus forgot
it was in there.
Well, you forgot something,
ain't you, Pea?
What?
We need somebody
to read it for us.
Well, it ain't for me.
Got your name on there--
Never mind.
Um, Gregor?
I think I'll go over
To the general store
for a minute.
All right.
I'll be here.
All right.
Howdy, ma'am.
Newt.
Howdy.
It's good to see you.
Yes, ma'am.
I thought
we got past that.
Ferris.
This here's
Pea Eye Parker.
Hi.
Howdy.
So, did you get a telegram?
Just now.
It's good news, I hope.
Well, I don't know.
I was heading over
to the sheriff
To see if he
was going
to the sheriff
it's from Texas.
Captain Woodrow Call.
I know that.
I know.
Would you like me
to read it for you?
Well
here.
"Newt, meet me,
Clara Allen's, Ogallala.
"Take Jasper.
"Leave Pea in charge.
Captain Woodrow F. Call."
Were you expecting
something else?
No.
Thank you.
You'll be
leaving, then.
I suppose.
Well, travel safely.
Yes, ma'am.
Ferris
Ma'am. I--I will.
I hope to see you
when you get back.
I do, too.
Get up! Get up!
Newt, why you reckon
the Captain said
Take Jasper
and not me?
'Cause he wants you
in charge.
He knows Jasper'd give you
nothing but trouble.
Lord, I wish it was
one of the other boys.
As I recall, Captain done
all the thinking for us.
And you doing good
when you been doing it.
Lord,
I don't believe I--
I trust you as much
as the Captain, Pea.
More, even.
'Cause you ain't never
held nothing back from me.
You're an honest man, Pea.
Remember how Gus used to say
the worst an honest man can do
Is make an honest mistake?
A mistake's a mistake,
the Captain said.
Like he ain't never
made one.
But he has, Pea.
He has.
When was that, Newt?
Day I was born.
[Laughing]
That brother of yours
beats all.
Yep. He's pretty
interesting, all right.
Getting that horse
pretty good.
Keep a proper distance
from that girl, now.
You getting ready
to pull out?
Might as well
ride hot as cold.
Meet you
up at Clara Allen's.
Mm-hmm.
Stay west
of the nations.
Keep a good eye out,
daylight and night.
Might be Kiowa
or Cheyenne roaming around.
You best take a piece
of your own advice, Captain.
We gonna get all
these mustangs to Ogallala--
All of them.
See you there, then.
[Clicks tongue]
Vaya con dios,
capitan!
English!
[Whistle]
Don't spook this horse
If you want to chew with
a full set of teeth.
What you
all lathered up about?
Uh, telegram from Texas.
Whoa, whoa.
From Captain Call.
Woodrow Call.
I think he wants
a pear.
No?
Boy, worth something
to see, huh?
A herd of wild mustangs.
I have seen them.
So many--
Look like the whole
country was running.
Yeah.
I went through
the stock
And picked out
some good mares
And I thought maybe
That big chestnut
from Kentucky
Might interest
the Captain for stud.
No need to spend
time on that.
Well, didn't
Captain say
He was going to want
to buy breeders
When he gets here?
Girls,
he's had enough.
Why don't you get him
cleaned up and tucked in
For me, will you?
He's rather fragrant.
It's all right, mama.
He's just--
Now.
Clara
that chestnut's going
to sire some good colts
And he'd do real well
by the Captain.
Why he thinks I'd sell him
my best stock's a mystery to me.
We have better
things to do
Than to break our necks
Getting ready for him
to show up.
He's not been invited,
and he's not welcome.
I don't need
to be attended to.
Going to be
some lonesome nights
Till we get
to Nebraska.
At least we ain't
pushing cows.
We ain't poking
nothing, neither.
'Less'n we decide to stop
in Miles City on the way--
Have us a little night
to remember.
We got country
to cross, Jasper.
Them girls at
Squirrel Tooth Betty's
Ain't too shiny,
But they can damn sure
show a man a good time.
Not this trip.
The Captain's waiting on us.
Ain't you
your own man, Newt?
Just one night.
You been there?
Hell, yeah,
I've been there.
Man been in Montana
for a year
Ain't been
to Squirrel Tooth Betty's.
Hell, Newt,
as fresh as you are,
They'll probably pay us.
Ok. Let's go.
One night.
[Bellowing]
Come on, git up!
Man: I had no idea there were
so many people in Montana.
Aye, unfortunately.
You don't suppose
it's the celestial violins
That attracts them,
do you?
Free land
attracts them.
Any man with a long rope
and enough nerve
Has all the capital
he needs to thrive here.
It can be carved up
By little men
with little dreams
Within the blink
of an eye
And your investment
along with it, gentlemen.
Yes, but what do you
propose to do about it?
This is rather
a large territory.
You can't police it all.
When enough people come
They'll cry out
for statehood.
They'll carve up
your empire
Into little pieces
eventually,
Wouldn't you say?
Not as long as I'm here,
they won't.
If you two wish to
protect your investment
Then I need
all the support I can get.
I'll lead the way.
All you two have got to do
is have the courage to follow.
Do you understand me?
Well, howdy, cowboys.
Whoo, whoo, whoo.
Bottle of whisky
for me and my friend.
Water for our horses
And a little bitty missy
for the dogs.
A whole bottle?
Hell, yeah.
Grab them glasses, Newt.
We ain't here
for a long time.
We're here
for a good time.
I don't think
that whole bottle
Will make
any of them
Look like
bluebonnet flowers.
Oh, yeah? Well, they look
a whole lot better
Through the bottom
of a glass.
Woman: Hey,
you've been here before.
Yes, ma'am.
Ooh!
Jasper Ferris.
This here
is Newt-dog.
Newt is cute.
Be careful, girls.
Old Newt's a bad hombre
from Hat Creek.
Oh, where's that?
You don't know
where Hat Creek is?
Hell, girl, everybody
knows where Hat Creek is.
It's in Texas!
Are you really
a bad man, honey?
Ah
the further up
the creek they live
The badder they get,
and old Newt--
He lives in a camp
way past the last cabin.
Hell, he was raised
by a she-wolf--
Teethed on mesquite.
Me and you
was going upstairs.
You was too busy
getting drunk.
Well, I'm drunk
enough now. Come on.
No. We're talking
to these boys
FromTexas!
Right!
Texas? Hell, I knew
I smelled cow flop.
Now, let's go.
Come on. Come on.
Ow! All right! Ouch!
Turn her loose.
What?
Turn her loose
'fore I turn you loose
From your teeth.
Stomp him, Jasper.
Oh!
Man: He's going to be
hurting tomorrow.
Turn around!
Nobody spits on me.
Jasper
pull it!
Newt?!
Come on, Newt!
Jasper: Newt!
Newt: Don't do it!
Newt?!
Newt!
What are you doing?
We gotta cross this river.
They're right behind us.
Probably.
You seen it, Newt.
I just did
what I had to do.
I saw you gun a man
in cold blood.
Better you took
the thrashing
Than kill a man
that spit on you.
Yeah, well,
you shot, too.
I had to!
Damn you, Jasper!
You feel that way maybe
you shouldn't run with me.
Maybe I shouldn't 'a.
[Sighs] it's hard to think
when you just shot a man.
He'd strung you up,
Newt, and you know it.
You don't wanna die.
Just get on that horse
and let's cross this river,
And keep goin' till dark.
[Breathing heavily]
No.
I ain't runnin' no more.
The only thing
I did wrong was run.
I don't think they'll
hang me for that.
Well, you're a fool.
They ain't gonna
listen to us.
We don't know anybody
back there.
Where you going?
I'm goin' back.
What?!
You'll leave me? Huh?
You'll run out
on your old buddy?
After all we
come through together,
All the way from Texas?
I guess we don't see it
the same, Jasper.
It's about as wrong
as running gets.
I ain't scared of you.
Yellow.
Newt. Newt!
Newt.
What's gonna happen
to you?
Don't seem as ever
nobody can say.
Howdy.
Where you headed?
Yonder.
Noticed.
You picnicking?
Join me.
Thanks all the same.
Going back to Montana
now, Captain?
I know you
someplace?
You a famous man.
Ranger.
Trailblazer.
Crazy damn thing
you did,
Bringing a man back
3,000 miles to bury him.
Some say.
Good-looking animal.
Always heard--
Woodrow Call
knows horses.
Nice-looking paint.
Fancy rig, too.
A man from the nations
partial to silver--
Black like you.
Daddy was a buffalo soldier
name of Jackson.
His mama took up
With the Cherokees
after he died.
Raised up a real sick
stone-cold killer.
Goes by the name
Cherokee Jack.
I done something to
offend you, Captain?
You're an offense
To the whole civilized
world, Cherokee.
UnBuckle it.
Careful now.
You might say something
I'll take personal.
Wouldn't that just
break my heart in two.
Ain't too late
to forget we ever met.
Like to, but I can't.
Drop it there.
Too bad.
We'll be gone before whoever
you're waiting for shows.
Mount up.
We going someplace
special, Captain?
Nearest army post, Fort Dodge.
Reckon they'll be happier
to see you than I am.
We're 40 miles east.
Hate to take you
so far out your way.
Try not to concern
yourself.
Move.
You know the way.
Well, it ain't right
about Frank.
No, it ain't.
Who's this?
[Men talking]
You one of them
Hat Creek boys?
Yes, sir, I am.
You tell them inside
to say their prayers
'Cause we're going
to send them both to hell.
Newt, I got here
as quick as I could.
Hold it.
Let's have that gun.
Easy.
There's a line
on the floor.
Don't go no closer.
Howdy, Pea.
Good to see you, Newt.
You go blind, Pea?
We're in jail.
They're probably
gonna hang us.
I was talking to Newt.
Well, good, then.
You keep it that ways.
What do you want to do?
I don't know, Pea.
I'm thinking on it.
I wish the Captain was here.
Well, he ain't.
We got to think
for ourselves.
Go on, now.
You get back
from that wall.
That's why
I was thinking
You got to get
the boys together
And you gotta break us
out of here-- Quick!
Shut up, Jasper.
Ain't you got us
in enough trouble?
If I hadn't
listened to you,
I wouldn't be
in this iron hotel--
If I didn't listen
to you,
We wouldn't be here!
Now shut your--
Man, outside: Stretch
your neck, strangers!
Pea, you got to send
a telegram to Mrs. Allen.
Send a telegram.
How do I do that?
Go to the telegram
office.
Just tell them what
you want to say,
They do the rest.
What do I wanna say?
You want to send it
to Mrs. Clara Allen
In Ogallala, Nebraska.
All right.
Say, "Dear Mrs. Allen,
"We had some shooting
in Miles City.
"None of us is hurt
"But Newt and Jasper
are in jail.
Please tell
Captain Call."
Can you remember that?
All of it?
Pea
what good's half of it
gonna do?
Jasper!
You can do it, Pea.
Just listen.
Send it to
Mrs. Clara Allen
Mrs. Clara Allen,
right.
In Ogallala, Nebraska.
Ogallala, Nebraska.
Yeah, that's it.
Man, outside:
An eye for an eye!
[War cries]
Uh-Oh.
Now what?
[War cries]
Head for that gully!
Ride!
Kiowas. Renegades.
Going to want these horses.
[Grunts]
Hell of a shot, Captain.
Give me my guns.
[Grunts]
Keep shooting them.
Comes another one.
[Chuckling]
Civilized world
of yours, Captain.
We ain't part of it.
Now you take
all the time you need
To think it over,
But that's my price.
Boy, it's an awful
stiff price
but they are
good horses.
What'd you get,
July?
Well, I think there's
a letter here
For you and your mama.
Chola, take the Captain
over to the north range.
Show him
our 3-Year-olds.
Si, senora.
Mama, mama!
July says there's
a letter from Lorena.
Let me carry it.
Let me!
Come on, girls,
don't argue, don't argue.
Sally, give that to me.
Come on, give it to me.
What's it say,
mama?
Yeah, what does
it say?
"My dearest family"
heh.
"I have at last arrived
in San Francisco.
"Much of what it took
to get here
"Was probably at
too great a cost,
"But I'm here nonetheless.
"I was surprised by dish
in Salt Lake
"And finally convinced him
that no event in nature
"Could make me content
to be his woman.
"Though he is a true friend,
"I cannot force myself
to love him
"So he has gone away.
"The money from Gus
allows me to live
"In a comfortable fashion,
"And I am obliged
to Mrs. McDonald, my landlady,
"For setting down
these words for me.
"I've missed all of you
every minute I've been away,
"So it should not
surprise you
"That one day
you'll look up
"And there I'll be,
the gal from the big city,
Your faithful friend,
Lorena Wood."
Mama, is Lorena
coming back now?
No, honey.
She always dreamed
of going there.
Probably some time
before she gets her fill.
Read it again, mama.
Oh, mama, I wanna
go visit her.
Listen to me, both of you,
listen to me, shh!
Shh, shh, shh!
If you care for someone,
you truly care for 'em,
You gotta set 'em free.
But you always keep 'em
in your heart, you see?
That's where they live.
You understand
what I'm saying?
Good, 'cause next time
I'm missin' her
You remind me, all right?
Go on.
Go get the supplies.
I'll get the flour sacks.
I'll put away
the apples.
Ma'am, this come, too.
And I just thought
better
Of giving it to you
in front of the girls.
And a telegram never
seem to bring good news.
Oh, lord.
Newt's got in some trouble.
He's locked up in jail
With another one of
the Captain's boys.
In jail?
For a dull man,
Woodrow manages to stir up
a heap of trouble.
[Men yelling at once]
Jasper: Them boys out there
want to hang us.
One damn sheriff
ain't gonna stop 'em.
Newt?
You hear me, Newt?
At about dark-thirty
you and me better think
Of some way
to get out of here.
Man: You saw what happened,
Mr. Dunnegan!
We'll back you up!
Ben
you can let
these two out.
Ben:
Well, these boys
Don't work for you,
Mr. Dunnegan.
Oh, well,
but they're going to.
I saw what happened.
Those two men
deserved what they got.
I still got my job to do,
Mr. Dunnegan.
I can't let nobody go
unless the judge says so.
Ben, I've got
a wire here
May get you
to change your mind.
The governor?
Well-- Well, he still
ain't a judge, sir.
And-- And those fellows
outside are--
Tell me, Ben
How much is
this shotgun worth?
Well, that
old thing
maybe $20
when I bought it.
Well, seeing as how you
got a telegram and all
From the governor
they're in
my parole, Ben.
You can let them out.
There they are!
What the hell's
going on here?
Now you bring
those two out here,
Or we're coming in
after them!
These men work
for Mr. Dunnegan.
[Men yelling]
They're Hat Creek boys.
They don't work
for Dunnegan!
The governor is paroling them
into his care.
What's the governor
have to do with it?!
You can't do this.
Now, you gentlemen
saw what happened
Back there in the saloon,
didn't you?
And you know
those two boys
Got what they deserved.
Well, let me
tell you something.
If you come here
to get these men,
Then you've got
to kill me first.
Do you hear me?
Your horses
are at the livery.
You can saddle them.
Mr. Dunnigan, sir,
I owe you my life.
I saw you
back at the saloon.
You do that again
and I'm gonna shoot you.
Yes, sir.
Saw you two.
I told you before,
I admire loyalty
in a boy.
I admire it more
when it's better placed.
What happened
to the men we shot?
One died immediately,
Yours took
a little longer.
Now, go get your horses.
Uh, breakfast is at sunrise.
Work finishes at dark.
Newt
come here.
Is it your first
killing, boy?
Aye.
You did what you had to do.
Put it behind you.
[Clicks tongue]
Jasper!
Whoo hoo hoo!
You bet.
Let's go!
Whoo!
[Men speaking and yelling
in Kiowa]
You talk Kiowa, Captain?
It's just as good
you don't.
I grew up with Indians.
One thing about them--
They always
playing games.
Even when they
become men
Always playing games.
Well, they got
plans for you.
It's called "honey pot."
What they do is
They bury a man
all but his head
Beside an anthill.
Smeared over
with honey.
On your mouth
your nose
and your ears.
Then slit your lids
So you don't
miss nothing.
But you don't have
to worry about that.
I says to them
It's too easy
for a man like you--
Ranger
famous
Indian fighter.
I say to them
They should show you
some respect.
Let you run
arrows.
Run hard, ranger!
[Yelling]
[Speaking Kiowa]
[Kiowa yelling]
[Speaking Kiowa]
Go.
Run, ranger.
Come on!
[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
[Speaking Kiowa]
[Bell ringing]
[Bell continues ringing]
Buenos dias.
Capitan Call
Is he here?
I have
9 daughters.
They all
wear dresses.
What is it you want?
A cup of water.
Come.
Do I know you?
My name is
Agostina Vega.
Vega.
A common name.
It's a great name.
I rode with Benito Vega
for many years.
And now you work
for a ranger Captain.
The wars are over.
Where is he?
Do you know Montana?
He went back?
He only stayed
one night.
He's crazy--
Captain Call.
Whole damn rivers
to cross.
He said
I should go, too.
I've crossed
too many rivers already.
People leave
that's the way it is.
He can cross
all them rivers he wants.
Well
leave it to you,
Augustus.
First man I know
Get himself
in a shooting scrape
After he's dead.
[Whinnying]
[Whinnying]
Man:
Residale water here!
Hold your horses.
Help you?
Thought you might
help me find
Gideon Walker.
Gideon Walker?
I don't guess
we know him.
Gideon Walker,
Texas rangers.
Heard he was here--
San Antonio.
Oh.
That feller--
He claims
he was a ranger.
Was a ranger.
Rode with Captain
Augustus McCrae.
One of the finest
to answer the call.
If you
say so.
I do say so.
No offense, mister--
Just seems peculiar.
Why's that?
Man who fought
all the battles
He claims he has
Being a dressmaker.
[Both men chuckling]
Dressmaker?
[Moaning softly]
Ohohoh
we really shouldn't
be doing this.
I'd like to speak
to Gideon Walker.
He is busy, senor.
He is in the fitting room.
[Muffled moaning
and groaning]
[Bell ringing]
It's 3:00!
My husband--He's gonna
pick me up at 3:00.
Is Mrs. Wentworth
ready?
She is
in the fitting room.
Mrs. Wentworth?
[Floorboards creaking]
Hello, dear.
Thank you so much,
Mr. Walker.
I do appreciate
your getting right to it.
Always a pleasure,
ma'am.
Mr. Wentworth,
Sure do envy you
your banker's hours.
Do you need a deposit
on the dress?
No, no. No, sir.
I trust you.
[Door closes]
[Sighing]
Oh, my god.
Captain Call.
Ranger Walker.
What a sorry sight
you are.
Captain?
Captain.
Don't judge me
too harshly.
Good thing Gus ain't around
to see what you come to.
It's all just
my grief showing.
My wife died
4 months ago,
And I've been hurting
for a woman's touch.
Well, I am sorry
to hear that.
But like they say,
As you sow,
so shall you reap.
I believe
that's a true statement.
Let me buy you a drink.
We'll set and talk.
After all,
it's been some time.
Captain
may we just have a talk?
Walker: Me and Dolly
wasn't married 6 months.
She got hit by
a runaway freight wagon.
It happened right here--
Right out in front
On the way
to the dress shop.
Ah
she died instant.
Lost a wife
and inherited a business
All in a blink.
It's a good business--
Dressmaker.
Gideon Walker
you are in
a different world.
Same world, Captain.
Different times.
Gus used to say,
"a man's like a river.
"Got to keep on flowing
Where the force of nature
takes you."
You must miss old Gus.
To Captain
Augustus McCrae.
To the sunny slopes
long ago.
Had an idea
you might help me
Run some mustangs
up to Montana
'Cause it was you first
Showed me
the herd that time--
You and Augustus.
No point to that now,
Seeing you are
as I find you,
But I am fixing
to take that herd.
That's fine, Captain.
I appreciate
you even considered
Telling me about it.
Besides, I'm through
with ranching.
I do wish you'd, uh,
Reconsider your feelings
about me, though.
I know I must look
a little funny here
But after all,
I'm just a human.
You, too, Woodrow.
No offense,
But you made
your mistakes, too.
What about
that whore Maggie
You throwed
that child with?
What was his name?
Newt, wasn't it?
We just had
our last conversation
For quite some time.
Oh, now, wait, Captain.
Wentworth:
Mr. Walker
I owe you something
for my wife's dress.
[Gunshot]
Drop it.
Drop that pistol!
[Pistol dropping to floor]
[Moaning]
[Laughing]
He missed!
He missed it, Woodrow!
He missed my bean
by two inches!
Yes, sir, I'm all right.
I'm going to be
all rightoh!
[Muffled shouting]
[Shouting grows louder]
What's all that
commotion out there?
Did you get my buggy?
Doctor's downstairs
Holding back quite
a little crowd--
All concerned
at the health
Of your private parts,
I reckon.
Hand me those clothes.
Although
just how private
Them parts are
is a question, ain't it?
Untie this thing,
will you?
Woodrow
I gotta get out of here
Before someone else
finishes the job,
For if the truth
be known,
I--I've sold quite a few
dresses lately.
Please, give me a hand
with this thing.
Might be I ought
to just let you sit
In the smell of your own
cooking for a while.
I've learned my lesson,
Woodrow.
I've learned it
well and good.
Now please,
help me with this.
[Screams]
Ow!
I'd forgotten
How truly perverse
you can be.
Put your pants on.
Man: Jim, lift up your side
a little.
Stop it there.
Lippy, bring
your side up some.
Hold it there.
Well, the
"Hat Creek
Cattle Company."
That's us.
You can't read,
Pete.
How the hell you know
that's what she wrote?
Reads the same
as it did
On Gus' sign,
And I read it
just how
I remembered
it was.
Jim, lift your side up
tad bit.
Good! Hold it there.
Tie it off.
You comprende,
Lippy?
Hell, Lippy
can't read neither.
People know
where they're going.
Don't need a sign
to tell them where they got.
That don't make
no sense!
This ain't
the Hat Creek!
We are
200 rivers north
of the god-dang
Hat Creek!
That's who we are.
It says so
right up there to prove it.
Hey, Ben, spike them posts
good and hard
on the downhill slopes.
Snow comes,
it'll catch drifts.
I ain't no sod buster.
I'm a top hand.
I didn't sign on
and drive cattle
all the way
to the Milk River
to wind up
digging in the dirt
and hammering nails.
You're not doing
nothing
The rest of us
ain't doing, Jasper.
Well, I don't see Newt
swinging no hammer.
Newt's range boss.
Captain said.
Man: Come and get it!
[Dinner bell ringing]
I wonder where
the Captain is now.
I wonder when
he's coming back.
How do we know
he's coming back at all?
The Captain
always comes back.
Gus didn't.
That was different.
Well, how is it
any different?
It's the same trail,
Same Indians,
same damn rivers,
And he's trying it twice
as many times as we did.
Odds are
twice as high he's got
Twice as many arrows
in him as Gus had.
Jasper!
Don't be
carrying on that way
About the Captain.
No more.
[Gunfire]
Indians?
Get your horses!
All right, it's coming
from the south!
Get your guns too!
Come on!
Help us out, boys!
[Gunfire continues]
Hyah! Hyah!
[Gunfire, cattle mooing]
Who's shooting?
Rustlers,
in that draw.
Someone up that hill,
shooting at them.
Come on, boys.
Aah!
I got him!
Get the hell
out of here!
Here, 2 more.
I see 'em.
Running iron.
They were changing brands,
all right.
This one here
is "circle K."
Must be that spread
north of here--
Kenilworth.
Oh, there's
one of ours.
Soofilly caught one right
through the throat, Newt.
Petey, boys,
keep an eye on that hill.
Look around.
Are you hit?
What are you
staring at?
You never seen
tit before?
How bad is it?
It's just a scratch.
Here.
Son of a bitch.
We got to get you
to Mile City--A doc.
Just take me home.
Where's that?
Kenilworth.
I took that
off a Sioux chief.
He tried to ram it
through me.
So you're Dobbs?
Yes, sir.
Gregor Dunnegan.
Mr. Dunnegan.
People call me
Newt.
What do you drink, Newt?
Well, I don't much,
really.
I was born lucky, Newt.
But you doing
what you did today
Was as big a piece of luck
as I've known.
I love that girl
more than life.
We just heard
the shots.
Nonsense.
You rode to them.
Too many thieving bastards
Forcing their way
into Montana right now.
Single malt,
scottish whiskey.
It smells like heaven,
tastes like honey.
Bold deeds,
good neighbors.
Cheers.
Ahh.
What's the matter?
I never tasted honey
like that before.
Them bees must have left
their stingers in it.
Hmm.
So
you're a Texan.
Yes, sir.
[Groaning]
Awbonnie?
Is that cowboy
who brought me back
Still here?
With Mr. Dunnegan.
All right,
will you bring me
My brush and my mirror?
Oh, you need rest.
No, I've got
thanks to say.
Will you just
get them for me?
And let
Mr. Dunnegan know
That I'm ready
to see him, all right?
Yes, ma'am.
All right, thank you.
3,000 miles.
[Chuckling]
That's a hell
of a drive.
Yes, sir.
This, uh, man
you work for--
Call, is it?
Captain Call.
Army man?
Texas rangers.
Finest mounted fighters
ever was, I'm told.
I wouldn't know,
sir.
Are you a Texas ranger,
Newt?
No, sir.
Did you bring any
Texas rangers with you?
Well, Pea Eye and Needle
rangered some.
Pea eye? Needle?
And Gus--
Captain McCrae.
But he died.
And so did Deets.
An Indian killed him
With a lance
like that one.
And Jake Spoon--
The Captain
hanged him.
Hung one of his own men,
did he?
Jake went off
on his own,
Fell in
with some killers.
I ain't exactly sure
what happened,
But I watched
the Captain hang him.
Sounds like a hard man,
this Captain.
Yes, sir.
But he's fair.
And you're loyal.
I like that.
[Footsteps]
Mr. Dunnegan.
[Whispering]
miss tucker
Want to see
that boy.
I think I should be
Getting back
to the outfit now.
Oh, no, no--I can't
have you doing that.
You leave
without seeing her--
There'll be hell to pay.
Here, come on.
[Knocking]
[Chuckling]
Ferris.
It's good to see you're
better, sweetheart.
Thank you.
Oh, I knew you'd
want to have
A few words
with Mr. Dobbs.
I'll go and see
about dinner, hmm?
All right.
Ma'am.
It's Ferris.
Yes, ma'am
I mean--I mean,
Ferris, ma'am.
Look, I'm happy
you ain't hurt so bad,
But I should be getting
back to my outfit now.
Oh, you can't.
Why not?
Because I said.
See, that's how
it works around here.
Whatever I say, goes.
Did you ever feel
a featherbed?
Feathers?
No, ma'am.
Well, come see
how it feels.
I thought cowboys
Were supposed to be
bold and daring.
Some, I guess.
So what happened to you?
I don't know, ma'am.
Listen
you saved my life.
You got a job here
as long as you want one.
Well, thank you,
but I have a job.
Why, this is the biggest
ranch in Montana.
We got furnishing
from europe
And a private library
as good as any in Boston.
That's not good
enough for you?
It's fine.
It's just
ju-
Are you sure
you don't want to see
How this feels?
Come on.
Golly, it's soft.
It's nice.
Does anyone
feel like eating?
I got to ride.
That's nonsense, Newt.
If you think
we'll let you go
On an empty stomach,
You certainly
don't know me.
[Chuckling]
And you certainly
don't know my wife.
Whoa.
Reminds me of the first time
we found this valley.
We was pretty much running
free as they was, back then,
Sowing our oats
where we pleased.
You was, anyway, I'm sure.
That was on our way back
from that trouble down south
With that gal
old Gus was so stuck on.
What was her name?
The one with
the bandit brother?
Serena Vega.
That's it. Serena.
There was
nothing serene
About her, though.
She was as wild
as any filly out there.
Oh, hell, Woodrow.
I'm sorry.
Long time ago.
So you really
want to drive
These mustangs
to Montana.
Free for the taking.
That taking
ain't going to be easy.
Ain't nothing
worth doing
That's easy.
What give you
this idea, cap'n?
All them graves,
I reckon.
A man should leave
more behind
Than an old board hammered
into a sorry piece of dirt.
What is it exactly
you plan on leaving behind?
Real cow pony--
One that hits full run
in a few strides,
Holds speed
a good distance.
You see a horse like that
down there?
What I see
don't exist yet,
But you cross them
Sure-footed
little fireballs
With some rugged
Spanish stock,
Throw in some high-strung
racers out of England
They're breeding down
in kentucky,
You got it.
I see the mustangs.
Where you going to get
blooded racing stock in Texas?
We're a long way
from Kentucky.
Nebraska.
Clara Allen.
You mend fences with her?
As I recall, you were never
the best of friends.
I got a plan for that.
Clara Allen's got
a bunch of blooded mares
She's been breeding colts
out of from Spanish studs.
You add a mustang to that,
You might have
the perfect horse.
The kind of horses
you're talking about
Ought to be worth something
In a new cow country
like Montana.
That's what
I've been thinking.
I'd surely like
to go along on this.
Well, I ain't fixing
On joining up the drive
till Nebraska.
Well, I will heal up shortly
and be fit in every way.
But, uh
how would we push these mustangs
all the way to Montana?
I got just the man
for that.
[Whynnying]
Mama!
Mama!
Woman:
Coming.
I got the last load
before we eat.
Captain Call?!
Nathan!
[Laughs]
Howdy!
Sarah, ma'am.
This here's Nathan,
the little one.
Remember the baby?
And Lizzy.
Can't believe
how they growed.
Elizabeth, that bag
on the pack horse
Is for you
and your mama.
Yes, sir.
Isom's on a horse,
as usual.
Young 'un,
take these reins.
Mutual friend of ours
Had a dress shop
going out of business.
Oh.
Look, mama.
Oh, look at that!
Ain't that pretty.
Boy
I'm getting a little
old for that.
Isom Pickett
you ain't changed at all.
Captain Call.
Come on.
Let's get us
some coffee.
[Laughing]
Who you making that
telegram for, Captain?
Newt.
Oh, how's Newt?
Ahem.
Been some time.
I left him in Montana,
in charge.
I'm certain
all is well.
Isom:
Oh, I'm sure.
I'm sure.
Want him to meet me
at Clara Allen's in Ogalla
how do you spell Ogallala?
Huh.
I don't, generally.
Uh
o
g
l--a
[chuckling]
I plan for Newt
to get me a good price
From Clara Allen.
She favors the boy.
Least she has in the past.
How much they charge
for these telegrams anyway?
They charge by the word,
don't they?
By the word?
By the letter,
maybe.
No, each word.
So
Mustang Valley, huh?
Going to take that bunch
all the way up to Montana.
Yeah, that's the idea.
What you think
about that?
Well, could be done.
Heard mustangs are
a little tricky, though.
Gideon Walker, right now,
picking up a trail crew.
What about
your brother Isaac?
He's the one.
I was hoping you would ramrod
this operation for me.
But it is
dangerous work
Driving through the nations.
I won't be with you
till Nebraska, probably.
Cap'n, you want me to leave
all of this here
For steady work
and steady wages?
[Laughter]
What's Montana like,
Captain?
Oh, it's
it's purty as
your smile, ma'am.
Well, I guess
we just have to
Go on up there
and see.
Hmm?
Right.
I'd like
to thank you boys
For turning out.
What about the jobs?
I'm sorry, son.
I need more experience.
Mister, we've been pushing cows
since we could set a saddle.
Walker: Well, we're driving
wild horses this time.
Man: Just how much
experience you need?
I'm looking for some
other qualities as well.
We shoot as good
as we ride.
I don't doubt that.
Where do you come off
Looking down your nose
at us?
This won't get you
nowhere, son.
I ain't your son.
I ain't no damn farm boy
Who's going to tuck his tail
'tween his legs
And slink off
neither.
I meant no offense
and I'll take none
if you let me buy you
And your friend
here a drink.
You had 2 good legs,
we'd find out who's better.
I think not.
You ain't nothing
but a crippled coward.
[Gasping]
Here, I'll buy you
that drink anyway.
Those men deserve
what they got.
Well, I wished I'd have
handled that different,
But I lost my temper.
You are going
to Montana?
Yes, ma'am.
With horses.
That's right.
You and Captain McCrae
Had a great success
in Montana.
Cap'n McCrae?
Si.
I hear how
you brought him back
After he was dead.
Everybody has.
And now you need men,
And I know where there
are men who need work.
Where is that?
Just across
the river.
Mexicans?
A good vaquero
is worth
2 of your
Texas cowboys.
Better
with horses.
Everybody
knows that, too.
Captain Call.
Well, I give you
what you say
About good vaqueros
when you see them,
But I must correct you
on one point.
My name is Walker.
Gideon Walker.
They told me Captain Call
was hiring men.
I work
with Captain Call.
Where is he?
Why?
It doesn't matter.
Do you have a name,
senorita?
Agostina.
You coming?
Hey, Agostina!
Agostina viene con
un gringo en una carreta.
You live here?
I work here.
What kind of work?
Anything I can
to help.
[Men shouting encouragement
in Spanish]
[Gunshots]
Good enough?
You say you work.
What do you do?
I ride with them.
I can rope.
And I'm good
with business, too.
So,
do we have a deal?
I'm just thinking
How Captain Call's
going to receive
A bunch of Mexicans
and a woman, too.
Hellfire,
I'll tell you that.
Carlos,
ven aqui.
Gideon Walker,
Carlos Herrera.
These are his men.
Buenos dias, senor.
Sus hombres son
muy buenos, Carlos.
Gracias.
This is Carlos' mother
Juana and his children,
Miguel, Sofia,
and Eduardo.
Salude al
senor Walker.
Hola, senor Walker.
Children: Hola, senor.
Oh, no.
No.
No, no, no,
no, no, no.
Isom:
Looky there.
Always a pretty sight,
ain't it?
Different from cows.
Ain't nothing easy
about this trail, Isom.
Weather, injuns,
rustlers.
Likely get your fill
of all.
Isom: Well, looky here.
My brother Isaac.
The only one he'd ever come out
of the hills for is Sara.
How'd she ever find him,
I'd like to know.
Now where is he going?
He don't burn
much daylight.
He didn't even stop
to say howdy.
No.
Not to us.
[Neighing and snorting]
Now will you
look at that.
They ain't
even moving.
[Whinnying]
I can't hardly believe my eyes
what I'm seeing now.
Is that him?
It is.
Howdy, Woodrow.
I was looking for half
a dozen good men.
Yes, sir.
You got them.
Plus Agostina here.
Rides like the wind.
Throws a mean loop
to boot.
I might have knowed
it'd go to this.
Before you go getting
all frothy,
It ain't
what you think.
He was looking
for better men
Than he could
find in Texas.
Walker: It was a sorry lot
in San Antone--
Boys, mostly, and a bunch
of mean-eyed types
You wouldn't trust as far
as you could spit.
These men know horses.
And you know yourself,
Woodrow,
There would be no cowboys
in Texas or anywhere else
If it weren't
for their kind.
Who's numero uno here?
What's your name?
¿como se llama?
Carlos Herrera.
Carlos Herrera
let me see that rifle.
Who belongs to grandma
and them kids?
This is Carlos's mother.
Her name is Juana.
The children belong
to Carlos.
Carlos's wife
is dead.
He won't go without
the children.
Juana takes care
of them.
Good piece.
It will do some work.
Nice and clean.
If Carlos don't go,
neither do the vaqueros.
I've been over this
with the girl.
These men are top-notch.
I've seen them work.
And crack shots, too--
Every one of them.
Except grandma. Maybe.
Capitan.
Driving wild horses
is not driving cows.
These men
are not cowboys.
They're horsemen.
Where did you learn
your English?
The sisters
at Santa Clarissa's.
I was raised there.
Convent school.
I, too, can outride
your cowboys.
Captain, their village
is poor.
The wages these men
send back
Will keep women
and children alive.
They's Mexicans.
Where we going,
nobody speaks Mexican.
How they gonna look
after their selves?
They're gonna be with us.
We ain't got time
to nursemaid people
Who don't even know
what the hell
We're talking about
anyway.
They can learn like
any other people can.
I will teach them.
Captain, you are right.
It will be hard enough
for them
In a strange place.
By the time
we get to Montana,
They will know English.
We'll just see
about that.
We'll see about
all that.
Well,
I seen your surprise.
Now you come see mine.
Y'all, stay here.
Call: Here he is.
Big as life.
Damn it all, Woodrow.
You said you got us
a good top hand,
Not some bald-headed
horse thief.
Now, now. You better watch
who you calling bald-headed.
I might have to put a hole
in that other leg now.
Good to see you
again, Isom.
You, too, Gideon.
That's some herd,
ain't it?
You bet.
Call: I judge
they're good horsemen
good men, too.
They sit real straight
in the saddle.
And them children,
they, uh
would be good
for Nathan and Lizzie.
Well, it's all
done then, I reckon.
Hope you brushed up
on your sign language.
Newt?
Newt? Got that
from the Captain.
That Mr. Kruger
give it to me.
Said missus forgot
it was in there.
Well, you forgot something,
ain't you, Pea?
What?
We need somebody
to read it for us.
Well, it ain't for me.
Got your name on there--
Never mind.
Um, Gregor?
I think I'll go over
To the general store
for a minute.
All right.
I'll be here.
All right.
Howdy, ma'am.
Newt.
Howdy.
It's good to see you.
Yes, ma'am.
I thought
we got past that.
Ferris.
This here's
Pea Eye Parker.
Hi.
Howdy.
So, did you get a telegram?
Just now.
It's good news, I hope.
Well, I don't know.
I was heading over
to the sheriff
To see if he
was going
to the sheriff
it's from Texas.
Captain Woodrow Call.
I know that.
I know.
Would you like me
to read it for you?
Well
here.
"Newt, meet me,
Clara Allen's, Ogallala.
"Take Jasper.
"Leave Pea in charge.
Captain Woodrow F. Call."
Were you expecting
something else?
No.
Thank you.
You'll be
leaving, then.
I suppose.
Well, travel safely.
Yes, ma'am.
Ferris
Ma'am. I--I will.
I hope to see you
when you get back.
I do, too.
Get up! Get up!
Newt, why you reckon
the Captain said
Take Jasper
and not me?
'Cause he wants you
in charge.
He knows Jasper'd give you
nothing but trouble.
Lord, I wish it was
one of the other boys.
As I recall, Captain done
all the thinking for us.
And you doing good
when you been doing it.
Lord,
I don't believe I--
I trust you as much
as the Captain, Pea.
More, even.
'Cause you ain't never
held nothing back from me.
You're an honest man, Pea.
Remember how Gus used to say
the worst an honest man can do
Is make an honest mistake?
A mistake's a mistake,
the Captain said.
Like he ain't never
made one.
But he has, Pea.
He has.
When was that, Newt?
Day I was born.
[Laughing]
That brother of yours
beats all.
Yep. He's pretty
interesting, all right.
Getting that horse
pretty good.
Keep a proper distance
from that girl, now.
You getting ready
to pull out?
Might as well
ride hot as cold.
Meet you
up at Clara Allen's.
Mm-hmm.
Stay west
of the nations.
Keep a good eye out,
daylight and night.
Might be Kiowa
or Cheyenne roaming around.
You best take a piece
of your own advice, Captain.
We gonna get all
these mustangs to Ogallala--
All of them.
See you there, then.
[Clicks tongue]
Vaya con dios,
capitan!
English!
[Whistle]
Don't spook this horse
If you want to chew with
a full set of teeth.
What you
all lathered up about?
Uh, telegram from Texas.
Whoa, whoa.
From Captain Call.
Woodrow Call.
I think he wants
a pear.
No?
Boy, worth something
to see, huh?
A herd of wild mustangs.
I have seen them.
So many--
Look like the whole
country was running.
Yeah.
I went through
the stock
And picked out
some good mares
And I thought maybe
That big chestnut
from Kentucky
Might interest
the Captain for stud.
No need to spend
time on that.
Well, didn't
Captain say
He was going to want
to buy breeders
When he gets here?
Girls,
he's had enough.
Why don't you get him
cleaned up and tucked in
For me, will you?
He's rather fragrant.
It's all right, mama.
He's just--
Now.
Clara
that chestnut's going
to sire some good colts
And he'd do real well
by the Captain.
Why he thinks I'd sell him
my best stock's a mystery to me.
We have better
things to do
Than to break our necks
Getting ready for him
to show up.
He's not been invited,
and he's not welcome.
I don't need
to be attended to.
Going to be
some lonesome nights
Till we get
to Nebraska.
At least we ain't
pushing cows.
We ain't poking
nothing, neither.
'Less'n we decide to stop
in Miles City on the way--
Have us a little night
to remember.
We got country
to cross, Jasper.
Them girls at
Squirrel Tooth Betty's
Ain't too shiny,
But they can damn sure
show a man a good time.
Not this trip.
The Captain's waiting on us.
Ain't you
your own man, Newt?
Just one night.
You been there?
Hell, yeah,
I've been there.
Man been in Montana
for a year
Ain't been
to Squirrel Tooth Betty's.
Hell, Newt,
as fresh as you are,
They'll probably pay us.
Ok. Let's go.
One night.
[Bellowing]
Come on, git up!
Man: I had no idea there were
so many people in Montana.
Aye, unfortunately.
You don't suppose
it's the celestial violins
That attracts them,
do you?
Free land
attracts them.
Any man with a long rope
and enough nerve
Has all the capital
he needs to thrive here.
It can be carved up
By little men
with little dreams
Within the blink
of an eye
And your investment
along with it, gentlemen.
Yes, but what do you
propose to do about it?
This is rather
a large territory.
You can't police it all.
When enough people come
They'll cry out
for statehood.
They'll carve up
your empire
Into little pieces
eventually,
Wouldn't you say?
Not as long as I'm here,
they won't.
If you two wish to
protect your investment
Then I need
all the support I can get.
I'll lead the way.
All you two have got to do
is have the courage to follow.
Do you understand me?
Well, howdy, cowboys.
Whoo, whoo, whoo.
Bottle of whisky
for me and my friend.
Water for our horses
And a little bitty missy
for the dogs.
A whole bottle?
Hell, yeah.
Grab them glasses, Newt.
We ain't here
for a long time.
We're here
for a good time.
I don't think
that whole bottle
Will make
any of them
Look like
bluebonnet flowers.
Oh, yeah? Well, they look
a whole lot better
Through the bottom
of a glass.
Woman: Hey,
you've been here before.
Yes, ma'am.
Ooh!
Jasper Ferris.
This here
is Newt-dog.
Newt is cute.
Be careful, girls.
Old Newt's a bad hombre
from Hat Creek.
Oh, where's that?
You don't know
where Hat Creek is?
Hell, girl, everybody
knows where Hat Creek is.
It's in Texas!
Are you really
a bad man, honey?
Ah
the further up
the creek they live
The badder they get,
and old Newt--
He lives in a camp
way past the last cabin.
Hell, he was raised
by a she-wolf--
Teethed on mesquite.
Me and you
was going upstairs.
You was too busy
getting drunk.
Well, I'm drunk
enough now. Come on.
No. We're talking
to these boys
FromTexas!
Right!
Texas? Hell, I knew
I smelled cow flop.
Now, let's go.
Come on. Come on.
Ow! All right! Ouch!
Turn her loose.
What?
Turn her loose
'fore I turn you loose
From your teeth.
Stomp him, Jasper.
Oh!
Man: He's going to be
hurting tomorrow.
Turn around!
Nobody spits on me.
Jasper
pull it!
Newt?!
Come on, Newt!
Jasper: Newt!
Newt: Don't do it!
Newt?!
Newt!
What are you doing?
We gotta cross this river.
They're right behind us.
Probably.
You seen it, Newt.
I just did
what I had to do.
I saw you gun a man
in cold blood.
Better you took
the thrashing
Than kill a man
that spit on you.
Yeah, well,
you shot, too.
I had to!
Damn you, Jasper!
You feel that way maybe
you shouldn't run with me.
Maybe I shouldn't 'a.
[Sighs] it's hard to think
when you just shot a man.
He'd strung you up,
Newt, and you know it.
You don't wanna die.
Just get on that horse
and let's cross this river,
And keep goin' till dark.
[Breathing heavily]
No.
I ain't runnin' no more.
The only thing
I did wrong was run.
I don't think they'll
hang me for that.
Well, you're a fool.
They ain't gonna
listen to us.
We don't know anybody
back there.
Where you going?
I'm goin' back.
What?!
You'll leave me? Huh?
You'll run out
on your old buddy?
After all we
come through together,
All the way from Texas?
I guess we don't see it
the same, Jasper.
It's about as wrong
as running gets.
I ain't scared of you.
Yellow.
Newt. Newt!
Newt.
What's gonna happen
to you?
Don't seem as ever
nobody can say.
Howdy.
Where you headed?
Yonder.
Noticed.
You picnicking?
Join me.
Thanks all the same.
Going back to Montana
now, Captain?
I know you
someplace?
You a famous man.
Ranger.
Trailblazer.
Crazy damn thing
you did,
Bringing a man back
3,000 miles to bury him.
Some say.
Good-looking animal.
Always heard--
Woodrow Call
knows horses.
Nice-looking paint.
Fancy rig, too.
A man from the nations
partial to silver--
Black like you.
Daddy was a buffalo soldier
name of Jackson.
His mama took up
With the Cherokees
after he died.
Raised up a real sick
stone-cold killer.
Goes by the name
Cherokee Jack.
I done something to
offend you, Captain?
You're an offense
To the whole civilized
world, Cherokee.
UnBuckle it.
Careful now.
You might say something
I'll take personal.
Wouldn't that just
break my heart in two.
Ain't too late
to forget we ever met.
Like to, but I can't.
Drop it there.
Too bad.
We'll be gone before whoever
you're waiting for shows.
Mount up.
We going someplace
special, Captain?
Nearest army post, Fort Dodge.
Reckon they'll be happier
to see you than I am.
We're 40 miles east.
Hate to take you
so far out your way.
Try not to concern
yourself.
Move.
You know the way.
Well, it ain't right
about Frank.
No, it ain't.
Who's this?
[Men talking]
You one of them
Hat Creek boys?
Yes, sir, I am.
You tell them inside
to say their prayers
'Cause we're going
to send them both to hell.
Newt, I got here
as quick as I could.
Hold it.
Let's have that gun.
Easy.
There's a line
on the floor.
Don't go no closer.
Howdy, Pea.
Good to see you, Newt.
You go blind, Pea?
We're in jail.
They're probably
gonna hang us.
I was talking to Newt.
Well, good, then.
You keep it that ways.
What do you want to do?
I don't know, Pea.
I'm thinking on it.
I wish the Captain was here.
Well, he ain't.
We got to think
for ourselves.
Go on, now.
You get back
from that wall.
That's why
I was thinking
You got to get
the boys together
And you gotta break us
out of here-- Quick!
Shut up, Jasper.
Ain't you got us
in enough trouble?
If I hadn't
listened to you,
I wouldn't be
in this iron hotel--
If I didn't listen
to you,
We wouldn't be here!
Now shut your--
Man, outside: Stretch
your neck, strangers!
Pea, you got to send
a telegram to Mrs. Allen.
Send a telegram.
How do I do that?
Go to the telegram
office.
Just tell them what
you want to say,
They do the rest.
What do I wanna say?
You want to send it
to Mrs. Clara Allen
In Ogallala, Nebraska.
All right.
Say, "Dear Mrs. Allen,
"We had some shooting
in Miles City.
"None of us is hurt
"But Newt and Jasper
are in jail.
Please tell
Captain Call."
Can you remember that?
All of it?
Pea
what good's half of it
gonna do?
Jasper!
You can do it, Pea.
Just listen.
Send it to
Mrs. Clara Allen
Mrs. Clara Allen,
right.
In Ogallala, Nebraska.
Ogallala, Nebraska.
Yeah, that's it.
Man, outside:
An eye for an eye!
[War cries]
Uh-Oh.
Now what?
[War cries]
Head for that gully!
Ride!
Kiowas. Renegades.
Going to want these horses.
[Grunts]
Hell of a shot, Captain.
Give me my guns.
[Grunts]
Keep shooting them.
Comes another one.
[Chuckling]
Civilized world
of yours, Captain.
We ain't part of it.
Now you take
all the time you need
To think it over,
But that's my price.
Boy, it's an awful
stiff price
but they are
good horses.
What'd you get,
July?
Well, I think there's
a letter here
For you and your mama.
Chola, take the Captain
over to the north range.
Show him
our 3-Year-olds.
Si, senora.
Mama, mama!
July says there's
a letter from Lorena.
Let me carry it.
Let me!
Come on, girls,
don't argue, don't argue.
Sally, give that to me.
Come on, give it to me.
What's it say,
mama?
Yeah, what does
it say?
"My dearest family"
heh.
"I have at last arrived
in San Francisco.
"Much of what it took
to get here
"Was probably at
too great a cost,
"But I'm here nonetheless.
"I was surprised by dish
in Salt Lake
"And finally convinced him
that no event in nature
"Could make me content
to be his woman.
"Though he is a true friend,
"I cannot force myself
to love him
"So he has gone away.
"The money from Gus
allows me to live
"In a comfortable fashion,
"And I am obliged
to Mrs. McDonald, my landlady,
"For setting down
these words for me.
"I've missed all of you
every minute I've been away,
"So it should not
surprise you
"That one day
you'll look up
"And there I'll be,
the gal from the big city,
Your faithful friend,
Lorena Wood."
Mama, is Lorena
coming back now?
No, honey.
She always dreamed
of going there.
Probably some time
before she gets her fill.
Read it again, mama.
Oh, mama, I wanna
go visit her.
Listen to me, both of you,
listen to me, shh!
Shh, shh, shh!
If you care for someone,
you truly care for 'em,
You gotta set 'em free.
But you always keep 'em
in your heart, you see?
That's where they live.
You understand
what I'm saying?
Good, 'cause next time
I'm missin' her
You remind me, all right?
Go on.
Go get the supplies.
I'll get the flour sacks.
I'll put away
the apples.
Ma'am, this come, too.
And I just thought
better
Of giving it to you
in front of the girls.
And a telegram never
seem to bring good news.
Oh, lord.
Newt's got in some trouble.
He's locked up in jail
With another one of
the Captain's boys.
In jail?
For a dull man,
Woodrow manages to stir up
a heap of trouble.
[Men yelling at once]
Jasper: Them boys out there
want to hang us.
One damn sheriff
ain't gonna stop 'em.
Newt?
You hear me, Newt?
At about dark-thirty
you and me better think
Of some way
to get out of here.
Man: You saw what happened,
Mr. Dunnegan!
We'll back you up!
Ben
you can let
these two out.
Ben:
Well, these boys
Don't work for you,
Mr. Dunnegan.
Oh, well,
but they're going to.
I saw what happened.
Those two men
deserved what they got.
I still got my job to do,
Mr. Dunnegan.
I can't let nobody go
unless the judge says so.
Ben, I've got
a wire here
May get you
to change your mind.
The governor?
Well-- Well, he still
ain't a judge, sir.
And-- And those fellows
outside are--
Tell me, Ben
How much is
this shotgun worth?
Well, that
old thing
maybe $20
when I bought it.
Well, seeing as how you
got a telegram and all
From the governor
they're in
my parole, Ben.
You can let them out.
There they are!
What the hell's
going on here?
Now you bring
those two out here,
Or we're coming in
after them!
These men work
for Mr. Dunnegan.
[Men yelling]
They're Hat Creek boys.
They don't work
for Dunnegan!
The governor is paroling them
into his care.
What's the governor
have to do with it?!
You can't do this.
Now, you gentlemen
saw what happened
Back there in the saloon,
didn't you?
And you know
those two boys
Got what they deserved.
Well, let me
tell you something.
If you come here
to get these men,
Then you've got
to kill me first.
Do you hear me?
Your horses
are at the livery.
You can saddle them.
Mr. Dunnigan, sir,
I owe you my life.
I saw you
back at the saloon.
You do that again
and I'm gonna shoot you.
Yes, sir.
Saw you two.
I told you before,
I admire loyalty
in a boy.
I admire it more
when it's better placed.
What happened
to the men we shot?
One died immediately,
Yours took
a little longer.
Now, go get your horses.
Uh, breakfast is at sunrise.
Work finishes at dark.
Newt
come here.
Is it your first
killing, boy?
Aye.
You did what you had to do.
Put it behind you.
[Clicks tongue]
Jasper!
Whoo hoo hoo!
You bet.
Let's go!
Whoo!
[Men speaking and yelling
in Kiowa]
You talk Kiowa, Captain?
It's just as good
you don't.
I grew up with Indians.
One thing about them--
They always
playing games.
Even when they
become men
Always playing games.
Well, they got
plans for you.
It's called "honey pot."
What they do is
They bury a man
all but his head
Beside an anthill.
Smeared over
with honey.
On your mouth
your nose
and your ears.
Then slit your lids
So you don't
miss nothing.
But you don't have
to worry about that.
I says to them
It's too easy
for a man like you--
Ranger
famous
Indian fighter.
I say to them
They should show you
some respect.
Let you run
arrows.
Run hard, ranger!
[Yelling]
[Speaking Kiowa]
[Kiowa yelling]
[Speaking Kiowa]
Go.
Run, ranger.
Come on!
[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
[Speaking Kiowa]