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This film contains some scenes of a sexual nature.

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Come on, girls!

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Whoa.

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Hello, Bob. Afternoon, Miss Cuddy.

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C'mon inside. I got supper ready.

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THEY LAUGH

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The pie is made out of peaches...

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from a can!

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They had four of those cans. I don't know who got the other three.

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I don't know who could afford em! It's good pie.

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If it pleases you, we might have a postprandial recital.

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Do what?

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A bit of music.

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I like music.

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# On the distant prairie

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# Where the heather wild

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# In its quiet beauty lived and smiled

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# Stands a little cottage and a creeping vine

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# Loves around its porch to twine

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# In that peaceful dwelling was a lovely child

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# With her blue eyes beaming soft and mild

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# And the wavy ringlets of her flaxen hair

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# Floating in the summer air

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# Fair as a lily, joyous and free

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# Light of that prairie home was she

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# Everyone who knew her felt the gentle power

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HE SNORES # Of Rosalie the Prairie Flower. #

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That sure was pretty singing, Miss Cuddy.

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I got some cheese.

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Cheese?

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Yes ma'am. You know I gotta a few sheep out.

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I know.

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I made some cheese outta their milk.

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Wondered if you'd like to have some?

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I got some here in my pocket.

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Well...

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cheese would be a fine finish

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to our fried chicken dinner and peach pie this evening.

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Well, then...

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here it is.

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This is fine cheese, Bob.

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So why not marry?

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Do what? Why not throw in together...

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land, animals and women's lives...?

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The whole ball of wax.

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We could use my capital and know-how to improve your claim and mine.

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And if the union produces children, so much the better.

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Looked at from any angle,

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it works.

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So why not marry?

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I reckon I go back east to find me a wife.

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Please, Mr Giffen.

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I won't take no for an answer.

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Miss Cuddy...

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I appreciate the offer and supper...

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and concert and all...

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but I cannot marry you.

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Will not.

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Won't.

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I ain't perfect...

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but you are too bossy...

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..and too plum damn plain.

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Ain't no medicine for it.

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This one here still is breathing a little bit, Momma.

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WIND HOWLS

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Oh, my Jesus!

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To what do I owe this pleasure, Reverend?

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Springtime, Miss Cuddy!

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Are Clydene and the kids getting along all right?

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Meaner and ever growing by the minute.

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Put your mule up and come on inside the house.

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There has been some trouble 'mongst the women hereabouts.

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I've heard about it.

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It's bad.

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Guess what I'm ordering?

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I couldn't.

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A melodeon.

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You are not! Yep.

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I don't trust shipping a piano, so...

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Soon as I get into Loup,

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I'm going to order a Mason and Hamlin melodeon.

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You'll have the only melodeon in the territory.

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Back home, I used to play the piano by the hour.

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I can't live without real music much longer.

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I could help you with them dishes.

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I don't want any help with the dishes.

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So...

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how you getting along with that Giffen boy?

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He uses my mules when I don't need them.

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He helps me with my corn.

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We planted some potatoes together and we keep the fences up.

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How you getting along?

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When my bulls have finished their work here, I let him turn 'em out on his heifers.

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Well...

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Seems like you are getting along together all right.

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Feed him a meal every now and then...

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Like you do me.

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You're a good citizen, Mary Bee.

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The bed up on the loft has fresh linen on it.

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Take the slop out to the hogs before you go to sleep.

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BABY CRIES

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Hell, no!

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This here is a goddamn free country, Dowd! Can't nobody make me do it.

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Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain, Vester.

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Especially not in His own house.

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No, I won't go. I can't. Why not?

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In the name of our Saviour, Vester. I ask you, why not?

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I can't take no time away from the crops and I got the girls to look

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after and I can't afford to pay for no wagon.

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I ain't in on this deal.

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Then what are we going to do about Theoline?

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Pitch her down a hole in the outhouse.

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You are a poor specimen of a man, Vester Belknap!

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I came here for the drawing. Me too.

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Let's get it over with.

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What about Vester?

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I'll draw for Vester.

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What do you mean?

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I said I will draw for him.

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What did she say?

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I said I will draw for Vester Belknap.

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Can we proceed?

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This is a painful occasion for you and your families

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and I grieve for you.

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Your wives are fine and godly women.

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But life gave them more than they could bear.

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Now we'll draw lots.

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Whoever draws the black bean

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will carry the women home to from where they come from.

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Shall we defer to the lady?

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I'll draw last. I'll go first.

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Keep your hands closed until everybody has drawn.

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Thor.

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Miss Cuddy.

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Put your hands in a circle here.

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On the count of three...

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One... If that bean in my hand is black, I don't know... ..two,

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three.

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Does that mean Vester has to go?

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He said he wouldn't.

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He has to, he's one of us.

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I baptized him.

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I don't trust Vester. Me neither.

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It's true, Reverend.

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Vester is a brute with no conscience.

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I'll go.

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You can't. Yes, I will.

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A woman?

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I can ride as well as anybody.

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I can handle a team and shoot. You all know that.

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And I can cook and care for

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those women better than any of you can.

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Hell, she's right.

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She's sure as hell right!

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That's mighty kind of you, Miss Cuddy.

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You tell us what you need and we'll see to it.

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When will you leave?

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As soon as I can. Today is May 5th.

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She could be back in time to celebrate 4th of July with us.

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Reverend Dowd, we cannot allow this.

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It is not a lone woman's place to drive a wagon across this country.

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Much less when it carries three of the Lord's least capable children.

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Then why not go with me, Mrs Linens? We could do it together.

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You too, Mrs Polhemus. Better still.

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No, you have husbands and family to care for as you should.

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But I do not, because I live, uncommonly, alone.

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Enough. Please...be seated.

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I'm afraid y'all are right about Mr Belknap.

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He's untrustworthy with a task of this gravity.

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And we need a homesman.

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We will do everything we can to equip and accommodate for this journey, Miss Cuddy.

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If you gentlemen will excuse me for a minute?

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DOG BARKS

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Come to look after your wagon?

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I did.

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My Lord, what is that?

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It's a train wagon. Traded for it last year.

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Since then it's been sitting out here in the snow.

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When Svendsen and Sours came around here wanting a wagon,

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I gave 'em a hell of a deal on it. I give it to 'em!

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I cut the windows, a little bigger...

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greased it real good.

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Set some new spokes and felloes.

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That's just the right thing for them women.

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I put a sliding bolt on the door.

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What for?

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Lock them ladies in.

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Why would I do that?

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Stop and think about it.

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No.

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What's that?

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You might want to tie something down.

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Put in ten of 'em.

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Oh, my!

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I'm not sure I'm ready.

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Are you scared?

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A little. Listen here, Mary Bee.

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You got a passable rig...

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mules.

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And you're as good a man as any man hereabouts.

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And you're doing a hell of a fine thing..

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So go ahead on...

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get to it...

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and do it.

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Does everybody know?

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Yep.

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What are they saying?

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Don't say nothing.

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People like to talk about death and taxes.

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When it comes to crazy...

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..they stay hushed up.

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Miss Cuddy!

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Mary Bee!

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Mary Bee!

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I tried to catch you in town, but you was already gone.

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What do you want, Reverend?

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To give you these. They're letters to the women's closest kin

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around Hebron, Iowa, and on back east.

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Your journey will be long, difficult and dangerous.

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I expect it will.

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God bless you, woman.

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Bless you and keep you.

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You know I believe in you, don't you? I truly do. I know it.

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I'd go in your place, if I could.

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Now let us pray.

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Heavenly Father, look down upon thy daughter.

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Bless her in this undertaking.

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Grant her Thy strength, guide her with Thy grace...

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that she may carry home these poor souls.

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We beg of Thee.

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In the name of Jesus Christ, Thy only begotten son

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who gave his life...

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..for the sins of man.

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Amen.

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Come on outta there! You claim jumpin' son of a bitch!

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You come on down in here,

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and you'll be a sad bastard long as you live

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and that won't be very long.

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And you're a son of a bitch too, you bastard!

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This here is Bob Giffen's place.

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Bob Giffen has gone and abandoned this place,

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and I have filed a new claim with lawyers.

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Get the hell off my roof or face lethal recourse!

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God damn it, I got lawyers!

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GUNSHOTS

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GUN COCKS

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We need to hang that son of a bitch!

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Come on!

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Whoa!

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Whoa, whoa...

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Whoa.

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Are you are an angel?

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You're not dead.

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Help me.

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Would you help me?

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For God's sake?

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Suppose I do...

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what would you do for me?

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Anything! Anything! As God is my witness!

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If I cut you down, will you do what I tell you to?

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Hell, yes, I will! Swear to God!

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Swear to it? I swear.

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Swear to that Almighty God you been talking about?

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Vengeance is mine...

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sayeth the Lord.

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Bringing in sheaves and...

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..and do unto others...

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if you cut me down from this goddamn tree...

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I'll do anything you tell me to. I swear on God's holy name.

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Please.

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All right.

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I'll save you.

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HE WHIMPERS

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HE CRIES

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I got a job of work for you.

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But if you try and hurt me,

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or you try and run away...

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..I'll kill you.

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Take off the noose.

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HE CRIES

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I need to collect my possibles.

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This is Bob Giffen's place.

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I never met him.

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What happened to his sheep? I ate 'em.

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No, you've been blasted out by vigilantes and hanged for jumping Bob's claim.

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Hell! That's abandonment. Look at it.

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He didn't abandon nothing.

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He just went back east, to find himself a wife.

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It's abandoned.

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I'm sure it is.

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This is abandonment.

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Damn...

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HE SPITS

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Ho.

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Unhitch and stable the mules.

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Tend to my mare, Dorothy,

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and see to it that all the stock on the place is fed and watered.

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Your horse needs feed too.

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Or if you don't care to, I will

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and then your supper'll be an hour late.

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Get up that way now! Get up there now!

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Get up!

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Get up there!

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Clean up before you come in here.

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What's this job of work you have in mind?

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I'd be grateful if you'd not use my good chair that way.

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My name is Cuddy. Mary Bee Cuddy.

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Where's Mr Cuddy?

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I'm unmarried.

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What's the job?

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Three women in this country have lost their minds,

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their husbands can't care for them properly.

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You and I are going to take them back across the river to Iowa.

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The Missouri River? We leave tomorrow.

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Hell, that's five goddamn weeks from here!

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I will not sit still for profanity in my house.

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I can see why you're single!

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I need someone who can hunt and guide and spell me at the reins,

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help with the animals on the trip.

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That's why I set you free.

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It's your job and you sworn to do it.

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Three crazy women for five weeks is a lot more than I bargained for.

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If you lied to me

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and intend on abandoning your responsibility,

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then you are a man of low character.

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More disgusting pig than honourable man.

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Thank you for the kind words, sister.

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You're no prize in yourself. You're plain as an old tin pail and you're bossy!

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But I'll set out with you, because I said I would...

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and I'll help you tend your cuckoo clocks as long as it suits me.

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However, I will up and leave when, where and if I please.

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Now, if you don't mind me asking you,

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where the hell is my goddamn bed?

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In the stable,

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where you belong.

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SHE SINGS:

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SHE JOINS IN:

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BABY CRIES IN DISTANCE

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SHE COUGHS

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The winds blown all the corn over.

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I know it.

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All we can do is burn the cobs in the stove.

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There ain't no corn for us to eat.

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Just cobs.

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Just bare old cobs.

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I know it.

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The wheat and oats are dead.

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I know about it.

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What do you know?

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Are you crazy?

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Pull up here.

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You better lock me in the wagon. Why?

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I done cheated one rope, I don't want to chance another. Them sons of bitches will try to hang me again.

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Oh. You might be recognised.

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You got any money? Some.

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Why? I need three boxes of paper cartridges for a Navy Colt 36

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and a jug of whisky.

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Bullets maybe. But no whisky.

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Why not?

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Can't have you getting drunk around poor defenceless women. No.

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Well, then I won't go east with you. Goodbye, Cuddy.

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What's your name?

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That's my business.

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I'm going to the bank and I need your name.

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Oh, well, hm. Let's say George.

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George what?

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Umm...Briggs.

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George Briggs.

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That's right.

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George Briggs.

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George Briggs!

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KNOCKING

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Read this.

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Here, I'll read it for you.

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"Mr George Briggs, care of Mrs Altha Carter,

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"Ladies Aid Society, Methodist Church, Hebron, Iowa."

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So?

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I put banknotes for $300 inside this envelope. This for you.

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Oh! Why not let me have it now?

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Right this minute I'm going to the Post Office to put it in the mail.

0:34:180:34:21

Why not carry it along with us?

0:34:210:34:22

When we get to Hebron, Mrs Carter will have it for you.

0:34:220:34:24

Her boy is not very not old. Have to watch him close.

0:34:440:34:47

I don't know what he'll do when we take Arabella away.

0:34:470:34:50

Ma'am.

0:35:240:35:25

Well, there she is.

0:35:330:35:35

My wife, Belle.

0:35:350:35:38

It's a pleasure to meet you, Mrs Sours.

0:35:380:35:40

She won't say nothing, Miss Cuddy.

0:35:430:35:46

She just sits and looks out the window...

0:35:460:35:48

..it's like her body is all stoved up.

0:35:500:35:53

I have to carry her to the outhouse...

0:35:550:35:58

undress her nights, dress her in the morning.

0:35:580:36:01

How long has she been like this?

0:36:010:36:03

Ever since...

0:36:030:36:05

I don't even know her no more.

0:36:080:36:10

How old is your wife?

0:36:120:36:14

19.

0:36:140:36:15

And you?

0:36:150:36:17

21.

0:36:170:36:19

I see.

0:36:190:36:20

My, but she was beautiful, Miss Cuddy.

0:36:240:36:29

She may be once again.

0:36:290:36:30

Mr Briggs, will you litter up your leisure long enough to lend a hand?

0:36:320:36:35

Now.

0:36:350:36:36

I wish you God's comfort, Garn.

0:37:070:37:08

Here's...this too.

0:37:120:37:14

Her grandma's wedding gift.

0:37:160:37:18

I reckon it should go with her.

0:37:180:37:20

I'll keep it for her and see she takes it home.

0:37:200:37:24

We'll be back in a few weeks.

0:37:240:37:25

You'll hear from me through Reverend Dowd that she's safe.

0:37:250:37:28

Step up there! Yah!

0:37:340:37:36

Goodbye!

0:37:360:37:37

Goodbye!

0:37:430:37:44

You don't love me!

0:37:450:37:47

You won't even look at me.

0:37:470:37:49

You don't give a tinker's damn!

0:37:510:37:54

Just go on home and play with that damn doll.

0:37:540:37:57

Leave me up against it.

0:37:570:37:58

You don't love m!

0:38:010:38:03

Goodbye. For all I care, you can just go to hell!

0:38:050:38:08

Goodbye!

0:38:090:38:11

You don't love me!

0:38:120:38:14

KNOCKING

0:38:170:38:18

Good Morning, Mr Svendsen.

0:38:240:38:26

Come in.

0:38:280:38:29

She's ready.

0:38:340:38:36

Why is she tied?

0:38:360:38:37

"God will strike you down", she says to me.

0:38:370:38:40

SHE SCREAMS

0:38:470:38:49

She thinks she's God.

0:38:500:38:52

Her cousin will pick-up in Iowa and take her to asylum.

0:38:580:39:01

How will we get her loaded?

0:39:160:39:17

Unbolt the wagon door.

0:39:250:39:28

Stop it! Stop it!

0:39:280:39:30

SHE SCREAMS

0:39:300:39:32

SCREAMS CONTINUE

0:39:320:39:33

Open the wagon door!

0:39:350:39:37

Help me...push her in.

0:39:440:39:46

Do not untie her1

0:39:500:39:52

She will try to kill you,

0:39:520:39:54

she'll try to kill her, too.

0:39:540:39:55

Come out!

0:39:550:39:56

What are you doing with that son of a bitch? No!

0:40:020:40:05

He's going with us.

0:40:050:40:06

He's the one who tried to take over Bob Giffen's place.

0:40:060:40:09

I need help. Surely you understand!

0:40:090:40:11

He was supposed to hang.

0:40:110:40:12

Mr Svendsen.

0:40:130:40:15

Get down off that wagon.

0:40:150:40:17

Get down off that wagon right now!

0:40:170:40:19

Or I will shoot you where you sit.

0:40:190:40:21

I can't do this alone. I need him. Now you leave us be!

0:40:210:40:25

Get us moving.

0:40:250:40:26

You boys didn't have balls to hang me. You wanted my horse to do it for you, didn't ya?

0:40:290:40:33

C'mon! Let's go.

0:40:330:40:35

Come on!

0:40:350:40:36

Keep that gun on that son of a bitch.

0:40:380:40:40

I'll watch over your wife, Mr Svendsen, I promise.

0:40:440:40:47

She'll be safe with me.

0:40:470:40:49

You girls go to your room while I talk to your mama.

0:42:110:42:14

Theoline, this is Mary Bee.

0:42:260:42:28

Undo! Undo your hands? I am.

0:42:280:42:31

Undo, undo...

0:42:310:42:32

Undo, undo, undo...

0:42:320:42:35

Do you know me, Theoline?

0:42:350:42:37

Undo, undo, undo... Line, darling,

0:42:370:42:39

I am, Mary Bee, your friend.

0:42:390:42:42

Ta...

0:42:420:42:44

Don't you know me?

0:42:440:42:45

Tha, tha, ta...

0:42:450:42:48

Ta, ta, ta, ta, ta...

0:42:480:42:51

SNIFFLING

0:42:550:42:56

CHILD WHIMPERS

0:42:590:43:01

Now listen, girls...

0:43:090:43:12

your mother is very sick.

0:43:120:43:13

But she loves you just the same as she always has.

0:43:160:43:19

And you must love her too and help her as much as you can.

0:43:190:43:23

Here are some things I want you to do for her

0:43:230:43:26

I want you to undress her, heat some water...

0:43:260:43:29

and give her a nice bath... with soap.

0:43:290:43:32

From face to feet.

0:43:320:43:33

Right on the bed?

0:43:330:43:34

Right on the bed.

0:43:340:43:36

Wash and dry her hair, too. Then brush and comb it.

0:43:360:43:39

Then find some clean clothes for her and underwear...

0:43:390:43:43

and dress her again.

0:43:430:43:44

Now, while you do all this,

0:43:470:43:49

I want you to smile at her and say kind things.

0:43:490:43:51

Do you know a little song you can sing?

0:43:530:43:55

We know Flow Gently, Sweet Afton.

0:43:550:43:57

That would be fine.

0:43:580:44:00

And when you're finished all this,

0:44:010:44:02

I want you to do some chores for your father too.

0:44:020:44:04

You're now the ladies of the house.

0:44:060:44:08

I want you to sweep it out,

0:44:080:44:10

wash the dirty dishes, take the bedding outdoors and air it.

0:44:100:44:14

Show him how grown up you are.

0:44:150:44:18

Will you do that for him, for me?

0:44:180:44:20

All right.

0:44:210:44:23

Now start singing.

0:44:230:44:25

# Flow gently, sweet Afton... # Good.

0:44:250:44:28

And remember... # Among thy green braes... #

0:44:280:44:30

..love your dear mother. # Flow gently, I'll sing thee... #

0:44:300:44:33

Now you get busy as bees. # A song in thy praise

0:44:330:44:38

# Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise

0:44:380:44:43

# My Mary's asleep by the murmuring stream

0:44:430:44:49

# Flow gently, sweet Afton Disturb not her dream

0:44:490:44:54

# Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen

0:44:540:44:59

# Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den... #

0:44:590:45:04

WHINING AND MOANING

0:45:040:45:05

Mrs Svendsen, is that you?

0:45:190:45:20

Please, stop wailing, Mrs Svendsen.

0:45:240:45:27

Mrs Svendsen, I asked you to stop.

0:45:290:45:31

Please do!

0:45:310:45:34

WAILING CONTINUES

0:45:340:45:35

Stop!

0:45:380:45:40

Mrs Svendsen, you stop!

0:45:400:45:42

WAILING STOPS

0:45:420:45:44

WAILING RESUMES

0:45:570:45:59

WAILING AND CRYING CONTINUES

0:46:170:46:19

Do you think these mules will make it all the way to the Missouri River?

0:46:300:46:33

I doubt it, not without a good feedin' of corn.

0:46:330:46:36

The one twitching her ears, she knows she's the subject of our discussion.

0:46:360:46:40

She's the thinker. The other one's the worker.

0:46:400:46:43

They should have names, what should we name them?

0:46:430:46:45

Mules don't need names. They need feed and corn's the best there is.

0:46:450:46:49

I'll name that one Grace, and that one Redemption.

0:46:490:46:53

My mare, her name is Dorothy, after my sister.

0:46:530:46:56

She's married to a doctor up in New York State.

0:46:560:46:58

That's where we're from.

0:46:580:47:00

Dorothy has a little six-year-old boy and a baby on the way.

0:47:000:47:03

Our mother died when we were little girls.

0:47:050:47:08

What's your horse's name?

0:47:120:47:15

Brown.

0:47:160:47:17

You didn't give me but two damn skinny blankets.

0:47:550:47:57

It gets cold at night out here!

0:47:570:47:58

You noticed.

0:47:580:47:59

We need to head south-east, follow the river bottoms.

0:48:010:48:03

No.

0:48:030:48:04

We'll meet more people that way, in case we need help.

0:48:060:48:09

You're going to meet three kinds of people out here.

0:48:090:48:11

You're going to meet wagon trains that don't want to see crazy people.

0:48:110:48:14

You're going to meet traders who will surely rape you.

0:48:140:48:16

And you're going to meet Indians, who will kill you...

0:48:160:48:18

and then rape you. After they kill me, no!

0:48:180:48:21

We're going to go straight east to the river. We're hauling an odd lot of freight.

0:48:210:48:25

They are not freight, they are human beings.

0:48:250:48:27

They're crazy.

0:48:270:48:28

They're precious to the Lord.

0:48:280:48:30

Precious to me, too.

0:48:300:48:31

Give me that skillet. About $300 worth.

0:48:310:48:33

Wake up! Time to get moving!

0:48:350:48:37

Get up and go pee!

0:48:400:48:42

Go on, there, girl.

0:48:460:48:47

Go on. Watch your head on that hub.

0:48:530:48:56

There, baby, go on!

0:48:560:48:57

Let's go.

0:49:040:49:05

Pee.

0:49:160:49:17

Goddamn!

0:49:180:49:19

LOUD THUMP

0:49:210:49:21

Squat down. LOUD THUMP

0:49:240:49:26

Squat down!

0:49:260:49:28

Now, pee!

0:49:280:49:29

THUMP

0:49:330:49:34

THUMP

0:49:370:49:38

THUMP

0:49:400:49:41

WIND HOWLS

0:50:030:50:05

God...will strike you down.

0:50:240:50:28

SHE HUMS QUIETLY

0:52:130:52:18

God...will strike you down.

0:53:480:53:51

I love trees.

0:53:570:53:59

I don't to get to see very many trees.

0:53:590:54:02

I miss them.

0:54:030:54:04

God will strike...

0:54:060:54:08

New York...

0:54:100:54:11

..has lots of trees.

0:54:120:54:14

Whoa!

0:54:390:54:40

Surely you wouldn't defile and desecrate...?

0:54:570:55:00

You are horrible.

0:55:000:55:02

And morbid!

0:55:030:55:04

I don't want to be cold any more when I'm trying to sleep.

0:55:130:55:15

I need this buffalo hide, and that dead Indian don't.

0:55:150:55:18

I was in the Dragoons.

0:55:320:55:33

Company C 1st US Division.

0:55:350:55:37

Fort Kearny.

0:55:390:55:40

Had us a right smart scuffle one time down there in Kansas with them goddamn Kiowas!

0:55:420:55:48

Tell me. We was headed out to Fort Leavenworth.

0:55:480:55:51

Supply train.

0:55:510:55:54

Six mule wagons and a herd of 300 horses.

0:55:540:55:57

And we had Kiowas like flees trailing us!

0:55:570:56:00

War paint. Sassy.

0:56:000:56:03

Big as life and twice as natural.

0:56:030:56:06

They wanted them horses.

0:56:060:56:08

I see.

0:56:080:56:09

Well, we camped down on the Arkansas River one night

0:56:100:56:13

and them teamsters picketed 36 mules

0:56:130:56:18

and they picketed 300 horses in the sand. Sand!

0:56:180:56:22

Hell, them picket pens wouldn't hold a prairie dog in that sand.

0:56:220:56:26

Sure enough, that night...

0:56:260:56:29

Kiowas come through and stampeded the whole bunch and away they went.

0:56:290:56:33

Oooooh-weee.

0:56:330:56:35

Trampled the wagons all to pieces.

0:56:350:56:37

Got the stock all tangled up in the ropes

0:56:370:56:39

and crippled up with the flying picket fence.

0:56:390:56:42

And them Kiowas just running through there hooping and hollering.

0:56:420:56:47

My, oh, my, wasn't we riled!

0:56:470:56:49

We blew the bugles,

0:56:490:56:52

boots and saddles and away we went after them with the sun rising.

0:56:520:56:55

We caught Kiowas here and we caught Kiowas there.

0:56:550:56:58

We caught them in bunches and killed every one of 'em.

0:56:580:57:01

We rounded up our stock and drove it right through the middle of the goddamn Kiowa camp,

0:57:010:57:05

tore it all to hell.

0:57:050:57:07

Pretty fine job of work.

0:57:110:57:14

Company C 1st US Dragoons!

0:57:140:57:15

Well, how interesting.

0:57:170:57:19

Whooo-ee!

0:57:210:57:23

# I don't want none of your weevily wheat

0:57:240:57:27

# I don't want none of your barley

0:57:270:57:29

# I want some flour and half an hour To bake a cake for Charlie

0:57:290:57:33

# There a cherry tree

0:57:370:57:39

# There goes the cherry

0:57:390:57:42

# The more you want to kiss a girl

0:57:420:57:44

# The more she'll want to marry

0:57:440:57:46

# Charlie, he's fine young boy

0:57:490:57:51

# Charlie, he's a dandy

0:57:510:57:53

# Every time he goes town

0:57:530:57:56

# He'll bring the girls some candy. #

0:57:560:57:59

HE SIGHS

0:58:050:58:07

What are they?

0:58:130:58:14

Pawnee, probably.

0:58:140:58:16

BUGLE BLOWS

0:58:160:58:17

What was that?

0:58:180:58:19

Bugle.

0:58:190:58:20

Somewhere along the line they killed themselves a US cavalry bugler.

0:58:200:58:24

BUGLE BLOWS

0:58:260:58:27

What do they want?

0:58:280:58:30

Whatever we got.

0:58:300:58:31

Trouble is they don't know what that is.

0:58:310:58:33

They never ain't never seen a wagon like this,

0:58:330:58:35

could be goods inside...soldiers.

0:58:350:58:38

Anything to them. Hell, they don't know.

0:58:380:58:40

I count four rifles amongst 'em.

0:58:420:58:43

If they think we're worth the trouble, we're dead.

0:58:510:58:53

I'll try to buy 'em off.

0:58:560:58:57

Whoa!

0:58:570:58:58

If something happens to me and they come all the way down here,

0:59:070:59:09

don't you fool with that carbine.

0:59:090:59:11

You get in the wagon quick as you can.

0:59:110:59:13

You shoot the women in the head and then shoot yourself.

0:59:130:59:16

You got four good rounds.

0:59:170:59:19

Come on. Turn around here.

0:59:470:59:48

Ho! Get out of here!

0:59:480:59:50

Get out of here!

0:59:500:59:52

THEY WHOOP AND YELL

0:59:520:59:57

What will they do with Dorothy?

1:00:071:00:08

They'll probably eat her.

1:00:101:00:11

SHE SCREAMS

1:00:551:00:57

No!

1:01:001:01:01

What the hell?

1:01:131:01:14

SHE CRIES

1:01:191:01:20

She's gone, Mr Briggs!

1:01:271:01:29

Mr Briggs! She's gone!

1:01:291:01:30

She's gone! We have to get her back!

1:01:301:01:32

Cuddy, it was a goddammed horse.

1:01:321:01:34

Get up, you lout!

1:01:341:01:37

She hasn't taken a step by herself since we put her on the wagon.

1:01:511:01:55

Hell's bells...

1:01:551:01:56

That girl done run off.

1:01:581:02:00

Morning! Morning!

1:02:171:02:18

Where you from, friend?

1:02:191:02:21

Freight train, camped down south a little ways.

1:02:211:02:24

Big 'un?

1:02:241:02:25

30 wagons, six yoke.

1:02:251:02:27

Two weeks out of Fall City, headed for Salt Lake.

1:02:271:02:29

You the driver?

1:02:291:02:31

I am! Out hunting meat. You seen any?

1:02:311:02:34

No, not today. I am out looking for this young lady here.

1:02:341:02:38

She's lost.

1:02:381:02:39

She ain't now.

1:02:391:02:41

Friend...

1:02:421:02:44

I got a frame wagon back there.

1:02:441:02:46

I'm carrying three crazy women to a church in Iowa

1:02:461:02:50

so they can go home back east.

1:02:501:02:53

This young girl is one of 'em.

1:02:531:02:55

She's married.

1:02:551:02:57

Her name is Sours.

1:02:571:02:58

She had three little children. Lost 'em all to the diphtheria

1:03:001:03:03

in short order and she lost her mind.

1:03:031:03:05

She ran away from us last night.

1:03:071:03:09

I'm her friend.

1:03:101:03:11

So am I.

1:03:111:03:13

You wouldn't want her, not the way she is.

1:03:131:03:16

She can spread her legs, can't she?

1:03:161:03:18

I tell you what.

1:03:201:03:22

Why don't we leave it to her?

1:03:221:03:24

See here, sweet thing.

1:03:241:03:26

Who'd you rather go with? Him or me?

1:03:261:03:28

Well, there you be. She cottons to me already.

1:03:311:03:34

Friend, I'm taking this girl home.

1:03:341:03:35

Not likely. She's mine now.

1:03:351:03:38

Possession is nine points of the law,

1:03:381:03:41

and it's all of us out here now, ain't it?

1:03:411:03:43

Sorry, I'll just have to have her.

1:03:431:03:45

God Almighty!

1:03:451:03:47

Fight you for her.

1:03:501:03:51

Best man takes the prize. How's that?

1:03:511:03:54

I'm agreeable.

1:03:541:03:55

All right.

1:03:551:03:56

I say "pitch", we pitch these guns. How's that?

1:03:561:04:00

Any time.

1:04:001:04:01

Pitch!

1:04:031:04:04

God Almighty!

1:04:061:04:07

Say it again and act right this time.

1:04:101:04:13

Pitch!

1:04:131:04:14

HE COUGHS AND GASPS

1:05:051:05:08

GUNSHOT

1:05:161:05:17

Goodbye.

1:05:301:05:32

Did you have to take an eternity?

1:05:321:05:33

Oh, she's nearly froze to death.

1:05:351:05:36

You lost one horse, Cuddy, here's you another one.

1:05:381:05:41

Where did you get this horse? The man let us have him.

1:05:411:05:43

Why would he do that?

1:05:431:05:45

Because he was dead. Miss Sours shot him.

1:05:451:05:47

Who would do such a thing?

1:06:121:06:14

Indians.

1:06:141:06:15

For the clothes.

1:06:151:06:17

Wolves.

1:06:381:06:39

"Cissy Hahn.

1:06:511:06:53

"11 years, two months, nine days.

1:06:531:06:55

"God loved her and took her home unto Him."

1:06:551:06:59

Let's go, Cuddy.

1:06:591:07:00

I intend to tidy up this grave.

1:07:021:07:05

Getting late. I don't care.

1:07:051:07:07

Suit yourself, I'm going on.

1:07:071:07:08

Then I'll take a horse and join you later

1:07:091:07:12

Not mine, you won't.

1:07:121:07:14

You'll have to ride that train horse.

1:07:141:07:17

I want a shovel, too.

1:07:211:07:22

Oh, sweet, merciful Father...

1:07:431:07:46

..prince Jesus,

1:07:481:07:50

good shepherd,

1:07:501:07:52

harvester of righteousness...

1:07:521:07:54

..take Thee this token and bury them deep...

1:07:551:07:58

..carry in...carry,

1:07:591:08:02

in love let us sleep.

1:08:021:08:05

Send me summons to wed Thee one day.

1:08:051:08:07

Love us,

1:08:091:08:10

and love me.

1:08:101:08:12

Oh, love me, I pray.

1:08:121:08:14

Amen.

1:08:201:08:21

SHE SOBS WEAKLY

1:09:591:10:02

HORSE MUNCHES

1:10:301:10:31

SHE COUGHS

1:10:471:10:48

SHE CRIES

1:11:321:11:33

Why...? Why?

1:11:391:11:42

Why didn't you light a fire for me?

1:11:421:11:43

SHE WAILS

1:11:531:11:55

What about supper?

1:11:581:12:00

SHE CONTINUES TO WAIL

1:12:011:12:05

I did light a fire for you, Cuddy.

1:12:051:12:06

Where's that shovel?

1:12:101:12:11

I lost the goddamn shovel!

1:12:131:12:16

Who cares about a shovel?

1:12:161:12:18

You are...insane!

1:12:201:12:23

The hell I am, Cuddy, I'm trying

1:12:231:12:25

to move along to the river as quick as I can and draw that $300.

1:12:251:12:29

And that's all there is.

1:12:291:12:31

There ain't no more.

1:12:331:12:34

SHE WAILS

1:12:381:12:42

SHE HUMS

1:12:491:12:50

# If I should prosper

1:13:131:13:15

# Hear my heart pray

1:13:151:13:17

# Send me a summons to wed thee one day

1:13:191:13:23

# Take me this token and love me always

1:13:241:13:28

# But if I should perish, thy promises keep

1:13:301:13:35

# Take thee our two hearts and bury them here

1:13:351:13:41

# Take thee our tokens In love let us sleep. #

1:13:421:13:47

I couldn't sleep.

1:14:121:14:14

I could.

1:14:141:14:15

How long now till we get there?

1:14:151:14:17

How long?

1:14:171:14:19

A week...

1:14:201:14:22

thereabouts.

1:14:221:14:23

Maybe a month. Hell, I don't know.

1:14:231:14:25

It's almost over now.

1:14:281:14:29

Will you stay in Iowa or come back to the territory?

1:14:291:14:32

I don't know.

1:14:321:14:34

You're not much for making plans.

1:14:341:14:36

No, not much.

1:14:361:14:38

Mr Briggs, you're an intelligent man...

1:14:401:14:44

and if you think on it,

1:14:441:14:45

I'm sure you'll see the wisdom in it.

1:14:451:14:48

After we've turned them over to Mrs Carter...

1:14:481:14:52

why don't we marry and come back together?

1:14:521:14:55

I'm 31 years old. If I'm ever to marry, it better be soon and...

1:14:551:14:59

you're not getting any younger.

1:14:591:15:02

You see my house, my stock...

1:15:021:15:04

I've got two fine claims and money in the bank.

1:15:041:15:07

I'm in good health and capable of child bearing.

1:15:071:15:11

I plan to buy shoats next spring and fatten 'em on corn,

1:15:111:15:15

and come next summer I'll have 60 acres under wheat.

1:15:151:15:18

I plan to put in pumpkins, too.

1:15:201:15:23

We'd make a good team, you and I.

1:15:241:15:27

If we pull together, we're bound to prosper. Don't you agree?

1:15:271:15:32

I ain't no farmer.

1:15:321:15:33

Well, you could try. You could try.

1:15:331:15:36

I tried it one time, with a widow woman,

1:15:361:15:38

up north of Wamego.

1:15:381:15:40

Up and down them goddammed rows, daylight till dark.

1:15:401:15:43

There's prettier things to look at than the ass end of an ox.

1:15:431:15:46

One morning I just rode off.

1:15:461:15:47

You deserted her.

1:15:491:15:51

When I left, I was sorry. But I never did look back.

1:15:511:15:55

I see.

1:15:551:15:57

So you won't marry me?

1:15:571:15:58

No.

1:15:591:16:00

I won't.

1:16:001:16:03

I know I'm plain as an old tin pail...

1:16:031:16:06

but would you think about it from here to Hebron

1:16:061:16:08

and talk with me about it again?

1:16:081:16:10

Talk's cheap.

1:16:101:16:11

Mr Briggs,

1:16:131:16:14

perhaps you don't realise what a grand thing you are doing taking

1:16:141:16:18

these poor, helpless women home.

1:16:181:16:20

If you don't, I assure you, the good Lord does and I do.

1:16:201:16:24

This might be the finest, most generous act of your life.

1:16:241:16:28

It might be $300.

1:16:281:16:30

You won't marry me?

1:16:331:16:35

No.

1:16:351:16:36

And I am plain.

1:16:381:16:40

I wish you'd say one kind word to me.

1:16:431:16:45

Like what?

1:16:451:16:46

That I'm a good woman. That I've helped you.

1:16:461:16:49

Fair enough. You're a damn good woman, Cuddy, and you helped me.

1:16:491:16:53

Ah...!

1:16:531:16:54

I deserted from the Dragoons.

1:17:021:17:03

That's right, Company C 1st US.

1:17:051:17:08

Fort Kearny. Stole a horse and away I run.

1:17:081:17:11

I ain't attached to nothing.

1:17:131:17:15

Just me.

1:17:171:17:18

No.

1:17:381:17:40

I want...

1:17:401:17:41

to lie with you.

1:17:411:17:43

No.

1:17:431:17:45

You must.

1:17:451:17:46

I saved your life.

1:17:461:17:47

No...

1:17:481:17:49

Please...

1:17:591:18:01

spare me my dignity, sir.

1:18:011:18:03

Raise your knees.

1:18:441:18:45

Take me in your hand.

1:18:501:18:51

Just you remember, Cuddy, I didn't force you.

1:18:551:18:58

I will.

1:18:581:18:59

If I hurt you, I can't help it.

1:18:591:19:00

I know.

1:19:001:19:02

You asked me. I didn't ask you.

1:19:021:19:04

I know.

1:19:041:19:05

So let me in you.

1:19:051:19:07

Yes.

1:19:081:19:10

SHE GASPS QUIETLY

1:19:121:19:14

Cuddy?

1:19:511:19:52

Cuddy!

1:19:571:19:58

HE SIGHS

1:20:571:20:58

My God in heaven, Cuddy,

1:21:001:21:02

we made a deal to carry these women back to Iowa.

1:21:021:21:05

And I kept my word and here you done broke yours.

1:21:051:21:07

Oh, sh...

1:21:091:21:11

See here?

1:21:281:21:29

You see what you've done? You've killed her.

1:21:291:21:31

Look at her! You killed her!

1:21:311:21:34

Too damn crazy to pay attention to anything! Goddamn lunatics!

1:21:341:21:38

You don't know nothing about this world.

1:21:381:21:40

You can't even piss straight.

1:21:421:21:43

Hadn't been for you, Mary Bee wouldn't be dead.

1:21:471:21:49

She wouldn't even be out here!

1:21:511:21:53

If you hadn't gone crazy, she wouldn't have made this trip.

1:21:551:21:59

If you'd stayed steady and strong, she'd be alive

1:21:591:22:03

and at home. In her own house.

1:22:031:22:05

And so would you. But, no.

1:22:051:22:07

You went crazy and drove her crazy and it killed her.

1:22:071:22:10

What have you got to say about that?

1:22:101:22:12

Tha...

1:22:151:22:16

Oh...

1:22:351:22:36

Well, I'll be...

1:22:501:22:51

I'm going on by myself.

1:23:121:23:13

You're on your own.

1:23:161:23:17

Far enough along here east where somebody will come along and tend to you.

1:23:191:23:22

There ain't a damn one of you can understand a word I'm saying.

1:23:251:23:28

SHE SHRIEKS

1:24:061:24:08

Oh, my God...!

1:24:081:24:10

Whoa. Whoa...!

1:26:181:26:20

How do?

1:26:301:26:32

I'm carrying three women outside, haven't had anything to eat for three days.

1:26:321:26:35

They need supper now, rooms for the night and hot baths.

1:26:351:26:38

We're full up.

1:26:381:26:39

With what?

1:26:421:26:44

People.

1:26:441:26:45

Mister, I didn't come in here for trouble.

1:26:461:26:49

But I am tired. And when I'm tired I'm easy to aggravate.

1:26:491:26:53

Now, this is a hotel. I've got money.

1:26:531:26:55

I want supper now, then I want a room for myself

1:26:551:26:59

and I want a room for three women

1:26:591:27:01

and I want four hot baths. Is there reason why not?

1:27:011:27:03

Wait here a minute.

1:27:031:27:05

MEN'S VOICES UPSTAIRS

1:27:171:27:20

FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS

1:27:231:27:24

Greetings! How do?

1:27:261:27:28

My name is Aloysius Duffy. And yours is...?

1:27:281:27:31

Briggs.

1:27:311:27:33

I understand you are in need of a meal and accommodations, Mr Briggs

1:27:331:27:36

That's right. For myself and three passengers. Women.

1:27:361:27:39

Oh!

1:27:391:27:40

Unusual cargo, I must say.

1:27:401:27:43

In any case, Mr Briggs, I regret I cannot oblige you.

1:27:431:27:47

Why not? This is a hotel, ain't it?

1:27:471:27:49

Have a drink on the house.

1:27:491:27:51

Grand.

1:27:571:27:58

Oh...

1:28:011:28:03

There she went.

1:28:031:28:04

Now, then, Mr Briggs, you couldn't have shown up

1:28:041:28:08

at a more inauspicious time.

1:28:081:28:09

It so happens a party of 16 potential investors

1:28:091:28:13

is coming from St Louis by steamboat and coach.

1:28:131:28:15

I trust you recognise, we cannot accommodate anyone else.

1:28:151:28:19

These are gentlemen of means

1:28:191:28:22

and the fate of our entire venture may very well depend on...

1:28:221:28:25

We had a bad winter.

1:28:251:28:27

Travelled a long way to get here.

1:28:271:28:29

And they ain't had nothing to eat for three days.

1:28:291:28:31

I'm sorry.

1:28:331:28:35

The women are in bad shape, they're...

1:28:351:28:37

awful hungry.

1:28:371:28:40

Let me see them.

1:28:421:28:44

HE WHISPERS

1:28:461:28:47

SHE SCREAMS Good God!

1:29:041:29:06

You can't turn us away.

1:29:061:29:08

I can't.

1:29:081:29:09

Mr Briggs...

1:29:211:29:22

those women are pitiful, I concede.

1:29:221:29:25

But we can't have them here tonight.

1:29:251:29:27

The milk of human kindness be damned.

1:29:271:29:30

Now, kindly, be out the door and take that wagon away from here.

1:29:301:29:34

And God speed to you.

1:29:341:29:36

Shoe's on the other foot now. You put them guns down on the floor real careful

1:29:381:29:42

and get us our supper on the table right goddamn now.

1:29:421:29:44

Shoe's back where it belongs, Mr Briggs.

1:29:481:29:50

Grand. Well done.

1:29:521:29:54

Be on your way, my friend.

1:29:551:29:57

And lament you neglected my offering a whiskey.

1:29:571:30:00

All right. But I tell you what, you are the worst bunch

1:30:001:30:03

of lying, thieving, pisshead sons of bitches I'll ever run into.

1:30:031:30:08

You turn your back on these poor women, you'll answer for it for the rest of your lives.

1:30:081:30:11

You won't sleep.

1:30:131:30:14

You'll choke on your whiskey and on your water.

1:30:141:30:16

The food you eat will block up your bowels...

1:30:161:30:20

and you'll die of your own shit.

1:30:201:30:22

Your mothers and your sisters

1:30:221:30:25

and your wives and your daughters

1:30:251:30:27

will curse your broke dick souls.

1:30:271:30:30

Get on!

1:30:311:30:33

Get on, ya, ya!

1:30:331:30:34

Get on, get on!

1:30:341:30:36

Get up, now!

1:30:361:30:38

Go on!

1:30:381:30:39

Go on, get on, get on!

1:30:411:30:42

Oh, for God's sake.

1:30:441:30:46

Come on, get on!

1:30:541:30:55

I'm going to go get us something to eat.

1:31:251:31:27

Now, you all be good girls and go to sleep.

1:31:271:31:30

I'll be back directly.

1:31:301:31:32

You need to get on out of here.

1:32:181:32:19

Don't look back, darling.

1:32:291:32:30

MUFFLED SHOUTS

1:32:451:32:47

GUNSHOT

1:33:001:33:01

Son of a bitch!

1:33:011:33:02

Goddamn, that hurts!

1:33:051:33:06

Ah, shite...

1:33:111:33:12

SHOUTS CONTINUE

1:33:321:33:34

SCREAMING

1:33:351:33:38

GLASS SHATTERS

1:34:241:34:25

SCREAMING

1:34:251:34:27

BELL RINGS

1:34:571:34:58

She looked ridiculous...

1:36:011:36:04

Pardon, ma'am, I'm looking for a woman by the name of Altha Carter.

1:36:051:36:08

Do you know where her house is at?

1:36:081:36:10

That would be the minister's wife.

1:36:101:36:11

Yes, ma'am, that's right. It would be.

1:36:111:36:14

Go on down to the Methodist church. The house across the street,

1:36:141:36:17

that's the parsonage.

1:36:171:36:19

All right, ma'am.

1:36:191:36:21

Thank you.

1:36:211:36:22

Come, Maisy. Don't look at him.

1:36:221:36:24

Come on!

1:36:241:36:25

Whoa!

1:36:421:36:43

Sir?

1:37:171:37:18

Afternoon, ma'am. Are you Mrs Altha Carter,

1:37:201:37:22

the wife of the Methodist minister?

1:37:221:37:24

I am.

1:37:241:37:25

Well, ma'am, my name is Briggs. I'm from the territories, Loup,

1:37:251:37:29

and I've brought you three women.

1:37:291:37:32

Women?

1:37:331:37:34

Oh!

1:37:361:37:37

Oh, for goodness' sakes, yes!

1:37:391:37:41

You have been a long time coming, Mr Briggs.

1:37:431:37:46

I am relieved you are here. I'm sorry, Reverend Carter isn't.

1:37:461:37:50

He is out burying a beloved member of our congregation.

1:37:501:37:53

Just a minute... I thought a woman named Cuddy was bringing them.

1:37:551:37:58

That's what Reverend Dowd wrote.

1:37:581:38:00

She was with us up to a week ago, ma'am.

1:38:001:38:02

I'm sorry to tell you that a fever took her.

1:38:021:38:06

I buried her and we moved on.

1:38:061:38:08

Mary Bee Cuddy...

1:38:091:38:11

..was her name.

1:38:121:38:13

Oh what a...

1:38:151:38:17

terrible loss.

1:38:171:38:19

She must have been a fine, brave human being.

1:38:191:38:22

She truly was.

1:38:221:38:23

They've ridden all this way

1:38:261:38:28

in that box?

1:38:281:38:29

Oh, mercy!

1:38:311:38:32

Well...it's time to meet them.

1:38:361:38:39

I'm not sure I'm ready.

1:38:411:38:43

Get over there.

1:38:511:38:52

You must have had an awful winter.

1:39:061:39:09

We did, ma'am.

1:39:091:39:10

Put them on the settee, Mr Briggs.

1:39:341:39:37

Do they speak? No.

1:39:451:39:48

Do they understand anything?

1:39:551:39:58

Ma'am, I don't know.

1:39:581:39:59

I noticed their eyes move round the room.

1:40:031:40:06

What does that mean?

1:40:061:40:08

That's hard to tell.

1:40:081:40:10

Perhaps each remembers a parlour

1:40:111:40:15

from her own past.

1:40:151:40:17

Poor, poor dears.

1:40:181:40:20

Have you noticed any improvement in their condition?

1:40:201:40:24

They don't scrap with each other or try to run off any more.

1:40:241:40:27

Tell me their names.

1:40:271:40:29

That's Theoline Belknap. She killed her baby. Oh, no, no, no!

1:40:291:40:32

Please, don't tell me, Mr Briggs. I don't care to know.

1:40:321:40:36

That one there is a Norsky woman by the name of Gro Svendsen.

1:40:361:40:39

Very well.

1:40:391:40:41

And that's Arabella Sours.

1:40:411:40:43

She's only a girl. Why, she even has a doll.

1:40:431:40:46

She had three little children, lost them all

1:40:461:40:48

to the diphtheria in three days.

1:40:481:40:49

Dear Lord!

1:40:491:40:51

Please, don't say any more.

1:40:511:40:53

There's letters on all three of 'em in this bag here,

1:40:551:40:58

about their kin folks and all.

1:40:581:41:00

I better move on.

1:41:001:41:02

They just might jump up and try to follow me.

1:41:041:41:07

Oh...

1:41:071:41:08

I think this room will hold them.

1:41:081:41:10

Oh! I almost forgot.

1:41:121:41:13

This is for you, Miss Sours.

1:41:191:41:21

It's lovely.

1:41:221:41:24

Maybe you'll want it,

1:41:241:41:27

one fine day.

1:41:271:41:28

Well, goodbye, ladies.

1:41:371:41:39

God bless you.

1:41:431:41:44

They'll be all right.

1:42:001:42:02

I want to say goodbye to you.

1:42:021:42:04

You can give this wagon and those mules

1:42:041:42:07

and that horse and everything else to the Methodist women.

1:42:071:42:10

Maybe they can sell everything, use the money to pay for railroad fare and whatever else.

1:42:101:42:13

Mr Briggs! I'm delighted.

1:42:141:42:18

How very generous of you.

1:42:181:42:21

Tell the reverend to give those mules a good feeding of corn.

1:42:211:42:23

Will you go back to the territory?

1:42:231:42:26

I don't know.

1:42:261:42:27

If you do, please thank Reverend Dowd for me.

1:42:271:42:30

And wish him well.

1:42:301:42:31

Yes, ma'am.

1:42:311:42:33

Well, then.

1:42:331:42:34

This is our goodbye, Mr Briggs. Give me your hand.

1:42:351:42:39

God our Father, bless this good man, wherever he may go.

1:42:391:42:43

Keep watch over him.

1:42:431:42:45

Cause Thy face to shine upon him

1:42:451:42:48

and bring him home to Thee one day.

1:42:481:42:51

In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

1:42:511:42:54

I hope we meet again, Mr Briggs. Goodbye.

1:42:541:42:58

You can go on now.

1:43:001:43:02

Oh, yes.

1:43:481:43:50

Looks splendid, sir.

1:43:501:43:51

INAUDIBLE

1:44:031:44:04

How old are you?

1:44:131:44:15

16.

1:44:151:44:16

You ain't got no shoes on your feet.

1:44:161:44:19

Well, that's my business, ain't it?

1:44:191:44:21

I'll take them shoes, right there.

1:44:401:44:42

DOOR OPENS

1:44:501:44:51

MURMUR OF CONVERSATION

1:44:521:44:53

MAN LAUGHS

1:44:571:44:58

CONVERSATION STOPS

1:45:011:45:02

Playing high stakes, sir. Can you show $50?

1:45:171:45:20

There's $300 for you.

1:45:201:45:23

Mind if I have a look?

1:45:231:45:25

Suit yourself.

1:45:251:45:26

Have a look at this, Mr Carmichael.

1:45:321:45:34

Bank of Loup?

1:45:431:45:44

Up near Wamego.

1:45:441:45:46

How long since you been there, sir?

1:45:461:45:48

Five, six weeks.

1:45:481:45:50

Bank of Loup went bust. Happens all the time

1:45:501:45:52

to sod buster banks in the territory.

1:45:521:45:55

I've lost more than my fair share of this wildcat paper.

1:45:551:46:00

Do you have any greenbacks?

1:46:001:46:02

No...

1:46:021:46:03

I spent it all.

1:46:031:46:05

Well, I'm sorry, sir. I cannot accept these banknotes.

1:46:051:46:09

Nobody around here will.

1:46:091:46:11

Sorry, but you can't sit at the table unless you're playing.

1:46:121:46:14

Sorry, but you can't sit at the table unless you're playing.

1:46:141:46:15

I'll have to ask you to leave.

1:46:151:46:16

Why?

1:46:161:46:17

Please, leave the table, sir.

1:46:191:46:20

You're not socially acceptable here, see?

1:46:241:46:27

You ever know a woman by the name Mary Bee Cuddy?

1:46:441:46:47

No, sir.

1:46:471:46:49

These are for you.

1:46:491:46:51

You've still got to pay your bill.

1:47:001:47:02

That gravy and them biscuits you made was pretty good.

1:47:021:47:05

Thank you.

1:47:051:47:06

I got a good piece of advice for you.

1:47:071:47:09

When you get grown, don't marry some shit-healed kid headed west

1:47:111:47:14

to make a claim on a farm he ain't built yet.

1:47:141:47:17

Don't you do that.

1:47:171:47:18

You stay here.

1:47:181:47:19

Why?

1:47:201:47:21

Because I told you to.

1:47:211:47:23

Who is Mary Bee Cuddy?

1:47:241:47:26

Mary Bee Cuddy...

1:47:261:47:27

..was as fine a woman as ever walked.

1:47:281:47:31

You will never know her.

1:47:341:47:36

Well, then, so what?

1:47:361:47:37

So what?

1:47:371:47:39

You are the living, breathing reason...

1:47:411:47:45

she will never be lost.

1:47:451:47:47

That's all right, darling.

1:47:501:47:52

You're a strange man.

1:47:531:47:55

I expect I am.

1:47:551:47:56

Why don't we marry?

1:47:581:48:00

Maybe.

1:48:021:48:03

MURMUR OF CONVERSATION

1:48:121:48:13

LAUGHTER

1:48:311:48:32

Haul away!

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CONVERSATION AND SHOUTS CONTINUE

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All right, your way.

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Give him some slack there.

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Shove off!

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Hang on to the left.

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Hang on, walk it down, walk it down.

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All right, we're moving.

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Let me catch up.

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Together now.

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# Take her by her lily-white hand

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# Lead her like a pigeon

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# Make her dance the weevily wheat

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# Scatter her religion... #

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You boys know the Weevily Wheat?

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Hell, yeah. Get on up here.

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# O Charlie, he's a fine young man

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# Charlie, he's a dandy

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# Every time he goes to town

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# He brings the girls some candy... #

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Hey, cut out that noise! There's people here trying to sleep!

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GUN COCKS

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GUNSHOT

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You sons of bitches!

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We are heading west, goddammit!

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You bet her lips are goddamn level!

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# O Charlie, he's a fine young man

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# Charlie, he's a dandy

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# Every time he goes to town

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# He brings the girls some candy

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# Charlie here and Charlie there... #

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SINGING AND MUSIC CONTINUES

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GUNSHOT

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Clap your hands!

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If you lie your whole life,

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you cannot escape.

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Welcome to Redwater.

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I know this is the right place.

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I've been waiting my whole life.

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