Guns, Gold and the First Western Empire | Full Movie in English HD

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[00:00:25]We've lost him. You men head south.

[00:00:27]We'll take the stage coach trail.

[00:00:34]Heat.

[00:00:51]Heat.

[00:01:13]matter where you spider fellow.

[00:01:32]Spider little old boy.

[00:01:34]I hate to part company, but it's your me.

[00:02:26]Howdy, stranger.

[00:02:30]Sorry, but I'm going to have to borrow your horse for a spell.

[00:02:35]I reckon I'd better borrow your gun, too.

[00:03:10]Why does it hurt most?

[00:03:13]My ankle here and here.

[00:03:19]Busted rib. Somebody put the boot to you, huh? Horse fell on me.

[00:03:24]>> Take it easy on it.

[00:03:32]Sit up. Let's roll up your shirt.

[00:03:42]Raise your hands over your head.

[00:03:58]feel better.

[00:04:00]Much thanks.

[00:04:11]Let's get out of here.

[00:04:34]Well, why don't you say what you're thinking?

[00:04:36]>> I'm not thinking anything.

[00:04:52]Come on.

[00:04:58]You Yeah. Take a chew of this. It'll help you keep your mind off the pain.

[00:05:10]Thanks.

[00:05:14]Come on.

[00:05:20]Mia Santa Claus.

[00:05:23]What's that? Nothing. Nothing at all.

[00:05:46]This is a stage depot. They'll take care of you.

[00:05:57]I'll still need your horse.

[00:05:59]>> You're welcome to it and anything else I have.

[00:06:01]>> Forget it.

[00:06:10]What's going on here?

[00:06:25]>> Don't look like one of them, does he?

[00:06:26]>> I never seen this fell before.

[00:06:33]What do you want?

[00:06:34]>> What's your name, stranger?

[00:06:38]>> Edward Kraton.

[00:06:39]>> What you doing here?

[00:06:41]>> Surveyor.

[00:06:41]>> Surveyor?

[00:06:43]>> Yes. I work for Western Union.

[00:06:45]>> What's Western Union?

[00:06:47]>> Well, Telegraph Company. We're going through here next year on our way to the coast.

[00:06:51]>> I guess he's all right.

[00:06:54]>> Anything wrong?

[00:06:55]>> We had a bank up at North Plat today. We killed one of them. The rest of them scattered. Looks like we've lost them now for good.

[00:07:21]>> She's here, Mr. Clayton.

[00:07:22]>> Oh, good.

[00:07:23]>> Are you ready?

[00:07:26]>> I think so, Bert.

[00:07:27]>> I see. Now, if I can just manage to navigate on these things, Burke, >> I reckon you'll be back this way with that telegraph line for long.

[00:07:36]>> If everything goes right, I will.

[00:07:38]>> I do a little trapping now and then, so I was wondering how much it would cost to send my pelts into Omaha by telegraph.

[00:07:45]>> You can't send pelts by telegraph, Bert.

[00:07:47]>> You can't?

[00:07:48]>> No. All you can send is writing.

[00:07:50]>> Then the telegraph ain't going to do me any good. Ah, Bert, you know, I I can't repay you for your kindness, but Well, this may help a little. Thanks.

[00:08:02]Folded money.

[00:08:05]>> Can you manage all those things yourself?

[00:08:06]>> Oh, yes, sir.

[00:08:09]Better let me take that, too.

[00:08:22]Woody.

[00:08:25]>> Woody, I want you to have this along with my thanks.

[00:08:29]>> Gosh, Mr. Kraton. Thanks.

[00:08:36]>> Goodbye, boys. I'll see you next year.

[00:08:38]Bam.

[00:08:46]>> Nice fella.

[00:08:47]>> Yes, sir. But you don't believe what he said about that telegraph coming through here, do you?

[00:08:52]>> Of course not. There ain't no such thing as a telegraph knowhow. But he's a right nice fell just the same.

[00:08:58]>> He sure is. Look what he gave me. His watch and chain.

[00:09:01]>> Yes. Now, what does a fell that goes to bed at sundown and gets up at sunup want a watch? Well, it's a mighty courty thing to wear, huh?

[00:09:11]Sounds nice, too.

[00:09:14]Yeah.

[00:09:34]There you go.

[00:09:46]Heat.

[00:10:06]Heat.

[00:10:19]cross the planes to pay for drivers, diggers, polemen, and timber cutters is $2 a day. And when we hit the Indian country, it's $3. And every man supplies his own gun. Okay.

[00:10:30]>> What do you mean? Okay.

[00:10:32]>> It's telegraph call. Means all right.

[00:10:35]Now if the dock here passes you while you buckos have got yourself a job stand up son nice with it >> I ain't no horse you wish there were for you H feels like they got a slug of lid there, partner. 44 engineer ahead. It don't bother me none.

[00:11:10]>> You know, some members of the medical profession like to cut them things off, but I say let me stay if this comfortable. You know this country we're going into. Born 100 miles from here, I lost this hair back in 56. H need surgery, right?

[00:11:26]Oh, failing. You did say a 100 miles from here.

[00:11:34]>> Oh, that was 5 years ago. Nowadays, we don't see no engines this side of Cottonwood Springs. Then you and me start drawing down an extra dollar. Eh, >> speak for yourself, stranger. When I get back to St. Joe, I figure I'm keeping my hair instead of telling the folks how I lost it.

[00:11:50]>> Indians don't always scout a fellow. Not if the fellow scalps him first.

[00:11:57]This ain't for me. I've got to have peace and quiet when I'm preparing my little >> Are you a cook?

[00:12:04]>> For 20 years with the same head of hair, and I intend to be for 20 more. Gent, I bid you a good day.

[00:12:11]>> Old Doc.

[00:12:11]>> Oh, no. Dr. Murdoch.

[00:12:13]>> Yeah.

[00:12:15]>> Mr. Kraton says he don't need these no more.

[00:12:17]>> Put them down. Go down to the cook house and tell that good for nothing poisoner he's fired.

[00:12:22]Can you cook lamb?

[00:12:33]There are nine different ways to cook mutton and I know them all. Boiled, stewed, frigacy.

[00:12:40]>> Never mind that. Do you cook it with a hair on it?

[00:12:44]>> I should say not.

[00:12:46]>> Hooray.

[00:12:47]>> Then you're hired.

[00:12:48]>> No. No.

[00:12:48]>> And your job is see it stays hard.

[00:12:50]Remind me some time to show you an old Indian way to cook prairie dog.

[00:12:53]>> Oh, no. I should have stayed in St. Joe.

[00:12:57]>> Hello, Mr. Craven. Oh, hello B.

[00:13:04]>> Where's Miss Kraton?

[00:13:05]>> Well, she's over at the Corral. We're buying some new horses today.

[00:13:08]>> Oh, what's that with my sister Pat?

[00:13:18]That's the fell I hired to do our scoff and to take charge of the livestock, sir.

[00:13:23]>> Hello, Sue.

[00:13:25]>> Edward, darling, >> tell me you've given up telegraphy for a corral.

[00:13:31]>> Oh, Edward, I'm so glad you're back.

[00:13:38]>> What' the doctor in Washington say?

[00:13:40]>> Well, he says I'm fit as a fiddle. I could walk from here to Salt Lake on my hands if I had to.

[00:13:44]>> I'm so glad.

[00:13:46]>> Sure. This is Mr. Great. The big boss, the only man around here you have to be polite to.

[00:13:51]I'm >> glad to know you, Shaw.

[00:13:53]You've got to take a lot of horses and cattle a long way. Do you think you can manage it?

[00:13:57]>> I think so.

[00:13:58]>> Good.

[00:14:00]Come on, sis. You're supposed to be a telegrapher, you know.

[00:14:02]>> Goodbye, Mr. Sha.

[00:14:03]>> Goodbye, ma'am.

[00:14:41]What's uh what's the rush, Shaw? We're not leaving here for a couple of days.

[00:14:47]>> I'm leaving tonight.

[00:14:49]>> Why? You know why I like being alone?

[00:14:55]>> The best place to be alone sometimes is in a crowd.

[00:14:57]>> That's the way I figured it till I ran into you.

[00:15:02]>> There's a good chance for you in Western Union.

[00:15:06]>> Is there?

[00:15:08]>> I think so. It's up to you.

[00:15:13]>> You don't owe me nothing.

[00:15:16]How could I? I never saw you before.

[00:15:23]Glad to meet you, Mr. Kraton.

[00:15:28]Here, take a good chew of this. Help keep your mind off things. Thanks.

[00:16:15]You mind holding my horses for me, old Thank you very much.

[00:16:31]>> I um like to see Mr. Crate, please.

[00:16:35]>> Next office.

[00:16:37]>> Thank you.

[00:16:48]You uh you spelled u d u d e. Oh, that's the way.

[00:16:51]>> No, e is a single dot like that. You put a dash after it like that.

[00:16:55]>> Well, I did nothing of the sort.

[00:16:57]Besides, I don't even know what you're talking about.

[00:17:00]>> No, but I know what you're talking about.

[00:17:04]Next time let's talk about uh >> Mr. Craven.

[00:17:24]>> Yes, I'm Clayton.

[00:17:25]>> I'm Richard Blake. Reporting for work, sir.

[00:17:27]>> Well, how do you do, Mr. Blake? Well, I was expecting you by stage. Well, the stage was so crowded and bumpy that uh I bought a spring wagon. Drove the last leg myself. What?

[00:17:35]>> Yeah, it's much more comfortable that way.

[00:17:37]>> Quite.

[00:17:38]>> Oh, Mr. Blake, I want you to know uh Homer kettle, my assistant, is Pat Goen, our foreman.

[00:17:42]>> How do you do, gentlemen?

[00:17:43]>> How are you, Shny?

[00:17:44]>> Glad to know you, Blake.

[00:17:45]>> Well, the last leg of your trip must have been rather lonesome.

[00:17:47]>> Well, I didn't mind that as much as I did the dust. I could do with a bath.

[00:17:51]>> A bath?

[00:17:53]>> Yes. Don't you approve of them?

[00:17:55]>> Well, if the weather's hot and you're near a river, I ain't got a thing to get them.

[00:18:00]What uh what type of work would you prefer to be assigned to, Mr. Blake?

[00:18:04]>> Why uh anything at all? I uh had some engineering at Harvard and I know the Morris code inside out.

[00:18:10]>> Well, now I think we can figure out something for the president. Why don't you run on over to the hotel and take your bath and we'll have a little talk later.

[00:18:17]>> Well, thank you very much. Good day, gentlemen. And uh you two.

[00:18:22]>> Well, oh, Mr. Blake. Yes.

[00:18:31]>> I'm sorry.

[00:18:32]>> Sorry because I understand the Morse code.

[00:18:35]>> Yes. No, I mean I You'll have to excuse me. I have work to do.

[00:18:40]>> Well, anyway, I'm happy to have met Drayton. You are the big boss sister, aren't you?

[00:18:45]>> Yes, but how'd you know?

[00:18:46]>> How did I know? You both have that intense look. Does the great western outdoors do that to you?

[00:18:54]>> No, it's people we meet from the east.

[00:18:56]Well, some people you meet are going to insist on meeting you again. So, I won't say goodbye now.

[00:19:04]>> Oh, hey.

[00:19:09]See, thank you very much. Oh, by the way, could you direct me to the hotel?

[00:19:13]>> It's on Main Street. Take your first turning to a right and go down two streets.

[00:19:16]>> Thank you very much.

[00:19:19]>> Just a minute, old man. Do you know who I am?

[00:19:21]>> I have the faintest idea.

[00:19:22]>> I'm the provisional governor of the territory of Nebraska. You are?

[00:19:26]>> Well, when you come up for re-election, I'll vote for you.

[00:19:28]>> You don't vote for a provisional governor. He's appointed by the president.

[00:19:31]>> Oh, well then the next time I'm in Washington, I'll put in a good word for you.

[00:19:34]>> Watch out.

[00:19:37]>> Would you mind telling me what that was that just passed through here?

[00:19:42]>> Well, that is a son of tough old Eric Blake, who made his fortune hauling freight through the Cumberland Gap in the 30s.

[00:19:47]>> Eric Blake?

[00:19:49]>> That?

[00:19:50]>> Yes. His father thinks a job with Western Union will make a man out of him.

[00:19:55]When I was back east, Aaron gave me $50,000 for the line.

[00:19:59]>> I see. You got the son with the money.

[00:20:17]Good heavens. Do you see what I see?

[00:20:34]Well, here I am all ready for work.

[00:20:39]So, I see. Where'd you get that outfit in town?

[00:20:42]>> Oh, no. New York. Uh, I wanted to be sure of the fit.

[00:20:45]>> Not bad, huh?

[00:20:47]>> Blake, this is Shaw, our scout.

[00:20:49]>> How do you do? Howdy.

[00:20:51]>> Well, nice looking bunch of horses you have here.

[00:20:55]>> Glad you like them. Do you ride?

[00:20:57]>> Oh, yes. Yes, indeed.

[00:21:00]>> Them ain't living stable animals. Some of them are pretty wild.

[00:21:06]>> Well, that's the way I like them. Would you mind picking one out for me?

[00:21:11]>> I'd be delighted.

[00:21:15]Take that black one over there. This way, please.

[00:21:24]Somebody better call Doc Murdoch.

[00:21:57]You don't mean any 1 Oh, steady, steady, boys.

[00:22:58]>> Yes. Nice animal, gentlemen. You have anything else you'd like me to try?

[00:23:04]No little present for you, Homer.

[00:23:09]>> He's quite a talker, ain't he?

[00:23:11]>> Quite a rider, too.

[00:23:33]Hello, Mr. Blake.

[00:23:34]>> Hello.

[00:23:35]>> My brother isn't in right now.

[00:23:37]>> That's good.

[00:23:39]>> Won't you have a chair?

[00:23:41]>> Thank you.

[00:23:48]>> Evening, Mr. Blake.

[00:23:51]>> Hello.

[00:23:54]>> Well, I uh guess I'd better be running along.

[00:23:57]>> Oh, so soon?

[00:23:59]Well, I just thought I'd wish you a happy 4th of July.

[00:24:02]>> But that's tomorrow.

[00:24:03]>> Well, I thought I'd be the first, but I see I wasn't.

[00:24:07]>> Was that what you came for, too, Mr. Shaw?

[00:24:11]>> Mhm.

[00:24:12]Well, I reckon I'd better be going along, too.

[00:24:16]>> Good night, >> both of you. Thanks for dropping by.

[00:24:21]>> Good night.

[00:24:23]>> Uhhuh.

[00:24:25]Adios.

[00:24:26]>> Good night.

[00:24:36]I uh I didn't have a chance to tell you before, but you did all right today on that [ __ ] horse. It wasn't so bad.

[00:24:42]>> They gave you the worst crit on the lot.

[00:24:44]>> You always do that with every tenderfoot, don't you?

[00:24:47]>> Depends on the tenderfoot.

[00:24:49]>> Well, I'm sorry I disappointed all of you, but I was riding horses before I could walk.

[00:25:21]Hound.

[00:25:30]Good night. Good night. You uh going my way?

[00:25:42]A transcontinental telegraph line has long been the dream of Americans.

[00:25:50]No, it is to become a reality, a great reality that will eventually triumph over hardship and primation.

[00:26:06]It now gives me great pleasure to present the chief engineer of Western Union, Mr. Edward Kraton.

[00:26:24]I've just received a message here which I think better than any words of mine will explain the urgency of our task.

[00:26:33]Allow me to wish you God's speed on a journey that will do much to help this union in its hour of greatest need. It is imperative that our government have quick communication with the West.

[00:26:47]The message is signed. Abraham Lincoln Heat up here.

[00:27:38]Heat.

[00:27:59]Heat.

[00:28:03]Heat.

[00:28:16]Heat.

[00:28:24]Heat. Heat.

[00:28:57]You're happy, aren't you?

[00:29:00]>> Every man is when his dream begins to materialize.

[00:29:03]>> I know.

[00:29:05]Things like this, it makes some women wish they'd been born men.

[00:29:08]>> Well, don't forget you've got a job to do, too. Goodbye.

[00:29:11]>> Goodbye, Edward. God bless you.

[00:29:20]Something tells me I'm going to miss dear old Omaha. Me too.

[00:29:28]>> I hate to say it, Miss Kraton, but I'm afraid this is goodbye.

[00:29:30]>> Goodbye, Mr. Blake. You'll take care of my brother, won't you?

[00:29:33]>> I'll do my best, ma'am. Uh, don't you want him to take care of me, too?

[00:29:36]>> I'll do that, too. Adios, Miss Katron.

[00:29:39]Bye.

[00:29:54]I live and gi I am the mountain.

[00:30:02]Goodbye all.

[00:30:07]Goodbye.

[00:30:10]Hey.

[00:30:12]Hey.

[00:30:14]Stop that holler and watch where you're going.

[00:30:18]5 miles from Omaha. I'm a triple already.

[00:30:39]Man, we're we're doing fine. 11 miles in two days, but we've got to do better.

[00:30:44]This is prairie country, and we've got to make every minute count because pretty soon we're going to hit the hills and we're liable to run into trouble.

[00:30:52]All right, that's all. Well, let's turn in now. Get a good night's sleep.

[00:30:54]Tomorrow we'll get at it again bright and early.

[00:31:57]Hello, Mr. Shaw.

[00:31:58]>> Eden, Miss Kraton.

[00:32:01]>> Well, I didn't expect to see you. Is there anything wrong?

[00:32:05]>> No, nothing wrong. We're just a few miles out, so uh so I sort of thought that >> Good, Saddam. Thanks.

[00:32:17]You see, I uh I had some unfinished business here. And I uh Good evening, Mr. Shaw. I had some unfinished business, too. Hello.

[00:32:36]Oh. Uh >> well, at least you two will have company on your ride back.

[00:33:00]Hick murder quickly alert.

[00:33:13]What happened?

[00:33:15]>> Indians got the cattle. We did the best we could.

[00:33:20]>> We're sure you did.

[00:33:20]>> Where's Frank?

[00:33:22]>> They killed him.

[00:33:26]>> Here's where you and me start getting that extra dollar.

[00:33:46]Well, it went right through your Herb.

[00:33:48]Had not to be no trouble at all.

[00:33:51]>> Let's get into my tent, boys. It'll have more light to work by.

[00:33:54]>> Come on, grab hold, Cookie. He won't kick in.

[00:34:07]>> Too bad. Herb was a real nice fella.

[00:34:09]>> He isn't dead yet. No, but I got a week's wage. He says he will be four morning.

[00:34:13]>> I'll take that, Ben.

[00:34:14]>> Right.

[00:34:21]>> Well, Pat, they get all the cattle.

[00:34:22]>> That's what they say, sir.

[00:34:24]>> I can't figure this out. This is pony country, and ponies don't go after cattle when there's plenty of buffalo around.

[00:34:29]>> Would you think it was rustlers?

[00:34:31]>> Don't know. I'll go have a look.

[00:34:32]>> How many men do you want?

[00:34:34]>> None.

[00:34:35]>> You don't expect to bring back the cattle alone, do you?

[00:34:38]I don't expect to get an Indian war started either. First thing we got to find out is what sort of game we're sitting in on.

[00:34:43]>> All right.

[00:34:48]>> Double guard tonight, Pat.

[00:34:50]>> Yes, sir.

[00:34:50]>> Come on, Homer. I want you to call Fortn.

[00:35:05]Wait a minute.

[00:35:08]You going after them?

[00:35:09]>> Yes.

[00:35:10]>> If you don't mind, I'd like to go with you.

[00:35:12]>> Sorry, but this is one job we don't trust to attend a foot, no matter how good he is.

[00:35:27]>> How is he, Doc?

[00:35:43]Better luck next time, Doc.

[00:36:21]Hallelujah.

[00:36:49]Reach and turn around slow.

[00:37:04]Vance >> Jack.

[00:37:10]>> Howdy. Hello, Vance. Howdy. We knew you'd come back sooner or later.

[00:37:16]>> Well, we kind of missed you since that little affair at North Plat. Where you been? Missouri?

[00:37:20]>> No. Omaha.

[00:37:22]>> Omaha. Wasn't that a little risky?

[00:37:25]>> Not very much. My face isn't as well known as yours.

[00:37:29]>> What are you doing out here?

[00:37:31]>> Working for Western Union.

[00:37:36]I came to get those cattle you rustled.

[00:37:39]>> What do you mean, Russell? We're soldiers now fighting for the Confederacy.

[00:37:44]>> Them clothes you got on don't look like no uniforms to me.

[00:37:46]>> Of course not. We're gorillas under orders from General Mosby.

[00:37:50]>> Did he order you to dress up like engines and steal cattle? As far as you're concerned, yes. These here are my raiders, just like Mosby's got. I do whatever I think will help the cause along.

[00:38:00]>> You might help the cause a lot more by going down south and joining the army.

[00:38:03]>> You talk like you forgot where you was born. You come from Missouri, same as me. Are you going against your own people?

[00:38:09]>> When they turn against their own country, then they ain't my people anymore.

[00:38:12]>> Well, they're mine. And they don't want this Yankee wire strung. And as long as I'm alive, it ain't going to be.

[00:38:20]You wouldn't be making a little money out of your fighting, would you?

[00:38:23]>> Well, sure. There's money in it. We sort of combine business with pleasure, so to speak.

[00:38:33]>> I want those cattle, Jack.

[00:38:36]>> You know what you're going to have to do to get them, don't you?

[00:38:44]>> You win for now.

[00:38:46]>> Wait a minute.

[00:38:48]How do I know you won't tell Kraton about us?

[00:38:52]>> You don't?

[00:38:54]>> Supposing I don't let you go.

[00:38:56]>> Why don't you stop me?

[00:39:02]>> Ah, go ahead.

[00:39:06]>> Adios, Jack.

[00:39:13]>> What do you think he'll do? What can he do? The way things are.

[00:39:39]>> Mr. Craven.

[00:39:40]>> Yes.

[00:39:40]>> Those heathen savages sure cleaned this out. What am I going to tell the men when they start yelling for dinner?

[00:39:45]>> Well, Herman, tell them we'll get some more beef just soon as possible.

[00:39:49]>> That's a mighty indefinite answer to give to a hungry man.

[00:39:51]>> Well, they'll have to tighten up their belts for a day or two. Did you ever try telling that to a fell after he sat down to the table and tied his napkin around his neck? I did just once.

[00:40:33]Unsaddle and feed him. Joe, >> want him rub down?

[00:40:36]>> I'm going to do that myself.

[00:40:48]Can you find any traces of them?

[00:40:49]>> They're up the river 20 mi.

[00:40:51]>> Indians?

[00:40:52]>> Yes.

[00:40:52]>> Well, we'll get some men together and we'll get out.

[00:40:56]>> A bunch of Dotas, a couple hundred in the party. I talked to them.

[00:40:59]>> Well, don't they know they're inviting trouble by stealing our cattle?

[00:41:02]>> They know there's no cavalry around here. I tried to reason with them, but they wouldn't listen. My advice is to charge the beef off to Indian goodwill and let it go at that.

[00:41:14]In so much as I was boss of the herd, I reckon it's my fault it was stolen. Best thing I can do is quit and clear out.

[00:41:21]That's nonsense, Shaw. You can't be held responsible for something like this.

[00:41:25]Besides, I need you.

[00:41:29]You're the boss.

[00:41:34]>> Sue.

[00:41:36]>> Hello, Ed.

[00:41:38]Hello, Mr. Shaw.

[00:41:38]>> Howdy, Miss Payton. Hello.

[00:41:40]Hello.

[00:41:41]>> What in heaven's name are you doing out here? Oh, >> I'm the new operator you sent for us.

[00:41:47]>> Are you responsible for this?

[00:41:49]>> Well, I I telegraphed Omaha, but I didn't know who they were going to send.

[00:41:52]>> I'll bet you didn't.

[00:41:54]>> Seems very much as if nobody wanted me.

[00:41:56]>> Driver, when is that eastbound stage pass here?

[00:41:59]>> In an hour or two.

[00:42:02]>> You're going right back to Omaha, young lady. And you're going to stay there till I really send for you.

[00:42:08]I can't help it if you send me back.

[00:42:11]>> Ah, but it was worth the trip just to see you.

[00:42:12]>> No, no, none of that.

[00:42:14]>> I'd like to show you our thriving metropolis. You really need a guide to get about, you know.

[00:42:18]>> Very nice of you, Blake. But I want you to go ahead with the wagons.

[00:42:22]>> But Shaw, you'll be responsible for Miss Kraton while she's here and seeing that she gets safely on the eastbound stage.

[00:42:28]>> It'll be a pleasure, sir.

[00:42:31]>> Well, I uh must be off, it seems.

[00:42:34]Goodbye, Miss Kraton.

[00:42:35]>> Goodbye, Mr. Blake. I'm sorry you couldn't stay.

[00:42:37]>> So am I. But then that's the telegraph business for you.

[00:42:47]>> Sue, is he responsible for this?

[00:42:50]>> Oh, no. Not altogether. I just wanted to see you. Honest, I did.

[00:42:54]>> We're going to be in Salt Lake before you know it.

[00:42:56]>> Oh, I hope so.

[00:42:56]>> Well, I've got to go now. The men are waiting at the head of the line.

[00:43:00]>> A so soon. I have a thousand things to ask you.

[00:43:02]>> Oh, I've got a thousand things to do.

[00:43:03]Goodbye, dear.

[00:43:04]>> Goodbye, Edward. And remember the next time I pay you a visit that I'm your only sister and that I love you.

[00:43:09]>> Yes.

[00:43:14]>> I think he's a great man.

[00:43:16]>> Mhm.

[00:43:17]>> The whole family is sort of great.

[00:43:32]>> It's coming.

[00:43:42]What is it?

[00:43:43]>> It's a message from my brother at the end of the line. He says, "Haven't you gone yet?"

[00:43:48]>> What did you say?

[00:43:49]>> No.

[00:44:00]>> Thank you.

[00:44:03]It's beautiful.

[00:44:04]>> My brother says it even looks like me.

[00:44:06]But of course, he's prejudiced.

[00:44:08]>> No, ma'am. Not this time.

[00:44:20]>> This one.

[00:44:24]>> Sort of quiet with Western Union gone.

[00:44:27]I suppose it'll be 50 years before Sinking Wells has so much excitement again.

[00:44:31]>> Like me after the stage leaves.

[00:44:35]>> Oh, I hope I haven't said anything I hadn't ordered.

[00:44:40]>> You haven't?

[00:44:41]>> Of course. I know I haven't a chance against somebody like Blake. But >> you better let me decide that.

[00:44:51]>> I should have met you a couple of years ago.

[00:44:54]>> Why?

[00:44:57]Since then, I've made some mistakes.

[00:45:00]Mistakes can be corrected.

[00:45:04]>> Not always.

[00:45:45]Does this here stage connect with a railroad that goes to St. Joe?

[00:45:48]>> She sure do, partner.

[00:45:50]Mister, you got a passenger.

[00:45:57]>> How's about you and me taking a little walk to work up an appetite?

[00:46:02]>> But I don't feel like walking and I don't feel like eating.

[00:46:05]>> Just the same. That's what you're going to do.

[00:46:15]>> I may not be seeing you again.

[00:46:18]>> Don't say that. We'll meet in Salt Lake.

[00:46:21]>> Maybe.

[00:46:23]Anyhow, I'll be thinking of you.

[00:46:33]>> This might help you.

[00:46:44]>> Goodbye.

[00:46:45]>> Goodbye.

[00:46:48]Hey, get Shaw, looks like we got company.

[00:47:39]Mount your horse and warn the others.

[00:47:41]>> Hurry, Jimmy. Hey, we're moving back to the main camp. Indian doesn't fall back in.

[00:48:36]I mean, you look a might bit picky.

[00:48:37]>> What's a suit coming?

[00:48:38]>> Well, ain't you traveling in the wrong direction?

[00:48:40]>> I got to warn a minute at the main camp.

[00:48:41]>> I was just about to make this connection. Maybe it'd be quicker if you warned them by telegraph. That is unless you're short anxious to get out of here.

[00:48:48]Oh, >> you hand the key and I'll make the connection for him.

[00:49:12]Come on, hurry up. Don't you worry, Johnny. I ain't going to let them Indians get you.

[00:49:28]Wake up.

[00:50:01]Mr. Kraton crazy Indians are right in the head of the line. Indians are right in the head of the line.

[00:50:11]>> Well, you stay here and I'll go.

[00:50:17]Heat.

[00:50:21]Heat.

[00:50:48]They're on their way.

[00:50:56]>> Put it away. You won't need it.

[00:50:57]>> I'm not so sure.

[00:50:58]>> I am. And until Mr. Kraton gets here. I am boss.

[00:51:11]Take it easy. They'll stop.

[00:51:25]How?

[00:51:27]>> How?

[00:51:28]>> Whiskey.

[00:51:30]>> No whiskey for Indian brother.

[00:51:32]>> You give him whiskey.

[00:51:33]>> No gun.

[00:51:35]>> Me look.

[00:51:40]>> Let him alone.

[00:52:06]You drunk and he had my way, I'd blast their dirty heads off me. Steady.

[00:52:30]>> Hey, put that down. Stay where you are.

[00:52:32]I'll get it. Ah.

[00:52:45]Good.

[00:52:52]Can't have.

[00:52:54]>> Ah, me keep good medicine.

[00:52:57]>> No keep.

[00:53:13]Stop. I can handle him.

[00:53:23]>> Yipp.

[00:53:43]I ought to take you apart.

[00:53:44]>> I suppose that's the thanks I get for trying to help you.

[00:53:46]>> Whenever I need your help, I'll ask Paul.

[00:53:48]>> If you ever get my help again, you'll have to get down on your knees and beg for it.

[00:54:00]Indians are raiding the main camp.

[00:54:16]Heat.

[00:54:35]Heat.

[00:54:41]Yeah.

[00:54:48]Heat.

[00:55:24]Thanks, Charlie.

[00:55:25]>> You're welcome, Doc. I think you're going to lose this patient. Not if I'm as good a doctor as you are with that hatchet.

[00:55:31]>> I wouldn't mind so much if he's only an engine, but he ain't.

[00:55:34]>> What?

[00:55:36]>> No engine ever looked like that.

[00:55:47]>> H I've got to keep this fellow alive, Mr. Kraton. I want to ask him a few questions.

[00:55:53]>> Oh, doctor.

[00:55:58]I got to have medical attention and I got to have it quit.

[00:56:01]>> Are you shot, Herman?

[00:56:02]>> No, I ain't.

[00:56:03]>> What's the matter with you?

[00:56:07]>> This is private. It's got to be kept private.

[00:56:18]>> Well, why didn't he didn't make it, Mr. Kraton?

[00:56:22]>> Did he say anything before he died?

[00:56:24]>> He called me a few bad names while I was sewing him up. I'll have him buried immediately. I don't want the men to know for the time being.

[00:56:32]>> He's being slapped with a spade right now.

[00:56:37]>> What do you think of this, Shaw?

[00:56:39]>> I don't know.

[00:56:40]>> You got any ideas?

[00:56:41]>> No.

[00:56:43]>> You said those Indians that you met today were drunk, didn't you?

[00:56:47]>> Yeah.

[00:56:48]>> A white man disguised as an Indian participated in the raid on the camp.

[00:56:52]That means white men must have got the real Indians drunk and talked them into attacking us.

[00:56:57]>> They ain't old Yankees out here, you know.

[00:57:00]>> Apparently not. You sure those Indians that got away with our beef at Sinking Wells were Indians?

[00:57:09]>> They look like Indians to me.

[00:57:13]All right, that's all. Boys, go on about your jobs as if nothing had happened.

[00:57:18]Shaw, you're taking over Grogan's job as foreman. I don't have to tell you what a responsibility it is.

[00:57:26]>> Thanks, Mr. Kraton, but I can't take that job. I uh I had the experience.

[00:57:31]>> You had more experience than any man in the outfit.

[00:57:34]>> I want to only >> You're not going to let me down at a time like this, are you, Shaw? Somebody has got to take charge of things and pick out some new horses. And >> Oh, I can do that. They ought to be 60 or 70 head and sage.

[00:57:44]>> And you take the job.

[00:57:50]If that's the way you want it, Mr. Kraton. That's the way I want it. We're going to town tomorrow. We'll buy up whatever we can.

[00:57:57]>> All right. Good night.

[00:57:59]>> Good night.

[00:58:06]>> May I talk to you for a minute, sir?

[00:58:08]>> Of course.

[00:58:09]>> I don't like to butt in, sir, but I think we're making a grave mistake.

[00:58:13]>> Yes.

[00:58:13]>> I know you have great faith in Shaw. You have just made him foreman and no doubt he deserves the post.

[00:58:19]>> Come to the point, Blake.

[00:58:20]>> Well, it seems to me if we ever want to get this wire strung, we'll have to act differently than we have up till now.

[00:58:26]>> What do you mean?

[00:58:27]>> You know, I'm not looking for a fight or trouble, but look what happened to our cattle. Look what happened today. I suppose Shaw knows his business, but the way he let those Indians manhandle us, you'd think he was deliberately going out of his way to encourage them to strike at us again.

[00:58:47]However, I guess there's a lot about the West I never will understand.

[00:58:52]Good night.

[00:58:55]Good night.

[00:59:20]Well, I don't think we'll have to go any farther.

[00:59:23]Come on.

[00:59:34]>> Howdy, Vance.

[00:59:36]Howdy, Jack.

[00:59:40]You're Ed Crate from the Western Union, ain't you?

[00:59:43]>> That's right.

[00:59:46]>> My name's Jack Slade.

[00:59:48]>> Nice bunch of horses, ain't they?

[00:59:50]>> Very nice.

[00:59:51]>> You wouldn't be in a market, would you?

[00:59:53]>> Yes, I might. How much you want for them?

[00:59:55]>> $5,000 and help yourself.

[00:59:57]>> Our camp was raided yesterday by Indians. They got most of our stock.

[01:00:00]>> Then these ought to be just the thing for you.

[01:00:03]>> They ought to. They're ours.

[01:00:05]>> Huh?

[01:00:05]>> I said they're ours. They were stolen from us. Now look here, Kraton. You wouldn't accuse me of being a horse thief, would you?

[01:00:12]>> No, I'll wait till I've heard your explanation.

[01:00:14]>> Why? I got these horses from a bunch of Indians. They didn't say where they got them.

[01:00:18]>> You didn't ask.

[01:00:19]>> No, I didn't. And in this country, when you call a man a horse thief, you better have some proof. I bought these horses in good faith, and I aim to sell them the same way.

[01:00:28]>> Well, then I guess I better see the law about this.

[01:00:30]>> Well, you have to go back to Omaha if you do. It don't run beyond there.

[01:00:34]>> I'll make some of my own. That wouldn't look so good, would it? Western Union stringing up white men for what a bunch of Indians did.

[01:00:43]>> You've got all the answers, haven't you?

[01:00:45]>> Well, sure. There might be able to give you a few more. He knows his country inside out.

[01:00:51]>> What he says makes sense, Mr. Kraton. At least it does out here.

[01:00:58]>> All right, I'm going to give you that $5,000 because I've got a lot of work to do and no time for fighting. I'm paying you on the assumption that $5,000 will buy you off, but if you ever bother Western Union again, the next payment will be in lead. Is that clear?

[01:01:13]>> Make out a bill of sale. I'll meet you at the saloon in 15 minutes.

[01:01:21]>> You two seem to know one another pretty well.

[01:01:23]>> Yeah, we do.

[01:01:25]>> Old friends, more or less. We were both raised in the same corner, Missouri.

[01:01:32]Anybody?

[01:02:05]What do they have? The bill of sale.

[01:02:12]There it is.

[01:02:16]All right. Here's a draft on the Bank of Omaha for $5,000.

[01:02:27]>> You can cash this by telegraph if you want.

[01:02:31]>> I trust you.

[01:02:34]>> I suppose you deal in caval, too.

[01:02:38]>> Well, I ain't lately, but uh you're in the market.

[01:02:41]>> Just a question.

[01:02:43]>> Well, Mr. Craven, you're a right good man to do business with, >> but only once.

[01:03:06]>> $5,000. Did all right by that outfit.

[01:03:08]>> Yeah. And I ain't said goodbye to Mr. Anne Craven yet.

[01:03:12]>> No. No, but first of all, I want to take a great big drink to the Confederate States of America.

[01:03:19]If there was no Confederates, there wouldn't be no war. Ain't that something to drink to?

[01:03:24]>> Yeah, but I think >> you know, a good thing can be made to last a long time if you don't spoil it.

[01:03:31]Besides, I'm a patriot.

[01:03:52]Are you Mr. Kraton?

[01:03:54]>> Yes, I'm Kraton.

[01:03:56]I'm Captain Harlow from Portal Arab.

[01:03:59]>> What do you do?

[01:04:00]>> I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you. Chief spotted horse of the Angala Sue has sent in word that you can't build any more line through his nation.

[01:04:07]>> No. Why not?

[01:04:09]>> One of your men wounded his son yesterday.

[01:04:11]>> They were drunk, Captain. They raided our camp immediately afterward and they killed several of my men.

[01:04:16]>> Spotted horse says none of his Indians killed any white men. Some renegades got a few of his young bucks drunk and talked them into a horse stealing raid to get some more whiskey. The renegades did the killing. So the chief feels that only white men are to blame. Who are the renegades? Spotted horse says he doesn't know.

[01:04:31]>> Indians are not. I'm going ahead with the line. Captain, the government is counting on it.

[01:04:36]>> I realize that, Mr. Craven. Washington has already notified me to help you all I can. But unfortunately, most of my troops have been ordered to the army of the PTO. Besides, an Indian war means a massacre. You wouldn't want that.

[01:04:47]>> Of course not.

[01:04:48]>> We have spotted Horse's brother at Fort Kernney as a hostage for the good behavior of the Agalala.

[01:04:53]I might try putting a little pressure on him, maybe in two or three weeks.

[01:04:56]>> Well, I can't wait. The winter is almost here, and from now on, every day counts.

[01:05:02]You know, if I could talk with the chief, perhaps I could get him to change his mind.

[01:05:05]>> I'm afraid that's too great a risk.

[01:05:06]After what's happened, you'd have to go into his territory alone or with no more than a couple of men and unarmed. Even then, there's no telling what he might do. Well, we've got to take that chance, and with your permission, we will. Thank you.

[01:05:53]Mean looking devils, aren't they?

[01:05:54]>> Just don't get your wires crossed.

[01:05:57]>> Whatever we do, we got to do quick.

[01:05:59]Indians can't stay interested in one thing very long.

[01:06:15]That's him. Hook up your wallet.

[01:06:19]Oh, how >> he says you come in peace today, but there won't be any peace if you try to take the singing wire through the Ogalala nation. Well, tell him that the great white father who speaks with lightning over the singing wire is sorry for the wounding of his Indian son, but that the lightning talk is strong medicine and it must go through.

[01:07:00]He says the Ogalala doesn't believe the singing wire is strong medicine.

[01:07:04]>> Ask him if he'll let 10 of his strongest braves hold the tongue of the singing wire. That is after we've proved it's harmless.

[01:07:16]Wandy hang.

[01:07:40]He says yes.

[01:07:59]He wants to know why we pour water on the ground.

[01:08:01]>> Oh, follow.

[01:08:05]Well, tell him uh tell him we must make sacrifice to the rain god whose brother to the lightning.

[01:08:17]>> Spotted horse sees the connection between the gods.

[01:08:19]>> Hold the wire shaw and explain to him that it's good medicine for us, but it's bad for our enemies.

[01:08:32]What do you got? Oh, >> let him have it.

[01:09:10]That's enough.

[01:09:36]He says the great white father's lightning is the strongest medicine they've ever seen. That the singing wire can go through his nation in peace.

[01:09:42]>> Well, tell him I promise that the singing wire will make good medicine for the ogala against their enemies.

[01:09:57]He says, "Peace." Peace. Now, let's get out of here before they have a chance to think it over.

[01:10:32]Well, I was sure everything was going to be all right from the first, weren't you?

[01:10:36]>> Of course. Now, I gave it a thought.

[01:10:48]Funny.

[01:11:12]Boys, uh, I've called you together tonight to give you some good news for a change.

[01:11:20]We've practically licked our job. We're on the last leg and the finish is almost in sight. You fellas have all done a great job. And so when we reach Salt Lake City, everybody gets an extra two months pay as a bonus.

[01:11:40]And tonight, double portions of grub for everybody.

[01:11:49]>> Come and get it. Come and get it.

[01:12:09]down there.

[01:12:18]We're going to test the party.

[01:12:36]Jack wants to see you, Vance.

[01:12:39]>> What fall?

[01:12:40]>> It's a matter of life and death. He had an argument with a fellow over in Elville, and a fell plugged him in his stomach.

[01:12:47]>> Where is he? Only a couple of miles from here.

[01:12:57]All right. I'll meet you on the other side of the camp.

[01:13:01]All right.

[01:13:38]Sorry Vance, this is orders.

[01:13:41]Come on, get the horses, boys.

[01:13:50]All right, [ __ ] >> I don't look so blank sore. I got you up here to save you from a roaster. I'm going to burn out Western Union tonight.

[01:14:01]Didn't want you to be a part of it.

[01:14:04]>> That's mighty white of you.

[01:14:06]>> Well, you used to be one of us. As far as I'm concerned, you still are. You kept your mouth shut and you played square. Didn't want to see you get hurt.

[01:14:12]>> Get hold of yourself, Jack. You can't fight a thing as big and as important as Western Union. Whites Plum Low Coder.

[01:14:17]>> No, it ain't to me. This thing don't work tonight, something else will. I'm going to stop him if I have to cut down every Yankee pole between here and Omaha.

[01:14:26]Are you going to be with us or not?

[01:14:30]>> Listen, Jack. I want to give you some of the best advice you've ever had.

[01:14:33]>> Yeah.

[01:14:34]>> Let Western Union alone. I'm not going to let them alone till they paid 10 times over for every foot of wire they're stringing. Why? This is better known in a gold mine. Steal the cattle.

[01:14:43]Steal the horses. Burn them out. Then when they need more wagons, more horses, and more cattle, we'll be on hand to sell them to him.

[01:14:49]>> You're a fool, Jack. You can't go up against a thing as big as this without getting hung.

[01:14:53]>> Maybe I will, maybe I won't. If you got any sense, you'll string along with us.

[01:14:56]I tell you what I'll do. You come along with us and I'll cut you in for half of my share.

[01:15:07]It's a bargain on one condition.

[01:15:09]>> Yeah.

[01:15:10]>> That you agree to give up this bonfire business and come back to Missouri with me. We'll join up with General Mosby and be real gorillas.

[01:15:18]>> Tie them up, boys and tight.

[01:15:31]Sure you won't change your mind and come with us?

[01:15:47]Not this trip. All right.

[01:15:50]Come on, boy.

[01:16:17]There we go.

[01:17:01]I looked everywhere, Mr. Kraton, but I can't find him.

[01:17:03]>> All right, I'll see him in the morning.

[01:17:05]>> Good night.

[01:17:06]>> Good night, Joe.

[01:17:10]>> You're looking for Shaw?

[01:17:12]>> Yes.

[01:17:14]>> I saw him right out of camp over an hour ago.

[01:18:05]This timber's so dry it'll burn up like paper.

[01:18:09]Be sure you circle the whole camp.

[01:18:58]Fire. Fire. Everybody out.

[01:19:02]Fire.

[01:19:05]>> Blake.

[01:19:07]>> Come on. Get up. Get up.

[01:19:11]>> Come on, everybody. Get the horses out of the crowd and get them up.

[01:19:21]Hurry.

[01:19:23]>> Get all the equipment on the wagons.

[01:19:25]Hurry.

[01:19:25]>> It's warm tonight.

[01:19:29]>> Never mind that. Get the insulators loaded.

[01:19:37]Heat. Heat.

[01:19:48]Heat.

[01:20:00]Heat.

[01:20:14]Hey, come here. Give me a hand.

[01:20:45]Heat. Heat.

[01:21:00]Come on. You die.

[01:21:15]Yeah.

[01:21:18]Heat.

[01:21:28]Heat.

[01:21:42]Heat.

[01:21:50]Heat up here.

[01:22:16]Fire.

[01:22:35]Fire.

[01:22:58]Charlie, >> I'm so tired.

[01:23:00]>> What's the matter, Herman? A little accident?

[01:23:02]>> Oh, when the fire started licking out his boots, he went so fast he ran clean out of his britches.

[01:23:10]Come on now, cookie. Behave yourself.

[01:23:13]Here, eat your stew like a good boy.

[01:23:17]Here, look at this nice little piece.

[01:23:19]Come on.

[01:23:22]Isn't that good?

[01:23:43]I didn't think you got back in time to get burned.

[01:23:49]>> You're next, son.

[01:23:50]>> Oh, sure.

[01:23:51]>> Come to my tent. I want to talk to you.

[01:23:55]>> Thanks, Doc.

[01:24:14]ever see this before?

[01:24:17]>> No.

[01:24:22]>> Shaw, for a long time, I've been expecting you to tell me something, and you didn't. I've given you every chance.

[01:24:28]The only conclusion I can draw now is I was wrong about you.

[01:24:35]You know, I didn't say anything when the cattle were stolen, and I didn't say anything about that horse dealing sage, but your absence last night is something I won't put up with. Now, once and for all, I want the truth.

[01:24:54]All right, pack up your things and get out.

[01:24:59]That all?

[01:25:00]>> Yes.

[01:25:17]>> Well, I see you're clearing out.

[01:25:22]>> Yeah, for good.

[01:25:25]After I go, there's a favor I want you to do for me.

[01:25:28]>> A favor for you?

[01:25:30]>> Tell Mr. Kraton Jack Sllays my brother.

[01:25:34]>> Your brother? I wanted to tell him myself, but when a fellow's your own brother, there ain't much you can say.

[01:25:39]I'm going in a little business. Tell Mr. Kraton not to worry. Jack Sllay won't bother Western Union anymore.

[01:26:02]Give me a shave. It's a pleasure, friend.

[01:26:30]He's loose, Jack. He's here now looking for you >> alone.

[01:26:32]>> Yeah, >> we'll stay here.

[01:26:39]>> All right, if you'll excuse me. I think I'll go and have dinner. Put that cloth around me and get to work.

[01:26:47]>> But my wife, she's a stickler for punctuality and and I live way over on the other side of town.

[01:26:52]>> Shut up and do as I tell you.

[01:26:54]>> Yes, sir.

[01:26:58]>> Be careful you don't nick me if you know what's good for you.

[01:27:00]>> Oh, no, sir.

[01:27:26]There he is.

[01:27:39]>> Maybe he didn't see us.

[01:27:41]>> He's seen us. All right.

[01:27:43]I know, Vance.

[01:27:45]>> What are we going to do?

[01:27:47]>> That depends.

[01:27:48]We'll see.

[01:28:05]Here he comes.

[01:29:02]Howdy, Vance.

[01:29:14]>> Howdy, Jack.

[01:29:17]>> Did you come to join us?

[01:29:19]>> No.

[01:29:20]I'm going to give you an even break, Jack.

[01:29:24]It can't go on this way any longer. It's got to be either you or me. So get up and take that apron off.

[01:29:47]Heat. Heat.

[01:31:16]All right.

[01:33:07]Right. Well, >> makes a nice sound, doesn't it? Coming across the continent.

[01:33:15]It's music.

[01:33:17]>> I wish I could hear it.

[01:33:19]It's a long way from Salt Lake City to boot in and