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The Cartwrights go up against two San Francisco men who plan to get rich by killing off the antelope herds--which the Indians rely on for their food.
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00:26Look over there.
00:27So that's what's been happening to our cattle.
01:02It is as I have promised O'Winnemucca.
01:05The cattle are in the small canyon.
01:07Your people are grateful.
01:08Take them quickly.
01:09If the Cartwrights come...
01:10Cartwrights are here.
01:15You know what happens to cattle thieves?
01:19Shoot, Ben Cartwright.
01:21Shoot.
01:21Shoot, Ben Cartwright.
02:13I trusted you.
02:15I gave you a good life in the Ponderosa.
02:17Do you repay me by stealing my cattle?
02:20Do not blame my brother.
02:22He but did the word of his chief.
02:24How long have the Paiutes been cattle thieves?
02:27Since the Washoe antelope and deer are gone.
02:30Since the pinyon tree burns in the fires of Sun Mountain.
02:34Since our women and our children and our braves sit hungry in our tents and sicken without food.
02:41What say you, Winamaka?
02:43The Washoe antelope herds have fed the Paiutes since the long-ago dream time.
02:47The diggers of Sun Mountain eat antelope, while the pots of the Paiute are empty.
02:53They are but three head, the weakest of the Ponderosa herd.
02:58Tukwa cannot see his people starve.
03:00What's the matter of you, Tukwa?
03:02The Cartwrights let the Paiute starve?
03:04Why didn't you ask us?
03:06The Paiute is a man.
03:07He does not beg.
03:10Even now, Winamaka is called woman by my young men around the council fires.
03:17Winamaka is no woman.
03:18He thinks of his people.
03:21The ways of peace are good ways.
03:24But because the Paiute loves peace does not mean he cannot make war.
03:28War brings nothing but wailing in tents and lodges, Winamaka.
03:32For the Paiute and the white man, you and I understand these things.
03:35Does Ben Cartwright disregard the voices of his sons?
03:39Even so, Winamaka hears the words of his young men.
03:43They speak for war.
03:46They see as I see.
03:48That the Paiute walks the same trail as the antelope.
03:51And the antelope is dead.
03:53The men who dig in the earth are new to Washoe, Winamaka.
03:57They do not know the ways of the land.
04:00My sons and I, we will ride to them and make them understand.
04:04They will listen.
04:05The Cartwrights and the Paiutes have long walked the earth together.
04:10But if there is war, Ben Cartwright,
04:13even the men of the Ponderosa can die.
04:16There will be no war.
04:18And no more antelope will die.
04:21I will see to it.
04:25Tukwa always speaks the truth.
04:27They must indeed be the weakest cattle of our herd.
04:30For our friendship,
04:31would you drive them off the Ponderosa?
04:38Help you people, Tukwa.
04:51Help you people, Tukwa.
04:57Paul,
04:59I don't like all that war talk.
05:01I knew Virginia City is full of fools.
05:05You think even fools would know you can't push Indians around?
05:07All they were thinking about was food.
05:09Food is one thing.
05:10Destroying the balance of nature is another.
05:12To keep this up,
05:13the whole of Washoe will become a desert.
05:15Saw it happen at John Sutter's California.
05:17All right, let's go.
05:18Where?
05:18Virginia City.
05:19Hey!
05:20Yes, sir.
05:34You take the money, what's your name?
05:36Look at your picture, you're crazy.
05:38You're crazy, you're not doing a job.
05:40You're not doing a job.
05:41You're not doing a job.
05:41You're not doing a job.
05:42You're not doing a job.
05:54Hey, Adam, you see that little gal smiling at me?
05:56Oh, what makes you think it's you she was smiling at?
05:59You know, every time I come in here, I gotta get used to it all over again.
06:02Remember when this was nothing more than a jackrabbit run?
06:03Yeah, I don't know what I like jackrabbits better, little dude.
06:06Who?
06:07You two country boys get your fill of the city.
06:10Adam and I'll take a little look around.
06:12Hey, horse, you ever see anything like this in your whole life?
06:23Yeah, I seen a stampede last fall up in Silver Matter.
06:27The only difference was the stampede made more sense.
06:30Come on before you take root.
06:40Looks good, look.
06:42Yeah, hold on, boy.
06:42Wish there was more.
06:46Guess we've seen it all now.
06:48The good and the bad.
06:50Is this what they call striking at rich?
06:54Looks like all they've struck so far is bad luck.
06:57Pretty rough on young ones like that.
07:07Howdy.
07:09Howdy.
07:10That's not much of a meal for grown boys.
07:14That ain't much of a meal for anybody, but that's my business, ain't it?
07:17Well, no offense intended.
07:20Mr.
07:21Harris.
07:22Carl Harris.
07:23This is my wife and my boys.
07:25Hello.
07:26Howdy.
07:27Howdy.
07:28You know, Mr. Harris, you could be feeding those boys beef.
07:33Yeah.
07:33Hefner had wings that could fly, too.
07:37Mr. Harris, we're the cotwrights from the Ponderosa.
07:39Now, there's plenty of beef in the valley.
07:41Well, I reckon so.
07:44All I can do to fork over $10 a pound for that skinny antelope.
07:48I couldn't afford beef.
07:49You paid $10 a pound?
07:51And lucky to get it.
07:52A man come through last week selling salt pork for $15 a pound.
07:58At least its meat is fresh.
08:00We aren't starving, mister.
08:02We take care of ourselves.
08:03Well, I'm sure you do, ma'am.
08:05You don't have to pay those prices.
08:07We market our steers over to Placerville for $25 a head.
08:11We'd be making money selling them to you for $20.
08:15$20?
08:16That's right.
08:24Are you joking me, mister?
08:27They're yours if you want them.
08:28All you have to do is come over to the Ponderosa and drive them away.
08:40I couldn't do much better than that back home in Kentucky.
08:45Kentucky, you're a long way from home.
08:46I got tired of seeing my family starve on 40 acres of rock.
08:50Now, I figured if we had to starve, we might as well do it somewhere where there's a chance of
08:53striking it rich.
08:54Well, nobody's going to starve or we have cattle to sell.
08:56Now, get yourself some men together and come over to the Ponderosa.
08:59Well, by golly, we'll do it.
09:03Oh, did you hear that, woman?
09:05We're going to eat ourselves some beef.
09:07Oh, sure I am acting like a Yankee.
09:10Come on in.
09:11Have a cup of coffee.
09:12Mr. Harris, you sure don't know anything about us Yankees.
09:17You're Yankees?
09:19Oh, I didn't mean it.
09:20Oh, it's all right.
09:21It's all right.
09:22Come on in.
09:22Have some coffee.
09:34Hey, where'd you come from?
09:35You're cute.
09:36Hey, now, wait a minute.
09:38Lady, you just mind your own business.
09:43Stuff your ass back to your head.
09:45They're about to pop out.
09:46You know, horse, I could have a good time if you weren't here.
09:48Yeah, and get yourself into a peck of trouble, too.
09:52Hey, look at that little gentleman.
09:53Hey, let's go.
09:55Come on, Joe.
09:56Let's go.
09:56Hurry up.
09:57Let's go.
09:58Antelope meat, $10 a pound.
10:00Yeah.
10:01Looks like we're raising our own kind of stock, don't we?
10:05Well, come on.
10:06Let's go.
10:06Hurry up.
10:07Let's go.
10:08Come on.
10:12Here, let me try a little, Joe.
10:14Excuse me, man.
10:16Excuse me.
10:19Excuse me.
10:20Excuse me.
10:21Here.
10:22coffee from in there.
10:24Let's go.
10:28First, the comeback's the
10:29All its vaya off.
10:29Get back your lad, get back.
10:30Stay out of here.
10:31Get back his git.
10:38They must be out of their minds.
10:41How so, friend?
10:43Always like to hear the other fella's side of things.
10:47Ten dollars a pound for antelope meat.
10:49That makes sense to you?
10:50Depends on your point of view.
10:51You see, that happens to be my antelope meat they're buying.
10:53I would smart argue with you about that.
10:56I haven't seen you boys around.
10:58Are you staking out in Virginia City?
10:59Mark Burdette's the name.
11:01Joe Cartwright.
11:02It's my brother, Hoss.
11:03Pleased to meet you.
11:04Say, he's a big fella, isn't he?
11:05Boys, do you have any idea how many people are heading toward Virginia City right now?
11:09Thousands, yes sir, thousands.
11:11And every blessed one of them with a belly, he's got to fill.
11:15Gonna be a bunch of them, huh?
11:16Ever since they found out about that blue stuff being silver,
11:19which assays at better than $3,500 a ton,
11:22they're heading here from all over the world.
11:23Silver?
11:25All that time Comstock and those other fellas were chucking it away,
11:28thinking only about gold.
11:29Gold?
11:30Virginia City's gonna be a hundred times the strike the motherlode ever was.
11:33Now let me tell you something, boys.
11:34There's more than one way to strike it rich.
11:37Man can live without whiskey and women and clothing, even shelter.
11:41But if he doesn't eat, he dies.
11:44Hey, little Joe.
11:45What are you doing here?
11:46If I'd like you to meet Mark Burdette, he owns this place.
11:49How proud to meet you, Mr. Cartwright.
11:50Howdy.
11:51It's my brother, Adam.
11:52Adam?
11:52Howdy.
11:53You've got a good thing here, haven't you?
11:55It takes a businessman to know a good business, Mr. Cartwright.
11:57Is that what you call it?
11:58I could think of another name.
12:02You boys sound as if you want to talk.
12:04Look, well, one thing you'll find out about me, I'm always ready to oblige.
12:07This way, gentlemen.
12:10Here we are.
12:12Not very much, but it's the beginning.
12:14What I say is let them have their silver as long as I can sell them their meat.
12:18You're charging pretty fancy prices for that meat.
12:21Well, it's the only meat in town, Mr. Cartwright.
12:22It cost me a lot to get it.
12:24Well, I will cost you a lot more.
12:25Mr. You went out and butchered the meat supply of the whole Paiute nation.
12:28You're risking an Indian war.
12:30Oh, come now, friend.
12:31I have nothing against the Indians.
12:32What I always say is fair game is fair game.
12:35Hey, Pa.
12:35Why don't we sell some of our stock to Mr. Bedette here?
12:38Then the Paiutes can have the antelope to themselves again.
12:39What stock are you talking about, son?
12:41Don't you know about the Ponderosa?
12:43We've got more prime cattle than...
12:47You have.
12:49Real prime beef east of the Sierras.
12:51I'll tell you what I'll do, Mr. Cartwright.
12:53I'll take all you've got.
12:54You can name your own price.
12:56If you charge ten dollars a pound for antelope meat, what will you be charging for beef?
13:00All I can get.
13:01If you think that's out of line, take a look in the saloon.
13:03See what rot-gut whiskey's going for.
13:05Or a bag of flour.
13:06Or a pick and shovel.
13:07I just sold the last sight of antelope, Mr. Bedette.
13:10We're out of business.
13:12Not yet, Thorne.
13:13These gentlemen of the Cartwrights from the Ponderosa Ranch.
13:15Prime beef cattle as much as you want.
13:17My assistant, Early Thorne.
13:19How are you, gents?
13:19Well, do we do business?
13:21Why not, Pa?
13:22We're in the business to sell cattle.
13:24Mr. Bedette, we have our own way of doing business in the Ponderosa.
13:28We pay an honest day's wages for an honest day's work.
13:31We expect the same in return, nothing more, nothing less.
13:34You're referring to us, mister?
13:35It's all right, Thorne.
13:37Let's be honest, friends.
13:38I need your cattle.
13:39I'm willing to pay you the best price you'll ever get.
13:41I have a cold storage tunnel out there full of ice from the Sierras.
13:44It's the only ice in town.
13:46If you're going to sell in Virginia City, you'll have to sell to me anyhow.
13:49I say let's get together.
13:50We'll both clean up.
13:51We ain't hurting for customers, Mr. Bedette.
13:53Any miner in town can come up to the Ponderosa and buy all the meat he needs.
13:56And we don't intend to profit from his hunger.
13:58Profit from their hunger?
13:59You think I was twisting those fellas' arms to get them in here?
14:02Every minute they can spare, they use to dig for silver.
14:05I'm doing them a service.
14:08My son is right.
14:09The Ponderosa's a business.
14:11But there's more involved here than profits.
14:14I'm sorry, Mr. Bedette.
14:15No deal.
14:16Why not?
14:17I'm offering you top dollar and charging top dollar to people who can't afford to pay.
14:22Maybe you need to take them down a peg.
14:25You could be foolish, mister.
14:27I told you about your temper.
14:33I'm sorry about this, gentlemen.
14:35But we can't let it interfere with our negotiations.
14:37Our negotiations are over.
14:40I want to warn you again.
14:41Stop slaughtering the wild herds.
14:43If you don't want a war on your hands, you'll follow this advice.
14:46The pirates can be unpleasant.
15:01You're going to kill me, one of them cartwrights.
15:04So when are you going to learn there's more than one way of getting what you want?
15:08Are you sure, Mr. Bedette?
15:09I'm sure.
15:11They'll sell to me before I'm through, or they'll never sell cattle to anyone else.
15:31Oh, hi there, Mr. Carr Wright.
15:34What do you think of Virginia City?
15:36Sure is growing up, ain't you?
15:37Sure is, Mr. Harris.
15:39Now, this place is busier than a nest of hornets.
15:41Where are you picking to go?
15:43Oh, I got a little digging to do up Six Mile Canyon.
15:47You know, back in Cane Tuck, I never thought that I'd be living on a mountain of solid silver.
15:53Kind of takes a man's mind off other things, though.
15:57What about them cartwrights?
15:58There they are.
16:01Now, don't you let it take your mind off those cattle.
16:03You get some people together and come on over first thing in the morning, we'll fix you up.
16:06By golly, I'll do that first thing in the morning, and I want to thank you all.
16:10That's a real neighborly thing to do.
16:11I bet them two boys make mighty good help when he comes digging, don't they, Mr. Harris?
16:15We sure do.
16:16Yeah, well, they'll be even better when we get a little beef on their bones.
16:19We'll see you.
16:20Bye, boys.
16:24You heard what they're fixing to do.
16:26Sure, the cartwrights are going to sell beef direct to the miners.
16:29That'll wreck us, Brudus.
16:30It could, if those cattle reach Virginia City.
16:33What, can you stop them?
16:33Let's just say I don't look with favor upon any unnecessary competition.
16:38If anyone's looking at Warming Thorn, tell them I'm investigating the places of a bucket of blood.
16:42Right.
16:58You were just about to buy me a drink, weren't you?
17:04How did you guess?
17:06I suppose I just have a knack for certain things.
17:09Uh-huh.
17:10I'm sure you have.
17:13Oh, um, isn't there some kind of a rule about women frequenting saloons?
17:18Oh, didn't you know?
17:20This is Virginia City.
17:21Anything goes.
17:23Exactly my sentiments.
17:24Not for you.
17:29Well, it isn't exactly the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, but it'll have to do.
17:34The name's Glory DeLacy, and it's all right.
17:37I've been in here before.
17:39Then you'll know what kind of whiskey to order.
17:41It's all one kind.
17:42Brot gut.
17:43Now, let's see if you're right.
17:44A bartender, a bottle of your very finest.
17:47Why is it that a new mining camp always has the worst kind of whiskey?
17:52The worst kind of women?
17:54That wasn't what I was thinking.
17:58What were you thinking?
17:59That you are the only really beautiful thing I've seen in Virginia City.
18:04Why haven't I seen you before?
18:07Just got in town a few days ago.
18:09Well, let's celebrate.
18:19What's your name?
18:21Burdett.
18:22Mark Burdett.
18:24To Glory of the Comstock Load.
18:27To the Comstock Load.
18:30They say it'll be the biggest and richest strike in history.
18:33A bonanza.
18:34A real bonanza.
18:35And I'm going to get my share of it.
18:38You're not exactly dressed for the part.
18:41Oh, you don't think I mean to dig for her like those fellows over there.
18:44There's more than one way of panting for silver.
18:48Yeah, I know.
18:50Well, I didn't mean it that way.
18:54Why are you here?
18:56The excitement of a new camp.
18:59I don't know.
19:01Maybe the hope that this one will be it.
19:04Anyway, there's nothing left in California.
19:06This is going to be the biggest thing that ever happened.
19:08Make California look sick.
19:09I can feel it.
19:09And this time, I mean to get my share of it.
19:14How come you never made it in California?
19:17A smart man like you.
19:20Maybe I wasn't smart enough.
19:23Come to think of it, I could ask you the same question, couldn't I?
19:26Don't.
19:28To the future.
19:29When we both have what we want.
19:31Do you care to drink to it?
19:33As long as you're buying the drinks, Mr. Bidette, I'll drink to anything.
19:37We're going to be rich.
19:38The richest man in town.
19:40He's wishing you luck?
19:43What I mean to say is that from now on, I don't want anyone else buying you drinks.
19:52You mean you want to take care of everything?
19:55I'm going to take care of everything.
19:5820, 40, 60, 80, $100, Mr. Cartwright.
20:04And I sure want to thank you.
20:06You can have more cattle if you want.
20:08That's pretty near all we can afford right now.
20:10But as soon as I get a dozen more feet down to my diggings, I'll come back and buy your
20:14whole ranch.
20:17Hey, there comes old Tuqua.
20:19I thought he was supposed to be up on the rim.
20:23He's riding like there's some trouble.
20:27Anything wrong, Tuqua?
20:28More new diggers, Ben Cartwright.
20:30Too many.
20:31Like the trees of the forest.
20:32He ain't fooling you there, Mr. Cartwright.
20:34I'll bet there ain't a hard rock man left in California, unless he's too sick to walk.
20:39Man who chased the mirage.
20:41Maybe so, maybe not.
20:43But somebody's going to hit it over there to Virginia City, and nobody knows who yet.
20:48Well, my boys, I got them.
20:50Thanks again.
20:51And just wait till them women see a square meal walking in on the hook.
21:01Bye.
21:04Go ahead.
21:05Go ahead.
21:12What's the matter, Pa?
21:14Well, it's newcomers from California.
21:17Adam, you double the riders in the rim, we'll start losing cattle.
21:20I go back, tell them.
21:21No, you've had a hard ride.
21:23You've gone off to Steamboat Springs camp for a while.
21:25I'll put another man up on the rim.
21:28Well, we could have got a lot more than $20 a head for those cattle.
21:30We made a fair profit.
21:32That's all the Ponderos asks.
21:33You know, what about the other ranches?
21:34I spoke to the other settlers.
21:36They won't boost up their prices.
21:37What are you on more money for anyhow, little Joe?
21:38You ain't going no place.
22:00We're eating steak tonight.
22:02Get ready.
22:28Remember, I'll take care of the ones that will be left alive.
22:39I'll take care of the ones that will be left alive.
22:53Don't shoot!
23:10The kids.
23:12What are we going to tell the kids?
23:25It's all over town, Thorne.
23:27The fever's running high against the Indians.
23:30Did you have to kill that way?
23:33Them cattle didn't get to Virginia City, did they?
23:35All right, they didn't, but you could have stopped short of murder.
23:38You know any other way, Mr. Burdett?
23:40The Cartwrights would have come around and would have upped the price until they had no choice.
23:43Someday you're going to learn it takes more than money to make a real killing.
23:50Thorne, you're a monster.
23:53I never should have taken up with you again.
23:56You need me, Burdett.
23:58Remember, we have a murder charge hanging over us back in St. Louis.
24:02Or did you forget about that prison guard I killed so you could get to be a free man again?
24:15I was a monster.
24:16How you are, I'm three kings.
24:22All right, boys, party's over.
24:23We've got some more work to do.
24:25I thought we'd done enough, Thorne.
24:26No, job's only half done.
24:28There's still the other half.
24:29Yeah, what's that?
24:30Town's plenty riled up against the Indians for killing them miners.
24:33Well, they're getting the posse together to go after them.
24:35Yeah, I know. That's why we've got to get the Indians stirred up against the miners.
24:39That way we put the Cartwrights plumb in the middle.
24:41And what's on your mind?
24:42Killing the sun, Paiutes.
24:44For having massacred those poor, hard-working miners?
24:46Why don't we let the posse go after them?
24:48Because the posse might stop long enough to ask questions, and I don't like questions.
24:51You mean, like, who really killed those miners?
24:55What's the idea?
24:56I told you I don't like questions.
24:59You really are smart, aren't you, Thornton?
25:00Smart enough to know a dead man can't talk, even to a posse.
25:06What's the name of that Indian that works for the Cartwrights?
25:09Did you hear me?
25:10Tuqua.
25:11Tuqua.
25:13All right, boys, let's get moving.
25:15We've got to get to him before somebody else does.
25:17Get your hand.
26:04We've got to get to him before you.
26:08It was the diggers from Sun Mountain.
26:11Some of my people saw them as they drove the cattle toward the waters.
26:15Are you sure, Winnemucca?
26:16The Paiute does not lie.
26:19The diggers kill the deer and the antelope.
26:22They cut down the pinyon tree, and the Paiute has no bread.
26:25And now he cuts down my young men.
26:28It's like California all over again.
26:31Whatever they touch, they kill.
26:33How would anybody want to kill Tukwa?
26:36Vengeance, some strange notion of vengeance.
26:39It just don't make sense, Paul.
26:42Them miners is all killed with bullets.
26:44Pai would use arrows.
26:46I guess he didn't have much chance to tell them that.
26:49What will my young men say when I tell them of their brother's murder?
26:53You must keep them in hand, Winnemucca.
26:56Let the Ponderosa find the men who did this.
26:59I am an old man leading a thousand stallions.
27:03Today I can stop my young braves.
27:06I do not know if I can tomorrow.
27:09We will return for Tukwa.
27:30Let's find out who did this.
27:32I know.
27:34Who?
27:35Mark Burdett.
27:36Wait a minute, Adam.
27:37Don't you think you're pushing this a little bit?
27:39I know you don't like Burdett, but you heard Winnemucca say some miners did this.
27:42Burdett's no miner.
27:43At the moment, he's the only man who stands to make a profit by starting trouble between
27:46the ranches and the miners, not to mention the Indians.
27:48Oh, we've got nothing to go on.
27:50If we listen to Adam, we may ride into Virginia City and hang an innocent man.
27:54Well, he has a point there, Adam.
27:56We have no proof.
27:57You've met Burdett.
27:58How much proof do you need?
27:59Enough to know that we've got the right man.
28:02Look, why don't you let me go into Virginia City and snoop around, see what I can pick
28:05up.
28:06Alone?
28:06Sure.
28:07If we all go in together, everyone will see us.
28:09If I go in by myself, I won't be noticed.
28:10Might not be a bad idea, Paul.
28:14Maybe.
28:16Now, you take care of yourself, little Joe.
28:18Don't let Burdett sell you a half interest in his business.
28:21Might not be a bad investment.
28:22Little Joe, maybe I want to ride in with you, huh?
28:27Of course, I'd be less noticed if I rode down the main street with a couple of wild steers.
28:31Don't worry, I'll take care of myself.
28:38Not anybody.
28:39Even a man like Mr. Burdett, chew down innocent men just for a few dollars.
28:43Not just a few dollars, hoss.
28:45A badanza.
29:08Joe Cartwright just rode in alone.
29:09He's taking quite a chance, isn't he, riding into Virginia City alone?
29:13Especially if Burdett gets around that the Cartwright's are siding with the Paiutes.
29:16What do you think would happen to him if it did?
29:17Who knows?
29:18Almost anything.
29:19I wouldn't want him hurt bad.
29:20I have a feeling that Joe Cartwright and I are going to be friends.
29:23Yeah, good friends.
29:40Hey, kid.
29:45You talking to me, mister?
29:46Yeah, I'm talking to you, you murdering little skunk.
30:02Get up, get up.
30:09Get out!
30:10Get out! Get out!
30:11Get out! Get out!
30:16Get out! Get out!
30:18Get out! Get out!
30:18Get out! Get out!
30:18Get out! Get out!
30:19You know who he is?
30:22One of them Cartwrights
30:23in their side with those murdering thieving Paiutes.
30:25Paiutes! Somebody get a rope!
30:28Whoa! Don't do it! He doesn't do it!
30:30He's safe! He's out of the boat!
30:31Come on! Come on!
30:34Let's hang him out!
30:36Let's hang him out!
30:37What is all this?
30:39What is all this?
30:41We're gonna hang ourselves an engine, lover.
30:43Nobody's gonna hang this boy.
30:44We got three men dead over those Paiutes.
30:47And don't say Joe Cartwright here's any part of it.
30:51Who started this, you?
30:53Yeah, so what?
30:54So long you're fired. I don't wanna see you around my place anymore.
30:58Here we go.
30:59Take him into my office.
31:02Pull it up!
31:03Pull it up! Let him through!
31:04What is this?
31:08Anybody wanna argue about anything?
31:23Oh!
31:24Did I hurt you?
31:26Oh, I don't think you could hurt me, ma'am.
31:29I don't understand.
31:30Those miners down the street, they wanted to hang me. Why?
31:32You don't know?
31:34Well, the miners sent two groups out to buy cattle.
31:36One of them went down to your place.
31:38That's right. We sold them about a half dozen ahead.
31:39The other went from Gold Hill down toward Carson.
31:42They found both groups murdered.
31:43Cattle were gone.
31:44Well, it makes them think it was the Paiutes.
31:46One of the miners, a man named Harris, managed to stay alive.
31:49He recognized one of the Indians.
31:51A fellow called Tukwa.
31:54That's a lie.
31:55Easy, Joe. He said it, not me.
31:58Anyway, that's why this Tukwa is dead.
32:00They would've hung him, anyway.
32:01Tukwa's not that kind of a man.
32:02He'd never take a part in anything like this.
32:05Mr. Bedette, you helped me out there on the street.
32:07I...
32:08I kinda think of us as friends.
32:09You can believe me about Tukwa.
32:11No, I don't wanna believe it.
32:12Drop it.
32:15Drop it.
32:15What do you mean?
32:16What I said, it's all over now.
32:17This Indian, whatever his name was...
32:19His name was Tukwa.
32:20All right, that's Tukwa.
32:21Anyway, he's dead now and he deserved to die.
32:23He took part in that massacre.
32:24But he didn't, Mr. Bedette.
32:25Not Tukwa, I know.
32:26How do you know?
32:31Young fool, how do you know?
32:33I told you, he was identified.
32:35Yeah, that's right.
32:36You told me.
32:38Thanks for the help.
32:43A fellow buy you a drink someday, ma'am?
32:46Do you know where to find me?
32:48I'll find you.
32:55You were pretty nice to that kid.
32:58That's my job.
33:00Being nice to people.
33:02The paying customers, you mean?
33:03He wasn't a paying customer?
33:05And you are, aren't you, Mr. Bedette?
33:08You bought me three drinks.
33:10Or was it four?
33:11I didn't count.
33:12Look, what's bothering you?
33:13You, if you want to know.
33:14What about me?
33:17I don't want you fooling around with anyone else, do you hear?
33:19I told you I'm going to be the biggest man in this town.
33:24Then God have mercy on this town.
33:26Come on.
33:35I'm sorry, Gloria, I didn't mean that.
33:39I'm glad you did it.
33:41Because now I don't owe you a thing for those three drinks.
33:45What's bothering you?
33:46You act as though I've done something wrong.
33:48What have I done?
33:48I'm not sure.
33:50But if it's what I'm thinking.
33:52What are you thinking?
33:53That maybe, just maybe, it was you who ordered that massacre.
33:57No, that isn't true.
33:58You heard about Harris identifying Tukwa?
34:00I heard you identifying him, Mr. Burdett.
34:03I didn't hear anything else.
34:06I didn't hear Mr. Harris say anything.
34:32I didn't hear anything.
34:33Well, there he is now.
34:35About time.
34:38Where have you been? We were worried about you.
34:39Sit down and eat and tell us what you found out.
34:47Little Joe, what did he do to you, boy?
34:50What happened to your face?
34:52Forget it.
34:52Who did it? Now hold still a minute now. Who did it?
34:54Some miners in Virginia City. I said forget it.
34:57They beat you like this?
34:58They'd have hanged me if Mark Burdett hadn't stopped them.
35:00Hanged you? For what?
35:02Being a friend of the Paiutes.
35:04They saw Tuqua riding with the men who staged that massacre.
35:06That's a lie.
35:08Yeah, that's what I tried to tell them.
35:09For what good it did mean.
35:11Who's the one who identified Tuqua?
35:12The only one that came out of it alive.
35:14That fellow named Harris.
35:17Adam, what are you up to?
35:18We're going to have a little talk with our friend Harris.
35:20No, wait. Don't ride in there alone. We'll go with you.
35:45Where have you been?
35:46Staying away.
35:48After all, you fired me.
35:50Don't be funny.
35:54You look worried, Burdett.
35:56Don't remember seeing you look that way before.
35:59You're saying things. There isn't anything I can't handle.
36:01Sure, sure.
36:03Like that girl I seen walk out of here?
36:05That one named Glory?
36:08Why do you mention her?
36:09She doesn't have anything to do with it?
36:11She don't, huh?
36:13Well, I'm real glad to hear that.
36:15Because I just seen her going off to the Harris place.
36:17The Harris place?
36:19Suppose Harris tells her the truth.
36:23I thought you and me came to Virginia City to strike it rich.
36:26I'll stretch a rope.
36:44Well, hello, boys.
36:46Hello, ma'am.
36:47You're pretty busy, aren't you?
36:48We are. We're standing for gold, ma'am.
36:50Gold?
36:50Does anybody ever find it?
36:53Michael!
36:57You want anything here?
36:59You're Mrs. Harris, aren't you?
37:01Yes, I'm Mrs. Harris.
37:03I'm pleased to know you, ma'am.
37:04I'm Glory.
37:05I know who you are.
37:07What do you want here?
37:09I'd like to see your husband.
37:12My husband?
37:14You know my husband?
37:15No.
37:17But I must talk with him.
37:18It's very important.
37:29How is he?
37:30Since he was hurt out there, he does nothing but stare at the ceiling.
37:36Sometimes he talks, but mostly he just stares.
37:47Carl?
37:50There's somebody here who wants to talk to you.
37:54A woman.
37:56Mr. Harris, there's something I've got to know about that Indian attack.
38:03I thought I was doing the best thing.
38:07Coming out west.
38:10Better myself.
38:13We're worse off here than we were back home.
38:23Mr. Harris, Mr. Harris, I've got to know about that Indian attack.
38:32What do you want to know?
38:34That Indian.
38:36The one that rode for the Cartwrights.
38:38The one they called Tukwa.
38:41Did you see him during the attack?
38:46I don't even know who he is.
38:51Then you couldn't have identified him, could you?
38:55I couldn't identify anybody.
39:03Thank you, Mr. Harris.
39:06Thank you very much.
39:11Thank you, ma'am.
39:13I sure hope your luck changes for the better soon.
39:23Goodbye, boys.
39:23I sure hope you find that gold.
39:25We will.
39:25We just got to keep on digging, though.
39:30She's pretty.
39:31Hey, Mike, keep digging.
39:33All right.
39:39What are they doing to her?
39:40I don't know.
39:42We won't hurt you, Glory, but you better go with us.
39:47Don't you ever hit her again.
39:48Who's going to stop me, Birgit?
39:50You?
39:52They're hurting her.
39:53Ma!
39:55Ma!
39:55Mike, why are you doing this?
39:57What is it, Marco?
39:58They're hurting her.
39:59Who?
39:59The way you just left the house.
40:12Carl, they've taken that girl away.
40:14I've got to get to town.
40:15Get help.
40:16It was just a bare rock farm.
40:21Man had to take a chance.
40:25And his wife.
40:27His boys.
40:30Huh?
40:31You boys stay here in case your pa needs something.
40:39Harris?
40:40We'd like to have a talk with your husband.
40:42The girl.
40:42They've taken the girl.
40:43The girl?
40:46What girl?
40:47I don't know her name.
40:48She works in the saloon.
40:49You mean Glory?
40:50You've got to help.
40:51They'll kill her.
40:52Now, Mrs. Harris, just try to calm yourself and tell us what happened.
40:55It was that man named Thorne.
40:57They were beating her.
40:58They?
40:58Who?
40:59Who's with Thorne?
41:00The man he works for.
41:01The one that wears her fancy clothes.
41:03Two men beating up on a girl?
41:04They rode out of town.
41:07Thorne had the girl.
41:09Adam, I was wrong about him.
41:10I'm sorry.
41:11Forget it, younger brother.
41:12Well, what do we do about the girl?
41:14We find her.
41:15Don't we, Pa?
41:16Yeah, we find her.
41:18Come on.
41:37Think I can run away out here?
41:40Thanks.
41:40Where's that line shack you were talking about, Thorne?
41:43Should be just over that hill.
41:45Yeah.
41:48Oh.
41:51Oh.
41:52I sure would like to get my hands on that Thorne.
41:55It gets a chance as soon as we find the girl.
41:57Toss, you think you can tell which way they're heading?
41:59Oh?
42:00If I read the signs right, it looks to me like they're trying to make the other side a devil's
42:04gate.
42:05You think so?
42:06Just the hottest, driest strip of desert in Nevada territory.
42:10All right, let's go.
42:18This is Devil's Gate, isn't it, Thorne?
42:20Yeah, it sure is.
42:22Where's the shack?
42:23Just over the ridge.
42:25You sure?
42:27It wouldn't make much difference if I wasn't, would it, Mr. Burdett?
42:32Why don't you kill him, Burdett?
42:34Where did you get that idea?
42:36I thought you were the biggest man in Virginia City.
42:39All right.
42:41Prove it.
42:42Kill him.
42:44I think you can do it, Mr. Burdett.
43:01You're right, horse.
43:02They're headed for Devil's Gate.
43:03Wait a minute, little Joe.
43:04You can't be too far ahead with one horse riding double.
43:06Adam, you and little Joe, cut around that hill.
43:10Hoss and I will plug the gap from this end.
43:11Sounds good, Pa.
43:12Come on.
43:14Come on.
43:15Come on.
43:44You were lying, Thorne.
43:45I should have known it.
43:46Now, why would I do a thing like that, huh?
43:48Come on.
43:48There's no shack there.
43:49There isn't anything there.
43:51Well, there's plenty of space.
43:53Long, dry, hot space.
44:00Want a drink, miss?
44:01Of course, there ain't none of that fancy whiskey like you used to have in.
44:04I don't want anything from you.
44:06Good, because that's exactly what you're going to get.
44:11Is that what you were planning, Thorne, to turn her loose in that desert without water?
44:15She's the only thing between you and me making a real killing, partner.
44:19I'm going to kill you, Thorne.
44:22And just how do you plan to do that, Mr. Burdett?
44:30Take cover!
44:32Take cover!
44:48Sounds like Adam and Little Joe found them.
44:59You've got a gun.
45:00Why aren't you using it?
45:02You look worried, Thorne.
45:03I don't remember you looking that way before.
45:05They'll kill you, you fool.
45:06You want to get killed?
45:18Get her!
45:21She got away.
45:23No, she doesn't.
45:31Use that gun.
45:35Use that gun, Burdett!
45:37You knew about me all along, didn't you?
45:39I didn't fool you for a minute.
45:42Not very many men fool me, Mark.
45:44I didn't either.
45:45That's what's important to me.
45:48You saw what a fake I was right from the start.
45:52Not a fake.
45:54Just a man reaching for the moon.
45:57Or anything else a million miles away.
45:59A million miles.
46:02A million dollars.
46:05Same difference, isn't it?
46:09You coward, you fancy place.
46:11Coward, you...
46:21He ain't good enough to worry about.
46:22Let him die.
46:30I said let him die.
46:32Let me go!
46:36Coming in here and I'll shoot her in the back!
46:48Let me shoot.
46:49Because Thornton can still kill the girl.
46:51Now you clear out of here.
46:53Clear out of here!
46:54Clear out of here.
46:54Clear out of here.
46:57Totally.
47:05Oh, my God.
47:27Oh, my God.
47:58He came here to strike it rich, find a bonanza, and now he's dead.
48:03He found it.
48:06He found his bonanza.
48:09He found it just as he died.
48:13And that's better than never finding it at all, isn't it?
48:18Yes, Glory, it's better.
48:21Much better.
48:28One place or another, there'll always be a Mark Burdett.
48:34And for everyone like him who makes it, a thousand will fail.
48:39But then, what a thousand to one odds for a man who looks up into the sky and sees a
48:48bonanza.
48:53He found it like him who looks up.
48:54He found it.
49:04He found it.
49:06He found it.
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