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Adam Cartwright escorts a group of Quakers, led by Jacob Darien, across the Ponderosa. Adam becomes romantically interested in a young woman in the group, but his new traveling companion, Sam Bord, plots to rob the Quakers of their life savings.
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00:38Welcome to Virginia City, Reverend.
00:41I thank thee, sir.
00:44Planning on staying?
00:46No, sir. Just long enough to water our animals.
00:50You're very welcome, Reverend. Just help yourself.
00:54I thank thee. And may God bless your day.
00:59Here.
01:00Our people have had a very long journey. We've come all the way from Ohio.
01:19Adam.
01:22I'm glad you rode in today.
01:24Come on in.
01:30How's Ben these days?
01:37Adam.
01:39Oh, uh, he's fine.
01:56Here's your bill of lighting, Adam.
01:59Tell Ben I want the cattle shipped by the first of the month.
02:01He'll be there.
02:03Good.
02:04Time for a little drink?
02:05No, thanks. It's a little early for me.
02:14I like my cards from the top.
02:17You've been getting them from the top.
02:19That card you were just going to deal me came from the bottom of the deck, mister.
02:23It's the five of clubs.
02:25Mister, you're just asking for trouble.
02:28Hold it.
02:41Get out of here to both of you.
02:44And stay out of here.
02:49Mine.
02:57Get him off to the sheriff, you chingled gambler.
03:06Had to beat him anyway.
03:08Why did you step in?
03:10Uh, he was going to shoot you.
03:17Well, I guess that's as good a reason as any.
03:21But now I owe you.
03:24I owe you.
03:31I'll saw you.
03:32Well, I know.
03:42I can't wait.
03:44Bye.
03:47Bye.
03:48Bye.
03:49Bye.
03:50Bye.
03:50Bye.
03:51Bye.
03:51Bye.
03:52Bye.
03:54Bye.
03:54Bye.
04:00The End
04:20Which way are you riding?
04:22West.
04:23Ride a piece with you?
04:25Fine.
04:28The last time I saw one of them sec trains was just outside Salt Lake City.
04:33Funny thing about them people, they don't use guns.
04:37I know, they don't believe in them.
04:39Where's your horse?
04:40Livery.
04:48I didn't get the name.
04:51Cartwright.
04:52Adam Cartwright.
04:53From the Ponderosa, huh?
04:54That's right.
04:56You in the ranching business?
04:58Not yet.
04:59But I'm looking for a stake.
05:02I want some land and some cattle that don't belong mostly to a bank.
05:07I don't like owing anybody.
05:17Throw my saddle on the calico.
05:22Well, I rode the edge of the Ponderosa yesterday on my way here.
05:26It's a mighty big place.
05:27How does a man get a place like that?
05:30He works.
05:32I'm going to shake that horse's in.
05:33I'd say you've been looking for that stake a pretty long time.
05:36I have.
05:38But then it takes a lot of looking.
05:40Well, we can always use good help at the Ponderosa.
05:43You offering me a job?
05:44Forty a month.
05:46At the end of the year, you get your pick and ten head of stock.
05:49Bonus.
05:50You make this offer to everybody?
05:52No.
05:53Why me?
05:55You look like you can handle it.
05:58You talk right out, don't you?
06:00I try to.
06:02Well, that's a mighty tempting offer.
06:05Well, you think about it.
06:06I'm doing just that.
06:08Right now.
06:22Black hat.
06:25Black goat.
06:29Beard like a billy goat.
06:33We are weary.
06:34We must find a campsite and rest for the night.
06:37Camp right here.
06:39Sure, you can have a prayer meeting tonight.
06:41We'll get hoopla, Sal, and our gals to come and join in.
06:45I know thou art seeking amusement, but please allow us to pass.
06:49How do we know you ain't desperate characters?
06:52My friends, I assure thee,
06:54we wish every man good days and a long life.
06:57And ask, and ask only to pass in peace.
07:02Pass in peace.
07:05He's asking.
07:07Ask them for nothing, father.
07:10Well, what do you know?
07:11You're kind of pretty to be with this kind of outfit.
07:14I bought them clothes.
07:16What do you say, honey?
07:17You and me have a drink of whiskey, huh?
07:20Yeah.
07:22And maybe I'll buy you a new dress, huh?
07:28Come on, honey.
07:30Ain't you got any life in you?
07:32Come on, honey.
07:34Let's have a little fun, huh?
07:40You all right, ma'am?
07:43I believe so, yes.
07:45Hold it.
07:47Get him out of here.
07:49We was just funnin'.
07:54Get ready to move.
07:55Hurry.
07:56Please, Matthew, before there's more trouble.
07:59I thank thee very kindly.
08:01Thou art a very brave man.
08:03Is everything all right, sir?
08:05Yes, thanks to thee and my friend.
08:09I'm Jacob Darien.
08:12I'm Adam Cartwright.
08:16This is my daughter, Regina.
08:21Oh, this is, um...
08:24Sam Board.
08:31You're riding west, sir?
08:32Why, uh, yeah, yes.
08:35So are we.
08:36Maybe it would be a good idea if we rode along with you.
08:39If thou art going that way...
08:42Uh, we are.
08:44Then thou art indeed welcome.
08:49Indeed.
08:56Nice girl, that.
08:58Yeah.
09:00Sam Board, huh?
09:02Your name is familiar to me.
09:04I figured it might be.
09:06You could have used another name.
09:08Don't see any reason to.
09:10I figure I owe a man something.
09:12The least I can do is be honest with him.
09:15Thanks for the job offer.
09:16It still goes, Sam.
09:33My friends.
09:37Yeah, yeah.
09:49Yeah, yeah.
09:51Yeah, yeah.
09:53Yeah.
09:55Yeah.
09:58Yeah.
10:04THE END
10:30Give me thanks for the protection and the guidance thou hast given us this day.
10:38And especially we give thanks for our new friends who have served us so well.
10:45And for this earth, and this sky, and this water.
10:55And we wish thee, Lord, a peace-filled night, as we wish it for ourselves and our fellow men.
11:06Amen.
11:17Here, let me help you.
11:19No, thou art a guest.
11:21And thou art a most pretty young woman.
11:45Thou art a strange man, Adam Croft, right?
11:51Strange. Why do you say that?
11:54Thou had much to say to me every time thou looked at me today.
11:59And yet, now that the opportunity is here, thou sayest nothing at all.
12:05Well, maybe, uh, maybe I just don't know what to say or how to say it.
12:15Simple, indirect, as is everything under God's sky.
12:22Well, what puzzles they?
12:25Um, your father, uh, them, your customs.
12:34All disturb thee, Adam?
12:36Yes, uh, well, no, I mean, um...
12:41Well, if, uh, for instance, if it were my train, I'd...
12:45I'd circle the wagons at night instead of, uh, stringing them out.
12:50Oh.
12:51I'd pin the stock inside in case of trouble.
12:54What trouble?
12:55Well, any trouble, uh...
12:57Well, look, uh...
13:01Yes?
13:04Well, I think and, um, do things one way and...
13:10And, and we do them differently, is that it?
13:14Well, isn't every man entitled to his...
13:18his own beliefs or his own manner of living?
13:22Yes, but, uh...
13:24But what, Adam?
13:27It's you.
13:31Um...
13:32You disturb me very much, Regina.
13:35Oh?
13:37Why?
13:39Because I'd like to know more about you.
13:47Because, um...
13:53Well, we're, uh, right back where we started, aren't we?
13:57Oh, no.
13:59We've come a long way from there.
14:05I'm disturbed by thee also, Adam.
14:15Children!
14:17Children!
14:18Go help thy mother.
14:20She can go along with thy brother.
14:24Where's my friend Adam?
14:27Uh, he's with your daughter.
14:29Helping her to get some water.
14:31My daughter allowed a guest to help.
14:33Ah, Reverend.
14:35I kind of got the idea he wanted to be with her.
14:39And, uh...
14:40I kind of got the idea that, uh...
14:42Perhaps she wishes to be with him.
14:46No objections?
14:47A man might as well object to the...
14:49The wind and the sun and the rain.
14:58What are you carrying here, Reverend?
15:01In books?
15:02No, my friend.
15:03Not exactly.
15:06Jacob.
15:07Jacob.
15:09The visit is coming.
15:22Welcome.
15:23Welcome, friends, to our humble campsite.
15:28Welcome.
15:31Peace be with you, my friends.
15:33And with you.
15:35Who's in charge here?
15:37I am.
15:38Call me Jacob.
15:39This is my friend Matthew.
15:42That fellow sure got a faith full of hay, ain't he?
15:52I'm Ben Cartwright.
15:54You're on Ponderosa land.
15:56Ah.
15:57Then...
15:58These men...
15:59Are...
16:00Are thy sons.
16:02Oh, we are indebted to thee.
16:03All of thee.
16:06Is that so?
16:07Indeed, sir.
16:08While we have all this fine grazing for our stock,
16:12plenty of water to take care of them,
16:14what more could a man ask?
16:17Well, a man could ask how long you're planning to stay here.
16:20We leave on the morrow.
16:22Oh.
16:26Is something amiss?
16:29No.
16:29No, no, no.
16:30You're most welcome.
16:32If there's anything that my sons and I can do to serve you,
16:34please, uh, please ask us.
16:36Oh, thou art most kindly.
16:39May God bless thee often.
16:42Oh, um, there is one thing more we would ask of thee.
16:48Oh?
16:49That, uh, thou remain and dine with us.
16:53Oh, well, I, uh...
16:55Yes, sir.
16:56Sure do.
17:03Hi, Pop.
17:05Well?
17:07Uh, these people are...
17:09I know.
17:10Adam, thy father has just bid us welcome on the Ponderosa.
17:13Well, I'm glad of that.
17:16Oh, this is, uh, Regina Darian.
17:18My father.
17:20Ma'am.
17:25Now, this is Sam Bord.
17:30Now, Mr. Bord.
17:32These are my sons, Hoss and Little Joe.
17:36Howdy.
17:38Mr. Bord, don't we know each other?
17:40We do now.
17:42Howdy.
17:45The chow smells mighty good.
17:48Then thee will remain, Mr. Cartwright?
17:50We insist.
17:52Well, then, we will remain.
17:54Splendid.
17:55Come, friends.
17:58Hold you.
18:01Boss, what would you say to a man-of-war a gun that easy?
18:06Nothing.
18:09He's ways.
18:10Nothing I couldn't back up.
18:18I don't know.
18:22Gina, give me a little more of that.
18:24Certainly.
18:25You folks have been eating this kind of food all the way from Ohio?
18:27We have, sir.
18:28Yeah, well, you keep shoveling out the ham, you're not going to have any left.
18:32Where are you headed?
18:33Well, we hope to be in Slatersville by week's end.
18:36We have word of a large, fertile valley there.
18:39And God willing, we hope to buy land and settle in peace.
18:44Buying land, that could be pretty expensive.
18:47Yes.
18:48But we work for many years and put all of our money together to do it.
18:52It is our dream to start a fresh new life, free of debt.
18:57All of your money?
19:00All of it.
19:02You travel 2,000 miles across the United States to settle in a land that you've never seen.
19:12I've been there.
19:13We've all been there many times in our minds.
19:16My daughter speaks truly.
19:20Before all this, the Ponderosa belonged to thee.
19:24Was it not a dream in thy mind also, Mr. Cartwright?
19:31Yes, of course.
19:34Very much a dream.
19:50How was the prayer meeting?
19:52What do you want?
19:56You'll never make a preacher, Sam.
19:59You know what I want.
20:03What's the matter?
20:04Don't you want to let us meet your hymn singers?
20:07Take them and get out of here.
20:09Who do you think you're fooling, Sam?
20:11Not them.
20:12Not me.
20:14We want our cut of that five.
20:17It's gone.
20:19I lost it.
20:21Mm-hmm.
20:23Well, we figured you'd do that, Sam.
20:26But we figured you'd like a chance to make it up instead of getting killed.
20:32You can make it up.
20:34Can't you, Sam?
20:38There's a meadow about a half a mile from here.
20:42I'll meet you there in the morning.
20:51You've got an hour, Sam.
21:12You've got an hour, Sam.
21:15No, what a strange woman, Regina Darien.
21:32What is it?
21:33A coyote bother you?
21:37They read me well, Adam.
21:39What do you mean?
21:42They would think me faithless and hate me if I spoke of it.
21:52You could never be faithless.
21:54I know that much about you.
21:57And I could never hate you.
21:59I know that much about myself.
22:03Oh, Adam, I do have faith, but I...
22:05But what?
22:08Well, we will pass on from here tomorrow.
22:11And they will think of me as that one with the strange people.
22:15And they will forget me.
22:19I could never forget you.
22:26Oh, Adam, I'm supposed to believe that what will be will be.
22:31That was before we met.
22:33Yes.
22:34You'll be gone tomorrow.
22:36And nothing will be.
22:39Oh, Regina.
22:48I'm coming with you.
22:50To Slatersville.
22:52I'll ride along with the train.
22:54It'll give us more time together.
22:57Oh, Adam, yes, we have needed that.
23:00Oh, Adam, they must think me foolish and forward.
23:06No.
23:08I think of you as...
23:10beautiful.
23:12Lovely.
23:17Adam.
23:22He thinks we've been observed, Adam.
23:24And what if we have?
23:26Adam.
23:33Where are you going, Sam?
23:36Tell the folks goodbye for me.
23:38Kind of sudden, isn't it?
23:40Well, I'm kind of like that.
23:41I don't figure you.
23:43I get an itch every time I hear folks talking about what they got and what they're going to get.
23:52What are you running away from?
23:57Maybe a fellow named Sam.
24:00About the job.
24:02I never was much at Ranch Handen.
24:05Cards are more my line.
24:06You can take the job
24:08and get everything you always wanted.
24:10You're all right, Cartwright.
24:13But it wouldn't do for me to listen to you too long.
24:19THE END
24:53Adam
24:54Yeah
24:58You, uh, you sure you know what you're doing now?
25:00I mean, going with the train and all
25:03I know what I'm doing
25:04We're different from them, Adam
25:08She's different from you
25:14I'm saying this badly, son
25:15But I, it's what I want to say
25:19I heard you
25:24Good luck
25:25Now let us go say goodbye to Jacob and the rest
25:32Hey, Adam
25:35Now, where are you going?
25:37Warm
25:37About the same place you are, I reckon
25:40Yeah?
25:41Yep
25:43Your idea, Pa's
25:45Well, uh, I reckon it's mine
25:47I sort of got to liking this old high old cooking
25:50As a matter of fact, I, I like everything about these folks
25:53I didn't think I could even talk to them at first, but
25:56And I don't reckon they're so much different than the rest of us
25:59None of them
26:00Obama
26:01Now let's go
26:35when when I say
26:39well if it's the kind of outfit you say it is and if it's as easy as you say it
26:43is
26:44why not right now in the daylight
26:49or maybe you need the night
27:12Adam what are you stopping for
27:15well this will be a good place to camp for tonight
27:17there's still two hours of daylight left
27:20I know Mr. Darien but the the animals are all worn out
27:24poor beasts so are all of us
27:28we've traveled a long way
27:30but our fear has been that the land will be taken before we get there
27:34forgive us Adam if we seem impatient but we're so anxious to reach our new home
27:41well what about it Oz do you think that old trail across the plateau might still be good
27:48well well Adam it ain't been traveling along Dan
27:51we'll get them wagons across there or not
27:54don't you think it's still worth a look see
27:56yeah
27:58um
27:59water your animals but uh
28:01leave them hitched up
28:03we'll see if we can't get you a little further along
28:06thank you Adam
28:35hey wait a minute
28:44these are fresh tracks Adam not over an hour old
28:47how many do you figure
28:51well looks like at least four
28:54well whoever they are
28:56they could see the wagons all day
28:58I never knew a man yet didn't come into a wagon train to get some good home cooking
29:02yeah me neither
29:03unless they had a reason for not wanting to be seen
29:06well those wagons and the stock alone that train's good picking
29:09yeah if they're planning to do anything about it it'll probably be tonight
29:20father
29:29there's something amiss
29:31there's something I have to tell you
29:32what is it my friend
29:33a few people have any guns on this train
29:35that you use for hunting or anything else get them out
29:40what I'm trying to say is that
29:42we found the tracks of four horses up there
29:45now we have reason to believe that these four men have been watching and following this train all day long
29:52well do you want them to come in and take everything you own without fighting for it
29:57surely you must have some guns of some kind
29:59we have no guns Adam
30:01and we can do no violence on our fellow man
30:04well they can do violence on their fellow man
30:07and they will
30:08still it would not be right for us
30:12Matthew
30:16can't you do something
30:21he's only thinking of us father
30:22Regina
30:26has thou forgotten what we all live by
30:33we shall pray
30:34that this test comes not to us
30:37and that once more
30:39we shall be delivered
30:41Mr. Darian
30:43don't you reckon you could pray just as well
30:45if the wagons were circled up
30:46and they thought you was going to put up a fight
30:48I can't see how that violate nothing
30:56whatever thee thinks best
30:58Mr. Cartwright
30:58yes sir
31:10Adam
31:15thee would use this on a man
31:19if I have to
31:44if I have to
31:47I will stay beside thee Adam
31:49if thou canst believe with us
31:50then I will try to believe with thee
32:15let's see him
32:19we may not have to use them
32:22I see the wagons circled
32:24it might make them skittish
32:26they don't seem very skittish to me
32:29seems like they got lots of confidence
32:43yo wagon
32:46Adam it is thy friend
33:02he's made some friends
33:18train ho
33:31easy pickin' sir
33:35easiest
33:36yeah
33:36they were just gonna invite you right in
33:38as soon as you got here
33:42you won't need that
33:43that's what you told me Sam
33:46but you told me a lot of things
33:48now I'm gonna tell you something
33:50I wanna pick that up
33:52easy or any way I can get it
33:55and I wanna pick it up now
34:02wait here
34:12too quiet
34:13let's wake him up
34:22come on
34:23come on
34:24come on
34:43Lord, Mr. Lord, my friend, I pray thee not to do this, my friend.
34:53Get out of my...
35:06Magina!
35:13Mark, get out!
35:14Oh!
35:26Oh, my God.
36:01Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of resurrection into eternal life. Amen.
36:17We will move on at once, my friends. Prepare.
36:43You will leave me, too, Adam?
36:45I have to.
36:47I brought Sam Bord among you, and he did all this to you.
36:51His things are not thine.
36:53In a way, they are.
36:56It's my job to get that money back.
37:07I better go with him.
37:08I better go with him.
37:55Well, they've probably hitched south.
37:57Bord needs a new town.
37:59Yep.
38:00Man like that's always needing a new town, I reckon.
38:12That's real pretty, isn't it?
38:23Yeah, it really looks good.
38:27And I'm going to enjoy it.
38:29All of it.
38:36Well, we're partners, Shin.
38:38Are we?
38:40No, I don't figure it that way, Sam.
38:44As I remembered, you owed me and the boys.
38:47Since they ain't here to collect, I just figured to take all our shares.
38:52Don't you trust me?
38:54No, I don't, Sam.
38:56Now, you just throw the money over here.
39:03Right down there.
39:10Oh, and I'll, uh, I'll have a gun.
39:13Real easy.
39:15But first.
39:20Right down there, too.
39:36You could have had half.
39:38You never did have any brains.
39:53Could be a trap.
40:11Well, it figures.
40:13Yeah.
40:14Bord's gone all the way now, Adam.
40:15He's a killer.
40:16Yeah.
40:20Ain't but one of them left now.
40:22And that's where the money is.
40:39You never did have any brains yet.
41:27Where's the man who belongs to that horse?
41:28I don't know. He left him here.
41:30He took another and gave me a $20 gold piece.
41:34More than two hours ago.
41:36Which way did he go?
41:37West toward Toe Bridge Creek.
41:39We'd like some fresh horses.
41:41Well, now, eh?
41:42You're in a hurry, huh?
42:10Well, he's left the trail again.
42:13Well, Adam, he ain't doing a blooming thing
42:15but leading us on one big merry chase
42:17round and round the circle on these blooming rocks.
42:20Well, sooner or later, he's got to go to water.
42:25Or even.
42:26I don't owe you now.
42:45Well, you'll have to find a town now.
42:47Yeah.
42:48Which one's nearest?
42:50Slatersville.
42:51Hey, is that where...
42:52That's right.
42:54That's right.
43:19That's right.
43:38Howdy.
43:38Howdy.
43:39What did I do for you?
43:43This fit any animal you got in here today?
43:48I and I rode to death.
43:50Going to get him another horse tonight.
43:51You got any idea where the man is?
43:53I wouldn't be surprised if he's over the saloon there
43:55cooling his dampers.
43:56Pretty hot out today.
43:58Thanks.
43:59No.
44:16What?
44:21I have to go.
44:23It's better.
44:23I'm sorry.
44:23I'll give him another horse.
44:25Yes.
44:26You can drink, I will be so proud of you.
44:27Yes.
44:27You can drink friend
44:27Here's your mind.
44:27I don't mind.
44:27Yes.
44:27I don't know.
44:28You can go too.
44:47Miss Regina
44:49Miss Regina
44:51Horse
44:54Oh Horse
44:55Where is he? Where's Adam? Is he?
44:56He's all right, ma'am
44:57Thank God
44:59But where? Ma'am, the board's down here
45:01And Adam's gone after him
45:03Oh no
45:04Ma'am, I know how you feel
45:07I know how Adam feels
45:08There ain't nothing nobody can do to stop him
45:10The only thing we can do is try to help him
45:12Horse, I've got to find him
45:18Adam
45:18Adam, I beg thee
45:23Thou must not do this thing
45:25What about your father?
45:27These people
45:27For whatever the reason, it would be violence
45:30Adam, I see vengeance in thine eyes
45:32I saw it when thee rode off
45:34I've got to get that money back
45:35If thee get it this way with a gun
45:37Then it is not worth having
45:39They will find him and he will be killed
45:41Or thee will be killed
45:42I'm sorry
45:44Adam, if thee do this thing
45:46It will be between us all our lives
45:52It has to be done, Regina
45:56You'll get over it
45:57Will I?
46:00Look at me, Adam
46:00I am no child
46:02I've waited a long time to find the kind of a man I could love
46:06Listen to her, Adam
46:07You know I don't have any choice
46:08I'm responsible for Sam Board
46:10They are not responsible to him
46:12They are responsible to nobody but thyself
46:16Adam, I beg thee
46:17Put away thy gun
46:21Adam, no
46:22No
46:24But we befriended thee
46:25Get out of the way, old man
46:29Have run all I'm gonna run
46:31Horse, get her out of here
46:33Adam
46:48No
46:49Take this back
46:51I'm all right
46:56I had to do it
47:17They are well enough to ride now
47:20Yes
47:22But they will come and visit us
47:26No, I couldn't do that
47:28Knowing what it would do to you
47:30To them
47:34And to thee, Adam
47:36And me
47:37Yes
47:42He was my father, Adam
47:45Their leader
47:47I would be breaking faith with him and them
47:51And myself, if I
47:53Neither one of us had a choice
47:55Did we?
48:04Bless the Adam
48:06Bless the Adam
48:20Get up
48:21Get
48:32Home, Adam
48:36Home
48:37Pierce
48:38You
48:38Oh
48:39oh
48:53How
48:53Oh
48:54Oh
48:55Oh
48:55Oh
48:55Oh
48:57Oh
48:58Oh
49:03The End
49:47This has been a color presentation of the NBC Television Network.
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