01x24 - The Bernal Sierra Story

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Is hereby sentenced to death

for armed resistance,
as provided by the decree

issued October 3rd, 1865,

in the name of his Imperial Emperor
Mexican.

In the first

for the last time here.

Where is Miguel Cordoba?

In better company, I hope on my own.

Knows that French soldier.

I am offering you your life.

Sierra.

You were with him
when he attacked the Treasury.

Would you take that gold mine, Miguel,

and ask him

if nothing more to you?

See, they.

My heart is they are not equal.

My de ame,

Even if I it.

We're going to have to keep
pushing them ahead tomorrow.

We've been moving along with
about the speed of a three legged

tortoise.

The heat is getting them down there.

We put it out yourself.

Don't bother about me.

Now I get some rest for you.

Listen, any time

I can't paan leather
with a young shorthorn like you.

I'll just draw my pension,
buy me a rocking chair and start rocking.

Even a lorry

has been tonight.

Poorly major laying in there,
all cramped up and busy sleep.

And now. Thank goodness.

You're sure it ain't the fever, Major?

Didn't look like that to me
when I saw him this morning.

I think it was just plain sunstroke.

What do you think?

Well, it's hard to tell them apart,
but that's the way I looked at me.

You're telling me the truth on two Major
Lorry Smith.

I couldn't take the chance
on leaving your wagon.

Stay in this train.
If I thought it was a fever.

I'd have to move you at least a quarter
of a mile back to keep it from spreading.

You just keep on giving them water
all you can.

I'll be back later. Thank you, Major.

Ma'am, I'm going to drop it as he keeps up

the steady diet of fresh buffalo meat
and no salt.

It doesn't.

You know, Flint,
first thing in the morning,

I want you to scout on up ahead
and see if you can locate a salt lake.

We don't give some thought.

We'll be out before we get to Fort Casper.

You and me seem pretty tired as Major Salt
Lake don't come with signs on them.

What do you expect me to use?

A fork Sticking a TomTom.

You just follow them.

Buffalo trails.
Do you find some blue rock?

You know what you're doing.

And don't
you come back here without salt, Major.

You know
you couldn't get along with that man.

Go on, get yourself some sleep.

The good thing for you.

You didn't serve under me in the army.

Well, if I had, you know,
you might have made General

Boozer

nuts here.

I don't know who you are, but come on in.

I'm good.

Put your g*n down.

I'm a friend. What do you want?

A wagon master.

I don't know.

All right.

Come on.

Give me some more of that

dishwater in yours.

Major

fell here, has been following the train.

I'm not here to say it had him.

Howdy.

I would like to join you.

Well,
we're getting kind of short on rations.

We've been on the trail for 56 days.

Where did you come from? Kansas City.

When do you leave?

Three weeks ago.

Three weeks.



Must have been kind
of a lonesome ride for you.

Sometimes I talk to my horse
and I drive me back.

Nothing.
A dog about a horse for 600 miles.

Rather than that, amigo.

Mexico?

Yeah.

It said you got there.

A little memento.

A French b*llet.

By the way,
how's the w*r going down there?

As far as I'm concerned, the w*r is over.

When I left Benito Juarez,
he was a sick man hiding in the hills.

You picked a fine time to pull out and

why not?

Only a fool fights for a lost cause.

I see.

Are you going to ride with us
As far as Fort Casper?

I'd expect you to lend a hand
wherever you can.

Hopefully, I'll show you a place to burn.

Good night.

Why don't you come on This way?

I don't cotton with Tom Ridge like him
any more than I do.

That Austrian archduke makes million

watch an Austrian doing run to Mexico
anyway.

Kicked out Juarez, duly elected president,

made himself emperor, no less.

You think the Mexicans wanted that?

Not the real Mexicans

was forced down this road by the French.

Now, rats like this are running away.

Don't let it bother you, Major.

It's bad for your digestion.

My word, Your digestion.

Listen, if you haven't ruined my digestion
with your cooking,

so-called, I'll guarantee you
that Maximilian will never run it.

Well, anyway.

Always. There's only one little lady.

Why, you ignorant Abe.

Can call himself the queen of the mayor
if he wants to.

But he's no Benito. Or as.

Did you ever see a major?

Sure did.

About ten years ago,
when I was stationed down in Texas.

He was fighting a civil w*r then.

And he wanted
just like Abe Lincoln. 1 hours.

Funny thing,

he stood about two head shorter than Abe.

And I want to tell you,
when you looked at Benito Juarez,

you knew you were looking at a man

who is able to.

I don't know.

Seemed to recognize you.

Maybe you reminded him of somebody.

Those people back there
with the Reardon's.

Oh, they are real fine folk.

Well, like do especially Mrs. Reardon.

Did you ever see a woman
that good looking?

Never

were. Not.

But they said you were ex*cuted.

It was like thing a ghost.

Hello, Perdita.

How did you escape?

I promise to get out of the country,
never to return.

So they let me go.

You're glad to see me alive.

How can you ask such a thing?

You know I am. What about you?

Are you happy here?

Happy?

No, but not some day, perhaps

everything is too.

Too close.

Tell me about

Miguel.

It is hard to speak of him.

I would like to know.

What did you hear?

Oh, all kinds of things.

Mostly rumors.

The Imperial.

The agents k*lled him.

President Juarez sent us with the gold
to be La

Rosa, near the border to buy g*ns.

We met Casey Reardon there.

The man you were with? Yes,

he was the go between with the Americans.

The g*ns were still in Texas.

Yeah.

Bargain the bad terms.

The price was too high.

So Casey left
to see if his people would take less.

He waited two days for him.

In the morning, I went to the market.

When I returned,

gold was gone.

I was lying there

with a stroke.

What else?

Next day, Casey returned.

With a g*n. No.

The American still wanted the price.

Casey stayed ten days
expecting somebody else.

What if no one came?

No gold, no g*ns.

But not.

You know how to.

Before it began myself,

Riley was alive.

I could stand anything.

The filth, the fear, hunger.

Nothing was too hard for me.

But after he was gone,

I had no strength, no will, no hope.

Casey was kind to me.

I. I went with him.

I'm his wife.

I know what you think.

To marry again soon.

It doesn't matter what I think.

I made a coward's bargain for my life.

I'm a traitor, a deserter.

Oh, poor me, girl.

I remember the day he married you.

The love in his eyes, the pride.

You were beautiful then. But

you still are.

Miguel would not want you to be alone.

He would have understood.

And you?

Do you understand?

Can I do less than Miguel?

Good morning. Up.

Good morning.

But no.

I just said you didn't mind.

It was dark last night.

My name is Sarah

Casey. You're in, But.

No, my pleasure.

Good.

Now, New Miguel.

He was a very good friend of mine.

I saw him go to bed
about what happened to him.

You direct from Mexico?

No. The French put me on a boat
to New Orleans.

I went up the river to Kansas City.

They told me another wagon
train wouldn't leave for a month.

I couldn't wait that long for this time
I ever heard of a man.

Help me, Orville. And train alone
and living to tell about it.

We were headed for California.

You too easy for you to do out there.

Oh, maybe

look for gold

chasing at Yellowstone alive again
with your bonds in the desert.

That happens sometimes.

I do as I want

my brothers here.

We like to play it safe.

Yeah. See these casks?

Best quality Napoleon brandy

for you to sell it in San Francisco.

They got $3 a for good brandy up there.

I want to try it.

Oh, thanks.

It's a little early for me
and for this stuff when you taste it.

How about it?

Let's have some.

A little pick me up and have a heart

barrels of Napoleon brandy, huh?

You must have paid a lot of money
for them.

I'm glad. Did.

I found herself a rich man?

I ain't rich.

I start wearing travelin light.

Everything I got worth anything is in.

I picked it up Mexico on a French Quarter.

Masters back was turned.

Sorry, I owe

that gold.

You're looking. For Lalo.

I, i.

I never had any use for the French,
but can't beat the brandy.

How about you owe me?

Let's have some wine.

Crime.

What they're doing to your people.

While I thought Juarez had a chance,

he went down and tried to help my.

But now it looks like
they'll overrun the whole country.

It might have been different
if Juarez would have gotten those g*ns.

I kept my part of the bargain.

It's not my fault
if they found my gal with his throat cut.

I know.

And all the money gone.

What's the use of crying over it?

They wouldn't change anything.

He's right.

Nothing we say can help Juarez now

or bring Miguel back,

not future.

That's what you ought to think about.

There's a great day
waiting for us all in California.

There we are.

This time they're pretty dumb.

Oh, that's Brandy doesn't agree with me.

Especially French brandy.

Somebody

is going to die.

Pallbearers in this car.

They always know,

honey, when a man.

Or drink, tell them

why they. Won't. He's dangerous.

I think one of the best memories had.

You got to be smart.

Careful.

Okay,

well, never get what's in those barrels

out in California.

What do you call them?

Pallbearers in a spy.

Oh, maybe he's right.

Maybe somebody is going to die.

But hope

that something those buzzards don't know.

And wouldn't want No.

Pray nature. He would not. Believe.

Are you?

So am I.

So that makes two against one.

And I'll keep it short for Ben.

Oh, Heavenly Father.

Receive the soul of Benjamin Smith.

Under the gates of my kingdom
and forgive him anything.

You should be forgiven. For

a man.

Come along, folks.

It's going to be another scorcher.

Sudden McCullough
doesn't find us a salt lake.

Pretty soon
we're in for some real trouble.

Yeah.



Now he's Fort
Kearney buried right along the trail.

He won't stay there long.

Kyle Scratch the dirt away.

The wind blows. And I was pallbearers.

I always finish the job by.

Hey, Reardon, What's holding us back here?

We're bogged down

right here.

When I come out, you're alone.

Get a couple. Of men to help you.

Sierra, come on.

You all right?

Track now. How?

PA, pa,

pa pa.

Oh, it would take them barrels of air,

and I want your help.

All last course.

All right.

I'll be

all right.

Tell Brandy.

The heavy drinker. Takes a man. Drink it.

And to carry it

for your mother,

for your three artist.

Right here.

And you

bet. McCullough reporting for duty.

Major Adams,
we've got no time for your jokes now.

McCullough,
If you find it sounds like I sure did.

About ten miles. Do not there.

We'll get a work party, take Sierra
and horse and get a wagon load of it.

Right. Snap out of it. All right.

Come on, boys.

Hang up there,

everybody.

Man, this is the proper and clear
and pasture in Vermont.

It's good for you.

Gives you an appetite.

Appetite for what? More buffalo meat.

All I keep dreaming about
is real good food.

Last night I had ham and eggs.

Tonight, order
some enchiladas and tamales for the.

Look here

in the. Bed. Any closer,

I wonder where that came from.

Well, you see, all know

what happened?

Somebody took a shot at us,
almost got Sierra

or that rock formation
Only got a glimpse of it.

No Indian, most likely.

What do you got? Shot for an Indian?

Only one of them seem to be.

Let's go take a look.

I'll go with you.

Ox, you cover right

up there.

I climb here.

I keep to my right. Yeah.

You take the other side.

Let's go.

Sierra.

He shot me.

Marry

Trigger happy.

I'm sorry. I.

I mistook you for that Indian.

Put your g*n away before you sh**t up
somebody else.

The thumb is bad.

The bones shattered.

You better take him back to the wagon.

Get in there as soon as you can.

Go. I guess

they're looking for somebody else on.

I know accidents happen.

My g*n arm too.

I pride themselves on it. Strong.

Yeah, let me have that.

It won't be used.

Not for a while.

You don't see many of those around here.

And no matter

French, Lamarr,

you pick that up in Mexico to present

to my little brother.

They care about you.

As I was saying, accidents happen.

Maybe it wasn't an accident.

You know what it was?

sh**t first, then ask questions.

Is that it?

No. Yellow back trick.

I guess we can expect out of a chili
picker.

You don't like chili?

How's the boy's arm?

It will take a long time to heal.

But he'll use it again.

I don't know what went on out there,

and I don't know
what goes on between you people.

And I'll tell you one thing.

There's not going to be any trouble
on this wagon train.

I don't want any trouble, Major.

We've got enough
without people starting a feud.

So you stay away from each other. You hear

Sierra,

you listen here, brother.

I let you join up with us
against my better judgment.

And if I hear one more word about you
having trouble, you leave pronto.

You understand?

You try to k*ll me. That's your story.

You were a soldier
once, weren't you, Major?

That's right.

Look at the markings on these b*llet.

Unusual?

I don't know.

But my guess would be about ten millimeter
French, man.

What about it?

That's the b*llet
that went through my head this morning.

Why don't you ask him to show you his g*n?

I'll take a look.

At that g*n.

Lots of folks carry them.

French g*n.

Not on this wagon train.

So you just better watch yourselves.

Good evening.

But now.

But you know. I want to talk to you. Well,

have I changed much?

Good. Now

the sun dries a woman's skin.

When burns.

It will have your beautiful complexion
again.

In California.

Still so far away,

I. My body aches.

The weariness.

I like to hear the sun of the guitar
reminds me of home.

I have no hard fought

cases such

you will win.

But now I know you from before.

You are stronger.

Stronger than who? My husband.

A man who hides behind his brothers.

Why should he.

Speak plainly with me? But now.

Why do you want me to say.

You came for the gold? The.

You know what happened to it?

You wondered for yourself.

Where is it?

You never told me.

It may not even be with the train.

What about his brothers?

Do they know?

They never talk about it.

But now,

if I help you, if I find out where it is

when you hear it with me,

we could have a good life together.

We're like.

But now we know the words,
the body chatter

and the old days when I love you.

Sometimes I was only
sorry I met Miguel first.

I hate Casey.

Take me away from him.

What about the gold?

Before you reach Fort Casper?

I'll get it out of him.

We hated them.

Would go away together. That a bargain.

But now.

You ungrateful wench.

You think you can come to me?

Because girls friend with his blood
on your hands and make a bargain.

I had nothing to do with me.

Guilt that I told you
I was at the market when he was k*lled

and Casey was across the border.

I don't know how. Where he got the money.

You said Casey waited ten days at Vega.

Rosa, you're a liar.

I was at three days
after Miguel was k*lled.

I buried him with my own hands.

He left him alone in that room like a dog.

And another thing.

His throat wasn't cut. He was shot.

I found this in the wall.

It came from that g*n
Casey gave his brother.

Look at it.

Look at that.

That's the b*llet
that k*lled your husband.

I didn't know.

I didn't look at Miguel.

I was afraid I had.

Casey found me two days later.

Believe me.

Up. Believe me. First you betrayed Miguel.

Now you're ready to betray Casey,
and you want me to believe you.

I swear to you, I'm innocent.

Casey is the one who should be. He will.

But the important thing
now is that Benito Juarez can still win

If he gets those g*n.

You tell Casey
there's only one way he can save his life

to give you the gold

if he doesn't come to me.

Before we reach Fort Casper

that I'll go to him.

Go on,

tell him

a go.

Casey.

Gone a long time.

I catch you.

I read in to see your.

Yeah.

What do you want?

But, Ada, I'm talking to you.

He tried to make love to me.

He wants me to leave you.

And the man has a right to stop
another man taking his wife.

Away.

That's the unwritten law. And

come on. Way.

You're too pretty.

She told me.

I didn't expect you. So who now?

You try to steal my wife
and I'm supposed to take it lying down,

If that's what you're telling.

It's true.

And if you say it ain't, you're a liar.

You've got two g*ns here and

you don't like me calling you that.

Why don't you draw it

Even gutless chili pickle like the rest.

That concludes your Benito Juarez high.

You two have been itching
to get at each other.

Well, there's a good old fashioned
American way of doing it.

I'd drop those g*n belts, but you.

All right, now get at it.

Thanks, Major.

Say that again. Yes.

Hey, stop it.

I'll k*ll him.

He asked for it.

That's enough for now, Hero.

That's your wife again.

What?

My message was,

I get back to your own voice.

I want all of you get back.

I feel better now.

What was all that talk about?

Not fighting for a lost cause?

I guess I didn't hear you right
when you said you were through with.

I need a warrant

on amigo.

I'll buy you a drink.

Casey.

Brandy.

Casey.

All right.

Give me an appetite.

Would you like me to play you something?

Sure.

Why not.

Tonight.

Wow. What's eating you?

Eight makes a a jump.

Yeah.

You ain't hard, Casey.

You're scared.

Scared me.

Stop that

Mexican noise.

Can I have a little quiet?

There's only one place you can find.

Quiet in the grave

and put grave.

Power on that. Law.

Now, they always perk up
When we get this close to a town.

I'll be leaving you pretty soon.

And as far as I'm concerned,
you can stay till we get to California.

Thanks, Major,
but my journey ends at Fort Diaspora.

I'm sorry to hear about amigo, my father.

I always keep up this pace.

I reckon
we ought to get there about noon tomorrow.

Oh, my.

Turn up.

Enron.

Why is your brother?

You mean to tell me he's been like this
for two whole days?

Yes, Major.

Do you know anything about this?

I told first
it was from the heat, like the others.

But now I'm sure it's the fever.

Colin, do to me with so much of it.

Mexico.

This is red.

And you talk a lot on your own shoulders.

Not telling me this fever can spread
through the chain like wildfire.

Made your case.

We want to talk with you.

Just promise me one thing.

I'll do whatever I can for you.

If I die, don't

bury me out here all the time.

Take me to some place

where consecrated ground.

You're worried about that
little early, aunty?

No, for myself, Major.

I know. I'm through.

I've done some things in my life

I don't like to remember.

So I'd like a proper burial in some

holy place.

Don't you worry about that.

Rearden World
Cash was only 3 hours ride from here.

I'll send one of my boys on ahead
to fetch a doctor.

He'll pull you through.

All right.

I'll ride on in, Major.

All right. But make it fast.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Reardon.

We have to pull your wagon
out of the train.

We stay a good ways back.

We'll keep an eye on you, though.

I'll drive and you stay with the train.

There's enough sickness already.

You know that.

Reardon's a lucky man.

She's a good help helpmate.

So the devil's wife,

The doctor will have to be paid.

Well.

I'll worry.

I can make a deal about these barrels of.

Brandy,
and I'll take care of. It. Now, hurry

up. The fever.

The girl daughter is a terrible thing
in my country.

I've seen it wipe out a whole village
in less than a week.

Yeah, I know.

Wooster.

What the devil
are you putting with all this?

There's
an old Cherokee charm against the fever.

You put this little bag in your
around your neck.

What's in it? Great. Saba.

Of course, you have to stand down when the
people in your unit downwind are upwind.

I don't reckon
there's any harm made at it.

Do you any good?

I'll Major.

Here's the doctor.
Good evening, gentlemen.

My name is Morrow.

Seth Adams.

Sure appreciate
you coming out here, Doctor.

Well, sir, it was me or nobody.

I'm the only physician at Fort Casper.

Not exactly a metropolis yet.

As for answering a call for help,
Well, I'm.

I'm just doing my duty.

The boy is here to show you
where the wagon is.

Go this way.

Don't.

Well,
I better get some sleep when I'm not.

You know what I mean? Go,

Saddlebags.

That's our wagon out there by that fire.

As I see it,

you're very wise not to come with me.

Come on, girl.

We better get back.

Keep an eye on. That's here.

I got.

You. Still at?

Yeah.

I guess he gets tired
just like the rest of us.

I was a sick man.

What do you want?

I came to pay him a visit.

You're not afraid of a fever?

There are worse things than that.

You'll have to
wait. The doctor's with him.

What do you want?

I want to talk to him.

It can't. He's in a coma.

The man's dying.

You heard what he said.

He's dying. Let me go to him.

Have you no pity.

As much as he had for me? Girl,

I looked through
all of your things at the river.

Didn't find anything.

Could be in one of these.

Till after the gold.

Who would hide it in such a place?

I don't know.

Maybe that's what he wanted me to think.

You know I don't hold.

Sir. Napoleon Brandy.

A little joke
to play on the simple Charlie Picker.

If you believe that you're a poor.

Set up,

this is most unseemly.

Can't you let a man die in peace?

Not this man.

You believe me? Now?

Man needs a priest.

And you come here for this.

Tarnation as that sounds like it's
coming from the Rearden wagon.

It better have a look

here.

What the devil you think you're doing?

That girl he stole from Juarez.

I told him there was no gold.

You wouldn't let me go to Casey.

He's like a madman.

You think I'm a madman?

Make you.

You're giving
a pretty good imitation of all.

Mr. Reardon is dead.

I did all I could, but I got in too late.

I'm sorry, Mrs.

Reardon.

Take that devil away.

Leave me alone with my husband.

I think that would be best.

The first few moments after a loved one
passes out are always the most difficult.

I would have to
bury him right away. I guess

his last request was that he be interred
at Fort Casper.

No, no. I could take the body
with me in the morning.

And if Mrs.

Reardon wishes, she can come along
and make all the arrangements.

And I'm also the undertaker.

I guess that's all right, provided you
get started first thing in the morning.

Oh, certainly.

There is a position.

I appreciate your concern over
the possible spread of contagion.

Oh, and by the way, Major,
if you should need any medical supplies

or other sundry support, Casper,
please don't hesitate to call on me.

I also own the pharmacy.

What was all that talk about?

w*r is not gold.

Forget it. I may go.

I'd like to help you.

Sierra.

I was sure,

but it's not here.

And the man who knew is dead.

Well, Major,

I go back to Mexico.

I suppose that McCullough is.

You know McCullough?

Yes. Go.

And every fort, I guess, Major,
out of all of you to come back.

You poor Mr. Reardon.

I only knew him a few moments,

but from all I hear,
he was a gentleman of sterling qualities.

It's an honor
and privilege to have put him away.

Or Excuse me.

Here come the bereaved.

My dear Mrs.

Reardon,
I'm glad to see you bearing fruit.

Is the priest here yet?

Any moment. Maternity.

I believe you'll find everything
just as requested.

Nothing is too good for Casey.

We want all the troop.

Oh, you have it, sir.

Thank you for coming, Major.

The least we could do, Mrs. Reardon.

I hate to bring up anything like this
at this time, but

we're going to be pulling out
as soon as we get loaded up.

I wonder if you folks are going with us.

No, Major.

Without Casey. I understand. That.

We'll be going back to our folks in Kansas
City, Major.

I see.

Shall we all go in now, please?

I think you girls are the Longhorns alone.

All right.

Find a way to come to a funeral.

The way I want people to come to mine.

Why don't you just send in the railroad
here?

Open the coffin.

Open it.

I want to take a look at it.

But. But.

But, sir.

It's customary under the circumstances
the cause of death being.

But, sir, the widow

expressly requested
that the coffin be kept

open. It.

You got what you came for.

Pay my respects
to your president, William,

and tell him for me that Abe Lincoln
had some real rough days, too.

And the roughest of all
was the day before Gettysburg.

I'll tell him.

Say one thing.

We all know that.

That doctor was in cahoots with him.

But how did you know that case?

He wasn't dead.

No Buzzard was pallbearers in the sky.

They always know.

Oh, goodbye, amigo.

We don't want to leave our medical.

Wagon because they are

your worth.

Your wedding. Go to my president. They.