Bend of the River

It was as big as a house. 341 00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:02,466 All aboard that's comin' aboard! Hurry up! 342 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:05,011 We're gettin' under way. Good-bye. 343 00:30:05,012 --> 00:30:07,013 Good-bye, Marjie. Good-bye. 344 00:30:07,014 --> 00:30:10,016 Good-bye. Decided to stay in Portland, huh? 345 00:30:10,017 --> 00:30:13,853 For a while. Then I thought I'd drift on down to California. 346 00:30:13,854 --> 00:30:15,146 Still followin' that star? 347 00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:18,983 Sometimes it's better than having a man with a star following you. 348 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,818 I'll see ya. Everybody aboard! 349 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:25,823 - Haul in the gangplank. - Let's go! Hurry it up! 350 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:30,286 Don't forget, you're coming up to see me. If I have time. 351 00:30:30,287 --> 00:30:34,999 Well, it looks like we might have a romance in the making. 352 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,917 Trey's a good boy. 353 00:30:36,918 --> 00:30:39,670 I don't like that man Cole. Why not? 354 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,631 I heard Grundy say he was a raider on the Missouri border. 355 00:30:42,632 --> 00:30:47,345 Lots of people used to raid. Some of them decided to change. 356 00:30:47,346 --> 00:30:49,013 That kind can't change. 357 00:30:49,014 --> 00:30:52,768 When an apple's rotten, there's nothing you can do except throw it away, 358 00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:56,395 or it'll spoil the whole barrel. 359 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:58,981 There's a difference between apples and men. 360 00:30:58,982 --> 00:31:02,360 Stand by to cast off! 361 00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:04,237 Clear your bow lines! 362 00:31:08,992 --> 00:31:11,619 Ease off on the stern lines! 363 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:14,789 Easy there! Clear the bow! 364 00:31:14,790 --> 00:31:17,000 Cast off all lines! 365 00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:22,838 Mind if we come up? Not at all, if you keep out of the way. 366 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:28,177 I got enough people up here giving orders to my crew now! Half astern! 367 00:31:28,178 --> 00:31:32,015 Half astern! 368 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:40,982 Bye! 369 00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:48,824 Full astern! 370 00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:36,704 Beautiful, aren't they? 371 00:32:36,705 --> 00:32:41,917 Those are the ones you wanted to drive over in the wagon. We'd have made it. 372 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:45,004 Oh, sure. Of course, this way is easier. 373 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:49,008 How far upriver can we go? Another 40, 50 miles. 374 00:32:49,009 --> 00:32:50,801 Then we come to the rapids? 375 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:55,014 No way of getting the boat past, unless you take it apart and carry it. 376 00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:59,518 - You sure you don't want me to do that too? - Never you mind! 377 00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:04,690 Someday we'll have a portage past the rapids, and boats on the upper river. 378 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:06,984 Keep her in closer to the bank! Why? 379 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:12,698 It's better goin'. I came this way in a canoe, and we stayed close to the bank. 380 00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:15,243 This ain't no canoe! 381 00:33:42,604 --> 00:33:45,773 This is it. This is as far as we can go. 382 00:33:45,774 --> 00:33:49,985 Yeah, I see what you mean. 383 00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:54,157 But the wagons will take us around the rapids. 384 00:33:54,658 --> 00:33:58,077 In a day or two, you'll see some of the finest country... 385 00:33:58,078 --> 00:34:02,999 God ever put on the face of this planet. 386 00:34:04,251 --> 00:34:07,711 It's what I've always dreamed about, Glyn, 387 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:11,006 a new country where we can makes things grow. 388 00:34:11,007 --> 00:34:14,677 We'll find a valley where the earth is rich, 389 00:34:14,678 --> 00:34:18,013 where the mountains shelter us from the north winds. 390 00:34:18,014 --> 00:34:21,643 We'll use the trees that nature has given us, 391 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:24,520 cut a clearing in the wilderness. 392 00:34:24,521 --> 00:34:25,980 We'll put in roads... 393 00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:29,900 and use the timber to bridge the streams where we have to. 394 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:32,444 Hah! Then we'll build our homes, Glyn; 395 00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:36,740 Build them strong to stand against the winter snows. 396 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:39,577 There'll be a meeting house, 397 00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:41,787 a church. 398 00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:43,998 We'll have a school. 399 00:34:43,999 --> 00:34:46,667 Then we'll put down seedlings. 400 00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:49,003 There'll be apples, pears. 401 00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:52,047 In a few years, we'll bring fruit to the world... 402 00:34:52,048 --> 00:34:56,553 such as the eyes of man has never seen. 403 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:01,640 All of this is good, 404 00:35:01,64