The Way West

393 00:40:15,209 --> 00:40:18,169 I was a senior senator from the state of Illinois. 394 00:40:18,504 --> 00:40:21,339 And I might have become president of the United States, 395 00:40:21,465 --> 00:40:22,715 but for a woman. 396 00:40:24,677 --> 00:40:28,638 The woman I chose for my wife killed herself. 397 00:40:31,100 --> 00:40:32,475 I'm sorry. 398 00:40:33,519 --> 00:40:35,311 I'm sorry for her, too. 399 00:40:36,439 --> 00:40:38,189 It almost ruined me. 400 00:40:39,483 --> 00:40:42,485 But I rose up like Samson in his blindness, 401 00:40:43,237 --> 00:40:46,614 and I came west with my son to make a new and better life 402 00:40:46,740 --> 00:40:49,951 in a new and better country. 403 00:40:51,203 --> 00:40:54,581 There's so few people in this company who understand. 404 00:40:54,790 --> 00:40:56,166 None, maybe. 405 00:40:59,211 --> 00:41:02,881 But it seems to me that. .. That you do. 406 00:41:04,258 --> 00:41:06,259 You're an extraordinary person. 407 00:41:08,304 --> 00:41:09,971 You know, it's. . . 408 00:41:12,266 --> 00:41:15,768 It's no easy matter to share a vision. 409 00:41:17,771 --> 00:41:20,231 Particularly for a man and a woman. 410 00:41:22,485 --> 00:41:23,776 Thank you. 411 00:41:26,155 --> 00:41:27,864 Thank you, Mr. Tadlock. 412 00:41:29,617 --> 00:41:32,744 If in the awful peril of this journey, you should lose Mr. Evans... 413 00:41:32,870 --> 00:41:35,455 - Don't say that. - You need never lack consolation, 414 00:41:35,581 --> 00:41:40,126 for I shall be your tower of refuge, and a new city we shall build. 415 00:41:42,963 --> 00:41:44,589 If you choose. 416 00:42:44,608 --> 00:42:48,486 I told you, Brownie, you're a fool. There's nothing to be scared. 417 00:42:49,113 --> 00:42:50,905 Don't show 'em you're scared, Brownie. 418 00:43:48,589 --> 00:43:50,840 - Mr. Summers, sir? - What's that, boy? 419 00:43:51,508 --> 00:43:53,885 I did poor. I was scared pukey. 420 00:43:54,011 --> 00:43:56,721 Shoot, hoss, every man gets scared in a fix. 421 00:43:57,306 --> 00:43:58,806 What are they gonna do? 422 00:43:59,475 --> 00:44:02,185 Well, whatever they do, it's going to be highly educational. 423 00:44:02,311 --> 00:44:07,106 You know, the Sioux, if they take a fancy to you, are inclined to be generous. 424 00:44:07,483 --> 00:44:10,443 Likely as not, they'll present you with a wife. 425 00:44:10,569 --> 00:44:11,694 Maybe two. 426 00:44:11,862 --> 00:44:13,404 Or three. 427 00:44:13,614 --> 00:44:16,532 Stop there, sir. Three is my limit. 428 00:44:18,202 --> 00:44:20,620 Could you go a bit deeper into that subject, sir? 429 00:44:20,746 --> 00:44:22,163 Deeper? 430 00:44:22,539 --> 00:44:23,790 Are they... 431 00:44:24,500 --> 00:44:29,128 Excuse me for asking the question, but are Injun women built any different? 432 00:44:30,297 --> 00:44:32,090 Why, I don't rightly know, boy. 433 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:37,887 I never been with a white woman but once, and I disremember. 434 00:44:41,183 --> 00:44:44,185 He'd appreciate it if we'd move a little faster. 435 00:45:19,847 --> 00:45:21,723 - You all right? - Yeah, Pa. 436 00:45:23,392 --> 00:45:26,144 All right, you get back to your mother. 437 00:46:02,848 --> 00:46:04,807 He doesn't like what you're giving him. 438 00:46:05,267 --> 00:46:07,477 - What does he want? - Whiskey. 439 00:46:08,353 --> 00:46:09,353 Whiskey? 440 00:46:10,522 --> 00:46:13,941 Get 'em liquored up, maybe we could sneak off. 441 00:46:14,860 --> 00:46:16,110 You've got a choice, 442 00:46:16,236 --> 00:46:18,196 you can give it to 'em or they'll take it. 443 00:46:18,322 --> 00:46:20,698 I agree that the first one might be a little dangerous, 444 00:46:20,824 --> 00:46:22,992 but the second one could prove fatal. 445 00:47:31,562 --> 00:47:33,020 You're beautiful. 446 00:47:34,857 --> 00:47:36,148 Mr. Mack. 447 00:47:36,692 --> 00:47:39,235 I've been waiting since Missouri to tell you that. 448 00:47:40,529 --> 00:47:41,779 Have you? 449 00:47:43,907 --> 00:47:45,867 You sure got the right name. 450 00:47:47,286 --> 00:47:48,411 Mercy. 451 00:47:50,038 --> 00:47:51,622 That's what I'm needing now. 452 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:56,460 It's dangerous. 453 00:48:02,676 --> 00:48:04,468 Who are you afraid of? 454 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:06,220 My wife or me? 455 00:48:07,973 --> 00:48:09,390 Mr. Mack, 456 00:48:10,893 --> 00:48:12,476 I don't know very much. 457 00:48:13,353 --> 00:48:15,062 You know my name. 458 00:48:16,607 --> 00:48:17,940 She's pretty. 459 00:48:18,525 --> 00:48:19,525 Mrs. Mack. 460 00:48:20,611 --> 00:48:21,861 You're pretty. 461 00:48:24,072 --> 00:48:25,990 Why don't she love you? 462 00:48:28,035 --> 00:48:31,037 She's got iron corsets in her skin. 463 00:48:32,998 --> 00:48:35,041 And what do I have, Mr. Ma