Bend of the River Page #5

What law?

It's a deal. We get you to the

settlement, you grubstake all of us.

Uh-huh.

All right, now, let's

get 'em rollin'. Come on!

Looks like you're gettin' ready

to shove off. Best of luck to you.

I hope you make it

before the snow comes.

How does a man say thank you

when he owes so much to a friend?

You don't owe me anything, Jeremy. It's been

a pleasure to work alongside nice people.

There's a hundred people over

beyond those mountains;

a hundred people who'd have never gotten

through the winter without this food.

Let me thank you

for them.

Didn't do a thing.

Didn't do a thing!

Adam! Come here and say good-bye

to these nice people.

Good-bye. Good-bye, Adam, and

Godspeed wherever you're headed for.

He will, but where

are we headed for?

Back down to Portland,

then maybe we'll just keep on goin'.

But where, for instance? Well.

We never shoulda left the

Mississippi. Maybe we'll go back to it.

It may take you

a while to find it.

Oh, we got time. We got all the

time in the world, ain't we, Cap'n?

All the time in the world, Adam. We'll

just head back to Natchez and Mobile...

New Orleans and...

Think you can handle 'em? We

may lose a few, but we'll try.

All right, let's roll 'em out.

Come on.

Roll!

Yii!

Come on!

Get on there!

Yah!

Yah! Yah!

Hah!

Yah! Yah! Yah!

Get up there!

Come on!

Come on!

Get up there!

Yah!

Get up there, boy!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Ho! Ho! Ho.

Well, you can get out and

stretch if you like. I'd like.

Pick 'em up, Jeremy!

Roll 'em along.

They're tired and so are

we. Do you mind? Yeah.

You've been pushing hard since early

morning. How long you keeping on?

Just as long as we got daylight.

Now send 'em along! Come on. Come on.

Send 'em along! Keep

movin'! When do we noon?

We don't.

Why not? I'm hungry.

You want Hendricks and his men to

sit down and eat with you? Go on now!

I thought we left 'em at the

river. We did, but he's right.

As soon as Hendricks finds where we cut

away from the river, he'll be tailin' us.

Then what? Well, I don't

know. But I'm gonna find out.

Looks like we're runnin'

from Hendricks. Looks like.

What happens when he catches up with

us? Could be we see a good fight.

You gonna be in it?

Aren't you?

Not me. I ain't gonna fight

my way over these mountains...

bringin' food to a lot of settlers

just for a grubstake. Same here.

Only we aren't gonna bring

this food to the settlement.

When do we take over?

I'll let you know.

Pass the word along to the others.

Tell them to keep their mouths shut.

Where do you figure

to put down for tonight?

There's a flat piece of ground by

the stream. It might do. Any news?

Yeah, all bad. Hendricks and his men are

climbing the second rise beyond the stream.

How many has he got? Thirty or

40. I didn't wait to count 'em.

How much time we have? Two hours,

tops. Then they'll be in amongst us.

Uh-huh. There's a little

box canyon off to the left.

Waterfall at the far end. Take the cattle

up there and meet me back at the wagons.

All right, make your circle

there by the falls, Jeremy.

Yah! Yah! Come on! Come on!

Bring your teams in and

unhook 'em. Get up there!

Make a wide space

between the wagon.

Say, you're in trouble. Two or three men on

that ledge can cut the wagon crew to pieces.

I don't mind fighting Hendricks, but why

give him all the odds? Cole's right, Glyn.

A couple of men on that ledge and we wouldn't

have a prayer. Yeah, that's what I figured.

Well, let's get some fire started and

see what we can do about some coffee.

There's what we're after.

Spread out and attack!

All right, let's get

out of here! Let's go!

All right, they've had

it. Let 'em go. Why?

Why?

Well, if you don't know,

I can't tell you.

It's too bad. He seemed

like a real nice fella.

He was...

until they found gold.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Hey, hey!

Down, boy! Go on!

It looks like

we got company.

Real glad to see ya. Thought Hendricks

never would get that food through to us.

Another week and the snow'd

have blocked the trail.

The crowd at the gold camp

will be real glad to see you.

We're not going to the gold

camp. That ain't our food?

Afraid not. There's a settlement

around river. We're headed that way.

What happened to our food? Yeah, Hendricks

promised to have it at the camp this week.

We paid him ten times what it

was worth. Hendricks is dead.

What about us? We can't get

through the winter without grub.

I'm sorry.

Like to give you some, but we barely got

enough to carry us 'til spring. What'll we do?

Looks like you fellas have to

spend the winter in Portland.

Winter in Portland? Do you

know what that means in money?

We could take a million dollars in

gold outta those hills before spring.

We're not gonna shut down!

/'ll tell you what we'll do.

For that grub, we'll give you ten times what

it cost if you bring it into the diggin's.

Ten times? I'll guarantee you'll get a

$100,000 for what you've got in those wagons.

Hey, that's a lot of money.

Yeah, that's a lot of money.

/'m afraid our food is not for sale.

Why not?

Because it's more important than money.

/t means a new life for a hundred people.

I don't suppose you can understand me,

but I can't take money for people's lives.

You're sure you won't

change your mind?

I'm afraid not.

I'll talk to you later.

Roll 'em out! Follow me downhill.

We'll go up the next gully.

Yah! Yah!

Who-o-oa!

Untie your spare wheel. I'll get the other

wagons up to a flat spot and we'll help you.

Roll 'em up around the lead

wagon! 'Round here. Come on!

Get up there!

Yah! Yah!

Get this tongue

right under the axle.

There we go. Son, give

me a hand with the wheel.

Now bear down on it.

You got it clear?

All right.

A little up! Up she goes. Little higher.

Little higher.

Little more.

Higher. Higher.

Higher.

About an inch.

Little more! More!

Let go.

We'll get all three of'em.

Now!

Jeremy.

Why, you... Hold it,

McLyntock. We're taking over.

We're going to the gold camp

with this food.

Glyn!

Glyn!

Stay where you are, boys.

Everything's

gonna be real nice.

All right, get up! All of you.

Come on! Help with this wagon!

Come on! Trey, get that wheel

offJeremy. Hurry up! Come on!

Hey, get in there!

All right, now,

lift it up. More.

More.

Get it up. More.

Is he clear?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Forget it.

How does it look? Be in

the snow in the morning.

Another day,

we'll reach the summit.

How's your father feeling?

Oh, he's asleep.

Glyn, he still

doesn't trust Cole.

It's an old-fashioned idea of his. He believes

once a man has gone wrong, that's the end.

And you don't agree.

No.

Any man

can make a mistake.

He can make lots

of mistakes.

But when he meets a woman

and falls in love with her...

Yeah, I see

what you mean.

And... And you do

believe it?

That men can change?

Some men?

Yes, I believe it.

I've told it toJeremy.

Thanks, Glyn.

Good night.

How's the old man?

He's sleepin'.

He's a tough old bird.

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