Legends of the Fall

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Some people hear their own

inner voices

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with great clearness

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and they live

by what they hear

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Such people become crazy

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or they become legend

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Tristan Ludlow was born

in the Moon of the Falling Leaves

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It was a terrible winter

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His mother almost died

bringing him into this world

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His father, the Colonel,

brought him to me

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I wrapped him in a bearskin

and held him all that night

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As he grew into a man

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I taught him the great joy

of the kill

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when the hunter

cuts out its warm heart

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and holds it in his hands

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setting its spirit free

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Colonel Ludlow had three sons

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but Tristan was his favorite

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I had had sons too

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But they were gone now

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forever

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It was a very bad time

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The Colonel had tried

to help the People

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The Colonel had tried

to help the People

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but it was no use

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So he decided

to go his own way

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He wanted to lose the madness

over the mountains, he said

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and begin again

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"Lose the madness, '"he said

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And so we lived for many years

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and the boys grew strong

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Alfred was the older brother

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old even for his years

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Samuel was the youngest

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There was nothing these brothers

would not do for him

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They watched over him

like a treasure

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One year...

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I am an old man

and cannot remember the year

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But it was the Moon

of the Red Grass

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when Isabel Ludlow,

their mother

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went away for the winter

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She said the winters

were too cruel for her

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She said she was afraid

of the bears

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She was a strange woman anyway

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That spring, though,

she did not return

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And, after that,

she did not come much to see us

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Alfred wrote her many letters

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but Tristan refused

to speak of her

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His world was here with me

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Every warrior hopes a good death

will find him

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but Tristan couldn't wait

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He went looking for his

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Tristan!

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Here

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- Was it a bear?

- Yes, sir

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- Was it a bear?

- Yes, sir

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- Can you breathe?

- Yes

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Take your hand away

Take it away

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You're a stupid,

half-brained jackass

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- Yes, sir

- One Stab put you up to this?

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You deserve to be dead

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God knows how you've

lived so long

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It'll be all right, son

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I have these letters

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many letters

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Read them

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They are from all of them

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Ludlow

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Isabel

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Samuel

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the whole family

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the whole story

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It is all written here

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April 13, 1913

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Dear Isabel:

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I am not fool enough to try

to reorder a life already lived

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but I fear I have not done well raising

our sons alone in this wild place

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What did I know of children?

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I was trained to lead men

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This is infinitely harder

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Dear William:

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You take too much responsibility

on yourself, as always

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Our sons are finding their own paths

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They are willful, certainly,

but then

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who are you and I

to complain of willfulness?

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As for Samuel,

I have big news

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At a Harvard tea

for Amy Lowell

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he met and instantly loved

Miss Susannah Finncannon

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I know it will

surprise you greatly

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but they are engaged

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He will bring her to Montana

this summer to meet his brothers

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and you

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So, William,

please behave yourself

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and be as charming

as only you can be

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There he is

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- How the hell are you?

- Good And you?

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- Samuel Good to see you, boy

- Father, how are you?

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- Good to see you

- Hello

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This is my fiance, Susannah

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- Hello

- Miss Finncannon

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- Nice to meet you

- It's an honor

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- This is Alfred

- How do you do?

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- Here's your dog, miss

- Thank you

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- It's a horse

- That's a strange-looking animal

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This is Finn

He's a champion

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You like exotic-looking dogs then,

Miss Finncannon?

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