Red River

What's wrong, Campbell?

We got three hours yet before we stop.

Dunson here says

he's leaving the train.

- Is that right? You leaving?

- I am.

You can't do that.

You signed on.

- You agreed--

- I signed nothing. If I had, I'd stay.

If you'll remember, I joined your train

after you left St. Louis.

Wait. You know this is Indian country.

You might be walking into trouble.

For two days past and this day

we've seen smoke and signs.

We know.

They're around somewhere.

I can feel them.

The Comanches are welcome to you,

but not to your bull and cows.

We need the beginnings of herds

in California.

You're right about one thing.

The beginning of herds.

But I'm starting my own herd.

I watched the land south of here

since we left the Salt Fork.

It's good land. Good grass for beef.

I'm going south where it is.

You're too good a gun for me to let you

leave the train now.

Then I'm too good a gun

for you to argue with.

If I was you, Colonel,

I'd ponder on letting him be.

He's a mighty set man when his mind's

made up. Even you can't change it.

He'll be heading south. Mind he don't

stomp on you on the way out.

- Are you leaving too?

- Colonel, me and Dunson--

Well, it's me and Dunson.

- Tell him I wish him luck.

- Good luck to you, Colonel.

- I decided last night.

- I decided too. I want to go with you.

- I'll send for you--

- I know you've work to do, Tom.

I want to be part of it.

I love you. I want to be with you.

- Not now.

- I'm asking you, Tom. Please take me.

I'm strong.

I can stand anything you can.

- It's too much for a woman.

- Too much for a woman?

Put your arms around me, Tom.

Hold me. Feel me in your arms.

Do I feel weak, Tom?

I don't, do I?

You'll need me.

You'll need a woman.

You need what a woman can give you

to do what you have to do.

Listen to me, Tom. Listen

with your head and your heart too.

The sun only shines half the time, Tom.

The other half is night.

- I've made up my mind.

- Once in your life, change your mind.

I'll send for you.

Will you come?

Of course I'll come,

but you're wrong.

My mother's.

Oh, go, please.

If you're going to go, please, go now.

I want to be with you so much,

my knees feel like--

like they've knives in them.

Bye.

[ Groot Shouting, Whistling ]

Team! Giddap!

[ Groot ] Whoa! What river

do you reckon that is?

The Red River, I think.

If it is, that's Texas

on the other side.

How about calling it a day, huh?

All right.

Wheel your wagon--

All right.

Wheel your wagon--

That's too big for

a signal smoke, ain't it?

Yeah.

It's just about where

the wagon train would be.

Why do Indians always want

to be burning up good wagons?

Take us hours to get back there.

Yeah. We should

have took her along.

They'll most likely

send some out after us.

If they do--

This is as good a place as any.

Swing the wagon around.

We'll keep the river to our back.

[ Whistling ]

Hey! Giddap!

[ Crickets Chirping ]

Tom.

We could have been wrong about

that smoke. She might have got away.

- Oh, I wish it--

- [ Hooting ]

[ Hooting ]

[ Hooting ]

There they are.

I hope they ain't too many of them.

[ Whistling ]

[ Whistling ]

[ Bird Call ]

[ Bird Call ]

[ Bird Call ]

[ Bird Call ]

- [ War Whoops ]

- Give me your rifle!

[ War Whoops ]

Tom!

[ Gunshot ]

- You all right, Tom?

- Yeah.

I got two more of them. Near as I can

figure, there's only one of them left.

They got the two cows, but--

Oh, Tom.

That's too bad.

We should have took--

[ Hooting ]

That's him.

- Answer him.

- Huh?

Answer him.

[ Whistling ]

[ Hooting ]

[ Whistling ]

[ Hooting ]

[ Hooting ]

[ Whistling ]

Let's get out of here.

Yeah, and give them buzzards

a chance.

[ Bellowing ]

Shooting and screaming

and people dying...

and burning the wagons

and shooting and screaming and burning.

- People dying and wagons burning--

- Where'd you come from?

It was all burning.

Only Indians around.

- Just all burning and smoking--

- How'd you get away?

- They were burning everything.

- He's plumb out of his head.

It was plain. I could see it. They were

burning the wagons. People screaming--

- I wouldn't do that again.

- Put that gun down.

Don't do that again.

All right, sonny.

I was just asking where you came--

Don't ever trust anybody

till you know them.

I won't, after this.

Thanks for telling me.

All right. Now, how'd you get away?

I was following my cow.

She got away in the brush.

Miles it seemed like.

Up a long hill she went.

Then I heard them.

And then I saw them.

And I wish I hadn't.

It looks like

we'll have to take you along.

Are you going to use it?

No. No.

But don't ever try

to take it away from me again.

He'll do.

Tie 'em up short.

Get up on the seat.

- Let's go.

- [ Groot Whistling, Shouting ]

- We're in Texas!

- It feels good to me!

This is it. This is where

we start growing good beef.

Sure looks good, Tom.

Worth coming 2,000 miles for.

Everything a man could want.

Good water and grass. And plenty of it.

- Who this belong to?

- Me!

Someday that will

all be covered with good beef.

I'll put a mark, a brand, on 'em

to show they're mine too.

What kind of a mark?

I've been thinking about that.

It'll be two lines.

Like this.

Like the banks of a river.

It'll be the Red River brand.

We'll start now.

Get a fire going, Matt. Heat the iron.

There's the first one.

First Red River D.

You going to put that

on my cow too?

- Why not?

- She's mine.

I see a "D" for Dunson,

but my name's Matthew.

- We'll talk about that later.

- I don't see any "M" on that brand.

I'll put an "M" on it

when you earn it.

That's fair enough. I'll earn it.

Never liked seeing strangers.

Guess it's 'cause no stranger

ever good newsed me.

Hello.

- Saw the smoke of your fire.

- Yes?

- Where do you travel?

- Nowhere.

Remain here on Don Diego's land.

You are welcome for a night, a week--

- Are you Diego?

- No--

- Where is he?

- At his home across the river.

Six hundred kilometers south.

- How far is that?

- About 400 miles.

That's too much land for one man.

Why, it ain't decent.

Here's all this land aching

to be used and never has been.

It is for Don Diego to do as he chooses.

This land is Don Diego's.

What is that river

you were talking about?

The Rio Grande--

Tell Don Diego all the land

north of that river is mine.

Tell him to stay off of it.

- But the land is his.

- Where did he get it?

Many years ago by grant and patent,

inscribed by the king of all Spain.

You mean he took it away

from whoever was here before.

- Indians maybe.

- Maybe so.

I'm taking it away from him.

Others have thought as you.

Others have tried.

And you've always been

good enough to stop them?

It is my work.

Pretty unhealthy job.

Get away, Matt.

I'm sorry for you--

How about you?

You want some of it?

It is not my land. I will wait

until Don Diego tells me what to do.

Go tell him what happened.

Tell him what I said.

Take your friend's horse.

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