Red River Page #4

- Hyah!

- Yee-hee!

- Hyah!

- Heee!

- Yah-hah!

- Yee-hah!

- Yee-hah!

- Ee-yah!

- Eee--

- Yah-hah!

All right, Quo!

Let's go to Missouri!

[ Whooping, Coughing ]

There they are, Matt.

Fourteen years of hard work.

And they say

we can't make the drive.

They could be wrong.

Better be.

Teeler, you and Walt and Simms

are on the next watch.

Breakfast at 4:
30, Groot.

Trail at 5:
00.

All right, Tom.

Hey, Quo, when you're

finished there, get some--

What's the matter?

- Grub finished?

- Sure. I ate.

- Give 'em tooth.

- Teeth, I told you.

It's only a few hours till morning.

I'll be using them again.

Come morning, you get 'em.

This is getting to be plumb crazy.

We been doing this all day.

By the time we get to Missouri,

we'll have them all wore out...

passing them back and forth

and back and forth.

Tell you what I'll do.

I'll give you 100% profit.

I'll give you two dollars

for your half interest.

Not now. When I get it.

When we finish the drive.

I get money,

you get 'em tooth.

Teeth, you dumb heathen.

Why do I always have to--

Oh, what's the use?

The way we worked it,

along the Brazos, the Palo Pinto...

up to the Red,

then north to Sedalia.

You make that drive to Sedalia

look very easy.

There are a lot of rough boys along

the border. I just got back from there.

You want to stick your nose

back in that country?

Cherry, how come

you joined the drive?

Just a notion I had.

Then Matt turned me down.

Made me want to go. Besides,

I've taken a liking to that gun of his.

Fat chance you got

of getting that, bub.

I've been wondering. Why'd you

turn me down? You're not afraid of me.

You know what happens if this drive

doesn't get to market?

According to Dunson,

we lose our wages.

You've been all through the state.

What did you see?

Yeah, I know. Cattle running wild.

Carpetbaggers reaching with both hands.

Ranchers roasting grain

and calling it coffee.

- I've been doing it for two months.

- I saw a man swap a steer for flour.

I know why you want to get through.

Maybe I do too.

But why to Missouri? Why not turn west

at the Red and head them for Kansas?

- Kansas?

- What?

Fine "howdy-ma'am" that would be

when the railroad's in Missouri.

- Railroad in Kansas too.

- Where?

I saw the one in Topeka,

and there's one in Abilene.

Abilene? That's further west.

Did you see it in Abilene?

I didn't get there.

I met a girl in Kansas City.

She fancied she could sing,

but she had other--

If we could head west at the Red--

- We'd save ourselves a heap of--

- [ Dunson ] We're going to Missouri.

I've seen buyers and cash in Sedalia.

What have you seen in Abilene?

Not a thing.

Just a girl told me.

- A girl with hair the color--

- Seems to me, Mr. Dunson--

- I didn't ask you, Groot.

- No, that's right.

You didn't ask me, Mr. Dunson.

We're going to Missouri.

Suppose if I tangled with him,

I'd have to take you on too.

You'll find him

a handful by himself.

- How much further we going today?

- About four miles north. There's--

Hold that horse. There's

a good stream and bed grounds.

Cinch him up.

That old ankle's sure puffing up.

Yeah.

We're going to have

to paint it tonight.

Keep 'em moving.

It's a good thing

we got a big remuda.

He's been wearing out

three, four horses a day.

- All the same, I don't like it.

- What don't you like?

Everything's going too good. We're

bound to have a hat full of trouble.

- Always yammering, I tell you.

- Well--

I don't like to see things

go good or bad.

I like 'em in-between.

Groot, what's Dan riding

in Quo's wagon for?

- I was wanting to discuss that myself.

- What?

- I was wanting to discuss that--

- I can't understand you.

Why don't you use your teeth?

Whoa!

My teeth is just

what we was discussing.

Well, talk on your own time.

Dan should be working.

If you was half human, you'd give

them back to me. I could use them.

Besides, they'd help

keep the dust out of my mouth.

Keep mouth shut.

Dust not get in.

Bet I ate 10 pounds

in the last 16 days.

Before this shenanigan's over,

I'll probably eat enough land...

to incorporate me in the Union,

the state of Groot.

Ow! That hurt!

Teeth or no teeth, I can still use me

a whip, and you keep out of that sugar.

Too late, Pop.

I already got me some.

Having a sweet tooth is almost as bad as

having a whiskey tongue or liking women.

A hundred days. Well, all I got

to worry about is feeding them.

Come on! Giddap! Hey!

[ Buster ]

Yee-hoo! Yee!

- [ Simms Whooping ]

- [ Buster ] Hey!

Hey, Buster.

How is it down there?

This water is really fine.

Nice and cool.

[ Simms ] Man could take himself

a right good bath.

Matt!

What's the matter?

What are you stopping them for?

This water here looks pretty good.

There's water

three or four miles on ahead.

The men have had

a pretty tough day.

- I think in all fairness--

- I'll do the thinking.

Keep them going.

Hey! Buster, we're moving on.

Come on. Get going!

I knowed this was

too good to be true.

- We're moving on!

- Why does he want to--

We're moving on!

Get up from there, you!

Groot! We'll bed down here!

All right, Matt.

- Hi, Laredo. Just get in?

- Yep. Got any coffee?

- I'll get you some.

- What'd you find?

Good water ahead

for the next three days.

- Where's Dunson?

- He and Matt are out with the herd.

# They graze in the coulees #

# They water in the draw #

# Their tails are all tattered #

# Their backs are all raw #

# Ride around little dogies #

# Ride around them slow #

# For the fiery and the snuffy

are a-rarin'-- ##

- Hello, Dan.

- Hello, Mr. Dunson.

- How they doing?

- Kind of uneasy.

[ Coyote Howling ]

That coyote

ain't helping them none.

- No.

- Whoa, cattle.

Just keep quieting them.

They'll be all right.

Sure hope nothing happens.

I've been thinking about the drive

and what it means to everybody.

- Me too. It means that--

- What does it mean, Dan?

Well, one thing...

when we get there,

I'll have over $100 coming.

That's more than I ever had before,

and l--

- What are you gonna do with it?

- A whole lot of things.

I'm gonna buy the old Chapman place,

and then I'm gonna--

- I'm gonna--

- What are you gonna?

It's my wife. She--

She always wanted

a little pair of red shoes.

I kind of figured

I'd get them for her.

Is that such a fool idea,

Mr. Dunson?

It's a good idea, Dan.

I'd do it.

I will.

# They graze in the coulees #

# They water in the draw ##

Don't make too much noise

putting them pans away.

[ Coyote Howling ]

I don't like coyotes.

I had a little roan horse once,

and they--

[ Howling ]

[ Lowing ]

I wish he'd quit a-yowling.

Bothering the cattle.

Making them spooky.

The dust and wind today

put them on the prod.

Wouldn't take much

to stampede the whole outfit.

I was in a stampede once.

Don't want no more.

Nighthawk sneezed-- just sneezed--

and the whole bunch was off.

They run for six miles

before we got them headed.

That's when old Whizzer White

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