02x30 - A Man Called Kane

[bunniefuu]

[ theme song ]

What now?

I think there's a spring
up there beyond the draw.

What about it?

I'm thirsty.

Oh, for Pete's sake.

Well, if you'd have brought
that canteen...

Well, I didn't,
and I didn't bring
a sofa pillow

or a box of chocolates
or a mandolin either.

I thought we came up here
to ride some barn fat off
these colts.

Are you finished?

Yep.

Well, I'm still thirsty.

See, I told ya so.
Only there's more water
than I remember.

Randy? Randy?

Huh?

Don't you want a drink?

No.

Hey, how 'bout this?

How 'bout what?

Looks like a cave here
behind this deadfall.

Let's go inside!

No, we better not.
It's gettin' kinda late.

Well, you go ahead.
I'm gonna take a look.

[ chuckles ]
I can just see me
goin' back and tellin' them

I left you
in a cave here somewhere.

Well, go ahead.

Oh, you women can think
of more things to waste
a man's time.

No, I better go first.

There might be a drop-off
or something.

Well, come on
if you're comin'.

Pretty good sized.

[ water dripping ]

Randy, quick,
light another one.

Maybe it is gettin' kinda late.
Come on, let's go.

Wait a minute.

Randy.

Randy, what is it?

Here, light another match.

It can't be!

But it must be,
or else it'd be tarnished.

What is it?

It's gold!
Look it there.

It's almost as big
as a $20 gold piece.

Randy, look!
Huh?

There's another one!

Hey, look,
there's a whole bunch!

Yeah!

They're all over here!

Wow!

Look at this!

Do you know what we found?
We found a--

[ screams ]

'Bout how many coins
you say there were?

183 exactly.

183.

What's your name again, boy?

Benton. Randy Benton.

Hey, is this
gonna be in all the papers?

All the newspapers
in the territory
ought to pick this up.

Did you say you
went back out there
with them?

Mm-hmm.

Besides the stuff
we brought in,

there was some
old pots and pans
and a busted lantern.

It looked like
he lived out there
for quite a spell.

Did you find anything
that might tell who he was?

Just this belt buckle
with some initials on it.

R. MacD.

Anybody by those initials
ever work out at Shiloh?

Not since I've been there.

Say,
I might know who it was.

Yes, I'm sure he's the one.

Who.

It was before I came here,

but I've run across this story
two or three times.

There was a funny old fella
who lived up in Shiloh country
right after the w*r,

before there was a Shiloh.

What makes you think
it's the same man?

Here. You see this?

Now this in an English coin.
It's called a Golden Guinea.

Now this old fella
used to come down here
about once a month.

He'd trade
a couple of those in
for American money,

get his supplies,
and disappear again.

Well, how much
are they worth?

Twenty-one shillings,
as I remember.

That's five and a quarter
American.

5.25 times 183.

Anybody
ever mention his name?

Don't think he ever told it.

Used to call him Stonewall.

Why that?

Oh, he was kinda rabid
about the Civil w*r,
they say.

One of those Confederates
who wouldn't surrender.

Wow, $960.75!

That's almost $500 a piece!

Five hundred dollars.

Boy, that's more money
than I ever thought
I'd get my hands on.

You still haven't.

What do you mean?

The law says
I gotta keep that money
for 30 days,

in case a legitimate claimant
turns up.

Well, we better
be gettin' on back.

Well, good-bye.

Come on, Randy.

Gonna be a long 30 days.

Turn that little bay mare
out into the corral.

How ya doin'?

Better than it was,
anyway.

[ horse approaching ]

Here comes another one.

Good luck.

Howdy.

Howdy.
What can I do for ya?

Well, you can point out
the foreman, unless you're him.

That's right.

Doin' any hirin'?

Well, that all depends.

Well, I'm a good hand.

Where'd you work last?

Britton and Lomax.
Espuela brand.

Worked for the Spur outfit?

That's right.

Name's Kane.

Mm-hmm.

[ chuckles ]
I been workin'
the tallow pots.

Kinda softens ya up,
but I callus quick.

What other odd jobs
can you handle?

Well, I can butcher,
I can tan,

and picked up
some harness makin'.

Could really use the job.

And I could really use a hand.

What I don't need
is a treasure hunter.

Treasure hunter?

Oh, maybe you
didn't hear about

what happened here
last week.

Oh! Oh, sure.
I read about that.

You mean about findin'
the money?

Yeah, there's quite a bit
of talk over in Cheyenne.

Been quite a few drifters
through here, too.

Fellas expect me
to pay them wages

while they look
for stray gold pieces.

[ chuckles ]
Well, ain't gonna get
no trouble on my account.

You independently wealthy?

I got nothin' against money.

I just ain't foolish enough
to think any of it's left.

What do ya think of that?

Well, me--
I'd have double-stitched it.

Pays a dollar a day.
Put your gear in the bunkhouse.

Thank you.

Oh, say, uh...

that young fella
that found the money--

believe it said his name
was Randy Benton.

That's right.

Wouldn't happen to know
if he was from back East,
would ya?

Around the Carolinas?

Maybe. Why?

Uh, I might have known him...
or his folks.

I used to run
with his brother some.

Brother?

Well, it was
a half-brother really.

Same father, though.

Good bit older than he was.

I don't know.
Never heard him say
anything about a brother.

Well, no matter.

Lot of Bentons around.
Probably not even
the same family.

Easy enough to find out.
Randy.

You know, this old mare's

gettin' to be
a regular cribber.

She's got her manger
half gnawed away.

Fella here
thinks he knows ya.

I knew your brother Johnny.

Oh.

I guess you
don't remember me, huh?

Well, I don't know.
I don't know if I do or not.

[ chuckles ]
Well, it's no wonder.

You was, what,
only about six or seven.

Main reason I used to go out
to his farm was for the music.

Your pa
wasn't much of a farmer.

No slight to the dead,

but music! Whoo!

He'd play music,
and I swear creatures

would come out of the woods
just to listen.

I guess
you were there all right.

Yeah, I guess I was.

Randy, I want ya
to give that mare's stall

a good coat of creosote
right after chow.

I'll see if I can find some.

It's waitin' for ya
out behind the barn.

Kane, you give him a hand.

Might as well
start buildin' up
those calluses.

Well, come on.
Let's get some chow.
I'll show ya where it is.

Thank ya.

It's the end stall
right there.

Whoo!

The smell of this stuff's
enough to gravel ya.

You ought to taste it.

That little mare's
in for quite a shock.

You still like horses.

Yeah. Why?

Well, that's about one
of the best things
I remember about you.

You were always talkin'
about havin' a horse ranch
of your own someday.

Yeah.

Well, probably get one now.

What do ya mean by that?

Five hundred dollars.
That's a lot of money.

Oh, you heard about that, huh?

Well, sure.
Lots of people have.

It was right on the front page
of the Cheyenne Call.

It said
"Gruesome find on Shiloh ranch
lucky for youngsters."

Lucky, maybe.

What do you mean maybe?

Well, somebody could
walk in there and claim
that money any day now.

Well, that's what it said,
but I wouldn't worry about that.

Why not?

Well, figure it out.

They don't even know
who that old man was.

They'd have
to prove that first,

and then they'd have
to prove if the money
was rightfully his,

and then they'd have
to prove that they
was the legal heirs.

There's a lot
of provin' to do.

I hope you're right.

You, uh...

you don't remember much
about your brother, do ya?

What makes you say that?

Well, you don't
talk much about him.

Not much to talk about.

He left home
when I was about six.

Only saw him once after that.

He came home once
a few years later
for one night.

Hardly saw him at all.

Woke up the next mornin',
and he was gone.

You blame him for that?

No, I don't blame anybody
for anything.

Well, uh...
he was in trouble with the law.

You know,
that's why he took off.

Didn't anybody
ever tell ya that?

Trouble or not,
a man says good-bye
or kiss my foot or something.

Well, he liked you fine.

He got quite a kick out of ya.

Where was he when Pa died then,
if he like me so much?

Well, I guess
he didn't hear about that.

He could have found out.

No matter. It's all water
under the bridge now.

I better get
some more creosote.

He felt pretty bad about it
when he did find out.

I mean, about you
bein' left on your own
and all.

Is that so?

Hey, Cotton.

Where'd you get that name?

Don't ya know who I am, kid?

Seems I should've known
right off...

or maybe I did.

I knew something
right when I saw ya.

Tell ya the truth, though...

you're a little bit uglier
than I recollect.

[ laughs ]

I don't see no beauty prize
on you either.

I'm, uh, sorry about Pa.

I'd have come back
for ya sure.

Randy.

I--I told him
my name was Kane.

Best we leave it
that way for now, huh?

Y'all finished?

Uh, yeah. Just a minute.

Steve can use ya at the corral.
Bring a posthole digger.

All right. You in trouble?

Would it matter?

[ chuckles ]

Old Johnny.

Well, come on.

Thirty dollars.

Randy. Sign your name.

And $30.

Kane.

Three dollars
for three days.

We'll give them fits
next month.

You goin' into town?

Thought I might.

Mind if I ride in with ya?

Be mad if ya don't.

Use a few dollars?

I don't want your money, kid.

What's that for?

Oh, habit mostly,
but ya never can tell.

Johnny?

Yeah?

I guess ya
would have told me about it
if you'd have wanted to,

but I got to thinkin',

maybe if I knew
what the trouble was,
I could help.

It's a lot of trouble, kid.
You can't help.

Whatever you say.

Now hold on.

What's the matter?

Nothin', Johnny.
I don't reckon
I had any call to ask.

Of course you have.

It's not that
I don't trust ya, Cotton.

It's just that, I mean,

I just don't wanna put
more strain on a rope
than the rope will bear.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well...

You seem to get along
pretty well with the folks
around here,

and if I told ya
something about myself,

you wouldn't feel called upon
to let them know about it,
would ya?

You're my brother, Johnny.

I guess the fella
who first said it was right.

Blood's a good deal thicker
than water.

You got no worry on my account.

Well...

I got into a little jam
down south.

I was workin'--
poundin' a saddle--

and then I figured
I needed more money than I had,

and there was
this little old bank
just sittin' there.

Looked so easy,
but it wasn't.

Thing is,
a man got k*lled.

Oh, I didn't do it.

You gotta take
my word for that,

but I was there,
and I was seen.

Are they after ya?

Well, it's a fair bet.

[ chuckles ]
You know, it's a funny thing.

I didn't make
one cent out of it.

You think you'll be safe here?

For a time, anyway.

Takes a while for the posters
to get up this far.

You know a good place?

Where?

Oregon country.

[ chuckles ]
That's a long ways off.

That's just it,

and I hear
it's good country, too.

That's where you ought to go.

On three dollars?

Listen, I got an idea--

Any of you fellas
wanna ride into town with me,

I'll be leavin'
from the main house
in a few minutes.

We'll talk about it later.
Come on.

See ya later.

All right.

Oh, whatever the sheriff
wants to see ya about,
tell him I didn't do it.

Sure thing.

What was that
about the sheriff?

I don't know.
Sheriff wants to see him.

♪♪

♪ I like what I see
when I look at you ♪

♪ I do, I do, I do

♪ The very first time
that I looked at you ♪

♪ I knew, I knew, I knew

♪ The preacher
will read from his book to you ♪

♪ Making one from two

♪ And 50 years hence

♪ It will still be true

♪ I'll like what I see in you

♪ I like what I see
when you smile at me ♪

♪ I do, I do, I do

♪ It's love,
love at sight ♪

♪ That I feel tonight

♪ I do, I do, I do

♪ I like what I feel
when you hold my hand ♪

♪ Love is grand,
it's true ♪

♪ There's only one thing

♪ I would never do

♪ Resist being kissed [ all laugh ]

♪ By you

♪ I like what I see
when I look at you ♪

♪ I do, I do, I do

♪ The very first time

♪ That I looked at you

♪ I knew it was love

♪ I knew

[ cheering and applause ]

What'll it be, Steve?

Uh, beer.

And you, sir?

Beer.

Randy? Uh-uh.

Sarsaparilla.

Comin' up.

Well, you're just in time.
Coffee?

I don't mind.

Thanks for comin'.

I didn't know I had a choice.

Deputy said official business.

This is Mr. Duggan
from Washington, D.C.

Mr. Duggan.How do you do.

I understand the owner
of the Shiloh ranch
is out of town.

That's right.

And in his absence,
you're in charge?

That's right.

Well, not to waste
your time or my own,

I'm a special investigator
for the w*r Claims Division
of the Treasury Department.

w*r Claims, huh?

That's right.

My job is to track down
certain properties and assets

of the late
lamented Confederacy

now considered
legitimate spoils of w*r.

In other words,
Uncle Sam wants
what's comin' to him,

and I'm here
to see that he gets it.

Sit down.

Thanks.

What's all this
got to do with me?

I need your cooperation.

It's my considered opinion
that certain spoils are hidden
on Shiloh ranch.

What makes you think so?

During the w*r,
the Confederacy
kept certain assets

and an amount of gold coinage
in the Merchant's Bank
of Roanoke.

Now after the surrender
of Appomattox--

you'll excuse me
for bringing up
painful memories.

What memories?

The sheriff here
tells me you're a Virginian.

The w*r's been over
for a long time, Mr. Duggan.

Please go on.

Well, after the surrender
at Appomattox,

the assets of the Roanoke Bank
were found to be missing,

along with the cashier--
a man named MacDermott.

Robert MacDermott.

You think this was the skeleton
that was just found?

Well, the coins that MacDermott
took are reasonably rare.

English Golden Guineas--
last minted about 1813.

Well, that's too bad.

What?

Well, the kids were sorta
countin' on that money.

Oh, the coins.

We're after much bigger game
than that.

How much bigger?

$250,000 bigger.

You think there's a quarter
of a million dollars on Shiloh?

That's right.

Cash?

Well, cash and English
negotiable securities
just as good as cash.

Now my problem is that
I may have to spend some time
on the ranch--

perhaps a week,
if it's agreeable to you.

As long as you want.

In case your men get curious,

I brought along
some surveying equipment.

You can tell them
that I've come to redefine

some government boundaries
on the ranch.

If the word got out
that I was on a treasure hunt,
it might start a gold rush.

I'll put you up
in the bunkhouse,
if that's all right with you.

That'll be fine.

Well, now that you've
sampled some of Mark's coffee,

maybe I can buy ya
a real drink.

No, some other time.
I've got some paperwork to do.

The government
wants everything in triplicate.

Sometime
I'll find out what they do
with the extra copies.

[ chuckles ]
We'll see ya at Shiloh then.

Right.

So long, Mark.

Hey, Johnny, I been thinkin'.

About what?

About Oregon.

Forget it.

Why?

I told ya--
slight financial problem.

Well, I'll have $500
in a couple weeks.

Thought maybe we could
go down there and start
a horse ranch together.

Why not?

Danny.

Why don't you
call her over.

Donna.

Got company.

Yes?

Uh, Donna,
I'd like you to meet

some of the boys from Shiloh.

This is Steve and uh...

Johnny Kane.

Johnny--and that's Randy.

Hi, Randy.
Hi.

Donna Durell's
gonna be around here with us

for a while
cheering us up.

You said Kane?

That's right.

You're new in town, huh?

Just since yesterday.

How do ya like it?

Better every minute.

Well, would you care
to take a little refreshment?

I'd be delighted.

Danny.

Pleasure.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Now...
what would you like to drink?

Evening.

Evening.

Steve got a new attraction.

Very pretty, isn't she?

Mm-hmm.

What's the matter, Johnny?

Nothin', kid.
Nothin'.

Ahh.

Well, aren't ya
gonna stay around
to hear her sing?

No, it's been a long day.
I'm goin' home, boys.

Nothin' at all.

What? What'd ya say?

[ chuckles ]
I didn't say anything.

Oh.

Look, you ain't makin'
a dime here.

Why don't ya
go on home, kid.

I guess I am kinda sleepy.

You gonna stay a while?

A while.

Say, Johnny,
is there a reward out for you?

Well, I guess so.

I didn't stick around
long enough to find out.

Why?

That girl--
I don't know.

I don't like the way
she's been lookin' at ya--
kinda studyin'.

Caught her at it
two or three times tonight.

[ chuckles ]
You've been drinkin'
too much sarsaparilla.

People have been
turned in before, you know.

Well now, look, kid,
I wouldn't have told ya
about it

if I thought you
was gonna spook every time
somebody looked my way.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Well, see ya tomorrow.

[ knock at door ]

You always follow girls home
from bar rooms?

Just the extra special
pretty ones.

How was you're trip?

Bumpy and lonesome.

Oh, Johnny, I miss you.

Don't ya think I miss you?

Why can't we be together?

What do ya think this is?

You know what I mean--
really.

It's gotta be this way...
a little while longer.

I thought you said
we'd be safe up here.

Well now, look, honey,
they're not stupid.

If they saw us leave together,

they'd be lookin' for us
together.

As long as we stay apart,

that's one little edge
they haven't got.

All I want is to be with you--
someplace far away.

Well, it won't be much longer.

Just a couple of more weeks.

That boy Randy--
is he your brother?

Yeah, yeah.

He seemed nice.

Yeah, he, uh,
turned into a good boy.

Johnny, what about the money?

He hasn't got it.
I told you that in Cheyenne.

They haven't released it yet.

Well, I mean
when they do release it.

Will it be all right?
Can you get it from him?

I'll get it.

I'll get it.

Boys, this is Mr. Duggan.

He's a government surveyor.

He's gonna be
workin' around Shiloh
for a few days or so.

Now y'all let him alone
and don't bother him.

You'd be surprised
how well he can get along

without the benefit
of your expert advice.

All right, let's get busy.

Come on.

Think you can find it
all right by yourself?

Yes, if you
drew the map correctly.

Think it's in the cave, huh?

Logical place to hide it.

Well, I looked
the place over pretty good.

I didn't see
any hidin' place.

Yeah, but you didn't know
that you were looking for

a quarter
of a million dollars.

It's all right.

[ whistles ]

Steve, I wanna talk to ya.

Yeah?

Let's get that Hereford bull
ready for shippin'.

They met the price, huh?

Mm-hmm.
Got a wire this mornin'.

They want delivery
as of yesterday, of course.

Well, that figures.
Who's takin' them down?

You are.

Me?

Tonight.

I didn't lose anything
in Texas.

Take the 618 southbound.

Pick out somebody
to go with ya.

I pick you.

Sorry.

Wait a minute.

One question--
one little question.

Why me?

You're the best man.

You call that an argument?

[ water dripping ]

S-

U-

S-

S-

E-

X.

Sussex.

Nine days gone.
Three more weeks to wait.

[ chuckles ] You're sure
countin' on that money.

Listen to this.

"For sale cheap.
Tarquinius Rex.

"Four-year-old bay stallion.
Seventeen hands high.

Twenty live foals this year."

I know that horse, Johnny.

Big bow neck bay
with an eye
that could drive nails.

Why, with a sire like this,
we could start a line
that'd never stop.

What's his breedin'?

It says right here
he goes back

to the Godolphin... Arab.

Is that good enough?

[ chuckles ]
That's a better family tree
than we got!

Where is everybody?
Randy, can I talk to ya?

Sure, just a minute.

I'll see ya later, Randy.

John.
Steve.

Hey, Johnny.
Yeah?

We ever work together before?

No.

You sure?Yeah.

There's something about ya
that, uh...

I don't know.
Your eyes or something
reminds me of somebody.

[ chuckles ]

Guess I got one of those faces.

Seems like a nice enough guy.

Oh, we get along.

Yeah, I can see that.
How's he to work with?

Oh, he holds up his end.
What'd ya want, Steve?

Oh.

How would ya like
to go to Texas?

Have a whole car
all to ourselves.

Just you and me...
and a Hereford.

[ chuckles ]
And a Hereford?

Yeah.

No, thanks.
I think I'll just stay here.

That's what I thought.

Well, I guess it's just me
and a Hereford.

Sussex.

Mean anything to you?

As I recall my geography,

it's a county
in the southeast of England.

Is there anything
on this ranch

that the word Sussex
could apply to?

Sorry.

Anything--
the wildest guess.

Not even a wild guess.

Would you like a drink?

Yeah, I could use one.

Well, there's gotta be
some connection.

You were out at the cave
the other day.

Did you notice anything?
Anything at all?

Like you said,
I didn't know

I was lookin'
for a quarter
of a million dollars.

No.

Hey, you natives
do all right for yourselves
out here, don't you?

We're catchin' on.
You'd be surprised.

Now where were we?

Sussex.

Are you sure the word's
gotta have some connection
with the bonds?

Yes, it's sure to.

Now get this picture--

old man MacDermott dyin' alone
on the floor of his cave.

He's got a quarter
of a million dollars
hidden away someplace,

and he's gotta communicate--
tell somebody...

but how?

He gets an idea,
and with his last drop
of strength,

he reaches in his g*n belt
and gets out a b*llet

and scratches a message
on a rock.

Logical?

Sure, till ya run
right into that stone wall.

Yeah. Sussex.

Somewhere or something
on this ranch

reminded old man MacDermott
of Sussex.

It's gotta be the key.

I don't know what it is,
but I'm gonna keep diggin'
till I find it.

Why don't you ask the sheriff.

He's been around here
a long time.

Maybe he knows what it means.

I'll do just that.

Hi.

Howdy.

How's the job goin'?

Slow.

How's the cowboy business?

Well, let's put it this way--

I don't know how your job works,
but I'll trade ya even.

I may take ya up on that.

Yeah, it's funny, isn't it?

The other fella's job
always seems better
until you try it.

Well, you boys
don't generally shave
twice a day

just to have supper
in the bunkhouse, do ya?

Looks more to me
like a night in town.

You guessed it.

Well, I'll ride in with ya.

I got some business myself.

Although, I don't think
it'll be as interesting
as yours.

Buy ya a drink?

No, thanks.
Gotta see a man.

[ all laughing ]

What'll it be, Johnny?

Whiskey.

Pardon me.

Danny, it looks like the kids
could use a refill.

Right away.

Hi there, stranger.
Buy a lady a drink?

That fella Duggin--
what do ya know about him?

Government man?
He's been in a couple of times.

He'll never go broke
from throwin' his money around.
Why?

He's not a surveyor.
He's a special investigator.

How do you know?

I saw a piece of paper
in his wallet.

Do you think
maybe he's after you?

Well, I don't know.
I didn't get a chance
to read all of it,

but he's over
at the sheriff's office now.

Johnny, we better
get out of town quick.

First I wanna make sure.

[ sighs ]

Well, if he knew about me,
he'd had done something by now.

He might not even know
who I am.

I wanna find out
before I make any move.

How?

That's where you come in.

Danny, the gentleman's
gonna buy me a drink.

Good.

Sussex.

No, it doesn't ring a bell.

Well, that leaves me
right where I was before--
nowhere.

Something or someplace
on that ranch

the word Sussex
means something.

I'm about ready to give up.

Sorry.

Well, maybe whiskey
will make me brighter.

Never did before,
but there's always
a first time.

[ chuckles ]

JOHNNY: Mr. Duggan.

You ready for that drink now?

Sure am.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry!

Oh, that's perfectly all right.

Oh, how clumsy of me.

Oh, no, that's all right.

Oh, here.
Let me take it
in the backroom.

No, don't bother with it.
It's all right.

Well, if it dries like that,
you'll just reek of whiskey.

Then people will think
you're a drunk.

It won't take me a minute.
I'm terribly sorry.

She didn't have to go
to all that trouble.

Well, when a woman
wants to work for ya,
don't complain.

That one's on you.
This one's on me.

Thank you.

That, uh, surveyin'
sounds like an interestin' job.

How long ya been at it?

Oh, 15 years.

I'd like to see
how it's done sometime.

All right.

If the boss will give ya
a day off sometime,

I'll take ya along
and show ya how it's done.

Here we are.

Now at least you won't smell
like a distillery.

You didn't have to go
to all that trouble.

Oh, it was no bother.

Well, Johnny,
I'm gonna head back
to the ranch.

Comin' along?

No, I think
I'll stick around

and try and win me
some poker money.

I see.
Well, don't worry
about the coat.

It smells nice.

Oh, thank you.

Good night.

Well?

He's looking
for something all right,

but it sure isn't you.

He's looking for a quarter
of a million dollars.

It's out on the Shiloh ranch
someplace.

Been there since
just after the w*r.

What are you talkin' about?

That's what it said--

$250,000 in negotiable bonds,
whatever that means.

Well, that means it's--
it's like money in the bank.

Well, anyway, you can relax.

Yeah, I--I can relax...

till he finds the money.

Oh, Johnny, you don't think
he's gonna let you take it
away from him, do you?

Well, honey, I don't think
there will be anything
he can do about it.

Got a pretty loose wheel there,
Mr. Duggan.

I'll fix it for ya
before ya go out
in the mornin'.

I won't be goin' out
in the mornin'.

Takin' the day off?

No, I guess I won't be
goin' out anymore at all.

So you're givin' up, huh?

Well, I can't dig up
the whole ranch.

You've only been here
two weeks.

Two weeks, two days,
two months--

I got no place else to go
except home.

When are ya leavin'?

Well, tomorrow, I guess.
You gonna be around?

No, I'm bringin' some beef down
out of the high rock.

It's a government contract,
and they're a little touchy
about delivery dates.

Yeah.
I'm gonna miss this place.

Think they'll be sending
somebody else out?

No, I doubt it,
not unless they find
some more evidence.

Look at the bright side.

This ranch is worth $250,000
more than it was before.

You really think there's
a quarter of a million dollars
buried here on Shiloh?

I'm sure of it.

Sussex.

[ chuckles ]

Is it utterly meaningless?

Would a dying man--
with his last breath--
scrawl nonsense on a rock?

Maybe, but I doubt it.

I do, too.

Is it so complicated
I can't see it

or so simple
I don't understand it?

Well, maybe if you got
a fresh look at it,

like you were seein' it
for the first time.

Well, that's easier said
than done.

Suppers almost ready.

VIRGINIAN: Thank you.

MR. DUGGAN: Miss Betsy.

Yes?

I have here
a kind of puzzle.

The idea is for you
to look at it quickly

and tell me
what it means to you.

I'm afraid I'm not very good
at puzzles.

With me, the cannibals
always get the missionaries.

All right,
now look at it.

What's it mean to you?

Doesn't mean a thing to me,

except that there's a fifty
and two S's in the middle.

What's that?

Two S's in the middle.

No, no,
what you said first.

Did you just say a fifty?

Well sure,
it looks like a fifty.

There.
What's it supposed to be?

Did I do it wrong?

Well, looks like
the missionaries
got it again.

You know, she could be right.

That first S could be a five,

and the second letter
I took for a U--

look how the top
is trying to close.

Could be a zero.

Did you copy this exactly
as it appeared on the rock?

Close as I could.

All right, 50.
Fifty what?

Well, it could be 50 feet,
50 yards,

but you can bet me
it's 50 paces.

All right, 50 paces.
Fifty paces to where?

The next thing
would be a direction.

The next letter is an S.
Could be south.

SSE--
south-southeast.

Which leaves us with X--
the unknown quantity.

Doesn't X
usually mark the spot?

Then what we're looking for
is 50 paces south-southeast
of X.

What is X?

Would somebody please tell me
what's going on?

Wishful thinking, I'm afraid.

You know,
it's a long shot but--

[ bell rings ]

Oh, supper's ready.

We'll be right with you.

Well, if there's anything
I can take, it's a hint.

[ door closes ]

But what?

Is there anything on this ranch
maybe carved on a rock,

crossroads,
anything that resembles an X?

Well...

I suppose it could be
the Shoshone Cross.

The Shoshone Cross?
What's that?

Oh, it's a sort of a cross
formed out of boulders.

Shoshone Indians
made it as an offering
to the four winds.

Is it anywhere near
where MacDermott was found?

No, it's at the north end
of the ranch about 10 miles
the other direction.

Well, it makes it
a pretty long shot
against it then.

But you're still
goin' up there, aren't ya?

Well, there's a chance
and I need a lot of luck,

but maybe it's time
that I had a little luck
for a change.

BETSY: Stew's getting cold.

Let's eat.

What is it?

Nothin', nothin'.

I--I just thought
he was gonna leave the ranch
this mornin' is all.

Guess he changed his mind.

Yeah.

Find your way up there
all right?

You know, I get the feeling
that for two cents
you'd come along.

For one cent,
government contract
or no government contract.

Afraid you'd be
wastin' your time.

Ten miles from the cave.

The more I think about it,
the more unlikely it seems.

You gonna come back
to the ranch tonight?

Yeah, I'll be back
to let ya know what happens,

but don't count on anything.

I'm not.

Good luck.

All right, fellas.

When you get
to the north section,

split up and work the draws.

Drive them to the holdin' pens.
I'll meet ya there.

All right, let's split up.

Come on.

Ya wanna work that draw
before we go on?

No, no.

Look, kid,
if somebody should ask,

you tell them I've gone off
lookin' for some strays, huh?

Where are ya goin'?

I got business.

Ya got yourself
into something else, Johnny?

No. No, it's just
something I gotta do.

Well, I don't mean
to be pressin' ya.

I know that,

and I want you to know

that if it should happen
that I--

I don't, uh...

Don't what?

Nothin'.

I'll see ya later.

South-southeast.

One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine...

Well, howdy, howdy.
How was your trip?

Well, if you like sharin'
a freight car with a bull,
fine. Fine trip.

Cashier's check.

Well, bully for you.

That was a joke.

Oh.

Well, I gotta get down
to the loadin' pens.

I ran into something
very interesting in the bank
while I was down there.

Tell me about it later,
will ya? The boys--

It's about Johnny Kane.

Except his name isn't Kane.

It's Benton--
Johnny Benton.

Three's gonna get ya five
that's Randy's brother.

I had a feeling all along
there was something funny
goin' on--

the way they
hang around together.

Randy doesn't make friends
that fast.

What ya wanna do about it?

Talk to Randy first.

We owe him that.

Come on.

[ shovel clangs on metal ]

[ g*nsh*t ]

Hiya! Hiya!

Get out of here! Get!

[ cowhands helping
and whistling ]

No, I haven't seen him
since we split up a while back.

All right, Bill.
Thanks.

You think
they took off together?

I don't know. Maybe...

Maybe what?

Tell the rest the boys
to fan out and look for them.

I'm goin' up
by the Shoshone Cross.

What for?

Probably a bad hunch.

Come on.

[ cowhands yelping
and whistling ]

Johnny.

Johnny.

Over here, kid.

I thought you
was suppose to be movin' beef.

I'm sorry.
I got to worryin'.

I tracked ya.

I gotta be more careful.

What's in the box?

Some papers.

They're worth more money
than you ever heard of.

Well, where'd it come from?

Look.

CSA.

Confederate States
of America--

a country
that don't exist anymore,

and seein' as I found them,
I reckon they must be mine.

Well, how'd ya know about it?

Well, that's a long story,

but that fella Duggin--
he's no surveyor.

He's a government man.

He was sent out here
to look for this.

I just got to it first is all.

Hey, you lightin' out?

Uh-huh.

Sure are one for leavin'
without sayin' good-bye.

Well, I meant to.

I--I tried,

but, uh...

well, I guess
it's like you say.

Johnny.

I wanna go with ya.

Well, there's something else--
a girl.

I'm goin' to pick her up
right now.

Well, that's all right
for me.

Or do you mean
that makes it one too many?

No, no, you'd be welcome
to come along. I mean it.

But I don't think
you quite got the story.

The way I see it,
this is as much mine
as it is anybody's,

but the government--
they won't see it that way.

They'll be after me.

Me--it don't matter,
but you...

well, I'd--
I think you better
stay out of it.

Johnny, I'm in it already.

What do ya mean?

I can't go back to Shiloh.

Sooner or later,
somebody back there's gonna
ask me about you and that box,

and I don't know
what I'm gonna tell them.

Well, all you gotta tell them
is you don't know anything
about it.

I don't think I could do that,
Johnny.

So for me,
it's either driftin'
or goin' along with you,

and I'd heck of a lot
rather go along with you.

[ chuckles ] Well, I guess
you better come along then.

Hi, Randy.

Hi.

Where's your brother?

What do ya wanna see--

what do you mean, my brother?

Cut it out, Randy.

Steve brought a poster
back from Texas with him.

It's got his picture on it
and his real name--

Johnny Benton.

I'm sorry
I didn't tell ya about that,
but I just couldn't.

I wouldn't expect you to.

He didn't do what they said.

He was in on the robbery,
but he didn't do any shootin'.
Do you believe that?

It's not for me or you
to decide.

That's for a court of law.
Now where is he?

He went up the trail a ways.

And then he came back.

Take it easy, Johnny.

Don't worry, kid.
Nobody's gonna get hurt.

Get his g*n.

Go on, get it!

I'm sorry.
We don't mean ya no harm.

We just wanna be on our way.

What do you want?

To make a deal with ya.

Well, I can't say
I don't admire your guts,

but you're in
a pretty shaky spot
for bargainin' right now.

Here it is.

Get on that horse
and ride out of here right now.

I thank you kindly,
but I wouldn't get very far,
and that's a fact.

Not with you pointin' my trail
like a bird dog.

Sorry, mister,
but I don't buy your deal.

You haven't heard
all of it yet.

I'll give ya 24 hours.

Till this time tomorrow,
you're free and clear.

What are ya tradin' for?

I'm takin' him back with me.

[ chuckles ]

You think he's my prisoner
or something?

He's here
'cause he wants to be!

Go ahead, tell him, kid!

That's right.
I don't wanna go back there.

I got no place there anymore.

Well, ya got no place with him!

He's my brother,
ain't he?

Randy, listen to me.

You ride out of here now
with him,

and you'll be makin' a mistake
you'll never stop payin' for.

You've got
a big choice to make,

and you've gotta make it
right here and right now.

You didn't have to do that.

Ya! Get out of here!
Get him tied up.

We got miles to make.
He'll be all right.

What's the matter?

I just remembered I, uh...

I left that
empty box back there.

If somebody finds it,
they might wonder
what was in it.

Uh, you ride on.
I'll catch up with ya.

Johnny!

Get back on the trail, kid.

I can't let ya do that.

Well,
I can't do anything else but.

Look, kid, I--I got a rope
around my neck.

If I leave him here alive,

he's the one that's
gonna tighten it for me.

I won't let ya do it.

Well, how do you
figure on stoppin' me?

You gonna sh**t me, Cotton?

I don't want to but...

Well, to tell the truth, kid,

I--I just as soon
have you sh**t me

as let him get me hung.

Come on, kid.

Come on, Johnny,
can't we just go?

Uh-uh.

All right,
let go if you're gonna, kid.

JOHNNY: All right,
get back on the trail.

This is my life
we're talkin' about!
I got no choice!

Me, too, then, Johnny.

What do ya mean?

This is something I just
couldn't keep quiet about.

So I reckon you're just
gonna have to k*ll me, too.

Don't talk silly, kid.

I mean it.

No. No, you don't.

Not to your own brother.

You--you may feel
this way now but--

Ugh!

Ugh!

Well, you tried, kid.

Ugh.

[ c*ck g*n ]

[ horse approaching ]

Randy...

That's all right, Steve.

I'm as much to blame as anybody.

Wouldn't have happened
if I hadn't wanted to go
with him.

Don't forget he k*lled Duggan,
too.

There wasn't anything you
could have done to stop that.

Just the same,
he's the only family I had.

Should have been something
I could have done for him.

Question now is, Randy--

who is your family?

Your real family?

What do ya mean?

You could have been
three miles up that the trail,

if you'd let him squeeze
that trigger when he wanted to.

I reckon I don't know
the answer to that.

Let's go home, Randy.

[ theme song ]