04x01 - Wagons h*!

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Sir? Yes.

Yes. Oh, you got me.

Well, how do you measure?

What kind of measure?

Like those number yesterday morning.

Almost strangled. Yeah, I know.

Whoa, whoa.

Oh, oh. What are you.

Trying to get in? Wake up, Give more.

You got.

Wake up here.

Oh, what in.

Tarnation
you two halfwits trying to do anyway?

Trying to save you from aliens.

But the next time I'm going to stay
in that bed, let him stop you.

Yeah.

Well, you all packed like I told you.

Pack you minutes. Pack. Last night
before you made us go to bed.

This is the worst last night
we've ever spent in San Francisco.

You'll be thanking me for it
Later on in the day.

I'll get Moon.

Come in.

Finished your nightmare measure.

What are you doing up and all dressed.

Haven't you been to bed yet?

And reading about us. US?

Go west, young man, said Horace
Greeley, and his words

came thundering out of the newspaper,
aimed straight for me.

And all at once, boyhood
longing assumed a form and a destination.

And I saw myself in buckskin on a noble
animal, part of a heroic cavalcade.

Well, that's as reasonable an explanation
as I can give for

Adam and I joining Seth Adams
Wagon Train in Saint Louis.

We pooled our resources to take
the old family printing press west.

Like most greenhorns,
I arrive in Saint Louis

absolutely fat with ignorance.

I was eager to be taken,

and the Saint Louis
merchants were happy to oblige.

They got rid of the things

they'd had on their shelves for years.

It isn't easy being green.

Hahn. It takes real work.

And believe me, I worked at it.

I thought I was a confirmed bachelor.

But when I met Melanie, the world
suddenly had a whole new dimension.

I've been told everyone on
the train was at the dance that night.

As far as I can remember,
there was no one there.

But Melanie.

Pretty brown eyes are looking at you.

Pretty brown eyes are looking at you.

Pretty brown eyes are looking at you.

Skip to my love,
my darling, Skip to my loo, my darling,

Skip to my room my darling.

I now pronounce you man and wife

and those whom God has joined together
let no man put asunder.

Sam and Melanie

here are joining together
at the beginning of a long journey.

And those of us who are going to travel
with you all those miles,

well, we can't give you the gifts

that are usually given to a bridal
couple like household goods,

even if we could.

Sam hasn't got a spare inch of space
in that wagon to put it in.

And so we offer you

the things that take no space
and have no wait.

Friendship and affection

and prayers for your happiness.

And we wish for you
all the things that make life good

and a growing love one that grows and.

Grows.

And makes all things endurable and good.

Well, aren't you going to kiss his hand?

So Melanie

and I set up housekeeping on wheels
and started for the horizon.

And all America was spread out around us.

And beauty and glory.

And I felt like a man
who had just come into a kingdom.

The greenhorn

learns rather quickly
who is true friends are.

I took six horses West.

And one thing I've got to say for them

from the beginning,
they were absolutely honest.

They made it perfectly plain
they were going to do everything

in their power to make things
just as tough as they could.

Now pick up that horse's left hind foot.

Willie

Evans.

Don't you know the rear end of a horse
from the front?

Yes, sir. That's. That's the end
I know best.

Well, then,
will you please pick up his horse?

So now, don't you get smart because of

Evans?

You can't reach him from there.

I don't think he can reach me from there
either, Major.

Come on. I'll do it.

Will you? Well, if he'll give it to me,
I'll call.

I show you. Here. Oh, you mean

come on.

Here. How are you?

Holy smoke on your leg here.

Like this so you can work on it.
You understand?

Yes, sir.

That's clear to.

You. I see it all right. Oh.

He's on. He's on the foot.

He's on my foot.

You know, obviously.

I'm off to get over.

Oh, oh, oh.

Tell me.

Tell me.

Badger.

Badger, Hummel Hauser.

All right, sir.

Let's take a look

to the saying.

He did a pretty good job.
He did all right.

Oh, it took me 7 hours.

Well, I won't take your nurse long
once you get the hang of it.

Sam, I've got six horses.

That's 24 hooves every four weeks.

I've got to sh**t 24 hooves.

It's all part of going west, my boy.

Going west. I may not ever see the West.

My horses have anything to say about it.

Oh, why?

Why couldn't I have bought some oxen
or some mules?

Or why didn't I just stay home?

Sandy, is that you?

Yes, honey, it's me. Sam.

That's why you didn't stay home.

I had the tub full of hot water,
and you can soak as long as you want.

You look so tired.

You know, Major,

she could have had any man
she wanted on the train,

and she had to pick out
one who can't even show horse.

Well, my goodness,
you can't know everything yet.

This is smart.

Nobody'd be able to bear you. Oh.

But you can't go on.

I'll take care of yours for you.
Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Say, a major.

It isn't unreasonable,
is it, to actually hate a horse?

Yes, ma'am, it is.

But in some cases it's understandable.

Now, go on, get out of here.

I'm leaving you at.

I wish I could say that
eventually the horse

and I became friends the way Flint
and his horse were friends for a team.

The way Bill and his horse were a team.

But the best I ever managed with Lucifer,
Satan, Mephistopheles, old Scratch,

old Nick and B
the mob was a kind of, well, uneasy peace.

They tried to k*ll me
whenever they had a chance.

It wasn't safe to turn my back
for even a minute.

Yeah, stop that.

My brow.

You sent me out to spell it for a while.

Sam, I want you to.

Hey, What happened to you? Oh, this.

Oh, give it.

Charlie, Come around.

These horses
never get him away from me now.

Nobody I know, but get him away there.

I don't. I don't trust none of them.

Come on, now. If your ride back to camp.

I'm not going to sit on that.

Come on, now.

Come on now. Here,

drink

that.

Yeah, you're all right.

Never mind about me.

What about those fellows
who were chasing me then, too? Back there?

Oh, they didn't chase me
ever since I left town.

But they're going to a long walk back
and get on that now.

Well, I was just on my way to help you.

But what happened to you? Where were you?

My horse shot
me. Your horse shadows laugh.

I'm not laughing at you, but you know,
it serves me right for asking.

Oh, come on, come on, come on.

It was all very humiliating.

We'd only been on the trail a few weeks,
and already my horse was a better shot

than I was.

My eyes

saw wonder everywhere
For the golden touch of summer.

It cast a spell on valley and on mountain.

And Melanie's laughter was a silken
ribbon tying up the hours

hair in the soft haze of summer.

Even my horse has mellowed
into a certain tolerance.

You know, all greenhorns expect trouble
with the Indians

in the dark hours of the night, many

a brave man breaks out in a cold sweat
at the thought of a scalping knife.

And many a quiet midnight is shattered

by the piercing scream
of a slumbering Indian fighter.

We were prepared to face Indians.

All right,
but somehow not the kind of Indians Major

Adams was doing his best
to prepare us to face our folks.

We've got a peace treaty with the Indians
in this part of the country,

and they're not warlike by nature.

But I want to tell you
one thing about them.

These Indians are notorious thieves.

They'll steal any golden thing
they can get their hands on.

So the next few days, when we double
the guards, I don't want it to worry you.

You just keep your wagons closed up tight

and above all, things,
don't go wandering off by yourselves.

Now, is that clear? All right.

I was talking

to your horse.

Look, they got ambush.

Where?

I don't see anybody.

Oh, they.

They behind trees.

Now you ride fast. Help Engine brother.

No, no, no, no, no.

Do that. Me, me.

Belong to the wagon
train there, Major. Say me. Say what?

Train me Black feather me blood
brother of Major Adams.

Oh, me, me
Glad to know you There, black father.

But me No Indian Me No, no country
may no can help you.

I you say.

Me No, no country Me no help you say.

What language you speak. Me speak English.

You know speak very good.

Look,
you you going up to the head of the train

and you talk Major Adams
and he tell you what to do.

Maybe go see Major Adams. Good

horse

barks.

A lot of me carefully learn my

major.

Just what in tarnation you doing
way back here on foot?

What happened?

Did your horse throw you again?

Oh, not my horse.

Say, do you have an Indian blood brother
by the name of Black Feather?

Did he tell you that two white men
stole his horse?

Well, yes. Do you know. Him?

No, I don't know him.

Come on, get up here behind me.

Where I buy. Sam.

How many times have
I told you not to talk to strange Indians?

I didn't talk to him. He talked to me.

Then I told him to go up the front
of the train for him to talk to you.

You swallowed the oldest.

Taylor is on that plains.

Two white men stole my horse.

He never had a horse has healed well.

He has one now. Hey, Hey.

I'm right next to my horse.

Let's get out of here
before I lose my heart.

I see the position of a young brave in
his tribe is determined

in part by how many horses he's got
and how many of the white

man's belongings
he's been able to show as they accumulate.

Now, the Indians around here place
a great straw

on our clothes and naturally,
where his only source of supply.

So don't let yourself get lured away
from the protection of the train.

There's one thing
that I want you to remember.

I don't want you to trust your ears.

By that

I mean that the things that you hear
are not necessarily what they seem to be.

For instance,

that could be a whippoorwill,

but it could

be an Indian signal
that there was a wagon that was unguarded.

Now, Indians aren't stupid.

I know that a turkey is good

bait for a hungry traveler.

But the point is, is that a bird

or is that an Indian?

The main thing I want you to remember
is don't ride away after a bird

that you don't see because you might be
riding right into an ambush right.

Just listen to those turkeys.

Wouldn't one of those be good for dinner?

Oh, I sure would.

Fancy a juicy drumstick Right now.

We aren't going to have any.

Remember what Flint said?

Never trust the turkey.

He may be an Indian.

Well, that

and am I higher pig?

I swear I do.

Well, I was just thinking the same thing
in roast pork.

What you said About.

What, Mr. McCarthy.

Oh, he was just referring to birds.

Oh, yeah. I can say anything about pigs.

Okay, Melanie, you.

You take these reins.
I'm going to take a look here.

Just take a sec. Now,

put them there.

Now, remember,
that's your last sound horse.

You just listen.

I'm no pigeon for nobody.

You understand that, are you?

Just take it easy,

all of you.

There.

Don't do.

Me. Hey.

Hey, George.

Hey. Hey, Pete.

Pete. Good. You're up.

Yo, Hammerhead.

Oh, I know.

Why you shouldn't fa.

What if I was an Indian?

You want to start an Indian w*r
or something?

And Melanie, Melody.

Oh, it's.

It's great. I'll do it.

Sam and I have always been very close
ever since he first came to live with me.

Well, I'd wake right up

in the middle of the night,
have something was wrong with him.

I'm here in the bushes.

Oh, I'm working up quite an appetite.

Well, roast pork tastes good.

You know, Sam ought to be showing up

pretty soon.

His Indians,

every time they see me coming,
they got me right where they want me.

Oh, I warned you about the tricks.

And you warned me about birds.

You didn't say anything about animals.
You come around tonight.

Tonight I give a lecture about animals.

Thanks a lot.

Oh, I should have stayed in the east where
I could hide my stupidity in a barrel.

That's me. Sam's stupid.

Major hasn't spoken to me
for a couple of days.

Not that I blame him.

I lost my spare horses

every time an Indian sees me.

Wham!

Well, Sam, how do you feel?

Like a fool.

All right, that worries.

And you a lot of other people
along with you.

You're all greenhorns.

They're all amateurs compared to me.

Nobody did a fool thing like I did.

No, I must admit that everybody picked
something different.

Major, answer me one question.

How can you stand all of us?

Well, it is a little hard
sometimes, isn't it, Flint?

Yeah, but one thing is never dull.

You know, Major,
Maybe I didn't know about Indians

when I first joined up with this train.
But I'll tell you one thing.

Oh, what's that?

No Indian is ever going
to take advantage of me again.

Never again.

You go out

and watch your back at the Elliott
Elliott wagon.

I'll take your place in the line.

I just keep having a minute, son.
With you. Right.

Right now,
I shall take him into the sense I don't.

I don't care who you are.

You've got to get a special feeling
when you're right up front alone.

I was leading my forces
across the wilderness.

I was America on my way west.

I was unconquerable.

Are you all right?

What's the matter with you? Well.

That's quite a bit of. What's the matter?

Oh, well, from

what? I'm going to Listen.

You're all right.

What's the matter with you?

I, Huh?

Well, you bring here we have a treaty
with white men in chief of Wagon Train.

We not want trouble with wagon train.

They're rich. Wagon, train, pay.

Big ransom, huh?

Take a message to train.

Tell them their leader accidentally.

Our prisoner got them.

Send someone, talk terms,

Cut white man's bones.

No way to treat white chief. And

I think.

Don't wait for me

to tell

nobody.

I hear you got a white prisoner. Yes.

You'll pay a ransom.

I'd like to see him first.

Come.

Is this the way Greg keeps his treaty
with a white man?

Somebody

white men,

man to handle
it must come from very stubborn tribe.

Yeah, they colored Irish.

Sam. Sam.

South of South.

Flint. Yeah.

Where?

Well, how are you, sir? You're.

You're not the one Good down.

Very stubborn tribe.

Let me get this straight.

You want 24 r*fles,


six horses and four women

at all.

You are prepared to pay more?

I'm prepared to pay

two strings of beans.

For Chief of Wagon Train.

No, for the chief.

I pay for strange for him.

You get to. Be no chief.

He's a traveling with a train and
he can't possibly scrape up six horses.

He's already lost three of his team.

Surely he must be worth more
than two strings of beans.

Strings of beans. And make up your mind.
Because I'm leaving.

Except cut white man down

on. Two strings.

A bitter.

I'll punch you in your braids.

That's enough.

Get on your horse.

If you're lucky to get out of here

we go.

Get them.

No, no. Do not want white men.

Let white men go. I let go.

But first I bring back Scout. No, no.

White men. Only with two strings of beads.

Not worth w*r with all white men

for you.

Take the prisoner, you find out tribe

never take Irish tribe again.

I know you're not.

Being reasonable, Sam.

The land belongs to the Indians.

If anybody is intruding, it's us.

Quit trying to make excuses for him.

I'm not making excuses for him.
I'm telling you the facts.

Look, look at it this way.

We ride across their land.

We got horses, we have food.

We have all the provisions.

We need everything that they want.

Now, you can't blame them.

I mean, it's hard to get mad at them
for trying to get those things.

Well, it's not hard for me.

They stole my horses, stole my saddle,
stole my clothes, stole the horse.

I Major Adams, lied to me.

And on top of it, they stole me.

They've had it in for me
ever since I left Saint Joe.

Sam, believe me, it's not person.

No. Not personal to you

because you weren't left in the bull
rushes without a g*n or a fig leaf.

I tell you, Flint, I'm fed up to here.

I'm finished with them.

I'm going to k*ll every one of them.

That's what I'm going to do.
I'm going to k*ll them.

You're not going back to Flint.

This is my fight.

I headed to do this.

And in this manner.

The Indian wars of Samuel
T Evans passed into history.

By the time I was fully conscious,
we were out of Black Feathers territory

three

When the Western saga
is finally committed to history books

and the deeds of giants
condensed into paragraphs,

the thousands who followed
them will be unsung and unremembered.

But let me tell you, we suffered

and we suffered ingloriously.

No one

ever sings a song to a waterlogged hero

and no one ever eulogizes
the man melting away.

Drop by drop in the western sweat
box of August.

No mention will be made of those
who kept watch on the icy summits

or those who brace themselves
against the wind and the dust.

Moving a foot forward and falling
three feet back.

Go west, young man,
wrote Horace Greeley in his nice

snug newspaper office.

I wish he'd been with us.

But from these hardships
came a new sense of values.

Small things always taken for granted,
assumed importance,

the shade of friendly
trees, the gentleness of green meadows,

the cool invitation of mountain
streams, the sudden absence of torment

made all that we looked upon
beautiful and good.

Looking back now, I can see that
I was in a constant state

of agitation about one thing or another,
every mile of the way.

That's the only excuse I can give
for being so dense about Melanie.

Sam. Oh, honey,
I got to get this bridal fixed.

Melanie.

Have you told Sam?

Oh, I've tried,
but he has so much on his mind right now.

Oh, and I thought you were going
to tell him last night right after dinner.

Well, I was, but he fell asleep.

Oh, Sam can be so thick headed sometimes.

Well, if you wait long enough,
you won't have to tell him so.

And am.

Do you think he'll be happy about it
and am happy?

Oh, well, I child, he'll think his cup

runneth over.

Good evening, Melanie.

Evening, Major.

You like some coffee? Oh, no, thank you.

That Melanie out there?

Yes, it is noisy.

Well, I'll sit down. Another.

How you feeling?

Oh, I never felt better.

You know something?

You've never looked better in your life
when you told Sam yet.

Oh, I haven't told anyone, but. And him?

How did you know?

Oh, honey, you probably don't realize it,
but you look different.

There's kind of a glow about you.

Like a light was shining from inside you.

When I don't see anything until Sam knows.

Oh, of course. Now.

Here's a cup of fresh milk that you drink
every drop of.

I'm not hungry, Charlie. Never you mind?

Maybe somebody else. But
a million miles away just might be hungry.

You got to drink a lot of milk, you know?

Oh, Charlie, You know too.

Sure, I know. I'm not stupid.
You know that?

Take a house to follow me.

Charlie. Don't tell anybody.

I'm not going to tell anybody.
But these things. Get out.

You know they are.
But she hasn't even told Sam yet.

Now, don't tell me that.

He's going to be surprised
hearing Melanie.

Mrs. Hawkins gave me these four eggs and
said for you to eat them all by yourself.

And she also said over. Congratulations.

What's the matter? Didn't you know?

I know it's kind of hard to

keep this kind of a secret, honey,
from the whole wagon train.

Everybody lives so close together.

Young couple starting out, sort of like

they're living their own love story
all over again.

These people are always going to be
a jumper to Eddie.

Everyone knows, but Sam.

Don't you worry.

He's going to find out about it.

Do you?

Oh, something the matter, Sam?

I don't know, honey.

Lately, every morning, I seem to

wake up sort of sick to my stomach.

Hey, Sam.

Yeah? You just got a couple of raccoon.

I'll give you one to cook
for supper tonight. Raccoon?

Yeah, well, I don't think Melanie
would know how to prepare.

Raccoon, Why don't you cook?
It wouldn't surprise. Me.

Make her, could I don't.

I don't think I could boil water
without burning it.

Well, it's about time you learn to cook.

You're going to be a family man
one of these days.

And babies won't eat
when they want to eat.

I don't think babies would enjoy raccoon.

I can't say I would either.
Do you ever taste any?

No one ever.
Did you love it, Sam? Very simple.

Very. Just skin it.

Kind of shredded white again, washed down
instead of getting.

What if you don't have one?
Just do it in a bottle.

Got to boil it anyway. Fact,
you got to boil it for about 2 hours.

Get that musky smell out of me anyway.

Now don't tell. Me why I bought it.

You just throw the potatoes in
and into any little bubble,

and while it's bubbling, you go out
and take yourself about a ten mile hike.

That's to work up an appetite.

When you come back, you just pull
a little man out, but you just take them.

There's
nothing. Taste like raccoons do nothing.

It must be on his feet a little bit.

Sam, what's the matter with you?

Is telling me all about

bubbling five.

Charlie.

Yes, sir.

D'you you catch another raccoon?

No, sir.

I didn't know. Building.

You take that stuff out and bury it.

The raccoon Bury it? Yes, sir. Here. Now.

You have tried to go at it. Try.

I'll try you, sir.

Dennis Almost ready, Sam?

We're making a lovely stew.

Please. Melanie Hi.

I'm not too hungry.

Sam, don't go inside.
I want to talk to you.

I have to go in and

lie down here.

I all I know. Oh.

Maybe you ought to write him a letter.

Maybe I'll have to.

Oh, yeah?

Well. How,

Sam? Yeah.

Look.

That's very pretty, honey.

It's a baby sweater.

Yes, I see. It's very pretty.

Aren't you going to ask me who it's for?

Well, and.

Where does this double tree Hamer go?

Sam, don't you want to know who
the baby sweaters for?

All I want to know right now
is where this double tree Hamer goes.

The baby sweaters for you.

The kingpin is there.

Queen pin

for me?

Well, it's a little small for me,
isn't it?

Oh, have you?

So don't leave.

Me. I'm sorry.

I know I'm done, but you don't have to.

You don't have to cry about me.

Tell you for. Weeks.

Tell me what?

You're going. To have a baby.

Melanie. Look, men don't have.

Oh, baby,

baby.

Melanie.

You mean that we're going to have a baby?

Oh, okay.

Well, look, sit down.

Sit down a minute.
I mean, I'll get you a pillow.

Or shouldn't
you be eating something special? Melanie?

No, dear.

Everyone on the train's been stuffing me.

You mean everybody on the train
knew about it and you didn't tell me?

I didn't have to tell anyone.

They just seemed to know.

Gosh, what a chowder head I am.

When? Melanie.

I think September.

September.

Oh, I don't know. That's.

That's no good.
We won't be in Sacramento by then.

Oh, that doesn't matter, Sarah.

Oh, sure it does.

I'm not going to let
you have a baby on the wagon train.

Why not?

Oh, well, honey,
if anything ever happened to you, I.

I just wouldn't know what to do.

You always said
not to be afraid of life, Sam.

That was before

I found out about how many things in life
there ought to be afraid of.

I was always afraid until I married you.

Isn't life funny?

You married me, and now you're afraid.

And I'm not afraid of anything.

Melanie,

I hope you sleep.

No, no, dear.

I was just thinking about our baby.

I hope she has

a beautiful blue eyes just like yours.

She has a beautiful smile like yours.

I hope she's beautiful. Just like you are.

Sam, I'm going to have a son.

And she's going to have a good
education, too.

Melanie should go to grammar school.

The high school.

And she'll have a good college education.

I'm going to have a son.

It's best to have a boy first.

And one day she'll meet a fella.

Nice fellow.

And she'll get married.

And she'll have some children too.

And we'll be grandparents.

Oh, Sam, you're going too fast.

Tell me, are the grandchildren
going to be girls, too?

I'm afraid I can't tell that.

Right.

Melanie, would you mind very much if we.

If we left the wagon train at Denver

flying?

I'm not sure
I want you to have the baby in the wagon.

Now, listen to me.

We met among the people on this train.

We began our life together with them.

I think it's appropriate and wonderful

that our child should be born
among these friends.

Oh, Sam,

we won't leave the train
and Denver, will we?

How could I say no to you, Melanie?

That I started west along was and am now.

I had friends,
a wife and a heart full of dreams.

I apologize to Horace
Greeley for the remarks

made in an earlier chapter.

The long journey was almost behind us now.

We rode through a morning
laced with the spice of pine and cedar.

We craned our necks to see the lofty tops
of redwood trees that looked down on man

and up to God, the oldest
living things on earth

giants of the forest that were already
old when Christ was born.

I remember Melanie

saying as we started down the shaggy
sides of the mountain

that surely there had never been
a more beautiful morning.

And then in one shattering moment.

Disaster

sang.

And cried.

Melanie

My parents had.

Got sick back home.

You want to hear yourself, Bill?

Charlie, face the roof.

So dark hair,

fruit.

Come on. Over here.

All right, folks, back up a little bit.

Give us room to work.

But you have got to hear Sam,

after I ask you to do something,
it's not going to be easy for you to do.

Anything Major.

I want you to stay right here

while Flint and I get down there
and see what the situation is.

What? Major Melanie's my wife.

I want to be down there with her.

Sam, I understand exactly how you feel.

And this decision
is going to be entirely up to you,

but I wish you'd trust us to go down there
and see what we can do for Melanie.

You're right, Major

Flint would be more help.

Thanks. I hoped you'd say that.

All right.

Make it fast. They want to eat.

Well, boys and

animals.

Yeah.

Let's head out.

Easy.

Once those kids are

slack.

Easy.

It won't take much to send it over here.

I see.

Bill sent me down
a couple of good big rocks.

We got to tie hostess wires. Hey,

honey.

Jack, harder time.

Send him back.

Oh, I.

Take me up.

All right, now, telegraph this line.

Go lose.

This guy so you get your slack cut.

On the other side and give some more

f*ck on the.

Only time.

Thank you.

All fast over there. Yeah.

Get our.

So the red that we're.

Tied over in here on our

Are you done so

easy and

fried All right.

There

you take your left.

They are now

so I.

Yeah.

She's breathing, She's alive.

We're going to
have to get her out of this way.

I'm glad. Get her up on top.

Oh, maybe I could k*ll here.

Hold on a minute.

I don't want to take a chance
on taking her up that way.

Then I have to get a litter.

Take me out.

Easy.

High points for Sam.

Here, take the rope.

Yes, sir.

Melanie still alive.

She's hurt, but she's still. Alive.

Ox, send us down a ladder.

Hurry up the ladder.

All set there, Flint?

Yeah, I'm secure. Yeah.

All right.

Take out your sack on my wrist.

Form on mine.

I now follow on the step together.

All right. Take it away. Really? You know

you got it?

Yeah.

Slowly.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

All right, Major.

Major,

by that way.

Fainted again, sir.

Call it.

All right now.

All right.

Come on.

She all right?

All right.

All right. Melanie.

Oh, she's going to die. Is she Major?

I don't think so.

Oh. It is, Major.

We got to get her into a wagon.

Yeah. Give me a hand here. Major.

You call one of the women. I'll need help.

And this is not the first baby
I've helped into the world.

Baby. Easy, Sam.

But it's not time yet.

God tells you when it's time.

Sarah.

Thanks.

You know, I feel so

completely helpless
sitting around like this.

I know.

You know?

How could you know?
You've never been through this before.

It's about 100 times, that's all.

But, yeah, if I'm around every time
there's a baby, do.

Well, I paced the campfire
with the expectant father.

Oh, yeah?

I understand.

You keep us in a corner
somewhat out of the way from everybody.

Take what?

What's that? I want to for, Major. What?

Can I help you with this? Oh, no,
I got it.

No, no, I got to do it.

See, I can't even help with the hot water.

Amazed? Pretty as at a time like this.

And you don't want to upset him.

I don't want upset him.
I want to know what's going on.

That's all I have.

Hey, what's that boil water sent for?

What made you wants to have it
handy? What?

Can I help you with it? No,
I want you to stay out here.

Well, look, it's my baby's.

Till he turns it over to you.

It isn't.

You know, my.

My life is in that wagon,
my wife and my baby.

But I just can't stand around out here
and do nothing.

That's not a decent.

You know, Sacramento's a good town.

Instead of paper and growing every day.

You planning on a weekly?

Hmm. I said, are you planning on a weekly?

Oh. Yes. Yeah, Yeah.

Monthly would be safer, but
you can't get the news as fresh that way.

So we're going to try something new. Well,
I think Sacramento can support.

We said up.

The baby's dead.

The baby was born dead.

And ham,
you just shut up and look after Melanie.

Melanie?

Melanie.

And Oh,

said yes.

Major Salmon in general, are you?

I'm right here.

Boy. You got a son.

Is he
all right? Oh, you bet he's all right.

You going. In here?

See for yourself. He's
all right, Jennifer.

I got a boy, and
he's all right with your boy.

Billy.

Melanie, are you all right?

Oh. Sam, I'm sorry.

Sorry, Mom.

What are you sorry about, honey?

You wanted a girl. Oh.

Oh, that doesn't make any difference.

Jesus.

Just as long as you're here, all right?

It's best to start with the boy.

That's the start. With a place like you.

Looks like you just about called it, too,
didn't you.

Sam? Take a look
at the most beautiful boy.

Every help in the world. My life.

But look me.

Look at him
there as he got all his fingers and toes.

Don't worry, Sam.

He's a perfectly normal boy is right.

I just wondered,
you know, him coming early isn't all.

Sam had little followers
in a hurry to get here.

You got to admire a little boy
with an attitude like that.

Yeah.

Sure. Look at him, Melanie.

Sam. He's filled up.

He looks just like you.

Oh, no, he doesn't,

does he?

What, are you going to call him?

I think we're calling Seth.

How am you? Take care of things. I got it.

I got work to do.

Oh, well.

There she is. Melanie Pacific Ocean.

Oh, Sam, how wonderful it is.

See it at last. Yeah. No land.

Place to send down roots
and to grow for us

and for him.

And saw

the miles roll out
to the shores of the Western Ocean.

And the long trip ends.

And we who made that journey file
away the.

Memories of laughter, tears and prayers

of the times of challenge,
the times of peace.

Much will fade,
mercifully from recollection,

but the strong continence
of friends will endure.

Charlie, who can

always cook his own goose
as well as anyone else's

bill a strong arm and a steadfast heart.

Flint McCullough,
Wilderness Scout Adventurer Wonder

and the Man who puts his dream
on wheels every year and takes it west

and every year
helps pull this vast, sprawling country

a little closer together.

I guess oh.

His voice rang out in the morning
like a bugle call and a drum roll.

And we followed that voice from Kansas.

To the end of the trail.