Warpath

Whoa, whoa!

Oh!

Ma, Mr. gunderson's coming!

He must have a letter, I bet!

It's from your father.

I can feel it, it must be.

He's coming home.

Mrs. eriksson, children,

you got a letter here.

Oh god, please let it be from Earl.

It has to be.

He's just got to come home, he has to.

I can't live like this anymore.

Dear Mrs. eriksson.

This is hortense greely

writing from greely's outpost,

40 miles outside fort Collins, Colorado.

It's not from your father.

Oh.

You wrote to sheriff Jackson there

asking about your husband, lucky eriksson.

We seen him last before he set out for his gold mine.

But that was nearly three months ago

Ana we ain't seen him since.

That mine of his is located right in the middle

of hostile Indian territory,

just where the Cheyenne and the Pawnee Indians

are fighting a war.

Well mind you, I ain't saying for sure

that anything's happened to him, Mrs. eriksson,

but it don't look good to me.

I'm real sorry.

Yours truly, hortense greely.

Greely's trading post.

They said that

they haven't seen him for three months

and that he's missing.

And he might be dead.

He's not dead.

Not lucky.

They don't call him that for no reason.

I'll have to go and get him.

Now how are you going to do that?

I don't know, Mr. gunderson,

I'll have to go there, I suppose.

With those wild Indians, ma?

Wow, Indian ma, honest?

For goodness sake, Mrs. Eriksson, you can't do that.

You=- you're a woman.

Oh, I can't now, can I, Mr. Gunderson? You just watch me.

It is time that Earl come home and stay home.

He made a promise to me and it's time that he keep it.

I am a patient woman, Mr. gunderson.

But my Patience has run out.

But going into hostile Indian territory all alone?

I'm sorry to tell you, ma'am,

that's just plain old crazy.

Besides, who'll take care of your young 'uns?

My dear friend hella bergdahl will look after the children

if indeed that is of your concern, Mr. gunderson.

You'll excuse me, Mrs. eriksson.

I certainly don't mean to intrude.

But you know, it's over 400 miles

to fort Collins, Colorado.

That far, is it?

Yes, ma'am.

Then I best get started.

You'll just have to excuse me

one more time, Mrs. eriksson.

But even if you do find your husband,

do you think you're honestly going to get

Earl “lucky” eriksson to settle down

and tend a farm?

He married me, didn't he?

He has two children and a farm, doesn't he?

Why would he do that if he didn't intend

to come home and stay?

[Somber musicl

I don't know, ma'am.

Mr. gunderson, I pray day and night

that my husband come home.

And now god wants me to go and bring him home.

And then he'll stay.

Wow, Indians, ma, honest?

Hurry, they re coming!

Hello!

You remember what I said.

Don't you give Mrs. bergdahl any trouble now, you hear?

- Yeah, ma. - Yeah, ma.

Okay now.

I'll be back before you know it.

Be careful, ma, please.

Don't you worry, dear, I will.

Alice. Are you sure about this?

Honestly, hella.

If I don't go, I don't know who will.

Alice, honey, he ain't worth it.

That man is trash.

I don't care.

I have to go find him.

After all, he's my husband, isn't he?

Bye.

Okay, let's go.

Well, if it ain't cute little Alice eriksson.

Mr. sjostrom, please.

Going off after your man, eh?

He sure ain't been around in a while.

Where has he been? Digging for gold?

Or digging for gold diggers?

Or his gold diggers digging for him, I wonder.

I'd like five pounds of flour, five pounds of corn

and five pounds of beans, if you please.

Nah.

What you need is a gun.

1 got here this brand new Colt frontier .45.

- That's what you need. - I do not need a gun, Mr. sjostrom.

=I need beans. She needs beans.

Yeah, beans enough not to marry lucky eriksson

which she clearly ain't got.

You can buy a pound of beans...

Out it sure ain't going to make you smart.

No, ain't going to make you smart.

But it'll sure make you fart.

That's for sure.

I'm telling you, little girl,

what you need is a gun.

A big gun, like this un.

You could kill a moose with it

or a bear!

Mr. sjostrom, I do not need a gun!

Yeah, just beans.

God dammit all, I've had enough!

Just shut up already, will ya?

Give me my goddamn flour, beans and corn,

you drunken old coot!

Yes, ma'am! Lord god in heaven.

Kill a moose, that's rich.

Pff.

I ain't got no paper on you.

So just disappear quick-like, you hear?

Yes, sir.

Go ahead and try, if you like.

That's if you want to end up dead like your chums here.

Jumping Jesus Christ!

You killed them all!

Why didn't you kill me?

Them fellas is wanted dead or alive.

Youre just wanted alive, so,

alive"s how I'm bringing you in.

But don't upset me, understand?

'Cause you ain't worth that much to me dead or alive.

Now get your ass moving, you stupid piece of shit!

Tie up your friends body on their horses,

go on, come on!

Why did I get a man that won't stay put?

Other women can keep their men at home,

why can't I?

What did I do wrong?

Everybody used to say that I was pretty

put that did me no good at all.

No, no!

I may not be pretty anymore but I am strong!

Really strong, goddamn strong.

I've had two babies.

I can cook.

I can churn butter, il can milk a cow.

I can tear a goddamn chicken's head off with my hands.

And I can plow a field too.

I can do so many damn things,

I just can't hold on to a man.

- Ooh! - Ooh. Good day to you, ma'am.

What?

It's a lovely day.

It's the best day of my whole damn life so far.

Who knows what's going to happen next,

maybe a building will fall on my head.

- I'here's no buildings out here. - Ya, no building.

Well, things are looking up.

I you need help? With what?

The wagon! The wheel's broken.

Oh, that, right.

Nope. I'm just going to sit here for a spell

and think about things.

What things?

Don't know.

Okay, well.

We'll help anyway. =mm-hmm.

Thank you.

That would be very kind of you.

[Ominous musicl

- What the... - Oh my goodness. Oh.

Oh, Jesus!

That's terrible.

Oh, what a terrible sight.

That looks horrible.

Whoa.

You sure don't waste much time,

do you, Cole?

The longer I wait, the further they get,

the further I got to haul them in.