Black Creek

Come on, good girl.

Almost home.

I'll get you some oats.

Hey, y'all.

- I love-- - Hey, John!

You look like something's got your goat.

Well, I had to put a man down today.

Ain't somethin' I'm proud of.

Killin' a man, ah, now that's a hell of a thing.

I know it ain't easy, Daddy, but I'm sure he deserved it.

He had it coming.

One of them dregs calling himself

part of Sinclair's Legions,

trying to run Smitty off his land.

I told the damn fool not to pull his gun on me.

I hear that Sinclair is the devil himself.

Yeah, I reckon.

If I hadn't come along, Smitty'd probably be dead.

Well, you did the right thing.

You are a good man, John.

I agree, ma'am.

It's okay, baby girl. It's okay.

-Lizzy? -Hm?

Can I get some more of those potatoes, please?

I swear, you are part grizzly or something.

You ain't never done eatin', are ya?

Can I get another helping of those potatoes, please?

-Yes, you may. -Thank you.

What?

I nearly rode all the way

-to Donnelly Pass today. -Oh, yes.

Hey,

when's Aunt Rose coming back?

I thought she'd be back by now.

Oh yeah, maybe a couple weeks, should be.

Yeah, oh my gosh, how long has it been

since we have seen her?

Oh gosh, it's gotta be going on over two years now?

-Yeah. -Hmm.

-Huh! -Hm! Imagine that.

Do you remember all the ruckus we used to cause around town?

We? As far as I recall, it was mainly Rose.

She always was the crazier one of the three of us.

One night,

Rose got drunker than old man Fletcher,

stole Pa's six-shooter.

She nearly shot up half that damn town.

You remember the next morning?

We found her in the horse trough,

pistol in one hand-

Bottle of whiskey in the other!

She still wasn't sober either.

Nope.

Aunt Rose did all that?

Yeah.

I knew there was a reason I became sheriff of this town.

Yeah.

But it'll take more than that

to keep all you riff raff in line.

Oh, wow, lookin' like you two are still in love.

Oh no, there is no time for,

there is no time for love in this house.

We got way too many chores to do,

with John upholdin' the law

and me holdin' down the fort, so.

Look this, that's all you get, all right?

Now, you old grizzly, you save that nonsense for later

because there are- Oh, come on.

Too many chores to do, have to get to it.

No, no! Let me get to it.

John!

You all women, get to the barn and hide

until Clayton and I figure out what they want.

Go on now, woman, go get with them.

John, I ain't never left your side

and I'm sure not about to start.

Damn fool woman.

What the hell you doing on my land?

Your land?

I guess you didn't get the telegram, Sheriff.

That's right, Sheriff, I got the paperwork

right here, all legal and such.

Looks like your farm belongs to Mr. Sinclair here.

So I suggest you and these fine folk get clearing out.

Winslow, you're nothing but a conniving little worm.

It's my job, making an honest living.

Honest?

And to hell with you, Sinclair.

Yeah well, I guess we'll all meet there soon enough.

Now there's that matter of a silver mining claim you own

that I kind of feel should be mine.

Restitution and all.

You know what that is, John? Restitution?

It's the restoration of something lost

or stolen to its proper owner.

Get off my land now.

Oh, there's no need for this, comrades.

We're all friends here.

Now tell your boy to drop his iron.

I suggest you do the same.

Otherwise your fine lady here

just might lose her head over this.

There's too many of 'em, Clayton.

Let her go and we'll talk.

Stop it!

Now that wasn't hard, was it?

Now this town, your ranch, your claim,

all belong to me now.

Okay, let her go and then we'll talk.

Oh, we're way past talking, John.

You see, you killed one of my men today,

now I'm gonna kill one of yours.

Now I have to choose.

Is it gonna be your fine lady here?

This shit-kicker?

Or is it gonna be you, John?

You son of a bitch.

No! Leave him be!

No, leave him be!

-Janie! No! -Leave him be!

No, leave him be!

Carver, go get her, and for fuck sake make sure

there's no more surprises around here.

It's clear. Let's get outta here.

Well, this changes things, doesn't it?

You two in love?

Oh, that's just peachy.

You cowards.

Leave 'em. It's me you want.

No, I changed my mind, John. Restitution.

Lizzy! God, you son of a bitch.

You goddamn son of a bitch.

Oh, I'm that and a whole lot more.

Yeehaw, John, it's rodeo time.

Damn, John, you gotta really clean up

the cowpie around here.

Ooh, you got some spunk in you, lady, I'll give you that.

I might keep you as one of my pets.

Oh, we'll get that cleaned up for you.

Oh, I'm gonna--

You're gonna what?

I'll see you in hell.

No!

Come on, now.

Come on now, let's get you outta here.

I can't just leave them here like this. No!

I'll take care of it. I will.

Come on. Come on, now.

Come on.

Come on.

I'll take care of it. I promise.

Come on, watch your step, watch your step, honey.

Let's go. Let's go, come on.

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

Look what we got coming here?

She's bringing us a horse.

Well, there's no fun in that.

She's all gnarly.

What are you chicken fuckers

doing on my brother's property?

Not his land no more.

What do you mean it isn't his land?

Well, he and Mr. Sinclair had some business dealings

and uh, your brother kinda came up on the short end.

Where's my brother? I wanna talk to him now.

That's gonna be hard to do.

Why?

'Cause he's dead.

Bullshit!

Like my friend Cole here said, this was some serious shit.

Your brother got his dumb brains blown out.

Sinclair cut up that bitch wife of his

until she squealed like a stuck pig.

And that dullard Clayton?

Well, we'll just say he lost his head over this.

Yeah, they're dead. Every one of 'em.

What about my sister Janie and my niece Katie?

Dead, all of 'em.

-Did you kill them? -No.

Where the hell is he?

I don't know. No one ever knows.

The only reason I'm not killing your sorry ass right now,

is because you're gonna tell this Sinclair

I'm coming for him!

What the hell happened to this town?

I think I could rock your wagon wheels.

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Sinclair.

Ooh, well, he certainly spends a lot of time here,

but I don't rightly know his schedule.

He runs a casino at the top of this town,

but I can't say for sure he'll be there either tonight.

What did you say was the nature of your business again?

I didn't.

You know, I sure wish I could help you,

but he is a sneaky sort of man.

Hey, if you gimme your name, I'll be happy

to tell him who's calling on him.

You tell him Rose Jennings' looking for him.

Hm! Takes all sorts.