The Jayhawkers!

"IN THE CROSSROADS OF THE BREAKERS"

Kansas Territory Just before the Civil War

Are you alive!

I was told you were dead.

Are you alive!

Are you alive.

- Who is he mom? - I've never seen him in all my life.

Help me, Paul, and you too, Michelle.

Go to your room, children.

Fast!

Did he die, Mom?

Go to bed, it's late.

Obey me, Michelle.

Who are you?

Mom! Mom!

He woke up!

I can stay here? Go play, children.

Do you feel better?

My name is Dubois, Jeanne Dubois.

- Where is my wife? - You're still very sick.

Nina, where is she?

I'm afraid it's not good to get up.

Look, I don't know what you're doing here in

the house, or why you're giving orders too.

I will get up.

Put on that robe. Or you might get cold.

I think it will do.

It belonged to my husband.

I have other clothes...

I came here looking for my wife.

I saw her. That was 4 days ago, Mr. Bleeker.

It wasn't your wife who saw it.

It was me.

They said my wife was dead. I didn't believe it.

I escaped from prison. I still don't believe it!

- Where is she? - I'm very sorry.

It was already there when we bought the house 6 months ago.

I was told it was a man, that she ran off with him.

Who was he?

- I don't know. - I asked you a question, ma'am!

I already said I don't know. I tried to figure it out.

I tried so hard to figure this out!

I wish I had all the answers, for when you woke up.

So that you don't get them yourself.

Don't worry about the problems.

I thought if I had the answers, I wouldn't be so restless,

as long as you want to stay here.

I really need you, Mr. Bleeker.

There is a lot to do.

fields to clear, grain to plant, build fences.

It's a lot of work for a single woman.

I didn't risk escaping from jail for the pleasure of

planting your grains that by chance will grow on my land.

They are no longer yours. They are mine. The lands, the house...

Bought with our money, mine and my husband's.

But there are property rights.

Mr. Bleeker, you are a criminal, a prisoner from Kansas.

You no longer have property rights.

It was all confiscated by the government and we bought it.

Looks like it solved your problems.

Please understand me.

I desperately need you to stay.

But I prefer not to oblige.

Force me, ma'am?

He's a wanted man, and he's too weak to travel

And in the city they've already put up posters about a reward.

It's a pretty big reward.

All I want is to have a home here for me and my children.

If this is not possible, we will

live very well, with the reward.

Looks like you have your chance now.

Quick, this way!

Yea?

Sorry to bother you, Ms. Dubois

We heard that Cam Bleeker came here.

He lived here. Mrs. did you see him?

- No, I didn't see him. - Mind if we look, ma'am?

Not at all.

- There's a reward for him, Mrs. - Yes I know.

He escaped from prison.

The sheriff thinks he's coming to your house.

He's been shot... and he can be very aggressive.

Thanks for letting me know.

Don't give him a chance if he shows up.

He can deceive you, ma'am.

He may look like a boy, but he's actually a savage.

It's better to have a gun close by.

Is he really that dangerous?

Well, he caused a lot of trouble here.

- I'll keep an eye out. - Do it, Ms.

Remember, don't give him chances.

The reward says "dead or alive"

Thanks.

- See you later, ma'am. - See you later.

- Did you see? - Yea.

He's here, better wire Topeka.

Right!

Thanks.

Looks like I owe you!

Not what I wanted, Mr. Bleeker.

Where is your husband?

Not far from his wife's cross is another.

What happened?

suddenly attacked us

- Guerrillas? - Missouri Redskins

My husband and I are from France, Mr. Bleeker.

He was a man with strong... political convictions

Who believed that... freedom was more than a simple word.

We were told that if we came here, we

could help build a country of free men.

We took the kids, and we came.

On the first day here in this country,

They asked him what he thought of slavery.

He was slow to respond.

Then they shot.

It doesn't matter.

If he had said what he thought, the end would have been the same.

We can't offer you what you've lost, Mr Bleeker.

But here you will be welcome.

"Il est bien fort maintenant maman".

- What did he say? - Oh, nothing.

It's time for them to learn to speak "American".

I try.

- The man... - The man...

IT IS...

Good morning

- What he said - He thinks you're too strong.

Et beau. Tres beau.

And she thinks you're very cute.

Pay attention!

If you're going to learn English, you better learn it right!

- English? - That's right.

I'll start with you, Paul.

I go, you go, she goes

I go, you go, she goes.

That's right. Now...

I won't, you won't, she won't.

I won't, you won't, she won't.

Très bien, Maman, n'est pas.

Three good, Paul.

Soon he will speak English as well as you, Mr. Bleeker.

Not that fast either.

Now learning the verb to prepare.

I prepare, he prepares and she prepares.

I don't prepare, he doesn't prepare, she doesn't prepare.

Is anyone ready to?

I think you've been paying too much attention!

You have to excuse her, she is a lady in love.

Michelle, are you bothering Mr. Bleeker.

I am?

Well, not exactly, honey.

But a class won't do you any harm.

Let me show you.

Well done, boys. spread out.

Get out Bleeker! You don't stand a chance.

Get out before the kids get hurt.

keep it.

Disassemble.

The prisoner.

All right, Bleeker, inside.

- Good night, Bleeker. - Governor...

How long. I haven't seen him since the trial.

I bet it got lonely.

Sit down.

I said sit down

smoke.

I imagine you're wondering why the governor of Kansas

rode 300 miles to find the man who could have been hanged.

only with the signature of a document in Topeka.

If I knew how little time I thought about what

the governor does, I would probably start crying.

I'll tell you why I came, Bleeker.

Needless to say, governor. I say it myself.

Need me.

I came to discover things I didn't know at the time of your trial.

I have your history here.

He was born in Texas, abandoned here

by his parents and raised in an orphanage.

He ran away from there early, and walked alone.

He must have been a gunslinger, that's for sure!

Then came the war in Mexico. He formed his troop.

They called it the Bleeker Brigade, with boys from Kansas.

They were good men, Governor.

So he went back to Kansas.

He met a nice girl, got married and tried a new life.

A farmer.

Do you remember what happened then?

Something personal, Governor.

The fight for Kansas began again.

There were attacks.

Southerners attacking the North and the North attacking back.

But you didn't wait for an order.

He organized his troops and took the law into his own laws.

That's a lie!

There were attacks, of course. Many

southerners were in danger in Missouri,

but his men who were there returned.

Not caring who was dying while you

kicked the southerners out of Kansas

Kansas must remain northern!