:32:05
I've worn this hat a long time.
I'm gonna continue to wear it.
:32:07
If you got any objections,
I'd like to hear them now.
:32:10
- It's your hat, brother.
- You made a wise decision.
:32:12
Would you be wanting
to get up now?
:32:29
Well, we start tomorrow.
:32:32
We're going to Missouri
with 10,000 head.
:32:35
Most of you men have come back to Texas
from the war. You came back to nothing.
:32:38
You found your homes gone,
your cattle scattered...
:32:40
and your land stolen by carpetbaggers.
:32:43
There's no money and no work, because
there's no market for beef in the South.
:32:47
But there is in Missouri,
so we're going to Missouri.
:32:50
- I hear tell Cumberland--
- Cumberland didn't make it.
:32:53
No one else has.
That's the reason I'm here.
:32:57
I want you all to know
what you're up against.
:32:59
You probably already know,
but I want to make sure you do.
:33:03
We got a thousand miles to go.
:33:05
Ten miles a day will be good.
Fifteen will be luck.
:33:08
There will be dry country,
dry wells when we get to them.
:33:11
There will be wind and rain.
:33:13
There's going to be Indian territory.
How bad? I don't know.
:33:16
When we get to Missouri,
there will be border gangs.
:33:19
It's gonna be a fight all the way,
but we'll get there.
:33:24
Nobody has to come along.
:33:26
I'll still have a job for you
when we get back.
:33:29
But remember this: Every man who signs
on for this drive agrees to finish it.
:33:34
There will be no quitting along the way,
not by me and not by you.
:33:39
There's no hard feelings if you
don't want to go, but let me know now.
:33:43
- M-Mr. Dunson, l--
- It's all right, Dan. Go ahead.
:33:46
- My wife--
- You don't have to explain, Bill.
:33:50
- Thanks. Good luck.
- Go on, Joe. Taylor.
:33:53
Thank you, Mr. Dunson.
:33:55
- It's all right, Dan. Go ahead.
- No, sir. I didn't mean that l--
:33:58
- You mean what, Dan?
- I-l-l--