:44:18
That blame whistle's like the crack of doom
from all that's natural.
:44:22
My ma felt a man oughta
make his scratch on the land...
:44:25
...and leave it a little different
than when he come.
:44:28
Anyway, thanks for fixin' things
with the chief.
:44:31
Me? I fixed nothin'.
:44:33
You put the words in my mouth
but that won't make 'em come true.
:44:36
I said what I had to, to keep the peace.
I know there's a risk.
:44:39
Risks? Maybe you don't understand.
:44:42
You pledged your word back there.
Not mine, not the Army's...
:44:45
...not the railroad's.
:44:47
It was your word that told 'em
they'd keep their huntin' grounds.
:44:49
I think they will.
:44:50
I think you've got your neck stuck out
like a prairie chicken...
:44:53
...waitin' for one side or the other
to chop it off.
:44:56
Your pa and me got kicked out
of one territory after another...
:44:58
...with people pourin' in, killin' off game,
puttin' up towns...
:45:02
It ain't gonna stop.
:45:04
Your treaty's gonna get broken and
I don't wanna be around to see it happen.
:45:08
Look me up when you get your bellyful.
:45:11
- Where you goin'?
- Back to the mountains.
:45:13
To the high lonesome
where there ain't no people at all yet.
:45:17
So long.
:45:25
By now the Central Pacific had broken
through the wall of the High Sierras...
:45:30
... and was straining eastward
across the flatlands of Nevada.
:45:34
While the Union Pacific,
thanks to its long peace with the Indians...
:45:38
... was able to keep up pressure
just as avidly in the opposite direction.
:45:56
The competition was exciting,
but also costly...