:22:00
Don't want it, don't need it.
:22:02
No fever in california.
:22:05
I heard one fella talkin',
:22:08
said folks routinely live 150, 200 years
in california, the climate's so good.
:22:13
Falderal.
:22:15
Nobody can live that long.
:22:16
One old coot, they say, was 250 years old.
:22:19
And he plum had enough,
decided he wanted to die.
:22:22
What'd they do, feed him Mexican food?
:22:25
There's an argument to be made for Oregon.
:22:27
I mean, at least they speak english.
:22:29
True.
:22:30
Who's gonna talk spaniard
when we get to California?
:22:33
You, Jacob?
:22:34
Those dons are educated.
:22:35
They speak english.
:22:37
California or bust.
:22:41
Didn't tell me you were a cooper Smith.
:22:45
We're obliged to the proprietor
for lettin' us use the shop.
:22:48
Make another wagon for the journey.
:22:50
We're wheelwrights.
:22:50
That's my brother jethro.
:22:52
Next to pilots and Indian fighters,
:22:53
there's few things as crucial
to the success of a train
:22:56
as a skilled wheelwright.
:22:59
You hadn't come by noland'S.
:23:01
We intend to leave in a matter of days.
:23:04
How many wagons?
:23:05
18.
:23:07
I've hired a pilot named josiah bell.
:23:09
He ran with Fitzpatrick,
trapping beaver, fighting Indians.
:23:13
He's been everywhere.
:23:14
He's got 2 scouts with him.
:23:16
Including the others, we have 22 armed men.
:23:19
Oh, yeah?
:23:21
Horses or oxen?
:23:22
Horses and mules.
:23:25
Think those wheels can handle the trail?
:23:29
I expect so.
:23:30
Iron tires, 2 and a half inches, bolted.
:23:32
Well, that's a substantial wagon.
:23:34
Conestoga, we call it.
:23:36
Well-seasoned wood, falling
tongues, well-steeled skeins.
:23:40
What about extra axles?
:23:41
Can't do without 'em.
:23:43
Tires buckle, wagon tongues
snap, front axles fail.
:23:47
The lower half of the wagon, Mr. Hoxie,
:23:48
that's where all your problems all.
:23:49
The running gear, we call it.
:23:50
We can sure use folks
like you on this journey.
:23:54
I got a part-time cooperSmith,
and a half-assed wainwright,