Here. Watch out while I get the horses.
- Hey. - Just going to get those...
...berries I promised you.
Don't wander off.
Lord, forgive me.
Stop squirming.
- Goddamn you! - Give her to me.
- Get up! - No!
- I got her. - No!
- Tie her legs! - Shut up!
Shut up!
Why?
Now we're gonna be back to seven, and seven's an unlucky number.
Whore! Stop!
Thank you.
Crawl.
You're better than them, but you're not better than me.
Can she have the moccasins now?
Yeah.
Can I just...?
I'm glad you were here.
I was bitten by a rattlesnake.
What?
A good shaman gave me two amulets.
Told me not to eat rabbit meat for a year...
...to say my prayers every morning...
...take care of my family, and I might get well.
You're telling me the only reason you came back...
...was because you were following the say-so of some...
...medicine man. Is that right?
Yes. Absolutely. A rattlesnake can make your soul...
...very sick.
That's likely not what you want to hear.
But it is the truth.
Go on. Hit me.
You won't fetch as many pesos with my face swollen, and you know it.
Keep still.
Don't!
The chimcho tell us what luck we'll have.
- I don't believe in luck. - I do.
But I don't want to know.
- What are you reading? - I'm not reading.
- You paint pictures? - Not for a while.
You remember that I went to art school in New York...
...before I met your mother?
Some life you've led.
Some life.
What was my boy like?
Very tall...
...for his age.
And...
...curious, like Dot.
He liked singing.
He had hair like a mop.
He looked very much like Mother.
You even remember my mother?
- What she looked like? - Yes, I remember.
What was his name?
My son.
Jacob.
That them?
Once they clear those trees, they'll be riding in line along that river.
I'll shoot the front horse.
You shoot a horse in the middle. We're lucky, they'll scatter.
- Thought we'd buy her back. - The more of them we kill...
...the easier they'll be to reason with.
Maybe she'll get clear and save us the trouble altogether.
Dot, you keep shooting. Try to hit a horse.
There's nothing hard about pointing this thing...
...and pulling the trigger. - I know.
And everything hard about taking the breath out of a man.
That's why you say a little prayer.
You say, "God, forgive me for what I do."
That way, when the time comes, you'll have faith in...
In the...
The order of things, and you'll feel free in your heart to fire.
Ma, I know how to fire...
Pay attention to your mother, child.
Yes, sir.
You any good at waiting?
No, sir.
Well, today you will learn to be good at waiting.
Mother of Jesus...
...you watched your child suffer.
Give me strength. Stop my hands from trembling.
Let them come on.
Not yet. Not yet.
Let them come. Let them come.
On my call, pick a horse in the middle and shoot him in the neck.
I can't see Lilly.
Dot!
Take everything.
They're Chiricahua.
I lived with his family for a time.
- Good. That's good, isn't it? - Name's Kayitah.
Think the other one's his son.
- They want our horses and guns. - I am not giving over my horses.
You understand? You'll have to kill me first.
You tell him what I said.
You tell them to get on their way.
Even better, you tell them we want their guns and ammunition.
Go on. You tell him.
Ain't no undergarments or nothing.
Dot, bring me my bag.
Go outside, sweetheart.
You don't know what diseases these people have.
I don't usually operate on Indians.
They have green blood and a pinecone in their chest instead of a heart.
Just give me that mescal.
All right. It'll hurt.
He told me this brujo's mother was raped by a witch.
Came out of her womb two years later with a full set of teeth.
I'm not feeling too good myself.
Don't sit too close, darling. I'm not feeling too good.
- It's so cold. - It's not that cold, Ma.
Yeah. He was.
No.
Hello.
What are you doing?
I'm dreaming on what's gonna happen tomorrow.
Can I dream on it too?
I don't know. Can you?
Can't.
Mom's talking in her sleep again.
Sometimes at home, she talks so loud we have to wake her up.
Sometimes she cries. Other times, she sounds like somebody's hurting her.
And all the next day, she looks at Lilly funny.
Me and Lilly notice, even though Mama doesn't, I don't think.
- What happened to her? - I don't know and I wouldn't ask.
I think when she was young, she was...
...treated with cruelty.
She was alone in the world at that time.
You wish you'd been there?
I don't wish.
Mama.
- Ma, wake up, you're having a bad... - Don't touch her.
Go get your mother's Bible.
- Is it bees? - Go on.
What did you leave behind at that camp?
Today. This day, what did you leave behind?
I don't... I don't know.
Mama. Don't let him, Mama.
"Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob.
And Jacob begat Judas and his brethren.
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar.
And Phares begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram.
And Aram begat Aminadab, and Aminadab begat Naasson.
And Naasson begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab.
And Booz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse.
And Jesse begat David the king, and David the king begat Solomon...
...of her that had been the wife of Urias.
And Solomon begat Roboam, and Roboam begat Abia.
And Abia begat Asa, and Asa begat Josaphat.
Josaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Ozias.
And Ozias begat Joatham, and Joatham begat Achaz.
And Achaz begat Ezekias, and Ezekias begat Manasses.
And Manasses begat Amon, and Amon begat Josias.
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren."
Morning.
- Good morning. - Reckon I drank from the wrong bottle.
Wrong as can be.
- Here. - You need to keep that on.
You know, Dot was wearing hers when she almost drowned.
Yes. Almost.
After we attacked them, you reckon we can still buy them back?
I don't know. Money's always money.
But we don't have enough to buy them all, though. Two or three at the most.
You get Lilly.
And get the Indian girl...
...and...
...whoever else you can.
Sorry for the rest.
Should be back by dark.
If we're not, leave at daylight tomorrow.
That means go home. You and Dot.
You understand?
You tell me yes, or I'm not going.
I understand.
- I want to buy two girls. - Yeah?
- Do I deal with you? - No.
You deal with him, there.
I don't understand.
Please. Please.
That's my mother's.
What did you do to my mother? What did you do?
Give them repentance and better minds.
Be merciful, O God, to those who are in any trouble.
And do thou, O God of pity, administer to them according to their...
Ma?
- Needs.
Grandpa said we was to leave in the morning.
He'll come back.
He's gonna come back.
Reward all those who have done us good.
Pardon all those who have done or wish us evil.
Give them repentance and better minds.
Be merciful, O God, to anyone who's in any trouble.
And deal with them, O God of pity, according to their needs...
...with kindness, just as Jesus Christ, your son, did.
I told you to go home.
How bad are you hurt?
I've seen the girl. She's still alive.
Are we gonna go get Lilly?
You can raise this child.
Take her home.
And you can be sure of that.
You do anything else, you're likely to lose two daughters and your own life.
I don't know how to leave her.
You can't turn away from that?
Can you?
All right...
...Magdalena.
All right.
You.
You scared of dead things?
- They finally going to get buyers? - He'll be back. We sell them today.
Hey, my friend, we're getting paid today.
It's a trick, you idiots!
Get down there.
Mama.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
It's all right, baby. It's all right.
You cut them loose. Get to the horses!
Get going!
Get out of here, Maggie.
We don't have time to drink water. Let's go!
- Can they catch us? - Oh, yeah.
Help me.
Take my arm.
I got her.
We're going to the top! If your horse quits, get off and go on afoot!
Hold on to the tail. I got you.
- You knew this was here. - I've had occasion to use it before.
We won't get to the other side before dark.
We'll have to last out the night right here.
Put as much dry brush as you can carry in this gap!
Are you all right?
Your hair's all tangled.
Here, let me get it.
It's all right.
It's all right, Lill-Lill.
You'll see.
I dreamed on it.
We're gonna get away, and Grandpa's gonna come live with us...
...and we're all gonna be a family.
You'll see.
Right, Ma? Isn't that right?
Yeah.
You know that Indian name of yours?
- What's that mean? - Very hard to translate that.
Try it.
It means "shit for luck."
- Is that right? - Yes, it is.
Chiricahua value family very highly.
A man doesn't live with his family, he's not considered particularly...
...enviable.
I don't have any Indian...
...brothers or sisters?
None that lived.
What did you see in them...
...you didn't see in us?
Why didn't you stay?
There's an Apache story about a man that woke up one morning...
...and saw a hawk on the wind.
Walked outside and never returned.
After he died, he met his wife in the spirit world. She asked him why.
He said, "Well, the hawk kept flying."
There's always the next something, Maggie.
I wasn't any kind of a rancher, I was a painter.
And that will take a man away.
You tell yourself you're protecting them, they're better off without you.
Stay or go, there's nothing a man can do to protect his family from himself.
I guess I do realize now I made people's lives more...
...difficult by the things I have done...
...and the things I have not done.
People I did love, mostly.
- I'm not forgiving you. - Not asking you to.
I wore that birthing both my girls.
I thought I'd die wearing it.
I've always liked this thing.
Your mother gave it to me.
Never meant to leave it behind.
Thank you.
I better see to Lilly and them.
Look out!
Move those horses back!
Your brujo's dead!
Magdalena.
Do you want me to wait with you?
Or do you want me to take you home?
Home.
Let's go home.
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