Gentlemen, I'm sorry to bother ya'll.
Sorry to bust in on you like this
but I got business to transact, and me being a stranger here
I just don't know any other way of doin' it.
No, Master Quincy, don't do it. Please, don't do it.
I'm sellin' this able bodied slave to whoever
pay me the most for him.
- Get up on the chair, Jason. - Master Quincy, please.
On the chair, Jason.
He's uh, he's over six feet tall
and he, well, he's close to 185 pounds.
He's, he can't read or write, but he's smart.
He's-he's strong, he, uh, he learns quick.
Got a good disposition, all his own teeth.
He answers to the name of Jason.
Let's see a little more of him.
Take off your shirt, boy. Go on.
I-I wouldn't be sellin' him but I've had him a long time
and he's decent company.
'I need a new state, he needs him three squares a day.'
I just don't know any other way of goin' about it
without us parting company.
Oh, please, Master Quincy, I don't need no three meals a day.
One and that's plenty for me.
Maybe, I forgot to mention, he's loyal as a hound dog.
- Who'll make me an offer? - I reckon, I can use a man.
I'll give you $200.
$200, well, I've seen women and kids go higher than that.
Take it or leave it.
Did I say, he's got all his own teeth?
- I'll bid $250. - 300.
350.
Well, I paid almost twice that much for him myself.
Alright, Mister. Guess you bought yourself...
'400!'
The bidding is over.
Mister, prime field hand, worth over $1,000, you know that.
Not to me, he ain't.
It's all there.
So is he, but you made me take his shirt off just to see him.
Here's his papers.
Maybe, you better lock him up till I get out of town.
- Kentucky liquor. - Good idea.
There's a tool shed out back in the mercantile.
Well, what you waiting for?
Come on, boy.
Master Quincy.
Come on, boy.
'Come on, boy.'
Mr. Bonner, Mr. Bonner!
Only $400 for a big buck with 30 maybe 40 years worth of working.
- Mr. Bonner! Mr. Bonner! - What is it, boy?
I took supper to that nigger you locked up in the mercantile.
What'd he do? Push down the door?
He done that a long time ago. The shed's empty.
- What are you saying, boy? - He's gone.
$400 is cheap for a nigger, Henry
but it's mighty expensive for the inside of an empty shed.
How much did you say, Henry? Ten dollars a minute?
You're, you're gonna need a horse, Henry.
I've got a dead one I'll let you have, real cheap.
Oh, Jesus.
I'll tell you one thing.
I've seen plenty who paid better but never one that was easier.
Oh, what-what was so easy about it?
There was a whole lot of muscle, muscle.
I had to go through for only $400.
Looks like you're only worth 400.
Is that right? Then how come I went for $800 in Newburgh
'850 in Marionville, and almost $900 in King City.'
'And 350 in Bellflower'
'and four and a quarter in Jerico Springs.'
'Hm, pitiful 275 in Bethany.'
'Why, you remember that guy?'
I'm gonna take him.
I'll take him.
Now, you see, that's what I'm talking about, Quins.
I'm the same fellow every time.
It's the way you're making the pitch.
Alright, I'll tell you what I'll do.
- Very next place we go to. - Yeah.
We'll switch places, and you can sell me.
Oh, very funny.
Ah, what you gonna do? You're the color the buyer needs here.
'Come on, Jason. Now, quit rousing.'
You're not doin' too bad.
You know, we got 10,000 in a bank in Chicago.
And let's not cut what we got on the saddle on this trip.
Hey, we better get out of here.
They probably started after us by now.
Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it a bit.
I figure, we can be across the river and into Kansas by sun up.
- Hey, Quincy. - Yeah?
- Do me a favor, will you? - What's that?
Can you keep from takin' my shirt off
in front of all those people next time?
Seems like they got a right to see what they're buyin'.
You don't care how embarrassing it get's for me.
Of course. I don't let 'em stick a finger in your mouth
and count your teeth anymore.
- Thanks. - Your welcome.
- That's my turn to ride. - You need the exercise.
I was looking at you yesterday.
You got a little ponchy around the middle.
'When I told them you'd be going hungry.'
I thought they'd die laughing.
Well, you better provide me with some transportation.
Going back to New Jersey where people are people.
Hey, Quincy.
- Hey, Quincy! - Yeah?
How about if we stop for a while?
- We just did. - That was three hours ago.
I don't know what's the matter with you?
I bought you a mule so we could both ride.
'You're complaining more than ever.'
Couldn't you find something a little softer?
I'll tell you what.
You go ahead into town.
If I'm not there in a little while
you just start to sail without me.
Fair shake.
Isn't that where we were yesterday?
Nope.
- Dirty shame. - Oh, you sure?
Oh, my poor old leg.
All these little towns are beginning to sound
the same to me.
Dirty shame, sour grapes.
Second best, borrowed time.
- You been keeping a list? - I don't need one.
Well, what if you made a mistake?
I don't make mistakes, I'm perfect.
Oh! That's nice.
'Cause I sure would hate to go ride into some place
where we been before.
I mean a thing like that could ruin our entire trip.
Hold 'em up.
- Let 'em rest. - Get down!
Well, warm day.
Where you headed?
Just came from there. It ain't much.
Ah, it never is.
They're runaways, on their way back down south.
That's my line, runaways.
Rounded up this bunch all the way over in Nebraska.
Plunkett's my name, what's yours?
I heard Nebraska's a free territory.
That's what they heard too.
But the government passed a law saying
"A runaway is a runaway, in free territory or no."
- I'm also into buying business. - He's not for sale.
What if I said $200.
Mister, I wouldn't even sell you for $200.
Well, I don't know. I just don't know.
I rarely pay more than $200, just for anybody..
Lord, it sure is warm.
Bring your hand out of there. Empty.
Now, start traveling.
I got a memory for faces, Mister.
So do I. Just hate to clutter up my mind with them. Good day.
Follow me.
Jason, there's one thing we don't hardly need
it's a bald horse.
Hey, Quincy. I think we picked up enough for this trip.
Maybe, we've to think about heading back to Chicago.
We can't. We got three week's work here in Kansas.
Why don't we forget all about Kansas?
What you talkin' about?
Missouri is already tapped out, so is Kentucky
Tennessee, Maryland, how are we gonna forget about Kansas?
I've got friends back east who don't know there's a Kansas.
- I'm being serious. - So am I.
We can catch the train to Chicago
collect our goods and think out a new game.
New game? There's plenty of life left in this one.
This one's making me nervous.
How come you're always the one who gets nervous?
Because I'm always the one who gets dragged off and locked up.
Alright, Jas.
Tomorrow morning you still feel the same way
we'll pack up and leave.
You mean it, Quins?
You mean, you really quit and no con?
No. I told you, Jas, tomorrow.
In the meantime, we'll work that little town up ahead.
Thought so. You're unbelievable.
- Come on. - 'Hey, wait a minute.'
Can I ride the horse for a while?
What's wrong with you? We're too close to town to do that.
Suppose, someone saw us.
Hey, hey, wait a minute, hold it, hold it.
What's this all about?
- Maybe it's the fourth of July. - This is April.
Then maybe it's the fourth of April.
'Everyone!'
'Slavery in the Kansas territory is the resolution'
'of the Congress of the United States.'
'And they've guarded and tended for black men to be free.'
He'd have made 'em white, same as us.
But he didn't, my friends, so he must've had a good reason.
And that reason was slavery.
And believe me, my friends, the darkies like it that way.
Just look over there. Look at him, my friends.
'Slave and master, side by side.'
'You're lookin' at a happy black man.'
Happy, 'cause he's been looked after.
'Happy and grateful.'
And no matter what any free state..
Let's see a little happy and grateful, huh?
Happy is the one, where the mouth turns up, right?
You got it.
White and black alike.
My friends, I ask you to cast your eyes upon a sorry sight.
Those two men over there.
Both of them, molded in God's image.
Both of them. Beloved to the Almighty.
But one free and privileged and the other
'degraded and without dignity.'
Don't despair, brother. Your deliverance is at hand.
Hallelujah, brother.
Just keep it shut.
I'll say one thing for you, partner.
You sure found a nice quiet little spot for us here.
- Excuse me, Sir. I want to... - You come in from Missouri?
- Yeah. - Here's your five dollars.
Just might be worth trying again.
I was thinking the same thing.
Uh, excuse me, sir.
I just came from Missouri and saw all the speech..
I get the feeling you did it wrong that time.
What the Sam Hill's goin' on around here?
Oh, are you alright? You poor man.
I saw what that brute did. It's perfectly disgraceful.
It's getting so, a person isn't safe
in the streets anymore.
It's alright, ma'am. What's everybody so head up about?
- There's gonna be a vote. - A vote?
Yeah, to settle the question whether the territory joins
the union free like Nebraska or slaved like Missouri.
Do you know that I've heard that 8000 people have come
here from Missouri to vote for slavery.
And they're being paid five dollars a piece for it.
Imagine.
I'm against slavery, I mean
I just think all black people should be free. Don't you?
Yeah, well, um..
Well, he doesn't belong to you, does he?
Oh, him? Oh, yes, I guess, maybe he does at that.
Oh, but that's so shameful.
Now, you know, that God intended all of his creatures to be free.
Black and white, alike. Both of them molded in his image.
Both of them beloved to the Almighty.
I was intending to remedy that.
You mean, you're gonna let him loose?
Well, I was thinking I might do just that.
Oh, do it. Oh, please. Do it, you do it.
That would be so wonderful if you did..
Oh, no, don't-don't cry. Don't, no, please, don't..
Do that mean, you ain't gonna sell old Jason down the river
like you done said, Master Quincy?
What? What did he mean by that?
- Oh, he's just fooling around. - Oh-oh!
Please, don't hit old Jason again, Master Quincy.
Please, don't.
- You lied to me. - What, no, ma'am. No.
Sir, you came here to sell him at that auction tomorrow.
What auction?
Oh, you know perfectly well.
And now you laugh at my expense.
I won't be bothering you anymore.
God loves you.
I suppose, there was some good reason why you did that?
She wasn't for you.
That's funny, I was beginning to think she was.
She stole that five dollar gold piece.
H-how'd she do it?
While she was brushing you off.
You remember that gold watch you used to have?
- Yeah, I remember. - While she was kissing you.
That lady's got a great pair of hands.
- You just stood there watchin'? - Yeah.
It just so happens, that was my daddy's watch.
Horse feathers.
You fobbed it off a circuit riding preacher from Lexington.
Oh, yeah.
- Howdy. - Howdy.
You got any rooms?
Oh. It's alright. He can sleep on the floor.
I reckon he can. But not in here.
Oh, then maybe you better tell me where.
Stay in the pen, with the others.
The other who?
- The niggers, of course. - Oh, of course.
And it'll cost you three dollars.
Three dollars for only one night?
If you don't want it, there's plenty that do.
Uh, I'll be back in a minute.
No!
It's only for one night. How bad can it be?
Don't you wanna be with your people?
Never mind "your people."
Barns, livery stables, but no cages and no slave pens.
I'll find you a barn or a livery stable
if that's what's gonna take to make you happy.
Make me hap..
Uh, Jason..
- Jason, I-I need three dollars. - Well, then go get it yourself.
I can't get under that saddle in broad daylight.
You let me get this straight.
You want me to give you three dollars out of my pocket
so you can get a room with bed and sheets
while I sleep on the floor underneath a horse.
- Yeah. - You go to hell.
Suppose I slept under the horse with you.
- Will you feel any better? - It would make me happy, yeah.
What if it were the other way around?
But it never is the other way.
- You're not the color... - I know. I know.
It's just not the color that's sleeping this year.
Now, come on, Jason.
Now, you just remember.
You owe me for it.
- I owe you a dollar and half. - Whole three dollars.
I don't pay for half of any bed that I don't sleep in.
Now, you wait here, boy.
'Well, now, I seen everything.'
Lordie.
Who that scaring poor black folks near half dead?
'Ain't there enough folks ready to chain you up'
'without you chaining up your own self?'
Master Quincy, he-he say, "Jason", that's me.
"Why don't you go over to the livery stable
and lock your own self up?"
'He what?'
Look, here now, why don't you just come out of hiding
that a way so a buddy can see who you is?
Here I is.
'Up here.'
Howdy.
Well, howdy yourself.
- What are you doing in here? - Same as you.
Except, I didn't do it to myself.
Well, who did it then?
Young Master bring me into town for that sale tomorrow.
Hey, no fooling. I'm gonna be sold in that one myself.
I ain't never been sold before.
In fact, I ain't never even left home before this morning.
You're scared.
Why didn't you say so, girl?
'How come all of a sudden you talking different?'
Different?
There's plenty white folks talk more colored than you doin' now.
Ain't talkin' any different than I used
to back in Mississippi.
I'll be right there. You stay right there.
Hold it.
Okay.
Here I come.
Up the ladder.
There.
- Isn't that better? - Uh-huh.
- What's your name? - Naomi.
It'll be alright, Naomi.
You'll see.
- You ever been sold before? - Well, my dear.
You are talking to the world's leading
bought and sold expert.
- What's it like? - Uh, nothing to it.
You just stand there
while they walk around you, look you over.
Trying to figure out how much you're worth.
- What you reckon, I'm worth? - You?
Well, let's see.
Let me see your teeth. 350.
Open up.
- Oh, 400 maybe. - Dollars?
Certainly.
Why would anybody in his right mind
wanna to sell you anyway?
I don't know.
Young Master and me growed up together.
'We used to climb trees together.'
'We used to play games together.'
We even used to get ourselves scrubbed in the same tub.
How recent was that?
'When we was little, of course.'
He wasn't none too hard to get along with when we was little.
And how come he's selling you now?
Young Master's gone and taken hisself a wife.
She's the one said I had to go.
But I ain't never done nothing to her
so why you reckon she said that?
Can-can you see any reason why she don't want me
around there no more?
Why, yes indeed, sweetness.
I surely can.
'Will you give me that? What're you doing?'
- 'Let go.' - Come here.
And what may I ask is the meaning of this?
That question would sound a damn side more wholesome
if those weren't my pants you're holding onto.
- Those things are your pants? - You bet.
You certainly don't think I took them, do you?
What they do? Form an attachment for you on their own?
Well, if you must know.
A strange man ran out of this room and forced them on me.
And even now he's making good his escape while you stand here
falsely accusing me.
Oh, my God.
Look, lady. Don't you remember me?
Not from what I've seen so far.
How about now?
Oh, yeah.
You've been through my pockets more times today than I have.
Yeah, I guess I helped with that.
Can you think of one reason, why I don't have you arrested?
I could tell the sheriff what I read about you
and your slave back in Tennessee.
Name's Ginger, yours is...
Quincy Drew.
That's right. How do you do, Quincy Drew?
Howdy.
You happen to be mother naked. You gonna put any clothes on?
Ginger, we've got a few things to talk over. How about dinner?
Whose treat?
Mine. If you give me back my gold watch.
I'm sorry, I already hocked it.
How about my five dollar gold piece?
Tell you what I will do.
For five dollars, I'll buy what's left of that bath.
I already been partway in.
Are you the first?
As far as I know.
Five dollars. Is it a deal?
I'll let you have half of it for two fifty.
I'll take it.
Jason. Are you in here?
There's nobody here, but us livestock, Boss.
Tied yourself on the old bag?
A-ha! Don't tell me.
Besides providing a breathtaking panorama of a horse's ass
that this fine old establishment also provides break
Lordie Master Quincy
There ain't nobody that treats us poor black folks
better than he does.
Just..
Totaled all the bidders all the way down here
just so a buddy don't starve.
'Jason.'
Jason.
Now, that sure was a powerful big heart in him.
That's the truth. Yeah.
Jas, you can forget it. She knows.
Don't stop now, you're very good.
- Knows what, Master Quincy? - Who we are.
Wonderful..
- Honor among thieves. - Honor among thie..
She stole your watch.
- Not to mention the five... - Not to mention the...
He's like this every morning till he gets his coffee.
- Quincy, at least... - There are certain times...
If you men wanna fight about something I'd rather not see it.
I'll go and save us a place at the auction.
Oh, good luck, Jason.
What is this?
Hey, not worry about it. You can trust her.
Come on. She's as big a crook as you are.
- Don't be ridiculous. - Quincy, now I...
Look, Jason. I don't wanna talk about it.
- 'We'll talk about it later.' - Wait a minute, hold it.
There's something I want you to buy.
- What? - A girl.
- A girl? What girl? - A girl I met.
Oh, now, since when do I have to buy your bimbos for you?
She's not a bimbo.
Then what do you have to buy her for?
Because somebody else owns her.
Oh. You mean, she's a slave?
There are some real ones, you know.
But you..
- Wh-when did you meet her? - Last night.
She was, uh, tied up in the loft.
Oh, Jason.
Jason, have you thought about this?
Really thought about it?
I don't wanna marry her, I just wanna buy her.
But we're not in the buying people business.
We are in the selling people business.
I don't care how much she costs, I want her.
Not a bad idea. We can let you go as a couple.
- Forget it, Quincy. - Couples are a big item.
- We quitting today, remember? - Quitting?
Remember we agreed yesterday. Remember all the way back then?
- Oh, well... - Here. Better take a thousand.
Holy Moses. You think she's gonna go that high?
I hope not. It's my money.
- Well, how much we got left? - About 6,500.
Well, I sure hope you've figured out a new dodge.
- I'm a little young to retire. - I'll think of something.
Got something where you take some of the risk for a change.
It's gonna be our last touch, pal.
Make it a good one.
Oh, hey, Jas.
Don't you think you oughta tell me what she looks like
'so I'll know which one you want?'
Partner, I don't think you'll have any trouble.
'Plot number seven. A bonded house slave.'
'Female. Answers to Naomi.'
'Age 22. Trained to serve table.'
'And in every respect has a strictly good character.'
- '$400.' - I have an opening bid of $400.
400. 400. 400.
400 for a slave. 400 for a slave.
'400 looking for five. 400 looking for five.'
'Make it five. 400 looking for five.'
'400 looking for five.'
'Four for five. Four looking for five.'
'Make it five. Make it five. Four for five.'
'Make it five and look alive.'
And that's what I call a pretty girl.
- 500. - 'Five it is. Five for six.'
- 600. - 650.
Quincy.
- Can you keep a secret? - No, but tell me anyway.
It's Jason's birthday tomorrow
and he already has a gold collar button.
You spend that kind of money for a friend?
'750.'
What are friends for? $1000.
Excuse me, sir. A thousand dollars?
Yeah, that is correct. Yes, sir.
Sold. One thousand dollars cash. Please, see the clerk.
- I'll be right back. - No, take your time.
- I've got a few things to do. - Don't be too long.
Chances are we'll be leaving town in kind of a hurry.
Here. That sure am some powerful lotta money you done spend
for one little bitty old gal.
Don't you fret, boy. I'm sure she's worth it.
Lot number seven. A girl.
Yes, sir. $1000 in cash.
Mr. Courtney has the papers.
Here you are, sir.
She likes sweet potatoes and molasses.
'Here you are Mr. Courtney. 1000 minus 15 percent'
fee as in commission.
Your lot will be kept here until the completion
of the day's sale.
'Ladies and gentlemen, plot number eight.'
'A bonded trade slave. Male. '
Answers to Jason.
Age 31.
'Trained as a bill write and a barber.'
'Understands perfectly well the management of horses.'
Can't read, but can sign his name.
And unquestionable when it comes to honesty and sobriety.
'750.'
I have an opening bid of $750. 750. 750.
- 750 looking for eight. - 800.
'800 it is. 800 for slave. 800 looking for nine.'
- 900. - '900 looking for ten.'
'Ten separates the boys from the men.'
'Asking ten. Asking ten.'
I'd stay out of this if I were you, Sam Cudlipp.
It's a public auction, William.
1500.
- '16.' - '17.'
2000.
Two thou..
- 21. - 22.
- 23. - 24.
I won't tell you again, Sam Cudlipp.
You're only doing this to get even for that horse
'I outsmarted you with.'
'It's your bid, William.'
- 3000. - 31.
- 32. - 33.
3500.
Well, now that does seem like a right fair price, William.
I think I'll let you have him.
I beat him again.
You should've known better than to start something
that you couldn't finish, Sam Cudlipp.
It did finish, William.
I came to this cash sale without a penny in my pocket.
'3500 going once.'
3500 going twice.
3500 third and last...
- 'It's John Brown himself.' - 'Are you sure?'
'I was up in Palaway the day he killed five men in cold blood.'
Here me, O Israel.
As thy children were delivered from bondage
so too will my children know freedom.
My children.
From this time forward and for all time..
...so are you free.
Free?
Jason!
If there should be any man who tries to follow and overtake us.
Move!
'For sure is such a man, will this day'
'be delivered unto his Maker.'
To the new Jerusalem.
'Ginger!'
- Ginger. - Are you calling me, Billy?
Did you see a good lookin' woman run in here?
I sure did, Billy. About 14 years ago.
She's been kinda scarce ever since.
If you see one, tell her I was lookin' for her.
I had to leave in a hurry.
And thanks for the use of the stable.
- You can keep that burro. - 'That's mighty nice of you.'
'My name ain't Billy.'
O'tee wana hatta kami kanu.
Do you speak in English, Chief?
I said, pay or face, sure took his own sweet time gettin' here.
Hiya, Quince.
Did I scare you?
Quince.
You mind not saying anything for a minute or two?
Oh, sure.
You-you're sore, aren't you?
- No, no. I'm not. - Yes, you are.
I can tell when you're sore.
Hey, that was pretty good the way you talked Indian.
- You liked that? - Where did you learn that?
Oh, I made it up.
You didn't?
There wasn't one real word of Indian in the whole thing.
Really?
Unless, I hit on a couple by accident, of course.
That's, let me hear you do it again.
- Oh, no. - Come on, do it again.
No, no. I just can't get up and do something like that.
- Do it again, I wanna hear it. - No, what?
Go on.
Alright.
- It was better before. - What do you mean?
Well, it just wasn't as good that time.
Well, you weren't s-surprised. You were expecting it.
Hey, why don't you just sneak up behind me like you did before?
- Go on. - Oh, like..
You just do, what you were doing.
Alright. I-I'm gonna ignore you completely. I just..
You just try to forget that I'm here.
Alright.
O'tee wana hatta kami... A-ah, Quincy!
Well..
You see. You were sore.
Well, what do you expect, huh?
Been runnin' all over the damn territory worried half to death
about you and you... how did you get away from him?
Well, they weren't expecting anybody to run out on them.
So when we crossed the field of tall Indian corn
I just...dropped off the wagon.
Where did you get those duds?
Indians don't have much con sense.
Guess, it's just a waste of time worryin' about you, isn't it?
Hey, what did you do with that girl you bought?
She'll be alright, I guess.
- The farther she gets away. - So will we.
'Hey, Jason. What would you say if we left Kansas, right now?'
Ho-ho, partner. Right now would be a good thing.
We can probably be in Missouri by dark.
'There's a couple of little towns over there.'
- Hold it, Quincy. - Huh?
Hold it, Quincy! Now, why would we want to be back in Missouri?
- You wanna be outta Kansa, eh? - Many places are outta Kansas.
Look at a map, you'd see that Missouri
is on a straight line to Chicago.
It's no good. Now, Quincy, you agreed, we'd quit.
And you agreed, we'd turn one more trip first.
We did. It turned sour.
And it wasn't my fault. I'm not taking anymore chances.
Oh, what chances? We'd be hittin' a part of the state
we never hit before. A couple of towns...
No deal, Quincy! No deal! I'm taking the long way.
Well, then, you can take it alone.
Yeah? Well, I've done it before.
If that's the way it is, we better split up the goods.
Alright.
It's less the $1000 I owe you plus the $3 that you owe me.
- That leaves, uh, $2253. - Let's forget about the 1000.
Whatever happened back there happened to the both of us.
Nothing doing, Quincy. A debt is a debt.
- Well, I'm cancelin' the debt. - Thanks.
Then you can forget about the $3.
Thanks.
- What's that? - I don't know.
"Dear Quincy, This is one bath you'll have to take
all by yourself. Love Gi.."
Damn it!
Please, Master Quincy. I don't need three meals a day.
One. Now, that's plenty for me.
Yes, maybe I forgot to mention, he's as loyal as a hound dog.
- Well, who'll make me an offer? - I'll say 200.
200?
Over at Charleston I heard a prime field hand like this
goin' for 2000.
Now, I told you once before. I rarely pay more than 200.
'Incase you forgot'
'Plunkett's the name, and slaves are my game.'
You're mistaken mister, we've never met before.
I got a memory for faces.
Now.
I know the 200 don't sound like a whole lot to you.
'Marching a whole bunch of niggers down South in chains'
'ain't all profit.'
'What with a fourth, maybe a third dyin' off'
'before you get there?'
Please, Master Quincy.
I don't wanna go off for nobody else, exceptin' you.
And that's the truth.
Well, alright, Jason.
I reckon that you feel that way, I can't part with ya.
I'm sorry, I changed my mind. The sale is off.
Hey, mister. What's your hurry?
That man offered you 200, I'll offer you 300.
Now, that's fair price, sir.
Nobody in his right mind will pay anymore...
- 400. - Four.
- Mister? - No, I don't think so.
I think, I'll pass.
Did I mention that he's got all his own teeth?
Sold. For $400.
You had no call selling me off that way, Master Quincy.
I never done, did you no offence!
Why, you ungrateful nigger?
- Hey, five on the nigger. - Your on.
Watch the men. Watch the door.
'Come on Hit him.'
Come on, Jason. Let's go.
That's them, sheriff. Arrest them.
Hold it, right there.
I bought that nigger fair and square
and I got the paper to prove it.
You thought you got away with something.
Nobody diddles Henry P. Bonner.
You got something to say, mister.
Uh, Mr. Bonner is right, sheriff.
- He bought him fair and square. - You're right, I did.
Uh, just a minute, sheriff.
The fact is, I bought him, too. Just now.
And all them there people saw it.
That's right, sheriff.
- I agreed to pay him $400 cash. - That's how much I paid for.
Well, I, rightly sure, I know what to do now.
Mr. Bonner's got the prior claim, sir. That's the law.
- Oh, don't tell me the law. - Uh, excuse me, sheriff.
I think I know how to settle this whole thing pretty quick.
'I'm listening.'
Well, since I'm still willin' to pay $400 for that there nigger.
Why don't I just pay it over to Mr. Bonner, instead?
- Well, I don't know. - You don't wanna do that.
No, hold on to him. He's worth it, hold on to him.
- Mister, you got a deal. - Now, wait.
Well, I reckon he's all yours now.
Thank you, sheriff.
Keep away from me, everybody keep away.
I'm not a slave. Now, I'm a freeman, same as you.
I was born a freeman.
Keep away, I tell you. Everybody keep away.
Quincy, for Christ's sake, do something, Quincy.
Quincy, tell 'em who I am. Tell 'em that I'm not a slave.
- Hang him. - Better hang him now.
Quincy Drew, you got a visitor.
- Yeah. - 'Your wife's here to see ya.'
Wife?
My wife?
Hello, Quincy.
It's me.
Aren't you gonna kiss me, hello?
Go away.
Oh, Quincy, you don't mean that.
Not after I've come all this way to see you.
Go away.
- Oh, you see. - Kiss your wife, Drew.
'Or I'll make you sorry you're anybody's husband.'
Oh, please, Quincy. Just once. For the baby.
For heaven sake.
Ow. Ow...Ging...huh. Ging...now, stop that!
I'm sorry, ma'am. Sometimes they are just not themselves.
Prison can do that to a man.
Oh, no. He was always like that.
- Well, goodbye, Quincy. - Yeah, goodbye, right.
- Oh, Quincy! - What's the matter with you?
- Cut it out. Now, stop it. - Please.
- Get your - You promised you'd come back.
Take her away, will ya?
- Come on, miss. Come, ma'am. - You said you love me!
He said he loved me and he wanted the baby and he ran away
and didn't come back.
Crazy little woman. What's the matt...
It's alright.
They went on by.
I was clear to Selena..
...before I heard about what happened to you and Jason.
- He's in all the newspapers. - Yeah.
Oh, Quincy, I felt awful bad about..
No, no. It wasn't your fault.
Jason tried to talk me out of it.
I wouldn't listen to him... as usual.
I conned him into it.
Like I always con him.
'First time I met him, I conned him. Sold him a horse.'
'What's wrong with that?'
- 'Sheriff's horse.' - I see.
Next time I saw him was in... Dupont, Pennsylvania.
'He was thrown in jail for selling treasure maps'
'and I was already there for dabbling in the mystic arts'
'of the east.'
- What? - Telling fortunes in a tent.
'We passed the time profitably by keeping in shape.'
'And when we got out of jail... we left town together.'
And you've been selling him ever since?
Oh, hell, no. No, we've tried every dodge there is.
Oh, there was... galli, nicker, barnaby.
Oh, God.
Pokamoke, brass and switch, the big mit.
Well, hell, I can't even remember 'em all.
Now, it wasn't till we came on this little old skin game
we started cleanin' up.
- You gonna go after him? - I suppose so.
- Might take years. - I got nothin' else to do.
Neither have I.
What do you mean by that?
Can I come with you?
You know... you really had no right..
...liftin' every penny we had.
I've given most of it back, haven't I?
Well, that's not the point. I mean, how could you do it
after...well, after everything that happened?
- Why, what happened? - What you mean, what happened?
You know damn well, what happened.
Oh, we had a good time, what else?
Oh, good time. That what it was to you?
Oh, what's wrong with a good time?
I mean, it's better than a toothache
or falling down and hurtin' yourself.
Suppose, you didn't realize I was thinking highly of you.
How could you do that? The first time we met, I stole your watch.
- Then, I stole your pants. - That was the..
That was before we got to know each other.
Oh. So that's it.
So that's what?
I swear to you, Quincy
that stealing all of your money was in no way, whatsoever
an adverse comment on your talents as a man.
Matter of fact, you happen you happen to be very good..
...in the tub. Very good.
The next day, I just figured, it was over, that's all.
I never said it was over, did I?
Men never do. They just start acting rotten
till the lady kinda figures it out for herself.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'll let you know.
Well, can I come with you?
You know, I've never worked with a partner but..
...maybe its time I did.
So till you get your old one back
you mind letting me stick around?
- I know one thing. - What?
You're sure pretty on the ears.
Softer too.
- Does that tickle? - Yeah, but it's nice.
You promise you wont steal anything?
No.
I think, we oughta' do this for another half hour
and then we start looking for Jason.
Alright, hold 'em up in there.
Chins up, eyes down, form straight line, look smart.
A good day to you, Mr. Calloway, a good day.
Ms. Elizabeth, Ms. Emaline.
What kinda niggers you got in mind? House, field...
- House. - House.
Let me see what I got for ya'.
Simon, I wont be needing you today. Send Mr. Bass over.
Here we are. These two are house niggers, Mr. Calloway.
Man and wife, real prime too.
Bought 'em in auction at St. Louis, from a rich widow
who had no one to leave 'em to.
I paid mighty dear for them, I can tell ya'. She...
Plunkett, you never paid dear for your whole life.
You wouldn't be saving these house niggers just because
they bring a dime more than fieldhands.
Ah, I don't operate that way, Mr. Calloway.
- Like hell you don't. - You get someone better, buy.
Here, take a look at them hands. Here, show him your hands.
'Told you that was no fieldhand.'
How much?
'Mr. Calloway, I paid $1500 for 'em as a couple.'
'Plus feeding and tending 'em'
for over two long months, while bring 'em here to Texas.
Counting the five I lost along the way...
- How much, Plunkett? - Thousand a piece.
- I'll give you $700. - 'I paid more myself.'
- '$800, my last offer.' - Make it nine. It's a deal.
- Done. - Cut 'em loose.
$900 it is, for the girl.
Oh, wait a minute. How about the buck?
- I don't need him. - Wait.
'You don't suppose I'd break 'em up, do you?'
'They're man and wife.'
You'd sell your own wife if there was a dime's profit in it.
No...no. It just wouldn't be right.
Alright, I'll take him too. But for $800.
- Deal? - Done.
Meet the book-keeper at home for the money.
Thanks, Mr. Calloway. Move 'em out!
Give my regards to Mrs. Calloway.
Cut my tongue out first, Plunkett.
This is Mr. Bass, he's our overseer here.
I'm a fair man, I give my black people no cause for complain.
But if something does happen that you reckon is unfair
you tell old Uncle Abram there
he's in charge of the manor.
'And he'll decide whether or not to tell me.'
Mr. Bass, show 'em where they belong.
Let's go.
- Mr. Calloway. - Hey.
Bass! Its alright, Bass.
Excuse me, Mr. Calloway, but there's been a terrible mistake.
It's clear you're a fair man, and as a fair man
you'll appalled by the grievous injustice committed against me
by Plunkett. I'm not a slave, sir, never been.
I was born Jason O'Rourke in the Garden State of New Jersey
where slavery hasn't existed for four generations.
How I fell into Plunkett's hands and arrived in this condition
is a story as violent sorted, as any you might imagine.
As you are familiar with Plunkett, need I say more.
That's the goddamnedest thing I ever heard.
I hope you'll allow me to reimburse you for the money
you spent on me with a small profit, for being so fair
and understanding.
The goddamnedest thing I ever heard.
I've never heard a negro talk like that.
The New Jersey accent...sometimes...little..
If I ever hear it again, I'm gonna blow your black ass off.
'Understand me, boy?'
Yes, boss. Sure do.
No, I don't think you do understand.
Mr. Bass, you better show him what I mean.
Move it up, straighten it up there. Straighten that
rope over. come on over. Give it in there, give it in.
That's fine. Take over to your right.
You want anything done around here, you gotta do it yourself.
If you want it done right.
Hello, Captain.
I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Pennypacker.
Name's Dr. Nathaniel Mountjoy. U.S. Army Medical Corp.
- My assistant, Nurse Blodget. - Ma'am.
It is come to the U.S. Army's attention that you've been
using slaves in the construction of your telegraph line.
What do you expect? I gotta connect up Memphis
and New Orleans before the year end.
That's over 400 miles of wire, Captain.
What was the Army expecting me to use?
- Buncha damn tree squirrels? - Mr. Pennypacker.
There is no need to use that kinda' language
in front of Nurse Blodget now, is there?
I'm sorry, ma'am.
The U.S. Army doesn't mind you using slaves Mr. Pennypacker.
U.S. Army only minds you using infected slaves.
- Infected? Infected with what? - The pest, Mr. Pennypacker.
- The pest? What pest? - The spasmodic lung pest.
- Holy Christ... - Mr. Pennypacker!
- Oh, I'm sorry, ma'am. - Now, fortunately.
We have managed to isolate the carrier of this rare disease
last known to be the property of a man named Plunkett.
- Plunkett? - Oh, you know him.
Know him? I bought a buck from him not more than a month ago.
You hear that, Abigail? It might be the same one.
Captain Mountjoy, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could divert
this ghastly epidemic?
If it is the man we're after Mr. Pennypacker, I'm afraid
we'll have to quarantine him until the serum arrives.
In other words, Mr. Pennypacker, you wont mind if we take him?
Mind? I don't care if you keep the black bastard...
- Mr. Pennypacker! - I'm sorry, ma'am.
Now please, would you just mind pointing him out to us?
Yeah, he's uh...he's right over there. Yeah.
Aye, boy! Hey! Boy!
Son of a bitch.
Hey, be careful. Oh, what the hell is in there, anyways?
Smells like its been, dead for a long time.
It's good medicine, Jason. It'll fix you up
so your skin is just like leather.
- I don't want leather skin. - Yes, you do.
Especially on your back.
- Who the hell are they? - That's Ned and Viney.
- They came by to help. - I don't need any help.
You need more than help, you need lessons.
- Oh, what kinda' lessons? - Slave lessons.
You're crazy!
Maybe, you know plenty about buying and selling
but you don't know nothing about being.
I don't wanna' see you hurt no more, Jason.
Alright, alright, I'm listening.
Well Jason, the first thing to remember
is when your job is done, get yourself out of sight.
The second thing, never work too quick.
The quicker you work, the quicker you get the job done
the quicker, he'll find something else for you to do.
Alright, stay out of sight and don't hurry. What else?
Don't say too much, Jason.
Just yes', no's, that's enough.
Under no condition, don't ever look no white folks in the eye.
There's nothing makes a white man meaner, that niggers looking
at them straight in the eye.
- That's a fact, Jason. - What should I look at then?
Just keep your eye on ol' Abram.
'He's the only one allowed to speak'
'without him being spoke to first.'
- 'Abram?' - Yes, sir?
- More apple sauce. - Yes, sir.
Ms. Emaline, it don't do no good keep pushing 'em greens all over
your plate that a way. Now, you ain't getting up from this table
'unless it's all gone, and you knows it.'
Momma, tell Uncle Abram to leave off his nagging.
Oh, Emaline honey, Uncle Abram's only interested
in your well being.
Momma, what do you suppose Jason's interested in?
Hush up, Elizabeth.
Jason! Get on to the bar and fetch some drying pack.
And make sure it's dry. Of course, Master he don't
like smoking no green leaf.
Master don't like smoking no green leaf.
How would Master like to smoke my black ass?
Oh, Emaline, I'm only interested in your well being.
"What do you supposed Jason is interested in, momma?"
Get out.
God Almighty!
Cannibals.
Cannibals!
- 'Cannibals!' - What in the world..
- 'Cannibals!' - Jason, what's wrong?
The bar's crawling with cannibals.
Didn't you hear me? Headhunters have taken over the barn.
He must have seen the Songhais.
What the hell are Songhais?
- 'Where they come from?' - 'Where we all come from, boy.'
'Africa.'
'No Africans coming now, it's against the law for 50 years.'
'Maybe so, but they're still doing it. I know that.'
'Through Charleston mostly.'
'Do you think they understand what they're saying?'
'They don't understand nothing. Them is the dumbest bunch of'
'niggers you ever did see.'
'What do you mean?'
Look at them...squatting there every night, all hunched up
and as naked as they can be.
Never say nothing, not even to themselves.
Not even when they're catchin' a lickin'.
- What's that name you call 'em? - Songhai.
That's what Lord South calls them.
- What's it mean? - Where they from.
Like, Viney and me, being Aghulas.
And ol' Abram, being a Shanty.
How about you, Jason? Where are you from?
- New Jersey. - New Jersey.
Hey, wait a minute, Ned. There's something I don't understand.
If they're no good for anything, then why did Calloway buy them?
I never said they was no good. They're good, alright.
- At what? - Horse flush, boy.
What I mean is, they sure do know about horses.
'Wait till you see them work on the wild one'
'just brought in from the range.'
And leprosy is as dread a disease is as known to man.
And probably the most contagious.
Oh, not probably, it is the most contagious.
There's a case on record of a leper infecting the entire
nation of Barliman.
- Why, I never heard of it. - That's what I mean.
How does it affect you, reverend?
- It's too hideous to describe. - Mercy them. Don't tell me.
First, your skin begins to flake
and then turn a ghastly shade of green.
Well, we ain't got no flaky green niggers around here.
That's only in the late stages.
'Oh, Jason shouldn't be that far gone yet.'
What were you looking at, reverend?
Huh...oh nothing. Nothing.
Yonder comes the nigger I bought from Plunkett.
Hold it right there, Renny. This is him, alright.
Hold it right there. Take off your hat, boy.
'This is him.'
Is it him? Is it him? Is that...
- Calm yourself. It's not him. - Oh, thank the Lord.
- Amen. - Amen.
I think you better check him over, nurse, just to make sure?
- Just to make sure about what? - That he hasn't been exposed.
Exposed? What he... wh-what do you mean, reverend?
- What do you... - Excuse me.
He don't look exposed to me.
That's one of the difficulties in the early stages.
Sometimes, the symptoms don't show up.
'Cough, please.'
'Excellent.'
I've known it to take as long as a year to show up.
And then when they do, it's too late.
I once knew a man who's walking around as healthy as you or I.
One morning, he woke up, got out of bed and..
...his nose fell off.
Well, if he's been exposed, it's too early to tell.
I think we'd better be moving along.
I wouldn't worry about him, I'd say it's 8 out of 19 chances
that he's alright.
Get him out of here. I don't want him hanging around
here infecting us all. Go on, get..
Mr. Claggart, if he's going infect you, he already has
'and I'm afraid there's nothing, you can do about it.'
Well, there's got to be something.
What is it? There's something there isn't there?
Oh no, no nothing at all.
'I think we best be getting on.'
And I want you to know that I'm almost sure that you probably
have...next to nothing to worry about.
Wait...isn't there something you can do for it?
- Well... - I'm afraid not.
There is too something, ain't there?
Yeah, you too been living with a whole colony of them
how come you two don't have it?
- Oh, we've had the serum... - What serum?
- The serum that's made... - It's very rare and expensive.
- Oh, well, give us that. - I'd like to, Mr. Claggart...
Out of the question. We barely have enough left for the colony.
I'll pay. How much is it?
Mr. Claggart, money has no value to servants of the Lord.
Look, I want some of that stuff. I'll pay anything.
'There's a good chance, you won't need it.'
'I don't care, I want some if it.'
One moment, please.
What is it?
What's the matter?
I guess we could use some money
to build a new bunk-house at the colony.
- How much? - Uh..
- How much! - $500.
- $500? Wh... - Pay it, pay it!
'There's not five hund... what are you...'
How would you men like to get out of here?
What do you say?
Escape.
Escape, uh...freedom.
Mexico only a hundred.. 150 miles away.
Nothing.
Only quiet.
Not a word, not a syllable.
Alright.
Let's try escape again.
Es-cape.
Escape. Escape. Freedom.
Freedom. Freedom. Freedom!
You men are my best chance of getting outta here.
Songhai.
Memikumba.
No, no, no, Memikumba. No, no, no.
Oh, goddamn.
This leprosy business beats the hell
outta slave business, I'll tell you that.
You can work at any time, any-o-where.
It's really fantastic.
What about after we find Jason?
Well, I've been working on a way to fit Jason into this.
Maybe we could make him up as a leper.
You know, as an example of what it can do to you.
- You think he'd go for that? - He'll love it.
After being a slave, a leper will be a walk in a park.
Ah, Jason is a great slave though.
I mean, not just good, he was great.
Get that shuffle goin' and roll those eyes.
He was perfect.
One of the most gifted, natural, calm man I ever saw.
You do alright yourself, you do one of the best preaches.
Well, thank you.
My mother will be happy to know, all her early training
didn't go to waste.
I do think we ought to give up the prayer meetings, though.
It's a lotta trouble and the take isn't that big.
Yeah, I suppose.
Just that I enjoyed doing 'em.
I keep hoping we run into a catholic or two.
What for?
I'd love to hear a confession.
And the lord said, "If thou "will diligently harken
to the voice of Lord."
- Sugar? - Two, please.
And will do that with his right in his sight and give ear..
To good health, father.
Yeah, you too.
That's him, that's the one. Stand back, don't touch him.
Margaret.
What can I do, Margaret?
Not only a slave, but a slave with leprosy.
Not bad, huh? All you gotta do is act like a leper for a while.
That shouldn't be too difficult.
You're not looking too good anyway. You're thinner.
Yeah, the food does get a little monotonous.
Yeah, well, there's worse things than that, I guess.
Quincy, this is the worst thing there is.
The worst thing in the world.
Once we collect for the colony, and get the money for the serum
we'll take off.
Not quite. What about Naomi?
Huh?
You mean, you don't remember Naomi?
Why should I remember Naomi?
Because you shelled out a thousand dollars
of my money for her, that's why.
- Oh, Naomi, right. Up in the... - Up in the sand.
Oh, yeah.
- What about her? - Oh, she's here.
Plunkett sold us as a couple.
That dirty crook, that was my idea.
Yeah, well, I'm not leaving here without her.
- Oh, jeez, I don't know. - I do.
Either she comes with us, or I don't go at all.
Oh, alright, don't get surly.
See, Plunkett sold you both as a couple.
May have been in close contact. Obviously exposed.
That'll work. Take a little longer, but we can manage.
Right, now, before you got here, I started working on a little
escape plan of my own.
- Like what? - It's in the barn, come on.
Hey, wait a minute. You can't go out there. You're in isolation.
Well, how can you fix it, so we can go to the barn?
- Quarantine. - What?
Yeah, I'll make him send all the cow hands up to line shack.
Put the whole place in quarantine.
You stop right there. No matter what happens, stay calm.
- Jason, would you mind... - Ya hamakunda.
Jesus Christ! Hey, Jason, call 'em off! Call 'em off!
Say hello to O'Rourke ranger.
Do you think they'd mind, if I moved?
Oh, sorry.
Where did you learn their lingo?
I didn't.
What was all that mahabusiness?
Well, I wasn't getting anywhere in English
so I made up words that sounded better
and they really went for 'em. Hey, watch this one.
What the hell is goin' on?
Jason, what's that? What are they doing? Jas?
Jason.
Oh, but they won't hurt you. Not unless I say...
Well, don't say it. And tell 'em to turn me loose.
- Pretty good, huh? - Oh, that was just great-great.
What'd you say?
I don't know. But every time I say, it sure tickles 'em.
Who-who are they, Jason?
I read about them in a book in Calloway's library.
They come from a tribe called Songhai
which used to rule this great African empire.
How come they listen to you?
They never make a move without their chief.
- He didn't make the trip. - You're fillin' in for him?
Right. You're looking at the new chief.
Oh, I bet you are.
Oh, that's wonderful, Jason. I'm very impressed.
At ease, men.
If it's not too much trouble, you think we could collect
our money and get your girl and get the hell outta here?
Now, wait a minute, Quincy.
- We can't leave them here. - We can't what?
They've gotta come with us.
But, Jason, I didn't come all the way down here to emancipate
the colored population of Texas.
I came down here to get you because you're my partner
and I owe it to you. I'm willing to include your woman.
'Cause after all, a woman's a woman.
- I draw the line at savages. - They aren't savages.
I don't care if they're doctors of philosophy.
I don't want 'em along. They'll just get in the way.
Well, I'm sorry, Quincy.
But either they come or I don't.
Jason...how many times you gonna put it to me like that?
Like what?
Either, or. Now, you got no call sayin' that to me.
I didn't come down here with any conditions.
I'm not making any now.
You say they gotta come. Alright, they gotta come.
But it's gonna be a hell of a lot tougher.
Why? You've put the whole place under quarantine, why don't we
get Naomi, and your friend, what's her name?
- The thief, and get out. - Without the money?
Quincy, for once, let's not press our luck.
Don't press our luck? Now, I gotta buy horses
for this whole crowd. Horses don't come cheap.
Well, what do you mean, buy? Callaway's loaded with 'em.
How do you suggest we get 'em?
Even Callaway won't believe horses with leprosy.
I realize that larceny is far into your nature, but I thought
we'd steal them and ride out to Mexico.
You know how those Texas slave patrols chase after runaways?
- How? - I'll tell you.
Each man takes three horses. When the first one gets tired
he slips on to the second, the second gets tired he...
Alright, alright. Now, what's your idea?
Well, we leave them here, collect the money and go.
I didn't think you'd like it.
Damn that Jason. I don't know what the hell's gotten into him.
If I understand, the problem is getting enough changes of
horses to get you into Mexico ahead of the patrols, right?
- Right. - Well, the answer's simple.
I go ahead, buy the horses, station them at various places
along the way, and meet you in Mexico, simple?
- You don't like it? - I don't like it.
Why?
Because I'd have to give you all this money..
...to buy the horses, and then trust you to buy them.
Quincy, you mean, you still don't trust me.
It's not you I don't trust, honey. It's the money.
It begins to act very strangely when it's in your possession.
Particularly when it's not yours.
Part of it is mine.
It's not the part that worries me.
I will overlook the fact that you've hurt
and offended me very deeply.
And remind you that you have limited alternatives.
- I have plenty of alternatives. - Name one.
Well, we could forget about Jason, go to Mexico
and have a wonderful time.
It's much more serious than I thought.
We'll have to examine everyone on the ranch to see who's
within help of the serum and who'll go to the colony.
- How serious is it? - I can't say as yet.
I'd like to send the nurse for some help and extra serum.
If she can get it, I think everything will be alright.
By all means, send it.
She'll need $500 to buy the serum.
- $500 dollars? - Oh, Howard, please.
So far we're alright.
We just gotta give Ginger a couple of days.
This is the same Ginger, the Ginger who stole our money?
- That's the one. - There's nothing to worry.
For a minute, I thought it was gonna be someone honest
someone who we could trust.
- Are you out of your mind? - We can trust her.
How do you figure that?
I've been wrong about her twice before, right?
- Right. - So I gotta be right once.
Wrong.
'Mr. Calloway!'
Mr. Calloway!
- Plunket, I'm gonna kill you. - 'Wait a minute.'
Seems to be a ruckus outside.
Goddamn it, Mr. Calloway. I can explain everything.
Grab him.
You dare lay a hand on a servant of the Lord.
It's heresy.
You'll be damned.
Lightning will fall from the sky and blaze up..
Tie 'em to that post.
Now, don't kill 'em, there's a reward for 'em.
Any man that consorts with niggers
'deserves to be treated like one.'
- Mr. Bass, 50. - 50.
Oh, my God.
Get them.
Alright, now, you guys get back.
Now, let me go, Let me go.
- 'You alright, Quincy?' - 'I guess so.'
Jason!
Alright, Jason, stop. That's enough.
We gotta get outta here. Come on Jason, we gotta go. Let's go.
Naomi. Songhais.
Anybody else wanna come?
There's no way we can do that, Jason.
- 'Ned, Viney.' - I'll come with you.
Abram.
Have you lost your mind?
How are we gonna take all these people?
Follow me, follow..
Where are the horses, Quincy?
Oh, they're around here, someplace.
Then why can't we see them?
I mean, horses are usually something you can see.
Can't believe, she let us down. I just can't believe it.
Oh, me too. I'm shocked.
- A girl of her reputation... - Would you shut up, Jason?
I should've known she wouldn't leave 'em long without water.
Never doubted her for a minute.
Ah, what? I-I mean..
Those negros, Senorita. Those negros.
Oh, those negros, they're here. Isn't that wonderful?
Jason and everybody look like they're flapping.
Cheers to Mexico.
Hey, Jason, Jason, come here I wanna talk to you.
- Been working on a new game. - What sorta game?
You know that gold rush they got going in Pikes Peak?
What's that?
Northwest of Jefferson territory?
I figure, if it's still fresh enough, if we can get outta here
and boost a little real estate.
- How does it sound? - Sounds alright.
We get started tomorrow, we could be there
by the first of month.
Yeah, maybe you better get started without me
and I'll catch up with you as soon as I can.
- What do you mean? - Just can't leave right now.
Why not?
What do you expect me to do with them?
Turn them lose the way you did all those horses we were on?
Why not? You got 'em here in one piece, it's safe now.
What more you want?
I gotta get 'em settled some place.
So they could start taking care of themselves.
Abram can take care of 'em. That's the least he can do.
Don't you wanna come, Jas?
Of course I want to, but you'll just have to wait.
You're not cut out to be a missionary anymore than I am.
We're a couple of conmen.
You'll end up stealing their first month's wages.
What makes you think so?
'Cause it's probably what I'd do, we're like brothers.
Except for one little thing. One small, little difference.
And because of that, I can be bought and sold like a horse.
And you can do the buying and the selling.
You know, horseback riding is a bore.
Oh, this is not horseback riding. This is travelling.
Travelling is something you do in a stagecoach or a train
or a boat.
Why don't we take a train in the next town?
Trains cost money.
I don't wanna buy one, I just wanna ride on it for a while.
They still cost money.
We got saddle bags full of money.
We got saddle bags full of $14.59 cents.
- We've got $3000 in there. - Jason took it.
What do you mean, Jason took it?
Very craftily, and with great stealth, in the middle of the
night, Jason crept up to our saddle bags and stole the money.
That son of a bitch.
- How is it you know about it? - I saw him do it.
- You saw him do it? - Yup.
- And you just let him? - Yup.
- You didn't do anything? - Nope, like what?
Like, you might have reminded him that it was our money.
Well, I figured after everything he'd gone through
all the suffering, that he deserved it.
Suffering.
We're gonna suffer riding these horses all the way to Chicago.
- I got the bank book. - What bank book?
To Jason's and my account in Chicago wherein lies $10,000.
- You mean this bank book? - Where'd you get that?
You're so careless with your money, always leave it lying
around in your wallet.
- Ginger, give me the bank book. - I'll hold it a while.
I don't believe you.
You don't trust me, you think I'm gonna run off and leave you?
Don't be silly, that thought never occurred to me.
No, it's simply that I've always found the best way
to hold a man is to get a firm grip on his bank book.
Ginger.