He's wearing a Meeker iron.
Teeler All right, but the next one up's another Diego.
Brand him. Put the iron on all of 'em, Teeler. Anything you see, slap it with a 'Red River D' and burn it deep.
You're gonna wind up branding every rump in the state of Texas except mine.
Hand me that iron, Teeler. You don't think I'd do it, do ya?
Matt, I'm goin' to Missouri with every steer, cow, and bull that I can lay my hands on.
I think Meeker might be real pleased to see our brand on his stock.
That I'll argue with Meeker.
Teeler A man can't eat this kind of food. After we lost another grub wagon, we should have turned back.
Well, we didn't turn back and we're not goin' to. And even if we had, I couldn't replace what we lost. I'm broke. Got nothin' to buy it with. So you're on short rations and bad coffee. And you're gonna be until we finish the drive. And you're gonna finish it...Like it or not, that's it.
Get down off them horses. I don't favor lookin' up to the likes of you...That's better. You should be crawlin'. Cherry, I sent you out after three of 'em. You brought back two.
Bill Kelsey figured he'd rather fight. Made a good one of it for a while.
Laredo, Teeler, you signed on for the drive and you signed on to finish it.
Laredo That's right, we did.
You stole beans and flour, and cartridges. Besides bein' deserters, you're common thieves.
Laredo The law might see it different...
I'm the law. You're a thief! You too, Teeler. Anything more?
Teeler I know what you're gonna do to us, but first I wanna tell ya somethin'.
Teeler You're crazy. You've been drinkin' and you ain't been sleepin'. If you ain't crazy, you're a skin close to it.
Teeler No. You wanna get this herd to market. Well, so do all of us. There's a good way to Abilene, but you won't listen to that. No. You want to drive to Missouri when you got the high, low, and jack against ya. I ain't through yet. This herd don't belong to you. It belongs to every poor hopin' and prayin' cattleman in the whole wide state. I shouldn't have run away. I should've stayed and put a bullet in ya. I signed a pledge, sure, but you ain't the man I signed it with.
Teeler Yeah. Now you can get your Bible and read over us after you shoot us.
You're not going to hang them.
Teeler Give me that gun. Somebody give me - I'll kill him. Let me go! He was gonna kill me! He wasn't gonna give me a chance - [Matt slaps him]
Turn him loose. Cherry, give me that gun. Here's what you've been trying for. All right, use it! Go on, you got what you wanted. What are you waiting for? If you don't want to live, all you have to do is - You're a lucky man, Teeler. This is how close it came.
Teeler Matt, we're gettin' as crazy as he is. [Teeler returns the gun to Matt]
Keep it. You want to finish the drive?
Teeler Where are we goin'?
Teeler Who's headin' it?
Buster What about Dunson?
He stays here. We're takin' the herd.
Teeler That's good enough for me.
You was wrong, Mr. Dunson. I've been with ya a lot of years. And up till now, right or wrong, I've always done like ya said. Got to be kind of a habit with me, I guess, 'cuz that's why I'm stayin' with ya.
Thanks. Thanks for makin' it easy on me. All right, men, I'll be comin' with you.
Throw 'em on the trail, start driving. Buster, you wait here till I get back. [He rides off to help round up the herd]
If you come lookin' for me, Mr. Dunson, I'll be in Abilene.
