Middle of Nowhere Page #2

to the Indians.

You have come this far.

No farther.

We've got 3,000 head of cattle.

They have to have water.

Now, if your people need cattle,

maybe we could trade.

No white man comes

to Dead Mountains.

You're letting him go

into the canyon.

Mr. MacKay!

Hey, MacKay!

He mustn't hear you.

He's a white man, you're letting

him go in the canyon.

No white man rides

the Dead Mountains.

What are you talking about?

He's riding right in there.

I see no one.

Must be joking or something.

You're free to go back

where you came from.

What about our guns and horses?

Look, we don't want to break

any of your tribal customs.

Maybe it's only this pass

that's sacred.

This pass and all passes.

Well, maybe it's only

this part of the range.

Every mountain in this range.

Every rock, every tree,

every blade of grass

is sacred to us

and to our ancestors.

You know, I might believe that

if it wouldn't...

Ah, never mind.

We wish you no harm.

No blood has been drawn.

But do not return,

because if you do,

there will be harm

and blood will be drawn.

What'll it be, gents?

Whiskey or whiskey?

Whiskey.

You got a nice

little town here.

Endicott?

You ain't had

a real good look at it.

Yeah, most stores

did seem to be shut up.

Permanent.

Mister, Endicott ain't no town.

It's just the leftovers.

Well, you're in business.

Ah. I'm just too lazy

to move anyplace else.

Besides, there was a time when

Endicott was pretty flourishing.

Lots of people had high hopes.

What happened to it?

Hopes need nourishing.

Only reason old man Endicott

started the town

was he was sure there was gold

in the Dead Mountains.

Ain't there?

Lots of men went into

the mountains looking for it.

Only one of them ever come back.

Old man MacKay.

Ever hear of him?

Yeah, we heard of him.

Every day, every week.

Gunmen, fortune hunters

come trailing into town

all looking for old man

MacKay's gold.

All of them packing guns,

willing and anxious to use them.

Uh, what's your interest

in the Dead Mountains?

You looking for gold too?

No, not gold. Water.

We got 3,000 head of cattle

on the Sedalia Trail.

Why would you want to take

cattle into them mountains?

Well, there ain't any water

on the plains

for 30 miles, that's why.

Hm.

If I was moving

3,000 head of cattle,

I sure wouldn't wanna

take them into country

I didn't know nothing about.

That's why we're in Endicott,

for some information about them.

Information won't

do you no good.

What you need's a guide.

You need somebody that knows

them mountains as well he knows

his way from that front door

over at this bar.

Got anybody in mind?

Yes, I have.

How'd you like

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