Santa Fe Page #2

I'll always remember what the Yanks

did to the South, to us.

- I know, I know.

- And for that, I'll hate them all my life.

Clint's right.

Clint, Tom, you too, Terry,

you've gotta get this in your minds:

We fought for something

we believed in and lost.

Now we've got to mend our fences.

Hate won't help us any.

Neither will what you're doing.

I'm always interested in men

who think for themselves.

And there are easier ways...

...to make money off of

a Yankee railroad than by laying track.

I'm not cut out for this type of work.

I ought to be an engineer.

Takes this to handle an engine.

Your head just matches

what you're handling.

Gotta have your wits with you

every minute.

Make one little mistake,

and you just lose everything.

Look at all these gadgets.

Takes brains to know

what each one of them's for...

...when to push and when to pull.

You ought to be thankful you're

working with a man like me, Dan.

See what I mean?

Get into it, there,

you sorghum lappers.

Come on, there.

Yeah! Come on,

you sorghum lappers.

Come on!

We'll be waiting for you.

Sure wish we were there now.

- The pay train.

- Keep on working, you fools.

I was looking for Thompson,

the paymaster.

I've been expecting you.

- I'm the paymaster now.

- You?

Didn't Dave tell you?

I'm Judith Chandler.

Glad to know you.

Here's a list of men we've hired,

along with those who are sick...

...those who have deductions coming,

and so forth.

Thank you.

Is something wrong?

No. In the South...

...we don't usually see a woman

doing a man's work.

We women of the North

are a little different.

So are the men.

My husband. Dave tells me

he knew you through the war.

You were in Major Baxter's regiment.

You must have known Tony.

No, ma'am. You see, l...

I wasn't exactly with Major Baxter.

Our uniforms were

of a different color.

Canfield.

- Now I remember.

- I don't understand.

Tony was killed in the war,

Captain Canfield...

...at Parsons Creek,

in the charge that you led.

I'm sorry. Deeply sorry.

Sorry? Tony and Dave

were very good friends.

They dreamed of the railroad

along with Colonel Holliday.

Tony was to have been

Dave's assistant.

They planned together

to cross the prairies...

...mountains, build bridges.

Bridges that Tony will never cross.

Mrs. Chandler, the war's over.

It doesn't do any of us any good

to personalize it.

I'm sure you feel if it weren't for me,

your husband would be here now, but...

He would be, wouldn't he?

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Now, here's what we're up against.

Along this 300-mile strip

is a 2-million-acre land grant...

...that's coming to

the Santa Fe Railroad...

...if we reach

the Kansas-Colorado border...

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