"I sure hate to see that scaffold up again." "You're right, son." "Hangin' somebody, even a killer like" "Juan mogollan is bad business." "Sure is quiet." "Folks don't want to be around 'til the hanging's over." "Yeah, I see what you mean." "Mark, you go buy your slate quick, an' get to school, huh?" "Yes, sir." "Howdy, lucas." "Hello, beaseley." "Boy, I'm mighty glad you're here." "Yes sir, I'm mighty glad." "Is it just gonna be the two of us?" "Well, the marshal says that two guards is enough, but I sure" "Don't agree with him." "Hangin' juan mogollan, is not like" "Hangin' an ordinary man." "Well, I don't think there'll be any trouble." "Everybody's" "Satisfied he had a fair trial." "Well, just the same, I'm glad I wasn't on the jury, an' bein'" "Foreman like you was- no tellin' what that witch doctor" "Pa of juan's would do." "He don't hold our laws." "The mogollans don't hold to anybody's laws." "That's why" "They're outcasts from their own tribe." "Pa?" "I need another nickel." "I made a mistake." "The big slates cost 15 cents." "All right." "Here, now you hurry along," "This is no place for you, mark." "All right." "You!" "You the tongue of death for my son." "My tongue spoke for 12 men, a lawful jury." "One tongue say die, you." "Mogollan's son never die." "When moon is up there, he ride," "He ride with moon." "He come for you, lucas mccain." "When moon die, you'll die." "Why it's- it's the mescalero curse." "He's put the mescalero curse on you." "Apache burial?" "Yeah." "I've got the disgrace" "Of hanging 'im." "Thanks for helpin' me, lucas." "No thanks necessary, micah." "They are comin' back, pa." "They're over there." "I" " I'll help him rope shadow." "Too fast," "Wait, shadow, wait!" "Shadow!" "Pa, it's shadow!" "What's the matter, son?" "Shadow's back, pa." "He's come to drink our trough," "Just like he used to." "Well, I" " I could have sworn." "I think you've been dreamin', mark." "Come on." "But I heard 'im." "Remember how shadow used to come at night," "When it was quiet?" "Sure, but that was a year ago, mark." "A wild stallion" "Doesn't usually come back, once he's moved on to a new graze," "You know that." "Yeah, I guess it was a dream." "Sure it was." "Come on, get under the covers, son." "Uh, pa?" "What?" "When a person's got a curse on them, are they sure to die?" "There's no such thing as a curse, son, no matter what" "You've seen or heard." "But mogollan's a witch doctor." "He's a man, son, just like anybody else." "The only thing" "Special about him is his hate." "He's so full of it, he- he scares people." "You mean it?" "He just threw that head at you to scare you?" "Well, sure." "Fear an' superstition, mark, those are" "The weapons of hate." "And they work sometimes, if people aren't" "Thinkin' straight." "Remember how I showed you that head was" "Nothin' more than a few scraps" "Of buffalo hides stuffed with grass?" "Yeah." "Well, fear is a lot like" "That." "You tear 'em apart, an' take a good close look at 'em," "An' they are not scary anymore." "But isn't a witch doctor supposed to be magic?" "There's plenty o' magic in the world, son." "Sun, moon," "Stars, growing' things." "Plenty o' magic, but witch doctors don't make it." "Yeah, I see what you mean." "Good, now you better get to sleep, son." "Tom an' jake will be" "Here in the mornin', to help with the roundup." "There'll be plenty of work for all of us to do." "Night, pa." "Night, son." "He's dead." "Anybody see who was ridin' that horse?" "It was juan mogollan risen from the dead." "It's the curse," "It's started." "There's always three deaths." "Somebody else will die before lucas mccain's turn." "We finish this job for mccain, I'm gonna rent me the best room" "In the hotel, an' sleep for a week." "Yeah, well, right now you" "Go check them steers, cuz this is your 4-hour shift." "Mm-hm." "Back about midnight." "No, no, no!" "no, no, no." "No, no." "Jake?" "No." "No." "Jake, what's the matter?" "No, no." "What's wrong?" "No, no." "I saw 'im." "I saw 'im," "Ridin' a black stallion." "Those eyes, burnin', burnin'!" "Jake!" "Jake." "Burnin'..." "Come on, jake." "No, no, no." "No." "Mccain!" "Mccain, open up quick!" "Tom, what happened?" "Something's wrong with jake." "He says he's burnin' up." "Well, let's get 'im inside." "Right over here, tom." "Easy, jake." "Well, he's burnin' up all right." "When did he start getting sick?" "I don't know, he was all right when I left him." "He was supposed" "To take over from me 'bout midnight, an' when I rode" "In he was like this." "You better go get the doc, take a fresh horse, tom." "There he is, there he is." "Easy, jake." "Easy." "There- burnin' eyes, a ghost!" "Hurry up, tom, he's bad." "Think he'll make it, pa?" "I hope so, son." "He'll kill me, he'll kill me." "Take it easy, jake." "Juan mogollan." "Juan mogollan!" "Pa?" "He's dead, son." "Well, in all my years o' practicing'," "I never seen anythin' like it." "Well, he was in bad pain," "Doc, we sure appreciate you comin' out anyway." "Well, I wish I could explain" "It to you, lucas, but I just can't." "You know, the town's pretty edgy, doc, nothin' scares folks" "As much as somethin' they can't understand." "Did you say, he was seein' things before he died?" "Yeah, he thought somebody was comin' at 'im." "Well, jimson weed can cause a man to have visions," "And fits, too." "Is that what the indians call the trumpet flower?" "You think jake got a hold of some of that?" "I don't know how, I never seen any around here." "Have you, lucas?" "No, I haven't, doc." "But then I've never gone lookin' for it." "Well, I'm sorry I can't give you more to go on." "Giddy up!" "What do you suppose happened to jake?" "Mogollan, he's behind jake's death." "What I can't figure out is how?" "Lucas, mogollan was in town last night, lobo, too." "You sure?" "Made my rounds at midnight," "They were comin' out of the saloon." "Now even mogollan" "Can't be in two places at the same time." "Pa!" "Pa!" "What's wrong, mark?" "Well, he's comin', he's here!" "Don't go outside, pa, he'll kill you!" "It's all right son, I just wanna see what it is." "Well, it's a ghost, I saw 'im right out here." "Well, it..." "Wasn't a dream this time, pa." "Well, whatever you saw, son, it's gone." "You don't believe me?" "Oh, I believe you saw something, I'm just not sure what it was." "But I did, I saw 'im right" "Mark, try an' calm down, son," "Maybe you can describe it for me." "Come on." "Well, it- it was..." "A big horse." "An' a giant riding' it, a giant with fire comin' out his eyes." "A giant, huh?" "Now tell me slowly, mark," "What color was the horse?" "I" " I don't know, lots of colors." "What colors, son?" "Red?" "Purple?" "Black?" "Oh, black, that's it." "It was..." "Big, black horse." "An' what else, son?" "What about his mane?" "Think about it, calmly." "Well, hi-his mane was black too, an'..." "An' long." "Real long," "An' when he..." "When he runs, it stands out." "An..." "An' he raises" "His front legs real high when he's runnin'," "Just like shadow used to." "Anythin' else?" "He..." "He has a white spot between his eyes, an'..." "An' a" "Halter." "A halter with a broken rope." "Pa, it was shadow, it was." "I think you're right, son." "Means he was caught an' tied an' broke loose somehow." "You didn't see a ghost, mark." "You saw a horse in trouble." "But shadow's wild, how could anybody ride 'im?" "Well, I don't know." "Let's turn in now, we'll talk about it in the morning." "Yes, sir." "How come you're takin' the mare, pa?" "She's always kinda skittish when she's alone." "I know, son, but she used to run with shadow's herd." "I'm hopin' she'll lead me to 'im, or vice versa." "I heard a drum last night, pa, real late." "I heard it too, son." "It's part of the mescalero funeral" "Ceremony." "The last night of the full moon," "The indians cremate their dead." "Please don't go into twin peaks alone, pa." "All the kids say it's indian medicine country." "It's shadow's country, too." "An' it was shadow who paid us a call last night." "But the..." "The one who was ridin' 'im, wants to kill you," "Pa." "An' whoever it is, he knows twin peaks country better than" "Anyone." "If micah knew, he would send a posse along with you." "A posse would raise a dust that would show for miles, son." "Now the best way to track a wild stallion, is quietly an' alone." "I'd be quiet." "You have to be in school, son." "I can make up whatever I miss." "I want you to stay with milly." "Now, stop fretting'," "I'll be back by tomorrow night." "I promise you, mark, there's nothin' to worry about." "You hear somethin', girl?" "He's up there, isn't he?" "Well, you know this place better than" "I do." "Here's one trail you can pick for both of us." "Let's find 'im." "Easy now." "Easy." "Easy." "Easy." "Jimson weed." "Whoa, girl, whoa!" "All right, easy, boy." "Easy, boy." "Easy, boy." "Easy, easy, easy, boy." "Easy, take it easy." "Come on, boy, come on." "Come on, boy." "Mccain!" "Well, I didn't expect to see you so soon, mogollan." "So that" "Weed did have somethin' to do with jake's death, huh?" "You drugged 'im, frightened 'im to death, an' then rode to town." "Lucas mccain think like eagle, leave trail like ox." "Moon dies tonight, lucas mccain." "Mescalero apaches can do almost anythin' with a horse." "Torment 'em or train 'em." "Ropin' a dummy to a wild stallion" "Is a trick they've used for years." "In the early days," "They did it to scare the settlers." "Mogollan an' lobo used it to kill." "I've never seen rocks like these before." "Oh, you find them in mines and caves," "There's a lot of them around twin peaks." "Wonder what makes them shine." "Oh, one thing is for sure, son, it's not a ghost." "Oh, I know that now, pa, for sure." "Of course I, er, I don't have to tell that to my school friends."