:33:00
And have to fight Indians?
:33:04
You sure are hard to make out, Zeb.
:33:06
Now, what do you wanna do that for?
Do you like fightin'?
:33:11
Do you remember the story Pa used
to tell us about fightin' that grizzly bear?
:33:15
Yeah.
:33:16
And I asked him. I said:
"Now, why'd you get in such a fix?
:33:20
"Do you like fightin' grizzlies?"
:33:22
He said:
:33:24
"Well, not 'specially.
:33:28
"I just wanted to go somewhere
and the bear was there first. "
:33:49
I guess I just wanna go somewhere, too.
:33:56
- So long.
- So long, Zeb.
:34:17
Even while North and South were being
torn apart...
:34:21
... East and West had been
drawn together by the Pony Express...
:34:25
... the most daring mail route in history.
:34:27
Eighty riders were in the saddle
at all times, night and day, in all weather.
:34:31
Half of them riding east, half riding west...
:34:34
... between Missouri and Sacramento...
:34:36
... carrying mail cross-country
in days instead of months.
:34:40
Unarmed, they rode to save weight.
:34:43
Five dollars a letter, the mail cost,
and on thin paper, too.
:34:46
It was courage, skill and speed...
:34:49
... against hostile Indians, bandits,
hell and occasional high water.
:34:55
Even as they rode,
men were already building a faster...
:34:59
... message carrier across the country,
the Overland Telegraph.