Lonesome Dove

Roscoe is amazed at how far Janey can walk, even without shoes. She is quiet during the day, but she has nightmares every time she sleeps. When they meet various people on the trail, Janey hides, worried that Sam might be with them. Two rough men—Hutto and Jim—confront them but then let them go. However, Janey soon notices that they’re being followed. The men catch them and tie their hands, but Janey escapes.

She throws rocks at them, holding them at bay until July arrives and saves them. He ties the outlaws up, puts them on their horses, and goes toward Fort Worth. Janey catches up an hour later and gets on Roscoe’s horse. A woman at a livery stable agrees to board Janey. Joe and Roscoe still want to go with July. The next morning, they see that Janey has followed them.

Big Zwey is watching Elmira. They reach Bents’ Forth, a small settlement. When she sees how the men look at her, she knows she has made a mistake. Fowler tells her Zwey wants to marry her. He says that he’s probably her best option to get to Ogallala. Elmira tells Zwey she’ll go with him. Zwey insists on bringing a small, ugly man named Luke. Elmira drives the wagon as they travel.

It takes Gus most of a day to find Blue Duck’s tracks. He blames himself for Lorena’s capture. He soon realizes that Blue Duck is headed to the Staked Plains. After he finds the corpse of Lorena’s horse, he finds a man named Aus Frank pushing a wheelbarrow. He and Call had a gunfight with him once. Aus leads him to a pyramid of buffalo bones. He says Blue Duck killed Bob, another mountain man, and that Blue Duck always travels with six Kiowa warriors.

Monkey John is one of Blue Duck’s men. He is the worst man Lorena has ever met, and he hates that she won’t talk. He and Dog Face own half of her; Ermoke and the Kiowas own the other half. Blue Duck scares her the most, but he shows no interest in her. Lorena tries to will herself to die.

One day she watched the Kiowas kill a cow and eat its organs. Later that night, they gamble, and Blue Duck wins all their horses. Then he wants to bet for Lorena. The youngest Kiowa is attached to her and refuses to gamble for ownership. Blue Duck shoots him. Then he gives her back on the condition that they kill Gus when he arrives. Dog Face knocks Monkey John out when he tries to beat her. Blue Duck leaves in the morning after telling them to kill Gus if he gets past the Kiowas. Lorena can’t imagine Gus being able to help her against this many horrible men.