- [first lines]
- [Nick and Heath meet for the first time in the middle of a narrow bridge, trying to ride in opposite directions]
- Nick Barkley: Afternoon.
- Heath Barkley: Afternoon.
- Nick Barkley: Quite a pony you got there.
- Heath Barkley: Yes, she's a runner.
- Nick Barkley: Indian?
- Heath Barkley: Modoc.
- Nick Barkley: Ah, well, they breed'em right up there
- Heath Barkley: 'Cept for one thing.
- Nick Barkley: Well, what's that?
- Heath Barkley: They don't know how to back up. So, if you'll just pull that crockhead off this bridge...
- Nick Barkley: Well, now I'd gladly do that for you, boy, except for one thing.
- Heath Barkley: What's that?
- Nick Barkley: This one's a Modoc, too.
- Nick Barkley: [Nick telling story to a group of men] I tried to run for cover, but these claws were ripping right into my back and the teeth were hitting my neck. I've been up against some cats before.
- Abner Wirth: How did you get out?
- Jarrod Barkley: Her husband came home.
- Nick Barkley: [Nick wants to find out who Heath is] Who are you?... I said WHO ARE YOU?
- Heath Barkley: I'm your father's bastard son!
- Nick Barkley, Heath: Nick and Heath first meet going opposite directions on a one horse bridge
- Nick Barkley: Afternoon
- Heath: Afternoon
- Nick Barkley: Quite a pony you've got there.
- Heath: Yeah she's a runner.
- Nick Barkley: Indian?
- Heath: Modoc.
- Nick Barkley: Well they breed ''em right up there.
- Heath: Except for one thing.
- Nick Barkley: What's that?
- Heath: They don't know how to back up. So if you'll just pull that crock head of this bridge...
- Nick Barkley: We'll I'd gladly do that for you boy except for one thing...
- Heath: What's that?
- Nick Barkley: This one's a Modoc too.
- Heath: Hot ain't it?
- Nick Barkley: Yeah you can really rase a sweat this time of year. That's a fine lookin' blow pipe you got there.
- Nick Barkley, Heath: Heath gestures to his rifle
- Heath: Mexican.
- Nick Barkley: That a fact?
- Heath: Got the bite to blow the head off a grizzly.
- Nick Barkley: That is if you get to it in time.
- Heath: Don't have to just think it... eye ball a button I wanna pop and pow.
- Nick Barkley, Heath: Nick gestures to his pistol
- Nick Barkley: English.
- Heath: Do tell.
- Nick Barkley: Core an Apple at a quarter mile.
- Heath: On the tree or fallin'?
- Nick Barkley: On horse back... and hurricane...
- Nick Barkley, Heath: they both reach for their guns and the bridge crumbles under them
- [still at loggerheads on the bridge, the boys compare their weaponry, with Nick describing his pistol]
- Nick Barkley: English.
- Heath Barkley: Do tell.
- Nick Barkley: It can core an apple at a half a mile.
- Heath Barkley: On the tree or fallin'?
- Nick Barkley: On horseback. In a hurricane.