ALONG CHICO CREEK / FAST
HORSES - Blue Mitchell
westerns - 1890s
ALONG CHICO CREEK: Blue Mitchell rides out of Colorado, after burying a good friend in a shallow grave. Traveling aimlessly, Blue encounters an outrageous mansion in the high-grass New Mexico plains. Fleeing the monster house, he hears gunshots and then finds the hunter's kill; a fancy-dressed gentleman in a handsome buckboard who's been shot in the back. Blue follows the buckboard team to their home ranch, where he encounters the grieving widow, a sullen cook, the careless foreman and a few hands, and eventually the local law. The wife of the mansion's builder is friendly with the new widow and her attempts at consolation turns into an ugly farce.
ALONG CHICO CREEK: Blue Mitchell rides out of Colorado, after burying a good friend in a shallow grave. Traveling aimlessly, Blue encounters an outrageous mansion in the high-grass New Mexico plains. Fleeing the monster house, he hears gunshots and then finds the hunter's kill; a fancy-dressed gentleman in a handsome buckboard who's been shot in the back. Blue follows the buckboard team to their home ranch, where he encounters the grieving widow, a sullen cook, the careless foreman and a few hands, and eventually the local law. The wife of the mansion's builder is friendly with the new widow and her attempts at consolation turns into an ugly farce.
FAST HORSES: Having decided to head
north to escape, Blue rides into being
charged as a horse-thief. He discovers a
loose stallion, a pregnant mare, and her
young colt. Before Blue can return the
horses, the Army 'captures' him and
takes him to Fort Robinson to face
charges.
Blue escapes the Army confinement to help the wild mare in foaling; she breaks his arm in return. Wounded and unwilling to surrender to the soldiers hunting him, Blue find safety at the Post Commander's house.
Life changes dramatically - the wife nurses Blue, her son assists Blue in his recovery, and the wife offers Blue intimate affection. He chooses to leave the next morning, afraid of learning to love.
Five years later Blue returns with a band of Army remounts. The wife is gone, the commander retired, and the son is a new Lieutenant from West Point. A three-way horse race develops, and the results of the race changes Blue's life irrevocably.
Blue escapes the Army confinement to help the wild mare in foaling; she breaks his arm in return. Wounded and unwilling to surrender to the soldiers hunting him, Blue find safety at the Post Commander's house.
Life changes dramatically - the wife nurses Blue, her son assists Blue in his recovery, and the wife offers Blue intimate affection. He chooses to leave the next morning, afraid of learning to love.
Five years later Blue returns with a band of Army remounts. The wife is gone, the commander retired, and the son is a new Lieutenant from West Point. A three-way horse race develops, and the results of the race changes Blue's life irrevocably.