George knocks Donnie unconscious when he tries to alert the others. Meanwhile, Margaret notices George has gone and rushes with Peter to find him. He sets a fire outside as a distraction and then makes his way into Donnie and Lorna's room, where he forces Donnie down at gunpoint while Lorna leaves. He checks and replaces the shells in the gun. George finds a shotgun on the Weboy's back porch. Margaret breaks down, devastated that they have lost both James and Jimmy.ĭuring the night, George sneaks out and goes back to the Weboy house. George says he is done and wants to give up. Knowing she must stay close to family, Margaret asks George if they can move out there to be near Jimmy. When he returned to his grandmother, they couldn’t understand each other anymore. Peter talks to Margaret and tells her about how men once stormed his village and took children away from their families and then tried to 'wash the Indian' out of them.

He tells the Blackledges that Jimmy is a Weboy now and suggests they leave town.ĭefeated, George and Margaret make their way back to Montana, but when George is too weak to keep going, they stop by Peter's again to rest. A local officer visits them to tell them that he spoke to the Weboys, who made it seem like George attacked first since he and Margaret planned to abduct Jimmy. When they leave, Margaret takes George to the hospital. The men overpower him, and Blanche orders Donnie to chop off his fingers with a hatchet, which he does. When she orders him to hit Margaret, George grabs his gun and points it at them. Blanche asks Donnie if it is true, slapping him and then Margaret to ask how hard he hit Lorna. Margaret tells Blanche that Donnie struck Lorna and Jimmy. Later that night, Blanche, Donnie and Bill, along with Blanche's two other sons Marvin and Elton, break into the Blackledges' motel room. However, she is convinced to sneak out later while the Weboys are asleep. They plead with her to return home to Montana with Jimmy, but Lorna is worried what Donnie will do if she tries to leave. The next day, George and Margaret visit Lorna at her job and take her to lunch. At her house, Blanche initially appears pleasant but later, when Lorna and Jimmy arrive, she starts to show her true colors, making rude comments toward the Blackledges and speaking sternly toward Lorna. Bill speaks to Donnie's mother, Blanche, who says she wants to meet the Blackledges. The following morning, George and Margaret travel and meet Bill. He provides them with some food and warmth for the evening, and tells them to look for Bill Weboy, who turns out to be Donnie's uncle. Outside of Gladstone, they come across a young Native American man named Peter Dragswolf.

George is startled to discover that Margaret brought his revolver with her, but she strongly feels she will need it. George and Margaret speak to a local sheriff who gives them a lead in Forsyth, Montana, a shop owner who is related to the Weboys who tells them to look in Gladstone, North Dakota. Margaret goes home and packs her bags with the intent of going to rescue Jimmy, and although George is reluctant, he joins her. Margaret later goes to their house to check in on Lorna, but a tenant tells her the three of them have left town. When Jimmy drops his, Donnie forcefully grabs Jimmy's arm and, when Lorna steps in, Donnie strikes her. One afternoon while out shopping, Margaret sees Lorna, Donnie and Jimmy getting ice cream. In 1963, Lorna marries her new boyfriend, Donnie Weboy it is obvious Lorna is not in love with Donnie but needs his support with Jimmy. When George goes out to the woods, he finds James's body by the creek he had fallen off his horse and broken his neck. One afternoon, Margaret sees James's horse out on its own and senses something is wrong. In Montana, 1961, retired sheriff George Blackledge lives on a ranch with his wife Margaret, their son James, James's wife Lorna and infant son Jimmy. ( July 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.

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