8. Under Color of Law

Complete story — includes the ending

In the middle of the night, Naomi wakes up and realizes Cullen is missing. She searches for him in Cheyenne and is harassed by two drunks, but eventually finds him working on parts for the arriving steam shovel. She mentions his needing rest, and he sends her back to the tent. He later shows Delaney and Durant his plans on how to reach the mountain summit, but he needs men to refit the shovel. Delaney affords him ten. Cullen asks Psalms for his crew's help. Cullen's plans are delayed when he finds Naomi has taken the baby and left for Fort Smith. He meets her to escort her the rest of the way. Hatch tells Cullen that The Swede went to Utah with Brigham Young. Naomi tells Cullen that she will not return to Cheyenne nor to him, if he remains a killer. He vows to return for them one day. Back in Cheyenne, Campbell visits Sydney in jail and appoints him as the new marshal and other inmates as his "deputies". They arrest most of Psalms' crew, whose bond Durant hasn't paid, as well as Durant himself for Heckard's murder. Mickey is also sought for Jessup's murder, but Ruth hides him in the church. Eva, after listening to Charlotte's expression of thanks, manages to get her a job in the dining room at Maggie Palmer's hotel. The Swede is asked by Young who he really is. After lying at first, The Swede is given another chance at the truth. He admits to being Thor Gundersen, and says God sent him to take the Dutsons' lives and become bishop. Young believes him. In Cheyenne, Cullen interrupts Campbell's dinner with Louise to ask him to release Psalms and his crew. Campbell refuses until the town's lawlessness is curbed. Cullen warns him that he asked as a gentleman, then retrieves his gun from his tent.