After an outbreak of smallpox hits Deadwood, the camp fathers pool their resources to track down the vaccine, and Doc enlists Jane as a nurse.
Swearengen presses Farnum to keep tabs on Alma and Trixie. Fearing Andy's illness might threaten his business, Cy banishes him to the woods, where he is discovered by Jane.īullock encounters native resistance in his quest to bring a murderer to justice.
With Calamity Jane off on a bender, Trixie is enlisted by Swearengen to help Alma with the orphaned child and to keep her pliable to his purposes. Swearengen transforms The Gem Saloon into a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to make its own laws to try a cowardly murderer. An ailing colleague, Andy Cramed, rejoins the Bella Union, and Wild Bill's run of luck at poker ends abruptly.
Hickok's respect for Bullock grows and, as a result, he commissions Bullock to do a review of the Garret claim. Brom's wife, Alma Garret, prevails on Calamity Jane and Wild Bill for help with the claim issue. Garret threatens Swearengen before investigating his gold claim. Hickok puts up precious collateral in a poker game with Jack McCall Bullock and Sol strike a deal with Swearengen on a lot for their hardware store. Brom Garret suspects his newly acquired gold claim may not be all it was advertised.Ĭompetition arrives for Swearengen in the form of the Bella Union, a new gambling outfit from Chicago operated by savvy Cy Tolliver, Madame Joanie Stubbs and gaming guru Eddie Sawyer. The people of Deadwood go off to hunt down the Native Americans who they suspect butchered a family of white people.Īs suspicions arise that "road agents" may have been the true perpetrators of the massacre as opposed to Sioux scouts, Swearengen takes a special interest in the health of its sole survivor, a young girl ministered to by the unlikely team of Doc Cochran and Calamity Jane. Wild Bill Hickok and his companions arrive in Deadwood. Saloon owner Al Swearengen contends with a bungled robbery turned mass murder that threatens to incite mob violence throughout the camp. In year 1876, after executing a last act of justice as a Montana marshal, Seth Bullock relocates to a gold mining camp known as Deadwood, where he and partner Sol Star look to start a hardware business.
The Black Hills Indian Cession, two weeks after Custer's last stand.