Man rapes woman off screen. Single woman is revealed to have already been pregnant when she signed up for the journey; she gives birth off screen and her swadled baby is passed around to the women to admire.

Man is shot in the hand. Another man is shot dead for violating rules. We see the aftermath and death caused by an off-screen Native American attack. A horse is shot dead because of a broken shoulder. Two women have a fist fight. Man whips a woman once.

Man is shown very drunk after an overnight drinking binge.

A woman drowns in an overturned covered wagon during flash flood.