Well you didn't freeze to death, that's a start. Anyway, good job walking, gold stars all around. You haven't accomplished anything. The train noise grows louder the further you travel, and the ground starts to shake with the rattling of trains over iron tracks the closer you get.

Maybe you're distracted by it, maybe you're just exhausted and tired. Either way, it's not your fault they got the jump on you. A big group of people on horseback flank the group, aiming guns and swinging lassos before our hapless bunch can get a word in. The official looking guy in the hat is the first one to speak.

Now you'll all come along quietly or there's gonna be a lotta unnecessary blood spilt. You're under arrest, get on your bellies and show us your hands!

[Mission: Fight the inevitable or surrender quietly. but they are law enforcement so you know try not to be copkillers]

You all sure did make a mess of that. Well all things considered you did all right, no one's dead yet and you managed to protect the cargo from the bandits and not get yourselves rearrested in the process. When the train pulls into the station in Alderwood, the Sheriff lets you walk out free men, but with one stipulation. There are bounty posters hanging all around Alderwood and in the Sheriff's station. In order to earn a clean slate they're asking you to hunt the bounties down and bring them in for justice. All in all, it's not a bad deal, considering what a long list of crimes you've managed to rack up. How about it, gang?

While you think on the deal, they've allowed you to explore the town. It's a much bigger town compared to Summerhill, with big wide cobblestone streets, large brick buildings and a spacious courthouse. It's America circa 1910 in a little time capsule, minus some of the more industrious technology. You can do some shopping, check out the pub, or chill in the doctors office if you got shot. You know who you are. Just know that if you try to leave the town without picking up a bounty poster you're likely to get stopped, after all, you have a deal.