The two then ride off where Sam tells Elsa that he chose his name after a man named Sam killed his wife; he wanted to take the man's name after taking the man's life. (Sam killed Sam.) Sam gives Elsa a nickname, “Lightning Yellow Hair.”
In Comancheria, the settlers pay a tax to the Comanche to cross their land. One of the Comanche introduces himself to Elsa as Sam, a name he took from the man who killed his wife. The two race their horses; Elsa wins and Sam nicknames her "Lightning With The Yellow Hair".
The next morning, she awakes to a beaded vest and necklace on the bedroll next to her. Lightning With the Yellow Hair puts on both, then mounts her horse and takes Sam's hand. They make plans to meet at that spot in June. As they kiss and part, she screams his name and then yells “I love you!” in Comanche.
Towards the end of Episode 8 we see Elsa and Sam prepare to part ways. He teaches her phrases in his language like "I love you" and how to say her given name "Lightning Yellow Hair." The lovers depart, with Elsa now heading north wearing her new Native American clothing.
The two then ride off where Sam tells Elsa that he chose his name after a man named Sam killed his wife; he wanted to take the man's name after taking the man's life. (Sam killed Sam.) Sam gives Elsa a nickname, “Lightning Yellow Hair.”
Indeed, as there are no condoms or any other reliable form of birth control in the frontier, there's a real possibility that Ennis really did impregnate Elsa. Sadly, before 1883 could even drop any clues that Elsa was pregnant, Ennis died in the next episode while Elsa died during the finale.
After the storm, she and Sam ride to find Wade and Colton's horses. As he leaves her one more time, he tells her: “Everything you see and everything you saw yesterday is my home! You're always welcome in it, Lighting with the yellow hair. You're home too now.” It seems Elsa and Sam are kindred spirits.
More recently, he has played a physical therapist in Season 2 of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone, the four-season saga of the Dutton family and their patriarch's determination to keep the ranch intact, and the character of Sam, a Comanche warrior, in 1883, Sheridan's prequel to Yellowstone.
Martin Sensmeier (Sam), Elsa's love interest/husband, wore a custom lace-front wig done by the amazing Robert Pickens that was treated with such care … cleaning the lace every day was a constant, ensuring it did not read wig in any of his close-ups.
After surviving harsh weather conditions and various opposing threats during their journey, 1883 saw Shea take his own life in the series finale, though this may not be the end for the character. During a recent interview with Variety, Sam Elliott reflected on his time working on Paramount+'s 1883.
In a stunning twist, Elsa decides that she will not make the rest of the journey to Oregon, opting to stay with Sam, marry him and make a life together. It's a decision that garners a great deal of pushback from James and especially Margaret (Faith Hill), who is not ready to relinquish control over her daughter yet.
Indeed, as there are no condoms or any other reliable form of birth control in the frontier, there's a real possibility that Ennis really did impregnate Elsa. Sadly, before 1883 could even drop any clues that Elsa was pregnant, Ennis died in the next episode while Elsa died during the finale.
When you see a rugged, blonde cowboy named Ennis getting close with Tim McGraw's on-screen daughter in the new Paramount+ show, "1883" — that's Fort Worth actor Eric Nelsen, who plays a big supporting role in the highly anticipated prequel to the Western drama, "Yellowstone."
I was born upon the prairie where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there, not within walls. If the Texans had kept out of my country, there might have been peace.
The name Quanah means "smell" or "odor." Though the date of his birth is recorded variously at 1845 and 1852, there is no mystery regarding his parentage. His mother was the celebrated captive of a Comanche raid on Parker's Fort (1836) and convert to the Indian way of life.
The Comanche are a Native American tribe that once controlled a vast territory in the southern Great Plains. They embodied the horse-centered, nomadic way of life that was so typical of the Plains culture area in the 1700s and 1800s. Their long period of dominance earned them the nickname “Lords of the Plains.”
'Yellowstone': The Dutton Family Cemetery Introduced 3 Unexplained Characters - IMDb. Yellowstone fans know that Duttons have been buried in the same spot in Montana for over a century. The Dutton family cemetery makes more sense after 1883 revealed that Elsa was the first person to be buried on the land.
The reason why 1883 is not getting a second season is that Sheridan and his creative team have told the story that they wanted to tell, so there is neither a need nor a desire to produce a second season. According to Sheridan; "We wanted to make a 10-hour movie that ended, and that's what we did.
