Pepé is on the run from pursuers, which we never see except in shadowy outline. Pepé is no match for the men who hunt him. He leaves an easy trail for them to follow, as he takes a well-marked trail and leaves his hat next to tree as he flees higher into the mountains. The men never even have to get close as they use long range rifles to first shoot his horse and then him. In the end, he is dead under a snow bank.