In the previous episode, when Elam and Eva are undressing, there are obvious whipping scars on his back. In this episode, when Elam takes his shirt off at the start of the boxing match, he has no scars on his back.
Durant has his man furiously telegraph the east many times. But images of completed sections along the right of way show no telegraph poles. When the RR was built, the telegraph lines were always strung right beside the advancing track.
When the Indian warrior is going through his ritual, he is supposed to follow the Sun's path all day. At the end of the day he is facing the same way he was at the beginning, not the opposite direction. You can tell this, because the same tree is visible in the distance in front of him to he right side of the screen.
The Sun does not travel directly overhead. Only at the Equator would he be facing West, the opposite direction of East. From the latitude of the railway route, he could face the Sun all day by turning his head left to right.
The Sun does not travel directly overhead. Only at the Equator would he be facing West, the opposite direction of East. From the latitude of the railway route, he could face the Sun all day by turning his head left to right.