If you've watched the series (and read the headline), you know that Elsa ultimately passes away from an infected arrow wound in Montana, leading the family to settle in the place of her death. It was an incredibly powerful scene, and even as the actors performing it,
Then, as James awakes from a nap, she says, “I understand it now.” “Understand what?” he asks. “I know what it is,” she answers “And I'm not scared. I'm not scared, Daddy.” Then, she dies.
So Elsa's heaven was time with the man that she loved, and when she met death, she greeted it like a friend. Sam and Elsa did get their happily ever after, at least in Elsa's afterlife — the joys surround her that she didn't get enough of in this life, and she'll be met by her loved ones when their time comes.
A main character of the Yellowstone prequel series, the setup to Elsa Dutton's death began when she was shot with a poisoned arrow during an attack on the caravan.
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.
'Yellowstone' Reveals Gravestones of James, Margaret, and Elsa Dutton, Solidifying Their Fates. Fascinatingly, this sequence also reveals the gravestones of 1883's James, Margaret, and Elsa Dutton to us as Summer discovers them. Each is spattered with blood, signaling the violent, tragic legacy of this family.
As some 1883 viewers probably guessed, especially after Episode 109 made it clear that Elsa was a goner, the eventual site for the Yellowstone Ranch within Montana's Paradise Valley was directly tied to Elsa's death, and it also all tethers to another important event connecting the Duttons to surrounding native ...
Later, Elsa became entangled with Sam, a Comanche warrior who saved her life on the trail. Though she and Sam acknowledged that she was his wife, he felt he could not leave his lands and people, and Elsa agreed to return to him after her family had completed their journey and found a homestead.
And because this is one of the few shows in which that phrase might be taken literally, allow me to clarify: Elsa gets married in Sunday's episode. The groom? Handsome Sam, the Comanche man she met [checks notes] last episode.
Elsa Dutton – The only daughter of James & Margaret Dutton, Elsa died at the age of 18 as a result of a poisoned arrow shot through her abdomen by an Indigenous warrior.
The Yellowstone prequel never clarified whether Elsa (Isabel May) and Ennis (Eric Nelsen) consummating their relationship in 1883 season 1, episode 5 “The Fangs of Freedom" resulted in Elsa getting pregnant.
Elsa really took to heart her mother's advice and decides that she loves Ennis. She goes to him in the middle of the night where she proceeds to lose her virginity to him...
Legal. 1883 ended its first season in brutal fashion. The Yellowstone prequel starring Faith Hill and Tim McGraw wrapped its 10-episode season by killing off both their onscreen daughter, Elsa Dutton (Isabel May), and Pinkerton agent Shea Brennan (Sam Elliott).
Verrick.” The tech bros insist she brings them bread but she says no and they say “Wow,” offended. Elsa leans in and whispers to one, “You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve.” Margot notices Richard who is familiar to her. Anne points out to Richard that Margot looks like their daughter.
Here's exactly what Elsa says at the start of the 1923 premiere: "My father had three children. Only one would live to see their own children grown. Only one would carry the fate of this family through the depression and every other hell the 20th century hurled at them."
He called her two weeks later and offered her the lead role in the Yellowstone prequel series 1883, playing Elsa Dutton, the 18-year-old daughter who embarks with her parents, James Dutton (Tim McGraw) and Margaret Dutton (Faith Hill), on a treacherous trek across the Great Plains to Montana.
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.
Elsa was also planning to split from the group to stay with Sam, but after many goodbyes, everyone decided they were going to Oregon anyway. Even Elsa decided to leave her boyfriend so she could find out where Oregon was, while planning to return to the plains in June to reunite with him.
When Sam returns to his horse, he shouts down to Elsa that she's free to come and go in his land at any time.
James and Margaret Dutton
The caravan was heading toward Oregon, but the Dutton family had to settle in Montana after the death of their daughter, Elsa (Isabel May). Elsa was the main narrator of 1883 and appeared via voiceover in the first episode of 1923 as well.
But when bandits attacked, Ennis was killed. Elsa then killed the man who took Ennis from her.
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".
Spencer Dutton
The younger brother of John Dutton Sr. (and the youngest child of 1883's James and Margaret Dutton, born after that show's conclusion) Spencer served in WWI and remains haunted by his experiences.
Indeed, Yellowstone rarely reveals the names of those buried in the ranch, which, apart from Patience, also includes 1883's Margaret Dutton and John Dutton's wife Evelyn. Like these women, Patience could have also played a huge role in the history of the ranch.
In a flash-forward to the Spring, we see that Josef is alive and working his new piece of free land in Oregon while Thomas, Noemi, and her two sons settle nearby in the Willamette Valley.