Silent Tongue (1993)

It's 1873, Indian Territory, Talbot Roe is going mad with grief over losing his Indian wife, Awbonnie. In an effort to save him his father, Prescott Roe, seeks to purchase the dead wife's sister, Velada, from the same traveling carnival he acquired Awbonnie. The girls father, the carnival master Eamon McCree, is willing to do business, but her step-brother Reeves protests, putting an end to the negotiation. Desperate, Prescott kidnaps Velada and promises her the means to be rid of her father in return for comforting Talbot out of his obsession. In Talbot's madness, he guards his wife's corpse, preventing her from passing to the beyond. As a result, Awbonnie's ghost begins haunting and cursing everyone involved in the transaction of selling her as a wife. Meanwhile, McCree and Reeves search the prairie for Velada. Drunken McCree several times wants to turn back and leave his daughter to her own devices, but Reeves refuses. At the site of a hunting party of Indians, McCree panics and loses his mount. Reeves continues the search alone, leaving behind the father he has always been disgusted with as a drunk and a rapist who only cares for himself. Meanwhile, the other carnival members pack up and head back east, glad to be rid of the unreasonable carnival master. At the grave-site, Talbot is distrustful of everyone who tries to separate him from Awbonnie's corpse. Her angry ghost causes a commotion with runaway horses and Prescott manages to throw what's left of the corpse on the fire. As soon as he does, Talbot seems to come to his senses, and Velada sees Awbonnie's spirit appear in the flames, finally at peace. Talbot and Prescott are able to walk away from the grave-site somewhat resigned to Awbonnie's death, and Velada presumably collects the horses and gold from her agreement with Prescott. McCree is eventually captured by Indians and looks to be headed for an ill-fated ending.