 As Django can identify the Brittle brothers , Schultz offers him his freedom in exchange for help tracking them down . King first takes Django to a small town where he immediately murders the sheriff . Before a Marshall can arrest them King explains that the sheriff was actually a wanted cattle rustler with a $ 200 bounty on him that the furious Marshall is now required to pay . After tracking and killing the Brittles , the liberated Django ( adopting the surname " Freeman " ) partners with Schultz through the winter and becomes his apprentice ; Schultz discovers that Django has a natural talent for gunslinging . Schultz explains that he feels responsible for Django since Django is the first person he has ever freed , and felt morally obliged to help Django ( whom he described as a " real @-@ life Siegfried " ) reunite with Broomhilda . Django , now fully trained , collects his first bounty , keeping the handbill for good luck . 
