dutch madness

In your opinion, at what point did Dutch completely lose his mind?

For me, he lost when Bronte made a fool of him; that was the climax. But for me, he was on the verge of collapse because of the pressure, having to handle everything alone, since, in his words, Hosea was losing his nerve, so he had to keep everything going by himself, Molly nagging him, the Pinkertons after him, and most importantly, Micah probably saying what he wanted to say. I don't think he went crazy because he hit his head; I think he went crazy because he couldn't take it anymore.