December 30, 2021 • 31 mins
Original Air Date: September 30, 1956
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Fort Laramie
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Raymond Burr (Captain Lee Quince)
• Vic Perrin (Sgt. Goerss)
• Jack Moyles (Major Daggett)
• Harry Bartel (Lt. Siberts)
Special Guests:
• Jess Kirkpatrick
• Jack Kruschen
• Howard Culver
• Lawrence Dobkin
• John Dehner
• Sam Edwards
Writers:
• Kathleen Hite
Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Amerigo Moreno
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Fort Laramie
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)
Stars:
• Raymond Burr (Captain Lee Quince)
• Vic Perrin (Sgt. Goerss)
• Jack Moyles (Major Daggett)
• Harry Bartel (Lt. Siberts)
Special Guests:
• Jess Kirkpatrick
• Jack Kruschen
• Howard Culver
• Lawrence Dobkin
• John Dehner
• Sam Edwards
Writers:
• Kathleen Hite
Producer:
• Norman Macdonnell
Music:
• Amerigo Moreno
Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK
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(00:13):
Welcome to the old time radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Ryans,
and let's get into this episode.This episode is going to be Fort Larmie.
Original date September thirtieth, nineteen fiftysix, and the title is a
small Beginning. Thanks for listening,and I hope you enjoy bo Fort Laramie.
(01:17):
Fort Laramie, starring Raymond Burr asCaptain Lee Quince, specially transcribed tales
of the dark and tragic ground ofthe wild Frontier, the saga of fighting
men who rode the rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of Lee Quince,
Captain of Cavalry. I'd rather takethese orders than give them, Captain.
(01:53):
Black Hills. The Black Hills apowder, a big horn, Yellowstone,
Montana Territory covers a lot of ground. Yeah you want these orders,
you say, I sure do.They're your orders. Why don't you take
him? You might be gone twoweeks, you might be gone two months.
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Now. I'm going to stay here, set up the parley. These
are your orders, Lee, Well, seeing their mine, maybe, Yer,
maybe you'll tell me what they are. Sitting bull, sitting bull.
I mean it, You've given methe army from the Department of the Platte
to go after him. I'm givingyour a patrol and a slip of paper.
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This isn't an engagement. Capt'n.I want you to deliver an invitation
to Sitting Bull to parley with us. Give me a lot of territory to
find him in made you and Ican give you about six scout reports,
each one definitely establishing Sitting Bull's campat six different locations, from the Black
Hills to the Yellowstone. Now.I saw Pete Hazen's last report on him.
I'm a belle force here in theBlack Hills. That was six months
(02:59):
ago. That's the latest report wehave, and I can start there.
Might pick up some fresh word inthe way when you want me to leave,
as soon as you can pick upa troll and outfit it. I
remember you're heading north, planning anythingfrom heat to snow. Yeah, when
do you plan the parley? Major? We'd like to hold it before winter
sets in. If he set upa winter camp, he won't move till
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spring. If he won't, we'llhold it in the spring. He might
not move then. He isn't muchto hold meetings with white men, and
we're hoping he'll come. Yeah,well, they'll finding him. Comes first,
I'll get started. Major, OhLee, yes him, you've you've
seen him once you talk to him. I listened to him. I didn't
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understand a word he said, butwhen he got through, I knew what
he meant. I understand. Hedoesn't speak English. He doesn't have to.
He speaks and you listen and youwatch him, and you understand.
I'm never seen him. I've heardthe stories that he's a complete savage,
that he ates white men, he'sbrilliant, that he's stupid, he's revered,
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that he's hated. I'd just liketo see for himself. When you
see him, Major, you'll findout one thing in a hurry. Yeah,
he ates white men. Yeah,sir, Barporal, that remount station
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is still ahead. Better be ares, and I'm counting on it. I
thought we'd make camp there start tomorrowwith fresh horses, crating and dueling their
mounts. Took the brunt of itwhen him boulders shook loose a while back.
The men hurt. Corporal shook up. That's all, Lieutenant Cyberge.
And I'll tell him the remount stationjust a couple of miles away. I'd
like to make it. They don'tmake it. Sorry, Yeah, two
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more miles, Captain, that'll maketwenty five miles for us today. Not
bad. I thought it was prettygood, sir, considering that landslide held
us up some we can average twentyfive miles a day. We'll bet we
can't, mister Hyberts. Another daywe'll be heading into the Black Hills proper.
We'd be lucky to make eighteen aday through them, Yes, or
aren't going? Sometimes? Mostly it'sslow. I guess the Sioux could slow
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us down some too. I guessthey could, mister Hyberts. That landslide,
Captain, it could have been startedby Indians, could have been I
think it was. No, it'sIndian country, sir, your ideas.
They shoved some boulders at us todiscourage as mister Hyberts. Oh, I've
done it before, but they didn'ttry to make it stick or a dozen
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men. The slide did hold usup, stopped us for the best part
of an hour. If there wereIndians, Lieutenant, they'd taken advantage of
it. We was sitting ducks,yes, sir, I guess we were.
Well. It was an idea anyway, Lieutenant, before you came to
be company. We had a firstlieutenant who'd been through part of the war,
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never said much. I'd give himan order, he'd follow it to
the letter. I could count onthat he'd follow it to the letter.
Yes, sir, he never askedquestions, he never had ferries. I
understand, Captain. He wasn't muchgood to me, mister Sabbott's, Yes,
sir, Captain, your name dunesIt? What'd you see? Your
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name? Is it dunes It?Oh? Oh, yeah, I guess
he is. And don't hear itoff enough anymore to be sure? Kinda
quiet running the remount station, isit? Mmmm? Scout now and in
nestor Sometimes this ain't exactly the organtrailer, you know? Are you staying
along, Captain till morning? Yourhorses look good? They are have any
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trouble hanging on to him? Youmean Indian raids they've gone on a style.
Well, he just might put itthat way, Captain. I'm ain't
the time when I couldn't keep ahorse here with four broke legs. They
run him off that fast. Butlately now I get to know him just
like brothers. Brothers. Huh,well, I see brothers. I don't
know why never had any brothers aboutIndian raids. I tell you the truth
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had to welcome one. Ever,so often a man needs more in horses,
you know. Of course, upto year ago, Letty was with
me and that helps him. Letty, Letty dunce it my wife. Oh,
just about a year ago now,fellow came riding up one day and
said he meant to do some mining, though I swear he didn't have so
much as a pick with him thereas I could tell. He'd said a
few days, and I was busywith the horses, you know. When
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he rode off, darned if hedidn't take Letty with him. Well maybe
you're better off with horses. Ohyeah, Letty wasn't much of a talker.
This would be lands crick along here, yep, lands Cricket is.
I thought i'd follow it to beavercrick and cut up to the bell push
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from there. Makes nice, prettytrip, pretty country. Well besides the
scenery. Is that the quickest routeinto the Black Hills? I don't know,
no a quicker one. He counttwelve men, Captain man, it's
all there is. You ain't goingafter him or twelve men. I say
anything about going after someone army.Don't come trapesing through here getting fresh horses
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just for the ride. The wayit comes to me, though, you'll
need a sight more'n twelve men,more than twelve hundred. Oh, we're
not starting any wars? Done itnot? You maybe? But you take
a white man leading hostile Indians andyou're to have a war, and no
twelve troopers. The white man leadingwhat indians? The Sioux? Now,
don't tell me you ain't never heardtelling him? Man, I don't never
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see nobody and I heard of him. Well see, and I haven't suppose
you tell me what you've heard andwhere you've heard it. Last time was
from Koy. You're going to Beaverquick way, you run right by Koi's
place. He's tall, great andtall, and he's got a beard that's
long, you know, long andflowing that he Koi you're talking about,
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No, no, the white leaderof the Sioux. And they say when
he talks, it's like thunder inhis eyes is flash enlightening? Dones it?
Do you know what I think?How do I know that? I
think you've been with horses too long? Take him down to Beaver quick,
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misters, habbits, I'm want totalk to the settler. Looks like he's
packing up. Captain, hold thatby the barn. Yeah, yeah,
it does take care of things,Yes, Sir Corporal Harris Yestad, just
my heart moving time for you,mister after noon Captain, something running you
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off your land? Mister yeah,yes, A few days taking load of
grain up to ending agency won't counter. No military air scorts. Oh you
need one, as you know.I had a talk with Dunst at the
Remont station in Lands. Quick youget a word. You know him pretty
well. She maybe twice a year, don't dare go often her for old
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cooling, used to people talk tohead off, don't make a lot of
sense. He's got a story totell about a new white leader of the
Sioux As West. Brought you uphere, duns It says you told him
about the white man. What doyou say I said about him? That
he's tall, there's a long flowingbeard, talks like thunder eyes, that
flash lightning, thunder and lightning.That part is sure, does ken?
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I sure didn't mention thunder and lightning. What about the rest of it,
mister, Oh that's gospel. He'stall, tall as you There's no doubt
about the beard. All right.Of course, you hear all kinds of
things. Sometimes you're put to wonderingwhat to believe. Now I've heard he's
got his highs a thousand lodges,some say more thousand lodges, and figuring
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three men to a lodge. Thisman's got a Sioux following of three thousand
braves. I'm just telling you whatI was told of me, Kim duns
It added the thunder and lightning.What did you add on our king's warrior
lodjas? I told you that hebut the man hisself or what it looks
like. That much? I know, I know because i've seen him when
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well, yes, it's all fouror five months ago. Now, it
rode up my lane, watered hismule right there at Beaver crick sim as
your men are doing. And thisgiant of a man with a flowing beard
told you he'd come to lead theSioux against the white man. He said,
as much Kevin does, the Siouxneed a new leader. Now those
were his words. I come togive him a new leader, That's what
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he said. The plane is anything. You were ready to go to the
agency as soon as you load thegrain, take me no time at all.
I'll give you a hand and amilitary escort. Hell, I think
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I've managed to quiet. We don'tget much army through here since the treaty.
Your agency isn't used to cavalry patrolledpassing by stopping for water. Sure
they saw you setting up camp Adamedgy. Considering we're on a peace mission,
we seem to be doing a jobof making a lot of people edgy.
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It's the time, it's Captain Hey. Look up there, the Black
Hills, last sun of the dayon them. It's beautiful. I look
at them all day, the morningsun on him, the bright sun of
midday, and now when they're givingup to the night, and they're always
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beautiful. But somewhere in those hills, something quiet is building up. I
don't know what it is, buta feel it, and the Agency engines
feel it. Some day I gota notion a whole West is going to
feel it. You got mostly Siouxhere in the Agency. Mostly the Black
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Hills are par Sappa to them,sacred. It's the home of the Sioux
deities. Maybe maybe that's the feeling. Whatever it is, I'm losing Indians
to it every day. The wintercomin on that's the time most Indians head
for agencies, always before, Yeah, but not this year, just the
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opposite. I don't know. Ileft Fort Laramie four days ago to find
Sitting Bull an invite him to powwowwith us. In every place I stopped,
no one wants to talk about SittingBull. All I hear is that
the Sioux have a new white leader. That's all I hear, Cap'n.
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But you never saw him. No, but I never saw Sitting Bull.
That doesn't mean he doesn't exist.You figure you've lost how many Indians so
far? Not over twenty. Ilook around at days and everyone's accounted for.
By morning, two are gone,maybe three, maybe just one,
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and no one ever knows where they'regone. Of course, I'm supposing you're
reporting this to the Bureau of IndianAffairs, sure like I'm also reporting there's
fewer and fewer Indian raids, lesshostility, less trouble. And what do
you think they're going to pay mostattention to twenty Indians going off an agency
or four or five months of uninterruptedpeace. Why do you suppose they sent
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this patrol up here? This wholearea is so peaceful right now? They
want to make it official. Wantto smoke the pipe with Sitting Bull and
tell the rest of the country theIndian Wars are over. I don't envy
you, Captain riding into the BlackHills just now. Thanks, you could
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send back for more troops and myorders are clear. I'm still looking for
Sitting Bull. You don't believe thetalk about the white Leader. I don't
believe it when I see him.That's a smoke ahead, Captain coming out
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of that line of hills to thewest. Where's when you've seen missus Hibberts,
Oh, sir, it isn't.This one seems larger than the others
signal fires, Sue. We're justletting their people know we're here marking our
course for him. We're flying awhite flag. They've honored it so far.
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Essert. Those signal fires aren't botheringme near so much as that cloud
form and ahead. We're gonna getsome weather before long, bad weather.
You're more worried about a storm andSitting Bull. I know where the storm
is, mister Cyberts. Oh,Sitting Bull might be nearer. He might
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Signal fires are a warning to someone. I hope it's Sitting Bull. If
it is, we can deliver ourmessage and get out before we get bogged
down by the storm. I guessI don't understand, sir. We may
be attacked, mister Sibert's. We'rein an unseated Indian country. It can
happen anytime. But sitting bull isn'tlikely to attack a patrol flying truth flag.
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You know you don't often hear himdescribed as a man of honor.
The Sioux think he is lieutenant.Yes, but well you've met him,
sir. You must have an ideawhat kind of a man he is?
I have an idea, mister Sabbats, Captain Quinson, and what does it
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look like? I've ahead, Harrison. The storm's hitting her way all right,
cap'n. But straight ahead over therise there's a valley set of blazer.
Can't see the smoke. It lookslike part of the storm. Captain.
You're captain, you can take myword for it. It's burning away
for fair that's to patrol of MisterSabat's all right ahead with Corporal Harrison.
Yes, come on, corporal,but true, oh, running right up
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into the ravines, Harrison. They'vebeen marking our course all the way in
with signal fires might be the setof good one like this to tell us
we ain't right welcome in their country. And it might be they said it
to cover their movement away from thevalley. Only from up here we should
be able to spot him. Iain't seen an engine yet, cap'n.
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We better find some cover for thepatrol can't make it across the Plazon Valley,
and we can't ride the long wayaround in this kind of storm.
This ain't a bad camp sit,Sir, then granted ledges making an overhang
away they do, of course,I don't know how near we are a
water that near enough for you?Yes? Or it sure is signaling the
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patrol to move up, Harrison.I'm gonna ride along this rim find a
spot for the horse. Yes here, it's clearing off Kepn. Worst of
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it's moved through. You check thepickets yet this morning, Corporal, and
change the duty at dawns any ofthem drowned during the night, if the
dead that didn't mention it to me. You're still trying to figure out where
we are, Captain. Yeah,I kind of like to know. Funny
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you look at a map like thatmakes everything look real simple. Left the
agency on the bel force moved alongit and to the west to the little
powder west again to the powdering.There's a river in that valley below Harrison.
If there is, it was onfire yesterday. Now let's take a
look. My golly, there isa river, capit. It must be
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the tongue. This is new countryto me. You sure couldn't see new
river for the blaze down there yesterday. If it is the tongue, we're
in Montana territory. Corporal, don'tlook much different. It's beginning too,
yes, sir, it's sure heis coming up the trail Indians. How
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many lieutenant six eight? That's allI make got, Captain, that's the
word. Hold fire, corporal,Yes, hold department. Hold. I
don't seem to fai us, sir. Riding up from that charred valley as
big as you please. It's theirvalley, mister Simmons, Well, yes
it is. Might be there,just riding up to remind us of that
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look, young captain. M hmm, very small. Can how many white
soldiers twelve? Well, thanks rightwell to weld is. How many whites
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soldier? You are six braves,sixth brave? We are twice your number.
Two white soldiers to one brave.Now understand why here we have a
letter the white chiefs one to powerwas sitting bold to smoke the pipe.
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Talk peace. Let us say that. Let us says that I take captain.
It's all right, mister Sammons,Office of Both Commander, fourth LAWI
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Wyoming Territory. Hmm. You seeI read you take back. Thank you
you read well. I read well, speak well, you speak very well.
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You white man me red man.That's right. Color of skin not
matter to leader. Who is yourleader? Leaders say all men are brother.
Now we go. How was thatall about? Captain? I don't
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know, missus Sabbage, but Ibet if we follow him we'll find out
they slickered us. Captain. Weain't seen sign an Indian in a full
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day now, not indians patrol oheither. You can't see her ins in
things. It had comfort me somethingto know you saw him too, Captain,
A giant of a white man witha flowing beard who rides a white
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mule. He's the new white leaderof the suit. I'll let you know
when I get back. I heardabout you, Captain, I've heard about
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you. I didn't really believe it. Your patrol is flying Thruce flags.
You've got a letter for sitting board, and have to tell you anything doing.
Red Bear was very proud of hisknowledge. The young Sioux brave.
He told me he met a whitebrother who was armed, who did not
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shoot. You're not armed eithern All, I'm armed. You mean the Sioux
up in the ridge? You're They'rejust interesting? So am I? I
hear you've got anything from a thousandlodges up. I wish I had captain.
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You can ride up and count them. On my best day, I've
got thirty braves. It's the beginningdepends on what you're beginning, A small
beginning, not nearly as big asyour invitation to Sitting Bull to smoke the
pipe. You know where he isat last. I heard his campus on
the Yellowstone River. You said youwere armed. I am a Bible Bible,
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I'm father Pharaoh. I'm a Jesuitpriest. You're preaching to the Sioux,
teaching, I hope, reading,writing, little farming. All men
are brothers. The color of theskin don't matter. Red Bear's learning faster
than most. You've You've cut outa big job for yourself. Father.
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No, I'm not alone. I'ma Jesuit but there are Methodists out here
to Presbyterians. You helped Captain withRed Bear. He seemed to respect you,
to know he could trust you.Maybe that's the way it begins,
with one red man and one whiteman trusting each other. Yeah, And
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like you said, father, smallbeginning, but it's a beginning. Fort
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Laramie is produced and directed by NormanMcDonnell and stars Raymond Burr as Lee Quinns,
Captain of Cavalry. The script wasspecially written for Fort Laramie by Kathleen
Hyte, with son patterns by BillJames and Ray Kemper musical supervision by Amerigo
Marino. Featured in the cast wereJess Kirkpatrick, Jack Crucian, Howard Culver,
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Lawrence Dobkin and John Dayner. SamEdwards is Corporal Harrison, Jack Moyles
is Major Daggett, and Harry Bartellis Lieutenant Seiberts Company Tensons Miss next Week
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Welcome to the old time radio Westerns. I'm your host, Andrew Ryans,
and let's get into this episode.This episode is going to be Fort Larmie.
Original date September thirtieth, nineteen fiftysix, and the title is a
small Beginning. Thanks for listening,and I hope you enjoy bo Fort Laramie.
(01:17):
Fort Laramie, starring Raymond Burr asCaptain Lee Quince, specially transcribed tales
of the dark and tragic ground ofthe wild Frontier, the saga of fighting
men who rode the rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of Lee Quince,
Captain of Cavalry. I'd rather takethese orders than give them, Captain.
(01:53):
Black Hills. The Black Hills apowder, a big horn, Yellowstone,
Montana Territory covers a lot of ground. Yeah you want these orders,
you say, I sure do.They're your orders. Why don't you take
him? You might be gone twoweeks, you might be gone two months.
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Now. I'm going to stay here, set up the parley. These
are your orders, Lee, Well, seeing their mine, maybe, Yer,
maybe you'll tell me what they are. Sitting bull, sitting bull.
I mean it, You've given methe army from the Department of the Platte
to go after him. I'm givingyour a patrol and a slip of paper.
(02:35):
This isn't an engagement. Capt'n.I want you to deliver an invitation
to Sitting Bull to parley with us. Give me a lot of territory to
find him in made you and Ican give you about six scout reports,
each one definitely establishing Sitting Bull's campat six different locations, from the Black
Hills to the Yellowstone. Now.I saw Pete Hazen's last report on him.
I'm a belle force here in theBlack Hills. That was six months
(02:59):
ago. That's the latest report wehave, and I can start there.
Might pick up some fresh word inthe way when you want me to leave,
as soon as you can pick upa troll and outfit it. I
remember you're heading north, planning anythingfrom heat to snow. Yeah, when
do you plan the parley? Major? We'd like to hold it before winter
sets in. If he set upa winter camp, he won't move till
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spring. If he won't, we'llhold it in the spring. He might
not move then. He isn't muchto hold meetings with white men, and
we're hoping he'll come. Yeah,well, they'll finding him. Comes first,
I'll get started. Major, OhLee, yes him, you've you've
seen him once you talk to him. I listened to him. I didn't
(03:47):
understand a word he said, butwhen he got through, I knew what
he meant. I understand. Hedoesn't speak English. He doesn't have to.
He speaks and you listen and youwatch him, and you understand.
I'm never seen him. I've heardthe stories that he's a complete savage,
that he ates white men, he'sbrilliant, that he's stupid, he's revered,
(04:08):
that he's hated. I'd just liketo see for himself. When you
see him, Major, you'll findout one thing in a hurry. Yeah,
he ates white men. Yeah,sir, Barporal, that remount station
(04:45):
is still ahead. Better be ares, and I'm counting on it. I
thought we'd make camp there start tomorrowwith fresh horses, crating and dueling their
mounts. Took the brunt of itwhen him boulders shook loose a while back.
The men hurt. Corporal shook up. That's all, Lieutenant Cyberge.
And I'll tell him the remount stationjust a couple of miles away. I'd
like to make it. They don'tmake it. Sorry, Yeah, two
(05:05):
more miles, Captain, that'll maketwenty five miles for us today. Not
bad. I thought it was prettygood, sir, considering that landslide held
us up some we can average twentyfive miles a day. We'll bet we
can't, mister Hyberts. Another daywe'll be heading into the Black Hills proper.
We'd be lucky to make eighteen aday through them, Yes, or
aren't going? Sometimes? Mostly it'sslow. I guess the Sioux could slow
(05:30):
us down some too. I guessthey could, mister Hyberts. That landslide,
Captain, it could have been startedby Indians, could have been I
think it was. No, it'sIndian country, sir, your ideas.
They shoved some boulders at us todiscourage as mister Hyberts. Oh, I've
done it before, but they didn'ttry to make it stick or a dozen
(05:50):
men. The slide did hold usup, stopped us for the best part
of an hour. If there wereIndians, Lieutenant, they'd taken advantage of
it. We was sitting ducks,yes, sir, I guess we were.
Well. It was an idea anyway, Lieutenant, before you came to
be company. We had a firstlieutenant who'd been through part of the war,
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never said much. I'd give himan order, he'd follow it to
the letter. I could count onthat he'd follow it to the letter.
Yes, sir, he never askedquestions, he never had ferries. I
understand, Captain. He wasn't muchgood to me, mister Sabbott's, Yes,
sir, Captain, your name dunesIt? What'd you see? Your
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name? Is it dunes It?Oh? Oh, yeah, I guess
he is. And don't hear itoff enough anymore to be sure? Kinda
quiet running the remount station, isit? Mmmm? Scout now and in
nestor Sometimes this ain't exactly the organtrailer, you know? Are you staying
along, Captain till morning? Yourhorses look good? They are have any
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trouble hanging on to him? Youmean Indian raids they've gone on a style.
Well, he just might put itthat way, Captain. I'm ain't
the time when I couldn't keep ahorse here with four broke legs. They
run him off that fast. Butlately now I get to know him just
like brothers. Brothers. Huh,well, I see brothers. I don't
know why never had any brothers aboutIndian raids. I tell you the truth
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had to welcome one. Ever,so often a man needs more in horses,
you know. Of course, upto year ago, Letty was with
me and that helps him. Letty, Letty dunce it my wife. Oh,
just about a year ago now,fellow came riding up one day and
said he meant to do some mining, though I swear he didn't have so
much as a pick with him thereas I could tell. He'd said a
few days, and I was busywith the horses, you know. When
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he rode off, darned if hedidn't take Letty with him. Well maybe
you're better off with horses. Ohyeah, Letty wasn't much of a talker.
This would be lands crick along here, yep, lands Cricket is.
I thought i'd follow it to beavercrick and cut up to the bell push
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from there. Makes nice, prettytrip, pretty country. Well besides the
scenery. Is that the quickest routeinto the Black Hills? I don't know,
no a quicker one. He counttwelve men, Captain man, it's
all there is. You ain't goingafter him or twelve men. I say
anything about going after someone army.Don't come trapesing through here getting fresh horses
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just for the ride. The wayit comes to me, though, you'll
need a sight more'n twelve men,more than twelve hundred. Oh, we're
not starting any wars? Done itnot? You maybe? But you take
a white man leading hostile Indians andyou're to have a war, and no
twelve troopers. The white man leadingwhat indians? The Sioux? Now,
don't tell me you ain't never heardtelling him? Man, I don't never
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see nobody and I heard of him. Well see, and I haven't suppose
you tell me what you've heard andwhere you've heard it. Last time was
from Koy. You're going to Beaverquick way, you run right by Koi's
place. He's tall, great andtall, and he's got a beard that's
long, you know, long andflowing that he Koi you're talking about,
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No, no, the white leaderof the Sioux. And they say when
he talks, it's like thunder inhis eyes is flash enlightening? Dones it?
Do you know what I think?How do I know that? I
think you've been with horses too long? Take him down to Beaver quick,
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misters, habbits, I'm want totalk to the settler. Looks like he's
packing up. Captain, hold thatby the barn. Yeah, yeah,
it does take care of things,Yes, Sir Corporal Harris Yestad, just
my heart moving time for you,mister after noon Captain, something running you
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off your land? Mister yeah,yes, A few days taking load of
grain up to ending agency won't counter. No military air scorts. Oh you
need one, as you know.I had a talk with Dunst at the
Remont station in Lands. Quick youget a word. You know him pretty
well. She maybe twice a year, don't dare go often her for old
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cooling, used to people talk tohead off, don't make a lot of
sense. He's got a story totell about a new white leader of the
Sioux As West. Brought you uphere, duns It says you told him
about the white man. What doyou say I said about him? That
he's tall, there's a long flowingbeard, talks like thunder eyes, that
flash lightning, thunder and lightning.That part is sure, does ken?
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I sure didn't mention thunder and lightning. What about the rest of it,
mister, Oh that's gospel. He'stall, tall as you There's no doubt
about the beard. All right.Of course, you hear all kinds of
things. Sometimes you're put to wonderingwhat to believe. Now I've heard he's
got his highs a thousand lodges,some say more thousand lodges, and figuring
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three men to a lodge. Thisman's got a Sioux following of three thousand
braves. I'm just telling you whatI was told of me, Kim duns
It added the thunder and lightning.What did you add on our king's warrior
lodjas? I told you that hebut the man hisself or what it looks
like. That much? I know, I know because i've seen him when
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well, yes, it's all fouror five months ago. Now, it
rode up my lane, watered hismule right there at Beaver crick sim as
your men are doing. And thisgiant of a man with a flowing beard
told you he'd come to lead theSioux against the white man. He said,
as much Kevin does, the Siouxneed a new leader. Now those
were his words. I come togive him a new leader, That's what
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he said. The plane is anything. You were ready to go to the
agency as soon as you load thegrain, take me no time at all.
I'll give you a hand and amilitary escort. Hell, I think
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I've managed to quiet. We don'tget much army through here since the treaty.
Your agency isn't used to cavalry patrolledpassing by stopping for water. Sure
they saw you setting up camp Adamedgy. Considering we're on a peace mission,
we seem to be doing a jobof making a lot of people edgy.
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It's the time, it's Captain Hey. Look up there, the Black
Hills, last sun of the dayon them. It's beautiful. I look
at them all day, the morningsun on him, the bright sun of
midday, and now when they're givingup to the night, and they're always
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beautiful. But somewhere in those hills, something quiet is building up. I
don't know what it is, buta feel it, and the Agency engines
feel it. Some day I gota notion a whole West is going to
feel it. You got mostly Siouxhere in the Agency. Mostly the Black
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Hills are par Sappa to them,sacred. It's the home of the Sioux
deities. Maybe maybe that's the feeling. Whatever it is, I'm losing Indians
to it every day. The wintercomin on that's the time most Indians head
for agencies, always before, Yeah, but not this year, just the
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opposite. I don't know. Ileft Fort Laramie four days ago to find
Sitting Bull an invite him to powwowwith us. In every place I stopped,
no one wants to talk about SittingBull. All I hear is that
the Sioux have a new white leader. That's all I hear, Cap'n.
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But you never saw him. No, but I never saw Sitting Bull.
That doesn't mean he doesn't exist.You figure you've lost how many Indians so
far? Not over twenty. Ilook around at days and everyone's accounted for.
By morning, two are gone,maybe three, maybe just one,
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and no one ever knows where they'regone. Of course, I'm supposing you're
reporting this to the Bureau of IndianAffairs, sure like I'm also reporting there's
fewer and fewer Indian raids, lesshostility, less trouble. And what do
you think they're going to pay mostattention to twenty Indians going off an agency
or four or five months of uninterruptedpeace. Why do you suppose they sent
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this patrol up here? This wholearea is so peaceful right now? They
want to make it official. Wantto smoke the pipe with Sitting Bull and
tell the rest of the country theIndian Wars are over. I don't envy
you, Captain riding into the BlackHills just now. Thanks, you could
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send back for more troops and myorders are clear. I'm still looking for
Sitting Bull. You don't believe thetalk about the white Leader. I don't
believe it when I see him.That's a smoke ahead, Captain coming out
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of that line of hills to thewest. Where's when you've seen missus Hibberts,
Oh, sir, it isn't.This one seems larger than the others
signal fires, Sue. We're justletting their people know we're here marking our
course for him. We're flying awhite flag. They've honored it so far.
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Essert. Those signal fires aren't botheringme near so much as that cloud
form and ahead. We're gonna getsome weather before long, bad weather.
You're more worried about a storm andSitting Bull. I know where the storm
is, mister Cyberts. Oh,Sitting Bull might be nearer. He might
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Signal fires are a warning to someone. I hope it's Sitting Bull. If
it is, we can deliver ourmessage and get out before we get bogged
down by the storm. I guessI don't understand, sir. We may
be attacked, mister Sibert's. We'rein an unseated Indian country. It can
happen anytime. But sitting bull isn'tlikely to attack a patrol flying truth flag.
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You know you don't often hear himdescribed as a man of honor.
The Sioux think he is lieutenant.Yes, but well you've met him,
sir. You must have an ideawhat kind of a man he is?
I have an idea, mister Sabbats, Captain Quinson, and what does it
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look like? I've ahead, Harrison. The storm's hitting her way all right,
cap'n. But straight ahead over therise there's a valley set of blazer.
Can't see the smoke. It lookslike part of the storm. Captain.
You're captain, you can take myword for it. It's burning away
for fair that's to patrol of MisterSabat's all right ahead with Corporal Harrison.
Yes, come on, corporal,but true, oh, running right up
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into the ravines, Harrison. They'vebeen marking our course all the way in
with signal fires might be the setof good one like this to tell us
we ain't right welcome in their country. And it might be they said it
to cover their movement away from thevalley. Only from up here we should
be able to spot him. Iain't seen an engine yet, cap'n.
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We better find some cover for thepatrol can't make it across the Plazon Valley,
and we can't ride the long wayaround in this kind of storm.
This ain't a bad camp sit,Sir, then granted ledges making an overhang
away they do, of course,I don't know how near we are a
water that near enough for you?Yes? Or it sure is signaling the
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patrol to move up, Harrison.I'm gonna ride along this rim find a
spot for the horse. Yes here, it's clearing off Kepn. Worst of
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it's moved through. You check thepickets yet this morning, Corporal, and
change the duty at dawns any ofthem drowned during the night, if the
dead that didn't mention it to me. You're still trying to figure out where
we are, Captain. Yeah,I kind of like to know. Funny
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you look at a map like thatmakes everything look real simple. Left the
agency on the bel force moved alongit and to the west to the little
powder west again to the powdering.There's a river in that valley below Harrison.
If there is, it was onfire yesterday. Now let's take a
look. My golly, there isa river, capit. It must be
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the tongue. This is new countryto me. You sure couldn't see new
river for the blaze down there yesterday. If it is the tongue, we're
in Montana territory. Corporal, don'tlook much different. It's beginning too,
yes, sir, it's sure heis coming up the trail Indians. How
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many lieutenant six eight? That's allI make got, Captain, that's the
word. Hold fire, corporal,Yes, hold department. Hold. I
don't seem to fai us, sir. Riding up from that charred valley as
big as you please. It's theirvalley, mister Simmons, Well, yes
it is. Might be there,just riding up to remind us of that
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look, young captain. M hmm, very small. Can how many white
soldiers twelve? Well, thanks rightwell to weld is. How many whites
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soldier? You are six braves,sixth brave? We are twice your number.
Two white soldiers to one brave.Now understand why here we have a
letter the white chiefs one to powerwas sitting bold to smoke the pipe.
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Talk peace. Let us say that. Let us says that I take captain.
It's all right, mister Sammons,Office of Both Commander, fourth LAWI
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Wyoming Territory. Hmm. You seeI read you take back. Thank you
you read well. I read well, speak well, you speak very well.
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You white man me red man.That's right. Color of skin not
matter to leader. Who is yourleader? Leaders say all men are brother.
Now we go. How was thatall about? Captain? I don't
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know, missus Sabbage, but Ibet if we follow him we'll find out
they slickered us. Captain. Weain't seen sign an Indian in a full
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day now, not indians patrol oheither. You can't see her ins in
things. It had comfort me somethingto know you saw him too, Captain,
A giant of a white man witha flowing beard who rides a white
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mule. He's the new white leaderof the suit. I'll let you know
when I get back. I heardabout you, Captain, I've heard about
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you. I didn't really believe it. Your patrol is flying Thruce flags.
You've got a letter for sitting board, and have to tell you anything doing.
Red Bear was very proud of hisknowledge. The young Sioux brave.
He told me he met a whitebrother who was armed, who did not
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shoot. You're not armed eithern All, I'm armed. You mean the Sioux
up in the ridge? You're They'rejust interesting? So am I? I
hear you've got anything from a thousandlodges up. I wish I had captain.
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You can ride up and count them. On my best day, I've
got thirty braves. It's the beginningdepends on what you're beginning, A small
beginning, not nearly as big asyour invitation to Sitting Bull to smoke the
pipe. You know where he isat last. I heard his campus on
the Yellowstone River. You said youwere armed. I am a Bible Bible,
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I'm father Pharaoh. I'm a Jesuitpriest. You're preaching to the Sioux,
teaching, I hope, reading,writing, little farming. All men
are brothers. The color of theskin don't matter. Red Bear's learning faster
than most. You've You've cut outa big job for yourself. Father.
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No, I'm not alone. I'ma Jesuit but there are Methodists out here
to Presbyterians. You helped Captain withRed Bear. He seemed to respect you,
to know he could trust you.Maybe that's the way it begins,
with one red man and one whiteman trusting each other. Yeah, And
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like you said, father, smallbeginning, but it's a beginning. Fort
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Laramie is produced and directed by NormanMcDonnell and stars Raymond Burr as Lee Quinns,
Captain of Cavalry. The script wasspecially written for Fort Laramie by Kathleen
Hyte, with son patterns by BillJames and Ray Kemper musical supervision by Amerigo
Marino. Featured in the cast wereJess Kirkpatrick, Jack Crucian, Howard Culver,
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Lawrence Dobkin and John Dayner. SamEdwards is Corporal Harrison, Jack Moyles
is Major Daggett, and Harry Bartellis Lieutenant Seiberts Company Tensons Miss next Week
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Captain of Cavalry. Every time afoot goes down on the accelerator of
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is something to be handled with care. If you're out on the highway,
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lane is clear for passing when youwant to get around, and don't take
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