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January 20, 2022 26 mins
Original Air Date: October 21, 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:
• Lawrence Dobkin (Charlie)

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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Episode Transcript

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(00:00):
M h. Welcome to the oldtime radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew
Ryans, and let's get into thisepisode. This episode is going to be
four Larmie. Original ardy is Octobertwenty one, nineteen fifty six, and

(00:23):
the title is Indian Scout. Hopeyou enjoy and again thanks for listening.

(01:03):
Fort Laramie. Fort Laramie, starringRaymond Burr as Captain lee Quince, specially
transcribed tales of the dark and tragicground of the wild Frontier, the saga

(01:26):
of fighting men who rode the rimof Empire, and the dramatic story of
Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry.Here anything now goes a lot of little

(01:52):
sounds, but not the moaning.Might be he's dead, captain, might
be this is where his horse cameout clear and he shouldn't be much further
in dead or not? Are youa hand to seeing the dark? Are
you much now? I can alwayslight this lantern. You know you want

(02:14):
to be seen? Do you whatif he's dead, he won't see old
land. If he isn't, Istill can't see him. That as you're
hearing in the dark, I heardthat, all right? Just a head
goes you can light your lantern.Now hold it closer toward his face.

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It looks kind of young, Captain, kind of wild too. It's full
of pain and scared. Do youspeak the tongue of white man? I
speak. Our camp is back bythe river. We'll carry you there.
You you kill? No got acanteen, Gors, Yes, Cap'm a

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drink. You will mind the lantern? H can you lift your head up
to it? Oh? No,no, drink? What's the matter with
you? You shot up for fair? You must be burning inside. You
drink some of it? Gors?Oh, you see engine? Good water?

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Now you drink. I'll drink.Looks like his right leg, Gors.
A couple of knicks crosses belly.What kind of show I gotta put
on to make him drink? Anddrink some more? Captain? I swilled
down three cups of coffee before hecome riding through the camp. I got
another swallow or two, and I'llgo ahead now then' engine. You gotta

(04:01):
make up your mind. Either it'sgood water or I gotta taste for drinking
poison? Now which will it be? Hello? Man, you drink?
I'm not thirsty. You need adrink? Take it? You don't believe
it be drink you born contrary,You just come along that way, good

(04:27):
water good. I did not tellyou. What's your name, Charlie?
Charlie? Fine, Charlie, you'vegot one good leg? Will we'll help
you up on its? Oh?What kind of engine? Name is Charlie?
Good amurking name? Charlie. Youcan't argue that with him. Gours,

(04:54):
Come on, let met camp fromhere. He's sleeping, Captain,
he's bound too. He lost alot of blood. Would you watch him

(05:15):
eat your gain back his strength?And no time did he do any talking.
Mostly he ate and smile, keptasking everyone to call him Charlie,
good American name, Charlie. Whatdo you think about him? Captain?
There's not much to think about him. Mister savage takes pain well, he
smiles, he eats a lot.I mean the way he rode right up

(05:35):
to our camp alone, rode rightpast the pickets without any fear at all,
apparently, and got shot for histrouble. Yes, when don't you
think he'd expect that, Captain,I'd expected you would. Maybe Charlie's different.
If Tinkerman pre busts, they bothswear he made no move to fire
back just rode like the devil forthe woods. You redoubled the pickets,
mister Sammage, Yes, sir,I did. I guess you think maybe

(05:58):
Charlie wasn't alone. I told youthere's not much to think about Charlie right
now. If he wanted more thanfood and a good drink of water,
he hasn't said. I can't takethe chance he's alone. The tourniquet stopped
the bleeding, and maybe we willknow more about Charlie tomorrow. You're going
to cut the bullet out tomorrow,Captain. I'm going to cut at least

(06:20):
three of them out. Three captain. But Tinkerman Prebos said Charley was wounded
before he got here. Mister Cibberts, you'll come. Last question, captain.

(06:51):
How do you feel this morning?Charlie cally feel fine? Let feel
bad? Yeah, I'll bet itdoes all right? If I look at
it, you look mhm, Charlie. Do you drink whiskey? Whiskey?

(07:13):
You know what it is like water? Like firewater? Whiskey like firewater,
Just like it you drink firewater,burn from mouth all down to belly,
make cough, make sick, makebad head. That's it. I like
You've got three maybe four bullets inthat leg. If I don't cut them

(07:38):
out, you'll die, Charlie.If I do, it'll hurt bad.
You want whiskey for the hurt?You can have it lead very bad,
Yeah it is. Here's the wateryou ask for. Captain brought it right
from the fire. Thanks Cours.You're gonna bind him fast, and you

(07:58):
want me to hold him, andthat's up to Charlie. You'll bring whiskey.
Now, where am I going toget whiskey? Leg? Very bad
over there? Ghosts in my bedroll? Yes, I suppose I gotta take
a couple of gulps for you.Figure it's safe to drink Kenjie, you
got bad leg. The only badthing I got my temper. Give Charlie

(08:22):
whiskey. Charlie, take for painone thing you eat, no dumb Engie.
Go on, Charlie, drink itdown. Let me know when the
leg doesn't hurt anymore. White Captain, good friend. Bring Charlie whiskey.
Mark the day, Charlie. It'sthe last whiskey you'll get from this white

(08:45):
man. I'll need more boiling water. Ghosts, mats, Sergeant's got another
pot going. Oh, very goodto have leg very bad. Never mind
to talk, just drinking. Hesure ain't gonna need no setting on,
Captain lapping it down. At thatrate, he'll be helpless inside of five

(09:05):
minutes. I'm counting on that door. Let's go outside, deeven b.
I sure never seem the lock ofhim. He's not cutting any pattern.
Ie oh either that legs bad justovernight. It's real bad. He say,

(09:28):
who shot him before we did?There's a long list of things he's
not said. Time for talk withhim later. That's a quarter whiskey,
Captain? Who it was a quarterwhiskey? Gours? Well you you're ready
for surgery. You got a mindfor it, Sir, I got a

(09:52):
mind, but not much stomach forit. Let's get it over with course.

(10:15):
The runners still around, mister Sabbats, Yes, sir, he's having
something to eat. Captain. Whenhe's through that, he gets his rest.
He was asking about a fresh horser. You will need one. No
reply to this message. Time he'sready to move again. Both him and
his horse will be rested. Dowe have new order? Sir? Major

(10:35):
Dagget will be here tomorrow with aplatoon from G Company. We're to wait
for the rendezvous. But the messagesays to keep Pete hazen here till the
Major arrives. Yes, and Ido that if I'd laid an eye on
Pete in a month. I thoughthe was scouting up in the Big Horn

(10:58):
country. Last I heard he was. Guess the major's counting on reports from
that area. Maybe we'll be movingup that way. They're talking about Charlie,
Captain, they're not gonna find outsitting in a tent, mister Sabbage,
that crazy fool Sergeant, Yes,sir, Well, it happened too

(11:20):
quick, Captain. I couldn't stopme. The man can't walk yet.
How could it happen too quick?First I saw him, he crawled most
down of the creek. His horsewas tethered down there with others. You
saw the rest of him. Hejust propelled himself up on that horse and
from the off side the right side. Indians don't know any better, and

(11:41):
neither do their horses. They alwaysmountain the right side. You want me
to go after him, Captain,No need, he's coming back, I
swear, Captain, he's putting ona show for it. Yeah, they
ride all over a horse on hisneck, his sides, under his belly.
Wow, either of you feel likemuch of a horseman now? With

(12:05):
one bad leg. You don't thinkhe got hold of another jug of whiskey.
Sir, I'll break the man whogave it to him if he did.
Captain, Yes, he's played himselfout. Charlie a good rider,
Yes, jolly stupid fool leg,very bad, white Captain's sorry leg,

(12:26):
very bad. Your leg's a sieve, but it's your leg. You can
break it off and throw it awayif you're over mind leg, very bad,
good friend. Bring Charlie whiskey.I told you, Charlie, that's
the last whiskey you'd get from me. Charlie ride, very good, Charlie,
show white man, Indian trick.No whiskey, No whiskey. You

(12:48):
other man you have whiskey, notme, Charlie. Yeah, and don't
look at me with your sore leg. I'll give you nothing. Poor Charlie
hurt, very bad. Light offthat pony. I want to talk to
you. Oh, leg so bad? Get off mind his horse, sergeant.
Yes, mister Sibert, see thecamps made ready for Major Dacket's arrival.

(13:13):
Yes, you were kicking that badleg around real free, can you
bear weight on it as far asmy tent, whiskey and tent. You
want two bad legs, Charlie,walk yeah, happy, Then let me

(13:41):
see that leg. Charlie, dobad thing to ride? It should have
killed you. You're such a contrarybecause it looks fine, Charlie. It's
got no right too. But yourleg looks fine, Charlie. Who shan't

(14:05):
you before we did? M whitesettler? He shoot two three times?
Why Charlie tries steel horses? Youwant to be shot for that? You
ever lived on a reservation one time? Short time, Charlie. Not like
reservation, nothing can do. Charlielikes steel horses. You steal horses all

(14:31):
alone? Do you sometime alone?Sometime with Cheyenne? Brave Charlie find horses,
tell others they come, we steal. That makes you a Cheyenne scout.
Then Charlie likes steel horses also hunt. You're not Cheyenne, Charlie.
What captain can tell? Charlie notCheyenne. You look more like a crow

(14:54):
to me? Yes, crow,m Charlie a little bit all blood crow
sue Cheyenne rappohole all drive crow peoplefrom land of Father, from Bighorn Charlie
liked Bighorn. Charlie lived there evenwith Cheyenne. There's no Cheyenne reservation in

(15:16):
the Bighorn, no reservation, justCheyenne. Brave and Charlie like steel horses.
Hunt. You like to kill whiteman, Charlie, not kill white
man. Not ever kill white man. Charlie friend goot name from white man,

(15:37):
white white man. Many years,many years when Charlie lived with on
people. White man come or huntfurs, teach Charlie speak tongue of white
man. Then he died. Charlietake name a friend. M hm.

(15:58):
You let Charlie go back Big Hornhunt steel horses. If you steal horses,
you broke the law you put Charliereservation. Am I might put you
in jail too. I might doalmost anything with you. Charlie, Is
that give you whiskey? Are thelast word we had from Hazen? The

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Big Horn was as peaceful as SundayChurch. Now all through these valleys here
settlers are complaining of increasing Indian raidsfor horses, major for horses. Until
the last few days. Runners arereporting a band of marauding Cheyenne, burning,
massacring as they go through here.You see long stinking water. That's

(16:52):
the Shoshone River Captain. The Indianscalled stinking water. Well, we're going
there. It doesn't much matter whatthe Indians call It might matterr madjor how's
that? We can't wait for PeteHazen. If there's a Cheyenne camp in
the Big Horn, we'll need ascout to find it. That's right,
Charlie a little bear as an Indian, he can't pick a trail to the

(17:12):
Shoshonee River, but he'll sure noone to stinking Water. From what you've
said, this must be his bandof Cheyenne who was responsible for the killering
along the stinking water. He's notabout to lead you against his friends.
And Charlie's a crow. I've neverheard a crow boast about his scalps.

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You're saying, then, that youtrust Charlie. I'm counting on him being
a crow, that's all major.I just look at that, Charlie,

(18:08):
little bear captain, smiling, ridingeasy. I think he was out on
a happy hunting party. I'm lookingat him. You call him a scott.
I could have got us this farby myself. You know where the
Cheyenne camp is goes no, sir, Well, I don't either, but
Charlie does. I'm hoping he'll leadus there. This because you fixed his

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legs, Captain, just because Charliedoesn't like killing. Sergeant Charlie's copy.
You saw the last two ranches,Charlie fired, burned to the ground,
stock runoff. I saw no killing, no party of white men like you

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said. This is your country,though, Charlie. This is the work
of your Cheyenne friends, isn't it, Charlie seeing many Indians sign yes,
hyann but not killing. There's anotherrunch ahead, Charlie. Oh, how's

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your leg holding up? Oh?Good, White Captain ficks leg, very
good, Charlie. Not forget patrol. Oh this map, search of the

(19:36):
premises, this map, Argeant,report anything you can find to me anything,
Yes, blood here, Captain dryblood marked the grug and trail of
it leads up to the cabin,or what's left of it anyway. And

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many ponies, Ryan pony, you'vebeen here before, Charley, not here,
old man live here. Not manyhorses Jolly likes the many horses?
Was was that the old man?Can you tell? Hard to tell about

(20:29):
old man? Too much had gone. I can't do much for him now
but bury him. He was oldman, like white friend who gave Charley
name, jolly friend. Die inpeace. Here. Find something goes this

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bundless stuff on the far side ofthe cabin, a funny collection. Captain
m HM relics four earls. Thisthing goes made of skin and buffalo hair.
Two arrow for hunting, two forwar. This marking the hat of

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skin and hair. This all sacredto Cheyenne's old man dead inside the cabin
side and fall in a bury olddetail. Yes, sir, you think
it. You sing death song,poor old man. Captain. We'll just

(21:45):
bury him, Johnny, and hopehe's found his peace. This day is
old sun dies too. Yeah,we'll be making camps Charlie nut like Killy

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with tomorrow's sun. Charlie, leadyou to Cheyenne Kent. Fort Laramie is

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produced and directed by Norman McDonnell andstars Raymond Burr as Lee Quince Captain of
Cavalry, with Vic Perrin as SergeantGores. The script was specially written for
Fort Laramie by Kathleen Highte, withsound patterns by Bill James and Ray Kemper.
Musical supervision by Amerigo Marino featured inthe cast where Lawrence Dobkin as Charlie,

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Jack Moyles as Major Duggett, andHarry Bartow as Lieutenant Cybert's company tension

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dismiss. Next week another transcribe storyof the Northwest Frontier and the troopers who
fought under Lee Quins, Captain ofCavalry. With the Far East as a

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