August 9, 2025 • 29 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
At the Gallas.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Fort Laramie.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Fort Laramie, starring Raymond Burr as Captain lee Quins, especially
transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the
wild Frontier, the saga of fighting men who wrote the
Rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of lee Quin's
Captain of Cavalry.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
I'd rather take these orders than give them, Captain. Black Hills,
the Black Hills, the powder a big horn, the 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 them. You might be gone two weeks,
(01:42):
you might be gone two months.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Now. I'm going to stay here, set up the parley.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
These are your orders, lee Well see in their mind.
Maybe maybe you'll tell me what they are. Sitting Bull,
Sitting Bull.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I mean it.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
You're giving me the army from the Department of the
Platte to go after him. I'm giving you a patrol
and a slip of paper. This isn't an engagement, cap'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 Major and I can give you
about six scout reports, each one definitely establishing Sitting Bull's
camp at six different locations from the Black Hills to
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the Yellowstone. I saw Pete Hazen's last report on him
and Bell Force here in the Black Hills. That was
six months ago. That's the latest report we have, and
I can start there. Might pick up some fresh word
in the way when you want me to leave, as
soon as you can pick up a patrol and outfit it.
I remember you're heading north, planning anything from heat to snow. Yeah,
(02:46):
when you plan the parley, Major, we'd like to hold
it before winter sets in. If he set up a
winter camp, he won't move till spring. If he won't,
we'll hold it in the spring. He might not move then.
He isn't much to hold meetings with white men, and
we're hoping he'll come. Yeah, well, I'll finding him comes first.
(03:07):
I'll get started. Major Oh Lee, Yes, sir, you've you've
seen him once you talked to him. I listened to him.
I didn't understand a word he said, but when he
got through, I knew what he meant. I understand he
doesn't speak English. He doesn't have to. He speaks, and
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you listen and you watch him and you understand. I've
never seen him. I've heard the stories that he's a
complete savage, that he hates white men. He's brilliant, and
he's stupid. He's revered that he's hated. I just like
to see for himself. When you see him, Major, you'll
find out one thing in a hurry. Yeah, he hates
white men.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Cap Sir, Corporal, that remount station is still ahead.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Better be Harrison. I'm counting on it. Thought we'd make
camp there start tomorrow with fresh horses, cracking and dooling
their mounts. Took the front of it. When then boulders
shook loose a while back, the men hurt. Corporal shook up.
That's all, Lieutenant Cybergs. And I'll tell them the remount
stations just a couple of miles away. I'd like to
make it. They'll make it. Sorry yet that.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Two more miles, Captain, that'll make twenty five miles.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
For us today. Not bad. I thought it was pretty good.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Sir, considering that landslide held us up some we coverage
twenty five miles a day.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
We'll be back.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We can't misster cybrids another day, we'll be heading into
the Black Hills proper, so we'll be lucky to make
eighteen a day through them, Yes, sir, heart going sometimes
mostly it's slow. Yes, the sou could slow us down
some too. I guess they could. Mister Sabits.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
That landslide, Captain, that could have been started by Indians
could have been I think it was.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
No, it's Indian country, Sir, your ideas. They shoved some
boulders at us to discourage his Mister Sabits. Oh, I've
done it before, but they didn't try to make it stick.
Were a dozen men. The slide did hold us up,
stopped us for the best part of an hour. If
there were Indians, Lieutenant, they'd taken advantage of it. We
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were sitting ducks, yes, Sir, I guess we were. Well.
It was an idea anyway, Lieutenant. Before you came to
be company, we had a first lieutenant who'd been through
part of the war. Never said much. I'd give him
an order, he'd follow it to the letter. I could
count on that he'd follow it to the letter. Yes, Sir,
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he never asked questions, he never had theories.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
I understand, Captain.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
He wasn't much good to me. Misters. Yes, sir, Captain,
(06:24):
your name duns it? What do you say your name?
Is it dune It?
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (06:28):
Oh, yeah, I guess it is. I don't hear it
off enough anymore to be sure.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Kind of quiet running the remount station?
Speaker 7 (06:36):
Is it Scott now named Nestor? Sometimes this ain't exactly
the Oregon trail?
Speaker 4 (06:41):
You know?
Speaker 7 (06:42):
Are you staying long, Captain?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Until morning? Your horses look good?
Speaker 7 (06:47):
They are?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Have any trouble hanging on to him?
Speaker 7 (06:50):
You mean Indian raids?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
They gone on a style.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
He just might put it that way, Captain. I mind
the time when I couldn't keep a horse here with
four broke legs. They run them all fat fast. But
lately now I get to know him just like brothers.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Brothers.
Speaker 7 (07:04):
Huh, well, I say brothers. I don't know why never
had any brothers About Indian raids. I'll tell you the truth.
How to welcome one?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Ever?
Speaker 7 (07:12):
So often a man needs more horses, you know. Of course,
up to a year ago, Letty was with me and
that helped him. Letty, yeah, Letty dunceip my wife. Oh,
just about a year ago, now, fella came riding up
one day and said him introduced some mining, though I
swear he didn't have so much as a pick with
him there as I could tell. He stayed a few days,
and I was busy as the horses, you know. And
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when he rode off, darned if he didn't take Letty
with him.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Well maybe you're better off with horses.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
Oh yeah, Letty wasn't much of a talker. This would
be Lance Creek along here, yep, lands cricket is.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I thought i'd follow it to Beaver Creek and cut
up to the Bell Force from there.
Speaker 7 (07:54):
Makes a nice, pretty trip, pretty country.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, besides the scenery, is that the quick root into
the black Hills?
Speaker 7 (08:01):
I know a quicker one the count twelve men captain,
That's all there is. You ain't going after him with
twelve men.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
I say anything about going after someone.
Speaker 7 (08:14):
The army don't come trapsing through here getting fresh horses
just for the ride way. It comes to me, though,
you'll need a sight more than twelve men, more than
twelve hundred.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
We're not starting any wars, done it not? You maybe?
Speaker 7 (08:27):
But you take a white man leading hostile Indians and
you're apt to have a war. And no twelve troopers,
just white man leading what Indians the Sioux. Now, don't
tell me you ain't never heard telling him. Man, I
don't never see nobody, and I heard of him.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Well, seeing I haven't suppose you tell me what you've
heard and where you've heard it.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
Well, last time was from KOI. You're going to Beaver
Creek way, you run right by Koy's please. He's tall,
great and tall, and he's got a beard that's long,
long and flowing.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
That nickoy A you're talking about.
Speaker 7 (09:02):
No, No, the white leader the soup and they say
when he talks it's like thunder, and his eyes, his
flights enlightening.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Dns it Do you know what I think?
Speaker 7 (09:11):
How do I know? They?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I think you've been with horses too long. Take him
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down to Beaver quick, mister s Habits, I'm gonna talk
to the settler.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Looks like he's packing up, captain.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
How that by the barn? Yeah? Yeah, it does take
care of things, yes, sir Purple Harris, Yes, Mount non saddle,
just mount unsaddle. Moving time for you, mister half No
(10:06):
catin something running you off your land?
Speaker 8 (10:09):
Mister, yeah, yes, for a few days, taking load of grain
up to in an agency walk't counting.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
No, military escorts though.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
You need one, And I said no. I had a
talk with Dunset at the remount station in Lance Creek.
Speaker 9 (10:22):
You get a word in.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
You know him pretty well, see maybe twice a year,
don't dare go offen her poor old cooling used to people.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Talks a fool hat off.
Speaker 8 (10:32):
Don't make a lot of sens.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
He's got a story to tell about a new white.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Leader of the Sioux. That's why it's brought you up here.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Dunet says, you told him about the white man. What
do you say I said about him? That he's tall,
there's a long flowing beard, talks like thunder eyes that
flash lightning.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Thunder enlightening.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
That that part is fewer, dunst key.
Speaker 8 (10:57):
I sure didn't mention thunder and lightning about the.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Rest of it, mister, Oh that's gosh.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
For he's tall, tall as you. There's no doubt about
the beard, all right. Of course, you hear all.
Speaker 8 (11:08):
Kinds of things. Sometimes you're put to wondering what to believe.
Now I've heard he's got his high as a thousand lodges,
some say.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
More thousand lodges, figuring three men to a lodge. This
man's got a Sioux following of three thousand braves. I'm
just telling you what was told to me. Cab Dunset
added the thunder and lightning. What did you add, mister?
Speaker 8 (11:31):
On our kings were the lodges?
Speaker 4 (11:33):
I told you that.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Hey, but the man himself for what it looks like
that much?
Speaker 8 (11:37):
I know, I know, of course, I've seen him when well,
I guess it's all four or.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Five months ago.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
Now it rode up my lane, watered his mule right
there at beaver Cricks.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
What as your men are doing? And this giant of
a man with a flowing beard told you he'd come
to lead the Sioux against the white man. He said,
as much Cavin does the Sioux need a new leader?
Now those were his words.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
I come to give I'm a new leader, That's what
he said.
Speaker 8 (12:02):
That's plain as anything.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
You were ready to go to the agency as soon
as you allowed the grain. It'll take me no time
at all. I'll give you a hand and a military escort. Well,
(12:29):
I think I've managed to quiet him. We don't get
much army through here since the treaty. Your agency isn't
used to cavalry patrolled passing by, stopping for water, sure
they saw you setting up camp made am edgie. Considering
we're on a peace mission, we seem to be doing
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a job of making a lot of people edgy. It's
the time, as Captain Hey, look up there, black hills.
Last sun of the day on them. It's beautiful. I
look at them all day, the morning sun on them,
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the bright sun of midday, and now when they're giving
up to the night, and they're always beautiful. But somewhere
in those hills, something quiet is building up. I don't
know what it is, but I feel it, and the
Agency Indians feel it. Someday I got a notion the
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whole West is gonna feel it. You've got mostly Sioux
here in the Agency, mostly the Black Hills. They're passapid
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. Winter coming on, that's the
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time most Indians head for agencies, always before, yeah, but
not this year, just the opposite. I don't know. I
left Fort Laramie four days ago to find Sitting Bull
and invite him to pow wow with us, and every
place I stop, no one wants to talk about Sitting Bull.
(14:17):
All I hear is that the Sioux have a new
white leader. That's all I hear, Captain, 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. I look around
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at day's end, everyone's accounted for. By morning, two were gone,
maybe three, maybe just one, and no one ever knows
where they're gone. Of course, I'm supposing you're reporting this
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, sure like I'm also
reporting there's fewer and fewer Indian raids less. How still
(15:00):
are they less trouble?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Now?
Speaker 2 (15:02):
What do you think they're going to pay most attention
to twenty Indians going off an agency or four or
five months of uninterrupted peace? Why do you suppose they
sent this patrol up here? This whole area is so
peaceful right now they want to make it official. Want
to smoke the pipe with Sitting Bull and tell the
rest of the country the Indian Wars are over. I
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don't envy you, Captain, riding into the Black Hills just now.
Thanks you could send back for more troops and I
owe its are clear. I'm still looking for Sitting Bull.
You don't believe the talk about the White Leader. I
don't believe it when I see him.
Speaker 6 (16:05):
Patch of smoke ahead, Captain coming out of that line
of hills to the west.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
First, when you've seen mister Sybitt.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
No, sir, it isn't.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
This one seems larger than the others signal fires. So
we're just letting their people know we're here marking our
course for him. We're flying a white flag. They've honored
it so far. Yes, sir, those signal fires aren't bothering
me near so much as that cloud forming ahead. We're
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gonna get some weather before long, bad weather. You're more
worried about a storm and Sitting Bull. I know where
the storm is, mister Sybitt, Well, Sitting Bull might be nearer.
Speaker 5 (16:51):
He might.
Speaker 6 (16:54):
Signal fires are a warning to someone.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I hope it's Sitting Bull. If it is, we can
deliver our message and get out before we get bogged
down by the storm. I guess I don't understand, sir.
We maybe attacked mister Sabots. We're in an unseated Indian country.
It can happen anytime. But sitting bull isn't likely to
attack a patrol flying truce flag.
Speaker 6 (17:24):
You know you don't often hear him described as a
man of honor.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
The Sioux think he is lieutenant.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Yes, but well you've met him, sir.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You must have an idea what kind of a man
he is? I have an idea, mister Sabots, Captain Quincon,
and what does it look like? I'm ahead, Harrison.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
The storm's hitting her away all right, Captain, But straight
ahead over the rise there's a valley set of blazer.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Can't see the smoke. It looks like car of the storm.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
Captain, Your captain, you can take my word for it.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's burning away for.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Fair the patrol of mister Sabat's all right ahead with
Corporal Harrison. Yes, come on, corporal patrol running right up
into the ravines, Harrison.
Speaker 5 (18:19):
They've been marking our course all the way in with
signal fires. Might be the set a good one like
this to tell us we ain't right welcome in their country.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
And it might be they set it to cover their
movement away from the valley. Only from up here we
should be able to spot him. I ain't seeing an
engine yet, Captain. We better find some cover for the
patrol can't make it across the Blazon Valley, and we
can't ride the long way around in this kind of storm.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
This ain't a bad camp, Sitzer. Them granted ledges making
overhang the way they do. Of course, I don't know
how near we are a water.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
That near enough for you?
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yes, it sure is.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Taking on the patrol to move up, Harrison. I'm gonna
ride along this rim find a spot for the horse.
Speaker 10 (19:05):
Yes, sir, it's clearing off cal worst of it's moved through.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You checked the pickets yet this morning, Corporal, and change
the duty at downs. Any of them drowned during the night,
If the dead, they didn't mention it to me.
Speaker 5 (19:40):
You still trying to figure out where we are, Captain, Yeah,
you kind of like to know. Funny, you look at
a map like that makes everything look real simple.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Left the agency on the Belfoce, moved along it and
to the west to the little powder, west again to
the Powder.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Hmm.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
There is a river in that valley below, Harrison. If
there is, it was on fire yesterday. Now let's take
a look. By Golly, there is a river, Captain, and
it must be the Tongue. This is new country.
Speaker 5 (20:20):
To me, you sure couldn't see no river for the
blaze down there yesterday.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
If it is the tongue, we're in Montana Territory, Corporal,
don't look much different.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
It's beginning too, yes, sir, it sure is coming out
the trail Indians.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
How many lieutenant six eight? That's all I make got, Captain,
that's the word. Hold fire, corporal, yes, older fire man.
Speaker 5 (20:46):
Old fire.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
I won't seem to faris sir? Righting up from that
charred valley as big as you please.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
It's their valley, mister Simons, Well, yes it is. Might
be they're just riding up to remind us of that look,
young captain.
Speaker 11 (21:09):
Mm hmmm, very small camp. How many white soldiers twelve?
Speaker 8 (21:23):
Too well?
Speaker 2 (21:25):
That's right, too.
Speaker 9 (21:27):
Well, too well?
Speaker 11 (21:30):
Is how many white soldiers you are?
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Six braves?
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Six braves?
Speaker 2 (21:37):
We are twice your number, two white soldiers to one brave.
Speaker 9 (21:44):
Now understand.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Why here we have a letter the white chiefs one
to power was sitting bull. We smoke the pipe talk.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
Peace letters say that.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Let us as that I take Captain. It's all right,
mister Sammons.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Office of both Command, Forth Army, Wyoming Territory.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
M You see I read you take back.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Thank you you read well. I read well, speak well,
you speak very well.
Speaker 11 (22:40):
You white man me red man.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
That's right.
Speaker 11 (22:46):
Color of skin not matter to leader.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Who is your leader?
Speaker 11 (22:51):
Leaders say all men are brother.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Now we go.
Speaker 7 (22:59):
Hmm, what was that all about, Captain?
Speaker 2 (23:06):
I don't know, mister Sabbats, but I bet if we
follow him, we'll find out they slickered us.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
Captain, we ain't seen a signing in.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Me in a full day now, not Indians, Harrison patrol
all either you can't see or hind seeing things.
Speaker 5 (23:40):
It had comfort me something to know you saw him
to Captain.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
A giant of a white man with a flowing beard
who rides a white mule.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
He's the new white leader of the Soup.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
I'll let you know when I get back. I heard
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about you, Captain, I've heard about you. I didn't really
believe it.
Speaker 12 (24:24):
Your patrol is flying truce flags. You've got a letter
for sitting booll.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
I don't have to tell you anything doing.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
Red Bear was very proud of his knowledge.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
The young Sioux brave.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
He told me he met a white brother who was
armed who did not shoot.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
You're not armed either, I'm armed, you mean, sue, up
on the ridge.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Ye, they're just interesting.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
So am I I hear you've got anything from a
thousand lodges up.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
I wish I had, Captain. You can ride up and
count them. On my best day, I've got thirty braves.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
It's a beginning, depends on what's you're beginning.
Speaker 12 (25:10):
A small beginning, not nearly as big as your invitation
to sitting bull to smoke the pipe. You know where
he is last I heard his camps on the Yellowstone River.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
You said you were armed.
Speaker 9 (25:25):
I am.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
A Bible a Bible, I'm father Pharaoh. I'm a Jesuit priest.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
You're preaching to the Sioux.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Teaching, I hope, reading, writing, little farming.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
All men, brothers. The color of the skin don't matter.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Red bears learning faster than most.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
You've You've got out a big job for yourself.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
Father.
Speaker 12 (25:57):
No, I'm not alone. I'm a Jesuit. But there are
Methodists out here, to Presbyterians. You help Captain with Redbaar.
He seemed to respect you, to know he could trust you.
Maybe that's the way it begins, with one red man,
one white man, trusting each other.
Speaker 7 (26:19):
Yeah, like you said, father, small beginning, but it's a beginning.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Fort Laramie is produced and directed by Norman mac donald
and stars Raymond Burr as lee Quin's Captain of Cavalry.
The script was specially written for Fort Laramie by Kathleen Hit,
with sound patterns by Bill Jay James and Ray Kemper
musical supervision by Amarigo Marino. Featured in the cast were
Jess Kirkpatrick, Jack Krusian, Howard Culver, Lawrence Doubkin, and John Dayner.
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Sam Edwards is Corporal Harrison, Jack Moyles is Major Daggett,
and Harry Bartel is Lieutenant.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Seyberts Company Tencent.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Dismiss.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Next week another transcribed story of the Northwest Frontier and
the troopers who fought under lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry.
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Every time a foot goes down on the accelerator of
an automobile, somebody is taking life into his hands, and life,
anybody's life, is something to be handled with care. If
you're out on the highway, drive at the speed that
best meets the traffic conditions you find. Obey the road
signs and give your attention to traffic signals too. Be
sure the lane is clear for passing. When you want
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to get around and don't take a chance on the
other fellow making room for you. In fact, don't take
a chance. Remember you can't save time by losing lives.
At the Gallas.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Fort Laramie.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Fort Laramie, starring Raymond Burr as Captain lee Quins, especially
transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the
wild Frontier, the saga of fighting men who wrote the
Rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of lee Quin's
Captain of Cavalry.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
I'd rather take these orders than give them, Captain. Black Hills,
the Black Hills, the powder a big horn, the 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 them. You might be gone two weeks,
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you might be gone two months.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Now. I'm going to stay here, set up the parley.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
These are your orders, lee Well see in their mind.
Maybe maybe you'll tell me what they are. Sitting Bull,
Sitting Bull.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
I mean it.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
You're giving me the army from the Department of the
Platte to go after him. I'm giving you a patrol
and a slip of paper. This isn't an engagement, cap'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 Major and I can give you
about six scout reports, each one definitely establishing Sitting Bull's
camp at six different locations from the Black Hills to
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the Yellowstone. I saw Pete Hazen's last report on him
and Bell Force here in the Black Hills. That was
six months ago. That's the latest report we have, and
I can start there. Might pick up some fresh word
in the way when you want me to leave, as
soon as you can pick up a patrol and outfit it.
I remember you're heading north, planning anything from heat to snow. Yeah,
(02:46):
when you plan the parley, Major, we'd like to hold
it before winter sets in. If he set up a
winter camp, he won't move till spring. If he won't,
we'll hold it in the spring. He might not move then.
He isn't much to hold meetings with white men, and
we're hoping he'll come. Yeah, well, I'll finding him comes first.
(03:07):
I'll get started. Major Oh Lee, Yes, sir, you've you've
seen him once you talked to him. I listened to him.
I didn't understand a word he said, but when he
got through, I knew what he meant. I understand he
doesn't speak English. He doesn't have to. He speaks, and
(03:27):
you listen and you watch him and you understand. I've
never seen him. I've heard the stories that he's a
complete savage, that he hates white men. He's brilliant, and
he's stupid. He's revered that he's hated. I just like
to see for himself. When you see him, Major, you'll
find out one thing in a hurry. Yeah, he hates
white men.
Speaker 5 (04:12):
Cap Sir, Corporal, that remount station is still ahead.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Better be Harrison. I'm counting on it. Thought we'd make
camp there start tomorrow with fresh horses, cracking and dooling
their mounts. Took the front of it. When then boulders
shook loose a while back, the men hurt. Corporal shook up.
That's all, Lieutenant Cybergs. And I'll tell them the remount
stations just a couple of miles away. I'd like to
make it. They'll make it. Sorry yet that.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Two more miles, Captain, that'll make twenty five miles.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
For us today. Not bad. I thought it was pretty good.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Sir, considering that landslide held us up some we coverage
twenty five miles a day.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
We'll be back.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We can't misster cybrids another day, we'll be heading into
the Black Hills proper, so we'll be lucky to make
eighteen a day through them, Yes, sir, heart going sometimes
mostly it's slow. Yes, the sou could slow us down
some too. I guess they could. Mister Sabits.
Speaker 6 (05:04):
That landslide, Captain, that could have been started by Indians
could have been I think it was.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
No, it's Indian country, Sir, your ideas. They shoved some
boulders at us to discourage his Mister Sabits. Oh, I've
done it before, but they didn't try to make it stick.
Were a dozen men. The slide did hold us up,
stopped us for the best part of an hour. If
there were Indians, Lieutenant, they'd taken advantage of it. We
(05:31):
were sitting ducks, yes, Sir, I guess we were. Well.
It was an idea anyway, Lieutenant. Before you came to
be company, we had a first lieutenant who'd been through
part of the war. Never said much. I'd give him
an order, he'd follow it to the letter. I could
count on that he'd follow it to the letter. Yes, Sir,
(05:52):
he never asked questions, he never had theories.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
I understand, Captain.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
He wasn't much good to me. Misters. Yes, sir, Captain,
(06:24):
your name duns it? What do you say your name?
Is it dune It?
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (06:28):
Oh, yeah, I guess it is. I don't hear it
off enough anymore to be sure.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Kind of quiet running the remount station?
Speaker 7 (06:36):
Is it Scott now named Nestor? Sometimes this ain't exactly
the Oregon trail?
Speaker 4 (06:41):
You know?
Speaker 7 (06:42):
Are you staying long, Captain?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Until morning? Your horses look good?
Speaker 7 (06:47):
They are?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Have any trouble hanging on to him?
Speaker 7 (06:50):
You mean Indian raids?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
They gone on a style.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
He just might put it that way, Captain. I mind
the time when I couldn't keep a horse here with
four broke legs. They run them all fat fast. But
lately now I get to know him just like brothers.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Brothers.
Speaker 7 (07:04):
Huh, well, I say brothers. I don't know why never
had any brothers About Indian raids. I'll tell you the truth.
How to welcome one?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Ever?
Speaker 7 (07:12):
So often a man needs more horses, you know. Of course,
up to a year ago, Letty was with me and
that helped him. Letty, yeah, Letty dunceip my wife. Oh,
just about a year ago, now, fella came riding up
one day and said him introduced some mining, though I
swear he didn't have so much as a pick with
him there as I could tell. He stayed a few days,
and I was busy as the horses, you know. And
(07:33):
when he rode off, darned if he didn't take Letty
with him.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Well maybe you're better off with horses.
Speaker 7 (07:41):
Oh yeah, Letty wasn't much of a talker. This would
be Lance Creek along here, yep, lands cricket is.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
I thought i'd follow it to Beaver Creek and cut
up to the Bell Force from there.
Speaker 7 (07:54):
Makes a nice, pretty trip, pretty country.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, besides the scenery, is that the quick root into
the black Hills?
Speaker 7 (08:01):
I know a quicker one the count twelve men captain,
That's all there is. You ain't going after him with
twelve men.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
I say anything about going after someone.
Speaker 7 (08:14):
The army don't come trapsing through here getting fresh horses
just for the ride way. It comes to me, though,
you'll need a sight more than twelve men, more than
twelve hundred.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
We're not starting any wars, done it not? You maybe?
Speaker 7 (08:27):
But you take a white man leading hostile Indians and
you're apt to have a war. And no twelve troopers,
just white man leading what Indians the Sioux. Now, don't
tell me you ain't never heard telling him. Man, I
don't never see nobody, and I heard of him.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Well, seeing I haven't suppose you tell me what you've
heard and where you've heard it.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
Well, last time was from KOI. You're going to Beaver
Creek way, you run right by Koy's please. He's tall,
great and tall, and he's got a beard that's long,
long and flowing.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
That nickoy A you're talking about.
Speaker 7 (09:02):
No, No, the white leader the soup and they say
when he talks it's like thunder, and his eyes, his
flights enlightening.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Dns it Do you know what I think?
Speaker 7 (09:11):
How do I know? They?
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I think you've been with horses too long. Take him
(09:36):
down to Beaver quick, mister s Habits, I'm gonna talk
to the settler.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
Looks like he's packing up, captain.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
How that by the barn? Yeah? Yeah, it does take
care of things, yes, sir Purple Harris, Yes, Mount non saddle,
just mount unsaddle. Moving time for you, mister half No
(10:06):
catin something running you off your land?
Speaker 8 (10:09):
Mister, yeah, yes, for a few days, taking load of grain
up to in an agency walk't counting.
Speaker 4 (10:14):
No, military escorts though.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
You need one, And I said no. I had a
talk with Dunset at the remount station in Lance Creek.
Speaker 9 (10:22):
You get a word in.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
You know him pretty well, see maybe twice a year,
don't dare go offen her poor old cooling used to people.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Talks a fool hat off.
Speaker 8 (10:32):
Don't make a lot of sens.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
He's got a story to tell about a new white.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Leader of the Sioux. That's why it's brought you up here.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Dunet says, you told him about the white man. What
do you say I said about him? That he's tall,
there's a long flowing beard, talks like thunder eyes that
flash lightning.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Thunder enlightening.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
That that part is fewer, dunst key.
Speaker 8 (10:57):
I sure didn't mention thunder and lightning about the.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Rest of it, mister, Oh that's gosh.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
For he's tall, tall as you. There's no doubt about
the beard, all right. Of course, you hear all.
Speaker 8 (11:08):
Kinds of things. Sometimes you're put to wondering what to believe.
Now I've heard he's got his high as a thousand lodges,
some say.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
More thousand lodges, figuring three men to a lodge. This
man's got a Sioux following of three thousand braves. I'm
just telling you what was told to me. Cab Dunset
added the thunder and lightning. What did you add, mister?
Speaker 8 (11:31):
On our kings were the lodges?
Speaker 4 (11:33):
I told you that.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Hey, but the man himself for what it looks like
that much?
Speaker 8 (11:37):
I know, I know, of course, I've seen him when well,
I guess it's all four or.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
Five months ago.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
Now it rode up my lane, watered his mule right
there at beaver Cricks.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
What as your men are doing? And this giant of
a man with a flowing beard told you he'd come
to lead the Sioux against the white man. He said,
as much Cavin does the Sioux need a new leader?
Now those were his words.
Speaker 4 (11:59):
I come to give I'm a new leader, That's what
he said.
Speaker 8 (12:02):
That's plain as anything.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
You were ready to go to the agency as soon
as you allowed the grain. It'll take me no time
at all. I'll give you a hand and a military escort. Well,
(12:29):
I think I've managed to quiet him. We don't get
much army through here since the treaty. Your agency isn't
used to cavalry patrolled passing by, stopping for water, sure
they saw you setting up camp made am edgie. Considering
we're on a peace mission, we seem to be doing
(12:50):
a job of making a lot of people edgy. It's
the time, as Captain Hey, look up there, black hills.
Last sun of the day on them. It's beautiful. I
look at them all day, the morning sun on them,
(13:11):
the bright sun of midday, and now when they're giving
up to the night, and they're always beautiful. But somewhere
in those hills, something quiet is building up. I don't
know what it is, but I feel it, and the
Agency Indians feel it. Someday I got a notion the
(13:34):
whole West is gonna feel it. You've got mostly Sioux
here in the Agency, mostly the Black Hills. They're passapid
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. Winter coming on, that's the
(13:56):
time most Indians head for agencies, always before, yeah, but
not this year, just the opposite. I don't know. I
left Fort Laramie four days ago to find Sitting Bull
and invite him to pow wow with us, and every
place I stop, no one wants to talk about Sitting Bull.
(14:17):
All I hear is that the Sioux have a new
white leader. That's all I hear, Captain, 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. I look around
(14:38):
at day's end, everyone's accounted for. By morning, two were gone,
maybe three, maybe just one, and no one ever knows
where they're gone. Of course, I'm supposing you're reporting this
to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, sure like I'm also
reporting there's fewer and fewer Indian raids less. How still
(15:00):
are they less trouble?
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Now?
Speaker 2 (15:02):
What do you think they're going to pay most attention
to twenty Indians going off an agency or four or
five months of uninterrupted peace? Why do you suppose they
sent this patrol up here? This whole area is so
peaceful right now they want to make it official. Want
to smoke the pipe with Sitting Bull and tell the
rest of the country the Indian Wars are over. I
(15:25):
don't envy you, Captain, riding into the Black Hills just now.
Thanks you could send back for more troops and I
owe its are clear. I'm still looking for Sitting Bull.
You don't believe the talk about the White Leader. I
don't believe it when I see him.
Speaker 6 (16:05):
Patch of smoke ahead, Captain coming out of that line
of hills to the west.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
First, when you've seen mister Sybitt.
Speaker 4 (16:13):
No, sir, it isn't.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
This one seems larger than the others signal fires. So
we're just letting their people know we're here marking our
course for him. We're flying a white flag. They've honored
it so far. Yes, sir, those signal fires aren't bothering
me near so much as that cloud forming ahead. We're
(16:38):
gonna get some weather before long, bad weather. You're more
worried about a storm and Sitting Bull. I know where
the storm is, mister Sybitt, Well, Sitting Bull might be nearer.
Speaker 5 (16:51):
He might.
Speaker 6 (16:54):
Signal fires are a warning to someone.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
I hope it's Sitting Bull. If it is, we can
deliver our message and get out before we get bogged
down by the storm. I guess I don't understand, sir.
We maybe attacked mister Sabots. We're in an unseated Indian country.
It can happen anytime. But sitting bull isn't likely to
attack a patrol flying truce flag.
Speaker 6 (17:24):
You know you don't often hear him described as a
man of honor.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
The Sioux think he is lieutenant.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Yes, but well you've met him, sir.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
You must have an idea what kind of a man
he is? I have an idea, mister Sabots, Captain Quincon,
and what does it look like? I'm ahead, Harrison.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
The storm's hitting her away all right, Captain, But straight
ahead over the rise there's a valley set of blazer.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
Can't see the smoke. It looks like car of the storm.
Speaker 10 (17:55):
Captain, Your captain, you can take my word for it.
Speaker 1 (17:58):
It's burning away for.
Speaker 2 (17:59):
Fair the patrol of mister Sabat's all right ahead with
Corporal Harrison. Yes, come on, corporal patrol running right up
into the ravines, Harrison.
Speaker 5 (18:19):
They've been marking our course all the way in with
signal fires. Might be the set a good one like
this to tell us we ain't right welcome in their country.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
And it might be they set it to cover their
movement away from the valley. Only from up here we
should be able to spot him. I ain't seeing an
engine yet, Captain. We better find some cover for the
patrol can't make it across the Blazon Valley, and we
can't ride the long way around in this kind of storm.
Speaker 5 (18:47):
This ain't a bad camp, Sitzer. Them granted ledges making
overhang the way they do. Of course, I don't know
how near we are a water.
Speaker 2 (18:57):
That near enough for you?
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Yes, it sure is.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Taking on the patrol to move up, Harrison. I'm gonna
ride along this rim find a spot for the horse.
Speaker 10 (19:05):
Yes, sir, it's clearing off cal worst of it's moved through.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
You checked the pickets yet this morning, Corporal, and change
the duty at downs. Any of them drowned during the night,
If the dead, they didn't mention it to me.
Speaker 5 (19:40):
You still trying to figure out where we are, Captain, Yeah,
you kind of like to know. Funny, you look at
a map like that makes everything look real simple.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Left the agency on the Belfoce, moved along it and
to the west to the little powder, west again to
the Powder.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Hmm.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
There is a river in that valley below, Harrison. If
there is, it was on fire yesterday. Now let's take
a look. By Golly, there is a river, Captain, and
it must be the Tongue. This is new country.
Speaker 5 (20:20):
To me, you sure couldn't see no river for the
blaze down there yesterday.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
If it is the tongue, we're in Montana Territory, Corporal,
don't look much different.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
It's beginning too, yes, sir, it sure is coming out
the trail Indians.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
How many lieutenant six eight? That's all I make got, Captain,
that's the word. Hold fire, corporal, yes, older fire man.
Speaker 5 (20:46):
Old fire.
Speaker 6 (20:50):
I won't seem to faris sir? Righting up from that
charred valley as big as you please.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
It's their valley, mister Simons, Well, yes it is. Might
be they're just riding up to remind us of that look,
young captain.
Speaker 11 (21:09):
Mm hmmm, very small camp. How many white soldiers twelve?
Speaker 8 (21:23):
Too well?
Speaker 2 (21:25):
That's right, too.
Speaker 9 (21:27):
Well, too well?
Speaker 11 (21:30):
Is how many white soldiers you are?
Speaker 2 (21:34):
Six braves?
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Six braves?
Speaker 2 (21:37):
We are twice your number, two white soldiers to one brave.
Speaker 9 (21:44):
Now understand.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
Why here we have a letter the white chiefs one
to power was sitting bull. We smoke the pipe talk.
Speaker 4 (21:56):
Peace letters say that.
Speaker 2 (21:58):
Let us as that I take Captain. It's all right,
mister Sammons.
Speaker 9 (22:05):
Office of both Command, Forth Army, Wyoming Territory.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
M You see I read you take back.
Speaker 2 (22:29):
Thank you you read well. I read well, speak well,
you speak very well.
Speaker 11 (22:40):
You white man me red man.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
That's right.
Speaker 11 (22:46):
Color of skin not matter to leader.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Who is your leader?
Speaker 11 (22:51):
Leaders say all men are brother.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Now we go.
Speaker 7 (22:59):
Hmm, what was that all about, Captain?
Speaker 2 (23:06):
I don't know, mister Sabbats, but I bet if we
follow him, we'll find out they slickered us.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
Captain, we ain't seen a signing in.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Me in a full day now, not Indians, Harrison patrol
all either you can't see or hind seeing things.
Speaker 5 (23:40):
It had comfort me something to know you saw him
to Captain.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
A giant of a white man with a flowing beard
who rides a white mule.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
He's the new white leader of the Soup.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
I'll let you know when I get back. I heard
(24:17):
about you, Captain, I've heard about you. I didn't really
believe it.
Speaker 12 (24:24):
Your patrol is flying truce flags. You've got a letter
for sitting booll.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
I don't have to tell you anything doing.
Speaker 4 (24:32):
Red Bear was very proud of his knowledge.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
The young Sioux brave.
Speaker 4 (24:37):
He told me he met a white brother who was
armed who did not shoot.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
You're not armed either, I'm armed, you mean, sue, up
on the ridge.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Ye, they're just interesting.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
So am I I hear you've got anything from a
thousand lodges up.
Speaker 4 (25:00):
I wish I had, Captain. You can ride up and
count them. On my best day, I've got thirty braves.
Speaker 2 (25:07):
It's a beginning, depends on what's you're beginning.
Speaker 12 (25:10):
A small beginning, not nearly as big as your invitation
to sitting bull to smoke the pipe. You know where
he is last I heard his camps on the Yellowstone River.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
You said you were armed.
Speaker 9 (25:25):
I am.
Speaker 4 (25:29):
A Bible a Bible, I'm father Pharaoh. I'm a Jesuit priest.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
You're preaching to the Sioux.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Teaching, I hope, reading, writing, little farming.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
All men, brothers. The color of the skin don't matter.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
Red bears learning faster than most.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
You've You've got out a big job for yourself.
Speaker 7 (25:56):
Father.
Speaker 12 (25:57):
No, I'm not alone. I'm a Jesuit. But there are
Methodists out here, to Presbyterians. You help Captain with Redbaar.
He seemed to respect you, to know he could trust you.
Maybe that's the way it begins, with one red man,
one white man, trusting each other.
Speaker 7 (26:19):
Yeah, like you said, father, small beginning, but it's a beginning.
Speaker 3 (26:46):
Fort Laramie is produced and directed by Norman mac donald
and stars Raymond Burr as lee Quin's Captain of Cavalry.
The script was specially written for Fort Laramie by Kathleen Hit,
with sound patterns by Bill Jay James and Ray Kemper
musical supervision by Amarigo Marino. Featured in the cast were
Jess Kirkpatrick, Jack Krusian, Howard Culver, Lawrence Doubkin, and John Dayner.
(27:10):
Sam Edwards is Corporal Harrison, Jack Moyles is Major Daggett,
and Harry Bartel is Lieutenant.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Seyberts Company Tencent.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Dismiss.
Speaker 3 (27:50):
Next week another transcribed story of the Northwest Frontier and
the troopers who fought under lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry.
(28:14):
Every time a foot goes down on the accelerator of
an automobile, somebody is taking life into his hands, and life,
anybody's life, is something to be handled with care. If
you're out on the highway, drive at the speed that
best meets the traffic conditions you find. Obey the road
signs and give your attention to traffic signals too. Be
sure the lane is clear for passing. When you want
(28:35):
to get around and don't take a chance on the
other fellow making room for you. In fact, don't take
a chance. Remember you can't save time by losing lives.
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