Sacajawea - Hallmark Hall of Fame (03-08-53)

The Story of the guide and interpreter, (Sacajawea), who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition negotiate with the Shoshone and explore the Louisiana Territory.

Original Air Date: March 08, 1953
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Show: Western Stories
Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739)

Stars:
• Lurene Tuttle
• Whitfield Connor
• Lamont Johnson
• John Stephenson
• Ben Wright
• Ted de Corsia
• Frank Martin

Host:
• Lionel Barrymore

Exit music from: Roundup on the Prairie by Aaron Kenny https://bit.ly/3kTj0kK

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the old time radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Ryns and let's
get into this episode. This episodeis going to be Western stories. This
story comes from Hallmark Hall of Fame. Original air date is March eighth,
nineteen fifty three, and this storyfollows Sacajaweah. Let's get into it and
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the sacrifice and devotion have made ourold lives better, but about whom we
know all too little. Look aroundyour tongue. Count the streets with lakes
and parks that have Indian names.Well assured, for to some Indians we

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owe much of our present greatness.One of the greatest of these was Saccard
Juwiah, the bird Maiden. Withouther, America might not rule supreme between
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Joiah, who had maiden, thefaithful one Sacca Junior of the Shoshone in
nation the Rome Eastern Rockies that standsstony barrier to the way west from America
a hundred and fifty years ago.In eighteen hundred, Sacca Joia was in

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the early teens. There begins herepoch that joins its cadences with the majestic
epoch of America. This is herstory, as the Shoshone is might still
tell it to their dark eyed littleone. High upon the great stone mountains

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of the brave Shoshone nation of thewarriors, in the hunters of a bowman
and the lances, live the maidenSaca Jaweah, daughter of the tribal chieftain,
pledged to duty and her people faithfulone, Saka Jaweah, go,
her mother told the maiden, gobeside the bubbling water, find the bomb

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word at the river, gentle earthly, to ease the fever of your father's
father's pain to the ruler. Wentyoung Saka Julia alone. Her grown brother
practiced, and a shooting she wentalone. Darkness thickened out of the stillness,

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and the woods a band of maraudingmilitary Indians closed in honor. A
quick scuffle of bare feet. AnIndian girl is kidnapped, A minute tragedy

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in the vast world, in thestill casualty violence, And there's a world
to make. There's a new nationdreaming of greatness, aspiring westward. In
Washington, President Thomas Jefferson interviews ayoung engineer is Secretaries Captain Merriwether Lewis,

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Captain Lewis, Sir, Sir CaptainLewis. Three years ago Spain see to
Louisiana, to France. We arenow hemmed in by three great powers,
Spain on the south, bitten onour north, France on our west and
southwest. If we do not breakout of that encirclement, we stand fair

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to perish as a nation. Isuspect for the mission is, Sir,
I was eager five years ago.We must send an expedition to the great
Northwest before some other power claims it. When you wish to go years ago,
it was no game for young menfresh out of Laton School. To
day, your offer has ripened withevents into acceptability, and I do accept,

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Mister President. I don't be sooverjoyed and grateful you may die.
I want to go. I Ihave a friend, sir, very cape
An officer, Lieutenant William Clark.I should like him to go with me,
said indeed, Yet, may youboth return to our gratitude, and

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you honor white men under Great Missouri, great canoes upon the waters, or
in sail of the Intruder, whereno white men went before, and the
angry river struck them, and theheavens spoke with thunder, and the wilderness

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with drums summoning the many nations,soon shoshone mandon crow summoning the fatal arrow,
rallying the bitter Bowl. Yet onlyat the Great Stone Mountains did the
white man pause, dismayed, whatdesolate country ahead, Clark appalling, I'm

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here. It's a waste land,stood end, it's a formidable looking wall,
as formidable a wilderness of rock andsnow and avalanche mountain torrens. We'll
need horses to get across. Icounted on the Indians to provide them for
us. Instead they take pot shotand sat us from cover. HALLO,

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who's that a friend to share yourfire of Eppi's old a cropper, And
what charbonou? To so charbonou?To share your fire. This is Captain
Clark. I'm Captain Lewis, PresidentJefferson's Core of Discovery. A pleasure as
you another white man in this wilderness. No, the Indians think not.

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They almost treat me as an equalas one of them. And what do
you consider yourself? Ah? Apaper who can be useful if you take
me with you anywhere the world needmy dead donation. As it happens,
we may be going nowhere except backhome. Ah, how is that we
need horses to cross the rockies?Rea can go perhaps fifty miles more.

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And so no, not even acapitaine. Oh yeah, why do I
say not even that? I saynot even that, because before you go
that far you would be attacked bythe Shoshone Indians who live in the mountains
and guard the passes and the approachesto them. But I don't know,

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ah ha, I have an answer. Nearby there is a Mandan village where
there is a Shoshoni girl, verypretty, very nice, and she was
sold to this tribe some years agoby a band of moreh orders from another
tribe which she is a Shoshone.The danger is from the Shoon the Shoshones
at horses. Who knows what maybe arang? What's her name? Sakajawea?

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Can you get her for us?If you buy her freedom, get
her? I'm good young, weneed boy your goa Jawia? What does

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your name mean? But who know? So show not your name? Good
maiden? Who? But it's funny? How did you wear? Do you
know? What we want to do? Go over the great Stone Mountains to

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find the Columbia River and follow itas far as we can go Columbia to
win on a northwest for my peopleor America, America. It's my hope.
Great and good and powerful, greatships, many people, great cities,
trunk then they're so much stronger,very will you are angry with stuffer,

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you're proud of you and you lovethem. Oh yes you would like
to go back to them, wouldn'tyou? So? Yes, you're free,
you know. Just just help usto reach your people and get horses
from them. We need them desperately. Then go free. Yes, all

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that help? Steady you almost letthat squall? Camp Sciences said, all
right, have you? I haven'tadd it's a good turn by finding you
for us. But he's the worstwater man and all the game we're going
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The clubsness of Charbonneux seemed to consignthe pirogue with its priceless equipment,
to the bottom of the Missouri River. But Sacajawea, refusing to abandon ship,
sat in the stern calmly collecting theflotsam and the almost swamp bowl,
saving it from the river. Miraculously, the piro righted itself and fluted.

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Charboneaux had failed wretchedly, but ZacaJawiah had not failed. The courage and
fortitude of the Shoshone heritage had savedthe expedition. Of course, it's a
fire, satte away your cold noise. Do you know what you did today?

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I think all the instruments and mapsand medicines for the expedition were in
our crown. You hadn't stayed onboard and saved those gifting things would have
been helpless three thousand miles and anywhere. Yeah you knew that then high school?

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Thank you? Scold you wish worried? We must be close to your

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country hour so could you were?Yes, Captain Lewis, what should we
expect? I do not move?Will they be friends to us? Will
they hate us? The white manis not kind to the Indian. We
want to be friends with all people. It would be good. Great white
father in Washington respects Indians. Hisdefensive logan the great mango chieftain shows if

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we don't come seeking war, Mypeople are not warlike. They love peace?
Will they give us the horses thatwe must have? Will try?
Then you think they will be friendly? I do not know if I can
do it? I cannot. Whydo you stop? What do you see
there? Where? I see nothingof Captain mouse? Smoke smoke signals ye

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your people? Yes, I knowShure Shane, but not sure showanee smoke
read it right? When I've discoveredus, then you've seen your boots.
What else does the smoke say?Peace? Sockerwea? Is it peace?
Or do they want war? Wedo not want war? Socker jewey peace

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sucker Jean answer peace, war I'mthe real gin on the summit, smoke
shashone signal, fire rise, thefires told my nation strike the white men?

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Who invades us? Why? Shashoniwhild kinsman, crooked arrow, crazy
buffalo, burning rock and yellow featherbraves and chieftains lengths as bowman, Hago
honey, little raven, Hiahiki,white coyote, anger, kinsman raids Shoshonee
war Shashanee on the white man us, the fires on the ridges us,

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the signals in the sky. Nosign of attack yet, Louis, how

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did you wear? Europe people attackin darkness? So much for that?
Thirty two men in a tight ringfacing the whole church on a nation in
the dark too. If your peopleattack, will you go over to them?
They are my people. My fatherwas a chief, my brother was

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a brain. They're honest. Wait, I d there. Now, are
you sure? In the darkness,I'll just go around the circle and warn
the man? So could you wear? Yes? I hope we do not
have to hurt your people? Yes? So could you win? I thought?

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Indians never weak? No, nowhirre arrol flaming arrow. Oh,

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we can't see them yet, andthey'll see our gun flashes. Won't you
sham noise? How him sucking?Juwia know it all right? I can't
know it? No sucker, comeback? Come on. So she decided

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we should have expected it. Whatshould we expect? Now? Are you
still? Something's brewingt weakening? Sojolly? Oh listen, Julie, she's
out there. She's mad. Istand between you, Hi, Tucker,
Juliah, so sunny naked. Thesewhite men are your friends. I knew

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them. They are good. You'llcome trust them? Why can we trust
them? You'll shunny nation? Thenyou're bigger about here, wise man.
Then your chief out here. Letyour chief beet between your wires. You
bo come with no weapon? IHIbet you I hodoee out not. Don't

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be a fool of us to trick. I'm going to meet their chief out
there. You'll be murdered otherwise willall be murdered? A boy? Captain

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Lewis Jr. Is ashi shoony chiefto talk peace? Then speak. We
want peace. We need horses tocross the mountains. We will pay for
everything we want peace. White men'slips say peace is guns speak walk.
These white men are our friends,your great white father in Washington loves the

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President Jefferson. That means good thegreat wilderness. They have come true.
They did not conquer in blood.They bought it from the French. These
I knew, white men. Theseare the marks they do not steal.
They buy, they wore if theyare warred upon, and they will bring

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much good to our land. Oh, let them pass. Are you noticed
things? I have been with them. I know, Oh, I know
you speak the truth. I amSacca Jawah, a chief. Was my
father a torch? Bring dort?Why what does this mean, Succa?
Why does he call for a torch? It is doc This woman says she

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is Succa Dawa, long lost.I asked for torch. Any trickery and
my men will fire, and mineyou will perish. Join man, there
is trickery. Here comes your torch. You will say your father was a
chip. No cut me. Thencethe torchlight in the darkness, thence the

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shadows in the hemlocks. While thechieftain gazed upon her, at the maid
Sacajaweah and the blood that swam withinher, call to blood that swam in
him. For the chieftain, KamiAwait was the brother of the naid g.
His sister, he her brother,that is true. You are my

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brother. Those who say the redman weeps not, and who say they
grieve, rejoice not no, notbreathing man at all in the torch glow,
dancing, glancing, wet their cheekswith tears of greeting, paint their
arms with joy, embracing. Thenthe great Chief Kameiawait found again his voice

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to lead with whys so shan innation piece? What will you do?
Saca? You will cross the stonemountain to the sea. I will show
the way. I know that yourcoming must bring sorrow to stow it.

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That is the way of things.But you will bring even more goodness and
gladness. You will march your greatcities, your magic and medicure across the
place and the stone mountains, andone day all the peoples will dwell in
friendship and such a nation as ourgreatest chieftains. Do not dream of it,

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but I know aye, Saca Joweah. The expedition of Captains Lewis and

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clum for exploring the River Missouri tothe Pacific Ocean has met with all success.
They have traced the Missouri nearly toits course, descended the Columbia River
to the Pacific Ocean, learned thecharacter of the country and of its inhabitence,
one of whom did such service tothe expedition and the future of this

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nation, that she shall not besoon forgotten. Thomas Jefferson, President of
the United States, December second,eighteen o six. The expeditions of Lewis

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and Clark, one of the greatestin the history of exploration, opened the
Great Northwest to the American flag.Unknown to many, Sasacca Jeria's exploits have
not gone unnoticed in our own land. As a matter of fact, no
other woman in America has been honoredwith so many memorials as Sacca Julia.

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Today, mountains, a mountain pass, and the river are named after her.
Ron's statues commemorate her in Portland,Oregon, Bismarck, North Dakota,
and Saint Louis, Missouri. Onthe memorials to Sacre Jewia stand throughout the
Great Northwest. Well done, SaccaJulia, bird maiden, faithful one.

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And now here's a little preview ofthe person we're honoring next week on the
Hallmark Radio Whole Fame. But firstis Frank Gosh And maybe now I'll find
out why he's wearing that green tieand greencarnation. If you're asked and irish
from how he can tell when SaintPatrick's Day is coming, He's have to

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look at you with a twinkle inhis eye and say sure. Now,
there's a song in the wind thatblows from the old country. It's the
piping of the carry dancer's tune,well the ideas of whimsical one, and
it's part of the charm that makesMarch seventeenth a day of rollicking good humor.
And you don't have to be anold Flaherty or a Hannigan or mc
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You can share your feeling of happinesswith your friends by surprising them with Hallmark
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The hallmark on the back of eachcard you mail will mean as always you
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talking Frank, my boy, andhas set me to thinking about all my
good Irish friends. You know,the Irish have contributed a lot to our

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American heritage. Oh, They've contributedthings like a sense of the humorous,
the touch of the poetic, giftfor storytelling. They've given us great examples
of deep faith and personal courage.And a good irishman often combines a real
sense of the practical with the mostwonderful sense of whimsy ever developed. Yes,

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Sir, the Emerald Isle seems toturn out lepricorns and the heroes and
eat. So I'll duff my hattoo. On Saint Patrick's Day to all
those good Americans who are rightfully proudof their Irish origins. Well, next
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