Speaker 1: At the Galla.
Speaker 2: Fort Laramie. 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 road
the rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of lee
Quin's captain of cavalry.
Speaker 3: Eighty three men for duty, Hardy and Simmons in the hospital.
Speaker 1: Five men.
Speaker 4: I'll leave, Captain all right, a couple of minutes. Just
leave the morning report on the desk.
Speaker 5: Yes, sir, One of the three new men transferred out
here for Fort Larne had been to sign a second paton.
Speaker 4: Sir, come in, Captain Quince.
Speaker 6: The supply trains on his way in. Oh good, Lieutenant
Cyberts are sending the train on to the quartermasters depot.
But he said he'd be right here.
Speaker 4: All right, thanks Jakins.
Speaker 7: Oh supply training from the railroad of Cheyenne.
Speaker 4: Captain all stores is ordered. Anything to report, mister Seberts
cracked tub, two mules laying one destroyed. Otherwise rout ainswer
your command have a good time in Cheyenne.
Speaker 5: I think they did.
Speaker 4: I noticed a few skin knuckles. Any complaints from the
Savisian authorities. No, sir, all right, Saberts, sign out to
the quartermaster water and turn your stock out in the
south range. Dismiss your men. They were leief from further
duty until what's that buggy doing in your train?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 4: I was gonna tell you, tell you about that, sir.
We had a passenger, lady, lady, a Missus Wentner. She's
the widow of an officer who was stationed here. I
must have been Captain Winner said he was killed by Cheyenne. Oh,
that's right, three four years ago up in Lance Creek.
His whole command was wiped out. That was before my time.
Speaker 3: You know what she's doing here?
Speaker 4: She didn't tell you, no, sir, handsome woman, he take it.
You enjoyed your trip, then, mister Cybrits.
Speaker 3: Not bad, sir.
Speaker 4: May I give you a hand, ma'am? Thank you, Ms Winner.
I'm Captain Quin's welcome to Fort Laramie.
Speaker 9: How do you do, Captain? Are you the post commandant?
Speaker 4: No, ma'am, that would be Major Daggett. We didn't expect you,
Missus Winner. Perhaps your letter was delayed.
Speaker 9: There was no letter. I told no when I was coming.
Speaker 4: If we had, we might have arranged more fit in
reception and better transportation.
Speaker 9: This was quite satisfactory. I rented the horse and buggy
and Cheyenne, and the lieutenant furnished me a driver. You
were very considerate, Lieutenant Cybrits.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Missus Winner. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll
get back the train.
Speaker 9: Of course, thank you, Lieutenant.
Speaker 4: Pleasure, ma'am. If you'll come with me, Missus Winner, I'll
take you in to meet Major Daggett.
Speaker 9: All right, Captain, thank you.
Speaker 4: Take care of the horse and buggy.
Speaker 1: Jenkins.
Speaker 9: Yes, sir, did you know my husband, Captain Quince?
Speaker 4: Oh, yes, out here, that's right.
Speaker 9: I don't remember him mentioning you in his letters, but
it seems to me there was a Quince in his
class at West Point.
Speaker 10: Oh.
Speaker 4: I wasn't at the point, Missus Winner. I was commissioned
in the field of Cannandoah, up from the ranks.
Speaker 9: Oh, I see.
Speaker 4: Here we are.
Speaker 1: A man.
Speaker 4: Oh, Major Daggett, this is Missus Wentner just came in
with the supply train.
Speaker 11: Oh, this is a pleasure, missus Missus Winner.
Speaker 9: That's right, Major. I'm Philip Wentner's widow.
Speaker 11: Oh yes, won't you sit down? Thank you. I didn't
know your husband myself, Missus Winner, but I've been assured
that his death was a great loss to the army,
even more tragic for yourself.
Speaker 10: Of course.
Speaker 9: It was a horrible thing, and even worse, a terrible
unnecessary thing. You could have been safe in Washington. I
arranged it all with the President himself.
Speaker 10: I see.
Speaker 9: Could never understand why Philip refused it, but he was
a stubborn man.
Speaker 11: Oh, he was very popular here, I understand, isn't that right?
Capt'n quinch?
Speaker 4: He was a good field office him as Winner. Perhaps
he he wouldn't have been happy at some desk in Washington.
Speaker 9: It might have been better for him to be a
little unhappy and alive to day, mightn't it, Captain?
Speaker 4: That's hard to say, ma'am.
Speaker 11: Well, I at any rate, we're happy to have you here,
Missus Winner. Sorry we weren't prepared, but I'm sure Missus
Daggett'll be able to arrange things comfortably. You'll stay with
my wife and me, of course, thank you, Major, And
perhaps we can use your visit as an excuse to
liven things up around here. We've had very few social activities.
Might even arrange your reception or something of the sort, Major.
Speaker 9: Daggott, I'm not here for social reasons.
Speaker 11: Well what I meant with.
Speaker 9: Major Daggott, I came to get my husband's body.
Speaker 4: Missus Winner, Your husband's not buried here at the fore.
Speaker 9: I know that, But you see, I want him recovered
and taken back east. I've arranged that he will be
buried with full military honors in Arlington Cemetery.
Speaker 11: But his grave is one hundred miles from here, up
on Lance Creek where he was killed.
Speaker 9: I've already come two thousand miles. Another hundred doesn't matter.
Speaker 11: I don't think you understand. That's Indian territory, Cheyenne and
Sioux hunting Ground Treaty territory. Aside from the very real danger,
my orders strictly forbid any white person to enter that region,
including my own troopers.
Speaker 9: Perhaps this letter will clear your mind. You will see
it signed by the Secretary of War himself. Yes, I
see so, Major Daggott. I shall want to leave for
Lance Creek as soon as possible, and.
Speaker 11: You expect me to send you there with a troop escort.
Of course, the letter.
Speaker 9: Says every assistance possible.
Speaker 11: It also says within the scope of my orders and
with due consideration for your safety.
Speaker 9: Not worried about my safety, Major Daggott.
Speaker 4: But I am.
Speaker 11: But in a case like this, there are no exceptions mentioned,
Missus Winner.
Speaker 9: What do I care about a treaty with those savages
who murdered my husband?
Speaker 4: The treaty was made, ma'am, to prevent other men from
dying the way your husband did.
Speaker 9: Captain Quince, I'm beginning to understand why these Indian troubles
go on and on. I've wondered about that, wondered why
you didn't just wipe them out. I think you're afraid
of them.
Speaker 4: It's not that easy. The Indians are people too, they
have rights.
Speaker 9: I'm not interested in their rights, Captain Quince, and I'm
not interested in your orders. Major Daggett. Might you understand
that you refuse to allow me to go to lands Creek?
Speaker 10: That's correct.
Speaker 11: I can't risk your life nor the lives of my men,
and I won't risk a general Indian war.
Speaker 9: Very well, Captain Quince. Would you be good enough to
show me to my quarters?
Speaker 4: Of course, ma'am.
Speaker 8: I'm running the line.
Speaker 12: I'm running a liar, oh.
Speaker 4: Company me, Oh sid to God, Yes, sir, it's missed.
The company, yes, sir, happy fa yes bad.
Speaker 12: Wow, well, Captain Quince, it's all very impressive.
Speaker 9: The parade, ground, the drilling, Yes, it is miss Winter
until you remember that, in spite of all the military show,
you're still afraid to face the Indians.
Speaker 4: Have you completed your tour of inspection?
Speaker 9: Yes? And A Cyberts has shown me everything. I think
it's all very interesting. Seeing the place that Philip called
home is one thing I'd like explained.
Speaker 4: However, what's that man?
Speaker 9: What could possibly have held him here? What holds you?
Captain Quince?
Speaker 4: I'm afraid I can't explain it to you.
Speaker 9: Missus Winner, I'm sure you couldn't.
Speaker 4: May I escort you to your quarters.
Speaker 9: Thank you. I've noticed several men dressed in buckskins lounging
about the store. The suttlers you call it. Who are they?
Speaker 4: Civilian scouts? Charlie Reynolds, will Granby. Pete Hazen was.
Speaker 9: One of them, wasn't it you found my husband up
on Lance Creek?
Speaker 4: Yes, ma'am, Pete hasen. He led the burial detail back.
Speaker 9: I must talk to him sometime.
Speaker 4: He's under the major's orders. To ma'am.
Speaker 9: I meant, Captain Quince, he might be able to tell
me things about my husband, things a wife would like
to know. Of course, ma'am, you don't like me, do you, Captain?
Speaker 4: I don't know you well enough to like or dislike you,
Missus Winner, but it seems plain to me that you
intend to disregard every consideration to get the Lance Creak.
Speaker 8: If you'll excuse me, all right, Captain Quinn's reporting.
Speaker 11: Sir oh Lee, I've just been thinking Calwell's do for
a leave? Who can we send out to the Clearwater
Patrol as replacement? His Cybert's too green?
Speaker 4: No, No, he'll do. He's come along fast, all right,
good Major, Major? What about missus Wintner.
Speaker 11: Well, what about her?
Speaker 4: I think she's going to make trouble.
Speaker 11: I don't think she can. I've kept a check of
the telegraph office and the mail. I think she's accepting
the inevitable.
Speaker 4: I don't. I think she's determined to go to Lance
Creek one way or another.
Speaker 11: How can she if I won't let her?
Speaker 4: I don't know, but I think you'd better warn the
civilian scout, especially Pete Hasen.
Speaker 11: You wouldn't be that much of a fool.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't think so either. But with her anything can happen.
Speaker 11: I believe that she's quite a woman.
Speaker 9: Oh.
Speaker 11: By the way, the evening's socials all set up for
Saturday night. Nettie's sending out the invitations today, having a
small dinner. First, Hey, you're supposed to come? Uh has
missus Winner's escort?
Speaker 4: Why me?
Speaker 11: You're an inmate of old Bedlam. You're eligible.
Speaker 4: There are other bachelor officers living there, cyber youngsters.
Speaker 11: She's more your age. I don't fight at Lee Neddie's
mind's made up.
Speaker 4: Only one thing I don't like about your wife, Major,
she's a matchmaker.
Speaker 11: I know she can't help herself. Hates to see an
unmarried officer, especially one as old as you. But after all,
missus Winner is a widow and mighty attractive. You could
do worse, Major.
Speaker 4: Some women are armies, some aren't. When Phil Winner came
out to Laramie, he came alone.
Speaker 11: She seems to fit in fine. Now maybe she's changed.
Speaker 4: Huh.
Speaker 11: Women like that don't change, just the same. Uls quarter
Saturday night. You better present your compliments to her tomorrow afternoon.
That notders her tomorrow afternoon, Lee White Gloves.
Speaker 13: Oh, Captain Quint's.
Speaker 4: Afternoon, Missus Daggett, I'd like to present my compliments to
Missus Winner.
Speaker 13: Why yes, cost Captain only will what is it? Miss Daggett, Well,
it's very strange. But last night Caroline asked not to
be disturbed this morning, said she wanted to sleep plate.
But when she didn't come out even for luncheon, I
got worried. So a few minutes ago I knocked and
looked in a room. She's not there, Captain. She didn't
sleep in her bed last night.
Speaker 12: Captain, where you.
Speaker 4: Going to the settlers? Min's dagget You better tell the major?
Speaker 11: Welly will you make of it?
Speaker 4: It's very simple, Major. Missus Winner was last seen last night.
Pete Haysen left some time before dawn with two loaded
packed mules, two horses, one riggs side saddle. He left
this at the settlers for you with a twenty dollar
gold piece. I guess it's his resignation. Didn't want to
get arrested for disobeying orders. You're right, they're on their
way to the Lance Creek. They've got at least eleven
hours start.
Speaker 11: They've got to be stopped.
Speaker 4: Yeah, if they're still alive, how.
Speaker 11: Long will it take you to get b company ready?
Speaker 4: Too long?
Speaker 11: Besides, the full company up there will mean war. You
think you can get a small detachment through five or
six men.
Speaker 4: I can try, and if we're caught, we might be
able to talk a way out of it. They can't
be moving very fast, and I'd say I could catch
them about halfway.
Speaker 11: Alright, Lee, take the men. You want an extra amount
for each rations for four days and two hundred rounds
of ammunition.
Speaker 4: Fifty rounds will be enough. Major we have to fight
at all, it won't matter how much ammunition we have.
Speaker 5: I've lost the tracks, Kevin, Yeah, they're over there, of course.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, that's it. I'd never believed that, captain.
Speaker 7: Two days from the Ford, almost to Lance Creek, and
there's still ahead of us.
Speaker 4: I underestimated that woman. She's tougher than I thought. She
sure must be. Captain. Yeah, and they've seen us, they've stopped.
Oh he's went there.
Speaker 9: How do you do, Captain?
Speaker 10: She gave me an awful lot of money. Captain Morning,
I've never seen him one piece.
Speaker 4: That's what I figured.
Speaker 9: You're not going to stop me now, Captain.
Speaker 12: Mister Hazen says the graves are just over that.
Speaker 4: Ridge there, Ms. Winner. We're going to turn around right
here and head back to the ford as fast as
we can make it. Do you have any idea of
the dancing up.
Speaker 3: There on the hill?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: I see riding circle signaling.
Speaker 9: Well that's an Indian.
Speaker 4: It is missus Winterton.
Speaker 10: Captain, what are you gonna do?
Speaker 4: Might as well going up to Lance Creek? Do what
the lady came to do?
Speaker 10: This is it right over there? This one? Just this,
that's it? You're sure he's insignior? Be inside the rocks.
Speaker 4: It's so quiet here, so peaceful right nowadays? Get a spade, Jenkins, Yes, sir,
ms Wentner, You sure you want to go through with this?
Speaker 9: What do you mean, captain?
Speaker 4: Why it wasn't time for a proper burial?
Speaker 9: I see? Did they do anything to him?
Speaker 4: Shyanne? Always do?
Speaker 9: You may proceed?
Speaker 4: All right, Jenkins? Ms Wentner, Why don't you wait over there?
Speaker 9: Captain? Quin's I'm not a schoolgirl. I came this far.
I can stand to watch.
Speaker 4: All right? Pete, Pete? Who was this?
Speaker 13: That?
Speaker 10: There was? Sergeant Tackerberry, Captain.
Speaker 3: One with a red mustache, Captain.
Speaker 10: And a laugh I could hear clean across the river.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I remember.
Speaker 10: That one. There was Lieutenant Williams.
Speaker 9: Yeah, Captain, is that the Lieutenant Williams my husband used
to speak about in his letters?
Speaker 4: I expect soon they were friends. All these men were
his friends, men who lived with him, fought with him,
died with him. He he wasn't alone as winner. They're
all buried here where they fell.
Speaker 9: I see, mister Jenkins, ma'am, stop digging for a moment. Captain.
You don't want me to do this.
Speaker 11: Why I.
Speaker 4: I don't think your husband would care about being buried
in Arlington Cemetery.
Speaker 9: Why tell me, Captain Quince, you knew him? What was
he like out here?
Speaker 4: Like any other man? Not very different. He liked it,
like the country, the men, like the job. He was
willing to die here if necessary.
Speaker 9: Are you trying to say that he came here to
get away, that he didn't want to go back home,
and he didn't care about me.
Speaker 4: You never talked about you, miss Winner, Captain.
Speaker 9: All I want to do is take him back back
to a hero's grave.
Speaker 4: He's in a hero's grave. Nothing you or I can
do add to that.
Speaker 9: You think I'm a selfish woman. I was thinking only
of myself of my pride.
Speaker 4: Only you can answer that. Miss went on the ridge.
Speaker 10: Captain.
Speaker 4: Yeah, they didn't waste any time.
Speaker 10: Must have been a hunting party close they're coming down.
Speaker 3: They must be thirty at least. Doesn't give us much chance. Captain.
Speaker 4: Oh, it's important to keep coming as win him. Very important.
Right now?
Speaker 3: What have I.
Speaker 9: Done bringing you men here to this?
Speaker 4: We may be able to get out of it, yet, Talbot,
keep those horses under control and they get a whip
of those Indian ponies. Missus went, now, what are you doing?
Speaker 9: What do you think's going to happen?
Speaker 12: And what his grave?
Speaker 4: Just the way it was? Jenkins help her, yes, sir,
Sergeant Gorse, Yes, sir, watch her, stay right behind her.
If the Indians attack you you know what to do, Yes, sir,
don't miss I won't come.
Speaker 10: What do you think? Hazen can't tell you. There's still bunch.
Ain't hurrying. But they ain't gonna be friendly.
Speaker 4: No, we're uninvited guests, expect much.
Speaker 10: They're down and stringing out and stopping right across the
only way out. Well, they won't come any closer to
the graves. I am customed respect for the dead, even
the dead, they killed. We're safe as long as we
stay right here.
Speaker 4: How long can we stay?
Speaker 3: Peaked, Captain? We might try cutting up over the ridge.
Speaker 4: A minute we break and run. We're finished. I'll go
out to them.
Speaker 10: Might as well. Long ago, Captain, there'll be no defending
ourselves anyways.
Speaker 4: All right, he's went there.
Speaker 9: Looks all right now, doesn't it, Captain?
Speaker 4: Yes, it does.
Speaker 8: Well, man, don't worry.
Speaker 9: I'll be fine.
Speaker 4: Good now, everybody will move slowly forward, leading your horses. Moviesily,
don't show any fear or excitement.
Speaker 10: It's little bear captain.
Speaker 4: At least he can talk. Some won't. If you sign
that's white captain, I'll do the talking. Hazen sure, greetings
to little bear.
Speaker 1: White soldier, give promise stay off Cheyenne hunting ground. Why
you come?
Speaker 4: We come in peace, not war. We don't want trouble
with the Cheyenne. They don't want trouble with us.
Speaker 1: Treaty. Say you stay out.
Speaker 9: I know I made them come.
Speaker 4: The White lady came to find the grave of her husband,
a warrior killed in battle.
Speaker 1: Here.
Speaker 4: She wants to take his body back to his home
to Washington.
Speaker 1: What warrior?
Speaker 4: The little captain? The captain with the yellow hair.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that one great warrior.
Speaker 9: Captain. These are the Indians.
Speaker 4: That's right, man, little bear. The Cheyenne had great warriors
killed here too, But the Cheyenne could take their dead
away to their proper burial place. Will little bear allow
us to take this warrior with us and leave the
hunting ground in peace?
Speaker 1: Better leaf spirit of dead in peace?
Speaker 4: In Washington there is a place to bury great warriors
with much honor. She will take him there.
Speaker 1: Better leave dead buried?
Speaker 9: All right, captain, we'll leave him. He's right. I know
that now Philip is better off here and his hero's grave.
Speaker 4: All right, man, Will little bear allow us to leave
the hunting grounds in peace?
Speaker 9: Go?
Speaker 4: Thank you, little bear? All right, everybody mound up easy.
We'll move out now before he changes his.
Speaker 5: Mind dodging cars? How does it look behind? They're turning away?
I figure it's all right. We'll keep the horses that
walk just the same for a while.
Speaker 9: Yes, sir, captain, thank you?
Speaker 4: What for missus? Winner? It was probably your presence that
saved us.
Speaker 8: And what you said, no, I mean.
Speaker 9: For teaching me a lesson.
Speaker 4: Not me is win. Let's say this country out here
it can teach you a lot of lessons. Maybe maybe
I was wrong about something too. What just something I
said about people not changing. Just there's something I said,
you know, we keep moving, we might be able to
make the dagg at social Saturday Night.
Speaker 2: Fort Laramie is produced and directed by Norman McDonald and
stars Raymond Burr as lee Quin's Captain of Cavalry, with
Vic Perron as Sergeant Gorse the script it was specially
written for Fort Laramie by John Duncle, with sound patterns
by Bill James and ray Kemper musical supervision by Amarigo Marino.
Featured in the cast were Virginia, Greg Jack Moyles, Harry Bartel,
Jack Crusian, Helen Cleeb, Joseph Cranston, and James Nusser.
Speaker 4: Company tensent.
Speaker 2: Dismiss next week another transcribed story of the Northwest Frontier
and the troopers who fought under lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry.
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