Speaker 1: At the cavern Wow.
Speaker 2: Fort loam Mee.
Speaker 3: Fort Laramie, starring Raymond Byrd as Captain lee Quins, especially
transcribed tales of the dark and tragic ground of the
wild Frontier, the saga of fighting men who rode the
rim of Empire, and the dramatic story of lee Quin's
Captain of Cavalry.
Speaker 4: Four Bells of Flower destroyed. Yes, sir, by weavels, weavels.
At least it wasn't nice this time, mister syberts me, sir,
here you are, Lieutenant. Fill out the rest of it
and have Sergeant Gorse drop it off at the AQM stores. Yes, sir,
Captain Quince miss made you, sir, only made you dagon.
Speaker 5: Something especially interesting out that window. Or is it just
spring fever?
Speaker 4: The quartermaster's report was a little boring this morning.
Speaker 5: I know it's hard to stay indoors in a day
like this. Looks like springs really here this time.
Speaker 4: The river's rising, snow melting in the mountains. This warm,
we might have a flud like two years ago.
Speaker 6: The water comes up this high on the bluff.
Speaker 5: Oh, the fort's safe enough Withutenant. Trouble comes there across
the river in the Savilian settlement.
Speaker 4: Maybe this year it'll wash those hay ranches right out,
and then they'd come right back with a new supply of whiskey.
Speaker 5: How if I had my way, they'd be cleaned out
for good. I had to cut our guardhouse detail by half.
Speaker 1: You can't blame the men too much.
Speaker 4: Major, When pay day comes around only once a month,
I suppose not.
Speaker 5: I guess i've got spring fever too. First birds I've
urt in months.
Speaker 4: Yeah, our snowbirds will be thinking of flying too, snowbirds
winter soldiers. Every year we have a few out here,
men enlisted in the fall just to get a warm
spot for the window. Now they'll be lighting out, they'll dessert,
go on west to the goldfields.
Speaker 5: And this happens every year, mister Savage. It can't punish
a man before the crime is committed. Afterwards, it's usually
too late.
Speaker 1: They're long gone.
Speaker 6: We couldn't we go after them, bring them back.
Speaker 1: We could, but we usually found more important things to do.
Speaker 6: Couldn't we take measures to prevent it?
Speaker 1: Any suggestions?
Speaker 7: I don't know exactly, sir, but perhaps warn them at
morning parade, read the penalty for desertion, double the guard.
Speaker 5: And send patrols after the ones that slipped.
Speaker 6: Through, well, they just seemed to me.
Speaker 4: Meanwhile, the Cheyenne and the Sioux and the crow are
feeling the spring too.
Speaker 1: Riling there, Bud.
Speaker 6: I see, sir, you mean there's nothing we can do.
Speaker 5: Oh, your theory is good enough, mister Savage. I'll have
the penalty read, and as for the Indians, we'll send
out the usual spring patrols to look them over.
Speaker 4: This weather can't be too soon, Major, I'd say the
clear Water patrols should be the first.
Speaker 1: I'd like to take that one.
Speaker 4: Mister Cyberchair could handle it. Mister Cybers could handle these
quarter master reports too. Major, I'd probably be more useful in.
Speaker 5: The field on a day like this. I'd like to
be in the field too. That's the price you pay.
Why should I relieve you of your responsibility just because
you have spring fever?
Speaker 1: No reason, I guess, Major Diggon, all.
Speaker 5: Right, take the clear Water patrol, Kevin Quince.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Major.
Speaker 7: I guess i'd better finish these reports.
Speaker 4: Sergeant Gorse, Yes, sir, yeah, I was about to send
for you.
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, nice day, isn't it.
Speaker 4: But yes, sir, spring I'd say wouldn't you.
Speaker 1: I reckon it is.
Speaker 4: Cap'n Major is a little concerned about spring desertions.
Speaker 1: I think we have any snowbirds this year, maybe a few.
Speaker 4: Like always, there been any talk, not much lately.
Speaker 8: Some of them find out they like it dress parade,
the flag wave.
Speaker 1: And the band playing, you know, Kevin.
Speaker 6: Well, we'll have a few.
Speaker 1: Not much we can do except keep our eyes open. No,
I guess not.
Speaker 4: Must be pretty up along the clear water these days,
wouldn't you say mighty free? You might be thinking about
a patrol roster, Sergeant. When sir ready to leave before
dawn tomorrow, I'll expect your roster to recall.
Speaker 1: I'll have it for you. Captain. We'll go light, make
a fast circle too. What you the trooper in mind?
I'll take care of this private, Yes, oh, yes, sir.
Speaker 4: A soldier in the United States Cavalry does not sit
down on sentry duty, not even on a lazy spring day.
Speaker 1: No, sir, sorry, sir. What's your name? Blant? Sir? How
long you've been in the second six months?
Speaker 4: Sir? You should be a soldier by now, Blant. But
look at those boots. How long since you polished them?
And this what's this.
Speaker 1: A beltzer? Where's your service belt? I lost it, sir,
lost it?
Speaker 4: You ever hear of canteen inventory? You know that everything
you have is government property. Anything you lose is charged
to your pay. Yes, sir, then you'd better be more careful. Private,
get a new service belt today and shine those boots. Yes, sir,
above all, don't sit down on sentry duty.
Speaker 1: No, sir, carry on. Yes, everybody's got spring fever.
Speaker 8: Gorse, cappy, that fella blant.
Speaker 1: What about him?
Speaker 8: He was one of them, did a lot of talk
in last fall.
Speaker 4: Uh, that's why he doesn't care about his uniform. Well,
maybe he's one we can do something about like what
you can put him on the clear Water patrol roster.
Speaker 6: I ain't too sure he's soldier in that it.
Speaker 4: Will kill a curb and we'll be able to watch him. Yes, sir,
you might try some of that dress parade on him.
Put him on flag detail at retreat tonight and gorse, sir,
see that he polishes those boots.
Speaker 1: Honor arms. Sergeant dismissed the company. Come a heck, it's
matt Private Bland.
Speaker 4: Yes, sir, you don't carry the flag tucked under your arm.
That's the emblem of your country. Sorry, sir, I see
Sergeant goris as you looking like you might make a soldier.
But we'll find that out on patrol. All right, move
our private. What do you think, Doris?
Speaker 8: I don't know, Captain, he's got all the makings except
the notion. He's got his mind on other things. I
don't know we can depend on him. We might have to.
Speaker 1: Oh, he might surprise your sergeant if it came to that.
Speaker 4: Maybe. Well, we'll see four am tomorrow, sergeant. Uh caddies,
All president are accounted force hugeant.
Speaker 1: All except once, Sir Bland. He's gone. Must have left
last night with his horse equipment.
Speaker 4: Real snowbird after him, the.
Speaker 1: Right, sergeant. You can't have gone very far, sir.
Speaker 8: Maybe if we'd go through the hay ranches across the river,
all right, stand.
Speaker 1: The horse, lead out, prepare.
Speaker 2: The mount mount.
Speaker 1: Hord by twos at the walk.
Speaker 8: Oh, not much doing around here this early.
Speaker 1: Well, they're not an army time, no, sir, whiskey time.
I don't see any sign there in that crowd.
Speaker 8: You served by golly, that's an army mount back of
old Greass.
Speaker 4: I figured Greasy wo'd be the most likely to take
a chance.
Speaker 1: You didn't have time to get rid of it yet, patrol.
Speaker 4: Oh, gors, come on along, Yes, Jenkins, get that horse
and put him with the pack mules.
Speaker 1: Hey, hey, what's going on here? What do you think
you're doing? Where'd you get that horse in your corral? Greasy?
Speaker 6: What horse?
Speaker 1: You know? What horse? Where's the man who brought it?
I don't know what you're talking about. Backroom, Now with
him and get out of the way. Greasy, you're in
enough trouble, none, captain, let me explain this.
Speaker 2: Uniform, saddle, packed, hardware, everything.
Speaker 1: You didn't expect us so soon, did you? Greasy?
Speaker 4: Where's the soldier you got this from?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 4: He left last night, went on west to catch up
with a wagon train, went through yesterday.
Speaker 1: All right, of course, we'll take the uniform saddle on
the horse. Leave the rest now. Look here. I paid
one hundred and fifty dollars in the no mule for them.
Speaker 4: He didn't know it was stolen government property. Didn't figure
to make at least another one hundred profit from it. Oh,
I'm bleeding for you, Greasy. Next time, stay out of
trouble and collect the reward for deserters. Some reward twenty dollars,
then take the consequences. Come on, gorse, cap he can't
be far down the trail. Our orders are to go
on to the clear Water, Sergeant, that's more important. But
we just might circle back to the trail farther up.
Who knows we might find that wagon train.
Speaker 1: You was right, Captain? What about sergeant? Sure is pirty
up here? It was till now? Look up ahead?
Speaker 4: Yeah, patrol huph, Well, gys, what do you make of it?
Speaker 6: It's engines, all right.
Speaker 1: I don't know what tribe. There was a lot of them.
Speaker 8: Maybe thirty forty went south maybe a day yep. And
it was no hunting party, No, no, it's a raiding
party for sure. We're not too far from the Oregon Trail. Now,
there'll be wagon trains coming through even this early. We
know of at least one.
Speaker 4: We'll follow their trail make sure, yes, sir, but we're
awful short handed for that bigger party, and we can
warn the trains at least. Who's got the strongest horse, Jenkins?
Speaker 9: I think?
Speaker 4: All right, Jenkins, Yes, sir, you get back to Laramie
as fast as you can report the major daggett we
found a big party. Ask him to send b company
out along the Oregon Trail to meet us. Right, move out,
all right, course, let's go at the trot.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 4: We should be getting close to the Oregon Trail, sergeant, sir,
any time now, they would we better swait a minute, guns.
Speaker 2: Captain at the gallup Ho, patrol Ho.
Speaker 8: It's a wagon train, captain, and under attack, surrounded and
then cheyenne at least fifty Sure don't stand much chance
against that many, captain.
Speaker 4: Oh, but if we surprise him, we might be able
to ride through to the wagons. Hold your fire man,
stay alone the saddle, and we'll ride straight through.
Speaker 10: All right, boss, all through?
Speaker 2: All right, sir, Get the horses tied inside the wagons.
Speaker 1: Passed, every man, spread out, fraction kept. We're much glad
to see you.
Speaker 6: I'm Ben Gay, leader of the train.
Speaker 4: I don't know how much good we can do you, sir,
but looks like we surprised him for the moment he
pulled off to talk it over.
Speaker 1: If your people back of the wagons, they'll be coming
in again. All right, boys, I get back to your place.
Speaker 4: Secure, captain, Wait a minute of gorse bland. Uh, Hello, captain,
I guess you were hoping not to see us.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess I was. Ah, you're under arrest. Disarmm gorse.
Speaker 11: No wait, captain, I want a gun. We're gonna need
everyone here.
Speaker 4: You didn't want to fight with us, mister Blant. Now
you're not going to you'll stay back with the women
and children again.
Speaker 1: I'd hold your fire. Let him get close.
Speaker 10: Now we tired?
Speaker 1: It will three charges?
Speaker 6: How many more can we stand off?
Speaker 1: Captain? They won't come in again tonight getting too dark.
Speaker 4: Looks like they're making camp tending they're wounded. We can
expect them again at done. Now they're not leaving.
Speaker 6: How much we can do?
Speaker 4: Is he that much? Can't expect b company till sometime tomorrow.
We can hold out till then. Keep a good watch course, Yes,
how's corporal James.
Speaker 1: You'll be all right. He's asleep now. Ah do you
bland blanda his arm? Thought?
Speaker 11: I might as well be useful, very good. This one's
all right. But h Chambers over there is dead. I see, captain.
I want to come you do you're out number three
to one. You've got four men wounded, one dead. I
want to take his place.
Speaker 1: You didn't want to fight with the cavalry.
Speaker 6: I was never afraid of a fight.
Speaker 1: I just had other plans.
Speaker 11: I admit it wasn't right, But what.
Speaker 6: Does it matter?
Speaker 10: Now?
Speaker 1: We may none of us get back.
Speaker 4: Matters to me, matters to my men, the men you
rode with, Captain.
Speaker 11: I'd made up my mind, planned it all for so
long I had.
Speaker 1: To go through with it. Stubbornness is a poor excuse,
mister Blant.
Speaker 3: Won't you even let me try to make up for it?
Speaker 1: Blanch, you're going to stand trial for desertion. I don't
mean that.
Speaker 3: I mean to the men.
Speaker 1: We'll see Blant in the morning, Captain, But.
Speaker 11: Why wait till morning? I got an idea how we
can get out of this. It's going to be dark tonight.
If somebody could sneak out to those Indian horses, cut
the picket rope, stampede on me.
Speaker 4: You think anybody could get within one hundred yards of
those horses and live?
Speaker 11: But if they could, then if we were ready to
move fast, they couldn't follow us. We could make it
back to Bridges Crossing by morning.
Speaker 1: Maybe. And what man am I supposed to send out there?
Mister Blant?
Speaker 9: Me?
Speaker 1: No, it's a crazy idea so crazy. I think you
were betting I wouldn't accept it. I guess I got
that coming.
Speaker 11: But you have to admit even if it was true,
I was better in my life the.
Speaker 4: Risk it right here, mister Blant. You go on tending
the wounded about the gun.
Speaker 1: Man.
Speaker 4: We'll see in the morning, Captain. Mister Gail, why don't
you turn in. We'll keep the watch.
Speaker 12: I'm leader of this wagon train, Captain, I'll stay all right.
It's kind of mesmerizing though, staring at them little fires
winking in the dark. Captain, I think we got a chance.
Speaker 4: If our ammunition holds out, the relief should be here
before too many hours.
Speaker 12: Yeah, I hope, so, I sure do hope.
Speaker 9: So, Captain, Yes, I okay, And you've seen Blants. No,
he's gone escaped again. I guess I.
Speaker 1: Wouldn't be too sure of that. Sergeant. What do you mean,
mister Gail? If I give the word, how quick can
you hitch all your meals? Two wagons? Put the women
and children and one wounded in the other.
Speaker 4: What do you mean, Kip, I mean we may be
getting out of here, and Captain, something's going on over there.
Speaker 1: I know, Sergeant, get those mules hitch, mister Gaye.
Speaker 8: All right, cap and I don't understand you will.
Speaker 1: In a minute, gorse here it comes. Now hold your fire, Hold.
Speaker 8: Your fire, Captain, it's playing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's Blant.
Speaker 11: It work, Captain, it works, stampeding them right through the camp.
Speaker 1: It's quite a ruckus over there.
Speaker 4: I can hear of mister Blant. We're getting ready to move.
You're not very good at a band orders, are you.
Speaker 2: What about that gun?
Speaker 1: Nowcer and a horse? We might have to fight. Yet
you're still under arrest, and it's dark night.
Speaker 4: If you had a horse and a gun, we might
not ever see you again.
Speaker 1: That's right, sir, you might not sagean gorse.
Speaker 4: Sir, you'll furnish mister Blant with a horse and car
being he'll ride the rear guard. Yes, sir, thank you, Captain.
Too bad about you, Blanch. You might have made a
fair soldier if you weren't so stubborn. All right, let's
get moving.
Speaker 8: Getting lights, sir, can see pretty good now, do you see, sergeant. Well,
no engines anyway, and that's the main thing.
Speaker 1: Look up my head, sergeant, way out past the crossing. Well,
that's a column, Captain, that's company. B right, Sergeant, I
think we can pull up now.
Speaker 10: Control.
Speaker 1: Huh what do we stopping for? A captain? There's our relief.
I've ahead, mister Gayl. They'll be here in a few minutes.
We're safe now, Control Dismount Pengrass.
Speaker 4: Wooden Water details, Sergeant gors Everybody will be hungry as
soon as ah. Hello, Bland more than captain, you lost
your chance, mister Bland.
Speaker 11: Well, Sir, the man can be stubborn just so long. True,
it's any satisfaction to you. I'm sorry now about the
whole thing.
Speaker 4: You mean you find you like the cavil, Yes, sir,
I do, Sergeant Gorse, Yes, sir.
Speaker 1: You still have that uniform we picked up at Old
Greases back with the pack mules. You better get into it,
Blant before be company arrives.
Speaker 4: But you have some objection, Private, No, serve, I don't
think anybody in this patrol will object will lay, Sergeant Gorris.
Speaker 1: I sure don't think so.
Speaker 6: Captain, Thank you, sir.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit you in my report.
Speaker 4: I understand, sir, for hero is them in action against
the enemies, But don't think you're going to get off
scott free. Private, there's always canteen inventory, and you've got
a bad habit of losing government property. We recovered your
horse and saddle and uniform, but the rest of it,
it's going to cost you a couple of months pay.
Speaker 11: Yes, sir, I don't mind, sir, all right, move out private, Yes.
Speaker 1: Sir, Well, what are you grinning at, Gorze? Why? Nothing, sir.
Speaker 4: I don't think the major would approve, sergeant, but you
and I know how hard it is to find a
good soldier. Yes, sir, ah, what about those wooden water
detail sergeants.
Speaker 1: I'm hungry, yes, sir. Captain quint.
Speaker 3: Fort lure Me is produced and directed by Norman MacDonald
and stars Raymond Burr as Lee Quince, Captain of Cavalry,
with Vic Perrin as Sergeant Gorse. The script 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 Jack Moyles and Harry Bartel,
with Paul dubaf Howard Culver, James Nusser and Joseph Cranston.
Speaker 1: Company Tension.
Speaker 3: Dismiss Week, another transcribed story of the Northwest frontier and
the troopers who fought under lee Quin's captain of cavalry.
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Accidents happen because drivers do these things despite what they know.
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