Gunsmoke 1955-09-24 Indian White

Summary

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Gunsmoke (1955-09-24): “Indian White”

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Date: October 2, 2025

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Episode Overview

This installment of Gunsmoke reflects on the fraught identity and divided loyalty of a young boy named Dennis—called Viho Khan (“white boy”) by the Cheyenne—who is physically white but raised among Native Americans after being abducted years earlier. The story explores prejudice, belonging, and the impossibility of simple answers during rising tensions between settlers and the Cheyenne, culminating in a tense choice for the boy: remain with his birth people or return to those with whom he was raised.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Developments

Opening in Dodge City: Prejudice and Suspicion

• Marshal Matt Dillon converses with Chester about meeting a man named Davis, but their attention is quickly drawn to an “Indian kid,” Dennis/Viho Khan.
• Mr. Jonas, the storekeeper, voices fears about Dennis because of recent Cheyenne violence, assuming the boy is aiding the tribe:

  “What with them Cheyenne loose, it ain't safe having a boy like that around. You ought to lock him up.”
  (Mr. Jonas, 04:41)

Dennis' Place in Two Cultures

• There is deep skepticism about Dennis’ origins, with townsfolk suspecting he’s not actually Ms. Cullen’s son.
• Marshal Dillon clarifies that Dennis is a white boy, kidnapped long ago and raised Cheyenne.

Conflict Erupts

• Dennis is caught in a street fight with a man, defending himself fiercely.
• Marshal Dillon intervenes to prevent bloodshed and takes Dennis back to the Cullen home.

The Cullen Household: A Mother’s Dilemma

• Ms. Cullen, a white widow, reveals privately to Dillon the bittersweet truth that Dennis is not her biological son, despite her treating him as such:

  “But he isn’t mine, Marshall. … I've given the same name. And I treat him just like he was. … He won’t suffer for lack of a mother’s love. I promise that.”
  (Ms. Cullen, 11:04)

• Town suspicion intensifies as Dennis tries to buy ammunition, fueling rumors of collusion with the Cheyenne.

The Army’s Stakes

• Colonel Honeyman seeks Dennis’ insight, believing he knows the Cheyenne meeting point and hoping to prevent bloodshed. The Colonel stresses the seriousness of the situation:

  “Every man, woman and child knows well in advance where that point is.”
  (Colonel Honeyman, 13:42)

• Under questioning, Dennis (Viho Khan) denies knowledge, torn between worlds.

Dennis Runs Away

• After Ms. Cullen implores him to stay home, Dennis flees, prompting Marshal Dillon and Chester to track him through dangerous country:

  “Dennis. He’s gone to join the Cheyenne, Marshall, and you’ve got to go after him right now.”
  (Ms. Cullen, 19:00)

The Rendezvous: A Choice Between Identities

• Dennis is found with Cheyenne warriors led by Little Wolf.

• There, he confesses his pain:

  “White people treat Viho Khan bad. Kick, beat, call names. Mrs. Cullen no understand. Viho Khan nobody understand.”
  (Dennis/Viho Khan, 24:29)

• The philosophical core comes from Little Wolf:

  “All men free. Viho Khan must make own choice. … If he make mistake, his mistake. Boy never become man [if] other people make choice for him.”
  (Little Wolf, 23:46, 23:56)

• Marshal Dillon tries to convince Dennis:

  “You’re white, Viho Khan. You’re not an Indian. This is not your fight.”
  (Marshal Dillon, 24:25)

• Dennis chooses the Cheyenne, believing he won’t be accepted by whites; his words underscore the tragedy:

  “White people not my people. Viho Khan stay with Indian.”
  (Dennis/Viho Khan, 25:16)

Resolution: Harsh Realities and Mercy

• It’s revealed that Dennis is indeed the Cullens’ biological son (Medicine River, where he was taken), but Dillon decides not to tell Ms. Cullen:

  “She didn’t recognize him. He must have changed a lot.”
  (Chester, 26:15)
  “No, Chester. No, I’m not going to tell her.”
  (Marshal Dillon, 26:27)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Prejudice:

  “If the army left them Indians alone in the first place, they wouldn’t be in all this trouble.”
  (Chester, 16:53)

• Theme of Identity:

  “You’re home now. You’re living among white men. You have a white mother. You gotta stop thinking like an Indian or you’re gonna get into real trouble.”
  (Marshal Dillon, 09:09)

• Ethical Dilemma:

  “Little Wolf say all men free… If he make mistake. His mistake. Boy never become man. Other people make choice for him.”
  (Little Wolf, 23:46, 23:56)

• Tragic Irony:

  “He is her boy after all.”
  (Chester, 26:12)
  “No, Chester. No, I’m not going to tell her.”
  (Marshal Dillon, 26:27)

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Important Timestamps

• 00:14 – 01:50 — Opening theme and exposition
• 04:01 – 05:12 — Mr. Jonas airs suspicion about Dennis
• 09:02 – 09:22 — Dennis (Viho Khan) discusses being caught between worlds
• 11:04 – 11:23 — Ms. Cullen admits Dennis isn't her biological son
• 13:16 – 15:19 — Colonel Honeyman interrogates Dennis about the Cheyenne
• 19:12 — Ms. Cullen reports Dennis has run away
• 21:41 – 22:49 — Dillon and Chester find Dennis at Cheyenne rendezvous
• 23:01 – 25:16 — Little Wolf, Dillon, and Dennis debate Dennis’ fate
• 26:07 – 26:27 — Dillon discovers the truth about Dennis’ identity but spares Ms. Cullen

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Tone and Atmosphere

The episode blends classic Western tension and morality with authentic sorrow and empathy for all sides. Marshal Dillon is stern but compassionate, Chester is earnest and honest, Ms. Cullen’s love is both generous and heartbreaking, while the Cheyenne are depicted with dignity amid tragedy. The language is direct, emotional, and spare—perfect for radio drama.

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Summary

“Indian White” is a moving, tragic episode focusing on questions of identity, belonging, and the profound costs of cultural conflict. In presenting Dennis’ impossible choice between the family who lost him and the tribe that raised him, Gunsmoke presents a nuanced perspective on adoption, tribal ties, and the emotional wounds of western expansion, leaving the listener with a sense of loss and deep humanity on all sides.

Transcript

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[Matt Dillon]

I'm that man. Matt Dillon, United States Marshal. The first man they look for and the last they want to meet. It's a chancy job, and it makes a man watchful and a little lone. You got the time, Jester?

[Chester]

Why, Mr. Dylan, why?

[Matt Dillon]

I'd just like to know what time it is, that's all.

[Chester]

Well, yes, sir, I figured that. But I wondered how important it is.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, it isn't this important, Chester, believe me.

[Chester]

Well, see, if it was, I could run over to Mr. Hightower's and find out. Mr. Hightower? Yes, sir. His watch broke down and he sent it St. Louis to get fixed. So I give him the loan of mine, but I can still go in and look at it whenever I need to.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, well, that's a very good arrangement, Justin.

[Chester]

Yes, sir. I figured time's a whole lot more important to a man like him than Tis to me. It ain't. But seldom it matters none one way or the other where I'm concerned. You understand?

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, I surely do. Yes, I do. I understand. Chester. Yeah?

[Chester]

Why did you unknow, Mr. Dillon? I mean, by what time?

[Matt Dillon]

You're making me sorry I asked, Chester, but I'm supposed to meet a man at the dodge house at 2:00'. Clock.

[Chester]

Oh, well, it ain't nowhere as near 2:00 clock yet.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, how do you know?

[Chester]

The sun. It lacks 15 minutes of being two o'.

[Matt Dillon]

Clock. Chester. Yes, sir? Why don't you sell that watch to Mr. Hightower?

[Chester]

Oh, I wouldn't want to sell that watch. My Uncle Arthur gave me that watch, Mr. Dillon. He got it from a fellow on the COVID Stay out. Don't you come back in this store ever again, Mr. Jonas.

[Miss Cullen]

Well, don't talk back to me now.

[Chester]

Now, just get. What's that Indian kid up to now?

[Matt Dillon]

I told you, he's not an Indian.

[Chester]

Hey, boy.

[Matt Dillon]

Hey boy.

[Chester]

Oh, look at him go. He ain't waiting for nobody.

[Matt Dillon]

Look, Chester, there'll be a man called Davis waiting for me at the Dodge House. Will you go tell him I'll be along directly?

[Chester]

Yeah, sure. Oh, hello, Marshall. For a minute there, I thought it.

[Matt Dillon]

Was that Indian kid back. He ran on down the street, Mr. Jonas.

[Chester]

You ought to do something about him, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh? Why?

[Chester]

Well, you heard about them Cheyenne busting out of Fort Dodge yesterday, didn't you?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I heard.

[Chester]

Well, Wheedle, they massacre some people around here. Then what'll folks think of that boy running loose?

[Matt Dillon]

Why should they think anything?

[Chester]

He's an engine, ain't he? He's a Cheyenne.

[Matt Dillon]

No, his name's Cullen and he's white.

[Chester]

The army found him with them engines, didn't they?

[Matt Dillon]

The Indians stole him from Ms. Cullen eight years ago down on the Medicine River. You know that? I don't know it now.

[Chester]

I hear it ain't her kid at all. He sure don't look like her.

[Matt Dillon]

Why did you throw him out of here, Mr. Jonas?

[Chester]

He was trying to buy ammunition for his Sharps rifle.

[Matt Dillon]

What? Said Ms. Cullen1.

[Chester]

Now, you know that's a lie. I'm telling you, Marshall, what with them Cheyenne loose, it ain't safe having a boy like that around. You ought to lock him up.

[Matt Dillon]

He's not supplying the Cheyenne, Jonas. And don't worry about them. Colonel Honeyman's got two troops out after him. You'll never catch him again.

[Chester]

And I mean it about that boy, Marshall. You better lock him up before somebody knocks his brains out. Here's a lot of talk about him.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, I don't want to hear any more of it. That boy's got a hard enough time ahead of him as it is.

[Miss Cullen]

Mr. Dillon.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah? Watch us. Sir.

[Chester]

That Indian kid, he's starting a fight with some man.

[Matt Dillon]

Juan.

[Chester]

Yes, sir. Right in front of the dodge house. And, Mr. Dillon, that little boy's got a knife as long as his arm.

[Matt Dillon]

Who is that man?

[Chester]

I ain't never seen him before. But I hear he's been plaguing that boy lately.

[Matt Dillon]

So the boy came looking for him with a knife, huh?

[Chester]

See that man's got a knife out now. All right, hold it, mister. Let him alone, please. Move aside.

[Matt Dillon]

That all right? Drop the knife, mister. Not hardly. Drop it.

[Chester]

No. His kid's been asking for it. He started this.

[Matt Dillon]

What's the matter with you? Fighting a boy.

[Chester]

Sturdy little savage.

[Matt Dillon]

Grab the boy, Chester. All right, drop the knife.

[Chester]

He cut me. You saw him. I'll open him up like a melon.

[Matt Dillon]

No, you won't.

[Chester]

What's the matter with you, Marshall?

[Matt Dillon]

I'll keep this knife. And if you hurt so bad, go see Doc.

[Chester]

You're going to wish you hadn't mixed in this.

[Matt Dillon]

Am I? All right, I'll take The boy's knife. Justin.

[Chester]

Here he is.

[Matt Dillon]

All right, son, come with me. Going to take you home before you kill somebody.

[Miss Cullen]

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[Matt Dillon]

You want to talk about it, son?

[Miss Cullen]

Name? Vio Khan.

[Matt Dillon]

Viho Khan, huh? Does that mean something? The Cheyenne mean white boy. Oh, I see. Well, Riho Khan, you want to tell me why you fought that man?

[Miss Cullen]

Man talked bad to me. Bit me in mouth, kick me. Different men give me big knife. Then I fight you. Stop. Or I'll kill him, make big coup.

[Matt Dillon]

You're not a brave Hiho Khan. You're not an Indian. You're white.

[Miss Cullen]

You gotta remember that Hijo Khan had many Indian brothers.

[Matt Dillon]

But you're home now. You're living among white men. You have a white mother. You gotta stop thinking like an Indian or you're gonna get into real trouble.

[Miss Cullen]

Mrs. Cullen Talk hard at Viho Khan for fight no understand.

[Matt Dillon]

Ah, she'll understand, all right. That's why I came home with you. Now, let's go in and I'll tell her that it wasn't your fault.

[Miss Cullen]

That you. Dennis, where have you been? Oh, Marshall. Dylan. Come in.

[Matt Dillon]

Thomas Cummins.

[Miss Cullen]

Came home with Dennis. Named Vijo Pond. No, Dennis, please. Dennis, let's don't argue that now. And look at you. Where are your shoes? Nowhere shoes. Your shirt. I've made you such nice shirts. You can't run around in nothing but a pair of pants. You'll be the death of me yet, Marshall. No do harm to you. I know that, Dennis. You just don't understand yet, do you? You go to your room now and put on those shoes the soldiers give you. And a shirt, too. A nice blue shirt. I go and take that arrow point out of your hair. Sit down, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Oh, thank you, ma'. Am.

[Miss Cullen]

It's not easy, a woman of 40, a widow, raising a boy like that.

[Matt Dillon]

No, ma'. Am.

[Miss Cullen]

I know, but I want to. I've got to.

[Matt Dillon]

What? What do you mean?

[Miss Cullen]

Ms. Cullen, he's a white boy. Anybody can see that. But he isn't mine, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Miss Cullen]

I knew he wasn't the first day I went to Fort Dodge to see him. He's not my son. But he's the same age and I've given the same name. And I treat him just like he was. No. He won't suffer for lack of a mother's love. I promise that.

[Matt Dillon]

I'm sure he won't, ma'. Am.

[Miss Cullen]

Why did you bring him home, Marshall?

[Matt Dillon]

You heard about the Cheyennes? The band he was taken with?

[Miss Cullen]

They'd broken out of Fort Dodge.

[Matt Dillon]

Now the boys heard it too. Miss Cullen.

[Miss Cullen]

Why do you say that.

[Matt Dillon]

Ma'?

[Chester]

Am?

[Matt Dillon]

You own the Sharps rifles.

[Miss Cullen]

Mine, yes. It was Mr. Collins. Very one he died fighting with on the Medicine River. But why?

[Matt Dillon]

Dennis tried to buy ammunition for it today.

[Miss Cullen]

What?

[Matt Dillon]

Mr. Jonas thinks he's planning to help those Indians.

[Miss Cullen]

But how? What could he do?

[Matt Dillon]

I don't know. But until they're rounded up again, a lot of people in Dodge are gonna be pretty jumpy. Some of them have already caused trouble for the boy.

[Miss Cullen]

They have?

[Matt Dillon]

He got into a fight with a grown man today. Annie cut him up some.

[Miss Cullen]

No.

[Matt Dillon]

Wasn't his fault, Ms. Cullen. But that's the sort of thing that can happen more and more.

[Miss Cullen]

If you're saying I should give him up, I won't. He needs his own people. He needs a mother, just like my own boy needs one. If he's still alive somewhere.

[Matt Dillon]

All I'm saying, ma', am, is that you gotta keep him here at the house till that scare about the Cheyenne is over. If you let him run around town, I'm gonna have to lock him up for his own protection.

[Miss Cullen]

Mr. Dillon?

[Matt Dillon]

That's Chester.

[Miss Cullen]

Come in, Chester.

[Chester]

Thank you.

[Miss Cullen]

Well? It's Colonel Honeyman.

[Chester]

I'm sorry to intrude, ma'. Am. Hello, marshal. Colonel, I. I'd like to talk to the boy, Mrs. Cullen.

[Miss Cullen]

Talk to.

[Matt Dillon]

Is there something wrong, colonel?

[Chester]

You know who Little Wolf is?

[Matt Dillon]

He's chief of the Cheyenne on a Darlington reservation, isn't he? They were. Darlington.

[Chester]

I just had word they've broken out and are headed this way. 300 of them.

[Matt Dillon]

Ah, I see.

[Chester]

Obviously, they're coming to meet the Indians who escaped Fort Dodge yesterday.

[Miss Cullen]

What does this have to do with your wanting to talk to Dennis, Colonel?

[Chester]

I want him to tell me where their Pointer rendezvous is.

[Miss Cullen]

How would Dennis know?

[Chester]

Well, Indians scatter when they're being pursued, Mrs. Cullen. They secretly regroup at a given point later, and every man, woman and child of knows well in advance where that point is.

[Miss Cullen]

But Dennis isn't. I'll call him. Dennis. Dennis, you'll call Viocon. Please, son. It's Dennis now. Come in here. Colonel Hunterman wants to talk to me.

[Matt Dillon]

Hello.

[Chester]

Hello, boy.

[Miss Cullen]

Soldier want to talk with me?

[Matt Dillon]

Yes.

[Chester]

Tell me, do you know Little Wolf?

[Miss Cullen]

Little Wolf? Chief.

[Chester]

Good chief he was.

[Matt Dillon]

Maybe.

[Chester]

But he's done a bad thing now.

[Miss Cullen]

No.

[Chester]

He left reservation. He's going to join Long Knife.

[Miss Cullen]

Long Knife? My chief. Dennis, don't say that.

[Matt Dillon]

Let him talk, Ms. Cullen.

[Miss Cullen]

Long knife escape?

[Chester]

Yes. He and the others you were with burned their barracks at Fort Dodge and killed three soldiers.

[Miss Cullen]

Vijo can't know.

[Chester]

I'm sure you do. And you also know where Long Knife is meeting Little Wolf and his people. If.

[Miss Cullen]

If, If.

[Chester]

If you tell me, you'll save lives, Viho Khan not only of those soldiers, but of of those of your people too.

[Miss Cullen]

Can.

[Matt Dillon]

Please, Ms. Cullen.

[Chester]

Tell me. Vio calm.

[Miss Cullen]

Dennis. Not no meeting place.

[Matt Dillon]

Hell, you can't beat it out of him, Colonel. No.

[Chester]

Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you, Mrs. Cullen.

[Matt Dillon]

I'll go with you, Colonel. Ms. Cullen, will you remember what I said?

[Miss Cullen]

I'll keep an eye on him.

[Matt Dillon]

Fine.

[Chester]

Goodbye, miss. Car.

[Miss Cullen]

Yes.

[Chester]

That was a waste of time.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, what are your plans now, Colonel?

[Chester]

Plans? Marshall, I was down to half strength when Long Knife broke out. And now with two troops after him, I haven't enough men left for the post fatigue detachments, let alone to scout the country.

[Matt Dillon]

You want civilian help?

[Chester]

No, no, It'd only end in a massacre of some kind. I'll have to do the best I can.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, good luck. Yeah.

[Chester]

That boy could have helped. You better keep a close watch on me, Marshal. Let's get back to the fort, Sergeant.

[Matt Dillon]

Yes, sir.

[Chester]

Mr. Dillon.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, what, Chester?

[Chester]

I've been thinking. If the army left them Indians alone in the first place, they wouldn't be in all this trouble.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, but that's not for us to decide. All right, let's go.

[Miss Cullen]

We're.

[Chester]

Now, Kitty, how about you?

[Miss Cullen]

More coffee? No, thanks, Doc.

[Chester]

You Matt?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, I think I'll have some, Doc. Just a little bit.

[Miss Cullen]

You know that coffee is three parts chicory and one part.

[Chester]

Why, that's why it needs a little cream, Kitty. It softens it a bit. Kind of hard on the cream. Yeah. We should have gone up to my office. I'd have made us some real coffee.

[Matt Dillon]

Why didn't you ask us up to supper?

[Chester]

Oh, so I said coffee, not a whole meal.

[Miss Cullen]

Oh, I'd have cooked it. Duh.

[Chester]

Oh, yeah, on that stove of mine. You would have.

[Miss Cullen]

Yeah. You know, I learned to cook on an open fire.

[Chester]

You did not.

[Miss Cullen]

Out in the prairie in a fireplace. We couldn't afford a stove. In fact, we couldn't afford much of anything we couldn't pick up off the ground.

[Chester]

Well, you're rich now. Oh, sure.

[Matt Dillon]

I miss colors. What's the trouble?

[Miss Cullen]

He's gone, Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

What?

[Miss Cullen]

Dennis. Dennis. He's gone.

[Matt Dillon]

Gone where?

[Miss Cullen]

I don't know.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, where did you see him last?

[Miss Cullen]

After supper, we ate early. And then I had a talk with him. I told him how much I love him and how I need him. And then I told him about how people in Dodge feel right now until things changed and he'd have to stay at home. Well, he didn't say much, but he went to his room and I sat out on the porch for a while. Then I heard a noise out back, and when I looked, he was gone.

[Matt Dillon]

Maybe he's just wandering around somewhere.

[Miss Cullen]

No, he's gone.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, how do you know?

[Miss Cullen]

Long Knife. My chief. Dennis, don't say that.

[Matt Dillon]

Let him.

[Miss Cullen]

He took that marshal, so that is. No, he took his horse too. He's gone to join the Cheyenne Marshall, and you've got to go after him right now.

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[Matt Dillon]

There was no way to pick up the boy's trail that night. But next morning, Chester and I rode out after him. We tracked him all that day, all the next southeast into the Gypsum Hills country. The land was different down there. Dotted with buttes and cut by narrow, winding canyons. This was ambush country and ideal for what Colonel Honeyman called a rendezvous point. We traveled slowly, eyes open, ready for trouble. And then finally, the trail led down into a rocky canyon. And at the bottom, we found the boy crouched over a small fire.

[Chester]

He acts like he's waiting for us, Mr. Dillon.

[Matt Dillon]

I wish he'd waited somewhere more open. I don't like being boxed up down here.

[Chester]

I got kind of a spooky feeling too.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. All right, let's leave them here, Chester.

[Little Wolf]

All right?

[Miss Cullen]

Sure, Marshall. Make long ride. Catch van now.

[Matt Dillon]

You travel fast, son.

[Miss Cullen]

White lady. Sen. Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

Ms. Cullen's mighty worried about you, soldier.

[Miss Cullen]

He worried too.

[Matt Dillon]

No, colonel Honeyman didn't send me.

[Miss Cullen]

He follow?

[Matt Dillon]

No, he didn't follow.

[Chester]

What's he yelling about?

[Matt Dillon]

Look over there, Chester. Over. What?

[Chester]

Oh, my goodness. Indians. There must be 20 of them.

[Matt Dillon]

Don't move.

[Chester]

Oh, I ain't about to.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah, they're warriors. Every one of them.

[Little Wolf]

My name Little Wolf.

[Miss Cullen]

That's the chief.

[Chester]

Colonel Honeyman said it was meeting him Cheyenne that busted out of Fort Dodge.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. And the boy knew where they were meeting all the time.

[Little Wolf]

You tell Vihaan soldiers not follow.

[Matt Dillon]

The soldiers are hunting for you, Little Wolf. But they're not with us.

[Little Wolf]

Say Little Wolf can believe Marshall.

[Matt Dillon]

You can believe me. We came alone. We came to take the boy back home.

[Little Wolf]

No like life with white men.

[Matt Dillon]

He'll get used to it. He belongs with his own people. Little Wolf.

[Little Wolf]

Little Wolf say all men free. Vi Hokan must make own choice.

[Matt Dillon]

He's too young. He doesn't know what's best for him.

[Little Wolf]

If he make mistake. His mistake. Boy never become man. Other people make choice for him.

[Matt Dillon]

Little Wolf, this boy's not an Indian. He's white. And if he stays with you and Long Knife, you know what'll happen to him.

[Little Wolf]

He live like Indians.

[Matt Dillon]

He'll die like an Indian too. The soldiers are after you. And sooner or later they'll find you. And when they do, there'll be a big battle. And many of your people will die. Perhaps a boy will die with him.

[Miss Cullen]

Vi Ho Khan not afraid.

[Matt Dillon]

You're white. Viho Khan. You're not an Indian. This is not your fight.

[Miss Cullen]

White people treat Viho Khan bad. Kick, beat, call names. Mrs. Khan no understand. Viho Khan Nobody understand.

[Matt Dillon]

Well, it takes time. Viho Khan.

[Little Wolf]

Boy decide you want to come with Cheyenne. You no stop.

[Matt Dillon]

We'd have a hard time. 2 against 20.

[Little Wolf]

If you fight, we kill you.

[Matt Dillon]

Look, son, before you decide, you remember these Indians are poorly armed. Probably a lot of them are sick. When winter comes, many will die. And the soldiers will get to rest.

[Miss Cullen]

Soldier not like Indian Soldier get tired, go back. Indian go north. Powder River. Home. Hunt, fish again. White people not my people. Viho Khan stay with Indian.

[Little Wolf]

Vihaan decide leave now. Maybe someday come back. Great Chief.

[Matt Dillon]

Not with the army chasing him.

[Little Wolf]

Medicine River Vihaan.

[Chester]

Did you hear what he said?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. Medicine River. Vi Ho Khan. Madison River. White boy.

[Chester]

Ain't that where Ms. Cullen lost her son?

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah.

[Chester]

Then he is her boy after all.

[Matt Dillon]

Yeah. She didn't recognize him. He must have changed a lot.

[Chester]

You going to tell her?

[Matt Dillon]

No, Justin. No, I'm not going to tell her.

[Narrator]

And now our star, William Conrad.

[Matt Dillon]

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[Narrator]

Gun Smoke produced and Directed by Norman McDonald. Stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, US Marshal. Special Music for Gunsmoke was composed and conducted by Rex Corey. Sound patterns by Bill James and Ray Kemper. Featured in the cast were Sam Yog, Virginia Craig, Joseph Kern, Harry Bartel, John Dana and Ralph Moody. Marley Bear As Chester, Howard McNear as Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. Stop. Start smoking with a smile with Chesterfield. Smoother, cooler, milder Chesterfield. Put a smile in your smoke and just give em a try.

[Chester]

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[Narrator]

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[Matt Dillon]

Sa.