Rogue River Range War | The Cisco Kid (01-06-55)

Summary

Old Time Radio Westerns: The Cisco Kid – "Rogue River Range War" (01-06-55)

Podcast: Old Time Radio Westerns
Host: Andrew Rhynes
Episode Title: Rogue River Range War | The Cisco Kid
Original Air Date: January 6, 1955
Podcast Release Date: December 23, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this classic episode of The Cisco Kid, listeners are transported to the tumultuous rangelands of Rogue River County, where deep-seated tensions between cattlemen and sheepmen threaten to ignite an all-out range war. The legendary Cisco Kid, alongside his trusted companion Pancho, intervenes to prevent the outbreak of violence. With themes of justice, manipulation, and mediation, the episode delivers the quintessential drama of a Western showdown, all meticulously remastered to capture the ambiance and heart of Golden Age radio storytelling.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Setting the Scene: Brewing Conflict

• The narrative opens with a vivid picture of a land on the brink of violence, as the "never ending controversy of cattle versus sheep" divides the Rogue River country. (02:38)
• Local cattle boss Bart Dunstan, looking to take advantage, recruits the cold-blooded gunslinger Tate Nordock to stir trouble and break the deadlock.

2. Escalation: Manipulation and Murder

• Bart and Nordock plan to provoke a confrontation with the sheepmen and the sheriff’s daughter, Margaret McCaughan. (03:20–04:53)
• A tense encounter results in sheepman Vic Harris being shot dead in a manipulated act of "self-defense" by Tate Nordock, witnessed by Margaret and others.
• Quote:

  "If one of those sheepherders draws first and I have to kill him, he'll be a witness I did it in self defense.” — Bart Dunstan (03:53)

3. The Stakes: A Sheriff on the Edge

• Sheriff Fred McCaughan confides in Cisco Kid that he’s desperate to prevent a conflict like the infamous Lincoln County War. Cisco and Pancho pledge their help. (05:56)
• The sheriff orders Tate Nordock to leave the territory by sundown, an ultimatum that Bart intends to use as propaganda among the cattlemen.

4. Scheming for War: The Plot Unfolds

• Bart rallies the cattlemen, claiming the sheriff is siding with the sheepmen, and announces a plan to drive cattle into Elkhorn Basin—land traditionally grazed by the sheepmen—at 3 o’clock the next day, thus ensuring confrontation. (09:02–10:20)

5. The Double Cross: Luring Cisco into Danger

• Bart and Nordock reveal a plan to trap Cisco during the Elkhorn Basin clash, with Nordock stating, "A stampede and feed of 10,000 cattle... There's not one chance in 10,000 that he'll escape." (11:35–12:01)

6. Tension Peaks: Standoff at Elkhorn Basin

• Cisco warns sheepman Ira Horton of the impending cattle raid. Temerity boils over as Horton rallies the sheepmen to defend their territory, threatening a massive and deadly confrontation. (12:19–13:20)
• Both groups start herding their animals toward Elkhorn Basin, endangering Cisco, Pancho, the sheriff, and Margaret who become trapped between stampeding cattle and sheep. (13:20–15:21)

7. Crisis and Heroics: Turning the Herds

• Cisco bravely suggests swinging the lead steers to redirect the stampede, risking his life to save the trapped party and prevent mass slaughter. (18:05–19:22)
• Quote:

  “The only hope is to try to turn that cattle herd… it’s the only way we’ll get out of here alive.” — Cisco Kid (18:18)

8. The Final Showdown: Justice and Resolution

• Cisco calls a meeting of all cattlemen and sheepmen. When Bart and Nordock attempt to provoke a gunfight and riot, Cisco outdraws Nordock—using his left hand, outsmarting the quick-draw specialist—and disarms him. (21:40–23:29)
• Bart's duplicity is exposed when Nordock, feeling betrayed, reveals Bart intended to swindle both cattlemen and sheepmen. Both villains are arrested.
• Quote:

  “Listen, you cattlemen! Dunstan intends to swindle you out of your land once you get rid of the sheep man for him!” — Tate Nordock (24:10)

9. Mediation and Peace: A New Understanding

• Pancho symbolically draws a line between the still-feuding cattlemen and sheepmen, showing that if men can keep to their sides in the meeting hall, they can peacefully divide the rangeland as well. (24:41–25:14)
• Agreement is reached:

  “There’s plenty of grazing land for everybody. There’s no need for either of us to trespass on the other’s land.” — Cisco Kid (25:14)

10. Closing Reflections: Gratitude and Friendship

• Margaret thanks Cisco for saving her life, and a humorous, light-hearted moment between Cisco, Pancho, and Margaret concludes the story. (26:19–28:23)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Spark for War:

  “You know, a little incident like that could set off this range war.” — Narrator (04:01)

• Cattle Politics:

  “First, you use the cattlemen to fight for you against the sheepmen. Then you hijack them out of what they’ve been fighting for.” — Bart Dunstan (08:27)

• Cisco Stops Chaos:

  “Self defense, is it? How much did you pay him for it?” — Cisco Kid (05:31)

• Courage Under Fire:

  “If your horse tumbles, you’re dead. Straight for the herd, Pancho!” — Cisco Kid (18:26)

• Resolution:

  “The same as you cattle and sheep men can stay on your own side of the line in peace, so can your cattle and sheep remain on their own sides of Elkhorn Basin.” — Pancho (25:03)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:38 — Introduction of the range war conflict
• 03:53 — First plan to provoke violence
• 04:53 — Vic Harris shot, inciting incident
• 09:02–10:20 — Bart rallies cattlemen, plans showdown
• 11:35 — Nordock’s plan to kill Cisco via stampede
• 13:20–15:21 — Both herds stampede toward Elkhorn Basin
• 18:05–19:22 — Cisco and Pancho risk everything to turn the stampede
• 21:40–23:29 — Final showdown at the joint meeting
• 24:10 — Nordock exposes Bart’s betrayal
• 24:41–25:14 — Pancho mediates peace with the chalk line
• 26:19–28:23 — Margaret’s gratitude and episode wrap-up

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains an adventurous, radio-drama energy, with colorful dialogue, quick-witted banter between Cisco and Pancho, and a moral message underscoring the dangers of pride and manipulation in frontier justice. Classic Western tropes are presented in earnest, with just enough humor to lighten the tension after dramatic set pieces.

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Conclusion

"Rogue River Range War" stands as a clear example of classic Western storytelling: thrilling, character-driven, and resolved through quick thinking and the moral compass of its hero. The Cisco Kid not only prevents senseless bloodshed but also engineers a lasting truce between bitter rivals, reminding listeners of the value of understanding and peace on the frontier.

Transcript

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[Andrew Rines]

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[Narrator]

Here's adventure. Here's romance. Here's the famous Robin Hood of the old West. The cisco kids.

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[Cisco Kid]

Now.

[Narrator]

The Cisco Kid in our exciting story the Rogue River Range War, tension hung over the Rogue river country like a threatening storm cloud. The range was divided and tempers were at a breaking point over the never ending controversy of cattle versus sheep. All that was needed was a spark to set off the seething cauldron of death that was inherent in a range war. And Bart Dunstan had this spark in the person of the cold fish eyed killer, Tate Nordock. As our story opens, Bart and Tate ride toward the town of Gunnison. Whoa. Whoa. He's there.

[Bart Dunstan]

Hey, what are we slowing down for? Bart?

[Narrator]

Those three riders coming, Pig.

[Bart Dunstan]

Hey, one of them's a girl.

[Narrator]

Yeah, she's Margaret McCaughan, daughter of the sheriff. The other two are sheepmen, Ira Horton and Vic Harris.

[Bart Dunstan]

Sheepherders, huh?

[Narrator]

And they're partners in the sheep ranch They've been stirring up the other sheepmen against the cattlemen.

[Bart Dunstan]

Just like you've been stirring up the other cattlemen against the sheepmen, huh?

[Narrator]

That's right. They probably got a message from the sheriff to meet at his office, same as we did.

[Bart Dunstan]

Maybe we can make that meeting more interesting.

[Narrator]

How do you mean?

[Bart Dunstan]

That's the sheriff's daughter, ain't it?

[Narrator]

Yeah.

[Bart Dunstan]

Well, if one of those sheepherders draws first and I have to kill him, he'll be a witness. I did it in self defense.

[Narrator]

You know, a little incident like that could set off this range war. Yeah. All right. You carry out your plan. I'll see to it that you take over the gambling entrance in this county. Once I get control of it.

[Bart Dunstan]

Just watch me. Oh, boy.

[Narrator]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. We'll be here.

[Bart Dunstan]

Close enough.

[Poncho]

Now.

[Cisco Kid]

Yeah.

[Bart Dunstan]

How come a nice gal like the sheriff's daughter is riding in the company of sheep herders?

[Cisco Kid]

I don't know your partner, Dunstan, and I don't want her. I want to avoid trouble. So you tell him to keep his lip button.

[Narrator]

Tell him yourself, Ira. You got a tongue.

[Cisco Kid]

Well, I don't mind telling him with a handful of piss if I have.

[Margaret McCaughan]

To stop at all of you. The reason my dad called you in is to put an envy apart.

[Bart Dunstan]

Nobody talks to me about a handful of fists unless he aims to back it up. Reach for your six gun, you crow eaten buzzard.

[Cisco Kid]

Don't do it, Vic. He frauding you on purpose, I know it.

[Narrator]

He must be a hired gunslinger.

[Bart Dunstan]

Reach or I'll kill you, you yellow gopher.

[Cisco Kid]

What?

[Poncho]

No.

[Cisco Kid]

Vic's dead, you murdering snake.

[Bart Dunstan]

You oughta taste of the same medicine. Make your play.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Both of you are gone crazy. If either of you draws, you'll answer to me.

[Narrator]

Now hold on now, Margaret. Easy with that gun. Big Harris drew first. We were all eyewitnesses to that jury.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Drew first after your hired gunman prodded him to it. Unbuckle your gun belts, all of you.

[Bart Dunstan]

I don't like that kind of talk, lady. Just try to take my gun.

[Narrator]

Simmer down, Tate. Simmer down. We're gonna give the sheriff's daughter our guns. We all know you shot in self defense.

[Cisco Kid]

Self defense, is it? How much did you pay him for it?

[Margaret McCaughan]

Dunstead, that's enough of that arrow. I'm taking a lot of you into the sheriff's office at gunpoint.

[Narrator]

We'll go with you, Margaret. You won't have any trouble with us. Will she, Tate?

[Cisco Kid]

And for the last month, Cisco, being sheriff of Rogue river county has Been like sitting on a keg of dynamite. The cattlemen and the sheepmen are at each other's throats. I don't want a repetition of the Lincoln County War here. Lincoln County War? What that Cisco, huh?

[Poncho]

A cattle and sheep range war in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Many men on both sides were killed.

[Cisco Kid]

It's just what I mean. Each side hired professional gunslingers. Billy the Kid, Colonel Foliar, Charlie Bawdrey, Pat Garrett and others. I've got to stop this before it gets to that point.

[Poncho]

Have any gunslingers been brought in yet, Sheriff?

[Cisco Kid]

Only one that I know of. Tate Nordock, Cisco. And find your member that hombre.

[Poncho]

See, I had a run in with that coyote back in Bisbe, Sheriff. Who is he working for?

[Cisco Kid]

Hired out to Bob Dunster. Who by Dunster?

[Poncho]

Say you, Sheriff.

[Cisco Kid]

He owns the biggest cattle spread in these here parts. He's turn up the cattlemen.

[Poncho]

What about the sheepmen?

[Cisco Kid]

There are two ringleaders. Ira Horton and Vic Harris. And they not got no gunslingers. Thing or Sherry. Not yet. I've got to stop this ruckus before it gets that far. Right is coming Cisco Senior.

[Poncho]

And the way one of them is hanging over his saddle, I think he is dead.

[Cisco Kid]

I sent my daughter Margaret after Ira Horton and Vic Harris. Let's get out. Who's that dead hombre? Say you, Sheriff. Looks like Vic Harris. What happened, Margaret?

[Margaret McCaughan]

Sardinestic man shot the terrace.

[Narrator]

Vic drew first hate here beat him to the draw. They all witnessed it.

[Cisco Kid]

Sure. Vic drew after that gunshing of prodded him into it.

[Bart Dunstan]

I warned you once, Horton. I don't like that kind of talk.

[Poncho]

You said that to me one time back in Bisby. Remember Lordo?

[Bart Dunstan]

Yeah, I remember Cisco. We never did have that showdown, did we?

[Cisco Kid]

It's lucky for Jude you'll not get it. Hom you'll not quit beat Cisco.

[Bart Dunstan]

I ain't so sure.

[Cisco Kid]

You ain't going to get the chance to find out.

[Poncho]

Tate.

[Cisco Kid]

Nordock. I can't hold you for the murder of Vic Harris. But you vacate this territory by sundown tomorrow.

[Narrator]

Sav. It'll soon be sundown.

[Bart Dunstan]

Tate giving me it'll sundown. I'd have killed that sheriff if I had my gun.

[Narrator]

He sure talks big now that he's got Cisco to back him.

[Bart Dunstan]

I just hope Cisco's with that sheriff when he comes looking for me.

[Narrator]

No, Tate. That'd be playing into his hands. We got more at stake than a personal feud with the sheriff of Cisco.

[Bart Dunstan]

Hey, how do you figure on taking over this territory?

[Narrator]

By force once we get the sheepman out of the way. I'll handle the small cattlemen in the same fashion.

[Bart Dunstan]

And I believe you're just ornery enough and smart enough to get away with it. First, you use a cattleman to fight for you against the sheepman. Then you hijack them out of what they've been fighting for.

[Narrator]

That's the way I like it. I make my enemies work for me. I'm gonna use that sheriff.

[Bart Dunstan]

In what way?

[Narrator]

His ordering you out of this territory is gonna work for us. It's just the incident I need to rile up these cattlemen.

[Bart Dunstan]

How you gonna use it?

[Narrator]

You just listen to what I've got to say at this meeting we're going to. You're the reason I called the ranchers together.

[Bart Dunstan]

Yeah. There they are now. Looks like they showed up in full force.

[Cisco Kid]

Howdy, boys.

[Narrator]

Now, I called you together, boys, because the time is right for a Showdown. Sheriff Fred McCaughan showed his hand yesterday. He's siding with the sheepman. You all know by now what happened between Tate here and Vic Harris. All right. And you know that Vic drew first. Tate had to kill him. But what you don't know is that the sheriff ordered Tate to get off of this range by sundown today. Now it's up to you boys. Does he leave or don't he? Are we backing down to sheepman or ain't we?

[Cisco Kid]

Good.

[Narrator]

Good. Then we can make our move tomorrow. All of you men have had your stock rounded up for a week, waiting to get into good range. Well, we're going after that good range. Tomorrow at 3 o', clock, drive your herds over to El Horn Basin. You'll find out tomorrow at 3 o'.

[Cisco Kid]

Clock.

[Narrator]

When we're finished, there won't even be the smell of a sheep left in Rogue River County.

[Cisco Kid]

You know, it's a lucky thing Cisco not believed that nor Doc Hombre would.

[Poncho]

Leave like they said. He tell him if we had not trailed Johnston and Nordock, we would never have found out about that meeting.

[Cisco Kid]

This good thing they see us while we listen.

[Poncho]

No, Pancho, no. If they had seen us, Bart Dunstan would not have gone ahead with his plan. You Write to Sheriff McCann, Pancho. Tell him what we have heard and that fate Nordock is not leaving. I will ride to see Ira Horton and warn him to prepare for a raid. And also try to find out what Elon Basin means to the sheepman.

[Cisco Kid]

Come back to sheriff's job.

[Poncho]

No, Chico, no. I will meet you and share a Fred at Elkhorn basin tomorrow at 3 o'. Clock.

[Cisco Kid]

3 o'.

[Poncho]

Clock. Now.

[Andrew Rines]

Ride.

[Bart Dunstan]

You sure riled up them ranchers.

[Narrator]

Bart and I also riled up the Cisco Kid case.

[Bart Dunstan]

Cisco? What's he got to do with it?

[Narrator]

Cisco and that partner of his trailed us all the way to that meeting.

[Bart Dunstan]

I didn't see him. Why didn't you tell me before?

[Narrator]

Because I figured your trigger finger might get itchy. I got a better way to get rid of Cisco.

[Bart Dunstan]

What's better than a bullet?

[Narrator]

A stampede and feed of 10,000 cattle.

[Bart Dunstan]

You're gonna trap em in Elkhorn Basin. That's why you let them listen to your plan.

[Cisco Kid]

Correct.

[Narrator]

Cisco meets with an accident, there'll be no question.

[Bart Dunstan]

Yeah, I guess you're right. If I shot him, the sheriff might get real nosy.

[Narrator]

Yeah, and there's always the chance that if you gunfight Cisco, he might beat you to the draw.

[Bart Dunstan]

Yeah, he might be lucky.

[Narrator]

That's why my way is better. There's not one chance in 10,000 that he'll escape.

[Cisco Kid]

Say your heart. Say your heart. Is this. Go. What brings you out here?

[Poncho]

Whatever.

[Cisco Kid]

Ho, ho ho.

[Poncho]

I need your help and the help of the other sheepmen.

[Cisco Kid]

What for? We're pretty busy, as you can see. We've herded all our sheep together for shear.

[Poncho]

Well, you had better take time out to listen or you will not have any sheep left to shear.

[Cisco Kid]

Is that a threat, Cisco? Are you siding in with the cattlemen?

[Poncho]

If you take that chip off your shoulder, I can talk to you sensibly first. Where is Elkhorn Basin?

[Bart Dunstan]

Oh, it's about two or three miles from here.

[Cisco Kid]

It's the dividing line for the cattle.

[Bart Dunstan]

And sheep grazing lands.

[Poncho]

Does it mean anything to you that the cattlemen are driving their herds to Elkhorn Basin?

[Bart Dunstan]

Yeah.

[Cisco Kid]

It means they're gonna try to take our grazing grounds by post. Hey, you sheep ranchers.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Come here.

[Cisco Kid]

I got some news that'll curl the bruise. Hear me, boys? The Cisco Kid just told me the cattlemen are driving their herds to Elkhorn. Baseball. This is a showdown. You bet it's a showdown. But we're taking it, not taking it lying down.

[Poncho]

Siris Sioris, if you go to Elkhorn Basin looking for a fight, many of you will be killed. I ask you to give your Share of Fred McCann Time to work it out in his own way.

[Cisco Kid]

And while he's working it out, those cattle ranchers will have our land. Let's give an eye for an eye, a tooth for tooth. We've got 30,000 headed sheep here. If those cattlemen figure on stampeding their herds across the Elkhorn Basin line. We'll give them a dose of their own kind of dirty work. Senores, I have a Horton is wrong. Pay no attention to Cisco boys. Sure, we'll lose some sheep, but if we win this fight, we'll not only have our land, but the cattle graze the land as well. You are making a mistake, Omris. Mount up, boys. The cattleman started his fight and the hooves of 30,000 sheep will finish.

[Bart Dunstan]

Are you sure?

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco said to meet him here at Elkhorn Basin. Poncho.

[Poncho]

Hey, Sherry, Fred.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco, not safe to bring Senorita Marguerite. Why, you couldn't have kept her away from here with a team of 20 Mustangs where they say you need to go? When we arrived into Elkhorn Basin, Senor Sheriff, he rode off to see if she could catch sight of the cattlemen and those herds you were telling me about. Look, look, Sherry Fred. Here comes Cisco. He's riding like a flock of devils for effort. Hey, Diablo, run fast. Cisco. Cisco. We over here. Ho ho ho.

[Poncho]

I do not have time to explain. Get out of Elkhorn Basin. The sheep men are going to stomp into herds across the line.

[Cisco Kid]

Look, Sherry, Fred. The Senorita Marguerite, she ride like the flock of devils. After her too. Senorita Marguerite. Right the other way. The sheep must stop reading.

[Narrator]

And it seems as if the sheriff, his daughter Cisco and Poncho are caught in a pocket of death. In just a moment we'll return to the Cisco Kid.

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[Narrator]

And now back to the Cisco Kid and our gripping story, the Rogue River Range War. Bart Dunston and his henchmen Tate Nordock have riled up the cattlemen in order to start a range war. When Cisco and Poncho overhear their plan, Sisko rides to the leader of the sheepmen, Ira Horton, and tells him. Meanwhile, Poncho gets Sheriff Fred McCon and his daughter Margaret to meet Sisko in Elkhorn Basin. When Cisco tells Ira the cattleman's plan, Ira incites the other sheepmen to fight fire with fire. As a result of this, Cisco, Pancho, the sheriff and his daughter are caught in a pocket between the stampeding herds of cattle and sheep.

[Cisco Kid]

Now, Cisco, those cattle and sheep slumber to death.

[Poncho]

They will unless we can get out of here, Pancho.

[Narrator]

Can we?

[Margaret McCaughan]

We can't make a run for it. They're too close.

[Poncho]

Our only hope is to try to turn that cattle herd. If I can swing those lead stairs in another direction, perhaps the sheep will.

[Cisco Kid]

Follow that the only way she's go. But it's too dangerous. The only way we'll get out of here alive.

[Poncho]

You're afraid. You and the senorita right up ahead of us. Punch and I will try to hurt those cattle after you.

[Cisco Kid]

Come on, Margaret. And keep your wits about you. If your horse tumbles, you're dead. Straight for the herd, Poncho. Hey, Cisco. Straight for the herd.

[Poncho]

After that roast, Pancho.

[Cisco Kid]

He seems to be the leader after the rose. Now, Poncho, turn them. Yeah.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Hi. Hi. Hi.

[Cisco Kid]

Final. They are heading after the sheriff to say you into Margaret. Look, she saw the sheep turn the same way. Now the carrots and the sheep not formed the heads. They not hurt each other. We may say those two her jet. Pancho. Cisco. Cisco. Handing them out. Santos. I must get hurt. Senorita. Senorita, stand up. No, I won't. You up. Senorita. Head down close.

[Margaret McCaughan]

I could almost feel her too.

[Narrator]

See?

[Poncho]

Senorita. Mike, you read that? Watch close.

[Cisco Kid]

Look, Cisco. The sheriff on the trail. Where to? Lead away from the carrots and the sheeps. Follow him, Pancho.

[Margaret McCaughan]

We'll be safe up there.

[Cisco Kid]

Go ahead, Pancho. I'll follow you up the trail.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Over.

[Cisco Kid]

You saved Margaret's life.

[Margaret McCaughan]

You sure did, sister. Yeah.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco not afraid of nothing.

[Poncho]

You see anything of either the cattle or sheep hombres?

[Cisco Kid]

They're pretty busy catching up with their herds.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Safe for now, Cisco, thanks to you.

[Poncho]

You are not safe, Senorita Marguerite. As long as Bart Dunson and that killer Tate Nordock are free to plot our.

[Narrator]

How do you like the nerve of that Cisco Tate?

[Bart Dunstan]

What'd you do, bud?

[Narrator]

He sent me a message saying he's calling a meeting of all the cattlemen and sheepmen together.

[Bart Dunstan]

Are you going?

[Narrator]

We're going. We're gonna use this meeting to succeed where that stampede failed.

[Bart Dunstan]

Now what are you gonna do?

[Narrator]

If we can start a fight with Cisco at that meeting, it'll end up in a riot. We can clean those sheepmen out right then and there.

[Bart Dunstan]

What about the sheriff? He'll be there too, won't he?

[Narrator]

Yeah. Yeah, he'll probably be there. He'll make a point out of the fact that you didn't leave the county yet.

[Bart Dunstan]

I got no idea. Letting that sheriff arrest me, Bart.

[Narrator]

Now, don't worry. He won't. You draw Cisco into a gunfight, we'll get him in a crossfire.

[Bart Dunstan]

We don't have to do that. I can get him fair. I'm faster than Cisco on the draw.

[Narrator]

A lot of men have thought that, Kate.

[Bart Dunstan]

He didn't know what I do.

[Poncho]

Yeah?

[Narrator]

What's that?

[Bart Dunstan]

When Cisco and I had that run in back in Bisbee, I notice the way the fingers of his right hand flex before he draws.

[Narrator]

And you figure you can beat him because of that?

[Poncho]

Yeah.

[Bart Dunstan]

Most gunslingers watch the other fella's eyes. But with Cisco, you gotta watch his right hand. You can always tell when he's gonna draw.

[Narrator]

Well, I don't know. Just hope you're right.

[Bart Dunstan]

I am right. You'll know it after the meeting today. Cause Sisko'll be dead.

[Cisco Kid]

All right, quiet down now. I see you got the message. Cisco, Champ, you're out here. Including take Nordock, who I told to get out of town.

[Narrator]

Just a minute. Sheriff McCann, you were elected by the vote of the people. By a vote of all the cattlemen here. Take Nordart states.

[Poncho]

As long as Senor Fred McConnell is your sheriff, Dunstan, you will do as he says.

[Cisco Kid]

We elected McConnell sheriff, not you. Cisco, what matter you to send us messages? Now, you listen here, Ira.

[Poncho]

I sent you the messages because I realized there is only one way to deal with you. When men know something and are bullheaded, that is one thing. But when men know nothing and are.

[Cisco Kid]

Bullheaded, that is another thing.

[Narrator]

All right.

[Cisco Kid]

Quieto Queto.

[Poncho]

Because you sheepmen and you cattlemen are led by hombres who would not listen to your sheriff. Four lives are almost lost in that stampede.

[Cisco Kid]

You've been sticking your nose into our business long enough, Cisco. I'm putting an end to it right now.

[Poncho]

Go back and sit down, Horton, or you will have more trouble than you bargained for.

[Cisco Kid]

Why you all eyed maverick dude.

[Poncho]

The fight.

[Cisco Kid]

You watch, you will get your filth. We'll see about that. We will, senor. Like this. Enough. Enough.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Now.

[Cisco Kid]

If you touch your gun, somebody. Fine showing, Sheriff.

[Poncho]

Got you covered now for you, Tate Nordock. The sheriff told you to be out of town. You did not take his warning. Give the sheriff your gun and march over to the jail.

[Bart Dunstan]

You take my gun, Cisco. Go ahead.

[Cisco Kid]

There'll be no gun fighting in here, Tate.

[Poncho]

No matter the sheriff. You are the hombres. Back away and give us plenty of room. You have been sporting for a gunfight, Nordock. Make your play.

[Bart Dunstan]

My ring tail sidewinder.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco shot the gun right out of Tate's hand. And this time, Cisco do it with his left hand. Get him.

[Poncho]

Now she's. Fred, take this coyote over to your jail.

[Bart Dunstan]

What about it, Bart? You and the other gentlemen gonna let him?

[Narrator]

Why? Well, I'm sorry, Tate. There's nothing we can do about it. After all, Fred is the sheriff.

[Bart Dunstan]

You ain't throwing me to the wolves, Johnston. If I go to jail, so do you.

[Poncho]

Go ahead, Nor Doc.

[Narrator]

Talk. No, no, no, wait. There's no reason to talk, Tate. You go ahead. Go with the sheriff. We're gonna get you free by due process of the law.

[Bart Dunstan]

I ain't waiting for no due process of law, Dunstan. You had those cattlemen back you up when you needed me. Why don't you use them now to get me free?

[Narrator]

Well, this is different.

[Bart Dunstan]

You bet it's different. You'd do anything to look good on the side of the law, now, wouldn't you?

[Narrator]

Speak up, Nordock.

[Poncho]

It may be better for you.

[Bart Dunstan]

Listen, you cattlemen. Dunstan intends to swindle you out of your land once you get rid of the sheep man for him.

[Narrator]

You liar.

[Cisco Kid]

Skunk. I can prove it if you get the chance. Good for you, Cisco. You shut the gun clean out of his hand too. Dad learned that you coyoted you to try to draw a gun when Cisco rounds Sheriff.

[Poncho]

Fred, I think you had better take them both over to jail and lock them up.

[Narrator]

Wait a Minute. You can't get away with this.

[Cisco Kid]

Attempted murder still a crime in this county. Now get going. You too, Nordock.

[Poncho]

And I care to all of you. Pancho, see, take that piece of charcoal and draw a line down the center of the meeting hall.

[Cisco Kid]

Yes, Pancho. Do this.

[Bart Dunstan]

There.

[Poncho]

Now, without realizing it, all of you cattlemen gathered on one side of that line, while all of you sheepmen gathered on the other.

[Cisco Kid]

What's that prove?

[Poncho]

Just this. The same as you cattle and sheep men can stay on your own side of the line in peace, so can your cattle and sheep remain on their own sides of Elkhorn Basin.

[Cisco Kid]

That's true, man. There's plenty of grazing land for everybody. There's no need for either of us to trespass on the other's land.

[Bart Dunstan]

I was wrong, Cisco. I'm willing to let bygones be bygones.

[Poncho]

Well, now, say you're Horton. Well, how about the rest of you hombres?

[Cisco Kid]

We're willing to bury the hatchet if they are. That's pretty improved. Hey, this one finds your legacy. Find the nurses. Go fix the troubles. I did not fix your troubles.

[Poncho]

You only fix it for yourselves. A range war would have cost many lives on both sides. I'm glad you did not let Bart Dunstan's greed destroy you.

[Margaret McCaughan]

I heard what you accomplished at the meeting system. My dad sure owes a lot.

[Poncho]

Oh, I did not do anything, senorita. Those hombres did it for themselves.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Well, anyway, you succeeded in making them see the truth where dad failed. Tell me, Sisko, what made you use your left hand when you fought Pete Nordock?

[Poncho]

I saw him watching my Russian, senorita. As for my helping your father, it is no more than what one friend should do for another.

[Margaret McCaughan]

I never did thank you for saving my life, Victor.

[Poncho]

Well, while they're doing the stamp, Pete, I did not think I could.

[Margaret McCaughan]

I've been adding up all the things you've done for the Macan family.

[Poncho]

Sure it did not take very long, senhora.

[Margaret McCaughan]

It took me a lot longer than this one. Ah, this guy.

[Poncho]

Oh, senorita.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco.

[Poncho]

Hey, Pancho, friend.

[Cisco Kid]

Glad Cisco stopped the range war.

[Poncho]

No, see, the sheriff thanked me, Poncho.

[Cisco Kid]

He said his friend not the only one who san.

[Poncho]

What do you mean, Pancho?

[Margaret McCaughan]

I just see what happened to Cisco.

[Cisco Kid]

The margaritas.

[Margaret McCaughan]

Thanks.

[Cisco Kid]

Cisco, too.

[Poncho]

Why, Poncho, I thought you were petting the sheriff's dog at the time.

[Cisco Kid]

No, Cisco. That dog not want to be friendly with Pancho. Well, tell me, did the dog wag his tail? He wag his tail all Right.

[Poncho]

Well then when a dog wags his tail, he wants to be your friend.

[Cisco Kid]

But that dog wag his tail growl at the same time. Well, well, why should I know which end to believe?

[Poncho]

Oh, Poncho.

[Cisco Kid]

Oh, she's.

[Narrator]

And so ends another exciting adventure with O. Henry's famous Robin Hood of the west, the Cisco Kid.

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