The Squaw | Gunsmoke (04-27-58)

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In this episode of Gunsmoke, U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon investigates a violent dispute involving Cully Tate and his father, Hardy Tate. The te

Key takeaways

• Cully Tate claims an Arapaho woman killed his father, but Marshal Dillon suspects Cully shot him.
• The conflict is rooted in the controversial marriage between Hardy Tate and an Arapaho woman.

Main topics

• Frontier justice
• Marriage legality

Notable quotes

I'm that man, Matt Dillon, United States Marshal.

Conclusion

A tense western drama that uses a murder mystery to examine the social

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:14) Welcome to the Old Time Radio Westerns. I'm your host Andrew Rines, and I'm excited to bring you another episode absolutely free. This episode is one of many released every month, totaling over 80 episodes so far. Each one is meticulously digitally restored and stored in the cloud for your convenience, a process that incurs costs. To help cover these expenses, you might hear some advertisements throughout the episode. While we do retain the original commercials for historical authenticity, you may also encounter modern ads, which help keep the lights on. If you prefer an ad-free experience, we offer a couple options. You can listen to the episodes on YouTube. You can also support us by becoming a patron on our Patreon page. For more information, go to otrwesterns.com slash donate. Again, otrwesterns.com slash donate. I do want to emphasize that we are committed to providing this content to you for free, but also we have to be transparent about the financial realities to bringing this to you. Now, let's get into this episode. This episode is going to be Gunsmoke Original Airdate. It is April 27th, 1958, and the title is The Squaw. Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. Speaker 2 (1:39) Around Dodge City and in the territory on west, there's just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers, and that's with a U.S. Marshal and the smell of gun smoke. Gun smoke. William Conrad, the story of the violence that moved west with young America, and the story of a Speaker 5 (2:14) man who moved with it. 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 lonely. I Speaker 7 (2:48) declare I don't know what's got in him, Mr. Dillon. Speaker 5 (2:50) Who, Chester? Speaker 7 (2:52) Well, the president. President Grant. Speaker 5 (2:54) Oh, what's he done now? Speaker 7 (2:55) Well, letting them fellas take out a patent on that there Bob Wilder. That stuff's going to be the ruination of this country. Speaker 5 (3:01) So what's the president got to do with it? He can't stop it. Speaker 7 (3:04) He can't? Well, then what's the good of him being president? Speaker 5 (3:09) Just read your paper, Chester. Speaker 7 (3:15) Well, them British foreigners are fighting again. Speaker 4 (3:19) The Speaker 7 (3:19) Russos is what they're fighting. Speaker 4 (3:21) Now what? Speaker 7 (3:25) Somebody start the Russos. Speaker 4 (3:27) Down there in the long branch. Yeah, come on. Stop them. Speaker 5 (3:43) Take hold of the other one, Chester, will you? All right, son, come on, get on your feet. All Speaker 4 (3:56) right, you don't have to bring them on. Speaker 5 (4:00) Now, what's this all about, Ambrose? I thought you and Cully were friends. Speaker 4 (4:03) I did too, Marshal. Speaker 5 (4:04) But not no more. What started it? Speaker 4 (4:06) I was only joking. But Cully can't even take a joke. You know, next time I won't use my fists, Ambrose. Like I'm wearing a gun. You wait. Speaker 5 (4:12) Not in Dodge, you won't. The next time I catch you two fighting, either one of you, I'll show you the inside of the jail. You want to shake hands? Speaker 4 (4:20) What for? I had a belly full of his crazy temper. I'm good and through. Speaker 5 (4:27) Well, what about that, Cully? Speaker 4 (4:29) Well, what about it, Marshal? Speaker 4 (4:35) over to the bar, Matt. I'll buy you a drink for keeping my place from being smashed. Speaker 5 (4:40) Okay, Kitty, that sounds like fair payment. Speaker 4 (4:44) You too, Chester. Oh, thank you, Miss Kitty. I don't know what got into that Cully Tate lately. He was always polite as could be when he used to come into town with his mother. Speaker 7 (4:57) His mother's dead three, four years now. Speaker 4 (4:59) Well, now he's at the bar ordering a drink. I Speaker 5 (5:02) think maybe I'll have a talk with him, Kitty. Maybe I can find out what's wrong. Speaker 4 (5:05) Yeah, sure, Matt. Speaker 5 (5:12) Here you are, Sam. I'll pay for his drink. Speaker 6 (5:16) What's that? Speaker 5 (5:17) Well, for almost breaking your arm, you said. Go on, drink up. Speaker 4 (5:23) Sure. Thanks. Speaker 5 (5:29) You know, when a man's old enough to drink hard liquor, he's old enough to get in trouble, Cullen. Now, what was it about? Speaker 4 (5:36) Well, it's a person. Speaker 5 (5:37) Well, it always is. Until it's a public fight. Then it's my business. Speaker 4 (5:43) Yeah, he... He said something about my old man. And about me. Well, what? Speaker 5 (5:52) He called us squaw men. Squaw men? Speaker 4 (5:55) For what? Because it's true. That's the worst of it. About my old man, it's true anyways. Speaker 5 (6:02) Oh, since when? Speaker 4 (6:04) Three months. When he went to Texas for stock and stopped at the agency in Darlington. Brought Speaker 6 (6:13) her Speaker 4 (6:13) back. Wrapped the whole woman. Speaker 5 (6:18) Now, that ain't right, Marshal. It just ain't right. Now, wait a