Indian Scout: Gunsmoke (August 20, 1955)

“Indian Scout” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 20, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A cavalry patrol led by Indian scout Amos Cartwright is ambushed by Comanches at Cold Creek, with only Cartwright surviving. Bailey, whose brother was killed in the attack, blames Cartwright for the disaster and vows to kill him, believing Cartwright has gone native and deliberately led the men into the trap.

Dodge City and the surrounding Kansas territory

Characters: Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshal, Bailey, Amos Cartwright, Indian scout, Kitty, Colonel, Corporal

Listen for: The tension between civilian justice and military duty; accusations of betrayal against a man caught between two worlds; the Marshal's effort to prevent a killing based on unproven suspicions.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.