Indian White: Gunsmoke (September 24, 1955)

“Indian White” is an episode of Gunsmoke, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 24, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

A young boy named Dennis, who was raised by Cheyenne Indians and recently returned to live with his white mother in Dodge City, gets into a knife fight with a man who provokes him. Marshal Dillon must decide how to handle the troubled boy as tensions rise in town over his presence.

Dodge City, Kansas - the town streets, the Dodge House, and Mrs. Cullen's home

Characters: Matt Dillon, Chester, Mr. Jonas, Dennis (Mee-ho-con), Mrs. Cullen, Davis

Listen for: The clash between Dennis's Indian upbringing and his white heritage; townspeople's fears about Cheyenne raids and suspicion of the boy; Marshal Dillon's compassionate handling of a difficult situation.

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.