Warpath or Peace: Wild Bill Hickok (June 24, 1951)

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“Warpath or Peace” is an episode of Wild Bill Hickok, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 24, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles ride into a valley in Indian territory and are nearly trampled by a buffalo stampede. Afterward they find a dead buffalo and are ambushed by Shoshone warriors led by Chief Red Horse, who accuses the whites of killing his people's buffalo. Red Horse gives them three moons before his people go to war against Red Mesa City. Hickok promises to find the men responsible. The series is Wild Bill Hickok, and this episode aired on June 24, 1951, with Guy Madison as Hickok and Andy Devine as Jingles.

Late spring in a green valley in Indian territory, near Red Mesa City

Characters: Wild Bill Hickok, Jingles, Chief Red Horse, Sheriff, Senator Hastings, Mrs. Mallory, Utah Ike

Listen for: The buffalo stampede and the ambush at the dead buffalo, where Red Horse gives Hickok three moons to stop the killings

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.