Ranger Bill xx-xx-xx (xxx) Spirits And Spirit

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00:00Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland. Struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails,

00:24showing rare courage in the face of disaster, in the air, on horseback, or in a screaming

00:42squad car. Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland. Struggling against extreme odds, traveling

00:53dangerous trails, in the air, on horseback, or in a screaming squad car. Ranger Bill,

00:54his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission. And all this in exchange

01:04for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. These brave men who risked their very

01:12existences, sailing out for the new world. These brave souls who never again have the

01:28benefit of our great civilization. But in the name of their dear Portugal, they give

01:34up all and go. Rodriguez, we are of all men most fortunate. See, what luxury, what bliss.

01:46Here we are in the new world. Slaves to do our bidding. Treasure enough to buy the whole

01:53country of Portugal. But who would, for all the treasure in the new and old world, leave

01:58the paradise we have here? Oh, not I, my friend. What did you think of my method of

02:05hiding the treasure? A stroke of nothing sort of genius. These stupid natives know nothing

02:11of the value of their craftsmanship, but we do. And we have enough buried treasure beneath

02:18this fort to own the world. Let us keep your trinkets safe from bad men who would try to

02:24make profit from such things I said to them. And they hurry to collect as much as possible

02:30and to store it beneath this fort. I have never seen so much gold in my life. I did

02:38not know there was so much. And now it is ours. My friend, your joviality supplants your manners.

02:46My friend, your joviality supplants your manners. My glass is empty. Your glass of the bottle.

02:55Allow me to get another. No, a second thought. Why have we all these servants running about

03:02the fort if not to use them? Pity our poor civilized brothers back in Portugal. They

03:09must toil. We simply command. They must fetch and carry. We simply command. They must exert

03:18themselves. We simply live. Slave, is there anyone out there? Take your eyes off them

03:26for one minute and they are off somewhere sleeping. A guy shall see what they are about.

03:34Strange. There does not seem to be anyone about anywhere. Oh. Not a soul. Where are

03:53the slaves? More important, where are the troops? There is something very unusual going

03:59on here. Perhaps we should look around. After we strap our swords to our sides, my friend.

04:07Let's see. I could understand the slaves trying to sit down on their work, but the

04:14troops? Let's look and see if we can determine what is going on. It is as though we are the

04:22only ones alive in the whole world. The celebrating of our good fortune has fired your imagination.

04:31There is some rational explanation for this disappearance of everyone. The fort, it seems

04:40somehow forsaken, even by God. Si. It has been forsaken by a thousand natives and three

04:47thousand troops. We are here alone. But why? That I cannot answer, my friend. What is it?

04:59My eyes, they are playing tricks. I thought over there, I thought I saw one of our soldiers

05:05lying on the ground and then somehow he slid around that corner. It is the unusualness

05:12of the situation in which we find ourselves. But look, there in the dirt by the corner,

05:17there are the marks left by his feet as he slid. No, it could not be. What? What is it

05:23Rodriguez? The natives, our slaves, they have... What is it? Tell me. My side, here, a dart.

05:31The kind the natives use. Si, si, the kind they use on us. Where are you? Why do not

05:48you show yourselves? Come out in the open that we may fight. I am waiting. Is there

05:54none of you who have matched swords with me? Come out, I say. Hello, boys and girls. As

06:01you have already heard, today's story is on the unusual side. That is why I am out here

06:25now to tell you just a little bit about it. What you just heard was one of the strange

06:30events of history that few people know anything about. It happened down in South America way

06:36back in the fifteenth century, almost five hundred years ago. Men of Portugal had established

06:43a few forts along the great Amazon River and were making slaves of the natives and taking

06:49their gold and craftsmanship to sell. Then, one day, scenes very much like the one you

06:56just heard began taking place. Many Portuguese soldiers and citizens were massacred, and

07:02the natives just went back into the woods, leaving the old forts to become overgrown

07:07with weeds and forgotten. Forgotten until not too long ago, when an old friend of mine

07:15was flying over that area in his small plane. Oh, it certainly would be good to get back

07:23to Georgetown. This has been a long trek. Georgetown and home. That's right. You're due

07:30for a holiday soon, aren't you? Ah, no one needs it more than I do. I used to say that

07:35topographical engineers made more money and did less work than anyone in the world. But

07:40now that everyone wants exacting details for map work, well... Well, you don't have to

07:45tell me. It sure will be good to see the states again. Going back to that little town you

07:50always talk about? What's its name? Naughty Pine. Ah, yeah. And I sure am waiting to get

07:56back there. I'm going back there. I'm going to take off my hat and just relax for one

08:02solid month. I don't even want to look at a map, or country, or anything. I'm just going

08:08to see people. I envy you, George. I'm about due for a holiday myself, and I just got back

08:15from mine. How soon do you think we'll go to... Before it'll be before we get to Georgetown?

08:20Well, I don't know for certain. I'm taking this new way. I hope it's going to be faster.

08:25It means flying over a great deal of unpopulated country, though, you know. Well, the plane

08:29is in good shape. Besides, if my eyes don't deceive me, there are little villages all

08:33through that country down there. I see a fire every now and then, and once in a while a

08:38hut. Well, that's all well and good. But I don't think I'd care to have to land down

08:42there. No telling how civilized those native tribes are, you know. I guess that's a point,

08:47all right. The sooner we get to... Hey! What is it? Look down there. Do you see what I

08:54see? The Amazon River. I put your Mississippi to shame. No, no, no. I don't mean that. Look,

09:00in a ways from it. About a mile. Do you see it down there? Oh, I see. I have a little

09:08trouble believing it. Looks like a fort or something of the kind. Let's go down there

09:13and get a better look. Okay, hang on. Here it comes. It is a fort. A bit run down, but

09:22nonetheless, a fort. A huge thing. It must be about a hundred years old. Any idea how

09:28it got there? None. Unless... Unless what? Well, I'm not sure about this, but it seems

09:36to me I remember reading somewhere that just about the time the North American continent

09:40was being opened up, the Portuguese were starting operations down here in South America. Along

09:46the Amazon, if I'm not mistaken. That would make that fort somewhere around 500 years

09:51old. If she's a Portuguese fort, I suppose it would. Let's swing back around. I'd like

09:56to get some pictures of that. Well, all right, but this is probably making my shortcut twice

10:02as long as the usual way.

10:20Well, it looks like fun to me, Bill. I think so too, old-timer. It'll do us good to get

10:27into a completely different part of the country. I don't know how much of that deep-sea fishing

10:32I'd want to do, but I know I wouldn't complain about soaking up lots of sun on them there

10:37beaches. And it's all settled. This year we spend our vacation in sunny Florida. Yippee!

10:44I haven't seen you this excited about a vacation in a long time, Stumpy. I guess I'd better

10:50settle down a bit. You know that old saying. If I don't know that old saying, I have a

10:56feeling I'm about to learn it. The bigger the summer vacation, the harder the fall!

11:05I knew it. I knew it. Things never change in this office. Well, look who's here. George

11:10Nelson. Just as I expected. Stumpy, cracking jokes, and the rest of you looking, oh, just

11:15a little pained. How are you, Bill Stumpy? Fine. Fine! I hardly need to ask you. Look

11:23at you. You must have gained 50 pounds since the last time you were in Knotty Pine. You're

11:28looking just swell, young fella. You know, sometimes when I'm working down there in South

11:32America and I think back to my school days here in Knotty Pine, you guys get to be a

11:37legend to me. I sometimes get to wondering if you really are here. Well, if you dreamed

11:44us up, young fella, we'd like to thank you. We've got to be pretty good friends. That's

11:50right, and you never change. Boy, it's great to see you again. And you, George. Sit down.

11:55I know you've got about five years' worth of things to tell us. How's the map-making

12:00business these days? And that about brings us up to this moment. When you lay it out,

12:15the whole thing looks pretty big. I've been doing lots of things these past years. I'm

12:20even a little impressed myself. Well, it sure sounds interesting, seeing all that country

12:27and all. After a while, you think if you see another area from the plain, you'll go crazy.

12:32It all looks the same. I hope you don't draw up your maps to all look alike. You know what

12:37I mean. Scenic attractions are few and far between, actually. It's mostly just trees

12:43and mountains. I'm just glad to see people for once. I'm sure you are. What is it, George?

12:52Oh, a fleeting thought, Bill. We were talking about seeing interesting things, and I sure

12:59thought of one really unusual sight I saw on my last flight before I came back here.

13:04What was it? I've got some pictures of it, Bill. Really unusual. Right down there in

13:09dense wooded country near the Amazon River. An old fort. A fort? That's right. From what

13:14I hear, the Portuguese built the things about 300 years ago. Is there anyone living there

13:20now? Oh, not that I could tell. Here, let me show you the pictures. Let's see. These

13:29were taken from the plain as we passed over it. Would you look at that? Looks almost haunted.

13:37It certainly is overrun with weeds and shrubbery. That's what makes me think that no one is

13:42living there now. Look in this picture here, Bill. Now, I didn't notice it when I took

13:47the shots, but see if this looks like anything to you. See, right down here in this corner.

13:54Almost looks like a skeleton. Maybe my imagination is a little excited by the looks of that fort.

14:02I thought so too. And you know, there isn't a town within ten miles of that place in any

14:08direction. Not even a native village. The whole place really intrigues me. I've had

14:15a hard time getting it off my mind ever since I saw it. It does have that effect on a fella.

14:20I mean, it's even got me wondering what's really there in all them old stones. I'll

14:26have to join the club too. Sure would be fun to explore that old fort, wouldn't it?

14:32Bill? Yes, old-timer? I was just thinking, I don't really see where sitting on some beach

14:42down in Florida would be so much fun. I get plenty of good sunshine all year right out

14:48here. Uh-huh. And I suppose I could put off deep-sea fishing for a while. I mean, after

14:55all... Say, wait a minute. Do I read you fellas right? Are you deciding to go down to South

15:01America and find that old fort? Our vacation rolls around in exactly three days, George.

15:06And I'm on vacation right now. Good! I was hoping we'd have somebody who knew the country

15:12down there. Listen, there isn't anybody who knows the country around where we're headed

15:17for. Is it settled? Are we going? We're going to have to pack a little different kind of

15:23bag than we planned, but this looks like it'll be some vacation.

15:43If and that don't beat all, all these fellas standing around this here market looking for

15:49work, as soon as you tell them where you want them to go with you, they run off. It's strange,

15:54all right. I've never seen anything like it. Are they against working for strangers or

15:58something? Well, hardly. That's the way they make their living. I can't figure out what

16:03the trouble is. They seem to have something against that old fort we want to see. I didn't

16:08think anyone had ever heard of it before I saw it from the plane. Well, it seems that...

16:13Pardon me. You gentlemen looking for fine guide? That's right. Yeah, we are. I, Cassidel,

16:20I find guide. You may be, but your tune might come out a little different when you hear

16:25where we want to go. White-haired father, hard to hear. Cassidel not sing. He means

16:31that you might not be so anxious to act as our guide when you find out where it is we

16:36want to go. Cassidel no. And you're still willing to go with us? You have many gun?

16:43Well, we have enough to go around. Cassidel go. Go as far as legs will allow. Cassidel,

16:52what is this all about? Why is it that none of the others will accompany us to the old

16:56Portuguese fort? Oh, it long story. Passed down from fathers long ago. I tell you whole

17:03story on way. Maybe you won't turn back when you hear. If that's the case, why are you

17:10willing to go out with us at all? Oh, that easy. You pay Cassidel for time he give you.

17:16Well, we were fortunate to find this boat at such a reasonable price. We can thank Cassidel

17:35for it. He's a good man. All right. He seems to know what he's doing. When are we going

17:40to ask him to tell us about the fort? Well, I'm for doing it right away. But he seems

17:45to be putting off the discussion. You know, I think he wants to get a few days of the

17:49Amazon before he tells us. So you'll get a few days more pay. I think that's it. All

17:55right. He's an enterprising young feller. Seems pretty sure we'll turn back when he

18:00tells us the story of the fort. You know, it just occurred to me maybe the reason he's

18:04not telling us about it is that there's no story to tell. Maybe he's making use of the

18:09time to think one up. Well, that's possible. That wouldn't explain the fear that everyone

18:14back in the village had of the place. No, I guess not. Well, I for one am about to bust

18:20if I don't find out soon. Let's go back to where he's driving this here boat and have

18:25a look. I'm about as anxious as anyone. That makes three of us. Let's go. Cassidel see

18:33great question on face of three new friends. That's exactly what you see, Cassidel. Got

18:40any idea what we're curious about? You want Cassidel to show beautiful scenery on sides

18:47of river? I guess again. You want to stop at small island, talk with one who live on

18:54island? Quit beating around the bush, Cassidel. You know why we're here and what we want to

19:00know. White haired father say hard thing. Cassidel guiding boat upriver, not even near

19:05bushes. Listen, he means stop giving us answers you know we don't want. That's right. And

19:11while you're at it, you can drop that white haired father business. Drop? Cassidel, you

19:18know why everyone back in your village was afraid to accompany us to the old fort. You

19:23also expect us to turn back when we learn the secret of the place. We want to know what

19:28you know about that fort. No, Cassidel happy to tell you. That's more like it. Later. I'm

19:35afraid that won't do, Cassidel. We want to know now. So Cassidel tell. But this mean

19:43less pay and Cassidel very poor man, very poor. Cassidel might be a very rich man if

19:49he tells us and we still go on to the fort. The whole trip will take over a week. No,

19:54no, no, no chance. Not even fiercest tribes of back country go near old fort. Spirits

20:00keep them away. Spirits? This is story. Many year ago, long before Cassidel or any of oldest

20:11people Cassidel know, there lived white man from across sea in old fort. He very bad to

20:18my people. He make them work for him for no pay. He take everything they have. He beat

20:23them. He take much gold and things from them, hide it away for himself and fort. One day

20:30my people tire of serving, tire of beatings, tire of having nothing for selves. They kill

20:37all white man in fort and go back into forests. White man very bad. His spirits still live

20:45in old fort. He still keep gold for self. He still beat and kill anyone who come near

20:51to fort. That's why everyone in village afraid to go to fort and that's why Cassidel now

20:58turn boat around and go back to village. Wait a minute, Cassidel. Don't turn back, not yet.

21:05But now you know story. That's right. Now we know the story. So far I ain't heard any

21:11reason to stay away from the fort. Neither have I. But spirit guarding gold, even bravest

21:18warrior of fiercest tribe not go to old fort. That may be true, Cassidel. That's because

21:23they fear some old Portuguese ghosts. We don't fear such things because we know they don't

21:28exist. You not be sure. Cassidel hear many strange things. That may be true. But we know

21:35that there is only one true spirit. There is nothing greater than the one true spirit.

21:41You talk like teacher in my village. He say there only one spirit and other times he say

21:47there are no such things as spirits. Teacher? A white teacher. He come from your country.

21:53I learn language from him. He tell us of man named Jesus who die and send his good spirit

21:59to us. But old fort guarded by spirits of bad men. They not like anyone come near. They kill

22:07anyone who come near. Cassidel, how do you know about these bad spirits? Cassidel know from

22:13father and from father of father. All my people know from old fort. I've been down here for

22:19almost five years. I've never heard of it before. That because no one talk of fort. No one go

22:25near fort. No one live near fort. No one talk of fort. Well, it all sounds pretty fantastic

22:31to me. Bad spirits and all. Don't forget, Stumpy, we haven't been raised in the same way

22:37Cassidel has. To him, spirits are as commonplace as cars are to us. You not believe in spirits?

22:45Nope. But you just say something of one spirit. You see, Cassidel, we believe in the one spirit

22:51who has power over all other spirits. He is the spirit of the great God who made all the earth.

22:57Oh, that what teacher tell us. Your teacher has told you rightly, Cassidel. God's spirit is

23:03not like an evil spirit. He comes to help us and to teach us of God and his son, Jesus Christ.

23:09Teacher tell us that Jesus killed for all world, but Cassidel not understand. That oughtn't to be

23:16too hard to follow, sonny. Look at it this way. Let's say we was all taken captive by a bunch of

23:23hungry cannibals down here. Cassidel not think of that. Just for the sake of showing you an idea

23:29what Jesus dying for us means. Now let's say that Bill here stepped out and said to the chief,

23:35if you let all these other fellers go, I'll let you do whatever you want to me. That brave thing.

23:42Well, in a way, that's just what Jesus did for us, Cassidel. God wants us to be good people,

23:48loving and serving him. But we aren't, and he has to punish us. That clear, but still hard to understand.

23:57Maybe we'll be able to talk more about it while we explore the old fort. Then you still go there?

24:04Yes. Yep. Well, Cassidel offer to take you. So Cassidel take you. Good man, Cassidel.

24:15That's the spirit. I mean, we're glad you'll stay with us, Cassidel. It long trip up river,

24:22maybe three, four day. In that case, I think I'll get a little vacation in.

24:31I've got a feeling that when we reach the old fort, we ain't going to have too much time to relax.

24:37OK, Cassidel, cut the motor.

25:01Almost looks like this bank of the river was made to dock a boat on.

25:06Probably was a long time ago. It's kept the same general contour.

25:11Now, as near as I can figure, the old fort ought to be approximately one mile straight south from this point.

25:18Well, if a mapmaker is sure, so am I. Let's set out.

25:22You. Are you sure you want to go to Fort Cassidel? Sure. Not good idea.

25:28Oh, take it easy, son. You just stick with us and everything will be all right.

25:33But but but signs along bank, they tell of danger signs.

25:38See there and over there. Are you talking about them?

25:43Pretty red flowers along the bank. Are they not flowers? White haired father.

25:47They warnings red cotton ball mean death to anyone who go farther.

25:52Who put those warnings there? Cassidel nearby tribes.

25:56They come no nearer to Forton River and put up cotton ball warnings all along bank.

26:02You know, George, this little excursion gets more interesting by the hour.

26:06Legends, ghosts, even treasure. I'm really getting anxious to see that old fort.

26:12I was thinking the same thing. Let's go.

26:18Oh.

26:26I shouldn't be too far ahead now.

26:29Oh, you're making out Cassidel.

26:32Cassidel's legs very wobbly, but able to walk.

26:37We'll be sitting down soon. I'm sure there are benches and things like that inside the fort.

26:43Cassidel not sure he want to sit down once we there. Might set in.

26:49What's the matter?

26:51Look under bush over there. A hand.

26:55Great horny toads.

26:58Looks like the whole skeleton is under there.

27:03That's what it is. All right.

27:05And I'd say by the looks of it, that it's been out here a long time.

27:09We turn back now.

27:11I don't know why.

27:13This might be one of those Portuguese soldiers who was massacred when the slaves rebelled.

27:18You think that skeleton is that old, Bill?

27:20I don't know for certain. I don't see any reason why we should turn back.

27:24Neither do I. Let's keep going.

27:26Say, we've been looking at the ground too much, fellas. Look up ahead.

27:32It's the old fort.

27:35Look at the size of it. I had no idea it was so large.

27:40Big fort. Hold many evil spirits.

27:43Soon we all look like man of bones here.

27:56Well, it looks like our time is about up for this week, boys and girls.

28:00I know you'll want to join us next time to see what happens when we actually explore the old fort.

28:06That'll all have to wait until next week when we join you for more adventure with...

28:11Ranger Bill!

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