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Drunk Picture Pete has photographed a on reservation hill has rich in copper ore of which speculator Rush has learned and has, to get the ore land, made it appear by killing and property destruction that the Apache and Maricopa are at war.
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00:00Red Connors and I were riding deep in the heart of the Maricopa district.
00:30From the Arizona Territory.
00:32In answer to a letter I had received from my old friend Nat Burnham, Indian agent in Phoenix.
00:37My thanks to you and Red for coming all the way from Mavar 20, Hoppy.
00:41It's all right, Nat. Whenever you send for us, we come a-running.
00:43Sit down, Hoppy.
00:44Thanks.
00:46Now, what's going on here?
00:48I've got a problem on my hands.
00:50Yeah?
00:52Do you remember the land deal the department arranged for the retired Army Indian scout seven years ago?
00:57Well, you ought to, Hoppy. You upset it up.
00:59Ah, just a minute, Red. Let's see what Nat has to say.
01:02Since that time, the two tribes have lived together peacefully, side by side, on their small forms until a month ago.
01:08Now it looks like they've bent on killing each other off.
01:11Well, Nat, knowing what I'd do about those two tribes, that doesn't seem possible.
01:15Let me tell you what happened.
01:16I had been friends with the chiefs of most of the members of the Maricopa and Apache tribes who had served with the scouts, and it wasn't a pleasant story to listen to.
01:25Four weeks ago, Chief Red Air of the Maricopa had been found on the outskirts of his ranch, shot to death.
01:33Several days later, Warnit, son of the Apache chief, had been found in the street in the nearby town of Mezcal, an Indian knife on his back.
01:43Hey, Tex, bring your rig up here.
01:45All of this had been followed by the burning of the houses and barns of both sides.
01:57Cattle had been driven into the quicksands and left to die.
02:00Up to now, there have been three men of each tribe killed.
02:05Once the Indians start trying to get even, they won't stop and there's not a man left.
02:08Oh, there's more than that than meets the eye, Red.
02:11I was with those two tribes when they took the oath of blood brotherhood.
02:15They wouldn't break that oath for anything.
02:17And what's your opinion, Hoppy?
02:19Well, I'm of the opinion that somebody's trying to run them off their land.
02:22Why would anybody do that?
02:24It's the poorest land in the district.
02:26They make a living only by the hardest work.
02:27You know, mineral, oil, I don't know.
02:30There's never been a trace of either in the whole district.
02:33No, Hoppy, I think it's a feud.
02:36Now, I hate to be stubborn, but I'm going to stick to my own opinion.
02:40But you will go down there and see what you can do about it.
02:42Oh, sure.
02:44Just draw up my credentials and Red and I will be on our way.
02:48We were within a mile of Chief Red Arrow's ranch house when suddenly ahead of us...
02:57and we're going to have to find a home.
02:58Let's go.
03:03Let me know.
03:04Let me know.
03:04I'll have to know.
03:05Oh, it's only a skull crease.
03:27We'll get him home and take care of him.
03:29Where do you live, son?
03:31Oh, about a mile up the road, Mr. Cassidy.
03:33Well, he knows you, Hoppy.
03:36I should.
03:37He's the best friend my father ever had.
03:39Well, you must be Tommy Red Arrow.
03:41That's right.
03:42Come on, give me a hand, Red.
03:44We'll get him home.
03:47That sting a little?
03:48Yeah.
03:51Ah, there we are.
03:52Now you'll be as good as new.
03:54Thanks, Hoppy.
03:56It's foolish of me to ride into town alone.
03:58I might have known I would be next.
04:00You know, I can't get over it, Hoppy.
04:02Tommy talks even better English than me.
04:05Well, he should.
04:06He was an honor graduate from one of the finest Indian schools in America.
04:10There have never been any witnesses before.
04:13Did you get a good look at whoever it was who ambushed me?
04:16All we know is there was a couple of Indians.
04:18Is that true?
04:19Yeah, I'm afraid so, Tommy.
04:22I've been learning the ways of the civilized white man, and I like them.
04:25But if the Apaches have broken the oath of blood brotherhood, I'll...
04:29Now, wait a minute, Tommy.
04:30Don't do anything in a hurry.
04:32I know Chief Whitecloud, too.
04:34I'm going over to have a talk with him.
04:36All right.
04:37I'll wait until I hear from you.
04:38Good.
04:39Red, you better stay here with him in case they try to finish off what they started.
04:42Oh, that won't be necessary, Hoppy.
04:44Now that I know I'm marked, I shall be on the alert.
04:47All right.
04:47Suit yourself.
04:48And that thing is not sticking very good.
04:51There you are.
04:51There you go.
04:52Okay.
04:52Come on, Red.
04:53Keep your eyes open, Tommy.
04:56I had a long talk with the Chief, and he gave me his sacred word that neither he nor any
05:01of his tribe had anything to do with the trouble in any way.
05:04And knowing him, I believed him.
05:06I was sure now that outsiders were back of the whole thing.
05:09And the best place to begin my investigation was at the scene of the ambush.
05:14Here I found what I felt was definite evidence that white men had been involved in the ambushing
05:25of Tommy.
05:26The Apaches in this district all wore moccasins, and there were fresh prints of high-heeled western
05:31boots in the sand.
05:33And I was sure the Apaches didn't smoke Turkish cigarettes.
05:37Back at Tommy's house, I had told him of my findings, and then I started asking questions.
05:49Has anyone been trying to buy up the Indians' land?
05:52Hoppy, have you forgotten?
05:54The grant of lands to us carried a clause that we could never sell them.
05:57Yeah, I know.
05:58That clause was put in so the Indians couldn't be cheated out of their land.
06:01There's another clause that ties our hands so far as this present trouble is concerned.
06:05Yeah?
06:06If we leave the land, we'll be sent back to the reservations and our ranches will be sold
06:10to the highest bidders.
06:12Oh, I see.
06:14And I still insist you're being driven off the land.
06:17But why?
06:18Our places are none too prosperous.
06:20Maybe not as farms, Tommy.
06:23But there has to be some reason why they want this land.
06:26Were there any white men seen around here about the time the trouble started?
06:32No.
06:33What little business we transact is done in town.
06:36I see.
06:37There has to be somebody, I guess.
06:39Oh, yes.
06:40There was a photographer who went around town taking pictures of the Indians to put on souvenir
06:44postcards.
06:45Harmless old man, half drunk most of the time.
06:48Calls himself Picture Pete.
06:50When was the last time you saw him?
06:52Today, in town.
06:53Well, we'd better ride into town and have a talk with Picture Pete, huh?
06:58Yeah, maybe I can have my picture taken.
07:01And what are you going to do with that?
07:03Well, I'd give it to you to keep.
07:08They'll never get that on paper.
07:10Come on.
07:11The little town of Mezcal was just a few miles from the Indian land.
07:15All right.
07:30That's fine now.
07:31That's fine.
07:32I just have to move.
07:33Don't keep moving around.
07:35That's not my bit for me.
07:37All right.
07:38There we go.
07:38Hold it.
07:40There you are.
07:41That'll be 25 cents.
07:43I'll have the pictures for you on Saturday.
07:46Thank you, my friend.
07:48Well, say, you look like the very spirit of the West.
08:06Would you mind posting for a photograph for me?
08:09Uh, maybe later.
08:10Right now, I'd like to have a little talk with you.
08:12Hey, Hoppy, these darn good pictures of Indians, you should see the pictures of the country.
08:16It looks just as natural.
08:18A very discriminating man, your friend.
08:20Yeah.
08:21I pride myself on my ability with a camera.
08:25Don't be frightened.
08:27That's not a snake, just a hair.
08:29I pride myself on my ability with a camera when I can stay away from this, uh, this boy.
08:38Nester, you know something?
08:39Use me as an example, my friend.
08:42You don't have to worry about me.
08:43I never touch this stuff.
08:45You know, your advice about keeping away from that stuff is pretty sound.
08:49Why don't you try using it yourself?
08:51No, I've tried everything.
08:54Excuse me, will you please?
08:55I've got to finish talking to your friend over here.
08:59You know, you're wise in avoiding this stuff, my friend.
09:03Nester, look what it's done to me.
09:06At one time, I was recognized as one of the finest mineralogists in the whole country.
09:12Now, reduce the selling picture postcards for a living.
09:17But it isn't always going to be like that.
09:20No, sir.
09:21One of these days, and real soon, my ship is coming in.
09:26Coming in over those hills, young man.
09:29One of these days, I'll be one of the wealthiest men.
09:32Tee!
09:36That's my master's voice.
09:38What do you want, Constable Martin?
09:44Told you to stay off the street and in your room when you're drinking.
09:47Don't pay any attention to anything the drunken old fool says.
09:50You know, I resent that attitude, Constable.
09:54I was just simply explaining to these gentlemen here...
09:56Get him out of here.
09:58Come on.
09:58All right.
10:05Hey, now, listen.
10:06All I was trying to do was...
10:08Hold on.
10:10Please, Hoppy, let me take care of that no good.
10:12All right.
10:13Go right ahead.
10:15Come on, get up.
10:16You big bully, why don't you pick on somebody your size?
10:22Your friend's asking for it.
10:25You think so?
10:26You look about my size, big mouth.
10:39Hey, you can't do that.
10:40Wait a minute.
10:42Let him alone.
10:43Your man started it.
10:44Now you're asking for it.
10:50How you doing, Red?
10:51Oh, fine.
10:52Somebody never learned this sidewinder not to lead with his right.
10:57This one leads with his chin.
11:08I'm going to run you two clear into the next county.
11:11I'm afraid that'll be a little difficult.
11:14According to this.
11:17Take a look at it.
11:19Acting U.S. Marshal.
11:21Working for the Indian agency.
11:22That's right.
11:23And Red Connors is my deputy.
11:26Cassidy, huh?
11:28No wonder you're so handy with your fists.
11:31Sorry to cause you this trouble.
11:33Ah, forget it.
11:34I think I'm going to have enough trouble keeping the Indians from killing each other off.
11:37Well, I'm glad somebody's here to look into things.
11:39But we're expecting them to turn on the whites any day now.
11:42I think they should be moved somewhere else.
11:45You really think so, huh?
11:46Yep.
11:48And if I can be of any help, you let me know.
11:50Yeah, I'll do that.
11:51Come on, leads.
11:53I got some business in the office.
11:58Hey, Hoppy.
11:59I just got old Pete headed back for his room to sleeve it off.
12:02Ah, that's good, Red.
12:03You know, I feel kind of sorry for a guy like that.
12:06Yeah.
12:06We're going to stick around here until he sobers up.
12:09Then I'm going to have a little talk with him about mineralogy.
12:11Yeah, sure.
12:12That's...
12:13Hey, Hoppy, there's a restaurant.
12:16You're not hungry again.
12:17Yeah, it always makes me hungry to fight.
12:20Did you call that a fight?
12:21Well, sure.
12:24Then all you need is a cup of coffee.
12:26Come on, I can use one, too.
12:27Oh, Hoppy.
12:31Well, I guess that ought to hold me until supper time.
12:33Well, it should after that second steak you had for dessert.
12:40It was the hotel clerk, and he was telling his listeners
12:43that he had just found picture Pete dead in his room.
12:52My credentials got me the number of Pete's room.
12:57Liquor would never be a problem to Pete again.
13:00The Indian knife in his back had done its work.
13:03Someone must have had a mighty good reason
13:06for wanting to silence Pete.
13:07I went through his belongings,
13:09hoping to find something that would tie him in
13:11with the Indian trouble.
13:22In his battered suitcase, I found samples of ore
13:25and a picture he had taken showing a range of hills.
13:27But what interested me most were the lines
13:31that had been drawn in the picture,
13:32making it a map of sorts.
13:34Now I was getting somewhere.
13:37The hotel hallway led to a back door
13:40that opened on an alley.
13:41Again, an expensive cigarette, freshly ground out.
13:58Well, he was killed with an Indian's knife.
14:01I knew it wouldn't be long before the Indians
14:02start killing the whites.
14:04You're getting a little ahead of yourself, aren't you, mister?
14:07I said he was killed with an Indian's knife.
14:10Marshal Cassidy, this is Mr. Rush,
14:12Mezcal's leading businessman.
14:14How do you do?
14:15Marshal, something must be done about this whole business,
14:17or I shall demand that the government in Washington step in.
14:21Mr. Rush, in this particular case,
14:22I happen to represent the government.
14:25I'll decide what's to be done around here.
14:27Come on, Red, we're going out and see Tommy Red Arrow.
14:29Tommy, do you recognize that cliff
14:35where these lands converse you?
14:37Yes, Hoppy, that's what we call Lone Eagle Hill.
14:40Where is it?
14:41Well, here, take a look.
14:44It's the dividing line between our lands
14:46and the lands of the Apache neighbors.
14:49Let's ride up there and have a look.
14:51Sure.
14:51Sure.
14:59Well, Tommy, there's the reason somebody
15:10wanted you off of this land.
15:12What do you mean, Hoppy?
15:14That is the biggest outcropping of copper ore I've ever seen.
15:17Probably worth a fortune.
15:19I've never seen this before.
15:22Last winter's rains must have washed away the surface dirt,
15:24exposing the veins.
15:26Yeah, it might have.
15:27Well, it's pretty easy to figure out now.
15:28Well, it ain't for me.
15:31Red, picture Pete said he was a mineralogist, didn't he?
15:34He was probably up in here looking for scenery to photograph
15:36and ran into this rich vein,
15:38realized the value of it.
15:40Now I get it.
15:41You go to town and get drunk and blabbermouthed to somebody.
15:43That's exactly right.
15:46And I'll bet that somebody is a man
15:47that smokes Turkish cigarettes.
15:49Let's get back to town.
15:51Come on.
15:52Back in town, my first move was to try to find out
16:00who around here smoked that brand of cigarettes.
16:02But the grocer was of no help.
16:04He didn't carry them.
16:13In the saloon, I had met with success.
16:15The bartender had told me that the only man in town
16:22who smoked the brand I had asked for
16:24was Judson Rush.
16:27Well, you can relax now, Mr. Rush.
16:38I've talked to both Tommy Red Arrow and Chief Whitecloud.
16:41They promised there'll be no more Indian trouble.
16:43Oh, cigarette, Marshal?
16:45No, thanks.
16:47How, uh...
16:48How well do you know the Indians around here, Marshal?
16:50Not too well.
16:51I thought not.
16:53If you did, you wouldn't trust them
16:54as far as you could throw a bull by the tail.
16:56Well, that may be true.
16:57But if they start any more trouble,
16:59I'll run them right off the land.
17:00See you later.
17:01Come on, Red.
17:06I had planted an idea in Rush's mind.
17:09My next move was to wait and see how he acted on it.
17:15From now on, I intended to watch every move Rush made.
17:18I had a hunch that sooner or later
17:20he would prove himself guilty.
17:26A logical trio.
17:52A money-hungry man,
17:55a crooked constable,
17:56and a cold-blooded killer.
17:58A peanut-hungry man,
18:00a motorist,
18:01a difficulty going further...
18:03A number of drums in publicration
18:04would prove himself lacking.
18:05A mund actionable,
18:06an español m ηmedicine,
18:06a minute-a-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.
18:15It's Driver.
18:15Akol화 hat-a-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.
18:17THE END
18:47Just a short distance from Tommy's ranch.
19:08Red, I don't know what's going to happen here.
19:10You better get back to Tommy Red Arrows and tell him to get some of his friends together and be ready for anything.
19:14I'm going down close to that house, see what I can find out.
19:18You know, watch yourself, Bobby.
19:20I will. You go ahead.
19:21The costumes cleared the Indians.
19:43It wouldn't be long now before the move would come that would prove all three of them guilty.
19:54Get your hands up, Marshal.
20:00All right, inside.
20:01Look who I found sneaking around outside.
20:13And what did you see, Cassidy?
20:16Enough to prove that the Indians have been framed.
20:18And by three of the lowest white men I've ever seen in my life.
20:22That's too bad.
20:26For you.
20:27I'll finish him off and then go after that big-mouthed partner of his.
20:30Now, don't be in such a hurry, Leeds.
20:33You know, this situation was made to order.
20:36Martin here will find Cassidy with a knife in his heart.
20:39And the Indians will be chased back to the reservation so fast their feet will smoke.
20:44Perfect plan, isn't it, Cassidy?
20:46All but the last part.
20:47It won't work.
20:48Why not?
20:50You don't think I'm stupid enough to walk into a spot like this without an ace in the hole, do you?
20:55He's bluffing, Rush.
20:56Let me be the judge of that.
20:58What is this ace in the hole?
21:00Probably the same thing you'd have done if you were in my spot.
21:04Well, come on. Let's have it.
21:05My deputy knows everything about you three that I do.
21:08He's a Tommy of Red Ayers right now.
21:10If I'm not there in 15 minutes, he'll go into town, tell the whole story, and organize a posse.
21:14I still think he's bluffing.
21:16You want to call my hand?
21:18Not unless I hold the stakes.
21:20We'll get rid of the Indian and the deputy first.
21:23And then, uh, we'll take care of the marshal.
21:26Ah, that's a brilliant decision.
21:29Let's go.
21:44The first part of my plan had worked.
21:56Now I've read and Tommy had carried out my instructions.
22:02Start walking.
22:03Just ahead was Tommy's ranch house.
22:13Hold it, Cassidy.
22:18Red's horse was tied at the hitch rack, so I knew he was somewhere around.
22:23Cassidy, just to make sure you don't try to yell any warnings, we'll stay here.
22:26I wouldn't think of trying to upset your plan.
22:30Martin, you lead someone out of the house and get it over with.
22:32It'll be a pleasure.
22:33I'll be right back.
23:03All right, get your hands up.
23:28All right, on your feet.
23:29Now you can start walking.
23:49Everything all right, Hoppy?
23:50Yeah.
23:51Here's your hardware.
23:52I just brought you another customer.
23:56You might as well get out of that habit.
23:57Where you're going, there won't be any turkey cigarettes.
24:00Well, Tommy, you can help us get our prisoners to the federal jail,
24:03and we'll go tell our story to the Indian agent.
24:06All right, come on.
24:08Come on!
24:11After delivering the prisoners, we went to see Chief Whitecloud.
24:14Now that the Indians had been cleared,
24:16peace was restored between the Maricopas and the Apaches.
24:20And the commissioner had promised Tommy he'd help get a government loan
24:23to finance work on their copper mine.
24:25Hi there, my little friends.
24:45If you were playing baseball and the baseball was knocked across a railroad track,
24:51I'm pretty sure when you got to that railroad track,
24:55you'd stop, look, and listen, wouldn't you?
24:59Now please remember that any street in America
25:02is just as dangerous as that railroad.
25:05So when you get to the curbstone,
25:08stop, look, and listen.
25:13Will you do that for me?
25:15Now so long until next week,
25:18and in the meantime,
25:20don't forget to go to Sunday school.
25:22There he goes on his way
25:28Down the moonly trail to where Cowboy's Reign
25:32Hop along, Cassidy
25:35Hop along, Cassidy
25:39He'll return soon again
25:43There's no use to say goodbye until then
25:47Hop along, Cassidy
25:51So long, hop along
25:53Hop along
25:54Hop along, Cassidy
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