 There's something you should remember, Mr. A man going into Indian country should never be paid in advance Have gone, will travel Starring Mr. John Daner as Paladin San Francisco 1875 the Carlton Hotel headquarters of the man called Paladin Handsome socks Yes What is it? Oh? Miss wine. Oh, I certainly do but why the mask miss one Oh, where is he? Oh a big problem with hey boy. He's going as cowboy. Well, that's no problem Oh, he's a big problem He wearing cowboy hat, leather pants, big boots, everything. But what is it's a problem? Mr. Paladin, please to give a boy information on how to walk with All right, send them in Boy hardly can walk afraid to try stairs You come down, please. Yes, of course. I'll come down as soon as I finish packing. Did you take another trip? Yes another trip Up around the little big horn Well, that that's a river miss Wong in Montana Territory All right, come on. Let's get the hey boy untangled from his spurs You know, I guess just about the most popular sport in the world Everywhere in the world is fishing you hear a lot of discussion among American sportsmen Which is better the dry flyer the wet flyer still fishing or trolling lake stream or ocean Everyone has his own ideas about this sport of fishing and he goes after it in his own way Well, that's true all over the world as our servicemen have observed There are a lot of different ways of catching fish in Borneo For example, the natives crushed the berries of a certain shrub and the juice poisons the fish of a river Without spotting them as food in Africa South America and Alaska the spear or harpoon is used in Japan Trained birds called cormorants are sent diving down into the water to bring up fish in Some Pacific Islands nets are used in others the bow and arrow is the favorite method of getting fish for supper Well, what's true about fishing is true about other customs and traditions around the world The way of doing things may be different, but the ideals are the same No one way is right or wrong. It's just what suits the individuals best These customs are important to the people who follow them and our servicemen are helping to maintain good will Observing the customs of other people in other lands My problem was to find an army deserter named Henry Carver Persuade him to go back to his outfit It seems he deserted in order to rescue a girlfriend from a marriage that was being forced on her Asking for money from his family to help him escape into Canada He and the girl would be at the Billings waterhole Montana was no place to be at this time The Sioux were being pressed by the army to go back to the reservations That's all out of Indian sign several times. They were Indian smoke signals on the far hills Then I saw the waterhole, but someone saw me first Hey, don't Don't show Where are you? Keep riding mister You corporal Carver For you. My name is Paladin your mother sent me Did she send the money? No, then get out of here now wait wait Let me talk to you. I Don't come any closer We've got nothing to talk about you get back on that horse and ride out of here And we maybe he can help Becky you stay out of this Go on mister start moving Any message for your mother? Yeah Tell her Becky and me you'll make Canada on our own Maybe you won't What are you talking about? The troop of cavalry Now you stay out of sight. They may be looking for you. No, don't try anything. I got this rifle pointed all right look down there You're right. It is a troop of cavalry What are we gonna do we you're not after me you came to help me? I came because your mother asked me to well then I go on get back where you were They're probably just coming in for a water break Maybe Don't try to trick us. I'll still have you covered go on hurry Captain John John Keel See in the middle of nowhere John Keel Say that's right Captain Keel. Yeah, how long has it been Paladin six seven? Oh, I'm not sure you came through San Francisco Yeah, I did and I still got the hang of it. Oh Dolan yeah, captain. Yeah meet my friend Paladin Sam Dolan Paladin. How are you Dolan Dolan and his men joined us a couple hours back. Oh, Scott's Civilian I'm hunting for a man, but they mean genes the way they are I figured traveling with a cavalry was safer I understand well John Keel. Yeah, I see you're still riding that same old horse Comanche. Yeah, we've been together a long time What are you doing out here Paladin business? Any Indians just sign Let's walk to higher ground. Maybe we can see something Dolan you better come maybe the man you're looking for is around here on June 15th in the year 1215 King John of England met a group of barons on the meadow of runny mead There he placed the royal signature upon a charter, which means much to us today The document that King John signed was the Magna Carta In later years from its provisions developed our present-day concepts of trial by jury and the right of habeas corpus Concepts which are a vital part of democratic life Thus the Magna Carta written in England almost 750 years ago became an important source of American democracy From the contributions of the past come the principles of the present See anything keel, that's good. Let's start back down. Yeah Hey, you married yet paladin. No, no, I Guess I move around too much for that. You ought to see the fine family. I got back at Ford Lincoln Yeah life and four kids. Well good for you. Yeah, this is my last field trip next week. I go out I Planned to get a piece of land and teach those kids of mine how to live off Where are you going now rejoin the battalion and Rosebud Crick apart from here. Oh what half a day Who's your command now George Custer remember him. Oh, yeah, I remember him What about you mr. Dolan dangerous country to be traveling in I'm here on a personal matter. Oh Hunting a kid and a girl a soldier boy That right and the girl and I are supposed to be married, but this boy made off with her I traced him to this area. I see sure got a score to settle with him Well, if I run into him, I'll give him your regards You mind if we still tag along with your captain suit yourself Oh, good luck to you paladin. Say hello to San Francisco for me. I'll do that I Watch captain keel and his men leave he and I have been in the war together If it hadn't been for the business of the Carver boy I'd have written on with him When I was sure they couldn't see me I edged around the rock toward Carver Only the girl was there Where'd he go? I I don't know Give yourself up Carver. Maybe you ought to Henry You're in my way I'll step aside get on your horse All right, give me that rifle. He'll leave. He's not shot. What are you gonna do with this? I'm gonna save you from yourselves If I can Say here's a question. I'd like to put to you How much do you appreciate the things that make life just a little easier? For instance, take the way our teenage gals dress for a Saturday night dance all glamourous like Just regular walking fashion plates And when they get to the dance, there's a super combo waiting to give out with the music Let's go back to spell Round 1790 and see what the teenage gals were wearing then or we can get together It's Sunday afternoon and the gals are attending a rare social gathering Every last one of them is dressed in a plain homemade Lindsey would address died with butternut or walnut juice And there isn't a frill or a bright colored ribbon to be seen They don't cotton to such doodads in 1790 Of course, they all bought their spinning wheels and looms with them while they sit and talk their fingers kept busy They're stockings to be made for everybody in the family Mittens and shawls for the winter may be a pot holder But to to protect mother's hands from the homemade iron pots What do they talk about? Mostly about the time when they'll get married and have their own families to take care of And sometimes when the Indians pull a surprise attack on the fort The gals are called out to take their place at the stockade to keep the muskets loaded or maybe fire one themselves Yeah, that's what a weekend date meant to the gals in 1790 But to them it was just part of the routine Because like their folks they worked and fought so living would be easier in the future the future that you're now protecting He might as well have turned me over to that captain this morning No, it's not the same as giving yourself up. I'm not giving myself up. Can't you see it's not his fault? He didn't just run away. I begged him to help me. He was in the service. It was his duty to stay there Duty Beating the scrub for a handful of disorganized engines Becky was being forced in to marry that old coop dolin. You saw him the kind of a man he is He's still deserted Mr. Paladin There's something you should know. Oh, I don't bother becky. It won't make any difference to him We're married, mr. Paladin the day after we ran away Well, my best wishes to you miss carver However, your husband's right that doesn't make any difference Now wait a minute hold up what now Looks like there was a camp here not long back Indians I don't know Canteen stamped seventh u.s. Cavalry The seven yeah You're outfit corporal From the look of it. It was a large group larger than keels Well, let's get out of here. You hear it. They're rumbling in the ground Like a lot of horses are distant thunder I don't know Let's go. Are you so worried mr. Paladin? What makes you think I am I've been watching you Ever since you heard that that sound you've changed. I like something's bothering you paladin look What that horse? On top of that ridge over there Yeah, I see him Hey, you got a saddle on him. Let's ride up there Maybe his owner's foraging Maybe moving that's a cavalry saddle. Yeah Yeah Wait a minute that's captain keel's horse. Oh boy. Who know boy? You know Yeah, boy Come at you easy Easy boy easy. Good lord This horse has been shot Carver get down help me doctor this horse then we'll look for captain keel Watch your horses don't slip Where are we going down here for paladin? I gotta find out what happened to keel Yeah Come on. Let's Go head down that draw. You can't do anything now. Mr. Dolan. We're married. We'll talk about that later Thanks paladin for delivering them up. We saw you coming a long ways back. What happened to the cavalry Dolan I left them this morning. There was a lot of indian signs, so we turned back It's a lucky thing. We might have missed you All right boys get them off the trail to the clearing and then get that noose ready We got a deserter to hang American servicemen in many countries around the world They have a wonderful opportunity to observe new customs and traditions What might have seemed strange before is becoming pretty familiar to them For instance among the mohammedans to drink coffee with anybody is regarded as a sacred rule of hospitality a token of peace The berries are roasted over a charcoal fire and the coffee is allowed to boil three times It's thickly sugared and served in very small cups All this is traditional among the mohammedans, but as our servicemen have observed it's well It's simply their version of our mid-morning coffee break or our afternoon tea party for our cocktail hour It's a time for friends to sit down and relax It's a time for conversation with a couple of whatever beverage suits the individual taste And this is true of customs and traditions of all countries The way of doing things may be different, but the ideals are the same So it is by observing these customs that our servicemen are helping to maintain goodwill with other people in other lands Dolan and the two men forced us towards a big tree in a clearing nearby One man threw a rope over a branch while the other put the noose around henry carver's neck Dolan sat his horse watching with a grin on his face I waited the chance to get to my derringer All right, let's get this job done and get out of here Swat that horse out from under him. Oh, please don't do it. I'll do anything you say Well, you will anyway now go on boys do it get away from that horse You two will get the same thing Is dolin dead? Yes, he's dead and I've got his gun mr. Paladin pointed right at you so drop that derring Becky don't do this drop the gun All right But you're not going to win anything this way henry and I can get to canada. Oh, can you? There's a cavalry patrol coming this way where Becky quit talking and get this room off of me The patrol just kept coming on as though they hadn't seen anyone The kids were riding up the hillside. I mounted and started after them They're stopped at the top Carver and the girl sat their horses Staring down the other side as I rode up. Oh carver What's the matter? Down there. Ah good lord It's the seventh cavalry No one's moving mr. Paladin They've been slaughtered They're all dead my outfit. Oh henry don't please What could you have done except die with them? That's what I could have done Yeah I'm lieutenant Bradley chief of scouts for colonel gibbon. They're looking for general custer's commander Down there By the river You'll find all of them. Thanks mr. Sir. They must have been ambushed or massacred by Indians No survivors could come out of that Well, there is a survivor lieutenant has uh, there's a horse There's another survivor lieutenant. Oh henry don't do it Lieutenant i'm corporal henry carver I deserted from the seventh cavalry I want to turn myself in. Oh henry please Becky Try to understand I couldn't go with you now Not till I've done what I have to do All right corporal Follow him with us Why mr. Paladin? Why did he turn himself in they won't care now? He will He was a part of their seventh cavalry, Becky He was a part of other men Come on I'll take you home Have gun will travel Created by herb meadow and sam rolf is produced and directed in hollywood by norman mcdonnell And stars john daner as paladin with ben right as hay boy Tonight's story was written by Irving wallace and adapted for radio by tom hanley Featured in the cast were sam edwards barbara eiler vick parent and jack moiles Have gun will travel is brought to you through the worldwide facilities of the armed forces radio and television service