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tomorrow be your thought for today visit your nearest United States Army and United States Air Force recruiting station and enlist in the United States Army remember let a thought for tomorrow be your thought for today and now your army and your Air Force present the proudly we hail production Kit Carson and the silk hats American past abounds with the colorful lives and amazing exploits of its frontier heroes but perhaps the most colorful amazing and wonderful of all was the man named Christopher Carson Kit Carson mountain man hunter scout Indian fighter soldier and explorer top dog of the alligator breed a symbol for all time of the American frontier let's open the book of kits life turn back the wheel of time and ride down the trail to what do you make of it kid not high up to accurately tell ain't engine sign ain't no Indian that dumb pretty far off a trail for settlers maybe they smoke it all I know the place up beyond the North Fork where there was a hole in the ground that the devil blew smoke out of he might have moved down here but he didn't don't expect so on the way to find out what's making that smokes to ride on down have looksie no the horse or two lost his hand that manner check your prime and shut your jaw and let's stretch out I figure Cheyenne's could be sitting a trap for each it's like us to come nose and about or some full green horn got lost and don't know no better that's right smart figure and Bill you coming yeah that don't be dole must be new to this life ain't gonna last long you can bet on that that's what city living those two a critter that's prime horse flesh they got just asking to be run off to prime horses to prime mules and full loco tender feet inviting every engine from here to the simmer on the coming take over to there are Mexicans little more than boys of my side ain't failing servants to them to silk hats sitting in front of that tent so it appears well it's right on down and see what we can do best you stay here I'll get them up moving we'll make tracks for Santa Fe over the ridge by C sign I'll bark like a fox been seeing enough signs all day to keep you yapping for a week maybe we ought to let them dandies lose their head might teach them a lesson magnificent view Everett the mountains stretching away on every side capital Charles capital your idea of leaving the trail was excellent here no one can bother us it's necessary to take precautions out here a little judgment can save a lot of trouble by the time we reach Santa Fe will be real outdoor men quite quite our boys seem quite perturbed by our actions I can never understand what they're saying Charles do you suppose they have any idea what we've got packed in those saddlebags well my dear Everett I certainly haven't told them well I certainly didn't mean to oh my word there's someone coming what he just just popped up out of the ground hello there my name's Carson I live around these parts put out that far side of your horses and let's get moving you're moving we ain't got no time to argue five you want to keep your hair do as I say I I think we'd better do as he says Everett Gonzalez Lopez the 10th take leave it leave it just saddle up now see here may I ask what never mind the saddles get on and follow me everett don't argue Gonzalez Lopez the horses I demand to know what this is all about Mr. if you don't there that a clear enough picture for you Indians well where did they come from well there must be at least a hundred of them at least shy and war party but how could they have known we were here how many guns have you got why are they just sitting there watching us how many guns four pistols two rifles and a fouling piece get them get on in that gully and wait till I come back well what do you plan to do hold a parley I was married to a shy and girl once maybe some of that party you'll remember me let's my soul Charles what have we gotten into peace both string warriors I'm between us named by your great chief yellow wolf I would rest and smoke the pipe in the lodge of my brothers or I am a brother to the Cheyenne and great thunder keeper of the medicine arrows was my father both string warriors have no white brothers chief yellow wolf lies in his lodge old and broken waiting for the deathbird great thunder has gone to rest I black wolf and chief be winning his second head to make smoke I shall take his scarf and let the bad spirits out if black wolf were truly a great chief he would know my medicine is strong he would know my victories are many he would know I come in peace your voice is like the wind in my ears it whispers but I understand it not go back to your lodge and sing your death song be winnish black wolf has come to kill his black wolf such a great warrior that he needs a hundred braves to battle two boys two squaw men and with weenies go back what man I talk is done have both string warriors become all women do they tell stories around the fire of how 100 of their bravest came against so few it was not so when I lived amongst them if black wolf is not an old woman dressed like a man I shall match my medicine against his will send be winnish to his ancestors and if black wolf fails my party goes in peace so be it I black wolf have spoken are they going to let us go mr. Carson maybe chief and I are going to have a little go around take my rifle and these pistols if he puts me under you'll need them too far and too low now stay down in the gully my partner's up there in them rocks he'll help you best he can but I don't understand so what do you plan to do I made a dicker with the chief we're going to fight it out if I win we're safe I lose you got a fight on your hands this this is terrible it ain't exactly my idea of fun what are you going to fight him with knife remember too far and too low wish me luck come on Charles they're going to fight a duel with knives I don't think our leaving the trail was such a good idea after all Everett well what can we do pray that he wins look they're riding right for each other oh it's terrible but it's magnificent I don't think I can watch Everett are you a good shot awful they're both down someone please help mr. Carson what's happening well I can't tell they're rolling around in the stream Charles I think we better go down in the gulf oh no what will poor wife Matilda say what she hears about this no but look it's it's mr. Carson he's getting back on his horse Charles he won he won Everett I feel very faint you jen's mind telling me what brought you out here well we came around keep your voice down I beg your pardon well we we came to Spanish California by ship on on business we we thought it would be interesting to go home overland you mean you traveled all this way from California alone oh no no we were with a big party until Albuquerque we thought it would be interesting to travel to Santa Fe alone and hire guides there to take us the rest of the way didn't figure you could keep your hair that long a distance by yourselves oh don't feel like you learn much about this country out here we're deeply grateful to you we didn't realize well out here mr. you realize you just ain't a sign Bill might be better we stayed put for the night we can fork up here right prime spot kid didn't they give their word not to attack uh if you beat their chief once they stop to think about it they might change their minds they don't care so much about us as our horses and their mules you mean they they killed us just for our animals sure horses as wealth and Indian like uh the gold you got in them saddlebags gold well the way you've been toting them along must be golden yes it's gold to us struck it richie uh you might say that beats all how someone ain't took it off you yet oh we haven't told a soul about the contents of those bags no ain't that rich now let's stop the talk and make camp by the way gentlemen i i don't think we know your names oh i beg your pardon mr. Carson i'm mr. weatherhead and this is mr. Brefort well that's fine now let's see if we can make camp without letting every engine in the territory in on it mr. Carson mr. Williams we're eternally indebted to you you saved our lives and brought us safely here to Santa Fe if there's any way in which we can repay mr. weatherhead we're glad we haven't alone the only way you can repay us is to remember not to travel alone and never build a campfire in the middle of engine country on a bright clear day oh you can we wager we won't do that again mr. Carson well then goodbye and good luck and uh don't say anything to anybody about what you got in them saddlebags not a soul sir not to a solitary soul goodbye mr. Williams amazing fellas absolutely amazing sterling well charles how about a drinking of bath and then we'll round up some guides to take us on our way you are listening to the proudly we hail production kit carcin and the silk hats our story will continue in just a moment after this important message young man if you're interested in continuing your education here is important news for you the senior service of our armed forces the united states army urgently needs qualified technicians to operate and maintain the many kinds of equipment that science has brought into being right now men are being trained in such varied fields as radio radar meteorology mechanics electronics photography and many many others this training is given by the finest technical training schools in the world it's an excellent opportunity for young men with intelligence and ambitions it can be the start of a great career for you for full details visit your nearest united states army and united states air force recruiting station do it today you are listening to proudly we hail and now we present the second act of kit carcin and the silk hats what you want fucks ah that ain't no way to talk i got a job for you if you want it you know what no job from the likes of you plenty of money in it how much well i don't rightly know what kind of talk is that you notice them two silk hats that just walked out maybe want some guides to see him safe to oklahoma city i got the job i'm gonna hire 20 more good boys just to take two silk hats east well uh confidential like they let me in on a little secret uh they're carrying some mighty valuable goods all the way from california gold ain't nothing else of any value i know about there uh what's your plan i thought you might change your tune head for the simmer on river awful deep and fast moving in spots silk hats might go under saddlebags and all we could winter ride nice down in texas i ain't no party to murder fox give me that bottle and clear it off oh kit come in come in they said she's looking for me luten taylor yes they said right pull up a chair and rest easy have you been kit sassy is wild horse uh you're busy not for another 10 days you got a job you want me to do no rascal named fox i heard tell of him like a bad hunk of bear meat exactly well he and a party are headed up toward the simmering i'd like you to take 10 of my troopers and go out and bring them in what's he done well uh he owes a lot of money here in town merchants are complaining a lot of money in my time too don't rightly see as a crime of man aims to pay it back well that's just it he doesn't plan to how you know that we heard it sorry lieutenant that ain't my kind of work now wait a minute kit sit down it's not a debt we want fox arrested for we think he's out to murder two silk hats named weatherhead and brie vorre weatherhead it oh no you know them yeah i've made their queens or why didn't you give it to me straight in the first place lieutenant well it's a ticklish business kit we got the information from a drunken old trapper named red eye now that he's sober he denies the whole thing we figured if we could pick up fox on a debt charge why we'd at least save the dudes you got red eye here yeah the other room let me have a word with him now red eye how many of the ones he hired are in on it i tell you i don't know kit coming to me with the idea i told him no how do you know about the gold guess they told him you're sure they're heading for the simmer on that's what fox said kit red eye you'd have saved us all a parcel of trouble if you'd have told me this a week ago i didn't know you was in town kit that's what you was up in Texas well i guess it's straight lieutenant i'll get bill williams and we'll stretch out fine my men will be ready in half an hour they got a week's head start we're going to have to do some riding to get there in time this is going to wipe out all trail science i know i have the chance that they don't expect to be followed they're heading straight on sergeant will cross here and keep going weatherhead and brie vorre never heard such names i had never known such fools all right let's move yeah kit what you plan when we hit the fork all right i said fox plans to winter in texas likely it takes south fork maybe we should split up hey we don't run onto their sign soon we may have to the horses can't keep up this pace much longer gotta rest them soon i know i know mr fox how soon till we reach the simmer on ain't far mr weatherhead ain't far at all camp here tonight and noon there tomorrow splendid we're making excellent time child yeah we're doing right well good thing you hired us jinx never know what you're going to run into out here we uh found that out didn't we ever hope my word yes do you know a gentleman named Carson stafak caution what about him nothing only he saved our lives bought a duel with an indian chief to save us well do tell quite a hero ain't it it was on his advice that we hired you and the rest of your friends huh caution told you to hire me well he didn't name you but he suggested we get hold of some reputable guides you hear that boys we'll sure have to drink the kid Carson sir camp right enough spent the night here three hours gone they'll noon it's simmer on river appears we might be a little late getting there i don't mind being late if we ain't too late mr fox are we making camp here well that river is a little rough crossing that thought you might admire to stop here kind of look around well that's very thoughtful of you mr fox but we just to soon move on it couldn't be find a shallow place to cross over well that's a peculiar thing about the sim when she floods she just floods over besides you wouldn't want to be risking losing what you've gotten them saddlebags saddlebags oh don't you worry none mr weatherhead your goals are safe with us as if it was in a bank well you can be sure those saddlebags have traveled much too far with us to risk losing them in the river how long will it be before we can cross mr fox yeah it shouldn't be long it shouldn't be long at all sim goes down almost smashy comes up what an amazing river oh everything about this west is amazing how about some grub jance i always figure out here you never know when you're eating your last meal when i go under why i want to go under with a full belly uh you uh you don't think there's any danger do you i mean from the indians uh stayed likely but uh you never know a fine rip past charles excellent excellent huh who'd ever think we'd be eating buffalo steak marvelous is something wrong mr fox jance i'd like you to walk down to the river bank with me is something the matter well i don't really know just something i think it's time you both found out about found out about yeah uh let's not do our talking here let's let's go where we can't be heard oh yes let's do that by all means if there's something we should know we best hear about it you you've got a head on your shoulders mr brevard follow me fox stand fast just around it come in what's what bless my soul let's get caught mean to stand there and say that mr fox intended to kill us in cold blood weren't very neighborly of him was it i can't believe it i simply can't believe it why would he want to do a thing like that he and his friends were interested in what you got in them saddlebags but but i don't understand i don't wonder none i just don't wonder we we owe you our lives again mr carlson gentlemen you don't owe me nothing oh but you must let us give you a reward this time i'll get that when i go to heaven don't you worry about it none the rest of your party that wasn't in on this with fox they'll see it at oklahoma city i'd like to give that scoundrel a a piece of my mind bring out fox all right watch it all right i got a gun on your back tell your men do as i say you like he says kid ain't no cause to be plowed under by such a low vomit mr fox you should be ashamed of yourself you're nothing shut up silk hat order one of his soldiers saddle up my horse sergeant do as he says you ain't gonna get away of this you two go bring them saddlebags here frondo don't move william so he's a deadon get the saddlebag look don't like he says hurry up for that horse you won't get five miles you'll get six feet if you don't sing dumb all right now soldier get away from her come here boy come here what are you going to do with these just put them down gentle like but this is ridiculous do you know sir i open them up don't you wake come on open them up we spent six months take out half the gold the what i don't believe he thinks we have gold in these bags oh my word oh my word if you don't take out that gold why is the gold we have mr fox yes it's gold to us mr fox we're book collectors and these are what we collected in california rare old spanish books what kind of crazy local i'm up good sergeant there'll be a might wolfish when he wakes up books if that don't beat all it was carrying books kid i think that's all them silk hats was carrying books bill it don't seem that will i admit i heard tell once of a fella who cut out the inside of a book to hide a nugget in it you think maybe they wasn't so dumb i think maybe that's what they done well that's something we ain't never gonna know it shall not happen here that is the unspoken prayer of every man in the united states army that is the unspoken reason for our growing military might but the time has come to speak the time has come to tell of that small phrase those five words it shall not happen here let us speak only to those young men of america who have not taken pause to think let's shout it in a voice that will reach into every city and village across the length and breadth of this great land young man you are needed you are needed to help preserve the peace you are needed to serve in your united states army to ensure for your loved ones that it shall not happen here this has been another program on 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