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In the Gunsmoke episode The Buffalo Hunter, the story unfolds in Dodge City, where U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon is confronted with a gruesome situation. A buffalo hunter named Gatliff arrives in town with a dying skinner, whose face has been severely burned by molten lead. As Dillon investigates, he learns that the skinner has succumbed to his injuries, and the circumstances surrounding his death seem suspicious. The tension escalates when a local nester is discovered murdered, suggesting a deeper connection between these violent events.
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