A fiery horse with the speed of light A cloud of dust and a hearty The Lone Ranger Faithful Indian companion Tonto The daring and resourceful Masked rider of the plains Led the fight for law and order In the early western United States Nowhere in the pages of history Can one find a greater champion of justice Return with us now to those thrilling days Of yesteryear From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats To the great horse Silver The Lone Ranger rides again Come on Silver Let go be close I am Silver A party of Indians Their bodies bright with war paint Danced at the edge of a clearing That surrounded a sturdy blockhouse and stockade Occasionally one of the savages Would rush forward and let fly an arrow Then dart back to shelter But for the most part The Indians kept back from the rifles That pointed through portholes in the blockhouse Inside the log building Colonel Kilbourne turned to one of his men To wanders working his braves up to a pitch, Barlow Yes, sir I don't like it Those arrows are getting to be a nuisance I... Look out, Barlow Oh, thanks, Colonel Kilbourne If you hadn't pulled me away... Can't afford to lose you, Barlow We need every man Just stay away from those openings Will you drop those redskins as they come up to lose, Sir Arras No, this is an army post We have orders not to fight the Indians They're asking for it We won't fight unless we have to If that money arrives We'll be able to pay Tawanda's tribe For the land the government bought to It's overdue already, sir Clayton should have arrived two days ago Yes, that's right We hope to avoid war by paying for the land Tawanda was agreeable at the time But now he thinks the government doesn't mean to keep his word Another brave coming up I see you, you skulked a red-skinned missile It's just him Hey, you knocked my gun down I'd have got that, Criller You were told not to fire on the Indians Yeah, I missed him anyway This situation is ticklish enough You either obey orders or you go under guard And address me as Colonel Hey, now, hold on, I'm not a soldier That's quite apparent My business is trading I'm getting all to... Go ahead If you want to leave your scalp dangling from an Indian belt That's your business What you do inside this stockade is my business Colonel Kildwood What is the bottle? That shot must have done it, Colonel They're attacking Coming up now, sir You're to blame for this, Carson I'll deal with you later General, they're coming fast That shot started things right We'll have to take action So we shall Come with me Right, sir You men, stand ready But hold your fire What are we going to do, sir? We'll use the cannon Cannon, sir? Shall I summon... I'll fire it myself and take folks' responsibility You men, open the gates Do this But it's better than ordering the men to open fire Indians will suffer fewer casualties If they're driven back at once The gates are open, sir Look at those Indians come Yes, I see them The poor devils I hate to fire into their midst The casualties will be terrible, sir Yes, I know it But unless we beat them back at once The fight will continue indefinitely I'll let them come a little closer before I fire them Hey, why don't you fire that cannon And let those redskins learn a lesson Blaston, you mind your own business, eh? Colonel Colonel Kilburn, look The Indians have stopped their advance Well, the poor little They're turning toward those men Who are coming from the rear And one of them is the chief That's right To wander himself Yeah, but who's that with him? I don't know White horse Wallow That man is masked So he is, sir Great Scott I wonder if... Wallow Remember the stories we've heard About a masked man and a white horse? The Lone Ranger Exactly Hey Do you think that'd be The Lone Ranger with Twanda? I don't know He's coming this way He called his horse Silver It is the Lone Ranger And the Indians are drawing back They're going back where they came from Let that man through the gates The commandant, his aide And a civilian named Garson Watched as the masked rider drew near And the Indians retreated To the far edge of the clearing Hold on, hold on Easy Set it to me Colonel Kilburn I am Colonel Kilburn I'm surprised that you admitted me Without a challenge You saw you turn back the Indians Oh? Besides, we know who you are That is, we think we do Can you identify yourself, sir? I can show you one of my bullets It's made of silver That's what I thought Sir, we've heard much of you Yes? This is Lieutenant Barlow How do you do, Lieutenant? How did you manage to turn those redskins back? Uh, who's this? I'm Garson I'm a trapper I see Those Indians were about to get cannon fired What did you say to them? Their chief, Tawanda, spoke to them We saw that I'd already talked to Tawanda I saw him beyond the clearing Oh, I see Indians don't like to fight if they can avoid it I think you can talk with them, Colonel Kilburn How did you know my name? My Indian companion and I found a man on the trail, Colonel A man named Clayton Clayton He was supposed to bring the treaty money He was dead I see I was afraid of that He carried this army order addressed to you, sir It referred to money Poor Clayton The money was gone, ma'am Yes, all of it We came here as fast as we could We thought there might be trouble Them Indians are boiling mad They're going to massacre all of us Quiet I don't think they'll attack Colonel Kilburn What is it, brother? Chief Tawanda is coming this way He's making the sign of peace A few moments later The Indian chief and the colonel were face to face inside the stockade Tawanda seemed to want peace But he was stubborn in his demands for money Soldier, make agreement Promise Indian much money Money not paid That mean Indian fight Tawanda I've tried to explain that the money was stolen You'll get the money But it will take a little longer than we thought That man Him make promise Tawanda I promised you that you would get the money Where money? The white chief doesn't have it now But he will have it for you Soldier men say My people get money at full moon My people wait Moon grow round Money not come My people wait Two sun go by and money not come Indian angry Start fight You come, make promise What did you tell him I told him to come here and talk to you And he'd get his money Thought that he would have to wait I see Tawanda The man who was bringing the money was killed There will be another man with more money We want money now Not get money Indian fight Are you willing to plunge your whole tribe into a war? No one has tried to cheat you Now think Tawanda Do you want your squaws to raise the death chant in your village? That is true Always the death chant follow chant of war But Tawanda's tribe want money One more week Tawanda Give us seven suns And we'll get the money here My people not wait Four days then We can't possibly send a man for the money And get him back here in less than four days Four days too long Obviously you're determined to make war I go now You have safe conduct from the fort And when you return One moment please Tawanda Will you wait for two days? Two days? Two days If you got the money before the third sunup Will you go back to your village in peace? No one can make that trip in two days I'm not so sure Not even your horse Colonel I don't know whether silver can make it or not But he can if any horse can At least we can try Well Tawanda I will wait two days I get money before third sun Or my people fight Tawanda rode from the fort to join his people And a few minutes later Garson the trapper Left the protection of the stockade Meanwhile the commandant Started preparation of the credentials That would have to be carried by the lone ranger If he were to get money for the Indians Darkness came While the masked man waited in the fort In the darkness The trapper Garson Met the Indian chief And Tawanda You got the money you took off that courier? Ah Here Here is money Sure is one hefty load Tawanda no want money Yeah I can't save you Tawanda You and me fix it So you can drag out that courier And get the money But you don't want none of it for yourself Oh Tawanda want no money All you want is to drive them soldiers off your range Huh Tawanda want this land for Indian If soldier go No other white man dare come That's right I'm glad to see you profited by what I told you These white men are out to trick all the Indians As soon as you let them build forts out here And muster plenty of strength They'll wipe all Indians out That right Don't you pay no attention to their promises They're just paying you money So they can get a chance to muster strength Ah Me savvy Yeah you shouldn't have agreed to wait two days before starting the war Soldier get angry Him think Tawanda not want peace Well Also Man with mask In fort Huh? You mean you're afraid of that Lone Ranger? Him Strong medicine Better not have war while him in fort Well doggone I'd heard of some of the things the Lone Ranger had done But I never would have believed he had you scared of him Him not get back in two days I don't see how he can but Hey look here Tawanda Clayton was dry gulched on the trail If that masked man comes in sight within two days We'll treat him the same way Meanwhile inside the stockade The Lone Ranger's credentials were ready There you are I'm trusting you because of what I've heard of you And because I must Very well Colonel I've addressed the dispatch to Major Decker I hope he can supply the cash without delay Yeah It's a hard trip Two days is very short I'll do my best If you don't get back in time This fort will be a smoking ruin I'm aware of that sir Steady's over Good luck to you sir Thanks Colonel Easy big fella Open those gates It's up to you Goodbye Colonel Goodbye sir The Lone Ranger had been gone but a few minutes After the gates closed behind the masked man Colonel Kilbourne went to his quarters He had been there but a short time When his aide came in excitedly Where is it Barlow? What's the matter? An Indian sir An Indian named Tonto Tonto? Yes sir The Lone Ranger's friend What about him? He was with Tawanda's people The masked man left him there To learn what he could about the Indians' plans Well? Now he's here sir And we'd better listen to him Tawanda means to make war no matter what we do The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story Before the next exciting scenes Please permit us to pause for just a few moments Now to continue our story Tonto had remained with Tawanda's people When the Lone Ranger rode with a dispatch from Colonel Kilbourne Tonto overheard the conversation between Tawanda and the trapper named Garson He hurried to the Colonel with his news Tawanda intends to make war in spite of our efforts to keep peace Ah And Tawanda intends to ambush the Lone Ranger If he returns with me Ah, him listening to what Garson say Garson That Miele-Ma troublemaker So he's the one who's responsible for Clayton's death, eh? And I let him in the stockade Let him eat army food Tonto You know where this ambush is going to take place No You may not know If you'd only gotten here sooner Before the Lone Ranger left Colonel, if you'll let me have a detail, sir I'll go out with Tonto and try to protect the masked man We can cover at least part of the trail Perhaps we could find that ambush Before the Lone Ranger runs into it on his way back That's a fine idea, Barlow Except for one thing Yes, sir Look at this report that just came in Tawanda's campfires ring the fort in a complete circle He let the Lone Ranger get out To make it appear he was keeping his bargain Ah But he's letting no one else out One step beyond And you'd be struck with arrows Till you look like a porcupine No We can't do a thing Unaware of the peril That we'd be waiting for him on the return trip The Lone Ranger held the great horse, Silver To a steady, ground-covering load Pausing for brief intervals of rest He rode alone through the night and into the dawn He crossed a range of mountains and forded several streams All right, Silver, take it easy Over, Bigfoot Steady now The sun rose as the morning advanced Come on, Silver He paused at noon and then continued toward the distant army post Have you been watching that horseman? Yes, I have, Major Decker And he's riding the finest horse I've seen Look at that stride Mmm, that's a fine horse Major Decker! He's calling you, sir I thought I heard my name Heading right for this gate And he's masked Stand ready for trouble Oh, Silver, how are you? Easy steady, big fella I must see Major Decker at once I'm Major Decker? Who are you? Why, you're masked Yes, I am I have a dispatch from Colonel Kilbourne Will you explain why Colonel Kilbourne would trust a masked man to bring a dispatch? If you'll read this, it will give you the answer, sir Time is very important, Major Decker Every minute counts This is a most interesting communication Does it tell you who I am? Colonel Kilbourne says that you can identify yourself How about that? Here's the only identification I have Cartridge? It's silver, sir Well, that's sufficient So you're the Lone Ranger Well, I guess all of us have heard about you Please, Major, finish the letter Oh, yes, yes, of course Urgent Request money As you can see, I must start back as soon as possible Clayton killed, huh? Ambushed And unless we can deliver money to Tawanda by sundown tomorrow The Indians will attack Tomorrow? Yes, sir But that's impossible You can't replace the money I can supply the cash, but you can't get back to Kilbourne by tomorrow sundown I must But it's impossible It was only yesterday when I left Colonel Kilbourne But your horse, it must be exhausted Silver has a lot of reserve strength He'll make it, sir Hanlon Yes, sir See that this man and his horse are given everything they want Yes, sir And you, sir Yes, Major Make yourself comfortable Get all the rest that you can in the next few minutes While I'm getting the cash together for you Meanwhile, Colonel Kilbourne paced the floor of his quarters He watched the clock, calculating the position of the masked rider and his great horse, Silver If he's going to make it, he should be starting back by this time He should be starting back with the money in his settle bags If he hasn't reached Becker, there's no hope And even if he is in time, there's the ambush They'll kill him just as they did Clayton And no way to warn him Who is it? Come in What's the matter, Barlow? Have you further word from the Indians? How about Tawanda, sir? It's not that friend of the masked man Tawanda, what about him? He's gone Gone? Yes, sir One of the sentries saw him scale the wall as soon as it got dark He'll be captured by those others Why did he do that? He wanted to go out and help protect the Lone Ranger on the return trip I told him it was out of the question Told him we were surrounded and ordered him to stay inside the stockade But he said he thought he could get past Tawanda's men And warn the Lone Ranger about the ambush Well, perhaps he can I wonder As stealthily as a shadow Tonto crept through the darkness Until he reached the circle of Indians who watched the stockade Then lying flat on the ground, he inched his way ahead And then he was beyond the guards and traveling on foot Toward the trail over which the Lone Ranger had to come In the meantime, the masked man and his great horse, Silver Swept through the long hours of the night Come on, Silver! The gallant horse was tired and so was the Lone Ranger But the two pressed on while the moon appeared And then settled beneath the horizon They kept going when the first faint light of dawn Streaked the eastern sky The rising sun found them still on the trail Moving constantly closer to their destination The Lone Ranger was about five miles from the place Where Garson and Tawanda waited in ambush When he saw an Indian on the trail ahead An instant later, he recognized his friend Tonto Hold on, hold on, steady Tonto, what are you doing here? I left you at the fort Let me come here to warn you Warn me? Ah, a fellow named Garson, waiting ambush Garson, the trapper? That right, him waiting with Tawanda And they'll shoot on sight I might be able to reach the fort by cutting to the south Their big ravine I've got to get to that fort, Tonto Put Indians around Fort Kimisabe Is there any way to cross the ravine? Kimisabe? Maybe Silver jump A big ravine, huh? Well, it's worth a chance Silver, old fellow You've got to call on whatever strength you have left Say the big fella Adios, Tonto Adios Come on, Silver! The masked man rode to the south Leaving Tonto on the trail Easy, boy, easy Steady up He brought his gallant horse to the edge of a ravine And reined up Oh, Silver, oh, steady There it is, Silver You've jumped that far before You've got to do it again You understand me, big fella? You've got to go over that All right, come on, boy You've got to go back so you can get a start The masked man knew that Silver was nearly exhausted But he also knew that the gallant stallion would do his utmost To make the broad leap successfully Now, Silver Come on, boy Silver charged at the canyon Up, Silver! Then leaped into space He was over with his masked rider Good boy, Silver Now we'll go Come on, Silver Faster, boy Faster Sunset found Garson and Tawanda restless as they waited watching the trail Sun plenty low Day soon gone Yeah I thought sure that masked man would be through here by this time Him not come by sunset Him too late Him not here soon Me go Join other Indian Head attack on Fort You planned to do that anyway That right I hoped the Lone Ranger would show up So we could drop him before you left I'd like to get my hands on that cash It would just double what I took from Clayton It not matter Quiet What's the matter? Me Hear sound What kind of a sound? Don't see anyone on the trail I'm not on the trail What the... Him behind us Waiting for me You Where did you come from? How did you get there? You can figure that out, Garson While you're in jail Jail? What are you talking about? Jail for the murder of Clayton Hold it Don't go for that gun You've got nothing against me The army has You're going to be taken into custody for the murder of Clayton And the theft of the money that was sent for the Indians As for you Tawanda You have betrayed your own people That not true It is true You listened to all that Garson said You helped him to kill an army messenger And steal the money that was to be used for the people in your tribe May not take money Did Garson keep all of it? Is that right? Hey, wait Where is it now, Garson? In your pocket? I've got cash in my pocket But that don't prove anything Tawanda has already said enough to prove you killed Clayton Tawanda When your people are convinced that the government did keep its word They'll not be so eager to attack the soldiers You can't prove a thing It's your word against ours The Indians will believe their own leader before they listen to you I don't think the Indians will believe their leader You see, Garson I returned some time ago I've already met a number of the Indians who were surrounding the stockade They have the cash that I brought from Major Decker They what? They haven't? Yes And they were willing to listen to what I told them They were willing to follow me and hear with their own ears How they'd been betrayed What are you talking about? What do you mean? How could they hear? A number of them are in the bushes behind me, Garson They're on friendly terms with the soldiers Army officers are there with them I don't believe it I don't believe a word you say How about it, Colonel Kilbourne? Come on, boys Bring the Indians over there Let Tawanda and Garson see what they're up against Why, I can't trade this I'll get you for this No, you won't You were warned, Garson Wait, hold on Watch that Indian No, no Tawanda No more of that Watch those redskins Otto, take a look at Tawanda Ah You men The next redskin that throws a knife will be shot Me not so more Me throw at false leader How about Tawanda? I'm dead Well, it looks as if the Indians have punished him in their own way But as for you, Garson Oh, listen, wait I've got a right to a trial You'll get a trial But it won't last long I think you'll find the money he stole in his pocket, Colonel And you better do something about his arm I think my bullet broke it We'll attend to it In fact, from now on, I think we can attend to everything But I don't know what we would have done without your help You won't need us any longer Bring the horses, Tonto Ah, me get him That horse carried you a long way in the past 48 hours We'd be honored to have you as our guest If you want to rest for a few days We'll rest for a few days, Colonel But Silver will be happier if he's in pasture near a camp of our own How about it, Silver? I declare that horse seems to understand everything that's said to him I want Silver Get him up, let's go I still don't know how he got past me I watch that trail every minute of the time He leaped across the canyon, Garson The canyon? Yes And I think Silver is the only horse alive That could have made that leap The thing you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated I don't know when he's going on I don't know when the Rosary comes out I can'thhhh I'll do it Do it I just need help I know this He didn't talk a lot A lot loud That Hawaiian I just need help I guess Oh I get rules I cause It causes The heart I The Loans It causes It causes The Hart The Spider The Dead The
