Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against this and like a boiling over teapot, trouble begins ...
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"This is an excellent episode linking into real history, with truly iconic undefeated Chief Joseph (one of the most admired battle tacticians and strategists of the 19th century anywhere) travelling from the tribal homeland in Washington state to meet for peace talks with president U.S. Grant in Washington DC. Great character actors including Victor Jory as Joseph and Robert Loggia as the army lieutenant despatched to protect him are on show here to good advantage in a concise story that sustains suspense to the end...."
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This is one of the rare episodes of "Gunsmoke" dealing with an actual person from history (in this case, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indian Tribe).
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Chief Joseph has come to town suffering from pneumonia. When he and his party are refused lodging at the hotel, a stranger steps in offering his room. Local sentiment is against this and like a boiling over teapot, trouble begins ...