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Even though Matt (James Arness) and Chester (Dennis Weaver) have just come across the mutilated remains of a white family murdered by a renegade band of Kiowas, Matt does his best to persuade farmer Sam Fraser (Lew Brown) not to give up on their property and return to Ohio. But Fraser is determined to bid the west goodbye for the sake of his pregnant wife Alice (Dorothy Schuyler), even though she herself is urging him to stick it out. The story is resolved in a surprising fashion when the renegade Indians suddenly descend upon Matt, Chester and Frasers. Seen briefly as a Cavalry lieutenant is future Bonanza costar Dan Blocker. Based on the Gunsmoke radio broadcast of September 10, 1955, this episode brings the first TV season of Gunsmoke to a close.