Wagon Train 1x18 The Gabe Carswell Story

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Wagon Train - 01x18 The Gabe Carswell Story

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First Aired: Jan. 15, 1958 on ABC

Summary: Scout/trapper Gabe Carswell tries to reconcile with his half-Native American son but it seems as though the lad has developed a hatred for all white men.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Gabe Carswell	played by James Whitmore
Jess 'Little Elk' Carswell	played by Scott Marlowe
Chief Yellow Bear	played by Thomas Browne Henry
Mr. Wilkes	played by Norman Willis
Mrs. Wilkes	played by Sondra Rodgers
1st Brave	played by Voorheis J. Ardoin
Dodie Wilkes	played by Tharon Crigler
Running Bear	played by Frank DeKova

Episode Quotes

Jess 'Little Elk' Carswell: [having staked-out Flint McCullough] You know what it is?
Flint McCullough: Yeah, I know. The rawhide stretch. When the hide dries, it shrinks.
Jess 'Little Elk' Carswell: You're lucky today. The sun is hot. So it will be quick.
Flint McCullough: Why don't you kill me and be done with it?
Jess 'Little Elk' Carswell: You will suffer as you have made us suffer.

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (continuity error): In the last five minutes, Little Elk's war paint disappears in the closeups.

Trivia

Scott Marlowe's name is shown without the "e" at the beginning of this show but not at the end.