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- Narrator: William Tecumseh Sherman, general of the army, made his fame in the Civil War. But General Sherman also commanded the army when it fought the Indian Wars and opened up the Western frontier. In the period between 1866 and 1878, Uncle Billy paid a visit to every Western fort and every town of importance west of Kansas City. When word got out that General Sherman was on his way to board the steam cars of the Santa Fe, Marshal Earp was soon up to his chin in trouble.
- Wyatt Earp: I don't care what he said. We don't take pokes at newspapermen. Oh, they can hit us, but we daren't strike back. No, you never fight a newspaper unless you own one yourself.
- General Sherman: You know, Chief Joseph will be rounded up soon and the West will be open all the way to the Pacific... but how do you open up the human mind and spirit.
- Wyatt Earp: Well, you pray, I guess, and keep on prayin'.
- General Sherman: I started that a long time ago. Looks like it will be a long job.