The Buffalo Hunter | Gunsmoke (10-24-53)
Summary
In this Gunsmoke episode, Matt Dillon investigates the suspicious death of a buffalo skinner, suspecting his employer, Gatliff, of murder to avoid paying wages. After Gatliff kills another man and flees, Dillon tracks him to the prairie, where the outlaw has gone mad and slaughtered a herd of buffalo. The story concludes with Gatliff's brutal death at the hands of desperate Native Americans, who leave him surrounded by his own victims.
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Marshal Dillon investigates a skinner's death
Dillon questions Toby and suspects Gatleff
Second murder and witness Yorkie Kelly
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Dillon tracks Gatleff to the prairie
Finding Toby and Gatleff's camp
Gatleff's fate and the buffalo hollow
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