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Reused names and plots... (Minor Spoilers)


Bad Medicine (Season 2, Episode 13)
The Bolton Brothers take a doctor hostage when one of them, Glenn Bolton, is shot while escaping after a holdup.

Bounty Hunter (Season 4, Episode 37)
An outlaw named Glenn Bolton is shot while escaping a holdup and tended to by a bounty hunter.

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Man Without a Gun (Season 1, Episode 40)
A man tries to spark a war with the Indians so that he can claim the gold on Chief Red Hawk's land.

The Condemned Man (Season 3, Episode 14)
When a chief's son, Red Hawk, reports that there is gold on Indian land, a crooked agent hatches a scheme to provoke a war with the Indians and claim the land.

The Lone Ranger (1956 Movie)
A rancher tries to provoke a war with Chief Red Hawk in order to claim the silver that is located on Indian territory.

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Given how the chiefs were named -- Chief (Adjective) (Bird) -- I can't say I'm too surprised that there would twice be a Chief Red Hawk. But I find it odd that there was twice a wounded outlaw named Glenn Bolton. It makes me wonder if that was an adaptation of a radio episode and they simply adapted it twice in different seasons.

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Thank you for putting spoilers in your heading. Much appreciated. I find it very rude when people give away plot points on a 70 plus year old show

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