"Hec Ramsey" Mystery of the Green Feather (TV Episode 1972) - Rick Lenz as Chief Oliver Stamp

Chief Sheriff Oliver B. Stamp : [Stamp looks at the body of the dead boy] They scalped him all right. The savages!

Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : Hey, you know where Indians picked up that little trick, scalpin'?

Chief Sheriff Oliver B. Stamp : No.

Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : From the white man.

Chief Sheriff Oliver B. Stamp : I don't believe it.

Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : You don't wanna believe it. You ever hear of the Iroquois tribes back east, New England?

Chief Sheriff Oliver B. Stamp : Yes.

Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : Well, the very first settlers - the Puritans themselves - they put a bounty on those Indians, but it would've been a lot of trouble to bring in a whole Indian, so they found an easy way - just cut and jerk on the hair and ya get your bounty money.
Chief Sheriff Oliver B. Stamp : [In a standoff with Buckley] We gonna wait him out?

Hec Ramsey, Deputy Sheriff : Back in '78 he held off twenty Comanches for more than a month. If you wanna wait around, s'all right with me, but I might miss my pension.
Chief Oliver Stamp : Hec?

[Hec grunts in response]

Chief Oliver Stamp : Do me a favor.

Hec Ramsey : [surly] What?

Chief Oliver Stamp : Don't just walk in there and shoot him. I'd like to take him home alive.

Hec Ramsey : [softly] Well, I'll do the best I can.

Rick Lenz: Chief Oliver Stamp