A marriage broker comes to Fort Courage, giving Agarn bad dreams of married life and terrifying Captain Parmenter when Jane hires her to get them married.
In Agarn's dream, he views stereopticon slides of a "new game" called baseball invented by Abner Doubleday. Doubleday's origination of the game has been largely discredited, based on no mention of the sport in any biographical materials at the time of his death, including his own papers.
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Agarn: (seeing the Hekawis' new weapon for long-range buffalo hunting) Whatever happened to just jumpin' on a horse and riding out to the herd?
Wild Eagle: Two things wrong with that. One, Hekawis afraid of buffalo. Two, Hekawis afraid of horses.
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Agarn: We just decided that marriage is bad for horse soldiers.
Wild Eagle: Ain't exactly a million laughs for Indians, either.
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O'Rourke: (after learning Jane has hired Marrying Sam) If I may say so, sir, I suggest that you leave immediately on an Indian scouting mission.
Capt. Parmenter: Where do you think I should go, sergeant?
Agarn: Sir, may I suggest scouting the Aztecs in Mexico?
Capt. Parmenter: Really, Agarn.
Agarn: The Incas in Peru?
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