Premise
While details differ, the basic story of the origin of the Lone Ranger is the same in most versions of the franchise. A posse of six members of the Texas Ranger Division are ambushed by a band of outlaws led by Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish. Later, an Indian named Tonto stumbles on the scene and recognizes the lone survivor, Ranger Reid (whose first name was never given on the show), as the man who had saved his life some time in the past. He nurses Reid back to health. The two men dig six graves for Reid and his comrades, so that Cavendish will believe that there were no survivors, forgetting that Cavendish thought he had killed seven men in that canyon, including the traitorous scout who led the Rangers into the trap. Among the Rangers killed there is Reid's own older brother, Captain Daniel Reid, who is a captain in the Texas Rangers. Tonto fashions a black Domino mask, using material from Captain Reid's vest, to conceal the Lone Ranger's identity. Even after the Cavendish gang is brought to justice, Reid continues to fight for law and order and against evil and crime, using the alias of "The Lone Ranger."
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