hercules was the name of the horse in steptoe and son.
hercules was the name of the horse in steptoe and son.
name of the horse in steptoe and son?
hercules
the series' title music, "old ned", won its composer ron grainer his second successive ivor novello award. the series had no standard set of opening titles but the opening sequences would often feature the steptoe's horse, hercules. "steptoe and son" is the steptoes' trading name, but as established in the first episode, the "son" is not harold as initially believed, but albert. the name dates from when he and his mother—mrs. steptoe—worked the rounds. the first series has the pair as very rough looking and often dirty and wearing ragged clothes, but they quickly "tidied up" for later series.









































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steptoe and son
due to a miner's a death in colville, washington, committed by unknown indians in early 1858, colonel edward steptoe received orders to lead an expedition to the area to show the strength of the u.s. army to convince the indians to turn in those who were responsible. he left fort walla walla in may 1858 to head for the colville area and planned to cut through the skitswish and spokane territories. however, the troops that steptoe brought numbered only 159, and they were very poorly armed. steptoe expected cooperation from the nez perce and spokanes since in the past they had given him boats and men at the snake river, which was the main barrier to reaching colville. therefore, in their attempts to reach colville, steptoe crossed the snake river, unaided however, which was the previously assigned line of hostility, sparking the tribes' belief that the army was going to engage them. the skitswish, the palouse led by chief tilcoax (wolf necklace), the spokane, and some of the yakima gathered in preparation of a fight. chief vincent of the skitswish demanded steptoe's reason for his trespass, and he responded that they were on their way to colville. vincent returned to his camp to try and calm down the young warriors who were intent on fighting, while steptoe attempted to return to fort walla walla. steptoe's journey, however, was interrupted by the indian leaders, who asked him to return to meet with them. the meeting ended with a handshake and a mutual agreement that steptoe would leave their territory and travel via a different route to reach colville. despite this peaceful agreement, a frustrated skitswish warrior, badly arguing with the nimipu scouts, later started a fight shooting at them, provoking the start of fighting between steptoe and the skitswish, spokane, and other tribes. steptoe's men struggled to fight the 1000 indian warriors, but because they were so severely outnumbered, steptoe made the decision to escape that night, and return to fort walla walla.
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