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WELL, MR. BRIDGER, IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE CORRECT

STRATIGRAPHY, FINDING FOSSIL SITES BECOMES

CONSIDERABLY LESS DIFFICULT.

NOT THAT IT'S EVER EASY AS SUCH.

WELL, EASIER FOR YOU THAN ME.

WELL I CAN BARELY PRONOUNCE HALF

THE WORDS YOU USE TO DESCRIBE YOUR WORK.

INDEED?

EH, I'D SAY YOU'D MAKE A FINE PALEONTOLOGIST.

YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE VAST LANDSCAPES IS ASTONISHING.

WELL, IS THERE A GOOD LIVING TO BE HAD AS A,

WHAT'D YOU CALL IT?

OH- OH, A PALEONTOLOGIST?

HEAVENS NO.

OURS IS A FLEDGLING FIELD OF SCIENCE.

ONE TOILS AWAY IN OBSCURITY, UNLESS ONE DISCOVERS

TRULY SIGNIFICANT FOSSIL REMAINS.

EVEN, ONE DARES HOPE, A NEW DINOSAUR!

PERHAPS THERE'S NO HARM TELLIN' YOU, SEEIN' THAT YOU'LL SOON

I MYSELF HAVE MADE SUCH A DISCOVERY.

THAT'S WHY I'VE HIRED YOU TO PROTECT ME

IN THESE WILDS WHILE I EXCAVATE.

AND IT WILL MAKE MY FORTUNE!

WELL, I'M HAPPY TO OBLIGE.

BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE,

WHO'RE THESE FELLAS UP HERE THEN?

WHAT?

WHO DID YOU TELL ABOUT THIS, YOU BLASTED SCOUNDREL?

"SCOUNDREL?"

PROFESSOR, YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!

HYA. HYA.

OSBORNE?

WHAT ON EARTH?

DIDN'T I SAY SO, MR. BOWLER?

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE

THE "DISTINGUISHED" PROFESSOR DRUMMOND CAME

SNOOPING ABOUT MY DISCOVERY.

THAT YOU DID, SIR.

YOUR DISCOVERY?

THAT FOSSIL IS MINE!

I WAS HERE IN THE SPRING!

BAH.

DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL?

I TAKE YOU FOR A THIEF AND A POACHER OF THE WORK

OF A SUPERIOR SCIENTIST-

OH, GO ON YOU SPITEFUL PRIG.

BUT I WAS HERE LAST SPRING,

AND I DON'T RECALL YOUR DISAGREEABLE PRESENCE.

MR. BOWLER,

I BELIEVE THE PROFESSOR WAS JUST LEAVING?

MR. BRIDGER!

MR. BRIDGER, WILL YOU DO NOTHING?

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, LISTEN.

LET'S TAKE IT EASY, I MEAN THIS SEEMS LIKE

A PROBLEM FOR THE EXPERTS HERE.

I DON'T WORK FOR YOU.

STEP ASIDE.

HEY!

HEY!

BRAVO MR. BRIDGER, BRAVO!

WHO'S THIS VILLAIN THEN?

SOME THUG TO RUN ME OFF MY FINDING?

ALL RIGHT STOP IT, STOP IT NOW, BOTH OF YOU.

I'VE BEEN CALLED A SCOUNDREL AND A VILLAIN,

AND I THINK I BROKE MY THUMB.

NOW YOU TWO NEED TO STOP ACTIN' LIKE CHILDREN!

WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHO WAS HERE FIRST?

MR. BRIDGER, WHOMEVER

FIRST IDENTIFIES AN IMPORTANT DINOSAUR SKELETON

CAN WRITE A BOOK, GO ON A LECTURE TOUR,

EVEN FILL THE CHAIR OF SCIENCE AT A UNIVERSITY.

I COULD FIGURE THIS OUT RIGHT NOW.

AS FOR THE QUESTION OF WHO WAS HERE FIRST...

IT WAS ME.

PREPOSTEROUS!

NOT CONCEIVABLE, SIR.

IT'S AS TRUE AS THE DAY IS LONG.

IN FACT, I ALREADY TUSSLED WITH ONE OF THOSE THINGS, WHAT-

WHAT DID YOU CALL IT?

- DINOSAUR! - YEAH.

I HUNTED ONE RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY VALLEY.

WELL, YOU MAY TAKE IT FROM THE ONLY ACTUAL

MAN OF SCIENCE HERE, THAT THE DINOSAURS DIED OUT

MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO.

INDEED.

THE FACTS ARE INDISPUTABLE.

NOT TO DOUBT YOUR VERY CONSIDERABLE BOOK LEARNING,

BUT I MAY KNOW A THING OR TWO THAT YOUR SCIENCE

HASN'T EVEN GUESSED AT.

BRIDGER, V/O: IT WAS ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO.

THE FUR TRADE WAS PAST ITS PRIME, BUT THERE WAS STILL MONEY

TO BE MADE, IF YOU WORKED AS HARD AS I DID...

OR IF ONE TRIED TO STEAL IT FROM FOLKS LIKE ME-

WHICH IS HOW THIS WHOLE ADVENTURE BEGAN.

COME ON OUT, REMY,

DON'T BE RASH.

I GOT MY RIFLE READY.

OH, ARE YOU SO FRIGHTENED ALREADY, OLD FRIEND?

MAYBE I WISH JUST TO TALK.

BRIDGER, V/O: OH IT WAS MY BAD LUCK TO RUN INTO REMY BARBICHE,

A FRONTIER VILLAIN FROM THE FAR NORTH, WITH WHOM

I'D ALREADY HAD MORE THAN ONE BAD SCRAPE.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM NOW, BARBICHE?

YOU, BRIDGER.

ALL OF YOU AMERICANS, YOU NEWCOMERS TO THE MOUNTAINS.

YOU ARE TRESPASSING UPON THE RIVERS THAT WE VOYAGEURS

HAVE CLAIMED FOR OUR OWN A LONG TIME AGO.

I GOT JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO BE HERE AS ANY MAN ALIVE.

RIGHT?

WHO IS IT THAT GIVES YOU SUCH A RIGHT?

ONLY A WEAK MAN SAYS SUCH A THING.

A STRONG MAN, A VOYAGEUR,

HE TAKES THE THINGS HE WANTS.

NOW YOU GO, BECAUSE I TELL YOU TO DO SO.

IS THAT RIGHT?

AND IF I RECKON I DON'T WANT TO?

THEN I AM GLAD,

BECAUSE I WILL MAKE YOU LEAVE.

BRAVO, BRIDGER!

YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE THIS TIME!

BRIDGER, V/O: WELL I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE FIX I WAS IN.

I NEVER THOUGHT THE RIVER-MEN FROM CANADA

VENTURED THIS FAR WEST.

MY ONLY HOPE WAS TO PICK ONE OF THEM OFF,

AND THEN TRY TO OUTRUN THE REST.

BRAVO BRIDGER, BRAVO.

ONE MAN, IT'S ONE MAN.

KILL HIM!

BRIDGER, V/O: NOW THAT SKULL, IT WAS AN ILL OMEN FOR SURE.

BUT WITH REMY ON MY TRAIL,

WELL I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A CHOICE.

WHY NOT, COME ON!

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT I WAS AS SURPRISED AS REMY WHEN

HIS INDIAN SCOUT REFUSED TO GO ONE STEP FURTHER.

YOU'RE LUCKY TODAY BRIDGER, THE DAY IS YOURS.

BRIDGER, V/O: I COULDN'T HEAR EVERYTHING THAT CHEYENNE SCOUT

SAID, BUT I OVERHEARD THE WORD "WENDIGO,"

WHICH I KNEW WAS A GHOST OR EVIL SPIRIT.

NOTHING WOULD INDUCE THAT CHEYENNE SCOUT INTO A PLACE

THAT HE THOUGHT CONTAINED A WENDIGO.

WHETHER REMY WOULD DO SO, I COULDN'T GUESS...

BUT WHAT I FOUND MADE ME WONDER IF I SHOULD TAKE

MY CHANCES WITH REMY INSTEAD

OF FACING WHATEVER CREATURE HAD LEFT THESE TRACKS.

AND TO THIS VERY DAY,

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN

PRINTS LIKE THOSE AGAIN.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THEM FOR US, MR. BRIDGER?

THESE, "MONSTROUS" IMPRESSIONS AS YOU SAY.

YEAH, UM,

I MEAN THEY WERE UH, ABOUT- ABOUT THIS BIG YOU KNOW

ACROSS THE WIDE PART OF THE PRINT.

AND THEN UM, IT HAD THESE FOUR LIKE,

TALONS OR CLAWS, NOT UNLIKE A WOLF.

AND IN THE HEEL, IT WAS A-

A PAD PRINT, LIKE A BEAR - JUST MUCH, MUCH BIGGER.

ER PROFESSOR...

UH, PLEASE MR. BRIDGER.

WE BOTH HAVE TRAVELED FAR TODAY,

PUT YOURSELF AT EASE.

DO GO ON SIR.

ALL RIGHT, WELL UH, LET'S SEE.

YEAH THE REST OF THAT DAY,

WELL I JUST LAID LOW.

YEAH I DIDN'T SEE HIDE NOR HAIR OF UH,

REMY BARBICHE.

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT STILL, I RESOLVED TO TAKE NO CHANCES

AND SETTLED IN FOR A WATCHFUL NIGHT.

BUT AFTER DARK, OH I COULD FEEL IT.

SOMETHIN'- SOMETHIN' WAS OUT THERE,

AND IT WAS COMING CLOSER.

WELL I RECKON I'VE HUNTED

EVERY BEAST THAT WALKS, CRAWLS OR FLIES

EVERYWHERE IN THE WEST.

I MEAN I- I FOUGHT WOLVES AND GRIZZLY BEARS,

I MEAN HECK, I KILLED A MOUNTAIN LION JUST WITH MY KNIFE...

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BEAST LIKE THIS.

THE LAST THING THAT I RECALL, WAS THE CHEYENNE WORD "WENDIGO,"

AND THEN EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.

DESCRIBE THE CREATURE SIR!

DID IT WALK ON TWO LEGS OR FOUR?

NO, NO OSBORNE, IT- THE JAWS ARE WHAT MATTER.

DID YOU COUNT ITS TEETH?

COUNT ITS TEETH?

NO PROFESSOR.

I WAS RUNNIN' FOR MY LIFE!

AND WHEN I FELL,

WELL I THOUGHT I WAS DONE FOR.

BRIDGER, V/O: WHEN I AWOKE, WASN'T TO SEE A SPIRIT

OR MYTHICAL BEAST...

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT IT WAS ALMOST AS BAD...

SEEMED LIKE REMY BARBICHE WASN'T SCARED

OF INDIAN SPIRITS AFTER ALL.

WELL EVEN WORSE, HE HAD MY TRACK AND WAS TRYIN'

TO RUN ME TO GROUND.

SO, I MADE THE BEST

KEEP AHEAD OF REMY AND HIS THUGS -

THOUGH IT TOOK ME CLOSER TO WHATEVER HAUNTED THOSE WOODS.

BUT WHEN I RETURNED TO WHERE I SAW

THE BEAST THE NIGHT BEFORE, I WASN'T PREPARED

FOR WHAT I FOUND.

HEY, IS SOMEONE BACK THERE?

PLEASE SIR, DON'T SHOOT.

SHOW YOURSELF!

COME ON!

GET THOSE HANDS UP.

DON'T SHOOT SIR.

I'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO KANSAS WITHOUT A FUSS.

KANSAS?

I AIN'T GOIN' TO KANSAS.

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT?

UNLESS YOU AIM TO GET YOURSELF SHOT,

YOU BEST TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT!

AIN'T YOU A SLAVE CATCHER?

SLAVE CATCHER?

NO, NOTHING OF THE SORT.

I TAKE IT YOU'RE A RUNAWAY?

FROM KANSAS?

YES, SIR.

KANSAS IS JUST BOILIN' OVER.

ABOLITIONISTS AND SLAVERS BEEN FIGHTIN' LIKE DEVILS,

FOLKS GETTIN' MURDERED ON ALL SIDES.

OUR MASTER GOT KILLED,

SO WE TOOK THE CHANCE AND WE RAN.

WHO'S "WE?"

GEORGE TINDALL, AND MY WIFE, ABIGAIL.

SHE WAS ABOUT NINE MONTHS ALONG WITH OUR BABY.

WE COULDN'T BEAR TO SEE OUR CHILD BORN A SLAVE.

WE SAW A CHANCE AND WE RAN.

AND I RECKON YOU HID OUT HERE UNTIL YOUR BABY CAME.

GEORGE JR., SIR.

ALL OF ONE WEEK OLD AS OF TODAY--

AND A FREEBORN.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE-

THE HUGE BEAST IN THE WOODS?

I MEAN, YOU MUST HAVE SEEN THAT.

SEEN IT?

WHY, SIR, THAT "BEAST" IS ME!

LOOK HERE.

ABIGAIL'S AS FINE A SEAMSTRESS AS YOU'LL EVER MEET.

SHE MADE THIS.

AND I RECKON YOU MADE THOSE FOOTPRINTS TOO, DIDN'T YOU?

I GET UP ON OUR MULE AND THROW THIS GETUP OVER US,

BLOW IN THIS HORN TO MAKE THAT HOWL, AND ONLY COME OUT

AT NIGHT, IF I SEE A CAMPFIRE.

GEORGE,

THAT IS MIGHTY CLEVER OF YOU.

MIGHTY CLEVER.

THERE'S MORE.

I COULD SHOW YOU IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU DON'T MIND

TAKIN' A WALK WITH ME.

COME ON, THIS WAY.

WAIT 'TIL YOU SEE THIS.

OVER HERE.

WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO HIDE OUT FOR

THE BABY WHEN WE SAW THIS.

WHAT ON EARTH...?

NO IDEA, MISTER.

BUT THIS WHOLE AREA'S GOT ANCIENT BONES

JUST LIKE THIS ONE.

IT GOT ME THINKIN' ABOUT THE INDIAN SPIRIT.

"WENDIGO."

WE HEARD ABOUT IT WHEN WE CAMPED WITH SOME KINDLY ARAPAHOES.

I FIGURED I COULD SCARE FOLKS OFF ONCE I SAW THESE BONES.

WELL, IT SCARED THE LIFE OUT OF ME.

SCARED OFF THE LOCAL CHEYENNES TOO.

BUT YOU'RE THE FIRST WHITE MAN I TRIED IT ON.

WELL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'M IMPRESSED.

I AM IMPRESSED.

AND YOUR SECRET IS SAFE WITH ME.

HE'S LYING, GEORGE!

CAUSE HE AIN'T EVEN MENTIONED THE THREE OTHER

WHITE MEN CAMPED DOWN BY THE RIVER.

LISTEN.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE ALONE.

YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG, OKAY?

WE GOTTA MAKE A RUN FOR IT.

I SAY YOU PUT THIS ONE DOWN

AND WE GET ON WITH IT.

NO, LISTEN TO ME.

OKAY?

THOSE MEN ARE AFTER ME, NOT YOU.

LET ME HELP YOU GET AWAY.

GEORGE!

IF HE MEANT US HARM, ABBY, HE WOULDA KILLED

OR CAPTURED ME BY NOW.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT,

CAUSE I GOT NO QUARREL WITH ANY MAN OR WOMAN

WHO'S TRYING TO LIVE FREE.

AND THAT'S A FACT.

BUT YOUNG GEORGE THERE,

HE'S LIABLE TO GIVE US ALL AWAY IF HE CRIES AGAIN.

MY NAME'S JIM BRIDGER, GEORGE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOUR SON.

I'D LIKE THAT.

YEAH. OKAY.

OH, HE IS BEAUTIFUL.

NOW THOSE MEN THAT YOU SAW, GEORGE, THEY'RE VOYAGEURS.

THEY'RE HUNTERS FROM THE NORTH.

AND I GOT AN OLD QUARREL WITH 'EM,

BUT IF THERE'S A BOUNTY OUT FOR YOU AND ABIGAIL,

WELL THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO COLLECT THAT.

I'M READY TO KEEP GOING.

NO, ABBY, YOU AIN'T.

I CAN'T RISK YOU AND THE BABY TRYING

TO LEAVE 'TIL YOU CAN BOTH TRAVEL.

AND THEN WHAT?

'CAUSE WE AIN'T GOING BACK TO KANSAS!

MAYBE YOU WON'T HAVE TO.

NO! NO, NO! NO!

HEY.

YOU RECKON IT WORKED?

I AIN'T NEVER SEEN A MAN SO SCARED IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

WE GOT HIM GOOD.

HELP ME UP.

OKAY.

- OH. - MAN.

HEY, SORRY FOR CUTTIN' UP YOUR

CLOTHES SO BAD, MR. BRIDGER.

OH, THAT'S OKAY.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A MIGHTY FINE SEAMSTRESS

JUST AROUND THE WAY.

COME ON, LET'S GO.

WELL, I FIGURED REMY WOULD GET HIS NERVE BACK

SOONER OR LATER, SO I STAYED WITH GEORGE AND

ABIGAIL A FEW DAYS AND THEN I TOLD 'EM THE QUICKEST

WAY TO DENVER, WHERE RUNAWAYS CAN LIVE IN PEACE.

ACH, QUITE THE TALE, SIR.

ADMIRABLE AS I FIND YOU STORY,

IT DOESN'T PROVE THAT YOU PROCEEDED MR. OSBORNE AND

MYSELF TO THIS FOSSIL BED.

AYE, I NOTED THAT MYSELF.

YEAH.

YEAH, I ALWAYS GET THAT WITH THE, UH,

TALL TALES.

YOU KNOW, SOME- SOME BUSYBODY, THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKIN',

"IS IT TRUE?"

SO, TO PUT YOUR MINDS AT REST,

I'M UH, GONNA MAKE A LITTLE DRAWING HERE

FROM MEMORY OF, UH,

WHAT'S UNDER, UM,

THAT TARP.

BOY!

GO ON, LIFT IT!

I STAND ASTONISHED, SIR.

BRAVO, MR. BRIDGER.

UM, I BELIEVE YOU COULD BENEFIT

FROM COLLABORATION WITH A TRUE SCIENTIST SUCH AS MYSELF

IN PRESENTING YOUR DISCOVERY TO THE PUBLIC.

WELL I NEVER SAID I DISCOVERED IT.

I JUST SAID I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU TWO.

BUT WHO WILL RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE DISCOVERY, SIR?

I'LL NOT YIELD MY CLAIM TO THIS CHARLATAN.

WELL, I ALREADY TOLD YOU.

GEORGE TINDALL.

THE ESCAPED SLAVE?

NO.

GEORGE TINDALL, THE FREE MAN

WHO RISKED HIS LIFE SO HIS SON

COULD BE BORN INTO FREEDOM AS WELL.

YOU CAN LOOK HIM UP IN DENVER.

DO THE RIGHT THING, GENTS.

GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT'S DUE.

TINDALLSAURUS.

HAS A NICE RING, NO?

I WAS THINKING GEORGEORACTUS.

SO SIR, SHALL WE GET TO WORK?

WE HAVE MUCH TO DO.