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THIS ARROW WAS SHOT BY A SIOUX WARRIOR, JUST DAYS AGO.

THE MAN WAS DEAD BEFORE HE EVEN HIT THE GROUND.

TELL ME, WHAT IS YOUR GOVERNMENT'S PLAN ON

BRINGING THE SIOUX TO HEEL?

A COMPLICATED QUESTION, MAJOR.

ONE WITH NO EASY ANSWER.

THEY KNOW THE LAND LIKE THE BACK OF THEIR HAND.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A MAN WHO'S KNOWLEDGE OF

THE LAND RIVALS EVEN THAT OF THE SIOUX.

OUR GUIDE, JIM BRIDGER.

MR. BRIDGER, ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE SIR WILLIAM

BEVINGTON, OF HER MAJESTY'S GRENADIER GUARDS.

MAJOR, WELCOME...

MAJOR, WATCH OUT!

YOU ALL RIGHT THERE, MAJOR?

HOW DARE YOU PLACE YOUR HANDS UPON ME SIR!

WELL THAT-

THAT- THAT BRONCO THERE COULDA SMASHED

YOUR SKULL LIKE A FRUIT JAR.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE.

HOWEVER, YOU MUST KNOW, IT'S VERY VERY IMPROPER FOR SOMEONE

OF YOUR STATION TO LAY THEIR HANDS UPON SOMEONE

WHO IS THEIR SOCIAL SUPERIOR.

SUPERIOR, HOW'S THAT?

MAJOR BEVINGTON, WE APOLOGIZE.

MR. BRIDGER HERE MEANT NO OFFENSE,

AND HE DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A NOBLEMAN.

FAIR ENOUGH.

BUT, IF THERE'S ANY APOLOGY CALLED FOR IT'S THE MAJOR TO ME.

EXCUSE ME, BUT FOR WHAT COULD I POSSIBLY

BE EXPECTED TO APOLOGIZE?

OH, FOR CALLIN' ME YOUR UH, SOCIAL INFERIOR,

WAS THAT WHAT IT WAS?

SEE, THE FACT IS, I'M A BIT OF A NOBLEMAN MYSELF.

I CAN ASSURE YOU, I'VE NEVER HEARD THE NAME "BRIDGER"

UNTIL MAKING YOUR ACQUAINTANCE JUST MOMENTS AGO.

WELL THERE'S A LOTTA NAMES IN THIS WORLD MAJOR,

WE CAN'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW 'EM ALL SO.

ACTUALLY, THERE IS ONE.

YOU EVER HEARD OF A PRINCE BY THE NAME OF SELIM AHMED?

HE- HE WAS A NOBLEMAN TOO, JUST LIKE YOURSELF.

BRIDGER, V/O: WELL BACK IN 1852, ME AND MY FRIEND

SAM BLAKE WE GOT A PLUMB JOB, GUIDING A WEALTHY

TURKISH SHEIKH ON A BUFFALO HUNT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, I'M DOIN' GREAT.

BRIDGER, V/O: THE GRAND PRINCE, SELIM AHMED WAS TURKISH ROYALTY

AND A NEPHEW OF THE SULTAN HIMSELF.

WELL SAM, YOU WANNA MEET THE PRINCE?

BRIDGER, V/O: WELL HE WAS THE FIRST PRINCE I'D EVER MET,

PRETTY SOON, I WAS HOPIN' HE WOULD BE THE LAST.

WELL IF YOU'RE LOOKIN' FOR HAWKS OR EAGLES, YOUR HIGHNESS,

AROUND DAWN'S THE BEST TIME TO SEE 'EM.

SHH...

IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT I NEED YOUR ADVICE,

I WILL ASK.

KOPEK!

YOUR HIGHNESS.

THE SHERRY IS WARM.

WE HAVE NO ICE, YOUR HIGHNESS.

THEN COOL THE BOTTLES IN THE RIVER!

IMBECILE! - MY HUMBLE APOLOGIES.

GO!

YOU ARE THE MAN WHO TRACKS GAME, YES?

YEP, I DO THAT.

THEN DO SO, I WISH TO HUNT.

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT AHMED'S MOOD ONLY GOT WORSE AFTER SAM GOT

THE FIRST BUFFALO KILL, INSTEAD OF THE PRINCE.

THERE YA GO, JIM, AS NICE A TONGUE YOU'LL EVER SEE.

SMELLS GOOD DON'T IT?

SO GOOD, YEAH!

MAYBE EVEN PRINCE FANCY PANTS WANTS TO TRY IT?

WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

YOUR HIGHNESS, CARE TO TRY BUFFALO TONGUE?

IT'S REAL FINE EATIN'.

HAVE YOU DINED AT THE SULTAN'S TABLE,

IN THE GREAT TOPKAPI PALACE?

CAN'T SAY I HAVE.

HMM, I THOUGHT NOT.

SO, YOU CANNOT KNOW HOW REPULSIVE

YOUR LOCAL DELICACY SEEMS TO ME.

YOU, STOP THAT NOISE!

THIS IS NO GYPSY CAMP.

SIR, WELL I KNOW THIS AIN'T NO UH, PALACE,

BUT OUT HERE, WE TREAT PEOPLE CIVIL.

YOU ARE ADEPT AT TRACKING GAME.

THAT IS MY ONLY INTEREST IN YOU.

BE WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW YOUR PLACE.

KOPEK, YOU WOULD STEAL MY BREAD?

IT WAS IN THE DIRT, YOUR HIGHNESS.

BRING ME THE WHIP.

MY, MY HUMBLE A- - GO!

HOLD ON, YOU'RE GONNA WHIP A KID OVER A SCRAP OF BREAD?

YOU PRESUME TO CORRECT ME?

KNOW YOUR PLACE.

NOW WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT ALL ABOUT HUH?

WELL, AHMED'S SERVANT TOOK A SCRAP OF BREAD.

POOR KID DOESN'T GET ENOUGH TO EAT.

AH MAN.

NOW THAT AIN'T RIGHT.

PRINCE OR NO, WE OUGHTA SEND HIM PACKIN'.

'CAUSE IF HE KEEPS THIS UP, YOUR PRINCE MIGHT JUST HAVE

AN ACCIDENT NEXT TIME WE GO HUNTIN' HUH?

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SON?

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CALLS ME KOPEK.

IT MEANS MONGREL, OR DOG.

I DIDN'T ASK YOU WHAT HE CALLS YOU.

WHAT'D YOUR PARENTS NAME YOU?

MY PARENTS NAMED ME KERIM,

IT MEANS KINDNESS.

BUT MY PARENTS HAVE PASSED ON.

YOU KNOW, I WAS YOUR AGE WHEN I LOST MY FOLKS.

MAINLY WHY I CAME OUT HERE.

NOW THAT I AM IN THIS PLACE,

I HAVE THOUGHT MANY TIMES OF RUNNING AWAY.

I CAN SEE WHY.

BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, KERIM,

THIS AIN'T NO EASY LIFE FOR A YOUNG MAN EITHER.

KIND SIR,

I BELIEVE ANY LIFE MUST BE BETTER THAN

THE LIFE I AM LIVING.

EVERY DAY YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG,

CAN YOU DO ANYTHING CORRECT?

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT JUST AS I SET OUT TO FIX ONE PROBLEM,

OH I FOUND AN EVEN BIGGER ONE RIGHT AT HAND.

YOU WRETCHED WOMAN!

LOOK- LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!

THIS IS DAMASCUS SILK, YOU FOOL!

SOILED BY YOUR CLUMSY HANDS!

BRIDGER, V/O: WELL, SAM WAS ALREADY ANGRY WITH THE PRINCE.

BUT I KNEW HE'D GO CRAZY IF HE SAW AHMED INSULT HIS WIFE.

I'M VERY SORRY, SIR, BUT I'M SURE I CAN CLEAN IT,

IF YOU'LL JUST LET ME. - I RECEIVED THIS

FROM THE PASHA OF BAGHDAD HIMSELF!

YOU WILL NOT DEFILE IT AGAIN.

BEGONE!

BE GONE!

MARY...

THAT FOOL.

HE'S GOT NO RIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU LIKE THAT.

I AIN'T BOTHERED.

BUT UH,

WELL YOU CAN'T SAY NOTHIN' TO SAM ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW SAM, HE'S SWEET AS PIE BUT...

HE'LL KILL THE PRINCE FOR SURE OVER IT.

NO, JIM!

PROMISE ME, PROMISE ME YOU WON'T SAY NOTHIN'.

THERE'S GONNA BE BLOOD.

PLEASE.

I PROMISE.

BUT I AIN'T GONNA LET THIS SLIDE, MARY.

COME TO APOLOGIZE, HAVE YOU?

NO, NO SIR.

IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU SPEAK TO MARY, SAM BLAKE'S WIFE.

THAT SLOVENLY WASH-WOMAN?

SHE'S LUCKY I DID NOT HAVE HER WHIPPED FOR SULLYING

MY GARMENTS.

NOW SEE, THAT'S IT.

ALL RESPECT TO YOUR TITLE, SIR,

BUT OUT HERE, WE DO NOT MAKE SUCH THREATS,

ESPECIALLY TO ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE.

YOU PRESUME TO CORRECT ME AGAIN?

THAT'S TWICE YOU HAVE INSULTED ME,

A MAN FAR ABOVE YOUR STATION!

YOU HAVE YOUR GUN?

TAKE IT IN HAND SO I MAY KILL YOU WITH HONOR!

YOU WANNA KILL ME

FOR TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE?

PULL THAT TRIGGER.

WELL, I'LL BE DARNED IF THAT GRAND TURK, WELL HE WASN'T

POINTING THAT FANCY PISTOL

RIGHT AT MY HEAD.

AND, HE WAS THREATENING TO SHOOT YOU, YOU DIDN'T EVEN

DRAW YOUR WEAPON?

I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE POINT.

NOW, SEE THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

A MAN OF MY STANDING AND A MAN OF YOUR OWN, NO OFFENSE MEANT.

BUT NO, SIR, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HONOR-BOUND TO DEFEND MYSELF

IF CALLED OUT WITH A THREAT.

NO, THERE AIN'T NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL, MAJOR.

SEE, I GOT AS MUCH HONOR AS YOU, THAT PRINCE OR-

OR ANY MAN OUT HERE.

NOW SEE, THE THING IS, WELL

I DIDN'T FEEL THAT THREATENED AT ALL.

COWARD, YOU WILL NOT TAKE UP YOUR WEAPON?

THEN BEG FOR YOUR LIFE!

FORTUNATELY FOR YOU, IT IS BENEATH ME

TO EVEN SPILL YOUR BLOOD.

WASN'T MUCH CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING.

GUESS YOU FORGOT YOUR GUN DON'T WORK SO GOOD WITHOUT THE FLINT.

SEEMS TO ME, IT'S FORTUNATE FOR YOU,

'CAUSE I GOT EVERY RIGHT TO SHOOT YOU

DEAD WHERE YOU STAND.

EVERYTHING OKAY HERE, JIM?

I WAS GRACIOUSLY ALLOWING THIS MAN TO ADMIRE MY PISTOL.

AND A MIGHTY FINE PISTOL IT IS, SIR.

NOW, AS I WAS SAYING,

I FOUND A-

A BUFFALO HERD A COUPLE HOURS' RIDE AWAY.

BE AN EASY KILL.

WELL, IT IS TIME YOU FINALLY EARNED YOUR PAY.

BRIDGER, V/O: NOW I'M NOT GENERALLY IN THE HABIT OF TAKIN'

A MAN WHO PULLED A GUN ON ME OUT HUNTIN' WITH A LOADED RIFLE.

BRIDGER?

BRIDGER, HOW MUCH FARTHER MUST WE RIDE?

I RECKON WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, YOUR HIGHNESS.

BRIDGER, V/O: BUT MY MEN STILL NEEDED TO GET PAID.

NOW, I HAD A RIFLE TOO, AND YOU CAN BET,

WELL, MINE WOULD GO OFF IF I NEEDED IT TO.

HO.

AND THERE WE GO.

MAGNIFICENT!

LET US GO AT ONCE!

NOW UH, HO- HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

YOU AND I, WE'RE GONNA CREEP DOWN THERE, RIGHT UP NEXT

TO THAT FINE OLD BULL.

"CREEP" ON FOOT?

I- I WILL NOT DO SO.

NO, NO, NO, LISTEN, YOU GOTTA STAY DOWNWIND

TIL YOU GET IN RANGE.

OTHERWISE HE'S GONNA CATCH OUR SCENT.

NONSENSE,

YOUR DILLY-DALLYING WILL

COST ME MY TROPHY!

HYAH!

WAIT HERE.

HO, HYAH!

YOUR HIGHNESS.

YOUR HIGHNESS!

WHAT HAPPENED?

THIS IMBECILE HORSE YOU GAVE ME PUT ITS HEAD

IN THE LINE OF MY SHOT!

YOU SHOT YOUR OWN HORSE?

DON'T JUST STAND THERE!

HELP ME!

ALL RIGHT.

HOLD ON. - COME ON!

HOLD IT!

WELL, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED NOW.

BRIDGER...

SHH, SHH, SHH.

ARE THOSE SAVAGES HOSTILE?

THEY'RE SIOUX.

THEY'RE PROBABLY HUNTIN' BUFFALO TOO.

BUT IF THEY SEE US...

THEY'RE GONNA HUNT US INSTEAD.

FOR THE LOVE OF HEAVEN, PULL ME FREE!

HURRY, BRIDGER. COME ON.

PULL HARDER, PULL HARDER. - SHH!

IF WE'RE GONNA GET OUTTA HERE WITH OUR SCALPS INTACT,

WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME HELP.

BUT THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP!

KERIM, COME ON!

COME ON!

COME ON.

NOW.

KERIM.

GIMME A HAND.

I CAN'T DO THIS MYSELF.

KOPEK.

I- I MEAN, KERIM.

KERIM, I HAVE MISTREATED YOU.

I... APOLOGIZE.

BRIDGER, V/O: WELL, IT WAS ALL UP TO KERIM.

HE COULD RUN AND LEAVE HIS MASTER TO DIE,

OR HE COULD SHOW PRINCE AHMED HE HAD HONOR OF HIS OWN.

OKAY.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

KERIM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY.

I SHALL NEVER FORGET IT!

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT!

WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE!

LET'S GO!

WELL, WELL, LOOK WHO'S BACK.

SO, NO BUFFALO,

AND MISSING A HORSE?

I CANNOT WAIT TO HEAR THIS ONE.

WELL, UH,

PRINCE'S HORSE BROKE ITS FOREFOOT ON THE CHASE,

SO WE HAD TO PUT IT DOWN.

WHICH IS A DARN SHAME,

CAUSE THE PRINCE WAS ABOUT TO SHOOT

THE BIGGEST BUFFALO IN THE HERD.

IT WAS NOT THE LARGEST.

BUT I ADMIRE MR. BRIDGER'S SKILL

IN LEADING ME TO AN ADVANTAGEOUS SHOT.

RIGHT.

WELL, JIM, SUPPER'S ON.

WELL, I'M STARVIN'.

KARIM, YOU WANNA EAT WITH US?

SIR, PLEASE.

KERIM SHALL DINE WITH ME THIS EVENING.

AS MY GUEST.

INDEED, ALL OF YOU ARE WELCOME.

MADAME,

I REGRET MY TEMPER CAUSED ME

TO SPEAK TO YOU AS I DID.

WILL YOU ACCEPT THIS GIFT?

OH.

PLEASE.

WHY, SIR, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I HAVE LEARNED MUCH TODAY.

WE MUST HELP EACH OTHER,

YES?

AH, MY FRIENDS,

WILL YOU DINE WITH ME THIS EVENING?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF TURKISH DELIGHTS?

YOU ARE IN FOR A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

COME, COME.

JIM, IS THERE PART OF THE STORY YOU'RE NOT TELLIN US?

LET'S JUST SAY OUR TURKISH FRIEND,

WELL, HE LEARNED THE POWER OF KINDNESS TODAY.

BRIDGER, V/O: FOR THE REST OF THE EXPEDITION,

PRINCE AHMED, WELL, HE WAS

THE PICTURE OF DECENCY.

WELL THEN, I WILL OFFER YOU MY APOLOGIES.

HOWEVER, YOU STILL HAVEN'T PROVEN YOUR CLAIM TO NOBILITY.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ASK THAT.

THAT'S AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAVALRY PISTOL...

55 CALIBER, I BELIEVE.

- YEP. -MAY I?

PLEASE.

"TO JAMES BRIDGER,

THE NOBLEST MAN I KNOW.

WITH GRATITUDE, PRINCE SELIM AHMED."

MY GOODNESS.