Original subtitles

They called me mad Jack, and if there's anybody in these mountains that knows the real story of James Adams, that'd be me.

So I'm putting it down in writing just the way it happened in hopes of setting the record straight.

And my friend Adams was accused of a crime he didn't commit.

So he escaped into the mountains, leaving behind the only life that he ever knew.

Now that wilderness out there ain't no place for a green horn.

And his chances of surviving were mighty slim, where no time at all for he was beaten down, bragged, nearly stubborn.

Well, about then he come upon a grizzly bear cub all alone and helpless.

Adams knew that little critter couldn't survive without his help, so he started right down that cliff, risking his own life to save him.

Now that cub took the Adams right off.

That was when he discovered he had a special kind of way with animals.

They just come right up to him like he was a natural part of the wilderness.

But that bear cub, he was extra special.

As he growled he became the best friend Adams ever had, and together they became a legend.

There's a world where we don't have to run anywhere. There's a time where Carl are all living free and harmony and majesty.

Take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home, take me home.

I reckon there ain't no prettier time than sunrise in the mountains.

Reminds me of how lucky I am to be alive and have friends like Adams and Ben.

I guess, dropping all over creation like I do, I sometimes lose sight of how special they are to me.

But you know, when everything like that happens something always comes along to shake my senses up.

Gives me a whole new appreciation of Adams and that grizzly of his.

Like back last summer, don't think I'll ever forget what happened then.

Ben, love is sleeping please.

I sure have to worry about over sleeping with you around, do I?

Well someday I'm gonna fool you.

I'm gonna nail this blanket down and sleep till noon if I want to.

Alright.

Let me get out and we'll get dressed. Ben, give me my shirt.

Thanks Ben. I thought I was gonna have to chase you all over the mountain.

Hey Ben. Ben. I'm not gonna play with you now, no sir.

Alright.

Come on Ben.

We've been together for a long time. We know each other very well. We've seen some good times and bad times.

We have a lot of tales to tell.

Yes we have our fun, runnin' wild and free, playin' in the sun together with you and me.

Yes I've learned a lot from you and all I've found.

You give my life the meaning, when every day begins.

Well now come on Ben. Give me my shirt. Give me my shirt. Thank you.

Well you're right Ben. There ain't no better way than to start the day by playing it.

Yes we have our fun, runnin' wild and free, playin' in the sun together with you and me.

I left that door open.

Nickoma.

He's here.

Ooh, Jacques Cupsala. He's hurt? Well let's take a look.

Come on in.

Looks like you rubbed your leg round somethin'. Yeah.

That's you. That's you.

A rope snare. Indians use raw hider leather.

Fur trappers don't use snares anymore. I wonder who said it.

This your Ruth and Nickoma's God on.

Help to heal that raw spot.

There you go little fella.

Alright, you run off and play.

Well, I'll tell you what. I'll fix this some breakfast.

Then we'll go take a look at where that trap was. Maybe they'll tell us who said it.

Uja. Now, Adams might have had enough playin' for one day, but Ben.

He was just gettin' started and when Ben wants to romp around he'll get to scamperin' with just about any greater he can find.

Come on. Will you quit movin' so slow, number seven?

We're not even gonna have time to highly do Adams.

And I'll just go right on past him into the fort where I do matradin, and while I'm at it I'm gonna give it to some farmer, cause slow mules is only good for...

Wow.

Well, would you look at that. That there is a pit trap.

And that rabbit is being used for bait.

You see what happens is, see all them logs and brush and dried stuff there. That covers a pit.

Some pork critter comes along, sees the rabbit, thinks he's gonna get supper, reaches fort and pow.

He's in the hole too deep to get out of.

Stay right here.

You hang on there little fella.

We'll get ya outta there.

Adams is here.

You're not gonna like hearing about this.

Ah!

Easy now. I'll have ya outta there in a minute.

Easy, easy, easy!

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

That's a boy.

Yes, he's nobody's gonna hurt you.

Now, we'll just get this off of you.

Now, go on back to your family.

Here you go.

I'm beginning to sound like Adams.

He's having a bad influence on me.

Well, now we gotta fix this pit trap so nobody will fall into it.

I'm gonna get you a little bit.

Well, that just about does it.

Come on, number seven.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh.

Well, that just about does it.

Oh, oh, oh.

Come on, number seven.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Well, man, it had to be a fool to fall in here now.

Oh, oh, oh.

Damn, Nebuchadne, this has gotta be number seven.

Oh, oh, oh.

Well, I'm down here where you push me.

You soggy-lip flea-bittin' that head.

Now look what you've done.

I can't get out of here.

Oh, oh, oh.

Now, quit your brain and go get Adams.

Go on, go get Adams.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Not that way, you idiot.

That way.

Number seven.

Oh, oh.

Oh, oh.

Ben, you are Ben, ain't you?

Ben, you go get Adams and you tell him that I'm...

No, just go get Adams.

Go on.

Well, go ahead.

I ain't going nowhere.

Number seven.

Where are you, you...

You pretty-bit-nold bag of bones.

Let's take a look at where that snare was.

Oh, you got home just in time, Ben.

You want to come with us?

I ain't got time for playing.

We got something important to do.

Oh, Ben, this ain't like you.

All right?

Number seven.

Oh, oh, oh.

Jack's got to be in trouble at Como.

Let's go.

Oh, oh, oh.

Later, honey.

Jack?

You all right?

You all right?

No, I'm dead.

I'm just waiting for you two to come along and fill in this hole,

so I'll have a proper burial.

Well, he's all right, Nicole.

He's as cheerful as ever.

You're going to sit up there and pow-wow or give me a hand out of here.

All right.

Give me your hand.

Get a good, tight hold.

There you go.

You got a quit eating so many pancakes.

Well, I guess I shouldn't ask you how you...

No, you shouldn't ask.

And you, there's going to be a number eight.

We're going to give you two a farmer.

You'll be pulling a plow.

Mm-hmm.

Jack, number seven was with Ben when he came to get us.

He was?

He sure was.

Well, basch-a-da-she-alk.

How should I know who dug it?

Had to be somebody trying to catch an elephant, though, from the side of it.

First to snare, now pit.

But no steel traps.

Whatever he's after, he wants it alive.

You got.

You got.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Wagon tracks.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Wagon tracks.

And that explains that snare in a coma found on the other side of the mountain.

Well, whoever he is, he's a traveler.

I wonder who could it be that fella I saw yesterday morning early.

Too far away to make much out, but he was a traveler with a team.

Well, could it have been a settlers wagon?

No, he's our man.

This wagon was carrying cages.

These tracks will make it easy to catch up with him.

Well, first we've got to destroy his traps.

There must be more.

Come on, let's find him.

Ouch, today.

Well, would you look at that.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Hmm.

He he he.

That's a raccoon caught in that trap, Ben.

Looks like you could use a little help.

You stay here, those rocks are too loose to hold your weight.

Hey, what's wrong with you?

Hang on, little guy.

I'm coming.

Just hang on.

Hey.

Hey, what's wrong with you?

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Just hang on.

Oh, all right, little friend.

Don't you fret now.

I'm going to help you.

Let me get this off your leg.

There you go.

I'll let you go as soon as we get back down to level ground.

I just don't want you to scamper around, starting to slide.

I'm Ben, watch out.

I'm Ben.

I'm Ben.

I'm Ben.

I'm Ben.

I'm Ben.

I'm Ben.

Ben, is he under there?

Ain't no use in a coma.

The rocks killed him, sure.

The coma, Ben and me, went back to the cabin.

There was nothing we could do.

Adam's was a man of the wilderness, and so it was only right.

We left him where he was naturally buried.

We didn't even move the rocks.

They was the most proper monument he could have.

He was the strongest, bravest man I've ever known.

Only thing stronger was nature itself, and in the end, well, that's what killed him.

It's no use, Ben.

He's not going to come back no more.

He's not going to be here for you to wake up.

I know.

I know how you feel, Ben. I miss him, too.

Ben, me and number seven would be proud to have you come and live with us if you might.

He can.

Oh, shake.

You know, but go wish to tell.

I'll go to the city.

But, Cusala, I'll go to East Jail.

Hello there.

Hi here.

I'm gonna eat them.

I'm...

No, no, no.

retry!

Leave the rain on their way to the Furby.

Oh, AGH!

Oh.

Oh.

Some fine cabin.

We built her good.

Come on, heek.

All right. Let's go.

Nicole Munmi decided we'd better go back

and mark that grave more proper like.

I fashioned a cross out of wood and we took it with us.

A pile of rocks just wasn't enough to stand as a monument

to a man like Adam's.

Fact is, I can't think of any single thing

that would be worthy enough to stand to honor him.

He was more special than any man I ever knowed,

and they ain't words good enough to tell you

how much he was loved by band, Tacoma, all them critters.

Even me.

Hmm.

I always sort of figured that you'd be buried me someday.

Never counted on it being the other way around.

I don't know how long this cross will last,

but I'll be by from time to time and look after it.

Well.

These mountains, they sure ain't going to be the same without you.

Shh!

Alcole, each day.

Oh, it's just raccoon.

Alocamoshes!

What?

Be careful. It's Adams.

He's alive.

I should have known these rocks couldn't kill him.

He took that, but glory be he's alive.

You know that?

Ann, a cougar in the world who would pass you off a supper?

It's too rocky here about to dig a pit.

You know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to put your right smack in the middle of the street.

I'm going to go to the street.

I'm going to go to the street.

I'm going to go to the street.

You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to put your right smack in the middle of a snare.

The old cougar comes along and gets you for supper. I get in for the star of my show.

Ahh!

You do more tricks than Hortense did.

Hortense was my old cougar. Up and died on me.

It's all right. Didn't matter. Couldn't do nothing right anyway.

Now if she had, I would have had the biggest animal show in the West.

Once I get me another cougar, that's what I'm going to have.

The biggest animal show in the West.

Now hold still while I tell you what. Hey, come on back here.

Hey, you stay there. You stay don't move. You just stay out there.

Now go away. Now go home.

Aah!

Aah!

Somebody help!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Somebody help!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

You had enough, huh?

Huh?

Sneaking up on me like that? Never give me a chance.

I could even with you, your mangy sneak.

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Now stay right there.

Stay right there. I'm going to get my animals together.

We're going to get out of here.

I want to thank you for what you did with the Cougar, but I've got to go now.

You stay. Don't you move. You just stay there.

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

You're tame, ain't ya?

Somebody tamed you.

I bet you thought I was scared of you, huh?

Let me tell you something.

Mitch Morgan ain't as scared and no critters.

Aah!

You know what I think about it?

I could use a big critter like you.

Grizzly Bear just might be the ticket.

Let me introduce you around.

This here is Edgar.

He's a raver.

And this old codge of here is Samson.

He's got a temper, but he's alright.

He's alright.

And then two brave souls over there are Millard and Philmore.

Take a bow, boys.

Name them after the President of the United States.

What do you think of that?

Mmm.

Yeah, you're gonna be the star of my show.

I'm gonna call you Henry.

You remind me of my uncle Henry.

Here.

You know, ain't that in quite a while, have you?

You're not used to a collar or chain, huh?

You could use to it.

Mmm.

You do what I tell you and I'll feed you.

You just need some time.

Alright.

Alright, Henry, up.

Get up now.

Come on, Henry.

You stand up.

Up, up, up.

Come on now.

Get up.

Get up, Henry.

Come on.

Get up, Henry.

Up.

Stand up now.

You want to eat, don't you?

Here.

Try a little of this.

It'll make you feel better.

Mmm.

Hina.

Oh, gosh, here.

You are.

Really, I'm more.

Come on now.

I know you're hungry.

Come on.

You do your trick.

I'll feed you.

Come on, Henry.

Here.

Now you do your tricks and I'll feed you.

Come on, take it.

You want something to eat?

Huh?

Huh?

Yeah.

Take some of this, Henry.

You don't want it.

You don't have to take it.

But you're not getting any until you do your tricks.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Jack.

Mmm.

Please.

Nope.

Nope.

I'm not helping you get out of bed.

You don't move.

You just stay there now till you get well.

Jack, Benny, never been going one three days.

Yeah, that bear can take care of himself better than you can.

Now you just stay there.

Right now, but Henry.

Now come on now.

Come on now.

I know you don't like that collar in that chain.

Mmm.

You must be hungry.

You ain't that what?

Today's?

They just do what I tell you and I'll feed you.

Mmm.

Now come on do a little dance.

Mmm.

Okay, look.

I wrote a little song.

Maybe that'll help you.

V5, Philly, I owe.

It's the Morgan Traveling Show.

I have a boat, a tune, a grizzly tune.

They're gonna do that trick for you.

You keep your opinion yourself.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Come on now, Henry.

I know my voice ain't the greatest, but that ain't no way to act.

Mmm.

Now come on now, Henry.

Come on now.

Get up.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Okay.

That's the way you want it.

I'm gonna feed all the other animals, because they did that trick so you didn't do yours.

Mmm.

I wanna feed you, but you won't let me.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

How old do you think you're going?

You're not fit to travel.

Now just get back in that bed and stay there.

I've been laying here for days.

I've listened to you long enough.

Since I know I've been, he ain't been gone this long.

Now I'm gonna go find him.

Well, where are you gonna look?

Decome has already looked every place.

Even retraced our steps in case there was a trap out there someplace.

Now that bear has just wandered off to be alone somewhere.

Where'd you see you saw that wagon with the cages on it?

In the valley, but what's that got to do with anything?

And that's where I'm going.

Now, Adam, you're, I told you you're not fit to travel.

You're, are you?

I'm ready to eat it.

We didn't get you well just to, so you could go off into the mountains, make yourself sick again.

Don't help me, Nokoma. If you do, hit.

I need your help, Nokoma.

Bye, Doc.

All right, Nokoma, for me.

Wait a minute.

Come on, Nokoma, Sam, we got a ketchup to it.

Adam's? Nokoma?

When Adam's gets his mind set on something, there ain't no change in it.

He loved that bear so much the pain he was feeling didn't matter.

Nokoma picked up the trail even though it was more than a few days old,

and we followed it as best we could.

Come on, hold up.

How much further you're going to go?

I think number seven here is getting kind of tarred.

Seven looks fine to me, you're the one that looks like you need the rest.

Do you really think that fella with the cages will have Ben?

I hope not.

Ben's got to be somewhere.

Yeah, but we're not even sure he's tracking the right grizzly.

These mountains are full of grizzlies.

There's only one Ben.

He ain't no other grizzly like him.

Come on.

Oh, yeah.

Henry, I want you to watch these boys here.

They're going to do their tricks and they're going to get fed.

Now you do your tricks and I'll feed you too.

You hear me? That's what I've been telling you.

Now watch. All right, boy.

Down. Now stay.

Now hold up.

That's good.

Good boy. See that, Henry?

See that?

What's one and one?

What's two from five?

That's good boy.

See that, Henry?

They do their tricks and they get fed.

Now watch.

Come here.

Give me my hat back. Give me my hat.

Move it here.

Like gold. Like gold. Get down.

Go on.

Trying to root a good hat.

Don't you even think about it?

You get down.

You've been talking to them?

No.

You just wait. I'm going to go get Edgar now.

You'll see something.

Come on, Edgar. Let's go.

Now you got to meet your tricks, Henry.

All right now, Henry. I want you to watch this.

You're going to see the smartest bird in the world.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Watch, Henry. Pick it up, Edgar.

Good boy. Good boy.

All right, fetch it now.

Petch it.

Pick the key up and put it in your hat.

Put it back.

Good boy. Good boy.

You see that?

Now you do your tricks and you're going to be fed like he was just fed.

How many days is it? You must be starving.

All right. You ready? I go.

Okay.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

This is Mitch Morgan.

And I want to welcome you to my traveling circus.

Now you're going to see a lot of things here that you're going to love.

But one thing I can tell you for sure.

Quiet. I said quiet.

Now I'll just take this bird over here.

Edgar, not you too.

All right. No food. No food for you.

All right, Samson. Come on out here, Samson.

Now stay out here.

Samson, come on out here. Now stay.

Come on now. You stay out here. Don't you go back in there.

Now what?

What's that bird done to you?

Nobody wants to work no more.

Samson, come on out here.

Now stay out here.

Come on.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Yeah.

Get away. Get away with me.

Get away with me. Get away with me. Get away with me.

You know what your mangee critter you.

Go on now. Get out of here.

Believe me, Fittini, you get sick, I promise you.

You got the advantage today, but I'll get you.

I'll train you yet.

No critter gets away from Mitch Morgan.

No critter.

After escaping from Morgan, Ben kept moving for days.

Not knowing where he was headed.

Dettydion. Dettydion.

Oh, oh. I brought you some fresh fake pie.

Just set it there by the fence, Sarah.

I'll get to it soon as it finishes my work.

We'll eat it before it gets cold.

Come on in. Get up there. Come on. Come on, boy. Come on.

Come on, boy.

Ben, being treated the way he was, stars along and all,

Ben had only one thing on his mind.

Dettydion, are you all right?

I can't go after him.

Ben figured that man was the cause of all the bad things that happened to him.

But he was beginning to turn back into a wild grizzly.

You mean he had Ben chained up?

What kind of a man would do a thing like that?

A nignard one.

More than ignorant.

He left half his camp on it.

He must be in a real hurry to catch Ben.

He plans on coming back.

Only we ain't waiting.

Don't you worry, Edgar.

We're going to find that grizzly.

It's a good thing you come back when you're dead.

Otherwise I'm going to laugh you.

And who would feed you, huh?

That's right.

Whoa.

Howdy.

Howdy.

I'm looking for a bear.

Grizzly.

Tracking one now.

Scared the daylights out of me and my wife.

Man, that don't surprise me, none.

He was mad at him when he ran away.

Yours?

He's a star of my show.

You went away about an hour ago.

I got to get him back.

Sure could use some help, though.

Anything to get him out of here.

Take much longer than me.

We'll be having him tomorrow.

Just keep your shirt on.

They're almost done.

How much longer before we get us to California?

Well, I couldn't rightly say.

Keep on the way we've been.

Sitting around half a day.

Maybe now they ain't.

Maybe nine years.

Hey, give me another cup of coffee over there.

I'm going to go back and over here.

Thought you said you was almost done.

I'm going to have to put your meat on.

Okay, okay.

Aah!

What's wrong with him?

Aah!

What's wrong with him?

I can't see him.

It's good.

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey!

Hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey!

Where's Sam and Lou?

Hold it!

Come on!

That was like a laughter-handling.

Come on, boy.

You ruined my shot!

You ever seen what a wounded grizzly will do?

Let's go get the others. We'll get him with our rifles.

We'll get him with our rifles.

Let's go in and finish him up.

Let's go in and finish him up.

We're going to finish him up.

No!

We're going to finish him up.

We're going to finish him up.

Let's go in and finish him up.

Boy's looking for a grizzly bear.

We're looking to kill one.

Now you can't do that. He belongs to me.

He's part of the show.

He was part of the show.

That bear come in and wrecked our camp.

He's going to pay for it. With his skin.

There ain't nobody doing nothing with that bear but me.

So you fellas just put those guns down on the ground real slow.

You're there on the wagon.

Leave that rifle there and get down.

I'm going after Ben, Jack.

Hi, Ben.

It's me.

I ain't going to hurt you.

You remember me, don't you?

Adams!

Jack, stay there. I'm all right.

It's me.

Remember?

Man's full welcome.

It's me, Ben.

I know you've been treated, Ben.

But that's all over now.

Ain't nobody going to hurt you now.

Easy, Ben.

Remember this shirt, Ben?

See?

I know you've been treated, Ben.

But that's all over now.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

It's all right.

See? It's all right.

We're friends.

You remember now?

See, I ain't going to hurt you.

Well...

Yes.

You remember me now, don't you?

I'm all right.

Yes. Yeah, Ben. You remember me now, don't you?

Yeah.

Well, that's my boy. Good stretches.

Yeah. That's my good boy.

You remember me now, don't you, Ben?

I knew you would've been treated bad, I know.

No more.

You mind if we go back to camp and try to look for horses now?

Go on, get.

Come on. Let's go.

Let's go back to camp and give you some money and some nuts.

Raising's all kinds of good stuff.

Come on, let's get going.

What I seen here today ain't nobody going to believe.

How'd you do that?

That's called love.

And by the looks of your critters, you know nothing about that.

Well, not that's done either.

They're mine. Animals belong to nobody.

Them poor creatures stay with you because they can't fend for themselves no more.

They don't love you.

The only reason they stay is because you feed them.

If you don't think they love me, watch this.

Come on, baby. Come on.

Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

Come on.

Come on. Get him. Get him.

What do you call this?

Well, dogs always aren't the best judge of character.

You don't know what you're talking about.

If somebody wants you to do something for them,

would you do it if they're nice to you?

Or would you do it quicker if they chained you up and mistreated you?

Why don't we just try that?

No, Jack, he just saw what love can do.

No.

I don't know if that would work for me.

You've never tried.

All you gotta do is one, two.

Now, be careful. He bites.

That was not good reason.

You try it.

All right, golly.

This is the first time you ain't tried to take my finger.

You treat all your animals like that.

By the time you get back to Fort, you'll be the best of friends.

But I wasn't planning on going back to the Fort yet.

Sure you are.

As a matter of fact, I'm gonna amble down there with you.

Got some trade to do.

Yeah, but now there's no use hanging around here

because you're not gonna do any more trapping.

All right?

No. Open that up, Adams.

Inside.

Inside.

Inside. Inside you.

Inside.

You're not gonna trap no more.

I tell you.

Now, let me tell you how you should treat animals.

There you go.

Number seven.

We're leaving now and you follow along.

You've locked their dope sleeve, aye.

That's right, Adam says.

You gotta be gentle with them.

That's the only way you're gonna get them to respond.

All right, come on.

You're sweet, mad dog.

Roger, boat.

Deep inside the forest is adoring to another land.

Here is our life and home.

We are staying here forever in the beauty of this place,

although we keep on hoping.

Maybe there's a world where we don't have to run.

Maybe there's a time where all our own living lives.

Living free in harmony and majesty.

Take me home.

Take me home.