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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.

And 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.

It started out to be as pretty a day as you never hoped to meet up with.

It was the kind of a day you could take pleasure in just being a part of.

And I reckon most critters were doing just that, all except Ben.

He was having his problems with animals.

Were you really disappointed me this time?

I must have told you 50 times, or at least 10, never to touch that fish.

And he even ate all the jerky. There must have been 10 pounds of meat there.

What made you so dang hungry anyway?

Now there's no sense in acting innocent, Ben. Your claw prints are all over the place.

Well, I reckon I'm just going to be sleeping with one eye open from now on.

23 fish, 10 pounds of jerky. What's wrong with you?

You acting like you're going into hibernation.

It ain't even that time yet.

Good morning, Mary Lou.

Hi, Jan.

I got some very mad for you.

It's over younger by the creek.

The whole greedy hasn't already eaten it for dessert.

Nothing I like better first thing in the morning than a nice cup of coffee all by itself.

Nope.

Ingan, do you know good to make up to me, Ben?

You're done wrong, and that's a fact.

While Ben was having his troubles,

old number seven in me was having the pleasure of its court and this Indian girl

of the name of Sooty, back to her home in the Grove Valley.

I tell you, she was one of the washness girls I ever did see.

Four times in one day and the sun ain't even above her head yet.

Wow, that's a good feeling.

I'm living that town so long.

I'd forgotten how dusty the trails can be.

But again, Mr. Jack, I thank you for supporting me across the mountains home to my father's village.

Don't thank me for that.

Please, it's me, Miley.

Your father, the chief, is a good friend of mine and an old friend.

I was just thinking about that.

Last time you and me crossed this creek, I was taking you to the school where I picked you up.

You were all eyes and spindly-legged like a newborn farm.

Look at you now, filling out beautiful, like a new but blossoming in the spring sun on the southern slope.

My thank you, Mr. Jack.

It's very pretty. That's almost like a poem.

We keep John.

We won't get there. We got a ways to go.

All right, number seven.

Acation's over.

Let's get moving.

Come on.

Come on, number seven.

That's the way.

Now, what are you stopping here for?

I swear you're stubborn or in a mule.

Now, you just take the right foot and you move it forward.

Then you move the left one forward.

Next thing you know, the whole thing is moving forward.

Come on, number seven. We got a long journey ahead of us.

Come on, move out of the stream.

Come on, do it for me.

Come on.

Come on.

Please.

Good boy.

I swear you're stubbornly thinking the whole world.

You listen to everybody in the world but me.

Now, get on out of here.

There are times when I don't think I can wait another day to get me in number eight.

Mr. Jack? Mr. Jack?

I think he's going lame.

Oh, he is going lame.

Oh, come on, number seven. Quit your play acting.

You want me to carry half your load?

All you got to do is ask.

He's not play acting. He's really hurt.

Let me see your foot.

That's a boy.

Oh, say that is hurting him.

I don't know what's wrong.

What should we do?

Well, Adam's place is just over the ridge there, piece.

Mr. Adam, does he still have that bear with him?

Yeah.

Here, you better carry this.

All right.

If anybody knows how to fix you up, it'll be Adam's.

Come on, seven.

Come on.

Now, Ben, I don't want you planting your paws in this patch of land.

You hear?

This corn needs time to grow.

I figured by mixing these curls, a Jerusalem and squaw corn.

We're going to get a good, strong strain of corn that will grow when there's frost in here.

Well, that was the right handy foot, Jack, brought me on growing stuff.

You Adam!

Jack!

Howdy, Jack.

Adam's.

I didn't expect to see you until next month.

Something wrong with seven?

Yeah, this went lame, and I can't figure what happened to him.

Oh.

Well, one or two, two quid galka to each other and say howdy.

Howdy, Mr. Adam.

I'm filming.

Hey, she's been in school for eight years.

I was just on my way taking her back to her father's in a chief when number seven went lame.

Do you remember when you made this for me?

I've kept it all these years.

Grod, son, ain't you?

Sue me.

Yes, except now I have this eye.

Sue me.

You have grown.

You do can quit carrying on. I'd like to find out what's wrong with number seven.

Oh, no.

Here. Well, move over.

Let me look at his foot.

He's a desert now, seven.

Give me that foot.

Oh, man, it's a boy.

Let's see.

He's got something caught in the quick, Jack. It's something shiny.

Give me your knife.

Oh, she's a desert now, seven.

There you go.

It'd be as good as new.

Oh, look.

Hey, quit it.

Hey, you.

Can't you stay out of trouble?

Huh?

Ben, I thought I told you to watch him.

That's gold.

You supposed to be guarding this place.

Sergeant, Sergeant.

Ruined.

Hey, come to me.

Look here.

This is gold.

Puree gold.

For rich.

This is calm down now.

Calm down. Quick fooling with that string.

And look at this.

Now, this is gold. I'm telling you.

This is puree gold.

Now, listen, it proves that this is gold.

If I can pound that flat without a break, that's a test, innit?

Yeah.

Well, you'll see.

Jack's so excited, I sure hope he doesn't start smashing his fingers.

You sure speak English good?

Boy, thank you, Mr. Adams.

I was taught very well at the missionary school.

Now you see, I'm the teacher, so I'm on my way home to teach the children in our tribe.

Oh, fuck.

Flatter in the pancake.

Look at there.

Look at there.

She pondered, flatter in the pancake.

I'm telling you, that river must be a whole flow in gold mine.

Number seven must pick this up when he is walking through the stream.

All right.

I'm going to show you how it's going.

I'm going to show you how it's going.

I'm going to show you how it's going.

I'm going to show you how it's going.

I'm going to show you how it's going.

You're going to show me how it's going.

I'm going to show you how it's going.

Oh, my.

Number seven must pick this up when he is walking through the stream.

I'm telling you, we're going to be rich.

I'm going down there, and I'm going to stake myself with claim.

That don't make a gold mine.

I'm telling you, that whole river is flowing with gold,

and I'm going to prove it to you.

I'll prove it to you, and I'm going to prove it to everybody else.

I'm going to go down there, and I'm going to pan myself some gold,

and you watch.

I'll come back here with enough gold to fill a hundred sets of store bought teeth.

Why were you so discouraging to Mr. Jack?

Don't you want him to find gold?

You don't understand.

If Jack files that claim, that's an invitation for hundreds of people to come up here.

They're going to start digging up the mountain.

I've seen what gold can do to people.

But I love seeing Mr. Jack so happy.

He's not a young man, and the gold would make life easier.

Maybe so.

But Jack's always had a happy twinkle in his eye.

Now that twinkle's gone, it's covered up with greed.

It's not nice to look at.

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I'll wait for Mr. Jack.

Ben! Ben, where are you?

I knew that had happened.

I knew that had happened.

Oh, my God!

Oh, what?

Ben?

Oh, Ben.

Oh, Ben.

If you weren't so much bigger than me, I'd tell you you'd need to be tangling right now.

This is our little garden, I ask you to protect it.

And I haven't forgotten about what you did to the jerky and then hanging fish.

I'll tell you, this corner's gonna have to be stronger than a team oxen to get through this ground.

The way these animals have been stomping around on it, found that thing in heart.

Nokoma, it's good to see you, my blood brother.

You remember Nokoma, sumi?

Sumi.

A little on time, Nokoma.

Nokoma?

Nokoma?

Nokoma, be wishy-

Oh, I forgot.

Brace don't serve women.

Adam, sumi, I'm back, we're rich.

Looky what I got.

Look at that.

Jack found himself some nuggets in the stream down there at the bottom of Stone Canyon.

Says he's gonna stake himself a claim.

Hello Nokoma.

Did Adam tell you the good news?

Found gold.

Well, number seven found it, but we're partners.

Adams don't just stand there.

You're looking at a man that can eat a stack of flat gaxes tall as that tim needed.

I tell you, sumi, this pattern for gold is a lot harder than it can be.

Just rub my back a little bit there, will you?

And when you get that done, would you fix me a cup of coffee?

Who's that feels good?

You really started to sound like a man of means, Jack.

How many services did you say you were gonna hire?

Servants?

I don't know.

I'm not sure.

I'm not sure.

I'm not sure how much I'll hire.

Servants?

Hey, what you doing?

Getting you up the process.

Oh, you expect me to lap it up off on the ground there?

No, I'm getting some water to make fresh coffee.

The other was so old you couldn't even pour it.

Yes, Marie.

After a fellow gets along in years, after a life of hardship and hard work, you need a little ease and comfort.

And a little money to grease the knotholes, doesn't hurt a bit.

Adams, can you just see me in Old Number Seven walking down one of them fancy New Orleans streets?

Somebody says you'll be leaving soon, Jack.

You know, Adams, I've been thinking about that.

And I've been wrong. Dead wrong.

Talking about all the money I'm going to spend and all the places that me and Old Number Seven are going to go.

And ain't right, I've been dead wrong.

I'm so glad, Jack, you finally came to your senses.

No, sir.

I'm not going to file on that plane.

We're going to file on it.

Yes, sir. I'm going to split it 50-50 with you half and a half right down the middle.

How do you feel about that?

When you can file on it.

Oh, day or so.

Well, that's when I'm going to be leaving.

Good. You're going to come with me, huh?

No. I'm going to be headed the other way.

Forever.

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When the sun started peeking over the hill next morning-

and me were still sleeping, but I hear it during anyway.

That's cause mountain men have a special ability to hear it in their sleep.

Got to.

If you want to keep alive in the wilderness.

I could have told her without looking what that sound was, weren't that hard to figure?

Had to be in the coma up there making all that racking.

It sure is funny all the foolish crazy things a man will do when he knows there's a woman

watching him.

Even when he just thinks she's still watching, women have a way of turning the man's brain

into cornmeal mush.

Well, sir, one time I knew this greedy beekeeper and he was trying to figure out a way to keep

his birds bees working night and day.

He knew what he did.

He took his bees and he crossed them with lightning bugs.

And then lightning bees would keep that hive lit night and day and those bees would just

keep them making honey.

That's a funny story.

I never knew an Indian to walk into a tree before.

Rick and you and me ought to be packing too, Ben.

I sure hope we can find them out in as pretty as this one.

I can't understand you, Adams.

You got something against being rich?

Not with gold.

You can't do nothing except spend it.

Jack, what we got here?

There's no sense talking to you.

Nope.

No use.

No use at all.

No use trying to pound some sense into a green horn.

Well, me and number seven's got some more pannin' to do.

Get up on that river.

Good bye, Mr. Jack.

Yeah, but, uh, well, come on, number seven.

There's plenty more waiting for us.

Let's go.

Well, there you go.

This is good as new.

I hope you can forgive, old Ben, for smashing your den like you did.

He ain't been acting like himself lately.

She looks happier now.

He's not quite sure.

He's going to get his mate.

Mr. Jack isn't very happy with you for not letting him enjoy his gold.

Well, I'm not really happy with him either.

Aren't you paying a little selfish, Mr. Adams?

Look at it from his point of view.

He's lived a long and hard life, and all that gold would make life more comfortable for

him in his old age.

And you and the other people have depended on him to bring supplies in from town.

He has the right to think of himself now.

Do you think it's right for one person to tell another person how to live?

You're right.

Jack's been a good friend of me.

And if he thinks that gold's going to make him happy, then he ought to have it.

It's not right for me pushing my wants off, honeymoon.

Adam! Adam! Adam!

Ben!

Ben, I tore that beaver down down again.

How do you know it was Ben?

It had to be.

Ben should have been acting on her lately.

I don't know what's got into him.

First Jack and now Ben.

I'll tell you, this ain't one of my happiest days.

Hold up!

Number seven decided we'd done enough work for one day.

Well, he looked like he'd been stung by a hornet and a wasp and a bee all in the same spot.

Now, he's still fuming at me.

Oh, it ain't you.

It's Ben.

He just went and tore that beaver down down.

Ben?

Tore a beaver down?

Well, it had to be a few minutes ago by the looks of it.

Ben!

Now, now, just rain in your horses there, Adams.

How do you know it was Ben?

I saw the bear marks myself.

Well, did you ever stop to think there might be more than one bear in these mountains?

It couldn't have been Ben, because Ben was with number seven in me, Pan and Gold all morning.

He was?

Sure.

Then it wasn't Ben.

I gotta tell him.

Ben!

Ben, come on.

I gotta talk to you.

Ben, come on now.

Slow down.

Ben, check.

You didn't do it.

Now, Adams had been plumb wrong about Ben.

Another big bear had been making trouble all the way up and down the river.

Wreck him whatever was in his pan.

So Ben went out there and...

Well, he just kind of let him know grisly style that you gotta show respect for other

people's property.

Didn't take that other bear too long to get the ID.

Here, I'll do that.

Thank you, Sammy.

These old feet don't take time either.

Wearing moccasins with no socks.

Would you look at that?

Looks like I'm still wearing a sock.

Here, I'll rub them for a while and they'll feel better in no time.

Oh, that feels good.

That feels good.

Now, don't you fret, Nacoma.

These old feet will be ready for stomping in the square dance in any minute.

Mmm.

Worshla feet.

I can see you washing your feet.

Came to tell you I was wrong.

Wrong.

Wrong about what?

Well, I just apologize.

And then I want to apologize to you.

You found that, Gold.

It's only fitting you do with it what you please.

And it ain't my place to say no different.

Adams, I knew you'd come around sooner or later.

It's only fitting an old man like you have a softer way of life.

I've been a notice and every time you come to visit me and bend,

trying to sneak over that hill.

It sounded like an old steam engine, often in a puffing.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Mmm.

Old man like you ought to consider buying himself a horse.

These mountains get higher and valleys get lower with each passing year.

For sure you've seen a lot of passing years, ain't you, old man?

Oh, man.

Can't breathe.

Can't walk you listening to me.

I tell you, I could breathe.

Look at that.

And I can walk, I can walk from here to power cramps, if I have a mind to.

And run, run!

You know all them dears, you're loving and kissing all the time.

I can outrun them.

I go for your wolf, your coyote, I've caught wild fandons.

They're handed.

Why would I mean I can run fast?

And if anybody was watching me run and blink, they'd miss me altogether.

I'm just one great big boy when I go by.

Well, now just simmer down, Jack. Just hold it down.

Don't you simmer me down.

You say I can't run. I'll challenge you to a race.

I'll race you anywhere for money marbles or chalk.

That is, if you don't mind eating the dust that I'm going to kick up and back of me.

Mr. Jack, now Mr. Jack, you're not an old man.

You're a young man and you're strong and you can walk just as far and just as fast as anybody else.

Beelia, Dr. Tolly. Now you just stay out of this.

I'm cutting this green horn down the size here.

Beelia, bodily walk.

Old man.

What do you say?

Oh, he's just challenging you to a race.

You want to race me?

All right, I'll race you young cub, I owe you.

I'll run you, Marcus, and Zophia. Just make them work.

Make them work. We'll, I'll run you from here to yonder.

I'll run you, I'll run you till you're walking on stumps.

I'll run you for money marbles or chalk.

That's just tell me where you want to run and I'll run with you.

You ready?

Tacoma?

You just tell him you were joking.

When the coma come out and tell him.

I hope Mr. Adam can stop them.

Jack, I want you to act like you got some good sense.

I want you to forget this whole crazy race with the coma.

Look at him.

Is younger, he's stronger than you are.

I want you to shake hands with him, forget the whole business.

You just saved your breath, James Adams.

You want to feel pity for somebody?

Feel it for that Indian there.

Me, I'm ready to race.

You want to forget it, Nacoma?

Why are they going on with this?

Those two are more stubborn than a couple of mountain lions chewing on the same bone.

All right, Adam.

Let's get this race started before this strong young Indian fates that away.

Are you sure your two polecats won't change your mind?

This is going to be a long race you think you can hold up?

All right, this is how it's going to go.

This is the start line right here.

Take off from here and you run straight up through the forest,

up around that solitary oak.

Go around that solitary oak, back down across the stream.

Go around that big boulder.

Come around that big boulder, you'll work your way right down to the forest again.

Towards the fennish line.

Be sure you don't want to change your mind.

No way, let's just get this thing started.

You ready?

Go!

Come on, man.

Hurry up, man.

You don't want to miss this.

It's going to be good.

Go!

Why?

Why is Nakoma challenging Mr. Jack?

I'm afraid that you're doing so many.

Why doing?

Well, Nakoma's jealous.

Nakoma's jealous?

What is Nakoma jealous of?

Were you been cosying up to Jack,

hanging onto his arm, taking care of him like you have?

You mean Nakoma thought I was in love with Mr. Jack?

Mhmm.

Matt Jack took the challenge, but a racy has to run.

Who will be the best man, when the race is won?

He's riding like a rabbit, he's raceful as a girl.

The way he's riding through the trees he'll set her at her dear.

Come on then.

Don't give up now Jack. The race has just begun.

Don't let down, take a rest. The race is almost won.

The combin's way out front and he doesn't have a care.

Don't think he's hurt the story of the tortoise in the hair.

Hey.

Hey, Coma.

Are you all right?

Here. Let me have a look.

Well, like if you're you hit yourself in the same spot.

You'll have one lump instead of two.

You'll be all right.

Get Jack.

You got to the pitch. You made it all the way.

It must be you won the prize.

But you have to pay.

Jack, you won.

Hey.

Sue me. I think the Comany drew out more than Jack.

Come on.

Come on Jack.

Come on. Help me up old timer.

Come on Jack. Sit over here and spell. You deserve it.

You deserve it.

You deserve it.

Yeah, it's all over.

That win?

You did good.

You may not be as young as I thought it was.

But I ain't as old as you thought neither.

You're never going to be old Jack. You know that.

Take a look over there.

You want to hear something funny?

Nokoma's jealous of you.

Nokoma?

Tell us for me.

Yeah.

He thinks Sue me's in love with you.

They ain't that the stupidest thing you ever heard.

He's not the true people.

Look.

There you go baby boy.

There you go.

Now I don't want you to fret none Ben.

We're going to plan us a new garden in a new spot.

I read something about growing potatoes that are as big as melons.

Nokoma!

Ready to go Sue me.

I reckon Jack will be pleased and Nokoma's taking you back.

Now I can file his gold claim a lot quicker.

There's something Nokoma and I have to tell you before we go back to the village.

There isn't any more gold in this dream.

No gold.

Nokoma went down to get some more nuggets so Jack would have a full talk of gold and there aren't anymore.

I think we ought to tell them.

Tell me what.

I was just going to tell you that Nokoma's going to take Sue me back to her people.

Oh I knew that and I'm obliged to you.

Oh huh Sue me.

This is for you.

Well it ain't exactly for you.

For them kids you're going to be teaching.

And there might be enough there to build a school house.

Oh Jack thank you.

What's a little second gold to a rich man like you?

Well rich it ain't for me.

Nah.

These old bones are too hard for us off beds and my teeth are more suited to flapjacks than they are to tough steaks.

Well we can be traveling together as far as the fork.

I've got to get up to settlement and get some supplies for these mount folks.

And for the green horn here.

You know he'd starve to death they'd work for me.

And Sue me.

Next time I see you I want to sock back.

Well number seven.

Sue me I want you to give my best to your father.

Thank you.

I will.

Ben.

Bye.

Mmm.

Goodbye Mr. Adam.

Goodbye Sue me.

Deal with all I can get.

Bye my brother.

Bye.

Now let's go down the cabin I'll fix it up and eat.

I want to apologize again to you Ben for not trusting you.

I should have known better.

And I should have known better about Jack too.

That was pretty small of me to be so honorary with him.

But sometimes friends just don't always act the way you want him to act.

But if they're good friends I mean real good friends.

You give them a chance and a little leeway and everything seems to work out alright.

Ahhh!

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.

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

May there there's a time we'll call our own living free in harmony and majesty.

Take me home.

Take me home.

Take me home.