Incident of the Tinker’s Dam

Wishbone, der Koch des Trails, erwartet den Besuch seines Zwillingsbruders. Voller Stolz gibt er schon im voraus mächtig mit seinem Bruder T.J. an. Als der endlich ankommt, belächeln die anderen den Neuankömmling. Doch zu Unrecht: Schon bald zeigt T.J., was in ihm steckt. (Text: Premiere)

Wishbone buries his brother "alive" to keep Kiowas from killing him for romancing the stony chief's wife. T.J. turns out to be a comical embarrassment: a pot fixer whose customers fight to scalp him for his shoddy tinking, which is his ploy for woman chasing. For years, trail cook Wishy's fellow drovers heard the cook laud his misplaced little brother's prowess as a warrior, politician, you name it. But angering the Kiowa at the moment is deadly serious, because the tribe is divided over signing a treaty. Young braves oppose old Chief Wankawa inking the doc.