FADE IN:

EXT. DESERT OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST - DAY

A mountain peak dominates the landscape.

TITLES BEGIN:

Riders on horseback cross the desert. From this distance

they appear to be a company of Army Cavalry Soldiers.

CLOSER ANGLES ON THE RIDERS

Reveal only details of saddles, hooves and uniforms. The

riders are silhouetted against the rising sun as they ride

into an ancient CLIFF PUEBLO.

The OFFICER IN COMMAND raises his hand halting his troops.

OFFICER:

Dis-mount!

RIDERS climb down from their mounts... and only now do we

realize that this is a TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS, all of them about

thirteen years of age. The "Commanding Officer" is only their

SCOUTMASTER, Mr. Havelock.

One of the Scouts, a pudgy kid named HERMAN, steps away from

his horse, bends over and pukes. The other Scouts rag on

him.

FIRST SCOUT:

Herman's horsesick!

A BLOND SCOUT, however, befriends Herman. He has a thatch of

straw-colored hair and the no-nonsense expression common to

kids whose curiosity and appetite for knowledge exceed what

they teach in school. Additionally, he has adorned his uniform

with an authentic HOPI INDIAN WOVEN BELT.

SCOUTMASTER:

Chaps, don't anybody wander off.

Some of the passageways in here can

run for miles.

Two Boy Scouts climb up the rocky base of the cliff.

INT. THE PASSAGEWAY - DAY

The two boys head down the passageway. It's dark, and the

temperature drops several degrees. Spiders have built huge

webs that get caught in the boys' hair.

Herman appears very uncertain as to the wisdom of this

enterprise, but he's drawn on by his companion's adventurous

curiosity.

HERMAN:

I don't think this is such a good

idea.

LAUGHTER is HEARD; the Blond Scout pulls Herman forward toward

its source.

The VOICES GROW LOUDER now as the boys get closer to their

source. The light of kerosene lanterns dances on the tunnel

walls ahead. The boys approach cautiously, careful to stay

hidden.

HERMAN:

What is it?

This is what they see:

FOUR MEN digging with shovels and pick-axes. They have broken

into one of the pueblo's SECRET CHAMBERS... called "Kivas."

The men are ROUGH RIDER (his name describes his dress), ROSCOE

(a Bowery Boy bully of 14) and HALFBREED (with straight black

hair that cascades over his shoulders).

And the fourth man wears a LEATHER WAIST JACKET and BROWN

FELT FEDORA HAT. He has his back turned to us, but we would

be willing to bet anything that this is INDIANA JONES.

However, when the man turns, and his face is illuminated by

the lantern's glow, we are shocked to discover that it is

someone else.

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