Disclaimer: Allan Quartermain, Elizabeth Curtis, Sir
Henry Curtis, Captain John Good from "King Solomon's Mines (1950)" are
property of H. Rider Haggard. Baubbre (a Watusi), Marco, Greg, Jim and Ron are
the characters that I have created. I am not making any money, and it was
written only for enjoyment for myself and other fans.
Summary of
"King Solomon's Mines" (1950)
Rated PG-13
One year after they returned from
King Solomon's Mines which was 1899, Baubbre who is from Watusi Tribe gave
Allan a message. The message was delivered to Allan and message said, "Sir
Henry Curtis was kidnapped by another group of white men. The skeleton remains
from the diamond mines was one of a hunter killed by that group. The group of
white men took him somewhere beyond the unexplored region of the Africa. It is
believed that those white men are the survivors of Atlantians."
Allan went to see Elizabeth and
gave her the message. Elizabeth was stunned to read that message about her
husband being captive. Elizabeth said, "How about going back and searching
for my husband."
Allan replied, "Yes, we will
go back and look for him. I'll get Captain John and some others to come. This
time you are going to stay home."
Elizabeth yelled, "I am
going! I have a right to be on your expedition! Just remember, I want to get
back to my husband."
Allan then replied, "OK you
come! Just remember I'm not responsible for whatever happens in the
jungle."
They started on the journey searching
for Sir Henry Curtis. Elizabeth, Captain John, Baubbre and several of others
were carrying packs. Greg and Ron also joined the expedition. Greg is an archaeologist,
and Ron is a professor from London. Allan instructed them and said, "We
are going to the Watusi Tribe. I believe they know everything about the
unexplored region of Africa. I have heard tales about a beast out there in the
unexplored region. We're probably going to have to stop at Kukuana
Village."
Ron replied, "There was
another professor that had gone out to the unexplored region and claimed that
there are live dinosaurs out there. Maybe those are the beasts that the Watusi
were talking about"
Greg also replied, "I think
it must be that professor is crazy or else he was drunk. The dinosaurs have
been extinct for over million years ago."
Several days later, they stopped
at Kukuana Village. The Kukuana were dancing up and down as high as ten feet.
They stayed just long enough to watch the ceremony. There was another white man
who had been living with them since the other was shot. Ron said, "That's
the professor that went to an unexplored region. His name is Jim"
Jim replied with a warning,
"There are dinosaurs out there. One of my friends got eaten by them. You
must turn back!"
They left the village and
continued to go to Watusi Tribe. They had traveled through the desert and through
the mountains for several days till they got to the Watusi Tribe.
They had arrived at the Watusi
Tribe. The Watusi Tribe were performing ceremony at the front of the
beetle-shaped hut. Baubbre joined their ceremony. After the ceremony had ended,
they were discussing finding Henry Curtis. Allan said to Baubbre, "We need
more of your people to help to find Henry Curtis." Baubbre translated
their language to the rest of the Watusi Tribe since they don't know English.
Baubbre translated their reply
into English, "Five of them will go with us. Several of them warned about
the beasts. We must have plenty of spears to slay those beasts."
After they left the Watusi
Village, they rowed on a canoe up the river for several miles into an
unexplored region of Africa. This was a big canoe and could hold as many as 20 people.
They came to a waterfall which was about 50 feet high. They had to get out of
the canoe and started to tie a rope on it to hoist it up the hill. They heard a
strange sound up the hill. When Allan and Baubbre got to top of the hill, they
saw Jubaira, a long-necked long-tailed dinosaur. Allan said, "I couldn't
believe that dinosaurs still exist. It was supposed to be extinct millions of
years ago."
Baubbre replied, "At least,
this one is a plant eater. I have an idea. This one could really hoist our
canoe up the hill."
They went back down the hill to
get the rope and brought that up the hill. They tied a rope on the dinosaur
tail. They made a noise, and the dinosaur hoisted the canoe up the hill. After
the canoe got to the top of the hill, they cut the rope loose and returned the
canoe to the river. Elizabeth said, "Are you sure that we won't be their
meal?"
Baubbre replied, "This one
is strictly a plant eater. This one is harmless."
They continued going up the river
until evening. Triceratops were running toward them. Elizabeth was screaming.
All six of the Watusi were throwing spears at them. One of them got nabbed from
the horn and died instantly. After they had slain that dinosaur, they cooked
that dinosaur for a meal. Elizabeth said, "I thought I wouldn't eat that.
It's really delicious. It tastes just like chicken."
Allan said, "This dinosaur
meat should last for several days. Let's put plenty of that in our packs."
The next morning, they ate more
of the dinosaur meat. After that meal, they continued to go on the expedition
to search for Sir Henry Curtis.
Allan's expedition was coming to
another city which wasn't on the map. There was an active volcano there near
the city. A group of men was coming towards them. Marco, the leader of this
group from the city came to Allan and said, "Hi: My name is Marco. Welcome
to Atlantis."
Allan replied, "Atlantis was
destroyed over 10,000 years ago. Atlantis had sunk under the sea."
Marco replied, "That was an
original city of Atlantis. This is the new Atlantis. We are the descendants of
survivors of the original city that was destroyed by Earthquakes and Volcano
eruption, causing it to sink into the sea. We came here to build a new
city."
Allan asked, "Have you seen
a man name Henry Curtis?"
Marco replied, "Yes, we met
him at the diamond mines. He decided to join us after we lost one of our
scientists. Our man had died from a heart attack, and we left him at the
mines."
Allan asked, "Can we see
Henry Curtis?"
Marco replied, "Sure, I'll
take you there."
They continued into the city.
When they got there, they found the treasures from King Solomon's Mines. Marco
took them to Henry Curtis. Elizabeth ran toward him and kissed him and said,
"I thought you were dead. I've missed you for three years. Why did you
join them?"
Henry replied, "I didn't
want to join them, they forced me to do that. This happened when an
archaeologist died at the mines, and they wanted me because I happen to be an
archeologist. They wanted us to bring those diamonds to their city. I have
studied those Atlanteans. They are a very advanced civilization. They have been
living here for over 10,000 years since the destruction of the original
Atlantis. They continued their lifestyle going through the generations."
Baubbre warned, "We must
return those diamonds back to King Solomon's Mines. That mountain is angry.
Your city will be destroyed unless you return those diamonds."
Marco replied angrily,
"Those diamonds stay here."
An earthquake suddenly shook the
ground. Baubbre warned them again, "This is the warning that you must
return the diamonds. If you don't, your city will be destroyed."
Marco called the guard and threw
all of them into prison.
They had been in prison for two
days. A big earthquake shook the area and a prison wall collapsed.
Quartermain escaped from prison. The walls of the city were tumbling down and
the volcano erupted. The volcano was shooting steam and ash several thousand
feet into the air. The lava was running down toward the city. Baubbre said to
the Atlanteans, "If you want to be saved, please follow us and bring the
diamonds. We must return those diamonds to the mines."
Marco spoke to the other Atlanteans,
"Just follow me, we'll find a safe place. Let them go their own way. Let
them have their own share of the diamonds."
The Atlanteans started to follow
Marco. Suddenly, a Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared. That dinosaur got Marco and ate
him alive. Elizabeth was screaming in fear. Henry hugged and comforted her.
After that dinosaur finished eating Marco, it took off away from them. Allan
announced to the Atlanteans, "Please follow us. We'll get you safely. We
must leave because the volcanic ash will be raining soon."
After several days, they got to
the river and were getting ready to canoe down the river. They were getting
ready to camp there. The triceratops appeared. The Watusi group speared that
dinosaur for a meal. Some of the volcanic ashes were getting to that camp. It
was light ash, just enough to appear on the ground. Allan said, "Please
wet some kind of cloth or bandana and put it over your nose. That will filter
out those ashes. We must leave as soon as possible."
The next morning, they put the
diamonds into a canoe. Allan said, "We can get out faster, if all of you
swim down the river. Since that canoe has limited space, we'll take those who
cannot swim. On the way down, there will be a waterfall. Please stay behind me
so we can get around it."
When they got to the waterfall,
they got out of the river and climbed over the cliff to get down to the bottom
of the falls. Allan and Baubbre tied the rope around the dinosaur's tail and
Baubbre chased that dinosaur so it can lower the canoe back down on bottom of
the river. Allan explained to them, "We will continue to follow down that
river. We will return those diamonds back to the mines. After that, we will
head to the Watusi Tribe."
Captain John replied, "Since
it's getting near the New Year and New Century, how about celebrating it at the
Watusi Tribe?"
Baubbre replied, "We are
going to have a special ceremony there."
They continued down the river and
spent a night near King Solomon's Mines.
The next morning, they were
getting ready to return the diamonds to the mines. Allan said, "The
entrance has been blocked. There are two ways of dealing with that. We could
either spend a couple of days reopening the entrance or we could swim in from
the stream."
Greg replied, "Since we have
some dynamites, why don't we just blow it open?"
Baubbre said, "We must
remove those rocks to return those diamonds. Once we return those diamonds, then
we will blow them shut."
They went up to the blocked
entrance and everyone helped to reopen the entrance. After the entrance
reopened, they brought the diamonds in. Elizabeth said to Henry, "I
thought that was your skeleton remains when we were there a couple of years
ago."
Henry replied, "That was an
archeologist that died here when they kidnapped me."
After they put the diamond back
into the mines, they were putting dynamite at both the entrance near the stream
and the main entrance. Allan said to everyone, "Please leave the mines. We
are going to dynamite to block those entrances."
After everyone got far enough away
from the entrance, Allan blew it with the dynamite and blocked the entrances.
Baubbre said, "The mountain is now happy to have its diamonds back. We
will now head back to the Watusi Tribe."
Elizabeth replied, "I still
think that is superstitious. I don't believe that mountain would be angry about
taking the diamonds."
The ghostly apparition of King
Solomon appeared with a smile. Baubbre said, "Look Elizabeth, this is what
I am talking about." Everyone had witnessed the apparition, and it
disappeared.
They all returned to the Watusi
Tribe. They stayed till New Year's Day. There was a ceremony performed near the
beetle-shaped hut and the Watusi danced till midnight. On the following day, which marks the start of the new
century, they departed from the Watusi Tribe.
The Atlanteans went to England
with Henry and Elizabeth. The Atlantean’s settled in England and were happy
there.
THE END