Pasquinel later marries Bockweisss daughter Lise Sally Kellerman, who is attracted to him even though he keeps leaving for long periods to trade furs in unknown territory. Lacking resources, he is introduced by a surgeon to Herman Bockweiss Raymond Burr, a Bavarian immigrant merchant and silversmith, and goes to him for backing. Louis, then part of the Spanish Empire, with a Pawnee stone arrowhead in his spine. The traders on their keelboat kill the treacherous Pawnee, but also turn on the plucky Pasquinel. He is saved by Cheyenne warriors, and manages to track down the rogue Pawnee just as they are about to trade his pelts. The French trader had felt himself safe after meeting with their chief. However, the beaver pelts that Pasquinel acquired from the Arapaho, as well as his remaining trade goods, are stolen by members of the Pawnee tribe. Lame Beaver comes to see great courage and honor within this white man, and so trades pelts with him for French trinkets. But Pasquinel puts down his blade in an act of trust, and the two become good friends. Pasquinel and Lame Beaver Michael Ansara end up confronting each other in the dead of night, with knives ready. One such trapper is Pasquinel Robert Conrad, a French Canadian fur trader who has gone out to the Rocky Mountains to trade for beaver pelts.
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By the end of the 18th century, Lame Beavers band is camped along the South Platte River, and they begin to encounter white trappers for the first time. He becomes a great warrior after a single-handed raid on the Comanche brings horses to the Arapaho for the first time, enabling them to become part of the great plains horse culture. A young Arapaho boy named Lame Beaver grows up during this period. The story begins in the mid-18th century among the Native American tribes of what is now northern Colorado. Centennial was released on DVD on July 29, 2008. It had a budget of US$25 million, employed four directors and five cinematographers, and featured over 100 speaking parts spanning 26 hours of television viewing time. The miniseries was one of the longest 26½ hours, including commercials and most ambitious television projects ever attempted at the time. Its cast included Michael Ansara, Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Conrad, Barbara Carrera, Richard Crenna, Timothy Dalton, Sharon Gless, Andy Griffith, Mark Harmon, Gregory Harrison, David Janssen, Alex Karras, Brian Keith, Sally Kellerman, Stephen McHattie, Lois Nettleton, Donald Pleasence, Adrienne La Russa, Lynn Redgrave, Clive Revill, Pernell Roberts, Robert Vaughn, Dennis Weaver, Anthony Zerbe and Stephanie Zimbalist. The miniseries follows the history of the area of the fictional town of Centennial, Colorado, from 1795 to the 1970s. Michener, and was produced by John Wilder. It was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseries, that aired on NBC, from October 1978 to February 1979.