surpressed because for the difference in civilizations and traditions. Only with the arrival of the likes of Rousseau did the savage become something exciting and noble, a new and strange idea that could teach us a different way of living. Noble savage was sneaking its way into literature Friday in Robinson Crusoe (1719), Uncas in Last of the Mohicans (1826); and with the arrival of television, into film an TV series Tonto in The Lone Ranger (1949-1957), Pochahontas (1995) and Nobody in Dead Man (1995). Pop culture has defined the noble savage as a mentor to the modern man, a guide to the spiritual world and to the ways of the nature. In order to qualify as a mentor the character must give us a different perspective on what we are used to experiencing. A savage is perfect for the roll alien traditions, differing appereances, different common knowledge and wisdom. He is something nobody has ever seen
to explain details of battle and sailing that we, the readers, want to know about. W E S T E R N ALLIES: SIDEKICKS In the rich tradition of Hollywood Western movie serials and T V shows, the Ally is called a "sidekick," a term from early nineteenth-century pickpockets slang for a side pants pocket. In other words, a sidekick is someone you keep as close to you as your side pocket. Every T V Western hero had to have his Ally, from the Lone Ranger s "faithful Indian companion" Tonto to W i l d Bill Hickock's "comical sidekick" Jingles, played by character actor A n d y Devine, who also filled the Ally's role in many Western movies going back to Stagecoach. T h e Cisco Kid had his comic foil Pancho, Zorro had his silent but very useful accomplice Bernardo. Walter Brennan played a gallery of sidekicks, notably supporting John Wayne in Red River. There he goes beyond the usual roles of Ally as provider of comic relief and someone for the hero to talk to
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