A wealthy doctor and his wife depart a riverboat and are met by a mysterious man who reveals that the doctor's only other white colleague has died. The doctor's wife decides to take a solo trip down the Congo River, while the man who died had a hidden stash of ivory. Meanwhile, a man writes a letter to his partner's brother, asking him to join him on an ivory-hunting expedition to restore their family's fortune.
Hell's Headquarters
Doctor Smith and his wife Mary disembarked from the riverboat, only to be greeted by Phil Talbot, who somberly revealed that Jessup, the village's sole white resident, had passed away during their brief two-day absence.