

In doing so, Mowgli and Katherine fall in love, much to Boone's displeasure. Julius Plumford (a good friend of Brydon's) decide that they must re-introduce Mowgli to civilization. Katherine discovers an old bracelet of her mother's: one she gave to Mowgli when they were children, and instantly realizes who Mowgli is. Boone and his men manage to capture him and see that he is in possession of a valuable dagger that he took from Monkey City. Mowgli enters the village in search of Katherine. Katherine is also in a relationship with one of Brydon's soldiers, William Boone. She and Mowgli meet again, but neither recognize the other. Elsewhere, Katherine and her father are still stationed in India.

Years later, Mowgli, now a young man, discovers Monkey City, a legendary ancient city filled with treasure belonging to King Louie, who has his treasure guarded by Kaa the python. Mowgli also befriends a bear cub named Baloo. Mowgli is taken by Bagheera, a gentle black panther, to the wolf pack.

Brydon and his men believe Mowgli has been killed too. In the confusion, Mowgli is lost in the jungle with his pet wolf, Grey Brother. When he tries to kill the third hunter, Buldeo, Nathoo defends Buldeo, who ungratefully leaves him to be mauled to death by Khan. That night, the deadly tiger Shere Khan attacks the encampment, killing some soldiers who had been hunting down several animals for fun in the jungle earlier, which had enraged him. On one of his tours, he is leading Colonel Geoffrey Brydon and his men as well as Brydon's five-year-old daughter Katherine. During the British Raj in India, Mowgli is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife died in childbirth.
