During his adventures he is captured by another Green Martian tribe known as the Warhoons, finds the Atmosphere Factory, and eventually leads a horde of Tharks against the city-state of Zodanga, the historic enemy of Helium. Subsequently Carter becomes embroiled in the political affairs of both the Red and Green Martians in his efforts to safeguard Dejah Thoris. Carter rescues Dejah Thoris from the Green men in a bid to return her to her people. The Red Martians inhabit a loose network of city-states and control the desert planet's canals, along which its agriculture is concentrated. The Tharks subsequently capture Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, a member of the humanoid Red Martian race. Thanks to his strength and martial prowess, Carter rises to a high position in the tribe and earns the respect and eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas, one of the Thark chiefs. He soon falls in with a nomadic tribe of Green Martians, or Tharks, as the planet's warlike, six-limbed, green-skinned inhabitants are known. Carter finds that he has great strength and superhuman agility in this new environment as a result of its lesser gravity. He ends up on Mars, called ' Barsoom' by its inhabitants. He reaches out his arms to the distant planet and suddenly feels himself pulled through space. Panicked, he runs outside and sees Mars in the night sky. He desperately tries to break his paralysis and suddenly finds himself naked and looking down at his own body, still lying immobile on the floor of the cave. When he wakes up he is unable to move and becomes aware that he's not alone in the cave. He seeks refuge in a cave and shortly thereafter falls asleep. He finds Powell dead, having been killed by a hostile tribe of Apaches who chase after Carter. As the day wears on, however, he begins to have a terrible feeling that Powell has met with some bad luck, and goes out to search for him. Powell into town to pick up new equipment. One day in 1866 he sends his business partner James K. The story starts with John Carter as a successful gold prospector in Arizona.

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