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A troubled young man named Robert Ceilbleu (Mario Alcaide) hires Paladin (Richard Boone) to protect his father, ill-mannered Indian scout William Ceilbleu (Lon Chaney Jr.) from a deranged Comanche warrior named Hotanian. Before long, Paladin finds that his mission isn't as cut-and-dried as it seems: Robert Ceilbleu and Hotanian turn out to be one and the same! Curiously, this episode makes reference to three other Have Gun--Will Travel installments, including "Gold and Brimstone"--which hadn't even aired when "The Scorched Feather" was first telecast in February of 1959.