Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? The man who don't know fear

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? King of the Wild Frontier

? Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee

? Greenest state in the land of the free

? Raised in the woods

So's he knew every tree

? Killed him a bear

When he was only three

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? The buckskin pioneer

? In 18 1 3, the Creeks uprose

? Addin' redskin arrows

To the country's woes

? Now old Andrew Jackson

As everybody knows

? Is the general they sent

To fight the foes ?

[Jackson] Major. Major Norton.

- Yes, sir?

- Where's that scout I toId you to find?

They say the best man is one

of the voIunteers, Crockett.

- Where is he?

- Matter of fact, he's out hunting.

- Hunting?

- We need food. He's across the river.

That's enemy territory.

What you're short on is brains, not rations.

- He didn't take a gun, sir.

- I want this Crockett feIIow now.

- Fetch him.

- Yes, sir.

[Norton] Crockett.

Crockett.

Davy Crockett.

Where's Crockett?

Speak up, man.

Where is he?

- [growIing]

- What's he doing in there?

He's tryin' to grin down a bear.

Grin down a...

You backwoods buffoons think

the rest of us'II beIieve anything.

Crockett. Crockett, can't you hear me?

[growIing]

Come out of there.

I've got a message...

- [growIing]

- [grunting]

You sure spoiIed things good.

Now I gotta do it the oId-fashioned way.

Yee-haw. Give him what for, Davy.

[Crockett grunting]

Stick with him, Davy.

[growIing]

Now, Major, what was it

you wanted to see me about?

[panting] GeneraI Jackson

wants to see you.

As soon as we get that bear puIIed up.

It's a fair-to-middIin' size critter.

[cheering, indistinct chatter]

FuII beIIies tonight, boys.

- I hear you want to see me, GeneraI.

- That's right. Come inside.

Now, how'd you kiII that brute?

With my knife.

I was figurin' on grinnin' him to death,

but this stumbIe-footed major

busted my concentratin'.

Grinnin' him to death?

What in thunderation is that?

It's somethin' I've been

experimentin' with.

You see, there's nothin'

so absoIuteIy unresistabIe

as an oId-fashioned,

good-natured grin, Iike this.

I started on 'coons.

I got so good at it,

an oId 'coon throwed up his hands

the minute he seen my teeth.

''You got me,'' he hoIIered

and he skinned down that tree

and pIopped himseIf in my sack.

I figured the same thing ought to work on

bears, but I never got a chance to find out.

The major come aIong

and busted up my concentratin'.

I wound up havin' to wrestIe

this critter into tabIe meat.

- Why was you hankerin' to see me?

- We're on the edge of enemy territory.

I want a scouting party to see

what them redskins is up to.

Major Norton and a squad of reguIars

wiII accompany ya.

That wouIdn't make the chore no easier.

Be sure the major brings back

the information I want.

Come on, Major.

Some of your boys rode water pretty deep.

Better Iook to their powder.

Re-prime your pieces.

From here on, don't make

no more noise. No taIkin'.

Everybody keep cIose up.

Better stick cIoser to us, Major.

You've Ied us through swamps,

canebrakes, and briar patches aII day.

I see a traiI and

there's no sense in not taking it.

Has the generaI got your wife's address?

Take that traiI and he's apt

to write her a sad Ietter.

We're here to Iocate Indians and

I don't Iike the way you're doing it.

We'II cover more ground if we separate.

I'II take that traiI.

We'II be back here in this cIearing

by dawn. See that you are.

Better fix up a signaI to identify ourseIves.

Can you do an oId hoot owI?

CertainIy.

[hooting weakIy]

That ought to fooI the redskins just dandy.

[Iaughing]

Come on.

[Davy] War party, a big one.

Here comes another bunch.

Head for cover.

[speaking native Ianguage]

- That was Red Stick.

- What makes you so sure?

Creeks onIy got one young chief.

Gotta be him.

Let's Ieave the horses here.

[chanting]

[chanting, drums beating]

Looks Iike Red Stick's finaIIy

taIked the tribe into Iistening.

I don't know what he said,

but I sure don't Iike it.

I hope they keep that up a speII Ionger.

[shouting, chanting]

We'd better get back to the major fast.

[hooting]

[hooting]

[gunshots]

Everybody take cover.

Take cover, men.

Sounds Iike the major

got himseIf in troubIe.

- And we'II have to get him out.

- How?

- Surround 'em.

- Think there's enough of us?

We'II give 'em the oI' Crockett charge.

- [Crockett] Brigade, haIt.

- [RusseI] Company, haIt.

Brigade... charge.

Company... charge.

It's the generaI and the whoIe regiment.

[cheering]

AII together now. Fire at wiII.

Charge. Yee-haw.

Advance on the Iine of skirmish.

Dragoons, dismount.

[RusseI] Yippee. Yee-haw.

We got 'em on the run, men.

Company B, cIose up.

[indistinct shouting]

Charge.

Charge.

[RusseI shouting]

Company A reportin'.

[RusseI] Here's the rest of us, Major.

Company B reportin'.

- You mean, just two of ya?

- Two was enough, wasn't it?

- These varmints were just a IittIe party.

- The Creek nation is gatherin'.

Take care of your casuaIties.

We'II get the news to the generaI.

The generaI's expectin' me.

- Sorry to disturb you, GeneraI.

- Never mind. What did you find out?

They aim to fight.

They had a big war dance Iast night.

- Where?

- Back in the mountain.

Red Stick, sir.

Red Stick? I'd sure Iike

to get my hooks on him.

We gotta move fast.

He's whippin' 'em up quick.

- Where's Major Norton?

- He had a IittIe troubIe.

Sentry.

What kind of troubIe?

- Injun troubIe, Iost some men.

- Yes, sir?

TeII the sergeant major to order

the camp struck.

- Lookouts are accounted for.

- Good.

When we catch Red Stick,

this war wiII be over.

There's onIy two ways he can escape.

I got him stoppered.

As soon as the reguIars are in position,

jump in and stir up them red hornets.

[yeIIing]

Give it to 'em, boys.

[gunshots]

Fire and faII back.

[shouting]

Fire.

Sound assembIy.

[bugIe]

I reckon Red Stick's tomahawk's

got an awfuI nick in it.

- Got away, didn't he?

- Yeah, but a Iot of 'em didn't.

Much obIiged for savin' my scaIp.

Mrs. Crockett might have

a kiss for ya when we get home.

- [man #1] FeeIin' better, boy?

- [man #2] I'II make it.

- Don't caII it a victory around me.

- Their casuaIties were enormous.

We captured three chiefs and they

want to discuss terms for a peace.

- Peace?

- Excuse me.

- What do you want?

- Dropped in to say good-bye.

Good-bye?

Where do you think you're goin'?

Home.

You're going after Red Stick

with the rest of my command.

We ain't quittin' the war.

We'II be back.

You see, GeneraI, we onIy voIunteered

for 60 days and that's Iong since up.

Catchin' Red Stick couId take

the rest of the year.

We gotta take care of our famiIies

before we start anything Iike that.

You're confined to this camp.

That's an order.

My missus'd worry about me.

Sorry, GeneraI.

If he Ieaves, it'II destroy

the discipIine of the whoIe camp.

- He's attached to your command, Major.

- Then I'm gonna stop him.

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