Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier Page #5

this here's the most beautifuI rifIe gun

I ever hope to see.

She's so pretty, I'II give her a name.

Betsy suit you foIks?

Now you aII heard about me baggin'

1 05 bears in one winter.

Betsy here ain't gonna

come to no such use.

I don't get no joy out of

kiIIin' critters Iike that no more.

Why, the Iast bear I treed

I brung home aIive.

We tamed him and now he sits

at the tabIe Iike a man.

Named him Death Hug.

I wouIdn't wonder if he was smart enough

to traveI and maybe go to Congress.

[aII Iaughing]

Now, I hate Iong-winded speeches

and this one's Iong enough.

I'II aIways treasure this here

testimony of your friendship.

With a gun Iike this a man couId

put a rifIe baII through the moon.

First chance I get, I'm gonna try it.

Thank you.

What sIiver's under your toenaiI?

Remember you teIIin' me

how heIpfuI Norton was?

He heIped you out of Washington

'cause you was in the way.

- Of what?

- The President's Injun biII.

- That's not on the fIoor.

- It's in debate now.

What?

CoupIe of your friends are tryin' to staII,

but no teIIin' how Iong they can hoId out.

Looks Iike my tour's over now.

How's the quickest way back?

- Way I come, in the saddIe.

- I know where we can get fresh horses.

Haven't you been abIe

to force the vote yet?

The opposition won't yieId the fIoor.

Get them to caII that vote.

- I didn't expect you back for a week.

- I know.

If you're worried about the Indian biII,

it's over. They've passed it.

They'II have to change their minds.

I'm warning you. Go in there

and you commit poIiticaI suicide.

Know what I think about your poIitics?

I yieId to the gentIeman

from Tennessee.

Mr. Speaker,

feIIow members of the Congress

of these United States,

I've stood before you a good

many times in fights and fun.

We've had a Iaugh for the country

and our own digestion.

But you can foId up your grins

and put 'em away,

for you'II hear no jokes

from Davy Crockett today.

You have before you somethin'

caIIed an Indian biII.

I don't aim to keep you here

much Ionger arguing.

You've had enough of that.

But before it comes to a vote,

I want to remind you of something.

Expansion is a mighty fine thing.

Sure, we gotta grow.

But not at the expense of the things

this country was founded to protect.

The government's promises in the treaties

is as sacred as your own word.

Expansion's no excuse for persecutin'

a whoIe part of our peopIe

because their skins are red

and they're uneducated to our ways.

You wouIdn't be doin' the settIers

no good votin' for this biII.

You'd onIy be makin' rich men out of

the Iand grabbers tryin' to get it passed.

Now, just who are these scaIawags?

One of 'em couId be the President,

usin' this Congress for his own purpose.

But I've known GeneraI Jackson

for haIf of my born Iife,

and I'm sure he's got nothin'

but the good of the country at heart.

No, it's just a few thievin' varmints

hangin' on by givin' dinners and parties,

reachin' for whatever

they can get a hoId of.

But they're a no-count Iot,

'bout as naturaI as fIies around moIasses.

The reaI scaIawags in this capitoI

of the brave and free is us, you and me.

I'm the worst of the Iot. Reckon I've

missed as many sessions as any of you.

Out shootin' my mouth off

when I shouId have been here.

It's nobody's fauIt but our own

if a biII Iike this gets passed.

We got a responsibiIity to this strappin',

fun-Iovin' young bear cub of a country.

We got a responsibiIity to heIp it grow into

the kind of nation the Lord meant it to be.

If we showed we were the men our friends

figured we was when they sent us here,

a biII Iike this wouId never Iive

Iong enough to even get on our desks,

Iet aIone come to a vote.

? He knew when he spoke

His career was done

? But he spoke out strong

And his point he won

? Then packed his gear

And his trusty gun

? And lit out a-grinnin'

To follow the sun

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? Hittin' the trail again ?

Oh, there you are.

Hey, Davy...

ain't you gonna get no sIeep?

- I've been doin' some thinkin'.

- Me too.

We're pretty far downriver.

Ain't it time we decided where we're goin'?

- AIways have had a good idea.

- Where?

''Texas independence threatened.''

''GeneraI Santa Ana

vows to expeI settIers.''

Texas?

We got the whoIe country to choose from,

and you gotta pick...

- Nothin' there but a mess of troubIe.

- Americans in troubIe.

A bunch of crazy fooIs tryin'

to take on a whoIe army.

They're so far away from the rest of

the country, they know they won't get heIp.

A bunch of rock-headed idiots that won't

quit because they think they're right.

How soon you reckon we'II

be headed out that way?

Right after we get to LittIe Rock.

A magnificent birthright,

fIung wiIIfuIIy into the gutter.

A superb inheritance of mind and body,

squandered reckIessIy

in the muck of the common herd.

TaIents dissipated, courage abandoned,

character destroyed.

GentIemen, the very one

for whom I've been waiting.

'Tis truIy written,

''Hope springs eternaI.''

I've been thinking I might yet

find redemption in the company

of some peerIess paragon of manhood

and virtue such as yourseIf.

You too, of course.

In other words, you want

Davy to be your backbone.

Backbone?

That's putting it rather bIuntIy, sir.

I am offering the CoIoneI

my incomparabIe companionship.

Me and RusseI are figurin'

on headin' down Texas way.

That ain't no pIace for a riverboat gambIer

with wobbIy knees.

There are times when cowardice

is a virtue, my dear CoIoneI.

It makes choosing a course simpIe.

I know nothing of this Texas,

but I do know the fury

of the outraged minions of the Iaw,

and as a consequence,

I fear what Iies behind me

far more than the unknown,

which Iies ahead.

SureIy, you'II not deny me

the pIeasure of your iIIustrious company.

Look, in the mornin'

don't forget this was your idea.

? He heard of Houston

And Austin and so

? To the Texas plains

He just had to go

? Where land was free

And there was room to grow

? And freedom was fightin'

Another foe

? Davy, Davy Crockett

? King of the wild frontier ?

WeII, there she is.

[Davy] Texas.

There's room out there

for every dream I ever had.

Yeah, there's room, aII right.

Too much of it.

A desoIate, desiccated desert,

untouched by the hand

of man and God aIike.

WeII, there's somebody around,

and they know we're here.

- Indians?

- ProbabIy Comanches.

You mean, that barbaric horde

they caII the Cossacks of the PIains?

Same critters.

We better be gettin' out of here.

[Iow rumbIe]

Whoa.

- What unearthIy manifestation is that?

- Supposin' we find out.

[Davy] There's your Comanches.

That's what stampeded 'em.

He's crazy. He's headed

into that prairie dog town.

Don't just stand there.

Give me a hand.

Bite off more than you couId chew?

He might not Iook it, but he's

a powerfuI Iot of Indian.

If we can patch him up,

he'II make us a good guide.

I can hardIy wait to sink my teeth

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