Northwest Passage Page #6

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we've dreamed of...

and we're going to need it

if we expect

to stay alive.

We'll get it, too.

All of it.

Towne,

you and marriner

go with me.

You, too, mcnott,

and sergeant lucas.

All right.

Now listen to

your company commanders.

Repeat what you're

going to do.

I'll advance

with 50 men and torches.

We'll fire the village, then

move to the river's edge

and hold the beach.

Right. Dunbar?

Hold the ridge

and kill them

if they try

to escape this way.

I'm to barricade

the river road

above the village.

I'll block

the downstream end.

Shoot down the dogs

that tortured my brother.

Right.

Attack when you hear me

give the cry of the loon.

All right.

Fix your bayonets.

Report to your stations.

Good luck.

Thank you, sir.

Come on, towne.

Cold?

I never shot

a man before.

I know just

how you feel.

It's nothing

to be ashamed of.

I was paralyzed

all through my first fight.

Like getting buck fever,

just stood there.

But my old musket

was so well-trained

that it kept

firing and reloading

all by itself.

I killed six indians

and never pulled the trigger.

If i had that gun,

i'd be all right.

When things start popping,

maybe you'll find it.

[Goat bleats]

[Dog barking]

[Dog whimpers]

[Imitates loon]

[Baa]

[Baa]

[Boom]

[Whooping]

[Whooping]

Under cover, men!

Don't fire till

you hear the command!

Here they come, men!

Stand by!

Fire!

Fire!

Prettiest shot

i ever made.

Aah!

Getting any

pretty pictures?

Looks like you found

that gun all right.

[Gunshots]

Come on!

Come get 'em.

Drive them back!

Kill them!

Kill them all!

Ogden!

Come on, men!

Come on,

white men!

Dunbar, come in!

Come in!

Charge!

Aah!

Aah!

[Whooping]

Some are getting away!

Go on over and get them!

Aah!

Too young!

Prisoner!

Oh!

Crofton!

Crofton, haven't

you had enough?

Ha ha ha ha ha!

[Indians chanting]

Tally our losses and

get the men together.

We haven't got

time to waste.

I want towne

to make a report.

Let me go!

You let me go!

Watch it!

What about

provisions?

None, sir.

The french took them.

There's nothing left

but a few baskets

of parched corn.

Put them in the canoes.

We've got

a long way to go

on that corn.

Divide it up

and tell every man

to fill his knapsack.

Bring those

white prisoners here.

Move on.

Get up here.

What's your name, ma'am?

Sarah hatten

from new hampshire.

They took me

seven years ago.

Killed my husband and

knocked my baby's head

against a tree.

My husband's scalp

is over there

with 700 others.

Oh, don't...

don't leave me here.

I'll look out for you.

The french will be back.

They'll see the smoke.

How many?

About 400

and a band of braves

from here.

It's the truth,

all right.

They'll be back and

put up their stakes again,

and your ugly head

will be the first

on the pole.

What's your name?

Jennie coit.

She's been

living here so long

she's worse than

these red rips.

Ah, rip yourself,

you old hag.

She's white.

She goes back.

Lieutenant dunbar,

get them started

across the river.

I stay here

where i belong!

[Speaking mohawk]

You white devil!

Go on! Get her moving!

Hurry up!

She gives you

any trouble,

stick her in the rump

with a bayonet.

What do we do

with those?

Let them go.

Tell them

i'm letting them go

so they can

give a message

to their people.

Say that

i destroyed their town

as a lesson.

Tell them if they ever

send their warriors

to take the scalps

of our people,

i'll have no mercy

next time.

[Speaking mohawk]

We attacked at 5:17.

It's 6:
10 now,

and we're still here.

Assemble the men.

We've got to get moving.

Where's towne?

Have you seen towne?

Langdon towne!

Take two men

and burn the fort.

Slim!

You can't use

all those moccasins.

I'll keep them

for you.

Langdon!

Langdon!

Crofton, have you

seen langdon towne?

No!

Langdon!

Langdon!

Langdon.

I let him

see me first.

How does it feel, son?

Well, sort of like...

i spilled

hot soup on myself.

We got to travel.

Come on.

Ow!

Put your weight

on me now.

We won't say

nothing to the major

about this.

Come in here!

All right!

Get them in the boats!

We're ready

to go, major.

Don't any of

these red hellions

have man-sized feet?

Lieutenant avery!

Captain ogden!

All right.

Shove off.

When we get

on the other side,

i'll build

a stretcher for you.

Be careful of him.

He's pretty bad wounded.

I'll be

right behind you,

langdon.

Assemble all the men

over here.

Line them up,

sergeant.

Here we go.

Line up!

Captain's orders!

Over here!

[Shouting]

Get out of the water!

Out of those canoes!

Out! Out!

Out of those canoes!

Hurry up, men.

Join your companies

and report at once.

Assemble over here.

How many men missing?

Seven, sir.

Two.

Three, sir.

Four.

It might be worse.

Towne's wounded.

He's lying there, sir.

Now pay attention.

Pretty soon

there'll be 500 frenchmen

and indians back here

looking for

their silverware

and sunday britches.

[Laughter]

We've got to

keep ahead of them,

and we've got

to get to food.

How do you aim

to get us back, major?

Go any way

but that swamp again.

Then we'll strike out

for lake memphremagog.

Then we'll go

to old fort wentworth

and food.

Did you say food?

How far is it, major?

We ought to be able

to step into the lake

in 10 days.

You can

rest your stomachs

all the way.

When we get there,

maybe we can stop

to hunt and fish.

Salmon, trout,

and deer steaks.

Will that suit everybody?

Oh, yeah.

All right.

Before we start,

every man eat

a handful of corn.

That's a banquet.

What do you think

the french will eat

at st. Francis?

Nothing but roast indians.

All right, ogden!

Start them south!

Right...

face!

Right face!

Right face!

Right face!

Forward!

Forward!

Forward!

Forward!

March!

Didn't you

hear assembly?

Join your company,

marriner.

Langdon's wounded.

I'll look after him.

I ain't going

to leave him.

Another word

and i'll have you shot.

Join your company.

Yes, sir.

Don't give up, son.

Are you hurt bad?

That's the first thing

i've had in my stomach

in days.

Oh!

Can you walk?

You know my orders.

I can't let the men

carry extra burdens.

Have you tried to walk?

How do you know

you can't walk

unless you've tried?

You know,

when people want to

badly enough,

they do

all sorts of things

they didn't know

they could do.

What's a little piece

of lead

to a great big

husky fellow like you?

Say...

you've got

a sweetheart at home,

ain't you?

Well, now,

what are you

going to do,

lie here and rot

and let

some other fellow

take her away from you?

Hmm?

Where's that book

of yours?

Let's see.

Didn't i see the picture

of a pretty girl in here?

Why, sure i did.

My, my, my.

Do you think i'd lie here

like a newborn calf

if i had

a girl like that?

Not me.

Is she really

as pretty as that?

Prettier.

Come on.

Come on!

Now, i'll

help you this far

but no farther.

A ranger puts

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