Northwest Passage Page #7

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his left foot forward.

Now your right.

That's the spirit.

Left!

Right!

Left!

Right!

Left!

Here, you!

Whatever your name is,

come over here!

Bring that

little indian boy.

Right!

Left!

Right!

Your name is billy.

Get over here.

Give this soldier

a little support

until that blood

stops running.

That's it. Left!

Right!

In a few days,

you'll lick any man

in the outfit.

Left! Right!

I'll see you

at sundown, harvard.

Left!

Right!

Keep on your feet,

turner.

They're all you've got

between you and bread

and molasses.

I'm glad

you can't see yourself

in those beads, mcneal.

Ha ha ha!

What have you got in

that knapsack, crofton?

Souvenir.

You better throw it away

if it's heavy.

It's not heavy.

It's light.

Ha ha ha!

Rangers...

fall out!

Make camp!

Marriner! Beacham!

Yes, sir.

Come on, son.

How are you feeling?

I'm all right.

Ah!

I'm first-rate.

That's good.

Don't you think

you better sit down?

No, i better not.

If i sat down,

it might be pretty hard

to get up again.

No, i'd better not.

You sure ought to be glad

that hole isn't in you.

I guess you're right.

But that's as nice

a place for a hole

as i could think of

if i thought all day...

if you have to

have a hole.

How far have we come?

Oh, about 15 miles,

as near as i can figure.

It's almost sundown,

isn't it?

Yeah.

Jesse and me will

take you into camp.

You go with the women

where you belong.

I'm fixing his bandage.

I'll tend to that.

Go on!

Do like i tell you.

Go on! Get out of here!

No! Leave me alone!

Here, you mink.

Don't you start

raising cain with these men

or i'll turn you loose

in the woods.

Soldier.

Go ahead.

Turn me loose.

I didn't ask

to come, did i?

Turn me loose,

why don't you?

Some of us

could carry him, sir.

Got a couple of poles i can

fasten a blanket between.

Like a hammock.

I won't do it.

I'm all right,

i tell you.

As long as i can

stay on my feet.

He's right.

If we carried him,

he'd be like

a baby for weeks.

If you can go

15 miles today

with that hole in you,

you can go anywhere.

How far is it

to lake memphremagog?

It's about...

ask her.

It looks like

she's going to

take care of you.

Harvard,

i'm proud of you.

You've been eating

too much.

How much of that corn

have you eaten today?

I had two handsful.

I got pretty hungry.

Guess i must be

feeling better.

Well, you can't have it.

You'll walk 10 days

on 1 handful a day.

You're not going

to get more now.

Are we almost

to memphremagog?

Ask that big moose

up ahead.

There's the lake,

boys!

Memphremagog,

plenty of fish there!

We're going to eat!

Food!

There's the lake.

This way!

Wait. Where do you

think you're going?

A mess of trout

for supper.

A mess of french lead

and hatchets for supper,

more likely.

What's the matter

with you men?

But, major,

you said when we

reached the lake,

we could stop

to hunt and fish.

Sure you did.

Yeah.

Put yourselves

in the shoes

of that french commander

that found our boats.

If he's guessed

we came to memphremagog,

he came here, too.

I'm going down

with the indians to look.

The rest of you,

stay here

until i get back.

Major, my men are

mighty hungry.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

They've got corn,

haven't they?

Captain jacobs,

kankaba.

If you fellas

were smart,

you wouldn't

have to eat corn.

Hey, there.

Hey, there.

Don't take the red one.

I'm saving that

for dessert.

Where's the food?

Didn't we make it?

Langdon, you're just

in time for a little corn

with the rest

of us roosters.

See the patch

in that moccasin?

That moccasin

belonged to webster,

the man we left

in the swamp.

Same french indian

who killed webster.

They come here, too.

Mmm.

You can't expect

the men to keep going

day in and day out

without food.

A few grains of corn

won't keep their bodies

in condition.

You said when we got

to lake memphremagog,

we could hunt and fish.

We've been talking

things over.

If we can't hunt here,

we think we should hold

an officers' council

and take a vote on what's

the best thing to do.

That's regulations,

if you want to do it

that way.

I vote to get to wentworth

as soon as we can.

But, major, my men

are starving.

If we don't find

something to eat,

we won't go

anyplace.

That's right.

What do you want to do?

Stay here and fish

and get roasted alive?

No, sir,

but the men feel

they'll be all right

if they

could split up

into hunting parties

and look for game.

That's what

my detachment thinks.

We could hunt,

then join up together again

and meet

anyplace you say.

[Major rogers]

Your men grumbling, too?

Not grumbling,

they just want

a little food.

Game's as scarce

as hen's teeth.

Gone out

of the woods,

i guess.

A big party

like this

will drive away

what's left.

Captain ogden,

what's your idea?

Well, sir, it's pretty hard

to drive hungry men,

but i think

we'd be better off

if we stick together.

[Men jeer]

Now, wait a minute.

I agree with ogden.

We're all pretty hungry,

but a hungry man

can go on

a lot longer

than he thinks he can

if he keeps his courage.

You know,

i'm pretty hungry myself,

but it's better

to be hungry

than to be cut up alive

with hatchets.

We'll be safe when we get

to wentworth.

That's only 100 miles

from here,

as the crow flies.

But, major,

we ain't crows.

Wait a minute.

You know,

this is tricky country.

It would be

a mighty easy place

for a small party

to get ambushed in.

We'd better vote,

major.

Yeah.

Yeah.

All right, we'll vote.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Well, that settles it.

We'll split up

into four parties.

All detachments

will meet here

at eagle mountain.

I'll have maps for you

before you leave.

And don't miss me

at eagle mountain

because you'll

never find wentworth

by yourselves.

All right,

get ready to go.

Number one company,

form over here.

Number two company,

form over here.

Number three company,

over here.

Sergeant mcnott.

Yes, sir.

Send the white women

with captain jacobs,

sergeant clark,

and half

of our scouts

straight

across to crown point.

Sergeant clark.

Yes, sir.

If them french

and injuns

would lend me

a boat and bait,

i'd go catch me a trout.

You ain't hungry,

are you?

I'd rather not

discuss it.

You won't starve.

I'll see to that.

Say, if you got food,

fetch it out.

No. You ain't

hungry enough yet.

Ha ha ha.

What's the matter

with crofton?

I don't know, sir.

Crofton!

No, no, no, no!

That's mine!

That's mine!

I'll kill you.

I'll kill you,

and i'll eat

your head, too.

Crofton.

No, no, no, rogers!

No, no, no!

Aah!

What did he have

in that sack?

The head of

an abanochi indian.

I'm sending you

with farrington.

Why, sir?

Because you've

got an education

and farrington hasn't.

A man with an education

isn't apt to get discouraged

and quit

as quickly as one without.

Don't worry.

You've got one advantage

over the rest.

They just want to

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