Pocahontas Page #2

That's why rivers live so long.

They're steady

As the steady beating drum

Your mother wore this for our wedding.

It was her dream to see you

wear it at your own.

It suits you.

[purring]

He wants me to be steady.

Like the river.

[shrieking, squeaking]

[chuckling] But it's not steady at all.

[squeaking]

What I love most about rivers is

You can't step in the same river twice

The water's always changing

Always flowing

But people, I guess

can't live like that

We all must pay a price

To be safe we lose our chance

of ever knowing

What's around the river bend

Waiting just around the river bend

I look once more

Just around the river bend

Beyond the shore

Where the gulls y free

Don't know what for

What I dream the day might send

Just around the river bend

[squeaking]

For me

Coming for me

I feel it there beyond those trees

Or right behind these waterfalls

Can I ignore that sound

of distant drumming?

For a handsome, sturdy husband

who builds handsome, sturdy walls

And never dreams that

something might be coming

Just around the river bend

I look once more

Just around the river bend

Beyond the shore

Somewhere past the sea

Don't know what for

Why do all my dreams extend

Just around the river bend?

Just around the river bend

Should I choose the smoothest course

Steady as the beating drum?

Should I marry Kocoum?

ls all my dreaming at an end?

Or do you still

Wait for me, dream giver?

Just around the river

Bend

[purring]

[chirping, twittering]

[hooting]

[old woman] Is that my Pocahontas?

Grandmother Willow,

I need to talk to you.

Good morning, child.

I was hoping you'd visit today.

[gasping] Why, your mother's necklace!

That's what I wanted

to talk to you about.

My father wants me to marry Kocoum.

Kocoum? But he's so serious!

I know. My father thinks

it's the right path for me.

But lately, I've been having

this dream, and I think it's...

Oh, a dream! Let's hear all about it!

[twittering, squeaking]

Quiet!

[shouting] Quiet!

[ribbits]

[gulping]

Now, child, you were saying?

Well, I'm running through the woods,

and then right there

in front of me is an arrow.

As I look at it, it starts to spin.

A spinning arrow? How unusual!

Yes, it spins faster and faster

and faster... until, suddenly, it stops.

[chittering]

Hmm.

Well, it seems to me this spinning arrow

is pointing you down your path.

But, Grandmother Willow,

what is my path?

How am I ever going to find it?

[chuckles] Your mother asked me

the very same question.

She did? What did you tell her?

I told her to listen.

All around you are spirits, child.

They live in the earth,

the water, the sky.

If you listen, they will guide you.

- I hear the wind.

- Yes.

What is it telling you?

- I don't understand.

- [distant howling]

Que que na-to-ra

You will understand

Listen with your heart

You will understand

Let it break upon you

like a wave upon the sand

It's saying something's coming.

Strange clouds?

Listen with your heart

You will understand

[drumming]

[squealing]

[purring]

What do you see?

Clouds. Strange clouds.

[Ratcliffe] Look at it, Wiggins,

an entire New World chock-full of gold,

just waiting for me.

And scores of adventures

waiting for us, right, Percy?

Do you think we'll meet some savages?

If we do, we shall be sure

to give them a proper English greeting.

Oh! Gift baskets!

And he came so highly recommended.

It's perfect, the water's deep enough.

We can pull right up to shore.

Hey, there, Percy.

- Very well, then. Give the order.

- Already done, sir.

I've got a crew assembled,

and they're ready to go.

About the natives...

I'm counting on you to make sure

those filthy heathens

don't disrupt our mission.

Well, if they're anything like

the savages I've fought before,

it's nothing I can't handle.

Right. That'll be all, Smith.

There's a good man.

- See ya, Percy.

- [growling]

The men like Smith, don't they?

[growling]

- I've never been a popular man.

- I like you.

Don't think I don't know what those

backstabbers at court say about me.

Oh, yes, all that talk

about being a pathetic social climber

- who's failed at everything...

- I'm very well aware that this is

my last chance for glory.

But mark my words, Wiggins,

when King James sees the gold

these peasants unearth,

success will be mine, at last.

- [man] Wake up! Shake a leg!

- Two of you up on the yardarm!

It's incredible.

And it's all ours.

I've never seen anything like it.

It can look like

Ratcliffe's knickers for all I care,

just as long as I

get off this stinking boat!

Come on, men. We didn't come

all this way just to look at it.

- [men call]

- [birds chirp]

[wilderness sounds]

[man] Keep it taut, lads.

Keep it taut! Steady! Steady!

[man 2] Hold up! That's far enough!

All right now... tie her off!

Here, John, tie off this end.

John? John?

- What are you doing up there?

- Getting a better look.

- [squeaking]

- [gasping]

[purring]

- [squeaking]

- [purring]

Hey!

[chittering]

[gasping]

[cooing]

Well... you're a strange looking fellow.

You hungry?

Here you go. It's a biscuit.

It's food. Well, sort of.

- You like it, eh?

- [purring]

Well, try eating it

for four months straight.

- [chittering]

- You got a friend back there?

- [angry squeaking]

- Hey... what the... What...? Watch out.

- No... get that... Look out!

- [purring, chirping]

- [trumpet sounds]

- John, you better get down here!

The governor's coming ashore.

- [angry squeaking]

- All right. I'm leaving.

[chirping]

[murmuring]

[man] Did you see their skin?

[man 2] Pale and sickly.

They have hair on their faces like dogs.

My brothers, we must know

more about these visitors.

Kekata, what do you see?

[chanting]

[Speaking Algonquian]

[rattling, howling]

These are not men like us...

...but strange beasts

with bodies that shine like the sun,

and weapons that spout

fire and thunder.

They prowl the earth

like ravenous wolves,

consuming everything in their path.

Great Powhatan, I will lead our warriors

to the river and attack.

We will destroy these invaders

the way we destroyed the Massawomecks.

Kocoum, in that battle we knew

how to fight our enemy,

but these pale visitors

are strange to us.

Take some men to the river

to observe them.

Let us hope

they do not intend to stay.

[military drumroll]

I hereby claim this land

and all its riches

in the name of His Majesty,

King James the First,

and do so name

this settlement Jamestown.

- [men cheer]

- Bravo! Bravo! Beautifully spoken, sir!

Hurry now, Percy.

We must be all squeaky clean

for the New World.

[sighing]

[gulping]

[purring]

[growling]

[purring]

[snarling]

[Yelping]

[purring]

[gulping]

[snarling]

[barking]

[Yipping]

[growling, moaning]

Captain Smith, it appears

I've selected the perfect location.

Not a savage in sight.

Just because we don't see them

doesn't mean they're not out there.

Then perhaps you should venture forth

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