Pocahontas Page #3

and determine their whereabouts, hm?

If there are any Indians

out there, I'll find them.

Now, gentlemen, to work.

You men, get the ship unloaded,

you men build the fort.

The rest of you...

break out the shovels!

- It's time to start digging!

- Digging?

Well, of course! Let's not forget

what the Spanish found

when they came to the New World.

Gold! Mountains of it.

Why, for years, they've been

ravaging the New World

of its most precious resources.

But now...

...it's our turn.

- The gold of Cortz

- [gasping]

The jewels of Pizarro

Will seem like mere trinkets

by this time tomorrow

The gold we find here

will dwarf them by far

Oh, with all you got in ya, boys

Dig up Virginia, boys

Mine, boys

Mine every mountain

And dig, boys

Dig till ya drop

Grab a pick, boys

Quick, boys

Shove in a shovel

Uncover those lovely pebbles

that sparkle and shine

It's gold

And it's mine, mine, mine

Dig and diggety dig

And dig and dig and diggety dig

- Hey, nonny, nonny hi, nonny, nonny

- Ooh, how I love it

- Hey, nonny, nonny hi, nonny, nonny

- Riches for cheap

- Hey, nonny, nonny hi, nonny, nonny

- There'll be heaps of it

- And I'll be on top of the heap

- Diggety, diggety, diggety, dig!

My rivals back home

it's not that I'm bitter

But think how they'll squirm

when they see how I glitter

The ladies at court

will be all a-twitter

- [sighing]

- The king will reward me

He'll knight me

No! Lord me

It's mine!

Mine, mine for the taking

It's mine, boys

Mine me that gold

With those nuggets dug

it's glory they'll give me

My dear friend, King Jimmy

will probably build me a shrine

When all of the gold

Is mine

And dig and dig and diggety dig

All of my life I have searched

for a land like this one

A wild or more challenging country

I couldn't design

Hundreds of dangers await

and I don't plan to miss one

In a land I can claim,

a land I can tame

- The greatest adventure is mine

- Keep on working, lads

- Mine

- Don't be shirking, lads

Mine, boys, mine

Mine me that gold

- Beautiful gold

- I Dig for that gold

Make this island my land

Make the mounds big, boys

I'd help you to dig, boys

But I've got this crick in me spine

- This land we behold

- This beauty untold

- A man can be bold

- It all can be sold

So go for the gold

We know which is here

- Mine, mine, mine

- [indistinct singing]

[rushing water]

[purring]

No! Wait! Please...

Please!

Don't run off.

It's all right.

I'm not going to hurt you.

Here. Let me help you out of there.

[Speaking Algonquian]

You don't understand a word

I'm saying, do you?

It's all right.

Listen with your heart

You will understand

[squeaking]

Let it break upon you

Like a wave upon the sand

Who are you?

Listen with your heart

You will understand

Pocahontas.

What? What did you say?

My name is Pocahontas.

I'm John Smith.

- That's it. Keep at it, men.

- [men grunt]

Keep digging.

It's got to be here somewhere.

- There's 30 more down by the ridge.

- That makes more than 100!

- Anything yet?

- Nothing but rocks and dirt, sir.

How long are we going to

keep digging like this, sir'?

We're slaving away,

busting our backs day and night...

For king and country. I know, I know.

And I share your fatigue. Wiggins!

Wiggins!

- Coming!

- Dispose of this.

- [whimpering]

- Who's a good doggie?

- Who's a good doggie?

- [sighing]

Fetch, boy!

- [velping]

- Savages! It's an ambush!

- Arm yourselves!

- Run!

- Arm yourselves!

- [men shout]

Make sure every man has a musket!

Shoot!

Them, you idiot!

[Yipping]

Where's that blasted Smith

when I need him?

[blast]

[groaning]

Namontack!

[grunting, groaning]

Back to the village!

[cheering]

Shut up. Shut up, you fools!

They'll be back.

Everyone back to camp.

Get the rest of the cannons ashore,

finish building the fort!

Aye, Governor!

And you... learn to use

that thing properly.

A man's not a man

unless he knows how to shoot.

[Kekata chanting]

- [groaning]

- [rattling, chanting]

These beasts invade our shores,

and now this.

[rattling, chanting]

This wound is strange to me.

[groans]

We will fight this enemy,

but we cannot do it alone.

Kocoum, send messengers

to every village in our nation.

We will call on our brothers

to help us fight.

These white men are dangerous!

No one is to go near them.

[John] It's called a helmet.

[Pocahontas] Helmet.

- [squeaking]

- [John] So... what river is this?

[Pocahontas] Quiyoughcohannock.

You have the most unusual names here.

Chickahominy.

Quiyo... Quiyoughcohannock.

Pocahontas.

You have the most unusual name, too.

- John Smith.

- [munching]

Hey! Is this bottomless pit

a friend of yours?

- Meeko!

- Well, how do you do, Meeko?

[purring]

It's all right. It's just a handshake.

Here, let me show you.

Nothing's happening.

No, no. I need your hand first.

It's how we say hello.

[purring. squeaking]

This is how we say hello. Winggapo.

Winggapo.

And how we say goodbye. Anah.

I like hello better.

[squeaking]

[angry chirping]

Yeah, I remember you.

- Flit just doesn't like strangers.

- But I'm not a stranger any more.

Hmm. Stubborn little fellow, isn't he?

- Very stubborn.

- [blows raspberry]

Hey!

- Meeko! Come back here.

- Don't worry. He can't hurt it.

- Hey! What are you doing?

- Meeko, bring that back.

No, it's all right. He can keep it.

Call it a gift.

[clanging]

What was that?

- My compass.

- Compass?

It tells you how to find

your way when you get lost.

It's all right.

I'll get another in London.

London? Is that your village?

- Yes. It's a very big village.

- What's it like?

It's got streets filled with carriages,

bridges over the rivers,

and buildings as tall as trees.

- I'd like to see those things.

- You will.

- How?

- We're going to build them here.

We'll show your people

how to use this land properly.

- How to make the most of it.

- Make the most of it?

Yes. We'll build roads

and decent houses...

Our houses are fine.

You think that only because

you don't know any better.

Wait a minute. Don't take it that...

- Hey! Wait!

- [squeaking]

Wait! There's so much we can teach you.

We've improved the lives

of savages all over the world.

Savages?

Not that you're a savage.

- Just my people.

- No.

Listen, that's not what I meant.

Let me explain.

- Let go!

- No. I'm not letting you leave.

Look, don't do this.

Savage is just a word, you know?

A term for...

people who are uncivilized.

Like me.

Well, when I say uncivilized,

what I mean is...

[snapping, yelling]

[moaning]

[clanging, grunting]

What you mean is... not like you.

You think I'm an ignorant savage

And you've been so many places

I guess it must be so

But still, I cannot see

If the savage one is me

How can there be so much

that you don't know

You don't know

You think you own

whatever land you land on

The earth is just

a dead thing you can claim

But I know every rock

and tree and creature

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