Squanto: A Warrior's Tale Page #4

a stubborn weakness of mine...

I resist the possibility of other worlds,

other customs, other points of view.

Sometimes I overlook

the goodness in a man

even when it's staring me in the face.

Go in peace. You have my blessing.

Thank you, Brother Paul.

Take this as a gift from my heart.

(# lively music)

Mr. Epenow has figured out how

to avoid a whipping, eh, Mr. Harding?

Very Iiberal of you to give him

his freedom, Sir George.

A business transaction.

(gasps/cheers)

This brave that came from the New World

will battle the Ottoman army,

the wildest in the world!

Chief Epenow!

I must warn you though, this

performance is not for the faint of heart.

No, Squanto. No.

You have risked your Iife for a friend,

Brother Daniel.

Epenow's my friend.

I must do the same.

(cheers/whistles)

The fool!

(war cry)

Oh, no! Not yet, Harding.

He will entertain the audience.

Squanto, the savage!

Squanto! Squanto!

(crowd) Squanto! Squanto! Squanto!

Squanto! Squanto! Squanto!

(chanting continues)

Well, now, Squanto, you were

spectacular this afternoon.

The common people Ioved you.

The gentry Ioved you.

You were the talk of the town.

There is indeed a ship Ieaving

for your homeland.

It Ieaves PIymouth tomorrow at noon.

Your friend Epenow

will be on board that ship.

You, however, will not.

You can't run away from me, Indian.

I own you now.

You will do whatever I tell you to do.

Obey me and you'II be treated fairly.

Disobey me and you'II be punished.

There is a divine order to Iife.

First there's God,

followed by the angels, then the king...

Then the rest of us

according to our position in the world.

Your position, Indian,

is Iower than the animals.

You're not a human being.

You're Iivestock.

Harding!

Make very sure you keep him

bound and guarded at all times.

- Of course, Sir George.

- Just Iike my friend here, Epenow.

Take me home, you good-for-nothing.

You there.

The man you're Iooking for is not here.

- Do you know where he is?

- Locked away.

- He'II die.

- It has nothing to do with me.

Yes, it has.

The man is a human being.

He needs to go home.

He was brought over from the New World

on a ship Iike this.

I know.

(horse neighs)

(makes sucking noise)

Have a successful voyage, Dermer.

Do good business for me.

- Bring my ship back safely.

- Aye-aye, Sir George.

- Weigh the anchor!

- Aye-aye, sir.

Let go all bunts! Hoist the sails!

On your feet, savage!

- Take him.

- Get up, you animal.

Come on, you, now.

You. What is your business here?

Aah!

Get out of my way!

After him, you fools!

Capture the savage! Report to Sir George!

- Sir George! Sir George!

- What is it?

- The Indian has escaped!

- What?

Dermer!

Hard to starboard!

Hard to starboard!

He's getting away! After him!

Head round the other side!

Be certain this is the Iast time

you make a fool of me, savage!

- Brother Daniel!

- There is no time.

- You are a true warrior.

- Ha!

Let's go, maushop.

BIess you, bless you. God bless.

After him!

Sir George, the Half Moon!

The Indian, sir!

(man) Out of the way! Move it!

In the name of the king, out of the way!

(speaking Algonquin)

No, no, no!

Oh! No, no! Oh, no, no, no!

Aah!

Whoa! Sir George!

My Indian! Stop that ship!

Stop that ship!

Harding! Harding!

- You're fired! You're fired!

- Yes!

Yes, Sir George.

Save me!

Stop that ship!

Brother Daniel!

Brother Daniel!

Thank you!

You won the trust of the English,

Epenow.

The Engli...

(quietly) The English are greedy.

I promised them gold.

Where is this gold?

I've Iearned many things

from the English.

One of them was how to Iie.

I Iearned from them, too.

I found friends among them.

(horse neighs)

Our friends are the people

that we are going home to.

The Nausets and the Patuxets.

I am Ioyal to my people. And my family.

And my son.

Pequod will be a great sachem one day.

I too am Ioyal to my people and family.

And my bride, Nakooma.

But new friends do not threaten my Ioyalty.

Then you are a fool, Squanto.

The white man is not your friend.

He will only betray you.

My father taught me

to let my heart be my guide.

From the brothers, I learned

to keep my spirit, even in pain.

Epenow"s words left me concerned.

Land ho!

Epenow!

I was almost home.

My heart was longing for the moment

when I would hold Nakooma

in my arms again

and my family would gather

around the fire to celebrate my return.

But our ship sailed into Nauset Bay,

the place of Epenow"s people,

a few days away from my village.

Stow your oars now.

Keep your eyes peeled onshore.

(assorted ""bird"" calls)

(calls continue)

Pequod!

(speaks Algonquin)

Dada!

(whooping)

Squanto!

(rhythmic drumming/man singing)

(# all singing)

I go to rest now.

I Ieave at dawn for home.

Won't you dance with me?

Dance with me.

How about a kiss, then?

Just a Iittle one. Come on.

Come on!

For God's sakes, man, remember

your manners! You're a guest here.

She's just a bloody savage anyway.

(distant shouts and whooping)

What have you done?

This is not our way!

No, it is not our way!

It is the way of the English!

Aah!

You welcome them to your village and

now you slaughter them as the enemy?

They came to our Iand to trade,

then they took us away

and treated us Iike animals!

You have punished a good man

for other men's cruelty!

I killed them because I am a warrior!

- You have forgotten who you are!

- I have not forgotten!

Go back to your village, Squanto...

and see what the English

have brought to your people.

Then judge me for what I have done.

(flies buzzing)

Nakooma!

(bell chiming)

I began to understand Epenow"s rage.

All of my people were dead,

killed by the sickness

brought by the English.

My heart was bleeding.

Nakooma "s tears still haunted me.

The playful laughter of my people

still echoed through the village.

Now I would wear their ashes

and carry their spirits with me.

I had become a sachem without a tribe.

The English would come again -

I knew that.

And I promised the Great Spirit

to be the warrior

my father had seen in his vision.

Dr. Fuller, Mr. Bradford!

(bell chimes)

Look at this.

We're safe here.

Protected on all sides.

I suggest we bury our dead

before we settle in.

I still feel uneasy about this decision.

This is someone else's home.

God has guided us here.

This will be our home.

- But what if they come back?

- They will be met with resistance.

That is what you pay me for.

Warwick, take one man

and search the surrounding forest.

(exotic bird call)

(bird calls)

(hawk cries)

(distant voices)

(groaning)

Captain Fuller!

Man the barricades!

You two, come with me.

Carver, make sure the women

and children are secure.

I want every man of yours

armed and ready.

Mr. Bradford, could you

bring the rosewater, please?

We should try to make contact

with these people first.

We must show them we mean no harm.

I will not allow my men

to be used as target practice.

If we do not show strength now,

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