The Alamo Page #4

anytime you find yourselves

not busy with other matters,

I need you to be diggin' a new one here.

Ain't bad enough we got to fetch 'em

the water. Now we got to find it for 'em, too.

David, you said you wanted to see him.

There he is,

the Napoleon of the West.

Which one?

- That's Santa Anna?

- Yeah.

He's quite the peacock, isn't he?

Move this battery forward!

With all due respect for your safety...

...Davy Crockett is in the Alamo.

You are afraid of Crockett?

It is said that he can leap rivers.

And his rifle never misses.

He can shoot the fly off

a burro's swishing tail...

...at 180 meters.

Move them to here!

(men shouting in Spanish)

(laughs)

Wind kicked up.

Answer the pirates!

! Infanteria! Saquen sus canones.

(soldiers respond in Spanish)

(soldier shouts order in Spanish)

! Fuego!

(people shouting, screaming)

(man) Go back! Take cover!

Take that ball to Captain Dickinson.

We can reuse it.

You'll be pickin' that up yourself.

Well, I'll be.

- Cut it to shot and send it back to 'em.

- Yes, sir.

Fire the cannon.

Fire!

(screams)

(Travis) Fire once from each cannon!

You heard the colonel.

Lieutenant colonel, Colonel.

- You heard the man. Let's give 'em a taste!

- (man) Let's give 'em hell!

(men shouting)

Come on, get up here!

And fire!

Fire!

- Fire!

- Fire!

At this very moment our soldiers are held

in the Alamo against a force of thousands.

They put their hopes in Colonel Fannin,

who, despite his pedigree,

has proven himself ill-equipped to lead,

much less march, an army.

This is from Colonel Travis.

"I call on you in the name of liberty

to come to our aid with all dispatch."

"If this call is neglected,

I am determined to sustain myself

as long as possible

and die like a soldier,

who never forgets what is due

to his own honour and that of his country:

Victory or death."

(Houston) Gentlemen...

I will raise an army.

We will relieve the Alamo.

But only after

we have declared independence

and created a government

that can be legally recognised

by all the nations of the world.

That... is what every besieged man

in the Alamo is fighting for.

(Travis) We have no idea

if any of our couriers made it out.

- You know the land and the language.

- You are asking me to leave my men.

I'm asking you to deliver a message

to Houston and return with a response.

I'm ordering it.

Don't give him too much water.

He's just like me.

He drinks too much, he ain't worth a damn.

I'll bring him back to you, Santiago.

You bring yourself back.

Captain... go with God.

(whistles)

I will see you soon, my friends.

You have my word.

(coughs)

Makes a man ponder

the possibilities, don't it?

What happened to your cap?

Crawl away?

No. I only wear it when it's extra cold.

The truth is,

I only started wearing that thing...

because of that feller

in that play they did about me.

(Bowie coughs)

People expect things.

Ain't it so.

- Can I ask you something?

- All right.

Now, which was tougher,

jumping the Mississippi

or riding that lightning bolt?

(cannon fires)

Can you catch a cannonball?

If it was just me,

simple old David from Tennessee,

I might drop over that wall

some night and take my chances.

But that Davy Crockett feller,

they're all watchin' him.

He's been on these walls

every day of his life.

He's burning with fever.

Try to get him to drink

something not whiskey.

Sam, get me some sheets

and cold mud.

I have issued orders for Colonel Fannin

to retreat from Goliad.

John Forbes is mustering more men

throughout South Texas

and bringing them to Gonzales.

I expect 1500 men

to be there when I arrive.

We will march out,

circumventing Santa Anna's army,

and relieve the Alamo from the west,

withdrawing back to the Colorado

and establishing on a line southeast

from Beason's Crossing to Brazoria.

You will have command

of the regular army.

The militias will have their own command.

No. I will command all or none.

You do your calling, and I shall do mine.

I will lead an army.

You will birth a nation.

Gentlemen, to Texas!

(men) To Texas!

(branch snaps)

Here they come! Here they come!

Position the cannon!

Muster!

(command in Spanish)

(man) Move back! Move back!

They're measuring our strength.

(shouting in Spanish)

Prepare yourselves.

Fire at will, gentlemen!

(soldiers yelling)

(command in Spanish)

Captain Dickinson!

Aim! Fire!

(command in Spanish)

(distant cheering)

Run, you rabbits, run!

Them jacales out there

offer pretty good cover.

I wouldn't mind stretching my legs.

- (soldier) Burn 'em down.

- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Get that first one, right there.

Agh!

Arrgh!

(whimpering)

What's your name, boy?

(cheering and whooping)

Oh, yeah, Davy. Thatta boy!

Fine shootin', boy.

Muy bien. Muy bien. Muy bien.

(# "Degello")

(man) Watch the north wall!

(command in Spanish)

Over there.

What are they working at?

When they come over those walls,

I want you to throw up your hands

and holler,

"Soy negro. No disparo."

What's that?

Mexican law said

there ain't no slaves, right?

- Yeah.

- And contract or no, that's what you is.

Now, the Mexicans see your colour, you

tell 'em, "Don't shoot." They pass you by.

But Mr William,

he gonna give me a gun, and I'll...

You clean up their sh*t, you take care of

their horses, you wash 'em, you feed 'em.

Damn if you ain't gonna die for 'em, too.

(clanging)

GONZALES, TEXAS

(Houston) Where is everybody?

30 men from here in Gonzales

have already left for the Alamo.

Assemble the men that we have.

(Houston) We need more men.

If they arrive every day,

soon we will have enough.

But for now, we wait.

If we can't run, we walk.

If we can't walk, we crawl.

But we gotta go to the aid of those boys.

It's only right.

General, I'm the man who left Travis there.

I do not enjoy waiting

any more than the next man,

but I will not sacrifice Texas.

These 124 men cannot pierce

an army of thousands.

Colonel Fannin is en route from Goliad

with 400 men.

These troops need training.

I suggest that you commence with it.

- What should I tell Travis?

- Nothing. You're staying here.

No. General... Sam.

I gave my word!

That's an order.

Dig her deep, boys.

Dig her deep.

(under his breath)

Dig her deep.

Good work, boys.

Always good to have a fall-back position.

About the size of a grave,

ain't it, Cap?

Captain Dickinson...

I'm reassigning you and Private Esparza

to the battery at the rear of the church

so you can be near your families.

And I've arranged for a replacement

for your midnight watch.

Thank you, sir.

Gracias.

Here you go, son.

So, Davy,

in all your Indian fightin',

you ever get into a scrape like this?

I was never in but one real scrape

in my life, feller.

- Yeah, but you was in the Red Stick War.

- Yeah, it's true. I was in that.

I sure was.

I was just about your age when it broke out.

The Creeks boxed up

about 400 or 500 people at Fort Mims

and massacred every one of 'em.

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