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Pocahontas Quotes

"An American legend comes to life."

G 1995 · 1h 21m
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31 quotes
A Conflict Over a Critical Decision
Governor Ratcliffe Now's our chance! Fire!
[draws sword]
Thomas No!
Thomas They let him go!
Ben They don't want to fight!
Governor Ratcliffe It's a trick! Don't you see!? FIRE!!! Fine! I'll settle this myself!
[The Englishmen scowl at him. Governor Ratcliffe wavers for a moment, then throws his sword to the ground and grabs a musket]
Thomas John! You shot him!
[to Governor Ratcliffe as Pocahontas rushes to John Smith's side]
Governor Ratcliffe He stepped right... right into it! It's his own fault!
[dumbfounded]
Ben Smith was right all along!
Lon We never should have listened to you!
Ben Get the gun!
[The men swarm over Governor Ratcliffe and restrain him]
Governor Ratcliffe Traitors! Unhand me, I say! How dare you!
Thomas Put him in chains!
[grabs the gun from Governor Ratcliffe]
Governor Ratcliffe I'll see you all HANGED for this!
Thomas And gag him as well!
[Thomas looks up at John as Pocahontas and Chief Powhatan tend him worried rushes to him]
A Friend's Warning Against Recklessness
Nakoma Pocahontas!
Pocahontas Nakoma!
Nakoma Don't go out there. I lied for you once. Don't ask me to do it again.
Pocahontas I have to do this.
Nakoma He's one of them!
Pocahontas You don't know him.
Nakoma If you go out there, you'll be turning your back on your own people.
Pocahontas I'm trying to help my people.
Nakoma Pocahontas, please. You're my best friend. I don't want you to get hurt.
Pocahontas I won't. I know what I'm doing.
Nakoma Pocahontas, no!
A Concerned Friend Calls Out to Pocahontas
Nakoma Pocahontas! Your father's back! Come down here!
Pocahontas He's back, Flit! Come on, Meeko.
Nakoma No, not that... way.
Nakoma Show-off. Pocahontas? Pocahontas? Are you all right? Well, you better be all right because I’m not coming in after you...! Don't you think we're getting a little old for these games?
[Coughs.]
Pocahontas Help me turn this thing over.
Nakoma About the dream again? Oh, have you figured it out yet?
Pocahontas I know it means something, I just don’t know what.
Nakoma What were you doing up there?
Pocahontas Thinking. Meeko!
Nakoma You should ask your father about it.
Pocahontas Maybe I should. Come on, Flit. Quit playing around, we have to get back.
Homecoming and the Search for Pocahontas
Kekata Ka-ma wingapo. Powhatan.
Powhatan Ay-man-ay-cho, Kekata. It's good to be home. Chesk-cham-ay! The Massawomecks are defeated! With the help of our brothers, our villages are safe again!
Kekata Your return has brought much joy to the village. Look at all the smiling faces.
Powhatan Yes. But there is one smiling face I don't see. Where is my daughter?
Kekata You know Pocahontas. She has her mother's spirit. She goes wherever the wind takes her.
Understanding Through Listening and Connection
John Smith 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.
Pocahontas Ma-ta-que-na-to-rath.
John Smith You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you? It's all right.
[pauses out]
Grandmother Willow (voice off) Listen with your heart you will understand. Let it break upon you like a wave upon the sand.
[singing]
John Smith Who are you?
Grandmother Willow (voice off) Listen with your heart, you will understand.
[singing]
Pocahontas Pocahontas.
John Smith What? What do you just say?
Pocahontas My name is Pocahontas.
John Smith I'm John Smith.
Perceptions of the New Arrivals
Native American Did you see their skin? Pale and sickly.
Native American They have hair on their faces like dogs.
Powhatan My brothers, we must know more about these visitors. Kekata, what do you see?
Kekata 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.
[Chanting.]
Kocoum Great Powhatan. I will lead our warriors to the river and attack. We will destroy these invaders the way we destroyed the Massawomecks.
Powhatan 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.
Governor Ratcliffe 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.
Wiggins Bravo! Bravo! Beautifully spoken, sir. Hurry now, Percy. We must be all squeaky clean for the New World.
[to Percy in the bath]
Governor Ratcliffe Captain Smith! It appears I've selected the perfect location, eh? Not a savage in sight.
John Smith Just because we don't see them doesn't mean they're not out there, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe Well then, perhaps you should venture forth and determine their whereabouts, hmm?
John Smith If there are any Indians out there, I'll find them.
Governor Ratcliffe Now, gentlemen, to work. You men, get the ship unloaded.
Settler Right, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe You men build the fort. The rest of you... Break out the shovels! It's time to start digging.
Ben and Lon Digging?
Governor Ratcliffe Why, 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 Cortéz / 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 ya got in ya, boys / Dig up Virginia, boys / Mine, boys, mine, every mountain / And dig, boys, dig til 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
[spoken; singing]
Settlers Dig and dig and dig and diggety / Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig...
[singing]
Wiggins Hey nonny nonny / Ho nonny nonny
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Ooh, how I love it
[singing]
Wiggins Hey nonny nonny / Ho nonny nonny
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Riches for cheap
[singing]
Wiggins Hey nonny nonny / Ho nonny nonny
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe There'll be heaps of it / And I'll be on top of the heap / 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 in court / Will be all a-twitter / 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
[singing]
Settlers Dig and dig and dig and diggety / Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig
[singing]
John Smith All of my life I have searched for land like this one / A wilder 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
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Keep on working, lads
[singing]
John Smith Mine
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Don't be shirking, lads / Mine, boys, mine / Mine me that gold
[singing]
Settlers Dig, dig, and diggety
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Beautiful gold
[singing]
Settlers Dig, dig, for that gold / Make this island / My land
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Make the mounds big, boys / I'd help you to dig, boys / But I’ve got this crick in me spine
[singing]
John Smith This land we behold
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe This beauty untold
[singing]
John Smith A man can be bold
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe It all can be sold
[singing]
Settlers So go for the gold / We know which is here
[singing]
[singing]
Settlers All the riches here
[singing]
[singing]
Settlers From this minute
[singing]
[singing]
Settlers This land and what's in it is
[singing]
All Mine
[singing]
Settlers Dig and dig and diggety-dig / Hey nonny nonny, it's mine
[singing]
Exploration and Encounter in the New World
Governor Ratcliffe Look at it, Wiggins. An entire New World chock full of gold, just waiting for me.
Wiggins And scores of adventures waiting for us, right, Percy? Do you think we'll meet some savages?
Governor Ratcliffe If we do, we shall be sure to give them a proper English greeting.
Wiggins Oooh, gift baskets!
[holds up a pair of gift baskets]
Governor Ratcliffe And he came so highly recommended.
[to himself]
John Smith It's perfect, Governor. The water's deep enough, we can pull right up to shore. Hey there, Percy.
Governor Ratcliffe Very well, then. Give the order.
John Smith Already done, sir. I've got a crew assembled and they're ready to go.
Governor Ratcliffe About the natives, I'm counting on you to make sure those filthy heathens don't disrupt our mission.
John Smith Well, if they're anything like the savages I've fought before, it's nothing I can't handle.
Governor Ratcliffe Right. That'll be all, Smith, there's a good man.
John Smith See ya, Percy.
Governor Ratcliffe The men like Smith, don't they? I've never been a popular man.
Wiggins I like you.
Governor Ratcliffe And don't think I don't know what those backstabbers at court say about me.
Wiggins Oh yes, all that talk about you being a pathetic social climber who's failed at everything he's--
Governor Ratcliffe I'm very well aware that this is my last chance for glory. But mark my words, Wiggins, when King James see the gold these peasants unearth success will be mine, at last.
Ben Wake up! Shake a leg!
Lon It's incredible.
Thomas And it's all ours. I've never seen anything like it.
Ben It can look like Ratcliffe's knickers, for all I care, just as long as we get off this stinking boat.
John Smith Come on, men, we didn't come all this way just to look at it.
Ben Keep it taut, lads, keep it taut! Steady, steady.
Lon Ah, that's far enough! All right now, tie her off.
Thomas Here, John, tie up this end. John? John? What are you doing up there?
John Smith Getting a better look. Hey! 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? Well, try eating it for four months straight. You got a friend back there? Hey, what, what, watch out! No... Get that... Look out!
[Meeko bumps into him.; Flit attacks him.]
Thomas John! You better get down here! The Governor's coming ashore!
John Smith All right, all right, I'm leaving.
Discovery and Curiosity in a New World
John Smith This place is incredible! And to think, we came all this way just to dig it up for gold.
Pocahontas Gold?
John Smith Hey, Meeko.
Pocahontas What’s gold?
John Smith You know, it's... It's yellow, comes out of the ground, it's really valuable.
Pocahontas Oh, here, we've lots of it. Gold.
[Takes out an ear of corn.]
John Smith No... Gold is this.
[Takes out a gold coin.]
Pocahontas Hmm, there's nothing like that around here.
John Smith No gold?
Pocahontas Not that I've seen.
John Smith All this way for nothing. Those boys are in for a big surprise.
[Laughs.]
Pocahontas Will they leave?
John Smith Some of them might.
Pocahontas Will you go home?
John Smith Well, it's not like I have much of a home to go back to. I've never really belonged anywhere.
Pocahontas You could belong here.
John Smith What was that?
[shocked]
Pocahontas Do you see something?
John Smith No, no. I just, uh, I... I didn't see anything. Did I?
[nervous; she nowhere to be seen]
Pocahontas Look again.
Grandmother Willow Let it break upon you, like a wave upon the sand. Hello, John Smith.
[she appears; singing; spoken]
John Smith Pocahontas, that tree is talking to me.
[nervously]
Pocahontas Then you should talk back.
Grandmother Willow Don't be frightened, young man. My bark is worse than my bite.
Pocahontas Say something.
John Smith What do you say to a tree?
Pocahontas Anything you want.
John Smith So, uhh...
[gets closer to Grandmother Willow]
Grandmother Willow Come closer, John Smith. He has a good soul. And he's handsome, too.
[she inspects him]
John Smith Oh, I like her.
Pocahontas I knew you would.
Ben Smith! Smith, where are you mate?
[they shocked it]
John Smith We can't let them see us.
Grandmother Willow Quick! Over here!
[they hiding in the glade on our side]
Lon This place gives me the creeps. Savages could be hiding anywhere.
Ben Ay, well, if you spot one, don't ask questions. Just shoot.
Ben Watch your feet, ya big oaf!
Lon It wasn't me! It was the tree!
Ben Oh, of course. The tree just felt like lifting its roots and... Let's get out of here!
[sees the tree root out of the ground; it drops back in the earth]
Ben Run!
Lon But what about Smith?
Ben He's a big lad! He can take care of himself!
John Smith I'm glad you're on our side.
Grandmother Willow There's still some snap in these old vines.
John Smith I better get back before they send the whole camp after me.
Pocahontas When will I see you again?
John Smith Meet me tonight, right here.
Grandmother Willow Well, I haven't had this much excitement in 200 years.
Pocahontas What am I doing? I shouldn't be seeing him again. I mean, I want to see him again--
Grandmother Willow Who wouldn't? I want to see him again.
Pocahontas But still, something inside is telling me it’s the right thing.
Grandmother Willow Perhaps it's your dream.
Pocahontas My dream? Do you think he’s the one the spinning arrow was pointing to?
Concern for Pocahontas Among Friends
Nakoma Kocoum.
Kocoum What is it?
[turns toward her]
Nakoma It's Pocahontas.
Kocoum What's wrong? Is she all right?
[worried; standing up; Nakoma pauses for a moments, as she suddenly feels that she's making a big mistake, but decides to warn Kocoum anyhow]
Nakoma I think she's in trouble.
[Cut to Grandmother Willow's glade. Pocahontas runs straight inside as fast as she can. Several squirrels scurry all over the ancient tree's face]
Grandmother Willow The earth is trembling, child. What just happened?
Pocahontas The warriors are here.
John Smith Pocahontas!
Pocahontas John!
John Smith Listen to me. My men are planning to attack your people. You have to warn them.
Pocahontas Maybe it's not too late to stop this. You have to come with me and talk to my father.
[Pocahontas pulls John Smith along, but he stops her]
John Smith Pocahontas, talking isn't going to do any nice. I already tried talking to my men, but everything about this land has them spooked.
[Suddenly, a muffled howl turns their attention towards the woods. It is revealed to be Percy, yet stuck in the log from earlier. He spins around clumsily]
Grandmother Willow That's the strangest creature I've ever seen!
John Smith Percy?
John Smith Easy, Percy. Come here!
Pocahontas Meeko, come back!
John Smith You see what I mean? Once two sides will to fight, nothing can stop them.
Pocahontas Come-come here, both of you!
John Smith It's alright, it's alright. He's a friend. Bad...bad dog! Sit!
Pocahontas What are you doing here? Meeko!
John Smith Percy, get back here! What are you doing here? Stop that!
Grandmother Willow Alright, that's enough!
Grandmother Willow It's enough to make your sap boil. Now then, there's something I want to show you. Look.
Pocahontas The ripples.
John Smith What about them?
Grandmother Willow So small at first, then look how they grow. But someone has to start them.
John Smith They're not going to listen to us.
Grandmother Willow Young man, sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. Don't you see? Only when the fighting stops can you be together.
[raises one of her roots and slides John Smith down to Pocahontas; John Smith takes Pocahontas' hands and thinks for a moment. In no time, he agrees with her decision to speak to her father to try and reason with him]
John Smith All right. Let's go talk to your father.
Concern for Thomas's Well-being
Ben Is he going to make it, Thomas?
Seeking Information on Suspicious Behavior
Governor Ratcliffe Follow him.
Thomas Yes, Governor.
Governor Ratcliffe I want to know where he's sneaking off to.
Thomas Yes, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe And if you see any Indians, shoot them. Oh, and Thomas? You've been a slipshod sailor and a poor excuse for a soldier. Don't disappoint me again.
Conflict Among Characters Over Cultural Differences
Native American The warriors are here!
Nakoma Pocahontas, are you crazy? What were you doing with one of them?
Kocoum There you are!
Pocahontas Kocoum!
Kocoum Look at them. Now we have enough warriors to destroy those white demons!
[to Pocahontas and Nakoma]
Powhatan Now that we are joined by our brothers, we will defeat this enemy.
Pocahontas Father, I need to speak with you.
Powhatan Not now, my daughter. The council is gathering.
Pocahontas We don't have to fight them! There must be a better way.
[about the settlers]
Powhatan Sometimes our paths are chosen for us.
Pocahontas But maybe we should try talking to them.
Powhatan They do not want to talk.
Pocahontas But if one of them did want to talk, you would listen to him, wouldn't you?
Powhatan Pocahontas...
Pocahontas Wouldn't you?!
[desperately]
Powhatan Of course I would. But it is not that simple. Nothing is simple anymore.
Cultural Exchange in Pocahontas Dialogue
John Smith It's called a helmet.
Pocahontas Helmet.
John Smith So... what river is this?
Pocahontas Quiyoughcohannock..
John Smith You have the most unusual names here, Chechomony, Quiyoughcohannock, Pocahontas.
Pocahontas You have a most unusual name too... John Smith.
John Smith Hey! Is this bottomless pit a friend of yours?
[about Meeko eating his hardtacks]
Pocahontas Meeko.
John Smith Well how do you do, Meeko? It's all right, it's just a hand shake. Here let me show you.
[goes to shake Meeko's hand; Long pauses out]
Pocahontas Nothing's happenin'.
John Smith No. No, I need your hand first. It's how we say hello.
[She holds her hand out and he shakes it]
Pocahontas This is how we say hello. Wingapo.
John Smith Wingapo.
Pocahontas And how we say goodbye. Ana.
John Smith I like hello better. Yeah, I remember you.
[Flit they start breaking off each hand, Flit an goring to him]
Pocahontas Flit doesn't like strangers.
John Smith But I'm not a stranger anymore. Stubborn little fellow, isn't he?
Pocahontas Very stubborn.
John Smith Hey!
Pocahontas Meeko! Come back here.
John Smith Don't worry, he can't hurt it. Hey!
[Meeko tap a compass on the rock]
Pocahontas Meeko, bring that back!
John Smith No, it's all right. He can keep it. Call it a gift.
Pocahontas What was that?
[about compass]
John Smith My compass.
Pocahontas Compassed?
John Smith It tells you how to find your way when you get lost. It's all right. I'll get another in London.
Pocahontas London? Is that your village?
John Smith Yes. It's a very big village.
Pocahontas What's it like?
John Smith Well, it's got streets filled with carriages, bridges over the rivers, and buildings as tall as trees.
[about London village]
Pocahontas I'd like to see those things.
John Smith You will.
Pocahontas How?
John Smith We're going to build them here. We'll show your people how to use this land of properly. How to make the most of it.
Pocahontas Make the most of it?
[confused]
John Smith Yes. We'll build roads and decent houses.
Pocahontas Our houses are fine.
[about the Indian's village]
John Smith You think that only because you don't know any better. Wait a minute. Don't take it that. Hey! Wait! Wait! There's so much we can teach you. We've improved lives of savages all over the world.
[sarcastically; Pocahontas angrily walks off, Flit attack away for him; after Pocahontas stopping the her canoe]
Pocahontas Savages?
John Smith Uh, not that you're a savage.
Pocahontas Just my people!
John Smith No. Listen. That's not what I meant. Let me explain.
Pocahontas Let go!
John Smith No, I'm not letting you leave. Look, don't do this. Savage is just a word, uh, you know. A term for people who are uncivilized.
[Pocahontas jumps out of her canoe and climbs up into a tree]
Pocahontas Like me.
John Smith Well, when I say uncivilized, What I mean is, is...
Pocahontas 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 dead thing you can claim / But I know every rock and tree and creature has a life, has a spirit, has a name / You think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you / But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew, you never knew...| Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon, or asked the grinning bobcat whey he grinned? / Can you sing with all voices of the mountains? / Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind...| Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest, come taste the sun-sweet berries of the Earth / Come roll in all the riches all around you, and for once, never wonder what they're worth / The rainstorm and the river are my brothers / The heron and the otter are my friends / And we are all connected to each other / In a circle, in a hoop that never ends!| How high does the sycamore grow? / If you cut it down, then you'll never know! / And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon, for whether we are white or copper skinned / We need to sing with all voices of the mountains, can you paint with all the colors of the wind... You can own the Earth and still all you'll own is Earth, until you can paint with all the colors of the wind...
[spoken; singing; they hearing drums]
John Smith What is it?
Pocahontas The drums. They mean trouble. I shouldn't be here.
John Smith I want to see you again.
Pocahontas I can't.
John Smith Please, don't leave.
Pocahontas I'm sorry. I have to go.
[she runs off back to her canoe and John sadly watch her, Meeko and Flit left then fades to black]
Conflict Between Cultures and Loyalties
Pocahontas Kocoum, no! Kocoum! Leave him alone! Kocoum, stop!
[Gasps.]
Thomas Both eyes open.
John Smith Thomas!
Thomas Is he...?
Pocahontas You killed him.
Thomas I thought that--
Pocahontas Get away from him!
John Smith Pocahontas, it won’t help! He was only--
Pocahontas He killed him!
John Smith Thomas, get out of here. Get out of here!
Powhatan Who did this?
Native American Warrior Pocahontas was out in the woods. Kocoum went to find her and this white man attacked them.
Powhatan Your weapons are strong. But now our anger is stronger. At sunrise he will be the 1st (time hope) to died!
Pocahontas But, father!
Powhatan I told you to stay in the village, you disobey me, you have shame your father.
Pocahontas I was only trying to help.
[tearfully]
Powhatan Because of your foolishness, Kocoum is DEAD. Take him away.
[Exits.]
Pocahontas Kocoum was just coming to protect me.
Nakoma Pocahontas, I sent Kocoum after you. I was worried about you. I thought I was doing the right thing.
Pocahontas All of this happened because of me... And now I'll never see John Smith again.
Nakoma Come with me. Pocahontas wants to look into the eyes of the man who killed Kocoum.
Native American Warrior Be quick.
[Pocahontas enters tent.]
John Smith Pocahontas.
Pocahontas I'm so sorry.
John Smith For what, this? I've gotten out of worse scrapes than this. Can't think of any right now, but...
Pocahontas It would've been better if we'd never met, none of this would've happened.
John Smith Pocahontas, look at me. I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.
Nakoma Pocahontas.
Pocahontas I can't leave you.
John Smith You never will. No matter what happens to me, I'll always be with you. Forever.
A Urgent Plea for Action and Courage
Pocahontas They're going to kill him at sunrise, Grandmother Willow.
Grandmother Willow You have to stop them.
Pocahontas I can't.
Grandmother Willow Child, remember your dream?
Pocahontas I was wrong, Grandmother Willow. I followed the wrong path. I feel so lost. The compass? Spinning arrow!
[Meeko gives her John's compass.]
Grandmother Willow It's the arrow from your dream!
Pocahontas I was right! It was pointing to him. Sunrise!
[Sunlight hits her face.]
Grandmother Willow It's not too late, child. Let the spirits of the earth guide you! You know your path, child... Now follow it!
Conflict and Determination in Uncertain Times
Governor Ratcliffe This will be the day / Let's go, men!
[singing; spoken]
Powhatan This will be the morning / Bring out the prisoner!
[singing; spoken]
Settlers and Native Americans We will see them dying in the dust
[singing]
Pocahontas I don't know what I can do / Still I know I've got to try
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans Now we make them pay
[singing]
Pocahontas Eagle help my feet to fly
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans Now without a warning
[singing]
Pocahontas Mountain, help my heart be great
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans Now we leave them blood and bone and dust
[singing]
Pocahontas Spirits of the earth and sky
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans It's them or us
[singing]
Pocahontas Please don't let it be too late
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans They're just a bunch of filthy, stinking / Savages, savages / Demons, devils
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Kill them!
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans Savages, savages / What are we waiting for? / Destroy their evil race / Until there's not a trace left
[singing]
Pocahontas How loud are the drums of war
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans We will sound the drums of war / Savages, savages / Now we sound the drums of war / Now we see what comes / Of trying to be chums / (Now we sound the drums of)
[singing]
Pocahontas Is the death of all I love / Carried in the drumming of
[singing]
Settlers and Native Americans War!
[singing]
A Dream Foretells an Upcoming Proposal
Pocahontas Father, for many nights now, I've been having a very strange dream. I think it's telling me something's about to happen, something exciting.
Powhatan Yes, something exciting is about to happen.
Pocahontas Really? What is it?
[eagerly]
Powhatan Kocoum has asked to seek your hand in marriage.
Pocahontas Marry Kocoum?
[disappointed]
Powhatan I told him it would make my heart soar.
Pocahontas But he's so... serious.
Powhatan My daughter, Kocoum will make a fine husband. He is loyal and strong, and will build you a good house, with sturdy walls. With him, you will be safe from harm.
Pocahontas Father, I think my dream is pointing me down another path.
Powhatan This is the right path for you.
Pocahontas But why can't I choose--
Powhatan Pocahontas, come with me. You are the daughter of the chief. It is time to take your place among our people. Even the wild mountain stream must someday join the big river. As the river cuts his path / Though the river's proud and strong / He will choose the smoothest course / 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.
[singing; spoken; singing; spoken]
Caution and Responsibility in Tribal Life
Powhatan Pocahontas, you should be inside the village.
Pocahontas We'll be all right.
Nakoma We're gathering food for when the warriors arrive.
Powhatan Don't go far. Now is not the time to be running off.
Pocahontas Yes, father!
Powhatan When I see you wear that necklace, you look just like your mother.
Pocahontas I miss her.
Powhatan But she is still with us. Whenever the wind moves through the trees, I feel her presence. Our people looked to her for wisdom and strength. Someday, they will look to you as well.
Pocahontas I would be honored by that.
Powhatan You shouldn't be out there alone. I'll send for Kocoum.
Nakoma All right. What is it?
Pocahontas What?
Nakoma You're hiding something.
Pocahontas I'm not hiding anything.
Nakoma Pocahontas, you can tell me. I promise, I won't tell anyone. Pocahontas, look! It's one of them! I'm going to get-
[sees John Smith coming; Nakoma gasps; Flit flies to John, but he hold hardtack and tap to Flit on the ground in cornfield]
Pocahontas What are you doing here?
[thrusts her hand over Nakoma's mouth]
John Smith I had to see you again.
Kocoum Pocahontas! Pocahontas?!
Pocahontas Please, don't say anything. Quick, this way!
[to Nakoma; to John]
Nakoma But-
Kocoum Nakoma, where is Pocahontas?
Nakoma I-I haven't seen her.
Kocoum Pocahontas can't keep running off. It's dangerous out there. Tell her that. She listens to you.
Nakoma Huh. Sure she does.
[sarcastically to himself]
A Lesson in Marksmanship from John Smith
John Smith Easy, Thomas. It's me.
Thomas Oh, John! I could've killed you!
John Smith Not aiming like that, you couldn't. Keep both eyes open when you shoot. You'll see twice as well.
Ben Smith! There ya are!
Lon We were looking all over for you.
Governor Ratcliffe Smith! Where have you been?
John Smith I was out scouting the terrain, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe Excellent. Then you must know the Indians whereabouts. We'll need that information for the battle.
John Smith What battle?
Governor Ratcliffe We will eliminate these savages once and for all.
John Smith No! You can't do that!
Governor Ratcliffe Oh? Can't I?
John Smith Look, we don’t have to fight them.
Thomas John, what's gotten into you?
John Smith I met one of them.
Ben You what?
Thomas A savage?
John Smith They're not savages, they can help us. They know the land, they know how to navigate the rivers. And, look! It’s food!
Lon What is it?
John Smith It's better than hardtack and gruel, that’s for sure.
Wiggins I like gruel.
Governor Ratcliffe They don't want to feed us, you ninnies! They want to kill us! All of us! They've got our gold, and they'll do anything to keep it!
John Smith But there is no gold!
Ben No... gold?
Governor Ratcliffe And I suppose your little Indian friend told you this.
John Smith Yes.
Governor Ratcliffe Lies! Lies, all of it! Murderous thieves, there’s no room for their kind in civilized society.
John Smith But this is their land!
Governor Ratcliffe This is my land! I make the laws here. And I say anyone so much as looks at an Indian without killing him on sight, will be tried for treason and hanged.
Settlers Seek Wealth in the New World
Settlers Chorus In sixteen hundred seven (1607) / We sail the open sea / For glory, God and gold / And the Virginia Company / For the New World is like heaven / And we'll all be rich and free / Or so we have been told / By the Virginia Company / So we have been told / By the Virginia Company / For glory, God and gold / And the Virginia Company
[singing]
Settlers Ready to hoist the cannon? Aye!
Lon Hey look. Is that Smith?
Ben That's him, all right. The old sea dog.
Thomas Captain John Smith? I've heard amazing stories about him.
Lon Are you coming on this voyage, too?
[to John]
Ben Of course he is, you half-wit! You can't fight Indians without John Smith!
John Smith That's right. I'm not about to let you boys have all the fun.
Settlers Chorus On the beaches of Virginny / There's diamonds like debris / There's silver rivers flow / And gold you pick right off a tree / With a nugget for my Winnie / And another one for me / And all the rest'll go / To the Virginia Company / It's glory, God and gold / And the Virginia Company
[singing]
Settler Full anchor release!
Settler Come on, lads, come on!
Settler Give me a hand, someone!
Settler Watch out!
Settler Faster! She's taking up more water!
Settler Look out!
Thomas John! Get down here! The cannons are breaking loose!
John Smith Reef the topsails!
Settler Aye, sir!
John Smith Steady on the course. It’s all right, Thomas. We'll get her tied off.
Settler Say your prayers, lad!
Settler Look out!
Settler Oh no!
John Smith Thomas, watch out!
Thomas Help!
Settler in Crow's Nest Man overboard!
Thomas Help!
Ben Stay your course. He's lost.
Thomas Help!
John Smith Pull the pin!
Settler Aye, sir!
Ben Smith! Smith! Are you crazy?
John Smith Hang on, Thomas. I've got you.
Lon Quick, the rope!
Ben Heave! Come on, lads, pull! Pull! Pull! Put your back into it!
Settler Pull! Pull!
Lon Hang on!
Settler Yeah!
Ben There, me lucky lad.
John Smith Well, that was refreshing.
Lon Well done, Smith.
John Smith Of course. You'd all do the same for me.
Ben Oh, sure, sure, of course we would.
Lon Yes yes, yes. We would.
Ben Absolutely.
Governor Ratcliffe Trouble on deck?
Thomas Governor Ratcliffe!
John Smith Thomas fell overboard, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe Thank heavens he's been successfully retrieved. Well done, Smith.
John Smith Thank you, sir.
Governor Ratcliffe Don't lose heart, men. It won't be long before we reach the New World, and remember what awaits us there: freedom—
Governor Ratcliffe Prosperity—
Governor Ratcliffe The adventure of our lives. You are the finest crew ] has to offer and nothing, not wind nor rain nor a thousand bloodthirsty savages shall stand in our way. Carry on, men!
[[England]
Wiggins A stirring oration sir. I'm sure the men were most exhilarated.
Governor Ratcliffe Let us hope so. I’ll need those witless peasants to dig up my gold, won’t I?
Thomas This New World's going to be great, John. I'm going to get a pile of gold, build me a big house and if any Indian tries to stop me, I’ll blast him.
John Smith You just worry about that fortune of yours, Thomas. Leave the savages to me.
Lon You think they'll give us much trouble?
Ben Not as much trouble as Smith'll give them!
Settlers We’ll kill ourselves an Injun
[singing]
John Smith Or maybe two or three
[singing]
Settlers and John Smith We're stalwart men and bold / Of the Virginia Company
[singing]
Thomas What do you suppose the New World will look like?
John Smith Like all the others, I suppose. I've seen hundreds of new worlds, Thomas. What could be possibly different about this 1?
Settlers It's glory, God and gold / And the Virginia company
[singing]
A Call for Help in Crisis
Thomas Help! Somebody, help! Help! Help!
Lon Easy, lad. What is it?
Thomas It's Smith! They got him!
Ben Who got him?
Thomas The savages!
Settler Savages?
Thomas They captured him, dragged him off!
Ben Where'd they take him?
Thomas They headed North!
Lon How many were there?
Thomas I don't know, at least a dozen.
Ben Filthy beasts!
Governor Ratcliffe It's perfect, Wiggins! I couldn't have planned this better myself. The gold is as good as mine!
Thomas We've got to save him! He'd do the same for any of us.
Ben Thomas is right! We've got to do something.
Governor Ratcliffe And so we shall! I told you those savages couldn't be trusted. Smith tried to befriend them, and look what they've done to him. But now I say it's time to rescue our courageous comrade. At daybreak, we attack!
Governor Ratcliffe What can you expect / From filthy little heathens / Here's what you get when races are diverse / Their skin's a hellish red / They’re only good when dead / They're vermin as they said and worse / They're
[singing]
Settlers Savages, savages
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Barely even human
[singing]
Settlers Savages, savages
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Drive them to our shore / They're not like you and me / Which means they must be evil / We must sound the drums of war
[singing]
Settlers They're savages, savages / Dirty shrieking devils / Now we sound the drums of war
[singing]
Powhatan This is what we feared / The Paleface is a demon / The only thing they feel at all is greed
[singing]
Kekata Beneath that milky hide / There's emptiness inside
[singing]
Native American Warriors I wonder if they even bleed
[singing]
Native Americans They're savages, savages
[singing]
Powhatan Barely even human
[singing]
Native Americans Savages, savages
[singing]
Powhatan Killers at the core
[singing]
Kekata They're different from us / Which means they can't be trusted
[singing]
Powhatan We must sound the drums of war
[singing]
Native Americans They're savages, savages / First we deal with this one / Then we sound the drums of war
[singing]
All Savages, savages
[singing]
Ben Let's go get a few, men
[spoken]
All Savages, savages
[singing]
Governor Ratcliffe Now it's up to you, men
[spoken]
All Savages, savages / Barely even human / Now we sound the drums of war
[singing]
Building a Fence with Teamwork and Tension
Ben Alright! This one's ready to hoist!?
Lon Two on each side. Ready now? Push! Watch it! It's slipping!
Ben Come on, lads, it's only a little picket fence.
[John, Thomas, Lon pushing the fence]
Lon Steady! Steady!
[Meeko climbs the fence]
Ben There you go.
Thomas That'll keep everything out, eh, John? Something wrong, John?
[John digs a shovel]
John Smith What?!
Thomas You've been quiet the last few days.
Lon Oh, he's just mad he missed all the action.
[to John]
Thomas Ah, don't worry, John. You'll get your chance to deal with Indians.
Lon Yeah. We'll take care of them, like we did last time, eh, mates? We shot ourselves an injun, or maybe two or three.
[singing]
Ben All right, you howling nutter! Get to work!
[angrily kicks him]
Lon Come on, Ben, it's just just a little fun.
Ben Oh, sure, we're having loads of fun. Right, look at us. No gold, no food, while Ratcliffe sits up in his tent all day happy as a clam.
[sarcastically]
Governor Ratcliffe I'm doomed! I should be wallowing in riches right now, and I haven't found as much as a speck! Think. Think! It's got to be around somewhere. Where could it be? I've mined the forests and the hills and the swamps... and NOTHING! Why can't I find it?! What am I overlooking?!
[in his tent; Meeko sniffing to sees Percy; Percy is seen playing with a merry-go-round that has dog biscuits, Percy begin to eat the biscuits, but then he notices Meeko eating them.; Percy begins to chase Meeko away without Governor Ratcliffe even noticing]
Wiggins I... I... I made it myself!
[he takes off his headband, made from an native's arrow]
Governor Ratcliffe Take that silly...! Of course. The Indians. Wiggins, why do you think those insolent heathens attacked us?
[snatches it off his head; looking at the arrow]
Wiggins Because we invaded their land and cut down their trees and dug up their earth?
Governor Ratcliffe It's the gold! They have it, and they don't want us to take it from them. Well, I'll just have to take it by force then, won't I?
Governor Ratcliffe You there! Where's Captain Smith?
Lon Well, he's... gone.
Ben Ay, your singing must have scared him off.
Governor Ratcliffe Well then go get him, for heaven's sake!
Lon What if we run into the Indians?
Governor Ratcliffe That's what guns are for! Now arm yourselves and get moving!
Choosing Love Over Hatred
Pocahontas No! If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too.
Powhatan Daughter, stand back.
Pocahontas I won't! I love him, Father. Look around you! This is where the path of hatred has brought us. This is the path I choose, Father. What will yours be?
Powhatan My daughter speaks with the wisdom beyond her years. We have all come here with anger in our hearts. But she comes with courage and understanding. From this day forward, if there is to be more killin', it will not start with me. Release him.
Unity Against a Common Threat
Powhatan These beasts invade our shores, and now this.
Kekata This wound is strange to me.
[Chanting.]
Powhatan 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.
[Steps outside the tent.]
Pocahontas Encourages Focus and Responsibility
Pocahontas Maybe I should. Come on, Flit. Quit playing around, we have to get back.
Pocahontas Seeks Guidance from Grandmother Willow
Grandmother Willow Is that my Pocahontas?
Pocahontas Grandmother Willow, I need to talk to you.
Grandmother Willow Good morning, child. I was hoping you'd visit today. Why, your mother's necklace!
Pocahontas That's what I wanted to talk to you about. My father wants me to marry Kocoum.
Grandmother Willow Kocoum? But he's so serious.
Pocahontas 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--
Grandmother Willow Oh, a dream! Let's hear all about it!
Grandmother Willow Quiet! Quiet!
Grandmother Willow Now, child, you were saying.
Pocahontas 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.
Grandmother Willow A spinning arrow? How unusual.
Pocahontas Yes! It spins faster and faster and faster until suddenly it stops.
Grandmother Willow Hmm. Well, seems to me this spinning arrow is pointing you down your path.
Pocahontas But Grandmother Willow, what is my path? How am I ever going to find it?
Grandmother Willow Your mother asked me the very same question.
[Chuckle.]
Pocahontas She did? What did you tell her?
Grandmother Willow 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.
Wind Spirits Ay ay ay na ay ay na
Pocahontas I hear the wind.
Grandmother Willow Yes, what is it telling you?
Pocahontas I don't understand.
Grandmother Willow 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
Pocahontas It's saying something’s coming. Strange clouds?
Grandmother Willow Listen with your heart / You will understand
Wind Spirits You will understand
Grandmother Willow What do you see?
Pocahontas Clouds. Strange clouds.
Doubt and Deception Among Settlers
Ben Ratcliffe wouldn't take us halfway round the world for nothing.
Lon But what if Smith is right? What if there is no gold?
Settler If you ask me, Ratcliffe's been lying to us since we left ].
[[London]
Ben Listen to you, you bunch of idiots! Those savages didn't attack us for nothing. They're hiding something.
Lon If they do have the gold, I reckon we'll have to fight them.
Admiration for Kocoum's Bravery and Charm
Powhatan ...faced a determined enemy. The battle lasted from the rising of the sun until the evening shadows fell. Our warriors fought with courage, but none as bravely as Kocoum. He attacked with the fierce strength of the bear. He has proven himself to be the greatest...
Nakoma Oh, he is so handsome.
Powhatan ...and the finest...
[off-screen]
Pocahontas I especially love his smile.
[jokingly]
Powhatan ...destroying every enemy in his path. Tonight we will feast in his honor.
Powhatan My daughter.
Pocahontas Wingapo, father.
Powhatan Seeing you gives me great joy.
Pocahontas I am so glad you’ve come home safely.
Powhatan Come with me, we have much to talk about. I want to hear everything you’ve been doing.
The Uncertainty of Choices and Dreams
Pocahontas He wants me to be steady... Like the river. But it's not steady at all. 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 riverbend / Waiting just around the riverbend / I look once more / Just about the riverbend / Beyond the shore / Where the gulls fly free / Don't know what for / What I dream the day might send / Just around the riverbend / 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 riverbend / Just around the riverbend / I look once more / Just around the riverbend / Beyond the shore / Somewhere past the sea / Don't know what for / Why do all my dreams extend / Just around the riverbend / Just around the riverbend / Should I choose the smoothest course? / Steady as the beating drum / Should I marry Kocoum? / Is all my dreaming at an end? / Or do you still wait for me, Dream Giver / Just around the riverbend?
[spoken; singing]
Unity with Nature and Tradition
Native Americans Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega / Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega /Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega / Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega / Steady as the beating drum / Singing to the cedar flute / Seasons go and seasons come / Bring the corn and bear the fruit / By the waters sweet and clean / Where the mighty sturgeon lives / Plant the squash and reap the bean / All the earth our Mother gives / O Great Spirit, hear our song / Help us keep the ancient ways / Keep the sacred fire strong / Walk in balance all our days / Seasons go and seasons come / Steady as the beating drum / Plum to seed to bud to plum / Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega / Steady as the beating drum / Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega / Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega / Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega / Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega
[singing]
Search for Treasure and Tensions Rise
Governor Ratcliffe That's it. Keep at it, men. Keep digging. It has to be here somewhere.
Native American Warrior #1 There's thirty more of them, down by the ridge.
Kocoum That makes more than a hundred!
Governor Ratcliffe Anything yet?
[holding a plate and a chicken drumstick]
Thomas Nothing but rocks and dirt, sir.
Lon Um, how long are we going to keep digging like this, sir?
Ben Aye, we're slaving apart, busting our backs day and night--
[climbing out of his hole]
Governor Ratcliffe For king and country. I know, I know, and I share your fatigue. Wiggins? Wiggins!
[interrupting; takes a bite of his drumstick, clearly not enjoying it]
Wiggins Coming!
[snips the last branch off the unicorn's nose]
Governor Ratcliffe Dispose of this.
[evilly gives Wiggins the drumstick]
Wiggins Uh-huh. Who's a good doggie, huh? Who's a good doggie? Fetch, boy!
[waves it in Percy's face; the pug just sighs annoyingly, and he throws the drumstick]
Governor Ratcliffe Savages! It's an ambush! Arm yourselves!
[panicked]
Wiggins Run!
[ducks behind the topiary sculpture he carved and falls to the ground, teeth chattering in fear]
Governor Ratcliffe Arm yourselves!
Governor Ratcliffe Make sure every man has a musket! Shoot! Them, you idiot!
[Thomas runs past him, but accidentally trips on a log and his gun goes off, narrowly missing Governor Ratcliffe and hitting a water barrel]
Governor Ratcliffe Where's that blasted Smith if I need him?
Kocoum Namontack!
[drops his bow and runs to him]
Kocoum Back to the village!
Governor Ratcliffe Shut up. Shut up, you fools! They'll be back. Everyone, back to camp. Get the rest of the cannons ashore and finish building the fort!
[As the cheering continues, Wiggins pokes his head out of the topiary, which has several parts shot apart and arrows stuck in it as a result of the fight]
Ben Aye, Governor.
Governor Ratcliffe And you! Learn to use that thing properly. A man's not a man unless he knows how to shoot.
[angrily turns to Thomas]