Texas Rising (2015) s01e04 Episode Script
Vengeance is Mine
We will divide the army into multiple divisions to pursue and destroy what's left of the rebel army.
I have vital news.
Go.
What happened, boy? Comanche.
Comanches.
Ahh! This is not the work of a ghost This is the work of a man! Come to relieve me, Tom? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't.
I can't think of one.
No! You want to kill me? Gentlemen, what do you remember? Remember the Alamo! I am waiting.
Hyah! Gentlemen, let's be clear.
I would choose death before betrayal.
But there is no deceit in death.
Betrayal is the willful slaughter of trust.
Sir, we saw the field Your orders were not to engage.
Your insubordination could have cost us dearly.
As of this moment, you are now reassigned to second infantry.
- Sir - Now, get out of my sight.
Cavalry now belongs to Lamar.
Any objections? We've bloodied them, Sam.
Perhaps we could regroup for a counterattack.
General, they're on the defensive.
I require trust from my officers.
Towards the Sisters here.
Take out the main barricade and several points beyond.
Line of infantry 1,000 yards wide.
First Regiment here.
Baker's rifles here.
Sherman's regiment on the flank.
Well, I vote we receive an attack.
It's not up for a vote, Mosley.
Besides, that's exactly what Santa Anna thinks we'll do.
Now, you might reconsider.
We ought not to leave the security of the woods.
Where are the war dogs now? Colonel Lamar, I want your cavalry on the right.
Colonel Seguin and his Tejanos will man the rearguard.
No.
Unacceptable.
Understand, Juan, the courage of you and your men is not in question here.
There is such a deep-rooted hatred towards Mexicans that I fear your men may have to duck more than Santanista bullets.
The killing may become indiscriminate.
The blood of our comrades has earned us a place alongside you, General.
My company insists on a frontline attack, come what may.
We'll need a way to distinguish your Tejanos from Mexican soldiers.
We'll wear goose feathers as long as we can sink our teeth into Santa Anna's neck.
I may have something else.
Let's use these instead.
Goll dang.
General Cos.
Deaf.
Deaf! Mexican reinforcements.
Best tell Houston.
They must've been marching all night.
They got to be tuckered.
Best get before they see us.
Yep.
- Houston! - Fuego! They see us.
Run! Excuse me, Señor Presidente.
General Cos' troops are all present and accounted for.
But exhausted from a long march.
They've been up all night.
So have I.
Your Excellency, we should attack now.
No.
Houston wants us to attack so he can cut us down from the cover of those trees.
So we'll wait until Filisola and Urrea arrive? Yes, with overwhelming number, we can surround them.
See? Houston will have nowhere to run.
Feed the men in shifts and let them rest.
Yes, sir.
Houston's skirmish yesterday made no tactical sense.
I don't like it.
General, we take that bridge, you won't have to worry about Santa Anna's reinforcements no more.
You'll be all by your lonesome.
You know I can't afford to spare you even one extra man.
Forgive me, but destroying that bridge will cut off our retreat as well.
That's a good point.
Then we'd better not lose.
Position a crack squadron of dragoons to protect Vince's Bridge at all costs.
It's our lifeline.
Would it not be better to abandon this position until we can rejoin all our armies and then pursue Houston on the offensive? Why? We have him! Here and now.
Let his men sweat it out while our soldiers rest.
Yes, sir.
What can I do to comfort you, Antonio? Knowles, get your slack ass up.
Morning, sweet pea.
Princess is up.
- Lazy old bitty.
- Come on, now.
Saddled up your horse for you.
Come on out.
There she is.
- Come on, sweet pea.
- Aww, looking pretty.
Hey, girl.
All right.
That's enough.
It's time.
Knowles, mount up.
I don't know what's ailing you, son, but whatever it is, you leave it here at camp.
Kick up! The general is not to be disturbed.
Come no further.
What's he doing? Sleeping? Step away.
Step away.
He's awake for 56 days straight; Now he sleeps? If he truly wanted to attack, it should've been at first light.
The weather has been fickle.
It's in our favor now.
Who the hell is this? Lorca.
Where's General Houston? State your business.
Saith Jehovah, "Raise your sword "with abandon and outrage till the rivers run red with heathen blood.
" Amen.
If you've come to bear arms with us, then I'll assign you to Colonel Lamar's cavalry.
I'll be assigned no man.
Be clear on that.
But we'll kill Mexicans alongside you till every brown breathing bastard lies dead.
Fair enough.
When I'm ready to attack, I'll give you a sign.
Watch for it.
"Vengeance is mine," saith the Lord.
Sam, you can't trust that loco.
This day, I'd ally with the devil himself.
I think you just did.
Oh.
Tsk.
Mind the horses.
All right.
All right.
All right.
- Knowles, damn it.
- Listen ti me.
Ain't you supposed to be with the horses? I know.
Just listen.
I was wondering, if we blow up the bridge, how are we supposed to get back across it? We don't.
You hear that? Something's in the marsh.
Halt! Hands in the air! Stop right there, or I'll shoot! Identify yourself! - We said stop! - It's me! It's me, Manuel Flores.
Cease fire! He's one of us.
Manuel, what news? Santa Anna's army is resting.
His forces are tired.
Emily West says it's time to attack.
More reinforcements are coming.
And Miss West herself? She said, "Tell General Houston "it was right to wait, but attack now.
" Very well.
Sir.
Easy.
You were born to live as free men.
One man took that freedom from you.
One man sent your sons and brothers to unmarked graves, your women and children left homeless and afraid, burnt your farmlands, reduced your cherished homesteads to ashes one man, a tyrant, Santa Anna.
Today today we avenge our dead.
We honor our loved ones.
Today we are one.
We are all sons of Texas.
We give Texas our allegiance.
We give Texas our lives.
In the name of Texas, ready your weapons and unsheathe your swords, and follow me to victory! They're retreating.
So it seems.
The cowards.
Good.
Easy.
Good.
Come on.
Keep it coming.
Keep it coming.
Go on.
Go on.
We'll string the fuse.
That's the last one.
Go on.
I'll fire it up.
Let's see.
Let's see.
Let's see.
Tell 'em to play that song, Come To The Bower.
Let me hear it.
Capitán! Tiene que ver esto! Trail arms forward.
Quietly, men.
Keep it quiet.
Fire cannon.
Fire! Remember the Alamo! Remember the Alamo! Follow me! Go! Remember the Alamo! Charge! Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Antonio! I have waited to see the look of defeat in your eyes.
You killed my brother at the Alamo.
You killed Jupiter! Hold the line! Attention! Attention! Hold ranks! Form a line here! And fire at will! Follow me! Follow! No retreat! No retreat! Stand and fight! Go now! Go back! Go back! Go back! Back! Go! No, no, no, no, no Whoo-hoo! Whoo! Ride up, boys! Spread out! Whoo! Hiyah! That's it.
I'm out of here.
Kit! Come on.
Come on, Kit.
Sit down right there, Kit.
Get down.
Son of a bitch! Get, damn it! Take this.
I'm coming back for you.
Hey! Hey, get off him.
Get off.
Come on! Mighty white of you, Flores.
Fight on, men! Follow me! Hiyah! Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo! Arm the cannon! Move! That's Houston.
Turn the cannon, quickly! Fight on, men! Yah! Fire! Yah! Houston! Take my horse! Rally your men.
Yah! Yah! Mexicans! Remember the Alamo! Go.
Captain Karnes.
Colby.
I'm out of shot.
Stay put.
Surround him! To hell with this.
Come on.
Yah! That's their war secretary! Surround him! That boy saved my life.
Damnedest thing I ever seen.
Rusk! Remember the Alamo! Hiyah! Juan! You're one of us.
I am a Tejano! I am a Tejano.
I'll find Finisola! You head west to Urrea! If Jesus Christ himself came down from heaven today and ordered me to stop killing heathens, I would not do it! I would not do it! Sam! Tom! It's just a scratch.
The enemy's been routed.
We have to stop the killing.
Get the men under control.
- Cease fire! Cease fire! - Cease fire! Cease fire! Boy, turn around! We don't take any prisoners, soldier.
Cease fire! Cease fire! Cease fire! - Mind your fire.
- Cease fire! Cease fire.
They're surrendering.
Cease fire.
Cease fire.
We surrender! - No surrender.
- Stop this.
- We surrender.
- We surrender.
Remember Goliad? Remember Fannin? Anderson, take these prisoners to Your orders are to take prisoners.
The general's orders are to take prisoners.
We'll take them just like the Mexicans did.
- Who is it? - Give them room! Coming through! I thought we won.
Those are prisoners, General.
We did win, Sam.
General Houston! General, Texas is ours.
An astounding victory, General.
What's your report? Around 700 Mexicans killed.
At least that many prisoners.
700? What about our men? Only 9 dead and 33 wounded, sir.
34 counting you.
And Deaf is unaccounted for.
Deaf? Well, rally the Rangers.
Find him.
Yes, sir.
Has Santa Anna been captured? We are hunting him, sir.
He must be taken alive.
You hear me? Without him, there's no victory.
We've won nothing.
Keep searching, men! Down here! Over here! This way! Mexicano! Mexicano.
Mexicano! Benito? Benito, you are one of the keepers of my champion birds.
Presidente? - Si.
- Presidente.
My friends are all dead.
We lost.
We lost a lot of friends today.
Put him down over there.
I thought you'd be hanging curtains and darning your fiancé's socks by now.
I'm not going anywhere yet.
Drink this.
I need to clean this.
Get me some more water.
Do you love him? Gavin's a goodhearted man.
He's decent.
Daddy loved him, promised me to him years ago.
Answer my damn question.
Just get him some laudanum.
You don't want what I got to give, no way.
The next bullet that comes my way might be my last.
Don't say such things.
You know, my whole life, people have been telling me what's good for me.
Back over when you've got a minute.
You'd be a damn fool not to go with him.
No, you're the fool, Kit Acklin.
Where am I? Did they cut my leg off? No, but your ankle was shattered.
If sepsis sets in, you will die a slow, miserable death.
Any word from Emily? No.
We got to get you to New Orleans.
If not, should you fall unconscious, I will have that leg off.
I'll take my chances in New Orleans.
Emily.
Am I dying, padre? Si.
Deaf.
Deaf! Oh-ho! Well, chop my legs and call me Shorty.
Vern! Vern, ain't this swank? Ain't this swank? Close this thing.
Hey, take a look at this.
Take a look at this.
One second.
General Santa Annabella herself.
Ooh, well, hello there.
Hello.
Hello, there.
The spoils of war, son.
We grab what we can hold, and we cut out of here tonight.
Yes, sir.
Whoa, whoa, no.
I don't know.
Vern, Vern, hey, Vern.
You got to understand.
I'm a hero now.
I saved the war secretary's life.
I heard you tripped over a bunch of Mexicans.
It Ha! Eureka.
Holy shit.
Surrender, Mexican, or I'll kill you deader than last Tuesday.
On your knees.
On your knees.
Are you alone? Maybe.
Hands up.
Hands up! God damn.
We can't get it all now.
Got to come back before we head out.
Well, goodness gracious.
What is this? It's the mother lode Santa Anna's treasure.
You snakes weren't gonna tell me about it? Well, why should we? We found it.
Lucky for me, so did I.
That there must be El Presidente's tent.
Cover this shit up.
That's right.
- All right.
- Cover it up.
- All right.
- That's right.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-whee! Awful highfalutin.
Looks like this place done been looted.
We was just picking up a few souvenirs, man.
Spoils of war and such.
Well, you know that looting could get you court-martialed and shot.
What, you mean even for a token or two for our loyalty to Texas? Listen up.
All this belongs to the Texas government.
So if you don't mind, I'll take - Captain, you all right? - Son of a bitch.
Damn.
Oh, lookee here.
Would you look at that? Santa Anna must've buried that, right? Must have.
All of it.
Damn.
Yeah! How about that? Vive, El Presidente! Yeah! It's a tincture of opium, Sam, for the pain.
Quart of warm whiskey would work just as well.
General, you've got to see this.
He needs to rest.
I need fresh air.
Fetch my clothes.
Haul me up, Tom.
By my count, we have over 20,000 pieces of silver and gold all of Santa Anna's personal valuables, sir.
General, we must give these to the people of Tejas.
Gentlemen, there is no discussion on this matter.
Funds seized from the enemy belong to the newly liberated Republic.
Another group going in.
It all goes to Texas.
Karnes, that soldier there.
Bring him to me.
Sir.
Flores, fetch Colonel Almonte.
Yes, sir.
Move! - Colonel Almonte - Come on.
So you're a private.
Si, señor.
Colonel Almonte, why do your men salute him? Regretfully, I do not know all my soldiers, sir.
That's too bad.
Private Pitt, execute your prisoner.
Yes, sir.
No, private.
Put him up against a tree so his brains don't splatter.
I am Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
Wait.
He's Santa Anna? And I am Sam Houston.
El Presidente, General, I cannot express how glad I am to meet you.
I ask to be treated as a general should be when made a prisoner of war.
Men! We captured Santa Anna! We must convene a tribunal and execute him.
Death by firing squad! Yeah! Yeah! The conqueror of the Napoleon of the West can afford to be generous to the vanquished, no? You should have remembered that, sir, at the Alamo.
At the Alamo, your defenders chose to die.
You offered them no alternative.
Bastardo.
Juan This is war, sir, and no one here is good or bad, just winners and losers.
I acted under the orders from my government.
You are yourself the government.
That's damn right.
Texas formed a recognized government.
We are not pirates.
The rules of war applied.
General, why are we even talking to this murderer? He needs to swing.
Firing squad, here and now! Yeah! Do it! Yeah! There'll be no firing squad.
We want blood! That cannot happen.
Alive, Santa Anna is of great value to us.
If we execute him, he'll just be another dead soldier.
Let us take our reparations.
Open his war chest.
Gold to every man in my command.
Equal shares for all those who risked their lives.
General Seguin, General Sherman, show the men.
Divvy it up.
Yes, sir.
General, we're taking him.
Retribution goes hand in hand with victory.
Present your prisoner.
I will not.
All right, fine by me.
We end it all now.
My only reason for living is to slay him.
Ride on out of here while you can.
Shut your mouth, boy.
Shoot me first.
You don't think I will? Soldiers, ready arms! Don't fool yourself.
Santa Anna will die! It's just a matter of how many of us he takes with him.
You understand me? Charmaine.
Come here, girl.
Come here.
You saved me today.
Oh, sweet girl.
No.
Why'd you have to go do that for? Why'd you do that? I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Come on.
Let's get you off that leg.
Let's get you off that leg, okay? You do me a favor.
You do me a favor.
You wait for me.
You hear? You wait for me.
You'll be seeing me real soon.
Get every one of them! Every one of them! Hey, come on! Come on! No! He's just a child.
Nits make lice.
We're done killing women and children! Then get out of here! I aim to kill Mexicans, and I ain't done yet.
- Go.
- All right.
Just go, man.
Go.
Go! Come on, man.
Give me the boy.
Any word from Deaf? No, General.
And Miss West? Nothing, sir.
Very well.
You wanted to keep me alive, no? Once you are gone, these men will hang me.
Tell me something.
Your generals will they retreat once they're informed you've been taken hostage? No.
Their orders are to engage.
Then I recommend you rescind those orders.
So you want Texas in exchange for my life, huh? Sounds like a trade.
Only President Burnett can negotiate a treaty.
Well, he can't very well negotiate if El Presidente here is dead.
Now, can he? I'll need them vials.
Kit, are you sure you're fit to ride? Hey, now, don't fuss.
In case I need tending to, Doc Ewing's coming with the General.
I'll see you when I get back.
I certainly hope so if you don't get yourself killed.
Sarah, you got my medical bag packed up yet? I'll be seeing you.
Sarah! Where you heading to, Vern? War is over for me, Knowles.
I done my duty.
Had my fill of taking orders.
Might head on down to Victoria.
Mm.
You want to know my guess? You and Gator are going after that bank.
Gator's so full of bunkum, if he told me water was wet, I'd have to poke my finger in and feel for myself.
Kit didn't trust him.
You ought not to neither.
Well, I ain't robbing no bank.
I'm a hero now.
Got a reputation to uphold.
Well, if you want to ride your hero ass along with me, you're welcome.
Well no, thank you, my friend.
I reckon I'll just stay put.
Good luck with that shit.
Tell them boys I say adios.
All right.
You lily-livered weasel.
How in the hell am I supposed to take this bank by myself? Well, why don't you recruit Karnes and Anderson? Tom, I want you to ride on ahead to Burnett.
Formalize our agreement with Santa Anna.
Buckley and Seguin will take charge of the army while I'm away.
You get that leg healed up, Sam.
Texas needs you.
You just gonna leave me behind, is that it? Well, I'll be damned.
I'd about given up on you.
I had to lay Charmaine to rest.
Partner, damn.
You look like something the cat dragged in that the goat wouldn't eat.
Right here.
Let it out.
Let it on out.
Private Pitt.
The man that captured Santa Anna ought to make a damn good Ranger.
Your first assignment: Take Captain Smith home to his wife.
Yes, sir.
Sorry to hear about Charmaine.
Anybody fetch me a new mount yet? Get a wagon and lay him down in back.
You're in no condition to go, Deaf.
What'd you say, Sam? You need to look me in the eye.
I said you're not going.
And who's gonna look after your old crippled ass? Karnes will take command of the Rangers.
Just gonna throw me away.
Is that it? Go home, old friend.
The Republic of Texas is grateful for your service.
Go on.
All right.
Colby, get him in the medical tent.
Got to get Houston to New Orleans and Santa Anna to his peace talks.
You take care of yourself, Deaf.
Let's move out.
Sam.
Sam.
I'll tell you when I'm done.
Yah.
You just had one, Sam.
That's quite enough.
Mmm! You think you are a man of destiny, but all I see is President Jackson's puppet.
All I see is a man in a chicken coop.
I am defending my people against pirates like you, stealing our land.
History will sweep you aside with a footnote.
Perhaps.
Better a footnote than a whole book of abominations.
No difference with what you did in San Jacinto.
We are men on opposite sides, yet there is much we share.
A love of our countries, a love of other things.
A remarkable woman, Miss West.
An extraordinary woman, especially in bed when she's screaming with pleasure.
I hear women are quite skilled at pretending that sort of thing.
"Oh, Antonio, yes, yes, more.
Give me more.
" Give him another one, Doc.
He's wrestling with what defeat tastes like.
Colonel Portilla's got Emily West.
Wants to trade her for Santa Anna.
A whore for a chief of state.
Portilla is losing his mind.
Give this back to him.
Flores.
Sir? Yes, sir.
Anderson! - Yeah.
- Get ready.
God is with us.
Ha! Beads and whiskey always worked for me before.
Whoa, whoa.
Keep your head, mister.
Else you're liable to lose it along with your scalp.
Everything's set.
I need my volunteers.
Get out there, Phineas.
- You be a man.
- All right.
I can give you Clarence and the other Negroes.
Best if I stay back and watch over the children and womenfolk.
Bigfoot, let's meander.
Well, move it.
Must've hanged your president by now.
When I know that's true, I'll use you for my men's amusement.
And where will you go? Texas they'll hang you for Goliad.
In Mexico, they'll shoot you for San Jacinto.
Shh.
Now! Fire! Fire.
Fire! Fire, boys.
Fire! Come here, boy.
We did it! - Whoo! - We drove them off.
Everybody good over there? We done it! I'll be damned.
It worked! Slicker than snot on a doorknob! Blessed be the saints! Saints, hell.
Thank Jack Hays.
Come in.
Come in! Come on in.
That music, is it for me? You're famous, Sam.
Savior of Texas.
You've got to stay put.
You're gonna bust open your damn stitches.
People want to see me.
Help me.
Damn it.
Put your leg over here.
Consarn it, Sam, you can't put any weight on that leg.
That's why I'm leaning on you.
I got him.
Thank you.
Thank you! Give me your hat.
My hat? Why? Thank you! Sam.
Nurse! That was my best hat.
Be careful.
I need fresh air.
The wound will reopen.
What will you do when you're strong again? Go back to Tennessee? I came out with my husband and kids to find a better life.
I got to stay.
Forbear, Don Antonio.
Forbear.
Portilla will come to save us.
If I owned both hell and Texas, I would rent Texas and live in hell.
Mrs.
Smith! Mrs.
Smith, we got your husband! Captain Smith is here.
Please, give me a hand.
We did it, darling.
Texas is ours.
Are you all right? Come here.
Hey, hey, that's him, ain't it? - Captain Smith? - Yes, sir.
Captain Deaf Smith, fresh from San Jacinto.
War is won, mostly.
Splendid.
We managed to miss it in search of a trinket.
Ain't a trinket.
Hell, if Texas does to us what it did to him and Samuel, we might ought to give California a shot.
Christ washed the feet of lepers.
Thank you for coming.
This is a special moment in the life of my grandson.
Salute, Louis.
You remember me, mister? Yes, ma'am.
Unfortunate what happened.
You sold us that place knowing the Comanches were running loose.
As I recall, your husband inquired only of the Mexican turmoil.
The subject of Indians never come up.
Carts! What the hell are you doing out here? I told you to get back in there and finish that goddamn Colby.
Hey! Round up men for a posse.
We got a rescue mission.
Where is Deaf? Over there.
Show the way.
Can't go with you.
I'm sorry.
Got my belly full of killing.
I'll shoe your horses and fix your tack free of charge anytime you want.
Erastus is done rangering.
Let him know peace in his final days.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
We're just here to look after his well-being and to pay our respects.
You think I don't see? There is trouble somewhere.
You want men.
There's been a kidnapping.
Yeah, the lady who helped us beat Santa Anna.
You found Emily West? You get back in that bed.
I've got to take a country leak, woman, unless you want to mop up this floor.
Bueno.
Deaf.
This is Captain Smith, name's Jack Hays.
This here is Bigfoot Wallace.
It's a real honor to meet you, sir.
I Are you the Tennessee turned up and saved this town from the Comanches? - Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
That was nice work.
Thank you.
Hey, come on.
Deaf, we're we're not here to give you any trouble.
We we don't want to cause a commotion.
We just don't want to Though we could use your advice.
Please.
Advice.
Don't marry a woman that can whoop you.
She'll make you piss yourself.
Portilla's got her.
Don't he? That's right.
I think I remember seeing him ride off.
I figured she was dead.
Didn't tell nobody.
I'm gonna need a new mount.
Done.
Excuse me.
Deaf, no.
If you go out that door, we know you ain't coming back.
Lupe, darling, I am coughing blood and farting dust.
Now, I reckon I can die in that bed watching all your caterwauling, or I can die as I've tried my damnedest to live all my days: Like a man.
You done real good keeping me around this long.
Can you do one more thing? You mind fetching me my clothes? Those look real good.
Mind your chores, and you be a comfort to your ma, you hear? Now, when you get older, well, I'm gonna expect you to account for yourself.
Texas is gonna need a young lady like yourself.
All right? I'm mighty proud of you.
There ain't words for how much I love you.
Make way!
I have vital news.
Go.
What happened, boy? Comanche.
Comanches.
Ahh! This is not the work of a ghost This is the work of a man! Come to relieve me, Tom? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't.
I can't think of one.
No! You want to kill me? Gentlemen, what do you remember? Remember the Alamo! I am waiting.
Hyah! Gentlemen, let's be clear.
I would choose death before betrayal.
But there is no deceit in death.
Betrayal is the willful slaughter of trust.
Sir, we saw the field Your orders were not to engage.
Your insubordination could have cost us dearly.
As of this moment, you are now reassigned to second infantry.
- Sir - Now, get out of my sight.
Cavalry now belongs to Lamar.
Any objections? We've bloodied them, Sam.
Perhaps we could regroup for a counterattack.
General, they're on the defensive.
I require trust from my officers.
Towards the Sisters here.
Take out the main barricade and several points beyond.
Line of infantry 1,000 yards wide.
First Regiment here.
Baker's rifles here.
Sherman's regiment on the flank.
Well, I vote we receive an attack.
It's not up for a vote, Mosley.
Besides, that's exactly what Santa Anna thinks we'll do.
Now, you might reconsider.
We ought not to leave the security of the woods.
Where are the war dogs now? Colonel Lamar, I want your cavalry on the right.
Colonel Seguin and his Tejanos will man the rearguard.
No.
Unacceptable.
Understand, Juan, the courage of you and your men is not in question here.
There is such a deep-rooted hatred towards Mexicans that I fear your men may have to duck more than Santanista bullets.
The killing may become indiscriminate.
The blood of our comrades has earned us a place alongside you, General.
My company insists on a frontline attack, come what may.
We'll need a way to distinguish your Tejanos from Mexican soldiers.
We'll wear goose feathers as long as we can sink our teeth into Santa Anna's neck.
I may have something else.
Let's use these instead.
Goll dang.
General Cos.
Deaf.
Deaf! Mexican reinforcements.
Best tell Houston.
They must've been marching all night.
They got to be tuckered.
Best get before they see us.
Yep.
- Houston! - Fuego! They see us.
Run! Excuse me, Señor Presidente.
General Cos' troops are all present and accounted for.
But exhausted from a long march.
They've been up all night.
So have I.
Your Excellency, we should attack now.
No.
Houston wants us to attack so he can cut us down from the cover of those trees.
So we'll wait until Filisola and Urrea arrive? Yes, with overwhelming number, we can surround them.
See? Houston will have nowhere to run.
Feed the men in shifts and let them rest.
Yes, sir.
Houston's skirmish yesterday made no tactical sense.
I don't like it.
General, we take that bridge, you won't have to worry about Santa Anna's reinforcements no more.
You'll be all by your lonesome.
You know I can't afford to spare you even one extra man.
Forgive me, but destroying that bridge will cut off our retreat as well.
That's a good point.
Then we'd better not lose.
Position a crack squadron of dragoons to protect Vince's Bridge at all costs.
It's our lifeline.
Would it not be better to abandon this position until we can rejoin all our armies and then pursue Houston on the offensive? Why? We have him! Here and now.
Let his men sweat it out while our soldiers rest.
Yes, sir.
What can I do to comfort you, Antonio? Knowles, get your slack ass up.
Morning, sweet pea.
Princess is up.
- Lazy old bitty.
- Come on, now.
Saddled up your horse for you.
Come on out.
There she is.
- Come on, sweet pea.
- Aww, looking pretty.
Hey, girl.
All right.
That's enough.
It's time.
Knowles, mount up.
I don't know what's ailing you, son, but whatever it is, you leave it here at camp.
Kick up! The general is not to be disturbed.
Come no further.
What's he doing? Sleeping? Step away.
Step away.
He's awake for 56 days straight; Now he sleeps? If he truly wanted to attack, it should've been at first light.
The weather has been fickle.
It's in our favor now.
Who the hell is this? Lorca.
Where's General Houston? State your business.
Saith Jehovah, "Raise your sword "with abandon and outrage till the rivers run red with heathen blood.
" Amen.
If you've come to bear arms with us, then I'll assign you to Colonel Lamar's cavalry.
I'll be assigned no man.
Be clear on that.
But we'll kill Mexicans alongside you till every brown breathing bastard lies dead.
Fair enough.
When I'm ready to attack, I'll give you a sign.
Watch for it.
"Vengeance is mine," saith the Lord.
Sam, you can't trust that loco.
This day, I'd ally with the devil himself.
I think you just did.
Oh.
Tsk.
Mind the horses.
All right.
All right.
All right.
- Knowles, damn it.
- Listen ti me.
Ain't you supposed to be with the horses? I know.
Just listen.
I was wondering, if we blow up the bridge, how are we supposed to get back across it? We don't.
You hear that? Something's in the marsh.
Halt! Hands in the air! Stop right there, or I'll shoot! Identify yourself! - We said stop! - It's me! It's me, Manuel Flores.
Cease fire! He's one of us.
Manuel, what news? Santa Anna's army is resting.
His forces are tired.
Emily West says it's time to attack.
More reinforcements are coming.
And Miss West herself? She said, "Tell General Houston "it was right to wait, but attack now.
" Very well.
Sir.
Easy.
You were born to live as free men.
One man took that freedom from you.
One man sent your sons and brothers to unmarked graves, your women and children left homeless and afraid, burnt your farmlands, reduced your cherished homesteads to ashes one man, a tyrant, Santa Anna.
Today today we avenge our dead.
We honor our loved ones.
Today we are one.
We are all sons of Texas.
We give Texas our allegiance.
We give Texas our lives.
In the name of Texas, ready your weapons and unsheathe your swords, and follow me to victory! They're retreating.
So it seems.
The cowards.
Good.
Easy.
Good.
Come on.
Keep it coming.
Keep it coming.
Go on.
Go on.
We'll string the fuse.
That's the last one.
Go on.
I'll fire it up.
Let's see.
Let's see.
Let's see.
Tell 'em to play that song, Come To The Bower.
Let me hear it.
Capitán! Tiene que ver esto! Trail arms forward.
Quietly, men.
Keep it quiet.
Fire cannon.
Fire! Remember the Alamo! Remember the Alamo! Follow me! Go! Remember the Alamo! Charge! Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Antonio! I have waited to see the look of defeat in your eyes.
You killed my brother at the Alamo.
You killed Jupiter! Hold the line! Attention! Attention! Hold ranks! Form a line here! And fire at will! Follow me! Follow! No retreat! No retreat! Stand and fight! Go now! Go back! Go back! Go back! Back! Go! No, no, no, no, no Whoo-hoo! Whoo! Ride up, boys! Spread out! Whoo! Hiyah! That's it.
I'm out of here.
Kit! Come on.
Come on, Kit.
Sit down right there, Kit.
Get down.
Son of a bitch! Get, damn it! Take this.
I'm coming back for you.
Hey! Hey, get off him.
Get off.
Come on! Mighty white of you, Flores.
Fight on, men! Follow me! Hiyah! Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo! Arm the cannon! Move! That's Houston.
Turn the cannon, quickly! Fight on, men! Yah! Fire! Yah! Houston! Take my horse! Rally your men.
Yah! Yah! Mexicans! Remember the Alamo! Go.
Captain Karnes.
Colby.
I'm out of shot.
Stay put.
Surround him! To hell with this.
Come on.
Yah! That's their war secretary! Surround him! That boy saved my life.
Damnedest thing I ever seen.
Rusk! Remember the Alamo! Hiyah! Juan! You're one of us.
I am a Tejano! I am a Tejano.
I'll find Finisola! You head west to Urrea! If Jesus Christ himself came down from heaven today and ordered me to stop killing heathens, I would not do it! I would not do it! Sam! Tom! It's just a scratch.
The enemy's been routed.
We have to stop the killing.
Get the men under control.
- Cease fire! Cease fire! - Cease fire! Cease fire! Boy, turn around! We don't take any prisoners, soldier.
Cease fire! Cease fire! Cease fire! - Mind your fire.
- Cease fire! Cease fire.
They're surrendering.
Cease fire.
Cease fire.
We surrender! - No surrender.
- Stop this.
- We surrender.
- We surrender.
Remember Goliad? Remember Fannin? Anderson, take these prisoners to Your orders are to take prisoners.
The general's orders are to take prisoners.
We'll take them just like the Mexicans did.
- Who is it? - Give them room! Coming through! I thought we won.
Those are prisoners, General.
We did win, Sam.
General Houston! General, Texas is ours.
An astounding victory, General.
What's your report? Around 700 Mexicans killed.
At least that many prisoners.
700? What about our men? Only 9 dead and 33 wounded, sir.
34 counting you.
And Deaf is unaccounted for.
Deaf? Well, rally the Rangers.
Find him.
Yes, sir.
Has Santa Anna been captured? We are hunting him, sir.
He must be taken alive.
You hear me? Without him, there's no victory.
We've won nothing.
Keep searching, men! Down here! Over here! This way! Mexicano! Mexicano.
Mexicano! Benito? Benito, you are one of the keepers of my champion birds.
Presidente? - Si.
- Presidente.
My friends are all dead.
We lost.
We lost a lot of friends today.
Put him down over there.
I thought you'd be hanging curtains and darning your fiancé's socks by now.
I'm not going anywhere yet.
Drink this.
I need to clean this.
Get me some more water.
Do you love him? Gavin's a goodhearted man.
He's decent.
Daddy loved him, promised me to him years ago.
Answer my damn question.
Just get him some laudanum.
You don't want what I got to give, no way.
The next bullet that comes my way might be my last.
Don't say such things.
You know, my whole life, people have been telling me what's good for me.
Back over when you've got a minute.
You'd be a damn fool not to go with him.
No, you're the fool, Kit Acklin.
Where am I? Did they cut my leg off? No, but your ankle was shattered.
If sepsis sets in, you will die a slow, miserable death.
Any word from Emily? No.
We got to get you to New Orleans.
If not, should you fall unconscious, I will have that leg off.
I'll take my chances in New Orleans.
Emily.
Am I dying, padre? Si.
Deaf.
Deaf! Oh-ho! Well, chop my legs and call me Shorty.
Vern! Vern, ain't this swank? Ain't this swank? Close this thing.
Hey, take a look at this.
Take a look at this.
One second.
General Santa Annabella herself.
Ooh, well, hello there.
Hello.
Hello, there.
The spoils of war, son.
We grab what we can hold, and we cut out of here tonight.
Yes, sir.
Whoa, whoa, no.
I don't know.
Vern, Vern, hey, Vern.
You got to understand.
I'm a hero now.
I saved the war secretary's life.
I heard you tripped over a bunch of Mexicans.
It Ha! Eureka.
Holy shit.
Surrender, Mexican, or I'll kill you deader than last Tuesday.
On your knees.
On your knees.
Are you alone? Maybe.
Hands up.
Hands up! God damn.
We can't get it all now.
Got to come back before we head out.
Well, goodness gracious.
What is this? It's the mother lode Santa Anna's treasure.
You snakes weren't gonna tell me about it? Well, why should we? We found it.
Lucky for me, so did I.
That there must be El Presidente's tent.
Cover this shit up.
That's right.
- All right.
- Cover it up.
- All right.
- That's right.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-whee! Awful highfalutin.
Looks like this place done been looted.
We was just picking up a few souvenirs, man.
Spoils of war and such.
Well, you know that looting could get you court-martialed and shot.
What, you mean even for a token or two for our loyalty to Texas? Listen up.
All this belongs to the Texas government.
So if you don't mind, I'll take - Captain, you all right? - Son of a bitch.
Damn.
Oh, lookee here.
Would you look at that? Santa Anna must've buried that, right? Must have.
All of it.
Damn.
Yeah! How about that? Vive, El Presidente! Yeah! It's a tincture of opium, Sam, for the pain.
Quart of warm whiskey would work just as well.
General, you've got to see this.
He needs to rest.
I need fresh air.
Fetch my clothes.
Haul me up, Tom.
By my count, we have over 20,000 pieces of silver and gold all of Santa Anna's personal valuables, sir.
General, we must give these to the people of Tejas.
Gentlemen, there is no discussion on this matter.
Funds seized from the enemy belong to the newly liberated Republic.
Another group going in.
It all goes to Texas.
Karnes, that soldier there.
Bring him to me.
Sir.
Flores, fetch Colonel Almonte.
Yes, sir.
Move! - Colonel Almonte - Come on.
So you're a private.
Si, señor.
Colonel Almonte, why do your men salute him? Regretfully, I do not know all my soldiers, sir.
That's too bad.
Private Pitt, execute your prisoner.
Yes, sir.
No, private.
Put him up against a tree so his brains don't splatter.
I am Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
Wait.
He's Santa Anna? And I am Sam Houston.
El Presidente, General, I cannot express how glad I am to meet you.
I ask to be treated as a general should be when made a prisoner of war.
Men! We captured Santa Anna! We must convene a tribunal and execute him.
Death by firing squad! Yeah! Yeah! The conqueror of the Napoleon of the West can afford to be generous to the vanquished, no? You should have remembered that, sir, at the Alamo.
At the Alamo, your defenders chose to die.
You offered them no alternative.
Bastardo.
Juan This is war, sir, and no one here is good or bad, just winners and losers.
I acted under the orders from my government.
You are yourself the government.
That's damn right.
Texas formed a recognized government.
We are not pirates.
The rules of war applied.
General, why are we even talking to this murderer? He needs to swing.
Firing squad, here and now! Yeah! Do it! Yeah! There'll be no firing squad.
We want blood! That cannot happen.
Alive, Santa Anna is of great value to us.
If we execute him, he'll just be another dead soldier.
Let us take our reparations.
Open his war chest.
Gold to every man in my command.
Equal shares for all those who risked their lives.
General Seguin, General Sherman, show the men.
Divvy it up.
Yes, sir.
General, we're taking him.
Retribution goes hand in hand with victory.
Present your prisoner.
I will not.
All right, fine by me.
We end it all now.
My only reason for living is to slay him.
Ride on out of here while you can.
Shut your mouth, boy.
Shoot me first.
You don't think I will? Soldiers, ready arms! Don't fool yourself.
Santa Anna will die! It's just a matter of how many of us he takes with him.
You understand me? Charmaine.
Come here, girl.
Come here.
You saved me today.
Oh, sweet girl.
No.
Why'd you have to go do that for? Why'd you do that? I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Come on.
Let's get you off that leg.
Let's get you off that leg, okay? You do me a favor.
You do me a favor.
You wait for me.
You hear? You wait for me.
You'll be seeing me real soon.
Get every one of them! Every one of them! Hey, come on! Come on! No! He's just a child.
Nits make lice.
We're done killing women and children! Then get out of here! I aim to kill Mexicans, and I ain't done yet.
- Go.
- All right.
Just go, man.
Go.
Go! Come on, man.
Give me the boy.
Any word from Deaf? No, General.
And Miss West? Nothing, sir.
Very well.
You wanted to keep me alive, no? Once you are gone, these men will hang me.
Tell me something.
Your generals will they retreat once they're informed you've been taken hostage? No.
Their orders are to engage.
Then I recommend you rescind those orders.
So you want Texas in exchange for my life, huh? Sounds like a trade.
Only President Burnett can negotiate a treaty.
Well, he can't very well negotiate if El Presidente here is dead.
Now, can he? I'll need them vials.
Kit, are you sure you're fit to ride? Hey, now, don't fuss.
In case I need tending to, Doc Ewing's coming with the General.
I'll see you when I get back.
I certainly hope so if you don't get yourself killed.
Sarah, you got my medical bag packed up yet? I'll be seeing you.
Sarah! Where you heading to, Vern? War is over for me, Knowles.
I done my duty.
Had my fill of taking orders.
Might head on down to Victoria.
Mm.
You want to know my guess? You and Gator are going after that bank.
Gator's so full of bunkum, if he told me water was wet, I'd have to poke my finger in and feel for myself.
Kit didn't trust him.
You ought not to neither.
Well, I ain't robbing no bank.
I'm a hero now.
Got a reputation to uphold.
Well, if you want to ride your hero ass along with me, you're welcome.
Well no, thank you, my friend.
I reckon I'll just stay put.
Good luck with that shit.
Tell them boys I say adios.
All right.
You lily-livered weasel.
How in the hell am I supposed to take this bank by myself? Well, why don't you recruit Karnes and Anderson? Tom, I want you to ride on ahead to Burnett.
Formalize our agreement with Santa Anna.
Buckley and Seguin will take charge of the army while I'm away.
You get that leg healed up, Sam.
Texas needs you.
You just gonna leave me behind, is that it? Well, I'll be damned.
I'd about given up on you.
I had to lay Charmaine to rest.
Partner, damn.
You look like something the cat dragged in that the goat wouldn't eat.
Right here.
Let it out.
Let it on out.
Private Pitt.
The man that captured Santa Anna ought to make a damn good Ranger.
Your first assignment: Take Captain Smith home to his wife.
Yes, sir.
Sorry to hear about Charmaine.
Anybody fetch me a new mount yet? Get a wagon and lay him down in back.
You're in no condition to go, Deaf.
What'd you say, Sam? You need to look me in the eye.
I said you're not going.
And who's gonna look after your old crippled ass? Karnes will take command of the Rangers.
Just gonna throw me away.
Is that it? Go home, old friend.
The Republic of Texas is grateful for your service.
Go on.
All right.
Colby, get him in the medical tent.
Got to get Houston to New Orleans and Santa Anna to his peace talks.
You take care of yourself, Deaf.
Let's move out.
Sam.
Sam.
I'll tell you when I'm done.
Yah.
You just had one, Sam.
That's quite enough.
Mmm! You think you are a man of destiny, but all I see is President Jackson's puppet.
All I see is a man in a chicken coop.
I am defending my people against pirates like you, stealing our land.
History will sweep you aside with a footnote.
Perhaps.
Better a footnote than a whole book of abominations.
No difference with what you did in San Jacinto.
We are men on opposite sides, yet there is much we share.
A love of our countries, a love of other things.
A remarkable woman, Miss West.
An extraordinary woman, especially in bed when she's screaming with pleasure.
I hear women are quite skilled at pretending that sort of thing.
"Oh, Antonio, yes, yes, more.
Give me more.
" Give him another one, Doc.
He's wrestling with what defeat tastes like.
Colonel Portilla's got Emily West.
Wants to trade her for Santa Anna.
A whore for a chief of state.
Portilla is losing his mind.
Give this back to him.
Flores.
Sir? Yes, sir.
Anderson! - Yeah.
- Get ready.
God is with us.
Ha! Beads and whiskey always worked for me before.
Whoa, whoa.
Keep your head, mister.
Else you're liable to lose it along with your scalp.
Everything's set.
I need my volunteers.
Get out there, Phineas.
- You be a man.
- All right.
I can give you Clarence and the other Negroes.
Best if I stay back and watch over the children and womenfolk.
Bigfoot, let's meander.
Well, move it.
Must've hanged your president by now.
When I know that's true, I'll use you for my men's amusement.
And where will you go? Texas they'll hang you for Goliad.
In Mexico, they'll shoot you for San Jacinto.
Shh.
Now! Fire! Fire.
Fire! Fire, boys.
Fire! Come here, boy.
We did it! - Whoo! - We drove them off.
Everybody good over there? We done it! I'll be damned.
It worked! Slicker than snot on a doorknob! Blessed be the saints! Saints, hell.
Thank Jack Hays.
Come in.
Come in! Come on in.
That music, is it for me? You're famous, Sam.
Savior of Texas.
You've got to stay put.
You're gonna bust open your damn stitches.
People want to see me.
Help me.
Damn it.
Put your leg over here.
Consarn it, Sam, you can't put any weight on that leg.
That's why I'm leaning on you.
I got him.
Thank you.
Thank you! Give me your hat.
My hat? Why? Thank you! Sam.
Nurse! That was my best hat.
Be careful.
I need fresh air.
The wound will reopen.
What will you do when you're strong again? Go back to Tennessee? I came out with my husband and kids to find a better life.
I got to stay.
Forbear, Don Antonio.
Forbear.
Portilla will come to save us.
If I owned both hell and Texas, I would rent Texas and live in hell.
Mrs.
Smith! Mrs.
Smith, we got your husband! Captain Smith is here.
Please, give me a hand.
We did it, darling.
Texas is ours.
Are you all right? Come here.
Hey, hey, that's him, ain't it? - Captain Smith? - Yes, sir.
Captain Deaf Smith, fresh from San Jacinto.
War is won, mostly.
Splendid.
We managed to miss it in search of a trinket.
Ain't a trinket.
Hell, if Texas does to us what it did to him and Samuel, we might ought to give California a shot.
Christ washed the feet of lepers.
Thank you for coming.
This is a special moment in the life of my grandson.
Salute, Louis.
You remember me, mister? Yes, ma'am.
Unfortunate what happened.
You sold us that place knowing the Comanches were running loose.
As I recall, your husband inquired only of the Mexican turmoil.
The subject of Indians never come up.
Carts! What the hell are you doing out here? I told you to get back in there and finish that goddamn Colby.
Hey! Round up men for a posse.
We got a rescue mission.
Where is Deaf? Over there.
Show the way.
Can't go with you.
I'm sorry.
Got my belly full of killing.
I'll shoe your horses and fix your tack free of charge anytime you want.
Erastus is done rangering.
Let him know peace in his final days.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am.
We're just here to look after his well-being and to pay our respects.
You think I don't see? There is trouble somewhere.
You want men.
There's been a kidnapping.
Yeah, the lady who helped us beat Santa Anna.
You found Emily West? You get back in that bed.
I've got to take a country leak, woman, unless you want to mop up this floor.
Bueno.
Deaf.
This is Captain Smith, name's Jack Hays.
This here is Bigfoot Wallace.
It's a real honor to meet you, sir.
I Are you the Tennessee turned up and saved this town from the Comanches? - Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.
That was nice work.
Thank you.
Hey, come on.
Deaf, we're we're not here to give you any trouble.
We we don't want to cause a commotion.
We just don't want to Though we could use your advice.
Please.
Advice.
Don't marry a woman that can whoop you.
She'll make you piss yourself.
Portilla's got her.
Don't he? That's right.
I think I remember seeing him ride off.
I figured she was dead.
Didn't tell nobody.
I'm gonna need a new mount.
Done.
Excuse me.
Deaf, no.
If you go out that door, we know you ain't coming back.
Lupe, darling, I am coughing blood and farting dust.
Now, I reckon I can die in that bed watching all your caterwauling, or I can die as I've tried my damnedest to live all my days: Like a man.
You done real good keeping me around this long.
Can you do one more thing? You mind fetching me my clothes? Those look real good.
Mind your chores, and you be a comfort to your ma, you hear? Now, when you get older, well, I'm gonna expect you to account for yourself.
Texas is gonna need a young lady like yourself.
All right? I'm mighty proud of you.
There ain't words for how much I love you.
Make way!