HANNAH DUSTIN - SimplyScripts
1HANNAH DUSTINby Michael TrainContact: 805 501 1417NastyW2@hotmail.comFADE INEXT - BRISTOL PORT, ENGLAND – DAYDOWNSHOT - A busy working wharf. A small caravel is being laden whilecrew and shore men move about like ants, moving cargo, fixing linesand hustling about while preparing the ship for departure.Amidst all this hustle a group of more than two dozen men and womenare gathered near the ship and bow their heads in communal prayer,led by their pastor, THOMAS.CLOSERPASTOR.as we forgive those that trespassagainst us, oh Lord.COMMUNALAmen.PASTOR (cont)Today we deliver ourselves unto God, thathe blesses us our mighty trial by water,to the New Eden. To a place of heavenlyperfection and innocence, that each of us
2begin our new life under His protectionand His guidance.ANOTHER ANGLEWorshippers HANNAH and ALFRED DUSTIN. Hannah is in her late 30s,with brilliant red hair, but a classic product of a rigid protestantworld that shuns beauty and demands plain dress and strict behavior.Hannah retains a slight smile and a brightness about her.a glow.She holds her hands beneath a belly that shows the first outer hintof pregnancy.Hannah leans to Alfred, a slightly older, grim-faced product of aculture consumed by belief in an angry, ever present God. She keepsher voice low.HANNAHFinally, our child.to be born inthe Lord’s own garden. Think of it,Alfred, after so many years of waiting.I never believed this could happen.ALFREDShush, Hannah Dustin. Pastor Thomas isspeaking.(slight smile)But yes. Our own child. Neither did Ithink it would ever come to pass, Hannah.I had given up hope long ago.WIDERPASTORMy children.take your belongings andboard now. God go with us all.With excitement, the gathering begins to board the ship with theirmeager bundles of possessions.CUT
3EXT - OCEAN – LATERThe small ship heads west, leaving the last view of land far behindon the horizon. ROTATE CAMERA as the ship passes to reveal a redsun in the West.NARRATOR (VO)“With Catholic King James II on the throne,dissident Protestants choose to leaveEngland and establish their own religiousparadise in the unknown vastness of theAmericas. But as these immigrants spreadtheir religion deeper into the New World,France’s Catholic King Louis calls on hisnative allies to push them back. Thefighting that marks this undeclared warsoon leads to eighty years of desperateand vicious fighting known as the Frenchand Indian Wars.”CUTEXT - DECK OF CARAVELLE - DAYThe crew goes about their work while the worshippers listen to PastorThomas. Her red hair escaping from her bonnet, Hannah listens witheyes closed and hands raised in supplication.PASTOR.The Lord shall deliver us to a landof milk and honey, a New Canaan, a paradiseunlike others can ever know. His newworld He hands into our care for it is aperfect world and unblemished by sin anduntouched by vice.CLOSERHannah sways slightly, mesmerized by her pastor’s words.CUT
4EXT - VISION OF EDEN – DAYThis is Hannah’s personal vision, a dream of a perfect English gardensurrounding her and her newborn with flowers and fruit trees, gentleanimals and smiling native children that offer her delicacies of allkinds. Alfred stands nobly and protectively behind Hannah and herchild.PASTOR (VO) (cont)For we have been chosen to be God’sCaretaker and it is a great responsibilityfor it is His purest creation, from thefields to the beasts, the birds andthe fish and even to His most sublime andinnocent.the native peoples that inhabitits forests and live in perfect harmony withall He has provided.Hannah looks up to catch Alfred’s eyes and reaches out for his handwhen a serpent rears up between them.Hannah GASPS and pulls away.BACK TO REALITYHannah's husband leans close to whisper.ALFREDHarmony? We will see. Others talk aboutanger between the natives and our BayColony brethren.(concerned)Hannah, you are shaking. Are you ill?Hannah rubs her arms and recovers.HANNAHShhh, Alfred Dustin. I am fine. andPastor Thomas knows best, I am sure.Alfred and Hannah turn to the ship's rail and look far ahead at the
5thin line of darkness that marks the New England coast.closes her eyes, clasps her hands and prays silently.HannahALFREDYou pray all will be right, Hannah?HANNAHIt will be God’s will, Alfred. But afterso long and at my age I cannot hold backthe fear. The terror of not knowing.ALFREDAs you say, it will be God’s will, nomatter how it goes. I will be pleased,either way, Hannah.Hannah looks into Alfred’s eyes. Tears well up. She leans her headon his shoulder. Alfred puts an arm around Hannah. They gaze atthe New World far ahead.Hannah places her hands on her belly and slowly rubs.DIS TOEXT - SMALL FRONTIER VILLAGE OF HAVERHILL – LATE SUMMER DAYA half dozen small carts enter the village which consists of a dozenrecently-built wood homes and buildings, surrounded by an eight footpalisade of logs. This is the fort that is the villager’s refugeduring attack. Outside the stockade are more homes and buildings,many under construction, testifying to a busy, growing village.The village is built around a commons just outside the stockade gate,where sheep graze and children play.Very few men carry muskets,most carry tools or goods. Women carry bundles of clothing orbaskets of produce. All look to the arriving carts that bring bothsupplies and new settlers.Accompanied by a grizzled sutler, DARBY, Alfred leads one of the cartsthat holds Hannah and their few personal belongings. Hannah looksabout, awed by the activity and more so by the several indians.
6regulars that trade with the villagers.Alfred.HANNAHIs that one of the natives?ALFREDI believe it is. One of the tame oneswho have found God I suspect. Otherwisehe would not be walking here, inHaverhill village.HANNAHAnd the untamed ones.where are they?DARBYNot far enough away from here, Maam.We’re at the edge of the known world nowand just over those hills the wood holdsplenty of blood-thirsty savages.HANNA(sure of herself)Savages, Mister Darby? Only as savage asa newborn, blessed by the Lord. They areinnocent of even the knowledge of sin.DARBYDon’t mean to be disrespectful, Maam, buteven a wee innocent babe will grow up tobe a terror if left without a regularbeating.Hannah reflectively puts her hands on her belly that is farther along.DARBY (cont)Same’s with the indian folk around here.Lest they get their heads cracked rightgood on a regular basis, they becomekillers. Killers that fear no pain anddespise those that do.
7HANNAHI do not understand Mister Darby.Surely they have compassion for thosein pain.DARBYSavage sort of compassion, Maam. Theydelight in murdering those captives thatshow it. The pain, I mean.Hannah frowns.HANNAHCaptives?ALFREDEnough, please, Mister Darby.can only harm the child.Pardon, Maam.Such talkDARBYAnd blesses for the child.The small caravan stops besides a wooden building that also servesas the Queen’s post. A British flag flies from a tall pine outsidethe doorway, where two hard-looking men hold sticks, each with atassel of some sort tied from the end. Hannah is curious.Alfred enters the post.HANNAHMister Darby, if you would, please.What is it those men hold?Darby looks towards Alfred before answering.Prizes, Maam.each.Oh.DARBYWorth a Queen’s guineaHANNAHPrizes secured for what deed,
8Mister Darby?DARBYNot to harm the child, Maam, but themare scalps that have been taken fromsavages in these nearby woods. TheGovernor offers silver for each topknot.Hannah considers a moment then covers her GASP.HANNAHGood Lord, no!DARBYIt’s okay, Maam. Don’t hurt them a bitas they’re cut once and after they’redead.Hannah is horrified.CUTMONTAGE- EXT - Alfred and other village men raising the roof on a newhome as a slightly more pregnant Hannah helps her neighbor womenbring out food and cider.- EXT – An obviously more pregnant Hannah helping other women worka cider press as children lug baskets of apples. Hannah stops,surprised when the baby kicks hard. Her neighbors gatheraround and laugh. Hannah joins in the laugh.- EXT – Hannah hangs her wash on a line. She stops to stare outacross the lines of chaff and the bare furrows that point towardsthe dark line of forest.- EXT - Hannah suddenly doubles over and grabs her belly.Alfred runs into the scene to attend to her.HOLD.
9- EXT – Smoke rises from the tiny home. Snow begins to fall. Wehear Hannah’s faint CRIES from within. HOLD. We hear the CRYof a newborn.CUTEXT - DUSTIN HOME– LATE SPRING DAYThe tiny log and board home sits near the edge of an expanding village,fronting a long field being readied for crops. Another section ofthe field shows young crops already growing green and full.Hannah walks the furrows, her infant child, MOLLY, on her back asshe drops seeds at regular intervals. Alfred toils at the far edgeof the field, digging at a stump.Hannah stares out across the field at the dense wall of forest. Sheseems deep in thought as she approaches Alfred. Alfred stops whathe’s doing and wipes the sweat from his brow.ALFREDYou seem in a dream, Hannah.Alfred picks up a gourd and drinks.HANNAH(gazing towards the forest)No. It is only this land. So differentfrom Cornwall. So big and so untouched.Some say it goes on forever, withoutany end.ALFRED(looks towards the forest)Yes. It would take a thousand men with athousand axes and a thousand years to leavetheir mark on this forest.HANNAHIt scares me also, to know now of how smallwe are against its endless, shadowy green.
10But it is God’s doing, is it not, Alfred?Perfect, even if we cannot fathom it, yes?ALFREDSays Pastor Thomas, Hannah. Says he. Wemay be small but we are God’s Chosenchildren in this land. The Book assurestells us so.(motions to young crops)Look! The land is the most fertile everknown. And it was given to us, Hannah.A gift from God.HANNAHYes, you are right. Am I sinful forquestioning, Alfred? Am I bad personto even think such things?ALFREDNot you, Hannah. You are the most devotedand blessed of all the Chosen. You areincapable of a bad thought. This I know.Alfred puts his arm around his wife and child.CLOSERAs Hannah smiles gently but with her eyes are focused on the darkline that marks the forest’s edge.EXT - CLOSE ON FOREST EDGE – CONTINUOUSWe see a place of thick with pines and hardwoods, broken up by lightand shadows. HOLD. A deer emerges and bounds away. HOLD. Somethingelse moves among the foliage and it reveals itself to be dark skinnedman.The warrior scans the world on our side of the forest.CUT
11EXT - FOREST ENCAMPMENT – EARLY EVENINGGathered atop a high hill, two dozen ABENAKI WARRIORS listen as theirwar chief reveals plans for the next day. ATOSKA is a thick,grim-faced warrior marked by battle scars. His piercing gaze andfixed expression tells us he’s not to be questioned.CAPTAIN DUVOIR, stands off to the side, aloof and focused on cleaninghis fingernails. He is tall, red-haired and self-absorbed.Duvoir is attended by his jaded aide, CORPORAL LEVARGE, and twoCanadian frontier scouts.Behind Atoska, below and in the distance, is a tiny collection oflights that mark the frontier village of Haverhill. Atoska’steenage son, SACHEM, stands near his father, trying to adopt hisfather’s same stern countenance.ATOSKAWhen the next moon rises over our headsthe warriors will enter the village andfire the lodges.The warriors grin and nod.Their excitement palpable.ATOSKA (cont)When the English emerge from theirholes like angry ants, cut them down.All of them. Take only the youngwomen and the strongest children.Kill all others.Nearby, comments casually, a hint of satisfaction in his voice.DUVOIRAtoska and his warriors are more thanwilling to do the King’s work. Theyenjoy their work immensely.LEVARGEKilling English settlers?
12DUVOIRIt is not so simple, Corporal Levarge.The King orders that the English bepushed back to the coast, leavingFrance the hinterland. What couldbe more fair. The killing is merelyan unfortunate consequence of KingLouis’ fondest wishes.LEVARGEWomen and children murdered? SurelyEngland will fight back. Is there noother way, Captain?DUVOIRNo other way. As long as the act restson the Abenaki warriors, France is freeof blame. Make certain your face isdarkened tomorrow night. And avoidbeing identified as a soldier of France.Duvoir looks at his aide’s patched and stained uniform, then himselfand grimaces.DUVOIR(dramatic flourish)If my family and friends in Lyon wouldsee me now, I would be disgraced. Here,in this impenetrable wildness, I amdressed like a prince.Duvoir turns away.DUVOIR (cont)Remember, Corporal. No witnesses.LEVARGEOf course, Captain Duvoir.DUVOIRNo witnesses.
13To nap now. We have much to accomplishin the next hours.CUTEXT - HAVERHILL VILLAGE – NIGHTA full moon. Quiet. The entire village is dark. Deer forage atthe edge of the forest. A DOG BARKS. The deer freeze, then scamperaway.Two Abenaki warriors emerge from the forest edge and sprint silentlyacross the field, towards the village.INT - DUSTIN HOME – CONTINUOUSHannah nurses Molly in the dark.child.She hums and sings softly to herHANNAH(hum first)Sleep, sleep, go to sleep,close your tired eyes.The happiness you knew todayyou’ll dream about tonight.(repeat hum)EXT - HOMES OUTSIDE PALISADES – CONTINUOUSTh two warriors stop near one of the tiny homes. One bends with flintand steel to light two torches. The other calls out to the forestedge, MIMICKING A NIGHT BIRD.The warriors each take a torch and race to light anything that canburn. More DOGS BARK as flames catch.Two dozen Abenaki warriors emerge from the forest, many with littorches. As they enter the village the Abenaki light the homesoutside the fort’s stockade and take up positions.VILLAGER (OS)
14Fire!Fire!As villagers race from their homes, they are cut down by SCREAMINGWARRIORS.A few of the village men race out armed and manage to get off a shotbefore being killed. Women scream, men shout and children race aboutin confusion.EXT - DUSTIN HOME – CONTINUOUSAlfred rushes out from the tiny wooden home and looks about. Two homesdown the lane are afire and against the flames silhouettes race backand forth. Hannah emerges, frightened, little Molly carried in asling on Hannah’s chest.HANNAHAlfred, what is it?ALFREDI’m not sure. I’m not sure of what I’mseeing. Get inside, quickly. And closethe door.Hannah backs inside the door but keeps it ajar and continues to peerout, frightened at the chaos outside.ALFRED’S POVAgainst the flames and the smoke, dark shapes seem to act out shadowpuppet-like scenes of violence. Down the lane women SCREAM,children CRY, and men SHOUT OUT WARNINGS of an indian attack. A BELLRING rapidly and then goes silent.BACKALFRED(frightened)It’s an indian attack. We need to getYou and Molly to the fort.
15He grabs his axe from inside the door.musket and powder horn.Hannah holds out Alfred’sALFREDYes. Hannah, stay close behind mewith little Molly. We run for thestockade and you stop for nothing.Understand?Nothing!Alfred steps into the smoke-obscured lane and is immediately struckdown as a dark figure races past and disappears.HANNAHAlfred!Hannah rushes out into the lane to attend to her husband. She carriesMolly in a chest sling. Alfred bleeds heavily from the side of hishead.HANNAHAlfred!Hannah is suddenly lifted up under her arms by an unseen assailant.She struggles.Stop!HANNAHPut me down.Hannah goes limp as the Devil himself suddenly appears before Hannahand grabs her jaw tightly, studying her face. Atoska lifts hisbloodied knife to her face and pushes back Hannah’s bonnet, revealingher red tresses, burning brightly like red gold in the firelight.Atoska’s eyes go wide.WIDERHANNAHNo!Atoska signs for Hannah’s assailant to take her away.As he carries
16the struggling captive away, Atoska leans down to Alfred.NEARBYLooking back as she struggles in the arms of her captor, Hannahscreams as Atoska grabs Alfred’s hair, carves a half moon alongAlfred’s hairline, from temple to temple and then pulls the scalpback before severing it with a quick flick of his blade.HANNAHNooooo!Hannah faints in her captor’s arms.CUTEXT - EDGE OF FIELDS - CONTINUOUSDuvoir and his men watch from the edge of the field.LEVARGEThe English town will be a warning toothers. A lesson to be heeded. Amassacre to be avoided in the future.Yes?DUVOIRYes, it is. But it is the indians’massacre, not ours. That is what isimportant.(cynically)You see, Levarge, as long as we arenot named, France was never involved.The English can claim nothing.DUVOIR’S POVOn the other side of the fields, Haverhill burns while the SCREAMSand CRIES of villagers and indians create a hellish chorus.CUT
17EXT - VILLAGE COMMONS AREA– CONTINUOUSThe Abenaki warriors push and drag their dozen captives through ascene of fiery hell, passing the bodies of their neighbors and thosewounded women, children and men still struggling with their pain.MONTAGE- EXT – A man with terrible wound to his stomach cries for help,only to be have his head split by the tomahawk of a brave thatsets to scalping his victim.- EXT – A teenage boy lies trembling in death’s spasms, his heada bloody mess where his scalp had been.- EXT – An elderly woman sits back against a barrel and tries invain to stem the blood from her severed throat. An arrow strikesher from OS.NEAR COMMONSA horrified Hannah and her screaming child are among the captives.Two of the warriors pull curiously at Hannah’s flaming red hair.Hannah strikes out at the face of one, who SCREAMS ANGRILY and raiseshis tomahawk.ATOSKA (OS)(Abenaki)Stop!The warrior lowers his weapon. Atoska steps up to admire Hannah’shair even as he shoves her ahead.ATOSKA(to others)This woman’s hair shows a strong spirit.It is the color of fire, like the Frenchee,Duvoir. Do no harm to her.Hannah listens.
18ATOSKA (cont)Take her AND the child to Frenchee Duvoirand tell him she is my gift until we returnto Canada. Hurry.WARRIOR 1But the child is a burden.Leave it.ATOSKANo. If woman keeps up, she keeps child.It is as I say. Go now, before the Englishguns follow.The warriors herd their prisoners across the field, towards theforest.CLOSEROn Hannah as she looks back, the burning village lighting her hair,her face, her tears.and the backs of the CRYING, captive villagersbeing led into the wilderness.CUTEXT - VILLAGE – DAWNMilitia from nearby villages arrive to witness the aftermath of theattack. Pastor Thomas and Darby lead the men. They pause to lookover the still smoking ruins of Haverhill.They’re aghast at the mutilated bodies and the CRYING wounded.Thomas falls to his knees, his hands clenched before him.out loudly, passionately.PASTOROh Lord, bless these souls who have hadtheir lives taken by the idolaters andthose left savaged by the heathens. Wepray thy vengeance will be swiftHe prays
19Two grim-faced MILITIA hurry to the Pastor.MILITIA 1Pardon, Pastor Thomas. Best told,eighteen are dead. Men, women andchildren. One indian.MILITIA 2Another six or eight looking to diesoon of their wounds.MILITIA 1And another score and more takenprisoner, so far as the villagers cantell. Some may be hiding in the woods,though.DARBYYou can’t hide in the woods from thesedevils. They can smell an Englishmanfrom a mile. The missing will be captive,slaves to the heathen. God help them all.MILITIA 1Not much chance for any of them.much at all.NotCUTEXT - FOREST – DAYThe Abenaki warriors lead their captives, tied by twos, neck-to-neck.They climb a stony hill at the head of a valley. Hannah, carryingher infant, is paired with WILLIAM, a 12 year old village boy.AHEAD ON TRAIL as an OLDER CAPTIVE faltersI can’t go on.CAPTIVEPlease.A rest.
20He is quickly beaten brutally across head and shoulders by his captor,Sachem. The man drops to the ground and begins to SCREAM.CAPTIVE(screams)Sachem whips out his tomahawk and buries it in the man’s head.ON CAPTIVESThe other captives are a horrified by the sudden violence. One womanfaints. She is kicked by the Abenaki women. Before the captive’scorpse stops convulsing, Sachem cuts the rope and drags the secondcaptive roughly up the hill.The other warriors look upon the scene with gleeful disdain for acaptive that would scream so easily.FAVOR HANNAHHaving witnessed the warrior’s savagery, she cries uncontrollablybut holds back her sobs with a hand and moves up the hill, clutchingher child closely. A very frightened William follows close behind.CUTEXT - FOREST – NEXT DAYThe warriors lead their captives to a clearing where young bravesand women have tended to the war party’s bivouac. One of the womencoughs violently and spits at the feet of the first captive as theyare led into the clearing.The exhausted and frightened captives are sat down, given skins ofwater and tossed dried pemmican, which they consume greedily as theAbenaki women look over the captives like horses for sale.WILLIAM(to Hannah)How far do you think we’ve walked,Misses Dustin?
21HANNAHI don’t know William.to think.I am too tiredTHOMAS(looking at the sun)It must have been a day and a half atleast. Maybe a ten hour run if wecould break loose.An ELDER ABENAKI WOMAN starts to beat William with a stick. He curlsup.ELDER WOMAN(Abenaki)Shut your mouth. No talking.WILLIAMOw!HANNAHShow no pain William!if you do.They will kill youAnother ABENAKI WOMAN begins to beat Hannah.WOMAN 2(Abenaki)You too, red hair!Hannah covers her child and quietly takes the brunt of the beatingon her shoulders.DUVOIR (OS)Enough!Duvoir and Atoska enter scene. Atoska pushes the women off theirvictims. Duvoir steps close and bows to Hannah with an overdoneflourish.
22DUVOIR(to Hannah)You are absolutely correct, Madame. TheAbenaki despise those who cannot bear painbravely. Such are considered worthless.and usually disposed of. Captain JeanPierre Louis Duvoir, at you service,Madame.HANNAH(pathetic)Help us, please.DUVOIRAlas, I am forbidden to interfere with thebusiness of the Abenaki.WILLIAMBut you are with them!LEVARGEOur King has instructed that we observe,only. The Captain’s hands are tied inthis matter.Duvoir mimes his hands tied before him and then, with a smile, shrugs.DUVOIRWell said, Corporal Levarge. Francedoes not wage war against England norits colonists. However, I am sorry tosay that your poor village of Haverhillmade a very poor choice to settle onthe lands of such blood thirsty savages.(feigned surprise)Whatever were you silly people thinkingPlease!HANNAH(pleading)My child.
23Duvoir stares at the infant and slowly shakes his head.away, with a hint of a smirk.He turnsLEVARGEAs Captain Duvoir has said, there isnothing to be done. Good day, Madame.Levarge turns away and hurries to catch up to his captain, leavingHannah in tears as the Abenaki women return to examining her hairand body. The coughing woman continues to cough close to Hannah andher baby.NEARBYDuvoir waits by his tent as Levarge approaches.DUVOIRPerhaps you might ask Atoska to extenda courtesy for me and make sure thewoman is treated a bit more gently forthe next day or so, Corporal.Levarge seems to know what’s coming. His expression shows a hint ofdisappointment.LEVARGEOf course, Captain. And shall I makecertain that the woman is bathed?DUVOIRThoroughly, Levarge. I am mildlysurprised you asked. Morning willdo fine. Get the blood going, eh?LEVARGECertainly, Captain.Duvoir turns to enter his tent, then pauses.DUVOIRAnd perhaps you will ask about forHe turns to Levarge.
24something a little less.filthy. I’msure the Abenaki will find somethingfor the woman in all the loot theytook from the village.LEVARGEOf course. I will choose somethingtasteful, myself.Duvoir smiles as he looks Levarge in the eyes.DUVOIRAh, yes. I do very much appreciateyour taste, Levarge.It’s just thatafter so long in this dark wilderness,I’ve a taste for something a bitbrighter. Carry on.Duvoir enters his tent. Levarge lowers his eyes and takes a deepbreath before turning his attentions to his business.NEARBYFAVOR Hannah and William as the captives grab greedily at the waterand food tossed to them by the Abenaki women.As she eats, Hannah watches a woman dress a braves’ wounded leg,nearby.CLOSEThe Abenaki woman takes moldy pieces of melon rind and binds themto the brave’s leg before wrapping it in ton gingham.BACKHANNAH(to William)Curious.what that woman is doing.William looks and offers.
25WILLIAMIt’s green mold. My Pa says it’s acure for infection. He says.(chokes up)He used to say. the indians wereright smart about medicine things.(tears)My Pa. I don’t know if he’s aliveor dead.Hannah starts to get teary-eyed and puts an arm around the boy.NEARBYA group of YOUNG BRAVES look on, smugly, pointing and taunting.Three of the youths are taken with Hannah’s hair and approach her.William cowers and is rewarded with a kick from each. One of the youthsbegins to hit William about the head with a stick until Hannah grabsit in mid swing.Stop it!HANNAHHe’s just a boy.The youths play it up among themselves, surprised that woman woulddare interfere. One of them grabs Hannah’s hair and pulls her outinto the clearing. Hannah makes no sound. Another, UNCAS, uses theend of his bow to lift Hannah’s torn and filthy skirt.HANNAHNo!The youths join to hold Hannah down as Uncas lifts Hannah’s skirthigher. At that the Abenaki women jump in and begin to beat the youthwith their own sticks.His friends laugh as UNCAS falls to the ground and tries to scrambleaway from the vengeful women. They race off to safety when the womenturn their sticks on them.CLOSE ON
26Hannah as she recovers from the attack.HANNAHThank you.One of the women silences Hannah with a switch to her shoulders.Despite the pain Hannah remains silent.WIDERThe Abenaki women consider Hannah’s effort worthy of at least a tinybit of respect. The woman that struck her gives her an extra pemmicancake and exits.After the women leave, Hannah breaks the cake and gives William half.As the captives chew the hard meal, Hannah’s infant COUGHS and CRIES.Hannah puts the child to her breast and begins to sing softly.HANNAH(humming)Sleep sleep, go to sleepMama holds you tight.She’ll be here through the darkest night.You’ll wake up to her smile.(repeat hum)The child calms but the COUGH remains.CUTEXT - VALLEY – LATE DAYPastor Thomas and Darby lead the Haverhill militia to a clearing atthe bottom of the hills north of Haverhill.CLOSER. The bodies of two captives lay amidst torn cloth, bits ofclothing and other discards that indicate a large group passedthrough. Darby scours the clearing, shaking his head. PastorThomas watches from nearby.
27DARBYDon’t look healthy, Pastor Thomas.MILITIA 1Dark’s coming. We ain’t never gonnafind them now.Darby joins them.DARBYWar party’s split up. Looks about theytook off in five, six different groups.Looks about each took a few of thecaptives.PASTORCan we follow them, Mister Darby?DARBYLooks about two dozen of them.onlyeight of us.MILITIA 2Savages own these woods. No way we’regonna keep up with the devils.PASTORDarby?DARBYGet us all scalped or worse, to try.MILITIA 3We tried. We won’t go further, PastorThomas. We have our own families toworry about.WIDERMost of the other militiamen nod agreement.
28Pastor Thomas nods silently and begins to pray over the two corpsesas his colleagues start digging graves nearby.CUTEXT - RIVER BANK – PRE-DAWNHannah wakes with a startle as Molly is snatched from her arms. Sheis kicked by the elder Abenaki woman and struck lightly with the stickto get her moving faster.Hannah tries to jump up to retrieve the child but only manages towaken William, who scrambles backwards on his ass, pulling Hannahdown in the dirt.CLOSERMy baby.HANNAHPlease don’t hurt my baby.Hannah’s eyes go wide with fear as the elder woman approaches witha knife.The woman deftly cuts the cord that ties the Hannah andWilliam together.WIDEROther women grab Hannah and hold her as a longer cord is loped aroundher neck. William watches, aghast.WILLIAMThey’re going to hang us?TRACK as the women manhandle HANNAH towards the river and shove herin. Two of the younger women immediately jump in and remove Hannah’sskirt and blouse.CLOSERThey begin to scrub her with handfuls of aromatic leaves. Hannahsqueezes her eyes shut and abandons herself to the rough attention.
29LATERNaked, Hannah sits on the riverbank with her arms around her knees,shivering as a young Abenaki woman brushes her hair.NEARBYThe elder woman sits, holding Molly in a fur wrap. The baby coughswithout stop. The woman dips her finger into a small leather pouchand offers it to the baby to suck. The coughing slows but doesn’tstop.NEARBYSeveral Abenaki women excitedly sort through the dresses, bonnetsand ribbons that were looted from the village. They try bonnets oneach other and tie ribbons in their hair, LAUGHING and GIGGLING.A gingham dress is chosen and taken to the elder woman.her approval.She nodsLATERThe eastern sky is brightening.The camp is beginning to stir.NEARBYDressed in the gingham, Hannah sits, nursing her baby as two of thewomen preen her. The elder woman looks on and slowly shakes herhead.a look of sadness on her face. The elder waves the othersoff and holds out her arm for Hannah’s baby as Levarge approaches.Hannah is confused.HANNAHWhat?Levarge bows with the utmost courtesy.Madame.LEVARGECaptain Duvoir offers a request
30that you join him for the morning meal.HANNAHI do not understand.LEVARGEPlease, Madame. We have much to dotoday and the Captain is impatient.Hannah looks to the elder woman, holding her child. The Abenakiwoman merely nods. Levarge offers his hand and, bewildered, Hannahaccompanies him towards Duvoirs tent. One of the younger women racesafter them to put a bonnet on Hannah’s head.CUTINT - TENT – CONTINUOUSA single tallow provides a dim, flickering light.flap opens and Hannah cautiously peers inside.HOLD.The tentDUVOIR (OS)Please do come in Madame. Excuseme but I do not know your name, Madame.WIDEN as Hannah steps within, gingerly. A small, crudely-madewooden table holds a flask and pemmican. Duvoir sits crossed leggedon his bedding. His uni
Governor offers silver for each top knot. Hannah considers a moment then covers her GASP. HANNAH Good Lord, no! DARBY It’s okay, Maam. Don’t hurt them a bit as they’re cut once and after they’re dead. Hannah is horrified. CUT MONTAGE - EXT
Dustin waves, getting her attention. Holds up the pizza box. DUSTIN Hey Nancy, there's a slice left if you want. Pepperoni and sausage -- NANCY (into phone) Hold on --Nancy walks over and --SHUTS THE DOOR in Dustin's face. 9 EXT./INT. WHEELER GARAGE - NIGHT 9 WHOOM! Dustin shuts the garage door behind him. He's in the middle of eating the last .
Discovering God’s Love Leader’s Guide 65 Lesson 5 d alm 116:1 d and Me r . Hannah’s Prayer Bible Story 1 Samuel 1; 2:18-19 Teacher Challenge Samuel’s birth was God’s answer to Hannah’s years of intense prayer. God saw that the desire of Hannah’s heart to have a baby had come to a point of surrender: She promised God to give her son back to Him. Her desire for God’s purposes .
of polygamy can create. Even Elkanah's love for Hannah and his words of encouragement could not comfort her. Hannah provides a great example of what we should do when we are hurting. "Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord" (1 Samuel 1:10). She poured out her heart—even her bitterness—to God.
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that Hannah didn’t abandon 3-year-old Samuel to an old man at the Temple. She likely visited him often, and we know from 1 Samuel 2:19 that she brought him a new robe every year. As you look at Hannah’s prayer of praise in 1 Samuel 2:1-10,
How are you currently supporting your local tourism ADVENTURE INDUSTRY RESPONDENTS: OVERVIEW businesses concerning COVID-19? Tourism boards are primarily supporting the local industry through open communication, and by providing tools, resources and information to help members weather the crisis. % Percentage of respondents . 29 ORGANIZATIONAL CONCERNS (Tourism Boards) ATTA 2020 29. Q36 .
