1:00:01
The cabin was attacked bya war party
Fighting with the French.
1:00:05
They're sweeping south down the frontier
Attacking farms and Mohawk villages.
1:00:10
- All the men are stuck here.
- I need proof more convincing
than this man's opinion...
1:00:14
before I weaken the fort's defenses
by releasing the militia.
1:00:18
Chingachgook's of the
same opinion about the raid.
1:00:21
Taken together, that's gospel.
1:00:23
Your fort will stand or fall
depending on Webb's reinforcements,
1:00:27
not the presence
of the colonials.
1:00:29
I judge military matters here,
not you.
1:00:32
Your judgment is not more important
than their right...
1:00:36
under agreement with Webb
to defend their farms and families.
1:00:39
Major Heyward was there. He was
at John Cameron's. He saw what it was.
1:00:43
What exactly did you see, Major?
1:00:54
I saw nothing that would lead me to the
conclusion it was other than a raid...
1:00:59
by savages bent on thievery.
1:01:01
- You're a liar!
- Major!
1:01:06
Montcalm is a soldier
and a gentleman, not a butcher.
1:01:09
Easy for you to suppose.
It's their women and children
alone on the farms, not yours!
1:01:14
- You for get yourself, sir!
- We're not forgettin' Webb's promise.
1:01:17
British promises are honored,
and the militia will not be released,
1:01:22
because I need more definite proof
than this man's word!
1:01:25
Nathaniel's word's been good
on this frontier a longtime
before you got here.
1:01:29
This meeting is over!
The militia stays.
1:01:32
Does the rule of English law
no longer govern?
1:01:37
Has it been replaced
by absolutism?
1:01:39
If English law cannot be
trusted, people would do better
making peace with the French.
1:01:43
- That is sedition!
- That is the truth!
1:01:47
I'll have you beaten
from this fort.
1:01:51
Anyone fomenting on advocating
the leaving of Fort William
Henry will be hung for sedition.
1:01:57
Anyone actually caught leaving
will be shot for desertion.