:13:00
So, for once they send me
an accurate report...
:13:03
and on time.
:13:04
Your orders, General?
:13:06
You will leave with a small escort
for Nombre de Dios...
:13:09
at sundown, as scheduled.
:13:12
But the English will attack.
:13:13
And you will offer no resistance.
:13:16
Capt. Thorpe came a long way
for this gold.
:13:19
We must not disappoint him.
:13:21
Lieutenant, you have seen
the jungle orchid?
:13:26
It is a very attractive flower...
:13:29
that holds out its yellow pollen...
:13:32
but once an insect is lured
within its petals...
:13:37
they close like this.
:13:51
We're on the right track, Captain.
:13:53
I got it from a native.
They hate the Spanish worse than we do.
:13:56
Near as I could figure his lingo...
:13:58
the gold train leaves Ventacruz
at sundown...
:14:00
- about 20 mules in all.
- How far is Ventacruz from here?
:14:03
About 20 miles, Captain.
It'll take a mule train most of the night.
:14:07
Good. Then we'll have time for some sleep
after we set up the ambush.
:14:10
Spread out along this trail
at intervals of 10 yards.
:14:12
Burke, I'm stationing you at the rear.
It's a very responsible position.
:14:16
You'll signal on your whistle
when you see the last man and mule pass.
:14:19
You all know what to do, men.
:14:21
I'll stay at this point.
:14:23
Mr. Pitt, you're across from me,
Mr. Scott, next place down the line.
:14:26
Men, you better all pick out your nests
before dark.
:14:36
It's too thick in there.
You can't see what's in it.
:14:39
Full of snakes and crocodiles, I'll wager.
:14:41
They say there's plants with arms like
that'll strangle a man if he ain't careful.
:14:45
Stop that talk, or you'll be seeing ghosts
before you see Spaniards.
:14:58
It's a funny thing about sailors, you know?