Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...

his end till the winter of seventynine...
The Horseman rises, eyes filled with rage, looks to see...
SIX ragtag REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS give chase, firing rifles. The
Horseman flees, bullets throwing snow behind.
BALTUS (CONT'D)
... not far from here in our Western
Woods...
FLASHBACK -- DEEPER IN THE FOREST BATTLEFIELD (WINTER) -- DAY
The Horseman glances back, bounding through, drawing his sword, when
suddenly he halts...
He's happened upon TWO YOUNG GIRLS gathering firewood. The girls stand
frozen at the sight of him for a long, silent moment, till one girl
drops the firewood and runs.
The second girl remains, holding the Horseman's gaze.
The Horseman and the girl hold each other's gaze for a long beat.
The Horseman puts his finger to his lips, warning her to stay quiet.
The girl takes one of her pieces of dry wood and deliberately breaks
it, making a noise like a pistol shot.
There is a responding shout from a soldier back in the trees. The
Horseman turns to the sound.
Soldiers move forward from the forest behind, spreading out.
The second girl flees. The Horseman hefts his sword, turning as
soldiers surround. One soldier aims his rifle...
The Horseman reaches over his shoulder, grasps a sheathed knife and
THROWS --
THOCK! The rifleman jerks back, knife in his eye socket.
A second soldier aims and FIRES... Blood explodes from the Horseman's
arm. His sword drops.
The Horseman readies and AXE in his good hand. The Revolutionaries
move in with swords. They battle, STEEL AGAINST STEEL. The Horseman
fends off blows...
Soldier Three stabs his blade deep into the Horseman's side. The
Horseman roars, bringing his axe DOWN...
BREAKS the sword at the hilt. An UPWARD stroke sends Soldier Three
backward in a fountain of blood.
The Horseman staggers, trying to pull the blade from his ribs. The
remaining soldiers close in...
INT. VAN TASSEL HOUSE, PARLOR -- NIGHT
Ichabod is spooked. Pipe smoke wafts from Baltus's mouth.
BALTUS
They cut off his head with his own
sword. To this day, the Western
Woods is a haunted place where brave
men will not venture.
FLASHBACK -- EXT. WESTERN WOODS, TREE OF THE DEAD AREA (WINTER) -- DAY
The Horseman's headless corpse lies in a shallow grave.
BALTUS (V.O.)
... for what was planted in the
ground that day was a seed of evil.
The HORSEMAN'S HEAD is dropped into the grave.
FLASHBACK -- EXT. WESTERN WOODS, TREE OF THE DEAD AREA (WINTER) -- LATER
DAY
One of the four surviving soldiers stabs the HORSEMAN'S SWORD deep in
the ground as a marker.
The grave is done. The soldiers walk away from the grave. They have
buried the Horseman in a treeless clearing.
Daredevil appears, limping, from the trees, and puts his nose down to
the turned earth.