Great, thank you. I see now that I was indeed wrongly powering the motor half-and-half when it should have just been the battery. I'll fix that.
Since my motor draws almost three times what the driver can give, should the connection still only be to VCC1 (16)?
Forget the 10 k resistor; i was told things would be better in this case w/o it.
What do you mean by a "return" ? Return what? Where did it return from?
Thanks so much for your help. Please bear with me; I'm still a novice.