CHAPTER 14 JACK AND LIZZIE

RED BEAR AND LIZZIE BEEN ON TRAIL ALL DAY JACK JUST SET ON HIS HORSE AS RED BEAR LEAD IT ALONG WITH HIM. WITH BILL GONE LIZZIE HAD NO WAY OF TALKING TO RED BEAR.

JACK WAS ONLY ONE THAT COULD SIGN TO RED BEAR AND HE STILL IN SHOCK.

BLACK CROW THE WAR CHIEF, WAS CLOSE TO RED BEAR HE LOOK AT JACK, AND SHOOK HEAD,

THEN HE SIGN TO RED BEAR.

BLACK CROW in sign HE MAY BE TOUTCH,BY THE GREAT SPIRIT!

RED BEAR in sign HE IN SHOCK, FROM ALL THE FIGHTING AND KILLING HE HAD TO DO. I SEEN THIS WHEN WE WERE AT WAR WITH THE WHITE EYES IN OUR BRAVES.

BLACK CROW in sign HE WILL BE LOOK AT AS ONE BEEN TOUCH BY THE GREAT SPIRIT, YOU LOOK AROUND  ALL BRAVES STAY AWAY FROM US NOW. THEY AFRAID OF HIM.

RED BEAR in sign THE WHITE EYES WAS A AFRAID OF HIM. THEY TRIED TO KILL HIM AND HE BET THEM ALL. HE IS WHAT A WARRIOR SHOULD BE. YET HE CAN BE GOOD TO.

RED BEAR in sign I THINK HE FIGHT NO MORE. JUST LIVE IN PIECE NOW WITH HIS WOMAN.

BLACK CROW in sign STRANGE WOMAN SHE ACT LIKE A BRAVE. YET SHE CARE FOR HER MAN, AS A WOMAN.

RED BEAR in sign WHITE EYES TREAT THERE WOMEN DIFFERENT. LET THEM SAY MORE AND

BE PART HIS LIFE TO. AT TIMES THEY SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN A TASK. NOW

SHE IS IN CHARGE OF HIM, SHE LOOKS OUT FOR HIM.

BLACK CROW in sign HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE, THEY ARE STRANGE, THE WHITE EYES.

AS THE DAY OF RIDING CAME TO END, THEY MADE CAMP AND LIZZIE BUILD THEIR ON FIRE.

THE INDIANS WAS RUBBING STICK TOGETHER START A FIRE. LIZZIE JUST STRUCK A MATCH AND WHEN IT FLEER UP, THE INDIAN JUMP BACK SOON HER FIRE WAS GOING. THE INDIAN WERE LOOKING AT HER IN AMAZEMENT. SHE WENT OVER TO WHERE A BRAVE HAD HIS TENDER TRY GET A SPARK. STRUCK A MATCH AND DROP IT ON HIS TENDER AND SMILE AT HIM, HE LOOK UP IN BEWILDERMENT. SHE HELD IT UP AND SAID MATCH . RED BEAR JUST SNICKERED AND HELP HER WITH JACK.

LIZZIE HAD HER COFFEE POT GOING, AND COOK SALT MEAT IN SKILLET AND BISCUITS IN ANOTHER SKILLET. COFFEE MADE SHE PORE LITTLE IN THE GREASE MAKE STRIPED GRAVY.

WHICH WENT WELL ON BISCUITS, SHE HAND JACK HIS TIN WITH HIS MEAT BISCUITS AND HIS TIN CUP COFFEE. JACK JUST SET THERE . LIZZIE WAS THINKING I MAY HALF TO FEED HIM. SHE EAT HER DINNER FIRST. AS SHE CLEAN UP HER TINS AND CUP ,JACK SPOKE.

JACK COFFEE IS COLD.

LIZZIE JUMP WITH JOY.

LIZZIE [JACK] YOU BACK!

JACK HOW LONG I BEEN OUT IT?

LIZZIE 18 HOURS NOW.

JACK WHAT HAPPEN?

LIZZIE CAPTAIN TOOK THE SERGEANT BODY AND GOING TO SAY IT YOU.

LIZZIE BILL GOING TO TURN IT IN AS YOU ,COLLECT THE REWORD.

JACK THEY GOING TO LIE FOR ME?

LIZZIE JACK JOHNSON IS DEAD NOW ,YOU JACK MC-MEND.

JACK WHO JACK MC-MEND?

LIZZIE MC-MEND WAS MY DEAD HUSBAND NAME.

JACK WHERE IS SAM?

LIZZIE CAPTAIN TOOK IT AS PROOF YOU DEAD ,ALONG WITH YOUR SHOT GUN AND THAT SHARPS.

JACK THAT HORSE THIEF,

LIZZIE I GAVE BILL 100 GOLD TO BUY HIM BACK, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE HIM.

JACK GOOD IF ,LOOSE SAM GOT BE FOR GOOD REASON.

JACK WHAT AM I RIDING NOW?

LIZZIE THE SERGEANT HORSE.

JACK I TRADE IT TO RED BEAR FOR A MUSTANG. I DO NOT WANT ANY THING THAT SERGEANT HAD.

LIZZIE I KEEP THREE YOUR 44S AND THE SPENCER REPEATER. REST WENT IN WITH THE BODY.

JACK OK I BUY ME A SHARPS WHEN WE GOT CLOSE TO A TRADING POST.

LIZZIE OK BUT YOU JACK MC-MEND NOW REMEMBER IT.

JACK LIZZIE CAN I GET ANOTHER CUP COFFEE?

LIZZIE YES SWEET HART ,AND GAVE HIM A KISS.

JACK PAT HER ON BACK SIDE ,LIZZIE KIND OF SHOOK IT AT HIM.

LIZZIE RED BEAR SAID HE BE GLAD TO MAKE US MAN AND WOMAN. THEN YOU GET MORE THAN A PAT.

JACK WHERE IS THAT OLD CHICKEN THIEF.

LIZZIE HE OVER THERE , AND SHOUT "RED BEAR " "HE IS BACK"!

JACK GEE LIZZIE WOMAN NOT SUPPOSE TO HOLLER AT A BRAVE IN PUBLIC ,,HEHE

RED BEAR WALK OVER HAD BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE. HELD OUT HIS HAND TO JACK.

RED BEAR in sign WELCOME BACK MY BROTHER.

JACK in sign THINK YOU ,MY WOMAN NOT USE TO INDIAN WAYS FORGIVE HER.

RED BEAR in sign GOOD WOMAN, SHE TOOK GOOD CARE OF YOU. PROTECT YOU.

JACK in sign WILL MY BROTHER LET US SPEND THE WINTER WITH HIS PEOPLE?

RED BEAR in sign WE BE HONORED TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT MAN WITH US.

LIZZIE I TOLD BILL WE BE GOING TO OREGON AND LIVE NEXT TO ROGUE RIVER.

JACK in sign WE BE MOVING ON IN SPRING TO OREGON LIVE SOUTH ROGUE RIVER.

RED BEAR in sign WE GET YOU A LODGE WHEN WE GET BACK TO CAMP. WE IN A GOOD PLACE FOR THE WINTER. DOWN ON THE RED RIVER.

JACK in sign I BET YOU ON THAT HIGH RIDGE YOU ON ;WHERE WE FIRST MEET.

RED BEAR in sign YES THAT'S WHERE WE AT ,GOOD KEEP FROM FLOODS.

RED BEAR in sign I WANT YOU MEET MY WAR CHIEF BLACK CROW.

JACK in sign I BE GLAD TO .

RED BEAR TURN AND SAID "HICKNIA"

BLACK CROW TURN AND WALK OVER TO RED BEAR JACK AND LIZZIE.

BLACK CROW in sign HE BACK FROM GREAT SPIRITS?

RED BEAR in sign I WANT YOU TO MEET MY BROTHER

JACK in sign PLEASE TO MEET YOU BLACK CROW.

BLACK CROW in sign WELCOME BACK TO THIS WORLD 'JACK" FRIEND RED BEAR IS WELCOME HERE. HIS WOMAN TOO.

JACK in sign IT A PLEASURE TO BE WITH MY INDIAN BROTHERS. THE WHITE EYES TO EAST

FOUGHT EACH OTHER, THEY STILL MAD AT ME WHEN WAR OVER, I LOOK FOR HOME WHERE I NOT KNOWN. LIVE NEW LIFE.

LIZZIE JACK I AM GOING TURN IN ,ANT HAD ANY SLEEP IN TWO DAYS.

JACK I WONDER WHY FELT SO TIRED.

JACK in sign I HAVE NOT SLEEP IN FEW DAYS, SO I JUST SPEND TIME WITH WOMAN HERE.

AND THINKS FOR COMING TO MY AID AND LOOKING OUT FOR ME.

RED BEAR in sign IT IS A PLEASURE MY BROTHER,

BLACK CROW in sign SEE YOU TO MORROW ,GET GOOD SLEEP GOT LONG RIDE.

THE TWO INDIAN TURN AND WALK AWAY RED BEAR SAID TO BLACK CROW,NICIA WAL DOSIE JER CUPA[ THAT WOMAN IS SOMETHING ELSE] BLACK CROW JUST SNICKERS.