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CHAPTER 22 THE POW WOL
IT WAS GETTING
LIGHT IN EAST AS PREACHER ROSE FROM HIS BED ROLL ,AURORA WAS SLEEPING AND SA BOO GOT UP TO FOLLOW PREACHER OUT SIDE.
PREACHER PUT A LOG ON THE HOT COLDS AND SOON IT WAS GOING GOOD .[PREACHER WENT BACK IN SIDE GET HIS BACK PACK AND SPEAR .TO
GET THE TRIP GOING .AFTER LAYING IT CLOSE TO FIRE .BEN HAD NOT GOT THERE .PREACHER TOOK THE TIME TO SAY GOOD BY TO AURORA.
HE WENT IN T PEE AND SLOWLY RUB HER BACK AND SHOULDER'S SOON SHE STIR AND HE HELD HER IN HIS ARMS. AND RUB HIS
NOSE TO HERS. [AURORA] I AM GOING TO MIST YOU NEXT FEW DAYS. [PREACHER] IF THIS WAS NOT SO IMPORTANT I STAY HERE WITH
YOU. THE HOLD FUTURE OF OUR PEOPLE MAY DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS THERE IN FEW DAYS. [AURORA ] I KNOW THAT, I BE HERE WEIGHTING
ON YOU .[PREACHER HEARS NOISE OUT SIDE KNOW BEN SHOW UP .HE GIVES AURORA BIG HUG AND NOSE RUB . AND GOES OUT THE T PEE. [PREACHER]
IT DOES LOOK LIKE RAIN TO DAY ,,[BEN] YES I GOT MY OVER TOP COVER IN CASE IT DOES. [PREACHER ]WELL WE BURNING DAY LIGHT WANT
TO COVER AS MUCH TO DAY WE CAN. SO PREACHER AND BEN HEAD DOWN THE LITTLE BIG HORN TOWARD THE CAMP SPOT THEY USE TO BE AT..
SA BOO RIGHT WITH HIM. PREACHER KNOWS HE CAN NOT LEAVE SA BOO BE HIND ,HE JUST FOLLOW BE HIND HIM. THEY WALK MOST THE DAY
SKY GOT DARKER . AND LOOK LIKE STORMS COMING. [PREACHER TOLD BEN WE CAMP ON TOP THAT RIDGE . WHICH THEY STARTED A FIRE
..PREACHER GOT OUT BIG PIECE STONE AND STARTED TO DIG IN THE DIRT .[ BEN] WHY YOU DOING THAT FOR ? PREACHER] WE MAY GET MORE
THAN RAIN. I DO NOT LIKE THE LOOKS OF THAT SKY. SO BEN GOT A BIG STICK AND HELP PREACHER DIG HOLE IN GROWN 4 FOOT WIDE
AND 6 FOOT LONG AND 3 FOOT DEEP.. THEY DUG FOR HOUR .THEN PUT A MAMMOTH HIDE OVER IT TO KEEP RAIN OFF ,AND PUT THE DIRT
CLOSE TO EDGE HOLE TO KEEP WATER AWAY. PREACHER PUT GRASS IN BOTTOM HOLE IN CASE THE GROWN GETS REALLY WET THEY BE ABOVE IT
.AND PREACHER PUT HIS BED ROLL DOWN FOR ADDED PROTECTION. IT WAS ALMOST DARK WHEN STORM CAME .PREACHER AND BEN SAW SOME THING
COME DOWN FROM CLOUDS. LOOK LIKE A MAMMOTH TRUNK. [BEN] WHAT THAT? [PREACHER] I DO NOT KNOW ,BUT BET IT NOT GOOD . MAYBE IT’S
THE GODS SWEEPING THE GROWN UP. LOOK ALL THE STUFF FALLING OUT THE SKY FROM IT . LOOK LIKE BISON. RAINING BISON. PREACHER
HIT THE HOLE AND SO DID BEN. WAS NOT LONG THE RAIN COVER WAS GONE FROM THE WIND ,PREACHER AND BEN HELD EACH OTHER
AS WIND WHIP AROUND THEM SA ,BOO CAME IN HOLE AND LAY ON TOP PREACHER AND BEN AS A PROTECTOR OR NEED PROTECTING .WHO KNOW
,BUT NONE HAS SEEN ANY THING LIKE THIS. AS FAST IT CAME IT LEFT . THERE WAS DEAD BISON ALL OVER THE PLAINS . PREACHER
AND BEN AND SA BOO ALL HUG EACH OTHER LONG AFTER IT HAD GONE . DID NOT DARE TO LOOK OUT. PREACHER TOLD BEN HAD NOT BEEN THIS
FRIGHTEN SENSE THE SABER TOOTH TIGER GOT AFTER HIM. SOON SA BOO GOT OFF PREACHER AND BEN AND THEY RAISE THERE HEADS AND LOOK.
ALL WAS QUIET NOW. STORM HAD MOVE ON. THERE WAS NO WAY THEY FINE THE RAIN COVER. SO PREACHER USE HIS BED ROLL
SKIN FOR RAIN COVER. AND THEY SLEEP ON THE STRAW THAT NIGHT AND SA BOO LAY ED WITH THEM ,THEY NEEDED THE EXTRA HEAT FROM HIM.
NEXT MORNING THE SUN WAS OUT . AND PREACHER
AND BEN AND SA BOO HIT THE TRAIL TO OLD CAMP SPOT TO MEET RED FOX. ON WAY PREACHER TOLD BEN HE SURE HE WANTS A CAVE
NOW AFTER LAST NIGHT. BEN THAT’S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT ,, HOPE I NEVER SEE ONE THEM AGAIN. PREACHER ALL MY YEARS
NEVER SEE ANY THING CLOSE TO THAT. BEN GOOD THING YOU DUG THAT HOLE IN GROUND. [PREACHER] IT MAY HELP SOME BUT THINK IF IN
THAT STORM WAY YOU DEAD. LOOK AT ALL DEAD BISON ,MUST BE A HUNDRED OF THEM, SHAME WASTE OF MEAT AND HIDES. GUESS ITS THEY
GODS WAY KEEP FROM BEEN TO MANY BISON. SOON THEY COULD SEE THE RIDGE. WHEN THEY GOT CLOSE TO 1/4 MILE OF IT .PREACHER TOLD
BEN YOU STAY HERE MAKE YOU A FIRE STAY HERE UNTIL I RETURN. BEN SAID HE DO THAT AND PREACHER WALK ON. WHEN PREACHER
GOT TO TOP RIDGE HE PUT HIS BED ROLL DOWN AND SET ON IT AND SA BOO LAY BE SIDE HIM AND WEIGHTED FOR RED FOX. SOON PREACHER
SEEN SOME MOVEMENT IN TALL GRASS LOOK LIKE TWO. IT WAS THREE ONE STOP THERE AND RED FOX AND A CHILD WALK TOWARD PREACHER.
[RED FOX ] HOPE YOU DO NOT MINE MY WOMAN WAS SICK AND I HAD BRING MY SON ALONG.[ PREACHER] GAVE A SMILE HE THOUGHT HE MAY
SOON HAVE THAT PROBLEM TO.. HE SAID KNOW I DO NOT MINE ,YOU A FATHER YOU GOT BE A FATHER. HOW YOUR PEOPLE RED FOX. [RED
FOX ] WE HAD BAD STORM LOST FEW T PEES LAST NIGHT. BUT KNOW BODY GOT HERT. [PREACHER ] I SEEN IT ALMOST GOT US LOOK LIKE A
MAMMOTH TRUNK SWEEPING AWAY ALL ON GROUND.
RED FOX THOSE ARE BAD ,GLAD THEY NOT BIG. [PREACHER] SET DOWN LETS TALK. [PREACHER]
I LOVE THIS LAND AND WANT TO LIVE HERE. I BE A FOOL TO WANT A WAR AND SPOIL ALL I LOOK FOR., ,I FOUND HERE, I WANT TO LIVE
IN PIECE WITH YOU MY CHEYENNE FRIEND. RED FOX. IF THIS IS TRUE THERE GOT BE A BOND THAT LAST BETWEEN YOUR TRIBE AND MINE
THAT LAST LONG AFTER YOU AND ME GONE [PREACHER] THIS IS TRUE MY FRIEND . WE MUST BE BROTHERS .[RED FOX] BROTHERS SHARE
THE SAME BLOOD, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS SO .[RED FOX] I DO NOT WANT WAR MANY WOMEN WILL CRY THE SAD SONGS ,AND MANY T PEE
BE EMPTY .THIS I DO NOT WANT. [PREACHER] I WANT THE SAME AS YOU DO RED FOX. PREACHER TURN HIS PAM UP TOOK KNIFE AND CUT HIS
PAM. AND HAND RED FOX THE KNIFE , RED FOX TOOK THE HINT AND CUT HIS PAM. [PREACHER TOOK HIS HAND AND TOOK RED FOX HAND AND
TIED TWO TOGETHER WITH PIECE OF HIDE . [PREACHER ] MY BLOOD RUNS WITH YOU BLOOD ,YOUR BLOOD RUNS WITH MY BLOOD. WE NOW
BLOOD BROTHERS.[ RED FOX] SO BE IT WE NOW BROTHERS. [PREACHER] THIS IS OUR BOND WE SHARE THE SAME BLOOD. [RED FOX] HOW CAN
WE TELL YOUR PEOPLE FROM MINE. [PREACHER] I GIVE THAT THOUGHT.. PREACHER WAS DISTRACTED BY RED FOX SON HAD A KIND TOY. BOY
TAKE A SMALL STICK AND PUT IT ON THIS STICK WITH STRING. BOY PULL THE STICK BACK AGAINST THE STRING AND THE STICK FLY A 2O
FEET. PREACHER ASK RED FOX IF HE COULD SEE THE TOY RED FOX HAND IT TO HIM. PREACHER PULL THE STICK BACK AGAINST
THE STRING THE SMALL STICK BEND AND WHEN HE TURN IT LOOSE THE SMALL STICK WENT FLYING. [PREACHER] LOOK AT IT AND SAID YOU
KNOW IF THIS WAS BIGGER IT COULD LAUNCH A SMALL SPEAR ,AND MAYBE KILL A BISON. RED FOX EYES LIGHT UP AND PREACHER
SAID WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS. PREACHER SET DOWN AGAIN ,, AND SAID TO RED FOX] YOUR PEOPLE WARE A RED HEAD BAND WITH A BLACK
HAND ON IT .. WE WARE A BLACK HEAD BAND WITH RED HAND ON IT . THAT WAY YOU KNOW IF ONE OURS WE KNOW IF HE YOURS. IF NO HEAD
BAND HE INTRUDER. [RED FOX] LET IT BE SO. WHY THE HAND ON THEM? [PREACHER] SHOWS US BEEN BLOOD BROTHERS. OUR JOINING
OF HANDS AND BLOOD .RED FOX GOOD IDEAL.. [PREACHER] HEY RED FOX] MY WOMAN LEFT MY FISH TRAP DOWN IN RIVER IF ANY FISH IN IT
WE CAN SHARE A FISH MEAL AT BEN FIRE OVER THERE . RED FOX] WHAT IS A FISH TRAP? [PREACHER] SOME I MADE THAT TRAPS FISH. COME
ON PREACHER AND RED FOX WENT TO WHERE PREACHER HAD HIS TRAP. PREACHER PULL IT UP AND IT WAS FULL OF FISH. HAD 15 FISH WITH
SKIN ON THEM..[ RED FOX ] CAT FISH HU GOOD EATING . PREACHER] CAT FISH? RED FOX SEE WHISKERS LIKE A CAT. PREACHER I SEE NOW.
LETS EAT. SOON RED FOX AND PREACHER AND THE CHILD WAS AT BENS FIRE WITH THE FISH.
AFTER THE
FISH DINNER RED FOX AND BEN AND PREACHER. SET AT THE FIRE AND PREACHER SAID .THIS WILL MAKE US STRONGER , NOW WE BROTHERS
, WHEN YOU ATTACK WE HELP YOU. WHEN WE ATTACK YOU HELP US.[ RED FOX ] GOOD IDEAL. I GOT MORE MEN THEN WOMEN.. PREACHER EYES
LIGHT UP WE GOT MORE WOMEN THEN MEN. I COULD USE 4 MORE MEN GOT WOMEN FOR THEM. THEY LOST THERE MEN TO THE CANNIBAL AND WAS
WEEK SO JOIN MY GROUP THEY LOST CHIEF AND MEDICINE MEN I HAD BOTH SO THEY JOIN ME I BE CAME THEIR CHIEF. [RED
FOX] YOU GREAT LEADER AND SMART MAN ,I SAW THIS WHEN WE WATCHING YOU. RED FOX . MAYBE YOU SEND US COUPLE WOMEN WE SEND COUPLE
MEN. THEN WE BE TRULY RELATED. [PREACHER] THIS I MUST DISCUSS WITH WOMEN. LIKE YOU MUST TALK TO MEN. RED FOX YES THIS NEED
WORK., PREACHER WHAT IF I MEET YOU HERE IN TWO NEW MOONS. MY WOMAN IS WITH CHILD . I NEED GET HER THREW THIS BE FORE I COME
BACK. RED FOX I SEE MY SON HAS TAKE A LIKING TO YOUR BEAR AND BEAR TO HIM. I SEE SAID PREACHER SA BOO HERE AT
MY SIDE ,BUT HE PLAYING WITH YOUR SON. HE BEEN AT MY SIDE EVER SENSE I FOUND HIM AFTER A MALE BEAR KILL HIS MOTHER AND
BROTHER. RED FOX HE YOUR SPIRIT MY MEN SAID MAN HAD MADE BEAR HIS FRIEND. THIS I FOUND HARD TO BE LEAVE. NOW I SEE.
MAN AND ANIMAL CAN BE FRIENDS. RED FOX I THINK WE TALK ABOUT MOST EVERY THING NOW. I MEET YOU HERE IN TWO NEW MOONS
.PREACHER I WILL COME TO YOUR VILLAGE TO MEET YOUR PEOPLE .AS YOU BROTHER AND FRIEND , SAVE YOU SOME TRIVIAL TO HERE NEXT
TIME YOU COME TO MINE. RED FOX .THAT’S BE A GOOD THING ,, YOU COME TO MY HOME. IN TWO NEW MOONS. PREACHER IT WILL BE.
RED FOX GOT HIS BOY AND WENT TOWARD HIS VILLAGE AND PREACHER AND BEN BROKE CAMP ,STILL HAD SOME DAY LEFT TO TRIVIAL ON.
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