CHAPTER 20 THE RESCUE
THAT NIGHT PREACHER CALL A MEETING OF THE HOLD TRIBE. [PREACHER] I DO NOT KNOW IF CONDOR
OR IRISH BEEN CAPTURE BY OTHER TRIBE OR NOT.
I CAN NOT TAKE A CHANCE ON OUR SAFETY, AURORA AND TROPICANA HAPPY JO CAN YOU TRIVIAL FOR TWO
DAYS? AURORA ,YES, HAPPY JO, YES,, TROPICANA YES, [PREACHER STORM CLOUD I WANT YOU BREAK CAMP AND FOLLOW BEN TO LITTLE
BIG HORN. BEN KNOWS WHERE IT IS.. YOU BE ABLE TO SEE ALL WHO APPROACH THAT VALLEY. BEN YOU FINE WAY BACK? [BEN] YES I
KNOW THE WAY WELL. TATERBUG YOU WITH ME GET ARMS ..
AURORA, HAPPY JO, TROPICANA , SORRY ,WE TRY GET THEM BACK IF CAPTURE .IF NOT WE FINE THEM
WE WANT BE BACK UNTIL WE DO. THIS I PROMISE WE KNOW WHAT HAPPEN WITH THEM. LOT CRYING GOING OWN IN CAMP THAT NIGHT. ALL WAS
WORRY THAT IRISH AND CONDOR WAS DEAD. [PREACHER ]
TATERBUG YOU AS GOOD OR BETTER TRACKER THEN ME WE SHOULD FINE THEM IF TRAIL NOT TO OLD. TATERBUG
DID THEY SAY WHICH DIRECTION THEY SCOUTING? [TATERBUG] YES THEY GOING NORTH WEST FROM HERE TOWARDS THAT BIG BLUFF OVER THERE.
[PREACHER] WE GO THAT DIRECTION AND LOOK FOR THEIR TRAIL THERE. GET SOME SLEEP WANT A DOUBLE GUARD TO NIGHT., STORM CLOUD
BREAK CAMP FIRST LIGHT AND MOVE ,DO NOT WASTE TIME.
FIRST LIGHT PREACHER SA BOO AND TATERBUG LEFT CAMP
.WOMEN AND MEN WERE BREAKING DOWN CAMP AS THEY LEFT , PREACHER LOOK FOR SIGN OF IRISH AND CONDOR , SOON IN NEW
GRASS WHERE BISON HAD NOT BEEN, SEE TRAIL IN GRASS MASH DOWN OF TWO WALKING SIDE BY SIDE. PREACHER THINK THIS THEM .LOOKS
LIKE FOOT PRINTS IN GRASS . TATER BUG .YA SEE WHERE THEY SWEPT FEET THREW TALL GRASS.[ PREACHER. ]GRASS IS DRY IT BURN
IF LIGHTEN HIT CLOSE TO HERE MAYBE GOOD THING WE MOVE FROM HERE. AS THEY MOVE A LONG THEY BE CAME MORE SURE THIS WAS CONDOR
AND IRISH TRAIL. .CLOSE TEN MILES SEE WHERE MORE WALK IN SAME DIRECTION. [PREACHER LOOKS LIKE 5 FOLLOWING THEM. [TATER BUG]
7 TO MORE OVER HERE. PREACHER AND TATERBUG FOLLOW THE TRAIL. THEN STRIDES GOT FURTHER A PART LOOK LIKE THEY RUNNING
PREACHER SAID. TATER BUG YOU RIGHT CONDOR AND IRISH MUST FOUND OUT THEY BEEN STALK.. PREACHER TURN FAST TO SEE IF THEY BEEN
STALK. HE THOUGHT HE SAW SOME THING BUT WAS NOT SURE. PREACHER I THINK WE GOT A TAIL TO. [PREACHER] DO NOT LOOK
BACK WHEN WE GO OVER TOP RIDGE YOU GO 40 FEET TO RIGHT LAY DOWN IN GRASS AND I JUST LET HIM FOLLOW YOU FOLLOW HIM ,,
DO NOT KILL HIM .MIGHT NEED HIM . TATER BUG OK WE DO IT THAT WAY . PREACHER AND TATER BUG WALK TO TOP RIDGE AND OVER
AND AFTER FEW STEPS PREACH SAID GO AND TATERBUG WAS GONE. PREACHER AND SA BOO WALK ALONG AND OVER NEXT RIDGE AND SET DOWN,
AND WEIGHTING FOR THEIR GUEST TO SHOW UP. WHEN THE TAIL SHOW UP TO FINE PREACHER SETTING THERE PREACHER SAID [WHAT TOOK YOU
SO LONG?] THE TAIL TURN TO RUN AND TATER SMACK HIM LIGHT LY WITH CLUB. DOWN HE WENT , AFTER DISARM HIM PREACHER PORED SOME
WATER ON HIM AND WOKE HIM UP. [PREACHER] WHERE MY MEN AT ? THEY HAD ORDER TO SCOUT NO FIGHTING. WHY YOU
TAKE THEM PRISONERS.. WE DID SO CHIEF CAN TALK TO YOU. HE KNEW YOU COME IF TAKE SCOUTS HOSTAGE. WELL WE GOT A HOSTAGE TO.
HOW FAR IS THIS CHIEF? THREE MILES TO WEST. THERE BIG BISON HEARD THERE YOU GOT GO AROUND. I SEE SAID PREACHER[ I TALK TO
HIM WITH OUT THIS]. [TAIL] HE DID NOT KNOW THAT. HE WANTED YOU ON HIS GROWN. PREACHER REACH IN TATERBUG BACK PACK AND PULL
OUT A SMOLTER PACK. FEW PUFFS IT STARTED TO SMOKE .THE TAIL EYES GOT BIG NEVER SEEN ANY BODY COULD CARRY FIRE.
HE GAVE IT TO TATER BUG ,,IF I AM NOT BACK HERE BY SUN DOWN SET GRASS ON FIRE, AND STAMPEED THE HOLD HEARD RIGHT OVER THE
VILLAGE AND GO HOME . WE BE DEAD., THE TAIL EYES GOT BIG ,,PREACHER HAD UPPER HAND. [PREACHER] [LETS SEE THIS CHIEF SUN BURNING
AND YOU ANT GOT MUCH TIME LEFT ON THIS EARTH IF DO NOT GET MY MEN BACK], THE TAIL TOOK PREACHER TO THEIR CAMP . PREACH
STUCK HIS SPEAR IN GROWN BE FORE GOING IN, AS PIECE SIGN. CHIEF CAME OUT HIS T PEE AND THE TAIL TOLD HIM WHAT SCORE
WAS, AND CHIEF EYES GOT BIG AND HE WAS NERVES. [CHIEF] I AM RED FOX, CHIEF OF CHEYENNE TRIBE. I AM [PREACHER CHIEF
] OF SIOUX TRIBE. PREACHER MADE THAT UP HIS TRIBE HAD NO NAME. WE CAME HERE IN PIECE. WHY YOU TAKE MY MEN HOSTAGE. RED FOX] I
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU. DID NOT KNOW IF I COULD IF DID FORCE YOU ON MY GROWN ,NOW I SEE THAT IS TURN ON ME. [PREACHER] NOT
IF YOU WANT PIECE. THEN ALL WORK OUT. [RED FOX] YOU ON MY HUNTING GROWN, [PREACHER] THAT’S WHY I HAD SCOUTS OUT TO SEE
IF WE ON SOME ONE GROWN., YOU COULD CAME TO MY CAMP WE POW WOL ON THIS ,NO NEED TO MAKE THEIR WOMEN SAD. HOW FAR YOU THINK
IS YOUR GROWN. RED FOX TWO DAY ANY DIRECTION. PREACHER] GOOD I TOLD MY PEOPLE MOVE TO EAST, WE BE 3 DAYS AWAY. IT BE GOOD
IF MY TRIBE AND YOUR WERE FRIENDS .WE CONTROL ALL NORTH PLAINS., AND CAN TRADE LITTLE. I TELL YOU WHAT. WHERE WE CAMP AT NOW
I MEET YOU THERE IN 6 DAYS TO MAKE PIECE YOU AND ME KNOW BODY ELSE. AGREEMENTS SHOULD BE MAKE BY CHIEFS THEY ONE KEEP IT THERE
IS STONE IN THEIR WORDS . THEY STAY. RED FOX . I THINK THIS GOOD IDEAL. NOW HERE YOUR MEN WE DID NOT HERT THEM. [PREACHER]
WELL YOUR TAIL GOT KNOT ON HIS HEAD THAT’S ALL. WE MUST LEAVE SOON OR MY MAN GOING TO WIPE THE CAMP OUT ON MY ORDERS.
CHIEF I KNOW YOU A SMART ONE. SO GO BE FORE HE DOES IT. PREACHER CONDOR AND IRISH WALK OUT CAMP PREACHER PICK UP HIS SPEAR
ON WAY OUT . SOON FOUND TATER BUG AND SA BOO AND THEY HEADED EAST TO LITTLE BIG HORN