TO RED FOX DEN

CHAPTER 30 TO RED FOX DEN


LATE THAT AFTER NOON PREACHER TOOK THE SHAFTS HE HAD. MOUNTED NEW BLACK ROCK POINT TO THE ARROWS AND ATTACH FEATHER TO THEM AND TIE WITH THE DRY FISH GUTS ,AND IT WORK GOOD. THE TIES WITH FISH GUT MADE A STRONG SMALL STRING TO WORK WITH ,AND FEATHERS WERE ON TIGHT . PREACHER TRY THEM OUT ALL WENT TRUE ,AND WERE FAST TO THE MARK, AND FLEW TRUE. PREACHER NOW HAD 6 ARROWS AND ONE HE KILL STORM CLOUD WITH MADE 7 .[AURORA CAME OUT AS HE SET BE SIDE THE FIRE. YOU GOING TO RED FOX, TOMORROW? SHE ASK. [PREACHER] YES ,SAY NOT A THING TO ANY BODY ABOUT IT. GOING TAKE THE TWO WOMEN THAT POISON STORM CLOUD AGAINST ME, TO TRADE FOR MEN, HELP THE GROUP. [AURORA] I WISH YOU DID NOT HALF TO GO, I DO NOT WANT BE HERE ALONG. PREACHER SAID I HAD NOT PLAN ON THIS TRIP TO COME THIS SOON, BUT NEED GET THESE WOMEN OUT MY CAMP BE FORE IT GET WORSE. THEY ARE POISON ALWAYS RUN DOWN CHIEF FOUND OUT A LOT ABOUT THEM TO DAY. YOU KNOW THEY HELP STORM CLOUD BET BEV UP? [AURORA] BEV BEAT UP? [PREACHER] SHE ALL BRUISED UP. STORM CLOUD DID IT BECAUSE SHE GOING TO WARN ME. HE GOING TO KILL ME IN MY SLEEP. [PREACHER] TATER BUG WILL BRING YOU FOOD, EXCEPT FOOD FROM HIM ONLY. WE DO NOT KNOW HOW DEEP THIS RUNS. I HOPE THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO. WHEN THEY GONE IT BE OVER WITH, BUT NOT TAKEN CHANCES I WANT YOU AND ELSIE PROTECTED JUST IN CASE SOME ONE TRY TAKE REVENGE. IT WAS GETTING DARK AND SOON PREACHER AND AURORA WENT IN FOR THE NIGHT. PREACHER HAD HIS ROLL ON OTHER SIDE OF TEE PEE. SO HE WAS AWAY FROM BABY'S SO HE WOULD NOT WAKE THEM UP ,AND SA BOO SLEEP BE SIDE HIM. [AURORA TRY TO SAVE LOT HER MILK FOR NIGHT FEEDING OF BABY'S .SO SHE NEED LOT ROOM IN TEEPEE. ELSIE MILK HELP A LOT ,THREW THE DAY. AT MID NIGHT PREACHER HEARD SOME NOISE OUT SIDE HE HAD HIS KNIFE WEIGHTING FOR IT COME IN, AND IT NEVER DID. STRANGE PREACHER THOUGHT, AND AFTER LONG WEIGHT HE GOT UP AND WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. WHEN HE WENT OUT SEE A PERSON AT CAMP FIRE. HE WAS JUST SETTING THERE, AND POKING THE FIRE GETTING IT UP. [PREACHER] WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. THE FIG GER TURN AROUND IT WAS BLACK BIRD. HE SAID I WAS KEEPING EYE OUT FOR YOU. I KNOW I FROZE THAT DAY NEVER SEEN ANY THING LIKE THE BEAR AND I WAS IN SHOCK, AND I WAS A SHAM OF MY SELF. I WATCH OUT FOR YOUR TEEPEE LAST NIGHT ,AND KEEP EYE OUT TO NIGHT. TRY MAKE UP FOR WHAT HAPPEN AT THE BEAR ATTACK. [PREACHER] I KNOW IT IS A SHOCK AND NEVER BEEN IN THAT SPOT. YOU GOT NO EXPERIENCE, IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.. TAKE TRAINING TO DEAL WITH A SURPRISE LIKE THAT. IRISH GOING TO NEED YOU, AND BOWSER, AND BEN MAKE THAT PART TRIBE WORK RIGHT . HOW LONG YOU BEEN OUT HERE .[BLACKBIRD] MAYBE A HOUR OR SO. I WAS HERE TO ALMOST LIGHT LAST NIGHT. I HEARD YOU MOVING, I WENT HOME. YOU BEEN GUARDING ME AT NIGHTS? YA. BLACK BIRD SAID. IT MUST LOOK BAD FOR US , STORM CLOUD PLANNING TO KILL YOU. PREACHER] I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY IN THAT PLOT, I HOPE I GOT ALL..
BLACKBIRD] I THINK SO. I DID NOT KNOW ANY THING ABOUT IT. IT NEVER REACH MY TEEPEE .[PREACHER] WHY YOU WITH MORE EXPERIENCE MEN TO LEARN FROM THEM , EXPERIENCED IS BEST TEACHER. THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU STILL HAHA . PREACHER WENT BACK IN TEEPEE AND HOPE THE YOUNG MAN DOES HIS JOB WELL.
AT FIRST LIGHT PREACHER WAS UP AND THROW LOG ON FIRE HE SEEN BLACK BIRD HEADING TO HIS TEE PEE AND THOUGHT, MAYBE THE BOY BE OK NOW. HE SHOW PROMISE THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN. SOON CONDOR SHOW UP WITH BACK PACK AND SPEARS AND WATER. PREACHER ] I GET MY STUFF AND GOES INSIDE TAKES UP BOW AND HIS QUIVER OF ARROWS AND SPEAR AND WATER SKINS AND STOP TO GIVE AURORA A HUG AND NOSE RUB, [AURORA ] BE SAFE AND WATCH OUT FOR HOLES AND SNAKES TWO LEG AND CRAWLING KIND. [PREACHER] I WILL BE CAREFUL. ,AND OUT THE TEEPEE HE WENT TO MEET CONDOR., AND THEY WENT TO BOWSER TEE PEE AND HOLLER FOR HIM, AND BOWSER CAME OUT WITH WATER SKINS, AND RUBBING HIS EYES. THE WOMEN STUCK OUT [HEAD WHEN YOU BE BACK BOWSER] , PREACHER] IN 4 DAYS ARE SO , BE NICE, THIS PLACE CLEAN UP WHEN WE GET BACK. BOWSER LOOK AT PREACHER AS WHAT?.. PREACHER TO LADY'S ,THERE MORE TO LIFE THAN SEX, HE GOING BE PART THIS TRIBE YOU GET HIM WHEN I AM THREW WITH HIM FROM NOW ON. [PREACHER TOLD BOWSER PICK UP THOSE TWO STICKS AND BRING THEM. BOWSER DID WHAT PREACHER TOLD HIM. WENT TO STORM CLOUD TEE PEE, AND THEY DRUG OUT RED FLOWER AND PUT STICK ACROSS HER BACK AND TIED HER ARMS TO IT THEN DID THE SAME TO RUNNING SPRING .THE WOMEN COULD NOT USE HANDS. THEN PREACHER SAID FOLLOW ME AND HE LEAD THEM OUT CAMP WITH TWO WOMEN. BOWSER AND CONDOR BRING UP REAR. THIS COUGH EVERY BODY BE SURPRISE EVEN BOWSER WAS WONDERING HOW HE GOT INTO THIS. AS PREACHER WENT BY IRISH TEEPEE HE SAID GET GUARD OUT AND BE AWARE OF ALL. EVEN THOUGH PREACHER WAS SURE HE HAD ALL. CONSPIRATORS WITH HIM ,TAKE NO CHANCES. AFTER BEEN ON TRAIL HALF A DAY THEY BROKE FOR REST LOOSEN TIES ON ARMS OF WOMEN AND GAVE THEM WATER . THERE WAS LOT SOBBING FROM THEM GUESS IT HIT THEM WHAT THEY DONE. PREACHER MEAN WHAT HE SAID HE TRADE THEM TO RED FOX FOR MEN. AFTER BREAK AND FOOD THE TIES WHERE RE DONE [ BOWSER] HOW FOR IS IT? [PREACHER] ALMOST TWO DAYS ON TRAIL. .PREACHER] YOU SHOULD BE IN SHAPE AFTER ALL THAT SEX. CONDOR HAHAHA. BOWSER YA IT A GOOD BREAK ,,BEEN WAY FROM THAT ALL TIME. PREACHER] WE FINE SOMETHING FOR YOU. GET YOU OUT TEEPEE A LOT ,PUT YOU ON HUNTING PARTY YOU GET OUT EVERY DAY. GET YOU A BREAK. POOR BOY YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WORE OUT. BOWSER] THINKS I WILL ENJOY THAT, I NEED A LIFE .PLENTY TIME FOR SEX WHEN GET BACK FROM HUNTING ,,JUST DO NOT TRY BOTH WOMEN SAME DAY. I TOLD YOU THAT WHEN I GAVE THEM TO YOU. ONE A DAY. [BOWSER] I WILL REMEMBER THAT FROM NOW OWN. SOON CAME TO WHERE THE STORM HIT. THERE WAS BONES ALL OVER THE PLAINS. THIS IS WHERE THE MAMMOTH TRUNK CLOUD CAME DOWN AND KILL ALL THE BISON. ME AND BEN HID IN HOLE OVER ON THAT RIDGE. IT WAS RAINING BISON FROM CLOUDS. [BOWSER] GOD THAT MUST BEEN SOMETHING. SOON THEY MADE CAMP TOOK STICK FROM BACK WOMEN AND TIED FEET TOGETHER AND HANDS SO THEY COULD SLEEP AND SOON A FIRE WAS GOING. PREACHER TOOK FIRST WATCH AND BOWSER AND CONDOR SLEEP. THEN BOWSER TOOK SECOND WATCH. AND CONDOR FINISH UP. AND DAYLIGHT ON THE EAST HORIZON AND THEY HAD MEAT FOR BREAKFAST TO GO. WOMEN HAD MEAT AND WATER TO DRINK. PREACHER SPOKE TO THEM. YOU GOING GET NEW CHANCE TO LIVE WITH RED FOX. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT BE LIKE. YOU DESTROYED YOU LIFE WITH US BY SPEAKING TREACHERY OF CHIEF ,I UNDER STAND YOU DID THIS TO OLD CHIEF. RED FOX IF YOU DO SO MAY KILL YOU OR CUT YOUR TONGUE OUT . I WOULD BE A GOOD WOMAN AND THINK BE FORE YOU SPEAK, AND SAY NO EVIL. END DAY YOU NOT BE A PROBLEM TO ME. YOU MAY HAVE YOU A MAN ,I HOPE HE DO NOT BEAT YOU LIKE YOU HELP STORM CLOUD DO BEV. I WISH YOU THE BEST OF THINGS AND HOPE YOU LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES. TAKE THE STICKS OFF THEM. GIVE THEM CHANCE TO WALK IN AS A WOMAN NOT A PRISONER. IF YOU TRY TO RUN STICK GO BACK ON. YOU LOOSE LOT FACE GOING IN AS PRISONER. THEY HIT THE TRAIL AND CLOSE TO NOON THEY CAME TO WHERE THEY COULD SEE RED FOX TRIBE. PREACHER SAID STOP HERE .I GO IN YOU WEIGHT HERE.
PREACHER MADE SURE HIS HEAD BAND WAS SO ALL COULD SEE AS HE WALK TO THE CAMPMENT . SOON HE SEE RED FOX COMING OUT TO POW WOL WITH HIM. AS PREACHER GOT CLOSE HE SEE RED FOX HAS A BOW TOO. [PREACHER ] HOLD HAND UP AND SAY HOW ARE YOU MY BROTHER. RED FOX SAYS HOW ARE YOU MY BROTHER. PREACHER SAY I KNOW I AM EARLY I HOPE YOU DO NOT MINE ,THE BISON MAY MOVE SOON AND DID NOT WANT TO MIST YOU THIS YEAR. RED FOX] I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT WHEN WE TALK AFTER FEW DAYS IT CAME TO ME ,WE MAY NOT BE HERE. PREACHER I GOT TWO WOMEN THEY TALK TO MUCH SO WE WANT SEE IF YOU GOT TWO MEN THAT WANT GO WITH US TO OTHER WOMEN. RED FOX, WHAT THEY DO?? PREACHER THEY TALK AGAINST ME ..CAUSE UNREST IN TRIBE . RED FOX WELL THEY RUN TONGUE HERE I CAN FIX THAT. THAT’S WHAT I TOLD THEM MY FRIEND. I GOT TWO MEN WANT TO GO THEY NOT SURE ? WHAT IS WRONG? RED FOX THEY YOUNG AND DO NOT WANT TO GO TO BAD CHIEF. [PREACHER] I DO NOT BLAME THEM ,IT GOT BE LEAP OF FAITH. MAYBE I TALK TO THEM IT HELP. I SEE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THE BOW. HOW IT GOING. RED FOX BOW OK THE SPEAR THE PROBLEM. PREACHER I SOLVE THAT PROBLEM .. HEY LET MY PARTY AND WOMEN COME IN WE TALK MORE AND POW WOL.[ RED FOX SAY] TELL THEM COME IN. [PREACHER TURN AND WAVE THEM IN. THE MEN LINE UP TO SEE THE WOMEN AS THEY WENT IN AND THE LADY HAD A SMILE ON FACE [GUESS MAKE THE BEST BAD SPOT]. THE YOUNG MEN THAT MIGHT GO WAS THERE TO. RED FOX. SAID TO THEM THIS IS THE CHIEF, YOU FINE NO BETTER. HE IS A VERY SMART MAN YOU LEARN A LOT FROM HIM. [PREACHER] YOU TWO YOUNG MEN. WILL YOU JOIN US IN POW WOL? AS ME AND RED FOX TALK . THIS IS BOWSER HE HAS TWO WOMEN ,A LOVER COULD NOT MAKE UP MINE SO I GAVE HIM BOTH. RED FOX HAHAHAHA. CONDOR YOU KNOW HE MY SON. RED FOX WE HAD YOUR SON HERE. YES HE GAVE ME LOT INSIDE WHEN I TALK TO HIM AFTER HE VISIT YOU. RED FOX ]HE SAID HE WAS TREADED WELL. [PREACHER] YES HE DID AND BIG ONE WITH RED HAIR IS SECOND CHIEF NOW, LAST ONE DIED . AS THEY AND RED FOX SET IN CANCEL HE ASK HOW YOU FIX THE SPEAR IT WANT FLY TRUE. [PREACHER] HAND RED FOX A ARROW AND SAID MAKE LIKE THIS. [PREACHER] STOOD UP TOOK BOW NOTCH A ARROW TOOK AIM ON TREE ON OTHER SIDE CAMPMENT AND SHIISH IT WENT STUCK UP IN TREE ,AND RED FOX ALMOST FAINTED. [RED FOX] IT HURT MY ARM ALL TIME. [PREACHER] SAID WARE A PAD LIKE THIS, BOW STRING WOULD NOT SCRAPE HIDE OFF. [RED FOX] LOOK AT PAD AND SAID YOU VERY SMART MAN PREACHER.. [PREACHER] MAKE ARROW FLY LIKE BIRD NEED BIRD FEATHERS. [RED FOX] SO I SEE. WHAT TIE FEATHERS ON WITH. [PREACHER] DRY FISH GUTS. [PREACHER] TURN TO THE YOUNG MEN. YOU WELCOME TO JOIN MY PEOPLE. I AM A FAIR MAN. YOU NEED TRAINING IN COMBAT OR HUNTING WE TRAIN YOU . YOU HURT WE TAKE CARE OF YOU. IRISH THE RED HAIR MAN IS A GOOD LEADER TOO FAIR MAN AND GOOD LEADER. CONDOR HERE WILL TAKE OVER FOR ME ,I BEEN TRAINING HIM TO LEAD. YOU KNOW HIM. YOU BE TREATED GOOD WITH US .AND YOU MOST LIKELY RUN INTO RED FOX AND HIS PEOPLE OUT THERE BISON HUNTING. GOT TWO GOOD WOMEN NEED A MAN , IF WANT TO GO,, PACK YOUR THINGS. WE LEAVE SOON. [RED FOX] YOUR WOMAN HAD BABY'S YET.. [PREACHER] YES TWO SONS LOOK A LIKE. [RED FOX ] THAT’S BIG MEDICINE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN .YOU ARE BLESS. [PREACHER] I AM NOT GOING TO CHASE THE BISON. I AM GOING TO LIVE IN CAVE IN HILLS ,ABOVE THE JOINING OF STREAMS OF THE LITTLE RIVER.[ RED FOX ] I KNOW THAT SPOT GOOD HUNTING. [PREACHER] WE ARE CAMP AT THE UNION OF STREAMS . RED FOX] THAT’S A GREAT SPOT TO LIVE. SOON THE YOUNG MEN WAS AT POW WOL CAME WITH THEIR BELONGINGS TO GO.. PREACHER] I SEE YOU MADE YOUR CHOICES. [RED FOX] . WE BE GOING SOON AFTER THE BISON ,BUT SEE YOU NEXT SPRING. I COME TO YOUR PLACE WE TALK A LOT AND HUNT A LOT. [PREACHER] THE BOW MAKE IT EASY FOR DEER AND ELK AND MOST ANY GAME NOW ,,WORK ON IT .IT ALSO WILL KILL MAN. I USE IT FOR THAT I AM SORRY TO SAY. HAD SOME ONE GOING TO SNEAK IN MY TEEPEE TO KILL ME ,I LEARN OF IT BEFORE IT HAPPEN .AND TOOK CARE OF IT. [RED FOX] SAID YOU DID RIGHT. ALL DONE WE LEFT MY BROTHERS CAMP AND HEADED HOME . WITH TWO YOUNG MEN . WE NEED FOR OUR TRIBE, AND TWO SPEAK EVIL WAS AT RED FOX CAMP. I DO HOPE THEY LEARN FROM MISTAKES.