Across the Wide Missouri Page #3

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did have your the life.

But that's all you had to face

the mountains, and wolves.

Iron Shirt had every reason

to believe that the forest

or wolves had killed

my father.

And so he decided to strike

at the fort.

The first step was to steal as many of

the horses that he could get away with.

Hadn't i fool

didn't even got a shot.

-It was Iron Shirt.

- Yes

Horses gone!

Blackfoot.

Mother got mad,

Indian mad.

She's gone to tell her grandfather

to get the horses.

Now i've got to tell the boss.

My father was not only escaped

the Indians, but he escaped the wolves.

When he came home he heard the news.

The loss of horses

bothered him,

but my mother running out

really broke the axe.

I'm going in.

- You'll need these, sir.

- Come on.

What he say?

What he say?

He can see that you are her husband.

No doubt.

My father told me that for the

first time he saw these Indians

as he has never seen them before:

as People with homes,

traditions

and ways of their own.

suddenly they were no longer savages.

They were people who laughed,loved and dreamed.

He said the last Star has killed

a buffalo. It invites us to a feast.

He says that Iron Shirt has bringing new horses

in tomorrow morning .

Tell Bear Ghost

that I am obliged to him.

When Bear Ghost was young he thought only

of war killing his enemies taking their horses.

Their sons were born they became

strong young men. They pleased his eyes.

But they all killed in war.

one bye one.

And longed to see his granddaughter

before his eyes close,on earth and sky.

His people have a say

Not found his

happiness without women. "

Iron Shirt have

three good reasons for being mad.

1. Flint Mitchel

was still alive.

2, He was a guest of

Bear Ghost , the chief.

3.And may be the most important:

iron shirt was going to have to get back those horses.

- What did he say?

- There is blood on the ground between you.

Tell him he talks like a crazy dog,

soldier.

If he would shake my hand

it is out to him. If not ...

- He will go back now.

- Tell Bear ghost he has made my heart warm,

but my tp will not be warm

untill he is come to visit us .

When Recain returns from

his hunt,Bear Ghost

will ride with Recain to visit

his granddaughter and her husband.

He says may you go safe

while travelling far.

May you both live long and love

each other,we will all meet and happy again.

What is mika kah?

- Where were you born?

- In kentucky ...

I was born In kentucky

In the Blue Grass. In the country

where the grass is blue.

- Blue Grass?

- Blue Grass.

- Blue Grass.

- That's it.well i've to go now.

Come here

You want the teeth

Pidgeons there are not enough riffels and traps

to get you all the trinkets you want.

Oh good morning madam

Would you mind testing my stew?

Oh..I see.

You cook, I paint.

Blue grass,Blue grass

My words ?

you speak English?

They helping hunt for Elk

Dad took with him Roy Du Nord,

Who was brother of Baptiste

who had been killed few days before.

Roy wanted to see where

his brother have been buried.

Having seen the grave

he made his own private promise of revenge.

You made a best shot to

pay on that Elk i ever saw

Do you mind if i keep the teeth.

For the women?

Winner is comming.

- Snow soon.

-plenty of snow.

We will have to move winter quarters pretty quick.

Your grandfather have told me of a good place.

May be we could talk him and spending

winter with us.

"North? No.no

they aren't going north they're going south.

Oh, when they go north again?

What? A boy, a son?

Hear hear,put that down,

let's somebody else do that.

Well,that's the way you feell,

its your work, its your work.

- Mr. flynt Bear Ghost sending us signals.

- What does he say?

He will meet you

when the sun is highest in the sky.

- Fine,Tell him we have great news.

- Yes, sir.

get out my red coat Dick,yes sir

we won't do any more trapping today to north.

We will put on a parade.

let me have all the men spare from camp.

I'll give this Bear Ghost

to myself .

Tell Bear Ghost my heart is warm

because he is come to visit his grandaugher and her husband.

I meet him with a gift

Take him back to the fort.

Just a few months before, my father

was worried only about

What this might have meant and terms

of Beavers skins.

But now there was something more

He was looking at the man who was died.

And this man

had been his friend.

-There's anything i can do?

- Not now.

You know Iron Shirt is Chief now.

i know

We will spend the winter here.

Iron Shirt is their cheif now. that means trouble.

Snow is comming pretty soon,

That will keep him quiet

but don't count on it.

Don't go out alone,

we'll have the parties..

We're going to get that spring Beaver.

And when Iron Shirt shows up

we will be ready for it.

- Richardson. you take over place

of Du nard. "Yes, sir.

My father often told me

that that December 25.

was the first time it ever been

aware of Christmas ,and what it really meant.

- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

Hurray for the summer session.

And the rum!

Pack him up

Let the birgade fight order today.

Sign a big war party,

across the fort at center.

Let's pack, guys.

You're full of magic.the

one woman in the world for me.

I love you pigeon

May be I did not know when I found you,

but I know it know.

You can't understand

what I'm trying to tell you.

And I don't understand very much

you say. Someday, may be.

And now the brigade was on the way

back.back to assembly point.

And now pack mules with heavy with

furs.

It was my first trip to roundtabo

but i was hardly old enough to aware of it.

Indians.

Indians.

Its all right little chip.

all right.

Kamiah

1830 WIFE OF MITCHELL FLIN You push on with us now.

The old looking glass will have

a woman to look after the young.

She wanted to be

with her own people.

Here, sir. some sugar for a little

boy. very good food.

I go with you.

No, not this time, Pierre.

And so we went away from that place

where my mother left,just my father and i

He belonged to the indian country now

with heart and soul.

Now he helped open the west

for new trappers,

For the men who loved

the country as he did,

New outposts and civilization

new understanding.

He wanted me to with him, but as

grew up he began to bother his consiousness

I was not getting into schooling.

he wanted me to have

He didn't realize,as i do now,

that no schooling of body and charactor

could eaqual

those early years with him in wilderness.

He taught me things that you

don't learned in school.

And yet he felt that

I should be going back to east

To prepare my self for some sort of what

he called a respectable life.

A sound of that door closing.

was like a door

closing on my life.

My pony was fast

and I knew how to ride it.

Dad looked at me and smiled.

He agreed that my learning and

doing could wait untill next year.

Each year before year i was able to

talk him out of it.

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