Life Behind The Indians

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

As they began to walk back to the rest of the tribe it started snowing which was a sign of winter. Most of us were prepared with fur skin covers to keep us warm as others were freezing so I willingly gave it to a little boy from the other tribe. Chief Leon watches me as I am making sure the smaller children huddle together to stay warm.

"oot hame" Tandal says looking at Leon. I nodding in approval.

"ma'ko'sa'se" Chief Leon says.

"Youngest child is warm. We not let anyone freeze" Tandal says.

"ma'heonestonestotse" Chief Leon says.

"ma'heonestonestotse" Tandal says nodding in approval at Chief Leon. I look at the two of them trying to understand what they're talking about we finally reach the camp.

"Please give the children and women food and blankets" I say as people are coming to help us.

"We have peace finally" he says looking at me. Leon and Tandal go off to the militia tipi to do some talking. I follow them to the tipi going inside. Leon and Tandal talk together about a plan to keep our alliance stronger and prevent it from being weak. I look at Leon and Tandal who are having a conversation with each other. I smile sitting onto the ground thinking carefully.

"Kohkoneheo'o" Tandal says to one of the thin girls who leaves the tent. I place my hand in the dirt writing "listen" into the dirt looking at the others while they speak.

"You not put your lady to work?" Leon says.

"No she second in line be general of tribe in case. General killed in battle" Tandal says. I nod smiling looking at them.

"Lady in charge war that bad decision. Woman can't fight" Leon says angrily. I look at him standing up coming over to him. I place a book in front of him opening it.

"I planned this all by myself this book has all the different war strategies" I say as Leon looks inside the book confused.

"You make book on it" he says. I nod showing him the map.

"She make everything into book for future" Tandal says. I look at Chameli who is screaming her head off. I pick her up rocking her slightly as she slowly calms down. Her eyes close and she drifts off into a slumber.

The sun begins to drifts into a twelve hour slumber. Several of the Indians begin to drift off to sleep and the entire camp is filled with silence and peaceful snores. I walk around the camps checking every tipi for Maria. I stop listening to a conversation inside the Tipi, Aridana doesn't know what she's getting herself into by involving this new tribe. How can we trust their judgement? I go inside the tipi looking around I see Maria and an indian boy sitting together talking.

"Maria I've been looking for you. Chief Leon would like to meet us" I say taking her hand and dragging her out of the tipi.

"You're being too rough slow down" she yells at me. She pulls herself away from me. She stops walking and looks at me.

"You;ve put yourself into a mess that we can't take back what if they retaliate" Maria says.

"That won't happen, they mean safety and alliance is power" I say. I look closely at what has been going on wondering what's actually happening. I look carefully at her. She takes my hand.

"I am sorry Aridana but I can't agree to this. I feel like you're completely lying to me for you to fit around her well guess what your white he's Indian those should never mix and you know that" Maria says. I look at her walking away.

"You're wrong we need to mix if we want to not rip each others throats out" I shout at her as I go back to Tandal and I tipi.

I sit onto the ground thinking carefully. I don't know what to do anymore things got complicated. I don't know what Maria is thinking but we had to we needed to protect our future and need more alliances.

"What you thinking about?" Tandal says looking into my eyes. He looks slightly concerned.

"Thinking carefully about something that doesn't concern anything but my own thinking" I say.

"Thinking? Concerning? Big words" Tandal says looking at me still. I think to myself should I tell him. My head screams no right into my ears to the point that there clouded.

"Yes thinking I need to go for a walk and continue thinking" I say standing up and leaving the tipi.

I walk through the woods unsure what's going on in my head that's filled with many voices. They put me into my own trance lost in my own thin world of nothing. Its begun to snow and it sticks to the ground as I walk further into the woods my footprints are left in the snow. A small brown rabbit hops by me trying to eat at the last of the green grass. I kneel down into the snow looking around at the thick brush and the field of dead grass.

I wrap the shawl around me tightly keeping myself warm. I watch the rabbit eat the grass before dashing into a hole in the ground. I bite down onto my lip feeling cold and alone. I place my hand in the snow putting it into a ball as I look into the sky and see the snowflakes land on my hair and my shawl.

"You come to the same place, I do when I need somewhere to be alone to think" an indian boy says looking at me.

"It is a peaceful place to come when you need to think about things" I say. I stand up coming toward him you're names Hirouki, Tandal's right hand man for tragedies am I right?" I say.

"Yes your his wife. I hear thing about you, you dangerous" Hirouki says. I look at him confused.

"How can I be dangerous? I am a girl who was taken from my family and helped create alliances" I say.

"Alliances that will bring down Tandal from his leadership you need to leave" Hirouki says. I look at him, placing my hand next to me.

"I will not leave this is my home now. I am not dangerous and this alliance is good for him don't ruin it for him. Tandal will stay leader" I shout at him.

"You're dangerous, you can't be here or you will cause us to lose everything" he says. I look at him not sure how to respond.

"I will not leave I refuse you can't say anything to cause me to leave I have a right to be here" I say. The boy disappears and I sit on the ground thinking about what's going on. I think to myself realizing that he is right I will create chaos because I am white I need to run as far as I can and not come back. I think carefully walking toward the trees looking at them.