A Regulator's Beginning

Chapter 2 Growing Up And Making A New Friend As Well As Being A Big Brother

MyPOV: this morning I woke up and decided to go for a walk and maybe play with my two dogs Bear and Kalvik they're almost fully grown now and I love to play with them every chance I get I made sure I had had my Bowie knife with me I never go anywhere without it I'm pretty good with knives but my father tried to teach me how to shoot a gun so if ever have to defend and protect myself or someone else I'll know how to do but to be honest I really hate shooting guns as I walked around our village I would constantly play with Bear and kalvik I throw them a ball and they bring it right back but those two fight with each other like crazy sometimes I have to try and break them up Bear's the strongest of the two of and kalvik well he's gentle around anybody he loves especially when I'm around him as I was playing with them I felt a strong forced as if something had bumped into me and sure enough someone had bumped into me I look up and saw a young boy he had to have been two years younger than me I'm 9 so he must've been 7 years old I guess he looked nervous I stood up brushed myself off and extended my hand out to him he was little afraid at first but eventually took my hand and stood up and brushed himself off just like I did

Hey you okay? I asked

Uh yeah I'm...I'm okay I'm sorry for running into you I didn't mean to He answered 

It's alright "what's your name?  I asked

RunningBuck but some people call me Buck for short he said

Well it's good to meet you Buck I'm Chavez well actually my first name is Jose but I liked to be called by my surname I told him

We shook hands as we introduced ourselves to each other as we did Bear and kalvik came up from behind me at first Buck was little nervous but I reassured him that Bear and kalvik will not hurt him as a matter of fact they actually loved Buck and Buck loved them we decided to get know each other so we went down to my favorite spot near a small creek not far from the Reservation and got to know each other

Why do you have a Mexican name? Buck asked

Because I'm half and half I'm half Mexican and half Navajo my mother is a Navajo Woman you've probably have already seen her and my father Martín is his name he's a Mexican army veteran who served as a Sergeant in the Mexican American war when I was just a baby I told him

Wow "but is your father mean? Buck asked

No not at all he sometimes has terrible flashbacks about the Mexican American war but other than that he's the best father I could have "what about you? I asked

He looked down as if he was ashamed he told me that his mother was rapped by a Murphy&Dolan boy I was angry about that Murphy&Dolan were responsible for bringing us beef and other foods for the winter I couldn't stand Murphy&Dolan they were mean men they once threatened to kill Bear and kalvik because they kept barking and getting aggressive towards them I kept my dogs away from them so that they won't shoot them Buck is a good friend to have finally someone like me even though he two years younger than I'am we hung out with each other every chance we got we did everything together throw knives at snakes and everything else in between we even hunted and fished together I once saved Buck from a rattlesnake by my Bowie knife at I like I said I never go anywhere without my Bowie knife and my dogs soon winter came and it was a harsh one that same I found out that changed my life forever

Date: Dec 15,1875 Asdza's POV: I was cleaning my husband and son's clothes as well as mine as I was doing that I heard something so I went to investigate and made a shocking discovery there was a basket sitting on the edge of the stream inside was a newborn baby boy but he was white he was crying and moving his little body around in the basket I felt so bad for the little one so I picked him up brought him to the village and spoke to my father and Martín about my discovery my Eagle Feather was a little hesitant about taking the baby in