Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
“In three suns the Blue Coats caught up with us. We were traveling across a broad plain. Our scouts saw the dust from their horses and waved a red blanket to warn us. Lean Elk ordered the warriors to pull their ponies around and get ready to fight. While the warriors waited for the white soldiers, we escaped up a dry streambed into a wide canyon.
For two suns Chief Joseph led us up the canyon. The trail took us across rolling hills covered with sage brush. The canyon rim was rocky and no trees g...rew there. We saw no Blue Coats, only rabbits and ground squirrels and woodchucks.
The shadows were long when Lean Elk and the warriors joined us. He was angry and at once called the council together. Chief Joseph halted our march and the women made camp while the chiefs met.
Swan Necklace led his pony to our fire. Across its back lay an antelope. He skinned it and cut the meat into chunks for roasting. We had not had fresh meat since we entered the Absarokas.
"It is a bitter day for us," he said, wiping his knife on a clump of dry grass.MoreLess
For two suns Chief Joseph led us up the canyon. The trail took us across rolling hills covered with sage brush. The canyon rim was rocky and no trees g...rew there. We saw no Blue Coats, only rabbits and ground squirrels and woodchucks.
The shadows were long when Lean Elk and the warriors joined us. He was angry and at once called the council together. Chief Joseph halted our march and the women made camp while the chiefs met.
Swan Necklace led his pony to our fire. Across its back lay an antelope. He skinned it and cut the meat into chunks for roasting. We had not had fresh meat since we entered the Absarokas.
"It is a bitter day for us," he said, wiping his knife on a clump of dry grass.MoreLess
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