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"What did you say?" She asked as she stared at them.
"I told them you were my woman that I was Arapaho and that my people would not condone our love." Hawk said, watching them as though he did not trust them not to hurt her.
"They are indifferent that I slept with a white woman." Hawk told her.
She glanced at him.
"Oh…is that all?" Eve smiled at him.
"That is enough. We will be seen by the chief." Hawk told her.
"Then we'll be married soon," She hugged him openly now.
Hawk put her away, "If they don't kill us first."
"Kill us? Why would they do such a thing?"
"Mackenzie's Raiders have been busy, even here. They are at war with them…"
"War! But…that can't be!"
"Stay beside me, you and the children. I will talk with the chief."
She woke the children and Matthew woke with a start.
"What do they want, Ma?"
"Right now, I'm not sure. Just stay close to me and Hawk." She told him.
Matthew nodded and held Jane Ann's hand. Jane Ann rubbed her eyes and yawned. "Is it morning?"
"No dear. We must go with these people." Eve told them.
They followed an unmarked trail. It took several days and Hawk tried to talk to some of them, about performing a wedding ceremony.
"It is a bad time to come t
o them…" Hawk sighed as he made camp with her.
"What will they do with us?"
Hawk's glance didn't reassure her. "I do not know yet. But I think I have convinced them to marry us."
"Hawk!" She came up to him.
"We must be calm."
"Do they speak English?"
"Some, yes."
"But they will marry us?" She asked him staring at his anger.
"They are discussing that now. The Chief and the Shaman are doing a pow-wow!"
"Is that a good sign?"
"The very fact that they will consider it is good. They are a more progressive tribe. Many work for the army as scouts. They are peaceful, and the army so far has not bothered them." Hawk told her.
