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Eve ran out, hearing the horses snort.
"You've got them…" She yelled.
"They'll need some work before we can use, them, but we've tamed their spirits so they won't run off."
"They are beautiful."
"We'll hobble them good for now and put them at the lean-to tonight. We'll need to build a corral for them." Hawk told her.
"You two look very tired."
Bended Knee smiled, "Yes, very…."
"Come on in I've got some ham and eggs and some coffee for you…" She told them.
Later after they told of their day, they turned in.
The next day Matthew was excited about the horses and wanted to help.
"Oh you are gonna help. See that little filly over there." Hawk pointed to the white horse that was a hand or two shorter than the others were. "That one is going to be your horse."
"Mine?" Matthew yelled with excitement.
"And you're going to be working with her every day until she knows your every move. She'll be a good one for you."
"My own horse," Matthew smiled. "I never had my own horse."
"Well, you do now, but you've got to teach her things so she'll be a good one, and me and Bended Knee will show you how."
"Thanks Pa…"
Hawk looked at Matthew and swelled with pride. He realized now, he really had a family.
Bended Knee watched Matthew and the young filly get to know each other. "He is a good boy."
"He's more than that, he's had to grow up faster than most, and he's nearly a man now. Sometimes I forget to remember that."
"I envy you. You have a nice family…a nice home."
"You can have the same?
??" Hawk assured him.
"I hope you are right my friend."
"Yes and Eve has a small winter garden too, that will help feed us through the winter as she cans everything." Hawks said with a cheerful laugh.
"She is a good woman, and your baby grows, she is getting big now. She swells with your baby. That is good my friend." Bended Knee smiled at him.
"You know, I've got a friend, across the Red, he's getting up in years, and I want to bring him here to live with us. But I don't want to leave Eve in her condition."
"I will stay with her if you like," Bended Knee agreed.
"It probably wouldn't take over a couple of weeks to get there and back. I hesitate going just now. I don't feel right about leaving her." Hawk fretted. "Not just yet. Like you said, we have neighbors we haven't heard from yet and I am leary that they are merely waiting for just such an introduction."
"You expect some kind of trouble, my friend?"
"If the Cheyenne and Arapaho, and the Comanche are that close, they might have been waiting to see what we were up to, before they did anything. I'm afraid if I leave the place, they might attack while I'm gone. I don't want to leave you short-handed. Maybe I should wait until the baby comes." Hawk suggested.
