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Fawn spoke English very well and her and Eve got along splendidly. Fawn was still shy about her feelings in front of everyone for Little Eagle, but the way they acted, they were deeply in love.
Eve told her about the baby and that it would come early spring. Fawn was very happy for her. She was a young girl probably sixteen or seventeen, and a real beauty.
She liked playing with Jane Ann too, and they became great friends.
Everything was going along fine until the men went hunting one day, leaving the girls in camp. That's when two men came along, white men.
One was probably in his thirties and nice looking, the other was older. They spotted Eve in the Indian dress and stared at her.
Suddenly they approached her, they eyed Fawn too, and Fawn backed up to where she was cleaning fish.
"Well now, what in the world is this?" The older one asked, his rotten teeth showing in his smile.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Eve asked. Feeling an uneasiness growing about her, she became alert to their movements.
"Now honey, the question is, who are you?" He came closer as though he had every right to do so.
Eve backed up.
"What are you doin' in that Indian get-up?" The younger one asked as he too came closer.
Fawn watched and grabbed a knife as she came to stand beside her. She handed the knife to Eve without their seeing.
"My husband will be here any minute…"Eve told the men. "You should leave now."
"Who's your husband, Quanah Parker?" the young one laughed.
"He's a buffalo hunter."
"Is that a fact? Well, honey, most of the buffalo's are dead. You with a stinkin' Injun?" the older one asked, his smile turning sour as he stared at her and Fawn.
"Say now, these two are kinda of pretty, George."
"I'll say…"
"Stay away from me…" Eve threatened, clenching her hand over the knife. "Can you not see I am with child?"
"You pregnant with a buck's child?"
"We ought to take her back to civilization…"
"Ain't nobody gonna want a stinkin' Injun lover. Look at her, she's pregnant. Say, are you pregnant with an Injun baby?"
"My husband is an Arapaho, and my baby belongs to him." She said hysterically.
"Well then, if you like them, you're gonna love us…honey. Come on honey, give us a kiss…"
"Get away from me. Don't you touch me."
The other one started moving toward Fawn. He put his hand on her cheek and leaned into her. Eve was petrified. They were going to rape them. Both of them, and she might even l
ose the baby.
No, she would not lose her baby!
"We ain't gonna hurt you. I don't think I've ever had me a pregnant woman before…"
"Me either…"
