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How could her day have turned out so badly? It had been so long since she had word of Big Knife that she had quit worrying about him. But it was her child and Black Wolf that she worried for. Big Knife would take her child as his own? How could he do such a thing?
If she hadn't spoken up to tell him he'd have never known. But it was too late for what ifs. Still she had hoped by telling hm, that he would be somewhat less rough with her.
"You will cook for us. Now get back there and get something together." Big Knife told her.
The big fire and pot was waiting for her. Jute, an older warrior from her tribe was stirring the pot. She checked it. It was a stew.
"I will tend it." She told him.
He grunted and nodded.
Later that night, she laid in a corner with a blanket and cried. "Please Creator, help me and my baby get out of this safely." She prayed.
Chapter Twenty-Two
It was early June when Sasha's aunt Minola came to the Shoshone camp looking for Sasha. Others saw her and didn't recognize her, so they watched as she came into their camp. Minola was in her fifties, but she was a fine horsewoman. She spoke to several of the people. Some knew her, others didn't.
A woman sat in front of the tepee where Sasha lived.
"I'm looking for my niece, Sasha." She explained.
The woman stood up, a worried look on her face, "Come in."
Minola slid off her horse and went inside. Her eyes flitted around the room, but she saw no one inside but this woman. The place was big and had many things hung on the walls of the tepee. Minola was impressed at how clean the tepee was and how organized. Still, she didn't see Sasha. Her heart grew weary.
"She was supposed to come visit me and never showed up, so I thought I'd come visit her. Is she ill or something?"
"No, she isn't ill, as far as I know."
"She is not here?" Minola asked her brow furrowing.
"No, I'm Anya, her friend. She is gone."
The way she said that had Minola frowning even more now.
"Gone, gone where?" Minola looked a bit hysterical at her.
She eyed the woman closely, she dressed in a simple deer dress, no necklaces or beads, just plain. She was around fifty, Minola judged her. But there were tears in her eyes now and she suddenly knew the news would not be good.
"We do not know." Anya told her, shaking her head, as a tear rolled down her cheek. "In May was the last I saw of her. She came to talk about the baby she was carrying
and other things. I have delivered many babies and she wanted me to deliver this child. I was so thrilled for her. It would be our Chief's first child. Then she left to go pick berries on the south trail. I never saw her again. We are worried as when Black Wolf returns, he will be very upset, and we don't know what to tell him. No one saw anything. We searched for her but there was no sign of her except, well… the berries she picked were strewn on the ground. "
Minola's eyes widened. "What happened to her?"
"I do not know. No one knows. We wait for Black Wolf to return to find her."
"She's been gone nearly a month?" Minola gasped. "You should have come and told me. I am her aunt, and I have been worried about her because she always keeps her word to visit."
"Yes, and no word from her or anything. We are all so worried." Anya fidgeted with her hands. "she was so happy when she came to talk to me. She was happy about the baby. She would not have left on her own, we know that."
Minola nodded, "Yes, she was happy. It is Big Knife, I know it. He is bent on destroying our family. I must tell Matooka, as she might be next."
"You mean someone took her? You know this?"
"Yes! Big Knife!"
"How do you know this?" Aniya asked.
