indian story

I sat in our cot with a fur around me. I could hear my mother and father whisper things to each other outside. They didn’t sound happy. I snuck closer the opening to hear what they said. “Why? Why do they have to do this?” My mother whispered. We own... More

I sat in our cot with a fur around me. I could hear my mother and father whisper things to each other outside. They didn’t sound happy. I snuck closer the opening to hear what they said. “Why? Why do they have to do this?” My mother whispered. We own them nothing! “I don’t know. . . but I am our people’s chief and I will protect you! I am ‘Running lion’ and I will defeat the English!” They sat quiet outside and suddenly I heard my mother start sobbing. “It`s decided. ” running lion said seriously. Then I heard his steps fade away. I slept restlessly that night. The days passed and the atmosphere was on tenterhooks. Everybody was waiting on something or someone but I didn’t know what because nobody wanted to tell me anything… One day my mother came to me and said: “I have to tell you something…” I looked at her worried eyes and waited for her to continue: “The white people are coming and they want to take our land. They will make a war and we have to war against them… And… Y Less