Chapter 4

Henry and Red Bear were headed to Fort Apache. As they arrived at the back parts of Montana it started to get late and they decided to stop and rest, Henry made some coffee.

"Henry where did you find Lone Wolf, how did he come to be in a town, with you guys?" asked Red Bear.

"Well, it all started when the white eyes and the Indians were at war with each other. We killed a lot of Indians that day, Sheriff Jason was also there. I saw Lone Wolf in the camp. He was a good warrior among the Apache. He was not too fond of the white eyes coming on their land and building their homes. He was tall and slim too. I was a blue coat then, my job was to move the Chiricahua's to reservations where they will become farmers, my scouts and I went to his camp and talked, that's when Lone Wolf came after us. The Chief turned around quickly and stopped him, he was mad he started to yell at the Chief in Apache, and he rode away with his band of warriors," said Henry.

"I bet it was hard for them to leave their lands and to lose there a way of life," said Red Bear.

"Yes it was very hard, we also lost some on the way to the reservations, we tried to track down Lone Wolf and his band of warriors but we couldn't find them until that day," said Henry.

"What did he do?" asked Red Bear.

"He started raiding settler's homes and burning them to the ground and killing them, telling them to get off Apache land, then one day they spotted us and started shooting at us. Lone Wolf shot me in the stomach and shoulder; his men slaughtered my troops and burned my Apache scouts while they were barely alive because they turned on their people. Sometimes I can still hear those white men screams. Lone Wolf told his men to leave me, and they did. Then a few years later I rode to the mountains, I looked down and saw a man on the ground, so I went down the mountain as fast as I could and when I got to the bottom, it was Lone Wolf, he was covered in either his blood or the white eyes blood, all his men were killed trying to free their people, he was the only one that lived, but there was another Indian warrior that did survive and was never caught. To this day I still do not know if he has been caught or found yet," said Henry.

"The Great Spirit told him to leave you alive," said Red Bear.

"Maybe," said Henry.

"Someday you both you will know," said Red Bear.

"Well we better get some rest, we are starting early in the morning," said Henry.

As Henry and Red Bear were sleeping, Henry dreamed about the past, he dreamed about their screams and Lone Wolf, it startled him and made him jump. Henry sat up in and looked up at the stars. He saw the big dipper ad seven little starts by it, he thought about quill work girl and her seven brothers, you know the story told by the Cheyenne people long ago. Then he went back to sleep. When morning came Henry and Red Bear woke up and packed their horses and rode away.

"Where are we going to try to get to today?" asked Red Bear.

"Well we must go through Idaho, Utah, and then Arizona, that's where will find Lone Wolf," said Henry.

Meanwhile back at Fort Apache Lone Wolf was reunited with his people. They all came running up to him patting him on the back and smiling. Lone Wolf looked at the blue coats, the bluecoats kept their eyes on him the whole time he was there.

"Ha annsi shils aash" (how are you my friend)?" asked Rough Rider.

"Inju" (good)," said Lone Wolf.

"Come sit down, let's talk," said Rough Rider.

"Alright," said Lone Wolf.

"So where have you been, what's become of the last warrior?" asked Rough Rider.

"I'm living in Montana with Henry and his friends," said Lone Wolf.

"Henry, the soldier Henry, I thought you killed him?" asked Rough Rider.

"He took me in when I was injured," said Lone Wolf.

"I never thought you would let him live," said Rough Rider.

"Well he found me with bullet holes in me, I still ask that, why didn��t I kill him, why did I leave him alive," said Lone Wolf.

"A Spirit told you, if you did kill him you wouldn't be here either, you would be out there in the soil with the rest of our warriors," said Rough Rider.

"True," said Lone Wolf.

"Henry," said Rough Rider.

"Did you come with the Chief?" asked Lone Wolf.

"Yes, we all came except Running Fox he stayed hidden in the mountains for the longest time. He came down one time telling us about you and the warriors. One day we tried to leave but he got caught and they tried to get him to tell them where you were hiding," said Rough Rider.

"What did he say?" asked Lone Wolf.

"He said, "you will never find him," so they threw him in the stockades and that's where he has been for a long time," said Rough Rider.

"Well I'm here now," said Lone Wolf.

"Who brought you?" asked Rough Rider.

"Sheriff Jason from Montana, he's in that officer over there," said Lone Wolf pointing.

"That's the lieutenant's office," said Rough Rider.

"Hello, I'm Sheriff Jason of Montana, I brought you an Indian named Lone Wolf," said Sheriff Jason looking around at the men standing there.

"Ah, bring him here?" asked the lieutenant.

Sheriff Jason cocked his pistol just in case something went wrong, he had a bad feeling in his gut, he knew what the blue coats can do for he also was a blue coat at one time.

"I've been waiting for this day for a long time," said Chris.

"I'm sure you have," said Lone Wolf with a grin.

"Come on let's go savage," said Chris pushing him.

So, they walked towards the office and walked inside. The lieutenant walked towards Lone Wolf and said,

"I have been waiting for this day for a long time," said the lieutenant.

"I'm sure you have lieutenant," said Lone Wolf.

"Thank you, Sheriff Jason, for bringing him to us, as you can see we all have been waiting for this moment for a long time," said the lieutenant.

Sheriff Jason starred into the lieutenant's eyes and then looked at the soldiers standing in there, he looked back at Lone Wolf and walked out, he walked out of the building and rode away not looking back.

"Throw him in the stockades with Running Fox," said the lieutenant going back to reading his paper.

So, the men quickly grabbed Lone Wolf and took him to the stockades and threw him inside with Running Fox.