‘What is your business with me?’ I asked roughly. ‘We are the Black Leaf amazons. You are now our slave.’ replied the leader. ‘I am sorry bu...t I am my own master.’ They seemed to take this as an insult and the bow women shot at me. In a smooth turn I had grabbed both arrows and taken up my stance with my staff. The other charged and in a three quick motions it was over. I had hit them all two times in the lower stomach and back. Turning around they looked at me with hate and disgust. ‘What haven. I was worried there for a minute. Now what would you like to talk about?” he said.“Well. First of all I wanted to say I’m sorry I missed your wedding. Courtney called me and told me it was really beautiful. I also wanted to tell you I’m sorry for how I’ve acted about this entire thing. It wasn’t right of me to do so.” I said.“Wow. I’ve got to say this is a pleasant surprise. What brought this on? Does it have anything to do with the lovely lady you keep on telling me about?” my dad asked.I. The Indians set aside their bows and brought out their lances. Small Foot was relatively new at fighting Whites, so he did not believe that they could do any better job than could Indians against a charging horse. When used properly, a charging horse was a potent weapon, and the Sioux were past masters at the art. Unfortunately, Small Foot had never encountered repeating guns that fired a bullet that could stop a horse practically in its tracks.At Small Foot's signal, the band of Indians picked. That can get a bit testy at times." Yep, and crowded, too. Plus, they're just two fields away from us and it won't be hard to get back and forth. We won't have to use the road at all."We chatted as we sipped our coffee and I went to make another pot. As soon as it was done, I took it back to the office and poured Karl a fresh cup. Both girls were standing beside him and Megan hid her head as I came in the room.She whispered something to him and then to Linda. Karl said, "You know the rules.
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