Chapter 3

"Mother, they are gone, we have to go after them," said Grey Eagle franticly. 

"How, there are too many?" asked an old Indian man. 

"Slol wa yea shnee" (I don't know)?" asked Grey Eagle. 

So as some of the Lakota people were at the fort in cages. One of the soldiers asked Little Creek to stand up and come with him. But Little Creek would not listen, so the soldier opens the door and starts beating him, Little Creek finally got up and went with the soldier. They untied him and threw him in a pit with a bear, a grizzly bear; it was tied up to a post, a strong post. Little Creek looked at the Grizzly bear; the Grizzly bear stood up real tall and roared. 

"I will not fight the bear for your amusement" said Little Creek. 

The bear stood real tall then came down on all fours and tried to run but could not reach Little 

Creek, so Little Creek got close to where the bear could reach him. The bear attacked him, Little Creek was on the ground and the grizzly bear was on top of him, clawing at his chest and stomach, an Indian scout quickly shot the grizzly in the head. 

"Why did you do that?" shouted the soldier. 

"There is a story behind the grandfather bear to the Lakota people,  but I am not a Lakota so I shot the bear," said the Indian scout. 

So a soldier dragged Little Creeks body to a different cage, they grabbed a bucket of water and poured it all over him, now he was laying in his own pool of blood. 

"Brother!" shouted Talking River. 

"He won't last long, he'll be dead by morning," said the soldier. 

Back at the Lakota village, Grey Eagle was pacing back and forth, he stopped and faced his mother and said, 

"I have an idea, mother you're going to put your old clothes on and change your name back to Katie. Then you go into the fort and tell them that you need strong men to work your farm. When you get all the warriors out the rest of us will kill and burn everybody that is in that fort," said Grey Eagle. 

So the Indian women dressed her into her old clothes and went to the fort. As they arrived Grey Eagle told the warriors to hide in the long grass. Maya Doo Rider walked up to the fort and went inside. 

"Yes ma'am can I help you?" asked a soldier. 

"Yes, I need strong men to work on my farm?" asked Maya Doo Rider. 

So the soldier walked her to the cages she saw many of her people. Then she saw Little Creek, 

"What happened to this man?" asked Maya Doo Rider in shock. 

"We'll Mrs....?" asked the soldier. 

"Uh Katie," said Maya Doo Rider. 

"We'll Katie he got into a fight," said the soldier. 

"I want all of them?" asked Maya Doo Rider. 

"Ma'am, are you sure, even this one?" asked the soldier pointing at Little Creek. 

"Yes, even him," said Maya Doo Rider. 

"We'll men you herd the lady," said the soldier letting them go. 

So they let them all go. When they got far enough away Grey Eagle and his warriors burned and killed everybody in that fort. 

When they arrived back at their camp Maya Doo Rider was crying, everybody saw them, their mother came running out and screaming, even crying. Talking River carried Little Creek to grandmothers "tipi" (house) to see what can be done. Talking River came out and saw everybody standing around grandmothers "tipi" (house). 

"He is not going to make it," said Talking River. 

Everybody left and went inside their "tipi's" (houses) praying until it got dark then everybody went to sleep. Maya Doo Rider was watching over Little Creek, finally she fell asleep. When morning came she woke up and went over to Little Creeks side and saw that his stomach was not moving, so she put her face up against his and felt no breath no air, he must had died when everybody was sleeping. 

"Grey Eagle, wake up, your father has gone to be with our ancestors," said Maya Doo Rider crying. 

"No," Grey Eagle running out of the "tipi" (house). 

Everybody tried to go inside but it was too crowded, so Talking River picked him up and buried him next 

to Chief Ee-Shah-Konee along with their ancestors before them. 

As the years have come and gone, they no longer talk about the dead, Grey Eagle was grown; he is a lot like his father Little Creek. Maya Doo Rider is going to be a grandmother, Grey Eagle and his wife are going to have a "hoksicala wicin" (baby girl). 

"Cinis" (son), I am very proud of you, that you are starting a new life a new family, may you have many children," said Maya Doo Rider. 

Talking River was old and ill, so he called Grey Eagle and Talking River gave Grey Eagle the staff, Grey Eagle is now the Chief of the Lakota tribe. 

{The old ways are gone, now there is a new generation to come. Little Creeks son had two boys after the girl was born, when the two boys were grown, both of them had baby boys. Only one of the boys had no children. The first boy had four boys, Spotted Eagle, Big Ben, White Hawk and Nuka. The 1800's are gone along with our ancestors, but now there is a new generation coming.