Love On the Frontier

Join Jena on her adventure with the Native American Indians.

                                

                                Chapter 12

 

                        It's Monday at 10:00 in the morning.

           Pa, Ma, and Max leave. It's 11:00 in the morning now.

 

Six Indians ride up to  the house

 

Jena runs upstairs to the loft

 

Jena hides under the bed

 

The Indians come into the house

 

 Jena hears them coming upstairs

 

 Jena crawls out from under the bed

 

Jena goes over to the window

 

Jena opens it

 

Jena  crawls out the window

 

Jena climbs down the house and gets on the ground

 

Jena starts running on foot

 

 Black Hawk see's Jena

 

Three Indians go after her

 

Jena runs into the trees

 

Jena makes it to the river

 

The three Indians spot her

 

Indians are coming up really fast

 

Jena goes into the river and let's the river take her down the stream

 

Indians follow the river down on horses

 

Jena gets out of the river on the side

 

 Jena starts running

 

 Jena comes to an old mine

 

 Jena goes in

 

Jena sits there

 

Jena rests

 

Jena hears them comin into the mine

 

The three Indians go into the mine

 

Jena hides behind some big boulders inside the mine

 

The three Indians go inside the mine

 

The Indians look for Jena

 

Jena runs out of the mine

 

There are ten Indians in front of her

 

Jena tries to run

 

Before she gets a step in one of the Indians hit her in the face

 

Jena is out cold

 

They put Jena on the horse with White Eagle

 

The Indians ride to the reservation

 

It takes about thirty minutes to get to the reservation

 

At the reservation

 

White Eagle carries Jena into the tipi and lyas her down

 

White Eagle lights a fire so Jena will stay warm

 

Ten minutes pass

 

Falling Star is in the tipi with Jena

 

Ten minutes later

 

Jena starts to wake up

 

Jena: Huh!

 

alling Star: Here is something to eat. Falling Star hands her a bowl with buffalo meat.

 

Falling Star is tall, slender, long legs, black hair and olive skin, and hazel eyes.

 

Jena: Thank you.

Falling Star: Are you okay?

Jena: Yes, who hit me?

Falling Star: That would be Little Wing.

Jena: What a right hook.

Falling Star: You need to rest.

Jena: What is your name?

Falling Star: Falling Star.

Jena: Pretty name, where did you get that name?

Falling Star: Well the first night that my husband and I kissed there was a falling star.

Jena: Oh that's so sweet.

Falling Star: Yes, now rest.

 

Falling Star leaves the tipi

 

Five minutes later

 

Chief Soarin Eagle goes into Jena's tipi

Chief Soaring Eagle: Hello, my name is Chief Soaring Eagle.

Jena: Hello, my name is Jena.

Chief Soaring Eagle: You are to be married to Black Hawk.

Jena: There must be some kind of mistake, I am in love with someone else.

Chief Soaring Eagle: In time you will learn to love him,

Chief Soaring Eagle leaves the tipi

 

It's four o'clock in the afternoon

 

Jena looks outside her tipi and sees about forty Indians

Men, Woman and Children

Jena says a prayer to the Lord

Jena: Why is this happening to me Lord. Is this your plan for my life? Will I ever see my family again?

 

At the homestead

 

Pa: Jena, must have been taken by the Indians!

Ma: No, not my daughter!

Pa: I will contact the army and track them down!

Ma: Good go send a telegraph.

Pa: Yes, I will be back.

Ma: Wait, Charles was coming over her at one o'clock today.

Pa: Maybe she's with him?

Ma: Just go send the telegraph anyway.

Pa: Okay stay here.

 

Pa leaves and telegraphs the army

 

While Pa is in town

 

Charles goes to Jena's house

 

Ma see's Charles riding up

 

Ma goes outside to greet him

 

Ma: Charles!

Charles: Hi, is Jena home?

Ma: No, we think she was taken by the Indians.

Charles: What?

Ma: Yes, my husband went to send a telegraph to the Army.

Charles: I will go look for her.

Ma: I don't want you anywhere near those Indians, I won't hear of it!

Charles: I need to go look for her!

Ma: Why?

Charles: I love her!

Ma: Well I guess you need to go find her and tell her.

Charles: I will, bye.

Ma: Bye.

 

Charles gets on his horse and rides off

 

Twenty minutes later

 

Pa comes back to the homestead

 

Pa goes inside the house

 

Ma: Honey, Charles just came by looking for Jena.

Pa: Really?

Ma: Yes, he went to go look for her, he said he loves her.

Pa: Great but he needs to find her.

Ma: Yes, he does.

Pa: Let's sit down and eat supper.

Ma: Alright, maybe we will hear good news soon.

Max: We will pray for her safe return.

Pa: Yes, we will.

Ma: Good.

Ma, Pa, and Max sit down and have supper

At the Reservation

 

Black Hawk goes into Jena's tipi

 

Jena looks at him

 

Black Hawk: Hi, Jena, my name is Black Hawk.

Jena: I saw you near the stable the other day.

Black Hawk: Yes, that's right.

Jena: What do you want?

Black Hawk: You ready to marry me?

Jena: I will never love you.

Black Hawk: We will grow to love one another.

Jena: I don't think so.

Black Hawk: We shall see about that.

 

Black Hawk storms out of the tipi