Mound Fort- Running with the Pack Subpage 6

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

Later that day just before evening, Two Feathers Ute Indian and Single Feather Ute Indian are waiting for Demon to leave especially after over hearing the conversation between Eagle Feather Ute Indian and the other Ute Indian females within their Ute Indian band. Now they are sure that Eagle Feather Ute Indian has Demon doing some of his handy work along with their Ute Indian family members as well.

Of course they have to plan along with waiting for Demon to depart again in order to lead them towards the Ute Indian Warrior’s hideout. Nevertheless Demon is obviously too fast for them unless they wait and try and follow the best that they possibly can without him noticing. However they both are trying their luck at leaving a little bit earlier than the previous night.

Meanwhile as they head up the Ogden River Canyon towards the Indian hot springs while walking along the Ogden River, Single Feather Ute Indian asks, “Do you think we should wait for him at the mouth of the canyon or should we hideout at the top of the waterfall before the hot springs?”

Quickly Two Feathers Ute Indian comes up with her answer which shows her confusion answering back, “I don’t know; we don’t even know which way he will go now that he knows where their hideout is at!”

After thinking about how to get around waiting for Demon, Single Feather Ute Indian wants to try and go at it by themselves beckoning, “Maybe we should just forget about waiting for Demon and try and find their hideout on our own without needing anybody else?”

Then Two Feathers Ute Indian wonders what their chances are of finding it without the aid of using Demon divulging, “What are the chances of finding the place without him and if we do they might do something to us?”

Soon they make their way to the entrance of the Ogden River Canyon while passing up the Indian hot springs without giving anyone any further attention. Once they pass the outside of the Ogden River Canyon entrance, they decide to head a ways further so that they can watch and listen for him if he comes near, otherwise they feel like giving another chance at it.

Meanwhile as the suns sets and dusk is settled in, Eagle Feather Ute Indian motivates Demon for a quick meal before sending him off for another night of watching the Ute Indian Warriors. In fact, as he hands Demon a wooden bowl of food along with some treats for his liking, Eagle Feather Ute Indian looks over towards his Ute Indian Tracker who is ready to try and track Demon along his tailings.

Right then, Eagle Feather Ute Indian looks back to Demon who is eating almost ready to make the move for another infiltrating night. As he looks to Demon who stops for a drink of water out of another wooden bowl, Eagle Feather Ute Indian looks to him saying, “After tonight, I have a surprise for you and all of your doings!”

Soon Demon finishes up with tonging some water as he quickly turns to a few meaty treats that have been given to him. Once Demon is finished he turns to Eagle Feather Ute Indian who places his right hand on his head while holding an eagle feather in his left hand while trying to project a type of protection with a silent prayer that he has going on in his head.

Though his voice remains silent, Demon catches some images that bring thoughts of his wolf father and wolf mother back. Just then Eagle Feather Ute Indian brushes his eagle feather over his head before stopping to let both hands down at the same time. In a way he has given Demon his own blessing to make peace with that which he has lost and missed.

Finally Demon takes a last look to Eagle Feather Ute Indian before giving a light growl as he turns to leave back towards the Ute Indian Warrior hideaway. As Demon leaves and takes a different route like before during the previous night, Eagle Feather Ute Indian looks to the Ute Indian Tracker who has been waiting so patiently as though he were on the hunt for someone in particular. Yet Eagle Feather Ute Indian is confused as to his taking another direction which concerns him.

When yet in fact he is ready to trail Demon in order to find where the Ute Indian Warriors have been hiding all of these times such as now, although his tracking will have to be on horse considering that Demon is heading along the Ogden River Canyon. After waiting for a few moments for Demon to get ahead, the Ute Indian Tracker leaves slowly following from behind Demon until he eventually has to pick up speed to keep up.

Of course, now the Ute Indian Warriors are teamed up with the Shoshoni Indian Warriors and there are some other Indians such as some Navajo Warriors coming down from south Utah from around the four corners area. However it will be a while before they get there to their destination from northern Arizona and southern Utah.

And only a few more yards away are the members of the Ute Indian band who are watching Demon leave as well so that they can take another stand watching the Civil Wear Quarters like Eagle Feather Ute Indian had instructed them to do earlier. Moments later they all leave making their way down the long winding trail that Demon has left them behind to follow.

In the intervening time back at the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warrior hideout, the Shoshoni Indian Warriors are getting anxious to get on with the show. They all can’t wait to start taking a look around the area so that they can make some strategic plans of attack while having some fun during their time too.

Without wasting any more time sitting around waiting, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior throws out the contents of his cup of water and quickly stands up as his Shoshoni Indian Scout comes approaching the Ute and Shoshoni Indian hideaway. He has returned and met up with the others after returning from his observations down south in the Weber Canyon area.

Immediately he rides up and pulls his bridle to a fast stop and gets off of his horse while pulling the horse forward to the group saying, “There are some Union Pacific Railroaders in Weber Canyon and it doesn’t look like they are out surveying!”

Anger takes them all over as the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior decides to take action with sending some of their members back down south to drive them out and push them away. With a real angry look on his face, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior looks to a few of his men saying, “I want the Shoshoni Renegades to head back with you and take care of them!”

Straight forth they all gather their bags and horses and pack up in a hurried fashion as though their Indian breeches were going out of style or something. After thinking everything over and calming down his sense, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse commands, “Let’s go have some fun!”

Like rodeo clowns ready to tackle a bull, everybody jumps up wanting to get on the move like they have been waiting an entire lifetime. The Ute Indian Informant and the Ute Indian Scout are as ready and as anxious as everyone else as they all pick up their bags and head for their horses. Just then the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse commands, “No horses! We go on foot tonight to check the area out without being seen!”

Without even arguing or fathoming the point any further with any debate or argument, the Ute Indian Warriors and the Shoshoni Indian Warriors all leave most of their supplies. They leave everything except for some things such as a few rifles and some hand guns that they have strapped to their sides with some holsters they have gathered up with their supplies. There are a few Shoshoni Indian Warriors who take a few other supplies needed as well.

Then the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior blatts out loud, “Just bring a few canteens for some water with a few skinning knives and a few rifles and pistols and leave everything else behind.”

Next as the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior points to a few of his Shoshoni Indian Renegades, “You two stay and watch the camp while we’re gone. If anything happens or anyone comes; shoot first and forget asking any questions!”

Right then, one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades answers back saying loudly, “We won’t let anything happen!”

Thereafter the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors leave their hideout and begin hoofing it on foot towards the Mound Fort Civil War Quarters. There’s a few of them going along together considering that there are plenty of places for them to hide out and catch a watchful eye of the entire place.

Other than that they have enough of their members to scope out everything all of the way around the Mound Fort complex, although they will have to be careful about being too careless while looking around with the Union Pacific Railroaders who are there watching too. Yet the Union Pacific Railroaders would probably spot the Ute and Shoshoni Indian first before they would see them there.

And this is based on the fact bearing in mind that they are on the lookout for such Indian activity which could be in relation to the incident they are trying to prevent from happening in the future. Nevertheless they all decide to try and keep quiet with a low profile in order to keep their secret place hidden and unknown about.

For the time being Demon is reaching closer and closer to his destination as he approaches the top of the waterfall at the mouth of the Ogden River Canyon. And following from behind is the Ute Indian Tracker that Eagle Feather Ute Indian has following Demon to find the whereabouts of the Ute and Shoshoni Warrior hideout.

But there is a feeling that comes over Demon as he near the river atop the canyon that is flowing so freely. It’s one that he hasn’t had in quite a while. In fact, it’s one that brings a feeling of something being close that has been far away for some time. As he reaches the side of the river a ways away from where the water drops off in to the Ogden River Canyon below just before the Indian hot springs, Demon hears and senses some impressions and sounds coming from up ahead.

Quickly he crosses the river and makes his way to the other side; he sees a pair of dark figures lurking in the dark which seem to be outlines within some of the moonlight that is shining down on them. At first for a moment, Demon is kind of confused as to what is lurking and approaching his way slowly. In a reaction to his surroundings closing in on him, Demon stops and looks as he hears a familiar growl coming from only a few yards or so away.

Then before he knows it his wolf father approaches him and sticks his nose to him smelling him over as though Demon was his own. Immediately Demon realizes that he has reunited with his wolf father, although there is another dark image coming nearer from behind them both. It appears to Demon that his wolf father has been busy and has met a new female wolf mate to be by his side.

At first Demon’s wolf father is very gentle with him considering that he hasn’t seen his wolf pup for a long time and now he’s not a wolf cub anymore. Now he’s a little older and grown up and has made a life surviving on his own along with being raised by the Ute Indians of the Ogden River Canyon.

So for the time being, Demon’s wolf father just accepts his differences from him with his new life and gives him some fatherly moans and growls accompanying him and his new wolf mate. Demon’s wolf father’s new mate comes in pretty strong as though she has picked up on the feelings generated here and before the time being.

It’s almost as though his family has been brought back together in some spiritual way that is beyond the control of the Ute Indians or even any of the Mormon or Utah pioneers who have forced him and his life in to this position. However it was Jim Bridger who had taken his wolf mother’s life away from him in the first place which was beyond his control.

Yet Demon recognizes his wolf father’s new mate who seems to approach him as though he was her own. And in the many ways of truth, he is her own wolf son bearing in mind the fact that she has been reincarnated in to this new dark wolf life and she is obviously a little younger than she was and she’s younger than Demon by about a hear and a half.

Now Demon kind feels weird realizing that she very much resembles the appearance of his wolf mother to the extent that he even starts to think upon the thought. And just then Demon’s reincarnated wolf mother comes closer as though they were very close indeed. Right away, she sniffs his face without any fear of a bad reaction as though she was there to reunite the old bonds that were once attached to them all.

After a few moments of being close Demon’s wolf father greets him kindly as though he were inviting him back in to the family. Demon gives out a light howl about the old wolf den that they used to live in while pointing his head that way. Demon’s wolf father howls and looks the other way and then back that way as though he’s been living around a couple of wolf dens that are from around these areas.

Of course, Demon realizes and comprehends the fact that his wolf mother must have come and been reborn within another wolf den. And that wolf den is somewhere around the area and maybe that’s where his wolf father has been all of this time since his wolf mother was first taken out of the picture of the story. Nevertheless Demon has been with the Ute Indians all of this time and he has been on his own for quite some time as well here and there a little.

For a few more moments Demon’s wolf father and reincarnated wolf mother stay in close proximity to his as though they have gained his trust fully. However Demon turns and looks back the other way in the direction of his task that Eagle Feather Ute Indian has asked him to do. Quickly Demon howls as his wolf parents both seem to understand what he’s trying to say in their own peculiar way of communicating.

Consequently Demon has some of his own additions to his language considering where he has been all of this time without them. Nonetheless Demon’s wolf father and wolf mother try to persuade him to come and see where their wolf den is located. Demon’s wolf mother turns and howls as though their new home isn’t too far. Demon turns and decides to see as though he may never get another chance.

Both his wolf father and wolf mother leave and Demon turns as though he is going against his obligations and that he will have to catch up to everything later. But no matter how hard he tries to resist, Demon decides to go ahead and see where it is and he’ll regroup back at the Ute Indian hideaway later on. Still in the back of his mind, Demon doesn’t feel like impelling himself on them in anyway especially when he has been away all of this time away from his wolf den.

After following them for a little while, they seem to stop and look towards where their new wolf den is located. It seems that this time it is on top of a mountain range within the Wasatch Mountains and that it’s no longer at the base of a mountain such as Ben Lomond Peak. Nevertheless Demon realizes that it’s not too much further from out of his way than he first might have expected.

In fact, this proves his thoughts on how he thought that his wolf father must have come around at some point in time. And when he was with the Ute Indians up the Ogden River Canyon Demon thought he had sensed his wolf father being near. And now he finds that he was most likely right in some way.

Nonetheless Demon’s wolf father stands out front of the wolf den that is surrounding by a massive amount of pint tree fallings and over things the make a natural home. Meanwhile Demon’s reincarnated wolf mother heads inside with the sounds of some wolf pups crying and growling slightly.

At first Demon doesn’t know how to act according to his wolf parents and their new wolf den and family. It seems that the old wolf den is completely abandoned because of what has happened many years in the past. Still Demon continues to stare towards the new wolf den as his wolf father heads inside moments or so after his female wolf mate.

About a half minute later, Demon heads closer and stops right before the entrance. The sounds of baby wolf pups are heard as he decides that he shouldn’t go inside any further. Moments later, Demon tries to step back as he hears his wolf father moan and growl a few times. It appears that Demon is sort of confused as to whether he should stay and try to be in the way in other words.

Now back at the Civil War Quarters, the Ute and Shoshoni Indians are scoping the place out considering that it has been some time before the Shoshoni Indian Warriors have been around these parts recently. But that has all changed now with the westward movement and its bringing the railroads in from the east.

Nevertheless they all feel the threat of Manifest destiny shrinking down on them as more and rails reach towards these lands which are heading to Promontory, Utah. Yet they all feel like taking it easy the first few nights before really giving the place a hard time. And no matter what they are ready to do what they have to do to push them off their ancestral burial grounds which are so sacred to them.

At first, they all sink in to their hiding spots along the tree lines towards the east of the Civil War Quarters which lies below the hill of Mound Fort. Right away, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse looks to the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior asking, “So what do you reckon?”

The head Shoshoni Indian Warrior looks back at him saying, “I see a tombstone in front of us!”

Just then, close to about fifty to sixty yards away, the railroad construction manager Gus notices some Indian activity start to perk up a little just to the east of the Civil War Quarters. It appears that lately the eyes of the Union Pacific Railroad have become keener with watching the area at night. Now they could almost notice a mouse run across their sights without missing a thing after watching the place every night for the past few weeks or so.

While watching some Ute and Shoshoni Indians me trees, the railroad construction manager Gus tells the others, “Hey, I just saw some heads moving around in those trees to the side of the place!”

The railroad office manager wonders if he’s sure that he saw something moving around behind the trees asking, “It’s pretty dark out; are you sure you thought you saw something?”

Without even waiting for a second though in the matter while keeping his eyes affixed on the same exact spot as before, the railroad construction manager Gus answers back with, “I know what I saw! There’s someone or some people hiding behind those trees!”

The railroad office manager thinks about that for a brief moment as he continues to look in the direction that the railroad construction manager Gus is looking mentioning, “I don’t see or hear anything!”

Finally one of the tour guides looks and sees nothing out in the distance, although there are some slight sounds coming from afar such as branches crackling and breaking. There are also some added movements which are a little more obvious to notice.

Moments later, one of the tour guides expounds, “It’s those Ute Indian Warriors hiding out down there!”

The railroad office manager takes a look while hiding behind some trees a good fifty to sixty yards away about. Soon after the railroad office manager wonders asking, “How can you even see that far? It could be anybody!”

The tour guide comes back with his abilities that he has progressed and built up over the years saying, “I have eyes that are adjusted to seeing in the dark from all of the traveling at night!”

The railroad construction manager Gus decides that maybe they should step back a ways so that they aren’t seen by any of them correlating, “Maybe we ought to fade back a little so that they don’t notice any of us and come snooping around?”

The tour guide comes back with how they will be okay with their tent saying, “No, we’ll be alright! We’re just camping out is all?”

The railroad construction manager Gus thinks back to how they said it was sacred burial grounds and they wanted to remove the white men from their land exclaiming, “I thought you said they wanted to drive the white settlers from off of their sacred burial grounds?”

The tour guide thinks about that for a passing second or so before thinking about how they are okay here as long as they just act natural saying, “We’ll be alright as long as we just act natural like we are just camping by ourselves!”

The railroad construction manager sits down next to the tent where he can still catch some glimpses of everything through the trees answering back, “That’s easy for you to say because you are both Indian from different tribes, but we are white and one look at us and they’re on us perhaps!”

Soon as time carries on more and more, the Shoshoni and Ute Indians start gathering next to a couple of trees within their hideout. The railroad office manager becomes curious as the Ute and Shoshoni Indians start becoming a little noisier saying while he stands up nervous from all of the immediate action taking place, “I don’t know; there are a lot of them all of a sudden!”

Then one of the tour guides figures that they should only watch and keep out of sight telling them all, “Well, let’s just stay out of sight and see what happens?”

By now, the Ute Indian girls of the Indian band have made their way to a close spot where they can see the Ute and Shoshoni Indians gathering together in larger numbers than first expected. Black Wolf starts to become distraught as there seems to be more going on than first imagined commenting, “There’s more of them here than I first figured there would be here!”

Of course Den Wolf Mother thinks that they should have brought some of the others instead of going at it alone by themselves saying, “Maybe we should have brought the others?”

Meanwhile at this time, the Ogden Mountain Man has neared the area and he had stopped and is watching with much suspicion as to something being out of the norm in to a more deviant position.

As he approaches he stops and notices the Union Pacific Railroad Case men watching the area. Luckily he hasn’t been noticed as of yet as he hides behind some tree line a ways before them.

He watches for a few moments and notices that they are watching something as well. It seems that he can tell that they have their attention affixed on something. And to him it appears that they are watching over towards where the Ute Indian Warriors and some of the Ute Indian bands were always hiding out many times and years before.

Nevertheless the Ogden Mountain Man feels that maybe he ought to take a close look around and tie his horse’s bridle up for the time being. Yet then on the other hand there is always the thought of getting too close to something lurking around the next bend of trees that separates him from the view of it all.

Still he stops and watches the Union Pacific employees even though he is unaware of who they really are and what their reasons are for being here. To him, it seems that they are really watching the Civil War Quarters, although then on one hand it looks as though they are just some stragglers camping out in a few tents set and anchored up.

Still he watches and decides whether or not he should take the chance on risking getting an arrow in his back or a bullet in the gut from some straggling Indians. Or then maybe even another white Utah settler with an itchy trigger finger. Moments later there are some sounds coming from the next tree line as the Indian band of Indian females have added a few more to the watch of the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors.

Once the Ogden Mountain Man makes the connection of some watchers such as the Ute Indians being back from up the Ogden River Canyon, he turns his horses bridle and heads for the Mound Fort Artillery Base like it were a reaction to the action of it all. But before he turns and leaves the scene, he hears some more sounds come from the Ute and Shoshoni Indians Warriors who have yelled something out that sounds like a mumbling scream that makes no sense.

Right away, the Ogden Mountain Man feels like splitting the scene so that he can make his way over to the Mound Fort Artillery Base to inform them of his findings. He doesn’t want to take the chance of being scene and letting some disruption such as some more Indian skirmishes coming about.

Furthermore he has to stay away from another group of people that he has noticed to be watching the area as well. However he really doesn’t know who they are and that makes him want to slowly leave as though there was nothing wrong. And after he makes his way around a few bend of trees without thinking that anyone has seen or noticed him there in the back ground, the Ogden Mountain Man starts to pick up the pace as he heads towards some other tents that are strewn around the outside perimeter of the complex.

Once he makes the exit from the scene the railroad construction manager Gus turns to the others saying, “Who was that?”

One of the tour guides must have had a good look of him to recognize him replying, “That was the Ogden Mountain Man!”

The railroad office manager thinks about that for a fast second or so before relenting, “That was the Ogden Mountain Man; I thought he’d be on foot!”

The tour guide comes back with another fact about the Ogden Mountain Man by describing, “No, he rides a horse!”

At about this time Captain James S. Brown is coming down with one pounding headache thinking about all of the different scenarios that could happen now that they heard a rumor of the Shoshoni Indian Warriors heading down this way recently from down and around the Wolf Mountain area east of Salt Lake City.

And of course in his mind he figures the reasons are simple; to join forces with the Ute Indian Warriors of the Ogden River Canyon. But in the back of his mind he knows these actions will most likely end in the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors going against the peaceful trade union established between Jim Bridger and the Indian trader Eagle Feather Ute Indian. Nevertheless he stops and thinks about taking a trip and heading down there himself to make sure that they have all of the help that they need.

Momentarily he readies his horse and gets ready to leave without making too much of a distraction to the others as one of his own messengers comes back to Captain James S. Brown’s Fort riding up as fast as possible. As he rides up and slows down, the messenger rides up near Captain James S. Brown and his horse blatting out, “Some Shoshoni Indian Warriors returned from the north and their messing around with our Weber Canyon!”

As fast as a whip Captain James S. Brown understands that they are after the surveying works of Union Pacific Railroad engineer Chief Dodge to keep the Union Pacific Railroad from advancing as far as Promontory, Utah to meet up with Leland Stanford and his Central Pacific.

Quickly he feels the urge to tell his messenger to bring some men from the fort to help out the situation commanding, “Take some of my men with you and give them a hand!”

The messenger thinks for a second while wondering what he is going to do before asking him, “And what are you going to do?”

Right away as he turns his horses bridle to head towards the Mound Fort Artillery Base, Captain James S. Brown explains, “I’m going to check on the fort commander and Mound Fort to make sure that everything is as usual!”

Quickly Captain James S. Brown turns and leaves the scene ready to exit the Weber Canyon area while his messenger carries on with his orders to dispatch some men to help out the Union Pacific Railroad for a change of heart. Then maybe it’s much more than that considering there are Ute and Shoshoni militias forming in the area.

Nevertheless he feels that he shouldn’t waste too much time considering that the Ogden Mountain Man may end up in the fire of it all if things tend to escalate. Still he continues on as though he should give and let his presence be known as an ally rather than someone who isn’t caught up with what’s going on around him. And now he is almost certain that the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors aren’t one to give their lands for anything.

And finally Demon has said his goodbyes to his wolf father and reincarnated wolf mother as he instinctively tells them that he will return to visit often, although there are some things he has to take care of that he has been trying to resolve for some time.

As he leaves their wolf den and begins to make his way back to the Civil War Quarters of Mound Fort, Demon’s wolf father comes outside to see him off while his wolf mother waits inside tending her young wolf pups. Of course, Demon thinks back to his young wolf life as he departs wondering how the only way to make their lives turn out better than his own is to take complete revenge on the Utah and Mormon pioneers.

By this time, the Ute Indian Tracker whom Eagle Feather Ute Indian has tracking Demon in order to follow him to find the whereabouts of the Ute Indian Warrior hideout. Moreover he has kind of picked up on Demon’s old trailing enough to go about his own way to try and find it, though there have been a bit of problems along the way.

There’s a lot of ground to cover and there’s only him working alongside of nobody. For a while there he was doing fine picking up on Demon’s lead, but then he picked up on some of his trailing’s from other time which have thrown him off a little.

Once he has made his way out from the Ogden River Canyon, the Ute Indian Tracker starts to comb the area starting in a northeast direction from the complex of Mound Fort. If there is anywhere the Ute Indian Tracker feels that it would be somewhere in that vicinity hidden from all to see.

However for now he only can start of from the southeast working his way around the foothills heading towards the northern end until he locates the Ute Indian Warrior hideout. For now there are only a few Shoshoni Indian Warriors back at the hideaway who are there to watch and protect the place.

Nonetheless the Ute Indian Tracker continues on while he zeros in closer and closer to his destination. Therefore at this time Demon has reached back towards the Ute Indian hideout momentarily. When he arrives he is sort of distraught and tired from the plummet down from the mountain crest above the waterfall at the mouth of the Ogden River Canyon.

Still he realizes that things appear to be different considering that there are only a few Shoshoni Indian Warriors who are just sitting around by a campfire. They are sitting there looking about and around towards the outside perimeter every once in a while as though they were protecting the place.

Right away, Demon looks for a place to hide which is directly away from their line of sight so that he can remain hidden and unseen until he can access the situation. And it seems that he is confused as to where all of the other Ute Indians are at during the present time. Once he arrived none of them were there except for some strangers and so far he is trying to figure it all out.

A few minutes after his arrival, the two Shoshoni Indian Warriors start talking about what is going on and they both begin to wonder just how long all of the other Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors will be gone. In a sense they are beginning to get the jeepers creepers with all of the outside noises that are creeping in occasionally.

Soon on of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades thinks about when they will all return asking, “How long do you think they’ll be gone?”

As the other Shoshoni Indian Renegade thinks about an answer for a brief moment, Demon realizes that the Ute Indian Warrior and their horses are still there and there are many more horses and no Indians to compensate for them. In other words there are more horses than any Indians or Chiefs in his eyes. There are more Chiefs than Indians in a real sensible way of putting it.

“They’ll be back after they make their presence felt!” The other Shoshoni Indian Renegade answers back as though he feels the Ute and Shoshoni Warriors aren’t there to mess around and waste any time.

It doesn’t take too much longer before Demon realizes through understanding the words they say that the other Ute Indian Warriors are probably most likely back hiding out around the Civil War Quarters to go back to their old ways.

And he realizes that with the other large number of horses around the Ute Indian Warriors hideout that they aren’t alone either. Quickly Demon backs off and leaves the scene slowly making his way to the Civil War Quarters.

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

At about the time Demon leaves the Ute and Shoshoni Indian hideout, the Ogden Mountain Man finally convinces some of the members of Mound Fort that the Ute Indian Warriors are back for more obviously. And this must mean that they have or are ready to break the promises of the Ute Indians of the Ogden Canyon River valley, although the Ute Indian Warriors don’t really consider themselves part of the peaceful offering anyhow.

For their own reasoning that’s something they would never commit to regardless of how desecrated their ancestral burial grounds have been since the Mormon settlers have moved here. It seems that there are only a few Mound Fort members who are even up this late watching the outside perimeter of Mound Fort while there’s only one member even watching the east side of the complex by using the viewing and cannon ramps.

When the Ogden Mountain Man meets up with some of the Mound Fort members, he tells them that there are some people hiding out in large numbers saying, “There were some Ute Indians hiding out behind the trees stalking out the Civil War Quarters!”

Right away, one of the night watchers thinks about it for a brief second and the thought of the fort commander being down the hill in the Civil War Quarters has him a bit distraught replying, “Well, the fort commander isn’t here! He’s down in the Civil War Quarters.”

The Ogden Mountain Man already figured so and that’s why he came straight over to the Mound Fort Artillery Base as fast as he possibly could before any had seen him. However there were some other people he had noticed who were watching and he has no idea who they are down there scoping out the area.

Anyhow to move along with the situation, the Ogden Mountain Man comes back saying, “I figured he would be down there especially after the peaceful deal with the Utes which appears to be turning the other way. I don’t think any of them saw me though!”

The night watchman decides to tell him to stay there and wait it out and maybe nothing will happen. He also decides that they can sit out on the viewing ramp getting a complete view of everything. He moves along with this idea telling him, “Let’s just wait it out and watch from the viewing ramp. That’s all I’ve been doing all night. I can see the side of the Civil War Quarters from here but not anything past the trees in the backyard!”

The Ogden Mountain Man agrees to this considering that there isn’t much else to do without creating another unwanted skirmish that could lead to death when it could be possibly avoided.

Nevertheless he decides to stay sheltering, “Sure, I’ll stay and wait until the morning!”

Meanwhile Two Feathers Ute Indian and Single Feather Ute Indian are scoping out the Ute Indian Warrior hideout from a distance. It seems that their luck had paid off in full, although the Ute Indian Warriors aren’t around but their horses are there. They also notice that there’s a couple of Shoshoni Indians watching the camp while the others are away. And they arrived after Demon did, though Demon had found the Ute Indian Warrior hideout a time before.

Nevertheless Two Feathers Ute Indian looks to the camp fire with the two Shoshoni Indian Renegades watching the camp. With some thoughts in her mind, she decides to say, “Looks like the Ute Indian Warriors aren’t here but their horses are here!”

Of course, Single Feather Ute Indian has it all figured out already in her mind as she comes back deliberating, “They must have went somewhere on foot!”

Without any further hesitation along with keeping her voice down, Two Feathers Ute Indian can only think of one place they would have gone at this time exasperating, “I bet they went down to the Civil War Quarters!”

By now, Single Feather Ute Indian realizes that Demon is nowhere to be found around there lurking. And she feels that maybe Demon has caught on just like they are and he has left. With this in mind she enthralls, “I don’t see Demon around anywhere. I wonder if he headed to the Civil War Quarters.”

Hurriedly they both turn and slip away ready to leave without even saying another word. It’s as though they figure that the Ute Indian Warriors are teamed up with the Shoshoni Indian Warriors and they are all up to no good. But of course they feels as though they were in quicksand and they can’t motivate fast enough to catch what they have missed as far as action is concerned.

Furthermore they both move on and head to the Civil War Quarters despite the fact that there are probably a large number of Ute and Shoshoni Indians already staged watching and ready to strike the place at any moment. However they hope that Demon is there and the eyes of the Ute Indian Warriors never catch his attention.

At that moment, Two Feathers Ute Indian turns to her sister after they leave wondering, “I hope Demon is with Black Wolf and Den Mother rather than the Ute Indian Warriors and their Shoshoni Indian Warriors friends!”

Right away, Single Feather Ute Indian decides that they should avoid the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors when they get there by telling Two Feathers Ute Indian, “Let’s just head over to the other fort we had when we were hiding out from everyone!”

In agreement with her sister, Two Feathers Ute Indian comes back with, “Then we can see who is all around there before we do anything more!”

At about that moment in time, Demon has reached the Civil War Quarters or at least the northeast end of it while some Shoshoni Indian Renegades are looking around. And for some reason he is a little more rambunctious than he was when he first started watching them all there at their Ute Indian Warrior hideaway.

However, before now he was trying to keep out of sight for many personal reasons and not to leave out the fact that he was doing it all for Eagle Feather Ute Indian. But as he enters closer to the Civil War Quarters he is sort of careless by completely ignoring the point of how far to stay away.

Still though, he is a few good tree stubs and tree trunks away as he nears the Civil War Quarters. And right away he notices that there are many Shoshoni Indian Warriors along with the Ute Indian Warriors just hiding out while acting all quiet about it as though they were simply just staging their plans.

Then moments later, Demon hears a whistle coming from nearby. Quickly he slows down as Den Wolf Mother Ute Indian hears it as well saying out loud, “That’s Mean Horse whistling to something!”

Right away, Sharp Arrow Ute Indian who has been eying everything notices Demon approaching the Civil War Quarters from the distance. Luckily there’s enough moonlight for them to see around the area a bit, although that means the same the other way around with the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors.

Once Sharp Arrow Ute Indian notices Demon he quails, “He’s whistling Demon over to him!”

Immediately Black Wolf Ute Indian looks out and notices Demon heading towards the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse. Then quickly she yells out sort of angry like, “Dammit!”

It doesn’t take much longer and Demon makes his way over to the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors almost as though he were coaxed and taken advantage of easily. Of course, Eagle feather Ute Indian may have trained him, although he must have overlooked the nature of animals when it comes to wanting attention.

Moments later Lone Wolf Ute Indian starts to become a bit angry as well saying out loud to the group, “Great, now they caught Demon’s attention!”

By then White Wolf Ute Indian start to step forward like she wants to intervene commanding, “We should head over there!”

Hurriedly Black Wolf Ute Indian holds her back saying, “No, let’s just watch and see what happens!”

Finally Demon makes his way to the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors as they are hiding out from the Civil War Quarters. At the time they are only merely scoping out the scene trying to get reacquainted with the near proximity so they know every square inch of ground like the back of their hand. And on one hand, they do know this land considering it has been in their family for many generations.

Once the Ute Indian Warrior catches up with Demon, he pets him as though he’s greeting and welcoming him in to their group while saying, “How you doing Demon, want to hang out with us?”

Right away, Demon gets excited and barks once or twice as though being accepted by them is very exciting and spontaneous for his nature along with a little bit of the wild side to go with it all. Meanwhile the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse gets a little more serious with winning him over.

Moments later a few of the Shoshoni Indian Warriors looks wondering what the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse is up to as he tells them all, “This is Demon the black wolf I told you about. He likes to stalk the fort commander’s house too revenging his wolf mother’s death!”

It doesn’t take too much longer before all of the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors take a liking to Demon which seems to be an act of nature on their side. In fact, Demon seems as though he has a name that could make a haunting impression on the Civil War Quarters. And this will help them leave a mark that will stay for many generations and generations.

By now, some of the Ute Indian Warriors seem to see Demon as a kind of watch dog or wolf for a better term in the matter of things to come. Nevertheless the Ute Indian Informant takes a liking to Demon saying, “It’s a little boring over there at Eagle Feather’s teepee, huh?”

Quickly Demon catches on that it is a little boring almost as though he knows exactly what the Ute Indian informant is saying to him. So Demon gives out a little sigh that almost sounds like a sigh that’s trying to say “Yes” for recognition of Demon’s voice.

To finish introducing Demon to the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warrior band the Ute Indian Informant feels like suggesting some things as far as tasks for Demon scrambling up, “Maybe we can have Demon act as a watch dog and we can even have him snoop closer to the place?”

Thereafter the Ute Indian Scout thinks that sounds like a great idea considering that they feel they should try and steal him away from Eagle Feather after all. Now the Ute Indian Scout mentions this with a twist of faith while imploring, “That sounds like a good idea, but we should still have him head back to Eagle Feather’s as though nothing were going on out of the ordinary!”

Immediately the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior agrees to this while taking a friendly approach to the situation adding, “Sure why not! We can let him keep him busy during the daytime while we plan ahead!”

Just then, one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades looks at Demon with some plans of his own saying, “Maybe we ought to teach him how to stage the place out like an Indian warrior.”

After thinking about that for a moment, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse agrees to that telling him, “Sure, we can teach him that! Huh, Demon we can watch the place together!”

Quickly like Demon growls towards the fort commander’s house as though he was still waiting for his sweet revenge to play a role in the midst of things to come. And the Ute and Shoshoni Indians can tell that Demon is leaning more towards their side already and he hasn’t even been here too long.

Now the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior feels that they should initiate Demon in to their group imposing his thoughts by giving details, “Looks like he hates the place and has a taste for it! Maybe we should initiate him in to our Indian band?”

The Ute Indian Informant wonders what he has in mind asking, “Initiate him doing what?”

The head Shoshoni Indian Warrior wants Demon to go over and make some noise so that they wake up and come to see what all the ruckus is telling them all, “We’ll have Demon go behind the salt cellar and make as much noise as he can to wake them up and when they come out he’ll run off in to the woods!”

Moreover another one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades feels that they’re only wasting time saying, “You mean so they think it’s some prowling mutt in the night?”

Immediately Demon starts to growl as though his feelings and ego were hurt a little or maybe he’s a little more on his wild side and more aggressive these days. In fact, Demon’s eyes even start to turn dark blood red as though he were ready to go on the hunt. And the only thing left on his mind was being out for blood and he’s not too hungry for animal meat right now.

Furthermore the Ute Indian Informant wonders if Demon even understands them at all querying, “I doubt he even knows what were all saying around him!”

Right then, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse is almost positive that Eagle Feather Ute Indian must have taught him some language commands. Yet then again maybe at least enough to get by considering he has been around there on occasion in the past.

After pondering the thought over in his revengeful mind of his, he says, “Sure he understands us all, don’t you Demon?”

Without any further hesitation in the matter of it all Demon quickly spurts off making his way over towards the back end of the Civil War Quarters. He acts as though he knows what he’s doing and like he has a purpose with it all.

As Demon heads off as though he were trying to show them off a bit that maybe he is even keener than they must have expected, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse makes a comment saying, “See told you he knows what’s up and what we’re saying to him!”

At that time they all turn and watch as Demon makes his way towards the far end of the Civil War Quarters just passed the salt cellar. For a few moments he seems to disappear from them until he reemerges in the front yard by the front porch. Swiftly like he walks to the top of the front porch and sits down looking out towards the tree line where all of the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors are watching.

At about that time Two Feathers Ute Indian and Single Feather Ute Indian arrive at the scene heading over to where the other members of their Ute Indian bands are hiding out at. When they both arrive Two Feathers Ute Indian approaches quietly and mentions,” Looks like they beat you to the punch!”

Finally Black Wolf Ute wonders where they have been asking both Two Feathers Ute Indian and Single Feather Ute Indian with an angry look on her face, “So where have the two of you been the last few days?”

While trying to act as though they have been trying to do some good with the situation explaining to her with the others watching, “We’ve been trying to find the Ute Indian Warrior’s hiding place!”

Then right away, Den Wolf Mother Ute Indian asks quick question, “And did you find it?”

With her eyes tuned in to the Civil War Quarters and the many Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors who are hiding around the place, Two Feathers Ute Indian carries on further with, “Yes, we did and there were only two there because the rest are here now!”

Next White Wolf Ute Indian makes a fast comment saying, “Yes, they are and it looks like they are serious this time around!”

Now Sharp Arrow Ute Indian can only think about Grey Wolf Ute Indian and her absence the last few days or maybe even a week that she has been avoiding everyone. Momentarily with the action that has turned to just a few Ute and Shoshoni Indian watching Demon lurk around place, Sharp Arrow Ute Indian comments, “I wonder where Grey Wolf has been the last few days because she’s missing the action!”

Before leaving to find the whereabouts of the Ute Indian Warrior hideout, Two Feathers Ute Indian and Single Feather Ute Indian remember seeing Grey Wolf Ute Indian talking to the Ute Indian Tracker. This was just after Eagle Feather Ute Indian had left from giving him instructions.

Seconds later, with this recollection coming to mind, Single Feather Ute Indian tells them clarifying, “Before we left Grey Wolf Ute Indian was talking to Eagle Feather’s Ute Indian Tracker friend!”

Then after thinking back to earlier during the day, Den Wolf Mother Ute Indian realizes how she hasn’t been around very much especially when they do chores such as washing clothes mentioning, “She hasn’t been around very much lately and hasn’t helped with too many chores!”

So far all Black Wolf Ute Indian can only think how she has been spending most of her time away down by the wolf cages bringing up, “Lately she has been spending most of her time around the wolf cages trying to find Demon a mate I think!”

Moments later, Lone Wolf Ute Indian wonders where Demon is all of this time since they lost line of sight with him as he continues to sit on the porch. At the moment he is trying to get the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors roused up a little. Maybe he thinks that they should catch a perk of more motivation since his wild side is maturing even more these days.

After looking around without giving their position and whereabouts away, the Ute Indian band becomes nervous as though something may have happened while White Wolf Ute Indian makes a comment saying, “I don’t know; I can’t see him. I think he’s somewhere towards the front of the house!”

Then only so many of yards far away, the Ute Indian Scout wonders what Demon is doing sitting there on the porch sitting so long before asking, “What’s he waiting for?”

After hearing the voice of the Ute Indian Scout considering that he is more attuned with his ears as his sense of hearing has developed over the years, Demon reacts by making his move to knock on the door just like he had done the last time he came and scouted out the Civil War Quarters and the Mound Fort Artillery Fort complex.

Quickly Demon moves a few feet towards the front door facing him on the porch as he then turns to put his rear at the door. Then a few seconds later, Demon starts to knock on the fort commander’s front porch door with his hind legs a few times until he gets a few good knocks in that are nice and loud.

Next Demon steps off of the front porch away from the front door as he heads back off towards the tree line where all of the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors are hiding out watching and waiting. At first the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warrior just remain quiet while watching Demon return as the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse is sure that he would carry the plan out soon enough while commenting, “See he did it!”

Of course the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior chuckles a little bit and says, “Yes, it looks like he knocked to see if anyone is home, huh?”

Just at that time Demon crosses in to the distance in to the tree lines and makes his approach back with his new comrades and friends as the Ute Indian Informant continues staring down the front door of the Civil War Quarters looking to see if anyone answers the door saying, “Well, I’m looking to see if the fort commander or anyone else opens the door!”

On the inside of the Civil War Quarters Nicolaus was the first one once again to be woken up by the disturbing weird knock that makes them think the Ute Indian bands of some Ute Indian clan are behind it all. But this time Nicolaus is a little more cautious than the last time by waking up Peter the rest of the way while continuing to remain quiet.

However the fort commander is asleep in the next room and never heard anything considering that he’s in the next room, although he thinks he heard something in his sleep after all of the creaking of the floor boards above the crawl space are concerned.

Meanwhile he gets up and heads in to the other room anyways before looking out any of the windows that are all surrounded by a birch wood framing like the doorways are made of inside and out. Once he makes his way in to the other room Nicolaus is there by the front side window looking out to the tree lines towards the east side of the Civil War Quarters while Peter is looking out the front window located at the front of the house.

Right away, the fort commander asks them both, “What was that noise someone knocking again?”

At first Nicolaus answers him back explaining, “Yes, there were some more knocks at the front door!”

Hereafter the fort commander stands back from the window as Nicolaus continues to pull the window drapes back a little to see what’s out there before going out to investigate. Next he wonders if there’s any visibility asking, “See anything?”

Immediately Nicolaus answers back with, “No, I can’t see anything or anyone around. I thought I saw something move over there by those trees, but I don’t know!”

Afterwards Peter mentions the fact that he couldn’t see anything either towards the front of the house by saying, “I can’t see anything or anybody either out there!”

So far the fort commander feels that they should wait a few minutes before heading out to have a look around. Normally he would want to storm out, although they are short-handed from all of the men who have been shipped back east to the Union lines and they will have to take measures lightly.

With anger of the peaceful deal so far going sour, the fort commander commands them both, “Let’s gear up and have a look out there!”

Without any further hesitation from staying behind, Nicolaus stops looking out even though it’s a little too dark to see outside any distance. It seems that he feels as though they should just wait it out until the morning saying, “Go out there now with only a few of us. If the Ute Indian Warriors are back, it is hard to say how many of them could be hiding out there!”

Of course, Peter feels the same way about it like they should have more men stationed here, although it is a small place with hardly any room for more than a few men anyhow. Right then, he brings this up saying, “Really this Civil War Quarters is too far out from the Mound Fort Artillery Base. If we go out there now we are just some sitting ducks.”

Immediately the fort commander brings out the truth to his realization telling them both, “I built this Civil War Quarters here away from Mound Fort so that there would be something in between the fort and this place.”

By now, Nicolaus thinks that being short-handed is the root of their problems especially being down the hill from the Mound Fort Artillery Fort which is an “Indian Fort” that was built for protection from the Ute Indians, though they built over their sacred ancestral burial grounds.

Now Nicolaus makes another excuse to keep them both from going out there at night to look through the neighboring trees which are thick enough to make sort of a lower forest within a lower basin and range. Dead on with trying to wait it out until the morning, Nicolaus adds, “Well, you put yourself in the middle of them both now!”

At about this time, Captain James S. Brown arrives at the scene making his way to the Mound Fort Artillery Base. At first he stops and sneaks a little ways from the Civil War Quarters to see if he can see if any Ute Indians are hiding about the place. However he doesn’t want to get too close so they can spot him out neither.

Meanwhile he stops and watches for a little while to see if he is able to notice any activity happening in the area. So far it appears that maybe there are some Ute Indian Warriors lurking about the place and he intends to keep out of sight for that matter. However to his left side he notices a few small teepees which are set up a little ways down the hill from the Mound Fort complex.

Now the Ute Indian Warrior Mean horse wonders why no one has come out to have a look around the outside perimeter of the Civil War Quarters. With Demon by their side as though he has changed sides for the time being, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse elaborates, “So far no one is coming outside!”

Thereafter Demon steps forward a few feet looking through the trees trying to see if his iniquities have gotten a response from any of the Civil War Quarters residents. Then seconds later, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior makes a remark to turn things around a bit asking him, “What about having one of us go to knock on the door tomorrow night once they have forgotten about it all?”

Finally one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades agrees with his team leader deliberating, “And then we can call them out of the Civil War Quarters!”

Now the Ute Indian Scout turns the momentum around by commenting to the Ute Indian Informant, “Why don’t we get Chief Little Indian Soldier over here to help us out?”

Then one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades agrees admitting, “Sure why not; we have given supplies to you all to give to him!”

Finally the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior laughs saying, “Sure we can get Little Mischief Shoshoni Indian Warrior come over here and help us out for a couple of nights, huh?”

Afterwards the Ute Indian Informant thinks that it would be better to wait until the following night to invite him over telling them all, “I think we ought to wait another night!”

Now for some reason, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior agrees with him answering back saying, “Perhaps you’re right; but then again we are only checking things out tonight anyhow!”

The next line to come out of anyone’s mouth is from the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse who claims, “Tonight we are lying low so that everyone can get to know the place.”

Lastly the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior makes a comment adding; “Besides we must have them scared inside or they are darn confused because it looks like they’ve been peeking out the window on the side of the place!”

A little ways away the Ute Indian band has notices that someone else is lurking around nearby watching everything. However they don’t have any idea of who they are, but whoever they are they are watching like a hawk. And they have even noticed that Captain James S. Brown was snooping around as well and then he faded back out of sight, although they feel that they should just brush it off considering that they are only merely observing the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors actions.

With some confusion in mind about things appearing to be turning around for the worst, Den Wolf Mother Ute Indian mentions her observations by explaining, “Where did Captain James. S. Brown disappears to all of a sudden?”

Quickly Sharp Arrow Ute Indian turns around and looks thinking that he wasn’t paying any attention to him saying, “I don’t know; I wasn’t looking over there! I was trying to act like we didn’t notice him!”

Subsequently they all were trying to act as though they were only there to spy and watch the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors. With this in mind, Black Wolf Ute Indian who was sorted keeping an eye on him clarifies, “He was sitting there on his horse back behind those trees and then he slowly turned around and faded out behind them over there!”

Then Lone Wolf Ute Indian figures that he’s probably headed over to the Mound Fort Artillery Base to tell everyone that the Indians are back, although it’s hard to say if he realized just how many were there in the dark of night. Yet on the other side of the pendulum; it’s obvious that he didn’t stick around to find out perhaps.

Soon after, White Wolf Ute Indian becomes frustrated thinking about Captain James S. Brown and the fact that he is probably headed up the hill right now informing them all, “I bet he heads up the hill to tell them all he saw us down here next to the Civil War Quarters!”

With a twist of trying to push it off, Sharp Arrow Ute Indian comes back talking, “Don’t worry about it, there’s too many Indians here now!”

Finally Black Wolf Ute Indian wonders if Captain James S. Brown did happen to see them all perhaps with a little bit of fear in her mouth as though she knows the peaceful days are over delineating, “Do you think he saw all of us?”

With for sure thoughts in her mind, Den Wolf Mother Ute Indian is positive that he caught the hint of what’s going on explaining, “I’m sure he see what’s going down!”

Soon back with the Ute and Shoshoni Indian Warriors, some of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades are becoming anxious to stir some more action up, although they know they are planning to step it up a tad each night. In fact, even Demon is turned around looking to see if his knocks have stirred up everyone in the little building.

For a moment there, Demon even whips out a few mean growls that are as though he wants to tear someone a new you know what in the rear end after all that he has been through. Yet he keeps his cool and decides that he is now part of the Ute and Shoshoni Indian gang in a sense. But in the back of his mind does that mean that he will have to choose sides since he has broken away from the Ute Indian band for some time?

Nevertheless one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades shrills out to the others, “Darn, I thought they’d come out and we have ourselves a lynching!”

Immediately the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse turns the subject around by saying, “We need some more time to work them out!”

The Shoshoni Indian Renegade asks after the fact, “And then what?”

With only one thing on their minds, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior goes in to even more detail, “And then we push them back up the hill!”

Now the Shoshoni Indian Renegades are wondering what they are to do after that considering that they are only there to scope things out, although with Demon present and on their side things are going and moving along faster. Just then as Demon turns away from the Civil War Quarters with the feeling that they seem to never come out. It is as though they are inside only merely watching and playing it safe.

With a bit of curiosity in mind, one of the Shoshoni Indian Renegades asks, “And what are we going to do until then?”

The Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse feels that they should lie off until another night, but unquestionably he feels that they should look around for some places to shelter them just in case there happens to be a gun fight. These things he’s thinking about are just preparations since they have been gone and away from here for a while as he comes out blabbing, “Before we go any further we ought to look around for some snares and make sure we don’t fall in any traps before we move ahead to take Mound Fort!”

After hearing that, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior starts to feel that Demon could be an aid in helping with finding snares around the area before they start their assault on the Civil War Quarters. As he turns to Demon to pet him as though he were some domesticated house dog when in fact he’s a wild animal, the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior says, “Let’s make a few snares and show Demon. Maybe he can turn a few up!”

Right away, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse agrees with him before starting any assaults on the Civil War Quarters. And this will also ensure that nobody gets hurt before they push the fort commander and his members of the Civil War Quarters or household up the hill to the Mound Fort area.

With his agreement in thought, the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse comes ahead with some future plans afterwards telling them all, “Sure that sounds like a great idea! However afterwards we need to give Demon a chance to head back up the canyon to keep Eagle Feather from suspecting anything out of the ordinary!”

Furthermore the head Shoshoni Indian Warrior is unsure of whether or not that would be such a good idea or not. In fact, he tends to feel that they should keep Demon behind back with them considering that he has already positioned his revenge on the place anyhow. Now he tries to go against the Ute Indian Warrior Mean Horse’s plans by exasperating a plea saying, “I don’t think that sounds like a good idea; I think we should keep him with us for the time being!”

Just then, the Ute Indian Scout steps in tallying, “Well, let’s let Demon decide once we find some snares!”

The Ute Indian Warrior mean Horse can agree no less accumulating, “Sure; if he leaves later he leaves and if he stays he stays!”