The Lakota Nation: Reservation part 2 by Whitney Shaw (children's books read aloud TXT) 📕

"Hey White Hawk can I sit with you?" asked Mary. 

"Sure," White Hawk said with a smile. 

"Beautiful," Mary looking out on the plains. 

"I know when I sit here and look out onto the plains I can see how it used to be before the white men came, the way our ancestors saw it," said White Hawk. 

"Don't you get scared sitting out here by yourself?" asked Mary. 

"There's nothing to be afraid of," said White Hawk. 

"Right, you’re a big bad Indian who's not afraid of anything," chuckled Mary. 

"Well there is one thing I am afraid of," said White Hawk. 

"What's that?" smiled Mary. 

"Losing you," said White Hawk. 

She smiled and kissed him on the cheek and he took her home. Then he started walking home, as he was almost home he kept hearing his name, so he turned around and nobody was there, so he turned back around and kept walking. When he arrived home he sat down on his porch, and was looking around the neighborhood, then he saw a shadow figure in the far distance, when his older brother walked up, the shadow figure disappeared. 

“Wasicha" (white men) took Nuka, I've been looking everywhere for him, but can't find him or the guys that took him," said Big Ben. 

"What" asked White Hawk? 

"They took Nuka," said Big Ben. 

"Where?" asked White Hawk. 

“Slol wa yea shnee" (I don't know) we have to find him," Big Ben said in the Lakota language. 

"But where are you and I going to look?" asked White Hawk. 

"Slol wa yea shnee" (I don't know) but we will start in the morning it's late now," said Big Ben. 

"Alright," said White Hawk. 

They went inside and went to bed, when morning came they went into town looking for Nuka but could not find him. 

"Where's your brothers?" asked the man. 

“I don't know but they will find me and beat you all to a pulp," said Nuka. 

"They would have been here already," said man two getting in Nuka's face. 

When Big Ben and White Hawk were looking for Nuka, the shadow figure came, it was standing in the door way of an abandoned house, White Hawk looked and he saw the shadow figure.

"Brother did you see that, look it’s standing in the door way," said White Hawk. 

"Brother there is nothing there, I don't see anything," said Big Ben. 

White Hawk looked back at the door way and the shadow figure was gone. So they both went inside the house, they were looking around and they went upstairs and came up to a closed door. They cracked it open and saw Nuka slumped over a chair tied up; they walked up cautiously because it might be a trap. So they grabbed Nuka, they felt his body to see if anything was broken or cracked, he did have cracked ribs and he was bleeding from his face. Nuka woke up. 

"It's a trap brother," frightened Nuka. 

"I do not fear them," said Big Ben. 

White Hawk heard a voice, the same voice he heard when he walked Mary home. 

"White Hawk the white eyes are coming, beat them, take their clothes off and tie them up to that post and leave them there to die," said the voice. 

White Hawk snapped out of it and looked around but saw nothing. So they grabbed Nuka and opened the door. 
 
"Where do you think you’re going?" asked the man. 

"Taking our brother," said Big Ben. 

"I like to see you try savage," said the man. 

"Move out of the way?" asked White Hawk to the man’s face. 

"No," said the man. 

White Hawk shoved him out of the way. 

"Do that again red man, I dare you," said the man. 

So White Hawk pushed all of them down the stairs and they fell. Big Ben gently sat Nuka down in a corner and ran down the stairs and started fighting. Big Ben found a long board and hit all four of them in the head knocking them out cold. Then White Hawk saw the shadow figure again and remembered what the voice asked him to do. So he told Big Ben to help him take their clothes off and to tie them up to a post and leave them there, he thought it was weird but he helped his brother, so they did. They left them there outside on a post and went back inside to get Nuka and went home. A deputy cop was patrolling and came across them, he slammed on his brakes and ran towards them and untied them all. They told the deputy what happened and they ran down the road naked. The deputy got back in his patrol car and drove to the station. 

"Sir, I was driving around and I came across four white men tied up to a post naked," said Deputy Peter. 

"What, did they tell you who did it to them?" asked Sheriff Tim. 

"They said it was Indians," said Deputy Peter 

"Where are they now, did they tell you their names?" asked Sheriff Tim. 

"No they didn't," said peter. 

"I kind of have an idea who, lets pay them a visit?" asked Sheriff Tim. 

"Who" asked Deputy Peter? 

"White Hawk and his brother," said Sheriff Tim. 

So they pulled up to the house, Nuka looked out the living room window. 

"Can you tell me why there's two cop cars pulling up the drive way?" asked Nuka. 

"What" asked Big Ben standing on the stairs? 

Running Water, their father opened the door and Big Ben and White Hawk were by the stairs. 

"Hello Running Water how is you?" asked Sheriff Tim. 

"Washte" (good) and you?" asked Running Water in the Lakota language. 

"Good, now we have four witnesses saying that your boys tied them up naked to a post," said Sheriff Tim. 

Running Water turned around and looked at them. 

"What's the matter with you, it’s not our way," said Running Water. 

"But father they beat up Nuka," said Big Ben. 

White Hawk looked past Sheriff Tim and saw the shadow figure again. White Hawks eyes were full of hatred. 

"Besides, he called us red skins, savages, they had it coming," said White Hawk in anger. 

"Son," said Running Water. 

"White Hawk, it was cruel and uncalled for you had no reason to do that to them," said Sheriff Tim. 

"Okay just like you had no reason to take our land and kill my people, I am speaking for my people who can’t talk from the grave," said White Hawk. 

"White Hawk," said Big Ben. 

"White Hawk I have done nothing to your people, but your both are going to have to spend the night in jail," said Sheriff Jason. 

“Wow, the white eyes win again, put the Indians away, and let the white men go free, yeah,” said White Hawk. 

Deputy Peter handcuffed both of them, and walked them outside and got into the car. White Hawk looked out the window of the car and saw the shadow figure standing beside his father. And they left to go to the station. 
They arrived at the station, there were cops everywhere and some were talking to other Indian cops. 

"I smell fear," said Big Ben. 

"You think we're all afraid of you?" asked another Deputy. 

"Think again, you’re the one who should be afraid," said Deputy Peter. 

Deputy Peter threw them in cells. 
Back at the house Running Water called his older son Spotted Eagle. 

"Cinsi" (son)," said Running Water in the Lakota language. 

"Ate, takula nunwe" (father, what is it)?" asked Spotted Eagle. 

"Your brothers are in jail, they tied up four white men to a post naked, because the beat up Nuka," said Running Water. 

"Wahi hinhannkin ohan, I yotan chila" (I am coming tomorrow alright, I love you)," said Spotted Eagle in the Lakota language. 

"Ohan, yotan chila" (alright, love you) to," said Running Water. 

It was dark Nuka and Running Water went to sleep as did Big Ben and White Hawk at the jail.

Chapter 4

Next day everyone in the jail was waking up and they went outside. 

When Big Ben and White Hawk were walking outside, a man bumped into Big Ben. 

"Watch where you’re going," said Big Ben. 

"What did you say?" asked the man. 

"I didn't mumble, you herd me," said Big Ben. 

"Come say it to my face red skin," said the man. 

White Hawk was just standing there listening and watching. All the Native Indians herd what the man called Big Ben. He didn't realize the Indians were behind him, he turned around and just laughed and walked away. Back at the office, Sheriff Tim was gathering paper work on Big Ben and White Hawk, but could not find any real crime. 

"Bring Big Ben and White Hawk to the office," asked Sheriff Tim. 

So some of the guards went outside and took Big Ben and White Hawk to Sheriff Tim. They walked in and sat down. 

"What's the matter, this is a side I've never seen before, especially you Big Ben," said Sheriff Tim. 

Big Ben looked down with shame. White Hawk raised his head and looked on his right and saw the shadow figure. Then White Hawk looked back at Sheriff Tim and said, 

"What's the matter you afraid," said White Hawk. 

"No, you know better," said Sheriff Tim. 

"Do I Sheriff?" asked White Hawk with a grin. 

"White Hawk stop, it's over," said Big Ben. 

"No it's not over until they say it’s over, these pale faces should get what they deserve," White Hawk getting angry. 

"What are you talking about?" asked Big Ben. 

"I want revenge on the white eyes," said White Hawk. 

He looked at Sheriff Tim, he felt something behind him.

"The white eyes took what was ours, they have taken our children and have flicked them, they have taken their hair, they have murdered them with no cause," said White Hawk full of hatred. 

"That's the day you started hating the white men?" asked Sheriff Tim. 

Then the shadow figure disappeared. 

"That's the day I became ashamed," said White Hawk sitting down. 

"Son we all have problems; a lot of people have it harder than you and don't give up. You have to let the past go and start thinking about today’s generation," said the Indian officer. 

"Alright get out of here, go home," said Sheriff Tim. 

So they both