The year is 1865 and the people in North America
are looking for a new way of life
They have fought the Civil War
The Confederates against the Union
North versus South
Now they want to settle down and live their lives in peace
President Lincoln has abolished Slavery
And the Country is now united
How all of the wrongs now been righted?
If you listen to the talk on the Streets
Or the talk in the Saloons
Everybody is talking about heading West
To the Wild West
The Newspapers are full of Stories about Families
moving to Colorado California or Texas
Some Families are even going North to Oregon
Montana and Virginia
Where the Sheriff wears a Gold Star
And the Drunks fill up all of the Bars
There are also Stories about the Red Indians who don’t
like the presence of the new Settlers
With Bow and Arrow they defend their land
And they will defend it to their land to the Death
So if you are thinking of making the move West
Think before you Saddle up your Horse
And pack up all of your troubles
Because the going is tough out there
There is no time for any tears
Out there in the New Frontier
One of the families about to make the move
Is the Olsen family from South Carolina
Tomorrow they will join a Wagon Train travelling
to the other side of the Country
The Parents Percy and Joan and their two kids Mary
Anne and Jim Bob
Their Wagon is packed with all of their Worldly possessions
They are not really sure where they are going
But they will know it when they get there
They will travel under Gods care
The next Morning they are all awake before the Rooster
can crow
They are all too excited to get any sleep
They eat their last breakfast at home
Before they travel to the Wild West
On the corner near the Blacksmiths the other
Travellers are waiting for the Olsens to arrive
And then the journey can begin
The journey full of Murder Mayhem and Sin
The Wagon Train is on the move on the way to the
New Frontier
Twenty Wagons long they travel the dusty winding
tracks
They have read all of the Stories about the Natives
About the slaughter Blood letting
With all of the Rivers flowing Red
But all the Natives are doing is protecting their land
And their way of life
Percy Olsen and the other settlers know and understand
this
But all they want is a new start
To raise theirs Kids in the Sunshine
Surely there is plenty of room
In this land of the free
Just take it all from them
And give it all to me
Percy Olsen has dreaming for years about moving his
Family to California or maybe Colorado
Build a Log Cabin on a small parcel of land
Raise some Livestock and grow some Corn and Maize
Grow some Vegetables and just live off the land
As he holds the reins of the Horses pulling the Wagons
towards his Dream
He looks up to the Sky all grey and cloudy
The Sky in Colorado is always bright and clear
He cant wait to reach the New Frontier
In Colorado Chief Running Deer of the Cheyenne tribe
Is sitting in his Tepee smoking the peace pipe
Thinking about the Pale Face invasion
Life was good before their arrival
Hunting Buffalo with their spears and Bow and Arrow
Now the Pale Face shoot them all with their sticks of fire
If it goes on like this there will be no more Buffalo left
for his Braves and Squaws to eat
The Pale Face are like a swarm of Locusts devouring the land
They are never happy with what they have
They are always wanting more
The Pale Face are building Farms on the Indian Hunting
grounds
Taking all of the Fish from the Creeks and Rivers
Their Horses hooves and Wagon Wheels break up the top soil
and erode away the land
This Pale Face menace is getting out of hand
The Olsen Family and the other Travellers are making steady progress
Despite a few broken Wheels Sunburn and Diarrhea
But that is what happens when you eat nothing but Corn and Beans
But everybody is happy to be on this great adventure into the unknown
The Kids are going stir crazy screaming ‘Are we there yet?’
The Mothers quieten down the Kids while the Fathers enjoy a Beer
They are all thinking about the New Frontier
Chief Running Deer is tired of fighting the Pale Face
Fighting all of their diseases like Influenza Smallpox and Cholera
They have all taken a heavy toll
Plus a lot of the Braves have taking to drinking the Firewater
An Alcoholic drink that the Pale Face brought West
His people has little resistance to the Pale Face diseases and Whiskey
They are all either sick or drunk
Now they are only good for weaving Baskets and collecting Firewood
Something has to be done
The Pale Face have to be gone for good
So Chief Running Deer climbs to the summit of Snake Mountain
And sends smoke signals to all of the surrounding Tribes
The Crow Arapahoe and Blackfoot
There has been tension between the Tribes or years
But now they all need to come together to defeat a common enemy
The Pale Face with their Fire Sticks Diseases and Firewater
Need to be sent packing back to their homes
Or come this Summer the Sun will be bleaching their Bones
But the Pale Face also have some help
A new Fort has been built only a Mile from the Cheyenne camp
With over 500 well equipped Soldiers they will be hard to beat
Besides their Rifles they have Cannons that shoot giant Balls of Fire
Chief Running Deer is awaiting a return Smoke Signal
Hopefully the other Tribes will agree to a Pow Wow
After Three Months of travelling the Settlers Wagon Train has reached the edge
of Colorado
They have reached Beaver River which forms the Border with Kansas
Once they cross over they will have reached the promised land
But promises are sometimes broken
Promises aren’t always kept
Which is what the Olsens and the other travellers are about to find out
They are about to find out what the Wild West is all about
Chief Running Deer has just received a return Smoke Signal from the other
Chiefs
And the news is good
All of the Chiefs have to help in any way they can to stop the Pale Face
invasion
By force or by gentle persuasion
And Chief Running Deer has a couple secret weapons
In the shape of the Witch Doctor and the Rainmaker
The Witch Doctor will cast a spell on the Pale Face
While the Rainmaker will try and raise a flood
A Flood not seen since Biblical times
All of the Rivers will join together
And wash away the Pale Face menace forever
The Olsens and the others are settling in well
They have all built Log Cabins on the shore of Beaver River
Completely ignorant to the fact that they are tresspassers
They shoot more Buffalo then they can eat
And catch Fish Beavers and Otters because there is nothing else to do
But the Pale Face are about to shd a whole lot of tears
There will be Hell to pay in this New Frontier
The Chiefs of the other Tribes are true to their word
And Ten Thousand Braves are on their way to Beaver River Colorado
But Chief Running Deer knows that there will be heavy loses on both sides
So he is hoping that the Witch Doctor and the Rainmaker can get together
and manipulate Nature
But if they cant he will unleash the Warriors and Braves
And the West will be awash with Blood
The Native American and Pale Face Blood will flow together
And in a way they will become Blood Brothers
So the Witch Doctor and the Rainmaker climb to the top of the Mountain
The Witch Doctor sits in the dirt and chants to the Sky
He wants some help from the magic of the Gods
He chants and chants and offers up different potions
If the chants and options work when the Sun comes up tomorrow
every Pale Face in the West and North of the Continent will be struck
Deaf Dumb and Mute
Kicked out by a giant Moleskin Boot
The Rainmaker starts his dance and he to calls to the Gods
In particular he calls to the Gods of Ice and Water
Then about an hour later the sound of Thunder is heard
In over 27 States the Sky turns Black and the Rain begins to fall
Up North in Oregon Montana and Virginia the Ice begins to melt
And in those 27 States all of the Rivers start to rise and overflow
100 Rivers join as one as if they can hear the ghost of Moses
The Water will rise and rise
Right up to the Pale Face Noses
Just before Sunrise the next Morning Percy Olsen rises to milk his Cows
He notices that the Sky has gone from Blue to Black
And just then every Pale Face in the West and North can no longer
Hear Speak or Think
And everyone of them is gurgled down a Native American Sink
Slowly the Water recedes and things get back to normal
The Crow Arapahoe and the Blackfoot go back home
Not one drop of Blood has been spilt
And as the Cheyenne go about their business
There is not a Pale Face in sight
Chief Running Deer is glad that there was no need to fight
All of the Tribes can now sleep easier at night
Back in South Carolina Percy Olsen and the other travellers wake up
drenched in a local Levee
They can all now Hear Speak and Think
They don’t understand what has happened
But they are now back where they belong
Back in Colorado Chief Running Deer is happy living peacefully with
his Braves and Squaws
There is now no need to fight anymore Interacial Wars
No Native American or White Man was harmed in the writing of Story
And of that I am glad.
THE END
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