| Show A short week later Peter Taylorhorses disappeared No Pete vowed they did not just wander off VYes he had tethered them No it was notprank The ropes were cut and only Black Hawklazy good-for-nothing braves would steal horses and not even bother to untie them The bishop gave Pete good tongue-lashing for speaking of the new brother leader ship in suchmanner but that didnchange Peteinner feelings on the matter Nothing So pacify him but that Black Hawk be confronted the next morning the bishop Pete and two other willing men hill encampment just east of knoll Chief Black Hawk greeted them magnanimously he did believe some of his horses And no of course Hawk to Black out rode choice no real had they counselors bishop the would Yes asmatter of fact young braves had come home with some extra he had had no prior knowledge of this All this he said with Baptism had not changed Black Hawk He was up to his old tricks of taking what he wanted in was out of his simply took it would have been mocking He was reach grin like that child he wanted the Unlike settlers this had respect child come of to recognize whatever he got what But even those who knew him best among them shocked by his next he saw that he wanted the bishop he desire Pete not adiplomat under the best of circumstances could hardly be civil remembering demanded his they incurred had horses his back Black now proved with Hawk unjust no beating wrath when subtlety wenta long way with Black Hawk lecture from around Pete the the bishop bush Bishop had made his demand So he was sure little But this time Black Hawk only smiled his mocking smile--looking 1ikeman with an ace up his sleeve He had them sit and then made his announcement He would give the horses back on an exchange basis In exchange for the horses he would havewife from the settlement He already had many Squaws but perfiaps again likechild he wanted only what he felt he couldnhave At any rate he was well aware of the Mormon practice of polygany In fact one of the reasons he had allowed the Mormons on his land in the beainning wasthat they had at least this one similerity to his people And no amount of preaching reasoning or even veiled threatening could convince him that this was allowed only occasionally by the will of God and at the command of the prophet He had seen others with more than one wife so he Black Hawk could also do it and belormon And as far as he was concerned that was that The bishop found himself ingrievous position Outright refusal could result inrenewal of the Black Hawk war while consent would result in even worse ng and hard but Pete was gettinga sixteen year old davghter on the ratter would plunge ah 24 |
