Summary: Inspired by the book Bear Dancer by Thelma Hatchwyss. Spoilers if you haven't read the book. All italics are quotes from the book.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did, Spotted Tail wouldn't have died.
Abandoned
That one went to the prairie to hunt buffalo. That one broke his leg. The hunters left that one behind. That one is never coming back. That one is just a pile of bones on the prairie now.
I know my time has come, for I can feel the spirits of the ancients calling me.
They left me here to die.
"We cannot afford to carry you back, to care for you." They said.
"Forgive us."
And then I was alone.
The pain in my leg has increased steadily, becoming the unbearable fire that it is now.
Tears mist in my eyes as I think of Elk Girl. Will she ever know what became of me?
The world starts to fade, and I pray my final prayer to the Great Earth Mother.
Alone, I die.
Abandoned.
