Chapter 2:

The Town of Walnut Grove is in a state of distress for all the wives and mothers have been taken captive by the Sioux Indians. The children are crying for their mothers. It's a Saturday morning and the men are in the School/Church building for a meeting on what to do, on how to find their wives. Rev. Alden is there with them. Rev. Alden asks the group of men, "Anyone have any ideas on how we can find and track down the Indians?"

Mr Laribee answers and says, ''The only thing I know to do is call the U.S Cavalry to help us they can track horses and also have guns and weapons if we should have to attack the Indians."

Charles replies, ''I don't think it will come to attacking the Indians. The Indians have always seemed to be reasonable with me. There must be a reason for all of this."

Laribee disagrees and replies, ''The Indians have always been Savages!"

Edward starts to say, ''I agree with Mr. Ingalls there has to be a reason, but the question is what? and why?"

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Meanwhile in the Indian Camp, the Chief, Caesar Black Crow, has his Indians gathered around a campfire while the ladies are tied up inside an Indian teepee. Caesar Black Crow says to his tribe, ''We will head out at sunup for Kansas City and these ladies will be our squaws, making our meals and being mothers to our children, etc..."

In the teepee where the ladies are, Mrs. Olsen is asking Grace Snider and Mrs. Ingalls, "What do you think these Savages Indians have planned for us?"

Grace Snider answers, ''I don't know."

Mrs. Ingalls replies, "I've overheard them saying something about making us into squawls and mothering their children."

Just then 3 Indian kids enter the teepee as Mrs. Olsen is saying, ''Oh No they won't!"

The 3 giggling Indian kids which are girls about 7 to 10 years old, one walks up to Mrs. Ingalls and starts to braid her hair and says, ''I want you as my mommy, is it ok if I call you mommy?"

Mrs. Ingalls is speechless.

Another little Indian girl goes up to Grace Snider and gives her a hug and says, "Mommy."

The third girl goes up to Mrs. Olsen, sits on her lap and asks, "Can I call you Mommy?"

Mrs. Olsen pushes the little girl off her lap and says, "NO!"

The little girl begins to cry.

Mrs. Ingalls says to Harriet, "That wasn't nice of you Harriet."

Mrs. Olsen replies, "Nice of me? Why should we be nice? We are not these salvages kids Mother's."

Grace Snider with a tear in her eye says, "True, but it is like they don't have anyone to love them."

Harriet answers, "So does that mean we should just take these savage kids as our own and forget about ours?"

Mrs. Ingalls answers, ''Of course not but we need to do something for them."

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Back in Walnut Grove the men are leaving the meeting. Nels who has just gotten back from his deliveries in his 'wagon store' and Charles are speaking Nels says to Charles, "Harriet can be a pest and a nag at times but I still love her and hope she is ok."

Charles laughs just a little bit and says, ''We hope they are all ok."

Nels agrees and says, ''I will call the U.S Calvary and ask them to come and help us."

Nels calls the U.S Calvary and gets a Sgt. York on the phone and tells him what has happened. Sgt. York says, ''We will be there as soon as possible but it may a little while. We are having the same problems with Indians all over the States."

Nels answers, "I'm so sorry, I wonder why the Indians are doing this we haven't been at war or anything for years? Please hurry Mother's Day is coming and we all need our ladies and the children need their mothers."

Mr York replies, ''We know and we will do our best."

Will the Town of Walnut Grove have their wives and mothers back for Mother's Day?

Will the Indian children have someone to love them?

To Be Continued...