Author's notes
I changed my original title "Tag : Chief Mingo" to "The Frayed End of Trust" at the beginning of September. But I followed the excellent advice of Suzy and changed it once more to "The Tattered End of Trust".
Suzy understands one of the basic theme of my current stories online. And she is following, assisting, editing the current trilogy , my endless work in process. I looked up both words and the difference between them. I "know" a lot of English words, my vocabulary is fine if not always appropriate. I learned it by grasping sense of this and that, mostly by reading in English for the last 2 decades. If what I read was badly written, then I learned the wrong meaning and the wrong "grammar". So an extra cuddos to Suzy for the title of this short story.
Written in August and September 2007; proofed and edited by Suzy , with Cynthia giving some help as well.
Finished on September 10, 2007.
Rated M for Mature ; notion of racism, hate, disregard of customs and culture. Notion of violence, killing of people.
Chief White Cloud died, murdered.
Saw Hawken, murderer , died, victim of his own hate.
Four Shawnees warriors died.
1) Mingo and Sam Hawken fought; Hawken knocked Mingo with a bench and nearly split his throat open.
2) Daniel and Sam Hawken fought; Hawken felt this was good fun.
3) Daniel and Mingo fought to death.
Battling is violence, concussion being the least problem in a fight.
The repercussion of this episode is troubling. That's why I had to write a tag part; it was nagging me endlessly.
I am thankful for the support of all readers, be they friends or not.
I am grateful for the support of friends, helping me with English and understanding my need to write.
Johanne,
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Montréal, lundi le 10 septembre 2007, 16h45