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Blood Brothers! Chapter 12
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Blood Brothers! Chapter 12



At River's Edge Indian Village, it was time for Sundar Hunter's first birthday.



Sohan, the proud father, brought Sundar to his birthday cake.



He helped the infant blow out his candles.



Then Sohan did the baby toss.



The infant returned to his arms . . .



A cute toddler.



Quanah silently watched, as his youngest son grew up.



Sohan gave his son a family kiss before handing him to Hita.



Hita looked at Sundar in awe. She was overjoyed at how much he looked like Quanah.



She gave gave him a family kiss. . .



And cuddled him.



Samir offered to put him down for a nap when he got sleepy.



She took him over to Sohan and Hita's hut and put him in his crib.



When she turned around, Chandar grabbed her and gave her a squeeze.



"I can hardly breathe when you do that, even though I do enjoy it", she said.



They looked around and saw Hita.

"Did I interrupt something?", she asked.


"No, uh . . . Chandar was just leaving", said Samir.



Then Samir was relieved when after Chandar left, Hita gave her a thumbs up!

"Does that mean, you won't tell on us?", she asked.
"It'll be our little secret", said Hita, "I know exactly how you feel."



When she went outside, Samir saw Chandar in the large tub of warm water with Shardul and Hala.



She got in the tub and stared over at Chandar.



"Why you staring at me?", he asked.



"Don't flatter yourself", she said.



"It's good you two ain't promised to each ", laughed Shardul.



"You could at least try to be friends even if you don't like each other", said Hala.



Shardul told Hala, "Come sit with me."



Then they motioned for Chandar and Samir to "get out"!



So they could madeout.



Samir whispered something to Chandar.



"Samir, come here!", called Nachik, who had been watching them.



"Let's get in the tub", he said.



"Come sit with me", said Nachik.



Chandar took off running . . .



It was hard seeing Samir with Nachik, but he knew he'd have to learn to accept it and be satisfied with the the moments when she belonged to him.



Chandar's mother had learned to do that very thing, even though she's the one Quanah married. At times like this, she could almost forget about the other girls and women he'd had. She knew, if Quanah had had a choice, he would never had married. But he was a good Comanche brave and had done what his father wanted.



Her suspicions about Sohan and Hita's son were even stronger now. "She couldn't be the only one in the village, who noticed Sundar's resemblance to Quanah. But why would Quanah do woo hoo with Hita, when he obviously hated her?", she thought to herself.



"Where you going?", asked Quanah, awakened from his nap.
"It was nice watching you sleep, but I got things to do", she joked.



"Thank you for putting up with me", he said, giving her a hug, "I'm going into town, but I won't be long."



It was the end of another day at the schoolhouse in River's Edge. The school teacher, Molly O'Shay was writing in her diary. When she looked up she saw Quanah watching her.



"We voted and decided our childern will be allowed to come to your school", he said.

"Good, how many childern are there?", asked Molly
"There's four boys and two girls", said Quanah.
"School starts at nine o'clock every morning, Monday thru Friday", she said.



"They'll be here", he said.
"I'll be looking forward to meeting them", said Molly, "I'm glad you decided to let them come."



"Goodbye, teacher", said Quanah.

"Goodbye, Mr. Whitefeather", she said.



Quanah got on his horse and rode away.



He stopped in front of the General Store.



Quanah saw the store owner outside sweeping the porch.

"Is there anything I can help you with today?", asked Edward.
"Yes, I want school clothes for four teenage boys and two teenage girls", said Quanah.



"I have some nice flannel shirts and some of them new twilled cotton trousers for the boys. They're made out of some new fangled cloth that some German immigrant originally intended to use for tents. I also got some nice dresses for the girls. They ain't nothing fancey, but I think they'll do for school. If you want any fancier ones, you'll have to order them from the catalogue", said Edward.

In 1850, Levi Strauss, a 24 year old German immigrant started manufacturing heavyweight trousers made from twilled cotton cloth known in France as "genes". He intended to make tents for the miners, but finding no market, he decided to make pants. He ended up making a fortune, as well as history. The Levi trademark pocket stitching and label began to be used in 1873.



"These will do just for now", said Quanah, "I'll be back later to get some of the trousers for myself and the other men in the village".
To be continued . . .

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