Maikoda watched from the woods across the river as the white woman yelled at the white man named Jonathan. He couldn’t help but smile as she faced the big man unafraid. She was different from any woman he had ever known, white or Indian. She was fierce like the mother bear protecting her cub.
When she walked toward the river, he watched curiously as her two dogs followed her, sitting and watching as she moved back and forth screaming, cursing, and yelling dire threats to all males. He observed as she suddenly stopped and closed her eyes, standing motionless as if waiting for something.
She stood there breathing in and out slowly. He could tell she was saying something as her lips moved, but no sound escaped from her. She did this for several minutes before she opened her eyes.
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