Chapter Seventeen
The EscapeWhen Jonathan returned to Shawnee Town from the hunt, the village was in an uproar. As he was unpacking the horses, Scar came to him and pulled him aside. “Your white father, brother run away. Braves find father in woods and kill.”
Jonathan stared at the brave. “Your braves killed my father?”
Scar nodded.
“What about Joshua?
“Braves could not find. He ran away, hid his trail.”
Jonathan turned away so Scar would not see the hate in his eyes. He stalked silently into the woods. The fact that his father and brother had left without him was not surprising. What was surprising to Jonathan was that it was so hurtful. And now Papa was dead. The old familiar hate for Scar rose up in his heart like an awful black tide, but above it all was deep sorrow that he had
