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Post by kidandloufan on Jul 24, 2018 18:30:36 GMT -5
Written by Me.
"Running" Buck Cross is half-Kiowa, half-white. He was conceived when his Kiowa mother was raped by a white man. Although loved by his older half-brother Red Bear, Buck's childhood among his mother's people was a difficult one. He was ridiculed and scorned by members of his tribe, despite Red Bear's high standing within it.
When he was around twelve years old, Buck left his tribe and went to live in a Catholic Mission School. Buck faced the same ridicule and scorn by his peers and members of the local community. One day, a group of older boys attacked him. Although he put up a good fight, he was outnumbered and would have been severely hurt if it wasn't for Ike McSwain. The mute boy jumped into the fray and fought side by side with Buck until the older boys tired of fighting. A life-long bond was formed that day between Buck and Ike.
Buck taught Ike how to communicate using Indian sign, and the two blood brothers left the mission and made their way to Sweetwater, where they joined the Pony Express. Besides a place to live and work, Buck and Ike also found an adopted family in their fellow riders, station master Teaspoon Hunter and housekeeper Emma Shannon.
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