Time was at a premium. “There is a good chance that is just what has happened, but what of our scouts? They seemed to be conferring with each other. Must be thousands of them? I raced to the front, coming to a halt next to Running Elk and Howling Wolf. As they were eating, I went outside and went up to the front to talk with Howling Wolf, to see if there were any new developments. “Fire.” Howling Wolf shouted. Soon they retreated back to the main group of raiders. If things go badly for us, I want you to take those left of our tribe. The scouts came charging in with the raiders hot on their tails. Silvermoon crawled into the tent with me. We had huge bomb fires set to go but they would not cover all the area with light. As we were talking about tactics, Running Elk came running up and pointed out toward the front past our barricades. I walked into the tent, just as a major discussion was going on about raider tactics. I waited till it quieted down. I filled the
