Apache Warrior by Carol Ann Didier

Author:Carol Ann Didier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2013-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

“Wind said to lightning, ‘See that mountain over there? If I want to, I can split it in two pieces.’

Lightning answered, ‘I also can split that mountain in two pieces.’

They both had power to do the same thing, but the power of the wind is not the power of the lightning. Neither is one man’s power, the power of another. In order for one to lead well, he must first learn to serve well.”

The story really pleased Nocho. He grinned from ear to ear. Nocho liked serving others better than anything else. He knew Enthlay was telling him this story to show Nocho he loved and approved of him just the way he was.

Enthlay had always known there was something foreign to the Apache’s nature in Nocho. Nocho hated killing although he still trained to be a warrior and used the skills he learned well. He was strong in body and mind, and would grow into another Kayto in size and stamina, but Enthlay knew it was not good to force someone onto a path not cut out for him.

Enthlay’s thoughts strayed to Kayto.

Now, there was a warrior of warriors! He was everything Apache stood for. How proud Enthlay had been when Kayto rescued Nachise, the chief’s youngest son, from a wild, untrained mustang that had broken loose. The horse would have trampled the boy had Kayto not dove under the flying hooves and rolled with the boy out of harm’s way. Cochise and his second wife had been very grateful to Kayto. They’d shown their gratitude by giving him the painted pony he now rode. It had been one of Cochise’s best-trained war ponies, coming at a whistle and knowing all kinds of tricks.

Another notion came into Enthlay’s mind as he thought on Kayto. He wondered why Kayto seemed so long in taking the marriage trail. He asked Tosen to bring him a smoke and a drink of tulapai, his favorite corn beer.

While he was lighting up, Amanda started to clear away the remains of the meal. She was surprised when Enthlay voiced to Tosen the very thing that had been the subject of her conversation earlier with Cat Eyes.

Amanda paused as she heard him say to Tosen, “Wife, do you know of any reason why Kayto has not yet sent horses to Sanyo for his daughter? She has been through the Sunrise Ceremony many winters now.”

Amanda knew this to be the puberty rite that marked a day-den’s, little girl-child’s, passage into a nah-lin, or marriageable maiden. She held her breath, waiting to see if Tosen knew the answer.

Tosen looked up at Amanda. She saw the stricken look on Amanda’s face; the waiting in her eyes for what Tosen would say. Could it be this White-Eyes has heart-feelings for my son that even she is not aware of ? she wondered.

Tosen thought that Kayto had very strong feelings for this white woman or he’d never have taken her captive in the first place. Giving Amanda to her as a

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