GO WEST THEY SAID
Ungrateful Dead – The Confederate general with his regiment left Texas, planning to outflank the Union Soldiers in southern Colorado. On their path, they find an Indian burial ground. This is not your ordinary woods Indian burial site. This was a small village with the leaders buried inside tipis. Inside these tipis, they find chests filled with gold coins and gems from their town. They desecrate the burial sites and then leave for Colorado. They get to Colorado and realize their plan could fail. They agree to take their treasure and retreat. Now they must get back home, 500 miles to Verde, Texas. But before they can get to Texas, they must go back through Comanche Past, where they left destruction without respect.
(Crouching Bear rose to his feet and charged the soldiers, screaming at the top of his lungs. The other two followed his lead. The soldiers turned to hear the Indians charging forward at them with their knives and tomahawks raised over their heads.)
Shilo – This is the story of Major Tom Sheppard, a Union Army soldier in Colorado's territory. Tom retired from the army and was subsequently asked to serve as a liaison between the Comanche Indians and the Government of the United States three years later. During that transition, the president urges Tom to travel to a town called Shilo, a lawless town. The president knew that the city of Shilo was critical to the government. The president asks Tom to go there and try to clean it up to be a safe place for pioneers to settle, knowing the government had plans for the small town. Tom travels to Shilo, where he meets Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Wells, two influential people who will be essential to completing his mission. There are facts in this story that are true. I hope you love a good old-fashioned western.
(Jesse Wilkerson is sent to Mr. Terrence Cruise’s homestead two days later to give him a pie his mother made. She always felt terrible for him, having no family or such. He walks through his field to a barbed wire fence in the middle of Mr. Cruise’s cornfield. Jesse stops removing his hat and then rubs his head, looking at the barbed wire fence. He turns and then walks through his field of corn and finds the pickaxe lying there on the ground. He slowly walks past several broken posts to see the cornfield in the open. Jessee stops to turn around when he hears a noise just ahead of him. He walks through the corn towards the noise when he sees a body lying there. He walks up to the dead body to see crows pecking at his eyes.)
Life on the Prairie - I turn to smile as I look at my children, knowing I love them so much. I must get to my chores. I will see you soon, my old friend. I closed my journal and then placed my hand over the cover, embracing the moment. I sit here, reading this journal left by Mrs. Jankins, feeling a mix of remorse and optimism. There have been many ups and downs in just a few months. I often wonder how some homesteaders managed to keep it and thrive, while others just gave up. The one good thing was that when you bought your homestead, it was yours. Unlike today, the government did not own the property. Life on the Prairie - I turn to smile as I look at my children, knowing I love them so much. I must get to my chores. I will see you soon, my old friend. I closed my journal and then placed my hand over the cover, embracing the moment. I hope to finish reading the outcome of this family's journey. This is a Story of one family's journey on their homestead in 1869. It is remarkable how we can be captivated and drawn into someone's life. Even if it was over a hundred years ago. Like time, have no boundaries. I hope you enjoy this riveting journal from Sarah Jankins.
(We watch Miss Scarlet run back to the ladder and climb to the top to grab the handle. We listen as she recites the Lord’s Prayer as loudly as she can, the door rattling to no end, shaking until it gives way, snapping the floorboards upward as the tornado claims its next victim. Miss Scarlet screams along with us as the tornado lifts her from the cellar and across the floor. We watched Miss Scarlet as we held on to one another, screaming for Miss Scarlet. We watch Miss Scarlet scream for help and then try to grab hold of anything she can to stop herself. Billy Jo tried to move, but I pulled him tight. I knew he wanted to help, but it was just too late. I remember screaming as loud as I could as we watched the wind pull her body up in the air when she managed to grab hold of the railing of the stairs that was left. I screamed for her to hold on, watching as she wrapped her arms around the railing, screaming for someone to help her. I watched her feet rise off the floor, then float in the air. Miss Scarlet screamed at the top of her lungs as the wind pulled on her vigorously, as her body shook. We screamed for Miss Scarlet to hold on as we watched her holding on for her life, screaming for help. We screamed as we watched the wind pull her up with such force that she let go and flew through the air, screaming.)
Pigeons & Crows – This is a Viking tale of the Viking Queen Revan II, leaving the land of Nor in search of new lands to settle their clans in. The Queen's great-grandfather, King Harold, found the new land of Oaks across the great sea. With his two thousand clan members and their families, he was betrayed and killed. The King of Spainia crossed King Harold, cut off the heads of every Viking on their land, and placed them in fifty-gallon barrels to send them back to the land of Nor for everyone to see. Thinking this would scare and warn off any Viking clan that thought about arriving there. Instead, it had the reverse effect, with the Vikings just waiting for the right time to return to Spainia to claim what was rightfully theirs.
(The king tells his brothers that he loves them and wishes there was any other way as he stands to his feet. The king says I love you, brothers and always will, as he walks out from the dining chambers, closing the doors behind him. The King's Knights lunge forward with their metal-headed mace raised high to attack the king's two brothers, killing them while mutilating their bodies and then cutting them up into several pieces and placing them into burlap bags.)
The Story of Hatshepsut – The story of the first woman king. There is much more to this story. In 1903, she was found, but she was considered unimportant. She lay resting till 2006 when she was found. Her life was gone until the walls explained her power and reign. I will fill in the lines of her life with what I think happened since her birth. During her reign, she had to make war to stop the war, only to find her stepson, Thutmose III, would be her worst adversary. She created so many shrines that it would be impossible to erase them all. I want to read about what her life would have been like if we were there to witness it. Where she started and where she was found so many years later. Her story is unbelievable and intriguing, and it must be told. This is my version.
(Thutmose instructs Neji to lift the lid off the box so he can take a look inside; Thutmose peers down into the box and sees black hair. Thutmose grabs the black hair, picks up the head, and sees his sister's face. He gasped, then dropped her head back into the basket, stepping back.)