They walked for weeks. The days got shorter, the weather colder, but they continued on in hope of reaching the fort. It was when the sky turned dark gray and the wind started to howl that Takoda knew that a storm was coming, and it was going to be a bad one. It was obvious that the others felt something as well, as he heard whispering in both Lakota and English, and people started to huddle together to keep warm. “Come on everyone! We are nearly there!” Takoda yelled over the wind. The terrain had gotten much more flat, which meant that they were getting very close. “All we need to do is to keep following the river! We should reach the fort before nightfall!” But as the day went on, the weather just got worse and worse, and the group just …show more content…
They were being thrown in jail. Takoda felt himself be pushed into a cell, and the last thing that he heard before he passed out was the clanging of the cell door being shut.

Four months later, Takoda walked into the Shetek settlement. He and the three other surviving members of the Fool Soldiers were released to make room for more ‘dangerous criminals’. They weren’t even worth a single bullet. The three members that died either died the night of the blizzard, or from sickness in the prison. When they were released, they walked for a bit, but then they parted ways, never to see each other again. The first thing that Takoda wanted to do was see if the settlers actually made it back to their homes, especially Lillie. That is why he traveled all the way to the Shetek settlement. It didn’t take him long, as he was by himself, and the weather was much more forgiving. As he walked between the houses, he could still see the burns of destruction on some of the walls from when they were attacked. He was entering a clearing when he heard his name. “Takoda!” He turned toward the source of the sound, and he saw Lillie running out of a house. Right behind her was a dark-haired man who seemed to be her