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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bobitron" data-source="post: 2550245" data-attributes="member: 25479">The man waits silently for the others to speak.Reaching out take Michael's hand, the man sits down and accepts his offer of warm food. "My thanks, Man-of-the-South. Your kindness speaks well of you and those who travel with you.""There is no reason to fear my presence, trapper. I am alone. The Wintu wish no harm on those who wish no harm on us. We have learned to stay out of the white man's doings and stay to ourselves." He lets out a deep sigh. "I come to you to speak of trouble that has come to us, not to bring you troubles."The Marshal speaks up sharply. "You come to the right place. Seems like we do nothin' but help out the locals on this whole durn trip." The anger leaves his voice quickly, however, and he asks for the man to continue with a more tender voice. "Sorry, shaman. We just got pressin' matters to attend to in Deepwood. Go ahead and say your piece." The wise man's face turns to the ground for a long moment, and just as one of you is about to pipe up, thinking maybe he fell asleep, he speaks."I seek you because you go to Deepwood, not to sway you from your path. Three moons ago, our home was visited by one we always called Speaks with Snakes. He is a white man; a trader of trinkets, a liar and cheat at cards, a bedder of other man's wives, and a thief. We made him our guest, but he brought only untruth and poison to our people. I asked him to leave. He left in a rage, saying he would move on to Deepwood to sell his wares, but before he left he visited the tent of my youngest son. I found him in the morning, dead from the wounds Speaks with Snakes had inflicted. Falling Stream was a good son, and I don not doubt that he died the death of a brave." He speaks without regret or anger, just stating a fact. "I tell you this because the talisman of my tribe has been missing since Speaks with Snakes left. It is the soul of our gaurdian ancestors in form; a necklace that contains the spirit of the wolf. I fear that he will use the talisman to commit great evils upon the people of these lands."You glance over and see the Marshal's face, and it's not a purty sight. Fire and brimstone burn behind his eyes as he speaks. "And pray tell, wise man, what is this Speaks with Snake called by the whites? What's his christian name?"The wise man looks up at the Marshal and responds. "Clayton Masters."Colburn lashes out with a boot, kicking his coffee off the fallen tree where it sat with a curse. "That's the man we were <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2438190&postcount=212" target="_blank">warned</a> about. Sounds like he's just as willin' to take advantage of the natives as he is of the white folk."</blockquote>

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