It’s the hundreds of Lakota Sioux staring at you, that has you a might worried. And who’s this young indian woman, claiming you’re protecting her?
You’re in a time, long before the reckoning. Even long before ‘White Man’ entered the Dakota’s. The Sky swirls with anger in colors you’ve never scene, as if you’ve entered the ‘Happy Hunting Grounds’ yourself.
But the Sioux of the Lakota Beaver Clan, are real and angry enough.
And they seem determined to punish the young woman you appear to be protecting!
Dirty Sue : Explorer, adventurer, prospector, without a ‘scart’ bone in her body.
Two Words : Comanche warrior of very few words, searching for his brother’s soul.
Gunner Jens : Quick pistols, faster tongue, with a way of always finding trouble.
Byron ‘Hammer’ Parker : Railroad worker, who drove a spike for every foot he’s traveled west.
Don’t Like Dogs : Cherokee scout, who has left the east, to find he’s not an indian in the west.
André ‘Frenchie’ Allaire : Fur trapper from somewhere up north, that even the snow don’t go.
Boston Becky : Despite her petite and polite demeanor, she’s has hard as nails, and never runs from a challenge…”it just ain’t lady like”.
This tale is based upon the local legend of the lake where I grew up. No spoilers here! Just an opportunity to enjoy my own childhood adventures with friends new and old.
Punished Woman’s Lake, South Dakota, is a place of quiet wonder. The Beaver Clan Sioux frequented the banks of its shores for so many years, that arrow heads are still found in its waters in large numbers.
I’ve written this adventure for Expedition Deadwood 2021, in Deadwood, South Dakota, to celebrate 25 years of Deadlands! It’s also an opportunity to highlight an area that I was raised and spent more of my youth enjoying the wilderness and tales from my Lakota family and friends, and those of my Norwegian and Danish grand parents who helped settle the Dakota Territory.
