When The Legends Die
This is the story of the life an Ute family, and in particular the way of their people. The story starts off with the father of the family, George Black Bull running for his life from the sheriff and Blue Elk, one of the old Ute men. He had shot a man named Frank No Deer, he had killed him for stealing his money three times that he owed to a sawmill in Pagosa where he had worked with many other of his people, that he had saved for a long period of time. So George, his wife Bessie and son decided to live in the mountains, where they would live the old way, singing songs for different occasions, fishing and hunting with arrow instead of guns, and making use of the wilderness and all of it's resources. They built a cabin to live in, in a location where George would not be found and put in jail for his crime, they caught their meals, sewed their clothes and lived life and taught their son the way it had been lived by many generations of their people in the past, until one da!y George was crushed by an avalanche while hunting in a valley. Bessie new now that their son had become the man of the family, and would be responsible for many of the tasks that nee
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Frank Deer, Blue Elk, Bear's Brother's, , Blue Elks, Hal Borland, Black Bull, blue elk, Elk Ute, bear's brother's, there's suspense, trade items, pocket money, stealing money, frank deer, bessie son, native people, talked bear's,
Approximate Word count = 786
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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