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always the best.”
    The men pulled up and Ceara noticed that now there was a woman with them too. She leaned over to Beth, “Wonder why they brought her?”
    Beth simply shrugged, “We send females on our runs too.”
    “Yeah, but that’s because there are so few of us, right?”
    Beth gave her a quizzical look, “The world went to hell, so I’m thinking equal rights has just started meaning each and every one of us has to pull our own weight.”
    The men went straight to Alden but the woman went to Beth and Ceara, “Hi, my name is Nizhoni, it means beautiful, “She gave Ceara a little wink, “but just call me Niz.”
    She looked around their area, “We are in need of spices and sugar, and the men don’t think they need to be bothered with the simple things, so I asked to come with them on this trip.”
    Beth smiled at Niz, “My name is Beth, and this is Ceara. We can completely relate on the simple things. Once we went on a run, it was Ceara and I that looked for both soap and razors.”
    Ceara started laughing and both women looked at her, “Hey, you have to give Alden credit, one time he did ask if we needed female things.”
    Niz got a surprised look, “My men have never even thought of those needs. I’m not going to tell you what we have been using.”
    Ceara got a bigger grin, “You are in luck, in the trailer is a whole box of ummmm both styles.”
Niz got a genuine smile, “Our women will be forever in your debt!”
    Beth waved the girl in the house, “Let’s go see if there is anything else you could use that we can deal to part with.”
    Alden met with Stray Eagle, Running Buffalo, and the young man Billy. There were two more young braves driving the wagon and two more on horseback, who were herding four head of cattle. A bull was tied to the back of the wagon which also contained a few crates of chickens and one rooster. A fourth box was covered with a small blanket.
    After the pleasantry of normal greetings, Alden along with Stray eagle and Running Buffalo walked to the trailers leaving Colt and Charlie with the young braves.
    Alden smiled at the two men. “I’m glad you waited to come back. Things have been a bit tense around here since we lost two of our members.”
    Running Buffalo hung his head, “The rains that will fall from now till the end will never match the tears and sorrow that have been shed for those you have lost.”
    Alden shook his hand and thanked him.
    Stray Eagle spoke up quietly, “We held an old fashioned Pow-Wow,” grinning as he said the last words. We all decided that four cows and a bull to help breed more would be a good start. Along with some chickens and a rooster again to help breed more. For that we wish to look into your general store.” He smiled big as he pointed to the back of one of the trailers.
    Alden grinned, “I think we can work something out that will benefit all of us and be fair.”
Alden walked up the steps that Colt and Charlie had made out of old pallets and opened the first trailer. The two Indians’ eyes went wide when they saw all of the paper goods and other essentials such as blankets, towels, washcloths, and an entire section of tools. All the items had been organized and placed on shelves that they had built from the pallets and other piece of wood they had found.
    Alden grinned, “The men’s wear section is back a few feet on the left, the women’s wear is on the right. We got a bunch of those newfangled Hi Def T.V.s in the barn if you’re interested. There are also some movies, dvd players, and Blu-ray players,” he said as he pointed to the barn.
    Running buffalo turned and looked at him, “You’re kidding, right?”
    Alden shook his head, “Nope dead serious. We put them in there, because we needed the space in the trailer for the stuff that needed to be kept dry and away from mice and other critters.”
    Stray Eagle had walked to the back of the trailer and had come back carrying two axes and a sledgehammer, “How much