Photo Copyright: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Here we all are for another week. Today we’re sitting along the virtual banks of the Mohawk River in New York state. It’s warm for March. Our hostess for this gathering is the talented and gracious writer and artist, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. We’re the Friday Fictioneers group. Our challenge this week and every week is to write an original story with no more than 100 words. It’s supposed to have a beginning, middle, end, and follow the picture prompt for the week. This week’s prompt was supplied by Rochelle herself. Thanks, Rochelle.
To read the other stories by the group, just click on the link given below, then on the little blue frog in the blue box.
The link for this week’s stories is as follows:
https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/18-march-2016/
Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100 Words
THE HUNTER by P.S. Joshi
The slender man wore moccasins so tread softly. White, but an orphan raised by members of the Iroquois Confederacy, he was now a tribal member. They had found him in a cabin where his settler parents died of a raging fever.
His Iroquois wife sewed his deerskin clothes. In them, he could stalk game through the woods and not easily be seen. Here along the Mohawk River, it was plentiful. He saw a deer ahead, took aim, and his arrow struck true.
“Great Spirit,” he prayed, “accept the soul of this deer who will feed my family in cold weather.”
Dear Suzanne,
Such a sweet story. I really enjoyed it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks, Rochelle. I’m so happy you enjoyed the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Suzanne, a nice “bite” of history. Well done.
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Thanks, Alicia. I’m so pleased you liked this little historical fiction piece. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I like the story. It has a great historical atmosphere to it.
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Thanks, Bun. I’m so pleased you liked it. I enjoy stories of early settlers and Native Americans. 🙂 — Suzanne
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It’s certainly an interesting time in history.
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A great story that says so much well in so few words
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Thanks, Mick. I’m so happy you enjoyed the story, the way I wrote it. I appreciate your comment. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I’m glad for the little boy, grown to be a man.. a lovely piece of history.
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Thanks, Bjorn. I’m so pleased you enjoyed the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Well done, Suzanne. So much character in there to explore. I enjoyed it 🙂
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Thanks, Diana. I’m so happy you enjoyed the story. My dad used to read about the Native Americans and collected arrowheads. 🙂 — Suzanne
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A good prayer.
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Thanks, Dawn. Tribal people were close to nature and appreciated the animals. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Nice to read of the American Indians’ gentler side.
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Thanks, Liz. I’m so glad you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Very atmospheric. Well done, Suzanne
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Thanks, Sue. I deeply appreciate your lovely comment. I’m so pleased you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Nice. He’s been brought up to respect the land and its inhabitants.
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Thanks, Ali. Native people were close to nature and believed the Great Spirit was in all things. They had great respect for all natural things. We need to have a lot more respect. We need nature but it doesn’t need us. I’m so pleased you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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This ties right in with the respect theme of your last FF story. This man has learned to respect life, even if he takes it. A beautiful story, Suzanne.
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Thanks, Gah. The Native tribals lived close to nature and understood the need to respect it and take care of it. Many people today think only of taking from nature. It doesn’t work that way. I’m so happy you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Death and sensitivity neatly interwoven.
Well done, Suzanne
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Thanks, C.E. I’m so pleased you liked the story, my way of telling it. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Only proper to give thanks to what Mother Nature gives us. Lovely story.
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Thanks, Caerlynn. We’ve become more separated from nature these days and don’t understand we have to take care of it to survive, and not just take from it. I’m so pleased you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I agree wholeheartedly. See you next week.
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This was so lovely. I could totally see everything described…
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Thanks, Dale. I’m so happy you loved the story, the way I wrote it. I’m glad I was able to paint a clear word picture. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Nice depiction of a frontier life with nature. Seems believable in every respect.
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Thanks, Perry. I’m so pleased you liked the story, that it seemed thoroughly realistic. 🙂 — Suzanne
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i think he was raised well. praying to the great spirit proved it.
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Thanks, Plaridel. Yes, he learned the tribal teachings and lived by them. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Nice that something good came out of fevers, I liked this
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Thanks, Mike. Yes, the baby of the couple found a home with the tribe. I’m so pleased you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I like this story as it brings out humanity and shows that skin color means nothing. Well done Suzanne.
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Thanks, Ansumani. I’m so pleased you liked the story. Even though some people choose to believe differently, our skin color is only due to the fact our recent ancestors came from certain parts of the world where the sun affected their skin in different ways. Recent DNA studies are proving that. We’re all human beings and need to respect one another and the world we live in. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Indigenous people throughout the world have only hunted for food and not as a sport. Thus they are more respectful of what they do and only hunt according to their needs. Nice story.
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Thanks, Subroto. I’m so happy you enjoyed the story. You’re right. Indigenous people have lived closer to nature and respect it. 🙂 — Suzanne
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This reminded me of Pocahontas.
Lovely.
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Thanks, CAH. I’m so pleased you liked the story, that it reminded you of a famous one. 🙂 — Suzanne
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XD
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That’s pretty good stuff there, Suzanne. Reminiscent of Song of Hiawatha, in a way. Nice.
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Thanks, Kent. I’m so pleased you liked the story so much. I appreciate the high praise. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Great story, Suzanne. I’m glad the Iroquois took him and made him a member. Very believable story, nicely told.
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Thanks, Amy. I’m so happy you enjoyed the story, that I succeeded in making it believable. 🙂 — Suzanne
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A good story Suzanne. well written. It would do us no harm to return to the respect for life in all its forms.
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Thanks, Emmy. I’m so pleased you liked the story. You’re right. We all need to learn more about respecting nature and how to take care of it. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Lovely story. I’m glad he’s living his life well.
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Thanks, Erin. I’m so pleased you liked the story. You’re right. He is living well among the tribe. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Well done, Suzanne. You set the stage so vividly. I could feel the buckskin on my skin and the ground beneath my feet. Huge hugs.
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Thanks, Teagan. I’m so happy you liked my description in the story and enjoyed it. Huge hugs to you also. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Beautifully written, very vivid and full of respect.
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Love this story… reminds me of many a tale told around the campfire of an evening. Oral histories passed down through the generations.
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Thanks, Jelli. I’m trying to learn to write proper mystery stories. I love to read them. I’m so glad you liked the story. 🙂 — Suzanne
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There are many Native American mysteries. An author I really enjoy (and equally miss) is Aimee Thurlo. She wrote well and treated our people and customs with respect. Her husband, David, Likewise writes Native Am. fiction and mysteries… Please, check them out. They are honorable people and excellent authors… http://www.aimeeanddavidthurlo.com/
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Thanks, Jelli. I’ll look up that link. 🙂 — Suzanne
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