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Pauhacutec grinned broadly, he had wanted a chance for a little payback after the humiliating incident at the canyon and now he was going to get the chance. Plus killing this strange yellow hair in front of everyone would add to his ?reputation? around the village.He grabbed his spear and an extra one. He shoved the extra spear at Dr. Anderson and then walked back a few paces. They stood facing each other about fifty feet apart with the villagers in a circle around them another ten feet further back.Dr. Anderson looked at the spear in his hands. It was about six foot long with a big razor-sharp head on it. It was designed for stabbing and thrusting and Dr. Anderson wasn?t sure how he was going to fight this man with such a weapon. But he had little choice.The Chief barked out something and Pauhacutec assumed his fighting stance and began slowly moving around Dr. Anderson in a circle. Dr. Anderson moved with him, each man making false charges and thrusting his spear at the other. Both men were looking for an opening and building up their fighting nerves.Pauhacutec was fairly confident that he could take this strange yellow haired man?he was a brave and well known warrior and one of the best fighters in the village. He had won many battles with other tribes and had captured and killed several enemy warriors. Dr. Anderson appeared weak and scared (which he undoubtedly was) and Pauhacutec looked for an easy victory.Suddenly, he let out a mighty war cry and charged Dr. Anderson with his spear raised high. Pauhacutec ran full speed at the white man and Dr. Anderson stood awaiting the spear and certain death. But at the very last minute, Dr. Anderson thrust the spear point into the ground and ducked out of the way, holding the shaft of the spear in his hand.Pauhacutec missed with his spear and his charge was halted when he tripped over Dr. Anderson?s canted spear shaft. Pauhacutec tumbled onto the ground, but rolled back up to his feet. He grabbed his spear again and looked Anadolu yakası escort (http://anadoluyakasi.t2bro.net/) at Dr. Anderson with sheer hatred in his eyes now.This yellow hair was making a fool of him and he was going to kill the man! He charged again, screaming wildly as he rushed him, spear in hand. This time Dr. Anderson swung his spear low and caught the warrior across the shins.Pauhacutec howled in a mixture of pain and rage and stood once more ready to charge. He wanted to run Dr. Anderson clear through and this time he was not going to be fooled again! He ran full speed at Dr. Anderson with his spear at waist level ready to impale him when suddenly he stopped short.He stood there for a minute dumbfounded. He looked down at the spear sticking out of his chest and then looked at Dr. Anderson as if to figure out what happened. He collapsed in a heap as the rest of the village gasped. Dr. Anderson had hurled his spear at the man and killed him?apparently, none of them had ever thought to throw the spears; they just used them as stabbing weapons!The whole village had to take a couple of moments to process what had happened. No one had ever seen anything like it and they were all looking at Pauhacutec like they expected him to get back up! Finally, though, the realization that he was gone sunk in and the villagers began whispering amongst themselves.Finally, Chief Acahuana spoke, trying to settle the crowd: ?You have won. You have bested Pauhacutec, my warrior. As agreed you are free to go. Now leave my village and never return!? he said, pointing the way out of the village.Two other warriors used their knives to cut the ropes holding their wrists and the Americans gathered up their belongings and headed out of the village quickly before the Chief changed his mind. This time they took the path that led them back to the Juruá River and their boats.Tika led them and they all moved as fast as they could, wanting to get as far away from the Yupanqui Kurtköy escort bayan (http://kurtkoy.t2bro.net/) as they possibly could. They didn?t stop until it was just too dark in the jungle to travel safely and they laid down, posting a guard so that they wouldn?t be caught unaware again. As soon as it was light enough to travel again they were off once more, again moving as fast as possible.Near the end of the second day out of the village, they reached the Juruá and quickly found that their boats were still hidden and safe. They brought them out, loaded the boats with a few supplies and got ready to head back downriver. Dr. Anderson turned to Tika to thank her for all her help.?Are you going back to the village after this?? he asked.?No, I cannot go back. I would be killed the same as you if I returned. I have been banished,? she said sadly.?What will you do? Where will you go then?? he asked.?I do not know,? she said.Dr. Anderson was stunned. This woman who had done so much?had risked so much to help him and the others now had no place to call home and no one to help her. She would be at the mercy of the jungle and a woman?or man?alone had little chance against the jungle predators.?Tika, you can come with us. We are going back downriver to Macapá where our ship will take us home to Boston,? he said. Tika had never heard of Macapá and had only heard him talking about this Boston a couple of times, but she knew she couldn?t stay here alone in the jungle.?I will go with you,? she said. She didn?t know what would become of her once she got someplace else, but it had to beat being torn apart by a leopard or alligator or something! And so the American explorers and their beautiful Amazon guide headed back down the Juruá River toward home.They didn?t have time to gather any supplies or water before heading out, wanting just to get some distance between them and the Yupanqui village, so after several hours of drifting downriver, they felt it safe enough Escort Maltepe (http://maltepe.t2bro.net/) to come ashore and hunt.They had traveled two days on foot and most of another by boat so they were several miles from the Yupanqui territory. And there weren?t any more unfriendly villages close by so they could hunt in relative peace.They got some meat courtesy of a couple of capybaras that they caught and killed and they got fresh water from a jungle brook. They caught some fish when they stopped for the night.Back on the boats again they could sleep in the cabins instead of out in the rain which was a lot more pleasant for everyone. And the further downriver they got, the higher everyone?s spirits got. Everyone but Tika?s that is.Dr. Anderson could tell that leaving her home?the only home she had ever known?was troubling her greatly. One day she was sitting alone on the deck at the front of the boat. All the other hands were working in the cabin or at the back of the boat. So Dr. Anderson went up front and sat down next to Tika.?Would you like some company, Tika?? he asked. Tika was learning a bit of English but there was still a lot she didn?t understand. But he motioned to sit down so she understood and scooted over.?Tika, I wanted to thank you again for all that you have done for us. And I know that leaving your home is hard on you but I am not going to abandon you alone in an unfriendly place,? he said.?Tell me more about? Bos-ton,? she said.?Well, Boston is a very large city compared to your village. We have buildings?you would call them lodges?that hold many families. More families in one building than in your whole village. And we have many buildings. We have buildings we work in and buildings we live in. It is a very large place,? he said.Dr. Anderson found it hard to describe Boston to someone who had never heard of a building, never heard of horses or carriages, didn?t understand about roads or streets, and had no concept of numbers. Not to mention the language barrier that was still prevalent. Tika was slowly learning some words but there was still so much more to learn!Then it was Dr. Anderson's turn to ask Tika something. ?Tika, you said when you rescued us the first time from the village that you did it because you liked me and didn?t want me to get hurt. What did you mean by that??