Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Peace in the Beginning

Oft they came to the trading post,

Two young maidens, Arapaho.

They loved the water wheel the most,

Would sit hours, watching the flow.

The mountain man called Trader Jack

Ran the post, and liked when these two

Would make the journey and come back

To visit him, their friendship grew.

He learned their language, they learned his,

Many good visits all would share.

When Jack was doing trading biz,

Water wheel watching by the pair.

A time and place when first whites were,

Before white warfare would occur.