Legend of Oria 1: Initial Contact Read Online Free Page A

Susquehanna people frequently traveled into Nanticoke territory torturing and killing many of Oria’s fellow tribesmen.  Susquehanna raiding parties would attack Nanticoke villages.  During these attacks, the men would be tortured and killed and the women raped.  As the Susquehanna raiding parties left, they would take the woman and children with them back to their villages as slaves.  The only village that Susquehanna raiding parties were unable to successfully attack was the village commanded by Stoneax.  Stoneax and his fellow Nanticoke/Viking clan always stopped these raiding parties.  When they took trips into the mountains and Susquehanna territory, they would attack any Susquehanna villages that they came upon rescuing any enslaved Nanticokes and taking serious retribution on the Susquehanna village.
    The Susquehanna had been dealing with Stoneax and his ancestors for hundreds of years.  During the late 1400’s a new chief, Black Hawk, rose up among the Susquehanna.  He vowed to slay Chief Stoneax and his family, the killers of his father.  Black Hawk gathered warriors together from over a dozen Susquehanna villages with the common and unified purpose to kill Stoneax and eliminate any trace of him from the land.  This single purpose united these Susquehanna villages more than any other factor in over 100 years.  A large war party formed with over 500 warriors and they immediately proceeded to Oria’s village on the Choptank River.
    During an early September morning, the Susquehanna war party was finally ready to strike Oria’s village.  They had spent months preparing battle plans, collecting intelligence and gathering their courage.  On one such mission, a small party came close to capturing Stoneax’s son and his wife.  According to returning warriors, a sea monster thwarted this mission.
    Chief Stoneax was expecting the Susquehanna attack given the increase in Susquehanna activity near his village over the past several months.  He laid down plans, increased his fortifications, and organized the local villagers for battle.  Various Nanticoke scouts reported to Stoneax the size of the Susquehanna war party.  Stoneax felt reasonably comfortable that he could successfully defend their village since he had almost 60 warriors hiding behind the village walls.  They had worked long and hard during the last days digging ditches and planting booby traps.  If the Susquehanna were going to attack, they would pay a heavy price.
    On the morning of the planned attack, storm clouds began to darken the sky.  The wind was kicking up and everyone knew that there was going to be a nasty storm.  The weather had been alternating between heavy rain, thunderstorms, and clear skies for hours.  That quickly changed as a large hurricane moved up the Bay.  The Susquehanna war party dug in for shelter and decided to postpone the attack, waiting for clearer weather.
    The storm kicked up 100MPH winds and beat on Oria’s village for almost eight hours.  When the storm finally cleared, the bay had risen to the walls of the village.  Inside the village, the water was almost a foot deep.  As the storm waters receded, they washed out all of the booby traps that Stoneax and his warriors had laid during the past several days.
    Black Hawk gathered his warriors together after the storm and decided to strike the village.  They suspected that Stoneax had planted booby traps for them and were relieved when they discovered that the storm had washed them away.  The Susquehanna climbed into their canoes and headed directly for the village.  Without the booby traps, they easily gained access to the village where they outnumbered Stoneax’s men by almost 9 to 1.
    The battle lasted almost an hour before the Susquehanna gained control of Stoneax’s village.  Stoneax and his tribe fought fiercely with them killing over 200 Susquehanna warriors.  However, in the end, the numerical advantage of the Susquehanna prevailed.  They