CHAPTER 17 HAPPY TRAILS.

AT FIRST LIGHT WE WERE UP AND SCOUTS WAS UP ,READY TO GO OUT FRONT ,,I HAD A THOUGHT ,I NEEDED A 5 SCOUT TO GIVE SIGNAL SO THEY COULD FINE WAY BACK. I REMEMBER BEN. HE HAD A GREAT VOICE SEEN HIM DO A WOLF CALL AND ANSWER CAME BACK TO HIM .FROM A WOLF. SO WENT TO BEN T PEE IN THE NEW TRIBE AND WOKE BEN UP TOLD HIM I NEED HIM. BEN WAS CLOSE TO 14 ,YOUNG ,BUT ALL I HAD WAS YOUNG. THEY JUST HALF TO GROW UP. [PREACHER I WANT YOU STAY 100 YARD OUT FRONT .GIVE THAT WOLF CALL EVERY HALF HOUR LET THEM KNOW WHERE WE ARE. GIVE ONE NOW LET THEM HEAR YOU, BEN TURN HEAD UP PUT HAND TO MOUTH IOOOOOOOOOOOOOyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. AND OFF IN DISTANCE A WOLF CAME BACK,, DAM TO REAL.. THIS WAY IF SOME ONE OUT THERE WE WANT BE GIVEN US AWAY. SCOUTS WENT OUT TO FLANKS AND BEN WALK OUT ON POINT CONDOR HAD LEFT FLANK AND IRISH HAD RIGHT FLANK AND BEN HELD THEM TO GROUP. NEW KIDS WENT WITH CONDOR AND IRISH. TRAIN THEM TO SCOUT. SCOUT OUT FRONT WE HOOK UP PAM AND SAM AND STARTED THE MOVE BROOK FOOT GOOD NOW SHE WAS WALKING JUST IN FRONT THE CALVES AND FOLLOWING BEN. I TOOK UP LEFT FLANK GUARD AND TATER TOOK RIGHT FLANK GUARD AND YOUNG BOYS TOOK REAR GUARD .STORM CLOUD WAS BETWEEN HIS GROUP AND OURS. AURORA AND HAPPY JO AND TROPICANA WAS WITH MAMMOTH CALVES . MAKE SURE THEY DID WONDER TO WIDE AND SLIP OUT THE POLE A CROSS THERE BACKS. WE GONE A WHILE WHEN CONDOR CAME BACK . TOLD ME HAD A BEAR OUT ON LEFT FLANK. I TOLD GROUP TO HALT AND I FOLLOW CONDOR OUT TO LOOK AT WHAT GOING OWN. MOVE SLOWLY TRY KEEP WIND IN MY FACE SO IT WOULD NOT SMELL ME COMING. THEN THERE IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT ME .I WAS SHOCK AT THE SIZE OF IT .AND HE STOOD UP AND CAME AT ME I HIT IT IN CHEST AS HARD I COULD WITH MY FIRST SPEAR AND STARTED TO BACK UP AND WITH MY SECOND ONE KEEP HIM OFF ME . CONDOR MOVE TO HIS LEFT AND NOW HE HIT HIM BEHIND THE SHOULDER. THIS FINISH HIM OFF AS HE FELL DOWN WITH A LOUD GROWL. I MOVE IN AND FINISH HIM OFF .[CONDOR ]WHAT KIND BEAR THAT BIG? I HEAR OF BEAR CALL GRIZZLY BEAR ,,THEY BIG AND MEAN.. I THINK THIS IS ONE. WENT LITTLE FURTHER FOUND FEMALE BEAR SAME TYPE DEAD PLUS A YOUNG CUB. GUESS HE WAS AFTER THE CUB SHE DIED TRYING TO DEFEND IT . WE STARTED TO SKIN THE BEARS THIS WAS A TREASURE OF HIDES . CONDOR AND I SKIN THE MALE AND THEN STARTED ON FEMALE WHEN ANOTHER CUB CAME OUT BUSHES AND WAS CRYING AT HIS MOTHER, CONDOR GUESS SHE HAD TWO. PREACHER YA POOR GUY ANT GOT MUCH A CHANCE NOW .WONDER IF HE WING YET? CONDOR GET WITH THAT YOUNG SCOUT AND SCHOOL HIM WHEN FIGHT HE JOIN IN ,,DO NOT JUST STAND THERE ,,HAHA I PICK UP THE CUB AND STARTED BACK TO WHERE WE STOP ,CANDOR WHAT GOING TO DO WITH HIM. PREACHER HE DEAD IF I DO NOT TAKE HIM. TRY GET SOME WATER IN HIM AND PIECE DRY MEAT ..HOPE HE EAT IT. SA BOO YOU READY TO JOIN MY GROUP. SA BOO [MEANS LUCKY ONE] I TOOK SA BOO BACK AND TIED A PIECE OF HID AROUND HIS NECK AND GAVE HIM SOME MY WATER HE DRINK IT ,THEN PIECE MEAT WHICH HE CHEW ON GUESS HE HAS HAD MEAT TO EAT. THIS MAY SAVE HIM THEN .. WE STARTED OUT AGAIN I MOVE OUT ON LEFT FLANK AND HAD SA BOO WALKING WITH ME. SOON HE GOT THE HANG OF THE STRAP AROUND HIS NECK AND WALK WITH ME. I KEEP TALKING TO HIM AS WE MOVE ,AND HE LOOK AT ME AND GIVE ME THAT HAAAAAALE SOUND BEARS MAKE WHEN YOUNG. THEN HE ATTACK BUTTER FLY AND MY FOOT . BUTTER FLY OK BUT MY FOOT ,,HE HAD THOSE MILK TEETH SHARP THINGS. HE WHIP UP ON A FROG JUST PLAYFUL ALL TIME. I PICK SOME BERRY OFF VINE GAVE THEM TO HIM ,WHICH HE GOBBLE DOWN. SO I STOP LET HIM CLEAN OFF ALL BERRY'S OFF THE BUSH. WHICH HE DID REAL WELL. WHEN WE STOP FOR THE DAY. ME AND SA BOO WENT INTO CAMP. GOT THE FIRE GOING AND WE SET DOWN AND I RUFF HOUSE WITH HIM ,BOY HE LOVE THAT .[AURORA] WHAT YOU GOING TO DO WITH THAT BEAR? PREACHER WELL THOUGHT HE MAY WALK WITH ME OUT THERE .GETS BORING OUT THERE .MAYBE I CAN TRAIN HIM ..BROOK AND I TRAIN THE MAMMOTH CALVES. BROOK ALREADY EYEING MY BEAR ,SHE SPOIL HIM ROTTEN. SHE JUST TRY TO TAKE UP WITH MY BEAR THE MAMMOTH CALVES BE ON HER CASE. I PORED SOME WATER OUT IN A HOLLOW OUT LOG . AND GAVE HIM MORE MEAT TO EAT .. THAT NIGHT WHEN ME AND AURORA GOT IN TO OUR BED ROWS I FELT A COLD NOSE ON MY NECK .IT WAS SA BOO . I OPEN THE HIDE HE CRAW IN AND CUDDLY UP TO ME. I WAS IN BETWEEN AURORA AND SA BOO. COLD FEET TO MY BACK SIDE AND COLD NOSE TO FRONT SIDE. POOR BOY LOST HIS MOTHER AND BROTHER TO DAY, BUT HE GOT ME. I WILL TRY RAISE HIM WITH LOVE. I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP ,BUT SA BOO WAS GIVING AURORA A RUN FOR MONEY IN SNORE CONTEST. I WAS NICE AND WARM AND SOON SLIP OFF TO SLEEP.
EARLY NEXT MORNING SCOUTS WAS OUT AND BEN OUT ON POINT AND WE GOT ALL HOOK UP, AND REST GROUP WAS READY TO GO ,SO ME AND SA BOO TOOK OUR PLACES OUT ON LEFT FLANK. WE HAVE TRAVEL A LONG WAYS I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW FAR BY ALL DAYS WE BEEN MOVING AND DISTANCE WE THOUGHT WE COVER EACH DAY.. I THOUGHT CLOSE TO 1500 MILES, MAYBE MORE. AURORA AND HAPPY JO AND TROPICANA SHOW WITH CHILD IN BIG WAY NOW. I DO HOPE WE GET TO GREAT RIVER SOON. BEEN SEE SIGN OF BISON ,AND LOT OF THEM. SOME HOOF ANIMAL OUT THERE ,ALSO SEEN A STRANGE DEER LOT BIGGER THAN NORMAL AND MADE A KIND ELK SOUND . SO JUST CALL IT ELK. LOT MEAT ON ONE THEM. WE TRIVIAL MOST DAY WHEN IRISH CAME BACK AND SAID BIG RIVER UP A HEAD AND MORE BISON THEN CAN COUNT. I ASK HOW FAR A HEAD/ HE SAID HALF DAY OUT,, WE MAKE CAMP HERE AND SEE TOMORROW. SET UP CAMP FIRE AND ME AND SA BOO HAD OUR PLAY TIME. GOT HIS WATER AND SOME DRY MEAT FOR HIM, AND I GAVE THOUGHT THAT OUR TRIP MIGHT BE COMING TO A CLOSE. [AURORA STAYED CLOSE AND SNUGGLE UP TO ME AND SA BOO PLAYED AT OUR FEET. AND WONDER WHAT WE SEE TO MORROW. HOLD CAMP HAS A LOT HOPE OF THE DAY TO COME ,,STORM CLOUD CAME BY AND ASK THINK THIS IS IT. I TOLD HIM SIGN LOOKING REAL GOOD ,,SEEN LOT SIGN OF LOT HOOF ANIMALS OUT IN FRONT US. SA BOO GOT STORM CLOUD ON FOOT AND ATTACK HIS LEG. STORM CLOUD HE PLAYFUL . AND CHUCKLE AND WALK BACK TO CAMP. WE HIT THE BED EARLY THAT NIGHT ,I KNEW THE WOMEN COULD NOT GO OWN MUCH FURTHER ,AND MAKE KNOW DIFFERENCE WHAT RIVER IT WAS THIS WAS IT.. WE STOP HERE. NEXT FINE GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. ME AND AURORA AND SA BOO HIT THE HAY ,WHICH SNORE THE WORSE WAS A DRAW I THOUGHT?