CHAPTER 12 THE MORNING
PREACHER CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE FLY. TO THE FIRE ,THE GROWN HAD FROST ON IT .. FEET WERE COLD. THROW A LOG
ON FIRE TO WARM
UP. PREACHER TURN AROUND AND THERE WAS AURORA COMING TO THE FIRE. [PREACHER] LOOKS LIKE IT BE HERE SOON .WHERE DID THE
WARMTH GO?
[AURORA] LOOK LIKE YOU CALL IT RIGHT LAST NIGHT . [PREACHER] GET EVERY BODY UP LET THEM WARM UP BE FORE WE GET OWN WAY.
TAKE THAT HIDE AS SOON IT IS CURED MAKE CLOTHS FIRST, WORRY ABOUT SHELTER LATTER. NOT GOING BUILD BIG FIRE . TAKE LOT TIME
PUT DIRT OVER IT ..WE USE NO WATER PUT OUT FIRE. THIS WE SHORT ON. NEXT WATER HOLE WE SHOULD GET TO IT LATE TO DAY WE CAMP
AT IT. PLAYFULL COMES TO FIRE..
[PREACHER] PLAYFULL GOT SOME THING TO KEEP THEM WELL ..I THINK GOING GET COLD.[playfull] WE CAN DRINK HERB TEA. TAKE SOME
TIME TO SET IN WATER .
[PREACHER] CAN YOU PUT IN WATER IN ONE AURORA CLAY JUG AND SET CLOSE TO FIRE ,AND SEE IF IT DO FASTER. PLAYFULL HUUUUUUUMMM
MIGHT WORK. TRY THAT TO NIGHT .WHEN WE GOT FIRE GOING.. MAKE SURE EVERY BODY DRINKS IT ..IF SOME REFUSES LET ME KNOW. CONDOR
AND IRISH LEAVING GO SCOUT [PREACHER] BE CARE FULL OUT THERE. YOU KNOW GOOD TO US DEAD. FINE THE WATER HOLE ,, LET US KNOW
WHERE IT IS..
SOON ALL AROUND THE FIRE.[ PLAYFULL ] PREACHER WE COLD ANT GOT ANY THING TO COVER UP WITH.. [PREACHER] I AM AWARE OF
THAT. WHEN THAT HIDE CURES WE MAKE COVERING FOR ALL WE CAN. I THINK WE GOT EARLY WINTER COMING DOWN ..SO WE GOT MOVE AND
HUNT AND CURE AND AT NIGHT MAKE CLOTHS WHEN HIDE CURE. WITH GOOD LUCK IT TAKE A WEEK TO OUT FIT US ALL.. IF WE GET THE HIDES
.AURORA YOU KNOW WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, ,AFTER SECOND THOUGHT ADD HEAD COVERING ,AND SOMETHING COVER HANDS FROM COLD .I GOT
HEAD COVERING I AM ONLY ONE THINKS TO YOU FORESIGHT. TEATERBUG] PREACHER WHAT WE DO IF IT SNOW. PREACHER] WE GOING MAKE SPECIAL
CLOTHING OUT THE MAMMOTH WE KILL YESTERDAY. TO STAY WARM AND PROTECT US . MEDICINE MAN GOING START MAKING HERB TEA TO NIGHT
KEEP US HEALTH. RIGHT NOW GOT GET SOUTH BEST THING WE CAN DO..
HOOK UP SAM AND PAM .PUT ALL ON SLED AND HEADED SOUTH.. AS WE WENT ALONG WE KEEP EYE OUT FOR OUR SCOUTS I
HAD LEFT FLANK TATERBUG HAD RIGHT FLANK AND PLAYFULL HAD CENTER GUARD. LATER THAT DAY WIND SHIFTED TO SOUTH ,THIS IS WELCOME
NEWS MEANS IT WARM UP SOME .AS LONG STAY OUT SOUTH IT BE WARM. WE MOVE OWN AND SEEMS WE GAINING ON THE WOOLY MAMMOTH .. SIGN
SEEM FRESH . LATTER THAT AFTER NOON. CONDOR SHOW UP SAID A MAMMOTH IS DOWN 2 MILES A HEAD .. IRISH IS KEEPING A WATCH ON IT
AND WILL TRY KEEP BUZZARDS AWAY FROM IT. I TOLD THEM GET A MOVE ON IT AND TOLD CONDOR GET BACK TO IRISH HELP HIM. MIGHT
HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THE HIDE. I CAN SEE THE BUZZARD CIRCLING A HEAD OF US THIS SHOWS US WHERE THE GAME IS.. SOON WE WERE THERE,
WE QUICKLY SKIN THE MAMMOTH AND TOOK IT HIDE ,,THIS WE NEEDED BAD. WHEN THE SCOUT WERE READY TO LEAVE TOLD THEM FINE THE WATER
HOLE.. THEY SAID THEY SEEN IT 1 MILE A HEAD LITTLE TO OUT LEFT .. I SAID LEAD US TO IT WE FOLLOW. AS WE WENT A LONG PLAYFULL
WOULD STOP PICK UP A PLANT HERE AND THERE HAD HIS SACK FULL FROM ALL HE PICK UP. SOME HE HAD TIME PULL UP , I WENT OVER GAVE
HIM PIECE BLACK ROCK TO CUT THEM WITH ,,THIS WORK LOT BETTER AND AT TIMES HE DIG UP THE ROOTS. SOON WE REACH THE WATER HOLE..
WE SET UP THE ONE FLY WE HAD . AND WOMEN WORK ON OLD BULL HIDE MAKING CLOTHS .AND CHATTING CHUCKLING WHEN SOME ONE SAID SOMETHING
FUNNY. PLAYFULL HAD ONE AURORA JUG AND HAD CLOSE TO FIRE WITH SASSAFRAS IN IT MAKING TEA. I FOUND SOME POLES THAT COULD BE
USE FOR T PEE POLES AND MEN CUT THEM DOWN WITH HEAVY PIECE BLACK ROCK ON A STICK [FIRST HATCHET] THEY BROUGHT THEM TO CAMP
THIS HELP ON T PEE WHEN GET CLOTHS MADE THAT IS NEXT. WE ALSO CUT SOME SMALLER SAPLINGS FOR SPEAR SHAFTS.,, TATERBUG AND I
WAS MOUNTING SMALLER PIECES SHARP BLACK ROCK AS POINTS. THAT NIGHT WE WORK HARD AT OUR PROBLEMS .AURORA AND HAPPY JOE PUT
FIRE ASH AND WATER AND MADE MUD TO CURE NEW HIDE FOR MAKING CLOTHS .. IRISH AND CONDOR STOOD GUARD WHILE WE WORK. IT WAS
A GROUP NIGHT .EVERY BODY DID SOME THING EVEN BROOK SHE SPOIL SAM AND PAM MORE..
FEEDING THEM GRASS AND NOW AT WATER HOLE ,,THEY HAD FILL WATER ..HAD ME WONDERING ABOUT TO MORROW .WOULD THEY WORK
WITH US OR REVERT BACK LIKE THEY WAS. THAT NIGHT WE GOT LOT RAIN.. WHEN WARM AIR OUT SOUTH HIT THE COLD AIR OUT NORTH.. IT
WILL RAIN.. AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE .I THINK IT TURN COLD FAST AFTER THE RAIN. I ASK AURORA AND HAPPY JO AND TROPICANA HOW
MUCH TIME NEED GET CLOTHS FOR PLAYFUL AND IRISH MADE .[AURORA WE GOT IRISH MADE AND WORKING IN PLAYFULL NOW. [PREACHER] GOT
ENOUGH HIDES ? [AURORA AND HAPPY JO] WHEN NEXT HIDE GETS CURED WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR ALL ,INCLUDING ROBES FOR ALL. OK THEN NEXT
MAMMOTH BE FOR SHELTER THEN. I THINK TWO MORE DO IT. IF WEATHER TURN BAD RAIN ALL DAY WE STAY RIGHT HERE. I DO NOT NEED YOU
GET WET AND COLD AND SICK .. WE HAD BEEN ON TRAIL FOR 11 NOTCHES ON STICK GETTING CLOSE TO HALF WAY, ,2 DAYS WOMEN PULLING
THE SLAY WE COVERED 30 MILES THAT 60,, WITH WOOLY MAMMOTH CALVES WE DO 40 8 DAYS 320 PLUS 60 380 MILES SOUTH WHERE WE STARTED,
WE AT 2 WATER HOLE ,, WE LOST TWO DAYS TRIVIAL TO CANNIBALS. WE SHOULD BE 80 MILES FURTHER ON. WE NOT TO BAD OFF. BUT EARLY
WINTER WAS NOT COUNTED ON.. SO WHO KNOWS. HOW FAR IS GOOD ENOUGH . [PREACHER FEELS A TUG .ON ARM AND AURORA THERE. [AURORA]
WE FOR GOT TO COUNT THE WOMEN. THE ONE CURING WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. UUUUUUMMM [PREACHER] GOT COUNT YOU TO AND ALL THE WOMEN
..YOU BIG PART THIS GROUP. YOU MEAN A LOT TO US MEN. RUB NOSES,, AURORA PULLS PREACHER HOOD OVER HIS EYES AND SCATS. CONDOR
AND TROPICANA SETTING ON LOG CHATTING AND HAPPY JO AND TATER WATCH BROOK ,PLAY WITH TWO MAMMOTH CALVES. ITS BEEN GOOD NIGHT
AFTER ALL WE BEEN THREW.
SOON ALL WENT TO SLEEP EXCEPT PREACHER AND IRISH ,,, PREACHER TAKES OVER FOR IRISH AT GUARD AND HE GETS HIS SLEEP. IN
TWO PLAYFULL TAKE OVER.. THEM TATER BUG THEN CONDOR . EVERY BODY GET 6 HOURS SLEEP.. NEXT MORNING IT WAS RAINING AND A DOWN
PORE. THE GODS WAS FLASHING AND THE THUNDER ROW . THEN FLASH BOOOOOOMMM ,ALL HUDDLE UNDER THE FLY WATER JUST PORING OFF
IT , THE CALVES STOOD RIGHT THERE THREW IT ALL. GUESS WHY THEY GOT THAT COAT. PREACHER HAD MOVE THE FIRE IN UNDER THE FLY.
IT WAS A SMALL FIRE BUT IT HELP KEEP ALL WARM. PREACHER I HOPE IT STOP THIS SOON .WOMEN NEED MAKE CLOTHS AND FINISH WHAT THEY
OWN. IRISH AND PLAYFULL LEAVES GETTING THIN. THEY NEED THE HIDES THE WORST. AURORA CALL ME OVER .SHE SHOW ME SET LEGGING SHE
HAD MADE .[AURORA I MADE THESE FOR YOU .I AM NOT SURE YOU LIKE THEM. THEY MADE OUT SABER TOOTH FROM THE OLD HIDE THAT I WORE.
[PREACHER] I THOUGH YOU USE ALL THAT UP ..[AURORA] I MADE THESE WHEN MADE YOUR ROBE. HELD THESE BACK TO WARM AND NOT SURE
YOU LIKE THEM.. THEN YOU TOLD ME MAKE THEM FOR EVERY BODY, I WANT YOU TRY THESE OWN ,SEE IF I NEED MAKE ANY CHANGES. [PREACHER
] LOOK AT THEM AURORA THIS IS NICE WORK ,, ILL TRY THEM IF FINE ANY THING WRONG ILL TELL YOU ,,BUT NOT IN BAD WAY BUT IN GOOD
WAY LET YOU KNOW HOW I THINK THEY CAN BE IMPROVE. PREACHER ] SLIP THEM OWN.. HAIR TO OUT SIDE AND SKIN TO IN SIDE. PREACHER
WORE THEM AROUND A LOT. ONLY TWO PROBLEMS HE HAD WERE THEY HOT,, AND KEEP SLIDING DOWN LEGS. AFTER WHILE PREACHER TOOK THEM
OFF , AURORA CAME OVER ..YOU DON'T LIKE THEM PREACHER,, [PREACHER ] AURORA THEY HOT LEGS SWEATING ,OK FOR WHEN COLD THEY
BE GREAT ,,TO DAY TO WARM FOR THEM .,,THEY KEEP SLIPPING DOWN NEED SOME THING HOLD THEM UP.. MAYBE IF TIE PIECE HIDE AROUND
WASTE AND HAVE A TIE ON FROM PIECE ON WASTE TO LEGGING TO HOLD THEM UP..HHUUUUUMM THAT WORK..[[ [FIRST GARTER BELT]. [AURORA]
HUUUM THEN PUT ON WHEN NEED THEM.. PREACHER] I THINK THAT WORK GREAT , WELL HUN IF TURN COLD WE NEED THEM BAD.,, FIX EVERY
BODY JUST LIKE YOU GOT ME,,, AND HAND COVERING JUST A BAG WITH FUR IN AND THUMB SEPARATE FROM FINGERS. AURORA SAYS HUUUUM
I CAN SEE THAT. THE RAIN HAD STOP WHILE PREACHER AND AURORA WERE TALKING ,, ALL GOT OUT AND LOOK AT PREACHER. HE SAID WE
STAY HERE TO DAY WORK ON CLOTHS .. WINTER STILL COMING.
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