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CHAPTER 8 THE MOVE SOUTH BEGINS
CLOSE TO MID DAY CONDOR RUSH IN TO CAMP ,AND TOLD ME PLAINS FULL WOOLY MAMMOTH. I TOLD EVERY BODY GET GOOD NIGHT SLEEP..
WE BREAK CAMP TOMORROW .BE ON THE TRAIL OF GREAT BEAST. THERE AS A AIR OF EXCITEMENT AND HUSTLE AS WE GOT LITTLE THINGS
READY. EVERY BODY PACK THERE PERSONAL STUFF IN A BAG THAT .MEN AND WOMEN WORE ON BACK.. WE HAD THE TRAVIS FULL FOOD SKINS
FOR THE COVERING. BAGS DRY MEAT .[.WATER BAGS WERE FILL. EVERY BODY HAD A WATER SKIN. TO CARRY WITH THEM .PLUS A BIG ONE RIDE
ON SLED. WE HAD 3 DAY SUPPLY WATER. EXTRA POLE FOR SECOND T PEE WHEN MAKE A KILL HAVE ENOUGH ROBES. I HAD 4 SPEARS AND EACH
MAN HAD 4 ,AND WOMEN HAD TWO .. THAT NIGHT AS I LAY BE SIDE AURORA SHE AS ME YOU SC EARED. I SAID YES, AND GOT HIDE IT CANNOT
LET THEM SEE ME THAT WAY. IF HAVE MY WAY WE NEVER MAKE THIS TRIP. DANGER'S WHEN GOT BIG TRIBE.. WE SMALL AND TRYING MAKE
THIS TRIP AND NOT GET EVERY BODY KILL. I WISH REST COME BACK. WE HAVE LOT BETTER CHANCE THEN. THE TRIP TAKE 30 DAYS TO GET
WHERE WINTERS NOT THAT BAD . THERE ARE 7 WATER HOLES ON WAY. THE LONG TRIP IS 5 DAYS BETWEEN WATER HOLE.. WE REAL GOT WATCH
OUR WATER ON THAT LEG. MAYBE WE GET LUCKY AND GET A RAIN THERE. IT BE TOO MUCH FOR WOMEN CARRY THAT MUCH WATER .. I MAY DOUBLE
BAG AT LAST WATER HOLE .. EACH MAN CARRY TWO WATER SKINS. WE GOT USE OUR WITS ..TO MAKE DO.
NEXT MORNING THERE WAS FAST PACE IN MOVEMENT AROUND THE CAMP , TATER AND HAPPY JO AND BROOK GOT ALL PACK ..
WE LIGHT THE FIRE BUNDLE. TOLD HER HOLD IT UP IT BE A SMOLDERING EMBER THERE THIS AFTER NOON .. ALL GEAR WAS PACK ON SLED
AND TROPICANIA ,PUT OUT THE FIRE . ALL PACK UP AND ON WAY TAKE US ALL DAY JUST GET TO PLAINS .. I WAS OUT ON LEFT FLANK ,,TATERBUG
ON RIGHT FLANK. .AND CONDOR HAD MIDDLE. I KNOW THE WOMEN WERE IN HURRY GET THREW THE JUNGLE ,BUT IT NOT THAT EASY. GOT SCOUT
IT OUT BE FORE MOVE THREW IT . OR WE END UP LIKE AURORA GROUP ..WIPE OUT. AFTER A DAY MOVING SLOWLY THREW JUNGLE. WE REACH
THE EDGE OF PLAINS. AS FAR EYE COULD SEE WAS WOOLY MAMMOTHS. THEY SEEM BE STOPPING AT WATER HOLE FEW MILES FROM HERE . AND
EACH WEIGHT ON IT'S TURN GET WATER. I HAD DECISION TO MAKE CAMP HERE .OR OUT ON PLAINS WITH WOOLY MAMMOTH. I DID NOT LIKE
WHERE I WAS AT .. TO EASY FOR US GET AMBUSH HERE .SO MOVE OUT ON PLAINS WITH WOOLY MAMMOTH. WE TURN LITTLE NORTH GET AWAY
FROM MAIN HEARD . IT WAS ALMOST DARK WHEN WE GOT ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN US WOOLY MAMMOTH AND JUNGLE. WE CAMP HERE I SAID.
AND WATCH THE WOMEN QUICKLY SET UP T PEE , LIKE THEY DONE THIS BE FORE .. SOON WE HAD SOME DRY WOOD AND DRY GRASS AND ,THEN
TIME FOR FIRE BUNDLE , SOME SMALL PUFFS IT STARTED COME ALIVE FEW MORE HAD SMALL FLAME AND FIRE WAS GOING. FIRST DAY WENT
WELL WOMEN HAD SOME PROBLEMS GETTING THE SLAY THREW JUNGLE ,BUT WHEN HIT PAINS THEY HAD NO PROBLEM. THE TWO ON ONE OFF WORK
GOOD .AS DAY WENT OWN. THAT NIGHT TROPICANIA SING FEW SONGS THIS SEEM TO RELAX ALL. CONDOR SHOW ME SOME THING HE MADE .IT
WAS PIECE LEATHER AND TWO LONG PIECES ON IT ..HE GET A ROCK, AND SPIN IT AROUND AND AROUND THEN WHISH THE ROCK GONE. I SAID
WORK WITH THAT ,, GET WHERE CAN HIT WITH IT. BE GOOD FOR SMALL GAME.,[CONDOR] I BEEN WORKING WITH IT WHEN WATCHING THE PLAINS
FOR GREAT WOOLY MAMMOTH. I CAN ALMOST HIT WHAT I'M THROWING AT EVERY TIME. [PREACHER]] OK KEEP WORKING ON IT ..GET BAG ON
SIDE WITH ROCKS THIS SIZE GET MORE SPEED ..[SIZE A QUARTER NOW] IT WAS NIGHT TATER BUG TOOK FIRST FIRE WATCH ,,I HAD SECOND
WATCH. CONDOR HAD 3 WATCH .. WE USE LOT GRASS ,AND DRY WOOD ,, HEAR LOT PREDATOR, OUT THERE ,BUT THEY WERE SOUTH US ,,GOOD
MOVE MOVING NORTH AWAY FROM MAIN HEARD. WE HAD NO PROBLEM THAT NIGHT.
FIRST SUN LIGHT GOT UP AND WENT OUT CONDOR HAD LAST WATCH. HE HAD FIRE UP GOOD AND WAS A WAKE , THATS GOOD
,I HATE TO BE SET UP OWN BY WILD ANIMAL BE CAUSE GUARD WAS A SLEEP. [PREACHER] CONDOR HAVE ANY TROUBLE LAST NIGHT. [CONDOR]
NO HEARD LOT NOISE LAST NIGHT TO SOUTH SOUND LIKE WOOLY MAMMOTH FIGHTING. [PREACHER] YOU HEAR LOT THAT THEY GOT FIGHT SEE
WHO HAS RIGHT TO MATE. WITH LUCK WE PICK OFF ONES THAT HEART IN FIGHT. BE WATCHFUL I'M GOING OUT IN FRONT LOOK SOME. I TOOK
MY SPEAR AND WALK OUT LOOKING FOR THE HEARD . LOOK LIKE THE HEARD MOVE OUT SOME TO THE SOUTH AWAY FROM WATER HOLE. I HEARD
A NOISE BE HIND ME I TURN QUICKLY THERE WAS TATERBUG.. [PREACHER] YOU SC EARED ME. [TATERBUG] YOU KNOW BETTER BE OUT HERE
BY YOUR SELF. WE LOOSE YOU I HAVE TO TAKE OVER. YOU WANT GO SCOUT I GO WITH YOU ,PROMISE ME THAT .YOU DO NOT GO ALONG. OK
TATERBUG I ANSWERED. LOOK OUT THERE LOOKS LIKE THE WOOLY MAMMOTH AND THE TRANASOURIS HAD FEW FIGHTS LAST NIGHT. "LOOK
"THERE WERE DEAD BODYS SOME TRANASOURIS AND FEW WOOLY MAMMOTH. LOOK LIKE 5 TRANASOURIS AND TWO WOOLY MAMMOTH , LAYING
OUT THERE. THE WOOLY MAMMOTH WERE PARTLY EATEN ..WAS NOT ANY REASON FOR US TAKE FROM BATTLE WE HAD MEAT. IF WOOLY MAMMOTH
DID THIS GOOD AGAINST TRANASOURIS THEY MIGHT BE GETTING LITTLE THIN SOON. JUST REMEMBER STAY FROM HEARD ..SO WE STAY OUT
THE FIGHT ..BUT THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM. IF TRANASOURIS HAS HARD TIME WITH WOOLY MAMMOTH HE MAY LOOK FOR SMALLER GAME LIKE
MAN.
WE BROKE CAMP AND MOVE SLOWLY OUT FOLLOWING THE HEARD. CAME UP ON TWO MORE TRANASOURIS THAT WOOLY MAMMOTH
HAD KILL IN BATTLE. I KEEP SHARP LOOK OUT TO LEFT TATERBUG DID THE SAME FROM THE RIGHT AND CONDOR KEEP EYES OUT FRONT .
THE WOMEN WERE MOVING GOOD WITH THE SLED TROPICANA WAS SINGING HER SONGS. WHICH SEEM MAKE TIME PASS BETTER. LATER THAT DAY
WE CAME OVER THE HILL TOP LOOK DOWN THERE WAS TWO WOOLY MAMMOTH GRAZING CLOSE TO CLIFT I GAVE ORDER TO STOP.. WE SET UP CAMP..
TOLD WOMEN WHAT I GOT ON MINE WORKS WE MAY BE HERE FEW DAYS. MAKE DRY MEAT AND CURE HIDES FOR NEW T PEE. GOT THE FIRE BUNDLE
FROM BROOK AND BLEW ON IT SOON HAD FLAME , AND SOON FIRE WAS GOING.
. THE REASON THE TWO WOOLY MAMMOTH PICK THIS SPOT IS THEY WERE PROTECTED TO SOUTH BY CLIF AND HAD WIND BLOWING AT THEM
..THEY PICK UP SENT ANY THING MOVING CLOSE TO THEM FROM NORTH. I TOLD TATER BUG GET STICK ON FIRE AND I DID THE SAME . I STARTED
SET GRASS ON FIRE ON RIGHT SIDE MOVEING TO CENTER AND TATERBUG DID THE SAME FROM LEFT SIDE AND MOVE TO CENTER SOON THE
FIRE WAS SOLID LINE AND ME TATER STOOD ON RIDGE AND WATCH AS THE WOOLY MAMMOTH FOUND THEM SELF TRAP AGAINST CLIFT BY FIRE
. SO THEY WERE FORCE OVER CLIFT ,,NOW WE HAD OUR HIDES WE NEEDED ,AND MEAT TO DRY . THE FIRE BURN UP TO CLIFT AND BURN OUT..
WISH IT WAS ALWAYS THIS EASY TO HUNT.
WHEN THE BURN OVER GROWN COOL DOWN WE MOVE TO CLIFT CLOSE TO 100 FOOT DROP THEY WERE DEAD .AND ME TATER BUG TIED
SOME ROPE TOGETHER AND HAD A ROPE DOWN CLIFT WALL. CONDOR KEEP WATCH OUT AT CAMP WHILE WE WERE DOWN SKINNING THE BIG WOOLY
MAMMOTH , BOY TOOK ME AND TATER A HOUR DO ONE .WE MOVE CAMP CLOSE TO CLIF ,NOW WE TOOK PLACE WOOLY MAMMOTH ONLY WE HAD NO
GRASS IT WAS ALREADY BURNED . GOT ROBE 1 UP THEN ME TATER WORK ON TWO GETTING IT SKIN.. SOON TWO WAS SKINNED .AND WE WERE
CUTTING LARGE CHUNKS OF HIND QUARTER OFF TIE ON ROPE AND PULLING IT UP ,, BY NIGHT FALL WE HAD ONE CUT UP GOOD, AND WORKING
ON TWO. WE WORK MOST NIGHT GETTING THE MEAT UP OUT HOLLOW. WE JUST A BOUT BIT OFF MORE THAN WE WANTED TO CHEW THAT TIME ..
AURORA AND HAPPY JO WAS MAKING THE MUD TO CURE THE HIDES.. THIS TOOK WATER ..HUUUUUUUM GET ONE NEED THE OTHER. FIRST DAY LIGHT
WE CHECK THE HOLLOW MIGHT BE A SPRING DOWN THERE SOME WHERE. THE NIGHT WE WORK AND KEEP FROM BEEN TIRED BY TROPICANA SONGS..
TROPICANA CUT AND HUNG MEAT OVER FIRE TO DRY OUT ,, THIS WENT OWN ALL NIGHT. SENT CONDOR TO BED WE NEED HIM TO WATCH IN THE
DAY WHILE WE SLEEP.. TATER BUG AND PREACHER HELP WOMEN AND KEEP FIRE GOING ,AND KEEP EYE OPEN FOR PREDATORS.
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