CHAPTER 18 THE TRAIL END
WE WERE ALL UP EARLY IN MORNING .THINK EVERY BODY WANTED TO END THIS TRIP AND MAKE THEIR HOME AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
SOON THE SCOUTS WERE OUT AND I AND SA BOO OUT ON LEFT FLANK AND TATER BUG AND PLAYFULL OUT ON RIGHT .WOMEN HAD SAM AND
PAM
HOOK UP AND BROOK TOOK THE LEAD. AND ON WE WENT. BEN WAS OUT A HEAD US I HEAR THE WOLF CALL IOOOOOOOOOOyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
AND EVERY TIME SOME WOLF COME BACK TO HIM.. ME AND SA BOO WALK TO GET THERE I STOP AND LET HIM CLEAN OFF BERRY'S FROM BUSH.
HE LIKE THE BLACK BERRY'S THE BEST. WE HAD A QUICK PACE TODAY. THINK EVERY BODY WAS TRYING TO END THIS TRIP AS SOON AS THEY
CAN. AFTER CLOSE TO THREE HOURS WE CAME TO TOP THIS BIG RIDGE. WHEN ON TOP WE COULD SEE FOR MILES. WE JUST STOP IN AL AT WHAT
WE SEEN .BIG RIVER IT WAS WIDE. BUT THERE WAS LARGE HEARD' OF BISON. THEY MOVE ACROSS THE GROWN LIKE SHADOWS OF CLOUDS. [PREACHER
JUST STOOD THERE . HE KNEW THIS WAS IT ,AND HE HAD A TEAR IN HIS EYE FROM THE WONDER FULL SIGHT. [AURORA] CAME UP AND SAID
I THINK YOU JUST FOUND PARADISE. PREACHER PUT HIS ARMS AROUND AURORA ,AND SAID I THINK SO. NOW GET THEM SET UP AND FINE US
A HOME. SA BOO WENT HAAAAL AT AURORA AND GAVE HIS NOD TO IT. WE MOVE OWN DOWN THE RIDGE TO THE FLAT PLAINS . THEN ACROSS
THE LAND TO RIVER EDGE . [PREACHER LOOK AT IT AND SAID MISSOURI MEAN [BIG MUDDY ] HE LOOK AROUND AND HIGH RIDGE RUN RIGHT
UP TO RIVER EDGE , HE POINTED TO IT SAID WE MAKE CAMP THERE. WE HAD MOVE SLOWLY LET THE BISON MOVE OUT THE WAY. WHEN AT TOP
WE MADE CAMP. AFTER MADE CAMP WE SET BACK AND LOOK AT THE SIGHT.. EVERY BODY WONDER IF TO MANY BISON HERE ..PREACHER SAID
WHEN GRASS GONE THEY MOVE ON. THIS IS A GREAT CAMP SPOT ..IF A FLASH FLOOD WE SHOULD BE ABOVE IT AND SAFE. PREACHER LOOK TO
EAST HE COULD SEE THE HILLS TO EAST, HUN I LOVE THE HILLS .. WONDER IF A GOOD CAVE THERE. PREACHER CALL A MEETING .PLAYFULL
I WANT YOU TO STAY IN CAMP AT ALL TIMES .. WE GOT WOMEN CLOSE TO TIME TO GIVE BIRTH. WE NEED YOU HERE. PLAYFULL GAVE A NOD.
IRISH AND CONDOR CONDOR TAKE YOUR SCOUT AND LOOK UP THE RIVER FROM HERE. TAKE THREE DAY SUPPLY FOOD. GO FOR DAY AND HALF
THEN COME BACK. TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE DRAW MAPS OF WHAT YOU SEE. IRISH YOU DO THE SAME DOWN STREAM FROM HERE. WE GOT KNOW WHAT'S
OUT THERE. TATERBUG TRAIN THEM IN SPEAR THROWING .WE WANT TO KILL A BISON AND GIVE EVERY BODY NEW MEAT TO EAT. I WILL KILL
ONE TOMORROW MORNING. THEY NOT FRIGHTEN OF US , WE GET CLOSE. BUT GOT BE QUIET, LOUD NOISE THEY SPOOK AND RUN RIGHT OVER
YOU ,, SO I WORK ON WAY TO DO IT. NOW THE BISON WILL MOVE AROUND ,WHEN GRASS GONE HE MOVE TO ,,SO YOU GOT TO MOVE WITH HIM
,, AS YOU SEE LOTS OF THEM SOON GRASS BE GONE AND THEY MOVE OWN. THEY ALWAYS BE CLOSE TO WATER. OK YOU YOUNG MEN AND STORM
CLOUD LEARN SPEAR THROWING ,, IT
MEANS A LOT ON HOW WELL YOU EAT. MEETING BROKE UP ,AND EVERY BODY WENT TO THERE TENTS ,,SA BOO AND PREACHER PLAYED SOME
,,[AURORA CAME OUT AND SET DOWN. SHE SAID [PREACHER ,I THINK SOME THING YOU NOT TELLING ME,, I SEEN THE LOOK IN YOU EYE TO
THE EAST, AT THEM HILLS. PREACHER] YES I WANT A FIX HOME ,I AM NOT ROME ANY MORE , ONE WARN IN WINTER TIME AND COOL IN SUMMER
TIME , WITH A STREAM OUT IN FRONT ..[AURORA] YOU WANT A CAVE THEN. PREACHER] DO YOU? A HOME TO STAY AT ALL THE TIME. PLAINS
GOOD FOR THE WONDER ONES THAT WANT FOLLOW THE BISON , YOU WITH CHILD , WE WILL NOT ROME. THOSE BLACK HILLS JUST SEEM TO BE
CALLING ME .[AURORA HOW SOON WILL IT BE BEFORE YOU GO. I STAY HERE UNTIL CONDOR AND IRISH GET BACK . GOT TATERBUG AND ME
AND PLAYFULL HERE ALONG WITH THE YOUNG MEN. WE DO LOT THERE TRAINING HERE. SA BOO AND ME GO FINE YOU A HOME TO STAY AND LIVE
AT. [AURORA GIVES PREACHER A HUG ..SHE HAPPY NOW THE MOVING IS ALMOST OVER WITH. [PREACHER] HOW LONG YOU THINK BE WHEN CHILD
COMES. {AURORA MAYBE 2 MOUTHS. GOT LOT TIME TO SCOUT THEN } WHICH THINK BE FIRST HAPPY JO TROPICANA. OR YOU, [AURORA ]I THINK
TROPICANA BE FIRST,, HAPPY JO RUNNING CLOSE COULD BE A TIE. THEN ME. [PREACHER] I WONDER IF THEY WANT TO MOVE WITH ME .IF
FINE SOME CAVES. I GOT USE TO THEM ,FEEL LOST WITH OUT THEM. [AURORA ] YOU TALK TO TATER BUG AND CONDOR I TALK TO WOMEN. WE
SEE IF THEY FEEL THE SAME.
NEXT MORNING AS PREACHER SAID HE WENT OUT TO HUNT BISON, YOUNG MEN AND TATER BUG STOOD ON HILL WATCH PREACHER
ON HOW HE DOES IT. PREACHER WALK UP CLOSE JUST A TOP OF RIDGE BETWEEN HIM AND HEARD. PREACHER LAY ED DOWN AND COVER HIM SELF
WITH A MAMMOTH HIDE. AND SLOWLY CRAW OVER THE RIDGE. GOT REAL CLOSE TO A BULL BISON. WHEN THE BISON LOWER HIS HEAD TO EAT
GRASS PREACHER SPRING TO HIS FEET LET FIRST SPEAR GO GOOD HIT IN SHOULDER THEN HE HAD HIS SECOND ONE AND IT WENT GOOD HIT
ON A COW BISON ,REST JUST RUN OFF FOR SHORT DISTANCE . PREACHER SKIN THEM AND CUT BIG CHUNKS MEAT OF THEM ,REST THE MEN CAME
TO HELP ,SOON THE TWO WAS SKIN AND WERE FAST BEEN CUT UP AND MEAT TOOK .TO CAMP. TWO BISON FEED THE HOLD CAMP ,AND SOME FOR
SA BOO TO. LOT CAMP FIRES AND LOT ROAST ON THEM COOKING THE MEN TALK ON HOW PREACHER SLIP RIGHT UP ON THEM AND HOW HE HID
UNDER THE ROBE. PREACHER TOLD THEM ALL GOT BE GOOD WITH SPEAR ,GOT HIT THEM FAST.
PREACHER WAS THINKING TO MORROW CONDOR AND IRISH WILL TURN BACK HEAD HOME ,AND TELL US WHAT THEY SEEN. I HOPE
IT GOOD NEWS ,, ANY WAY WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE .WE GOT SCOUT THIS HOLD SECTION KNOW IT WELL.. PREACHER TOOK EASY
AND REST AS MUCH AS HE COULD ,AND WENT AROUND SPOKE TO BOWSER ASK HIM HOW HIM AND WOMEN DOING. STORM CLOUD HOW HE HOLDING
UP WITH 5 WOMEN. AND BEN HOW HE DOING HAD HE GOT HIS VOICE BACK FROM ALL WOLF CALL HE DID ,HAHAH, AND BEV ON HOW THE WOMEN
DOING WITH TWO BISON HIDES PREACHER GAVE THEM. HE STOP TO SAY HI TO HAPPY JO AND TATERBUG, HOW ARE YOU HAPPY JO BOY YOU LOOK
LOVELY TO DAY , HAPPY JO YOU FLATTER ,BUT I GLAD WE THREW WITH MOVING.. TATERBUG WHAT NEXT, PREACHER I THINK I WILL LOOK
AT THEM HILLS ,SEE IF FINE ME GOOD CAVE ,, STAY PUT REST MY LIFE. ONE WITH BROOK FULL FISH IN FRONT CAVE. TATER BUG YOU FINE
SUCH A PLACE LET ME KNOW I WANT GO WITH YOU .HOW HAPPY JO FEEL ABOUT THAT. SHE ALREADY KNOW YOU GOING TO BLACK HILL TO EAST
.AURORA TOLD HER. I AM GOING OUT SCOUTING THEM HILLS AS SOON CONDOR AND IRISH GET BACK. YOU WANT TO MOVE WITH US IF FINE GOOD
PLACES. TATERBUG YES WE DO AS SOON BABY BORN . PREACHER] I THINK GOOD IDEAL WE GOT MEDICINE MAN HERE, YOU RIGHT AURORA WILL
STAY HERE UNTIL CHILD IS BORN. I WENT BACK TO T PEE AND SET THERE WITH SA BOO. I TOOK EASY AND PLAYED WITH SA BOO MUCH THE
DAY. .HE HAS GROWN A LOT LAST FEW DAYS, DRY MEAT SEEM TO AGREE WITH HIM. THE BEAR CUB AND PREACHER SEEM TO HAVE A BOND TOGETHER,
EVEN BROOK TRY PLAY WITH HIM AND SOON SHE LET GO HE BACK AT PREACHER SIDE. TO SAY PREACHER WAS BORED AT CAMP SITE BE A UNDER
STATEMENT. AFTER ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE TRIP TO HERE,, IT IS HARD TO LET DOWN. AURORA WATCH HIM AND JUST SHOOK
HER HEAD ,,SHE KNEW HE WAS MISERABLE. THAT NIGHT AS WENT TO BED AURORA ,ASK HIM ,YOU BORED WITH ME. PREACHER NO HUN, I WANT
GET OUR LIFE SETTLE DOWN. GOT FINE US A PLACE TO LIVE. THE WEIGHTING TO DO THAT WHAT KILLING ME ,AND GOT TO WONDER WHAT CONDOR
AND IRISH FOUND OUT THERE. GOOD NEWS OR BAD NEWS, ARE OR ARE WE NOT ALONG HERE. IF MAN HERE HOW FAR AWAY IS NEXT TRIBE. THIS
GOT ME ON EDGE .SOON PREACHER HEARD SNORING AURORA FELL TO SLEEP AND SOON SA BOO WAS CUTTING FEW LOGS TO AND PREACHER DRIFTED
OFF TO SLEEP TO.
NEXT MORNING PREACHER UP AND SA BOO WAS BY HIS SIDE. PREACHER PUT A LOG ON FIRE AND WAS CHEWING ON SOME MEAT
..WHEN AURORA GOT UP. SHE CAME OUT SIDE SET DOWN ON OTHER END OF LOG AND PREACHER SAID GOOD MORNING AND GOT UP AND RUB NOSES.
AURORA ..SAID WONDER IF ANY FISH IN THAT RIVER. PREACHER SAID I SEEN A LOT SPLASH TOP OF WATER THIS MORNING ,,SOUND LIKE
SOME ONE THROW A ROCK IN THE RIVER. AURORA ,HUUUUM WONDER HOW WE CATCH THEM? PREACHER WELL WE TRY MAKE A TRAP OF SOME KIND
, OR MAKE A SPEAR OF SOME KIND TO SPEAR THEM ,,BUT WATER TO MUDDY TO SEE THEM. SO A TRAP BE BETTER. AURORA , CAN YOU MAKE
ONE ? PREACHER MIGHT TAKE A FEW TRY GOT ONE WORK RIGHT. I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO WITH THAT HE SAID. PREACHER WENT DOWN TO
RIVER EDGE LOT GREEN TREES GROWING THERE . PREACHER TRY FEW BRANCHES OFF TREE THEY WERE VERY FLEX ABLE. SO PREACHER CUT BIG
BUNCH OF BRANCHES AND GOT SOME HIDE STRIPS TO TIE THEM TOGETHER. FIRST HE MADE ROUND CIRCLE TO MAKE THE FRAME OUT OF .HE
MADE ALMOST A DOZEN ROUND CIRCLES. THEN HE TOOK LOT LONG BRANCHES AND START TO WEAVE THEM INSIDE AND OUT SIDE THE CIRCLES
SOON HE HAD A CAGE OF WOVEN BRANCHES THEN HE WOVE THE END IN TWO UP RIGHT AND TWO HOOK UNDER THE END AND OVER THE TWO AND
TUCK THREW UNDER THE OTHER SIDE.. FEW TIES WITH HIDE TO HOLD TOGETHER . OK ,,NOW WE WANT THEM GO IN BUT CAN NOT GET OUT .SO
HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR WHILE .HE TOOK ONE CIRCLE AND MADE A SMALL CIRCLE. THEN SHARPEN END ON SOME STICKS AND LACE THEM TO
TWO CIRCLES .THIS MADE A TAPPER LEAD IN FISH GO IN ,BUT WHEN TRY COME OUT THE RUN INTO SHARP STICKS .THIS SHOULD STOP THEM.,
HE PUT SOME MEAT IN TRAP AND MADE A ROPE OUT VINES AND TIED TO TRAP. THEN LOOK FOR DEEP SPOT CLOSE TO BANK AND DROP TRAP IN
AND TIED OFF ROPE.. WE SEE IF THIS WORK..
WHEN PREACHER GOT BACK TO CAMP IRISH WAS THERE. [PREACHER WHAT DID YOU SEE IRISH? LOT NICE PLACES OUT THERE TO
LIVE .WE CAME ACROSS 5 SMALL STREAMS GOING TO THE RIVER. MORE BISON LOT MORE DOWN RIVER . LOT GOOD PLACES TO LIVE AND SEEN
NO SIGN OF MAN .ANY WHERE. OK WE NOT ,MOVING IN ON SOME ONE HUNTING GROUND'S TO EAST. NOW SEE WHAT CONDOR SAYS WHEN HE GETS
BACK. SOON SEEN CONDOR COMING IN FROM THE WEST UP THE RIVER. CONDOR WHAT DID YOU SEE UP RIVER? LOT BISON THINK 7 STREAMS
AND ONE LARGE RIVER JOINT THIS RIVER ,THIS IS THE MAIN RIVER ALL EMPTY IN TO IT. ANY SIGN OF MAN ? WE DID NOT SEE ANY SIGN
OF MAN. LOT THOSE ELK UP STREAM . SEEN LOT SIGNS OF THE BEAR COULD BE GRIZZLY BIG PRINTS. AND LOT STREAMS THAT FEED IN TO
THE MAIN RIVER SOME ANIMAL HAS BUILD A DAM HOLDING BACK WATER OUT STICKS. HUUUM SAID PREACHER STRANGE ANIMAL. THEN THE WORD
STICKS PREACHER REMEMBER THE TRAP. HE THINK CONDOR AND IRISH FOR THEIR WORK AND WENT TO CHECK HIS TRAP. PREACHER FOUND HIS
TRAP AND PULL IT UP. THERE WAS 3 NICE SIZE FISH IN IT SO TOOK TRAP BACK SHOW AURORA .THE FIST LIKE NO OTHER HE SEEN BE FORE
HAD SKIN ON THEN AND WHAT LOOK LIKE WHISKERS.. HE CALL TO AURORA ,TO SEE WHAT HE GOT, SHE LOOK AT THEM ,HUUUM NICE FISH ,NOW
HOW GET THEM OUT. PREACHER REALIZE HE HAD NOT THOUGHT OF THAT. SO TOOK KNIFE CUT THE TIES AND OPEN THE END, AND PORE THE
FISH OUT. THEN PUT NEW TIES OUT HIDE BACK. ..AURORA SKIN THEM AND CLEAN THEM, THEN COVER THEM IN MUD AND PUT IN COALS OF CAMP
FIRE TO BAKE. AFTER HOUR THEY READY .SHE PULL THEM OUT AND PEEL THE MUD OFF AND GAVE ONE TO PREACHER .HE BIT IN AND HUUUUMM
GOOD, BUT THEY HAD BONES ALL FISH DOES PREACHER PICK THEM OUT. BEEN LONG TIME WE HAD FISH. PREACHER SHOW THE TRAP TO CONDOR
AND TATERBUG AND IRISH THEY STUDY IT ,THEN PREACHER TOOK BACK TO SAME SPOT AND PUT TRAP BACK IN.
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