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CHAPTER 16 THE UNION
THAT NIGHT AFTER STORM CLOUD HAD LEFT, PREACHER CALL A MEETING AT CAMP FIRE OF THE TRIBE. [PREACHER] THE TRIBE
CLOSE BY HAS BEEN ALMOST DESTROYED BY LOST OF 10 MEN TO CANNIBALS IN A RUNNING FIGHT TO SAVE ALL. WISPIER BREEZE AND MORNING
LIGHT. WELL TELL YOU ABOUT IT IF YOU WANT TO ASK. AS YOU KNOW STORM CLOUD CAME TO TALK TO DAY. HE PROPOSE A UNION OF OUR TWO
TRIBES UNDER MY RULE. I THINK GOOD IDEAL MAKE OUR TRIBE LOT STRONGER, BUT I MAY HAVE TO CHANGE A FEW THINGS TO MAKE THIS
WORK. NOT IN OUR TRIBE ,BUT IN THEIR TRIBE.. WOMEN IF WE LOST MEN IN OUR BATTLE WITH CANNIBALS. WHAT WOULD YOU MIST WITH OUT
YOUR MAN. THEY HAVE 12 WOMEN .5 HAVE A MAN. THAT LEAVES 7 WHO LOST A MAN. THE CHANGES I WILL MAKE BE IN THERE TRIBE. THOSE
HAVE MEN WILL KEEP THEIR MEN, NO CHANGES IN OUR TRIBE EXCEPT WE HELP THEM TO ADJUST TO OUR WAYS. GOT 6 YOUNG MEN 15 AND UNDER,
10 CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER. 5 YOUNG MEN HAVE WOMEN ONE DO NOT. STORM CLOUD DOES NOT HAVE WOMEN. I WILL DIVIDE UP THE 7 REMAINING
WOMEN BETWEEN THE TWO MEN ONLY WAY I SEE IT WORKING . THIS NOT OUR RULES. ONE MAN ONE WOMAN. THE WOMEN WITH OUT MEN IF THIS
PROBLEM NOT ADDRESS COULD CAUSE ALL KIND SOCIAL STRIFE IN TRIBE. THIS IS BEST SOLUTION I SEE. TRY GIVE THEM BACK A LITTLE
OF THE LIFE THEY LOST, AND AT SAME TIME KEEP OUR LIFE SAFE. [THIS IS MY PROPOSE SOLUTION TO PROBLEM I KNOW IN BACK EVERY
WOMAN MINE THAT HAS A MAN. WE HARM NO MARRIAGE. AT SAME TIME TRY TO GET SOME NORMAL LIFE BACK INTO THAT TRIBE. IF YOU DECIDE
TO OK THIS .WE BE LOT STRONGER TRIBE AND CAN DEFEND OUR SELF'S LOT BETTER., WHAT YOU THINK? [AURORA]
YES, HAPPY JO, YES , TROPICANA , YES, TATERBUG YES, IRISH YES, PLAYFULL, YES, CONDOR ,YES PREACHER YES. THEN IT IS
SETTLE THEN . TATER BUG WE START SPEAR THROWING TRAINING TO MORROW AFTER WE STOP THE MOVE. THOSE 6 YOUNG MEN GOING LEARN HOW
TO DEFEND THEM SELF'S AND THEIR WOMEN., AURORA AND HAPPY JO TOMORROW YOU BE CAME A AUNT TO THAT TRIBE. YOU TEACH AND LEARN
FROM THEM IF THEY HAD THINGS THAT BE USEFUL TO US. TROPICANA ,,YOU TEACH THEM SONG AND DANCE. ,AFTER TATER GETS THREW CONDOR
YOU TEACH THEM THAT SLING THING YOU GOT. AFTER THAT I TEACH THEM CLOSE IN FIGHTING. WHEN WE THREW WE HAVE A 12 MAN FIGHTING
GROUP. 4 STRAIGHT LINE ATTACK GROUPS WOMEN ARE AURORA AND HAPPY JO TRAINING CURE HIDES MAKE CLOTHING .. T PEE SETTING .. YOU
MEN ,DO NOT TAKE ANOTHER WOMAN. YOU GOT YOURS, ARE THEY BE HELL TO PAY. TO YOUR WOMAN AND TO ME. TOMORROW WE GO TO OTHER TRIBE
AND MAKE CHANGES AND START THE UNION OF TRIBES. I WILL LEAVE STORM CLOUD AS LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE ,,BUT HE ANSWERS TO ME. I,
AM CHIEF. THEY GOT PROBLEM THEY TELL STORM CLOUD HE AND I WORK ON IT. PLAYFULL ,YOU MEDICINE MAN TO ALL.
THE NEXT MORNING WE BROKE CAMP AND WENT ON MOVE SCOUTS WERE OUT IN FRONT LOOKING FOR TRIBE. SO THEY RETURN
AND TOLD US ONE BULL MAMMOTH DOWN OUT ON RIGHT. WE HEAD THAT DIRECTION SOON WE CAME UP ON IT. WE FINISH IT OFF AND SOON WE
WORKING ON SKINNING IT. AFTER REMOVING THE SKIN WE MOVE OWN . WE MADE GOOD TIME THE MAMMOTH WERE SLOWING DOWN. WE CAN SEE
THE HEARD AND THE OTHER TRIBE BACK OUT FRONT. THEY WERE MISSING THE DOWN MAMMOTH BY BEEN OUT THERE .WE FOUND SECOND ONE AND
SKIN IT .THEY WERE DROPPING NOW FAST ..THE LONG TREK AS TAKING IT TOLD ON THE WEEK ONES. WE HAD ENOUGH HIDES TO BUILD OUR
TWO T PEES WE NEEDED FOR IRISH AND PLAYFULL AND THEIR BRIDES. SOON THE TRIBE UP IN FRONT STOP AND STARTED MAKE CAMP. WE MOVE
TO LEFT AND GOT CLOSER TO THEM CAMP ONLY FEW 100 YARDS FROM THEM. AS WOMEN PUT UP THE T PEES .I WALK OVER TO THE OTHER CAMP.
I DID NOT TAKE THE CHAT ROBES BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO TELL STORM CLOUD WE EXCEPT THE OFFER TO JOIN OUR TWO TRIBES. STORM
CLOUD MEET ME OUT FROM TRIBE. [PREACHER] STORM CLOUD WE EXCEPT THE OFFER TO JOIN, AFTER WE GET CAMP SET UP ME AND SOME MY
TRIBE BE OVER TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO DO THIS, AND MAKE CHANGES TO TRY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF TWO MANY WOMEN AND NOT ENOUGH
MEN. HE SAID ILL TELL THEM. A HOUR PASS ,WE HAD CAMP ALL SET UP AND I GOT TATERBUG, HAPPY JO AND AURORA, AND TROPICANA ,AND
WE WENT TO NEW CAMP.
WE STOP OUT SIDE THE CAMP AND STORM CLOUD CAME OUT. [PREACHER] THIS IS AURORA MY MATE AND HAPPY JO TATER BUG MATE THEY
SENIOR WOMEN IN OUR TRIBE THIS IS TATER BUG HE MY RIGHT HAND MAN. STORM CLOUD WHEN WE JOIN OUR TRIBES YOU STILL BE YOUR TRIBAL
LEADER. YOU ANSWER TO ME, ONLY. STORM CLOUD JUST GAVE A GRUNT AND NOD OF HEAD. [PREACHER] CALL YOUR PEOPLE OUT WE GET INTRODUCE
TO THEM. STORM CLOUD WENT BACK TO TRIBE. AND SAID FEW THING TO THEM ,,AND THEY CAME OUT FRONT ALL COULD WALK ,,SOME WOMEN
HELD THERE YOUNG. WHEN ALL THERE [STORM CLOUD] SAID WE HERE TO JOIN OUR TWO TRIBES. HERE YOUR NEW CHIEF. [PREACHER] STEP UP.
YOU HAD A HARD LONG TRIP, FULL MANY DANGERS. YOU LOST LOT GOOD MEN.. THEY DIED SO YOU CAN LIVE. THIS THEY DID. NOW YOU LOST
MOST YOUR MEN AND WE HAD FEW TO THAT DID NOT HAVE WOMEN. TWO YOUR TRIBE ALREADY JOIN US.. THOSE THAT HAVE NO MAN. I WILL DO
MY BEST TO BRING BACK SOME SORT OF NORMAL LIFE TO YOU. IT WANT BE PERFECT ,BUT BEST WE CAN DO WITH MEN WE HAVE. THERE WAS
KIND A BUZZ IN RANKS, [PREACHER] WHERE THE 14 YEAR OLD THAT HAS NOT TAKEN A WOMAN? STORM CLOUD POINTED TO TALL YOUNG MAN,,
HERE HE IS. [PREACHER]
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? YOUNG MAN BOWSER. [PREACHER] WHY HAVE YOU NOT TAKE A WOMAN,, BOWSER I LIKE TWO AND CAN NOT CHOOSE
BETWEEN THEM .[PREACHER] WHICH WOMEN IS IT. HE POINTED TO TWO YOUNG WOMEN. PREACHER ASKTHEIR NAMES WHICH THEY GAVE.. PREACHER
AND ONE YOU LIKE THIS MAN? SHE SAID YES ..PREACHER WOULD YOU BE SAD IF HE CHOOSE THE OTHER WOMAN. SHE SAID YES. PREACHER ASK
THE OTHER ONE ,DO YOU LIKE THIS MAN? SHE SAID YES.. PREACHER,,, WOULD YOU BE SAD IF HE CHOOSE HER? SHE SAID YES. SHE WOULD.
PREACHER. SAID HE CAN NOT CHOOSE BE CAUSE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER TO MUCH TO CHOOSE SO I CHOOSE.. BOWSER YOU TAKE BOTH WOMEN
, SLEEP WITH A DIFFERENT ONE EACH NIGHT, ONLY WAY.. [PREACHER. THAT LEAVES 5 WOMEN AND ONE MAN TO GO AROUND .[STORM CLOUD]
WHO? PREACHER] YOU STORM CLOUD... STORM CLOUD I AM CRIPPLE ? [PREACHER] YOUR FOOT IS BAD I THINK THAT’S ALL.. THE
WOMEN LOOK AT STORM CLOUD. LIKE A LIGHT JUST GOT TURN ON. [PREACHER] WHEN CHIEF YOU DO WHAT IS BEST FOR TRIBE. DOES NOT MEAN
YOU LIKE IT. THAT IS LEADER SHIP. THIS IS AS GOOD I CAN DO FOR YOU ..WHEN WE FINE MORE MEN YOU GET THEM. MEN HARD TO COME
BY, THEY THE STRENGTH OF
TRIBE. I THINK WOMAN JUST AS BIG PART OF TRIBE. WHEN WE MOVE OUT YOU FOLLOW US .WHEN WE CAMP WE CAMP TOGETHER. TOMORROW
YOU YOUNG MAN WILL TAKE SPEAR TRAINING FROM TATERBUG .. HE STEP OUT SO THEY KNOW WHO. WE HAVE A WAY FOR ATTACKING ..THIS TRIBE
MAKE UP TWO ATTACK GROUPS , STORM CLOUD YOU BE WITH IRISH AND PLAYFULL GROUP. PREACHER YOU HELD BACK BE CAUSE YOU HAD BAD
FOOT , THIS IS BAD FOR YOU AND TRIBE . LETS SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO,, YOU WALK ALL DAY WITH WORK I THINK THAT FOOT WILL WORK
OK.. HERE ARE TWO MAIN WOMEN IN OUR GROUP THEY SENIOR WOMEN, WHO OLDEST WOMAN HERE, WOMAN CLOSE TO 38 STEP UP. .[PREACHER]
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
BEV SHE SAID. [PREACHER] YOU WORK WITH AURORA AND HAPPY JO. TO LEARN HOW WE TAN HIDES SO YOU TEACH REST YOUR GROUP .YOU
THREE WORK TO SOLVE PROBLEMS TO COME UP IN TRIBE. THIS JOIN THE TRIBES. PLAYFULL IS MEDICINE MAN. TROPICANA WILL TEACH YOU
SONG AND DANCE. THIS HELP KEEP YOU HAPPY. WE GOING SOUTH WE ARE NOT GOING BACK NORTH. THIS HAS COST TO MUCH. WE HUNT THE
BISON ,I HEAR THERE A GREAT RIVER TO SOUTH, THIS IS TRUE,,, GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. I AM A FAIR MAN. AND WITH THE GODS HELP WILL
LEAD TO TO GOOD LANDS TO LIVE ON. WE LEAD OUT TOMORROW MORNING .STORM CLOUD YOU STILL IN CHARGE HERE ..GOT PROBLEMS SEE ME
WE WORK THEM OUT.
NEXT MORNING WE BROKE CAMP WE LEAD OUT NOW WE MOVE MORE AWAY FROM HEARD MORE TO SOUTH AND WE BECAME A LONG GROUP
FROM ONE SLED WE NOW TO 4 , SOON THE WOOLY MAMMOTH WAS OFF AT DISTANCE . WE MOVE FASTER BE CAUSE THE TWO CALVES PULL MORE
LOAD AND FASTER. I NOTICE SAME WOMEN WERE PULLING THE SLED ALL TIME THIS SLOW US DOWN BE CAUSE THEY TIRED. WE SHOW THEM TWO
ON ONE OFF ROTATION. THIS KEEP A RESTED WOMAN ON SLED ALL TIME. NOW HAD TWO MEN ON FLANKS AS GUARD AND TWO LEAD SCOUTS. WE
MADE A WATER CLOSE TO 2 PM WE STOP SET UP CAMP. AND ENJOYED THE WATER FILL UP OUR WATER BAGS . TOLD AURORA SET THEM UP THREE
WOMAN TEAMS ON EACH SLED , AND THEY ROTATE LIKE YOU DID BE FORE WE GOT THE CALVES. TATERBUG HAD THE YOUNG MEN ALONG WITH
STORM CLOUD DOING SPEAR THROWING AT TARGET SOME COULD HIT IT RIGHT OFF REST NEED WORK. WE HAD BROKE FROM HEARD OF WOOLY MAMMOTH
NOW .. GOING ON OUR OWN ..HEADING SOUTH TO GREAT RIVER AND THE BISON. I TOLD AURORA MAKE SURE ALL CONTAINERS FILL WITH WATER.
WE GOING IN UNEXPLORED SPACE NOW.. WHO KNOWS WHERE WATER IS. SCOUTS GOT MOVE AND FINE IT FOR US. I CALL IRISH AND CONDOR OVER
TOLD THEM TAKE TWO YOUNG MEN FROM THE NEW GROUP AND THEY TRAIN HIM TO SCOUT ,, CONDOR YOU TAKE ONE DO LEFT FLANK AND IRISH
YOU TAKE THE OTHER DO RIGHT FLANK. USE BIRD CALL TO TELL WHERE YOU ARE .. SO DO NOT GET LOST. THEY NOD AND TOOK THE OLDEST
OF THE 6 YOUNG MEN, WE NOW HAD 4 SCOUTS OUT IN FRONT THEY OUR EYES AND EARS OF THE TRIBE. IF WATER OUT THERE THEY FINE IT.
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