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CHAPTER 21 WELCOME HOME,
AS WE MOVE A CROSS THE PLAINS FROM THE CHEYENNE CAMP. WE TALK TO CONDOR AND IRISH ON WHAT HAPPEN. THEY SAID THEY BEEN TREADED
WELL, AND THEY JUST REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO ME . THEY ASK LOT QUESTIONS. A BOUT ME AND OUR TRIVIAL ACROSS THE WILDERNESS.
THEY WERE SURPRISE WE GOT BY THE CANNIBALS ,AND WERE SHOCK THEY WE HAD BROKEN THEIR BACK AND KILL OVER 50 OF THEM. THE CHIEF
WAS UNEASY US BEEN THAT CLOSE. THEIR CHIEF WAS IMPRESS WITH MY LEADER SHIP ,AND THAT WE HAD TRAIN THE WOOLY MAMMOTH TO WORK
FOR US..
MOST OF ALL THEY JUST WANTED TO CHECK US OUT. WHAT OUR INTENTIONS WAS. THEY TOLD HIM WE FRIENDLY AND WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF
WE WERE TO CLOSE TO A TRIBE WHY ALL SCOUTS WERE LOOKING THE LAND OVER. I ASK THE BIG QUESTION ,THINK HE CAN BE TRUSTED? HE
SEEM FRIENDLY HAD GOOD CONTROL ,AND PEOPLE WORK WELL WITH HIM WAS NOT BRUTAL WITH THEM. LIKE THE KIDS PLAYED WITH THEM WHEN
NOT DOING CHIEF DUTY'S..
WE MADE CAMP THAT NIGHT ,AND HAD FIRE GOING. THINK THE TRIBE WAS A DAY AHEAD OF US AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF US. WE MADE SURE
WE HAD ALL GRASS AWAY FROM FIRE TO DRY IT SPREAD EASY. KEEP FIRE LOW .ONE ON GUARD ALL TIME. ONE HOUR ON AND THEN NEXT PERSON
TOOK OVER. AT FIRST LIGHT I PLOT A CORSE TO LITTLE BIG HORN. WE GOING SOUTH EAST .TOWARD SAME MOUNTAIN I WENT TO BE FORE.
I THOUGHT A BOUT THE MEETING WE HAVE IN 6 DAYS WITH CHIEF. AT OUR OLD CAMP SPOT. THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO. GIVE ME
TIME GET VILLAGE SET UP AND HOPE WE MOVE TO CAVE SOON. WE WAS TWO DAYS FROM LITTLE BIG HORN AURORA MAYBE HALF A DAY FROM
IT. I DO HOPE THE WOMEN MADE THE TRIP OK. THEY GOT PLAYFULL WITH THEM IF HAVE PROBLEMS . THIS FIRST TIME MOST ALL OUR MEN
WAS AWAY . TOLD CONDOR I TOLD THE CHIEF OUR TRIBE NAME WAS THE SIOUX ,HAD COME UP WITH SOME THING .TATERBUG JUST HEHA AND
CONDOR SAID SOUND LIKE GOOD NAME . IRISH SOUND LIKE A FINE NAME WE SIOUX NOW HAHA. I ASK IRISH HE WANTED TO LIVE IN CAVES
WITH US ,OR HE STAYING WITH STORM CLOUD? IRISH I WANT TO SEE MORE THIS LAND .MY WOMAN IS FROM THEM SHE FINE WOMAN AND THE
TRIBE MAY NEED HIM TO HELP WITH TRIBE. I SAID YOU BE A BIG HELP TO STORM CLOUD .GIVE HIM EXPERIENCE MAN TO HELP. I WILL SAY
SOMETHING TO HIM ON THIS. WE WALK ALL DAY. THEN IN A MORE IN PLACE HAD MORE RAIN ,LOT GREENER WE MADE CAMP FOR THE NIGHT.
FIRE SET WE SLEEP ON GROWN CLOSE TO FIRE. NEED FIRE .KIND A CHILL IN AIR TO NIGHT. I WONDER IF WINTER CAME THIS FAR SOUTH.
WE JUST DO NOT KNOW ..SOMETHING WE GOT SEE AS TIME GOES OWN. WE WAS WAY SOUTH TO WHERE MOST TRIBES WINTER AT SO WE SHOULD
BE GOOD.
SUN RISE TOOK NEW DIRECTION AT THE BIG HILL OFF IN DISTANCE . WE LOT CLOSER TO IT NOW, AURORA AND REST TRIBE SHOULD BE THERE
BY NOW. WE WALK MOST MORNING . WE CAME TO THE RIVER I KNEW WAS LITTLE BIG HORN WE WALK UP THE BANKS HEADING TO THE VALLEY
UP STREAM. CONDOR MARVEL AT ALL THE GAME CLOSE TO RIVER AND IRISH DID TO. SHOW HIM THE FISH THAT LIVE IN IT THE TROUT WE CALL
THEM [FISH LIVE IN COLD WATER]. LOT BISON AND ELK AND THOSE ANIMALS THAT BUILD DAMS HOLD BACK WATER MAKE SMALL LAKES. WE
WENT AROUND A LAKE WHEN SA BOO STOP AND SNIFF THE AIR. WE STOP TO, STARTED TO LOOK AROUND. THERE WAS A STINK CAT A HEAD OF
US ,,I PUNCH CONDOR THERE OLD FRIEND . CONDOR JUST SMILE SAID NOT THIS TIME . WE GAVE HIM WIDE BIRTH. SOON WE ON TOP A RIDGE
LOOKING DOWN INTO VALLEY. CONDOR WHAT A WONDER FULL PLACE TO LIVE ,JUST NICE PLACE. HAS IT ALL. WE COULD SEE THE T PEES SETTING
CLOSE TO THE BROOKS THAT CAME DOWN OUT THE HILLS. AS WE HEADED DOWN INTO VALLEY WE COULD SEE THEM STOP AND POINT AT US .
THE WOMEN WERE WALKING TOWARD US NO RUNNING. BUT COULD TELL THEY COUNTING HEADS SEE IF WE ALL CAME BACK.. SOON THEY REACH
US AND I GRAB AURORA AND BIG NOSE RUB AND HUG AS CLOSE THAT BELLY LET ME . CONDOR HAD TROPICANIA AND HAPPY JO HAD TATER BUG
AND HUGS WERE PLENTY, I ASK AURORA HOW SHE LIKE NEW PLACE ME AND BEN FOUND. NOW THIS IS PARADISE SHE SAID. I SAID WHERE OUR
CAVES IS PARADISE . SHE SAID WHERE AT .I SAID UP THERE POINTED TO BIG CREEK GOING TO BIG HILL.. THERE ARE 5 CAVES UP THERE.
ROOM FOR THE HOLD BUNCH. HAPPY JO AND AURORA I JUST CAN NOT WEIGHT UNTIL WE GET HOME. SA BOO WENT LAY IN RIVER . THATS GOT
BE COLD HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER. AURORA YOU MOST LIKELY WALK THE POOR THING TO DEATH. HE NEED TO COOL OF .. PREACHER THAT COOL
HIM DOWN ALRIGHT. AS WE GOT TO OUR CAMP SPOT WISPER BREEZE CAME OUT AND GRAB IRISH AND PUT A BIG HUG ON HIM AND HAD TEARS
IN HER EYES. I THOUGHT I LOST YOU SHE SAID. IRISH I KEEP THINKING ABOUT YOU THREW IT ALL. AURORA WHAT HAPPEN? ALL WE OWN
A TRIBE LAND THEY WANTED TO TALK TO ME ,SO THEY GRAB IRISH AND CONDOR SO I COME . I AM GOING TO OLD CAMP SPOT IN 4 DAYS TO
MAKE A PIECE TALK WITH THEM, AND SEE IF WE CAN BE FRIENDS. AURORA YOU GOT GO AGAIN. YES IT BE A 4 DAY TRIP SORRY ,BUT DUTY
AS CHIEF HAS TO BE DONE. YOU NOT GO ALONG . WELL TAKE A PERSON MOST THE WAY, BUT LAST PART I GOT DO ALONG. ILL TAKE YOUNG
BEN WITH ME. TO POW WOL, BUT I GOT TWO DAY HERE WITH YOU AURORA . BE FORE WE GO. THAT NIGHT WE HAD FRESH MEAT ,SOME YOUNG
MEN KILL COUPLE BISON AND WE HAD SOME ROAST GOING ON OPEN CAMP FIRES/ GOOD THEY CAN HUNT NOW .MAKE IT EASER ON OLD MEN ,,
AURORA THEY GETTING GOOD MEN NOW YOU MAKE GREAT HUNTERS OUT THEM. THEY SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL.. WE SEE TATER BUG
PUT THEM THREW THEIR TASK, THEN CONDOR WORK WITH THEM ON THE SLING. [AURORA] WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NAME THE BABY'S. [PREACHER]
BABY'S MORE THAN ONE? [AURORA I THINK SO THEY KICKING AND TO MANY SPOTS AT SAME TIME BE ONE. [PREACHER] I TOLD RED FOX OUR
TRIBE NAME WAS SIOUX .I DID NOT WANT TO TELL HIM THE TRIBE HAD NO NAME. [AURORA SIOUX IS A GOOD NAME CAN BE BOY AND CAN BE
GIRL .[PREACHER] IF TWO BOY'S NAME THE OTHER AFTER YOUR HUSBAND WHO DIED SO YOU COULD BE WITH ME. [AURORA] YOU HONOR HIM.
[PREACHER] YES CONDOR TOLD ME WHAT HAPPEN. HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO YOU AND CONDOR WOULD LIVE. HE STAYED BEHIND AND FOUGHT THE
TRANASOURIS SO YOU GET AWAY. THIS IS A GREAT MAN ONE TO LOOK UP TO. A MAN TO MEASURE YOUR SELF BY, TOOK LOT COURAGE TO DO
THAT.
WHEN I WANT TO WALK AWAY I THINK OF HIM, HE GIVE ME THE WILL TO GO ON. I JUST HOPE I MEASURE UP TO HIM.
THE STREAMS HAVE LOT FISH IN THEM DID YOU BRING MY TRAP?? [AURORA] HEAD DOWN I FOR GOT THEM .WAS IN A RUSH TO GET PACK UP/
[PREACHER] I WILL PICK IT UP WHEN AT THE POW WOL WITH RED FOX. WE SEE IF GET SOME LIMBER BRANCHES HERE TO MAKE SOME MORE.
THE FISH ARE GREAT THEY KIND OF COLD WATER FISH ,,I NEVER SEEN ANY LIKE THEM ME AND BEN CALL THEM TROUT[ COLD WATER FISH]
SOON IT WAS TIME FOR BED TIME. AURORA GOT IN BED ROLL AND THEN PREACHER AND SA BOO CUDDLE UP TO HIM SOON ALL WERE A SLEEP
EXCEPT PREACHER
HE WAS BEEN KICK IN BACK SIDE BY BABY'S.
THE NEXT MORNING PREACHER SETTING OUT BY CAMP FIRE. HAD A STICK DODELING IN THE DIRT . HE WAS TRYING TO DESIGN NEW FISH TRAP.
AS HE DREW IN THE DIRT HE WAS THINKING OF WHAT TO DISCUSS WITH RED FOX OF THE CHEYENNE TRIBE. TO MORROW HE LEAVES TO GO SEE
HIM.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE AT PIECE WITH HIM. NOT WORRY ABOUT ATTACKS OR MEN GETTING KILL BE CAUSE THEY WONDER TO CLOSE TO HIS
HUNTING GROUNDS. THERE NEED TO BE A BOND BETWEEN THEM THAT CAN NOT BE BROKEN. TO GET THIS EACH MUST KNOW THE OTHER. MAYBE
A FISHING TRIP TO OR MAYBE A HUNT TRIP TOGETHER. THERE MUST BE A BOND BETWEEN THEM AND US.[ AURORA CAME OUT SET DOWN, AND
SAID ,,WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT ? [PREACHER] WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY TO RED FOX. WE NEED THEM TO BE FRIENDS. THEY LIVE
TO CLOSE TO BE AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER. I LOVE THIS PLACE AND THE CAVES UP THERE. WHY WOULD WE WANT TO SPOIL IT BY BEEN AT
WAR WITH THE CHEYENNE.[ AURORA] TELL HIM THAT. IF GOOD MAN HE HEAR YOU, AND AGREE WITH YOU. [AURORA] I THINK HE IS FRIGHTEN
OF YOU AND US. I BET HE HAVE BUTTER FLY'S TO. BEST MEN OF TRUE HART SPEAK THERE HARTS TO EACH OTHER. ONLY THEN CAN THERE BE
A BOND ,BE CAUSE EACH KNOW WHAT IN EACH HART .[PREACHER] YOU MAYBE RIGHT .I WILL TELL HIM HOW I FEEL ,AND WANT IN LIFE. I
HOPE HE WANTS THE SAME. I NEED TO TALK TO BEN ,AND TELL HIM I WANT HIM TO GO WITH ME. AND TO PACK HIS TRIVIAL FOOD AND FLINT
ROCK, I WILL GET SOME THOSE CAT TAIL TOP AND MAKE COUPLE SMOLTER PACKS .[ SMOLTER PACK IS A TOP OF CAT TAIL THE FUZZ FROM
IT WRAP IN A HIDE COMPRESS AND TIGHT] IT BURNS LIKE COTTON HAS HOLLOW FIBER THAT WILL SMOLTER THAN FLAME UP. ONLY BY BLOWING
ON IT WILL IT FLAME UP. CAT TAIL GROWS ON CREEK BANKS AND MOST ANY STREAM. DIP IN A RESIN IT MAKE A TORCH CAN BE CARRY. [PREACHER]
PUT ARM AROUND AURORA AND HUG HER AND LITTLE NOSE RUB AND PUT HEAD TOGETHER AS TO BOND. THERE IS A VERY CLOSE BOND BETWEEN
PREACHER AND AURORA, PREACHER LIKE TO TALK PROBLEMS OVER WITH HER SHE GIVES SOUND ADVICE. AURORA GOT UP AND WENT IN TO LAY
DOWN THE BABY HAVE A KICKING MATCH IN SIDE HER. PREACHER STICK HEAD IN ASK SHE OK? AURORA SAID SHE JUST NEED TO REST SOME.
PREACHER WENT TO BEN T PEE AND BEN WAS OUT SIDE.[ PREACHER] BEN NEED YOU TO GO WITH ME TO POW WOL TO MORROW ,, WE BE GONE
4 DAYS ..LOOK LIKE RAIN CARRY YOUR SKIN FOR COVER. BEN SAID OK DOES LOOK LIKE RAIN DON'T IT? WE LEAVE FIRST LIGHT ..BEN'S
WOMAN CAME OUT ,[PREACHER] SUNSHINE I NEED YOUR MAN FOR FEW DAYS TO GO WITH ME TO POW WOL. I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE FOR HIM BE
GONE, BUT HE GOOD MAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTION TO LETTER AND CAN BE TRUSTED. THOSE TYPE MEN HARD TO FINE ,AND YOU HAVE ONE. SUNSHINE
HAD LITTLE SMILE TO HER AND SHE SAID. HE IS A GOOD MAN I SEE WHY YOU NEED HIM. [PREACHER] MY WOMAN WANT SOME GO WITH ME ALL
TIME .AS CHIEF I GOT TO DO MY DUTY. AT TIME I TAKES ME AWAY FROM HOME. SO NEED A ESCORT AT TIMES. BEN IS ONE I TRUST TO BE
WITH ON THE TRAIL. BEN WE LEAVE FIRST LIGHT. PREACHER WALK AWAY, AND HOPE HE MADE BEN LIFE LITTLE EASER BY TELLING SUNSHINE
HOW IMPORTANT BEN WAS TO HIM. WITH TORPICANA AND HAPPY JO WITH CHILD .HE TRY KEEP TATERBUG AND CONDOR HOME AS MUCH AS HE COULD.
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