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CHAPTER 23  GETTING HOME
 
 
                     IT WAS LATE AFTER NOON AFTER THE POW WOL WITH RED FOX PREACHER AND BEN WAS ON WAY BACK TO LITTLE BIG HORN. THEY CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE TARN ADO HAD KILL SO MANY BISON .PREACHER STOP AND SHOOK HIS HEAD ,AND SAID DAM I AM GOING LET ALL THAT GO TO WASTE. WE WERE FIGHTING TO GET SKINS FOR COVER AND TO WARE NOW HERE IT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE TOLD BEN GET OUT YOUR SKINNING KNIFE WE GOING TO SKIN THEM. PREACHER AND BEN WENT TO WORK SKINNING THE BISON .THE MEAT WAS TO OLD TO EAT ,BEEN DEAD TO LONG ,BUT THE SKIN WAS GOOD . AT DARK THEY HAD CLOSE TO TEN HIDES . THERE WAS LOT MORE THERE, PREACHER HAD MAKE A DECISION HERE DO YOU STAY AND REAP THE BOUNTY OR GO HOME. AFTER LOT THOUGHT. HE TOLD BEN HE WAS STAYING ,AND TOLD BEN GET TWO LONG POLES  AT THE RIVER AND BRING THEM TO HIM, AT FIRST DAY LIGHT. THAT NIGHT THEY HAD LIGHT CAMP .MOST THE GEAR HAD BLOWN AWAY DEARING THE TARN ADO . SO THEY WERE WORKING WITH LITTLE. PREACHER HAD CUT BIG CHUNK MEAT OF BISON FOR SA BOO HE HAD HIS FILL. AND WAS ROLL UP TAKEN A NAP. .PREACHER TOLD BEN GET THOSE POLES THEN YOU GO HOME ,TELL IRISH ,AND ANY BODY HE CAN COME MEET HIM AND HELP HIM GET THE HIDES BACK.
BE SURE TELL AURORA HE OK  AND HE SKINNING BISON THAT STORM KILL AND HE BE HOME SOON. BEN SAID WILL DO THIS .SO AT FIRST LIGHT BEN WENT TO RIVER TO CUT TWO POLES AND PREACHER WENT TO SKINNING THE BISON. HE HAD LITTLE TIME LEFT  THEY ALREADY START TO SWELL FORM THE HEAT.
PREACHER DECIDED HE GIVE A HALF A DAY AND MOVE OWN TO HIS HOME WITH THE HIDES.. SO HE WORK HARD SKINNING THEM SOON HE HAD 20  IN A PILE. THE WEIGHT WAS A LOT IT TAKE A LOT TO PULL THE TRAVIS FULL HIDES, AND HE HAD HIS FISH TRAP TO CARRY TOO .BEN SHOW UP WITH TWO POLES AND PREACHER TOLD HIM TO GET GOING HOME GET HIM SOME HELP. PREACHER MADE A TRAVIS WITH SOME STICKS  ACROSS THE TWO POLES AND THEN STARTED TO LAY THE HIDES ON THEM. WAS NOT LONG HE HAD BIG STACK  THERE. AND THEN FISH TRAP ON TOP. ALL LACE DOWN WITH HIDE. HE LIFTED IT IT WAS HEAVY BUT HE COULD DRAG IT  FOR 30 MINUTES THEN HE REST AND DO SOME MORE, AND THE GOING WAS SLOW. THIS WAS A TREASURE IN HIDE'S AND WELL WORTH IT .  BEN WAS A DAY AWAY FROM HOME .SO LOOKING AT DAY AND HALF BEFORE HE GET HELP. MORE HE MOVE THE LOAD SOONER THEY GET TO HIM TO HELP. PREACHER STRUGGLE WITH THE LOAD ALL DAY HE HAD DRUG IT 15 MILES AT LEASE. EVERY MUSCLE IN HIS LEGS WERE SORE AND BACK. AND SA BOO  COULD NOT HELP JUST TRY TO BE THERE TO COMFORT HIM. THAT NIGHT PREACHER SLEEP BY THE LOAD HE WAS CARRYING AND SA BOO CUDDLE UP KEEP HIM WARM. MOST HIS WATER SUPPLY WAS GONE HAD ENOUGH FOR HIM AND SA BOO FOR HALF A DAY AFTER THAT THEY WAS DRY. HE BE OK IF THEY GOT ON THE MOVE WHEN BEN  TOLD THEM WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS  AND GOT TO MOVING ON THIS .
HE WAS ALSO HALF A DAY AWAY FROM THE LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER .THERE HE COULD REFILL HIS WATER SKINS. SO PREACHER  THOUGHT HE BE OK .IF HE PLAIN IT RIGHT. EARLY  FIRST LIGHT PREACHER WAS BACK AT THE LOAD .HE HAD RESTED AND STILL WAS COOL MAKE BETTER TIME NOW . PREACHER  WITH HELD THE WATER WHEN FIRST GOT MOVING. SA BOO AND HIM COULD DO WITH OUT FOR WHILE . SOON PREACHER  SAW SOME THING A HEAD OF HIM MOVING . AS HE GOT CLOSE IT WAS BEN . HIS LEG WAS BROKEN. PREACHER STOP AND DROP HIS LOAD TO HELP BEN. [ BEN. I WALK UP ON ONE THOSE RATTLE SNAKES HE RATTLE AND I JUMP BACK STEP IN HOLE AND MY LEG SNAP. .PREACHER  SAID DO NOT WORRY  HE TOLD BEN THIS HERT A LOT HAND HIM A STICK TO BIT DOWN ON .PREACHER SLOWLY LINE UP BEN FOOT STRAIGHT AND PULL ON IT ..BEN YAAAAAAAAOL. .THEN PASS OUT. PREACHER GOT TWO STICKS  AND TIED THEM TO SIDE BEN LEG TO HOLD IT STRAIGHT. WHEN THIS IS DONE. PREACHER THREW ALL HIDES OFF  AND FISH TRAP. AND PLACE BEN BODY ON THE TRAVIS . NOW THE WORM HAD TURN, WHAT SEAM TO BE NO PROBLEM WAS A PROBLEM NOW. BEN NEVER GOT HOME. AND HELP WAS NOT ON WAY. AND THEY HAD LITTLE WATER. MAYBE THERE BE A SEARCH PARTY .NOW ANY THING IS A OPTION. WE NEED WATER FIRST THEN GET BEN HOME ,I AM SURE HIS LEG SET RIGHT . DAM MY GREED WE SHOULD CAME HOME TOGETHER. PREACHER TOOK UP THE TRAVIS WITH NEW LOAD NOW MORE IMPORTANT LOAD. SKINS MINT LITTLE NOW. PREACHER RATION THE WATER BEN HAD SOME HIS LEFT IN HIS SKIN ,BUT NEED GET TO LITTLE BIG HORN. PREACHER DRAG THE TRAVIS WITH MUCH MORE VIGOR NOW . NEED TO GET BEN TO WATER SO PUT LEG IN AND STOP THE SWELLING . AND THE LITTLE BIG HORN IS COLD.  SOON HE TOP THE RIDGE AND COULD SEE THE RIVER  AND HE GOT NEW BURST STRENGTH  AS HE PULL IT DOWN THE HILL TO THE WATER. HE  GOT BEN OFF TRAVIS AND PUT LEG IN TO SOAK AND BEN WOKE RIGHT UP FAST AS COLD WATER HIT THE LEG AND HE PEE ON HIM SELF. PREACHER SORRY BEN .I NEED TO SOAK THE LEG IN THIS WATER TO SLOW DOWN THE SWELLING. SOON THE LEG WAS BLUE FROM IT BEEN SO COOL. THIS MEANT LITTLE BLOOD AS VANE'S HAS CLOSE DOWN TO JUST A TRICKLE OF BLOOD FLOW. PREACHER THOUGHT SOME  REMEMBER WHEN HE SMASH HIS FINGER IT STOP HERTEN AS MUCH WHEN HE HELD IT UP IN AIR. SO PREACHER PUT BEN ON LITTER  WITH HEAD DOWN AND FEET TO HIM ,BEN HEAD WAS DOWN. AND FILL HIS WATER SKINS AND BEN WITH WATER. SA BOO ALMOST DRINK THE RIVER DRY HAHAHAH. SOON PREACHER WAS ON THE WAY WITH BEN .TO VILLAGE HE WAS FEW MILES AWAY WHEN SEEN IRISH COMING WITH MEN LOOKING FOR THEM. SOON IRISH WAS THERE ,AND TOOK OVER AND MEN HELP PULL THE LITTLER TO CAMP.  WHEN IN CAMP PLAYFUL TOOK OVER ,AND CHECK BEN OUT. [PLAYFUL] WHY HIS LEG BLUE, [PREACHER] I SOAK IT IN RIVER TO STOP THE SWELLING , [PLAYFUL] HUUUUUM NEVER THOUGHT THAT  AND YOU GOT HIM WITH LEG ABOVE THE HART THAT’S GOOD SWELLING BE LESS THAT WAY. LEG SET RIGHT ..[[[YOU DID GOOD JOB CHIEF. YA MY FAULT I GOT GREEDY AND WAS NOT WITH HIM I FOUND BUNCH BISON THAT STORM KILL AND SKIN THEM AND SENT HIM OWN A HEAD OF ME.[ IRISH WHERE ARE THEY? PREACHER 5 MILES BACK WHERE YOU FOUND ME  2 MILES NORTH OF RIVER. FOLLOW THE TRAIL CLOSE TO 30 BISON HIDES THERE. [PLAYFUL] YOU ARE A GRAND FATHER OF 6 LB BABY GIRL. TROPICANA GAVE BIRTH LAST NIGHT CLOSE TO MID NIGHT. [PREACHER WENT STRAIGHT TO CONDOR TEE PEE AND LOOK IN AURORA WAS THERE AND CONDOR. [AURORA] IT'S  A GIRL. [PREACHER] SHE LOOK GOOD ,AND SHE SO SMALL. [AURORA ] ALL BABY'S ARE SMALL. [PREACHER WHAT YOU NAME HER [AURORA]  SIOUX ONE YOU PICK FOR OUR CHILD. WE FINE ANOTHER NAME FOR OURS. FIRST CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE TRIBE NAME. THERE WAS SHUFFLE AT DOOR IT WAS{ BROOK]. MOM SAID TELL PLAYFUL IT TIME COME GET YA. [PREACHER]  LOOK LIKE THING'S IS POPPING HERE TO. [ AURORA ] WHY YOU SO LATE? [PREACHER] WITH HEAD DOWN ,BEN BROKE HIS LEG I HAD TO DRAG HIM HERE. HOW IS TROPICANA DOING HE ASK .[AURORA  SHE DOING GOOD  AND HAD GOOD DELIVERY. [PLAYFUL] STUCK HEAD IN TENT .AURORA CAN YOU HELP HAPPY JO IS GOING TO DELIVER SOON, AND SHE WANT YOU THERE TOO.  PREACHER WALK TO TATERBUG TEE PEE AND TATERBUG WAS PACING THE  WALK WAY OUT FRONT TEE PEE .YOU MADE IT BACK HE SAID WE WORRY ABOUT YOU. [PREACHER] BEN BROKE HIS LEG. HAD TO DRAG HIM BACK .[PREACHER] STILL UP SET WITH HIM SELF AND FELT A SHAME.  BLAME HIM SELF FOR IT. HE TOLD TATERBUG I BE BACK NEED TO SEE HOW BEN IS AND TELL HIS WOMAN HOW SORRY I AM.
         AT BEN TEE PEE PREACHER WALK UP TO TEE PEE AND ASK IF HE COULD COME IN. [SUNSHINE SAID YES . AND PREACHER WENT IN. PREACHER HAD  TEARS I HIS EYES . AND TOLD BEN HOW SORRY HE IS THAT HE WAS NOT WITH HIM. WHEN THIS HAPPEN TO HIM. SUNSHINE SAID YOU GOT LOT HIDES TO MAKE CLOTHS AND TEE PEE OUT OF WE NEED THEM TOO.. PREACHER YES BUT NOT WORTH THE RISK I TOOK ,AND BEN GOT HERT  BE CAUSE I TOOK THE RISK. IRISH BRING IN THE HIDES. YOU HAVE ALL YOU WANT .. I WILL HUNT AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FOOD FOR YOUR TEE PEE . YOU BE TAKEN CARE OF AND PLAYFUL WILL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON YOU AND I WILL BE HERE A LOT .IF NEED ANY THINK TELL ME. SUNSHINE SAID  SHE FINE AND BEN TOLD OF THE STORM WE WENT THREW HOW I SAVE US BY DIG HOLE AND HIDE IN FROM THE STORM. AND IT RAINING BISON FROM THE CLOUDS. I THINK YOU DID GREAT JOB STAYING ALIVE . BEN WAS A MISFORTUNE THING ,AND YOU SAVE HIM AND SET HIS LEG AND DRAG HIM TO HERE . YOU GOT NOTING TO BE A SHAME OF. PREACHER SAID THINKS AND LEFT THE TEEPEE TO SEE HOW TATERBUG WAS DOING

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