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CHAPTER 14 SNOW BOUND
I WAS UP EARLY NEXT MORNING HAD FIRE UP, AND CHECKING OUT THE WEATHER AND TEMPS. IRISH CAME OUT THE SNOW HUT THEN CONDOR
AND PLAYFULL. I ASK IRISH HOW MANY MORE SKINS THINK YOU GET ,, IRISH SAID MAYBE TEN OR 12.. I SAID CARRY SOME DRY MEAT WITH
YOU ,, BE OUT ALL DAY ,, IF BODY FROZEN BRING BACK MEAT WE LET THE WOMEN CUT AND DRY IT ,, NO TELLING HOW LONG WE BE STRANDED
HERE. WE NOT GOING ANY WHERE WITH ALL THIS SNOW ON GROWN,, THE SNOW HUT DID IT JOB LAST NIGHT WE WAS WARM .. AND COLD OUT
SIDE FROZE THE SNOW AGAIN. IRISH AND CONDOR AND PLAYFULL PULL OUT GO SKIN THE MAMMOTH THAT FROZE TO DEATH IN BLIZZARD. HAD
FIRE UP AURORA CAME OUT. SHE WAS COLD .SHE HAD A HIDE WRAP AROUND HER. SHE ASK ME HOW LONG YOU THINK WE BE HERE ,,I SAID A
WEEK MAYBE ,,WE NOT GOING ANY WHERE AS LONG THE SNOW STAYS ON GROWN. SHE SAID WONDER IF WE COULD STAYED IN THE CAVES WE BUILD..
I TOOK HER OVER TO THE WASH OUT SHOW HER THE WATER IN IT.. 12 FEET DEEP. WE BEEN DEAD NOW IF STAYED ANY LONGER. WHEN THAW
OUT TODAY BE MORE WATER IN IT.. [AURORA] THE NEW HIDES WE GOT WILL STINK FOR WHILE IF DO NOT CURE THEM . [PREACHER] WE JUST
HAVE TO AIR CURE THEM . [LET AIR DRY THE HIDES OUT] HOW LONG THINK TAKE FOR AIR TO DRY THEM [AURORA] MAYBE A WEEK. FOR AIR
TO CURE THEM, [PREACHER IT TAKE TWO DAYS IF CURE THEM WITH ASH AND WATER. [PREACHER] YOU CAN START NOW IF LET AIR CURE MAKING
ROBES FOR WOMEN ,, IF ASH CURE IT BE TWO DAYS BE FORE YOU START. THERE MAY BE A NEW BLIZZARD COMING WE DO NOT KNOW .. SO
START NOW AND LET AIR DRY HAPPEN .[AURORA ,I THINK YOU RIGHT .WE START ON ROBES TO DAY AND LEGGINGS FOR WOMEN AND HATS TO
SAME AS MEN GOT ,,GET TATERBUG FIX UP. IF WE GOT TO DO THINGS HE NOT READY TO GO WITH ME. .I LOOSE HIM BE CAUSE HE NOT READY
. AND IRISH SAYS HE GET 10 MORE MAMMOTH HIDES WE DO THE T PEES TO .THEN WE HAVE SHELTER FOR WHEN WE MOVE OUT. AURORA GOES
BACK IN SIDE THE SNOW SHELTER. TATERBUG COMES OUT . PREACHER HOLD OUT HAND TO HIM. HOW YOU FEELING TATER .. TATER BUG I FEEL
OK. [PREACHER] GOOD. YOU GET ALL YOU WARM CLOTHING TO DAY.. WOMEN BE WORKING NEXT FEW DAYS GETTING OUT FITTED THEN WE GOT
MAMMOTH HIDES TO DO FOR T PEES. WE BE HERE LOOK LIKE A WEEK. 3 FEET SNOW AND NOT MUCH WARMER. WE TRYING TO OUT FIT EVERY BODY
AS FAST WE CAN FOR THIS SNOW. IRISH AND CONDOR ARE LOT TALLER THAN YOU AND ME .. THEY DEAL WITH SNOW LOT BETTER. HOW HAPPY
JO DOING ? TATER BUG .SHE DOING FINE. LOT WORK NOW .[PREACHER] I KNOW ..WOMEN IS KEEPING US GOING . THEY HELP US WITH ONE
PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. WOMEN ARE THE BACK BONE OF THIS FAMILY. AURORA AND HAPPYJO AND TROPICANA BEEN WORKING SEEMS LIKE OVER
WEEK MAKING CLOTHS . WE JUST COULD NOT GET THE HIDES FOR THEM AND WHEN WE DID THE PROCESS WAS SLOW. DAM CANNIBALS COST US
LOT TIME. I LIKE HAVE FEW DAYS THAT DO NOT HAVE A PENDING DOOM ON MY HANDS. [TATERBUG ]] GOT THAT RIGHT ..YOU REALLY MADE
RIGHT CALL EVERY TIME. IT IS LOT EASER WHEN PEOPLE GOT FAITH IN YOU. NOT SECOND GUESSING YOU. [PREACHER] TATERBUG HAVE YOU
NOTICE THE WOMEN GETTING BIGGER AT BELLIES. AURORA, HAPPY JO AND TROPICANA .ARE SHOWING SIGNS BEEN WITH CHILD. WHAT HAVE WE
DONE . TATER BUG TURN AND LOOK AT SNOW HUT THEN SMILE SAID OOOOPS. SHE DID SEEM LITTLE SASSY TO DAY. WONDER IF CONDOR KNOWS
HE GOING BE A POPPA YET? I HOPE THEY DO NOT GIVE BIRTH SAME DAY ,,WE MEN BE DELIVERING BABY'S LEFT AND RIGHT. GOOD THING IRISH
AND PLAYFULL DO NOT HAVE WOMEN WE HAVE 5 AT TIME.. MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER MADE THIS HAPPEN,, WOMEN HAVE HARD TIME
WALKING IF WITH CHILD LATER BEFORE BIRTH..HUUUUUMMM GOT THINK ABOUT THAT PROBLEM ,, WELL I GOT TIME FOR THAT, NOT A PRESSING
THING. TATERBUG TURN AND GOES BACK TO SNOW HUT JUST A SINGING EVERY DAY IS A SURPRISE ,SURE SUN COMES UP BE A SURPRISE. MY
O MY WHAT A SURPRISE.
AURORA CAME OUT [WHAT GOT INTO TATERBUG HE JUST PICK UP HAPPY JO AND THEY RUB NOSES ,, THEY ALL HAPPY. .[PREACHER]
AURORA WHEN YOU GOING TO TELL ME YOU WITH CHILD ..HUUUUUUMM. [AURORA]] WELL DID NOT WANT TO GIVE YOU MORE TO DEAL WITH,,
LOOKING FOR GOOD TIME. PREACHER REACH TO AURORA PULL HER TO HIM.. PUT A HIDE AROUND THEM [NOW BE A GOOD TIME .I THINK ]
WITH NOSE RUB. [AURORA THINK EARLY SUMMER WHEN GOOD AND WARM. WHEN WE GOING BACK NORTH.. [PREACHER] WHO SAYS WE GOING BACK
NORTH. FINE US A PLACE LOT FURTHER SOUTH WE STAY THERE NEVER MOVE. IT IS CRAZY TO GO THREW THIS TWICE A YEAR.. I HEAR THERE
GREAT RIVER TO SOUTH OF HERE.. OUT ON PLAINS WHERE THE GREAT BISON LIVES. WE JUST GOT GET DOWN THERE , BISON FOR FOOD AND
HIDES, FISH IN RIVER ,WATER TO DRINK,, NO NEED GO BACK. MAY BE HOT, BUT HOT BETTER THAN FIGHTING TO LIVE NORTH TO SOUTH AND
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE MAMMOTH WELL STOP FEW WEEKS WE KEEP GOING TO GREAT RIVER WE LEARN HOW LIVE THERE. WE BE AWAY FROM
THE TRANASOURIS . HE DOES NOT LIKE GREAT PLAINS .. HE JUST OUT HERE AS LONG HE GET BACK TO JUNGLE TO LIVE .HE BE OUT ON PLAINS
..BUT WHEN GET WAY OUT LIKE WE ARE NOW . HE WANT BE THERE TO KILL AND EAT US. WE NOT GOING BACK WHERE WE CAME FROM. PREACHER
LOOK UP SEE CONDOR AND IRISH AND PLAYFULL WITH HIDES AND MEAT FROM FROZEN MAMMOTH THAT BLIZZARD KILL.[ PREACHER ] HOW MANY
YOU GET ..CONDOR 12 I THINK. AND LOTS MEAT THAT STILL FROZEN. PREACHER TURN TO AURORA AND SAID YOU GOING BE A GRAN MOTHER
. AURORA SAYS YES I AM ,AND MOTHER . CONDOR LOOK IN SHOCK, TRY FIGURE THAT OUT ,THEN IT HIT HIM TROPICANA AND HIS MOTHER WITH
CHILD ,,HE TAKES OFF TO SNOW HUT. IRISH LOOK AT PREACHER AND BIG SMILE .LOOK LIKE THE FAMILY GETTING BIGGER HAHAHAHA.
NEXT FEW DAYS WE WORK ON MAKING CLOTHS AND CURING LAST BATCH HIDES FOR T PEE AFTER TWO DAYS WE FITTING HIDE TO
POLES .WE MADE A OPEN AND CLOSE FLAP AT TOP TO LET MORE SMOKE OUT ,TOLD IRISH GET ALL HIDS HE CAN FINE ,,WHICH HE DID CAME
UP WITH 8 MORE THIS GAVE US A COVERING IN T PEE FOR GROWN ,, LOT WARMER AND EASER TO SLEEP ON WE WAS FULL EQUIP NOW READY
GO ON THE MOVE .. STILL HAD ENOUGH SNOW FOR TWO MORE DAY COVER ON GROWN.. SNOW HUT WAS STARTING TO MELT . SAM AND PAM HAD
JUST CLEAN UP ALL GRASS THAT WE UNCOVER WHEN MADE THE SNOW HUT. SO TOLD EVERY BODY WE MOVE OUT NEXT MORNING. GET SOUTH BE
FORE NEXT STORM HITS.
EARLY NEXT MORNING WE BROKE CAMP TOOK OUR T PEE POLES FROM ROOF OF SNOW HUNT MADE BIGGER SLED TO CARRY MORE FILL WATER
BAGS AND HIT THE TRAIL OF WOOLY MAMMOTH .. AT END DAY THING LOT BETTER SET T PEES UP AND FLOOR COVERING NOW AND GETTING
WARMER HAD LEAVE LEGGING OUT SIDE NOW EVERY THING WAS MUD ..ALL SNOW GONE WE MAKE GOOD TIMES ,, WOMEN DID GOOD EVEN PREGNANT
. WE MOVING RIGHT A LONG .AFTER THREE DAYS WE RAN OUT OF WET GROWN THE SNOW STORM DID NOT GET THIS FAR .THAT IS A GOOD SIGN
, AND TEMPS GETTING WARMER NOW WIND OUT SOUTH. MORE CAME OFF OUR WINTER WARE . BUT WE NEED IT WHEN WINTER RETURNS AGAIN/
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