CHAPTER 19 THE HILLS
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CONDOR AND IRISH BACK AND NO HUMAN BEEN SEEN. PREACHER WAS PACKING HIS GEAR UP TO GO ON SCOUTING TRIP HE HAD 4 DAY SUPPLY
OF DRY MEANT TWO WATER SKINS , AND TWO SPEARS AND KNIFE AND HIS HATCHET. [AURORA] PREACHER I FEEL LOT BETTER YOU TOOK SOME
ONE WITH YOU. YOU CHIEF AND MY MAN IT WOULD NOT BE GOOD IF YOU GOT INJURED OUT THERE. [PREACHER ]THOUGHT ,I SEE IF GET BEN
TO GO WITH ME. SO PREACHER WENT TO BEN TENT. [PREACHER] BEN CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR SHORT WHILE? BEN SAID WHAT CAN I DO FOR
YOU CHIEF.[PREACHER] I AM GOING ON SCOUTING TRIP NEED YOU GO WITH ME. BEN] HOW LONG,[ PREACHER MAYBE 8 DAYS] NEED TWO WATER
SKINS AND BACK BAG. TWO SPEARS , MEAT FOR 4 DAYS , FLINT ROCK FOR FIRE. SEE YOU FIRST LIGHT OF DAY TOMORROW.[ BEN] WILL BE
READY.
PREACHER STOP BY ,TATERBUG T PEE, AND HE CAME OUT. [PREACHER] I AM GOING TO BE GONE FOR WEEK. YOU IN
CHARGE ,HERE, KEEP A NIGHT WATCH OUT AT NIGHT. JUST BE CAUSE WE ANT SEEN ANY BODY DO NOT MEAN THEY NOT HERE. TATER BUG OK
WE KEEP EYES OPEN. [TATERBUG] GOING TO THEM BACK HILL EXPLORING ? [PREACHER] THAT IS RIGHT I WANT TO FINE US A PLACE BEFORE
CHILDREN ARE BORN. TATER BUG LOTS LUCK ,BE CARE FULL OUT THERE. WHO GOING WITH YOU?[ PREACHER] BEN AND SA BOO. [TATER BUG
GOOD CHOICE I LIKE THAT YOUNG MAN. [PREACHER] HE DOES WHAT YOU ASK ,NO QUESTIONS ,THAT A PLUS IN A JAM. CONDOR CAME UP TO
THE GROUP CHAT .WHAT'S GOING ON? I AM GOING OUT SCOUTING THE HILLS TO EAST, TAKEN BEN AND SA BOO WITH ME.[ CONDOR ] WHAT WANT
US TO DO WHILE YOU GONE .[ PREACHER] KEEP SCOUTING .OUT FROM HERE . LOOK IN ALL DIRECTIONS, MAKE SURE WE ALONG HERE. YOU AND
IRISH FORM UP SCOUT TEAM'S. TATERBUG IN CHARGE OF CAMP. HE STAYS IN CAMP. AND TRAIN THE YOUNG MEN. LIKE YOU BEEN TRAIN CONDOR,[
PREACHER] WITH A SMILE. I WANT THEM ALL LIKE YOU CONDOR. [PREACHER] I MADE ME A SLING WORKING ON IT , ALMOST HIT A T PEE WITH
A CHUCKLE. GET A CHANCE RUN MY FISH TRAPS FOR YOUR MOTHER .YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS, AND MAKE YOU SOME ..FISH IS GOOD EATING TOO.
CONDOR SAID I ALREADY STARTED ON ONE ,TATER ,I GOT MINE HALF DONE TOO. [PREACHER ]I SEE YOU WHEN I GET BACK. WENT TO HIS T
PEE AND TALK TO AURORA. SHE WAS UP TIGHT WITH HIS ,BEEN AWAY FROM CAMP AND OUT WHERE KNOW MAN BEEN, [PREACHER] I GOT YOUNG
BEN WITH ME AND SA BOO. [AURORA ] I KNOW YOU NOT ALONG ,BUT YOU NOT HERE WITH ME AND ANY THING CAN HAPPEN OUT THERE. YES I
KNOW PREACHER SAID, BUT IF WE GOING TO LIVE HERE WE GOT TO MAKE OUR SELF AT HOME ,THIS MEAN DOING. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. WE
TAKE RISK EVERY DAY ,,THERE NO SURE THING YOU LIVE TO NEXT DAY. I DO TRY KEEP THINGS IN MY FAVOR . [PREACHER] WENT TO BED
AND AURORA AND SA BOO CUDDLE UP TO HIM ,AND THEY SLEEP GOOD THE NIGHT THREW..
FIRST LIGHT I WAS UP AND BEN
WAS AT THE FIRE AND SA BOO GOT UP WITH ME, I WAS FUMBLE AROUND AND TRY TO GATHER MY STUFF WHEN WOKE UP AURORA.. SHE SET UP
AND I TOOK HER IN MY ARMS ,AND HELD HER TIGHT AND THEN RUB NOSES. SHE HAD TEARS IN HER EYES. I TOLD HER I WANT BE HERE WITH
YOU. I GOT TO DO THIS FOR US, SOON I BE BY YOUR SIDE FOR EVER .NEVER LEAVE YOU. YOU GOT HAVE FAITH THAT THE GODS WANT US TOGETHER.
SO PRAY TO THE GODS AND THEY WILLING I BE BACK IN YOUR ARMS. SHE SEEM TO EASE UP SOME I WENT OUT DOOR WAY OF T PEE. BEN GAVE
ME A SOLUTE WITH HAND UP AND PAM TO ME, AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE BACK HILLS. AS SUN RISE I SET THE CORSE WITH MY SPEAR
.STOOD IT UP WITH EDGE OF THE SPEAR POINT AT SUN RISE .THE SHADOW WAS NORTH WEST .AND TURN THE FLAT PART SPEAR POINT TO DIRECTION
WE WANTED TO GO AND IT WAS ALMOST DUE EAST. BEN TOOK THIS IN ,ALMOST A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR HIM., SET DIRECTION. WE WALK
ALONG SA BOO WAS BETWEEN US AND AS WE WALK WE TALK A LOT. I HAD MY LAND MARK A BIG HILL OFF IN DISTANCE. WE SEEN LOT BISON
ON WAY. HAD WORK OUR WAY AROUND THE HEARD AT TIMES. WE WALK ALL DAY SEEN THIS STRANGE SNAKE. THAT RATTLE AND SHOOK HIS TAIL
.I TOLD BEN IT IS POISON SNAKE ,STAY AWAY. BEN HOW YOU KNOW? SEE THE SHAPE THE HEAD LIKE A SPEAR POINT, AND THE PITS UNDER
THE EYES!
NEVER SEEN ONE WITH THOSE MARKS THAT WAS NOT BAD. BEN TOOK MY ADVISE AND STEP AROUND IT. EVEN SA
BOO GAVE IT WIDE BIRTH. NATURE KNOWS. GAVE BEN MY SPEAR TO HOLD FOR ME TOOK MY SLANG OUT PICK UP ROCKS AND WORK IT AND SPIN
IT AROUND LIKE SEEN CONDOR DO. AFTER FEW WHACK ON HEAD AND SOME SORE SPOTS IT GOT IT WORKING OK. I FOUND BIGGER THE ROCK THE
MORE SURE I WAS ,SO USE BIGGER ROCKS. SOON DEVELOP A FEEL TO THE MOTION OF THE SWINGING IT AROUND MY HEAD, AND START HIT CLOSE
TO WHAT I WAS AIMING AT. I SPOT THE STRANGE THING THAT HOP AND HAD LONG EARS. I TOOK AIM AND SWUNG IT AROUND MY HEAD FEW TIMES
LET IT GO AND HIT IT ,AND NOW WE HAD FRESH MEAT FOR SUPPER. SOON TIME TO PUT UP FOR THE NIGHT . FOUND A FORKED STICKS AND
STUCK THEM UP AND LAY A POLE IN THE FORKS .I HAD THE MAMMOTH HIDE IN ROLL AND IT WAS OUR RAIN FLY. BEN LOOK FOR SOME TENDER
TO START FIRE I GAVE HIM A TOP OFF CAT TAIL FROM RIVER BANK. TOLD HIM GET THE FUZZ OFF AND IT LIGHT EASY. WHICH HE DID SOON
HE HAD A SMOLDER FROM THE FLINT ROCK AND FEW PUFFS WE HAD SMALL FLAME. FEW TWIGS AND THEN BIGGER BRANCHES FROM DEAD WOOD WE
HAD FIRE. CLEAN THE ANIMAL WE KILL. BEN CALL IT A RABBIT[ ONE WHO HOPS] ANY WAY THE RABBIT WAS GOOD. OVER A OPEN FIRE GOOD
EATING. BE FORE LAST LIGHT I LOOK AT OUR LAND MARK LOOK LIKE MAY BE THREE MORE DAYS WE GET TO IT. SA BOO GOT DRY MEAT AND
SOME WATER IN MY HAND . HE SEEM TO LIKE OUR LITTLE STROLL WE HAD TO DAY. WE HIT THE BED ROLL EARLY LOT WALKING TO DAY. AND
BEN KEEP FIRE GOING FOR THREE HOURS THEN MY TURN. I DID THE SAME .THEN WE HAD SOME DRY MEAT AND AT FIRST LIGHT WE ON THE TRAIL
AGAIN.
WE MOVE ALMOST HALF A DAY. WE CAME UP ON PLACE WHERE LOT SMALL STREAMS CAME TOGETHER TO FORM A SMALL
RIVER. IT HAD A BIG SWEEPING TURN TO IT LOOK LIKE A HORN IN SHAPE ,BEN IN JEST CALL IT LITTLE BIG HORN., BEN SAID THIS BE
GOOD PLACE TO LIVE ,LOT WATER AND ALL KIND GAME DEER ELK BISON ALL CAME HERE FOR WATER. I SEEN THE STRANGE ANIMAL THAT HELD
BACK WATER WITH DAM MADE OUT STICKS THAT CONDOR TOLD ME ABOUT. MIGHT BE AS BIG AS SMALL CUB BEAR IN SIZE. HAD BIG FLAT TAIL
WHEN I GOT CLOSE TO IT SLAP THE WATER THEY ALL TOOK OFF. I AGREE WITH BEN GOOD PLACE FOR A VILLAGE. KNOW WAY YOU CAN SNEAK
UP ON THE SPOT WITH OUT BEEN SEEN. WE FILL OUR WATER SKINS AND MOVE ON. WE WERE GOING INTO HIGHER GROWN NOW MOST TIME WE MOVE
UP HILL .I TURN LOOK BACK ON VALLEY BE HIND SEE THE SMALL STREAM JOIN MAKE RIVER. WHAT A WONDER. WE MOVE OUR BUNCH HERE WHEN
GET BACK AND CHILDREN BORN. THIS IS HOME FOR ALL HERE. ANY ATTACK US HERE SURE GET HIS ASS BEAT HERE .. IT WAS GETTING CLOSE
TO SUN SET BEN AND I MADE CAMP. AFTER CAMP MADE WE ATE ,BEN DRAW PITCHER STRANGE FISH WE SEEN IN THE LITTLE BIG HORN . THEY
HAD STRIPES LIKE THE RAIN BOW DOWN THE SIDE. THE WATER WAS SO COLD WE HAD PROBLEMS FIG GER HOW A FISH COULD LIVE IN IT. SO
WE CALL IT TROUT [FISH LIVES IN COLD WATER] ALSO A BROWN FISH WHICH BIGGER LIVE THERE TO. WE CALL THEM BOTH TROUT ONE RAIN
BOW OTHER BROWN. WE HAD A PROBLEM TO WHICH SMALL STREAM TO FOLLOW UP IN TO THE HILLS. I TOLD BEN WE TAKE THE BIGGEST ONE TOMORROW.
SUN RISE WE ON THE MOVE UP THE BIGGEST STREAM. I CALL IT BLACK HILLS CREEK. WE HIKE UP IT AND PASS THE WATER FALLS AND HIGHER
THEN SEEM TO LEVEL OUT . I FOUND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. [CAVES] I SPOTTED A COMPLEX OF 5 CAVES ALL GREAT CAVES WELL SHELTERED
FROM WIND .AND 20 FEET UP HILL FROM STREAM. AND FULL FISH. BROWN AND RAINBOW. I CHECK OUT FIRST ONE HAD GOOD CHAMBER IN IT
SMALL MOUTH TO IT .HUUUUUMM EASY TO BLOCK OFF WIND. THEN LOOK AT OTHER 4 .ANY WAS GREAT CAVE .. ALL GREAT PLACES TO LIVE ,,
AND EASE TO DEFEND AND LOOKS DOWN ON VALLEY OF LITTLE BIG HORN .. THIS IS HOME. I TOLD BEN I DIE HERE THIS IS MY HOME. BEN
SAID GREAT PLACE TO DIE . CLOSE TO THE GODS .I PICK MY CAVE AND WE BUILD A FIRE IN MAIN CHAMBER . TOOK THE RAIN FLY AND COVER
THE DOOR WAY TO CAVE. SOON IT WAS WARM HERE . TOLD BEN TOMORROW WE HEAD HOME WE FOUND WHAT I WANTED.
FIRST
DAY LIGHT WE HEADED BACK TO OUR CAMP. TOOK A READING FROM THE SUN RISE AND PICK A COURSE ,AND HEADED OUT. NOW DOWN HILL ALL
WAY BEN AND I AND SA BOO MOVE RIGHT ALONG BY MID MORNING WE BACK IN LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER VALLEY, WORK AROUND THE BISON AND
DEER WERE TOGETHER AND HEAR THE ELK FROM HI GROWN EEEELLLLKKK. THE SOUNDED THREW THE COUNTRY SIDE. WE FOLLOW THE TRAIL WE
TOOK IN OUT ALMOST STEPPING IN SAME TRACKS. SOON WE WAS BACK TO WHERE WE HAD OUR CAMP FIRE WAS SO WE STOP THERE BUILD FIRE
. PUT UP THE FLY AND HAD LAST OUR DRY MEAT ,WE BE HOME TOMORROW. SA BOO AND ME SLEEP, BEN WATCH THE FIRE WHEN BEN WOKE ME
UP I DID THE SAME WHILE HE SLEEP. AT FIRST DAY LIGHT WE PACK UP AND ON THE MOVE BACK HOME. THE PACE WAS FAST BEN WANTED GET
BACK TO HIS WOMAN AND I MIST AURORA ARMS TOO. WE WALK HARD ALL DAY AND LATE AFTER NOON THE HILL AND VILLAGE WAS IN SIGHT.
AS SOON I HIT THE VILLAGE AURORA WAS IN MY ARMS AND BEN WOMAN WAS IN HIS, THEN TATER BUG SHOW UP ,, AND HAD SAD FACE . I LOOK
AT TATER BUG WHAT WRONG I ASK, HE SAID CONDOR AND IRISH DID NOT COME BACK FROM SCOUT TRIP TODAY HE WORRY. I SAID I GET SLEEP
AND RE SUPPLE AND GO OUT AND SEARCH FOR THEM TOMORROW. TO LATE IN DAY BE DARK SOON. HAVE THE GUARD DOUBLE. TO NIGHT.
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