1 comments/ 3683 views/ 0 favorites Longwood Sixth Hunt Day 04-06 By: emap Wake on this day and just stare up. Sky is look nice in night just afore light for sun. See some cloud up there and whole mess of star. Just stay there a short spell then hop up and get fire go. With fire go check on dough to find is do good so prepare the last little that need and get the camp oven up in good spot little over fire. That heat so get to sit and ponder on what make for vittles. No hunt so limit on what make, then recall syrup so get pancake mix all together. No cook yet on account need do bacon and that is tough when need mind pancake. So get out cutting board and start cut bacon with pan sit on rack to get hot with bit of oil in. Bacon all done so start do pancake in same pan. Add good flavor when cook pancake in bacon fat. So have three pancake cook up when mind on the camp oven so check on to find hot door on. Get open with little towel that use for handle hot then shove bread pan right on in and shut up. Get work on do up rest of pancake, Dan like have four then check on bread. Is no cook yet so get all cook on plate for Dan and me then go sit next to Dan. He take plate from and look over, smile then frown. "Janet why are you not wearing anything?" "Is morning Dan, no cold out and fire right there." "Yeah but you are sick, sorta anyway." Lean against Dan and sigh. "Dan am get old. Have shoot two pig on account no know there was two in bush." Dan swat on head. "You are not old, still just as fast as ever. Honest there is not a man alive can take you. Reckon on you can take on gang by yourself and win. You got magic about you, folk that were soldier shoot at and no hit." Giggle a bit and look up at Dan. "Janet magic Dan." Dan chuckles a bit until hand plate to and check on bread. Is almost a good brown so shut up and sit against Dan afore taking back plate. Just sit and mind on vittles for a little spell then go check again, is done now so pull out. "Just one?" Sigh and pinch Dan. "Just one is enough make sandwich for you, me, Bartholomew, Mark, Chad, and Bonita for two day. Need take out of pan in a bit so cool off proper but we shall have sandwich bag." "Thinking shall buy a lunch pail." Look up at Dan little lost, he notice after poke so chuckle until pinch. "Ouch, a lunch pail is a metal box, looks a bit like Mr. Gladstone's doctor bag. You fill it with vittles you can have later, keeps the critters out of your chow." "So better than use bag?" Dan nod. "Yes, asides that bag we loaded with the deer you shot when we went painting." Look at bag then swat Dan. "Have washed bag Dan." "Is still a bag, be better to have vittles stuffed in something else." Look at bag then up at Dan and swat. "No stuff vittles in bag Dan, place careful." Dan sigh and no say anything so finish off vittles then get bread out of pan. No so easy do on account bread went above pan and spread out. Do manage with only little bit of bend in that reckon will fix on own soon enough. Then get out cheese and the extra butter to open up little box is stuff in. All that done get to on clean up after vittles. After a spell of check on bread now and then is cool enough so do test cut and stay up. Happy with result, cut out enough to make six sandwich. Get the sandwich made up right proper and right quick like. All done now make big production of put sandwich in bag all careful like. Get Dan laugh while do then we are get all on horse and join everything. Get under way and just ride on for a spell, reach another town and ride on through. Is odd though, many folk notice us and comment on how is taking black girl to south. Then a few notice belt and much consternation on what we is do. Then we through town and speed up, after short bit Dan is chuckle. Reckon on Dan right, folk are gonna assume am black gal. No see why, am injun and no look like black gal. Had one work in brothel with she had wide nose. No have wide nose, she also confessed jealous of cheek. Seem have pronounced cheek which she no have and wish did. No see why, get what Great Spirit decide have what happen then is what you can convince fella do. "Dan do you reckon look like black gal?" Dan chuckle more and shake head. "No Janet, mind on, there no many injun in south states. Just most white folk don't go near a reservation so they have no notion on what an injun look like." "So am thought black gal on account am not pale?" Dan nod. "That is in the right. Keep in mind while riding it is hard to read your belt. Once we get to a town we are fixing to look through proper folk can read belt and you will be known." "Reckon be thought of as crazy injun." Dan open mouth then laugh for a spell. "Honest, you were only thought of as crazy injun by the conscripters. Asides them you were the scary injun to those we hunted and Cherokee Janet to the marshals." No have anything say on so just mind what we pass. Take delight in point out tree to Dan, pass a goodly number of them. No close tree but many in distance on account we is get close river. Finally hear whistle come from boat in river. Reckon on is want go under bridge but some thing stop so is blow whistle as way of say move out of way. Then bridge come in view, along with many house. Course house no look good, most is shack with perhaps good roof above. Is confuse thing so look over at Dan. He look back when whistle then shrug so we head for town. As get closer realize is black folk in town, only black folk and the bridge is long. If'n they work in far town, why over here and walk so far. Then no seem be store in this town, just small mess of house. Whistle at Dan then nod to side to get nod so look about and find gal just sit, look to be an older gal, got some white in her hair. Her jaw drop when hop off pinto and head for her. "Heavens, what be you?" "Am Cherokee Janet, Washington done send us on tour like marshal is fixin do. Is this town?" She just look at for a short bit then shake head. "This is the nigga section of that town. We no mind on account different state so no voting on their government, the curs leave us be mostly." "Not a bad notion, is there any law breakers in this section?" We both look up at Dan. "Not so'se you notice. We all poor on account they refuse pay much, we get enough to live on. Honest is no big thang." "No saloon over in here?" "We got a tent saloon, folk go on in there most night and sing, dance, drink and make merry. Reckon on have four gal with child come out of visiting the tent." Smile and look up at Dan. "Dan reckon can visit the tent?" Dan snort and shrug. "Reckon can, mind on best not come. Being the only white fella attend can lead to you needing do slaughter." The old gal speak with snort and giggle. "Oh no, we get plenty of the younger fellas come on over from there to listen. Most try and get a gal alone, least two babe are coming from a fella across the river." Sound fine just one thing best be asking on. "Are they make gal give out roll?" "Not in the tent, do hear of happen farther in, best keep those pistols on the ready. The fellas are eager for putting a gal on her back and no take disagreement on matter. Seems they thing since nother state is nother world and no call hear back on what leave with a gal." This no good speak on, also bit hungry so go fish out a sandwich. Have another in bag so offer to gal and she take with a smile. Then we head for bridge and forget bridge on account Mississippi is mighty big river way up here in sky. Get middle of bridge and seem go on forever and ever in all direction. Also have steamboat tool along going upriver, with plenty of folk stand and walk on the different outside section. Big nice look white steamboat with plenty of golden bits on. Even have little triangle flag sway in wind so is quite a fine see. Then we get close to far side of river and the town is a mite on the no nice side seem. Have building down at river, seem have spot to put steamboat though no steamboat. Town is move away from bridge a mite so can follow along aside river would reckon. For the boats afore the steamboats when need use donkey or like to pull boat upriver. Building can see no look been kept nice, number look have hole in, so is look over at Dan. "Janet don't you worry none, once the fellas know you is here and deadly it calm right on down for the period we is stay." No agree but also no have something say so we keep right on go for town. Sheriff office is easy find at least, seem almost like add on recent on account is at edge of town away from Mississippi. Dan go on inside and leave out to keep eye on saddle bag. At least until commotion so smack window then head for noise. Get close and know what is happen, fella is beat down another fella. Find the beat down happen between two building. Is white fella beat on black fella, no like but only on account of fella no suppose beat down another for no reason. So whistle on account of no see thief bag or nothing. White fella look over at and leer. "Go on git nigga, if still there when finish beat down gonna beat on you some then mayhap have me some of what you offering up." Pull pistol and cock both. "You is stop that now and explain." He does stop that and stand up proper, with hand travel on toward his own revolver. "Nigga you is gonna put them toys away then you'se best just get on your back like a good little slave." Look down at the black fella still on ground then up at the white fella. His hand is travel closer to own pistol and take step toward, so just go on and shoot him. He take two bullet with burst of blood and fall over with scream. The black fella is get up quick like so I let him go on past and retrieve the pistol from sobbing man. Get back to walkway and find a fair number of folk come out of the building. Couple have grabbed the black fella and are making noise about hanging. Well no stand for this so just go on and whistle loud. Hold the whistle for a spell until all them round eye are look at. "Am going say plain, am Cherokee Janet, you listen or be shot. You call anything but Janet or deputy you be shot. You anything but nice in see you be shot. Any fella want try contest?" Not a soul say a thing, though those two fella still hold the black fella. "Hand off that fella there." The two fella no look ready to do that so pull Colt fast as please and shoot both. Plenty of scream go with and those two fella fall over. The black fella turn and run for bridge so reckon on he no hurt bad. Like as not the round eye beat on is worse shape so is fitting punishment. Look around at rest just to make sure on no get shot at. Dan come over then with sheriff and most folk clear on out of street. Aside the two shot fellas, they is still lie there. Life in still on account can see move little, just in pain so is call good meet of town. "Janet what on earth is all of this?" Smile up at Dan. "Fella back there was beat on a black fella. Since a beat on is no good thing without good cause try and have fella stop, he insult and refuse so pull Colt and he go on about how am going to get on back for him. Since he no listen at all shoot twice. Those two no listen so shot. Reckon on town will listen now." The sheriff is chuckle now. "They listen fine, just no see injun so assume you is just nigga. Tis no matter, you were discharging your duties fine. Going to impose and have you write up the report on this." Dan snort and shake head. "Janet and fountain pens is a bad idea. Shall write up the report for her." Sheriff snort. "Have quill pens, never saw a need to have one of them fountain pens." Smile at that, learned to write with quill pen. "Shall write up report then, learned to write on quill afore the war was even think of start." Sheriff smile at that. "Well now, that is a nice turn. You do know English proper yes?" "Yes, shall even use full sentence. Oh and here is pistol on the first shot fella." Get usher toward sheriff office so head for and giggle a bit when a man carry doctor bag come out of corner building. Then am in sheriff office where find sheet of paper to write down report. Quill pen are lovely ostrich quill, rather nice for small town sheriff. Reckon on just is do fine in town on account of steamboat. Perhaps there is gamble hall in town somewhere, no see much of yet. Not that mind on much, am all about write up report. No do silly cursive, just use the letter that had learned, also same letter as use by the newspaper. No see reason use different letter than what see in newspaper and book. Am finish with write up and have start clean pistol when Dan and sheriff come in. "Janet did you finish writing that report?" Nod without look up, Colt is important so must make sure is clean. "Had a number of folk saying as how should lock you up. Their faces when explain you was only doing what supposed." Look up then and sheriff is grin. "They no believe am injun and not black folk?" "Oh no, they are believing on that one, you done put the scare in them. Helps we got an old coot who know Cherokee injun, he share tales on them." "Got a look over on town, we got an eatery, saloon and gambling hall." Look at Dan for a short spell then well there is a question to be asked. "Why the holes in building? Most of the folk seen no carry a revolver." "Goes back to the war, afore siege of Vicksburg this town was one of those used to drop off the yanks. They went north toward Vicksburg driving us afore them, we was retreat and make ambush just they brought more's than we had." "Why no big battle here?" "We had not come down this far, they done fooled our scouts on where attacks would come. So we were a bit north of here when they came in this town. They was land a few place so we couldn't be going on against em at the river fully. Forced a retreat and we end up in Vicksburg and sieged." Nod then well there is a question that come to mind. "Were you in war?" He nod and look down. "Was in Vicksburg when the siege happen. Ugly business, honest wish had met you and gone off to stay out." "Not easier do this, we do slaughter on regular." Sheriff look up and grin. "Yeah Dan has been sharing, tell you the truth us soldiers of the south loved your books. Few times we would call peace just to see if the north had a new book and wanted the old we had." Look at Dan who is grin so giggle. "Still no sure how no know there are book." "I asked in the letter sent off after our second hunt out of Longwood. Marshals asked to not receive the books in Kansas City. Would have upset you, all those folk come to talk to you and not do roll." Well have to allow as that is true, then realize am hungry. "Dan can go have vittles?" Dan frown and look out window then nod. "Little early for supper but yeah come on." Sheriff wave off when look at so load up Colts as we head for eatery. No many in eatery when go in, but as Dan say is early. Also with child so do get hungry more often. This eatery is fair nice, have plant here and there, especially on booth along walls. Dan look about then we head for a booth with a gal follow along holding menu. Looking nervous to boot so reckon on she had come out to see the fuss when was making speech and shoot. She hand menu over to Dan who look it over and order up a steak then hand over menu. Take a bit to look at then order up the chicken fried steak, is a good vittle that no make near enough would reckon, get curtsy then gal skedaddled. "Dan, reckon on best be asking Bartholomew to make the beat up steak more often." Dan snort then just look at. "Janet, most wives do the beat up themselves. Aside that it is done by those who don't make much on account can use small bit of meat. Bartholomew talks to me as well." Sigh then kick Dan. "Am duly appointed deputy, mean no have time to be doing the beat on steak." Dan snort and chuckles a spell. "You always have time to be doing bread and making a sandwich." Sigh and roll eye. "Dan, most of bread make is wait on rise. Sandwich are easy do, have sandwich meat all cooked up over the night then just slice and put on bread." "So the most you do is when make tortilla?" Shake head. "Biscuits take a bit to make then if do stew with tater take a spell, same with mashed." Gal come back over looking pale. "Would you two like anything to drink?" Look at her then Dan. "If you got milk Janet would like that, do you have a good whiskey?" Gal look surprised for moment then recover. "Why yes we do have a good whiskey, not any of that slop you yanks like." Dan snort. "I'll have a whiskey then, and not a yank, I'm from Kentucky." That get a smile for Dan, so may as well share. "Tribe was put in reservation just a bit outside Florida." Gal just look at moment then shake head. "Must mean the uprising tribe and you was clear in Florida, the border been reworked since." Sigh and shake head. "No uprise, was not give meat so went nearby town to try for meat, call cavalry." Her jaw drop then recall Dan ask for milk and whiskey. "We is thirsty." That get her to giggle then she curtsy again and head in to back. After spell come back with big glass of whiskey and mug of milk. Honest is surprise on get mug of milk, also good so raise to her and take sip. Dan take sip of whiskey and smile so she go in back again, at least until more folk come in. "Dan how long we stay?" "Reckon on we will take off in the morning, have vittles and head for the next town. We are not to stay long, just a little visit and on our way." Well that make sense. "So made us thirty dollar?" Dan nod and chuckle. "You did, reckon Washington not going to be happy on. If this town any indication you will need do speech like at each. Will make us plenty of monies." "Is good, can put more in toward town hotel." "Janet we are there to keep folk safe not pay to add in buildings, a town business means we all share the monies made." "Sally is make most and she no want pay for hotel, reckon may as well make sure get enough monies to add. No like we add much in monies to town as is." "You whore enough." Shake head. "Get called Apache by the visiting fellas Dan. No me they come to roll, they come to be with Apache." "True, but then you are also the one coming up with most of the ideas on things to add." Sigh and shake head. "Gwen one told of street light, and theater, Dave think of bowling. Cucaracha one figure out how do bank. Honest if they no think of we no have, no know of thing can add in town." "True, and Andrew told you about gun store. Still going to say you provide enough for town." "Dan not one add money for hotel, you have money." Dan snort and shake head. "Most of the money we have is because of you." Sigh then eye Dan whiskey. "Dan give little." Dan look down at his whiskey then hand over so take sip. Is odd flavor to this whiskey, little like bread then bit like good earth in mouth. Make face on account is odd taste to and no that nice. "No see why like that. Is all whiskey like that?" Dan shake head. "The whiskey that Sally gets is not as good tasting." "Dan you drink beer." "Yes I do but I can't be drinking whiskey all day. Honest the whiskey isn't that good neither. Really need see if Sally can order some good Tennessee whiskey." "Dan make want say no drink but water and milk." "Oh no, we are not going there. Asides if you take away coffee I won't be doing rolls." Frown and shake head. "Always have coffee in morning." Gal come back with plates for us so forget speak and fall to on vittles. Is look good on plate and smell good. Quick as please cut up bit of steak and shove in mouth to chew. Is good flavor to on account of the gravy. Dan have odd expression when notice look, guess moaned at bite so cut off bit and feed Dan. Dan is smile at taste have then he look around and wave at gal. Longwood Sixth Hunt Day 04-06 "Is there a problem?" Dan shake head then look at me. "Janet you will be wanting more than that?" Look at plate and shrug. "No sure, honest is plenty on plate." Dan wink at then look up at gal. "If you could get us a second plate of the fried steak. If your cook is willing a recipe would be welcome, our cook makes it not quite as good." Sigh and kick Dan on account am cook. "Dan use recipe Isaac know and all agree is good." "Yes but this is better so we would like the recipe if your cook is willing." Gal nod and walk in back giggling. Kick Dan again then go back to vittles, am eating for a babe within. Best to not stay hungry with a babe, though most of the gal in Longwood are jealous of on account did not swell. Well did swell with Balik and doing again now, but after was back to before size in little time. Claire confessed she wished she had been born injun like me. Not that help, plenty of the Apache gal with child are thicker now than afore. At least so they say, did ask chief once and he shook head. Apparently Leotie always looked about like that she just think she is thicker. "Dan, am bigger than was?" Dan starts then just look at for a spell. "Janet aside the lump of my child you got you look the same as you did when I met you." Sigh and smile on account want give wonderful handsome husband a roll right now. "Not what mean, Claire has said she wishes to have been born injun. Leotie swear she is thicker now, though chief said she look same." Dan snort and shake head. "Andrew has shared, when Claire had their first son she was in bed nigh on three months. Had a bucket to use as the outhouse for the first month and after he helped her get to it. Second son was two months, still used a bucket the first month. You on the other hand were all about get out of bed." Am confused on this. "So round eye wife are no made do chores after birth?" "Well yes and no, see our doctors are taught to tell a gal to stay in bed until she has recovered. Reckon on some take extra long just cause, but for the most part they make their husband do the early diapers on account they are bedridden." This is confusing. "Round eye gals take months to get back up?" "Not appreciably, they are told to stay in bed for that long. You know this, letting your babe out hurts. I remember you mostly slept the following two days." "Yes Dan, is big pain, after is so worth but honest want shoot fella during." "Is that why I was ushered out of the room?" Sigh and shrug. "No tell, Mr. Johnson handle all that, when happen by time he was there whole world was pain and no much talk." Dan sigh and go back to vittles so follow suit. Just eat a spell then gal return with plate of fried steak and sheet of paper. Get handed sheet so read it over and smile big on account is add herbs that grow. Dan stop with his plate and take up the new plate. When finish with the vittles did order take Dan plate, have room and rude to not eat what get. Also swell up when Dan look at getting him to chuckle. Am find this funny, Dan order second plate for with child wife eat and Dan take. Still Dan plate no as good as the fried steak so is good to get more of the good vittle. No say the steak Dan order bad, just not as much taste to. Finally we finish off vittles and head to look over rest of town. Is rather nice town, have big store, the gambling hall at dock which no make sense. Mean steamboats have gambling on them, need pass time while go where go, then dock steamboat stop at has gambling hall for town. Saloon is just a single floor building but quite large, even have band. Stop in here a spell listen to band. Good music of band so is little sorry to leave again, but do wish hear the tent saloon music. So walk for bridge then get lift from a nice fella with wagon. Seem he is get drink for tent saloon, even has rum on account there is a place make in New Orleans. Tent saloon is rather large tent, well no one tent, multiple tent make up tent saloon. Saloon is make plenty noise as we get up to, hear people inside sing and plenty of clap. Then we is go inside and someone scream injun attack. Whole place shush and look at then plenty of laugh, Dan included. Kick Dan then plenty of folk are ushering to where band is at and wish to sing. Well take a bit on account no know that many song. "Shall sing what sung by Cherokee during long walk. Is in Tsalagi so you no understand but no speak round eye good enough." Most of the folk look a little confused so reckon on did not speak enough word. Still look at band who are look back so sing. Is sad song, no fast neither so bit like what they been play when get close. Take a bit then band join in, folk then are dancing or just sway with the music of band. Is odd but then round eye are odd black or no. When finish there is much clapping so get off and let a new fella get on. Find Dan over by where have a bar. No stool so is no nice so look about for table, then Dan pick up and set on bar. So we stay right there and listen to folk sing for a spell. Get tired after spell so Dan help down then we go on to hotel. This hotel is stain dark all over with dark red carpet runners and in a sit area. Berate Dan about want go out and read book on porch while go through to stairs. End up go up five floors afore we get off stairs so more berating of Dan. He is chuckle as lead along hallway to a door that he open with key then let go in first. Stop in doorway on account the room is different from rest of hotel. The walls are not stained, least if stained they took away color of wood on account the walls are rather pale. Same with bed though bed is covered in white. There is some color least, there is cabinet that is dark stain and then there is a few rug that are red, so not all white but most. "Dan is little like in cloud." Dan snort and push rest of way in. "Right floored me when the fella asked what color room wanted. Seem this hotel went high standing and the rooms have a theme, there is a blue room, green, red and such." Look over at Dan. "Why do that?" "Well you southerners put value in look nice. So they do the rooms in themes to be like the expensive hotels on the coast. Keep in mind until trains it was hard to get anything much past the Mississippi on account of took to long to ship most." "Not southerner Dan, am injun." "Speaking of that, why did you learn the song about the long walk?" "Is part of heritage Dan, what one Cherokee made do all Cherokee do. We is lose place and turn round eye but no forget that Cherokee." Dan just look at for a short spell then sigh. "Janet you are doing pretty darn good at keeping with the old way." Shake head. "No Dan, be deputy gal not in old way, old way gal cook, sew, make blanket, and give roll to husband when have. Fella is one who protect tribe, hunt, and make war. Deputy is round eye way so am not use old way, just know old way and use what can. Teach what can to Balik and babe within when come out." "Would hope they don't need to know." Nod and sigh. "Honest Dan wish same, but also Cherokee so shall teach." "How come you never taught me?" Giggle for a bit. "Dan taught what you wanted. No teach more on account is just dumb round eye, you only marry a Cherokee." Dan snort then come over and swat. "Not that dumb, got you to fall for me." Put hand to Dan equipment through pant and rub a time or two. "Mostly was what do for roll." Dan grab up and sling over shoulder for a few step then drop on bed. "I think for that comment you are not getting a roll tonight." Pout then giggle on account can wake Dan with roll. Course then yawn so perhaps no roll is best mind on thing. Take out two throw knife and one Colt to put under pillow then work on get out of cloth. Dan is do same then is get under covers on other side. Sigh when join Dan, sheet is little cool yet feel nice and silk. Bed under is quite wonderful and make think that perhaps should order new. Not that voice the thought, Dan pull over to him so is snuggle and all is right in land. Shiver a little as well, reckon is cool but no cool enough for shiver yet do shiver. Dan pull closer and hold on so am pressed far into Dan as can. Is nice so work on settle down for sleep, not that Dan let. "Are you feeling alright?" Sigh and look up at Dan. "Am feel tired and want sleep." Dan snort then tap on nose. "Seriously are you feeling alright? I mean you shivered when I pulled you over." "Sheet was cool, no know where shiver come from. Honest Dan am feel fine." "No waking me up with a roll, in fact sleep in a bit." Sigh and settle down for sleep. Dan wake on this day, reckon am ready for nap during day. Seem early for but no big thing, since no hold babe can just rest on pinto. He do most of guide about when ride. Course may be on account of am sick, which is no good on account of have babe within. Sick gal with babe is bad, can mean no more babe and no want. Still is time for up, mostly on account Dan has grab arm to pull. Get feet on floor then swat at Dan some afore heading for tracking leather. Dan does same then make sit on bed, reckon is time talk on thing. "Janet why did you not wake up earlier?" "You say sleep in so sleep in." Dan snort and chuckle then swat. "Come on seriously, a rooster woke me and you are always up afore." "Reckon am ready for nap in day, is early but am old." "We were out a little late last night, though you always manage in Longwood." Sigh and look down. "Longwood have work, am deputy during day then night am whore and keep eye on saloon." "So you would sleep more if'n you weren't a whore and deputy?" Ponder on a bit then nod. "In tribe slept like when on hunt. McCalbane made like Longwood, was up most night. Kept do same since on account of need." "Alright, when we get back to Longwood I am giving you a curfew. We have enough monies to open up a farm so can afford to have you whore less." Nod then well there is a question. "So we is open farm?" Dan snort and shake head. "Like we would be let be to farm. Honest we could go to the farthest reaches and still get bounties sent up to us." Giggle a bit then am being pulled off bed and down stairs. Is easier go down so that is nice, no tired so no problem but still nice. Also nice in eatery on account no many folk inside. What few there are be eating the last of vittles as well so we get quiet vittles. Get different menu, though this menu full of morning vittles and there is coffee. "Black coffee?" Gal is giggle now. "Black coffee mean you don't want anything in it, we can add milk and sugar for you, have a sugar bowl right there if'n want more." "Oh this nice, black coffee, and reckon have hash brown with bacon, sausage, and egg." Gal nod and head for back on account Dan put in his order first. Gal come back after short bit with coffee, big mug. Is good coffee, no sugar and then is made well. Reckon the cook grind it up extra much, do same at home on account no need use much beans. Just sit there enjoy sip of coffee now and then while wait for vittles. Then notice sugar bowl, is not just sugar, is little brick. "Dan sugar brick?" Dan look at sugar brick and chuckle. "Sugar cubes, common back east and slowly making their way west on account of the trains. Most places don't bother since they are only good for coffee. Try and use for cooking and you get lumps of sugar." "Had in Kansas City?" Dan nod. "You never notice on account you never put sugar in anything." Sigh and kick Dan. "Make cake, cookie." "Now you do but then you didn't. Reason I did the shopping." Sigh and shake head. "Never did like your coffee." Dan snort. "You always drank it." Roll eye and toss up hand. "Is coffee Dan, always have coffee in morning. Reckon can get Claire order cube?" Dan nod and smile. "Reckon so, surprised she hasn't already, folk are saying we have a proper town." Gal come back with plates so we shush and mind on vittles a bit. Is lovely vittles so is all smile on have. Then thought come so look up at Dan. "Dan are we buy meat or make hunt?" "We will buy meat. Are we low on anything else?" Mind on a short spell then shake head. "Have enough last day or two." "Alright, what sort of meat do you want?" Ponder on a bit then smile. "Small bit of boneless, can slice up small to make tortilla wrap and same for morning." "I don't know if I like that." Sigh and kick Dan. "Shall make with onion tonight then in morning add bacon and egg." Dan smile now. "Well now that sounds good, and we do got cheese." Not think of that one so smile. "Reckon on need buy cheese every hunt now." Dan snort. "Perhaps, do know the camp stove is coming along every time." Nod and smile. "Better biscuit." "Can you do sandwich meat on the fire?" Nod and frown. "Would need rotate meat and mind for a good spell. Reason no do big meat." "Alright, shall see if can get a lunch pail. Can pack it with tortilla wrap just as easily as sandwich and cheese sandwich gets tiresome." Would kick Dan, just he has point so go back to vittles. When finish vittles would not mind more vittles but Dan is pull up. Head for store where do find a lunch pail, least little thing that work fine as lunch pail. Also buy a mess of jerky and more of the red licorice. Have a mess of black left on account been all about the sandwich and tortilla wrap. Everything bought we go back to hotel room and collect our thing then get horse. Just a little later we are leave town, get wave from sheriff. Ride on for a spell then Dan is lead off path. Look at Dan then look where he point. Barely can see something off in distance, would reckon is a church spire. "Dan you is same church as these town?" Dan snort. "Huh you asked. Honestly I thought you wouldn't be asking on that. Probably but it doesn't really matter none on account of should be welcomed in any church. If I am not then the town is in serious due for one of your slaughters." "Dan you help on slaughter." "I do and tend to call it something else. All a matter of how you describe it, same ending." Sigh and pull out a licorice then Dan come closer to hand over a small mess of jerky. Take that then just ride along with mind on what pass, along with eat jerky. Must feed babe within, though belly no know difference. Course also see plenty coney to shoot, then notice deer. Is beautiful deer big with great white tuft in front. Horns the size of me, close at least on account deer horn never get that big. Just admire deer a bit then ponder on perhaps should hunt deer so look over at Dan. He has notice deer as well on account is look at. When whistle low Dan shake head, no hunt deer. Which no so good, but also good on account is beautiful animal and perhaps should live for longer. Reckon be good hunt for a town to get. Deer that size be plenty of meat, enough for good size town to last two three day. Just ride on though, adjust course a time or two so no longer go at town instead head for path if is one. Luck find there is path so can speed up a mite. Horse are close to tired so no go gallop or almost. Just go until shadow start get long so look about. There is good camp spot though we is no that far from town so look over at Dan. He point for camp spot so we head for and rub down horse. Easy find wood so have fire go in no time. Get both pan set up on rack over fire then set about slice up hunk of meat we buy, two pounds reckon a mite over what need but good buy. Takes a bit of effort to get the meat sliced, seems to run in two different direction. Make for tough cut but finally manage to get it. Dan hand over onion so slice that up and in pan then check to be sure on is all cook good. Does need bit of oil so add that on in. "Still looks a bit spare for having on the morrow." Look over at Dan and sigh then fetch a tater. "Reckon on be enough on account we is at town quick like." "True, still we may as well eat good, bought enough for a bit on the taters and cans." Ponder on a bit while cut up tater for hash brown to be dropped in with. Once get all in pan with to cook fetch a can of pea. "Think pea in with meat or on side?" Dan just look at for a spell then shrug. "Don't rightly know, both sound good. Just will the pea make it odd with egg and bacon?" "Pea taste a bit like scrambled egg so no real difference." "Alright, toss it in with the meat." Nod as drain water out of can then drop the pea in with the meat. Spend a bit just stir then do up the tortilla on account the meat and all is get toward cooked. Finally though have it all cook up so do wrap and take plate over to Dan to lean against. Just eat a spell, is a mighty fine vittle that made then Dan nudge. "Janet I was wondering, why don't you make moccasin anymore?" "The coney skin that get while hunt go to Apache and they can use to make the new moccasin. Charge more for the coney moccasin on account they no get coney that often." "Is that why you don't have moccasins on?" Shake head and grin. "Have pair of new, learn how make so made with Cherokee marking. They no complain on account get many of coney skin they use for moccasin." Dan nod then tilt head. "Do they last longer like that?" Shake head. "No seem to, no sell many neither so most of tribe have moccasin now." "Still was a great idea and it gives them something to do." "Have baseball, do game most any day." "I know, there is talk of forming a town team to play against them. Captain is thinking about forming a team as well." "May no be good do, warrior are into game. Upset warrior still have knife." "True, but you would be there. Asides can have chiefs make warrior leave knife in the teepee." No sure be enough but then is insult suggest warrior no handle bad outcome of game. So just lean against Dan and enjoy the mighty fine vittles. "Janet why are you not wearing the moccasin?" Look up at Dan for short spell. "You say is no hunt so no moccasin. Do wear when hunt for meat." "Well put them on afore we leave in the morning, some folk are thinking you don't have shoes and it reflects on me." "No get." Dan sigh and swat on head. "Come on use the proper English." Roll eye. "Fine Dan, I don't get why folk think it is bad I do not wear shoes." "Well that is because everybody wears shoes. Think back in that last town, even the poor black folk wore shoes. Our children get shoes even." "Dan children outgrow." "Yes I know, most folk get their child shoes when they are getting older and can be sent off to find work. Not all however, especially here in the south, they are big on looking better than they are, remember the hotel." Nod and sigh. "Wish would have daughter, just make dress few time afore bleeding time." Dan snort. "You are fixated on having a daughter." Sigh and look up. "Dan want daughter so teach to be better than am." Dan sigh and give hug then kiss. "Honest Janet you are just perfect." Smile up at handsome wonderful husband and want give roll but no need for. "Dan you is wonderful husband." Dan just look for a short spell then snort. "So you want to give me a roll but don't want to just jump on me?" Nod and smile. "Well if'n you had enough vittles let's clean up then we can see about giving you a roll." Squeak and jump to getting all cleaned up. First thing do is set lid on pan to cover up vittles. Is good to do on account am so frantic sprinkle dirt atop the lid. Still have the plate all clean after two shake, though then spend another shake clean dirt off the plate. Dan is chuckling about this until swat with plate then he fall over. Am giggle about this as finish get cleaning dirt off plate then check to make sure all clean aside pan with meat. Then is little dash to bedroll to get out of cloth and no Dan. Well this odd, no hit hard enough hurt so go back over to Dan to squeak on account Dan has grab and slung over shoulder. Smack at Dan backside twice then drop on bedroll. Longwood Sixth Hunt Day 04-06 No see reason get under sheet so just spread leg right where am. Dan look down on and chuckle some then go to fall on. Squeak and roll out of way then smack on Dan some while giggle until get kiss. Moan into kiss on account Dan put hand to equipment and is all about move hand within. Is good feel and so nice. Move about a little and get hand to Dan equipment. So enjoy touch what give so much pleasure, and two child now. Wonder a little on if the one within now will have vision as well. Lose thought on account Dan has move to suck on breast. Moan on account feel good and Dan no do often, would prefer more of Dan on breast but still is enough just to get Dan where belong. Dan then is about get on back then is move atop so moan more. Even more when husband come to as husband. Just feel so right to have Dan buried within, then am putting leg around Dan, even hook feet so is move under Dan just as much. He no seem eager to give roll but is move at good speed so call it fine. Look up at Dan, and the stars behind while he move within. Moan when stars just fall right on top of. No expect stars but then stars there, lose all gumption. Just lie under Dan as he move, keep stars there for good spell and lose track of all. Dan no seem mind that no move, is move atop and smile little. He is look at am look back then find gumption move so move. Dan seem like this, speed up so now get hard fast roll. Moan on account is so good, no able move fast as Dan but move enough that stars are come. So want stars to come and Dan seem agree on account he is speed up more. Stars no seem want come though, just sort of stay right there but no drop on. Wail a bit as stars come finally. Feel so good then Dan is groan and have warmth within. All is right in land, Dan has come to as husband and sent both to stars. Powerful stars have made for a tired injun. Dan no seem have problem with, though no finish with the empty neither. Takes a bit then Dan is empty so we move about to get under sheet and blanket. "Janet you are allowed to just jump on me when you want a roll. Gal do that as well." Look up at Dan then ponder on. "No sure, no see happen in tribe." "Did husbands go to their wives in that way out of a teepee?" "Yes, but then always went behind bush." Dan sigh and swat on head. "Did the gal go up to the fella and then they go behind bush?" "Some if'n recall right, was not want husband so no pay attention." "Fair enough, still gals do go up to a fella and say as how they want a roll from him." "You just no want to determine when do roll." Dan snort and swat on head. "Honest I like to decide on when. Asides that you never pushed me down and got to the roll, you would go on and on about how you want a roll. Always had to get us going on a roll." Ponder on that then giggle. "So you want wife to take charge of bed?" "Not saying that, I am saying that you can ask for a roll, beg even since you have done that many times. If'n really want can get us going on a roll." Grin then reach down and grab up Dan, he no ready but still move hand until Dan grab nose. "Oh no, not going to do a roll again tonight." Giggle little then snuggle up to Dan proper for shut eye. Wake on this day a bit afore sun is appear in sky. Is late but no bad late so reckon no too old. Look at Dan to ponder on wake with roll then shake head and hop on up. Dan like say is too old for two roll a day. Reckon is closer to Dan have much mind with be sheriff of Longwood, also have Balik and he make hard do roll. Even when Balik no with, mind on Balik most any time. Mostly ponder what do when something happen that no happen yet. Then am sit on account have fire go. Ponder on how do for moment then get out second pan. Shall cook up bacon and egg separate then mix in. Course first am cut bacon small, though egg go in pan first on account small bacon cook fast. Also no so good mix up bacon with no cook egg. Not that egg is fully cook when add bacon, just get to where is thicken. This way bacon no be part of egg, though even if put bacon in then add egg it no stay together. Just no do that way, Isaac teach this way and always make good so just keep on do this way. Dan join as am add egg and bacon to pan from last night. This pan on fire little so is heat though no cook. At least try for no cook though always cook, fire always hot. Tortilla go in pan use for egg and bacon with little fat left but no much so no bad thing. Finally get all cooked up, mess of tortilla. Reckon on make more than need on tortilla, though flour have is get old and bug get many. Much longer no have flour just bag of bug and no eat. Also reach town on this day so no bad thing, get more flour there. Course have enough flour can make a few biscuit on night if no town. Do have town though so will buy new flour. "I think you made too many tortilla." Look up at Dan and grin. "Flour is start become bag of bug so need buy more. Enough left get few biscuit tonight but have town." Dan sigh. "At least you got that strainer." "Honest miss little have mortice to grind up flour when make tortilla." Dan snort. "No bug then but it took longer." "Why only little." Dan chuckles as giggle. Vittles is quite good with the bit of cheese slice off to go in wrap. Reckon on be good with no cheese but cheese no last long neither so may as well use. Also check on bacon when am do up wrap for lunch. Bacon is fine but look to start go bad on side. Only use about half of what got so no so good, but then is good on account of just trim a little of bad side off and good bacon. Dan make sure am wear moccasins then we set to get everything on horse. Also hand out licorice to both on account they no get for few day and been good. Been mean to horse but they no seem care. Reckon they get fed nice in last town so no mind miss licorice. Then we is get everything on horse so join everything and we on way. Next town take a spell but does come in view and seem good size town. Seem to spread out a bit and plenty of house. Just how does the town work with so many house right there. Look over at Dan who notice after whistle. "How town work with so many house?" "I don't know, train perhaps." No sure on but then hard see train track until get close to. Then hear whistle of steamboat so is surprise. Look over at Dan who look just as stumped on so we just keep right on go. Make town and figure out how town manage so many folk. There is river with small steamboat move up to dock. Is small river compare to Mississippi but still far across. Reckon on no jump across river so make hard cross. Still must have a way to cross, perhaps have ferry. Dan no like boat but be a fast trip would reckon. Aside all the house and fact that town no have main street with store and eatery on is a proper town, even have theater here. Dan did say south folk put much in how look. Least sheriff is easy find, he is sit on chair in front of sheriff office. Looks at us as we guide horse up to post right there and get down. Spit on ground then is hop up and come toward. This sheriff is older fella, bit of belly to him. Hair is go gray though some brown still in there. "You'se welcome stay but the nigga is sleeping outside of town. We got enough of the things." Reckon on he would have more say if not had gone under post and put Colt in face cocked. "Am injun, stupid round eye no tell difference." "Janet don't be shooting him." Look over at Dan then sigh and pull back Colt. "Dan you say be shoot at each town." Dan reach over to swat on head. "Did not mean shooting the sheriff. Am Dan and this is Cherokee Janet, Washington sent letter for us to tour on over in a few states. They are restructuring it so marshal will be visiting towns on the regular." "Would prefer they got southerners for the marshaling first. So how long you is stay?" "Night and off in morning. Need buy a few things as well so we are putting monies in your town." Sheriff nod and spit on ground, about then notice he is chewing on tobacco. "Makes you welcome visitors. Do keep an eye on her, most folk will assume is nigga and rather not have them kilt. Store is right over there, hotel is looking over the river and got two eateries. Both are about the same so just go to the closest." "Saloon?" Sheriff look at me then nod. "Ayup, saloon is take that street there and follow around toward the river. Ferry is over there as well for when you are crossing the river." Sheriff stop and just look then turn to Dan. "Injun can drink?" Dan snort and nod. "Allowed up in Longwood, they don't get much, drink now and then. Janet just has water or milk, don't hold to drink excepting after been shot. Passes out fast so is a good thing." "Well that is a good perk to no drink, not that get shot at often." Would mention that get shot at plenty and no shot much just Dan usher to pinto and we is head for hotel. Almost pull Colt again when clerk comment on no nigga allowed, Dan stop though and correct so we do get room. Black fella is one take horse to stable so fish out dollar coin and hand over, earn plenty of thanks. Room we get is a blue room, as in wall are blue, floor blue with white rug. Bed is no blue but blanket is blue, sheet under are blue as well. Big dresser to put rifle and such so we load that then go for walk of town. Honest am hoping find another fella beat down on a black fella just so can shoot some. No find though so we is find eatery and manage to get table right away. Dan get whiskey again while am forced to have water. We is both get fish on account is river right there and plenty of fish item on menu. Do have steak and such but least half meal list is fish. "Dan you was right, no like this tour. Round eye are bad in south, make glad no stay." Dan sigh then shrug. "Asides the one that killed your friend that town you found after McCalbane was nice to you." Sigh and shake head. "Most of the fellas would roll with, but aside no Apache they consider dumb. See same in treatment of black folk, south is no good round eye." "Well now hang on there. Plenty of the folk we seen today don't go around abusing black folk." Sigh and shake head. "Dan just bad to no see as worth speak to or use same door. Saloon would go in for roll most night in the nice town made use back door. Only time go in through front was when kilt the fella kilt the no Apache." Dan just look at for spell then food arrive so is nice look to plate at least. "You are not getting a bounty on the south. They have it bad enough. You come and kilt the rest of the fellas there won't be cotton, mean no more clothes." "No think of Dan, just no like south." Dan sigh and leave be to see to vittles, is good vittles least. "What about when you went and helped out the farmers?" "No go inside house, had table and chair outside so sit outside for vittles then go on back to town." "Why did I have to teach you how to do the herb plants?" "Cause help out farmer was pull bad plants some and help on harvest. Usual get out far from house then get roll out of farmer and any sons that was there. With tribe it was drop seed then come back later, never just made plant grow." Dan sigh and go back to vittles, reckon he no argue on south bad to folk not pale any longer. Vittles is good at least. When finish up with vittles we head on over to the saloon and stay in there a spell. Do get milk here so no bad saloon and go in front door even. Dan has a whiskey then is talk into try Kentucky bourbon. Even share with so get taste and honest is just like the whiskey though little smoother. No make sense on but that how taste. Bit like the whiskey is rocky ground been walk over then the bourbon is good earth. Saloon is odd in here, all booth and little table with a few chair around. Folk come in and sit at booth or table and then a gal come over and ask what want then fetch. Fellas also talk to each other. Some get up and come around to tables to talk. This make little sense, is town so folk all know the other and share tales of what happen to them. See in Longwood plenty. Course the fella are all dress up in what Dan call suit. See fella wear suit some, on Sunday that they call Sunday best. These fella though is wear suit all day, many have a hat and talk of politics. Dan get in on this some on account some of the fellas come over and is asking on. No ask of me on mind of this politics but then am gal and no gal vote. Never really see point in vote, you is vote for two fella that seem no think right, not that fella voted in do what say to get voted in anyhow. All so confusing, these fellas though, they put much stock in. Talk of their man in the capital trying do what right for Democrat and state. "Dan, why is important do what right for Democrat then state? Heck why is important do what right for this Democrat instead all fella?" Dan sigh and look down then chuckle a bit. "Democrat is one of the two parties I mentioned. What they are saying is they want their elected official to do what the party thinks is right." Ponder on this a bit, and there is a question to ask. "So Democrat think best to not do what promise to do? You said most time what promise do to get voted in no do." "That be true, just us god fearing Democrats are being foiled by them Republicans so what they promise to do can't be done." Look over at fella next table over and smile then look at Dan. "Thought both promise do same thing with different method." "They usually do, but many folk put how it is done as the most important." Ponder on this a spell, mean this is confuse. "Don't you worry your pretty head none, us fellas have politics mastered." Look over at him then frown. "Try figure out why how something done matter. Is better to do what right and no mind on how it be done so long as done right." Fella open his mouth then close it, do it again then slump little to mind on. "Janet sometimes you miss parts of the problem and still come up with the best solution." Fella sit up then and shake head. "Not the best, how it's done matters because it benefits fellow Democrats." Just look at him, then look at Dan. "Am confuse, why not better to do so all benefit and no matter what party?" "Well that would be because usually things are done by one company, the company is chosen by the government. Supposed to be the one best able to do the task, though usually it goes to the company that is in the same party as the fella choosing." Look at other fella to have nod so toss up hand. "Government is all confuse. Honest best to just shoot the lot, no like they do what say, or do nice for injun." Plenty of fellas are chuckling, then am giggling since they is chuckle. "Honest many days the rest of us feel the same way. Just we need a government or another country will sweep us all up and we then have a government we probably won't like. Not to say our government is wonderful all the time anyway." Sigh and stop listen to the fella. They is know government is plenty of do nothing yet still want government. No make sense, with tribe chief no make decision, he no chief any longer. When chief make decision all tribe follow with, even if no like we still do cause chief do what best. Finally we is leave saloon so lean against Dan and we head for hotel. Blue room is funny room, but also nice and reckon have nice bed again. Get up to blue room and sit on bed just to find out, is nice bed. The wood side of mattress is rounded so no poke at leg. Is all nice and then where lie is little firm but still give. Is all good on bed so lay across still wear all and sigh. "If you are going to say let's order a new mattress don't, I figured I better at the last hotel." Snort and giggle then sit up little to look at Dan who is get out of pant now. "Politic no make sense Dan." Dan sigh and come over to sit next to. "I know that, the government is what we have. Doesn't make sense most of the time neither, but it is the best government they could do. Whole country shouldn't be ruled by one fella, so we have many in government. Mean they don't do things that often, not because they never do anything, they just take their time to make sure what is done is the best option for everyone." "Is all saloon like that one in south?" Dan snort. "Probably, like I said they are concerned with appearances." Just look at Dan for a short spell then poke. "No answer why Dan, how does this appearances mean talk silly thing politics?" "Honest I don't know, south is little odd." Snort and giggle then hop up to get out of cloth. Dan is do same then we is both get under covers. Shiver little as go right on over to Dan who no let snuggle, he is push on back and follow after. We is kiss some then Dan is travel down body kiss as go. Sigh then moan on account he has reached breast and is suckling. No do milk for time being but feel good to have Dan suckle then he is going lower. Sit up little to watch on account Dan no do this often, he has some after tell of captain do. Then Dan is where his tongue will lick at equipment, moan at first lick. Watch as Dan pay attention to good spot, along with rest of equipment then fall back as he add finger. Moan now and then as Dan stay down there with finger move and lick. Then have stars fall on so is big moan and move a bit then Dan is crawl up. Get kiss as Dan come to as husband so am moan into kiss. Dan is move fast right away so have stars race to drop on. No drop right away so am left hanging for a spell then am moan again with stars, legs stop be around Dan. Dan no seem care, he is still move hard and fast so bed is move about. All is right in land on account Dan is give good seeing to. After spell of hard fast roll legs remember how move so wrap around Dan and move with. Dan groan on account is better roll for wonderful husband, then he is speed up more. Know this mean Dan is find stars soon so move harder beneath to get stars to fall on both. Stars seem to be hover just almost on but no quite. Am move harder to get stars on account so want then Dan is groan and have warmth. Moan loud as stars come with warmth so we is both have stars to end roll. Takes a spell then Dan is empty and roll off. Roll right on after to snuggle, all is right in land and need to cuddle with wonderful husband.