Chapter 29
While Cut worked on the drawn windows, I excavated the ugly gash in the earth running from the north hill down to a jetty beneath the house, roofing the tunnel and covering it with stones and dirt to create a secret passageway to the cavern. Thereafter we barred both entrances to the cave with strong doors and secured with stock locks I found among the dead traders’ goods.
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The day that scouts reported tatanka was coming, the Yanube village was deserted within an hour. This time Cut joined his People, as the buffalo provided the band’s food for the coming winter. I remained behind to build my necessary on the windward side. Cut thought my plan laughable. He could not imagine performing toilet duties in such a close and smelly place.