Chapter 19


   There would definitely be room for more students in school the following year; a workplace schoolhouse was built where the small flax patch used to be.  The weaver thought she would have enough flax from the larger patch alone; production had improved.  If not, we could always find room for another patch somewhere.  There would be room for 12 students in the new school.





  The new chapel over by the forest and mine was completed in spring of year 19 also; 26 members immediately joined.  There was still not enough room for all the citizens in our 5 chapels.  It would be nice to have a large church someday.  The 3rd mead hall was completed by summer; we had plenty of mead in stock.  Our iron was a bit low so another miner went to work in the mine and a bit more bog iron was gathered from distant bogs.



  We had a good supply of fertilizer on hand, more than enough for another greenhouse.  One was built by the new chapel along with a log shed.  Our storage units were again nearing capacity. It would be nice to have a large storage barn someday, but for now everyone would have a full pantry including the 3 young single males that moved into the workplace cabins that were built on the other side of the new mead hall.  The boys were ages 13 and 14 whereas Alvadore, who was still living at home with his father and our daughter, was 19.

Chapter 18




  Well, believe it or not, eager explorer, but in that first group of migrants with Windel and his wife, was Flemingo, the 39-year-old man who went off by himself and built the goahti up by the clay pit.  In the summer of year 18 that goahti was demolished.  In its place was built a frame house.  It was thought Windel would move into the longhouse or hostel until the new house was completed for him but instead, he moved in with Windels' widow, Amera. Maybe he was happy now.  And of course there was talk.





  There was another frame house and a stew pot built up where Flemingo's goahti used to be.  Rabbit stew was soon bubbling in the pot for all the outside workers up in that area.  There was only 1 miner assigned to the new iron mine, and another worker got a forester's workplace overlapping the other 2.  The mine would need a supply of logs and tallow to expand the shafts.  There were plans for a few workplace houses, another mead hall, and a 5th chapel.  The town's overall happiness dropped a little bit for reasons unknown. 



  Jenser and I were happy to have our 4th daughter, Arete, in late autumn.  Jenser said not to worry, when we go exploring, she and her sister Amia will go with us.  Sharmaniel would be starting school next year if there was room.  She would remain here with her older sister, Mericka.

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  Chapter 17


  In winter of year 17, Kamersalda, the hunter from the hunting camp was killed by a bear.  We were not aware of any bears in the area.  Neither of the hunters, up by where the mine was being dug, had ever seen one, and Kamersalda never mentioned ever seeing a bear or any sign of one.  Thinking it may have come from the southwest valley, we decided to build another hunting camp by the southwest barley field.  One less hunter would work in the north forest, we did not have many spare workers.
 
  Kamersalda was Alvadore's mother, and she left behind 2 other children ages 13 and 2 and a 29-year-old husband.  They were among the migrants that arrived in year 8.  Our daughter, Mericka, moved into the household soon after Kamersalda's passing, and took over her job as hunter.
 


  It was not clear to us just who our daughter was living with, Alvadore or his father; she claimed she was there to help take care of the 2-year-old toddler but we were not so sure. She would say no more.  There had been some speculation that there had been trouble in the marriage a few years ago but the couple had reconciled and had another baby.  Merika could not have been involved; she would only have been 12 or 13 at the time.  Again, she would not say.   She did say we should not worry; she would still look after her 2 sisters until we returned should we go off exploring.

  It was only a short time later that Windel the farmer died unexpectedly.  He left behind a wife, a married daughter, a 9-year-old daughter, and a 2-year-old son.  Windel, his wife, and oldest daughter were with the migrants that arrived in year 2.   

  The iron mine was completed in the following year.

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