Abandoned - Huts by the River - Story 26 NWS

[Abandoned]

Chapter 13

  Back in year 9, a large group of immigrants came to the valley in early spring from the north, it had just begun to snow again.  They did not want to stay; they were headed south to escape the cold and snow.  They must have crossed paths with the group that came from the south a short time later.  There were 23 adults with 4 children.  They were the first residents of the stone boarding house.  We were glad to have more workers.

  We had no coats to give them; the tailor ran out of cotton to make coats with, and there was only a little leather left.  He switched to making some linen from flax then back to making coats with leather and linen.  The coats went out of storage as fast as they went in.  There was still plenty of tools in storage and plenty of surface iron for the blacksmith to make more, although logs were often in short supply, so was firewood.  We collected branches often. 




  The bridge across the river was finally finished so we could collect more stone.


 We built a mine hut on our side of the stream not far from the healer's hut, but we only had 2 miners bringing out stone; we did not need iron ore or coal.  We had plans to build another boarding house near there, closer to where migrants entered the valley from the southeast like we did.  Our parents remembered when they arrived; when they finally reached this valley from over the steep hills, they thought they couldn't go another step.  It was a good location to house migrants who were just passing through, permanent residents could stay at the boarding house across the stream.  We needed a lot more stone.

[Abandoned]

Chapter 14




  Work continued across the river.  A forester and gatherer were built as well as a fodder farmer.  They felt a lot safer when a hunter hut was built nearby; there were 2 large herds of wild boar in the area.  Because of those boars, the thatch hut that was built by the hunter's hut was only big enough for 2 residents; there would be no young children roaming around in the dangerous area.  Most of the huts by the river and on the mainland were big enough for 5, but a few would house 4 or 6 residents.




  Because firewood was still in short supply especially in spring, another woodcutter's hut was built on that side of the river.  Firewood would be cut from logs. Our forester huts and fodder farms all had 3 workers.  The woodcutter huts both had 2 workers but a 3rd could be added if needed.  Coats were still in short supply; everyone had one but there were none in storage.  We decided that would not change unless we build another tailor hut; one hut would make linen or cloth and the other would make the coats.  We assigned 2 tailors to each hut.