The Trek: Darwin's World, Book II (The Darwin's World Series 2) by Jack L Knapp

Author:Jack L Knapp [Knapp, Jack L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jack L Knapp
Published: 2014-05-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

"Colin, we need to feed these folks for a few days and find out what they're like. I'd like you to get with Lee and look them over. Some of them helped clean up after the village fight, but some just stood around looking lost.

"We're going to have to decide. If the people we rescued are assets, we can offer them membership in the tribe. If they're not likely to pull their weight, we can give them food and one of our emergency kits. They can have a spear and if they can use it, a bow too. We'll make what they need but I won't accept them if they won't fight when necessary. They got captured but we don't know the circumstances. If they just gave up without a fight, they're a drag on the rest of us. You understand what I'm talking about?"

"I do, Matt. I'll talk to all of them and Lee can too. We'll let you know what we think. There might be a problem though. I don't know if all of them speak English. They speak Spanish, but they'll need to understand the rest of us."

"If they're the kind of people we're looking for, we can teach them English. We don't need misunderstandings because people can't talk to each other. Anyway, you can look into that when you talk to them."

José spoke English passably, so perhaps the others would too. Problems, problems; do something to help people and another can of worms opened up!

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The augmented tribe had managed the descent from the ridge without incident. They'd set up a temporary camp in the flat area lining the riverbanks until Lee's scouts could look for a better location. The former captives had pitched in to help. At least they weren't afraid of work!

Matt found Sal with a crew looking at the trees along the river.

"How's it going, Sal?"

"Matt, I don't think these trees will work. They're not very big and most of them are twisted. I'm guessing this area floods every spring and the trees have taken a beating. The ones across the river look much bigger. That bank opens out more than a hundred yards and the trees at the far side appear to be better than what's available here. We've only got about forty yards width here, barely enough to camp in anyway.

"Have you thought about moving across the river and camping there?"

"I hadn't, no. We've got to cross eventually, so I don't suppose it matters if we cross before we set up a long-term camp.

“I've got some ideas, but I wondered what you thought about how we were to get the tribe across?"

"Matt, I'd rather cross by ferry. We’d have to build it, but we can do that. The trees are big enough to float our carts, and shape isn’t all that important. We might have to make a separate trip for each cart, but we can do it. It will just take time, probably at least a day. We'll need more rope, but if someone can make the ropes my crew can build you a ferry in a day, two at the most.

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