I was overwhelmed,both physically and emotionally, with what had just happened to me. The pain was now less and my bare bottom was still burning with ...cruelty of it all. But now the pain seemed relatively unimportant, compared to the enormity and the comprehension that shook me to the core of my very being! The realization that I had been branded left me shuddering helplessly in these bonds!…. I moaned and wept. My bottom would be sore for days, but that meant little. What would remain was the. I knew most of them—but there was a new lady that I had not seen before. I made a quick decision to stay a while longer because there was no one waiting for me at the cabin. I ordered a round of beer and sat back to chat with the newcomers. I introduced myself to Sherry—the new lady—and we struck up a conversation about our common friends. Before long the smile she was giving me told me I needed to make a move. I told Sherry I needed to go back to my cabin and stoke the fire."Does your cabin. “Herb, the county line is ten miles from the next town and it’s already below freezing. I thought there was a shelter on the Island. Does the town council know about this?” I asked.“The shelter is full up. You know the community is trying to close the shelter down there. The same two or three people are calling in complaints every day. They cannot take in any more people and the county health department sends someone down there everyday to check the numbers,” Herb replied then he added, “The. His experience during the War of Yankee Aggression showed itself in the way he spaced out his men and had the oxen in the center of the fort where they would be reasonably safe. One thing he insisted upon was that no ammunition be wasted by shooting while the Indians were out of range. Most of the men were firing from under the wagons where a charge by the Indian horses could not do them any harm. A few men were held back to act as a reserve if the situation came up, and they were back with the.