Derailment: Day 6

Word Count: 36,024

Summary of Events:
Matthew woke up to find about ten native men in his tent who demanded he come with them and heal someone; he followed being as his only other option was to die, and was forced to leave his children with some of the women — which greatly distressed Adonikam. Fox Paw finally managed to get Adonikam to settle down to sleep while her mother took Shelomith to her older sister Swallow Wing — who had a one year old of her own — to be nursed; Fox Paw and her mother then set about making deerskin clothes for Adonikam. Matthew sat with Weasel Nose, doing all he could do and worrying, yet working diligently to not forget God had it all under control. Fox Paw continued about her daily tasks with Adonikam as her shadow.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Surprisingly enough — based on his first impression — Fox Paw was finding Adonikam to be quite the endearing little boy; he'd been so ecstatic when his tunic had been finished — although it had been all they could do to keep him from picking everything off — and his enthusiasm and curiosity seemed to be growing with leaps and bounds as the time passed.
Raven Claw had gotten some more ducks, and Fox Paw was covering them in mud to be cooked and eaten for supper. Adonikam — who seemed intent to follow her everywhere — had come along and was helping her quite well; the only thing was that he slapped the mud down, which splattered it everywhere. Fox Paw was glad he wasn't crawling into the mud and making himself a mess, though.
Adonikam scooped up a large handful of mud and plopped it on the duck. Fox Paw smoothed it out so it wasn't quite so thick and put on a smaller handful herself. Adonikam seemed highly pleased with his ability to help and his face seemed to now be permanently bearing a smile.
Once the ducks were covered in mud Fox Paw got to her feet. Adonikam looked at his hands and then thrust them into the water for a few moments before drawing them out again and looking at them. He repeated the process until there was no more mud on them.
"You do," Adonikam said.
"No," Fox Paw said.
Adonikam looked at her with puzzlement, but toddled quickly after her when she started off to put the ducks under the fire. Adonikam watched with his light eyes intent as she put the ducks in the coals to cook, and then followed her back to the water where she washed her hands.
Fox Paw then went back to her mother's home and helped her mother sew the clothes they were making Shelomith. Adonikam watched everything with incredible interest, he was taking in everything like dry ground took in water — or at least it looked that way; Fox Paw wasn't sure hat he would retain everything due to his young age.
Adonikam sat quietly as well, which interested Fox Paw, as all the children his age she'd known seemed to have boundless energy and were constantly running around and playing — and also getting into trouble.
Of course, his mind was working as he was taking in all of the information that he was seeing. Fox Paw finished her seam and tied off the sinew, she then started sewing the next seam, all under Adonikam's watchful eye."