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4th of HematiteI have an idea of how to break through the aquifer! We'll see if it works.
4th of MalachiteProgression is slow, Sythun is taking too many breaks, she needs to step it up!
Gah! We needed some help here! Oh well, we can do without.
7th of MalachiteI finally got doors put on the outside of the fortress, it should give us a bit of protection against any more sasquatches.
it should also keep us out of the elements, should a freak storm come through.
18th of MalachiteWork is still slow, Sythun got herself stuck in a channel and milled about for a few days before I told her to dig herself out. I have no Idea what these people would do without me.
27th of MalachiteSome progress! I ordered a small cave to be tunneled out for farming, and it got done! Now we can grow some plump helmet!
5th of GalenaSuccess! My aquifer plan is working!
By channeling out the space next to and above the aquifer, I expose it to open air, thus freezing it, then by digging the ice out in the middle, we can get into the shaft and mine below the aquifer!
I'm a genius!
10th of GalenaMore work on the aquifer avoidance.
27th of GalenaHalf the year is almost up and we've made less progress than expected. I sort of wish there was some other way to warm up, I think I'm getting frostbite.
1st of LimestoneHooray for autumn! The caravan is supposed to come this season! Let's hope it doesn't pass us by
. Building a trade depot.
7th of LimestoneWe have plump helmet! Wow, those grew fast!
10th of LimestoneYay!
What?
The trade depot isn't finished! Nor do we have anything worth trading. GET WORKING ON IT!
17th of LimestoneThey want whaaaaat? I can't get most of this stuff, this is crazy!
Traded some excess barrels and doors for some stone blocks, food and some cloth.
21st of LimestoneBuilt a still, clothier's shop, bowyer's workshop and craftsdwarf workshop, all out of ice, it's proving to be a great building material.
8th of SandstoneBeds! We've got beds! Oh, I can't remember what it feels like to sleep in a bed! Now all Iv'e got to do is designate some sleeping quarters, and we'll be able to sleep in beds!
16th of SandstoneThe first bedroom! This one's all mine!
19th of SandstoneSlept for a long time.
7th of TimberBedrooms are complete, everyone is happy! Unfortunately the aquifer plan didn't work as well as I thought, we still can't get through, it runs too deep.
13th of TimberFinished a weapon stockpile, working on a goods stockpile.
21st of TimberFinished the goods stockpile, and since we don't really need any more mining, and Sythun said she had skills with a warhammer, I say we go pound this sasquatch's head in!
(A few pages are spattered with blood, these words can be made out: "undead son of a bitch")
(The rest of the entries are in a sloppier handwriting)
25 of timber
i am stakud. Taco Dan is ded she dyed wen she fot the sasskwatch. i herd abowt it from Sythun. she was a nice laydee and she helped us but now im in chrge. i wil handel the fort like she wud want me too even tho i cant spel gud. at leest the sasskwatch is ded cuz Sythun kiled it.
26 of timber
Im gunna mak a toom for Taco Dan, Im also lerning how to spel.
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