Also known as Paddleglens.
Granite 1st, 500
It's a fort I've recently been put in charge of as the expedition leader. I've been instructed my leadership will reign until Granite 1st of 501. My family has a history of mine engineers and as such I've been given this opportunity to establish a new outpost. I was given a rough map of the region, and the chance to select our starting supplies as well. The location I chose, our prospectors had noted should contain fluxstone, iron as well as a few other metals & sand and clay, all of which were things I was looking for in my planning. They've also informed me of the nice benefit of a small river being in the locale.
With the location mapped, we've got to prepare for the journey. I've taken our budget and massively cut unnecessary expenses for more expensive goods. While I recognize the utility of bringing wooden tools like buckets, splints, crutches, wheelbarrows and the like with us, I trust our carpenter to be of sufficient skill to craft them upon our arrival. Plus the options the merchants offered were of too low quality. I was shocked to see that they kept suggesting I buy pigtail for our cloth, ropes & thread. Spidersilk is half the price! Being a fiscally minded dwarf, I demanded the Spidersilk I knew they had available. With most of the budget savings we've had from the various cuts, I've turned around and spent the money on buying us animals to help establish our outpost. Llamas, goats, and sheep were my priorities, as I know they'll provide our necessary cloth later on.
With our wagon loaded, and six other... unfortunates in tow with me, we've set out to strike the earth!