Indian camp and under ice

The short story takes place in an indian camp. A young indian woman is giving birth to a child. At the beginning of the story Nick, his father and and his uncle George are being transported to the indian camp by two indians. Nick´s father is a doctor and he is going to help the indian woman. The woman lies with pain in a bunk in a shanty. Her husband is hurt and lies in the upper bunk. She screams, but the doctor ignores her pain.* It turns out that the birth is very complicated, so the doctor has to make a Caesarian cut. The operation takes place in a primitive way without any anesthetic and by a jackknife and tapered gut leaders. The woman and her child survive. After the successful operation Nick´s father is very proud and exalted, but the atmosphere changes, when it turns out that her husband has committed suicide by cutting his throat during the birth of the child.

,,Under

Ice"

The story takes place in Strahtspeld in the winter. A cold winter-day - maybe in the 60´s, 70´s or later, there is two boys in the story, there parents told them not to go near the river, but they did it anyway. one of the boys went out in the river that was coved with ice, but after some minutes the ice cracked and the buy fell under ice. Andy who